"Femme Fatales" TV Taping Number 96 (Week 191)

Madusa Miceli: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the hottest hour on television, Femme Fatales! I'm your hostess, Madusa! With me are Renee Young and Melissa Santos! Home girls, we have a huge episode tonight!"

Renee Young: "Yes, we do! Duce, our main event will pit the Tag Team Champions 'Fly Kicks" against Women's Champion Ronda Rousey and Television Champion Shayna Baszler!"

Melissa Santos: "That should be fantastic! After Baszler defeated Dakota Kai last week, I'm sure she's looking for a measure of revenge!"

Miceli: "You said it! Also on the program, we'll see members of 'The Hive' take on 'Team Crazy Cute!' And, by mandate of Octopus Suda and Shiroma Miru, Miracle Shizuka will battle Jurina Matsui in an effort to redeem herself for the title loss last week! In fact, that match is up first! Let's go to the ring!"

Match One ~ Jurina Matsui vs. Miracle Shizuka with Octopus Suda

Suda spent the entire match shouting instructions at Shizuka, to the point that she really was a distraction. Matsui was able to capitalize in several sequences. Eventually, she hit "Destino" near the ropes. As the referee counted, Shizuka draped her foot across the bottom rope. Before the referee noticed it, Suda inexplicably threw it off to complete the three-count.

Winner = Jurina Matsui by pinfall in 19:08

Miceli: "What the heck just happened?! Octopus Suda cost her own teammate the match!"

Young: "She certainly blamed Miracle Shizuka for the loss last week! Was this punishment?!"

Santos: "The way she was shouting at Shizuka the whole match, you knew she was upset with her!"

After the match, Suda jumped into the ring and began to berate Shizuka, who was irate. She grabbed Suda by the short and the crowd roared because it looked like Miracle would clock Suda. Suddenly, Matsui attacked Shizuka from behind. She and Octopus laid the boots to Shizuka and stood over her, triumphantly raising one another's arms.

Miceli: "Was this all a ruse to get Jurina Matsui into 'Dasu Vaders' and kick Miracle Shizuka out?!"

Young: "I can't believe the once mortal enemies are now on the same side!"

Santos: "What a shocking turn of events!"

Miceli: "We need to know what's going on! Let's see if Laura Cruz can track them down while we go to break. We'll be back in a flash!"

As the episode came back to air, Laura Cruz was running up to Jurina and Octopus backstage. They had been joined by Shiroma Miru and Guigui Nakanishi.

Laura Cruz: "Jurina! Jurina! What just happened out there?!"

Jurina Matsui: "If you can't beat them, join them."

The four new allies walked off together laughing.

Miceli: "If you can't beat them, join them. Wow! Jurina Matsui once tried to dismantle 'Dasu Vaders' one by one. Now, she's one of them! Unbelievable! Fans, let's go back to the ring!"

Match Two ~ "The Hive" (Rosemary & Dark Allie with Priscilla Kelly, Sienna the Savage, Saraya Knight, Alex Gracia, Kacy Catanzaro, Tracy Wayne, Karen Kreep, and Alexis Brooks) vs. "Team Crazy Cute" (Maki Itoh & Mizuki)

Before they came out, Rosemary and Dark Allie were shown backstage.

They came in and basically mauled their smaller Japanese opponents, ripping and clawing at them as they stomped and punched them. This match was over essentially before it really got started. A "Super Kick" from Allie into "Red Wedding" by Rosemary on Itoh was the final sequence.

Winners = "The Hive" by pinfall in 6:39

Miceli: "Wow! Talk about dispatching your opponents quickly!"

Young: "That was a glorified squash of a match!"

Santos: "They beat the brakes off those poor Japanese girls!"

Miceli: "Yes, they did! Fans, we'll take another break. When we return, Laura Cruz will interview Rousey and Baszler ahead of the main event!"

As the episode came back to air, Laura Cruz was checking herself in a dressing room mirror as she waited for "The Four Horsewomen of MMA."

Jinny Couture and Nina Samuels approached from behind.

Jinny Couture: "Well now, don't you look stunning, my dear?"

Cruz: "Thank you."

Couture: "Indeed. Red is your color, darling. You have so much potential. It just needs to be explored by someone who knows what to do with it."

Cruz: "And, I suppose that's you?"

Couture: "Smart girl. Come, Nina. We have some planning to do."

Samuels once again locked eyes with Cruz for a few moments, then smiled slyly as she and Jinny walked away.

Miceli: "Once again, we see that Jinny Couture and Nina Samuels have a keen interest in our Interviewer Laura Cruz. Ok Laura, I hope you're fine back there. Are you ready for this next interview?"

Cruz: "Madusa, I'm fine and yes, I am standing by with Women's Champion Ronda Rousey and Television Champion Shayna Baszler. Shayna, last week, you successfully defended your championship against a very game Dakota Kai. As a result, she and longtime partner Nixon Newell have challenged you two for a match, which is tonight's main event. Are you ready to face the Tag team Champions?"

Shayna Baszler: "Are we ready to face the Tag Team Champions?! Those two are champions! Dakota Kai was a pushover last week! I can't imagine Nixon Newell would be any better!"

Ronda Rousey: "Don't make us laugh, Laura! We hold the two most prestigious titles in this company! Those two don't stand a chance against us! 'The Four Horsewomen' will do what we always do...dominate!"

Cruz: "Back to you, Madusa."

Miceli: "Thanks, Laura! All right fans! It's main event time! Let's go to the ring!"

Match Three ~ "The Four Horsewomen of MMA" ("Rowdy" Ronda Rousey & "Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler) vs. "Fly Kicks" (Nixon Newell & Dakota Kai)

This was a fast-paced, hotly contested match-up. Kai was isolated and brutalized once again this week, as Rousey and Baszler looked to rip her arm off. Newell salivated for a tag, but Kai kept getting cut off. Kai finally got enough distance to get a tag in. Newell came in to a roar from the crowd and cleaned house. She hit Rousey and Baszler with everything except the kitchen sink. Newell had Baszler in her sights and nailed "The Shiniest Wizard." She covered and the referee began to count, but was jerked out of the ring by Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir, prompting the disqualification.

Winners = "Fly Kicks" by disqualification in 22:42

After the match, there was a big beat down until Kairi Hojo and Io Shirai ran to the ring for the save. Kai was still injured, so Rousey and company took over. They were finally stopped when Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Mercedes KV, and Bayley Rose ran them off.

Miceli: "Once again, we see 'The Four Horsewomen' join forces with Kairi and Io in an effort to turn back the MMA version of 'The Four Horsewomen!'"

After a few moments, Charlotte and company nodded in the direction of the recovering heroes and left the ring.

Miceli: "Fans, what a moment and what and hour! We're out of time for this week. Please join us again next Thursday on TNT for more Femme Fatales! Next week, GM Karlee Perez and Commissioner Yuzuki Aikawa will have another announcement about the tournament that will send one team to Spring Stampede to compete for the Women's World Tag Team Championship! For Renee Young and Melissa Santos, I'm Madusa! Keep on rockin' and rollin'!"