SHIMMER Volume 118 took place over the weekend along with many other shows from various independent promotions in an event called The Collective. The last SHIMMER event was supposed to occur in April in Tampa, Fla. during WrestleMania weekend. This was SHIMMER’s first show since last November. At SHIMMER Vol. 116, Lee ended the long … Read more
Thunder Rosa will put her NWA Women’s World Championship against Ray Lyn. The match will take place at Mission Pro Wrestling’s Out of Hell show on November, 6 in Buda, Texas. Ray Lyn will make her debut for the promotion to take on Rosa, who has been on an incredible run as late. Rosa has … Read more
The return for many independent wrestling organizations kicks off today in Indianapolis known as The Collective. At this weekend of shows, SHIMMER will have their returning event on Sunday, Oct. 11 with many of your favorite indie women’s wrestlers in participating. Already reported was the main event which will see the SHIMMER Champion Kimber Lee … Read more
Thunder Rosa and Tokyo Joshi Pro announced that she has relinquished the International Princess Championship. Rosa won the title in January, 5 when she defeated Maki Ito in Tokyo. She was due to return to Japan and defend the title in March but the pandemic put a stop to that. Rosa commented on the situation … Read more
Mayu Iwatani retained the World of Stardom title against Syuri at STARDOM Yokohama Cinderella 2020. The show took place on Oct, 3 and was chock full of excellent matches and major happenings. The card featured nine matches, five of which had titles on the line. Mayu Iwatani vs Syuri for the World Of Stardom Championship … Read more
In an exclusive by Deadline, they have confirmed that the Emmy Award-winning show will not be returning. GLOW was originally renewed for a fourth and final season in August 2019. As a result of the current COVID pandemic, it will not complete production which was three weeks into filming when production was suspended. This had … Read more
Wrestling legend and veteran Jazz has confirmed that she has indeed retired from in-ring competition. In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, the former two-time WWE Women’s Champion set the tone at the beginning of the interview saying that she has had her last match. She acknowledges how wrestling “retirement” goes, but she says she … Read more
The first SHIMMER event since last November is just eight days away as it will be part of The Collective on Oct. 11. The Collective will be a collection of shows that will start on Oct. 9 and go throughout the weekend. On the same day as SHIMMER will be Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport which will … Read more
Deonna Purrazzo recently cancelled her appearances at The Collective. The weekend of wrestling events included SHIMMER and Johns Barnett’s Bloodsport. Barnett has found an excellent replacement for the IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Champion. “Legit” Leyla Hirsch will be stepping into the four-woman tournament. The matches for the tournament are; Killer Kelly vs. Allysin Kay and Lindsay … Read more
As previously reported, Kylie Rae was set to defend her newly won Warrior Wrestling Women’s title this weekend against Madison Rayne. This was announced by Rayne as her final indie match. She has made it clear that she is not retiring from the ring, just ending her time on the independent scene. The match took … Read more
Deonna Purrazzo has announced that she has made the tough decision to not partake in the upcoming indie shows she was scheduled for. As indie shows slowly start back up, a big weekend is coming up in Indianapolis. The overall event by GCW is called The Collective and it will host the first SHIMMER show … Read more
Tessa Blanchard has had one wild year with a lot of highs and lows. After a build-up from last year’s chase for shattering the glass ceiling, Blanchard became the first woman in IMPACT Wrestling history to hold the top men’s title. She became the IMPACT World Champion after defeating Sami Callihan at Hard to Kill … Read more
Utami Hayashishita has been crowned as this year’s winner of the STARDOM 5 Star GP Tournament. The finals of the tournament took place on Sep, 19 at Korauken Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Utami came first in the Blue Stars standings and Himeka would do the same in Red Start standings. The two winners went on … Read more
Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport just got a whole lot better with the announcement that Allysin Kay will be appearing. Kay was one of the first women to fight at the knock-down-drag-out event that features some the world’s greatest fighters. The former NWA Women’s World Champion took on and defeated Nicole Savoy at last year’s event. Deonna Purrazzo, Lindsay … Read more
Portuguese badass Killer Kelly will be appearing at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport event. Bloodsport is shaping up to be one hell of a show. The knockout and submission based show features some of the toughest and legitimate fighters from around the world. Kelly’s legitimate technical and striking style is perfect for this type of event. Killer … Read more
Lindsay Snow is the latest name announced for Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport. This will be Snow’s second appearance at the shoot-style event that features some of the toughest wrestlers and fighters from around the world. Snow was in the first-ever women’s match at last year’s Bloodsport. She fought former Ring of Honor Women’s Champion, Sumie Sakai … Read more
Kylie Rae took the indie scene by storm last weekend when she became the second-ever Warrior Wrestling Women’s Champion. She defeated the inaugural champion, Tessa Blanchard. Rae will be now be defending her newly won title against Madison Rayne. This match will take place on Sept. 26 as part of its Stadium Series. Rayne has … Read more
Impact Wrestling’s Knockouts Champion, Deonna Purrazzo will be appearing at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport. The event features the best combat/MMA, strikers and submission style wrestlers in the world. The matches take place on a ring canvas without turnbuckles and ropes and can only end by knockout or submission. Purrazzo is an accomplished submission wrestler, and a … Read more
In Tessa Blanchard’s return to the ring, she is dethroned by Kylie Rae. Rae becomes the new Warrior Wrestling Women’s Champion. The match took place on Saturday at the Stadium Series event in Chicago Heights, Ill. This match was the main event. Rae winning the title makes her only the second woman to hold the … Read more
Killer Kelly shared the news that she is now an engaged woman. The Portuguese wrestling star took to Twitter to announce that she said yes to Alexander James’ proposal, while on vacation in Mexico. Former WWE NXT UK Superstar, Kelly returned to the independent scene in 2019 after a year with the company. Kelly has … Read more
STARDOM has announced three title matches for their Cinderella Summer in Yokohama show on Oct, 3. The matches are part of the rescheduled August shows that were cancelled due to a member of the roster tested positive for COVID-19. The three championship matches are; Mayu Iwatani defends the World of STARDOM Championship against Syuri Wonder … Read more
Tessa Blanchard is returning to the ring for the first time in six months. Blanchard will be defending the Warrior Wrestling Women’s Championship against Kylie Rae. The title match will take place at Warrior Wrestling’s Stadium Series this Saturday. The announcement came via FITE TV earlier today and read as follows; “The Stadium Series commences … Read more
It was reported last week that SHIMMER was ready to come back from their hiatus due to the ongoing health pandemic. SHIMMER’s last show was in November as they were planning to have their next volumes completed in April in Tampa, Fla. Since that did not occur as a result of COVID, they are now … Read more
STARDOM’s 5 Star GP makes its return next weekend. The action will resume on Saturday 5 at Shinkiba 1sr Ring and on Sunday 6 at Sendai PIT. The company were forced to cancel five shows due to Coronavirus earlier this month. The first cancellation happened on Aug 15 in Osaka when a member of the … Read more
Unlike the major companies such as WWE, AEW, and IMPACT throughout the current health pandemic, wrestling has been on hiatus for most independent promotions. With indie shows requiring a crowd in order to put on their shows, the safety precautions as a result of COVID has drastically impacted them from happening. SHIMMER has announced on … Read more
Independent star and former Mae Young Classic competitor Vanessa Kraven has announced that she is hanging up her wrestling boots. She states that she has taken time to reflect and will not be returning to in-ring competition when wrestling resumes. Just as many wrestlers on the indie scene, she has not been working in the … Read more