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Tee Jay
  • 5/13/2025
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00:01From Texas to Jersey, put your makeup on and pick your hair up pretty.
00:05This time, just having a one-followed 20-minute time limit.
00:08Introducing first, let's get up in New York City.
00:11She is representing top five, Laila Gray.
00:15And meet us tonight in Atlantic City.
00:17We want to thank the folks joining on YouTube here tonight for this special simulcast
00:22as Laila Gray makes her way to the ring.
00:25Caprice, one of the first entrants in the brand-new ROH Women's Pure Championship Tournament.
00:33Absolutely.
00:34So many women are wanting to be a part.
00:36We have five entrants already.
00:39But you know, we need more than five people to have a tournament, Riccoboni.
00:42So everybody's trying to make a name for themselves to enter inside.
00:46Absolutely.
00:46And Laila Gray has been throwing herself into the deep end to get some great competition.
00:52And that is no exception here tonight.
00:55Riccoboni, he doesn't get any period in this.
01:00No.
01:01That's the problem.
01:04Her opponent, wrestling a la Moldova, she is representing the Death Riders, Marina Shafir.
01:16The protectorate, the guardian of the AEW World Championship.
01:24Pound for pound, maybe the most dangerous athlete in Ring of Honor or AEW, representing the Death Riders, Marina Shafir.
01:33You said athlete.
01:34I thought you were going to say woman.
01:36I was going to say athlete.
01:37But you hit the nail on the head, Riccoboni.
01:40My goodness, Riccoboni.
01:41Look at that face.
01:42That beautiful face with the fear she instills with people with those eyes.
01:46I call it beautiful fear.
01:48At least Laila can look into her eyes and see Marina coming, unlike Willow Nightingale last night.
01:53Laila Gray has a huge test of head of her.
01:55And I think, if anything, it's going to make her prepare for the tournament.
02:01As referee Paul Turner calls for the bell, the code of honor not adhered to.
02:06Marina Shafir, all business.
02:08Look at that face.
02:09So relaxed, man.
02:10The AEW World Championship, the business at hand.
02:13Of course, the Death Riders could have a big May coming up.
02:16AEW Double or Nothing coming to you from Glendale, Arizona, live Sunday, May 25th.
02:20The current AEW World Champion, Jon Moxley, may find out who he is facing at All-In Texas.
02:27Will it be Hangman Adam Page?
02:28Will Ospreay the finals of the Owen Hart Foundation Cup?
02:32Will it be Samoa Joe taking on one of those two men?
02:35And for those of you on YouTube, you can subscribe to Honor Club, get ROH each and every week,
02:39and catch up on some great Samoa Joe moments here on ROH.
02:43Man, it's so hard to prepare for somebody like Marina Shapiro, she's so unorthodox.
02:47With a leg sweep, look at how quickly the tie changes.
02:53Anticipation is the name of the game.
02:56For it's Marina Shafir, that kick right to the chest.
02:59And it is Shafir unloading again.
03:03Quick and fast.
03:05And longtime fans know, Caprice, that Marina Shafir was the sparring partner of Ronda Rousey,
03:12a college MMA artist in her own right as Shafir.
03:16Great friend, best friends.
03:19Absolutely.
03:21Oh my goodness, you see how hard Layla ran into it, she couldn't even run.
03:27Alongside Ronda Rousey, as one of the few blemishes on Athena's record,
03:31the Ring of Honor Women's World Champion has held that title for two and a half years at this point.
03:37That's history, Rick Abani.
03:39History making to have a champion like that continues to defend the title.
03:42Not ashamed of, she has put the banner of Ring of Honor on her back, Athena.
03:47So to have a win over her says a whole lot.
03:50It sure does.
03:51It's Shafir, the Irish whip into the corner.
03:53Gray sinking down already.
03:56Yeah, it's the stalking from Marina Shafir.
03:58She's not a rush for anything.
04:00She's going to take her time to wear her opponent now.
04:03Layla's trying to think of what she needs to do.
04:05Watch out!
04:06Oh!
04:08Right through the chest, the sternum.
04:12As Shafir is stacked.
04:14And Layla Gray, maybe out of instinct, it Shafir's a little shocked as well that that was only a one count.
04:22Yeah, she's seeing the heart of Layla Gray.
04:24And Layla Gray has shown a lot of heart recently.
04:27And that's why she's in the tournament.
04:29Judo throw right down into this arm lock here.
04:33Trying to pin that wrist down.
04:36One, two, and again, nice cover there.
04:40Oh, those cover is to a transition.
04:42She's going to bring a transition in there, Rick Abani.
04:43She's transitioning.
04:44Oh, but into the mount.
04:46Yes, sir.
04:47Every movement was a transition to get in a little bit deeper.
04:52Messing with the breathing now of Layla Gray.
04:56That arm.
04:58And Shafir just playing with her food now at this point.
05:00That was the last position Gray wanted to be.
05:02Wow!
05:03My goodness.
05:04Hooking the heel, rolling through.
05:06Yeah, everything Marina does is a setup or a transition for something else.
05:10See what opens up on the body.
05:12And that's where she attacks.
05:15And look at this.
05:17Just rolling that trap of the shoulder.
05:20Yeah.
05:21And trying to twist the hips.
05:23And this is a no win for Layla.
05:24If she moves her hip to the left, it's a stretch.
05:27If she moves to the right, she goes right into this half grab.
05:29Come on, Layla.
05:31Yeah, that's me and Rick Abani.
05:33That's pure wrestling, man.
05:34No strikes been thrown with the fist.
05:37Just kicks.
05:38Come on, Layla.
05:39And some open hands on Gray.
05:41Oh, trying to spring out Shafir cartwheeling out.
05:43Good gracious.
05:44It should be a time for celebration for Layla Gray entering into the Women's Pier Championship Tournament.
05:50But as of late, Top Flight, both medically and now physically following Dynamite, are a question mark.
05:56And Layla Gray's relationship with Top Flight is a question mark as well.
06:00Sometimes you have so much going on in your mind, it's hard to focus on what's in front of you.
06:08And that's what Layla needs to do.
06:09Brings that knee inside.
06:11The opener taken up.
06:12That's exactly what Layla's doing.
06:14She's laying in as much.
06:15My goodness.
06:16Is Marina walking towards?
06:17He's walking right toward these open hands.
06:22He's fired.
06:25And Shafir caught.
06:26It was a trap by Gray.
06:27Gray with the front face lock.
06:28Look at where the suplex gets him.
06:32Rolling neck.
06:33Count me in that group as well.
06:38Standing up to someone like Shafir here.
06:40Big shotgun dropkick.
06:41But Shafir hasn't really left her feet.
06:46I'm telling you what's happened, man.
06:48Anytime Layla turns around to show the crowd what she's done, it gives Marina time to recover.
06:54Knocked a breath out.
06:55Nice takeover.
06:55It's mother's milk, man.
06:57Oh, it's locked in.
06:58It's locked in.
06:59And that's it.
07:04Oh, she's got to let it go.
07:06The winner of this match, by submission, Marina Shafir.
07:12Marina Shafir, one of the best records in ROH.
07:18Wrestling a pretty pure match here tonight.
07:21Great effort from Layla Gray.
07:22Nothing to be ashamed of, man.
07:25No, it is the problem.
07:26I'm trying to put the...