ChickFight was a

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based in

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History

ChickFight originally began as an eight-woman tournament with the first one taking place on October 29, 2004, in Hayward, California as part of

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's ''Halloween Hell'' weekend. In 2006, ChickFight moved to

and ran regularly at the

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in San Francisco's

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district. In 2007, the tournament was moved to

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. The promotion closed in 2008.

Events

ChickFight I

*Date: October 29, 2004 *Location: APW Garage in Hayward, California

ChickFight II

*Date: May 13, 2005 *Location: APW Garage in Hayward, California

ChickFight III

*Date: October 29, 2005 *Location: APW Garage in Hayward, California

ChickFight IV

*Date: April 15, 2006 *Location:

ChickFight V

*Date: June 24, 2006 *Location: Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco, California

ChickFight VI

*Date: September 1, 2006 *Location: Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco, California

ChickFight VII: The UK vs The USA

*Date: January 14, 2007 *Location: The Marina Centre in Great Yarmouth,

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Non-Tournament Match *Destiny and Kharisma defeated The Norfolk Dolls ( Britani and Melodi)

ChickFight VIII

*Date: April 22, 2007 *Location: Liquid Nightclub in

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Non-Tournament Matches *

Cheerleader Melissa Melissa Anderson (born August 17, 1982) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Cheerleader Melissa. She is best known for her work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where she worked as Alissa Flash and Raisha Saeed. ...

defeated "The Jezebel" Eden Black by knockout to become the first Trans-Atlantic Women's champion *Pandora defeated Bubbles *Cheerleader Melissa defeated

Wesna Wesna Busic (born June 26, 1983), better known by her ring name Wesna, is a Croatian German professional wrestler She mostly wrestled in Germany, but also over all of Europe as well as in Japan and America. Despite being a female, she often wr ...

to retain the Trans-Atlantic Women's Championship

ChickFight IX: Our Final Chance

*Date: June 17, 2007 *Location: Orpington Halls in

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1. Kong received a bye after her scheduled opponent,

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, could not compete due to injury.
2. Match ended when

attacked both wrestlers, neither advanced. Non-Tournament Match *Wesna drew with Cheerleader Melissa (45:00), Wesna retains the RQW Women's Championship

ChickFight IX.5

*Date: August 26, 2007 *Location: The Suncastle in

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Episode 1 The first match was declared a no contest after Cheerleader Melissa attacked both Jade and Blue Nikita.
The RQW Women's Championship match ended in disqualification when Jetta made it appear as if Eden Black had used a weapon leading to a grudge match. Episode 2

ChickFight X

*Date: May 4, 2008 *Location: The Caribbean Centre in

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, Suffolk Episode 1 Episode 2 Jetta was disqualified when Wesna interfered in the match, preventing Cheerleader Melissa from applying the Kudo Driver.

ChickFight XI

*Date: August 3, 2008 *Location: The Caribbean Centre in Ipswich, Suffolk Episode 1 Episode 2

ECWA Super 8 ChickFight XII Tournament

ECWA 2nd Annual Super 8 ChickFight XIII Tournament

Shimmer Women Athletes Volume 71 ChickFight XIV Tournament

Trans-Atlantic Championship

After the promotion moved to the UK whilst still retaining many North American wrestlers, the company entered into an agreement with Real Quality Wrestling and created a suitably titled Trans-Atlantic Champion to be defended. However, after nine months of inactivity the title was retired on January 22, 2008.

References

External links

ChickFight WebsiteChickfight Pictures from the UKChickFight 7 Photos
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