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The full match will be available on ClickWrestle.com soon.

ChickFight returned to action last night with a huge retirement match for former TNA star, Taylor Wilde (Shantelle Taylor).

Though Shantelle put on a valiant effort, in the end it was the ‘Future Legend’ Alissa Flash who came out on top, defeating the retiring star.

Following the bout, Shantelle gave a heartfelt farewell speech to the fans in attendance.

Pictures from last night’s show are available here. More professional shot posed and ringside photos will be made available later in the week.

The full-length match between Shantelle and Alissa will be available, as always, on ClickWrestle.com very soon. And for the first time, it will be in sparkling HD!

The stage is set. This Saturday night, San Francisco will play host to the end of a wrestling career. Taylor ‘Shantelle Taylor’ Wilde’s career to be exact. The former TNA Wrestling star will hang up her boots following a bout with Alissa Flash at Pro Wrestling Revolution. That has been widely publicized. But Frisco will also play host to the birth of a wrestling career… well, so hopes David Buckler.

Like most professional wrestling fans, Buckler, 37, has always dreamed of being involved in the wrestling business. But also like most wrestling fans, his dreams have remained just that: a dream. Until now that is. Contributing to Diva-Dirt.com, who along with ChickFight and Pro Wrestling Revolution, will present Saturday’s big retirement match, opened a door that seemed to be bolted for much of his life. Now David will find himself in a wrestling ring as ring announcer.

“It’s something that I thought I’d never have the chance to do. As you get older, a lot of things are taken away from you, not many things are given to you,” said Buckler, a project manager for a defense contractor in Northern Virginia.

Friendly and charming, David may seem like he’s living the American dream — a wife, two kids, a steady job and even a side gig as an actor — but wrestling has been a big part of his life since childhood. “I started watching wrestling back in 1985. I lived quite close to Hershey Park Arena. My friends and I would go to a lot of WWF shows that would come through the area,” he recalls of his hometown of York, Pennsylvania. “I fell in love with the athleticism of the wrestlers, the excitement of the crowd, the pageantry, the music, the characters that were in the ring. Everything about it was really exciting for me.”

Admitting he could never see himself as a wrestler, David had always hoped to contribute to the sport he loved in some other aspect. “I knew it was something I wouldn’t physically be able to do, and I did want to go to college and get an education.”

Adulthood, marriage and children soon followed and the seemingly impossible dream was fading.

Third time lucky

Twice before his break with ChickFight, David brushed with the wrestling industry, but it didn’t work out either time. “A few years ago I did get in touch with a company in Virginia about an opening they had for a ring announcing job. We talked about it but they wanted more of a commitment than I could give them.”

His second brush with wrestling had a lot to do with his other passion: acting. In 2003, David took up acting and has since landed roles in movies and even has his own IMDB page. “I said, ‘Maybe this is something that I can do just for fun’. I’m never gonna have great success, but it’s been fun.”

That acting experience nearly paid dividends a couple of years ago when he was cast by the titans of wrestling, WWE, for a spot on Monday Night Raw. “I got booked to do a commercial. At the last minute, they cancelled me.” The commercial turned out to be a spot for WWEShop.com with ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan. David’s replacement? A buxom female. Go figure!

“I just remember being absolutely devastated. I have loved this for so long and it had been such a big part of my life. This seemed like, ‘Wow, I’m going to get the chance to do something with WWE’, and at the last minute it fell apart.”

Keeping his wrestling dream alive, David stumbled across Diva-Dirt.com in 2009. As readers of that site will know, Buckler is an avid Beth Phoenix fan and when the opportunity came along to join the Diva Dirt staff, he jumped. “When I became part of Diva Dirt, it just exploded for me. It was so exciting being able to share my passion, being around people who were as motivated as I was. It was a real challenge to say, ‘You know, I’ve wanted to do this for so long now let’s see if I can do it. Let’s see if I can write interesting articles and contribute to the audio programming’.”

David’s column, ‘Hitting the Ropes’ was, pardon the pun, a hit with readers. He also successfully anchors Diva Dirt LIVE, a weekly radio show produced by the site.

Last year, Diva Dirt and sister promotion ChickFight announced they would be teaming up to promote a series of matches and events in 2011. The opportunity came up for Buckler to get involved too. “With Diva Dirt getting into promoting, there seemed to be a natural fit here. Not just from a standpoint of putting our name on it, but we wanted to be involved in the promotion and presentation of the match,” he said. “So when I started talking to Jason [Deadrich, founder of ChickFight ] and Melanie [Rob, Editor of Diva Dirt], it just came together because it fit my schedule and it was just something I really wanted to do.”

Buckler continues: “I’m very grateful to Diva Dirt and ChickFight to reach out to me and say, ‘Hey, we know this is something that means a lot to you’ and give me this opportunity.”

His appointment with ChickFight is a far cry from the previous ring announcing opportunity. “It’s a little overwhelming in the sense of, I thought I would do some ring announcing several years ago but that would’ve been in front of 20 people at a country fair in West Virginia for nobody you’ve ever heard of,” Buckler says with a laugh. “So now to get the opportunity to work with women who have accomplished a great deal in the industry is wonderfully exciting.”

Citing WWE Hall of Famer Howard Finkel as his ring announcing inspiration, David hopes to show the same confidence of the legend, but he’s admittedly a little nervous. “I like to be very prepared. I feel like I don’t quite know what I’m going to say yet. What I’m supposed to say yet.”

“About two months ago, when I found out about this opportunity, I couldn’t sleep for two nights. I was extremely nervous then. As we’ve gotten closer to the event, I remember what my friend Kevin said the time when I almost did the ring announcing [in Virginia]. I was very nervous back then and he said: ‘You know what, Dave? Just walk into that ring like you own it’. I’m going to hopefully carry that confidence.”

It’s not everyday that people achieve their dreams, but David can now cross this off his bucket list, so to speak.

After years of watching his favorite wrestlers — including the Glamazon, Beth Phoenix — step into the ring, for one night in San Francisco, it’s his turn.

“It’s an absolute dream. I don’t know if I’ll ever get the chance to do this again. I don’t know where this will lead, but I do know this is a weekend I will never, ever forget.”

For more information and tickets about the ChickFight match, click here.

The big ChickFight match is just days away! Shantelle Taylor (Taylor Wilde) will retire from pro wrestling following her match with Alissa Flash this Saturday at Pro Wrestling Revolution. But before that, Shantelle and Alissa are doing some promo to discuss the bout.

Flash on radio
Alissa Flash will be on Diva Dirt LIVE tonight at 10pm ET. You can listen live here. Be sure to call in and ask Alissa questions by calling 347-989-8156.

Shantelle interviewed
Shantelle spoke to Diva Dirt yesterday about the match and her retirement. Speaking on the match, she said: “It really seems like things have come full circle. When I first started wrestling, SHIMMER was the big promotion around and probably one of the biggest shows I did a year and a half into my training and my match was booked to be against Cheerleader Melissa aka Alissa Flash. It was a big, nerve wracking moment for me. Further on, I had my tryout match with her for TNA so we have a lot of history and we’ve spent a lot of time in the ring together, so it’ll be fun to finish with her.”

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Whether it was coincidence that both she and Hamada left at the same time despite being Knockouts Tag Team Champions: “Yeah. Actually I found out that Hamada was fired or that Hamada had left the company when you all did. When it became a story on the Internet. I was in shock. It was an interesting ordeal. I decided to retire and she decided to quit so it just so happens that we were a tag team in the ring but mentally, we were on the same page too.”

On her retirement match with Alissa Flash: “It really seems like things have come full circle. When I first started wrestling, SHIMMER was the big promotion around and probably one of the biggest shows I did a year and a half into my training and my match was booked to be against Cheerleader Melissa aka Alissa Flash. It was a big, nerve wracking moment for me. Further on, I had my tryout match with her for TNA so we have a lot of history and we’ve spent a lot of time in the ring together, so it’ll be fun to finish with her.”

Revealing exclusively what her next step in life is: “I got accepted into the pre-firefighting service at Humber College in Toronto and I’m on my way to being a firefighter. I’m not gonna sit behind a desk in a cubicle. I have to do something physical. At least this way, I’ll be giving back and I’ll be of benefit to society.”

- Click here to listen to the full interview

Shantelle’s retirement match against Alissa Flash takes place this Saturday at John O’Connell High School in San Francisco, CA for ChickFight and Pro Wrestling Revolution. Doors open at 6pm PDT. Tickets at the door will be $15 for general admission and $25 for front row. Online price: $10 for GA and $20 for front row.

- Get your tickets now!

Diva-Dirt.com, who will be joining us in presenting the Alissa Flash vs Shantelle Taylor match on February 5th, have created a mini site for the bout.

The mini site features information on both participants as well as details on how you can win prizes in exclusive competitions.

You can visit the mini site here.

Also, when tweeting about the match on Twitter, please use the hash tag #chickfight205.

Tickets for the event are still available here.

ChickFight returns with a huge rematch as Alissa Flash (also known as The Future Legend Melissa Anderson) steps into the ring with the world famous luchadoras, Princess Sugey for the first time in over five years since their epic battle inside a steel cage at the historic ChickFight I event in 2004 (click here to view) .

Will Alissa have what it takes or will the seasoned vet get the best of her again? As an added bonus, this match is made available in stunning HD (1280×720) resolution. A big thanks to our friends at Pro Wrestling Revolution for making this rematch possible.

Click here to watch Princess Sugey vs. Alissa Flash in HD at ClickWrestle!

Attention female wrestling fans!  Want to hear the latest news and insider info on ChickFight and your favorite female wrestling promotions?  Call the toll-free ChickFight hotline today to hear WrestleBunny give you the news updates direct from ChickFight headquarters in San Francisco, California.

What are you waiting for?  Give us a call today at 888-337-5103 and be sure to leave us a message and give us your thoughts.

Jaime D and Amazing Kong vs. ODB and Cheerleader Melissa

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Holly Hearse, Cheerleader Melissa and the rest of the ChickFight crew were recently mentioned in a full-page story written by Jessica Graham for The Echo Times, a local newspaper.

The story spotlights Holly and her involvement in ChickFight as the host of the ChickFight TV show.

We thank Jessica for the story and are happy to show once again, why ChickFight is San Francisco’s number one and only all-female professional wrestling promotion.

Click on the image to the right to view the complete story.

Congrats to our own ChickFight TV Host, Holly Hearse who was showcased in this month’s issue of Urban Ink magazine.  If you get past the very sexy photo shoot, you’ll see find a great story that starts out with Holly saying, “Don’t get me flowers, get me handcuffs.”  Now that’s our type of gal!

To get your hands on the magazine and read the complete story, visit your local newstand or order online at Urban Ink.