Shimmer

On commentary, Black is again mocked by Prazak and Danger. It’s light-hearted of course. She controls her larger foe oddly with headlocks and other holds in the early stages of this encounter. Fyfe doesn’t get a look in, until “Indy-riffic” Eden Black makes a mistake and is caught with a clothesline. Fyfe looks good beating down her victim here, using her weight to suppress Black’s speed advantage. The fans are into this, as Fyfe resorts to back-rakes and choke hold.

The man-hating Rain and Lacey wore matching outfits with custom made white tank-tops with their names printed artfully on the front. They both removed their tops, revealing their delicious rock-hard abs. SHIMMER champion Sara Del Rey led her partner Nikki Roxx to the ring, fending off any evil-doers with her plastic "death rey" toy gun. This match was booked after the shenanigans that went down during the finals of the SHIMMER title tournament. It was Del Rey vs.

This Match features one of the most dangerous female wrestlers, MsChif against one of the up and coming female fighters in Shimmer, Portia freakin' Perez. Portia really must have something to prove going against MsChif seeing as how most cower in her wake. But is sheer nerve enough to overcome MsChif? Check out this solid match to find out!

Shimmer volume 13 starts right off with this great opening match. Serena’s done little of note in recent times, but is still over with the crowd in this match, which is a nice follow-up from Serena missing the Shimmer title tournament, and being replaced by the opportunistic Alicia. Deeb comes across more aggressive than I can remember her before, and is surprisingly dominant, working the arm and shoulder. Alicia wrestles in a classic heel fashion, the like of which Raven would surely love, and she’s growing on me for sure after this well executed match.
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Everybody's favorite San Francisco treat, Cheerleader Melissa, was prepared to eat the perpetually cheerful Ariel for lunch. Good response to both girls from the crowd. Starts out as a striking orientated bout, with Melissa being extremely intense, and Prazak talking up how easily she was eliminated from the Shimmer title tournament. Good intensity actually from both girls. Melissa seems pretty pissed off about something and definitely is working as aheel in this matchup. There are some nice hints of this, following a Curb-stomp that Ariel only escapes pinfall from by grabbing the ropes.

Josie's lost a lot of weight by the looks of things, and moves really well, aggressively taking Hosaka down at the outset. Malia is forced to retire to the outside early, to get the breather. Josie totally out wrestles her heel opponent here, before falling prey to a neat side-kick.I really enjoyed the finish of this, and the overall story. Josie was the less experienced, rash baby face, opposed to Hosaka’s usually sturdy heel demeanor.
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I always knew Sarah Stock was good, but when I finally got to see her in action with my very own eyes, when she debuted with SHIMMER, she instantly became my co-favorite female wrestler - along with Sara Del Rey. It doesn't hurt that she's Canadian, either. Sarah Stock's skills are so superior to everyone else's, it sometimes makes everyone else look bad by comparison. TNA would be very smart to scoop her up immediately. Her opponent, Daizee Haze, has taken her share of beatings throughout the previous twelve SHIMMER DVD's - and picked up an inspiring number of wins too.

A match formula borrowed from Ring of Honor, the four corner survival featured the red hot British chili pepper Eden Black, the international superstar Portia Perez (the all-time cutest heel wrestler), the Portuguese princess Ariel, and the best ass in the business Nikki Roxx. Roxx, who clearly had a distinct size advantage, tripped going up the ring-steps but fortunately her ascent was a little more successful on the second attempt. Poor little Portia (the cowardly heel) found herself in a three-on-one predicament as the match got underway.

Priority number one for Alicia was to begin her ascent up the ladder of success and back up all the trash talking she has been doing since debuting with SHIMMER only 24 hours before this match. Will the young upstart, Josie make Alicia eat her words by picking up a rare victory over the arrogant blond from Hackensack?

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This is Shimmer's first ever tournament and the winner will be crowned the first Shimmer Champion. Sara Del Rey is obviously the fan favorite in this tournament as the crowd repeatedly chanted "Next world champ!", but newcomer Alicia has already caused one upset tonight. Can she make it two in a row?