Zoey Skye Enters ECWA Super 8 Chickfight
The all-women’s one-night tournament comes to Delaware on March 16.
The Wrestling Estate has learned the next name slated for this year’s ECWA Super 8 Chickfight Tournament.
Zoey Skye is scheduled for the one-night tournament on March 16 at the Asbury United Methodist Church in New Castle, Delaware.
A 12-year veteran of the squared circle, Skye (also known as Dust and Angel Dust in various promotions) has been dominating the independent scene since well before the women’s revolution. A highly decorated competitor, she currently holds the Heart of SHIMMER Championship, Pro Wrestling Rampage Women’s Championship and the Guardians of RISE Championship with Raven’s Ash as part of Paradise Lost.
She was also ranked #56 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Women’s 100 for 2018, higher than notable names such as Rhea Ripley, Tenille Dashwood, Mandy Rose and Kiera Hogan.
“I’m definitely grateful for everybody who has given me a chance and for how far I’ve gotten,” Skye told Team LeftJab Radio last June. “I don’t consider myself a vet. I’m just like everybody else. I want to learn, I want to get better and I want to progress. I want to keep doing what I’m doing.”
Meet Dust, aka @zoeyskyepro. First ever Phoenix of RISE, currently 1/2 of The Guardians of RISE and Heart of @SHIMMERwomen. Hard work, determination and a humble, open mind in our first seminar landed her permanent jobs with both companies. https://t.co/slFfCHVl00 pic.twitter.com/1xWKOdrgq1
— RISE Wrestling (@RISEdtwa) January 3, 2019
The Wrestling Estate previously reported that Impact Wrestling superstar Scarlett Bordeaux, Gemma Cross and Leyla Hirsch are scheduled for the ECWA Super 8 Chickfight.
Cross is a familiar face to ECWA fans, having recently challenged Women’s Champion Miss Jasmine and Sammi Pandora in a triple threat at ECWA Toys For Tots in December. Meanwhile, Hirsch brings an international flavor to the tournament, hailing from Moscow, Russia. Her amateur wrestling background has made her a lethal weapon in CZW over the past year.
Other participants already announced are Missouri native Quinn McKay – an ex-Roller Derby competitor who hones her wrestling craft in Illinois-based AAW – and Women of Honor standout Gabby Ortiz, a Philly product of the Monster Factory and Ring of Honor Dojo. In 2017, Ortiz was the subject of a Philly.com profile piece that covered her balance as Mayor Jim Kenney’s receptionist by day, and pro wrestling starlet by night.
After laying dormant in 2018, the ECWA Super 8 Chickfight returns for its fifth year, finding a new home in Delaware. Similar to its male counterpart – the 23rd annual men’s Super 8 takes place April 20 – this tournament has become a launching pad for undiscovered, up-and-coming talents to get noticed throughout the industry.
Look no further than the three previous tournament winners: Impact Wrestling and Women of Wrestling star Tessa Blanchard was the inaugural winner in 2014, followed by current NXT signee Deonna Purrazzo winning back-to-back the next two years and then Karen Q, who competed in the second Mae Young Classic, took home the trophy in 2017.
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