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AEW star Kris Statlander set for New Year’s Eve indie show

Posted on by Joseph Currier

AEW star Kris Statlander is working an indie date this New Year’s Eve.

Beyond Wrestling announced yesterday that Statlander will be in action at the promotion’s Heavy Lies The Crown show on Tuesday, December 31. It’s taking place from the White Eagle in Worcester, Massachusetts and will air live via IndependentWrestling.TV.

An opponent for Statlander has not been named yet.

Based in New England, Beyond Wrestling is a promotion that Statlander regularly appeared for when she was on the indies. She has worked infrequent indie dates while with AEW, including a return to Beyond this March with a victory over Aaron Rourke. That was Statlander’s first match for Beyond since 2020.

Statlander is coming off a highly regarded bout against Mercedes Mone at AEW Full Gear, where she was unable to defeat Mone for the TBS Championship. Statlander is a former TBS Champion with a reign that lasted from May-November 2023.

Beyond Wrestling’s Heavy Lies The Crown has an 8 p.m. start time on New Year’s Eve. Two matches have been announced for the show so far:

  • Fans Bring the Weapons match: Undisputed Independent Wrestling World Champion Krule defends against Marcus Mathers
  • Nick Gage vs. Drew Gulak

Beyond Wrestling Lit Up results: Full card of intergender matches

Posted on by JJ Williams

Thursday night of WrestleMania week ended with Beyond Wrestling’s “Lit Up,” which featured a full card of intergender matches.

– Matt Riddle defeated Deonna Purrazzo

This was both Riddle and Purrazzo’s first-ever intergender match. It was also Riddle’s third match of the day. They exchanged holds and did chain wrestling early until Riddle won with a powerbomb and knee strike combo.

After the match, Riddle let the crowd know that he had to finish it because Purrazzo was kicking his ass. James Ellsworth then attacked Riddle from behind with his Intergender Championship before running off scared when Riddle took the mic to say that everyone knows Ellsworth F’d up. They have a match at Joey Janela’s Spring Break II tonight.

– Jordynne Grace & LuFisto defeated LAX (Ortiz & Santana)

Grace and LuFisto used their powerbomb/muscle buster combo and won in a fast-paced and action-packed bout.

– Josh Briggs defeated Davienne

Briggs won with a huge chokeslam backbreaker.

– Thunder Rosa & Holidead defeated Chris Dickinson & Jaka

They had a hard-hitting back-and-forth match, with Rosa and Holidead winning after a flurry of huge moves — including a pedigree and an off the top foot stomp.

– Jonathan Gresham defeated Karen Q

Gresham is one of the best technical wrestlers in the world and Karen Q was with him every step of the way here. Gresham won with a bridging pinning combination. The crowd applauded this when it was over.

– Solo Darling & Travis Huckabee defeated Joey Ryan & Laura James

Ryan tried his Sweet Tooth Music on Darling, but the lollipop gave her a burst of energy that allowed her to apply the cloverleaf for the submission victory.

– Powerbomb TV Independent Champion Tracy Williams defeated Kimber Lee to retain his title

Kimber Lee was returning to Beyond Wrestling after being released by WWE. It took everything Williams had for him to submit her with a crossface.

– Tessa Blanchard defeated Maxwell Jacob Friedman (w/ Stokely Hathaway, Wheeler Yuta, and Mia Yim)

Yim had been out of action due to injury and was returning here. MJF was the instigator in this one until he refused to let anyone go for the banned piledriver, which took his focus away and allowed Blanchard to get the victory.

– Jessicka Havok defeated Jimmy Havoc

Two chokeslams and a sit-out powerbomb ended this one after Havok kicked out of the Acid Rainmaker.

– Joey Janela & Penelope Ford defeated Orange Cassidy & Session Moth Martina

This was the most wild, all-over-the-place comedy match that could happen at 2:30 a.m. Cassidy used the slowest Canadian Destroyer ever, which is a banned move in the state of Louisiana. Ford hit him with a crossbody for the pin.

– Toni Storm defeated Timothy Thatcher

Good match here at nearly 3 a.m. Thatcher was busted open along the way, then Storm put him away with an armbar.