The winner: Ms. Fire!

The winner of D/CLAW's seventh match up is Ms. Fire!
She took down both Bocce Balboa and The Ohio Hacksaw before moving on to the final round against fellow firefighter The East End Eliminator.



But firewoman against firewoman, Ms. Fire took the match.



Overall the night was a great success, with D/CLAWs great fans helping us to raise close to $3,500 for the DC Firefighters Burn Foundation.
Thanks again to our eight fantastic lady arm wrestlers and our fans. We can't do it without you!



And also a big thank you to our sponsors who provided prizes for the fans who bet the most money on the winning wrestler each round. They are: Rock Bottom Brewery, Fire Station 1 Restaurant, the Tilted Torch, and of course The American Legion Post 8.

Meet the Wrestlers: The East End Eliminator

This DC firefighter is bringing the heat in honor of D/CLAW's charity of the evening. Wrestling on behalf of the DC Firefighters Burn Foundation is Eboni, the East End Eliminator.

Meet the Wrestlers: Ms. Fire

As part of her firehouse duties, Ms. Fire enjoys demonstrating to the fine citizens of Arlington the dangers of sticking forks in outlets and lighting farts on fire. However at home she spends her time clogging, raising goats, and making homemade wine with the one man that stokes her fire, Captain Kindle. After retirement, she hopes to one day score a gig as a fire eater in a sideshow circus.

Meet the Wrestlers: Slamcakes N'Chowda

Slamcakes N'Chowda was discovered as a baby swaddled in a fishing net along the shore of the village of Galilee, Rhode Island. She was raised by a local fish monger, and grew to be the toughest clam digger on the East Coast, wielding her clam hoe like a machete and kicking serious beach bum. She eats from the ocean, mostly raw quahogs and barnacles, and is the only human being in the world who can drink exclusively ocean water. She sleeps on the rocks, bathes in the sand, and feels sexiest when sporting a sandy pair of hip waders and a good sun burn. But make no mistake, Slamcakes is wicked strong.

Meet the Wrestlers: Ragin' Regan

Once an ambitious college student and former sorority sister, Regan's life took a dramatic turn after a drunken fall down Georgetown's exorcist steps. Shortly after the fall, she began to experience paranormal occurrences and super natural powers. After choking her college roommate to death, Regan was sent to St. Elizabeth’s psych ward. With no medical explanation, doctors determined that Regan had been possessed by the devil. After several unsuccessful exorcisms, Ragin' Regan was born. Ragin' Regan uses her demonic powers and unusually strength to threaten and taunt her opponents both physically and verbally!

Next Match March 10

Save the date lady arm wrestling fans. D/CLAW's next match is scheduled for March 10 at the Capitol Hill American Legion.
We're still drawing up a roster for the event, but expect a few crowd favorites as well as new ladies ready to make their arm wrestling debuts.

Relive the night

Big thanks to both Brightest Young Things and Metromix for braving the wilds of a D/CLAW bout to document the ever fierce DC Lady Arm Wrestlers in action.
Whether you want to relive Saturday's antics or catch up on what you missed, be sure to check out the photos posted on both sites.
And if you missed D/CLAW in action, stay tuned for more info on upcoming events, including our post-holiday party January 14 and next match March 10.

Kentucky Dirty takes home the Golden Bicep

Kentucky Dirty wins the race... er, match!
Power housing through her first two bouts against CoCo the Killer Clown and The Ohio Hacksaw, The Kentucky Dirty didn't even break a sweat!
In the finals, she kept up the stride as she went head to head with Boudica, eventually putting her to the axe as well.





Congratulations Kentucky Dirty! We'll see you again at the D/CLAW championships in June, when the winners of all our prior matches come back to duke it out once more to determine who D/CLAW will send to the Collective of Lady Arm Wrestlers championship over the summer.

But what about the other winner of the night? That's right, the biggest winner from last night's match was the American Legion, Post 8. Through last night's betting and door fees, D/CLAW collected more than $5,000 for the legion.

Meet the Wrestlers: Bo Shemoth

A direct descent of the ancient British warrior (a fierce DCLAW competitor) Queen Boudica and fathered by a Jotunn, Bo Shemoth’s veins run green with superhuman power and a strong thread of insanity. Bo Shemoth’s insatiable appetite for conquest makes her a formidable opponent when she can be coaxed back to reality and forced to the wrestling table. Some say her strength is imbued in her hair; they are wrong. Others say it’s the Spider Venom she drinks; wrong again. She’s just mad.
If by chance Bo Shemoth squares off against her mother Boudica at the DCLAW match Dec. 3, watch out. It'll be a fearsome brawl.

Meet the Wrestlers: Capitol Punishment

Capitol Punishment is a former cop turned vigilante bounty hunter. Kicked off the force after receiving one to many complaints about using excessive force, she puts her unique training to use to bring bad boys & girls to justice.
Known to bend the law until it cries "Uncle," Capitol Punishment always gets the job done. She's considered armed & dangerous folks, so wrestlers pitted against her on Dec. 3 better pray that they're never at her mercy... she has none.

Meet the Wrestlers: CoCo the Killer Clown

Coco the Killer Clown was born in a Pennsylvania Carny village to a freakshow mother and a trapeze father. At an early age she had a penchant for comedy and clowns but after being fired from a cannon by a malicious midget and regaining consciousness in the House of Horrors she turned mercurial. She wants badly to become a happy clown but a dark side weighs her down.
See which clown triumphs on Dec. 3, the good or the evil.

Meet the Wrestlers: Kentucky Dirty

Ravaged with gambling debt and disgraced from her family’s good name, The Kentucky Dirty had to abandon her debutant lifestyle at the racetracks and pick up some side work of more nefarious means. Whereas a few short years ago she could be found in the Grandstand sipping mint juleps and wearing the latest Southern fashions with the likes of DCLAW champion Scarlett O'Scara, now she spends her nights in honky tonks betting Simulcast with dirty lotto cards and sipping bad whiskey.
Pay attention to where Kentucky places her bets Dec. 3, as she's been known to rig a match or two in her day.

Meet the Wresters: Ms. T. Dynamite

Ms. T. Dynamite was born in a coal fire to the family of blacksmiths and grease monkeys. She was molded in iron , tweaked by MOPAR and then covered in trees branches by her my mother to keep her soft. Growing up, she pounded hot iron, held lamps over engines in sub-zero temperatures and trained to work on her fire power. Tools and gunpowder are her talent. Don't be surprised by her soft demeanor and tiny size on Dec. 3. The most powerful Dynamite often comes in the smallest packages!

Meet the Wrestlers: Jillotine

How will Madame Jillotine punish the competition on Dec. 3? It will be quick - but it will not be painless. She has perfected an execution style arm-wrestling technique made popular during the French Revolution. All who challenge her are sentenced to an armful of vengeance. Spectators delight in her mercilessness. Be prepared for the Reign of Terror and take heed of the Madame's decree, "Off with their arms!"

Meet the Wrestlers: Ohio Hacksaw

The illegitimate daughter of Jim Duggan and a lump of molten steel, The Ohio Hacksaw was sent down a river in a basket and raised by a clan of giant beavers along the banks of the Tuscarawas. The beaver clan helped the Hacksaw hone her innate ability to destroy. Now, her primal training over, and she is compelled to bring her skills to humankind. She is driven by a need to compete and a consumption born of her early abandonment, or maybe just a beaver's urge to hack everything. She’s had Ohio, and it was good, but now she desires more.
On Dec. 3, she's bringing the Ohio to our nation’s capital and tearing it apart.

Meet the Wrestlers: Boudica

Boudica was a fierce warrior who killed tens of thousands of Roman soldiers to save her tribal land, Iceni in Southern Britain. In 60AD, the Romans were pillaging Britain. After her husband Prasutagus died, Nero baulked at a Queen leading the Iceni tribal land and showed force by flogging her and raping her daughters. Boudica vowed revenge and led the Iceni people and other native tribes into multiple victories over the Romans. Boudica means victorious and on Dec. 3, that's exactly what she intends to be!

DCLAW meet up Nov. 10

Have you been to a DCLAW match and been wowed by the biceps on those gals? Would you like to learn more about DC's league of Lady Arm Wrestlers? Even wrestle yourself?
Then stop by DCLAW's happy hour at Solly's on Thursday.
DCLAW's current cast of characters will be meeting to discuss some of our past bouts and brainstorming new ideas for future events. So if you've felt the arm wrestling bug biting you but haven't acted on it yet, be sure to stop by and introduce yourself.
There may even be impromptu wrestling as we get geared up for our next bout, Dec. 3.

The deets:
What: DCLAW meet up
When: Thursday, November 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Solly's U Street Tavern
11th and U Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
Why: Cause it's fun!

Meet the Wrestlers: Long Arm of the Law

Born in the Wild Wild West, The Long Arm of the Law is a stickler for the straight and narrow and is willing to throw down to show just how law-abiding she is.  She has come to the East Coast to bring some law and order to DCLAW and she thinks the golden bicep will look mighty pretty next to her shiny silver sheriff’s badge.

Next DCLAW match is Oct. 22

Our next DCLAW match will be a little different than previous events. This time we're partnering with non-profit Community Forklift at their warehouse for the show.
We'll still have 8 lady arm wrestlers battling for the Golden Bicep award, but in addition to the prizes you can win by betting the most money on the winning wrestler in each round, you can also bet on prizes in a silent auction.

Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door, and $25 for premier seating. Click here to buy tickets in advance.

Media clips!

Lady arm wrestlers love attention, if you couldn't tell.
We got two mentions after our last bout in June.
The first clip from NBC Washington is a photo sideshow of our wrestlers in action.

And the second is an interview with DCLAW founders Holly Rothrock aka Holly Go Fightly and Ann Marie Allison aka Scarlett O'Scara.