Friday night fights
By tomace

Friday night fights

Friday nights were entertaining nights at the local arena.  With seating capacity of 1000, there was usually anywhere from 300-600 people in attendance. Just like any arena they had food, drinks and staff running the event. Tickets were cheap, just 10 bucks and matches would start at 5pm and go till midnight. They could sell tickets for that little as the wrestlers were not at a level where they got paid for their appearance. There was the odd time some big names would compete against the local’s and they would get paid as it would sell out the place. But most of the wrestlers were just women, who competed in leagues locally, or some just did it to stay in shape and others competed before they had a family and wanted to get back into it.  The facility provided refs for the matches, an announcer giving the play by play, 2 ring attended to help if a wrestler needed it after the match, a nurse, as well as a photographer to take pics of the winner. Basically everything a wrestling event needed.  The company that owned the arena got the talent for free, and the talent got experience being in front of a crowd and could start to make a name for themself. It was win win. It was named Friday night fights, for obvious reasons, and this was the first year it has been on. The set up was simple. Matches were generally 15 min, with 5 min between them to announce the competitors.  If you wanted to compete, you just filled out the time slots with who you’re against. There was also an option to just compete against a mystery competitor. Anyone who wanted in on the action but didn’t have an opponent lined up, or care who the fought can just sign up and after 9pm all the fights were random. You would know by 7pm who you’re against as that was the cut off time to sign up. Every Friday they would have open fight nights for women wrestlers. Many girls would have matches against others in their local gym, but if you wanted to experience an audience and settle a difference with a crowd this was the way to do.

Some of the regular competitors
Erica

At 21 years of age, Erica began wrestling as soon as she turned 18.  She likes to think of herself as an “all around fighter” as she regularly practices all moves and submissions. Her younger sister Renee has followed in her footsteps and also competes. She has many friends in the sport, one of them being Maya who she competes in tag team matches with. She recently started using a pedigree, then top rope elbow drop to finish off her opponents. She likes all aspects of the wrestling business. From competing, being a ref to announcing. At 5’6, 120 pounds she does not like to turn down a fight.
Brandi

At 36 years of age, Brandi just recently decided to compete again. After numerous loses 7 years ago, Brandi decided on a break which ended up lasted 7 years. After her boyfriend found some old pics of her wrestling, he encouraged her to try it again. After her first match she was hooked again. Her boyfriend promised to come to all events as he loved to watch her win, and also seemed to enjoy watching her lose. Her older age gave her plenty of experience, but also meant she would succumb to moves the younger girls wouldn’t. She planned to put extra work in at the gym and compete every couple weeks. She is 5”5, 125 pounds and currently has no finisher.
Andi
At 22 years for age, this is now the 2nd year Andi was been wrestling. A very pretty blonde, who was a cheerleader and in dance for years is a natural athlete,. She is a unique wrestler as winning isn’t her number one priority. She sees her future on social media and is using wrestling as a way to gather followers. She notices if she is dominated in a match, she gets almost twice as many new followers as she would if she wins. Make no mistake she enjoys dishing it out, but knows her body can take a beating and is ok when it happens. She uses whatever she can to knock her opponent out as a finisher as she loves the victory pose.
Trina
At the age of 35, Trina has been out of the ring for 10 years. She left the sport she loved to have kids and raise a family. Having met her husband when she was a very good wrestler, he knew how much she loved it and wanted to go back so he supported her decision. You would never know this joyful 140 pound 5”6 houseful had quite a reputation in the ring. Though legal moves, she used tactic like low blows, wishbone splits and her finishing move was a tombstone into a face sit combo. If you lost to her, you would feel humiliated.
Kelly
At 27 years of age, Kelly a force to be recon with. She held a state title for over 2 years, but vacated it as she got sick of traveling and got a full time job at her home town. This 5”8, 200 pound girl was not someone you wanted to see across the ring from you. As she still wanted to compete, she would fight on the Friday night fight events. Most of the time she would just sign up to fight a random opponent, but on occasion someone would challenge her usually trying to make a name for themselves or just for the experience and story of stepping in there with a state champ. They would regret it within a few minutes. Splashes, pile drivers, power bomb! She would finish her opponent when she wanted and how she wanted.
Renee
At 19, Renee has been wrestling for just over a year. Having grown up watching it, and seeing her older sister compete she naturally fell in love with the sport. At 5”5, 110 pounds she will never have trouble finding a match for Friday night fights. When she first started, she would train with her sister every day and have a match with her every week. After 9 weeks, she beat her sister for the first time and got her blessing to have matches on Friday night fights. Her finisher of choice is the top rope elbow.
Monika
At 28, Monika wrestles part time to keep her competitive edge and to help stay in shape. Like many others she wrestled after high school and throughout university. After graduation from university with a degree in finance at age 23, she got a career as an accountant. She knew spending all her days sitting down would catch up to her, so she decided to keep wrestling as motivation to keep working out. If she didn’t consistently work out and train,her matches on the weekend would be one sided beat downs. Her younger sister Maya also competes regularly, but the two don’t get along that great and have seen each other on opposite sides of the ring on numerous occasions. At 5”6  155 pounds, she has used the widows peak regularly as a finisher, but whatever gets the job done as she doesn’t look for victory poses.
Maya
At 24, Maya he been competing on and off since 18. At age 20 she became involved in other things, moved from job to job and would compete 3 weeks in a row, and then not at all for a month. She also hasn’t spent much time training which has showed in her results. She recently started to train more often, and started a tag team with a friend from work Erica. She was in cross country running in high school and she still has great cardio. At 5”8, 125 pounds this pink haired girl she uses tombstone pedigree combo on her smaller opponents, and a regular pile driver on others.
Grace
At 21, Grace started training and competing at 19. At 5”6, 160 pounds she has always been in great shape even though she has a larger frame. Working part time and living at home enables her to practice regularly. She still has a lot to learn and her method to get better is generally to have one fight where she would be a favorite, if she wins that then s more even fight and after that one where she is a bit of an underdog. She likes to finish her opponents by splashing them from the top rope.
Eve
At 28, Eve has been around the wrestling ring since 18. She reached her goal of holding few city titles at 26, but has since stepped back from competing for belts. She is self-employed which gives her plenty of time to train, and enjoys competing in Friday night fights. At 6”1, 160 pounds she is in great shape and her height helps moves like her finisher, the power bomb, affect her opponents a lot more

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