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 Do you like roll-ups? Do you like concussions? How about 45 second matches? Then American Women's Wrestling is for you! There's not a whole lot to talk about right now. The current state of the big-two's women's divisions are in poor shape. So here, have some pictures: WWE Divas iMPACT Wrestling Knockouts  However, the Independent scene is much more exciting, treating these ladies as athletes, legitimate competitors, and real people and not characterless gimmicks. The American and Canadian US Indy scene for women is booming, and there are a lot of future legends of the division in addition to some promising news ones. Current big names on the scene include Sara Del Rey, The Canadian Ninjas, Cheerleader Melissa, and new-comers Athena and Saturyne. There are a couple of big-name promotions worth checking out: SHIMMER Women's Athletes: The biggest name in the US for female competitors to showcase their legitimate talents. CHIKARA Pro: While not neccisarily a women's promotion, they don't have a "Division" of women wrestlers either, and prefer to treat them as equal as their male competitors. Last year, CHIKARA put on a trio of shows called "Joshimania" which showcased talents of yesteryear, the stars of today, and a few to look out for in the future. These can be bought from Smart Mark Video. (Night 3 is considered the best night to buy) Pro Wrestling EVE: A UK promotion featuring the best of the best in Europe. Former alumni Brittani Knight was signed to FCW Wrestling recently. AIW Absolute Intense Wrestling is worth mentioning for their yearly shows called the "Girls Night Out" featuring nearly exclusive female talent.  Joshi, is a brand of wrestling in Japan featuring well, women. A few years ago, a new Joshi boom hit Japan and a lot of older legends came out of retirement to face a new wave of graplers which says a lot about the creme of the crop. There are many different styles of Joshi, from the stiff, hard-hitting style of the 90's, the shoot-style fighting of girls like Kana, and a more Diva-like approach. Those brutal moves like the Gringo Killa and Burning Hammer? Women innovated those. They do not like your necks. If you're looking to get into an all-around approach to Joshi, watch Joshimania from CHIKARA, or the Sendai Girls FLASH Tournament (Available in full on YT) Wrestling New Classic: The successor to Tajiri's SMASH, it's still in its early stages right now with only one show as of writing, but it houses some of the biggest names in the new wave of Joshi. Kana (One-Third of the founders), Mio Shirai, Makoto, and Syuri are all here and going off their matches from SMASH it should be one of the best promotions to watch. Ice Ribbon: A school started by Emi Sakura several years ago, it started out as an after-school program for girls as an alternative to other clubs. It's grown, and now features some of the bigger names in the new-wave of Joshi. Hikaru Shida is their ace, and they've got an impressive roster featuring Tsukasa Fujimoto and Riho (At 16, she is an 8 year veteran!). Emi Sakura has since left the promotion, to start a new one in Thailand. STARDOM: Features some impressive high-speed, high-flying talent as well as other styles common in Joshi. Io Shirai, Natsuki*Taiyo, and Yoshiko are from this promotion. SENDAI GIRLS: Founded in 2005 by Meiko Satomura, another school like ICE Ribbon for younger girls and former models. DASH Chisako (Who dresses and acts like Jeff Hardy), her sister Sendai Sachiko, and Misaki Ohata make their homes here. Some more in-depth resources, featuring results and interviews! Divas of Destruction Diva-Dirt Dirty Dirt Sheets Ring Belles  Please do not bring in the shitposting and drama from the last topic. Please help me branch out some of these descriptions for those looking to get into this style of wrestling. I admit that I don't really keep up with too many of these promotions and I know there are others with more expertise. Thanks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvitl5NIevc RealFoxy fucked around with this message at 00:08 on May 5, 2012 |
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Dramatic DDT Blog posted:The day some people thought they would never see has finally come. Cherry, the resident female wrestler on the Union roster who has always claimed to be very young has revealed her true age. Cherry lost the Age Contra Makeup match to Emi Sakura, who was wrestling on behalf of an injured Mio Shirai. Cherry was defeated with one of her own signature moves as well as from some interference from Mio. Defeated, Cherry said she was born on 14th May, 1974 which makes her 37 years old going on 38. Cherry told the audience she debuted at 30 years old and did so because it was her dream to become a wrestler, no matter how old she was. Cherry’s passport was flashed onto the giant screen behind her to serve as confirmation while a ten bell salute took place in the background.   I use to say that Kana was a vampire for looking so young at her age, but Cherry, who's been claiming to be between 18 and 21 for the past seven years actually looks that young. The relevance of Cherry's age is pretty big for her, since it's been her gimmick since she's started. She's known for doing spots where people announce their age and always saying "I'm the youngest!" and although I would have thought she was in her late 20's, I never expected she would be so close to 40. For comparison, she's a year older than Trish Stratus.
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Scottish wrestler Nikki Storm (who won the Queen of the Ring tournament at Pro Wrestling EVE's iPPV earlier this year) has just written a blog over at Ringbelles on being a female wrestler on the independent scene. I don't how relevant her experiences with regards to other promotions, but it's definitely worth a read http://ringbellesonline.com/2012/05/04/blog-nikki-storm-on-being-a-woman-in-wrestling/ quote:Don’t be afraid to punch a guy if he is bothering you, don’t trust anyone in wrestling easily and make people earn your trust. Furthermore, realise that you can’t change the way the business works overnight but you can take tiny steps in the right direction.
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I only about Cherry because of her gimmick, but I absolutely love that they used a ten-bell salute during that.
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May 5, 2012 01:09
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JWP has two "Best of" DVDs for their 20 year anniversary, one covering the '90s and one covering the 2000s I believe. And they can be yours for the low low price of around $55! Each.
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You can now vote for Layla El's next opponent on WWE.com, but further proving that Vincent Kennedy McMahon doesn't give a gently caress what the internet thinks, AJ Lee went from first place with almost 45% of the votes to seconding Kelly Kelly who now has a minor lead over AJ (With Kelly's numbers increasing just about consistent with a vote for AJ. With Kharma and Natalya completely absent on the poll. Suben posted:JWP has two "Best of" DVDs for their 20 year anniversary, one covering the '90s and one covering the 2000s I believe. And they can be yours for the low low price of around $55!
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AIW Girls Night Out 6 will be out on SMV's site very soon and is well worth the download/buy as it has a few great matches including A Hailey Hatred/Jenny Rose 20 minute "Joshi" match. Also, the main even is a "Fans Bring The Weapons" match between Allysin Kay and Mia Yim for the vacant AIW Women's title (Mickie Knuckles, the previous champ had to vacate the title after getting pregnant). There is also a death match, a comedy match, and a few other good pure wrestling matches worth watching. Overall a really fun show worth giving a look.
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Flameingblack posted:With Kharma and Natalya completely absent on the poll. Why would Kharma be on the poll? She hasn't been seen since Rumble.
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Flameingblack posted:You can now vote for Layla El's next opponent on WWE.com, but further proving that Vincent Kennedy McMahon doesn't give a gently caress what the internet thinks, AJ Lee went from first place with almost 45% of the votes to seconding Kelly Kelly who now has a minor lead over AJ (With Kelly's numbers increasing just about consistent with a vote for AJ. AJ's back in the lead now, actually.
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So, if anyone wants to see Paige before she was in WWE/FCW, here is a new video from SHIMMER Volume 43/44 that Dave Prazak just posted. Whats funny is at the most recent SHIMMER tapings, Saraya won the SHIMMER title. She is crazy. And Evil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghAQMY5eOgM quote:The mother & daughter team of Sweet Saraya & Britani Knight made their way to SHIMMER in early 2011 as a tag team. Over time, Saraya lost confidence in her daughter and began to verbally abuse her on the microphone in front of the fans. Finally, on Volume 43, Britani had enough of the abuse and fought back. It culminated in a No Disqualification match between them on SHIMMER Volume 44, just before Britani signed her WWE contract. Check out all of the action on DVD at http://www.shimmerwrestling.com/ DMPunk fucked around with this message at 04:56 on May 5, 2012 |
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Video of the match where "Forever 18" Cherry reveals her age. The 10 bell salute is amazing. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqm3m3_02-cherry-vs-emi-sakura-union-05-04-12_sport?start=707 Background info for those wondering: quote:Back in February, Cherry claimed had a big announcement to make, and it was that she wa moving the host site to her blog. To be fair, she’s “Forever 18″, and that’s a big deal for a teenager. However, Mio Shirai came out, saying that she expected that the announcement was going to be that Cherry was going to finally reveal her age – one of the best kept secrets in wrestling. She then challenged Cherry to a match at the March 18 show, where if Shirai won, Cherry would have to tell everyone how old she really is. Cherry ended up winning that contest, making sure her secret remained so.
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DMPunk posted:Video of the match where "Forever 18" Cherry reveals her age. The 10 bell salute is amazing. Is that Yoneyama at ringside wearing belt armor?  
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Bocc Kob posted:Is that Yoneyama at ringside wearing belt armor? Her and Emi Sakura are the JWP/Daily Sports tag champions (two seperate tag belts that were unified basically right after the Daily Sports belts were made) so she's holding/wearing all of their belts. This is AFTER she lost a 30 second match to Emi that would have her be shipped off to Emi's Bangkok Girls Pro Wrestling promotion that she just recently started up in Thailand and after being treated like a jobber since unretiring in the middle of her ceremony. Kind of wish the match they won it in (Yoneyama/Emi vs. Command Bolshoi/Rabbit Miyu) was at Korakuen and not at Itabashi so there'd be a chance of actually seeing it since that sounds like a potentially good match. Suben fucked around with this message at 21:44 on May 5, 2012 |
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May 5, 2012 21:40
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OP needs more WSU: http://www.declarationofindependents.net/wsu/ http://youtu.be/zvitl5NIevc http://youtu.be/-grSO56k8KU http://youtu.be/fhk_9tN7RKc
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WSU announced tonight that they "parted ways" with Rick Cataldo. The only guy on the WSU roster. I guess that is a good idea for an all-women's company to not have any male wrestlers, even if he's gay.
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Highspots has digital downloads of WSU: http://www.highspots.com/company.asp?id=102 and IVP always has Joshi on the cheap(skimpy on the downloads tho): http://new.ivpvideos2.com/index.php?cPath=85&osCsid=7eb77f0af7e941897f23481e4b648fc9 and smart mark has some AIW ladies only shows up for download as well: http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/mp4-digital-media-video/ I haven't watched a lot of WSU(getting ready to sit down to their 5th Aniversary Show right now). But it seems to be an R-rated version of shimmer. Except without getting into WEW levels(RIP WEW that wasn't a softcore porn vehicle). coconono fucked around with this message at 23:17 on May 7, 2012 |
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May 7, 2012 23:14
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WOOOOOOOOOOOO! http://www.diva-dirt.com/2012/05/08/ric-flairs-daughter-ashley-begins-wrestling-training/
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Lone Rogue posted:WOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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WSU 5th Anniversary Field report: -All the buys. Opener was a sloppy in the safe way but every match got noticeably better.
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coconono posted:WSU 5th Anniversary Field report: Wait, you didnt like Leva Bates vs Athena? That match was great.
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DMPunk posted:Wait, you didnt like Leva Bates vs Athena? That match was great. I tried to like it but there were too many spots where just kinda stopped and tried to figure out how the move supposed to go. Broke the metaphor.
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http://www.captured-beauty.com/ Just found this and flipped through a few pages of their E-mag. looks interesting.
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ZERO1 has a 16 (going on 17) year old girl named Yuhi who trained in kickboxing before going into wrestling. She debuted at their Korakuen Hall show last month against Yuzuki Aikawa and honestly looked REALLY good. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqpcsm_yuzuki-aikawa-vs-yuhi-zero1_sport I mean there are some screw ups but as far as debuts go that's pretty drat impressive.
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coconono posted:http://www.captured-beauty.com/ Thats a good e-mag. The interviews are the best part.
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Flameingblack posted:The daughter of Ric Flair and the daughter of Eddie Guerrero to produce the second worst female wrestling match in history. Impossible...they haven't added Lacey Von Erich in as a three way contest
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Whatever happened to that giant that was on that one episode of NXT? I can't remember the name, but I think it sounded like Aloe Vera or something.
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Generic CAW posted:Whatever happened to that giant that was on that one episode of NXT? I can't remember the name, but I think it sounded like Aloe Vera or something. She got fired the week before NXT started because they found out she did some "porno-ish" photos and didn't tell them beforehand. Also, she is a pretty terrible wrestler anyways, so WWE lucked out.
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Generic CAW posted:Whatever happened to that giant that was on that one episode of NXT? I can't remember the name, but I think it sounded like Aloe Vera or something. She was called Aloisa on the show, and apparently still competes for various indies under the name Isis the Amazon. Here's her webpage http://www.isistheamazon.com/ (possibly some  stuff there - I'd be careful)According to her webpage, she's met Chyna, her breasts contain silicone, she lists Scott hall as a professional reference, and she gets down with #TittyTuesday on twitter. Other than being really tall, she doesn't seem to have much for wrestling skill. Faxman fucked around with this message at 05:22 on May 12, 2012 |
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DMPunk posted:She got fired the week before NXT started because they found out she did some "porno-ish" photos and didn't tell them beforehand. Also, she is a pretty terrible wrestler anyways, so WWE lucked out. Was that the amazon gal who went to TNA and the fans chanted ME WANT SNU SNU?
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Frot Lesnar posted:Was that the amazon gal who went to TNA and the fans chanted ME WANT SNU SNU? She wrestled Leva Bates for her TNA try out match and was so god awful, TNA wanted no part of her. This is the same company that gave Lacey Von Erich a contract, so their standards arent exactly high. Sad thing is, Leva Bates is a GOOD wrestler.
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Didn't some indy dude who knew her/had worked with her say she was kinda crazy too?
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Suben posted:Didn't some indy dude who knew her/had worked with her say she was kinda crazy too? If I remember correctly, she would cut herself and stuff. So...yeah.
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Reason #2,352 why Portia Perez is awesome: http://www.formspring.me/pperezninja/q/325494414199775163?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=shareanswer&_sg=&_sk= Question: are you single and what will it take to get in them underwear Answer: I have a strict list of requirements that one must meet in order to be evaluated as a potential mate. If you meet ALL of the requirements listed below, you may submit your cover letter, résumé, references, and Powerpoint presentation to: Krang 929 Foot Clan Dr. Dimension X 87354 Requirements to be evaluated as a potential mate: 1. Proper spelling, grammar, AND punctuation. 2. Advanced degree in Women's Studies. 3. Minimum of four years of military service in a former Soviet republic. 4. Face tattoo. 5. Full vegetarian diet for a minimum of ten years. 6. Male. 7. Working knowledge of Zoroastrian humour. 8. Maximum age of 27. 9. Texas Ranger. 10. No history of anonymously propositioning women via social networking web-sites.
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So, July 7th, nCw:FF is doing their first crossover with WSU. This match was just announced: Its really tempting me to get a passport and go to this show in Montreal. Courtney Rush also released a video about it too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ifUbkVVZJrg
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So apparently Samurai's not going to be airing the recent Korakuen shows for WAVE, JWP and Ice Ribbon so I guess from now on watching newer joshi stuff is going to be even harder unless people are willing to get DVDs so they can rip them. 
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As a niche, it was already pretty hard to get sometimes, but this is kind of dumb. I wish more companies would follow IR's idea of putting shows on livestream service. Even though it's just 19 O'Clock wrestling, that's still a weekly show that's super easy for foreigners to watch and I appreciate that.
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Faxman posted:She was called Aloisa on the show, and apparently still competes for various indies under the name Isis the Amazon. She's also a bit unhinged. And terrible with the public.
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So at the most recent Reina show, Yumiko Hotta beat La Commandante in a hair vs. hair street fight... then promptly announced she was leaving the promotion and Reina's dissolved. Supposedly they're going to be having an announcement about what Reina's future is going to be but they've stripped Mima Shimoda and Zeuxis of the tag belts and cancelled their show on the 27th so either they're done or going away for a bit for a retooling. Hotta apparently said on her blog that she left because she wants more of a focus on hard hitting wrestling while Reina's president wants to emphasize a lucha style and looks. I guess spending a bunch of money to bring in gaijin from North America, buy dorms in Chiba for your wrestlers and buy Chiba Blue Field from K-Dojo when you pretty much can't draw for poo poo isn't a good idea after all.
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"emphasize a lucha style and looks." in the Joshi world more or less means "Emphasis on the WWE Diva style" Admittedly, they do it better than the WWE themselves though, but a lot of that style is just really flashy roll-ups.
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Pretty much. Granted I don't know why anyone would think Yumiko Hotta would be a draw in 2012 though... STARDOM's basically the one company doing it right so far and that goes to the strength of Nanae as a trainer (and probably Natsuki*Taiyo and Miho Wakizawa too if they're involved in the training) so that you have pretty girls who actually show some promise at being competent inbetween the ropes.
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