"Femme Fatales" TV Taping Number 23 (Week 45)

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 partners Renee Young and Melissa Santos! Girls, 'The Bullet Club' is starting to take over! They have the Tag Team Championships, and, now, the Women's Championship after Mio Shirai defeated sister Io last week. That makes Mio a dual champion. After what we saw on Tuesday's Show Time Power Hour with Adam Cole and Maria Kanellis defecting, along with other rumored 'Bullet Club' signings in other territories, it's becoming apparent that the McMahon family's reach is extending across the globe once again. That does not bode well for us."

Renee Young: "All of these defections are mind-boggling. I mean, there are people we never thought, in a million years would join a group like 'The Bullet Club,' and they're jumping in with both feet!"

Melissa Santos: "We have factions breaking up, families being torn apart, and friendships cast aside in the name of money, power, and greed. All I can do is shake my head at this point."

Miceli: "Nevertheless, the fight continues and our roster must band together to defeat this multi-headed monster! Fans, we've got a big episode lined up, so let's get to it!"

Match One ~ Natsumi Maki vs. Miyako Matsumoto

This rematch from last week was requested by both ladies, who are seeking to supplant themselves into the thick of the Bantamweight division. This match had a fifteen-minute time limit, since they went to a ten-minute draw last week. It looked as if we might see a winner this week, but it was not to be.

Winner = time limit draw in 15:00

The "Seven Star Sisters" came in after the match and destroyed both ladies. Misaki Ohata and Hiroyo Matsumoto laid the boots to Natsumi and Miyako until several Bantamweight contenders made the save, including Makoto, who has come back from the knee injury that cost her the Bantamweight Championship to Ohata.

Miceli: A fantastic match, yet again. This time, though, it was marred by the interference of 'Seven Star Sisters.'"

Young: "I think Ohata is trying to systematically eliminate any would-be challengers to her newly won title."

Santos: "She's either running scared or she's a tactical genius by attempting to take out all challengers."

Miceli: "We'll be back with more in just a moment!"

Miceli: "Fans, we're back. Our Commissioners are standing by in the ring with an announcement concerning the Tag team Championship."

Yuzuki Aikawa: "Now that Mio Shirai has won the Women's Championship, it is necessary for her to relinquish her portion of the Tag Team Championship. The competition in NWA: Femme Fatales is such that, no one woman can successfully defend more than one championship at a time."

At that time, "The Bullet Club's" theme song blared over the PA to bring out the entire women's portion of the group, this time with Stephanie McMahon en tow. Stephanie had a microphone.

Stephanie McMahon: "I'm not surprised that you would try to take away what is ours! You'd better not be stripping us of the Tag Team Championship!"

Aikawa: "We contemplated it. But, in the end, we decided that our roster would gain more satisfaction in taking the championship from 'The Bullet Club' inside the ring. Therefore, we are allowing Mio to choose a replacement to defend the championship alongside Mandy Leon."

McMahon: "That's more like it! Give us a moment to confer."

McMahon: "We have decided to give Mio's share of the championship to Black Widow!"

Aikawa: "Congratulations! And, so it is, that Black Widow and Mandy Leon will defend the championship tonight against 'The Apocalypse!'"

McMahon: "What?! We're not prepared for that!"

Aikawa: "Get prepared quickly. That match is next!"

Miceli: "Oh my Lord!"

Young: "Holy Cow!"

Santos: "Ay caramba!"

Match Two ~ NWA: Femme Fatales Tag Team Championship ~ "The Bullet Club"--Black Widow & "Exotic Goddess" Mandy Leon with "Under Boss" Mio Shirai, Stephanie McMahon, & Yellow Barbie vs. "The Apocalypse"--"Death Machine" Jessicka Havok & "Barbed Wire Beauty" LuFisto with "Your Soul's Tormentor" MsChif

This match was not long in the making or long in the ring. Havok and LuFisto went to work without mercy, wailing on both Leon and Black Widow. They had them begging for mercy within seconds. "BC" turned tail and ran away with their belts, taking the countout loss.

Winners = "The Apocalypse" by countout in 2:44 ("The Bullet Club" retains the championship)

Miceli: "Wow! That was quick! And, what a cheap way to keep the titles!"

Young: "'Bullet Club' ran like scalded dogs, as our buddy Jim Ross would say!"

Santos: "They didn't look so tough when a team bigger than they are stood across the ring from them."

"The Apocalypse" stalked "The Bullet Club" after the bell. A cameraman followed them as they stomped around the backstage area, kicking doors open along the way. They were sneak attacked by the entire "BC" group, which allowed the villains to get the advantage. They sent a strong message to "The Apocalypse," as Widow taunted them with her championship belt, exclaiming, "You'll never get these belts from us!"

Miceli: "Let's take a break while we restore order backstage."

Miceli: "Fans, we're back! Io Shirai challenged her sister Mio to a rematch after last week's controversial result, which saw Karl Anderson lay Io out en route to Mio winning the championship. Mio obliged, but would not put the championship on the line. That's our main event, next!"

Match Three ~ "Under Boss" Mio Shirai with Stephanie McMahon & Yellow Barbie vs. Io Shirai with "The Boss" Manami Toyota

The referee was very lenient in this one, as the sisters took the action outside the ring quickly and brawled throughout the arena area. Once back in the ring, both women ignored the rules and gave no mind to the referee's admonishments. Mio won the match after reversing an "O'Connor Roll" and holding onto the ropes for leverage, which was shielded from the referee's view.

Winner = Mio Shirai by pinfall in 19:17

Just after the bell, Io began protesting. Suddenly, a masked woman stormed to the ring and went straight after Io. She beat her from pillar to post. Io eventually escaped the lashing and scampered away from ringside. The woman stood tall in the ring, glaring intently at Io:

Miceli: Who in the heck is that?!"

Young: "And, why did she go straight after Io Shirai?!"

Santos: "I don't know who she was, but she is staring a hole through Io!"

Miceli: "Fans, we've gotta go! Join us next week on TNT for more Femme Fatales! For Renee Young and Melissa Santos, I'm Madusa Miceli! Keep on rockin' and rollin'!"