|
Tiana was one half of the first ever SHIMMER match on Vol 1 against current WWE developmental wrestler Shantelle Taylor. Tiana seemed to have a lot of potential in that match, though it never quite turned out that way in her subsequent three appearances (a formula tag match on Vol 2 where she was overshadowed, a bad three way on Vol 3 and an ultimately unsatisfying match with Allison Danger on Vol 4 which ended in a flash cradle). Vols 5 & 6 were missed due to a clash of dates, so this is in some regards a fresh start for young Tiana, who comes out in pigtails and reinforces her heelishness by pulling the zipper of her top RIGHT up, so as to not display anything resembling cleavage. Lorelei Lee is your generic cowgirl gimmick. She's nothing special at this stage in her career, but given that she's a trainee of Lexie Fyfe and that she's getting to rub shoulders with the crème de la crème of women's wrestling at SHIMMER, the hope is that she'll eventually become somewhat of a homegrown star. She's still a long way away from that though, as she spends much of the match getting beaten on, with most of her offense coming by way of early roll_ups and one Tajiri-esque handspring off the ropes into a cross body. Tiana is clearly trying to incorporate a lot of personality into her work - playing off the ref, posing, pulling up her sleeve before dropping an elbow. She wins too, with a move Prazak calls the South Palm Beach Driver, which is, as far as I can tell, a fireman’s carry, and instead of performing a Death Valley Driver, you flick them the opposite direction, feet first, into a back bump. I’m fairly certain Sean O'Haire used a similar finisher during his forgettable WWE run. This was a semi-competitive squash, more or less. Not much I can add.
Credit:
by Stewart Allen
http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/3419/105/
