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Press Release for Smashing Pumpkins ‘Owata’ Music Video featuring Cheerleader Melissa & Shelly Martinez

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The Smashing Pumpkins released the following press release for their new music video for the song ‘Owata’, which will feature Cheerleader Melissa and Shelly Martinez:

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
TO MAKE MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘OWATA’?STARRING FAMED WRESTLERS?CHEERLEADER MELISSA, SHELLY MARTINEZ AND RAVEN
BAND TO FILM FIRST-EVER MUSIC VIDEO WITH RED EPIC CAMERA WITH DIRECTOR ROBBY STARBUCK
VIDEO WILL SHOWCASE STATE-OF-THE-ART CINEMATIC TECHNOLOGY

Los Angeles, California: THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced they will be partnering with director Robby Starbuck (Metric, The Sounds, Escape The Fate) to film the music video for the newly released song “Owata,” from their 44-track opus, TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE. It will star famed wrestlers Cheerleader Melissa, Shelly Martinez and Raven.

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Cheerleader Melissa Lands Magazine Cover

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Cheerleader Melissa (aka Alissa Flash) is on the cover of the latest issue of Respect magazine, an online PDF about female wrestling. Melissa discusses her ‘Terminator’-esque character, SHIMMER and more: “RESPECT returns with a huge interview with former TNA Knockout and current independent mega-star Cheerleader Melissa! ‘The Female Terminator’ talks to the magazine about working … Read more

Pro-Wrestling: EVE Results from This Past Weekend, Next Event Announced with Ice Ribbon

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As noted yesterday, Britani Knight was crowned the first ever Pro-Wrestling: EVE Champion on Saturday night following a two-night tournament. You can read full results from the tournament here. The company also announced that its next event will take place at the Doncaster Dome on October 8th and 9th, and will be a cross-promotional affair … Read more

Britani Knight Becomes First Ever Pro-Wrestling: EVE Champion

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British wrestling prodigy Britani Knight became the first ever Pro-Wrestling: EVE Champion in Sudbury, Suffolk last night after winning a two night tournament. Knight won the tournament despite having glandular fever. She wrote on her Twitter page: “new pro wrestling EVE champ yayyayayayyyy!!! Turns out I wrestled all weekend, not with tonsilitus but with glandular … Read more

Pro-Wrestling: EVE Announces New Venue and Start Time for Friday

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Pro-Wrestling: EVE has announced a new venue and start time for their event on Friday after their original venue backed out yesterday just days before the show.

Full details below:

URGENT AND IMPORTANT UPDATE! CHANGE OF VENUE TO THIS FRIDAY’S SHOW IN
NORWICH!

At 2.54pm on Monday April 4th Pro-Wrestling:EVE was informed by The Royal
British Legion in Norwich (the venue for the Friday April 8 EVE DVD
Tapings) that the venue was cancelling the event. The reason we were
initially given was that there had been complaints made to the police
about the venue holding a women’s wrestling event. These complaints lead
to the Police Licensing Department investigating the venue thus the venue
cancelled the upcoming show. It has since emerged that the Royal British
Legion who have held regular wrestling events at their venue in the past
did not have the sufficient licensing in place as claimed by the venue
management upon accepting the hire.

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Pro-Wrestling: EVE Loses Venue for Friday’s Show

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Just four days before the show, Europe’s Pro-Wrestling: EVE was informed today by its Norwich venue that they are pulling their commitment. EVE promoters wrote: “We have received word in the last 20mins that due to complaints regarding our show being an All-Female wrestling show the British Legion in Norwich has pulled their venue. We … Read more

Pro-Wrestling: EVE News & Notes: New Match Announced, Training Camp Details & More

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Pro-Wrestling: EVE news update:

[email protected]

show details 10:34 PM (23 hours ago)

Pro-Wrestling:EVE News Update (11/03/2011)

In This Update:

We preview the First Round of the upcoming Pro-Wrestling:EVE Championship
Tournament to take place over April 8 and 9.

We announce a new First Round Match in the tournament.

We preview EVE DVD #4 ‘Empire Strikes Back – Final Chapter’ which was
released this past Tuesday.

We announce details on the next Pro-Wrestling:EVE Training Camp

+ More!

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New Pro-Wrestling: EVE DVD Released

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Pro-Wrestling: EVE has released its fourth DVD  – ‘Empire Strikes Back: Final Chapter’. The show was filmed last October and features a 10-woman ‘3 Minute Warning’ match and a rematch between Jenny Sdjodin and April Davids from the very first EVE DVD. You can pick it up here for £10 (roughly $16). Shipping is free … Read more

Women’s Wrestling Season is Upon Us – A Guide to What’s Coming in the Next Two Months

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March 1st is here and so kicks off what we have dubbed ‘Women’s Wrestling Season’. Rather coincidentally, the next couple of months will feature a slew of female wrestling promotions returning to action — or as the case may be, debuting. Throw in WrestleMania as well, and the two months ahead are looking rather busy!

It all kicks off this weekend when WSU presents it’s fourth anniversary show live on Internet pay per view. Then, throughout the month we will also see SHIMMER, NCW Femmes Fatales and the debut of Allison Danger’s Pro Wrestling SUN.

April will see a two night return for Europe’s Pro-Wrestling: EVE. And lest we forget ‘Mania?

A complete guide after the jump!

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Pro-Wrestling: EVE Announces UK Training Camp – February 19-20th

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Pro-Wrestling: EVE has announced a training camp for female wrestlers in the UK on February 19th and 20th. The camp will be lead by Ricky and Saraya Knight.

Full details below:

Europe’s only dedicated all female professional wrestling promotion
Pro-Wrestling:EVE presents a FEMALE ONLY professional wrestling training
camp to take place on the weekend of February 19/20 in Norwich, England.

The camp will be taken by legendary professional wrestling promotion WAW
lead by 26 year veteran “Rowdy” Ricky Knight and his wife & 19 year
Professional Saraya Knight.

“Rowdy” Ricky Knight has wrestled all over the world both with and against
some of the biggest & best stars to ever grace a wrestling ring from
Dynamite Kid & Jushin “Thunder” Liger to Giant Haystacks & Finlay and
everyone in between – The Rowdy Man has nothing left to prove to anyone
and is a fountain of knowledge that every aspiring wrestler be they male
or female should desire to train with.

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New Pro-Wrestling: EVE DVD on Sale

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The latest addition to the Pro-Wrestling: EVE DVD series is now on sale.

‘Empire Strikes Back – Chapter One’ features the main event of Britani Knight vs Shanna. The show was taped back in October.

You can pick up the DVD here.

Full DVD contents below:

Find out why everybody is now talking about the female wrestlers of Europe with Pro-Wrestling:EVE ‘Empire Strikes Back – Chapter One’ DVD!

See the 18 year old prodigy of Professional Wrestling in Britani Knight battle “Portugal’s Perfect Athlete” Shanna in a tremendous back and forth athletically charged contest!

Sara-Marie Taylor and Carmel Jacob of The Glamour Gym are in tag team action against Rhia O’Reilly & Becky James of Team Storm. The two gyms are tied at one win a piece – who will win the third and deciding contest?

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Women of Wrestling Podcast Christmas Special with Allison Danger, Kellie Skater & Rhia O’Reilly

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Sit back with your mulled wine, party hat and ill-fitting Christmas jumper and join Stew & Lee, as they look at recent news, reflect on some of our interviews from 2010, and dole out the official podcast awards for Wrestler of the Year and Woman of the Year. However, nothing can quite go according to … Read more

Pro-Wrestling: EVE’s Jenny Sjödin Headed to Paris

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Pro-Wrestling: EVE star Jenny Sjödin will be heading to Paris next month to compete in the European Grappling Championship. Full details below courtesy of EVE:

Jenny Sjödin To Paris For European Grappling Championship!

Pro-Wrestling:EVE’s “Female Fight Machine” Jenny Sjödin is heading to
Paris to compete at the North American Grappling Association’s European
Grappling Championships on December 11.

Other competitors need to beware as Sjödin is looking to complete an
incredible year of success in all forms of competition.

Jenny won the Gold Medal in the female division of Ground Control – The
UK’s Premier No Gi Grappling Tournament this past May in an impressive and
dominating manor.

The Female Fight Machine followed it up by winning the Silver Medal of the
2010 US National Championships in New Jersey, USA in June of this year.
To further point out just how impressive this was this was Jenny’s first
attempt at the US National Championships and her first venture into The
Advanced Division!

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Pro-Wrestling: EVE Presents ‘The Potentials’ Results

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Results from Sunday’s EVE ‘Potentials’ show below: Pro-Wrestling:EVE debuted a new concept show on Sunday November 14 at The Breckland Community Centre in Costessey, Norwich when in association with the WAW Gym Pro-Wrestling:EVE presented EVE Potentials. Over the weekend of November 13/14 numerous female wrestlers from around Europe came to train and further their education … Read more

Exclusive: Women of Wrestling Podcast with Madison Eagles & Sassy Stephie

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The Women of Wrestling Podcast returns with a double dip of distaff delights as we present extended interviews with both SHIMMER Champion Madison Eagles, and recently well-travelled international star Sassy Stephie. First up is half-an-hour with the Sassy one, discussing her trip to England last month where she had the chance to wrestle European legend … Read more

Pro-Wrestling: EVE Presents ‘The Potentials’ on November 14th (Free Wrestling Show)

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Pro-Wrestling: EVE’s next live event will be one with a twist — ‘The Potentials’ will see budding hopefuls compete for a chance to make it onto the EVE roster. The event takes place on November 14th and is completely free. Details below: While the main shows of Pro-Wrestling:EVE don’t return until April 2011, Pro-Wrestling:EVE presents … Read more

Pro-Wrestling: EVE Taping Results (October 16th, 2010)

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Pro-Wrestling: EVE returns tonight in Sudbury, Suffolk, UK with another DVD taping. Diva Dirt’s Women of Wrestling Podcast co-host Stew Allen is on hand and will be sending us live results.

Stew Allen reporting…

We’re in and ringside. Set up has been upgraded. Lighting rig, entrance way, double screens, custom ring skirt & turnbuckle pads. Looks good.

1. Britani Knight def. Shanna with a variation on Sara Del Rey’s Royal Butterfly for the pin. Tremendous opening match.

2. Jenny Sjodin & April Davids vs Amazon & Destiny went to a wild double DQ in about a minute. Just a brawl. Referee Chris Roberts threw it out and they needed over half a dozen guys to pull everybody apart.

3. Alpha Female def. Janey B (subbing for the absent Melanie Price). Fellow Glamour Gym members Carmel Jacob & Sara-Marie Taylor beat up the fallen Janey post match.

4. The Glamour Gym (Sara-Marie Taylor & Carmel Jacob) def. Team Storm (Becky James & Rhia O’Reilly) when Sara used a leg-hook DDT on Becky. Good tag match with Rhia taking a prolonged beating at the hands of the newly serious Glamour Gym.

Dann Read has made a reference to “three pull-outs,” which I can exclusively reveal are Jemma Palmer, Lisa Fury & Erin Angel, all for various reasons.

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EVE, SHIMMER Promoters Speak on the Value of All Female Promotions in Pro Wrestling

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In light of a situation with one of the Pro-Wrestling: EVE talents (who is no longer part of the roster as a result) that emerged over the weekend, EVE promoter Dann Read issued a statement about all-female promotions and where they stand in pro wrestling. Today, SHIMMER founder, Dave Prazak also weighed in.

As background context to that ‘situation’, on Friday night, the official EVE Twitter page posted the following: “Has been called ‘bad for the wrestling business’ as apparently we’re sexist. Any opinions? Are we as an all female wrestling company sexist?”

Later, they followed up with this tweet: “A member of the EVE roster agrees with the allegations thrown at us. Sadly this is not ‘a work’ thus this person is no longer a part of EVE.” You can read two more tweets here and here.

And now, Dann & Dave’s comments below.

Dann Read, the Producer of Europe’s Pro-Wrestling:EVE, issued the below statement this past week.

Pro-Wrestling:EVE is committed to the progression of Professional Female Wrestling throughout Europe. The next few months will be telling as we separate those who believe in women’s wrestling from those who don’t and find out who’s passion for the female industry matches our own. Everyone must be on the same page and everyone must be committed to their own improvement.

Pro-Wrestling:EVE works alongside some of the very best in the women’s wrestling industry and supports the efforts of those doing the very same thing such as SHIMMER, Female Fight League, NCW – Femmes Fatales, ChickFight & many others around the world in addition to those who give coverage and support to the female wrestling business such as Diva-Dirt.com, CapruredBeauty.com, RedHotDivas.com, Wrestlegasm.com, WrestlingFusion.com, (there are so many I’m sorry if I haven’t mentioned you, send me messages on twitter and I’ll #FF to make up for it!).

We support them, they support us, we all support each other and we all have the same dreams and goals.

More after the cut:

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