Post by chrisv on Feb 14, 2006 11:40:42 GMT -6
Shimmer Women’s Wrestling 021206 results & thoughts
By Chris Vetter
Shimmer Women’s Wrestling returned to Berwyn, Ill., on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006, for two tapings. I traveled to the event with two competitors on the show – Rain and Ann (Thraxx) Brookstone. We learned on our travel to the show in suburban Chicago that three wrestlers – Arieal, Lacey and Mercedes Martinez – were snowed in on the East Coast.
As we arrived, promoter Dave Prazak (the announcer on ROH shows) and a few others were furiously re-writing the whole show. Despite all the last-minute changes, Shimmer pulled off a tremendous show, and all the competitors and people associated with putting this event together should be applauded. I know some fans will disregard this show because they ‘don’t like women’s wrestling.’ This show might change some minds. These women are tremendous athletes and they know how to ‘go’ in the ring.
The doors opened at 4 p.m., and the event got started at 5 p.m. sharp. The actually crowd was about 150; I’m told the paid crowd was about 110. The total attendance was up from the first Shimmer taping in November. The event got underway with Allison Danger telling the crowd about all the cancellations.
(1) Rain defeats Nikki Roxx at 9:13. Good opener. Roxx is from New Hampshire, and she wore purple & black. Rain is the heel. They traded armbars, and Nikki hit a shoulder tackle and a headscissors takedown for a nearfall. Rain hit a Lungblower for a nearfall, and she kicked at Roxx’ back. Rain hit a dropkick on the lower back as Roxx was tied in the ropes. Roxx came back with a Mafia Kick. Rain hit a backbreaker over her knee for a nearfall, then she applied a fishhook on Roxx’ mouth at 5:00.
Rain stayed on top with a hard clothesline for a nearfall, and she jawed with the ref about slow counts. Roxx hit some hard chops. She avoided the Raindrop/inverted DDT, and she hit a nice Northern Lights Suplex for a nearfall at 7:30. They traded hard chops, and Roxx hit a dropkick. Roxx got a Victory Roll for a nearfall. Rain put Roxx on her shoulders and hit a nice Electric Chair/fallaway slam with a bridge for the pin. Impressive. **
(2) Lorelei Lee defeats Malia Hosaka at 11:53. Lee flew in from Florida. Hosaka is billed as from Hawaii, and she is muscular and mean! Hosaka wore a red & black one-piece outfit. Lee, the face, wore a yellow top and blue trunks. Hosaka, who has really long hair, immediately complained to the ref that Lee was pulling her hair. Lee cranked on Hosaka’s arm and applied a cross-armbreaker. Hosaka hit some chops, and she growled at the ref and at the crowd. She hit a nice spin kick to Lee’s face and she applied a Camel Clutch. She tossed Lee across the ring by Lee’s hair at 4:30.
Lee got her knees up to block a body splash, and Lee hit a dropkick for a nearfall and a Camel Clutch. Hosaka hit some spin kicks to the stomach, and she yelled at the ref some more. Lee applied a Figure Four at 8:30, and the crowd begged for Hosaka to tap, but she made it to the ropes. Hosaka applied a bodyscissorslock. Lee won it with a rollup. *1/2
Immediately after the match, Lexie Fyfe hit the ring, and Fyfe & Hosaka began to beat down Lee. Cindy Rogers ran to ringside to make the save, setting up a match for the second taping.
(3) Lexie Fyfe defeats MsChif at 10:41. Eh, solid, but this could have been better. Fyfe wore all black, and she’s a bit heavier & older than most of the women here. MsChif wore her Goth black outfit, and she has black & green hair. Fyfe was too scared to tie up with MsChif early on. MsChif let out a loud scream, and Fyfe said, “She broke my eardrum!” They did some basic standing switches, and MsChif did a cool cartwheel to escape an armbar. MsChif was on top early, as she applied a Muta Lock at 3:00, but Fyfe made it to the ropes. MsChif also applied a mid-ring Octopus.
Fyfe came back with some rolling suplexes and a Boston Crab in the center of the ring. MsChif hit a nice Reverse Rana for a nearfall at 6:00. Fyfe applied a pendulum and she hit some chops. MsChif hit some doublestomps on the back in the corner. Suddenly, Cheerleader Melissa sauntered to ringside at 9:30, which distracted MsChif. MsChif hit an inverted DDT for a nearfall. Melissa grabbed MsChif’s foot, which allowed Lexie to hit an RKO/spinning Ace Crusher for the pin. 3/4*
(4) Cindy Rogers defeats Tiana Ringer and Amber O’Neal in a three-way elimination match at 7:22. They broke my one rule of an elimination match… they broke up each other’s pinfall attempts. (Why would you do that if you are in the ring? If someone is getting pinned, that means you are one step closer to winning the match! Breaking up a pin in an elimination match simply does not make sense, especially when a face is breaking up the pin between two heels.) Rogers wore black pants and a green top. Tiana wore purple. Amber is the prissy Southern girl from North Carolina, and she wore hot pink and came out to Madonna’ “Material Girl.”
The heels jumped Rogers immediately, but Rogers hit a double dropkick, then she hit some clotheslines. O’Neal accidentally chopped Ringer. Ringer hit a guillotine legdrop on Rogers. O’Neal and Ringer took turns chopping Rogers. Rogers hit a nice facebuster over her knee on Ringer. Rogers then nailed an X-Factor/faceplant on O’Neal and pinned her at 5:04 (the ref screwed up the pinfall here, too.) Tiana hit a nice spinebuster on Rogers for a nearfall, but Rogers came back with a Dragon Sleeper, and Ringer tapped out. 1/2*
(5) Cheerleader Melissa defeats Shantelle Taylor at 17:40. Good match. Melissa wore a blue singlet, and she has a lofty, snooty arrogance aura. Taylor is blonde with a pink outfit. They traded some good mat wrestling, and Melissa cranked on the arm. This is good but methodical mat wrestling early on. Melissa opened the match up a bit with a chop and a flying forearm into the corner at 8:30, and she tossed Taylor headfirst into the corner. Taylor came back with some big chops and a cartwheel-back-elbow. Melissa hit a nice back suplex, and both women were down at 10:00. Some in the crowd began cheering for the heel, Melissa.
Melissa hit a hard clothesline and a reverse Texas Cloverleaf at 13:30, but Shantelle reached the ropes. Shantelle fired back with some stiff forearms and chops. These women hit hard! Taylor hit a dropkick. Melissa won it by wrapping Shantelle around Melissa’s back and hitting a sideslam for the pin. **1/2
(6) Sara Del Ray defeats Daizee Haze at 19:48. Sara Del Ray came from California, and she wore a red & white & blue outfit. She came out to Europe’s “The Final Countdown,” which made some fans chant for American Dragon! Funny. Haze is a small blonde, and she wore green & yellow, and she’s tremendously popular in the Midwest. This is a face-face matchup, and the crowd is split. They traded some nice mat wrestling and reversals, and in a funny spot, Sara Del Ray couldn’t kip up! The crowd demanded that ref Bryce Remsburg try showing her how it’s done, so Bryce did a kip up. Funny, as the crowd chanted, “You got served!”
At 6:00, they did a test of strength. Sara bent Daizee backward over Sara’s knees! Ouch. Sara hit a backbreaker over her knee. Haze came back with a satellite headscissors takedown. Sara hit some Yokozuna-style buttdrops to the chest, then she slingshot Haze’s throat across the bottom rope at 11:30 for a nearfall. They traded chops in a corner, and Sara hit a nice Samoan Drop for a nearfall. Haze hit some stiff forearms, and she got a nice sunset flip, almost a hurricanrana, off Sara’s shoulders. The crowd was loud and vocal!
Haze hit a spin kick to the head for a nearfall at 18:00. Haze hit a missile dropkick, and both women were down. Haze hit a Heart Punch and a hurricanrana for a nearfall. However, Sara Del Ray won it with an impressive German Suplex and a bridge for the pin. This match got, and deserved, a standing ovation from the crowd. **3/4
Intermission. We took a 10-minute break that actually, only went 10 minutes!
By Chris Vetter
Shimmer Women’s Wrestling returned to Berwyn, Ill., on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006, for two tapings. I traveled to the event with two competitors on the show – Rain and Ann (Thraxx) Brookstone. We learned on our travel to the show in suburban Chicago that three wrestlers – Arieal, Lacey and Mercedes Martinez – were snowed in on the East Coast.
As we arrived, promoter Dave Prazak (the announcer on ROH shows) and a few others were furiously re-writing the whole show. Despite all the last-minute changes, Shimmer pulled off a tremendous show, and all the competitors and people associated with putting this event together should be applauded. I know some fans will disregard this show because they ‘don’t like women’s wrestling.’ This show might change some minds. These women are tremendous athletes and they know how to ‘go’ in the ring.
The doors opened at 4 p.m., and the event got started at 5 p.m. sharp. The actually crowd was about 150; I’m told the paid crowd was about 110. The total attendance was up from the first Shimmer taping in November. The event got underway with Allison Danger telling the crowd about all the cancellations.
(1) Rain defeats Nikki Roxx at 9:13. Good opener. Roxx is from New Hampshire, and she wore purple & black. Rain is the heel. They traded armbars, and Nikki hit a shoulder tackle and a headscissors takedown for a nearfall. Rain hit a Lungblower for a nearfall, and she kicked at Roxx’ back. Rain hit a dropkick on the lower back as Roxx was tied in the ropes. Roxx came back with a Mafia Kick. Rain hit a backbreaker over her knee for a nearfall, then she applied a fishhook on Roxx’ mouth at 5:00.
Rain stayed on top with a hard clothesline for a nearfall, and she jawed with the ref about slow counts. Roxx hit some hard chops. She avoided the Raindrop/inverted DDT, and she hit a nice Northern Lights Suplex for a nearfall at 7:30. They traded hard chops, and Roxx hit a dropkick. Roxx got a Victory Roll for a nearfall. Rain put Roxx on her shoulders and hit a nice Electric Chair/fallaway slam with a bridge for the pin. Impressive. **
(2) Lorelei Lee defeats Malia Hosaka at 11:53. Lee flew in from Florida. Hosaka is billed as from Hawaii, and she is muscular and mean! Hosaka wore a red & black one-piece outfit. Lee, the face, wore a yellow top and blue trunks. Hosaka, who has really long hair, immediately complained to the ref that Lee was pulling her hair. Lee cranked on Hosaka’s arm and applied a cross-armbreaker. Hosaka hit some chops, and she growled at the ref and at the crowd. She hit a nice spin kick to Lee’s face and she applied a Camel Clutch. She tossed Lee across the ring by Lee’s hair at 4:30.
Lee got her knees up to block a body splash, and Lee hit a dropkick for a nearfall and a Camel Clutch. Hosaka hit some spin kicks to the stomach, and she yelled at the ref some more. Lee applied a Figure Four at 8:30, and the crowd begged for Hosaka to tap, but she made it to the ropes. Hosaka applied a bodyscissorslock. Lee won it with a rollup. *1/2
Immediately after the match, Lexie Fyfe hit the ring, and Fyfe & Hosaka began to beat down Lee. Cindy Rogers ran to ringside to make the save, setting up a match for the second taping.
(3) Lexie Fyfe defeats MsChif at 10:41. Eh, solid, but this could have been better. Fyfe wore all black, and she’s a bit heavier & older than most of the women here. MsChif wore her Goth black outfit, and she has black & green hair. Fyfe was too scared to tie up with MsChif early on. MsChif let out a loud scream, and Fyfe said, “She broke my eardrum!” They did some basic standing switches, and MsChif did a cool cartwheel to escape an armbar. MsChif was on top early, as she applied a Muta Lock at 3:00, but Fyfe made it to the ropes. MsChif also applied a mid-ring Octopus.
Fyfe came back with some rolling suplexes and a Boston Crab in the center of the ring. MsChif hit a nice Reverse Rana for a nearfall at 6:00. Fyfe applied a pendulum and she hit some chops. MsChif hit some doublestomps on the back in the corner. Suddenly, Cheerleader Melissa sauntered to ringside at 9:30, which distracted MsChif. MsChif hit an inverted DDT for a nearfall. Melissa grabbed MsChif’s foot, which allowed Lexie to hit an RKO/spinning Ace Crusher for the pin. 3/4*
(4) Cindy Rogers defeats Tiana Ringer and Amber O’Neal in a three-way elimination match at 7:22. They broke my one rule of an elimination match… they broke up each other’s pinfall attempts. (Why would you do that if you are in the ring? If someone is getting pinned, that means you are one step closer to winning the match! Breaking up a pin in an elimination match simply does not make sense, especially when a face is breaking up the pin between two heels.) Rogers wore black pants and a green top. Tiana wore purple. Amber is the prissy Southern girl from North Carolina, and she wore hot pink and came out to Madonna’ “Material Girl.”
The heels jumped Rogers immediately, but Rogers hit a double dropkick, then she hit some clotheslines. O’Neal accidentally chopped Ringer. Ringer hit a guillotine legdrop on Rogers. O’Neal and Ringer took turns chopping Rogers. Rogers hit a nice facebuster over her knee on Ringer. Rogers then nailed an X-Factor/faceplant on O’Neal and pinned her at 5:04 (the ref screwed up the pinfall here, too.) Tiana hit a nice spinebuster on Rogers for a nearfall, but Rogers came back with a Dragon Sleeper, and Ringer tapped out. 1/2*
(5) Cheerleader Melissa defeats Shantelle Taylor at 17:40. Good match. Melissa wore a blue singlet, and she has a lofty, snooty arrogance aura. Taylor is blonde with a pink outfit. They traded some good mat wrestling, and Melissa cranked on the arm. This is good but methodical mat wrestling early on. Melissa opened the match up a bit with a chop and a flying forearm into the corner at 8:30, and she tossed Taylor headfirst into the corner. Taylor came back with some big chops and a cartwheel-back-elbow. Melissa hit a nice back suplex, and both women were down at 10:00. Some in the crowd began cheering for the heel, Melissa.
Melissa hit a hard clothesline and a reverse Texas Cloverleaf at 13:30, but Shantelle reached the ropes. Shantelle fired back with some stiff forearms and chops. These women hit hard! Taylor hit a dropkick. Melissa won it by wrapping Shantelle around Melissa’s back and hitting a sideslam for the pin. **1/2
(6) Sara Del Ray defeats Daizee Haze at 19:48. Sara Del Ray came from California, and she wore a red & white & blue outfit. She came out to Europe’s “The Final Countdown,” which made some fans chant for American Dragon! Funny. Haze is a small blonde, and she wore green & yellow, and she’s tremendously popular in the Midwest. This is a face-face matchup, and the crowd is split. They traded some nice mat wrestling and reversals, and in a funny spot, Sara Del Ray couldn’t kip up! The crowd demanded that ref Bryce Remsburg try showing her how it’s done, so Bryce did a kip up. Funny, as the crowd chanted, “You got served!”
At 6:00, they did a test of strength. Sara bent Daizee backward over Sara’s knees! Ouch. Sara hit a backbreaker over her knee. Haze came back with a satellite headscissors takedown. Sara hit some Yokozuna-style buttdrops to the chest, then she slingshot Haze’s throat across the bottom rope at 11:30 for a nearfall. They traded chops in a corner, and Sara hit a nice Samoan Drop for a nearfall. Haze hit some stiff forearms, and she got a nice sunset flip, almost a hurricanrana, off Sara’s shoulders. The crowd was loud and vocal!
Haze hit a spin kick to the head for a nearfall at 18:00. Haze hit a missile dropkick, and both women were down. Haze hit a Heart Punch and a hurricanrana for a nearfall. However, Sara Del Ray won it with an impressive German Suplex and a bridge for the pin. This match got, and deserved, a standing ovation from the crowd. **3/4
Intermission. We took a 10-minute break that actually, only went 10 minutes!