As most all of you readers already know, but to the shock of all, the Super Hardcore Anime Princess LuFisto was, last Saturday, at a show, downed with a stroke at the age of 30 years! She is all right for the time being, awaiting test results, and staying away from the ring until she knows what’s what. You can read all the details as related by LuFisto herself by clicking the pic above.

All I can say is, LuFisto, I don’t think there is another wrestler who puts her heart and soul as much into wrestling as you do. And I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to face the prospect of a forced retirement from active wrestling. But you are a person with so many gifts, wrestling being only one of them. There is a lot more you have to give to the world, whether you wrestle again or not. So, please be careful. Be safe. Stay healthy. Make the tough choices if you have to. We want to see a lot more of you in the future!

Ontario Wrestlings Indy Elite just announced its first ever list of Ontario’s Top 30 Women Wrestlers of 2009, and Ontario’s own Cherry Bomb was at the top of the list! When I first saw Ms. Bomb in action at a PWA All-Women’s show in 2006, it was already clear she was bringing plenty of talent and a ton of charisma to the ring. 2009 was a great year for Cherry and I had the pleasure of seeing her at both SHIMMER and NCW-Femmes Fatales. This could be the break out year for this young star. OWIE’s ranking is well-deserved. Congratulations Cherry Bomb!

Click the pic to see the complete OWIE rankings.

Misty James, the ‘Queen of Kingsport,’ that is! Might as well call her the ‘Queen of East Tennessee’ as the gorgeous grappler continues to burn through that territory, turning aside all challengers. Here we see Ms. James tying her opponent, Rebecca Lynn’s, legs into painful knots in recent EWP action. Misty went on to get the pin and chalk up another one in the win column. Expect to hear a lot more from this leggy beauty and click the pic to keep up to date on ‘Queen’ Misty’s upcoming matches!

For more information on EWP action, check out their website at Ericules Wrestling Promotions

I’m falling a little behind with the Wrestlicious posts. But I will say they are starting to grow on me. Some of it is simply that I’ve seen many of these wrestlers in other venues and so there is something amusing about seeing them in this particular kind of venue. So, the little comedy sketch with the ‘Naughty Girls,’ Faith, Hope, and Charity (Portia Perez, Nicole Matthews, and a non-wrestler) was hilarious in part because I know Portia and Nicole. Anyway, the show was quite fun.

The main (read: only) event was a tag match between the above-mentioned ‘Naughty Girls’ and the ‘Southern Belles’ (Charlotte a/k/a Amber O’Neal and a non-wrestler named Savannah) with Paige Webb a/k/a Serena Deeb. What was interesting is that the two non-wrestlers did not get into the ring, but provided supporting roles outside the ropes. This worked for me as it kept these four excellent women wrestlers in the ring the whole time. It was a good, basic heel versus face match. No spectacular moves or must see moments, but solid wrestling and entertaining antics. Casting Portia and Nicole as bad school girls is not exactly brilliant because it is just such an obviously perfect gimmick for them, but kudos to Wrestlicious for casting them in those roles. In spite of the limits of the Wreslicious format, Portia and Nicole fully displayed the kind of perfect synergy they have as a tag team that made them instant hits at SHIMMER. They worked well together and were hilarious. What more can you ask for? The finish was also nicely done and very entertaining. Amber did not get a lot of camera time in this one unfortunately, but Serena does a nice job as the “hot nerd” webmistress. Oh, and did I already say that Amber looks massively cute in her ‘Southern Belle’ gear? Yeah, I think I did!

This show’s match pits Sierra Sheraton a/k/a Erica D’Errico against Marley a/k/a Daizee Haze. Sierra is a take off on Paris Hilton and Erica gives her character an appropriately arrogant flair. Marley is billed as the New Age Hippie, and this is basically Daizee’s regular gimmick anyway, so she is obviously comfortable in the role. I thought this was a very enjoyable match. The whole segment was about 10 minutes, with 7:45 of actual wrestling. The conclusion of the match was well done, with Marley attempting the heart punch twice before nailing Sierra with it, but Sierra avoiding the Mind Trip by hitting Marley with a big (designer) boot. Classic tall vs short pairing.

Shauna Na a/k/a Kristin Flake gets some nice air time with her poodle skirted partners.

Also, this week’s Spotlight was on Tyler Texas a/k/a Lorelei Lee. Lorelei worked the camera like she owned it and this is easily the hottest Spotlight segment to date; I can’t imagine one being any better actually! Kudos to Lorelei!

I also noticed that the training ring for the “reality TV” segment, “The Young and the Wrestlers” was at the Slamminladies Arena! No better place to train, I’m sure!