NXT Great American Bash Night 1 & Night 2 (July 1 and 8, 2020) -- Results & Afterthoughts

On June 24, 2020, WWE announced that the eighth Great American Bash under the WWE banner would take place as a special two-week event during the July 1 and July 8 episodes of NXT. Both episodes were taped on Wednesday July 1. One scheduled match for July 8 was a champion vs. champion match between Adam Cole and Keith Lee for the NXT Championship and NXT North American Championship. The Bash went head to head against AEW's Fyter Fest, which was held on the same nights.

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Results:

Night 1 (July 1, 2020)

Fatal four-way elimination match to determine the #1 contender for the NXT Women's Championship
Tegan Nox def. Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, and Mia Yim

I was a little surprised that Tegan Nox would win this when it seemed like they were going with Dakota Kai getting a shot at the title next. All four of these women are solid workers, but I have to be honest when I say have remotely no interest in any of them challenging nor holding the NXT Women's Championship. I enjoyed Mia Yim as Knockouts Champion when she was going by Jade in IMPACT Wrestling, but her current gimmick isn't doing anything for me in terms of gravitating towards her character. Candice LeRae has been a massive dud since her and her husband have turned heel. Tegan and Dakota's feud has had some highs and lows, but NXT needs to be careful not to beat a dead horse.

Singles Match
Timothy Thatcher def. Oney Lorcan by submission

This was the best "pure" wrestling match between both NXT and AEW on across both shows for the evening. I love this shoot fighter gimmick they have going with Thatcher as that fits him perfectly, especially if that means that he's going to end every single one of his feuds with a Fight Pit match in NXT.

Handicap match

Had Ripley lost, she would have joined the Robert Stone Brand.

Rhea Ripley def. Aliyah and Robert Stone by submission

I didn't understand why did this match drag out for so long. The former Robbie E from TNA/IMPACT Wrestling is entertaining in this role as Robert Stone, but homeboy needs to invest in some socks to go with his church shoes. On a side note, he might want to cover up his physique in the future as it's hard to buy him as some cowardly wimp when he's just as jacked and cut as most of the other guys on the NXT roster.

A win for Rhea here was good and all, but it does nothing for her since her momentum has been in a nosedive over a cliff since losing to Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania. I still don't understand what was the long-term booking plan of having Charlotte Flair beat Rhea Ripley. Rhea went home crying like a baby after the loss and on top of that she wasn't able to reclaim said title in the triple threat with Io Shirai involved. Now Charlotte's back on the main roster, despite being written off on injury leave currently, with Rhea wandering around aimless and directionless. Feuding with Charlotte may have been good on paper but it was more damaging for Rhea Ripley in the long-term than blowing their loads on a match that WWE could have waited on, especially if they were going to call her up to the main roster sooner more than later.

The more I see of Aliyah, the more I ask myself how does she still have a job, especially after the wealth of talent releases over the last few months? She's not any better since when she was first starting NXT back on that Breaking Ground show.

Strap match

Dexter Lumis def. Roderick Strong

This wasn't bad. It was boring and it dragged on and on and ON throughout multiple commercial breaks. Normally, Strong is able to get a great competitive match out of anyone on this roster, but it wasn't happening in the least with this slow, methodical demeanor that Lumis seems to be forced into working into his fighting style here in NXT. Back in TNA/IMPACT Wrestling, I don't remember him being this slow at moving around when he was Samuel Shaw.

Singles match

Io Shirai def. Sasha Banks (with Bayley)

This was easily the best match of the night with a lot of great back and forth from Io and Sasha. This was a dream match-up for a reason and you can easily see why by the time it was all said and done. The right woman won though, thanks to an assist from RAW Women's Champion Asuka. I marked the hell out to see Io and Asuka standing in the ring together in a WWE ring. For the love of all things holy, I need an Asuka vs. Io match in WWE. Let's get Asuka vs. Io, Asuka vs. Kairi Sane, and Io vs. Kairi too while we're at before Io and Kairi head back to Japan if the rumors are true about their departures from the company once their current WWE contracts expire this year.

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Night 2 (July 8, 2020)

Singles Match

Tony Nese def. Leon Ruff 

I looked away from the television for what felt like a minute and this match was over faster than it had begun. Thanks for comin', kid. This would actually setup Nese's match later in the show.

Street Fight

Candice LeRae def. Mia Yim 

This feud isn't doing anything for me. I will be happy once both of these women move onto something else. I've seen far worse matches than this to be honest as it wasn't a bad match. It was just a pretty boring one. This was a far cry from Mia Yim's hardcore matches with Rosemary back in IMPACT Wrestling. That being said, the right woman won as Candice LeRae desperately needed the momentum for this heel turn.

Singles Match

Bronson Reed def. Tony Nese 

I really want to like Bronson Reed, but every single time I look at him and his work, he reminds me of Bull Dempsey and I remember how that turned out. They pushed him to an extent and cut him out of company like they were trimming off the fat on the Thanksgiving turkey. Tony Nese has been killing it since the Cruiserweight Classic and it baffles me that this guy is still a glorified enhancement talent more often than not, especially when he's not being stifled in the cruiserweight division over on 205 Live.

This match wasn't bad. It was just there on a show that was essentially a one match card as everyone is waiting to see the main event.

Singles Match
Johnny Gargano def. Isaiah "Swerve" Scott 

Both of these guys are great in the ring. Gargano has headlined several NXT TakeOver specials and Scott was a cornerstone in MLW rising to prominence over the past few years after he spent some time in Lucha Underground as Killshot. That being said, this was just an average match between these two and easily forgettable, especially if you're familiar with both men's body of work. Much like his wife's win, Gargano's win was much needed as Johnny Failure and his wife have been nothing but all talk since their heel turn started.

Six-Man Tag Team Match
Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, and Raul Mendoza) def. Drake Maverick and Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango) 

While I applaud NXT for trying to do something positive with Fandango and Tyler Breeze after the main roster has squandered their talents for years, I didn't give a damn about them in this match. I much rather see the original version of Tyler Breeze make a comeback on NXT without being paired up with Fandango. On the positive side, Escobar's group needed this win to get the wheel rolling forward as a show of force.

Singles Match

Mercedes Martinez def. Santana Garrett 

Even though I hate that Santana Garrett is a glorified enhancement talent here in NXT, I thought she was the right opponent for Mercedes Martinez's debut here. Mercedes came off like a killer - like she should be, especially given her history being aligned with Shayna Baszler. If NXT were smart, they would pair Shayna's cronies with her in the meantime since they are still green and need seasoning before they could be called up to the main roster with Shayna and allow them to get the rub from Mercedes in a similar manner. That way, when we do have Shayna and Mercedes reunite or butt heads in the future there could be this rift between them in terms of Jessamyn Duke and Marina Safir taking sides of who to follow. By that point, I think either Ronda Rousey would be back with the company or Nicole Savoy can quit dodging the inevitable and have a Trifecta reunion under WWE's banner.

My only issue with this debut is that it seems like NXT has too many heel women and not enough significant babyfaces to oppose them.

Winner Takes All singles match for the NXT Championship and NXT North American Championship
Keith Lee (North American) def. Adam Cole (NXT) 

This is match definitely lived up to the anticipation and hype, despite the fact that the ending was spoiled a week prior to this airing. To be honest, it really didn't matter as it drew even more interest on NXT that night over AEW, who were running with Chris Jericho against Orange Cassidy in their main event in opposition. Cole tried everything in his bag of tricks to get the job done, but ultimately couldn't put Keith Lee away. The only thing that I was a little puzzled by was the lack of interference from the rest of The Undisputed Era, much like the rest of Cole's title defenses - not like it would have made a lick of difference anyway once Keith Lee fired up and started HULK SMASHing everything in his way. Putting away Adam Cole was no different. This win made for a great moment to top off this show and well worth the wait for two weeks.

The show closed with the shot of Karrion Kross and Scarlett watching from above as it seems to hint at Kross is the next in line to challenge for the NXT Championship. I honestly don't think they should jump the gun on Kross in that title picture. The guy only had one appearance on TakeOver to date outside of a few squash matches.

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Closing Thoughts

Simply put, Great American Bash Night 1 was a two match show, with Timothy Thatcher vs. Oney Lorcan and Sasha Banks vs. Io Shirai being the highlights of that card above the rest while Night 2 was essentially an one match show, with the Winner Takes All title match between Keith Lee and Adam Cole was arguably the best thing on the entire show. I can't knock NXT too much as they don't do anything that's not completely insulting to the wrestling business as a whole, but they do have a few acts and numerous matches on these shows that are a total slogfest to sit through, especially when you're just waiting for the headliner for these cards. That is to NXT's detriment as well when they have some of the best finely tuned athletes in the sport today, but that doesn't help excuse the fact that a lot of these matches are just flat out boring. I applaud their efforts and hard work, but I can't deny that a wealth of the talent and matches on these cards bored me to no end.

I can see why AEW keeps their fans engaged. They always have some sort of a car wreck or insanely stupid spectacle going on their programming that keeps you engaged from bell to bell, whether it's good or bad.

WWE Network Special: Mae Young Classic - Round 1 Review (Episodes 1-4)

The Mae Young Classic is an ongoing special event, promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion, WWE. It will be constituted by a 32 competitor tournament exclusively for women from both NXT and the independent circuit. The tournament took place on July 13, and 14, 2017 and the final match will take place on September 12, 2017.

WWE announced that a women’s tournament would be taking place in the summer of 2017 at a press conference during WrestleMania 33 weekend. There will be a total of 32 wrestlers competing. The name of the event is in honor of the late WWE Hall of Famer Mae Young. It was announced on their official website that the first four wrestlers to be competing would be Sarah Logan, Lacey Evans, Princesa Sugehit, and Toni Storm. The second set of names announced were Tessa Blanchard, Abbey Laith, Taynara Conti, Jazzy Gabert, and Kavita Devi. On June 26, 2017, Lita and Jim Ross were announced as the commentators for the tournament. The third set of names announced were Kairi Sane, Dakota Kai, Piper Niven, and Bianca Belair. The fourth set of names announced were Rhea Ripley and Sage Beckett. The fifth set of names announced were Kay Lee Ray and Ayesha Raymond. Later in the day, Vanessa Borne qualified to the classic. On July 13, 2017, WWE held the Mae Young Classic: Parade of Champions, a pre-tournament event streamed live on YouTube and Facebook and revealed the remaining tournament participants. The Mae Young Classic also featured WWE's first full-time female referee, Jessika Carr.

The first four episodes of this tournament were made available on the WWE Network on August 28, 2017.

Episode 1

Right off the bat, I have to ask this question... Why the fuck is the arena so dark? I’m guessing they didn’t fill up Full Sail University for this show. Otherwise, it's in bad taste to darken the arena like it's a low budget indie show that couldn't fill up all of the seats for every match.

JR should’ve called this solo or with Renee Young. Lita we love you, but commentary is not her cup of tea. Lita adds next to NOTHING to this as his broadcast partner, even more so to say that they re-recorded some lines. I know that Renee Young wasn't too crazy about doing commentary from her NXT days, but I firmly believe that she couldn't have been any worse than Lita here.

I love that freaking theme song for this tournament - I need a copy of that on YouTube or something.

Take a listen for yourself if you haven't had a chance to check out this tournament yet.

Princesa Sugehit def. Kay Lee Ray 

I vaguely remember Sugehit from old ChickFight DVDs. Didn’t know she was so “thick” and “juicy” though. Is this a first for a wrestler in WWE wrestling with braces? I know Vince wouldn't have let that fly if he saw her beforehand. I was surprised that let KLR beat on Sugehit so long, even hitting most of her signatures/big moves before the finish


I can easily see WWE hiring Kay Lee Ray at some point if they haven't signed her already. There was some solid ring work from bell to bell from both ladies and this served as a great opening bout to kickstart this tournament. Sugehit was a little sloppy in a few spots but that’s to be expected for international talent making the shift to getting used to WWE style.

Serena Deeb def. Vanessa Borne

Serena’s had her implants removed since the last time we've seen her in a WWE ring as she's looking obviously flat as a board. I know that's bad that was the first thing I noticed, but she's still gorgeous nonetheless. Same goes for Vanessa Borne - isn’t she related to The Rock or part of the Samoan family tree? Looks like her and Nia Jax could be sisters.

I couldn't help but notice that Vanessa Borne had that huge distracting scar on her shoulder. I would've designed my ring gear to cover that up or wear tape or something. I swear WWE needs to have a special aesthetics department with quality control on informing their roster on what's going to look good or bad in HD.

I thought it was cool that they switched to a female referee for this match. I’m guessing they went with male for the previous match since Sugehit only speaks Spanish?

This match wasn't bad, but I was not too crazy about this match. Even Lita said it - they kept it very basic.

Seriously, why does EVERY Samoan wrestler has to use a damn Samoan Drop? That’s as stereotypical as every foreigner (especially Muslims/Arabics/Indians) wrestler using the Camel Clutch.


I was surprised that Deeb went with a Spear as her finish, but I guess that's she's been using on the indies lately right? I could have sworn she used to do something else for her finish, but oh well.

Shayna Baszler def. Zeda

Major props go out to SHIMMER for sharing match footage for Shayna’s in-ring history, along with other women in this tournament. I wonder how much WWE could have had to pay for that "favor" along with getting Allison Danger to call this event with Jim Ross instead of Lita?

I hate to say it, but Butterface has to be Shayna’s middle name with a capital B. I thought Zeda had a pretty good backstory for an underdog babyface that would have sold that she was winning in this first round against anyone else, but nope. Even Ray Charles could see that Zeda’s losing here.

First mention of Ronda Rousey and the other Horsewomen at ringside, Izzy’s on the row BEHIND them. Dafuq? Who is that kid's parents blowing to get front row tickets to almost EVERY live event?

Pretty cool intro theme for Zeda, very anime-esque and I'm loving her ring gear. I hope we see more of that girl after this tournament since she's already down at the Performance Center training.

I had one huge issue with this match and it's with the message that WWE is conveying here. Zeda's backstory is that she has endured bullies all of her life to come here in WWE and to compete in the Mae Young Classic. WWE promotes the "Be a Star" campaign and all of that shit by WWE, but they have the story here have Zeda get bullied by Shayna the ENTIRE match and get nothing off and LOSE? Talk about inspiring women... That's just epic fail on WWE's behalf. The whole thing here came off like they were circle-jerking about having Rousey's group there instead of telling the story with Zeda standing up against this bully. It just disgust me that WWE put off the message that literally said, "Cool we made Shayna look strong at the expense of killing off the girl with a good backstory that could’ve made a great narrative versus someone else. Meh, fuck it. She's already down at the Performance Center so we can do it later..."

I get it, they want to make a huge deal that they got one of MMA's Four Horsewomen into a WWE ring, but they didn't have to chop out Zeda's legs out from underneath her without even giving her a chance to prove herself.

Abbey Laith def. Jazzy Gabert

For those who aren't hip to these ladies, it's Kimber Lee vs. Alpha Female. Kimber Lee was trained by 205 Live's own Drew Gulak and renown for her work in SHINE, Shimmer Women's Athletes, and Chikara. Most people may remember Alpha Female as the towering female enforcer Chris Sabin "hired" to deal with Velvet Sky after their break-up on Impact Wrestling during one of their tours to the UK. She has made several tours of Japan and currently works for the all-women's promotion, Pro Wrestling: EVE, when she's not working on her budding MMA career.

This match served as the main event for Episode 1 and the best match to this point. It was appropriately well-placed as a main event bout, with this match serving as a hard-hitting affair with Jazzy running a clinic on how to be a female powerhouse/wrecking machine. Hey Nia Jax, take notes please.

Jazzy with those mounted punches towards the end that would make AKI Man proud. I wonder how many people will get that reference...

Abbey pulled off the upset win of the tournament so far with Abbey getting the win off a roll-up into the Alligator Clutch (tribute to Mae Young) after Jazzy dominated 90% of this match. To be honest, I'm not too crazy about that finish, but whatever, the roll-up is the most devastating finisher in WWE after all...

I wasn’t crazy about Jazzy breaking character and hugging Abbey post-match either, but truth be told, there ends up being a LOT of that as this tournament goes on.

Episode 2

Mercedes Martinez def. Xia Li

On paper, this seems pretty stupid to have a rookie having their FIRST match versus a multi-year veteran and title holder in a first-round match in this tournament.

This was not a bad first showing for Xia Li, but her snapmares/hip tosses definitely need work. I thought she was going to break Mercedes’ neck at least twice there from how she was carelessly tossing her around the ring. Her striking game is superb but other than that this has been the most lackluster 1st round bout to this point. Xia Lia is kick away from a wardrobe malfunction with that short skirt and that thong-like panties

Boy, times have changed when WWE wouldn't have dared let Mercedes in a WWE ring looking like she does (covered in tattoos and piercings). Fast forward a decade later, we have her here in the flesh. I'm glad to see her finally get some mainstream exposure for once, that's for sure.

Rachel Evers def. Marti Belle

Give or take a few months but this match could’ve taken place back in TNA/GFW if Belle, Evers, and Yim stuck around after Anthem buyout.

Marti Belle is still kinda sloppy at spots in this at several points of this match. Correction.... hell BOTH of them are sloppy. With the addition of Marti Belle, there’s TONS of bootilicious girls in this tournament, good Lord that's getting distracting at this point.

Sloppy match, sloppy finish - moving on… Seriously, if you're pressed for time, do yourself a favor and skip this one. I can totally see why Triple switched the finish on this match halfway into this.

Rhea Ripley def. Miranda Salinas

The height difference here is crazy. Miranda looks like she’s shorter than AJ Lee AND Alexa Bliss

At this point, they’ve made a lot of these matches a bit TOO predictable in terms of vets versus rookies. Miranda had little chance here, despite being one of Booker T’s students. It felt like she didn't have a chance at all here, despite her video package that kinda sold me onto her character/personality.

Mia Yim def. Sarah Logan

Up next, we have the woman formerly known as Crazy Mary Dobson versus the former TNA Knockouts Champion, Jade.

Logan looks like she’s wearing Nikki Cross’ top. According to a friend who is a native to that area, WWE might want to change Logan’s hometown if they want to sell people on her country girl/redneck gimmick

No joke, but I never heard Sarah Logan speak before seeing her video package. I've seen some her bouts on YouTube and Dailymotion here and there, but never heard her do an interview. That being said, I'm completely sold on that gimmick after actually hearing her speak. She's got the Southern accent down to the tee.

This wasn't a bad match at all, definitely better the rest of the matches on this episode. A solid Ep. 2 main event for a pretty meh series of matches on this episode. I enjoyed Mia's shout out/tribute to Gail Kim by finishing Sarah Logan off with the Eat Defeat. Thank god she didn't botch it like Enzo Amore did on RAW last week...

Episode 3

Toni Storm def. Ayesha Raymond

Lord, forgive me, but that facepaint wasn't doing Ayesha Raymond any favors at all in the looks department.

Thanks to Toni Storm's lovely rear end, there was so much booty meat in this tournament that even Naomi tweeted about it.

Yesssss embrace the #bootymeat🤗 https://t.co/i805pEWYQf

— Trinity Fatu (@NaomiWWE) August 28, 2017

On top of that, I loved every second of Toni Storm's ass-based offense. I swear there was a point where I didn't know what that girl's upper body looked like for the bulk of this match. As much as I loved Toni's ass along with the bulk of this match, that finish was ass though.

Dakota Kai def. Kavita Devi

I wouldn’t be bragging about Great Khali trained me about shit if I was Kavota Devi. That dude is fucking horrible. That being said, I was pleasantly surprised and VERY impressed with KD’s offense. She should go back to India and start training Khali on how to be an impressive powerhouse. Hell, give Nia some pointers too while she's at it.

I haven't seen Evie/Dakota Kai wrestle in what feels like forever from the old Shimmer DVDs. I remember having her on my old Fire Pro Wrestling Returns (PlayStation 2) saves with the rest of the Shimmer roster at the time. I'm glad she got her chance to shine as part of this tournament. Kai busts out a sweet Running Kenta Kick into the corner and finishes Devi off with a Diving Foot Stomp for the win. I wouldn't mind seeing more Devi if they want to bring her up to NXT down the road.

If WWE ends up signing Dakota Kai (if she's not already signed), I wonder if they are going to keep her with her Bayley-like gimmick here?

Bianca Belair def. Sage Beckett

I'mn not really feeling this “shaman” gimmick for Sage but I guess they are practicing for her NXT debut as a regular in the coming months. In my opinion, Sage's weight loss story would have been more inspirational. For those who don't know, she was formerly Rosie Lottalove in TNA before she lost 130+ lbs. She's also credited as the same wrestler who sidelined Daffney with the injury that forced her to retire from in-ring competition.


From what I have seen here, Bianca Belair isn’t as good as people online have been hyping her up to be from house show events. I’m not impressed at all. Is that supposed to be a big fucking deal that she whips people with that long piece of weave? That weave looks more like a liability long haul if someone trips up or chokes on that damn thing from being wrapped around their neck from the ring work.

Belair picks up the win after being the second person to have a Spear finisher. I'm wondering if the road agents did NOT go over finishes before this tournament? Gotta be honest here, but I wasn't too crazy about this match as a whole as it seemed like they didn't have good chemistry with each other.

Santana Garrett def. Piper Niven

Santana, girl we love you, but you need to lay off the spray tanning. She was looking like that Hulk Hogan/Ric Flair orange here in HD.


This was the best match out of these three episodes so far. Do yourself a favor and watch this one for sure. Piper can really move for a big girl. I have only seen her wrestle a few times out of the few times that I have checked out matches from the STARDOM promotion, but I'm glad to see Piper (known as Viper on the indies) get a chance in this tournament to show off her skills. It was cool to see Santana bust out the 2nd Eat Defeat in this tournament a as tribute and shout out to Gail Kim in this tournament.

Even though I read the spoilers (much like most people) beforehand, I was still shocked to see Santana take the L here, but I'm happy that Piper got to advance.

To the folks on social media giving Piper a hard time about her weight need to lay off. That girl is doing amazing things for someone with her size. If you're bitter that WWE let her beat the living Wonder Woman, Santana Garrett, I wouldn't be surprised that both of these ladies end up getting signed in the near future. They would be crazy not to.

Episode 4

Candice LaRae def. Renee Michelle

I’ve seen a few of Renee’s matches prior to this and she doesn’t come off nowhere as green as she does here. I'm just in awe on how sloppy this match is. It's nowhere as bad as that Rachel Evers/Marti Belle match on Episode 2, but it's hard to ignore here.

You could even tell from Candice's facial expressions that she is even pissed off by the end of this match from Renee’s inexperience. She was struggling to keep this moving along to say she’s the veteran here. They managed to pull it together at the end with the sweet series that lead to the finish though.

Lacey Evans def. Taynara Conti

Sorry folks, I gotta cheer my fellow SC native in this one in Evans. We went to the same college too.
I couldn't help but laugh at Evans’ classy hairdo coming undone over the course of this match. What is up with Conti’s resting bitch face? She’s got that going better than Bliss does. Conti’s got some natural talent as striker given her background. I'm hoping we see more of her on NXT TV soon since they signed her already at the Performance Center. She just needs some polish to her work. Let it be known that Lacey Evans was the wrong person to be carrying another rookie through a match too.

I was pleasantly shocked that Evans actually won a match for once instead of jobbing as usual. I kinda got used to seeing her on the losing end of things on NXT over the last few months.

Nicole Savoy def. Reina Gonzales

I have to wonder if Reina had Bell’s Palsy since she was wearing the half-face mask. Sarah Stock/Sarita did the same thing when she had paralysis on a side of her face at one point when she was wrestling for TNA Wrestling.

There was not much to write home about here outside of Savoy controlling the pace from bell to bell. Savoy ends up being the last member of the Trifecta (stable between Baszler, Martinez, and Savoy in Shimmer and SHINE) to advance.

I could see WWE signing Savoy easily at some point, but Reina needs some polish if she’s already at the Performance Center. She's just another choice in this opening round where I felt like "yeah, she's just here to lose in the first round..."

Kairi Sane def. Tessa Blanchard

Tessa, you're a beautiful woman, but please lay off the spray tan. Much like Santana in the main event of Episode 3, she looks like an Oompa Loompa here in HD.

Kairi Sane is going to have to kick it up a notch if she’s to be as much of a “rockstar” as Nakamura and Asuka on NXT. Her entrance needs and deserves something MUCH better for a star of her caliber in this thing. I keep saying it on social media, but she needs to make her entrance a tribute or parody of Gokaiger (Super Sentai) or something. She already looks like Luka (Gokai Yellow) from that series, so I don't know... Maybe she could do something like that? Have Nakamura be Captain Marvelous for fun at some point. He's already got the look down.

Sane's Diving Elbow Drop is amazing but goddamn that scares me how she lands. She’s just begging for lower back and hip problems when she’s older.

This is easily the best match out of these first four episodes and they definitely made sure to save the best for last. From how well Tessa worked with Sane here, I'm sad to see her get eliminated this quick in this tournament. To say that her and Sane have dodged each other from their various tours of Japan, it was great to see them finally get a chance to test their skills against each other in a WWE ring no less.