But for those who were there—the 200 or so fans in that New Jersey warehouse, the ones who smelled the rusted barbed wire and heard the crack of the light tubes— wasn't an end. It was a testament.
Both women were bleeding profusely. Medics hadn't arrived yet. This set the tone. Match 2: The "I Quit" Barbed Wire Ropes Match (LuFisto vs. "The Spoiler" Rain) If you know women’s hardcore wrestling, you know LuFisto. The "First Lady of Hardcore" was the champion going into Last Stand . Her opponent, Rain (aka Peyton Banks in other feds), was playing a masked sadist who had spent six months stalking LuFisto "kayfabe" children in the storylines.
remains the Alamo of hardcore women’s wrestling. They lost the battle (the website died). But the war for respect in violence? They won that long ago. If you have any footage or photographs from this event, digital archivists are actively trying to restore the full card. The history of women's wrestling is full of dark matches—but few burned as bright as the Last Stand. RingDivas.com Last Stand 2007 -Womens Wrestling-
Rain applied a "Reverse Figure Four" while using the barbed wire to choke LuFisto’s nose and mouth. Blood pooled on the mat. LuFisto’s mother was screaming. LuFisto screamed "NO!" three times, but never said "I quit." Instead, she bit through the wire, peeling her own lip flesh off, and headbutted Rain repeatedly until Rain passed out from blood loss. The ref called it for LuFisto.
The match was ugly in the best way. Lee tried to suplex Chevous off the edge, but the chain caught the railing, resulting in a terrifying near-fall that legitimately broke Lee’s nose. Chevous eventually retrieved the knucks, but instead of punching Lee, she used the chain to wrap Lee’s wrist to the scaffold, leaving her dangling. Chevous leaped off the scaffold—chain still attached to her neck—onto a table below. The snap of the chain locking yanked Lee down hard. It was a 1-star match by Tokyo Dome logic, but a 5-star match for raw, terrifying commitment. But for those who were there—the 200 or
The match lasted 22 minutes. It wasn't a spotfest. It was a slow, agonizing pressure. Rain used a "wire grater"—a piece of wire mesh—to file down LuFisto’s back. LuFisto, in turn, used a staple gun to attach a dollar-bill to Rain's forehead (a callback to the company's financial woes).
Rain wasn't trying to win the title. She wanted LuFisto to say "I quit" in front of LuFisto’s own family sitting in the front row (a rare inclusion for RingDivas). Medics hadn't arrived yet
Women’s wrestling didn't evolve in spite of matches like this. It evolved because women were willing to bleed in obscurity so that their successors could main-event stadiums without catching flack for being "too soft" or "too violent."