Day #3 - 09/03/2020!

The night started off with the beginning of the tag team matches. Once again, Sela Rica-Lark and Milisandre Crowthorne put on a dominant performance with a visible, natural chemistry together but not without the same coming from Debby Haze and Savannah Sunshine; the two refusing to just let Sela and Crowthorne run rampant. Haze and Savannah seemed to develop a sort of tandem offense that kept Sela and Crowthorne on their toes but as time went on and Milisandre began to work her submission magic in the ring, the tables began to turn again. Once more, a transition from Cthulhu’s Grasp into his Grip spelled the end when Crowthorne locked it onto Savannah Sunshine to score her and The Underground Queen the submission victory.


This match saw an edge of the seat contest between the two teams. Stastias and HEIDI focused on isolating Payne perhaps in hopes of softening her for Stastias tomorrow. Payne flipped the tables around as HEIDI whipped her off the ropes, she rebounded off a couple times and leveled HEIDI with a brutal Faded Line before hot tagging Sativa Nevaeh into the match. Darth Ganja continued working against HEIDI for a spell until Emevlas Stastias was tagged back in and the two attempted a tandem double team but Morgan Payne made it back into the ring just as Sativa sprung up onto Stastias shoulders for a tandem Hurricanrna into another Faded Line. Payne threw HEIDI through the ropes, out of the ring then lifted Stastias up for a Vertebreaker as Sativa Nevaeh hit the top turnbuckle and soared off, delivering Kingdom Come for Sativa to score the pinfall victory.


Remi Fontaine and Layla Aishe really brought the fight to Cass Baumer and Dona Rotten but the collective unit of hardcore brawlers proved to be incredibly resilient once again. Rotten and Baumer quickly put their ingenuity together to work together with quick tags and a tandem offense, bringing this one to a reasonably quick end as Cass Baumer caught Layla Aishe with Miramira right before Dona Rotten came off to hit Toxicosis in tandem. The Scream Queen then hooked the leg, scoring the pinfall victory for her team.


In true fashion, Asian Persuasion struck early as Angel Kash was making her entrance and taunting the crowd from the ring. Carter Slade hit the ring and a two on two brawl broke out that spilled out of the ring. The referee rang the bell once Kusanagi threw Kash into the ring to get some semblance of order underway. Other referees had to rush in to pull Maki and Slade apart to force them to their respective corners. Back and forth the two teams fought like they were out to kill each other and it looked like tensions between Kash and Kusanagi were being rekindled until Kusanagi went to hit the ropes against Slade and Kash pulled the top rope down, causing her to tumble down to the floor. The referee warned Kash to stay on the apron and not pursue Kusanagi then backed Slade off to start the twenty count. When Kusanagi got up, though, the first thing she did was grab a chair from under the ring and slide it in under the bottom rope. The chair skid across the mat and Slade went right for it but so did the referee. As the two struggled and argued over the chair, Kusanagi grabbed another chair from under the ring and whacked Angel Kash over the back with it, knocking her off the apron. Kusanagi then slid into the ring and went right for Carter Slade. The ref barely got out of the way as Kusanagi whacked him over the head with her chair. The bell rang as Maki dropped to the floor off the apron and grabbed the other chair that Slade and the ref had been fighting over. She circled around the ring just as Angel Kash got up and struck her across the back again. Asian Persuasion got a few more licks in on Slade and Kash before dropping the chairs, meeting up at the ramp and giving each other a "too sweet" as they stalked back up the ramp, not caring about the match outcome.


Just as was seen on the opening day of the tournament, Minoru Tanahashi left it all up to Tren Descarrilado. In fact, today, he didn’t even bother changing into his gear; rather, he came in one of his flashy suits and joined Andrew Payne and Matt Salvatore on commentary. It was Tren who squared off against Anton Crowley and Cali-Kate by himself again. As much as Crowley and Kate dug into Tren with relentless strikes and painful looking holds, the Juarez steam engine remained impervious to any pain any of it caused. He only started to slow down when he appeared to start tiring out. Crowley and Kate were beginning to visibly wear Descarrilado down before Tanahashi “excused” himself from the commentary table. He could be heard pulling his headset off while Tren and Anton were exchanging shots in the ring. The Black Lion promptly yanked Cali-Kate off of the apron, grabbed her and ran her violently into the security barricade. This served its purpose to draw Anton’s attention; enough for Tren to get up off of one knee where he was about to eat a Morning Star. Instead, he spun Anton around and promptly delivered Bullet Train To Hell before going for the cover and grabbing onto the middle rope at an angle the referee couldn’t see as he counted the pinfall. Minoru regrouped with Tren, giving his tank of a tag partner props on the victory while Anton hurried over to Kate. He held her against him while watching Minoru go. A look of bloody murder in his eyes.


Lluvia and Layla locked up immediately and it was on right then and there. Each woman exchanged wrist locks, waist locks and arm wringers only for the other to reverse out of it, putting on a magnificent display of chain wrestling back and forth. True technical, lucha libre style. The two seemed to be at a stalemate as to who was going to win the exchange until Lluvia hit the ropes and came off with a Tornado DDT to Layla. Lluvia controlled the match with a balance of striking and technical work, hitting Layla with dropkicks, clotheslines and big boots until Layla countered with a Tilt-A-Whirl Headscissors to turn the tables. Diaz started putting the offense to Cane then, working her knees with Basement Dropkicks and taking to the air against the Cherokee Rose. She even nailed her with the CT-Kneestrike, though Cane got her forearm up to absorb much of the maneuver. So when Diaz went for the Southside Cutta, Cane shoved her into the ropes and nailed her with Angelic Rebellion when she rebounded off. Diaz hit the mat and Cane made sure she was done for, delivering a brutal Country Rose before going for and scoring the pinfall victory.


Super Tiger and Jenn Drew circled up in the center of the ring but as they moved in, Jenn Drew feigned and jabbed her fingers into Super Tiger’s eyes. Drew knew what she was up against and wasn’t about to take any chances. She ignored the ref’s chiding and went to work on the 19 year old Joshi with hard strikes and aerial offense. Super Tiger wasn’t one to take the punishment without giving back, however, as the young Joshi dug deep as she was known to do and fought back like the beast of her namesake. It was definitely an aerial based match as both women took to the air against one another but there was the shocking burst of power as Jenn Drew went for a Fosbury Flop and, while Super Tiger did catch her around the waist, the sudden weight drop almost pulled her to the floor but she still managed to get back to her feet, gripping onto Drew for a German Suplex back onto the padded floor. Both ladies almost ended up getting counted out but both made it back into the ring at 17 and 19. Jenn almost landed The Final Act but Super Tiger slipped loose of her grip and managed to catch her from behind, driving her into the mat with Starlight Express for the pinfall


Griffin Hawkins tried to start the match off with a handshake but Jansen Myrrh just looked at his hand then up at him like she wasn’t about to do that if her life depended on it. Griff insisted, however and the crowd started a ‘Shake His Hand’ chant. Determined to show she wasn’t their villain, Jansen threw her hands up, calling to the crowd that she relented. She shook Griffin’s hand and sucker punched him right in the kisser. It was a full on brawl of a match between the two that saw Myrrh and Hawkins pull out all the stops. Hawkins kicked out of a cover after being leveled with a Lariat From Hell. Myrrh kicked out after all 227 pounds of Hawkins dropped onto her with Holy Diver. Griffin pulled himself to his feet and poised for Shot In The Dark. Jansen caught his foot and pushed him off balance and set him up for the Myrrh-driver. Hawkins dug deep and countered with a back body drop, sending Myrrh flat onto the mat. As she attempted to get up, Hawkins caught her in his grasp and delivered South of Heaven to score the pinfall victory.


With both of them coming in off of a loss for each after their first block match, Ronnie North and Runa Olsen fought tooth and nail against one another; each competitor pulling out the big guns of their arsenal. North and Olsen both exchanged their signatures for nearfalls but the two continued back and forth until, eventually, the time keeper rang the bell, bringing the match to a sudden end. It was announced, then, that the thirty minute time limit had been reached and would end in a draw between these two.


In the main event, The Guillotine met The Black Ronin met in a stiff hitting contest that saw fans cringing sympathetically. Multiple exchanges of kicks, chops and forearm shots saw both men determined to break the other down only for their opponent to fire right back at them with their own devastating counter offense. Graham Baker picked up a head of steam and took Damon Cross to that old place often referred to as Suplex City, taking advantage of Cross’ injury list to drop him on damaged joints and limbs. He added an assortment of knees, elbows and headbutts to add insult to injury but Damon Cross fought back with his heart where he lacked in power to send Baker on a trip right there with him, dazing him with a variety of DDTs, drilling Baker’s head into the mat. He went for a Yakuza Kick to a kneeling Graham Baker but the Guillotine exploded up as Cross reached him and drove him to Hell with the Chopping Block. Graham Baker lifted Damon Cross up for Double Down next but The Black Ronin reversed it into a Sunset Flip Powerbomb. Baker stumbled up to his feet, dazed as Damon Cross promptly grabbed him for a devastating Black Crucifixion and the cover for the pinfall.