00:02The following contest is scheduled for one fall with a 60-minute time limit,
00:06and it is for the Ring of Honor Women's World Championship.
00:13Approaching the ring is the challenger,
00:16wrestling out of Gold Coast Australia, Harley Cameron.
00:24Well, some say the victory for Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale,
00:29the Babes of Wrath, was the biggest upset that we've seen in AEW.
00:37It was Harley Cameron who was able to score a pin over a woman
00:41that, quite frankly, has not been pinned in Ring of Honor
00:44since ROH came to Honor Club.
00:48Tonight, that very woman is out for vengeance.
00:53Proponent, wrestling out of Dallas, Texas.
00:56She is the Ring of Honor.
00:59Women's World Champion,
01:03the Fallen Guts,
01:06Athena!
01:12She said she's not feeling like herself.
01:16But Harley, she only needs three seconds,
01:19not forever.
01:20Tonight, it is the underdog versus a champion
01:27that I never thought we would see be pinned, Caprice.
01:31I know Harley Cameron was the underdog, but she did pin a world champion.
01:39And nobody saw that coming, man.
01:41You had the women's Ring of Honor World Champion.
01:44I mean, you just thought it was going to be an easy match for them,
01:46but the upset happened just like the same thing can happen tonight.
01:50It certainly can.
01:54The winner of this match will leave here tonight the ROH Women's World Champion
02:02and guaranteed to be the ROH Women's World Champion at final battle.
02:08You got to wonder if you're Harley Cameron.
02:16Knowing this match was signed,
02:19Harley, as the coat of honor is set, the bell is off.
02:23Harley, of course, in the first ever women's blood and guts match just eight days ago, Caprice.
02:28You got to think there's some damage still lingering.
02:30Definitely has to be something in the mind if it's not in the body,
02:35but I believe it's in both.
02:36When you're in those type of matches, man, it changes you.
02:39It changes the way you think about the sport,
02:42the way you think about people, and the body.
02:44Nice roll through there.
02:45Great wrestling here by Harley Cameron.
02:47Oh, Athena.
02:49Great exchange there.
02:51Athena, oh.
02:52Out of the way with Cameron there from that single leg kick.
02:56Right back to the arm drag.
02:58Cameron's been using that arm drag to perfection in this match, Riccoboni.
03:02Certainly has.
03:04Shades of our guest eight nights ago, the Dragon Ricky Steamboat.
03:09And if I'm Harley Cameron, to end this 69-match winning streak,
03:14to end the 1,076-day reign of the Women's World Champion, Athena,
03:19I'm going to keep going back to that well, that speed, those quick movements.
03:23You have to keep doing that, but Athena also has revenge on her mind.
03:27Look at that cartwheel right out of that.
03:31Cameron ready for that.
03:33Cameron's ready for everything, Riccoboni.
03:35How often do you see people play chess with Athena?
03:38Not often as Harley Cameron.
03:41Whoa, caught.
03:42And wait a minute.
03:43Wow.
03:44Wow.
03:44Side rusher, leg sweep.
03:45Cover.
03:46Cover.
03:47Two.
03:48Athena blocked that head scissors, and Harley Cameron still was able to get the offense on
03:54Athena.
03:55Harley Cameron is prepared for this match, and Athena intentionally to the outside of the
03:59ring to create space, but I don't think Cameron knows it yet.
04:03You don't see that often.
04:05Oh, goodness.
04:05You don't see Athena go to the apron like that to catch her breath, but now turning defense
04:12into offense.
04:13It's Athena.
04:14Side effect onto the apron.
04:16Every movement that Athena makes is with intention, is well thought out, is well planned, is scientific
04:24for a favorite champion.
04:27Clubbing forearm to the back.
04:29That primal yell from Harley.
04:31Harley, you hit one of those discs back there, you hit one of the vertebrae caprice, and it's
04:35that shockwaves through you.
04:37Yeah, and that's exactly what's happening there.
04:39You can see Harley holding on to her neck.
04:42Cover.
04:43Two.
04:44Let's not forget the recent, you know, facial surgery that Harley went through.
04:50You gotta protect that.
04:52Almost involuntary.
04:55The history of neck issues, knee issues for Harley Cameron.
04:59See the way that Athena, after she puts on punishment to Harley Cameron, she's watching
05:06to see the reaction, to see what happens.
05:08Almost inspecting Cameron to see what is damaged.
05:12What do I attack more?
05:13What do I stay on?
05:14What do I hone in on?
05:16That's what Athena's thinking.
05:18And I think right now, it's the breastplate that's in a lot of trouble.
05:22Two.
05:22Well, those poignant kicks, those poignant pointed kicks from Athena will certainly do
05:28a lot of damage.
05:30And wearing down your wind.
05:33Oh, goodness.
05:36Tearing at the jaws.
05:38Oh, we saw this last week, Caprice.
05:40If you remember, when Athena and Billy Stark's team together, just doing similar moves in
05:45that tag team match, to Haiyan, and then taunting Harley.
05:51You are nothing!
05:52You are nothing!
05:53Oh!
05:54These women do not like each other.
05:58Digging into the face, that's nasty, and that's personal.
06:02There's no place I'd rather not be than Athena's bad side.
06:06Look at this.
06:06It certainly is off the robes.
06:11Athena!
06:12Oh, my goodness.
06:13See Athena tune that up.
06:15Wow!
06:18Concentrated effort.
06:19Force multiplier on that shot there.
06:21Absolutely, Athena.
06:23Methodical juggernaut.
06:24Thinks about whatever she's doing and ready to drive right through you.
06:29Closing in on 1,100 days as champion.
06:33And the cravat needs to defeat Harley Cameron.
06:39Yeah, this is extremely personal for Athena.
06:42Athena, how many times she's been pinned since she's been champion is very, very, very few.
06:49So it's almost like she has to prove a point that it was a fluke in this match.
06:54And that's what she's trying to do with Harley Cameron.
06:56But Harley Cameron is looking for that opportunity to prove Athena wrong.
07:02And Harley Cameron.
07:03Trying to reach for the ropes.
07:08These losses have come so few and far between.
07:10We think back to the tag team match, which was two years ago now, Caprice.
07:13That was the last time I can remember Athena being defeated in a Ring of Honor ring.
07:18But think about it, Riccobine.
07:20That means it's possible.
07:22And no one at home on the senton there.
07:26And it is Harley Cameron around the world.
07:29Look at that.
07:29They're rolling this time on.
07:30Two of the stackers, though.
07:33Still thinking ahead.
07:35Kick taking Harley Cameron.
07:37Leg hook.
07:38The two.
07:40And again, you're right.
07:41A lot of heart there.
07:42Athena not letting Harley go anywhere.
07:43Keeping that wrist control.
07:45Making sure she doesn't roll away.
07:46Now that seated mount.
07:47And just on top cover.
07:50Two.
07:52And think about Athena's journey.
07:54It started three years ago, Caprice.
07:56That final battle defeating Mercedes Martinez to win the ROH Women's World title.
08:01The last two years.
08:04Oh, come on.
08:07Yeah.
08:08Oh, my goodness.
08:09Becoming.
08:09Slamming the face.
08:10Ripping at the face.
08:12This is more than personal, Riccobine.
08:14Well, I think as athletes get more desperate, I think that's when you see some of the corners being rounded.
08:20Some of the corners running through the corner instead of around the corner, so to speak.
08:25As no one home for Athena.
08:26Doesn't want to let this history-making run end.
08:29The first ever women's champion to main event final battle.
08:32Doing so two years in a row.
08:34In trouble here against the challenger.
08:37Tell you what, man.
08:38If Cameron can stay focused, if she can win this thing, Sling Blade hits.
08:42And now it's the challenger.
08:43Harley Cameron mounting the champion.
08:46The Hilderoy!
08:47Now Cameron can get in trouble here, turning this into a fight.
08:53And it's Harley Cameron!
08:55You're a wizard, Harley Cameron!
08:57Like hooks!
08:59Two and no!
09:02Should have put a little more on that spell to get the win there.
09:07Athena's still in this match.
09:08Cameron focused.
09:10Never counting her out, and especially not counting herself out.
09:14The winner of this bout not only becomes the ROH Women's World Champion,
09:19but the winner goes to final battle, Columbus, Ohio.
09:22Two weeks from tomorrow.
09:25Live, an Honor Club exclusive event.
09:28Harley looking for Soul Food.
09:29Swing and a miss.
09:31Waistlock here.
09:32It is Athena.
09:34The waistlock now.
09:35Harley!
09:36Wait a minute.
09:37Rolls up.
09:38Rolls through.
09:39Two.
09:40Off the ropes.
09:40Watch out!
09:41Wow!
09:42Cover!
09:43Two!
09:44Oh, and Athena smartly trying to drive down herself.
09:48Those running feet in the cover.
09:51Intelligent move by the champion, but Harley with just too much heart.
09:54Tell you what, man, Athena is dangerous on every part of the ring.
09:59The ring awareness that Athena has, knowing where she was,
10:02knowing what she had to do, and doing it in that amount of time,
10:06that quick thinking, that quick thinking is why Athena's been champion for so long.
10:11But it's the heart of Harley Cameron right now who is trying to prove
10:15that that pinfall was no fluke.
10:20Who's the best in the entire world?
10:22That, oh, that Harley Cameron is not a one-hit wonder.
10:26Who sucks?
10:28Oh, come on.
10:30That kiss?
10:31Feel like I'm supposed to say show enough or something.
10:33Look at this.
10:35It's Harley.
10:36Oh, it's Whole Food!
10:37It's Whole Food since Athena on the outside.
10:40You can't pin her on the outside, Rickabani.
10:43You have to put her back in, and Harley Cameron coming to the outside
10:45with Athena may be a dangerous thing,
10:48because Athena is very dangerous on the outside of the ring.
10:51If I was Cameron, I'd throw Athena right back in.
10:54Well, I was there.
10:55I called the match where Athena snapped.
10:58It was in Toronto.
10:59It was on the outside.
11:00When her opponent tried to do just this caprice,
11:03that was when the switch flipped.
11:05Harley is smartly attacking Athena while she can,
11:09but this might wake Athena back up.
11:11Yeah, she needs to put Athena back in the ring as soon as possible.
11:14Come on!
11:16Come on!
11:16Come on!
11:19Athena's walking and thinking.
11:21Trust and believe, Rickabani.
11:24Well, think about the street fight in Chicago.
11:26One of the very first Honor Club events.
11:29Think about the battles with Willow Nightingale
11:31that went to the outside with Athena.
11:33Think about the wars with Billy Starks
11:35that were on the outside.
11:36This is it!
11:37Did you see the corner?
11:39The corner of that rail is what the back of Harley Cameron hit.
11:44I told you, Athena thinking.
11:46Oh, goodness!
11:47And this is where Athena goes to work!
11:51Cameron had a short amount of time to get Athena back in the ring,
11:54and now this world, I think,
11:56is a very unfamiliar world for Harley Cameron,
11:59but this is at home for Athena.
12:00This is my shot!
12:04Yep.
12:04This is my shot!
12:06Athena has been the centerpiece.
12:09She has been...
12:10Let me get it!
12:12Regularly and proudly
12:14on each and every week of ROH,
12:17defending that title,
12:19taking it to the proving ground.
12:20Tonight, looking to punch her and take it to the final battle,
12:23but taking a little bit of time as she goes to the top.
12:26Harley will take advantage there.
12:27And Athena,
12:36that right-hand block.
12:38It's Harley Cameron unloading now!
12:42And Athena,
12:43Athena's dead weight.
12:44Look at this!
12:46Athena off-balance as well.
12:47Harley Cameron in a great position.
12:50Yep.
12:50Superplex from the Challenger!
12:53Can the Challenger find the champion?
12:55She does!
12:55Uh-oh!
12:57Cabrins, we're going to have a new champion here!
12:59Pulp handle back!
13:00Suplex!
13:01The stack!
13:01The cover!
13:02To Harley Cameron!
13:03No!
13:04Nothing wrong with the move.
13:06Nothing wrong with the stack.
13:07Great pin attempt.
13:08The champion just not ready to relinquish.
13:11Bust racing is not the name of the game.
13:13Harley Cameron, you need to get up.
13:15Keep it going.
13:16Move forward.
13:17You're doing a great job.
13:19Harley Cameron certainly has proved to me
13:22and to fans all over the world
13:23that the first pinfall in Athena
13:25was not a fluke on the verge,
13:27the precipice of becoming
13:29the ROH Women's World Champion.
13:31But it's Athena, the champion with a counter.
13:34No!
13:35No, Ruff!
13:36Uh-oh.
13:37Oh, trying to...
13:38Oh, Harley Cameron!
13:39She's trying to hit Harley Cameron's finisher!
13:42Instead, it's Harley Cameron!
13:44The question mark kick there!
13:45Cameron!
13:46Backstabber!
13:49Those knees, the point of the knees!
13:51To the back, driving the air out of Athena!
13:53The challenger off the ropes!
13:55Around the waist!
13:56Cover!
13:57Trap!
13:57Legs locked!
13:58It's Cameron!
13:59It's Cameron!
14:00The STF!
14:01STF!
14:02Locked in!
14:05STF is locked in!
14:06Caprice!
14:07Great wrestling!
14:08Great wrestle!
14:09How far does Athena have to go?
14:11She knows where she is,
14:12but the closest rope is past Cameron's thighs!
14:15So, Athena has to move forward to break this!
14:19Oh, wait for Cameron to get too much momentum!
14:21Showed her how to roll it through!
14:24She's fighting!
14:25And Cabrera!
14:25She's fighting!
14:26She's fighting!
14:28Fighting!
14:28To keep her legacy intact!
14:31Fighting to keep this record-setting raid going!
14:34It's Athena now!
14:35Who's gonna scratch, claw, bike, do whatever she has to do!
14:40If that's not desperation, I don't know what is!
14:43Hot check!
14:44Oh!
14:45And using the ring as a weapon!
14:47It's Athena!
14:49Planting Harley into the coaching clutch!
14:52Athena with Harley Cameron trapped!
14:54And that's it!
14:55Athena has the final battle!
15:00The winner of this match, by submission,
15:03and still Ring of Honor, Women's World Champion, Athena!
15:12And Athena came in tonight in the rare position of having to face someone that earned a pinfall in unfamiliar territory for Athena over the last three years here at ROH Caprice.
15:27A loss proven to be a bump in the road, now the momentum is back in the favor of the forever champion.
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