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!
