By Shiai Mata
Fans in Nashville on Friday, January the 26th witnessed a real first for pro wrestling... namely, the first time ever
Tasha Simone and MsChif have met in the ring! These two hellions had engaged in a war of words online prior to
fight night, and now they were ready and willing to back up their threats!
With the bell, MsChif unleashes one of her patented bloodcurdling screams, but Tasha is unfazed, and she answers
with a headbutt! MsChif armbars the redhead, but Simone takes her into a headscissors followed by figure fouring
her legs in a quasi-surfboard move. Showing tremendous strength, MsChif manages to power out, but she is halted
in her tracks by a gouge to the eyes.
These two attacked each other relentlessly, and each demonstrated more than a little ingenuity, such as when MsChif
managed to get to her feet, transforming the bodyscissors she was suffering into crippling Boston crab that forced
Tasha to grab for the ropes to break. Or when Simone is able to headscissor her opponent while hanging upside down
over the top rope!
Not surprisingly, the action quickly made its way outside of the ring, where the two wrestlers mixed good old
fashioned brawling with expert scientific wrestling, including such holds as chicken wings and X-Factors.
At one point, frustrated at being unable to pin her opponent and tired of MsChif’s incessant screaming, Tasha lets
loose with an ear-splitting scream of her own, just to see if MsChif likes it for a change!
As they battle grew more heated, the room itself couldn’t contain them, and they soon found themselves slugging it out
through the doorway and into the lobby of the Stadium Inn!
Eventually finding themselves back into the ring, the action blazes to a fever pitch as the match nears the
twenty minute mark: Tasha camel clutches MsChif in the ropes, but the self-professed "Soul’s Tormentor" manages
to pull free, and after a Shooting Star Press, she covers Simone for a two count. Tasha retaliates with a drop
toehold, then a few more headbutts to soften her adversary up, before she goes to finish her with a Cattle Mutilation.
When that fails, the two wrestlers scuffle, with each futilely trying to pin the other. Simultaneous clotheslines drop
both for a count of five, while dual back elbow blows put each down for seven.
Finally, clearly exhausted and running on fumes, Tasha sets MsChif up for a Pumphandle Slam, but apparently can’t muster
the power for it. However, she is able to execute a Tombstone, and that’s good enough to secure the pin!
Clearly, this was a tremendous match between two stellar competitors. And as an added bonus of sorts, a surprise
guest was in the crowd that night... none other than the legendary Debbie Combs! Debbie had not been to a live
wrestling event since 2000, but she had heard so much about the brewing feud between Tasha and MsChif, she said she
just had to come and see this match for herself!
Thanks to Jimmie Daniel for the match details!
Photos are courtesy of Brian Gaddis.