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00:00has arrived. There is Ivy Nile. She had an interesting reaction watching all the videos
00:04of Maxine Dupree's intense training recently. She said, I've been doing that for a lifetime,
00:10not just in recent weeks. And now that lifetime of purpose-driven hard work gets a chance at
00:16the pot of gold at the end of the ultimate rainbow, a women's intercontinental championship.
00:30And all the hard work weighed with Natty in the dungeon. It has been paying off for Maxine
00:36Dupree with a title defense now after that well-earned IC win in one of the most shocking
00:44upsets we have seen in recent years as she defeated Becky Lynch. For the first time since
00:49the original, it's a Cinderella story where the main act actually looks like Cinderella
00:55too. But what a rise it has been over the past several months for Maxine Dupree. Shocking
01:01the world with that victory, winning her first gold here in WWE. But to many people, despite
01:09the training you mentioned, Jotess, this is the most beatable champion under the WWE umbrella
01:16thanks to her relative lack of experience between those roads. For the championship introductions,
01:24here's Alicia Taylor.
01:25The following contest is scheduled for one ball and is for the women's intercontinental championship.
01:44Introducing first the challenger from Knoxville, Tennessee, representing American-made Ivy Nile.
02:02And her opponent from Sacramento, California, she is the women's intercontinental champion,
02:20Maxine Dupree.
02:2428 days as the women's intercontinental champion, the third champion in the title's history.
02:35That is what is on the line. And by the way, Maxine got her side plates earlier today. And as you would
02:42think, Wade, that brought about a reaction from Becky Lynch on social media. Becky was not too happy.
02:49Quote, this is an abomination. The title that I made beautiful and relevant now looks cheap and pathetic.
02:57Those plates should say cheater and fraud. That is Becky Lynch.
03:03Not just Becky Lynch saying either, Joe, but I'll focus back on the match here.
03:07No one else is saying it.
03:09Hot start between these two women. Now, of course, if you go back about 18 months, these two women were tight friends.
03:15And that all blew apart with Ivy Nile stabbing Maxine in the back and aligning with American-made, taking down the Alpha Academy and now looking to take down Maxine once again and take her goal in the process.
03:29Remember, these were former friends. Ivy Nile's been very outspoken about where things turned.
03:36This is no emotion. We were friends.
03:39That was long. There's an ankle lock being put on right away.
03:42Ivy Nile had a hand on the ropes there. This referee better move a little quicker than that in breaking that hole.
03:48Certainly if you're a fan of Ivy Nile, which I definitely am, but I'm a growing fan of Maxine Dupree and her ever-expanding arsenal.
03:56It was a nice shot to the jaw right there from the pit bull.
03:59Yeah, we've seen Maxine.
04:00Oh, wow!
04:03She's got that arm!
04:04The move stolen from Chad Gable.
04:07Now, Maxine, you mentioned her training with Natalia and Tyson Kidd in their dungeon.
04:11She has trained a ton with the likes of Chad Gable in the past, and it really explains her rapid rise to championship gold.
04:19No doubt about it. We have seen the best of her in recent months.
04:22She's a German out on the floor from Ivy Nile. Ivy Nile seeking her first title in WWE.
04:39All the way back in March, Ivy Nile first attempted to win the Women's Intercontinental Championship.
04:44That's when Lyra Valkyria had the title.
04:51And I've watched the rise of Ivy Nile since her days in NXT.
04:55She is one of a handful of what I would call underlucked superstars on the Raw roster,
05:01who, in my opinion, have deserved bigger opportunities for quite some time.
05:06So I'm thrilled she's getting there.
05:08In fact, I went to knock on Adam Pearce's door a few weeks ago to let him know what I thought about Ivy Nile.
05:14Did you really?
05:14I was shoved out of the way by Ivy Nile, who went in herself and told Adam Pearce exactly what she wanted.
05:21Well, it turns out she's got that now.
05:23Can she convert and win the gold?
05:26No!
05:26Great opportunity for her to prove herself right here against Maxine Dupree.
05:31I'll tell you right now, Joe Test, the fact that you mentioned, obviously, it's the first gold that Maxine Dupree has won here in WWE.
05:39The fact that she's done that before, Ivy Nile has managed to do that, has only intensified the anger inside the pit bull.
05:48And you almost sense a level of rage just itching to get out of Ivy Nile here.
05:54But we brought up her reaction earlier about what we have seen in recent weeks, and that is these outrageous training videos with Maxine Dupree and Natty and how hard she's worked.
06:05And, of course, Ivy Nile, I mean, if there's anybody dedicated to training, it's Ivy Nile.
06:10But it is so impressive to see the commitment from Dupree.
06:14Yeah, Dupree really has had to step it up.
06:17Of course, you chase that dream of getting to the mountaintop and doing it of all places.
06:21Madison Square Garden in front of your family.
06:23Who the hell wins their first title under those conditions?
06:27Well, Maxine Dupree did it.
06:29But you've got to learn in this game, it only gets more difficult once you win the gold.
06:34And learning that the hard way now is Maxine Dupree.
06:37Yeah, that was one of the toughest tickets in Madison Square Garden history.
06:41That was John Cena's goodbye to New York that evening.
06:45This could be Maxine Dupree's goodbye to the Intercontinental Championship this evening.
06:50Because the way it's going, Ivy Nile has been in full control for several minutes.
06:55And that toughness of Maxine Dupree that we've seen in those training montages with Natalya is really going to be tested here.
07:03Trying to fight her way back.
07:11You're at the point in the match where if you are Maxine Dupree, forget the pretty stuff.
07:15It's about digging deep.
07:17Tap into that grit and just keep swinging.
07:19Raw live on Netflix, Women's Intercontinental Championship match.
07:38Ivy Niles had eight total title matches in her career.
07:41Could this be the moment she breaks through?
07:43It's Maxine Dupree, her first title defense.
07:46A leg hung up there.
07:47What a compromised position as she gets slammed down on the apron.
07:51Well, all the range of those long legs of Maxine Dupree comes in handy at times.
07:56But the quickness of the pit bull.
07:58Oh, there's a pinning combination.
08:00Looking to retain right there.
08:03Ivy Nile's been in control for the majority of this match so far.
08:06Really has looked dominant at times.
08:08But the grit, the willpower of Maxine, the champion tested here.
08:13I'm going to snap the neck of Maxine.
08:16Oh.
08:17Look at this.
08:17Would you look at this from Dupree?
08:20Well, that was amazing.
08:21All the training.
08:22What a counter.
08:23I mean, if you want to learn technical skills, there is no one finer than Natalya and her dungeon to teach her that.
08:30I don't think I've seen this kind of a reversal before in my life.
08:33An attempt at a reverse suplex, perhaps.
08:36Turned into almost a Huracanrana-type leg scissors by Maxine,
08:40who's figuring it out as she goes along, but managing to hang in there.
08:45And more importantly, managing to hang on to the goal for now.
08:49They always talk about the fact of once you are strapped up, the confidence that grows,
08:54how much more you grow as a competitor.
08:57This looks like a very different version of Maxine Dupree.
09:01Remember what we have seen recently as she says to Natty,
09:04give me more, bring more.
09:07This is the version you're getting now.
09:09Somebody just snapped inside of Maxine.
09:12She's got that look in her eye.
09:14The look that has been drilled into her by Natalya in the dungeon.
09:18You can see it in her every which way.
09:21Maxine Dupree.
09:24An undeniable fighting spirit now being matched by the expanding arsenal.
09:31This is not the competitor we saw with the shocking win against Becky Lynch.
09:36Bridging.
09:37And a count of two.
09:39But don't count out the dogged determination of Ivy Nile.
09:45These opportunities don't come around often for Ivy Nile.
09:49She wants to take advantage.
09:51But Dupree, as we said, better than ever.
09:54Oh, nice, Ivy.
09:56Nice!
09:56Wow!
09:57Could it be right here to get the IC?
10:00So much power in that little unit that is Ivy Nile.
10:04She knows how to use every sinew of muscle she has in her body.
10:09There's power bombing Maxine Dupree there.
10:13And Maxine Dupree is completely rocked here.
10:16Very different look in the eye to the one we saw a few moments ago.
10:20Now you see the confidence from Ivy Nile.
10:23Nile is hovering over the intercontinental champion, driving down right hands.
10:29But Dupree turning things around.
10:32Trying to deliver one of her own.
10:35That's called underestimating a champ.
10:37Dupree to retain!
10:39And Nile able to survive it.
10:41Yeah!
10:45Take another look at this power bomb.
10:50Landing hard on the lower back.
10:52And then the neck of Ivy Nile.
10:55Tightly hooked, pinned, but it wasn't enough.
10:56But this one swinging back and forth, Joe.
10:58Oh, man!
10:59Look at that!
11:00One, two, three, four!
11:04And the break at four was the hanging dragon sleeper.
11:07There from Ivy Nile.
11:09Tied up in the ropes.
11:09You can't win that way, of course.
11:11But you can do a lot of damage.
11:13Oh, delivering it right to the midsection.
11:17And now attacking at will is Ivy Nile with those long legs once again.
11:22Of Maxine Dupree's causing her to get tied up in the top turnbuckle.
11:28Oh, and Dupree sends Nile flying.
11:31You've got to be inventive in this game.
11:35You've got to react quickly.
11:36And now the straps are coming down.
11:39Here she goes.
11:42Everything she worked for to get to the top.
11:45Looking to deliver right here.
11:47She was looking for the crossbody.
11:48She has mastered that lately.
11:50But instead, here's Nile.
11:51Looking to get that belt.
11:54Technically perfect pin.
11:55But Tricks is into the ankle lock.
11:58And Ivy Nile in trouble.
11:59She knows it.
12:00She's kicking her way out.
12:01Trying to fight away.
12:02But look at the resilience and the commitment to the ankle lock by Maxine Dupree.
12:10Maxine Dupree must be double jointed.
12:12I've no idea how she held on to the ankle lock there.
12:14And back on it immediately.
12:15Maxine Dupree is absolutely relentless.
12:20She smells blood.
12:21She's going in for the kill.
12:22Like a dog to a stake.
12:23Getting that ankle.
12:25Time and again trying to get back into that ankle lock.
12:29Right back to it, Wade.
12:35Attacking that left ankle.
12:37It's taking a lot of damage.
12:39Ivy Nile's in a big, big mess here.
12:42Oh, this is asking a lot of Ivy Nile right here.
12:45Maxine Dupree.
12:46First title defense.
12:48Tap all.
12:49Snap.
12:49Oh, she retains.
12:52Ankle lock submission.
12:53Here is your winner by submission and still the women's intercontinental champion, Maxine
13:05Dupree.
13:07Well, the moves are one thing, Joe.
13:09It's the attitude and the determination that are something else entirely.
13:15Underestimate the intercontinental champ, Maxine Dupree, at your peril.
13:20She's different.
13:21She's just different right now.
13:23Hey, you can celebrate the chance last ride with a WWE Ultimate Edition, John Cena.
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