Horses vs Mopp - Live Wrestling!!!

Oh-What-a-Rush!

My limited wrestling knowledge ventures as far as the Legion of Doom (AKA The Road Warriors). I remember their music before they came out, it went something like "Ohhh What a rush!". I think they were good guys because they always seemed to be popular with the fans. To get to a point though, the phrase "What a Rush" sums up my first ever live wrestling event!

I've rarely been so nervous! This was SL and there I was absolutely bobbing my pants! I had ponys running around my belly! This was Second Life and I was more nervous than performing in RL! Would my connection die? Would the lag kill me? Would I just mess up a move? I was asking all those questions before. I masked it the best I could. Before the match I said to my opponent, Priscilla Mopp, that we'd steal the show and everything would be great. I'd be fibbing if i said i truly believed that would be the case, but compared to a few hours before when we were total strangers, i felt there was a chance it could happen.

The start wasn't quite to script, but was okay. Everything went okay after that - apart from my trash talking - and then I messed up! The ending was Mopp would jump off the top rope for me and i'd move. We had practised it perfectly before. Sadly I managed to mess it up! First of all when i tried to move I didn't. Why? Because i'd sent an IM to her before and forgot to put the focus back on the world screen. She did another splash, i was very close to the corner and tried to move towards it - text book - Apart from there wasn't room and she hit me still. Third time lucky? She jumped from the top again, I moved out of the way successfully and she hit the floor. I then got up, DDT and pin for the win! We got away with it in a sense. But in another sense i managed to take 2 evil looking splashes, but still moved out of the way of a third and then won the match! That's just pushing the boundaries of reality a little far. It was my fault, but we kept on going and the DDT looked pretty nasty so the pin was convincing.

From scared and nervous before and during, afterwards was a total buzz. We'd managed it!!! Sure it wasn't amazing, but it didn't stink either! Lots to improve on but it could have been so much worse! I owe most of the good things to my opponent, Priscilla. She was outstanding! Thank you so much! Here's to more battles down the line. Thanks to the people there who provided a good turnout as well. I counted at least 25 people, which considering there was hardly any promotion of the event, is pretty good.

I should be wrestling again on the 2nd March. Landmark and confirmation to follow! That event is a big one so the crowd will be bigger! Can I continue my reign of neigh's over the female division of SLW?!?! You must turn up to see!

I didn't get any photos of our match - was slightly distracted - but I'll find if anyone else did. If so, i'll put them up here.

Horses Morrisey - Undefeated!