Okay, so if you happen to like squishy orange Jello, some badass wrestling moves and girls in scantily-clad outfits, then you have GOT to check out the next showing of an amateur female jello wrestling competition that takes place monthly.

Don Hills Bar was just the lucky place to be on Sunday, 2/11. These Jello champions (the willing female participants) ranged in age from 20’s to 30’s and were from all across the board; some were students studying subjects from dentistry to theatre. Then you had the career women just looking for a great night of fun: a social worker, a live-in nanny, a marketing professional and even a professional flogger-maker (you know- those leather whip-like devices for pleasure/pain/punishment, etc).

So, first the ladies started with a wrestling lesson at 6:30 PM that included some safety tips and then practice, practice, practice of lots of crowd-pleasing fake and real wrestling moves like ‘the hairpull’, the ‘double leg toss’, the ‘hip throw’ and of course the ‘one legged boob pin’. Fun, hip event founder Dana Sterling and Mike the movement instructor stressed the importance of safety.

After the lesson, all the ladies trekked down to the chilly dressing room: BOOM: instantly taken back to the silly and sweet 2nd grade slumber parties of years gone by mixed with good ‘ol college sorority days- these women were amazing! Some dug through the community costume trunk while others brought their own specialty wardrobe from home. They created inventive wrestling names like ‘The Claw’, ‘Sweet Kahlua Spice’, ‘Tiger Lily’ and ‘Acid’ and they created personas with backstories.

So, hesitantly, I donned my snakeskin painted leggings and one red-feathered fishnet glove with matching red-feathered collar (of course) and I jumped into the ring.

I mean, come on- how could I watch this wacky event and not participate, right? Hey, to be honest- I really thought I’d be offended by creepy ogling men and made to feel a little like a dirty sex object, but my initial thoughts couldn’t have been more wrong and further from the truth! The wrestling was an intense workout both physically and mentally, the roar of the crowd put the girls on an ecstatic high and the audience members (both women and men) were all so cool- congratulatory, friendly and NOT at all freakish or yuck, yuck, gross.
I was even quite impressed with the invite, which said, “$7 for boys who come with girls, $15 for single boys (Get it? Bring a girl!)” Oh, by the way it was $3 for women not wrestling and FREE for the wrestlers.

The show started after 8 PM and throughout the evening female beauties were slipping, sliding and body slamming in an inflatable pool of jello while the band ‘Rotten Cherry’ warmed up the crowd and then Maxi Geil! and Playcolt really heated things up. Both bands had a great sound and got the crowd going. Emcee Veronica Vicious kept the crowd entertained with her running commentary on each match. Girl power all the way!!!

Oh and there were some sexy moments involved within the pit of Jello, but it was all in good fun, like when Mistress Anesthesia and Lady Venom ripped off their outer layers to reveal their slinky skivvies. Everybody got into the act- really cheering on their favorite feminist fighter. A good time was definitely had by all.

After the match all the girls felt exhausted, but empowered (like the feeling you get when you watch the ‘Charlie’s Angel’s’ movie- watching fabulous females fighting evil and kicking some badguy ass.) Really makes ya wanna be a Rockstar Fighter Chick and change the world!

Overall: Jello Wrestling was a great adventure, very affordable, souvenir t-shirts available for $10 at the door and I CAN’T WAIT TILL NEXT TIME!