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Post by tystates on Nov 12, 2017 8:08:28 GMT -5
EDIT: last post on previous page has day 1 taping results.
Matches signed for Sunday:
Heart of Shimmer title: Shazza McKenzie (ch) vs. Allysin Kay
Tessa Blanchard vs. Vanessa Kraven
Mercedes Martinez & Aja Kong vs. Nicole Savoy & Hikaru Shida
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Post by tystates on Nov 12, 2017 12:17:47 GMT -5
--- TODAY IN BERWYN! SHIMMER 98 & 99! ---
SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES returns to the Berwyn Eagles Club (6309 26th Street) in Berwyn, IL this afternoon, Sunday, November 12, 2017, for SHIMMER 98 & 99! Over thirty-five of the top female professional wrestlers from around the world will be a part of the festivities! Bell time is Noon Central, with the pre-show matches featuring the competitors from RISE beginning just after 11:30AM. Tickets will be available at the door today starting at 11:00AM. For the full day of SHIMMER 98 & SHIMMER 99 live matches, ticket prices are: First Row Reserved $110, Second Row Reserved $60, General Admission $30). Today's live event will conclude no later than 7:00PM. Join us!
Among the matches scheduled for today in Berwyn...
***Main Event Grudge Tag Team Match*** MERCEDES MARTINEZ & AJA KONG vs. NICOLE SAVOY & HIKARU SHIDA
***Former Tag Team Championship Partners Collide*** VANESSA KRAVEN vs. TESSA BLANCHARD
***Heart of SHIMMER Championship Match*** (Champion) SHAZZA McKENZIE vs. ALLYSIN KAY
***SHIMMER Tag Team Championship Match*** (Champions) LEVA BATES & DELILAH DOOM vs. DEONNA PURRAZZO & ASHLEY LANE
MIA YIM vs. "Demon Assassin" COURTNEY RUSH
RACHAEL ELLERING vs. CHEERLEADER MELISSA
Plus also in action: CANDICE LeRAE, HIROYO MATSUMOTO, JESSICKA HAVOK, SARAYA KNIGHT, KELLYANNE, BRITT BAKER, CHELSEA GREEN, LUFISTO, HUDSON ENVY, SHOTZI BLACKHEART, VEDA SCOTT, THUNDERKITTY, SAMANTHA HEIGHTS, IVELISSE, SOLO DARLING, CHARLI EVANS, JESSICA TROY, AOI KIZUKI, MARTI BELLE, ZOE LUCAS, KIERA HOGAN, and more!
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Post by Sam Fain on Nov 14, 2017 12:22:30 GMT -5
This is an epic post with full spoilers for the weekend. Happy to answer any questions, as even with the gargantuan length of this, it doesn't cover everything.
Friday kicked things off in a great way. I was literally first in line for Aja Kong and Madusa meet and greet. Got my pic in the ring with both and Madusa’s WWF Women’s Title (yes, THAT belt) and they signed a pic. Bother were very kind and Madusa seemed genuinely interested in giving her time. There was no rush and we had a nice little chat and she translated some stuff for Aja and Aja understood some of what I said, especially when I brought up her cage match with Bull Nakano. Very cool moment.
SPOILERS FOLLOW:
Rise 5 Results: Samara, Trixie Tash, and Paloma Star defeated London Ali, Savannah Stone, and Robyn after Samara hit an implant buster on Londo.
Hyan over Indi Hartwell.
Layne Rosario says she deserves a match which brings out Lufisto who defeats her via a Burning Hammer.
Heather Monroe over Renee Michelle via submission.
Jewells Malone over Hawlee Layne via Fireman’s Carry Stunner.
The Sinister Sweethearts (Brittany Blake & Samantha Heights) over ACR & Valentina Loca via stereo kicks to Loca.
Allie Kat over Tasha Steelz via headbutt.
Zoe Lucas cuts a promo saying she’s the leader of the cupcakes and teased a Saraya match by saying she was the best British talent on the card, but it was her "best cheerleader" comment that brought out the real challenger: Cheerleader Melissa.
Cheerleader Melissa over Zoe Lucas via Air Raid Crash. -Good match. Melissa is so good at working with the younger talent and this was no exception. Zoe looked good, but this was definitely Melissa’s match.
Saraya Knight over Ray Lyn, Karen Q, and Miranda Salinas when she made Ray Lyn tap to a submission.
Nicole Savoy over Kylie Ray via Armbar. -Damn good match. Kylie is very over with the crowd and a lot of fun to watch. She sells exceedingly well, has charm and personality to the hilt, and already has a crispness not usually found in someone of her experience level.
Taya Valkyrie over Hudson Envy via Road To Valhalla. -Probably second best match of the night. They both brought it and Taya is clearly very good. Hudson is great. She’s very close to being top of the card worthy.
Shazza McKenzie squeaked by Thunder Rosa via rollup. -Fun match and Thunder almost came away with the win. They both kicked out of finishers and Shazza squeaked by with the rollup
Aja Kong, Jessica Troy, and Charli Evans over Hiroyo Matsumoto, Rachael Ellering, and Dynamite DiDi after a backfist from Kong on Ellering. -Easily match of the night and one of the best from the weekend. Blue Nation has gotten so good and Aja and Hiroyo were awesome in the ring together. Might have been Hiroyo’s match of the weekend, surprisingly. Awesome showing from Ellering, too.
Delilah Doom wins the Phoenix of RISE title defeating Dust, Kikyo, Britt Baker, Deonna Purrazzo, and Shotzi Blackheart. -Unfortunately, the main event was a little bit of a cluster. At the top of show, Delilah Doom came out selling a wrist injury and crying saying she'd be unable to compete in the main event (as a professional equity actor, I have to say I was impressed by her honesty and emotion and bought the angle as legit...) Britt Baker and Deonna Purazzo started the match off and were really building an excellent match which made me want a one-on-one just between the two of them. Then Kikiyo entered the match and there seemed to be some miscommunication... Which was furthered by another miscommunication as Shotzi hit the ring 1 minute later, rather than the 4 it was supposed to go... Dust then entered and we got some screwy continuation of the "possession" angle as Kevin Harvey came out and gave her a barbed wire bat and she attacked Shotzi pretty brutally, it looked like they were going for a hardway from the barbed wire and while it cut up her arm, it didn't quite get anything from her forehead. Regardless, Dust was DQ'd and sent to the back. It's hard to recall the total order of elimination, but I think it went Deonna, Britt, Dust, Shotzi... Kikyo thought she'd won the title, but Delilah Doom's music hit and she came in ready to go, still selling the wrist. They actually had a nice back and forth match which saw Delilah get the huge win and become the new Phoenix of Rise to send the crowd home happy.
SHIMMER Vol 96: Pre Show: ACR & Valentine Loca over Samara & Hawlee Layne.
Pre Show: Miranda Salinas & Kylie Rae over Ray Lyn & Karen Q. -Really nice pre-show tag. Miranda is very good and Kylie is over like rover with the local crowd.
Kikyo defeated Heather Monroe via Frog Splash. -Kikiyo... She would unfortunately suffer a nasty arm injury off the frog splash. It was right in front of me, but I couldn't tell if she dislocated her elbow or broke her arm. Either way, it did not look good. She was sporting a sling and what appeared to be a soft cast the rest of the weekend.
Rachael Ellering over Zoe Lucas. -Great showing for both in their first SHIMMER matches.
Mercedes Martinez & Nicole Savoy come to the ring for a promo. Mercedes says Shayna Baszler has gone on to greener pastures, but Trifecta is her to stay and will carry on, they are recruiting a new member……Aja Kong. Mercedes thanks Aja for joining and tells Nicole she's a great number 3. At this point I shouted Nicole was #1 as far as I was concerned and she pointed at me and said thank you... This would carry over later...
The Hottest Free Agents (Deonna Purrazzo & Madison Rayne) over Blue Nation (Charli Evans & Jessica Troy) with a roaring elbow & german suplex combo. -HFA are a damn good tag team and this was a really nice tag bout.
Kellyanne over Kiera Hogan, Ivelisse Velez, Britt Baker, Shotzi Blackheart, and Samantha Heights when she hit a backpack stunner on Heights.
Saraya Knight over Marti Belle via Rocking Horse Submission. -God, was it good to see Saraya take the fight to Marti.
Tessa Blanchard w/Vanessa Kraven over Candice LeRae via Top Rope Codebreaker. -Nice match between two of the best on the roster.
Mia Yim over Aoi Kizuki via Package Piledriver.
Solo Darling & Thunderkitty over Lufisto & Hudson Envy when Solo pinned Lufisto after a swinging neckbreaker.
Delilah Doom over Vanessa Kraven via rollup after miscommunication from Tessa Blanchard. They attack Delilah until Leva Bates makes the save. -Fun match that helps set the table for these four's weekend.
Shazza McKenzie over Cheerleader Melissa via rollup to retain the Heart of SHIMMER title. -Very reminiscent of Shazza’s win over Thunder Rosa the night before. She’s losing a bit of her shine, though she’s still over with the crowd.
Hikaru Shida over Nicole Savoy via Shining Wizard. Post-match the two shake hands in a show of respect, but Aja Kong comes out to break it up and push Savoy out of the ring, not happy with her actions. -One of the best matches of the weekend. Shida is so damn good. Savoy’s loss here, really set the table for the weekend as the aftermath paved the way for what was to come.
Mercedes Martinez over Jessicka Havok via Fisherman Suplex to retain the SHIMMER title.
SHIMMER Vol 97: Aoi Kizuki defeated Veda Scott.
Paradise Lost (Rosemary & Dust) over The Sinister Sweethearts (Samantha Heights & Brittany Blake) when Dust hits a double stomp onto Blake.
Britt Baker over Zoe Lucas via Roaring Elbow. -Britt is getting so damn good. She had a great match with the very solid already Lucas.
Lufisto over Rachael Ellering.
Candice LeRae over Charli Evans via Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.
Hiroyo Matsumoto over Hudson Envy via Satio Suplex. -Man was I looking forward to this, but ultimately it was just sort of there. Not bad, by any stretch, just not as good as I think it could’ve been. Hiroyo spiked Hudson with a nasty looking DDT at one point and Hudson was not ready for it, but luckily she was fine.
Cheerleader Melissa over Chelsea Green via Air Raid Crash. -Kind of a surprise that the new IMPACT women’s champ drops the fall, and yet, not really. Glad to see Melissa get the win here.
Nicole Savoy over Saraya Knight via armbar. -Great match with a surprising finish that positioned Savoy right where she needed to be after
Totally Tubular Tag Team (Leva Bates & Delilah Doom) over Mount Tessa (Vanessa Kraven & Tessa Blanchard) to win the SHIMMER Tag Team Titles after Tessa hit Kraven with a codebreaker and Leva hit her with a Pepsi Plunge. We then got the breakup that had been teased since the beginning. Tessa kept berating Kraven in spite of her own mistake and Kraven finally pushed Tessa down and vowed to get revenge on Tessa tomorrow. Tessa looked distraught and scared and sold it like a million bucks. -New champs! It was a bit of a surprise, but knowing what we know about Tessa’s future, it made total sense and set up the blowoff between Kraven & Blanchard that’s been brewing since they started teaming, really.
Shazza McKenzie over Kellyanne via Arm Bar Camel Clutch to retain the Heart of SHIMMER title. -Damn good match that had most of us believing we might get another title change. Kellyanne is really good. Shazza busted out a new (or new to most of the crowd) submission finisher for the win.
Aja Kong over Mia Yim after a spinning back fist/Brainbuster combo. -Match of the weekend. Period.
Mercedes Martinez over Hikaru Shida via submission. After the match, Aja Kong helps attack Shida until Nicole Savoy makes the save after struggling with whether to help her teammates or not. She gets beaten down and Aja Kong & Mercedes Martinez stand tall to end the show. -So so so good. One of the best of the weekend, easily. Mercedes took it to Shida and Shida’s selling of her leg was masterful. Her screams of pain and Aja’s constant interference had the crowd sympathizing with her all the way. Savoy completed the face turn by refusing to help with the beat down and saving Shida from worse damage only to be beaten down herself. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one, but after this it was clear that Savoy would most likely walk out of the weekend as the new champ. SHIMMER Vol 98: Pre Show: Jewells Malone & Hyan defeated Cherry Layne & Trixie Tash via Fireman’s Carry Stunner from Jewells onto Trixie.
Pre Show: Heather Monroe over Kylie Rae.
Pre Show: Tessa Blanchard over Indi Hartwell via Diving Codebreaker. -Knowing what we know now this was a great gesture for the fans and the two women in the ring. They’re very close in real life and had a damn nice match. The fact that Tessa wrestled three matches this day was a pretty cool, albeit, silent sendoff.
Jessicka Havok over Zoe Lucas via Running Powerbomb.
Blue Nation (Charli Evans & Jessica Troy) over Solo Darling & Thunderkitty.
Cheerleader Melissa over Rachael Ellering via Air Raid Crash. -Another great showing for Ellering, and of course, Melissa. Nice match all around.
Totally Tubular Tag Team (Delilah Doom & Leva Bates) over The Hottest Free Agents (Madison Rayne & Deonna Purrazzo) via Gory Bomb/Superkick combo to retain the SHIMMER tag team titles. -This was a really good tag bout. Doom & Bates were dressed as “Bayside” Tigers and came out to the Saved By The Bell theme song. Most of us sang along. Fun stuff. Really hope we see more of Lane/Purrazzo as HFA. It’s a great team.
Aoi Kizuki over Chelsea Green. -Another surprise loss for Chelsea. Wondering if we’ll get to see much more of her, frankly. I certainly hope so, but it was an odd weekend for her, especially considering she’d been so highly placed on the card last SHIMMER weekend.
Saraya Knight over Ivelisse Velez via Rocking Horse Submission. -Wow. This was insane. Crazy brawl that literally ended up in my lap as I scrambled to get out of the path of destruction. They fought all over the Eagles Club. It felt more like a real fight than a lot of stuff I’ve seen recently and easily gets high marks for feeling as real as it did. Great, great stuff. Might be my second favorite match of the weekend.
Veda Scott over Shotzi Blackheart, Candice LeRae, and Dust when Veda defeated Shotzi. -This was a surprise, but not unwelcome as Veda actually played the face in this one and Dust was really the only heel. Kind of surprised to see Shotzi eat the pin, but she's still super-over.
Mia Yim over Rosemary via Package Piledriver. -This was another stellar Mia Yim match. Red & Blue gel so well together. I’d watch them wrestle all day. Great stuff.
Kellyanne English over Hiroyo Matsumoto. -Fun match with Kellyanne playing with the Godzilla mask to Hiroyo's dismay.
Tessa Blanchard vs. Vanessa Kraven doesn’t happen as Tessa says she doesn’t need any of this and walks out getting herself counted out. She then grabs a mic and tells Kraven that the only reason she's who she is is because Tessa did made her and did everything. As she tries to leave, Fire And Nice stops her and Kraven challenges Blanchard to a Lumberjack match so Tessa cannot run away. -Disappointing in some ways, but it worked to set up what came later.
Shazza McKenzie retains the Heart of SHIMMER title after a no contest when Allysin Kay gets busted open. -Allysin Kay got split open with a headscissors outside. Pretty damn brutal. She was pouring blood, but wanted to continue. They wouldn’t let her, obviously. Luckily she seemed fine and was even out at intermission, bloody face and all. I got a pic with her. She’s a bad ass, for sure.
Mercedes Martinez & Aja Kong over Nicole Savoy & Hikaru Shida after Aja Kong hits both of them with a metal box. Lexie Fyfe being the voice of reason comes out and tells Andy Long he’s the worst ref in history and lets Mercedes know she will defend the Shimmer Championship against Savoy on Volume 99. Crowd poppoed big for this and Andy was the most despised person in the building for the rest of the tapings. -Another great match. Shida was incredible, the heat between Savoy and her former Trifecta teammate was perfect and Savoy embraced the new “#1” gimmick in perfect fashion. I literally may have had a hand in starting that, by the by. SHIMMER Vol 99: A bloody Allysin Kay storms the ring demanding a rematch with Shazza McKenzie. Veda Scott comes out and wants the match instead. Shazza accepts Veda’s challenge after Allysin Kay is carried back to the locker room in spite of fans chanting "Let her fight" (we knew they wouldn't, but she deserved the chant after such a badass display).
Candice LeRae over Jessica Troy after Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.
Shotzi Blackheart over Heather Monroe via Diving Senton.
Lufisto & Hudson Envy over The Sinister Sweethearts (Brittany Blake & Samantha Heights) -Lots of heat to this one and it was very good match. Blake and Heights showed us a lot this weekend, in spite of coming up short in the matches.
Deonna Purrazzo over Kiera Hogan, Mia Yim, and Marti Belle when Hogan tapped to the Fujiwara Armbar. -Fun 4-way and probably the best 4 way of the weekend. Purrazzo’s win was damn nice to see and I’m hoping it scores her a title shot on the next tapings or Mania weekend.
Shazza McKenzie over Veda Scott via submission to retain the Heart of SHIMMER title.
Fire & Nice (Britt Baker & Chelsea Green) over Aoi Kizuki & Hiroyo Matsumotowhen Britt hits Aoi with a roaring elbow. -Nice rebound for Chelsea with this match. I was worried we wouldn’t see Fire & Nice all weekend, but this was a great tag bout and a lot of fun. Aoi has gotten so much better and was very over with the crowd. Hiroyo came out with Aoi on her shoulders wearing the Godzilla mask to get the crowd going.
Hikaru Shida over Cheerleader Melissa after getting out of the Air Raid Crash and rolling her up. -One of the best matches of the weekend. Shida was incredible with her continued selling of the leg and Melissa went after it relentlessly. 4 star story telling and great in ring action.
Totally Tubular Tag Team (Delilah Doom & Leva Bates) over Paradise Lost (Rosemary & Dust) to retain the SHIMMER Tag Team Titles.
Kellyanne over Jessicka Havok via rollup.
Vanessa Kraven over Tessa Blanchard via Chokebomb in a Lumberjack match. -Not quite the blowoff most of us were hoping for, but it will suffice. Kraven hit an incredible senton from the top rope to the outside on all of the lumberjills and Tessa. Shortly after she got the win to put an end to the feud. There’s no doubt there was more mileage to be gotten out of this one, but with Tessa leaving, it was the right way to finish it off.
Nicole Savoy over Mercedes Martinez to become the NEW SHIMMER Champion. -Fantastic match with great dynamics. Mercedes is so good, even nursing an injured shoulder. Aja got tons of heat on the outside by heeling it up with Savoy, eventually getting ejected to cheers. The crowd could feel the title change coming and when Savoy tapped Mercedes out the place blew up. #1, indeed.
Here are some more detailed notes, admittedly a little scattered, but they're what I've got:
The biggest news coming out of it, in my opinion, weren't the title changes, but the fact that Tessa is bound for greener pastures, if you will. She wouldn't say the words NXT or WWE, but in the time I got to speak with her, it was clear this would be her final SHIMMER weekend for the foreseeable future. Super-stoked for her as she's legit one of the best in the biz right now. That's no joke. I'm also lucky to have gotten her to sign my game card, which as far as I know is the only one she signed as she didn't set up merch on Sunday (sets weren’t available Friday or Saturday) and I only got it by asking referee Brandon Tolle if he'd see if she would do it as she was on the stage at intermission.
Nicole Savoy not only completed a great face-turn, but walked away with the SHIMMER Championship. I told her on night one that I hoped she'd walk out on Sunday with the belt and there's a good chance I had a hand in starting the #1 chants. At the top of vol 96, Mercedes brought Aja into Trifecta and said Nicole was a good #3, to which I told Nicole she was number 1 in my book and it took off from there over the weekend. She and Mercedes had a great match and Aja added so much to the table. Even in her late 40s, there's no doubt that Aja is still an incredible worker and may have been the best all weekend long. That said, Nicole deserves this title run and the fans popped big at the change, even the contingent that had solidly been behind Mercedes all weekend. Good chance Mercedes is headed to Florida after this weekend, too. Not sure of her role, whether in-ring or trainer, but she'll have a great impact, no doubt.
The Joshi talents added a lot to the weekend, too. The Rise 6-woman match on Friday was easily the match of the night and when Aja and Hiroyo were in the ring, we got different level stuff. That said, Jessicka Troy and Charli Evans brought it this weekend and were leaps and bound from where they were in July, and they weren't too shabby then, either. They teamed with Aja, while Rachel Ellering and Dynamite DiDi teamed with Hiroyo. Ellering was great here and, indeed, all weekend. DiDi mainly played the face in peril most of the match, but had some good moments.
Rise 5 also hosted some excellent work from Nicole Savoy taking on Kylie Rae (billed simply as "Kylie" in SHIMMER), Taya Valkyrie taking on Hudson Envy, Cheerleader Melissa baptizing Zoey Lucas as only she can, and Shazza MacKenzie taking on Thunder Rosa.
Other than that injury, though, Saturday was an excellent day of wrestling and angles. Dave really built these shows well and while I think everyone would've liked just a little more time with Kraven vs Tessa, given the circumstances, the whole thing came off very well. Tessa's ability to get a crowd to boo her in spite of everyone actually loving her is mind-boggling. Especially in this day and age. The Mercedes/Savoy stuff was built so well and in spite of the live crowd seeing it unfold over only two days, it didn't feel rushed and I think anyone watching the DVDs will see what I mean.
Mia Yim was probably the MVP of the weekend yet again. Her match Aja was easily one of the best women's matches I've seen all year and that's including WWE, Stardom, SHIMMER, SHINE, etc. It was hard hitting and so well put together that it's not even funny. Seriously, it was that good. Check it out when the DVD hits... Hopefully not 2 years from now. Her match with Aoi Kizuki was also a lot of fun, though Aoi was probably the lesser of the four Joshi brought over, still she's probably better than a lot of female talent wrestling on larger stages... Her match with Rosemary on Sunday was also fantastic which is no surprise given how well they know each other and how well they mesh in the ring. Her final match of the weekend was a four way that could've been a throw-away, but in the end it ended up elevating the three other talents in the ring, Marti Belle, Kiera Hogan, and the eventual victor, Deonna Purazzo. Deonna also had a great weekend and her new team with Ashley Lane (formerly Madison Rayne), the Hottest Free Agents (HFA) got over quite well and had a great showing.
Leva Bates & Delilah Doom, the Totally Tubular Tag Team (T4) are the new tag team champs, making Delilah a double champ. She had a great weekend and while, if I'm being completely honest she still needs a little work in the ring (I think slowing down a tad would help) she's got a great character and an incredible personality that wins you over. Leva has worked incredibly long and hard and it's nice to see her capture he first SHIMMER title (almost hard to believe it's her first).
Ivelisse and Saraya Knight had one of the damnedest 6 minute brawls I've ever seen going all over the damn Eagles Club. They ended up in my lap at one point, no joke. Also, got to meet Saraya and she signed my card. She was incredibly nice and talked about how she never comes out (this was at Rise on Friday and she was literally out for about 5 minutes, tops). She joked about having to be a bitch most of the time to keep up appearances. Felt lucky to get a moment with her, for sure.
Cheerleader Melissa. What can you say? She was great all weekend, naturally. Her matches with Hikaru Shida (more on her in a second) and Rachel Ellering were both very good and definitely highlights. Her match with Shazza was strong, but the finish came out of nowhere and not in the good way, not bad, but not remarkable.
Speaking of Shazza, she seems to be losing a bit of her appeal. I can’t say that her title run has been super inspiring. She’s definitely not bad in the ring, but there seems to be something missing. Her opponents usually come off looking stronger, which is clearly a good thing… I don’t know. Personally, I think they need to turn her heel. She’s capable of it and they may even be heading in that direction, but her matches with KellyAnne and Veda had her firmly in face territory.
Hikaru Shida was, behind Aja, the standout Joshi for me this weekend. Hiroyo is great, no doubt, but Shida worked her ass off and gave some of her best efforts in a SHIMMER ring. Her selling of the “knee injury” during and, most importantly, after her match with Mercedes was off the charts good. It made her match with Cheerleader Melissa, which would’ve been good regardless, one of the best of the weekend.
Allysin Kay, aka Sienna, is a bad-ass. She was busted open hardway from a headscissors on the outside and it was coming pretty hard and fast, but she wanted to keep going. The ref and the medic/trainer/commissioner figure (her name is escaping me right now) wouldn’t let her. I mean, her head was pouring, it was a good call, but hated to see the title match with Shazza end that way. They clearly did as well. It was like a minute in, too. Crazy thing is she was out at intermission with blood all over her face taking photos and selling merch. I got a pic with her and she signed my card. Then she came out at the top of the next volume demanding a rematch. She didn’t get it this go around, but man did she further the crowd’s love for her with the way she handled the whole thing. The way she tried to go after Shazza when the blood was flowing I think even freaked Shazza out a bit.
Veda definitely stepped it up this weekend and busted out some new moves, especially in her Heart of Shimmer challenge. It’s nice to see her start to capitalize on her experiences and opportunities. Her character has always been strong, but now that her in-ring work is moving up a notch, she could be a legit contender for that secondary title.
One of my other favorites, Courtney Rush had an interesting weekend. She provided come voiceovers for Rise since she was unable to be there and helped set up a cage match with Doom for the title at Rise 6… But that might not happen… Because during the LumberJill match between Kraven & Blanchard Kraven did a dive from the top to all 8 jills and Tessa and Courtney crunched her knee and leg up pretty bad. I heard Chelsea Green even say “I think she broke her fing leg”. She had to be helped out and it didn’t look good. I sincerely hope that’s not the case because she’s an incredible worker and her character is fantastic. (NOTE: Apparently and miraculous, she's fine, it looked and felt a lot worse than it was. So glad to hear that.)
Finally, Shotzi Blackheart had an interesting weekend. She lost the Phoenix of Rise title, came up short in the 1st fatal four way, but didn’t eat the pin, then did eat the pin from Veda after taking multiple finisher from other women and Veda “stole” the pin, but then beat Heather Monroe with a senton to look strong in 99. She’s clearly earning her stripes and I could see her moving up the card to Heart of Shimmer contention shortly. She’s also got an awesome character and while her ring work isn’t quite there yet, it’s damn close. Some of the stuff she does looks awesome. Most importantly, she clearly gets “it”. Her selling and showmanship are on point, no doubt. If she gets her timing down and lays some of her stuff in just a little more, she’ll be one of the best in no time.
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Post by tystates on Dec 7, 2017 23:12:11 GMT -5
"Radiant" Rain has made her return to wrestling after retiring following a major car accident. She's had at least two matches for ROH. I just put the news in here, but who knows she could also go back to Shimmer.
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Post by tystates on Dec 29, 2017 12:31:05 GMT -5
SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES News for Dec. 28, 2017 Headlines: - Savoy vs. Martinez signed for April 7th in New Orleans! - Tickets for SHIMMER 100-104 now on sale! - Autographed poster from November tapings on eBay! SHIMMER 100 MAIN EVENT HAS BEEN SIGNED! The main event has been signed for SHIMMER 100! It will take place on Saturday afternoon, April 7th, at the Pontchartrain Center (4545 Williams Blvd.) in Kenner, LA. Bell time is 4PM Central. For fans planning to attend other events later that evening, SHIMMER 100 will conclude at 6PM, to allow everyone enough time to get to their next destination during such a busy, wrestling filled weekend. Join us live! Head to http;//www.ticketfly.com/event/1588038-shimmer-women-athletes-kenner/ to purchase tickets to SHIMMER 100. On April 7th, SHIMMER Champion Nicole Savoy will defend the title against her former Trifecta stablemate and former two time SHIMMER Champion "The Latina Sensation" Mercedes Martinez! Visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1DEobgglU4 for comments about the match from Martinez and Savoy. TICKETS FOR ALL APRIL 2018 EVENTS NOW ON SALE! SHIMMER 100 Saturday, April 7, 2018 (4PM bell time) Pontchartrain Center 4545 Williams Blvd. Kenner, LA 70065 Purchase tickets at www.TicketFly.com RISE 7 Friday, April 13, 2018 (8PM bell time) Berwyn Eagles Club 6309 26th Street Berwyn, IL 60402 Purchase tickets at www.RISE-Wrestling.com SHIMMER 101 & 102 Saturday, April 14, 2018 (2PM bell time) Berwyn Eagles Club 6309 26th Street Berwyn, IL 60402 Purchase tickets at www.SHIMMERwrestling.com SHIMMER 103 & 104 Sunday, April 15, 2018 (Noon bell time) Berwyn Eagles Club 6309 26th Street Berwyn, IL 60402 Purchase tickets at www.SHIMMERwrestling.com The next live event for SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES is SHIMMER 100 at the Pontchartrain Center (4545 Williams Blvd.) in Kenner, LA, just outside of New Orleans! Bell time is 4:00PM. SHIMMER 100 will be a part of the WWN Live Experience weekend of events, taking place right after the PROGRESS event earlier that afternoon at the same location. Visit www.MoreThanMania.com for more details, and www.TicketFly.com to purchase tickets. Then one week later, SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES returns to the Berwyn Eagles Club (6309 26th Street) in Berwyn, IL on Saturday & Sunday, April 14 & 15, 2018 for SHIMMER 101-104! SHIMMER 101 & 102 will take place on Saturday, April 14, with a 2:00PM bell time. SHIMMER 103 & 104 will take place on Sunday, April 15, with a 12:00PM bell time. Beginning with the SHIMMER 101-104 weekend of events, there will be a new seating setup, with tickets available in four price brackets. The 166 "best seats in the house" in the first three rows are now available as reserved, numbered seats. These reserved seating areas are available at a cost of $100 (first row), $50 (second row), and $40 (third row) per full day of taping, which consists of two volumes worth of live matches in the SHIMMER series. General admission seating remains available as well, at a cost of $30 per full day of taping. The general admission seats are not numbered/reserved. Visit www.SHIMMERwrestling.com to have a look at the new seating chart, the corresponding seat numbers for the revised setup, and which seats are still available as of the morning of 12/28. With the new setup, the third row seats which are most centered on the ring are those which are now available as reserved seats, while those toward the ends remain general admission. We've also relocated some of the merchandise tables (which will only be used during intermission) to below the production stage, and eliminated general admission seating in Section D, due to hard cam blocking issues. Only holders of the reserved seats in Section D will be permitted in that area during the show from this point forward. Visit www.SHIMMERwrestling.com to purchase SHIMMER 101-104 tickets. For those buying reserved seats, if you have a preferred spot, send your seat request to shimmernews@yahoo.com when you place your order. We'll do our best to position you where you'd like to be. As always, our regulars who always sit in the same seats for every show have first crack at their usual spots. LAST AUTOGRAPHED WINTER 2017 POSTER! The last of the autographed posters from the Winter 2017 SHIMMER tapings is currently up for grabs on eBay! The auction ends on Saturday morning. Visit tinyurl.com/yc5tyvdc to place your bid! Follow SHIMMER on Twitter www.twitter.com/shimmerwomen Like SHIMMER on Facebook www.facebook.com/shimmerwomen Follow SHIMMER on Instagram www.instagram.com/shimmerwomen
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Post by tystates on Mar 4, 2018 9:38:28 GMT -5
SHIMMER 100 April 7, 2018
Nicole Savoy (Shimmer CH) vs. Mercedes Martinez
Shazza McKenzie (Heart of Shimmer CH) vs. Tessa Blanchard
Nicole Matthews vs. Toni Storm
Madison Eagles vs. Deonna Purrazzo
Also in action:
Leva Bates & Delilah Doom
Mia Yim
LuFisto
Cheerleader Melissa
Hudson Envy
Veda Scott
Britt Baker
Chelsea Green
Kellyanne
Zoe Lucas
Jessica Troy
Charli Evans
Shotzi Blackheart
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Post by tystates on Apr 7, 2018 18:33:24 GMT -5
(07.04.2018) SHIMMER Volume 100 - Pay Per View @ Pontchartrain Convention & Civic Center in Kenner, Louisiana, USA
The Blue Nation (Charli Evans & Jessica Troy) defeat Fire And Nice (Britt Baker & Chelsea Green) (7:11)
Fly High WDSS (Kay Lee Ray & Mia Yim) & Rhia O'Reilly defeat Kellyanne English, Veda Scott & Zoe Lucas (15:07)
Kimber Lee defeats Samantha Heights (7:02)
SHIMMER Tag Team Title: Totally Tubular Tag Team (Delilah Doom & Leva Bates) (c) defeat Hudson Envy & LuFisto (9:29)
Cheerleader Melissa defeats Shotzi Blackheart (7:42)
Madison Eagles defeats Deonna Purrazzo (10:58)
Toni Storm defeats Nicole Matthews (12:17)
Heart Of SHIMMER Title: Shazza McKenzie (c) defeats Tessa Blanchard (12:10)
SHIMMER Title: Nicole Savoy (c) defeats Mercedes Martinez (13:02)
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Post by tystates on Apr 13, 2018 8:10:29 GMT -5
SHIMMER 101-104 THIS WEEKEND IN BERWYN! SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES returns to the Berwyn Eagles Club (6309 26th Street) in Berwyn, IL THIS WEEKEND, Saturday & Sunday, April 14 & 15, 2018, for SHIMMER 101-104! SHIMMER 101 & 102 will take place on Saturday, April 14, with a 2:00PM bell time. SHIMMER 103 & 104 will take place on Sunday, April 15, with a 12:00PM bell time. The events are suitable for all ages. Visit www.shimmerwrestling.com to purchase tickets. Among the competitors who will be in action during the SHIMMER 101-104 weekend: SHIMMER Champion Nicole Savoy, Heart of SHIMMER Champion Shazza McKenzie, SHIMMER Tag Team Champions Leva Bates & Delilah Doom, Madison Eagles, Mercedes Martinez, Nicole Matthews, Mia Yim, Cheerleader Melissa, LuFisto, Hudson Envy, Shotzi Blackheart, Kimber Lee, Saraya Knight, Marti Belle, Kris Wolf, Samantha Heights, Rhia O'Reilly, Rachael Ellering, Veda Scott, Jessica Troy, Charli Evans, Kiera Hogan, Zoe Lucas, Jessicka Havok, Nevaeh, Brittany Blake, Dust (with Courtney Rush), "Fallen Flower" Kikyo, Dynamite DiDi, Deonna Purrazzo (Saturday only), Tessa Blanchard (Sunday only), Chelsea Green (Sunday only), Britt Baker (Sunday only), "The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew" of Rain with her manager Lacey (Sunday only), and more competitors still to be announced during the remaining days! Over 35 of the top female professional wrestlers from around the world will be a part of the SHIMMER events this weekend! Already signed for Saturday, April 14th is a rematch of the SHIMMER 100 bout between Madison Eagles and Deonna Purrazzo, except this time, it's Submission Only! LOW TICKET ADVISORY: Please be aware that the Berwyn Eagles Club is a very small venue, and seating is extremely limited. We strongly advise the purchase of tickets in advance to guarantee seating on the chance of a sellout. Any remaining tickets will be available at the door on the day of the show, but once venue capacity is reached, we must turn away any additional fans looking to buy at the door. Since the events are just days away, all tickets sold from this point forward will be held for you to claim at the door. All reserved seating for SHIMMER 101 & 102 on Saturday, April 14th is already sold out. Less than 20 general admission tickets remain available for Saturday. First row reserved seating for SHIMMER 103 & 104 on Sunday, April 15th is sold out, but 5 second row seats and some third row reserved seats, as well as general admission seats, are still available for Sunday. Head to www.shimmerwrestling.com/ to secure your seats in advance today! WATCH SHIMMER 100 ON DEMAND! Thank you to everyone who supported us for SHIMMER 100 this past Saturday, either live at the venue in New Orleans or by watching on iPPV! If you missed SHIMMER 100 live, you can still catch all the action on demand! The VOD is up at www.WWNLive.com right now, and the individual matches will be up as mp4 downloads shortly at www.ClickWrestle.com as well. WWNLive VOD of SHIMMER 100 - www.wwnlive.com/product/shimmer-100-on-demand/?v=7516fd43adaa Here's a look at the matches from SHIMMER 100... SHIMMER CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (Champion) Nicole Savoy vs. Mercedes Martinez HEART OF SHIMMER CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (Champion) Shazza McKenzie vs. Tessa Blanchard SHIMMER TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (Champions) Leva Bates & Delilah Doom vs. LuFisto & Hudson Envy Toni Storm vs. Nicole Matthews Madison Eagles vs. Deonna Purrazzo Cheerleader Melissa vs. Shotzi Blackheart Britt Baker & Chelsea Green vs. Charli Evans & Jessica Troy Kimber Lee vs. Samantha Heights Mia Yim & Kay Lee Ray & Rhia O'Reilly vs. Kellyanne & Zoe Lucas & Veda Scott
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Post by Sam Fain on Apr 13, 2018 10:31:28 GMT -5
I'll be there in person and have news and notes posted here. Also be at Rise tonight and will have results for that as well! If anyone else is going, let me know.
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