• 3 months ago
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00:00It was certainly wild last Saturday and things might be getting even wilder here.
00:07Some dissension between the world champ and her minions.
00:12This tag team match is set for one fall of a 20 minute time limit.
00:16Team number one, the team of Billie Stunt and the Ring of Honor women's world champion,
00:25the fallen goddess, Athena!
00:32Well it seemed to me at the emergency mems that Billie Stark's Caprice gained some confidence
00:38to speak up about her standing, her relationship with the women's world champion,
00:42but that Athena really wasn't ready to hear it.
00:46Yeah, sometimes you see what you want to see, but I see they got matching outfits, I like that.
00:52Perhaps on the same page as we go back to Bobby Crews for their opponents.
00:56Their opponents, the team of Christina Marie and LMK!
01:02LMK, kind of a cult favorite here on the left in ROH.
01:06Yeah, I heard she's got a lot of eyes on her.
01:09Christina Marie.
01:12By my research, making her Ring of Honor debut.
01:15Great to see continual new faces, always looking for the best talent.
01:19Not a debut of Little Mean Kathleen though.
01:21No, LMK in the house.
01:23And even Billie Stark's the body language, I don't want to read too much into it.
01:28Yeah, I mean, we all see that Billie Stark's at a point where she's having to stand up for herself.
01:34Sometimes you have to do that. You can stand up for yourself, but still be friends with somebody.
01:38That's true. Bell rings, and we are on.
01:43Oh, big forearm here.
01:45Billie Stark has been kicking it in the gym in her downtime though.
01:48She's been playing AEW figure fighters, the new mobile game.
01:51You can control the action, collect 3D animated versions of your favorite AEW wrestlers.
01:56Oh, no offense, but maybe she shouldn't be playing as much of that game.
02:01Right now, Christina Marie taking advantage of Billie Stark's...
02:06Oh!
02:08That's the short cut. Billie Stark is not shy of.
02:11Nice German suplex release there.
02:13You can see the attention change and the attitude change right there.
02:18Now, I'm almost used to it. I'm not surprised anymore.
02:21As she tags in the most days, most offenses, ring of honor champions ever, Athena.
02:29Well, dump to the outside, Christina Marie.
02:34For the world champion. Shots to the midsection.
02:36Look at Christina Marie stepping up to the plate.
02:39Oh, my goodness.
02:41Marie hit her head and back on those guardrails with the body.
02:47It reminds me of the match that many people point back to.
02:51Daddy Magic and I called it in Toronto, where it seemed like something in Athena snapped
02:57and put her on this trajectory to begin with.
03:00That trajectory has allowed her to be champion longer than any other person in the division.
03:07Any other person in the history of ring of honor.
03:10Oh, the taunt. Look at that.
03:14Man.
03:16Who is like Athena?
03:18Yeah. Coming within an inch of tagging.
03:22The mental and physical game on point as the tag is made.
03:25Billie Starks now.
03:27And you mentioned earlier, you're not surprised about the actions of Billie Starks.
03:31But it's amazing.
03:33It's amazing just how much of the Athena playbook Billie Starks has adapted and made it her own.
03:39Yeah. But watch this.
03:42One, two.
03:44It seems to be who Billie Starks is now.
03:46You can see with the disrespect she had on her mother when winning the television title.
03:50Cheating and all. It's just who she is now.
03:53We just have to accept it. We have to get past it.
03:55She's one of the youngest women on the roster.
03:57This is who Billie Starks is.
04:00Chin lock. The knee into the spine.
04:03LMK trying to get Christina Marie back in this.
04:07Trying to get some noise going. Get the crowd going.
04:09The adrenaline pumping. Shots to the midsection.
04:11Christina Marie. Oh, sent back down.
04:14The Irish Whip gets it into the corner. Charging in.
04:16No one home. Rolls through.
04:18Oh, I thought she was going to go to the corner. Went to the middle instead.
04:23Very close.
04:25Christina needs to make the tag to the little mean Kathleen.
04:28And she does. Tag made.
04:31But Athena in two. LMK calls out on the champion.
04:35LMK a crowd favorite. We talked about it.
04:39Makes the most of her opportunities. Very memorable.
04:43Oh. Yeah. Taking it to the chair.
04:46I didn't see that coming.
04:50Look at LMK.
04:54Oh.
04:56Tell you what, man. Athena out of nowhere with that power kick.
04:59But look at the shape Athena has gotten herself into as well.
05:03Absolutely.
05:05Athena with LMK.
05:09Just has LMK at will.
05:11What? What? What?
05:13That's what I was talking about.
05:15Oh.
05:18Dino Bravo side slam.
05:22With the Hungarian torture rack combo.
05:27Nobody has to tell you you're good when you know it, Rick Abad.
05:30And Athena knows it. Watch this for Billy Starks.
05:33Wow.
05:35Inside out. Satellite DDT.
05:37No matter whether you like it or not, Billy Starks is always impressive.
05:42Oh, jeez.
05:44And they are thriving in this chaos on the same page.
05:47Rolls through.
05:49That's the Hussie Clutch.
05:51That's the Hussie Clutch.
05:53The Hussie. The Hussie Clutch.
05:55And that's it.
05:58The winners of this match by submission, the team of Billy Starks
06:03and the Ring of Honor Women's World Champion, Athena.
06:09Athena says she can break all the course of the Hussies with the Hussie Clutch.
06:14Wow.
06:16And Athena, Billy Starks, when things got chaotic,
06:20they went back into the groove they found before.
06:23And now again.
06:26And here I thought Billy was maybe going to snap out of things.
06:31They seem to be on the same page if you ask me.
06:33Yeah.
06:35Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
06:37Oh, here they come.
06:42Are they here? They are.
06:45It's Abaddon.
06:47He's back.
06:49Victorious earlier tonight.
06:53And you heard Athena.
06:56She's almost using Billy like a safety blanket.
06:58Athena not retreating knowing the two-on-one odds are in her favor.
07:07No, she's abandoning Billy.
07:09Wait a second.
07:10The world champion has abandoned Billy Starks.
07:13And Athena saying, I have your back.
07:16Two against one.
07:17I don't think that math is.
07:19And Billy discovering the champion has left.
07:23Billy wrestled the majority of that match.
07:30Billy's the less fresh of the two.
07:33I got to shine my belt.
07:34Oh.
07:35Shining.
07:37Athena prioritizing shining the belt over saving
07:42the woman that has stood by her side for almost two years now.
07:47With friends like this, who needs enemies, Riccoboni?
07:51For me.
07:52All for me.
07:53What?
07:54And Abaddon.
07:56I don't blame Billy for retreating after the cowardly actions of Athena.
08:04Starks needs new friends.
08:06The dichotomy is stark.
08:11I need to shine my championship.
08:14Athena.
08:15I'm excited with your blood.
08:17Cool.
08:18Wow.
08:19Shining with your blood.
08:20Athena who's willing to defend that title against anyone.
08:23Run away.
08:24And yet runs away.
08:26Told you I was going to get her.
08:28When things get hot.
08:32Getting ready to step into the ring with AEW.