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00:00World Champion Jordan Grace, then the reigning champion Kalani Jordan, a triple threat matchup.
00:06She won the championship and now has to stand across the ring from her friend Ziya Brookside.
00:12You can see how emotional these two are.
00:16There's, I often will say it, there's a lot of smoke, mirrors, and storytelling we do in this business,
00:22but these two are very, very real friends.
00:26This is a very, very real moment and matchup for them.
00:29But this, at the end of the day, you're going to have to hit your friend,
00:33you're going to have to lock up, toss your friend around,
00:34you're going to have to pin your friend's shoulders to the mat if you want to leave as champion.
00:40How difficult is it to fight your friend and make that decision to finish the matchup?
00:45I mean, look, you're in the wrong business if you can't do it.
00:49This is the ultimate compartmentalization.
00:52The minute you step through those ropes, or at least the minute that bell rings,
00:55you have to be all business.
00:57You have to switch on a dime, because everything counts on it.
01:02Lookout shoulders down.
01:04Lee trying to retain early here against Brookside.
01:07Brookside, we saw how technically gifted she is,
01:10especially last night on Impact, defeating Danny Luna to officially pawn this title shot.
01:16That was a technical masterpiece up front,
01:18and then you saw how Danny Luna progressively got more and more vicious, more violent.
01:23This matchup could prove to be similar, while with less malice involved.
01:28It could be a similar clash of styles.
01:31I mean, I'm going to give the champion the advantage.
01:33Striking, of course, strength, though, as well, I would give to Lei Ying Li.
01:38Ziya's going to once again have to rely on her speed, her agility,
01:42and technical acumen in this matchup.
01:47Langley does have a background in mixed martial arts,
01:49has gone into that space this year and been successful.
01:54Going to apply that here in a wrestling ring,
01:56but the work that she's put in over eight years,
01:58you got to see a lot of it firsthand at one point.
02:00What has this journey been like for her?
02:02I mean, you said it in the beginning.
02:05Not just learning wrestling, learning everything.
02:09As Ziya Brooks, I'm very confident,
02:11even offering the hand to her opponent tonight.
02:15Making friends in a business where not many make friends.
02:19Look, I'm here to make money, not make friends.
02:20Yes.
02:21All right.
02:21So quit asking me and hang out after the shows.
02:25But you are correct.
02:27It is a very hard business to do that in.
02:29To get to learn a language, to learn a skill,
02:32and to learn how to make friends in a country
02:33that you've never been and never lived in.
02:36It is an entire life that Lei Yingli had to change,
02:41had to grow, had to learn.
02:42And she did that at Benson.
02:45Brookside going for the crossbody.
02:47Caught by Lei Yingli.
02:50Got a good counterwork there from Brookside.
02:53Whoa, same idea.
02:55Very even between Lei and Brookside.
02:59And the respect still very much there.
03:04Still some smiles even in this.
03:06But at some point, Robert meets the road
03:09in a matchup like this.
03:15Two women from worlds away
03:17coming together here for the richest prize
03:19in women's wrestling in TNA.
03:21This is what it means to be a knockout.
03:34A lot of respect for the crowd here in El Paso
03:37for the show being put on here,
03:40but the skill being put on display between these two.
03:47I mean, the flip side of the coin
03:48I was making about that compartmentalization.
03:51One thing I found here in wrestling
03:53is sometimes you hit your friends,
03:55you hit your brothers and sisters
03:56even harder than you hit your enemies.
03:58What a dropkick there by Lei.
04:04And so far, outside of a couple of kicks,
04:08maybe a forearm, I got to notice.
04:10I mean, nobody's balled up a fist
04:12and punched the other one.
04:13That's usually my adage.
04:14You got to punch your friend in the face,
04:16but they've kept this one pretty clean and cut and dry.
04:21Great sportsmanship, great respect shown between these two.
04:24Off the top, crossbody from Brookside.
04:26Trying to win the title, kick out at one by the champion.
04:32Think about all the great knockouts
04:34that have come before Brookside and Lei,
04:36the champions.
04:37Like, ooh, Hall of Famers, Gail Kim,
04:40Mickie James, Awesome Kong, Angelina Love,
04:44plus Tara, Taya Valkyrie, Deonna Purrazzo,
04:47now you mentioned Jordan Grace.
04:49What a legacy.
04:50We're here to retain the title.
04:51No.
04:52Kick out there by Zion Brookside.
04:54An absolutely incredible, untouchable legacy,
04:58ooh, in women's wrestling.
04:59Snap suplex, here's the cover,
05:01trying to hold on to the title, kick out.
05:04And now you can feel it start to sink in.
05:07Now this match is really settling into its pace,
05:10into its groove.
05:12The back and forth,
05:13the kind of testing each other period is done.
05:16We are down into the nitty-gritty of this matchup.
05:20Great crowd on here in El Paso, Texas,
05:23live at final resolution.
05:26Our last TNA Plus live special
05:27to conclude a historic 2025 for this company.
05:32Brookside, working her way up, able to break free here.
05:44Going to have to have an answer for everything,
05:46and if there's anybody who does,
05:48it is Zaya Brookside who has an answer for everything.
05:50Wei Ying Li can throw at her.
05:52Look at the strength.
05:53Wait.
05:54Trying to hold on to Brookside.
05:55Brookside might take the title here.
05:57Kick out at two.
05:59Wait a minute.
05:59Oh!
06:00And look at Brookside caught up here by Li.
06:03What a counter to the kick.
06:07Collapsing right onto that knee,
06:09right onto the leg and the thigh of Zaya Brookside.
06:11That was nasty.
06:13Zaya Brookside in a world of pain.
06:18And trapped dead center of the ring
06:20right across those three special letters.
06:23TNA, the brand she's fighting to represent
06:26as champion right now.
06:28Zaya Brookside, can she get to the bottom rope
06:31and break up the submission.
06:33Li drags Brookside closer to the middle of the ring.
06:38Look at the...
06:39Oh!
06:39Now turning it.
06:41The STF.
06:42And transitioning into a straight crossface
06:45is Lay Ying Li.
06:47Come on, Laya.
06:49Ripping and tearing all the way.
06:51Look out.
06:51Shoulders down and a kick out.
06:54That's been Zaya's game in this one
06:56to have a counter, have a roll-up.
06:58Oh, go for the crucifix.
06:59Finally gets the shoulders down and a kick out.
07:03To counter these power moves,
07:05these strikes of Li.
07:07This is a takedown.
07:08There goes Li to the opposite side of the ring.
07:14Now can Brookside shake it off,
07:17get back into the fight?
07:21First time ever these two have gone one-on-one.
07:24The Angel Warriors doing battle against each other
07:28for the Knockouts World Championship.
07:31Open palms of Li.
07:33Look out!
07:33Look at the kick.
07:34Cover.
07:35Cover and a kick out.
07:38Brookside's had a lot of answers here
07:40for Lay Ying Li.
07:42Let's go!
07:45Fired up.
07:47Now looking to pick up where she left off earlier.
07:49Boom!
07:50Broken wings.
07:51It's the double knees in the corner.
07:54Side rushing, leg sweep.
07:56Taya Brookside trying to win the Knockouts World title
07:58and a kick out.
08:02Came close there,
08:03but close ain't good enough.
08:06Not when Gold is on the line.
08:09I need you out of the corner bumper.
08:11You're out.
08:13Elbows right to the back there by Li.
08:15Trying to create a little bit of separation.
08:17Some breathing room.
08:18Look out.
08:19Wait a second.
08:21The octopus now by Brookside.
08:24Locked in.
08:26The neck, the shoulder, wrist, and elbow there.
08:30Laying Li being twisted and torn.
08:34Could Laying Li submit and lose the Knockouts World title
08:38in her first defense as champion?
08:43Brookside grasping.
08:45Look at the strength of Lee here.
08:49Lee able to break free of Zaya Brookside.
08:52Wait a minute.
08:52Whoa, through.
08:53Brookside has a cover.
08:54Kick out at one.
08:57Oh, and a knee right to the side of the face.
09:00Again.
09:02Brookside had a roll-up, a counter, but a striking.
09:06Cover, hook to the leg.
09:07Tucks the arm, but the right shoulder up in time.
09:12Lee comes back with a devastating strike.
09:16The back and forth, very apropos of the relationship
09:20these two share.
09:27Chance for Laying Li here in El Paso, Texas.
09:31The Knockouts World Championship on the line here
09:34for a final resolution.
09:38Now setting up her tag team partner here
09:42up in the high-rack district.
09:47Lee thinking superplex.
09:49Champion and challenger from the top turnbuckle.
09:55Superplex by Lee.
09:58That took a lot out of the champion, though, as well.
10:02Did she take advantage?
10:03We get the better of that superplex, Tom.
10:17After the count of ten, so this match can continue.
10:21They have to get up to their feet.
10:22The match continues.
10:28Our referee, Frank Castano, all over this one.
10:32Oh, wait a second.
10:33We've seen this win matches before.
10:35Thinking about that swinging face buster.
10:38Oh, nearly connected with it.
10:39Brookside knows it coming.
10:41Double knees.
10:42What a connection.
10:43Huge cover kick out.
10:45What a counter by Brookside.
10:49So close to the Knockouts World title.
10:56Just another example of how well these two know each other.
11:00Here we go.
11:01Hold on.
11:01Trying to set up for the Brookside bomb.
11:04Countered again.
11:05That time by Lee.
11:07Lee knew it was coming.
11:08Now Brookside up top.
11:10Hold on.
11:10Oh, tornado DDT.
11:12The champ got planted.
11:14Did Brookside get enough?
11:15Can she win the title?
11:17Lee out of two.
11:25Zaya Brookside here has dropped a couple of big hits, a couple of bombs here.
11:33That should have put it away in many other circumstances.
11:35See Brookside say, I'm sorry.
11:48This is what it's come down to.
11:51These forearm strikes back and forth, slugging it out here.
11:57It took a while for this matchup to break down to this, Raywald, as you mentioned earlier.
12:04But now every matchup will always hit that point of, wait a second.
12:09Well, Lee was able to block that kick.
12:11Went for one of her own.
12:12Now Brookside trying to surprise Lee.
12:14And a kick out of two.
12:15Another roll-up.
12:16Count.
12:17Oh!
12:18The big connection there.
12:21Spinning heel kick.
12:22And now it's Lee who says, I'm sorry, to Brookside.
12:29Once again, Lee has Brookside up on her shoulders.
12:35The swinging face buster.
12:38Cover.
12:39One, two, three.
12:41Lee retains against Zaya Brookside.
12:43Here is your winner, and still the TNA knockout, world champion, Lady Blee.
12:56And you can see there an emotional moment shared between two athletes who have a hell of a lot of respect for each other.
13:06And I think even more was earned tonight.
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