DVD Review: MCW Fight Like A Girl
Melbourne City Wrestling presents its first DVD dedicated to the women in its promotion, featuring personality profiles and matches from the last two years of MCW.
Results
1. Kellie Skater made Shazza McKenzie tap out to a stranglehold neckscissors
2. Shazza McKenzie pinned Tenille Tayla with a small package.
3. Eliza Sway defeated Shazza McKenzie and Savannah Summers in a 3-way. Sway pinned Summers after McKenzie had delivered the Shaztastic Stunner.
4. KC Cassidy beat Kellie Skater with an elevated DDT. (more…)
In Video: Summers… in winter
It’s a bit weird in Australia. While most of you who are reading this are shivering as winter (the season, not the wrestler) wraps its icy grim around our throats, the Aussies are enjoying sweltering temperatures and have the air conditioning working overtime. Other weird things that happen is that beloved babyfaces show their sour side, and that’s exactly what happens in the match we bring you this weekend.
Jessie McKay – the happy, smiling, righteous woman who is adored in SHIMMER – competes in this match for Zero 1 Australia (which took place in Adelaide last month and filmed by a fan on his phone) as the antagonist, self-obsessed heel, while her opponent Savannah Summers (pictured) takes the role of popular babyface. As weird as it may be to see McKay heeling it up, she is great at it, and Summers is equally great as the fiery fan favourite.
A quick note on Savannah Summers – while she may not have experienced the overseas exposure as other Aussies, she is certainly a talent to keep an eye on. Earlier this year (during our summer but their winter… confusing, eh) she became the first Riot City Wrestling Women’s Champion, only recently losing the belt to Eliza Sway, and also competed on PWWA‘s most recent card in October. On her Facebook, she was asked about whether she is planning a trip to the US, and she confirmed that she was – which is certainly an interesting prospect. We look forward to what she has planned for next year, as she has all the tools to be a success. (more…)
PWWA results – Evie v Kellie Skater III, now with thoughts from Rhi from NHB Girls
It has been more than a year since the last Pro Women’s Wrestling Alliance show where Madison Eagles successfully defended the SHIMMER Championship against Jessie McKay and Nicole Matthews in the first SHIMMER title match to take place outside of North America.
Since then, Eagles has experienced a long period on the shelf due to a serious knee injury but retains the PWWA Championship by her side – meanwhile, a PWWA Interim Champion has been crowned in Evie, who won the title during the most successful week in her career in August. She makes her first title defence today against Kellie Skater, who has been beaten twice by the champion, but told us on our most recent Women Of Wrestling Podcast that she’s looking to prove she can beat the kick-happy New Zealander.
Elsewhere, Evie’s (former) BFF Megan-Kate takes on Shazza McKenzie, Jessie McKay faces Britenay, and England’s Amazon Ayesha Ray makes her Australian debut.
Our friends at NHB Girls are on hand providing live results from the Casula Powerhouse in Sydney via their Twitter, or you can click after the jump to read about everything that’s going down. (more…)
Ringbelles Roundup (28 August 2012) – the Aussies & Kiwis, April Davids & more
There has been a lot of focus on the continent of Australasia recently, and most of it centres around one kick-happy wrestler from New Zealand.
As we have documented, Evie has been catapulted into everyone’s line of sight, winning both the IPW Women’s and PWWA Championships in the space of seven days – the first in a triple threat match with Megan-Kate and Britenay, and the latter against Jessie McKay just last Saturday.
When approached for comment, the Auckland resident told Ringbelles:
Winning the IPW Women’s Title and then the PWWA Interim Title… words can’t pinpoint the feelings I felt over those nights. I was extremely emotional… a few tears were shed, and it definitely is the highlight of my career to date. I came away from both matches battered and bruised, but it was all worth it in the end… after five years, I finally feel like a champion.
The fans have also been rad… I can’t believe how much support I received through those tournaments, both online and in person. It was amazing!
Savannah Summers becomes 1st RCW Women’s Champ
Australia’s Riot City Wrestling‘s first Women’s Champion is also the promotion’s “First Lady”. Savannah Summers defeated Miami in the final of an eight woman tournament which began in late January to win the title. She went through Nikita Naridian and KC Cassidy to make it to the finals, while her opponent defeated Vixsin and Harley Wonderland to compete for the championship. Summers got the victory after hitting her Pure Arrogance finisher (Codebreaker) for a second time to gain the pinfall, with both wrestlers kicking out of their opponent’s first attempts to use their finisher to win – Savannah escaped being defeated by Miami’s Party Starter spinebuster to save herself.
In recognition of the success of the tournament and to show that the title was worth fighting for, Summers v Miami was positioned as the main event of the card earlier today in North Adelaide. RCW could have played it safe, had it as a semi-main event contest and put on a men’s match at the top, but they didn’t – and that is something that it should be credited for. It was the money match of the show – as evidenced by the great video package which the promotion put together and released earlier this week – and deserved to go on last. By the sounds of things, the match also held up its part of the bargain. (more…)
DVD Review: PWWA (3 September 2011)
Despite only taking place a month ago, the Pro Wrestling Women’s Alliance event which took place on September 3 was available for purchase at the recent SHIMMER: Women Athletes tapings in Berwyn, IL last weekend. Obviously, we had to pick up a copy to see the event, which was headlined by the first SHIMMER title defence outside of the United States, with then-Champion (still feels weird to think of her in that way) Madison Eagles defending against longtime rival/partner Jessie McKay, and former SHIMMER Tag Team Champion Nicole Matthews, who was making her first trip Down Under.
Eagles had been away from the promotion and its parent company the PWA for around six months to live in the US, making it onto the CHIKARA roster, but had to withdraw and return to Australia for treatment for an injured shoulder which she suffered in a car accident back in April. She had wrestled sporadically in North America since then – once in CHIKARA and another time at nCw Femmes Fatales VI in Canada in June where she defeated our latest Women Of Wrestling Podcast guest Courtney Rush. Upon her return to Australia, Eagles (who also holds the PWWA Championship) turned heel, attacking a newly-turned babyface McKay, who was trying to win the PWWA title which KC Cassidy had claimed as her own in Eagles’ absence. As it turned out, the belt was reclaimed by Eagles and she and Cassidy let things slide, even teaming together for Madison’s return match in her home country on August 8 against McKay and Shazza McKenzie.
The SHIMMER title match at PWWA was a big talking point ahead of time. Would Eagles be dropping the belt due to injury, and if so, to whom? How hurt was she? Would she be able to go at full-speed during the match considering she had only wrestled as few as three matches since the injury occurred four months previously? With that level of intrigue, it became a real possibility that the SHIMMER Championship would change hands in Liverpool, New South Wales. Obviously, we know she retained the title, but what participation did she have in the match? Let’s find out… (more…)
PWWA results: Eagles retains the SHIMMER title
The first defence of the SHIMMER Championship outside of the US has seen titleholder Madison Eagles retain the belt over her two challengers, Nicole Matthews and Jessie McKay (who spoke to us about the match on the most recent Women Of Wrestling Podcast).
There had been a lot of intrigue surrounding the match, including whether Eagles’ recent injury issues would be a factor in this contest, and whether this was an occasion for there to be a new champion while Madison rehabbed her damaged shoulder. As it turns out, Eagles recovery is not as bad as originally feared, and she will roll into SHIMMER’s DVD tapings in Berwyn, IL on October 1 and 2 as the champion.
Last night, parent company the Pro Wrestling Alliance held its own card in Liverpool, with a taster of the PWWA show the following evening. Matthews defeated Shazza McKenzie in the semi-main, while in an eight woman tag, McKay, Evie, Megan Kate & Kellyanne English defeated Eagles, Kellie Skater, JPE & Britenay.
Thanks to PWA’s official Twitter, we bring you the results: (more…)
Ringbelles DVD Review: PWWA Last Woman Standing
The PWWA Last Woman Standing tournament took place on July 3, 2010 in Liverpool, Australia and while there are a few women on this DVD whom will be unfamiliar with, there are a few who you will definitely recognize from SHIMMER.
The first match of this very solid tournament belongs to then PWWA Champion Madison Eagles and Shazza Mckenzie. The match started off with some great mat wrestling. You would think Madison Eagles would easily have the advantage due to her finely tuned wrestling & mixed martial arts background, but Shazza did a great job keeping up with the veteran. Madison seemed to be gaining all the momentum and looked like she was on her way to a somewhat easy exit on to the second round, but that was altered when Shazza countered one of her signature moves into a neck breaker. By this point the tables are completely turned and Madison actually looked like she could be taking a very unexpected early exit. She mounted a comeback, eventually getting Shazza up for the “BRAIN BUSTA!” but it’s countered. Shazza then attempted to deliver a move of her own to Madison, but is hit with “Hell Bound” for the three.
Next up we have the Lady Gaga-lite Harley Wonderland sashaying out to the hit song “Paparazzi” for her match against Savannah Summers. The match started off with Harley bullying Savannah and pushing her to the mat twice during both attempts to lock up. The tide quickly turns when Savannah gives Harley a piece of her own medicine with a couple of nice shoulder blocks. Savannah started to pump up the crowd, but her momentum was temporarily stopped when Harley knocked her down with a drop kick. Savannah eventually found her streak, but got herself in trouble yet again, though as the old saying goes “If at first you don’t succeed, dust yourself off and try again” and it works for Savannah as she picks up the win with a roll up. (more…)
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