Deonna Purrazzo vs Priscilla Kelly
This is the best match of the episode, thought it put over
Deonna well whilst still letting Kelly stand out. Purrazzo bamboozles Kelly early
on, throwing in a few WoS spots to confuse her, before Kelly takes over with a
big boot. Really liked Kelly’s Dragon Sleeper, she really worked the hold to
make it look like an attempt at a submission. There’s a slightly shaky bump for
a phantom hiptoss, but this is good stuff on the whole. Loved the ending, as
Purrazzo snaps her down with a quick Side Russian Legsweep and quickly chains
to a Fujiwara armbar for the tap.
Zeuxis vs Aerial Monroe
This felt like the two weren’t really on the same page. The
opening seems especially awkward, with nothing looking like it was really
connecting. I liked Zeuxis really heeling it up by responding to Monroe’s angry
“Don’t touch the hair” by almost exclusively doing hair-based offence. Hair
throws across the ring, an abdominal stretch where she grabs the hair, just
hilariously dickish. She also locks in a Camel Clutch where she just rips at
Monroe’s face. A Zeuxis roll up looks really ungraceful before Monroe comes
back with a sliding flatliner and some nice strikes in the corner, but Zeuxis
hurls her to the top rope on a corner charge and hits a Spanish Fly for the
win. Zeuxis’ heeling was the best thing about this match, a lot of sloppy
offence.
Reina Gonzalez vs Kacy Catanzaro
Really big size difference here, with Gonzalez being billed
as 1 foot and 100lbs bigger. Thought some of Gonzalez’s power offence was
really good here, loved her spinning Catanzaro round in a front facelock and she
hit a few big slams along the way. Also loved her really flattening Catanzaro
with a big elbow. Catanzaro is obviously a tremendous athlete and showed a lot
of potential, but she was also very green in places. Her kicks looked a bit
milky and her offence looked unconvincing at times. Needed to lay it in a bit
more, but the potential is obvious. Great visual with Gonzalez bending
Catanzaro over her knee with a backbreaker, made Gonzalez look like a monster.
Kacy gets the win after a neat springboard dropkick (going from the apron to
the second rope inside the ring in one move) and a victory roll.
Ashley Rayne vs Mercedes Martinez
This was the biggest disappointment to me as I like both
women, and thought this had the potential to be a good bout, but it was pretty
underwhelming. They work it pretty evenly until Martinez absolutely plants
Rayne with a cradle driver in what should absolutely have been the match
finish. Rayne is back on offence not long after that, which really undersells
the move. Martinez reverses a Rayne tornado DDT to a long delayed vertical
suplex, but she tries another straight away and Rayne casually slips out, so I guess
it didn’t hurt too much. Rayne’s offence didn’t look particularly convincing at
first, but she starts to sink it in more as the match progresses. Martinez’s
offence on the other hand looks good throughout, and she just plants Rayne with
a spinebuster. We get a few more clunky looking moves and reversals before
Martinez finally hits a Fisherman Buster for the win.
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