Well, it’s been nearly a week since the last SHIMMER extravaganza in beautiful downtown Berwyn, Illinois and I still don’t have my pictures done! I’m still trying to load my old folders to the new site, so another 1,800 pictures to be downloaded and edited could not have come at a worse time. I should make a dent in them this weekend!
The show was as a certain upstart from up north would put it, ‘freakin’ awesome’! Others are qualified to dissect the matches and make detailed comparisons, but me … I was just entertained like crazy! Good times from start to finish. There were five [count 'em, 5!] tag matches which made me VERY happy! Hopefully it is the precursor of a SHIMMER Tag Championship.
I thought the new talent did quite well. Lexi … er, I mean Ashley Lane and Nikki … er, I mean Nicole Matthews had very stong debuts. I’m looking forward to them developing in SHIMMER. Lorelei Lee made a kind of re-debut. She caught some heat on the SHIMMER boards about her gimmick and wrestling skills. I never agreed with the criticisms, but I think her performance last week should cause them to shut up for a while. Lorelei was definitely “ON” last weekend. But I have to save my highest praise for Jetta. She fit in to SHIMMER like nobody’s business. Seeing her with Lacey and Rain made me wonder if I had just missed something and they had been a threesome from the beginning. “The cream to their Oreo” indeed! Jetta, you hit a homerun at your first at bat! Get Lacey and Rain to explain it to ya!
Worst moment at SHIMMER: no, NOT getting hit in the gut by a chair from Amazing Kong! Rather, having my memory card run out JUST before Josie and Ariel set up their double team blockbuster - maybe the best tag move of the night! Sorry kids!
Worst moment after SHIMMER [but with silver lining]: spending the ENTIRE day Sunday at Midway after my 10:30 am flight was overbooked. Silver lining: I already have my tickets for the next two SHIMMER shows!
Keep posted for new pictures. Meanwhile, check out all my other stuff at the Image Gallery.