I have been a fan of wrestling in Rl since the days of the
late, great dusty Rhodes, Rick Flare and the Four Horseman, and the late great
Rowdy Roddy Piper. I can remember being especially intrigued with the females
of wrestling. I enjoyed The Fabulous
Moolah dominate prominent reign of the women's championship in what is now
known as The WWE for 30 years as well as the evolution of the female present in
wrestling from Miss Elizabeth to the Bella twins. Once I found out there was a
group of ladies in SL that brought the strength of wrestling to the grid, I was
eager to dive off the top rope right into their world and find out as much
information as I could.
My journey begins at The Jungle Gym at inhibitions. A place
designed for Cave-girl Cat-fighting. As I walked around amazed by the scenery,
I ran into AleenaZon Resident. Ms. Aleena has done some RL wrestling in her
younger days and has many years of cyber wresting steaming back over 5 years,
starting with an online chat room "cyber fighting”. Once she learns of SL
wrestling, her friend got her started and she has been wrestling on the grid
ever since. After learning this I felt she would be a perfect person to learn
the history of female wrestling and began asking questions. I was grateful that
she was cheerfully willing to speak with me.
“There are two types of wrestling styles in Sl”, Aleena
explained. “One is Pose ball wrestling which is more for the Cat-fighting
style. This can be kind of some catty stuff...and even erotic. Normally, what you do in these types of
matches...whether public at an event...or in private one on one...is you emote
as you do the moves. Pose ball also have some Pro-style matches, which has more
of the power moves in them. Would you
like to climb in the ring and give it a try? Afterwards I can explain the other
style a bit more.” I stood there and thought for a moment about whether or not I
was willing to get in the ring with such an experienced wrestler. I don’t have
a scary bone in my body so I smiled and said “sure” and quickly changed into my
bikini and climbed in the ring.
Being in the ring was a huge thrill for me. I channeled my
favorite female wrestler of all time, Lita and really did good at 1st. However,
just like anyone’s 1st time in the ring, I made a rookie mistake and ended up
getting my butt handed to me. After laughing a bit at my loss, Aleena continued
to drop knowledge. “So, this is a Diva's mat...they are one of the original
companies that made wrestling mats. They do mainly pro-style rings ....but also
have a catfight mat...and a catfight sofa. There are many events across the
grid featuring these types of matches as well as the second style of
wrestling……Hud Style Wrestling.”
It was explained to me by Aleena and a few girls I met at the
pose style Divas after Dark event I attended the next evening that HUD Style
wresting is formatted more like Real Life wresting shows. Wrestlers follow a
story line, Have heels and Faces, posters and tee shirts for fans to buy, ring
announcers and commentators. I was completely interested is learning a bit more
about HUD style, but 1st grabbed a seat and totally immersed myself is a great
pose style match featuring Chiyokotoi Resident
vs JoJo Poliatevska with JoJo being the victor.
After the match I was able to grab JoJo Poliatevska for a few
questions. Beaming off her victory, explained what she liked most about being a
Sl Female wrestler. “For me it is a community event. Everyone gathers at the
matches, and it is like a big festival at times. There may be a DJ , there may
be a band or something else going on. I will say, it has changed a lot since I
first arrived 7 years ago. Back then there was only like 2 or 3 places to fight
and the mats and menus were not that complicated.” Now there are many fighting sims with
hundreds of wrestler from all over the world. Both JoJo and Chiyokotoi
suggested that if I wanted to know more about HUD style wrestling I should
attend the WPWF the next evening and speak to the owner Tyress Serevi.
Walking into the WPWF arena was a surreal experience. I have
been to many WWE house and Pay Per View Live shows and entering the arena felt
very close to the real thing. Tyress Serevi greeted me with a friendly smile
and escorted me to the middle of the ring to discuss her style. “I’ve been in
SL wrestling for 6 years + now. There used to be another all females wrestling
federation that was HUD based, however they didn’t focus on training the newer
Talents. So, I decided to create WPWF as a development federation kind of like
an Indy federation that focus on training the new and old talents to refine
them into better wrestlers.” Even though I love the fact that this was an
all-female federation, I could help but to ask why she decide to focus solely
on females. “When you look at the HUD Based Wrestling community, you pretty
much only see intergender federations. However, most of the federations out
there got really good male talents, and some sadly tends to go easy on their
females instead of trying to unlock their potential. I felt the women could use
a place to get trained, and get the help they want and need from the ring
skills to character. Also highlight them since the males often get the main spotlight
on their shows.”
“Do you have titles, and if so, what are they and who holds
them?” I asked eager to hear the answer. “At the moment we got two championship
titles, the Mid card title would be the Siren Rising Championship, which is
held by Alexa Zlatkis, then we have the main title, which is the WPWF Women's
Championship, which is held by Ayane Tamatzui.” Tyress explained. By pure
coincidence Ayane enter the arena with the presence of a true heel. Ayane has
been the WPWF Women’s Championship for about 5 years. When asked what’s the
most was challenging thing being the champ, she said “Oh, especially here in
WPWF to stand out... because we got a lot of great talent, so it´s a challenge
to really show why you are the top dog in the federation.” “Do you have any advice for any upcoming
talent wanting to get started?” I asked. “Yes, soak in everything you can from
whoever you can; don´t let anybody tell you they know the right way to do
things... you always got to figure out your own way to have fun with this. The
best way is and always was from me to learn from others that do this for ages
now. Other than that, find a nice place where you feel comfortable and have
fun.”
My suggestion to anyone who wants to become your wrestler or
simply want to enjoy a match every now and again is go and experience it all.
There are many talented and friendly people involved in female wrestling that
will be willing to help guide you in the direction of what suits you most. One
thing is for sure……Sunny Love Holiday is now a diehard fan of these hard
working ladies. When you attend and event, we can share some popcorn, because
more than likely, I will be there!!!
Additional Information:
SLURL: Inhibitions: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Inhibitions/6/123/805
Divas
After Dark: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Grant/150/91/474
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