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Post by Starscream on Nov 13, 2006 17:32:44 GMT -6
Okay, 7/8 taping sounded like the most awesome thing ever and womens' wrestling is really going into new frontiers now with shimmer, now that there is a place for it.
My question is: What would youl ike to see from Shimmer now?
Who else would you like to see in shimmer?
What "new frontiers" do you see shimmer going into? Precendents being set?
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Post by desperadorrj on Nov 14, 2006 2:49:54 GMT -6
Hopefully I would like to see Shimmer go gobal. Japanese wresters brought in and maybe even a pomotion vs. pomotion challege.
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Post by LR on Nov 14, 2006 3:58:38 GMT -6
For the short term, more of the same. Shimmer is still a new promotion, so growth is going to be difficult, although obviously the potential is there.
Assuming retail sales of the DVDs are good, I think more regular tapings are on the cards for six months - a year down the line. At some point in year two, I'd also like the promotion to move to a bigger location. More special attraction matches with ROH in the tristate would also promote growth.
As far as the product itself goes, I would definitley like to see a championship belt. Titles are as synonomous with wrestling, to me, as a wrestling ring, so one is needed.
Also: more promos! Certainly they've been increasing gradually over the course of the tapings we've seen, but a good fifteen - twenty minutes of pretaped interviews throughout the shows are essential for establishing character and storylines.
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Post by Starscream on Nov 14, 2006 14:10:13 GMT -6
Cage match!  |
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Post by Starscream on Nov 14, 2006 14:36:11 GMT -6
Hopefully I would like to see Shimmer go gobal. Japanese wresters brought in and maybe even a pomotion vs. pomotion challege. Or like a Team America vs. Team Canada. ..w/ Danger in the middle. . . . Do you think ROH fans at ROH shows would get tired of that? I like vignettes for developing character and character interactions. But not so many that you get a late WCW feel. Maybe attacks backstage. ..creative promo montage. Straight-up interviews can get annoying (and boring). |
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Post by muhammond on Nov 14, 2006 16:44:12 GMT -6
I would also say a little more storylines/promos. Obviously, no one wants to see the story overtake the emphasis on workrate and in-ring competition, but it would do more to get over the gimmicks and personalities to put more story into the mix.
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Post by LR on Nov 14, 2006 17:48:49 GMT -6
Do you think ROH fans at ROH shows would get tired of that? As clarification, I didn't mean more per show; rather just have them more often, one to an event for a run of five-six shows, maybe. Your typical ROH fan tends to be a workrate mark anyway, so as long as the match is quality, it shouldn't bore them. I just think that its an easier way of breaking into that market without having to go to the immediate expense of running a pure Shimmer show. I like vignettes for developing character and character interactions. But not so many that you get a late WCW feel. Maybe attacks backstage. ..creative promo montage. Straight-up interviews can get annoying (and boring). Agreed. My call for more promos was more along the lines of getting more of the women to do them, rather than a straight thirty minutes of talking. Or like a Team America vs. Team Canada. ..w/ Danger in the middle... Unfortunately, WCW and TNA have overkilled the Canadian stable of wrestlers gimmick for me... |
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Post by zoych on Nov 14, 2006 18:14:29 GMT -6
A Singles Title Tournament.
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Post by bullshizzle on Nov 14, 2006 18:47:52 GMT -6
"What would youl ike to see from Shimmer now?"
Hopefully by the second anniversary their will be a title.
"Who else would you like to see in shimmer?"
Their is a huge list of women that I would like to see in SHIMMER. Just a few off the top of my head:
1. Wesna
2. Vanessa Kraven
3. Mickie Knuckles
4. Melissa Stripes
5. Ayumi Kurihara
6. Mariko Yoshida
7. Blue Nikita
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Post by brassy on Nov 14, 2006 22:33:12 GMT -6
First, I hope SHIMMER is on solid enough ground to start having a single volume taping once every month.
Second, for one night only, I want Manami Toyota to make an appearance.
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Post by crapuchino on Nov 14, 2006 23:21:52 GMT -6
I don't know about New Frontiers, Shimmer only had three tapings this year,
thats a very low number even for a new promotion,
So I just hope for more shows next year.
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Post by haysihawk on Nov 15, 2006 1:21:35 GMT -6
I don't know about New Frontiers, Shimmer only had three tapings this year, that a very low number even for a new promotion, so I just hope for more shows next year. Technically 3 tapings during 2006, but 4 tapings in the first year of operation, and 8 DVD releases were filmed during that period of time. They've said numerous times that the goal in the first year was to test the market for a women's wrestling DVD series, and see what kind of audience there is for such a thing, and if that audience would be willing to spend money on 8 women's wrestling DVDs over the course of a year. Sure some wrestling fans might give 1 or 2 DVDs a look, but how many would be willing to drop the cash on a regular basis? Shimmer was very smart in that it didn't run too many shows too quickly and be forced into horrible debt or out of business as a result. Many predicted the promotion wouldn't last more than 1 or 2 shows. |
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Post by elnino14 on Nov 15, 2006 3:24:27 GMT -6
I'm curious as to how well the DVD's are doing, especially the retail version of Volume 1. Can ShimmerOffice release any news on that?
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Post by laceysangel on Nov 15, 2006 18:12:51 GMT -6
I would just like to see them have tapings more often and possibly add a title at some point in the next year.
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Post by elnino14 on Nov 15, 2006 23:50:21 GMT -6
I think names for the DVDs would be cool. I mean naming the DVDs volume 1, 2, 3, 4....etc...is efficient and all but is kind of meh.
So names for each show would be cool.
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