Masha Slamovich Reveals When She Became A Fan Of Deathmatches

Masha Slamovich’s mother does not enjoy deathmatches as much as she does.

During an appearance on Callihan Uncensored, the IMPACT star discussed a number of topics, including her love for wrestling and when she knew she wanted to pursue it as a career.

“I watched wrestling for the first time and I was like, ‘Man I think this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.’ It felt like it suited me. I was like, ‘Man, I can get paid to fight, that sounds fucking great,’ because that’s all I ever want to do,” Slamovich said.

IMPACT signed Slamovich in September 2021, but that hasn’t prevented her from making a name for herself on the deathmatch scene with promotions such as GCW and REVOLVER. Masha revealed that a CZW match between Sami Callihan and Danny Havoc is what first attracted her to the style of match.

“Well, funny you should ask, because there were two moments that I specifically remember and attribute to really getting into deathmatch. The first one being, you know, I was like looking up stuff on YouTube about ECW, and I stumbled upon CZW. A click or two later and I saw you wrestling Danny Havoc. I saw that match and I was like, ‘Man, this shit seems fun as hell.’ I was like, ‘Yo, Mom, come look at this. I’m gonna do this when I’m older,’ and she hated the idea. But that definitely was like the moment where I was like, ‘Hell yeah, I want to do this,'” she said.

Slamovich would conclude by recounting her first time being up close to a deathmatch, saying that she knew right away that this was something she wanted to do.

“When I first experienced being up close to a deathmatch was when Jun Kasai wrestled Kaho Kobayashi for her 21st birthday in Japan in July or August of 2016. I was seconding by the ring, trying to protect the fans from all the flying glass and stuff. There’s just some kind of special feeling in the air in deathmatch and just being around and I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m gonna do this.’ I remember folding up the glass, trying to get it out of the building and, mind you of course, I was terribly unprepared as I usually am. So I’m wearing flip flops and cut off fucking jeans and have gloves like duct taped to my hands. And I was like, ‘This is definitely what I’m gonna be involved in later on in my life.,” she said.

After holding the belt for nearly three months, Slamovich recently lost the GCW Championship to Blake Christian at GCW Cage of Survival 2. Click here to learn more.

Slamovich competed at the latest IMPACT PPV, defeating Killer Kelly in a Dog Collar match. You can view the complete results from Against All Odds by clicking here.

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