Terri Power vs Rusty Thomas
Power is the future WWF diva Tori. The very first thing we
see on this DVD is Power hitting some spectacularly bad armdrags. We get a
sudden heavy clip and return to Power still in control, but looking lost on
every other move. A top rope superplex gives Power the win.
Misty Blue Simmes vs Nasty Linda
Linda is one half of the tag team the Nasty Girls. Simmes
hits two Bubba Bombs early, before Linda grounds her. Linda works an arm bar,
then arbitrarily decides to work the leg, which is probably why she loses
control of the match. Linda does lock in a nice looking Octopus stretch. Linda
goes to the top rope, but spends ages climbing, which allows Simmes to throw
her off and hit a shitty looking top rope ax handle for the win.
Candi Devine vs Reggie Bennett
Bennett is billed as the power house here, apparently able
to bench 300lbs, which doesn’t explain why Devine seems to be able to power her
to the mat on a regular basis. Bennett downs Devine with a wristlock, and hits
two legdrops. Bennett misses a third, but still gets to slingshot Devine across
the ring. They seem to transition from each other being in control with no
rhyme or reason: it just happens. They botch a backslide twice, before Bennett
hits a torture rack slam for the win. Poor.
Heidi Lee Morgan vs Bad Girl
The imaginatively named Bad Girl puts on the best show so
far on this DVD, with some big slams and a nasty looking backbreaker. Bad Girl
hits a nice powerslam, before Morgan fires back with some shitty dropkicks.
Morgan kicks Girl’s manager, Boogaloo Brown, from the apron to the floor (Brown
taking the biggest bump on the DVD by a mile), and then dropkicks Bad Girl over
the top, earning Girl a DQ win
Miss Linda vs Sheeba
Both have managers, Linda accompanied by Adrian Street and
Sheeba by Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissey. This is a terrifically dull bout. They work
over each others limbs in a very tedious manner, before Al-Kaissey randomly
interferes, drawing a DQ. So bad.
Malia Hosaka vs The Goddess
This takes a big clip very early, cutting to different crowd
shots for 15 seconds. When we come back, Hosaka is valiantly bumping for the
Goddess’ questionable offence, before getting thrown off the top for the
Goddess win.
Team America vs La Gata & Comrade Olga
Team America are Heidi Lee Morgan and Misty Blue Simmes.
This was actually ok, I thought the double teams by Team America looked good,
and La Gata felt like an actual wrestler in there. Comrade Olga is a large
lady, and she dominates Simmes for a while…until La Gata tags in and just lets
Simmes tag out to Morgan. Soon, we’re back to Simmes and Olga again, and Olga
once more dominates. She hits two big splashes, before Morgan basically cheats,
not waiting to be tagged and hitting a missle dropkick on Olga, then throwing
Simmes with a rocket launcher for the win.
Sindy Paradise vs The Beast
The Beast is a large biker lady in jeans and t-shirt. She
stiffly beats up Paradise, who shows some spunk in fighting back. Beast hits
two slams for the quick win.
Magnificent Mimi vs Dawn Marie
We gets the “cut to the crowd for 20 seconds” shot that
indicates clipping, before coming back to Mimi hitting a terrible crossbody
(that nearly sends her over Dawn Marie) to win.
Shelly Francis vs Brittany Brown
Francis is Sheeba from a few matches earlier, having now reclaimed
her American roots. The sledgehammer of subtlety means she comes to the ring to
“Born In The USA”. This is nearly as shit as her earlier match, as Francis
lazily holds the leg of Brown before a clip. We come back to Brown working the arm,
but Francis flips out and locks as Boston crab for the win.
Terri Powers & Alona Starr vs Bad, Black & Beautiful
Only one half of BB&B are black, and it’s arguable
neither are a classic beauty. Power and Bad Girl work a laughably bad strike exchange.
I hate the way this match shows zero tag psychology, as BB&B work power
over, then casually throw her to her partner to tag in. Bad Girl looks good in
control, beating up Starr, but then her partner Black Venus again throws Starr
to tag back out again. It doesn’t make sense, as this isn’t a squash, and
Power/Starr are presented as a decent threat. It all breaks down into a melee
before Bad Girl hits a tombstone on Starr for the win. Very poor.
Reggie Bennett vs La Gata
Like Shelly Francis, Bennett also enters to “Born In The USA”.
La Gata controls early by working over Bennett’s….hair? I did like Bennett
using her size and power advantage to simply grab Gata’s arm on a clothesline
to turn her round into a back suplex. Bennett blocks a flying headscissors by
La Gata, then hits a legdrop for two. The commentator uses this to make an
incredible dig at the WWF, implying Gata is tougher than anyone pinned by Hulk
Hogan. Bennett hits a big tilt-a-whirl slam and locks in the Reggie Rack for
the tapout. Thought Bennett looked really good here, one of the better matches
on the disc.
Malia Hosaka vs Despina Mantagas
Whole lot of nothing here. Mantagas hits a fine fireman’s
carry roll, but Hosaka ends up on top for the win.
Susan Sexton vs Leilani Kai
Something unusual happens here, as these two decide to put
on an actual wrestling match, with proper selling and everything. Sexton
actually works the holds when she downs Kai, who actually sells the moves. This
was really enjoyable, with Kai looking really good on offence. Great Northern
Lights suplex and she hits a mean looking headbutt, but misses a splash and Sexton
rolls her up for three.
Bambi vs Lady X
Bambi’s offence is quite fun, sloppy, but certainly enthusiastic,
and after she whiffs on a back elbow, she decides to hit Lady X with a stiff
looking slap. X didn’t have much to do except look big and hit a few power
moves, but this was perfectly fine. It ends with Bambi hitting a bulldog for
the win.
