News

Issue Two had the following items:

The W.W.F.F. of the Channel Islands, the supplier of video cassettes of lady wrestling bouts, has ceased trading. Any unfulfilled orders will be returned to their senders. No reason was given for the closure.

HEW's advertisement has appeared in Wrestling Eye. A donation from a reader has paid for three insertions in this magazine. Hopefully this will succeed in getting in some more readers, and some more announcements. Wrestling Eye seems to be read by both men and women, so maybe we'll even get some female personal advertisers.

Eurosport, the satellite TV sports channel with three language sound track, ceased broadcasting wrestling on 21 April. Previous to that date it had been running repeats with the bouts in different order apparently to confuse viewers. On 28 April the programme was replaced with kick boxing, although there was a female bout. That didn't appeal to either Helen or myself as the sole object is to hurt - there is no chance to submit prior to being hurt! Hopefully it may resume broadcasts of wrestling in the autumn. See later on in this issue for further discussion of Eurosport.

Issue Three:

WWFF tapes still available from new suppliers.

The master tapes from the now defunct WWFF of the Channel Islands have been acquired by the WOW, formerly of the Isle of Man. In a press release dated 25 May 1992 they also announced that they have relocated from the Isle of Man to Germany, and now can be contacted at Postfach 1269 6220 Ruedesheim Germany. Orders were delayed during the move, but all the backlog was expected to have been met by the end of May 1992.

Issue four:

Female Wrestling School

A school for female wrestlers has opened at Special Events Promotions PO Box 453 Wilkesboro NC28697 USA. Serious enquiries only are requested from athletic females to start wrestling classes. The classes are described as being tough, challenging, safe, and great exercise. The sport is said to be affordable and adventurous, offering travel opportunities. Training takes from 3 to 6 months of regular work, and students have to be over 18 years of age to enrol. It involves "getting into shape" with jogging, exercising, and weight lifting. Each student has to submit to a medical examination and show that they are in good health. The main area of the course covers how to fall and the various moves of the sport. The course ends with developing a ring style and personality, and the presentation of publicity material, which is sent to promoters to start the student on a wrestling career.

Hazards of Mud Wrestling

A paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association late in January suggested that mud wrestling may be hazardous to health unless the mud is sterile. Students who attended the medical department at the University of Washington in the spring of 1992 complaining of hundreds of red pus-filled spots were found to have taken part in mud wrestling. The mud was made from soil obtained from a garden shop. Amanda Alder, who together with Jeff Altman, wrote the paper told New Scientist (30 January) that she believed the topsoil was contaminated with faecal bacteria, possibly from duck manure. Splinters of wood in the mud may have inoculated the students with the harmful bacteria.

Women were more likely to have the rash on their legs, which lead researchers to believe that shaving the legs may have made them more susceptible to infection via razor nicks. The researchers have named the syndrome dermatitis palaestrae limosae or dermatitis of muddy wrestling.

Issue Five:

More PAL Tapes

L. Scott Sales, Inc, (PO Box 4430 College Point NY 11356 USA) have announced more of their range available in the PAL format, which will play on UK and European televisions. Their enormous selection of videos range from pure sport through mixed wrestling to fantasy catfights etc. The average price is around $60/cassette, PAL versions being $10 more.

WOW offers credit card ordering, fax, and video exchanges

WOW, (World of Wildcats) has moved to Scotland, and is now offering a range of services that will bring wrestling fans into the 20th century. Instead of requiring people to pay cash by registered post or wait a fortnight to clear cheques, payment can be made by credit card. And if that is not enough, you can fax your order as well as telephone it. Shipment is guaranteed within two days.

As well as user friendly ordering, the company is considering offering a service whereby customers can exchange videos they no longer want. Customers would send them unwanted video cassettes (only originals accepted!) and they would value them, and credit customers half this. A condition of acceptance is that the items do not contravene any laws. If anyone is interested in participating in the scheme, then they are invited to write in with a list of what they have to offer in the first instance.

WOW PO Box 736 Edinburgh EH4 6QR. Fax 031-336-4165, (Outside UK replace 031 with 4431)

From issue six:

Cine Research Videos

We received a colour flyer from a company called Cine Research Lab, Inc in the middle of July. It didn't seem to have a lot to do with wrestling, though, being mainly conventional nudity and "over 21" entertainment. (They don't seem to know about the limit being 18, but maybe it isn't in the States.) There was some material for foot fetishists and spanking enthusiasts, and the wrestling material appeared to be nude catfighting style rather than sporting. If you prefer sport style lady wrestling rather than "hard core" then this is one to miss. Also it may be an offence to import some of these videos into the UK, probably the total nudity ones. Ordering is typically rigid for this type of company: no credit cards, checks must be on a US bank and take four weeks to clear, postage is 15% and PAL $10 per video. Video prices seemed comparatively low for cassettes averaging an hour in length. They ranged form $35 to $75, and photo sets were also available from $28 to $35. A check code against each video had the following topics: T - topless, LF - legs and feet, TN total nudity, L- lingerie. [CRL PO Box 460 Carmel NY10512 USA]

Festelle Produces American Catfight Videos Under License.

Festelle's latest catalogue of videos includes some produced under license from American vendors. This means that you can buy American videos from a UK address and in a form suitable for playing on UK VCRs and television sets.

The American videos featured in the catalogue were more of the cat fight variety than sporting, and featured clothed, partially clothed and nude fights from Crystal Video. Some of the videos are made in the United States, and others in different countries using local girls. Also, a video magazine has been introduced, which covers many topics apart from actual bouts. Included are movie scenes of wrestling, boxing and catfighting nostalgia etc. Also in the new catalogue are UK videos, such as Sabine in London which includes the unusual combined strangle hold and body scissors shown on the right. According to the catalogue, the video features many scissor holds in its 60 minutes running time. Sabine, an Austrian, is remarkable for the strength and ferocity with which she applies these holds, and Festelle describes the tape as one of its best for competitive action. If any reader buys this, maybe he could write a review for HEW?

[For prices and further information, please contact Festelle Video, PO Box 267, Windlesham, Surrey GU20 6AY]

Lynx Women's Wrestling Club

We received a flyer for this club on November 1, and its very reasonable �10 annual fee offers a lot: A regular news letter with match reports and readers' letters, a monthly video swap sheet, and video coverage of club events. Also there are regular London based venues for competitive wrestling events, matches with European women wrestlers, private mixed wrestling sessions (by appointment). Lynx also welcomes applications from foreign residents. Cheques or postal orders payable to "C. Anderson" should be sent to Lynx 29 Lansdowne Road South Woodford London E18 2BA.

New Wrestling Video and Magazine Group.

Just as I was about to put this issue in press I received a series of letters from a group of people in the London area who are introducing a new wrestling magazine, club and video production group. The original intention was to produce a 50 page monthly glossy magazine, but this did not materialise, and there were two issues of Submit to Me as sheets stapled in the top left corner. These were initially free to enquirers, and ran to two issues. Next year they will be attempting to set a regular schedule and require �8 for 4 issues (add �5 overseas.) Cash in $ or � and cheques in � payable to A.P. Robson, and send to BCM Box 3531, London WC1N 3XX.

The content of this magazine is different to HEW. Mr Robson is running up the learning curve on desk top publishing and the results are clearly noticeable in issue two as compared to issue one. He is still unsatisfied with the results from his video digitiser and has not published "smudges" as I did. (My excuse is that smudges leave something to the imagination, and imagination can often customise the original!) There are LOTS of video reviews, and in more detail than some of HEW's. There is little about personal experiences and nothing I could find about relationships or personal contacts. Issue 1 did offer advertisements a nominal cost, but there were only two of what would have appeared under "commercial" in HEW. Issue 2 said that there were too few advertisements to print. (One or zero I should think.)

Issue 2 contained an interesting article that revealed how Mr M. S. had to have three visits to his doctor for a cracked sternum, although it didn't say how he explained his injuries to his doctor! If you get the magazine and read the article, you will see that it had something to do with making a video for The Private Collection, and two girls called Susan and Lisa (presumably) not realising the strength of their legs ... Of course this takes the "E" out of HEW - HEW is about the judicious application of strength without injury - the fact that there is enough strength in the female to cripple if she wanted to makes it more erotic, but the trust must be there that she won't injure and knows how far to go. Nevertheless the video will probably be most sort after when it appears, as the knowledge of the strength employed and the results will make it more attractive to viewers. Indeed I have read that there are many men who are turned on by watching female and mixed wrestling who would not participate themselves even with their partners. No information was given in Submit to Me as to when this video will be available, and how much it will cost and where to get it. If any reader does get a copy a review will be appreciated for HEW. I can only hope that Mr M.S. was treated under the NHS otherwise the participants' expenses for the video will make it rather costly!

Videos produced by a newcomer and fellow member of this group were also reviewed. Custom Catfight Club, of Box 4 57, Blackprince Road Lambeth London SE11 6AB have only recently started. Their proprietor sent us a "rawcut" copy of their all their videos for review, so one appears later this issue. The review in Submit to Me of these new videos appears honest and is enthusiastic. Not the very best in terms of subject matter, they say, but of near broadcast quality and certainly much above many other offerings of this genre. The video A Wrestling Amazons is priced at �20 cheque or �15 cash and is of excellent value. They have sent us a number of colour photographs, and we have enclosed them at random to some lucky readers of this issue of HEW. Some are of stills from Wrestling Amazons and others are from the apartment wrestling video.

Also, Mr Robson still plans a glossy magazine, and proposes (provisionally) to call it Violent Femmes. It will be on sale four times a year at five pounds per issue. He says that it will also include personal contact advertisements. Contact him to get on the mailing list for further information. Fiction and art will be included in the publication, which will be up to the standard of any newsstand magazine, (as opposed to a newsletter like HEW or Submit to Me.)

These people are obviously enthusiastic and to be followed, and HEW readers are recommended to contact them and get on their mailing lists. Address: BCM Box 3531, London WC1N 3XX.

Picasso and HEW

Although not strictly heterosexual, an incident from the life of the painter Picasso may interest readers. According to an article in a Sunday newspaper magazine, Picasso had several female companions concurrently. The article says: "On one occasion Marie-Thérèse and Dora met accidentally in his studio, where an angry exchange ensued over which of them had the greater claim to be there. Much to Picasso's enjoyment and titillation Marie-Thérèse asked him to arbitrate, but he replied that they had to fight it out themselves. While Picasso continued to paint Guernica, the humiliated women wrestled - physically - for him."