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Welcome to Diva Dirt’s This Week in History, where each week we’ll take a look back at some of the most memorable moments in women’s wrestling from years gone by.
So, join us in taking a trip down memory lane…
As usual, vids at the above link.
December 24th, 2001 | Many people love Eggnog, but we doubt that very many of them would want to wrestle in it. Unfortunately for Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler, they found themselves in such a match and wrestled in the seasonal beverage while wearing sexy Santa costumes. Torrie won the match–big surprise, as she was practically unbeatable in gimmick matches. Seriously, she was like the Undertaker of T&A wrestling. But the real loser of the match was whoever had to wash those Eggnog-soaked costumes–that smell had to be seriously foul.
December 19th, 2005 & December 24th, 2007 | Diva appearances at the annual Tribute to the Troops events are usually lighthearted, feel-good fare. In 2005 and 2007, we saw just that: 2005 saw Ashley Massaro & Trish Stratus against Candice Michelle & Maria, while 2007 featured Kelly Kelly & Layla taking on the team of Maria & Mickie James. No, they’re not mat classics, but it’s always great to see the Divas put on a show for such a deserving audience.
December 22nd, 2008 | Following her 2006 retirement, Trish Stratus wrestled for the first time in over 2 years in the main event of Raw, teaming with John Cena to take on Beth Phoenix & Santino Marella. Trish was victorious, and went on the wrestle several more times in tag team action. All this post-retirement teamwork makes us wonder: will we ever see her in singles action again?
December 23rd, 2002 & December 21st, 2009 | Santa’s Little Helpers matches are a tradition, like them or not, so it’s tough to go a year without seeing Divas wrestling in red outfits with fuzzy white trim. In 2002, Santa’s Little Helpers were the teams of Jacqueline, Stacy Keibler & Trish Stratus and Ivory, Molly Holly & Victoria, while 2009′s were the trios of Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly, & Melina and Alicia Fox, Jillian & Maryse.
December 20th, 2007 | A welcome alternative to all the Yuletide tag team matches was TNA’s creation of the “Santa’s Workshop Street Fight”, where Angelina Love, Awesome Kong, Christy Hemme, Gail Kim, Jacqueline, ODB, Roxxi, Traci Brooks and Velvet Sky competed in a Christmas-themed brawl all over the Impact Zone. Naturally, the most powerful Knockout, Awesome Kong, came out on top, because even if it’s Christmas-themed, a street fight isn’t determined by someone’s naughty-or-nice quotient.
December 19th, 2010 | At 2010′s TLC PPV, the first ever Divas Tag Team Tables match pitted two famous Diva duos against each other: Beth Phoenix & Natalya-pre DOD and Layla & Michelle McCool, also known as Lay-Cool. In the end, doom trumped flawlessness, and Lay-Cool found themselves squashed together in the ruins of a table.
