CONTACTABOUTFACEBOOKTWITTERPODCAST IPHONE APPANDROID APPAMAZON APPRSS
Pro Wrestling Torch
Pro Wrestling Torch Reaches The Most Wrestling Fans Every Week: #1 in iTunes • #1 on iPhone and iPad • #1 on Android • #1 on Kindle
GOT THE PWTORCH APP YET?
iPhone & iPad
Android
Amazon Kindle
Windows Phone
PWTorch Phone App
DVDs - VGames - Books
SHIMMER Vol. 13 DVD Review: New champion, Del Rey & Roxx vs. Home Wreckers, Rogers-Danger II (Dog Collar match), Sarita, Haze, Serena, Daffney

Apr 21, 2011 - 1:18:46 PM
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO BOOKMARK US & VISIT US DAILY


By Anthony Beckingham, Women's Wrestling Specialist

Vol_13.jpg
SHIMMER DVD Review Series
SHIMMER Vol. 13 DVD review
June 3, 2007
Berwyn, Ill.


With the Shimmer champion crowned at the last show, the promotion set up a new pecking order and goal for everyone to drive them forward. However, because they opted to film three shows at once instead of the usual two, so it left the wrestlers somewhat tired.

(1) Serena Deeb (2-4) beat Alicia (1-2) at 10:13. They fought in a couple of collar and elbow locks across the ring and took things slowly. Deeb brought Alicia down with a headlock but Alicia pressured the back of Deeb’s knee to take control. Deeb picked up the pace and threw Alicia into the corner. She ran in to follow her and ended up on the top rope but Alicia dragged her off. Alicia choked Deeb on the rope and dropped an elbow. Serena found a babyface comeback which she is so good at by punching Alicia, reversed an Irish whip and hit a massive, top heavy spear. (*)

(2) Malia Hosaka (1-4) beat Josie (1-3) at 6:08. This was probably Josie’s best match so far, but that doesn’t say much. Before the match, highlights were shown of the Vol. 10 Four-Way that saw Josie and Hosaka battle to the back. Josie attacked Hosaka before ring announcements were made and threw her about the ring. Hosaka came back inside with a sunset flip but Josie kicked out and went straight to an armbar. Hosaka took control with a trademark spin kick. Josie hit a smooth fallaway suplex, then put Hosaka in a bear hug, of all things. After some back and forth throws, Hosaka landed a running Frankensteiner roll-up. (*)

(3) “The Jezebel” Eden Black (1-3) beat Lexie Fyfe (3-3) at 7:46. Fyfe slapped Black in the face, which fired her up. Fyfe caught Black’s leg from a kick but Black did an amazing twirl and used her other leg to trap Fyfe and bring her to the mat. Danger talked up Black’s British style that she learned from World of Sport and Johnny Saint as she took it to Fyfe with more of her strong strikes. Fyfe brought her down with a seated stranglehold and followed it with the Three Amigos. Fyfe bent Black around the ropes, grabbing her red hair for extra leverage. Fyfe went to roll her up but Black grabbed her arm and went for the Garden of Eden. Black’s headscissors was reversed into a powerbomb. Fyfe showboated so by the time she went back to the prone Black, Black again grabbed Fyfe’s arm and submitted her to the Garden of Eden. (**)

(4) MsChif (w/Daffney) (6-5) beat Portia Perez (1-3) at 6:20. A good effort, but it needed more time for wrestling after the good comedy. The petite, babyfaced heel Perez garnered heat with her strongman poses on the way to the ring while both MsChif and Daffney screamed at the referee when he went to check her. Perez went for a test of strength, but Chif alternated hands, then Daffney came in and did the same. Perez sat in the ring like a spoiled child while Danger asked if she was of legal age. Chif locked her arms while she was sitting down, but Perez slid through a pin then took some kicks to Chif but the scream caught her undone. Lots of hijinks that amused the crowd and got Perez over as a bratty primadonna. Perez built up her strikes but couldn’t pin Chif after a School’s Out reverse STO. MsChif put Perez’s legs through the second rope in the corner, climbed above her and double stomped on her head for the Obliteration faceplant. (**)

Becky Bayless brought out Alexa Thatcher to explain her injured foot. Alicia interrupted by grabbing the microphone and forcing Bayless out the ring. Alicia explained that both of them are from New Jersey and wished her well. As Thatcher sat on the rope to leave, Alicia kicked her foot and began to stomp at it as Dave Prazak complained on commentary and forced a cutaway to the regular ROHStore.com advert.

(5) Cheerleader Melissa (5-4) beat “Portuguese Princess” Ariel (4-3) at 10:13. Ariel was chopped into the corner but fought back with dropkicks and a running bulldog. Melissa turned aggressive by stomping on Ariel’s head and a charging forearm into the corner. Ariel gave as good as she got, turning into a bruiser with punches of her own. It didn’t last long as Melissa hit the curb stomp but Ariel took the rope break. Melissa threw Ariel into each corner but she ducked out the way and took control with a suplex. Ariel rolled the Air Raid Crash into a sunset flip pin and Melissa kicked out. Melissa reversed Ariel’s running attack into a Samoan Drop but still couldn’t land the Air Raid Crash and instead took a tornado bulldog. Ariel went up top but Melissa took her from there to land the Air Raid Crash and win. (***)

A breaking news clip aired advertising Amazing Kong’s return for Vol. 14 in Inverness, Florida after she was forced to miss the Championship tournament due to commitments in Japan.

(6) “Dark Angel” Sarah Stock (2-1) beat Daizee Haze (7-6) at 18:00. Haze matched the Canadian luchador's flexibility as they went through a series of holds while holding hands the whole time. Stock then locked in a cross-legged arm bar and trapped Haze in a step-through figure-four until she was rolled into taking a pin. Stock put on another figure-four from the side, allowing her to roll over and torque Haze’s back. Stock went for a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, but Haze came down in a crossbody. She then went for a wheelbarrow but was dumped overhead with a German suplex.

Haze fought back with chops and cornered Stock. She threw Stock from the top and hit a missile dropkick with less impact because of the leg damage. She followed up with a monkey flip which didn’t connect and settled for a faceplant followed by a Northern Lights suplex. Stock picked Haze up into a torture rack then slammed her down and followed with a springboard sunset flip. Haze went for a Yakuza kick but Stock ducked and picked her up on her shoulders, put her in a wheelbarrow and from there hit an unsteady but powerful Tiger Driver to win. (***)

(7) Cindy Rogers (4-4) beat Allison Danger (5-6) at 15:10 in a Dog Collar match. Beforehand, the tug of war with the chain from their Street Fight was shown. Both were back in wrestling gear for this match, with Danger sporting her theatrical white mask for her entrance. When the ref went to collar up Danger, Rogers yanked it away. They both went straight for their own turnbuckles and were caught in a tug of war. Rogers mounted Danger and choked her before locking her legs up in the chain and going to the corners, but Danger yanked her down. Danger rolled out the ring and Rogers came out the other side, pulling her into the ring post and choking her around it. She then ground Danger’s face against the steps before busting her open with some loaded punches. She threw Danger over the second rope and choked her with the chain but the distance meant she couldn’t get to the far turnbuckles.

After more choking, Danger passed out and Rogers went to the turnbuckles lazily but was whiplashed to the mat before the final one before suffering a chain-assisted Camel Clutch. She went for the corners but fell, literally, just short of the final one. Rogers piggybacked Danger around the ring going for all four corners. Before the final turnbuckle Danger fought back for the predictable ending but in an interesting twist, Danger STOed Rogers forcing her hand onto the turnbuckle and giving her the win. (**)

(8) Sara Del Rey & Nikki Roxx (0-0) beat The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew (Lacey & Rain) (2-0) at 11:53. Rain’s interference from the Shimmer Title tournament final was shown. MHWC jump the bell and double team Roxx but she clotheslined them both. After the babyfaces tagged in and out, Lacey caught Roxx with a toehold and Rain followed up with an elbow drop. The Home Wreckers isolated Roxx and goaded Del Rey into the ring to distract the referee. Roxx reversed a double suplex but couldn’t get the tag. Lacey reversed a punch into a full nelson slam, holding her in a camel clutch to take a baseball slide from Rain. Rain let Roxx from her grasp and Del Rey took the hot tag, knocking Lacey off the apron and using different suplexes on Rain.

Del Rey tagged Roxx back in, though, and she took a chinbreaker-lungblower combination. Del Rey put the Royal Butterfly on Rain and when Lacey came to break it up, Del Rey hit her with the big boot and put both of them in a Royal Butterfly then Roxx took Lacey and they hit a double Barbie Crusher and Royal Butterfly suplex to win. (**)

Overall thoughts: 6.0 The fallout from the Shimmer Championship tournament clearly left a lot of the wrestlers tired and visibly bruised leading to what is the most underwhelming Shimmer volume to this point. The fifth and sixth matches were the only consistent standout performances on the card, making it all the more confusing that TNA wasted Alissa Flash and underexposed Sarita.

The undercard did its job but no-one stood out and didn’t have a strong main event to boost it. Given the next main event is Lacey vs. Del Rey, I don’t understand why MHWC lost their tag match, but at least the twist on the usual Dog Collar match ending gives the feud legs to a hopefully better finish after their Street Fight.

FYI: ROHStore.com is sold out of Volume 13 indefinitely, but a limited number of copies are available at http://www.highspots.com/product.asp?id=19072. Individual matches can be bought on ClickWrestle.com and more information can be found at ShimmerWrestling.com


We suggest these recent related articles...
RADICAN'S Beyond Wrestling "Greatest Rivals Round Robin" review 9/26 - incredible show of the year contender, Busick-Edwards top-flight MOTYC, more!
RADICAN'S "The Pull List" (Vol. 5) "Young Bucks Too Sweet Journey" doc review, The Flash season 1 Blu-Ray, Top Ten MOTYC for 2015
RADICAN'S "THE PULL LIST" (Vol. 4) - step by step guide to social media and conduct, "Madden NFL 16" review, "Furious 7" Blu-ray w/The Rock & Ronda Rousey, more!
prowrestling.net
CLICK HERE FOR EVEN MORE PW.NET HEADLINES


CLICK TO EMAIL THIS ARTICLE
CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO MAIN LISTING

NEW! SIGN UP FOR FREE PWTORCH BREAKING NEWS EMAIL ALERTS
BECOME A PWTORCH VIP MEMBER
-FORMER MEMBERS LOGIN HERE TO RENEW
-NEW MEMBERS CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP
SELECT BY ARTICLES CATEGORY
SEARCH PWTORCH.COM



CLICK HERE FOR LIST OF UPCOMING PRO WRESTLING EVENTS
MORE HEADLINES AT AFFILIATE SITES
MMATorch
LATEST HEADLINES - CLICK TO READ CLICK HERE FOR MORE MMATORCH HEADLINES


PWTORCH POLL - VOTE NOW!
RAW POLL 10/12: Vote on Monday's show
 
pollcode.com free polls


RAW POLL 10/12: What was the Best Match on Raw?
 
pollcode.com free polls
MCNEILL LIVECAST POLL: TNA will have a 32-person tournament to determine a new Hvt. champion - your thoughts?
 
pollcode.com free polls
CENA POLL: If John Cena takes a year-end break, who should win the U.S. Title from Cena?
 
pollcode.com free polls
VOTE IN OR SEE RESULTS OF PREVIOUS POLLS



LATEST HEADLINES - CLICK TO READ CLICK HERE FOR EVEN MORE INC HEADLINES

_
LATEST FREE AUDIO SHOWS - CLICK TO LISTEN VIEW MORE PWTORCH LIVECAST EPISODES
DOWNLOAD PWTORCH LIVECAST APP
SUBSCRIBE TO PWTORCH LIVECAST IN ITUNES


ABOUT US

THE TORCH REACHES MORE COMBAT ENTERTAINMENT FANS THAN ANY OTHER SOURCE

PWTorch editor Wade Keller has covered pro wrestling full time since 1987 starting with the Pro Wrestling Torch print newsletter. PWTorch.com launched in 1999 and the PWTorch Apps launched in 2008.

He has conducted "Torch Talk" insider interviews with Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Steve Austin, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Eric Bischoff, Jesse Ventura, Lou Thesz, Jerry Lawler, Mick Foley, Jim Ross, Paul Heyman, Bruno Sammartino, Goldberg, more.

He has interviewed big-name players in person incluiding Vince McMahon (at WWE Headquarters), Dana White (in Las Vegas), Eric Bischoff (at the first Nitro at Mall of America), Brock Lesnar (after his first UFC win).

He hosted the weekly Pro Wrestling Focus radio show on KFAN in the early 1990s and hosted the Ultimate Insiders DVD series distributed in retail stories internationally in the mid-2000s including interviews filmed in Los Angeles with Vince Russo & Ed Ferrara and Matt & Jeff Hardy. He currently hosts the most listened to pro wrestling audio show in the world, (the PWTorch Livecast, top ranked in iTunes)


REACHING 1 MILLION+ UNIQUE USERS PER MONTH
500 MILLION CLICKS & LISTENS PER YEAR
MILLIONS OF PWTORCH NEWSLETTERS SOLD
PWTORCH STAFF

EDITORS:
Wade Keller, editor
(kellerwade@gmail.com)

James Caldwell, assistant editor
(pwtorch@gmail.com)

STAFF COLUMNISTS:
Bruce Mitchell (since 1990)
Pat McNeill (since 2001)
Greg Parks (since 2007)
Sean Radican (since 2003)

We also have a great team of
TV Reporters
and Specialists and Artists.

PWTORCH VIP MEMBERSHIP

PWTorch offers a VIP membership for $10 a month (or less with an annual sub). It includes nearly 25 years worth of archives from our coverage of pro wrestling dating back to PWTorch Newsletters from the late-'80s filled with insider secrets from every era that are available to VIPers in digital PDF format and Keller's radio show from the early 1990s.

Also, new exclusive top-shelf content every day including a new VIP-exclusive weekly 16 page digital magazine-style (PC and iPad compatible) PDF newsletter packed with exclusive articles and news.

The following features come with a VIP membership which tens of thousands of fans worldwide have enjoyed for many years...

-New Digital PWTorch Newsletter every week
-3 New Digital PDF Back Issues from 5, 10, 20 years ago
-Over 60 new VIP Audio Shows each week
-Ad-free access to all PWTorch.com free articles
-VIP Forum access with daily interaction with PWTorch staff and well-informed fellow wrestling fans
-Tons of archived audio and text articles
-Decades of Torch Talk insider interviews in transcript and audio formats with big name stars.


**SIGN UP FOR VIP ACCESS HERE**

CONTACTABOUTFACEBOOKTWITTERPODCASTIPHONE APPANDROID APPAMAZON APPRSS
VIP SIGN-UP
VIP LOGIN
THE TORCH: #1 IN COMBAT ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE | © 1999-2013 TDH Communications Inc. • All rights reserved -- PRIVACY POLICY