What's the next best thing after a Gimmick Battle Royal?
 

From PWInsider:

WWE will be holding a 25 Diva Battle Royal at Wrestlemania XXV next month. The company is in the process of booking women from the company's past to appear as a way to tying in the 25th Anniversary of Wrestlemania theme.

Also from PWInsider:

According to Tammy Sytch's Facebook page, she "is getting ready to kick some DIVA ASS at Wrestlemania!!"

To follow up on that, we did hear that she was going to be in the Diva match that Mike reported on this morning, so this jives perfectly with that. Good for her.

You think Chyna will be contacted?

What would a Wrestlemania be without Diva nonsense?

I hope they get Harvina Wippleman.

God I hope no Chyna. I think the only way Trish would participate would be if she was going to win.

Let's look at some possibilities. And I assume they'll fill it out with current Divas as well.

Sunny
Mae Young
Trish
Ivory
Gail Kim
Luna
Sable
Molly - <3
Torrie Wilson - Maybe.
Tori - Probably not
Stacy Keibler - Probably not
Terri Runnels - Probably not
Chyna - I HOPE not
Nicole Bass - No. GOD NO.

I could see Sunny, Mae, Ivory, maybe Gail Kim, Luna, and Molly. Is Torrie's back fully healed?

Alundra Blayze?

Yeah, I don't know about Torrie, that's why I put her under maybe. If it's healed fully I could see a one-off.

I thought about her. Isn't there bad blood between her and Vince?

He probably fucked her

I thought she screwed him. :shifty:

B.B. the bucksome EMT

She's not the first person to do this, but this is all I could find that would be bad blood.

I hope Shelton's Mama makes an appearance.

I think Vince found a bigger waste of money than the Diva search.

Did Jackie Gayda leave on good terms?

Oh fuck I just thought of something.......Ashley :nono:

I *THINK* she's pregnant at the moment. If not I'd put her down as maybe, depending on where Charlie is at the moment with the company.

Charlie should come out dressed as her. Jackie Haas.

Sunny - Confirmed
Trish - probably
ivory- probably
mae- yes
gail- maybe
sable- doubt it
torrie- possible

Current Divas

Michelle
maria
mickie
beth
bella twins
melina
candice
jlllian
leyla
kelly kelly
katie lea
natalya
rosa - maybe

leaves 5 spots

Unless she's ready to debut within the next couple weeks, Gail Kim will definately be in. 'Mania would the place to make her return to the ring, and win. Then again, what are the odds of lightning striking twice?

Current roster divas that we've seen wrestle (in no particular order):

1. Natalya
2. Eve
3. Alicia Fox
4. Michelle McCool
5. Maria
6. Maryse
7. Beth Phoenix
8. Mickie James
9. Melina
10. Bella #1
11. Bella #2
12. Jillian
13. Katie Lea
14. Kelly Kelly
15. Layla
16. Mae Young
17. Gail Kim (She'll have redebuted by then)
18. Candice


Other Divas currently employed:
19. Rosa Mendez
20. Tiffany

So, I assume that the first 17 WILL be in the match. Candice is a question mark in my mind because IIRC she's out injured again.

Rosa I could see debuting in this match. Tiffany, I don't know if she's training to wrestle or not.

So that leaves 5-8 slots. According to reports, Sunny's in. I fully expect Trish. Probably Ivory. We're down to 2-5 left.

Add in Lita and Ashley. That could be the full 25.

That aside, I wonder if Stephanie will be involved.

No.

Lita - Maybe
Chyna - Why not, she is a former ic champ !!!

There's plenty of reasons why not

Gotta have a piss break, right?

Molly needs to be in this.

By my count, you've got 18 Divas on the WWE roster: Beth Phoenix, Melina, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Jillian Hall, Layla, Candice Michelle, Rosa Mendes, The Bellas, Maria, Eve, Michelle McCool, Maryse, Alicia Fox, Natalya, Katie Lea and Tiffany. 19 if you count Gail Kim being advertised for a SmackDown! return. If you include Sunny in the match count, that's 20. 5 spots remaining:

Mae Young is in. Sorry, but if she plans to wrestle when she's 100, she can work this year's WrestleMania. When has the WWE ever been shy about using her. She will be in the match. Trish Stratus is another likely pick, as she is still on good terms with the WWE, they will likely offer her a lot of money, and there have been rumours swirling around saying that she'll work the PPV. She just "retired," but if the WWE contacted her, I can't see Victoria saying no to working at WrestleMania at least one more time. Torrie Wilson got lifted from Booker T's fan convention by the WWE, and was asked to work the WWE events. I'm sure she'll be in town for WrestleMania, and although she has back troubles, it's a big pay-day, and she'll probably just go through the bottom and middle rope. She's one of the WWE's favourites, too.

The last spot is the tricky one. Does the WWE go with a good female wrestler from the past, like Molly Holly or Ivory, or do they go with the "big star" and try and shock everyone with Chyna, or get in touch with Stacy Keibler? They could also sign a girl for a one-time appearance, like Aja Kong, which would actually be very cool. My guess: Since she has been dropping hints she may return to the company soon, Ashley Massaro gets the nod and gets to appear in the match.

So the mystery five, in my opinion:

1. Mae Young
2. Victoria
3. Trish Stratus
4. Torrie Wilson
5. Ashley Massaro

Idk if I could see Victoria coming back so soon. That seems like that would kind of cheapen her retirement angle.

No Ashley Massaro either, please.

Nah, a quickie appearance in a Wrestlemania clusterfuck isn't going to cheapen an angle that barely happened.

There wasn't really an angle with her. She just said she was retiring. Personally, if I were Victoria, I'd be offended if the WWE was looking for women to pad out one of their matches and they never even bothered to give me a call after I had just walked out the door.

It wouldn't be my choice, just predicting what the WWE will do.

Also, the Final Four in this match should be Beth Phoenix, Natalya, Mickie James and Gail Kim. Because that would be awesome.

I would definitely expect Lita to be there.

I'm actually not against this. It would be cool to see some past Women and Divas. Even seeing Luna would be sweet.

Honestly I'm hoping they split it to about 15 current divas and 10 past divas. Just for a few mark out moments.

Oh, I know that it wasn't even a real angle, that's just my take on it. And it would be kinda pointless because it was so recent. The Divas that come back for the match are doing so because they'd make some impact with the fans, IE Trish or Mae. If you missed an episode of Smackdown, you wouldn't even know Victoria retired.

JR: "Bahgawd, it's Vicoria! Another big return!"

Crowd: "Victoria was gone? :wtf: "

I hope they do this Royal Rumble-style, with 30 second intervals. Just for the surprise factor.

I hope a lot. :(

Agreed. Just throwing them out all at once lessens the build-up for a proper mark out.

I dunno. I marked out at the Raw XV battle royal for a lot of them, that format worked fine. Let's not drag it out any longer than need be.

That could have been a lot better with Royal Rumble-style entrances.

Who wouldn't have marked out if Blackman's music hit and he cleared house with the Kendo stick?

Anything will be better than the shitty crapfest of a Divas match we got last year.

What was the problem with the lumberjills match? Besides the power f'n up, and the umpteen botches, and the random Snoop Dogg clothesline.

I'd like to see all the people from the past, not current :mad:

Chyna, I'd order the PPV if I saw her. I was a HUGE Chyna mark back in the day.

Also, nobody mentioned that girl that Chaz (Mosh) was with back in the day. There was an angle where Chaz sexually assaulted her or something.......or did she die?

Wasn't that the incest gimmick?

I don't know.

Marianna Kombs was that girl. She did die due to breast cancer at the age of 25.

:-\

Think they could get Bull Nakano? Ooh, or Bertha Faye!

Bull Nakano was awesome

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3...lnakanogk5.jpg

bertha faye is dead

Wrong thread.

how is it wrong threat

i was simply responding to this

We already did a state the obvious thread. That is the point he was making.

Shannon Moore! :D

Better yet, if I recall correctly, she wants to return to wrestling...

Even better yet...I could see her winning it.

Even better better yet...they could just unify the 2 belts....and give it to Ashley









:shifty:

Also, in a shocking twist, and I'm surprised none of you mentioned this yet, but in some weird and wacky way, I can see Santino being in this match

I think that you are all missing out on the greatest diva in WWE history...

http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.co.../j/jazz/12.jpg

Nah, we already mentioned Molly.

Bull Nakano lost a ton of weight and is now a professional golfer, so probably not.

Well there is a new gimmick! She can even call her finisher "The Driver" or even "The Hole in One"!!

In the match? The whole point of this is probably so they can have 25 women beat the crap out of Santino for laughs and waste everyone's time.

From PWInsider:
Former WWE Diva Nidia, the first female Tough Enough winner, is in Houston, Texas and is expected to appear in the Miss Wrestlemania Battle Royal.

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Pretty random...

For whatever reason, I actually enjoyed the Jamie Noble/Nidia trailer park couple. Kind of an interesting add to me, even if she was probably way down on the depth chart of divas they wanted to contact to make a return.

Clearly somebody else popped an implant and they needed a replacement.

Nidia/Noble was great. Probably the best she'd ever been in the company. I would mark like a little pixie if we could get Stacey Keibler in the mix.

Former WWE Diva and TNA Knockout Jackie Gayda-Hass will be among the 25 Divas at the 25 Diva Battle Royal at WrestleMania to crown the first ever Miss WrestleMania.

http://www.pwnewsnow.com/cutenews/da...ckie_gayda.jpgWebsite PWInsider confirmed that Gayda-Hass, who hasn't been in a ring since leaving TNA after becoming pregnant in 2006, will be the 23rd confirmed competitor in the match.

Other confirmed former divas participating in the match include Torrie Wilson, Molly Holly, Victoria, and Tammy Sytch (aka Sunny).

MOLLY! OMG! :love: :love: :love: :love:

Wasn't there a story a little while back saying that when WWE came calling about the Battle Royal, she was convinced that WWE was calling to fire Charlie?

It'll be cool to see Torrie and Molly again. Seems like Trish is still questionable...or they're doing a damn good job of keeping her spot a secret.

Maybe Victoria will win this match and get to retire the proper way.

Ya, it will not happen.

The next best thing after a gimmick battle royal is a match that is actually worth watching unlike a gimmick battle royal.

:love: :drool:

I saw the pics of Sunny from recent indy show and I really hope she doesn't show up, or she manages to lose about 30 lbs, because her showing up looking like Ms Piggy is going to ruin the image of Sunny forever.

Molly!!! Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss :love: