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Tee Jay
  • 8/9/2024
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00:00The nerve of Athena trying to pin this all on Billy Starks, and can you believe this?
00:05She's talking down to the former World Women's Television Champion.
00:08This match is set for one fall and a 20 minute time limit.
00:20Introducing first, being accompanied by Johnny TV,
00:23Husker of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada,
00:27Taya Valkyrie!
00:31Taya Valkyrie, find yourself that looks at you the way Johnny TV looks at Taya.
00:38One of the great stars here at ROH, a great effort at Battle of the Belts.
00:44Taya Valkyrie.
00:48If she can string together a few wins here,
00:52undoubtedly will find herself in contention.
00:54She's called out the champions recently, Caprice.
00:57Why wouldn't you, man?
00:58When you add the pedigree that Valkyrie has,
01:01world traveled, wins all over the world,
01:05titles all over the world,
01:07someone like Taya Valkyrie could do whatever she wants with her body.
01:13And her opponent, we'll go back to Bobby Crews,
01:17Hayan!
01:19Hayan, no stranger to Ring of Honor.
01:21Yeah, welcome back.
01:23We've seen Hayan in Ring of Honor when the women's division relaunched in 2021.
01:28And ever since it has become the centerpiece, the focal point of Ring of Honor.
01:32You talk about Athena.
01:33Yeah.
01:34You talk about a great run Diana Perrazzo had,
01:37Code of Honor adhered to.
01:39Mercedes Martinez.
01:41The reality of wrestling student there is Hayan.
01:46I'll tell you what,
01:47with the women's division television title,
01:50Diana comes right over the wall.
01:54And Taya saying,
01:56Hayan, not TV ready.
01:58But that's simply not true, man.
02:00Hayan has been competing in New Japan,
02:02WXW in Germany,
02:03Rep Pro in the UK.
02:05Here's where Taya can make a mistake,
02:07is take somebody like Hayan,
02:09and not take them serious,
02:11because you don't know where they've come from.
02:13And you look at them and say,
02:15it's just an extra person.
02:17Meteor landed,
02:19not Hayan out.
02:21Closing speed.
02:23Fast twitch,
02:25sprint across the ring.
02:27Here's the thing, you got somebody like Taya,
02:29you see how tenuous she is in the ring,
02:31and then she's a manager as well.
02:33That's what Johnny TV has.
02:35And that just speaks to the way Taya can see you.
02:37She's almost like a football coach,
02:39or a counselor in baseball,
02:41who goes from behind the plate
02:43to becoming a baseball manager.
02:45She can do it both.
02:47It's the greatest seat in the house.
02:49And look at this.
02:51One helps the other.
02:53It's a symbiotic relationship.
02:55And it's Taya now.
02:57Downstairs.
02:59Stack, two,
03:01and maybe a little bit of a nonchalant cover there.
03:03With that high stack though,
03:05keeping those knees over the shoulder,
03:07that's still a stacked hand.
03:09But those elbows,
03:11she's an ambitious wrestler.
03:13Everything she does,
03:15she knows exactly what she's doing behind,
03:17stretching the deltoids out,
03:19and the shoulders here.
03:21Trying to make her way back to her feet
03:23as high on here against Taya Valkyrie.
03:29She is a tough contender
03:31for the Women's World Television Championship.
03:33We've heard that before,
03:35and I sent Merritt rolling through.
03:37Holding on is the Renaissance woman.
03:39With the knees again, must work.
03:41Clothesline, Valkyrie stays on her feet.
03:45And charging in with a big move.
03:47Oh, thrust kick to the midsection.
03:49Valkyrie, big knee.
03:51Off the ropes.
03:53And in, Taya Valkyrie with the spears.
03:55Uh-oh.
03:57The legs are trapped.
03:59Taya tying her up.
04:01Elbows to the lower spine.
04:03Oh, Caprice, it's time.
04:06Shania Payne!
04:08Oh, my God, that curb stomp-like maneuver
04:10has turned Haiyan off.
04:12Two, that's it.
04:16Who will win this match?
04:18Taya Valkyrie!
04:20Everybody, there's nothing more painful
04:22than knowing something's coming
04:24and nothing you can do about it.
04:26That's exactly what Shania Payne is.
04:28You see that foot in the back of your head.
04:30You're executing your arms out the way,
04:32and you know you're getting ready
04:35And that has been one of the keys
04:37to the success,
04:39the continued success
04:41of Taya Valkyrie.
04:43We've said it once, we'll say it again,
04:45an embarrassment of riches here in the women's division.
04:47And toward the top of the rankings,
04:49that woman right there,
04:51Taya Valkyrie. What a win.
04:55The newest member of our broadcasting,
04:57Melissa Santos, standing by with Drip Garrison.