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FLIRTING WITH DISASTER

By Shiai Mata

How many times have those of us who have witnessed... or worse yet, suffered... a calamity ruefully wished, "If only I had known it was coming, I could have tried to stop it?"

Some disasters simply can't be predicted. The tornado that tears through town... the earthquake that topples buildings...strike suddenly and without the mercy of a warning.

But what happens when an impending potential disaster can be predicted?

In short, what about Earthquake MsChif and Tornado Tasha Simone?

They are two of the toughest, most willful, most brutal women in the sport. Each lays claim to a list of victims that virtually reads like a "Who's Who" of wrestling.

And for the first time ever, they will be unleashed upon one another.

Will the unmovable object and the irresistible force become the Alpha and Omega to one another? In their determination to not simply beat the other, but to humble... and perhaps even injure... her, are the stakes being set for a match too devastating for pro wrestling?

Both Simone and MsChif have been taken past the limits of their own endurance in matches... they've bled in matches... they've suffered grievously in matches. And yet, both have ever remained loathe to submit a battle, even at risk of severe injury to themselves.

Thus, anyone with even a passing knowledge of these two could easily imagine them being rushed from the Nashville Stadium Inn on Friday the 26th of January on stretchers to the emergency room, EMT's working frantically to aid them. Because one thing is certain: Neither is going to go easily into the good night of defeat, and each is going to push herself beyond the telling to overcome the other.

Which begs the question... should the PGWA cancel this match now? Knowing what could potentially happen, does the organization not have a professional and moral obligation to do whatever it can to avoid what will quite possibly be a calamity?

The answer is: Yes, the PGWA should cancel this match... IF we could be certain that in doing so, we would be avoiding tragedy.

But things have snowballed to the point where it is no longer possible to simply tell both wrestlers to scratch the date from their calendars, and let them have the night off. The war of words which has erupted between them... and believe us, neither woman ever breathes a single word she isn't prepared to back up with violence... makes it crystal clear that Tasha and MsChif will not rest until they have sought satisfaction.

And with that in mind, we can only conclude that putting them in a ring, where at least there will be a referee on hand to keep a nominal degree of control, is the best solution. Otherwise, these two may just decide to settle things in a parking lot or an alleyway, and the end result of such a confrontation could be catastrophic to them both!

We could be wrong. Perhaps the match between these two will be an exercise in earnest civility and rule-abiding, and it will conclude with a respectful handshake between victor and vanquished. Yes, and perhaps the next Category 5 hurricane that slams into the Gulf Coast will produce nothing more than a gentle breeze and a light rain.

No, we can't predict tornadoes and earthquakes yet, but it is with some certainty that we can predict this match will be as brutally ferocious as any ever seen in the PGWA ring!

The Stadium Inn had better check to make sure their disaster insurance is paid in full...


MsChif

Tasha Simone