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Old 27-Aug-20, 22:23
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Default Double Trouble Productions

I am trying to find out more about the early history of Double Trouble productions: Who founded it and why, who were the early wrestlers, what was its relationship with Golden Girls?

This is all I found so far (not much) (its from an older website of theirs)

History of Double Trouble Productions
The illustrious history of Double Trouble Productions, one of the most popular and longest running producers of female wrestling videos in the world, began in 1984 when, Kathleen, the young manager of a company called Body Language, which specialized in unique deliveries (singing telegrams, stripper grams, bellygrams, etc.) throughout the Los Angeles area, decided to embark on a different venture. Many of the young ladies who worked for Body Language then also worked in such popular entertainment clubs as the Tropicana, so a good, friendly working relationship with them had already been established when Spice Williams, who had already carved a considerable name for herself as a wrestler, stunt woman and actress, suggested that a video company specializing in female combat might be a good business. Some of the Body Language girls had already wrestled for other video companies, so there was already a core group of experienced grapplers from which to choose. It was thought this could be great fun, as well as a definite challenge, and thus Double Trouble Productions was born.

However, Kathleen didn't want to go into it without at least understanding what was going to be expected from the girls. Kathleen insisted on taking a crash wrestling course from the great Spice herself and learned all about full nelsons, arm bars, headlocks, body slams, etc. She suffered a few bumps and bruises, but Kathleen got the most important education she could have ever imagined. Even though, unlike most of the female producers in this genre, Kathleen had no intention of ever appearing on camera, she got to fully appreciate what would work and what wouldn't work once the cameras started rolling.

Once Kathleen convinced some of her Body Language girls to join her in this new venture, the next step was to find a ring. Kathleen wanted to give these matches as professional a veneer as possible and didn't want to have the girls wrestle on mats or rugs. Luckily she found a ring that would serve her purposes-- and got an added bonus. It was there that Kathleen met Mark, who would become not only her partner, but also the talented, invaluable, director and cameraman of practically the entire DT video library.

Of course, no one could have predicted how large that library would eventually be, particularly not after that first shoot. Everything just seemed to be go wrong. Even though they had some lovely, athletic talent like Noel, Lynn-Marie, Toni and Lauren in front of the cameras, Mark and Kathleen were so inexperienced, the final production was not what they had hoped for. To cut their losses, all six matches that were recorded were put together as one tape (DT-101).

But, the producers learned a lot from their mistakes and were determined to get it right the next time. And with the welcome addition of such wrestling superstars as Belinda Belle, Renee Vicary, Julie Winchester and even Kathleen's old buddy Spice Williams to the roster, Mark's talent behind the camera and Kathleen's years of experience in marketing, talent management and customer relations, Double Trouble Productions was finally and definitely on its way.

And with every new tape DT kept looking for ways to improve their product. They experimented with lighting, sound and editing. Anything to outdo what they'd produced before. And the company actually started to make money.

While the majority of their early matches were mixes of pro-style ring matches, foxy boxing and catfights, DT Productions quickly began expanding their repertoire to feature just about every conceivable style of female combat, especially after custom matches were offered to their ever-growing client base. From backyard battles to apartment tussles, from boxing bouts (including bare knuckled) to domination derbies, from mixed matches to fantasy fights, from special costuming to total nudity--whatever DT's customers wanted in female combat, it was provided for them at Double Trouble. One example of how involved DT's customers had become to the company's product was when one wonderful client actually commissioned a three-part championship elimination contest (The Superbowl Series) that included Belinda, Shelly, Sandy, Christine and Rochelle. That series sold particularly well.

Some of the customers even provided plots and scripts for their custom matches and these scripted battles have become extremely popular. And while most of DT matches feature fairly straightforward wrestling, boxing and catfighting contests, some of the most popular titles usually contain fantasy elements. The "Private Eye Shelly" stories were some of DT's finest sellers. Shelly even donned boots, cape and leotard in another popular set of videos featuring "Super Shelly".

In fact it was those "Super Shelly" adventures that inspired what would become one of DT's most successful fantasy series to date. The Sisterhood of Superheroines series features many of DT's beautiful girls dressed in colorful costumes and fighting vile villainesses (and the occasional villain) in some great, often campy, adventures. This series is the brainchild of George Pérez, a near-legendary comic book artist and a DT customer since year one who decided one fateful day that he'd like to commission a fantasy match between two super women played by Katrina and Lisa. George loved that first match so much that he just kept commissioning more and more of them, his scripts getting more ambitious and clever with each new entry, eventually going on to direct the series himself.

So, what does the future hold for Double Trouble Productions? Well, as usual DT is constantly thriving to improve the quality of its videos. The advent of digital videography created even more far-reaching possibilities for post-production editing and special effects.

Our exclusive on-line Shopping Cart offers the complete DT library of titles in VHS and DVD formats. Selected titles have also been made available as Downloadable & Streaming Movies. with new titles added to the list frequently. The DT Members Lounge features vidcaps, digital photos and videos clips from existing and upcoming matches, an Athlete Fan Club with interviews and photos, and our Behind the Scenes feature offers movie clips of bloopers and outtakes from recent matches. Additionally, our two specialty websites
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offer many video clips for customers searching for those specialized themes.

Customers can now select VHS or DVD formats and choose from any one of several ordering options for videos: online via our secure shopping cart, or by phone, fax or mail order. And, now, single matches can be purchased for Download or as Streaming Videos directly to a customer's computer for one low price.
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Default Re: Double Trouble Productions

unfortunately neither link worked for me
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Default Re: Double Trouble Productions

The name I have remembered associated with Double Trouble’s early days or founding was Gina Molina. I know nothing further about her or her tenure at D/T.

What’s been interesting to me of that era was how Double Trouble and Golden Girls intersected briefly back in the late 80’s early 90’s . Golden Girls was THE wrestling company in the early to mid 1980’ so everyone was chasing them. I remember when D/T started with those first handful of videos which included Rene Vicary “The California Angel”, the now ancient jobber Julie Winchester, a pretty girl named Noel who was their “Belt Champion” and a lot of filler talent.

Golden Girls by this point had legitimately shot over 100 videos at the time D/T was getting spun up, so the new company started their video numbering system at 100 rather than 1 hoping no one would notice the paucity of their offerings!

The first videos D/T shot were in a rented, rough-looking space, but soon after they aped Golden Girls and acquired their own regulation wrestling ring and studio. A couple of things D/T did differently than GG was black out their studio so the light only fell on the ring which was novel and effective I thought. The other good idea they debuted was putting a roving camera into the ring rather than shoot from outside between the ropes- a terrible mistake many companies were guilty of. D/T did succumb to economizing after only shooting in a professional studio setting for a year or so when they sadly moved the ring into their back yard(!) and shot under uncontrolled natural daylight- never a good idea unless you have Hollywood-level cinematographers and lighting designers. They did not.

As D/T was getting going G.G. was falling apart from within. Roselyn Royce aka “Goldie” (the talent recruiter) and her husband Fred Hartz (the technical talent) got divorced. Many of the stars of G.G. like Rene Vicary and Belinda Belle started showing up at D/T for a few matches before they moved on (Renee to nightclub ownership, Belinda to eventually found her own company- Steel Kittens). In a very strange move G.G. and D/T actually cooperated on a few videos released under the title “Double Gold” (clever yea?).

Soon after G.G. ended and Double Trouble took off as the McDonalds of California sexy wrestling. They were efficient, churned out matches for the next 30+ years and even tried new things now and again. It would have been interesting to have seen how things would have turned out had Golden Girls stayed in business. Would both companies have survived? They offered almost identical products; would it have forced one company to innovate faster or move into a different sub-fetish? Who knows.

You have to give credit to D/T to have survived over 30 years. All their contemporaries have long ceased creating new material and only exist as ghost ships quietly selling videos shot decades ago: Joan Wise, Triumph Studios, Video Sports Ltd, Premier Productions, Napoli. Sad how the mighty have died along with many of the original owners. But even long-lived D/T is showing signs of calcification. Many of their veterans are in their mid-to-late 50’s or older! Far be it from me to be ageist but…. new, younger talent is badly needed there. D/T certainly depends on a small circuit of fetish models and could use an injection of fresh figures. But that takes time and work to find that new talent, even in southern California. Habit is a hard habit to break.

I’ve seen many D/T matches over the decades. They’ve had some really lovely women work for them, but of all their videos I can only remember a few seconds from perhaps less than 5 that were exciting to me. One characteristic they sadly shared with Golden Girls was they didn’t invest time or energy into training. A collection of lazy cat fight troupes (hair pulling, belly punching, stomping etc) was about all they expected or required from their models. It’s a formula that has obviously worked for them, but it doesn’t interest me very much.

To get the behind the scenes story of Double Trouble you’d need to track down a super-fan of theirs who goes by the name “STJ” or Simon the Jester. He spent a lot of time (and doubtlessly money) around the D/T lot during the 1990’s. If he’s still alive, he’d be the person to offer an eye witness account of that company and perhaps a good portion of the Southern California scene.

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Default Re: Double Trouble Productions

Excellent and informative post.

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The other good idea they debuted was putting a roving camera into the ring rather than shoot from outside between the ropes- a terrible mistake many companies were guilty of.
Damn right is was a terrible mistake.

There are companies that ruined there entire video libraries by shooting them in this lazy manner.

Also in agreement with the lack of training. A couple of girls, no matter how hot they are just rolling around pulling each others hair gets boring real fast.
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Default Re: Double Trouble Productions

Well said. Agree with both of you.
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