The wedding of Penelope Ford and Kip Sabian will take place on February 3, a special edition of Dynamite called Beach Break.
On tonight’s episode of Dynamite, titled Holiday Bash, Miro, Sabian, and Ford came out to announce the wedding date. When they first threw it to the video screen for the announcement, Best Friends’ music played. The trio acted shocked at first, but then laughed, as it was all a ruse. They threw it to footage of Trent being stretchered out after being attacked backstage. Chuck Taylor and Orange Cassidy boarded the ambulance, which then left the arena.
Sabian then announced the date for the wedding, which Tony Khan confirmed on Twitter.
“It’s official, Beach Break on #AEWDynamite on February 3 on @tntdrama, a huge card with great matches + we’re all invited by @ToBeMiro to the wedding of @thePenelopeFord & @TheKipSabian Live at Beach Break! Thank you everyone joining us tonight on TNT for our @AEW Holiday Bash!” Khan wrote.
AEW’s next special televised event will be New Year’s Bash, which will take place over the next two weeks. Kenny Omega vs. Fenix will headline next week’s card.
Sixteen matches are set for this Tuesday’s edition of AEW Dark.
AEW’s social media announced today that a match between Sammy Guevara and Marko Stunt had been added to the lineup, which was posted earlier this morning.
Additionally, a three way tag team match will be taking place. Chaos Project will meet the Dark Order’s Evil Uno & Stu Grayson as well as the team of Sonny Kiss & Joey Janela.
The Waiting Room, a new talk show hosted by Britt Baker, will also make a return. This week’s guest will be Tay Conti.
Here is the entire lineup for this week’s Dark, which will stream on Tuesday at 7 pm EST:
Sammy Guevara vs. Marko Stunt
Chaos Project vs. Evil Uno & Stu Grayson vs. Sonny Kiss & Joey Janela
Gunn Club vs. Cezar Bononi, KTB, & Seth Gargis
The Acclaimed vs. Alex Chamberlain & Damian Fenrir
Brandon Cutler vs. Adam Priest
Penelope Ford vs. Dreamgirl Ellie
Fuego del Sol vs. Peter Avalaon
Ivelisse & Diamante vs. Lady Frost & “Bionic Beast” Jenna
Alex Reynolds & John Silver vs. Lee Johnson & Aaron Solow
Kilynn King vs. Rache Chanel
Trent vs. Michael Nakazawa
Matt Sydal vs. Alan Angels
The Hybrid2 vs. Griff Garrison & Brian Pillman Jr.
Kip Sabian will announce his ‘best man’ for his upcoming wedding on this week’s Dynamite, while a TNT title match has also been announced.
Sabian and Penelope Ford were shown on tonight’s All In event, with Sabian announcing that they were getting married, and it will take place live on AEW Dynamite. Sabian mentioned that with every wedding, there is a bachelor party, and the best man is usually the person who sets up the bachelor party.
Interviewer Alex Marvez asked Sabian who his best man was. Sabian said he would introduce him on Dynamite this week.
Dustin Rhodes, meanwhile, will get a TNT title match against Brodie Lee this Wednesday. Rhodes got the shot after his team defeated the Dark Order tonight at All Out, with Dustin pinning Cabana.
After the match, Tony Schiavone made the announcement to Rhodes. Dustin, shocked, said this was the first time in a while he’s had a shot at the gold and promised to bring hell to Brodie Lee.
Britt Baker’s tag team partners for Dynamite have been revealed.
AEW’s social media confirmed that Britt Baker will team with Rebel and Penelope Ford to take on Big Swole in a 3-on-1 handicap tag match for Dynamite. This follows a segment that took place on Dynamite Satuday where Baker successfully recruited Ford as a tag partner. Ford agreed after Britt promised that “Reba” would do Ford’s makeup for a year.
This would mark Baker’s return to the ring after a leg injury suffered back in May.
Already announced for next week’s Dynamite include Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara, a tag team gauntlet match featuring Natural Nightmare, Young Bucks, Best Friends, and FTR with the winners getting a AEW Tag Team title shot at All Out, and a contract signing between MJF and Jon Moxley for their match at All Out.
Due to NBA playoffs, Dynamite will not air in it’s normal timeslot. It will instead air on Thursday at 8 p.m. EST.
Nine matches have been announced for AEW Dark this Tuesday.
Rachael Ellering, who most recently worked as Rachael Evers in NXT, will make her AEW debut on the program, taking on Penelope Ford. Ellering was part of wide-ranging cuts back in April.
The Hybrid 2 (Jack Evans & Angelico) will be teaming again for the first time in months as they will take on the Natural Nightmares, QT Marshall and Dustin Rhodes. Evans and Marshall both made their return to AEW on last week’s episode of Dark.
Other matches announced for Dark include:
Private Party vs. Griff Garrison & Brian Pillman Jr.
SCU vs. The Butcher & The Blade
Shawn Spears vs. Alex Chamberlain
Lee Johnson vs. Rey Fenix
Kip Sabian vs. Michael Stevens
Jurassic Express vs. Corey Hollis, Pineapple Pete, and Aaron Solow
Austin & Billy Gunn vs. M’Badu & Shawn Dean
Matches announced for this week’s Dynamite include Cody vs. Scorpio Sky for the TNT title, The Young Bucks vs. Evil Uno & Stu Grayson of the Dark Order, Jurassic Express vs. Hangman Page & Kenny Omega, and Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy in a $7,000 obligation match.
The show will be part of Tag Team Appreciation Night, featuring appearances from Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, and The Rock ‘N’ Roll Express.
Hikaru Shida defeated Penelope Ford last night at Fyter Fest to retain her AEW Women’s World Championship in arguably the match of the night.
This was a strong outing from both women and probably the best match of Ford’s career.
Two other title matches also highlighted night one of Fyter Fest.
Kenny Omega & Hangman Page retained the AEW World Tag Team titles last night. They defeated Best Friends to keep their championships as well as their 2020 undefeated tag team records. Omega & Page will defend their titles again next week at night two of Fyter Fest against Private Party.
Cody retained the TNT Championship with a win over Jake Hager. Hager had Cody locked in an arm triangle, but Cody flipped over into a cover to score the pinfall victory. The match also saw Hager’s wife Catalina, Cody’s manager Arn Anderson, and Cody’s brother Dustin Rhodes get involved before the finish.
For more of what you missed, including Taz cutting a promo on Jon Moxley, MJF & Wardlow vs. Jurassic Express, and Private Party vs. Santana & Ortiz featuring a Chris Jericho/Orange Cassidy pull-apart, scroll below.
A women’s title match has been announced for Fyter Fest.
While conducting an interview with Britt Baker on tonight’s program, Tony Schiavone announced on Dynamite that champion Hikaru Shida would face Penelope Ford. Baker said that Ford only got the title match because she was injured. The segment ended with Big Swole behind the wheel of Baker’s motorcar. She drove away, with Baker later being found inside a dumpster.
Ford pinned Shida in a tag team title match last week, setting up a future title match. Shida defeated Nyla Rose to win the championship back at Double or Nothing.
Already announced for Fyter Fest is Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy, a TNT title match between Cody and Jake Hager, Kenny Omega & Hangman Page defending the Tag Team titles against Best Friends, and Jon Moxley defending the AEW World championship against Brian Cage.
This year’s Fyter Fest will be a two night event, starting on July 1 and concluding on July 8.
A new match has been announced for Dynamite on Wednesday.
AEW President Tony Khan posted on Twitter that a tag team match has been signed for Dynamite. New AEW Women’s champion Hikaru Shida will team with Kris Statlander to take on Nyla Rose and Penelope Ford.
This comes off the heels of Double or Nothing several weeks ago where Shida defeated Rose in a no DQ, no countout match to win the championship for the first time. Rose gained some momentum back on last week’s Dynamite by pinning Big Swole.
It was also announced that Chris Jericho will be returning to commentary for this week’s show. He joined Tony Schiavone for several shows during the initial outbreak of COVID-19.
Also announced for Wednesday is a TNT title match between Marq Quen and champion Cody, Best Friends & Orange Cassidy vs. Jake Hager and Santana & Ortiz of the Inner Circle, and Sammy Guevara vs. Colt Cabana.
FTR, the former Revival, will also make their wrestling debut on the program, facing The Butcher & The Blade.
AEW announced Friday night that Penelope Ford will replace Britt Baker in her match against Kris Statlander at Saturday’s AEW Double or Nothing.
Baker was injured at AEW Dynamite Wednesday in a tag team match and an update on her status will be given at the pay-per-view. The injury came when Statlander and Hikaru Shida slammed Baker’s partner, AEW women’s champion Nyla Rose, onto her as she sat in a corner of the ring, injuring her right knee in the process. She managed to make it through a few spots before tagging out and having an AEW doctor tend to her on the ring apron.
Baker has yet to address the extent of her injury on social media.
This will be Ford and Statlander’s first singles match in AEW, but they have competed against each other in two four way matches. Since failing to take the title from Rose in February, Statlander has had just one straight up singles match, a May 6th Dark win over Dani Jordyn.
Cody and Tony Schiavone were the commentary duo for the opener.
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Penelope Ford (w/ Kip Sabian) defeated Anna Jay
Cody said that Kip and Penelope got engaged in a dog park where he used to take Pharaoh.
Ford and Jay traded headlock takeovers. Ford hit a couple of shoulder tackles. Jay hit a rough hip toss and a nice arm drag.
Sabian jumped on the apron and distracted Jay. Ford hit a double back handspring elbow in the corner to get the heat on Jay.
Ford hit some forearm strikes and a vertical suplex. Ford then missed another attempt at a handspring elbow. Jay countered with an attack in the corner and a snapmare. Jay made a cover off the snapmare for a two count.
Ford used a matrix back bend to escape an attack, then used a stunner.
The finish saw Ford use a fisherman suplex for the pin.
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A Double or Nothing hype video aired.
Schiavone called the main event solo.
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Cody (w/ Brandi Rhodes) defeated Joe Alonzo
They teased locking up. Cody went for an ankle pick, then a single-leg takedown, but Alonzo blocked.
They locked up. Cody worked on the left arm. Cody hit a shoulder tackle. He offered Alonzo a handshake. Alonzo used the handshake to take Cody down, then hit a kick.
Cody answered with a powerslam and a delayed vertical suplex. Cody did a set of push-ups in the center of the ring.
Alonzo slid outside and taunted Brandi. Cody went out after him and rammed his face into the apron.
Back inside, Alonzo hit a cutter. Cody no-sold and hit a pump kick. Cody went for Cross Rhodes. Alonzo blocked and rolled Cody up for a two count.
The finish saw Cody apply a standing figure four/cloverleaf that he’s calling the Gail Lock in honor of Gail Kim. Alonzo tapped out.
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Cody teased whipping Alonzo with his weight belt after the match. Instead, he shook Alonzo’s hand.
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Final thoughts —
Ford and Jay had a solid outing, though both are still green. Jay did not look as good as she did in her AEW debut.
Cody’s use of freestyle and folkstyle wrestling in his matches recently has been interesting. No one else in North America is working the style that he is right now. This episode is worth going out of your way to see if you’re into that.
AEW announced two matches for this Tuesday’s Dark with one of the company’s top stars featured in singles action.
Cody will look to extend a three match winning streak against Joe Alonzo. This will be a warmup match of sorts as Cody prepares to face either Sammy Guevara or Darby Allin in the next round of the TNT Championship tournament on Dynamite.
The 23-year-old Alonzo made his AEW debut in an 85 second loss to Jake Hager on the March 18th Dark. In the past few years, he has wrestled against the likes of Shane Strickland, Brian Pillman Jr., Myron Reed, and Cryme Tyme.
Also on the show, Penelope Ford returns to action against Anna Jay. Ford was last seen in a losing effort in a four-way match on the March 18th Dynamite after defeating former champion Riho the week prior on Dark. She will face Jay who lost to Hikaru Shida in her AEW debut and was signed the week afterward.
Dark airs on Tuesday at 7 PM Eastern on their YouTube channel.
Amid a constant drumbeat of gloom and doom in the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, there is still some positive news that breaks through the clouds from time to time as Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford announced their engagement Saturday.
The 27-year-old England native posted the video on Instagram, noting it was their anniversary and he tricked her into believing they were taking a photo for his parents as they went for a walk at their favorite spot with their dog.
The 27-year-old Ford (real name Olivia Hasler) is from Phoenix, AZ. Both are members of the AEW roster with Sabian (real name Simon Kippin) set to face Dustin Rhodes in the next few weeks on Dynamite in the TNT title tournament. Ford was last in a four-way match on the March 18th Dynamite and will likely be in action over the next few weeks on both Dynamite and Dark.
Excalibur and Taz welcomed us to the show and ran down the card for the evening. These matches were recorded last week in West Valley City, Utah.
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Colt Cabana defeated Peter Avalon
This was a fun comedy opener.
This was all Cabana at the outset. Cabana hit a series of his trademark spots. Avalon used a shoulder tackle in the ropes to turn the tide. Avalon hit a dropkick, then a top rope high cross for a two count.
Cabana made a comeback. He hit flip, flop, and fly, then teased a top rope move to the apron. Leva Bates jumped on the apron to interfere. Cabana and Avalon played tug of war with Bates. Bates and Avalon teased making out. Cabana then kissed Avalon on the cheek and tossed him inside.
Cabana immediately hit the Superman pin to end the match.
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Angelico & Jack Evans defeated Brandon Cutler & Michael Nakazawa
Angelico and Evans attacked before the opening bell. They isolated Nakazawa in the ring and worked him over for several minutes. Evans used a double stomp for a near fall. Angelico used a variety of Navarro-style holds on Nakazawa.
Nakazawa reached into his trunks for a bottle of Turkish oil, which he liberally applied. Evans and Angelico couldn’t maintain a grip, allowing Nakazawa to tag Cutler.
Cutler hit a springboard forearm and a black hole slam on Evans for a near fall, then hit a leg slice to the apron on Angelico.
Cutler hit a tope suicida to Angelico, then used a springboard elbow on Evans for a two count. Nakazawa and Cutler hit some tandem offense.
The finish saw Nakazawa accidentally spit oil in Cutler’s face. Evans then hit a crucifix buckle bomb on Nakazawa and followed with a 630 for the pin.
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Penelope Ford defeated Riho
This was the best match on the show.
They opened with an exchange of strikes. Riho bridged out of a lateral press after a one count. Kip Sabian tripped Riho from the floor. Ford then used a matrix back bend and hit a stunner for a two count.
Ford hit a handspring back elbow in the corner, then used a delayed vertical suplex for a near fall. Riho came back with a 619 and a crucifix bomb for her own near fall.
Riho went up top. Sabian distracted her from the floor. Ford and Riho fought on the top rope. Riho kicked Ford off, then hit a double stomp for a two count. Ford hit a double knee gutbuster for a two count.
Ford mocked Riho by using a Kenny Omega taunt. Ford missed a V-Trigger, allowing Riho to hit a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall.
Riho went for a snap dragon suplex. Ford took the referee as Sabian jumped in. Riho hit Sabian with the snap dragon. Ford then hit a back handspring into a stunner, followed by a fisherman’s suplex for the pin.
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Referee Mike Posey ejected all the seconds before the match began.
Christopher Daniels defeated Stu Grayson
After a brief striking battle, they did an extended series of leapfrogs and drop-downs. Grayson continually evaded Daniels and rolled to the floor. Daniels hit a baseball slide and took control.
After a sequence of offense from Daniels, Grayson escaped a suplex attempt. He then hit a uranage to turn the tide in his favor. Grayson hit a shining wizard for a two count.
Daniels blocked an Irish whip and used a backslide for a two count. Grayson used a small package for a two count. Grayson hit a forearm strike for a near fall, then played to the crowd.
Grayson hit a slingshot senton to the apron. He missed a double stomp off the top, allowing Daniels to hit an exploder suplex into the buckle.
Daniels made his comeback with elbow strikes and an STO. He followed with a blue thunder bomb for a near fall. Grayson came back with a swinging DDT and a jumping knee strike for a near fall.
Grayson hit a Pele kick. Daniels answered with an enzuigiri. Grayson slid out of an Angel’s Wings and hit an F-5 for a two count. Grayson missed a BME, which allowed Daniels to hit Angel’s Wings. Grayson got a foot on the bottom rope to force a break on the pinfall attempt.
Daniels hit a flatliner, then used a clutch hold. A Creeper jumped on the apron which provided a distraction for Grayson. Daniels used a schoolboy for a two count. Daniels knocked the Creeper from the apron.
The finish saw Grayson try for Nightfall. Daniels rolled through into a crucifix hold and pinned Grayson.
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The Dark Order ran in after the match and went after Daniels. SCU and Colt Cabana ran in for the save.
Daniels cut a promo. He told Evil Uno that he was coming for him next, there is no Exalted One and when he beats Uno, the Dark Order will be done.
The Big News: Death Triangle ran in after the main event to lay a beating on five babyfaces. It took three more, in the form of Best Friends and Orange Cassidy, to run them off.
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When looking up this episode on YouTube I couldn’t help but notice the large number of episodes (including this one) where the thumbnail is of the Jurassic Express.
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Jurassic Express (with Marko Stunt) defeated Kip Sabian & Peter Avalon (with Penelope Ford & Leva Bates)
Speaking of the Jurassic Express, they are here to kick off Dark this week. Avalon, who comes into this match at 0-10, took forever to start his promo. He got as far as saying we were in Denver before the Express’ music began. This doesn’t seem right, but the graphic indicates this is only the second time Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus are teaming together in a two-on-two tag match.
Jungle Boy ran wild on both heels and was going for some sort of slingshot maneuver, but Penelope tripped him up and Sabian took over. Sabian and Avalon worked well together. Avalon missed a beautiful moonsault, giving Jungle Boy room to crawl for a tag. However. Ford grabbed one of Leva’s books and threw it into the ring to distract the referee, so the heels kept control.
Unfortunately for Sabian and Avalon, their ladies could not get along. Bates and Ford began arguing with one another, which distracted the team long enough for Luchasaurus to get the tag. He had it almost had it won with a moonsault to Avalon, but Sabian bum-rushed into the pile, breaking up the cover. Luchasaurus gave Sabian the tail whip, allowing Jungle Boy to pin Avalon following an assisted cutter.
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Tony Schiavone and Dasha Gonzalez previewed the rest of the show. Dasha wanted to know why Tony was wearing a Nightmare Family shirt. Turns out 20% of the proceeds of that shirt up until March 14 will be donated to Planned Pethood.
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Jimmy Havoc defeated Severino Corrente
I believe “Severino Corrente” loosely translates to “lamb being led to slaughter.”
Corrente had his fingers yanked back. Most people would be like “I’m done”. Instead Corrente punched Havoc to no avail. Jimmy used a discus elbow to the face and went for some sort of fireman’s carry, but Corrente raked the eyes.
Corrente started to build momentum, but then he ran chest-first into Jimmy’s feet. He did duck an Acid Rainmaker and used a German suplex into the corner turnbuckles. He tried to fishhook Havoc, but instead Jimmy bit his fingers. A series of impact moves followed, including a leg hook DDT and finished off Corrente with an Acid Rainmaker for the pin.
Havoc beckoned to the back, daring Luther and Mel to come out. Unfortunately, you get what you ask for, as Luther flew down the ramp and attacked Havoc from behind, eventually laying out Havoc with a DDT on the ramp.
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Hikaru Shida defeated Abadon
Abadon is one of the most unique looking wrestlers on the roster. She has done her face paint to look like blood is seeping from her forehead into her eye and down her cheek. She is certainly a sight to behold. By comparison, Hikaru Shida does not look like she has blood coming out of her eye.
Some of the crowd chanted for Abadon to “eat her soul” despite being the heel and Shida being very well liked. Abadon tried to eat Shida’s hand, which threw off the number one ranked contender. Abadon looked really good here and I really hope she’s not one and done. Abadon had her tied in the ropes and licked Shida’s face. Shida was not happy about this, possibly for more than one reason.
Abadon didn’t sell for much, but she definitely felt it when Shida used a running knee in the corner and a missile dropkick. Shida nailed a knee to the back of the head, but Abadon almost won with the Edge-a-matic. Shida finally managed to hit a Shining Wizard for the win.
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Backstage, Dasha asked Jimmy Havoc for an update on his injuries. Havoc thanked Luther for doing it, so being the nice guy Luther is, he attacked Havoc again and had to be dragged away.
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The Librarians were telling us about the newest book of the month, which is Written In The Stars. They came upon Colt Cabana, who was listening to a podcast instead of reading a book. Avalon kept recommending authors, so Colt recommended podcasts. This led to a challenge for a match.
Leva went back and told Colt she loves his podcast.
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Private Party defeated Sonny Kiss & Brandon Cutler
A few weeks ago, Cutler almost beat Private Party by himself when his partner, Shawn Spears walked out. So how will things be when he has a loyal partner? Either way, Cutler is dueling it out with Peter Avalon for the worst record in AEW at 0-9.
Cutler did a great job countering Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen, much like he did the last time they met. This time Sonny got involved and it ended up in a standoff. Excalibur wondered if Quen and Sonny got their hair done at the same place, which led Taz to say he thinks they go to the same “Dye-ist”. While this conversation was going on, Kiss went down to a combo Rude Awakening/Double Foot Stomp, giving Private Party the advantage.
Private Party mimicked Kiss while getting the heat on him. Cutler got the hot tag and used a beautiful springboard double clothesline. Cutler looked good, laying a beating on both men. We did have a contrived spot where Kassidy was laying on the middle rope and had to stay hanging there while Cutler did moves to Quen first.
Get out the hammer and nails, because this team of Cutler and Kiss are BUILDING MOMENTUM! Kiss went for a boot on Quen, but Marq moved and Kiss ended up in the splits. Quen went for what turned into a Moonsault with double knees. Cutler got in and started doing moves without getting a tag. The referee kept telling him he’s not legal, but Cutler ignored him and hit the TPK on both members of Private Party. Kiss went to the middle rope, but Kassidy prevented him from leaping off. Quen tagged in as Private Party nailed Kiss with the Gin and Juice for the win.
Suddenly, from out of nowhere (or just off the camera), Death Triangle ran in to attack Private Party! PAC, Pentagon and Fenix ended up laying out not only them, but also Cutler and Kiss, who tried to make the save.
PAC took the mic and told all of AEW that if they continue to disrespect athletes of their caliber, they’ll get exactly what they asked for. Joey Janela tried to run in for the save, but was also laid out. Best Friends and Orange Cassidy then hit the ring to send the Death Triangle reeling as the show closed
The Big News: Britt Baker finally defeated Riho, but it was in tag team action with loads of interference by Kip Sabian.
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This was a special pre-AEW Revolution episode of Dark. If you recall there was one unseen dark match on the night of the pay-per-view. Tonight we will get that and a whole bunch of exclusive interviews in a special condensed 20-minute episode.
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We started the show with a recap of Colt Cabana debuting during The Buy In and helping SCU run off The Dark Order.
We then went backstage with an interview with Cabana. He said he always brings his gear and was lucky to do it on Saturday. He mentioned wrestling with Matt & Nick Jackson, Cody, and Kenny Omega for decades and was happy to jump in.
Cabana said he’s at his peak and is wrestling in Japan, Australia, and now on TNT. He said the revolution has begun and challenged the Dark Order, saying he has SCU’s back.
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Christopher Daniels was talking to Lexi Nair elsewhere. He realized all the lies and half truths the Dark Order has been offering and the biggest lie is The Exalted One. The Exalted One is a lie and there is no one behind Evil Uno and Stu Grayson. SCU and Cabana will do everything they can to cut the cancer of The Dark Order out of AEW.
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Up next we checked in with Kris Statlander, who was disappointed about losing to Nyla Rose. Maybe today wasn’t the day the Galaxy’s Greatest took the belt, but maybe next time she’d be more down to earth.
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PAC was up next and told Lexi it was none of her business why The Lucha Brothers were out there. PAC said AEW matchmakers should be ashamed because the condition that Orange Cassidy is in is on their hands.
Jon Moxley vs. PAC next, amIrite?
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Dr. Britt Baker, DMD & Penelope Ford (w/ Kip Sabian) defeated Riho & Yuka Sakazaki
Sabian made Justin Roberts hold the ring ropes open for him and then just leaped over the top anyway.
Sakazaki attacked Baker at the bell, still angry about Baker forcibly removing one of her teeth last month. Sabian tried to get involved on the other side of the ring, but Riho took care of him. Riho and Sakazaki worked pretty well together and I’d love to see them wrestle as a team on Dynamite sometime.
Sakazaki was steamrolling Ford when Sabian tripped her from outside the ring. While the referee told him off, Baker ran in and did a curb stomp to Sakazaki before legally tagging in.
Baker and Ford worked over the jaw of Sakazaki, showing great psychology and playing off the prior match. Sabian distracted the referee again, allowing the heels to double team. The fans were not pleased and told Sabian that he sucked.
Riho finally made the hot tag and used one of the fastest crucifixes you’ll ever see. Sabian prevented Riho from diving, so Sakazaki dove over the top rope onto both Baker and Ford. Riho then dove onto Sabian on the outside. Inside the ring, Riho almost got the pin over The Doctor with a double foot stomp.
Eventually, however, Baker slapped on the Lockjaw on Riho for the submission. Riho was fighting it off, but Sabian ran in one last time and stopped Riho’s momentum, which allowed Baker to sink her move in deeper.
The show ended with the triumphant heel triumvirate standing tall.
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Final Thoughts: This very much had the feeling of the old post-TakeOver episodes of NXT. If you saw it, it was nothing special. If you missed it, you literally missed nothing.
