Post by TheShowJordanRichards on Apr 7, 2016 10:43:12 GMT -5
Madusa Miceli: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the hottest hour on television, Femme Fatales! I'm your hostess, Madusa Miceli. With me are my beautiful co-hostesses, Renee Young and Melissa Santos! Girls, we begin the Bantamweight Tag Team Championship Tournament on today's episode!"
Renee Young: "Yes ma'am, and the first round is going to be off the chain!"
Melissa Santos: "That's right! Thirty of the best teams in the NWA will compete to crown the Bantamweight Tag Team Champions!"
Miceli: "Because there were so many first round matches, we recorded the tournament's first round last night and earlier today. We will be showing clipped highlights of each match. Without further adieu, let's get to it!"
(Commentary between matches will be suspended in this post to conserve space)
Match One ~ 16 "Belleza Escondida"--Sexy Flor & Lluvia vs. 17 Mia Yim & Reby Sky (NWA: UHCW)
This was a fun first match that saw quite a bit a flying around the ring. Yim & Sky picked up the surprise victory after a "Small Package" by Yim on Lluvia.
Winners = Mia Yim & Reby Sky by pinfall in 7:04
Match Two ~ 8 "Joshi Princess"--Rabbit Miu & Syuri (NWA: HAWK) vs. 25 Mandy Leon & "Al Zein" Rima Fakih
The young Japanese upstarts took it to friends Leon & Fakih, who have never teamed before the tournament. It showed. They were overwhelmed by the tandem offense of Miu and Syuri.
Winners = "Joshi Princess" by pinfall in 5:28
Match Three ~ 9 "Glampires"--Paige & Holly Rocamora vs. 24 Yumi Ohka & "Happy Maker" Aoi Kizuki
Paige & Rocamora have really embraced their new "Glampire" personas. They have developed quite the mean streak as of late. Veteran Ohka fireball Kizuki was tough to handle, but came up just short. Ohka had "Bloody EX" locked in on Paige, but Rocamora came off the top with double knees to Ohka's head. Paige recovered and hit "RamPaige" for the win.
Winners = "Glampires" by pinfall in 8:22
Match Four ~ 4 "Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew"--Lacey & Rain (NWA: DFW) vs. 29 Saori Anou & Hiromi Mimura
This was a mis-match. Anou and Mimura are insanely athletic, but are inexperienced. Lacey and Rain were the wily veterans of the match. They double-teamed to perfection, using underhanded tactics along the way when the referee's attention was diverted.
Winners = "Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew" by pinfall in 4:56
Match Five ~ 13 Taeler Hendrix & Brittany Blake (NWA: Stars & Stripes) vs. 20 "Team Bestie"--Trish Stratus & Lita
The new NWA World Women's Champion Taeler Hendrix was right at home in a Femme Fatales ring, considering that she was under contract to the organization a month ago. Stratus and Lita were the most popular team of the night, garnering a huge reaction from the Raleigh crowd. In the end, Stratus hit "Stratusfaction" and Lita nailed the "Litasault" on Blake, but the referee had been knocked down during the sequence. Hendrix threw Lita out of the ring and nailed the "Kiss Goodnight" on Stratus. Blake covered while Hendrix roused the referee.
Winners = Taeler Hendrix & Brittany Blake in 9:38
Match Six ~ 5 "Kimber Bombs"--Kimber Lee & Cherry Bomb (NWA: DFW) vs. 28 Kaho Kobayashi & Korahu Hinata
Kobayashi is one of the brightest Bantamweight stars in the world, and Hinata is a mighty mite. However, "Kimber Bombs" proved that experience and expertise trumps talent alone most of the time.
Winners = "Kimber Bombs" by pinfall in 6:19
Match Seven ~ 12 "Mala Chicas Culo"--"Dark Angel Sarah Stock & Ivelisse vs. 21 "LayCool"--Michelle McCool & Layla El
This was another match involving legends that was a surprisingly hard-hitting affair. McCool and El were amazing, but Stock and Ivelisse were just too vicious in this one. Stock got the submission with "La Reienera" on El.
Winners = "Mala Chicas Culo" by submission in 8:21
Match Eight ~ 15 Sexy Star & AJ Lee* (NWA: Wild West) vs. 18 Vanely & Starfire
The Wild West contingent never showed up at WRAL studios, throwing this match into limbo. The referee prepared to award the contest to Vanely and Starfire via forfeit. Before that could happen, Trainers Lisa Moretti and Torrie Wilson came to ringside. They requested that they be put into the match. Commissioner Yuzuki Aikawa agreed. They were weighed and both made the cut, so the new match was on! Wilson and Moretti were both in their workout gear, but showed no signs of that hampering their ability. It has been quite a while since either had been in a ring for a competitive match, but they exhibited no ring rust. Moretti, at fifty-four years old, was the revelation of the bout. She fought valiantly against her much younger competitors. Ultimately, she was on the receiving end of a "Package Piledriver" from Starfire.
Winners = Vanely & Starfire by pinfall in 7:32
Match Nine ~ 7 "Shin'yū"--Tsukasa Fujimoto & Arisa Nakajima vs. 26 Riho & Moeka Haruhi
This was a classic that took place between four women who all have been in the ring with one another for the Ice Ribbon promotion in Japan. These four ladies are very familiar with each other. The work rate in this one was flawless. In the end, Fujimoto and Nakajima were the more seasoned team.
Winners = "Shin'yū" by pinfall in 9:26
Match Ten ~ 10 "The Dollhouse"--Brooke Adams & Santana Garrett vs. 23 Makoto & Sumire Natsu
This was a hard-fought war between four beautiful women. "The Dollhouse" had the advantage in "big stage" matches, as they represent four World Championships between them. However, Makoto, the reigning Bantamweight Champion, and Natsu, represent the largest team in the tournament (both weigh the class maximum of 132 lbs.). Yet, both are extremely cunning and athletic. Garrett attempted her "Shining Star Press" on Natsu, but was thwarted by an "Arabesque" from Makoto for the pin and surprise upset of the tournament.
Winners = Makoto & Sumire Natsu by pinfall in 8:43
Match Eleven ~ 3 "The Jumonji Sisters"--Sachiko & Chisako vs. 30 "Fifutishēdo"--Mizuho & Remei Asuka with "Mistress" Yingling
The Jumonjis absolutely obliterated Asuka and Mizuho, hitting the "Jumonji Drop" in no time.
Winners = "The Jumonji Sisters" by pinfall in 1:51
"Mistress" Yingling berated and lashed her two charges all the way to the dressing room.
Match Twelve ~ 14 "Joshi Mafia"--Hikaru Shida & Mayu Iwatani with "The Boss" Manami Toyota vs. Misaki Ohata & Maki Narumiya
This match was much more competitive than it would have seemed on paper. Ohata & Narumiya are very decorated competitors in Japan and were a part of the same stable for nearly a year before joining the Bantamweight class full time. They gave Shida and Iwatani all they could handle. Toyota's distraction of Ohata proved to be the difference. She turned around to engage a screaming Toyota and was scooped up into Iwatani's bridging "Snap Dragon Suplex."
Winners = "Joshi Mafia" by pinfall in 6:33
Match Thirteen ~ 6 "Kunoichi Blade"--"Chimei-tekina Hana" Black Lotus & "Kirā Kabuki" Sakura vs. 27 Jaycee 1 & 2
We did not know there was a Jaycee 2 until this match happened. Apparently, there are four different Jaycees who compete separately, but were signed as a singular entity. Because Jaycee signed the contract as her persona, which she has legally trademarked, any four of the group may wrestle on any given day and officially count as one person. It did not matter which two Jaycees teamed in this match. They were mauled by "Kunoichi Blade." Sakura, the former Su Yung, has undergone one of the most drastic metamorphoses in wrestling history. She has become a stone-cold killer whose brutality knows no bounds. She planted Jaycee on the back of her head with a "Ganso Bomb."
Winners = "Kunoichi Blade" by pinfall in 3:57
Match Fourteen ~ 11 "Bullet Club"--Becky Lynch & Jessie McKay with Yellow Barbie vs. 22 Thea Trinidad & Melina
Trinidad and best friend Melina have never teamed together, but entered this tournament and nearly stole one against "The Bullet Club." In actuality, it was "BC" stealing a victory in the most controversial of ways. Melina caught McKay in the "California Dream" and had her tapping out. The problem is that Yellow Barbie, "The Bullet Club's" valet, had referee Summer Rae engaged in an argument. Lynch nailed Melina and Trinidad with a steel chair, allowing McKay to make a cover on Melina.
Winners = "The Bullet Club" by pinfall in 9:44
Miceli: "There you have it, guys! The entire first round, in a nutshell! It was an exciting thing to be a part of! We look forward to broadcasting the second round next week. For Renee Young and Melissa Santos, I'm Madusa Miceli. Keep on rockin' and rollin'!"
The tournament bracket to date is attached.
Bantamweight Tag Team Championship.pdf (131.01 KB)
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