Category Archives: April Davids

Photo: Lita and CM Punk Attend Last Night’s Blackhawks/Kings Game

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We’re interrupting your regularly scheduled wrestling program to cover hockey. Yes, the majestic sport on ice. Let’s look at this ordinary photo of hockey spectators enjoying Game 5 of the NHL’s Western Conference Finals. Look at those matching jerseys! And hey, that one guy seems to be really enjoying that ice cream bar..

Oh, there’s Lita and CM Punk! They took in the game in ice-side seats, cheering on the Chicago Blackhawks as they defeated the LA Kings in double-overtime.

This isn’t the first time these two were seen at a sporting event, as they’ve been known to frequent Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs games.

We hope they enjoyed watching their team reach the Stanley Cup Finals, because CM Punk needs to get back to the WWE before Chris Jericho gets tired of belittling Paul Heyman and decides to just wrestle him at Payback instead. Don’t do that to us, Punk.

In other Lita news, the four-time Women’s Champion put on her referee stripes to officiate a match back on June 1st. At a Preston City Wrestling event, she called a match between April Davids and CJ Banks. If any Diva Dirt readers attended the event and took pictures, we’d love to see them!

Pro Wrestling: EVE “No Man’s Land 2″ Results: Nikki Storm Regains EVE Title; New #1 Contender Crowned

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Yesterday, Pro Wrestling: EVE was in Preston, England for “No Man’s Land 2″, their first show since November’s “Wrestle-Fever” iPPV.

The event, EVE’s first in the north of England, was one-third of a weekend triple-header hosted by Preston City Wrestling, and saw the EVE Championship change hands in dramatic fashion, as Nikki Storm emerged victorious in a grueling match against defending champion Emi Sakura to capture the gold.

Flight issues had prevented Sakura from defending her title the night before against Carmel Jacob, but even an extra night’s rest was not enough to stop a ruthless and determined Storm, still angry with the controversial manner in which she lost her title in November. She defeated Sakura and became the first ever two-time EVE Champion.

The second main event of the show was a thirteen-woman “3-Minute Warning” match, which saw the Glamour Gym’s Sara-Marie Taylor eliminate Kay Lee Ray at the end to earn a future EVE Championship shot at any time of her choosing. Kay Lee, the #2 entrant in the match, had just eliminated Carmel Jacob — Taylor’s Glamour Gym tag team partner and the #1 entrant — before Taylor threw Kay Lee herself over the top rope to pick up one of the biggest wins of her career to date.

Elsewhere, the EVE Tag Team Championship tournament kicked off with a bang, as the Owens Twins (Leah and Kasey) advanced with a fine victory over the “Lovely Peppers” Polly Peppers and Kirsty Love. The ever-present Glamour Gym defeated the partnerless April Davids in a handicap match despite a spirited effort from the Lancashire Terrier. She-X (Bete Noire and Viper) and Ama-Reilly (Ayesha Ray and Rhia O’Reilly) fought to a disappointing no-contest. Also, Alpha Female picked up the win in a 3-way match against Kay Lee Ray (who worked double duty today despite breaking her toe the night before) and Shanna.

The previous night at PCW’s show, April Davids was not fortunate enough to defeat Bubblegum in intergender singles action, losing only after interference from PCW Champion T-Bone. Carmel Jacob defeated Kay Lee Ray, who was replacing the then-stranded Emi Sakura. Davids and Sakura would also go on to face each other later that night at PCW’s evening show, wrestling to an excellent ten-minute time limit draw that will surely serve as a fantastic advertisement for those previously unfamiliar with the EVE product.

EVE’s next show is “Special Edition II: War Games” and takes place on February 23rd at their usual haunt of the Delphi Centre in Sudbury, Suffolk, with a huge 4 vs 4 steel cage match between Team Alpha and Team Storm. For more information and tickets, check out the official EVE website.

Pro-Wrestling: EVE “Wrestle-Fever” in Review

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In just one night, the Pro Wrestling:EVE landscape drastically changed, as we saw not one but TWO Pro Wrestling:EVE title changes within a matter of minutes.

With a worldwide audience watching on IPPV, Alpha Female and Nikki Storm left it all in the ring and then some in a brutal match for Alpha’s EVE Championship. For over twenty minutes they went back and forth, in and out of the ring, with tables, chairs and even a car door, but in the end, after some lethal spots and more near-falls than you can shake a stick at, the young Scottish sensation Storm managed to knock out the German giant Alpha to take her place as the new face of women’s wrestling in Europe.

…At least, that’s what we thought. In a moment of insanity, Nikki Storm grabbed a mic and called out any of the women at the back to come out and fight her for her newly-won championship. Enter Joshi legend Emi Sakura, who had defended her JWP Openweight Title earlier in the night against Kay Lee Ray. Whether it was an adrenaline-fuelled sense of invincibility or just sheer villainous arrogance from Storm we may never know, but a few seconds and one big 450 splash later, she was left eating her words as Emi Sakura walked out with the belt. Now, as much as I love Emi Sakura and respect her as one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time, I can’t help but feel this cheapens Alpha and Storm’s magnificent effort. Still, there are far worse wrestlers that could have been involved in this swerve, and I have no doubt that Nikki Storm will get her big moment sooner rather than later (not to mention that an actual match between Storm and Sakura will be awesome), so for now EVE, you’re getting the benefit of the doubt!

In the other high-profile matches, Bete Noire and Viper won the finals of the EVE Tag Team Tournament Prelude, building up to the introduction of the EVE Tag Team Championships early next year. Noire and Viper were announced on the night as the mystery team in a three-way match including the Owens Twins and Rhia O’Reilly and Ayesha Ray, defeating them in a decent match and going on to defeat April Davids and Kaori Yoneyama (who had beaten the Blossom Twins earlier on) in an excellent match.

In what was arguably the show’s main draw to the casual fan, international superstar and former 5-time TNA Knockouts Champion Angelina Love was scheduled to have a match against the Glamour Gym’s Carmel Jacob, but after interference from Jacob’s tag partner Sara-Marie Taylor the bout was soon made a tag match between The Glamour Gym and the team of Love and Erin Angel. In the end the young Scottish team got the win in controversial fashion after spraying Angel in the eyes with hairspray. A rude welcome to British wrestling for Angelina Love!

Before she shocked EVE’s foundations to the core in the (post) main event, Emi Sakura had another fantastic match against the up-and-coming Scot (so many Scottish wrestlers on this card! Must be something in the water up there…) Kay Lee Ray, this time for Sakura’s JWP Openweight Championship. Although she didn’t quite get the win, Kay Lee Ray truly made her mark that night as one of the top rising stars in all of women’s wrestling. With talent like her in the ranks, the future of female wrestling looks bright, and it’s only a matter of time before Miss Ray is making some serious waves on the world stage.

Elsewhere on the card, Blue Nikita defeated Kirsty Love in a very physical slugfest, Lucha Britannia’s Janey Britannico defeated “Portugal’s Perfect Athlete” Shanna in a solid match, and Erin Angel did a great job pulling double duty in the show, wrestling not only in the tag match mentioned earlier but also against (another Scot!) Fiona Fraser, getting the sneaky win that time.

If we leave out the debate regarding the controversial final moments of the show, the only gripe that can be made was the technical issues that have marred so many IPPVs by so many promotions over the past few years. The show started half an hour late, which certainly didn’t help settle my nerves going into my first big task as a member of the Diva Dirt team! But as soon as the show began the stream was fine, and minus a few issues with sound at the beginning of each half, the rest of the show went without a hitch. All in all, Pro Wrestling:EVE “Wrestle-Fever” was a real testament to the great female talent that Europe (read: Scotland) has to offer, and long may it continue!