I've been wanting to do more posts on internet stuff and I thought I'd start here as this blog belongs to a close friend of mine. So this is a wee bit about A Wee Bit About. It's a very interesting blog about Scottish wrestling and in particular my favourite wrestling show in the western world, ICW.
Mikey Whiplash
This blog is the go-to place if you're a fan of Scottish wrestling or if you want to become one. The blog features a large range of articles from the brilliant and popular 'Live Results' where you get a play-by-play of the matches as they happen to the highly interesting exclusive interviews with the people involved in the Scottish wrestling world.
Courtney
If you're interested but not sure you should check out the video pages where you can watch music videos, promo stuff and matches as well as the odd full show.
Grado
So if you're already a fan or have an interest in the Scottish wrestling scene and you want honest reviews of the shows and to know more about fan favourites like Grado, Kay Lee Ray, Mikey Whiplash, Jack Jester, Courtney and Drew Galloway then check out this blog and like the AWBAofficial facebook page.
Since I've done a post on the male ICW wrestlers and one on the WWE Divas I thought I might do one on the female ICW wrestlers. They are much hotter than the Divas after all and infinitely more bad-ass than they are.
5. Viper,
Viper's so pretty and sweet looking that you'd never expect her to be into kicking ass but she is and she does it well. Being billed as the most powerful female wrestler in the company she sure as hell shows it with her very impressive slams. I want one of her "death by snu snu" shirts.
4. Courtney,
I do love a stunning character with a bubbly personality and from what I've seen of Courtney so far she fits that style perfectly. She's one hell of a beautiful woman and her in-ring skills are impressive. She's a great wrestler that uses plenty of epic moves using her legs.
3. Kay Lee Ray,
Kay Lee is one of the most recognizable faces of ICW even before appearing on TNA and with good reason. She's very cute and likeable and a fan favourite. She has a very impressive core strength for someone of her build and her speed and agility seem to be matched by no one. It's hard to take your eyes off her when she builds up momentum.
2. Carmel,
Carmel is supposed to be a baddie and disliked by the crowd but a lot of people like her, me included. She sure can hold a crowd like no one else. She's pretty hot in a scary kinda way and she's one of the most impressive wrestlers in the ICW roster. Like Kay Lee Ray she has an impressive amount of core strength. She shows the most aggression I've seen from the female wrestlers and her skills are awesome. As far as I've seen she's the best at standing grapples and slams.
1. Nikki Storm
As far as I can tell this is an unpopular choice but... Nikki Storm is my favourite for a few reasons. She has an such an impressive physique and level of strength and is able to pull off the types of standing slams Carmel is capable of. She also has good speed and agility to match Kay Lee Ray and she is one hell of a technical wrestler. I also think she's quite cute despite her cocky character. All this is made more impressive knowing that she's only 5'1".
I have to be honest, I don't know anything about TNA and I have never watched it or anything about it until now. I haven't even seen the first season of this show and to be honest I'm not going to cause it looks pish. I enjoyed this show though it felt like the whole show was a promo for the Al Snow vs Grado match in January of 2015. That should be good by the way.
It was great seeing some of my favourite British wrestlers on TV again and it was these guys that made the show worth watching. The Scottish people's champion, Grado was the most entertaining part of the show as he tends to be. He's funny as usual but I don't think they showed off his talent for wrestling as much as they should have.
It was fascinating seeing Noam Dar too as I've only ever seen him wrestle and never heard him speak. He's always a pleasure to watch as his style is pretty technical and he really suits being in the ring.
Sha Samuels was awesome in this too, I've only seen him a few times-and I know it's controversial but- I love his over the top asshole of a character. He makes for great entertainment and isn't that what it's all about?
I loved Nikki Storm in this too, she's a fantastic wrestler, easy on the eyes and is probably one of the most dedicated to her character, keeping it up even when she's put out of the show.
Dave Mastiff is a monster of a man and he's one of the most impressive people in wrestling in general: his size surely is intimidating and his agility and stamina are impressive. Many times in this show he had me stunned by what he can do with ease that a lot of other wrestlers would struggle with.
Last but not least there was the ever-lovely Kay Lee Ray being lovely as usual. She's probably one of the best female wrestlers around and this show done well showcasing her talents. That 4-way match with the girls in the show was one of the best matches I've ever seen thanks mainly to Kay Lee.
With the ever increasing popularity of ICW and the recent(ish) release of ICW On Demand I thought I'd do a top five of the Glasgow based wrestling company's wrestlers.
5. Wolfgang,
Wolfgang is one of the crowd favourites and one of mine obviously. He's one of the largest and strongest of the wrestlers as well as having a very impressive amount of agility for a big man. One of his signature moves involves him picking up another wrestler and throwing them into the crowd.
4. Joe Coffey,
Joe Coffey is known as the 'Iron Man' of ICW hence his Iron Man style face paint. I've been a fan from before I was supposed to be, back when he was a bad guy in a tag team with Mark Coffey. I loved the way The Coffey Brothers looked like American wrestlers. Today he is truly awesome, being the epitome of metal as he comes to the ring playing Iron Man by Black Sabbath on the guitar. He's also always one of the best ICW wrestlers to watch.
3. Jack Jester,
Jack Jester is one of the most loved of all the ICW roster, he's one of the faces of the company. He's famous for his hardcore matches and his battles with Drew Galloway are legendary. His theme tune is also the music for ICW's shows online and on TV.
2. Grado,
What? Grado isn't number one? Grado is the other face of ICW and although I think he's awesome he's not my favourite. He's loved by all the ICW fans and for good reason. He is quintessentially Scottish, he is basically The Rock of ICW (The Scottish People's wrestler). He knows how to work a crowd, this can be seen at ICW shows as hundreds of metalheads sing along loudly and proudly to Madonna's Like A Prayer.
1. Mikey Whiplash,
Everyone that has read my blog regularly (if anyone) knows I love a good psychopath and Mikey Whiplash is one good psychopath. Another thing I love is cool face paint and that's another thing Mikey Whiplash has. He's also a great wrestler in general and he's always a pleasure to watch with him being able to utilize most wrestling styles in the ring. I loved the way he was when he was a good guy and love it even more that he's back as a dark character again. The way he came back to ICW (carried to the ring in a body bag and "brought back to life" by a ritual) was flawless. I do love a wrestler that has their opponents terrified.
When I was a kid I was a fan of WWE when it was still WWF. I stopped watching it for a long time though and was never interested in watching any form of wrestling again. My interest in "sports entertainment" was peaked again though when a friend of ICW's owner Mark Dallas invited me and my roommate to go see a show in either 2010 or 2011. The show was in Apollo 23, Glasgow. The venue was quite small and I got hit in the face with a wrestler (that's right, with not by). The show was pretty awesome though and I've been semi-into wrestling again ever since. The owner, Mark Dallas, is an inspiration I think. There's too much stigma with being Scottish, we've been brainwashed from an early age to think that anything Scottish is inferior and that we should inspire to be like any other country. That is a lie however and ICW is one of the many things that have recently proven this point. ICW has kept its distinctly Scottish nature as well as being just as good as the larger companies like WWE.
Even though I don't know any the ICW people personally it still fills me with pride seeing them do so well. It really has blew up for them and it's pretty awesome. It's pretty cool seeing their shows now, especially since the last one I went to was massive compared to the first one I went to as there was over 1600 people there. I think their success lies in their guts to take risks and the personalities of the wrestlers especially their most popular ones like Jack Jester and Grado.
A personal highlight for me is the comedians The Wee Man and Billy 'Fucking' Kirkwood. I love that Billy Kirkwood starts every show with a few jokes and his commentary along with Sean David is always hilarious.
Billy Kirkwood
You should give ICW a watch if you like wrestling or like me you had ignored it for years. They are however for adults only and put on some epic hardcore matches. You can find ICW online on youtube and you can access ICW On Demand via the official site.
Amy Dumas is better known as Lita from the WWE. She's one hot woman and she was one of the first alternative styled woman that I noticed as well as amongst my first crushes in general. She's probably the reason I love a girl in baggy jeans and a tight top and she's probably also the original reason I love girls with bright coloured hair.
She was also the first female wrestler I remember loving watching fight. As far as I can remember she was amongst the first attractive Divas to go toe to toe with the men, spending a lot of time kicking their asses. For a while, before I stopped watching the WWE in the early 00s, Lita was the main then only reason I watched the show. I then stopped watching it all together until late 2013, just in time to see her inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Amy Dumas was also the lead singer of a pretty decent punk band called The Luchagors. They only released one self titled album and they played their last show early in 2014. I think I might find her more attractive now than I did 13 years ago and I found her very attractive back then.
I used to watch WWE back when it was WWF in the late 80s and early 90s, I didn't watch it again until the late 90s then stopped again until 2013 so my knowledge of the whole thing is a bit scattered at best. I do, however, have a top 5 hot list of Divas.
5. Trish Stratus: I'm not normally one for girls like Trish Stratus but she sure as hell stands out from the massive amount of other blonde female wrestlers. She's still as hot now as she was years ago. She was always pretty impressive to watch too. It was always fun watching her kick ass.
4. Mickie James: I don't know much about this Diva but I do know she's pretty damn hot. Loved her style, especially the skirt, and her bubbly attitude was always attractive.
3. Lita: I've always thought Lita was amazing. She was the first female wrestler I enjoyed watching and not just cause she was hot. She was also one of my first tastes of an alternative woman and amongst my first crushes.
2. Paige: This girl isn't only hot for a Diva, she's also one of the hottest women I've ever seen. Her look is pretty cool and sexy too though her ring persona is mighty annoying. It seems like they are trying to reach the dumb teenage girls that spend all their time on facebook with her. Saying that she is fun to watch wrestle and I normally don't pay attention to the Diva matches due to them being short and uneventful most of the time.
1. AJ Lee: I love a woman that stands out and not many more stand out more than AJ Lee does, in general never mind in wrestling. She's cute as hell and not just because of her short stature and skipping ring persona. She's very pretty and, as she's a wrestler, has a fantastic body. One of my favourite things about her is her punk inspired style. She's also very impressive to watch considering she's only 5'2".
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