LadySports ::: Christina Dutkowski...

SUBMITTING BEFORE THE MATCH

It is with disappointment that the Professional Girl Wrestling Association announces that Christina Dutkowski, who had been announced for our "Nashville Bash” and "Columbia Clash” live events this weekend, will not be appearing at either.

Ms. Dutkowski gave no explanation for her abrupt departure from the cards. All we do know is that she became unusually reticent... and then completely uncommunicative... with us once it was announced that she would be wrestling Peggy Lee Leather in a ‘Submission Only Match' on Friday... which would have been, in essence, a shoot fight that would have tested Ms. Dutkowski's proclaimed mat skills to their limits. The veteran Peggy Lee, of course, had the edge on Christina in experience, and she is also one of the few women in the North American wrestling scene would could go toe-to-toe physically with the Canadian grappler. Whether this gave Christina pause and instilled second thoughts in her, we do not know.

However, our office was informed by a source on Wednesday afternoon that Ms. Dutkowski had no intention of traveling to Tennessee to take part in the shows now, despite her earlier professional commitment to participate. After doing some further investigating, we were satisfied that Christina would indeed not be coming, so her accommodations were cancelled. Unfortunately, her plane ticket was non-refundable.

Regrettably, this is not the first such experience which the PGWA has had with Ms. Dutkowski. Several years ago, she agreed to take part in another of our live events, that one scheduled for Susan Green's training camp in South Carolina, but she failed to show.

In spite of that instance, we again agreed to offer her work, and she again agreed to participate. And she again has changed her mind at literally the last minute, for reasons unexplained to us.

As a result, the PGWA is, for the very first (and, we trust, only) time in its 14 year history, announcing that we will never work with a wrestler, Christina Dutkowski, again.

We apologize to those fans who planned to travel to Nashville and Columbia to see Christina wrestle. All we can say is that some things are beyond our control. But let us also add that the women who are scheduled to be there... Passion, MsChif, Maria Montana, Susan Morton, Mickie Knuckles, Brittany Love, Baroness Simone, Nikki Roxx and, of course, Peggy Lee Leather (on Friday only)... are still going to give the fans a dose of action that they won't soon forget!