SHIMMER 58-61 Tapings Buildup/Discussion Thread

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Yep, you know we're starting to get close to the next shows when they start announcing people that will be making the trip to Berwyn. The announcements are ongoing with the following talents confirmed...

SHIMMER Champion Cheerleader Melissa (USA)
SHIMMER Tag Team Champions Global Green Gangsters (Kellie Skater (AUS) and Tomoka Nakagawa (JPN))
Madison Eagles (AUS)
Kana (JPN)
Nikki Storm (GBR)
Ayako Hamada (JPN)
Jessicka Havok (USA)
Hikaru Shida (JPN)
Hiroyo Matsumoto (JPN)
Saraya Knight (GBR)
Mia Yim (USA)
Mercedes Martinez (USA)
MsChif (USA)
Christina Von Eerie (USA)
Leva Bates (USA)
Made In Sin (Taylor Made (USA) and Allysin Kay (USA))
Cherry Bomb (CAN)
Santana Garrett (USA)
Sassy Stephie (USA)
Nevaeh (USA)
The Canadian NINJAs (Portia Perez (CAN) and Nicole Matthews (CAN))
Kimber Lee (USA)
Veda Scott (USA)
Miss Natural (USA)
Su Yung (USA)
Thunderkitty (USA)
Heidi Lovelace (USA)
Mary Dobson (USA)*
Savannah Summers (AUS)*

*SPARKLE dark match talent

Things should be interesting here, with 3G starting their tag title reign after winning them at the last tapings, as well as the Melissa heel turn.

[ratetankmark]

I hope that Melissa beats Hamada via underhanded means like having her feet on the ropes, since so many Shimmer Championship matches have had clean finishes, even the heel Eagles and Knight were beating most people clean as a whistle,I would love to see a title chase where Melissa uses every dirty trick in the book to win, a bit like Team Fist used to do in CHIKARA.

[Steveweiser]

This is the first weekend since 2011 I won't be able to attend, though I do have a mammoth show back home with Hiroshi Tanahashi, Prince Devitt, Ricochet, Michael Elgin and Bret Hart amongst others, so it's not all bad. Sad thing is, at the rate DVDs get released, I won't have seen any fresh SHIMMER for a year by the time I make my return to the spring tapings in 2014.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Kana has been announced for the 58-61 tapings.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Nikki Storm has been announced for 58-61, making her debut in the promotion.

[Steveweiser]

The fans' reaction to her promos will be quite something.

[Steveweiser]

Former SHIMMER Tag Team Champion Ayako Hamada is confirmed.

[Steveweiser]

The next joshi will be announced this time next week... and it is someone making her SHIMMER debut.

[Talent Name]

But but I made this thread already it was no sold sadly

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Sorry, man... it was probably only no-sold because this one had been up for a week and a half already, and I'm not usually the kind of person to go in and post the link to the existing thread. *shrug*

[ratetankmark]

Sept 10, 2013 16:45:43 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

The next joshi will be announced this time next week... and it is someone making her SHIMMER debut.

Please be Kyoko Kimura. Bring Hatred in as a heel and have the Kimura Monster Army go after 3G It'd be cool to see a babyface team in the 3G comprised of a joshi and a gajin vs a super-heel team in Monster Army also comprised of a joshi and a gajin.

[Steveweiser]

Jessicka Havok confirmed.

[Talent Name]

Sept 11, 2013 12:35:31 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

Jessicka Havok confirmed.

Maybe the Midwest Militia gets a title shot because I would love for Allysin Kay to be announced

[Steveweiser]

Sept 11, 2013 16:05:22 GMT -5 Talent Name said:

Sept 11, 2013 12:35:31 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

Jessicka Havok confirmed.

Maybe the Midwest Militia gets a title shot because I would love for Allysin Kay to be announced

Kay teams with Taylor Made in SHIMMER. They're separate from Havok, although J-Hav did team with Sassy Stephie at the last tapings.

[Steveweiser]

Volume 54 cover. 55 is coming out soon as well, 56 and 57 may be available at the shows next month, and will ship after then.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Joining Athena on the injured list for these shows will be Courtney Rush, who broke her collarbone at a show last night and will be out of action for the rest of the year.

[Crusty Ruffles]

Sept 16, 2013 19:39:59 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Joining Athena on the injured list for these shows will be Courtney Rush, who broke her collarbone at a show last night and will be out of action for the rest of the year.

Motherf***er.

[Steveweiser]

The debuting Joshi is confirmed as coming from Ice Ribbon.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

And that debuting joshi is Hikaru Shida.

[Steveweiser]

And that's one of the reasons I'm gutted I'm not able to go. Huge fan of Shida. Hope she's there in the Spring.