6/5 SHIMMER Volume 20 taping: MsChif vs. Mercedes Martinez, Cheerleader Melissa vs. Lufisto, Nikki Roxx vs. Ariel, Sarea Del Rey vs. Serena Deeb, Daffney vs. Cat Power

SHIMMER tapings
Berwyn, Ill.
Report by Jason Detrick

(1) Shark Girl defeated Veronica Vice. Not much too this. Some nice comedy for the kids in attendance (the kids next to me loved it).

(2) "The Canadian Ninjas" Portia Perez & Nicole Matthews defeated Allison Danger & Jennifer Blake. Perez whispered into ring announcer Joey Eastman's ear to announce them as the Canadian Ninjas, which he did. Good match. Blake hit the Kobashi cops again. Towards the end Danger got hit in the arm and sold it like she aggravated her injury.

Portia saw this and immediately locked on an armbar as Danger screamed in pain. She either tapped or the ref stopped the match, giving the Ninjas the win. Post match, Nicole made like she was going to go after Dangers arm after the match but Blake and the team of referees held her back. With them distracted Portia walked right over and gave Danger's shoulder a divorce court. The Ninjasthrew Blake into the barricade and walked off as Danger screamed in pain.

(3) Amazing Kong defeated Danyah Danyah got a respectable amount of offense in and got Kong off her feet. In the end, she inexplicably tried to give Kong a Death Valley Driver. Kong was annoyed by this and picked her up and gave her a sit-out powerbomb for the win.

(4) Cat Power defeated Daffney.

(5) The International Home Wrecking Crew (Rain & Jetta) defeated Ashley and Neveah Lane. Before the match, Rain had ring announcer Joey Eastman announce that Rain & Jetta miss Lacey.

(6) Ariel defeated Nikki Roxx. The crowd loves both, but loved Nikki more. Roxx went for the Barbie Crusher but Ariel turned it into a small package. She picked up the upset win with a pinning combination.

(7) Sara Del Rey defeated Serena Deeb. Now that Josie is out of SHIMMER, Deeb may very well have the worst theme music in the promotion. Regardless, this was a good match. For virtually the entire match, Del Ray worked over Deebs knee. Del Ray busted out the indian death lock but Deeb got to the ropes. No worries for Sara, who just dragged Deeb back into the center of the ring and reapplied the hold for the tap.

(8) Cheerleader Melissa defeated Lufisto. The crowd loved both women. This was an absolutely great hard hitting match. On the floor Melissa grabbed Lufisto by the legs and flung her head repeatedly into the guardrail. Melissa had big plans for a spot with the guardrail but she couldn't get it detached so she seemingly improvised and hung Lufisto in a tree of woe on the guardrail and kicked her repeatedly.

Then as Melissa went back in the ring, Lufisto fell from the guardrail directly on her head onto the floor (and it looked like the top or back of her head hit the metal base of the guardrail). In the ring, the two had a forearm battle that went on forever and brought the crowd to their feet going nuts. Lufisto went for the burning hammer but got hit with a sick Kudoh Driver for the pin. Standing ovation for these two.

(9) MsChif defeated Mercedes Martinez to retain the SHIMMER championship. Another excellent match. The greatness started right at the bell, as MsChif did her usual primal scream, but instead of being frightened by it like most of MsChif's opponents, Mercedes simply poked MsChif in the eye and shrugged. It was great.

On the outside, they traded some absolutely tremendous chops that not many in the wrestling world would be able to match. After a number of these chops, MsChif began bleeding from the chest. One of them was flung extremely hard into the stairs. Just 20 or so minutes of nonstop, hard-hitting action. MsChif finally hit the Desecrater for the pin.

Notes: Go out of your way to see the last two matches on Vol. 20 when it comes out.