How Thanksgiving might have turned out if there had been women’s wrestling in those days. Seems like the Indians came out on top this time! And yes, that is oil and CRANBERRY wrestling!
Archive for November, 2009
Some Real Wrestling Heroines!
Most female wrestlers in the US, Europe, and Japan have to deal with discrimination and sexism in addition to the usual hard work, wearisome travel, and uncertain paydays. But how about death threats … against you and your whole family? Very interesting and inspiring article about some young female amateur wrestlers in Iraq and their desire to persevere in the sport they love in spite of the evil machinations of narrowminded morons. Click the pic to go to the New York Times article from August of this year.
WSU Black Friday DVD Super Sale!!
WSU DVD’s at $3 a pop!! Folks, this kind of sale doesn’t come around too often … can we say, like, almost NEVER?! So forget about going to Walmart or Target. You can find all the Christmas presents and stocking stuffers you’ll need right here at WSU! Just click the pic of Destiny, WSU’s gorgeous ring announcer, to get in on one of the best values in womens wrestling history!
Vote for Brigitte Dale!
She puts me in a good mood! Click the pic to vote! You have until December 7 and you can vote every day.
Another Win for ‘Beatdown Betties’; Roxie Cotton Takes ACW Gold
Women’s wrestling returned to beautiful downtown Annapolis, Maryland last night as Adrenaline Championship Wrestling sanctioned a tag match pitting the popular ‘Beatdown Betties’ Roxie Cotton and Annie Social against the team of Kylie Pierce and Rebecca Payne. After a seesaw battle that saw Ms. Pierce and Ms. Payne manage to get a few underhanded tactics past the watchful eye of special guest ref, Ashley Nicely, Annie Social picked up the win for her team after Rebecca tapped out to a jiu-jitsu inspired headscissor/ armbar combo submission hold.
But in a shocking development, ACW Commissioner Chris Adonis announced that Roxie and Annie would have to face off against each other to determine the first ever ACW Maryland Women’s Champion. The two partners were naturally reluctant to wrestle each other, at first trying to determine a winner by ‘rock-paper-scissors,’ then arm wrestling, then thumb wrestling, but each time the loser wanted another chance. Finally ambition took over as Annie sent a boot to Roxie’s midsection and the match was on! In the end, Roxie managed to slip out when Annie attempted her Social Disorder finisher. With Annie disabled in a leg split position, Roxie easily applied her own finisher, the Cotton Mouth, which had Ms. Social howling out her submission in a matter of seconds. Fortunately, there were no hard feelings as the tag partners exchanged a hug while Roxie was acknowledged as the new champion. Congratulations to Annie and Roxie on their win, and to Roxie on her new title!
Click the pic for more information on ACW and be sure to check out my Image Gallery for all the action, including pictures of lovely managers Lana Takaya and Shelbie Lynn!
Melanie Cruise Wows at POWW!
SHIMMER star and Indie standout Melanie Cruise was in action 2 weeks ago at her home promotion, POWW, in beautiful downtown Fox Lake, Illinois. Standing at over 6 foot, the brunette beauty is used to having her way in the ring, and this night seemed like it would be no different as she faced off against Illinois rookie sensation Taylor Made, (who was giving up a lot in the size department) in a 6-man (and woman) tag match. Taylor suffered terribly as Melanie hit her with powerful chops and supplexes that would have put away most male wrestlers, but the crimson haired grappler did not break, but only became more determined. Once the action spilled out onto the arena floor, Ms. Cruise was put on the defensive as Taylor showed she could brawl with the best. The match ended with DQ’s all around, but Melanie once again wowed the crowd even as Taylor demonstrated she was someone to be reckoned with! Click the pic for more information on POWW and on upcoming shows featuring Melanie Cruise and Taylor Made.
Be sure to check the Image Gallery for all the action as well as the Great Cheyenne, Nikki, and Jade who were also at the show.
A First Glimpse of SHIMMER!
Just set up temporary albums of “highlight” pics from Vol. 27 and Vol. 28. Go to the Image Gallery!
Vote for 2009 Indy Diva Awards!
Mr. Brian Reese, a good friend of mine has asked me to post this message about the 2009 Indy Diva Awards. As far as I know these are the ONLY such awards actually determined by the FANS! So listen up … A message from Mr. Reese: (with a little editing by me for space considerations)
Greetings to you,one and all! This is Brian Reese,the group owner of the immensely popular worldwide independent women’s wrestling YAHOO! group site INDY DIVAS. I am currently accepting nominations in the following categories (including perhaps a couple of new ones) for the 2009 INDY DIVAS Awards:
-WRESTLER OF THE YEAR-
-MANAGER/VALET OF THE YEAR-
-(Baby)FACE OF THE YEAR-
-HEEL OF THE YEAR-
-BABE OF THE YEAR-
-MOST IMPROVED WRESTLER OF THE YEAR-
-TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR-
-FEUD OF THE YEAR-
-MATCH OF THE YEAR (if at all possible, please give the date of the match AND the name of the wrestling promotion that the female combatants wrestled in)
-PROMOTION OF THE YEAR (could be either an all women’s wrestling promotion or a
promotion that promotes and features female wrestling)-
-INDY WRESTLING PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR-
and the big one…..
-THE 2009 INDY DIVA OF THE YEAR-!!!
The period covered for the 2009 INDY DIVAS Awards is from November 1st, 2008 through October 31st, 2009. You can cast your votes for your favorite female independent wresting personalities in the afforementioned categories until Monday, December 7th at 1 AM Eastern Standard Time/12 AM Central Standard Time.
Also at this time, I will be taking your suggestions for perhaps some other categories that I might take some consideration for the possibility of adding a few more categories at the 2009 INDY DIVAS Awards.
If you would like to cast your vote, you can E-mail your nominations/suggestions to me, Brian Reese at:
bspidey1972@yahoo.com
or you can post your nominations here:
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/indydivas
(You must join the Group if you want to post there) Also, please keep this in mind:
ONLY ONE VOTE PER CATEGORY PER GROUP MEMBER PLEASE!
The 6 female independent wrestling personalities who receive the most nominations in a category will be the official nominees for that category. Once all the votes have been officially accumulated and tabulated by me on Monday, December 14th, the Top 6 nominees in each category will be determined.
THEN, ON THE MORNING OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH IS WHEN ALL THE FUN BEGINS!
when all the nominees and categories for the 2009 INDY DIVAS Awards will be officially announced for you to cast your votes.
Your votes will determine the winners. Voting ends on Thursday night, January 27th, 2010 at 1 AM EST/12 AM CST and the winners will be officially announced on Friday, January 28th, 2010.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO PLEASE READ AND TO UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR VOTES!
(1) NOT EVERYBODY YOU VOTE FOR WILL QUALIFY! Only the top 6 vote-getters will qualify for the final polling.
(2) No “write-in” nominations will be accepted after Wednesday, December 16th, 2009.
(3) PLEASE DO NOT vote for any female wrestling personalities currently in WWE or TNA.
We are focusing solely on the female wrestling personalities that are primarily in the independent wrestling circuit. The only exception that I will allow are the following
- any female wrestling personality that has been a part of the independent wrestling circuit for at least 4-6 months during the period from November 1st, 2008 until October 31st, 2009.
(4) PLEASE DO NOT CAST YOUR VOTE for any independent wrestling personalities who are male and that are cross-dressing pretending like they are women, OK? … let’s keep it real,people…..
this particular group site is dedicated to the LADIES of independent wrestling, alright?
(5) Also, I DO NOT;
I repeat,
DO NOT want to hear any whining, crying or complaining from you or from anybody about who really should have been voted in or who ought to have been voted in or whom you feel deserved to be voted in this category or that.
(6) Furthermore, NO BASHING for any of the ladies that do qualify! THAT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED WHATSOEVER!!! If you do so in any way, shape, form or fashion, then you can kiss your membership at INDY DIVAS good-bye. As far as any bashing of any ladies here at INDY DIVAS, it’s absolute ZERO TOLERANCE.
“IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY ABOUT ANYBODY OR ANYTHING, DO NOT SAY IT AT ALL”.
(7) Also for those of you who are INDY DIVAS group members or that eventually become INDY DIVAS group members, PLEASE be advised that all of your messages at INDY DIVAS are moderated.
So with all of that being said and in closing,
please cast your vote for your favorite female independent wrestling personalities for the 2009 INDY DIVAS Awards at INDY DIVAS!
PLEASE BE SURE TO VOTE BECAUSE REMEMBER THAT OLD SAYING…..
“(IF YOU) DON’T VOTE ….. DON’T B*TCH!”
I personally would like to wish all of the female independent wrestling personalities as well as all of the independent wrestling promotions from all across the independent wrestling circuit the very best of luck.
THANK YOU,EVERYBODY!
Brian Reese
Group Owner
INDY DIVAS
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/indydivas
bspidey1972@yahoo.com
The Squeeze is on at FemWrestlingRooms!
That’s right! The recession has hit everybody hard, including FWR. So FemWrestlingRooms is now offering special “FWR Bailout” rates on its custom photo sets and videos. Shown above are FWR stars Kelsi and Maryann battling it out at last year’s WWC convention in San Diego. Just click the pic to get in on this great offer.
WOW! Just WOW!
I generally reserve this blog for my own photos, but I just HAD to make an exception for this photo of one Nicole Raczynski, aka Nikki Roxx. Here we see her doing what she does in her ’spare’ time, participating in physique competitions. This was at the NPC 2009 New England Championships last weekend, where Ms. Roxx placed 4th in the Class B Bikini Competition. Congratulations to Nikki, and I’ll say it again … WOW!
