Alissa Flash – The new RCW Champion!

You read that right, former TNA Knockout Alissa Flash has made history by becoming the first woman to hold the top championship that’s supposed to be held by men only!

Yesterday, Saturday July 3rd, at River City Wrestling’s “Declaration of Champions” event in San Antonio, Texas, Flash was victorious in a match over RCW Champion Joey “Super Shot” Spector, and as a result became the first female to hold the top title of the independent promotion!

“What an event Declaration of Champions was! Alissa Flash is the new RCW Champion!” The official Twitter page for RCW – twitter.com/rcwforever – posted today.

Flash, who also wrestles across the indy scene, most notably for SHIMMER Women Athletes, as Cheerleader Melissa, is no stranger to breaking ground in wrestling. In 2004 she was awarded the “Future Legend Award” by the prestigious Cauliflower Alley Club, which would later become the basis of her “Future Legend” nickname in TNA, and is the only woman to receive the award.

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On behalf of the webteam here at M-A.org, we want to congratulate Melissa on her win! We know this is a huge honor for her, and we are extremely proud of Melissa. Keep up the great work Melissa!

Melissa recently passed along the following info to us, and I’d thought we should post it up here to help spread the word. Please read below:

Hi Friends and Family,

I just wanted to send a message out that I’m walking and raising money for the 2010 San Francisco AIDS walk foundation this year and any help with donations or passing on this message is GREATLY appreciated. My personal goal is to raise $1500 before July 18. Here is a link to my fundraising page http://awsf2010.kintera.org/futurelegend Thanks so much guys and hope all is going well with you!
With much Love
Melissa Anderson

I just checked Melissa’s current money she has raised and she’s so close to reaching her goal! Let’s help her out and show her some love!

Melissa has finally gotten back to us with the answers for our interview with us, and it’s a really awesome read, so be sure to check it out! Huge thanks goes out to all the fans who sent in their questions, and an even bigger thanks to Melissa herself for taking time out of her busy schedule to answer these!

#1 Who was your inspiration to become a womens wrestler? (and a brilliant one at that!).
My Dad (Doug Anderson) was my first inspriation. I grew up watching him and my uncle (Bill Anderson) wrestle and attending live events together. I always enjoyed the challenge and athleticism of the in ring work. However, growing up I also loved the showman ship and glamor of Sherry Martel. Very addicting!

#2 Is there any wrestlers that you would like to work with that you haven’t yet?
Actually, I’ve been wanting to work with Ayumi for a while now. I wrestled on the same shows with her in Japan a while back and was secretly hoping that I would finally get a match with her. Hopefully one day!

#3 As far as training goes, what does it consist of for someone that’s completely fresh? I feel you’re the best person to ask, being that you have extensive training from both Japan and the United States. From what I gathered (which is not much), dojos in Japan are strict and efficient, but I’m searching for the details—the nitty-gritty, so to speak. I’m doing research for one of my stories and any information will be greatly appreciated.
When I was there months at a time, we lived in a dorm room on the second floor of the dojo. When your new, part of the duties are maintenance of the ring and facility inside and out. It also included taking care of the talent during shows like transporting their
lugguage, errands, and even cooking for them after training. That’s just a little bit right there.

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Good news this morning folks! We will be interviewing Melissa for the website’s one year anniversary and would love to include a few questions from you guys! Please send us an email at team@melissa-anderson.org or tweet at us to send in questions you may have. Deadline for this will be on Monday. Thank you!

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Match #11: The Canadian Ninjas (Porita Perez & Nicole Matthews) def. MsChif & Cheerleader Melissa to retain the SHIMMER Tag Team Championships. This was an interesting contrast of styles, as Melissa and MsChif tend to put on tag team matches that resemble the matches put on by male independent wrestlers from the modern day, whereas the Ninjas are, at least in my mind, more reminiscent of a heel team from 1980’s Memphis or some other southern territory, relying a lot more on stalling, cheating, and cutting off the ring than contemporary highspots. The potential for a clash of styles was essentially overcome by allowing MelissChif to destroy the champions with their signature offense early on, including an INSANE spot in which Nicole was laid up against the guardrail while Melissa picked up Portia and wheelbarrow whipped her into her own partner. Ultimately, the Ninjas were able to confuse their opponents and get them out of position, which resulted in the champs isolating MsChif and hitting her with a superkick/German suplex combination that gave Nicole the pin.

Oddly, this did not result in Matthews getting a shot at MsChif’s SHIMMER Title. It did, however, lead to a pre-taped promo airing during Volume 30 in which Melissa told ‘Chif that their two back-to-back tag team losses were leading to her dissolve the team and focus on her singles career.

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Match #10: Madison Eagles def. Cheerleader Melissa to become the number one contender to the SHIMMER Title. This was set up by a pre-tape in which Melissa, Eagles, and Sarah Stock all having words about who would be the next champion, with MsChif deciding that the best way to resolve this situation would be Stock receiving her previously scheduled title match and Melissa and Eagles doing battle for the next title shot. The crowd was big into Melissa and the prospect of her winning this match, which make sense because, all weekend long, virtually every fan I talked to had expressed their desire to see MsChif and Melissa lock it up for the championship. That’s why Eagles winning, especially by wrapping her legs around the ropes during the final pin attempt, got a HYUGE amount of heat from the 250 or so fans in attendance. The match itself was not bad, though it was a bit disappointing in that each of the preceding four matches had built in terms of quality and intensity, while this one represented a bit of a step back from the Danger/Perez match that preceded it.

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