"Femme Fatales" TV Taping Number 53 (Week 105)

Madusa Miceli: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the hottest hour on television, Femme Fatales! I'm your hostess, Madusa Miceli. With me are my co-hostesses, Renee Young and Melissa Santos! Girls, it's a jam-packed hour tonight!"

Renee Young: "Yes, it is! It will be highlighted by a Bantamweight 'Battle Royal' to determine the next challenger to Saori Anou!"

Melissa Santos: "Also on the card will be a showdown between World Champion Kairi Hojo and Kinoshita Momoka for the title!"

Miceli: "All that and much more. But first, we're going to hear from the Heavyweight Champion Charlotte Flair! Let's go to the ring!"

Charlotte's music hit to bring her out, along with the rest of 'The Four Horsewomen.'

Charlotte Flair: "It looks like the old saying is true. The cream really does rise to the top. I've done nothing but win since I've come to this company. I have sent both Alpha Female and Tessa Blanchard packing! I brought in my best friends and we have made the name 'Horsewomen' mean something in this sport! So, am I out here to gloat? Yes! But, I have a little business to tend to as well. I want Dakota Rhodes out here right now!"

Dakota came out defiantly.

Flair: "Let me make on thing perfectly clear. I would have beaten Tessa last week on my own! I didn't need any help from you!"

Dakota Rhodes: "Well, let me make one thing perfectly clear to you. I didn't help you! I helped myself!"

Flair: "What is that supposed to mean?! How did that help you? You were irrelevant before last week and you're still irrelevant this week!"

Rhodes: "I don't think so! First of all, the name Rhodes is royalty in this sport, so I'll never be irrelevant! Secondly, I have not been given a fair opportunity on this program since I graduated the 'Dojo!' I've been on the live event tours my entire career with only a couple of TV matches! I decided to make my own opportunity last week! If I was so irrelevant, why did you call me out?!"

Flair: "To warn you to keep your nose out of my business!"

Rhodes: "Well, you need to be warned! The Rhodes family never liked the Flair family. So, I'm continuing the legacy that my grandpa started when he used to kicked you dad's tail all over the NWA! I challenge you to a Heavyweight Championship match!"

Flair: "Oh really?! Your grandpa used to kick my dad's tail all over the NWA?! I guess that's why he was a three-time World Champion and dad won it twenty times! So, you think you can hang with me?! You're on!"

Rhodes: "Let's do it right now then!"

Flair: "Come on, rookie! Get us a ref out here!"

Miceli: "We've got an impromptu Heavyweight Championship match!"

Match One ~ NWA: Femme Fatales Heavyweight Championship ~ Charlotte Flair vs. Dakota Rhodes

These ladies tore into each other. Charlotte eventually established her dominance and prowess over the lesser experienced Rhodes. About 3/4 of the way through the bout, Dakota's father Dustin Rhodes, who works as a trainer and backstage agent, came to ringside. He was joined by the rest of 'The Four Horsewomen.' eventually, a brawl ensued whereby Mercedes KV, Davina Rose, and Becky Lynch attacked Dustin after he interfered on Dakota's behalf. This led to a melee at ringside and the referee threw the match out.

Winner = no contest in 9:12 (Charlotte retains)

Miceli: "This has become quite the volatile situation, with the Flair and Rhodes families kicking up their rivalry over fifteen years after we last saw it!"

Young: "What a way to start the night!"

Santos: "The fire from both families is still there! They definitely have some unfinished business!"

Miceli: "Fans, we'll take a break and be back for more in just a moment!"

Miceli: "We're back and we're going to go right back to the ring for the Bantamweight 'Battle royal!' Everyone within the Bantamweight limit is invited!"

Match Two ~ Bantamweight "Number One Contender's Battle Royal" ~ Mayu Iwatani, Sumire Natsu, Maya Yukihi, Reika Saiki, Yumi Ohka, Mio Shirai, Jurina Matsui, Shiroma Miru, Mion, Aio Kizuki, Moeka Haruhi, Mika Rotundo, "Cactus Jill" Noelle Foley, "Simply Ravishing" Merissa Rude, "Hotrod" Ariel Piper, "Diamond Doll" Brittany Page, "Canadian Cobra" Bianca Carelli, Alexandra Hart, Babi Apache, Rachael Ellering, "Latina Heat" Sherilyn Guerrero, Whiplash, Megan Benoit, Isabel Lahela, & Abbie Belle Windham

You read that correctly. Aoi Kizuki and Moeka Haruhi, two previously released/traded talents, made their surprise entrances into the match. They are part of a brand new "2nd Chance" initiative by Commissioner Yuzuki Aikawa, who introduced them personally. They both fought valiantly and finished respectfully, though neither won. The final six competitors were Mio Shirai, Sumire Natsu's group "Teikoku (Empire)," and the Bantamweight team of "Enjeruhāto (Angel Heart)" in Matsui Jurina and Shiroma Miru. Mayu Iwatani, the odds on favorite going in, was once again distracted by Women's Champion Io Shirai and was subsequently eliminated by her sister Mio. Maya Yukihi was eliminated in somewhat controversial fashion, as Yumi Ohka, her former partner whom she had eliminated earlier, came back to pull her over the top rope in a crucial moment. This is allowed due to the "no disqualification" nature of a "Battle Royal." The final three were Natsu, Shirai, and Miru. Saiki had eliminated herself to keep Sumire from being tossed seconds prior to this. Shirai and Miru briefly teamed up to dump Natsu. After they high-fived, Shirai showed her true colors by hitting a "Roundhouse Kick" to the back of Miru's head, which made her easy fodder for the final elimination.

Winner and NEW number one contender to the Bantamweight Championship ~ Mio Shirai in a total match time of 20:32

Miceli: "There was so much action in that ring, it was like a twenty-car pile-up!"

Young: "Congratulations to Mio Shirai, who used her veteran cunning to put one over on Shiroma Miru!"

Santos: "The nineteen-year-old is certainly learning who she can trust in this business. Mio Shirai is not one of those people!'

Miceli: "You got that right, sister! We have to take another break. We'll be back with our World Title main event next!"

Miceli: "Fans, we're back! This next match is huge on many levels! Firstly, it represents an NWA Women's World Championship match on our program, which is rare indeed! Secondly, it's purported to be the final match in the feud between Kairi Hojo and 'Shinjikēto!' Let's get to the ring, because it's main event time!"

Match Three ~ NWA World Women's Championship ~ Kairi Hojo vs. Kinoshita Momoka

This was a fight. Hojo abandoned some of her more technical skills in favor of fisticuffs. Momoka obliged. This has turned into a blood feud, with Momoka and her charges bent on destroying the career of Hojo. So far, she has outlasted them. This match would be no different. Momoka actually had the advantage for quite a bit of time, mainly due to Hojo's rage causing her to be overzealous. Hojo mounted her comeback at the end. "Ken'o" came out to interfere, but were thwarted by a huge "Suicide Dive" by Hojo onto them. This almost led to Momoka winning the match, but Hojo narrowly avoided defeat. She ended up hitting the "Sliding D," followed by her vaunted "Flying Elbow Drop" at the thirty-minute mark.

Winner and STILL NWA Women's World Champion = Kairi Hojo by pinfall in 30:08

Miceli: "What a brawl! Kairi Hojo is amazing! She remains the World Champion and she seems to be rid of 'The Syndicate' for good!"

Young: "What an effort by the incomparable Kairi Hojo!"

Santos: "She's the bes there is and she has the title belt to prove it!"

Miceli: "Fans, what an hour we witnessed! Please join us again next Thursday on TNT for more Femme Fatales! For Renee Young and Melissa Santos, I'm Madusa Miceli! Keep on rockin' and rollin'!"