Hey folks so SHIMMER Weekend is coming in hot so here's something kind of like a preview:
CURRENT CHAMPIONS
SHIMMER Champion: Nicole Savoy
I like Nicole a lot, she's gone from being a goofball sidekick of Mercedes to a stoic badass glammed up like Rachel from Blade Runner. Her reign hasn't been particularly exciting though I think that's more on SHIMMER at this point
SHIMMER Tag Champions: Mercedes Martinez and Cheerleader Melissa:
Mercedes is still very good, Melissa has her moments too. I think it's incredibly dumb that these two are champions though. Melissa normally doesn't talk much in matches but as a heel she was like screaming constantly to the point where it was irritating as hell. Hope that's toned down. Put the titles on Blue Nation, idiots
HEART of SHIMMER Champion: Dust
Dust is someone who SHIMMER and RISE proudly tout that she went to seminars and became a part of the roster. I can't really see any other reason that she's in the spot she's in because she has no personality, no defining character, her look is "wears a beanie". She's been propped up by an injured Rosemary and I don't understand it at all. If anyone is tuning in for the first time this weekend maybe you can explain it to me
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ONES TO WATCH
Team Sea Stars: an incredibly FnP tag that debuted at the last weekend, high hopes for them
Penelope Ford: She's making her debut in SHIMMER. I'd expect them to put her in a multiwoman match first since she can do the "spots" thing
Kiera Hogan: Despite being an IMPACT regular it doesn't seem like people really know her. She has a look, fun character work, and a ridiculous banger theme so there's a lot to like
"Impressive" Indi Hartwell: While not as refined as some of her peers in-ring, she's still young but has a great look and is probably the funniest Aussie SHIMMER regularly books. She's been paired with Tessa on recent tapings which I think does a bit of a disservice to her because the crowds just want to cheer for Tessa (great team aesthetic though)
Blue Nation: The gals, the absolute units. The best part of SHIMMER. Imagine not putting your belts on Charli Evans and Jessica Troy
Rosemary: Returning from injury. Please disown the jobbers
Allysin Kay: First SHIMMER weekend in a long while, I've never actually seen her wrestle but at a time when SHIMMER is constantly bleeding stars taping to taping her return is very much welcome
HEY THERE'S JOSHI THIS TIME
Apparently, because we're one day away from the show and the women have never officially been announced online. It's DASH Chisako, Hiroyo Matsumoto, and Cherry though (not familiar with Cherry but the other two are super rad)
ANNOUNCED MATCHES
Solid main event match, figured Britt would be shot into prominence from the AEW thing. I'm expecting that to continue throughout the weekend. Don't think they'd actually put the title on her though
This will probably be good. The olds will win via cheating and will probably get challenged by a bad team like The Killer Death Machines but hey maybe I'll be surprised
Folks you may think this is hyperbole, and that's fine, but this is a strong contender for the worst match of the weekend. Charisma vacuum vs. cosplay. Putting it on a flyer is WILD
I like Samatha Heights and I think she'll be a nice foil to Rosemary. In an ideal world you have Rosemary turn her to the dark side and get rid of the job squad because jesus fucking christ literally anyone else
HOPES AND DREAMS / / STUFF I THINK WOULD BE DOPE
Penelope Ford vs. Kris Wolf
Blue Nation vs. DASH and Hiroyo
Kiera Hogan vs. Kris Wolf
Penelope Ford vs. DASH
Session Moth Martina is there for the weekend but it sounds like she's just doing preshow stuff which is odd......considering she's a relatively big name but whatever
Honestly the talent pool is far more promising than the last few so I'm hoping the shows are more consistently entertaining vs. sprinkling a few good names over 6 hour days of
ehhhhhhh
Wish Madison Eagles was here :(
