• 5 months ago
Transcript
00:00This match is set for one fall a day, 20 minute time limit.
00:14Introducing first, she is the new Japan Strong Women's Champion, Stephanie Vakar.
00:23The A.W. fans getting their first in-ring look at Stephanie Vakar, the woman who, after
00:29tomorrow night, could call herself double champion, new Japan Strong Women's Champion
00:34and TBS champion, if she's able to defeat the CEO of Mercedes-Benz, Menang.
00:39La Primera, the number one, the top in the game, could actually call herself quadruple
00:45champion.
00:46She's a CML Women's and the CML Women's Tag Team Champion as well, but right now, for
00:52Stephanie Vakar, it's about that title around her waist.
00:57So that raised finger, that's that number one, La Primera.
01:00No one better in Mexico.
01:03What will the story be tomorrow night?
01:05Her opponent, from Imperial, Iceland, Lady Frost.
01:14Lady Frost, we've seen her here competing in A.W. many times before, but she has also
01:21ventured down to CMLL, where she's competed quite extensively.
01:25She knows her opponent, La Primera, Stephanie Vakar, very, very well.
01:30Very well indeed.
01:31It's the versatile and creative style of Lady Frost that took her, not just all over America,
01:36but to your point, down to Mexico, where she won a very prestigious tournament in CMLL.
01:43To me, this is a big test for the new Japan Strong Women's Champion.
01:49One day ahead of facing this woman.
01:53Yeah, if the pressure for Stephanie Vakar wasn't already enough, she will have the eyes
02:02of the TVS Champion on her in this match.
02:06The CEO, Mercedes Mane, we heard from her at Dynamite, she wanted to take a close look
02:12at this one.
02:13Perhaps playing some head games with Vakar ahead of Forbidden Door.
02:17No, perhaps about it, there's no question in my mind, that's what Mane has in her mind.
02:24She said there is a price to pay when you mess with Mane.
02:30She is coming for the title that was meant to be hers.
02:33I'm going to paraphrase here, when I say the best things in life are free, but you can
02:39save them for the birds and bees.
02:42I want Mane.
02:44We will get her tomorrow night.
02:48Stephanie Vakar, just last weekend, Nigel, was defending her New Japan Strong Women's
02:55Championship against La Catalina in Arena Mexico.
02:59The home arena of CMLL, where Stephanie Vakar rose to prominence and Mercedes Mane interrupted
03:08the celebration.
03:09That would be like Stephanie Vakar coming into the TD Garden in Boston and disrupting
03:13Mercedes Mane's celebration.
03:15It was a big power move from the TBS champion.
03:18No question about it, but that's exactly the way that Mane plays.
03:25And we see Stephanie, she's got Lady Frost all tied up, a version of the STF.
03:32You heard what Mane said, I will never tap out.
03:36In fact, she was looking at Mercedes Mane the entire time she got that STF locked in
03:43on Lady Frost.
03:46Very credentialed champion, as we talked about before, experienced, very much so, a long
03:51journey.
03:52Chilean, Mexican luchadora.
03:53That's exactly what I was thinking, Nigel, it was not an easy road to the top for Stephanie
04:00Vakar in Mexico.
04:01She began her career in her native Chile and has emigrated to Mexico, where she now makes
04:08CMLL her home.
04:12Frost, look at Frost now, turning things around on Vakar.
04:16And the CEO applauding the efforts of Lady Frost here.
04:23The CEO likes what she sees.
04:25Oh!
04:26Boy!
04:27Vakar with the shot that Lady Frost stared eye to eye with the CEO, and we're going to
04:36stick with it in picture in picture.
04:38CEO!
04:39CEO!
04:40CEO!
04:41I mean, that was a kick to the face of Lady Frost, but that was undoubtedly a message
04:47to Mercedes Mane.
04:48Yeah, it was clear as day, Lady Frost thought that she had time for some offensive maneuver,
04:55but Vakar, let's put it this way, you've got to get up pretty early to stun the New Japan
05:03Strong Women's Champion.
05:06Now Frost going face first to that top turnbuckle pad, Vakar.
05:12Since she's seen—oh, now the boot scrapes in the corner, reminiscent of Shinjiro Otani
05:20there.
05:21Vakar, I mean, since she got, I guess, upstaged on the floor by Lady Frost with that arm,
05:27that very, very impressive arm drag, Vakar seems to have picked up the violence and picked
05:32up the intensity.
05:33For the head, cover.
05:42Now the far leg hook, Vakar.
05:44Now, Frost, ever since that kick to the face, she's not been right, she's gesturing to Referee
05:51Bryce Remsburg, could be a broken nose.
05:53Yeah, when your head's standing up like that, there's almost no way to protect yourself.
05:59Oftentimes you can see a dropkick coming, you put your hands up to protect yourself
06:03as best you can.
06:04Her hands were using to keep her body upright.
06:07Yeah, the headbutt, returning Lady Frost down to the mat, getting admonished by the referee,
06:13but Vakar undeterred, keeping the pressure on her opponent.
06:16She's really making a statement here against Lady Frost, who really is no tomato can.
06:23The CEO, Mercedes Mane, getting a close look at her forbidden door opponent, Stephanie
06:32Vakar.
06:33It will be title for title tomorrow night, but right now, La Primera seems to have the
06:38advantage on Lady Frost.
06:39And again, driving the head of Frost, with the previous damage to the nose.
06:46Yeah, during picture in picture, we speculated that the kick to the face by Stephanie Vakar
06:52on Lady Frost could have broken the nose.
06:54It certainly has affected the breathing of Lady Frost, as Vakar, now maybe thinking package
07:00piledriver there, but instead, Frost explodes with the lariat.
07:04That's what I like to see, that's what I like to see, come on.
07:08The CEO happy again.
07:10But Vakar, through the kick, Frost sent the boot of Vakar down, landed with the roundhouse
07:17kick.
07:18And now Lady Frost, Gamagiri in the corner.
07:21Lady Frost, so fluid, gymnastic.
07:26Oh!
07:27Comes in, cannonball in the corner.
07:30Slightly off center, the equilibrium may have been affected.
07:34Is this an upset in the making for Lady Frost?
07:38Just hours.
07:39They've been looking for the frostbite.
07:41Puts through Monsoon.
07:45Lady Frost, the cover!
07:47No!
07:48Vakar able to kick out.
07:51The torneo off the top for Lady Frost.
07:55Very impressive.
07:57Mercedes Benet telling Frost to suck it up.
08:01Need you to beat her up for me, soften her up.
08:04And to that point, Lady Frost endured a lot of punishment early on, and it's not ending
08:10here.
08:11Oh, Frost telegraphed the arm, Vakar, the DDT.
08:14And now, rolling her up, the ankles crossed, tight cover.
08:19Frost able to kick out.
08:21I really like Stephanie Vakar, I've got to be honest.
08:24She is really impressed against Lady Frost, who is no easy opponent.
08:29One of the better competitors in the AEW women's division.
08:33But Frost, able to get out quick there by Stephanie Vakar.
08:39As Frost breaks the grip, the double hooks to the chest.
08:43Frost using that power in her legs.
08:45Vaulting over, Vakar, dropkick to the back.
08:48Stephanie Vakar in a spot of trouble here.
08:51Let's go, women's wrestling!
08:53Mercedes Benet liking what she's seeing here.
09:00Oh, Vakar though, side step, oh, headbutt!
09:03Rapid fire headbutt to the corner.
09:08Man, Vakar dirtying this match up.
09:14And now trying for the kick.
09:16The dragon screw, the one leg, the left leg draped across the ropes.
09:21The dragon screw on the right leg.
09:24Time and again, as Lady Frost has got any kind of offense,
09:27Vakar has turned it around in her favor.
09:29This could be all.
09:31Stephanie Vakar, oh!
09:34Drives Frost down the cover.
09:37And the win.
09:40The winner of this match, the New Japan Strong,
09:43Women's Champion, Stephanie Vakar.
09:49Wow, quite a statement with a victory
09:52against a very talented opponent.
09:55The come, forbidden door, 24 hours away.
09:58Will it be Mo Mane, Mo problems for Stephanie Vakar?
10:03The CEO, Mercedes Benet, the TBS champion.
10:07She had a ringside seat for this one.
10:10And showing no hint of a loss of confidence.
10:16She will need every bit of that tomorrow night
10:19against La Primera, the New Japan Strong,
10:22Women's Champion, Stephanie Vakar.
10:31Vakar electing.
10:33The chorus of boos, but I don't hate that.
10:36Vakar electing to do her talking in the ring tomorrow night.
10:39Oh, look at this!
10:41Zooksies, Stephanie Vakar's tag team partner.
10:44A blindside attack on Mercedes Benet.
10:48Remember, it was Mercedes Benet defeating Zooksies
10:51just a few weeks ago here in AEW.
10:54And now.
10:55Revenge is a dish best served cold.
10:57Oh, hold on.
10:59Mercedes, a backstabber on Zooksies.
11:02And now, Vakar coming in.
11:05Thrust kick caught.
11:07Benet flush on the jaw.
11:10And now, Vakar trying to break the CEO in half.
11:21And will that be the scene tomorrow night on Long Island?
11:26Stephanie Vakar leaving with not only
11:29the New Japan Strong Women's Championship,
11:31but the TBS Championship as well.
11:34Main DP Deja Vu.
11:38All the problems, perhaps, for Mercedes Benet.
11:45Stephanie Vakar gaining the upper hand
11:48on Mercedes Benet tonight.
11:52But they will meet one-on-one
11:54live on pay-per-view tomorrow night.