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Emersyn Jayne became the first woman to win TNT’s DOA Tournament by winning three deathmatches in one day. In the opening round, she defeated Michael Caden in a Fans Bring The Weapons match. The semi finals saw her defeat Jimmy Lloyd in a Barbed Wire Madness Match. The finals were an Ultimate Death Match, where she defeated Tommbie.

Paradigm Pro returns to TrillerTV+ on Friday, February 9th with the first edition of “Project Gemini” featuring Rachel Armstrong against The Unwilting Tatiana.

One half of the NWA women’s tag team champions, Ella Envy, returns to Action Wrestling this Friday February 9th, to take on Rachel Armstrong.

A very exciting Fatal 4-way match will take place on February 10th at PPW’s “Walk the Line” as Xia Brookside will take on La Chica Clara Carreras, “The Spiteful Brute” Harleen Lopez and The Magical Girl, Cosmic. This will be a very interesting match, as all of these women have very different strengths and personalities.

Vert Vixen will make her Uncanny Attractions debut when she faces off against La Estrella on February 10th at “Show the Love”.

Badger Briggs will face the returning Rylie Jackson at Timebomb Pro Wrestling’s “Scared to Death” on February 17th in a No Ring, No Rules match.

The Gnomie, Gabby Forza, has been on quite a roll lately and she is looking to pick up some gold, when she faces The Unwilting Tatiana for the VPW Women’s Championship on February 17th at VPW’s “King of New York”.

Jazmine Allure will be making her West Coast Pro debut at “Under the Bridge” on February 18th. Also on this card will be a tag team match featuring the West Coast Pro Women’s Champion, Takumi Iroha, and Mio Momono against Queen Aminata and Trish Adora.

There will be 2 big women’s matches at AAW’s “Legacy” on February 23rd. Sierra will defend her AAW Women’s Championship against Queen Aminata and there will also be a tag team grudge match, when Heather Reckless teams up with Maggie Lee to take on Shazza McKenzie and Missa Kate.

In a first time ever matchup, Sandra Moone will take on TNA Women’s Champion, Jordynne Grace, who is off her recent appearance in the Royal Rumble. This huge match will take place at Prestige Wrestling’s “A Moment of Violence” on February 25th in Los Angeles.

“The Megasus” Megan Bayne will make her return to Beyond Wrestling at “Kick” on February 25th. Megan was very successful in her time at Stardom in Japan and is looking to continue that dominance in Beyond Wrestling. She does not have an easy first match back, as she will be taking on the former IWTV Independent Wrestling World Champion Alec Price. Also, on this show will be two first time ever matches, when Allie Katch takes on Zayda Steel and Janai Kai faces Brittnie Brooks.

Maki Itoh is back from injury and will be joining GCW in March, in St. Louis on March 1st, Indianapolis on March 2nd and in Atlantic City on March 9th and 10th.

After impressive appearances at Effy’s Big Gay Thanksgiving and Big Gay Brunch, along with Deadlock Pro, Fest, Ladies Night Out, and more, Kaitlyn Marie will be returning to New South as part of the HOSS (Heart of the Southern Sixteen) Tournament. Kaitlyn will be the only woman in the tournament, but she has proven in the past that she is not intimidated by any man or woman that she steps in the ring with. The tournament will be on March 1st and 2nd in Florence, Alabama and will stream on IWTV.

The MLW Featherweight Champion, Janai Kai, will face fellow MLW star, Zayda Steel at ETU’s “One Time, For The One Time” on March 3rd.

EVE Women’s Wrestling will return to action in London for a double shot weekend to celebrate International Women’s Day. On Thursday, March 7th will be “Beers, Brawls & Badass Bitches” and on March 8th will be “Women Behaving Badly”. These shows will feature Rachel Armstrong, Su Yung, JC Storm, Session Moth Martina, Risa Sera, Tea Honma, and many more.

The Gnomie Gabby Forza will make her GRIND debut on March 8th at Night 1 of Overkill Weekend.

IWE Pro returns for “Never Say Die” on March 9th in Augusta, Georgia. Announced for this show are the IWE Women’s Champion, Lindsay Snow, Brittnie Brooks, Emily Jaye, Dani Jordyn and Airica Demia.

Danni Bee will be defending her New Texas Pro Women’s Championship against Brittnie Brooks at New Texas Pro’s “Watch the Throne” on March 10th.

The former American Deathmatch Champion, Kasey Catal, returns to the ring to face a familiar foe in John Wayne Murdoch at GCW’s “So Much Fun” on March 10th.

Sandra Moone is back from Japan and looking to take on all comers. On March 12th at West Coast Pro’s “Delirious” she will be taking on Zara Zakher.

In a star studded 4-way match up, TNA star Killer Kelly will take on AEW star Skye Blue and former NXT UK stars Aleah James and Xia Brookside. This international, interpromotional match will take place at Black Label Pro’s “BLP at SCX II: The Squeakquel” on March 29th.

Max the Impaler will be returning to Japan to compete in TJPW’s “Grand Princess ’24” on March 31st.

Progress Wrestling returns to the US on April 5th with “Freedom Walks Again” as part of The Collective. This event will feature Session Moth Martina, Lana Austin, and Rhio.

Vert Vixen has been announced for TJPW LIVE in Phlly, which will be on April 5th at 11:00 am, as part of the Collective. There will also be a GCW vs TJPW show on April 6th at 2:30 pm. This will feature female talent hand-picked by GCW facing off against TJPW’s Japanese Joshi wrestlers.

Trish Adora will be making her return to Prestige Wrestling on April 14th at Roseland 8.

Uprising: Women Athletes 2 will take place on April 19th and will feature Janai Kai, Maggie Lee, Vert Vixen, Megan Bayne, Mia Friday and many more to be announced later.

 

Thursday

OVW

Sophia Rose and Ladybird def Shalonce Royal and Karter Kaufman

Gema and Freya the Slaya def  Bad Girls Club (Leyla Grey and Dream Girl Ellie). This match was supposed to be a 6 person tag, but Hollyhood Hailey J didn’t make it to the arena because she was run off the road and Al Snow determined that Tiffany Nieves was the perpetrator and suspended her indefinitely.

 

Wrestling Open

Kennedi Hardcastle def Elle Valentin in a very competitive match, where both wrestlers looked impressive, but Kennedi comes away with the win after hitting Elle with a knee.

 

Friday

MCW Winter Blast 2024

Natalia Markova and Bryan Idol def Pretty Provocative (Gia Scott and Jadis Quinn)

Lena Kross and Simone Valentina def Amara Voyd and ivy Malibu

 

Chaotic Wrestling “Deuces Wild”

Shannon LeVangie def Ariel with twisted trouble

Pan Optic Championship Match: Paris Van Dale (c) def Gabby Forza

 

Saturday

PWF Livewire 29

#1 Contenders Match for PWF Women’s Championship: Victoria Mosh def Morgan Mercy to earn a match against Rachelle Rose next month at “Ascension”

 

DOA “Kraken Skulls”

Abigail Warren def Amira by submission

DOA Grand Championship: Kel (c) def Steve Migs when she hits Migs with his own brass knuckles

 

GCW “The Coldest Winter 2”

Santana Jackson def Su Yung in a very entertaining match

GCW World Championship Match: Blake Christian (c) def  Dark Sheik

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Sunday

Alpha-1 Wrestling “Watch The Throne 7: The Kings Are Back”

Jody Threat def Laynie Luck

 

Mystery Wrestling #6

Kris Statlander def Killer Kelly

 

GCW “Feel No Ways 2024”

Masha Slamovich def Star Boy Charlie with a White Knight Driver in a great opening match.

Death Match Royalty (Steph De Lander, Matt Cardona, and Jimmy Lloyd) def Allie Katch, Dark Sheik and 1 Called Manders after Mance Warner comes out and knees Allie in the head and puts Cardona over top of her for the pin.

Rina Yamashita and Los Maxizos def Gringo Loco, Arez and Latigo when Rina hit a splash off the top rope, bringing down the venue’s lights in the process.

Brittnie Brooks def Jamie Lynn Senigal in a great match.

By Don Halliwell

I have watched wrestling all of my life, from WWF and NWA to ECW and then indie shows. I have been steadily going to independent wrestling shows since 2002.

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