The Pro Wrestling EVE Thread (UK)

[Woo]

No update on the re-scheduled show yet?

[Evergrey06]

They're dealing with some stuff, give them a little time.

[prowrestlingeve]

The idea of postponing the event was so that we can do the show as close to the original card as possible ie War Games, however with Ayesha in Japan in March and Alpha in Japan March - April realistically we're not going to get an opportunity to do War Games before April 27 - an event that Alpha is not able to attend due to her Japan commitments. Though we could change the card up a bit especially considering the feud between She-X and Ama-Reilly where a steel cage is indeed appropriate a matter has recently arisen whereby to focus on another event before April 27 - for someone like me who doesn't do this full time and has a family and a partner to care for - well it would it be foolish.

What's made things a little more complicated shall we say is that another wrestling promotion has booked The Delphi Centre for an event just 7 days before our April 27 event complicating things from a local stand-point and meaning all our attention must now be put on that event because the truth is while they have a promotions team behind them...I don't. It's just me especially at this moment in time when I don't have Emily around. That's not me doing the sympathy thing its just me being open on why therefore I need to focus on April 27 for the time being. Trust me when I say this isn't an ideal scenario for us and I apologise to anyone else who this further inconveniences.

As those who attend our events know Sudbury is a VERY small town and The Delphi Centre is the only venue in town now too. Sudbury is also a town that I've promoted in for the last 10 years (believe it or not 10 years this April) and was a town that had only ever housed wrestling once before it (1994), a town that we've educated on female wrestling throughout the years as our increasing attendance numbers have shown. Most locals will think both events are us as all they see is the word "WRESTLING" and the venue on the poster so for another promotion to come in and risk the popularity of our business by putting on a show and that is not what the public who keep coming back for our characters and events will be expecting is a bit..... Well, y'know.

So as it stands right now the realism is April 27 is our next event for the reasons stated above. Again, apologies for any inconveniences caused.

[JenniferL134]

A shame this other promotion is causing trouble for you. Too much politics in wrestling and considering all the hard work y'all have done with EVE in your town...well, it's ridiculous.

Family comes first above anything else. If anyone can't accept that, then that says more about them. You take care of Emily and be strong. Do what you can when you can.

[Woo]

Sorry if my post came-off as nagging at all, wasn't what I intended. Thanks for taking the time to explain though.

[prowrestlingeve]

Mar 3, 2013 15:39:51 GMT -6 Woo said:

Sorry if my post came-off as nagging at all, wasn't what I intended. Thanks for taking the time to explain though.

No apology necessary, wasn't taken that way at all. Appreciate your interest and support.

[prowrestlingeve]

On a brighter side, check out the top 10 moves of current EVE Champion Nikki Storm!

[Woo]

Nikki Storm is awesome. I really hope she's the next Brit to get a Shimmer call up.

[themib]

Nikki Storm will be on JWP's April 14th show at Korakuen Hall, no word on how long she'll be working in Japan.

[themib]

Six of the eight spots are filled on May 25th's Queen of the Ring tournament...

*Alpha Female
*Blue Nikita
*Emi Sakura
*Leah von Dutch
*Leah Owens
*Kacey Owens

[themib]

Nikki Storm defends the Pro Wrestling EVE Title on May 5th in Itabashi against Hanako Nakamori.

[scarletspider]

Funny how things turn out.

Up until a couple of days ago, I had no plans to attend yesterday's Eve event. It was advertised as another 'Special Edition', which inevitably meant guys on the card and there had been next to no publicity for it (with Eve seemingly concentrating on promoting next month's QotR show in Nottingham). Plus, Nikki Storm and Alpha would be absent due to their respective trips to Japan and the only thing we really knew about last night's show was that two ex-WWF guys were gonna be involved.

So, with money uber-tight for me right now, I really couldn't justify making the trip and I figured I'd just skip this one. But then, a few days ago, Dann posted a message on FB announcing that the show would be Eve's last night at the Delphi club, and having attended every event there prior to this one, I realised I couldn't miss out on Eve's final night in Sudbury.

And it's bloody lucky that I did! Against all expectation, last night's show was arguably the best Eve have put on for some time. And that's not to say that the shows prior to this weren't great too. But yesterday's show went that extra mile.

Arriving in Sudbury, I was a little disappointed to see the 'WRESTLING' posters all over town. I get that it's about bums on seats and getting the punters in, but I do find it frustrating that Eve can't be more up front about their own promotion, at least as far as advertising goes. The posters in question for the show featured 5 wrestlers. Three of whom were guys. Only two were actual Eve wrestlers. To be fair, two of the dudes were Dibiase and Dreamer, and of course it makes sense to big up the 'celebrities'. I guess really, it's not so much Eve that I'm disappointed with. Just moreso the idea that any women's promotion has to piggyback on the suggestion of it being a male show, just to get people in the door. Anyway, the posters didn't do much to inspire me ahead of the event, but I figured if we at least got 3 or 4 Eve matches in-between all the guy's stuff, the trip would still be worthwhile.

As it turned out, we'd be getting a few more than that.

The show kicked off with what could have arguably been a main event on a fair few other shows, with Kay Lee Ray and Erin teaming up against Shanna and the other visiting wrestler on the card, Leah Von Dutch. I did wonder why such a big match was opening the show, but I know Dann's often spoken of kicking things off with a big match. And this one certainly qualified. Truth is, it was arguably the match of the night. And that ain't to say after this, the show dropped off in any way, cos it didn't at all. It's simply that this match was an especially good match on a night full of fantastic bouts.

Next up came two single bouts, pitting She-X vs Ama-Reilly, with Rhia first taking on Bete and then Viper facing Ayesha. Both matches were awesome, the one disappointment for me came from Viper not getting a win over Ayesha. After Rhia defeated Bete, it just seemed on the cards for Viper to redress the balance. Plus, I think it would have been a nice 'big' win for Viper, who has quickly established herself as one of the standout members of the Eve roster. Ultimately though, I guess the double loss for She-X was all about building towards the subsequent tag rematch between the two teams at QotR, as part of the still-a-bit-wonky Eve title tournament.

I say wonky because, whilst one side of the tournament bracket is still on the first round, on the other side of the bracket, we'd already reached the semi-final stage. And that match was up next, with the Owens Twins taking on the Glamour Gym. Good stuff from both teams, nailing that sometimes difficult balance between comedy and wrestling. It wasn't a huge surprise to see Carmel and Sara take the victory and reach the final, but the match was very entertaining nevertheless.

At this point, an interval was announced and I figured that was pretty much it for the Eve matches. We'd seen everyone in attendance, we'd had some fantastic matches and so I naturally assumed the latter part of the show would be all dude stuff. I was a bit put out in my assumption that the Eve matches had essentially been the undercard, but they'd all been so good, I actually wasn't too annoyed.

As a result of my jumping to conclusions, I neglected to 'use the facilities' during the intermission, on account that I'd have plenty of time once the guys came out. And so I spent the interval at the bar until Dann came back to the ring... and introduced Viper. She then issued an open challenge to anyone in the back, so I had to rush back to me seat! Shanna answered Viper's challenge, and they had a short but sweet match, with Viper taking the win. Whilst the aforementioned KLR/Erin vs Leah/Shanna was probably the match of the show, I think this match was my own personal favourite, primarily ‘cos it gave Viper a welcome victory.

OK, so with that done, surely the guys would be out next, right? Nope. Next up was a 4(and a half) way between Ayesha, Bette, Leah Owens and Sara Marie (the half being Carmel, who wasn’t formally in the match but who remained at ringside). The presence of the Glamour Gym put Ayesha in a more tweener role in this bout and it suited her. I still don’t think we’ve seen the best of Ayesha at Eve so far. Not in terms of her ability, but just in how she’s been booked to date, which has often been more about the brawling than the wrestling. This was a good match, but as with any match that has one clearly dominant wrestler, if that wrestler isn't going to win, there needs to be a plausible way to take them out of the action to allow someone else to take the victory. I don’t know if that quite worked here.

Erin vs Rhia were out next and put on a fantastic match with some fast paced chain wrestling and a nice clash of styles between Erin’s high flying and Rhia’s more power based offence. This also felt like a really good example of a ‘proper’ face vs heel bout, with both wrestlers very much the perfect examples of their respective roles.

By now it seemed obvious that the entire roster were pulling double duty on the show, and sure enough, next out came Kasey Owens to face Leah Von Dutch. It’s always good to see the respective Owens in singles action once in a while, and Kasey had a great match with Leah (Dann also announced we'll be seeing The Owens in a singles match vs each other at the upcoming QotR show!). Kudos too to the visiting Leah who excelled in both of her matches, and worked the local crowd fantastically too.

The unofficial main event for the evening came in another (and allegedly final, at least on an Eve card) match between long time rivals, Carmel and Kay Lee Ray. It goes without saying that this was awesome, a match that inevitably spilled out of the ring, did a ‘lap of honour’ of the Delphi and smashed a glass or two (unintentionally!) The one mis-step, in me own opinion, was in how the match ended. In what had already been a heel-victory heavy night, and with this being the pair's ‘final battle’, a victory for KLR seemed likely.

However, it wasn’t that KLR lost which was problematic as such. Simply in the manner of her defeat. What looked to pretty much everyone in attendance to be a two and three quarter count before KLR kicked out turned out to be the winning pin for Carmel. But a slight delay in calling it left everyone a little confused, and rather than a definable “Booo!!!” or “Yay” moment, the match finished on more of a “huh? What happened?” On the plus side, a post-match attack on Carmel did allow Kay Lee to leave the ring on a note of defiance.

Another break followed, prior to what Dann announced would the main event featuring Tommy Dreamer and two blokes whose names I couldn’t tell ya. As before (when I had assumed the second half of the show would be all guys), I still found this a bit off. Yes, Dreamer’s an established ‘star’, but come on. Who puts on a guest bout at a promotion for the main event? Let alone having a male match as a main event at a women’s promotion!! All that said, I was only really annoyed in principle. The show had been nothing short of awesome up until that point, as well as being Eve’s longest single show to date (I think), even before the bloke match kicked off.

The match happened and after Dreamer won, he cut a little promo in the ring and called the Eve roster to the ring for the crowd to show their appreciation and say goodbye. And it STILL wasn’t over! Shanna approached Dreamer with a request for a kiss, and instead stunned him and tossed him out the ring. This led into a final battle royal which, although brief, did mean that the last Eve match at the Delphi club was an actual Eve match. And KLR was able to compensate a little for her earlier defeat, taking the victory by tossing Ayesha out of the ring.

Overall then, and somewhat ironically perhaps, Eve’s second ‘Special Edition’ show actually lived up to its name. And then some. This really was a special night, with numerous crowd pleasing moments, not a single dud match and it was the perfect way to say goodbye to the Delphi Club.

[scarletspider]

Oh, and Shanna challenged Storm for the title. Dann pointed out that Shanna would need to win the QotR tourny to get that shot but between Nikki already responding with a quick promo on her facebook page, and with a recent Facebook post from Dann regarding the relationships between faces, heels and 'allies becoming enemies', I think Shanna might be in with a shout.

I don't think a face turn from either wrestler is coming. I suspect we are gonna see a heel vs heel title match in the future, perhaps even a decent length feud (Shanna's ongoing TNA gutcheck notwithstanding). But given the standard of the two women involved, I don't see anyone having a problem with that all.

[themib]

Here's the Nikki Storm promo answering Shanna's challenge...

[Deleted]

I think the lesson learned in all of this is that you shouldn't write off or skip a show just because some men might also be wrestling on the show. It sounds like this is a perfect example of a show one would really regret not attending.