Tegan Nox vs Zatara
Great to see Nox back in action. She looked noticeably happy
to be here, and puts in a decent first round performance. Zatara also looked
decent, liked her early running knee and she does some nasty looking offence to
Nox’s bad knee. Loved the spot where she put Tegan in a leglock on the mat, and
Nox tried for the ropes, gave Zatara a few strikes to the face, then went for
the ropes again, realising she needed to soften Zatara up first. Nox sells the
knee well, and hits a nice looking crossbody. Because Nox was going through,
they let Zatara get a bit of shine with a running knee in the corner, before
Tegan ducks a kick from behind and nails the Shining Wizard for the win. Solid
opener.
Rhea Ripley vs MJ Jenkins
It almost felt surprising to hear that Ripley is only 5ft 8,
as she carries herself much bigger. She beasts Jenkins throughout a lot of
this, hitting a big dropkick to send Jenkins to the floor on an attempted
springboard and really smothering her with an abdominal stretch. Loved her
adding elbows into the ribs too. Jenkins seems to have a lot of charisma and
hits a nice back elbow, but a roundhouse kick is caught for a huge powerbomb by
Ripley for the win.
Lacey Lane vs Vanessa Kraven
Kraven towers over Lane, and this is worked as a fun David
vs Goliath sprint, with Lane hitting these nifty looking kicks to stagger
Kraven. Lane is smart at keeping her distance from Kraven, and though there’s
one early botch on a springboard armdrag, it doesn’t hurt the match too much.
Kraven is hyped as being very agile on commentary, but aside from a nice
cannonball in the corner, she looks a little clumsy in spots. She also throws
some missed punches way over Lane’s head. Kraven misses a second cannonball and
Lane gets a crucifix bomb for the win.
Meiko Satomura vs Killer Kelly
As predicted, Satomura looks great in this, and Kelly
manages to keep up with her and looks excellent in the process. Satomura is so
great offensively that it makes Kelly look super tough to eat some of the kicks
that get dished out, and Kelly isn’t shy about laying in some of her own. The
opening matwork looks really snug – when Satomura has Kelly in a headlock,
Kelly tries to break free with a headscissors, only for Meiko to fight it off.
This means that, when Kelly DOES get the headscissors moments later, it makes
it look earned. Satomura gets a lovely 2nd rope armdrag chained into
a half crab that is just SO fluid a move. Loved Kelly blocking Satomura as she
goes up top, and locking in an awesome Dragon Sleeper into a tree of woe. A
Fisherman’s Suplex on Satomura gets a close two in a really convincing
nearfall, before Meiko escapes a German suplex and hits a Pele, then nails a
Death Valley Driver for the win. Just terrific stuff.
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