Quiet Elegant Wrestling Legend, Germany’s Susanne, DWW, TPC, Festelle

January 25, 2024,

You need to move on from the past.

Have you heard that expression?

We suspect, the more things are not going well for you, the more you will hear that.

Bad memories.

Traumatic memories.

Yes, try and receive therapy, emotional assistance or perform self-reflection with an eye to closure.

We understand all of the above.

On the other hand, there are some memories, especially incredibly good ones, that we desire to keep re-living over and over. Why not escape into a beautiful fantasy realm in an increasingly harsh world?

We all need some relief.

The legendary female submission wrestler, Susanne of Germany, is a wonderful memory that keeps giving.

We re-visit what a Femcompetitor Magazine writer had to say about her, back in October of 2014.

APPRECIATING DWW’s SUSANNE

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DWW’s Susanne exhibited an adventurous spirit that begs to be imitated and admired.

Projecting a keen sense of adventure, the German wrestler Susanne who was prominent on the fully competitive submission wrestling scene in the late 1990’s and early 2000 decade traveled extensively in search of her next wrestling conquest.

Looking back on her lengthy, varied and widely respected wrestling career, Susanne fit a nomadic profile as she seemed to have no allegiance to one wrestling company but created friendships with many.

The German princess had an unusual erotic appeal in that she was very feminine and exhibited a softer physique as opposed to the firm muscle toned body builder look. Her voice was very soft and her spirit, even when in intense competition, respectful and cooperative.

Sometimes when she spoke, you could barely hear her. I was constantly replaying and turning up the volume to find out what she said. I must admit it was a turn on.

Initially I perceived she was one more in a long line of effective DWW maidens since she seemed to spend so much time there. Some of that no doubt was based upon the first time I watched her wrestle inside an enclosed room against a much younger wrestler and I was a little taken aback by how thin she was.

If you’ve had the chance to see her compete when her matches were close she tends to engage in an extensive ground struggle favoring grapevines, body scissors, head locks and the tendency to sit on her foe when she has the upper hand.

Having said that, her matches can often be described as a tale of two cities.

When Susanne is in control, her high skill level is very apparent. She tends to take a very patient approach in carefully maneuvering and imposing herself to wear her opponent down. She loves to try and trap you in her head and leg scissors until there is no room for escape.

Her resume includes some well-known names like DWW’s Melanie and Clara along with European stars Puma, Jana, Jitka, Ann, Romana and the Belgian champion Nadege. She takes on all comers including those newer to the game in Nicole and Joanna.

It was when Susanne traveled to the colonies that things unfolded in an unexpected way.

She would wrestle at a South Florida club, associated with TPC, and meet an American named Toni who seemed to wrestle in the north east but certainly was not a national household name. Given her DWW experience and skill level I expected Susanne to win easily but once the match started I was a little puzzled why it was taking so long for her to get the match under control?

The two girls continued to circle each other and attempted to gain control in the standing position but to no avail. Finally TPC’s stalwart Rose, in her role as a referee, requested that they engage while on their knees. That’s when Toni slowly began to take control, and once she did, began to completely dominate Susanne scoring one submission after another including a very erotic one with Susanne pinned on her back and Toni controlling her extended leg and then releasing it almost with an air of disdain.

After facing Toni, Susanne’s troubles were not over as she would soon face another American named Lee Ann with even worst results. I remember when I watched this match years ago I was so stunned that it stayed lodged in my memory for some time.

It’s odd. I know this should be a highlight reel of Susanne’s greatest matches but because of her slow grinding style, even when she won at times, while it was always interesting and erotic, still admittedly in some ways fairly hard to remember.

It was her few loses that tend to standout because they were so lopsided. As the matches progressed, Susanne became even more feminine and seemed to resign herself to being dominated often clutching her conqueror in a caressing manner.

When DWW produced a seniors vs juniors event, Susanne drew another tall maiden in youthful Clara. Once again, the match started slowly but as it began to flow, Clara began to completely woman handle her. In the words of the DWW leaders, “The last match, not in the series, was a private match between experienced German Susanne and DWW’s Clara. Both girls are very slim in the bust, and quite strong. Although Susanne is very experienced and had clearly won all her recent matches when she appearing for other producers (apparently they missed her two South Florida maulings), she finds that the level of wrestling skill demanded at DWW is much higher. Clara shows no pity or respect for the older German woman and crushes her with some great head scissors!”

Sounds very erotic.

In fact, virtually all of Susanne’s matches were slow moving, sexy and erotic.

Besides DWW, Susanne spent quite some time wrestling for TPC, a legendary company with ties both in America and England.

So, some memories are worth re-living over and over. There certainly is no rule against. It can be wonderful self therapy.

Just don’t stay stuck there. It is a temporary visit.

But move on?

In the case of the legendary glorious German female submission wrestler Susanne?