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Link: http://wrestlicious.com
"Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart is pitching a new Ladies Wrestling show that I have to say actually looks pretty darn awesome, even if its name 'Wrestlicious' is a little corny. Perhaps though corny is exactly the point, as I'm sure the similaries to the 80's Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) are no accident. Instead of the WWE's trashy cookie-cutter "Divas" Wrestlicious has Malibu McKenzie the surfer babe, Draculetta the lady vampire and drill sergeant Boot Camp Baily. Will this show ever get picked up by a major TV network? If it does, will it last more than a few episodes? Sadly, I kind of doubt it, but I sincerely hope that I am wrong. Surely there's some space on dial weekend afternoons or late at night between informercials for Mr. T's Flavor Wave and The Snuggie. Let's hope Jimmy Hart and his bevy of wrestling beauties succeed in returning ladies pro-wrestling to its former glory.
Update: I've replaced the original video with a longer version, containing an extended version of the rap number, and a weird gameshow segment featuring some 80's wrestling legends. Also, it appears that a number of the characters the video introduced have since been re-cast. From Rajah.com...
As seen in the Wrestlicious video, there is a vampire character by the name of Draculeta. In a correction from an earlier report, the girl portraying the character in the rap video is not former Ohio Valley Wrestling women's wrestler Roni Jonah. Rather, it is actually one of a few actresses cast in the character roles before the female wrestlers were hired for the initial Wrestlicious taping. Some of characters shown in the rap video were later "re-cast" when it came time to shoot the wrestling portions of the show, such as Draculeta. The Draculeta character was actually portrayed by Daffney (a.k.a. "The Governor") at the wrestling taping. You can see the TNA performer sitting in a coffin at the 1:27 minute mark in the video.
In another casting note, the voodoo character White Magic was portrayed by former Ring of Honor performer Lacey at the taping. The person in the rap video was an actress.