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00:00The Texas Rangers 6-6 shooter, 6 shooter, Texas caliber.
00:30Race ball has cheerleaders now?
00:34Yeah!
00:35Setting the stage for this woman, the number one contender for the AEW Women's World Championship.
00:44Ah, look at all's names.
00:46Those are people, I believe, that she has defeated.
00:50I talked to Mercedes for a minute earlier, she told me she had a little surprise on her.
00:54The train, that's the back of her rope.
00:58The 6 shooter's help her.
01:05Well said, Tess.
01:06Thanks, buddy.
01:09CEO! CEO! CEO! CEO! CEO!
01:17Hey, you guys have to admit, I know she's got more than enough titles, but this is an entrance
01:24of a star.
01:25As a matter of fact, both entrances will be an entrance of a star.
01:28We are so fortunate to have such a great entry.
01:38Every time you've been able to set in Shivani, the Pirates will score.
01:40I know it's not a time to write, right at the beginning of the final.
01:45Oh, she's breaking guard, Mercedes is.
01:48Maybe that's a sign that she, in her mind, that's got to go, is in a cap-champ women's
01:54world championship over Toni Storm.
01:56And perhaps some confidence being shown by the challenge.
01:58Look at the rope, look at the rope.
01:59I see the rope, the names of those that have fallen behind Mercedes-Benz since she arrived here in AEW.
02:0724 of them.
02:14Mercedes, covered in gold while she enters.
02:18But will she leave with the most important gold of all?
02:37Look at her.
02:53A woman out of time.
02:56A rally, a rumor.
02:59A railroad out of track.
03:01Time did not forget her.
03:03It just waited.
03:05Time waits for no man.
03:07But the right woman can bend it over.
03:09She's no longer who she was.
03:11She is what time made her.
03:13A specter of the squared circle.
03:15But even ghosts deserve one last location.
03:18If we should all be forgotten, let's make the last memory a good one.
03:22The place?
03:23Texas.
03:24The time?
03:25Right on, get on.
03:28You've just stepped in.
03:30The time, let's go!
03:34Two or three.
03:35We'rerets.
03:39Time's gone!
03:40I'm so Flavie!
03:41Allow me!
03:42Help me!
03:44vi, vi!
03:46oi, vi, vi!
03:49hi, vi, vi vi...
08:12on that little tile again as you know except you could feel a lot in a lockup with your opponent
08:29you could feel where their body weight is shifting and whatnot that's why you'll see
08:34that a lot matches give a test but given the way that the hostilities have grown between these two
08:42women since Mercedes Manet won the 2025 Owen Hart Foundation Tournament since she earned the number one
08:49contendership for the AW Women's World Championship since those hostilities have increased day by day are you at all
08:56supplies as to the slow pace from the start of this match a little bit but both of these ladies they
09:05will play a head game in their matches totally more than Mercedes I think it's a show of respect I
09:11really do as much as they've had problems with each other understandably a lot of Mercedes respects
09:17anyone on the female or male roster to be honest with you I just my opinion of Mercedes I mean I
09:25think she's awesome but I'll think she respects Andy and that's fine I think that's what I think
09:28into a pending predicament here Mercedes you're not here to respect people you're not here to be
09:33friends of people you're gonna make money a roll up by the challenger and when you win titles you
09:38take more money Mercedes back at it from our drag note rolls through for the statement maker but Tony
09:46Storm did a good job of getting her hip underneath she did to kind of alleviate a little bit of that but
09:51she knows Storm knows she gotta get those ropes but good quick counter there well she's kind of deserved that
09:59hasn't she
10:02do tell well I think so I mean
10:06in Tony's opinion Mercedes may be deserving a little more than a spanking but I'll change the direction by the
10:16champion dropkick catching Mercedes Manet off guard
10:22Tony Storm's gonna take flight
10:27oh Mercedes
10:29don't
10:30Tony Storm she's doing her Mercedes dance she's a great actress Tony Storm she's timeless damn it
10:38Steadfast Butler the timeless Tony Storm he's nuts too oh hip attack sends Mercedes to the outside
10:56Tony Storm bringing the channel jerk teamwork
11:04wait a minute what the hell's going on here Lutha taking a ride and Mercedes taking a ride
11:11a ride
11:13let's give an assist to Lutha sketchy man well they say trust your butler
11:19well they say trust your butler
11:21I don't trust mine but that's a whole nother topic
11:25timeless Tony Storm with the advantage
11:32Mercedes Manet the challenger oh wait a second spoke too soon
11:37it's Mercedes answers Tony Storm the kick to the face
11:43oh Mercedes using her flexibility
11:48it's a great result there in Lutha
11:51oh the meteoric to Lutha
11:55well that brought the booze out didn't it
12:00people love Lutha now
12:03he's a bum he's a damn bum Lutha
12:06oh I don't like Lutha
12:08how much Mercedes on this
12:10wait a second Mercedes
12:12wait a second Mercedes
12:13as we take a look at what just happened
12:15Mercedes now
12:16went to the belt table
12:17picked up the EW Women's World Championship
12:19a bit presumptuous if you ask me
12:21my title
12:25my title
12:27no
12:28well belt ended up on my lap
12:30okay
12:31Mercedes
12:32I thought of it gone
12:33our spine ended up in the edge of our announce desk
12:36good thing I'm wearing a cup
12:41Lutha's got to be helped off while all this goes on
12:46my voice might sign Shavani soon
12:49Tony Storm
12:51in the grips of Mercedes
12:53Sunset Flip Powerbomb
12:55and
12:56whoa
12:57both feet
12:58full bore into the face
13:00of Tony Storm
13:01and now Mercedes
13:03Sunset Flip Bomb
13:04that one into the buckles
13:06ended up like a buckle bomb
13:07back at the head of that middle turnbuckle
13:14now Mercedes on the hop
13:16sliding
13:17in between
13:18bringing the champion
13:20out and a powerbomb on the floor
13:22Mercedes
13:33greeted once again by a chorus of boos
13:35as she
13:37now mocks
13:38AW Women's World Champion titles
13:39Tony Storm
13:40well you can't get mad at Mercedes I mean we saw Tony
13:47like
13:48you know
13:49you know
13:50mocking Mercedes I mean
13:51what's fair is fair right
13:52yeah I'm not mad at that at all
13:54referee Aubrey Edwards
13:56the champion
13:57well hope you guys are really making me mad on this call tonight
13:59and the champion account on the floor
14:05now Mercedes knowing that
14:07she has to beat Tony Storm inside the ring
14:10to claim that AW Women's World Championship
14:14big advantage
14:15at the moment for sure
14:16for Monet
14:18but she can't get too confident
14:19with someone like Storm
14:24just listen to these fans
14:28now the
14:29the hair mare
14:30if you will
14:33taking Tony Storm down
14:35again and again
14:36now
14:37Meteora
14:38only one light captured
14:39and you saw
14:41Tony Storm Taz
14:42pumping that right leg
14:44to generate
14:45enough leverage to kick out
14:46that's exactly what she did
14:47to get that momentum
14:48now
14:49ahead
14:50it's all sizzled up Tony
14:51by Monet here
14:54really hard hold
14:57so you can keep your opponent down for a bit
15:00so he's saying give it up
15:01but I don't think Tony is
15:02and I think the fans realize that as well
15:04not
15:05not at this part of the match
15:06wait
15:07Tony Storm
15:08escapes
15:09the head scissors
15:10now into a waist lock
15:12potentially a German suplex
15:15we've seen how dangerous Tony can be
15:16with those German suplexes
15:17but Mercedes
15:18reverses
15:19oh Tony went face first
15:20and that
15:21that middle
15:23ring rope
15:24and a German suplex
15:26from Mercedes Manet
15:27not a bad idea
15:28Tony Storm rolling to the ropes as well
15:30well maybe it was a bad idea
15:31oh
15:32I thought maybe she was going to try
15:33to get out of the ring
15:35now cover made
15:36two
15:37and
15:38Tony Storm
15:39kicking out
15:40but
15:41not a lot of force
15:42on that kick out
15:43yeah
15:44well it's been
15:45dished out a lot of punishment
15:47Monet has dished out a lot of punishment
15:49onto
15:50Tony Storm
15:51so I get it
15:52so I get it
15:57just
15:58this match
15:59feeling like
16:00a chess match
16:01interspersed with
16:03moments of intense physicality like we just witnessed
16:06that's press right there
16:08that's press right there
16:09now position
16:11right hands raining down
16:15Tony Storm
16:17perhaps on the verge of regaining the advantage sky high
16:20one
16:21two
16:22barely kicked out but Monet able to pop that shoulder up
16:25Tony Storm showing her first really bit of anger here in this matchup
16:29and she was right on top of Mercedes
16:32we've seen
16:35we've seen
16:38one second
16:39Christmas suplex
16:40the leg hooked
16:41and
16:42Mercedes able to kick out
16:43we've seen
16:44Tony
16:45timeless Tony Storm
16:46kind of
16:47processing
16:48going through the emotions
16:50because of the head games that Mercedes
16:53Monet has been playing
16:54not only head games
16:55physical games
16:56as we see
16:57Tony Storm
16:58this
16:59impact
17:00that's rough
17:04maybe going again
17:05for the same deal
17:06good counter
17:08getting attacks that left arm
17:09does Monet
17:13perhaps in service
17:15of a statement maker still to come in this match
17:18and now
17:19the lateral press
17:20Tony Storm kicks out
17:21and
17:22nice transition right there by Monet
17:23Monet
17:24doesn't have
17:25Tony Storm completely flat
17:28but still has the two-on-one grip on the wrist of the champion
17:32yeah
17:33strong
17:34key lock
17:35on the arm
17:36so
17:37got it right now
17:38if you are a
17:39Tony Storm you gotta try to turn
17:40or turn
17:41Monet to hop back
17:43pivot your weight
17:44like that
17:45Tony Storm
17:46into a pinning predicament
17:47and now Tony Storm almost flattened out
17:49yup
17:50it's a version of a tilt
17:51for those amateur wrestling fans
17:52but
17:53now like to your point
17:54I mean
17:55Sloan is flattened out
17:56so it's quite difficult
17:57and
18:01looks like Monet
18:02looking off
18:03there you go
18:04she's really looking at a joint manipulation
18:05of the fingers
18:06I mean attacking not just the fingers
18:08but the wrist
18:09the tendons in the arm
18:10and now
18:11oh!
18:12snapping back
18:13the arm
18:14of Timeless Tony Storm
18:15she had the left arm
18:16hammerlock with her foot
18:22and now
18:23the champion
18:24quickly finding herself
18:25behind the eight ball
18:26tough hold on your shoulders
18:28tough hold to get out of
18:29I've been in this hold
18:30uh
18:31it doesn't look real technical
18:32but it's a brutal hold
18:33and it's not easy to get out of
18:35your opponent's trying to stay behind you the whole while
18:41Tony Storm
18:42using a hip attack
18:43from a standing position
18:44and a backbreaker
18:45trying to use
18:46what she knows best
18:47and that is
18:48as you said Excalibur
18:49the hip attack
18:50it's kind of got her uh
18:53kind of the advantage back here
18:55head scissor right there
18:56yep
18:57reversal
18:58momentarily
18:59and to Tommy maybe here
19:00yeah she's got it
19:02Tony Storm clasping the hands together
19:04trying to prevent
19:05the full extension of her
19:07her arm
19:08by Mercedes Manet
19:09and rolling with her as well
19:11rolling towards her
19:12that's the key
19:13to alleviate the pressure
19:14on your own bicep
19:15when you're caught
19:16in a jujika Tommy
19:17where Mercedes
19:18kicks the legs
19:20flattens out Tony once again
19:21Tony desperately
19:22trying to cling on
19:23to her own
19:24own fingers
19:25her own hand
19:26to prevent
19:27that full extension
19:28because
19:29we've talked Taz
19:30at length about
19:31how it damages
19:32not just the elbow
19:33but the
19:34bicep
19:35dry check
19:36it will definitely tear up
19:37your bicep
19:38when it's really locked
19:40to jujika
19:41Mercedes
19:42latching on tight
19:44to the arm
19:45and now underneath
19:46the rope
19:47oh
19:49catapults
19:50Mercedes
19:51rope first
19:52into the bottom rope
19:53that's a great job
19:54at Tony Storm
19:55taking advantage
19:56of the
19:57of the positioning
19:58in the ring
19:59that was really well done
20:00use the ring as a weapon
20:02and the ring is a weapon
20:04Taz
20:05not be an AEW event
20:06if we didn't point out
20:07that those aren't actually
20:08ropes it's a misnomer
20:09those are high tension
20:10steel cables
20:11it's a lot tighter than a standard rope
20:14ring
20:15a counter
20:16by Mercedes
20:17for her version
20:19of the three amigos
20:20amigos
20:21excuse me
20:22and she's getting moved for
20:24well
20:25I think understandably so
20:26here in Texas Taz
20:28a little short
20:30she came out
20:31in a low rider
20:32you know when you see that
20:33in pro wrestling
20:34you think of the late great
20:35my old friend Eddie Guerrero
20:36Latino Heat
20:37so
20:40who's from Texas
20:41but right now
20:42Mercedes
20:43and like it or not
20:44she is in complete control
20:46Storm's not moving
20:47Eddie Guerrero
20:48the man that inspired
20:49Mercedes Manet
20:50to become a professional wrestler
20:51a man
20:52who won championships
20:53with the frog splash
20:55but it was not meant to be
20:56for the CEO
20:57oh cradle
20:58oh inside cradle
20:59the big package
21:00no
21:01Mercedes able to kick out
21:04there's that German suplex
21:05for the champion
21:06well done on that throw
21:09another one here
21:12second
21:13you can see how
21:14Mercedes head
21:15was whipping back
21:16whole body contorted too
21:18on that second throw
21:20got to break the grip
21:24Mercedes
21:25break that grip
21:26she's got
21:27trying her best
21:28how about that
21:29pair of elbows
21:30you have to see
21:31you can elbow some in the face
21:32or do whatever
21:33you're not attacking the grip
21:35it's easy to say
21:36sitting here
21:37not in the ring
21:38you know
21:39it's tough to break that
21:40that throw
21:41Mercedes in trouble
21:42with the hip attack guys
21:43watch out
21:44hip attack
21:45Storm Zero
21:46that's gonna be
21:47one
21:48two
21:49oh
21:50not much
21:51in that kick out
21:52Storm can't believe
21:53Mercedes kicked out
21:54no you're right Tash
21:55she just
21:56she just
21:57raised both hands
21:58up in the air
21:59and got out of it
22:00yeah that was some hip attack
22:02you just saw her
22:03Monet's face
22:04got blasted
22:05been waiting a long time
22:06to see this match
22:07and I thought that was it
22:08right there
22:09but look at this
22:10arms up
22:11like barely
22:12wow
22:13it was enough
22:14for the referee to stop the count
22:15sure
22:16enough to break contact
22:17of the shoulders
22:18with the mat
22:19by Mercedes
22:20Monet and now
22:21for that TCM chicken wing
22:23it's in tight
22:24and it is in the center
22:25of the ring Taz
22:26oh shoot
22:27Monet might be done here
22:28that is in real tight
22:30that's a truck holding it out
22:33she's fading
22:34Mercedes is fading
22:35she's attacking the grip
22:36smart to break the grip
22:38and biting
22:39just
22:40using
22:41using
22:42any
22:43and all
22:44to escape
22:45from the grip
22:46well it's not the most
22:47technical thing
22:48but in the street it works
22:49well not in the street
22:50but
22:51she wants to win the
22:52AEW Women's World title
22:53so I respect what Mercedes did
22:55Mercedes
22:56oh god
22:57no
22:58no
22:59no
23:00no
23:01no
23:02no
23:03no
23:04no
23:05no
23:06no
23:07no
23:08no
23:09no
23:10no
23:11no
23:12no
23:13no
23:14no
23:15no
23:16no
23:17no
23:18no
23:19no
23:20no
23:21no
23:22a bad trap trap when you're on the mat doesn't matter if if you outweigh someone or not when
23:27you have a hold on like that you alleviate any kind of power or strength advantage they might
23:32have but Mercedes she went to this outstanding ankle lock I would have stayed where I was where
23:38she was if I was Mercedes standing ankle lock Tony storm again oh waist lock Mercedes trying
23:47to recover two consecutive elbows with Tony storm answers one of her own Tony storm here you can hear
24:00Mercedes the name and champion and challenger are like fading here under the heat in Arlington so
24:17much anticipation for this match so much build-up and these two girls are leaving it all in the ring
24:22right now and I think we talked enough about Tony storms strength or power yeah she she's excellent
24:30regarding the strength deal and she's smart regarding when she doesn't strike that headbutt was
24:35perfectly done and both these women are spent out here they're leaving it all out here in terms of
24:42women's world titles on the line yes it's not just about the fatigue the the damage sustained inside
24:47the match it's it's about everything leading up to this event not just between Tony storm and Mercedes
24:56it's about it's about the travel it's about the rough nights when you can't get to get to sleep and you need to it's about not being able to recover it is about Mercedes
25:08Manet rolling up Tony storm and Tony escaping wow Bailey I believe storm might have some blood coming out of her nose maybe her mouth wait a second one two Tony storm able to kick out but Mercedes again now oh moneymaker the cover two and whoa
25:35Manet can't believe it Shivani we saw that succession of pinning attempts by Mercedes Manet I mean to my mind that brings back how she beat Chris
25:44Statlander how she beat Athena and how she beat Jamie Hayter in the finals of the 2025 Owen Hart Foundation Tournament what a moment we're having right now take a look at this great counter
25:53now take a look at this great counter here absolutely like I said I think there's some blood coming out of the nose if there was a before of storm it might be now
26:01maybe it's a mouth I'm not sure I thought I saw a little bit I might have I could be wrong it's rare but I oh yeah that is there you go bloody nose potentially broken
26:11we are taking a look at two of the greatest women wrestlers I've ever seen oh wow in an electric atmosphere wait wait a second Tony Storm
26:19picking out double underhook tony
26:22tony
26:24one two one
26:26that had the crowd going they thought it was over to Excalibur
26:33you see frustration boiling over not just on the face of the challenger but the champion as well
26:40do you think Taz that on some level tony storm knows that she's in a bit of trouble she needs to end
26:46it as soon as possible i definitely think that's the case regarding what's going through tony's mind
26:52snap suplex oh nice a second mercedes counters got a double wrist lock just about back to the arm i'm
26:59going to get a hold of her other wrist but might be tough because she's in there tight meaning
27:03there it is that'll work conversion with double wrist lock yeah mercedes the grip high up on the forearm
27:09but now tony storm if she if she were to tilt forward a little more she could get mercedes in a
27:14pinning predicament but instead carrying the weight of the challenger there's that sprint shibata you
27:19mentioned about storm absolutely core strength as well i mean she's just a powerful lady oh
27:25that'll change the complex of this match that's what's going on with her nose if it's broken or whatnot
27:30Mercedes looking for the knees off the ropes tony storm avoids now underneath oh tony storm one two
27:45wow tony storm where did she pull that one out from
27:48yeah i mean that last time i've seen someone do it like that something like that was an old suzuki
27:56similar type a little bit different storm did it yeah almost i think into a cutter suzuki typically
28:01does his into a choke correct right into a choke i've ever seen him do it a couple times
28:06i'm not sure i've ever seen tony storm do that guys maybe you have i don't remember her doing that
28:10our first of three main events a hotly contested match for the aw women's world championship
28:18it's been a big build up to this one there's no doubt but it's been worth the wait
28:22to the greatest i've seen in the women's division and now
28:27her statement maker but you see tony her arm is free yeah yeah it's not that she's in essence it's a
28:33side headlock but it's tight
28:35and it's tight i mean she's in tight her hip is nice and flat meaning mercedes
28:41and her weight her upper body weight is leaning into the ear
28:45of a tony of a storm oh nice counter out tony
28:49making a statement of her own here center of the ring
28:54she's got a good grip on look at the face of mercedes here
28:59as now mercedes trying to roll to the ropes trying to force the break
29:05or no she won't wait is the role for momentum to get out of the hole but perhaps
29:09too much momentum at the storm zero
29:12a second storm zero oh my god this is bad
29:18that's got to be it one two
29:25that monet is tough as hell
29:28shows you how bad monet wants to be the aw women's world champion
29:33composure now for tony storm is the name of the game do not get rattled do not get shaken
29:41she looks that way though excalibur she looks rattled after that and no doubt about it tony
29:50storm is she's like damn i left it all out there with those just driving her on her head
29:56she said multiple times she's limp meaning mercedes
30:02tony storm dragging the challenger to the corner
30:06setting her up perhaps for the hip attack no doubt
30:09would this be the final act for mercedes monet
30:21oh no mercedes the roll up one two and one and i think mercedes may have had a grip on the bottom
30:28rope aubry edwards didn't see her eyes were on the shoulders
30:31oh right now statement maker don't have a lash tony's preventing her hands from walking
30:40tony storm got out of that small package a move that she's won many matches with including the world
30:45title good quick transition stf wow stf is tony storm trying to make that army crawl to the bottom rope
31:00yeah hard hole to get out if you've got to get to that bottom rope storm knows it as a tony fighting
31:06she's got to bring mercedes in to cover
31:36i think that storm is going to bring her in shivana just not the easy way not the east no
31:48mercedes monet oh wait a second this is awesome guys
31:54mercedes ahead but tony storm
31:59tether i'm sure you've identified it tony storm has been breathing through her mouth for
32:06yes she has because of her nose
32:10oh god
32:21here is your winner and still a new women's world champion
32:30time with tony storm what a battle these two ladies had toughest test to date
32:41for tony storming you gotta tip the cap like her or not to mercedes what a battle
32:46well we just saw two of the greatest wrestlers in the world and an electric atmosphere just lay it all on the line
32:53again tony storm just an amazing champion but there could only be one victor
33:00or victor s will be the call that's now one winner and it's the timeless one herself
33:05the show must go on for your aew women's world champion timeless tony storm
33:12who in defending her title here tonight has handed mercedes monet her first singles loss
33:21inside an aew ring she's still the tbs champion she still has all the gold all those gold belts that we
33:28saw last week earlier this week but she does not have the top prize did not just once escaped her you
33:35were right yeah it was uh what a battle what a battle for sure between mercedes and tony storm
33:45and they're checking the doctors in the ring right now checking on
33:49mercedes monet that landing was nasty well it was like excalibur said it wasn't it was an avalanche storm zero
33:57mercedes hopefully mercedes is okay that's the most important thing here
34:04Mercedes being attended to by our ringside physician as
34:10what a battle guys for the aw women's world championship and that was
34:16delicious a phenomenal phenomenal match
34:20and when timeless tony storm won the aw women's world championship for the fourth time it was in
34:31front for hometown crowd essentially in brisbane just a few miles away from where she grew up in australia
34:40and now here in our biggest ever stage in north america timeless tony storm
34:46in her toughest defense yet successfully retains the aew women's world championship
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