00:00Et cette thère conteste est une matche de débit de 5.20 minute de 6 minutes.
00:09Et c'est maintenant pour la Nouvelle JAPAN STRONG WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP !
00:18Je pense qu'il y a un autre titre de défense ici à Yorco.
00:21Et tu sais pas, c'est le challenge !
00:26Je veux dire, c'est qu'il y a pas d'opportunité d'une opportunité d'une opportunité, David.
00:40Hey, Rio a été dénagé la champion de l'Undisputé Britannique Women's Championship.
00:48La dernière tourne de la Sérieure, il va arriver à la prochaine tourne de la Sérieure.
00:53Mais en même temps, il peut devenir Rio2B, c'est-à-dire les épiceries.
01:01Parce qu'il y a une intense, impactante de Rio
01:06Il y a d'assez du pire des île de la Sérieure à Yorco
01:11Do now wrestle.
01:15For the New Japan Strong Women's Championship.
01:20Can't this be an extra motivator.
01:24For Rio.
01:28Is this is going to get her to take the next step.
01:32Well she crumple under the pressure.
01:34Rio is not one to crumple under any pressure.
01:37Look at that face, David.
01:48Zero fear in her expression, David.
01:53Nothing there but total focus and total self-confidence.
01:59Rio is coming here to fight and she's come here to win.
02:05Yes, but, if I may, of course, Rio's about to face one of the top women in the world right
02:13now,
02:14one of the best wrestlers in the world right now, a triple champion.
02:19As she carries to the ring the CMLL Women's Tag Team Championship,
02:24the CMLL Women's World Championship, and the title that is On the Line tonight.
02:31As we just found out, La Primera puts the New Japan Strong Women's Championship on the line of this match.
02:41On the way to the ring, she is reigning and defending New Japan's strong women's champion,
02:55Stephanie McKeer!
03:00Stephanie McKeer has made a name for herself in the past calendar year,
03:06and she comes into ref, bro!
03:09Welcome with open arms by your call!
03:12As one of the biggest challengers in Rio's career.
03:16Listen, I'd call her Steffi Three Belts, but I fancy still retaining all my teeth, David.
03:22You think she'll beat you up?
03:23Absolutely.
03:24Absolutely.
03:25Is it the Three Belts or the Steffi?
03:27Probably the Steffi.
03:28Is it the Steffi?
03:29Maybe that would be the part that she would take umbrage with, David.
03:32Three Belts is just factual.
03:36I mean, maybe she owns more.
03:37I don't know that.
03:38That is fair.
03:38Steffi Three Belty?
03:39What if you do a rhyme like that?
03:41I mean, that could work.
03:42You can do it.
03:43You can get away with it.
03:43We'll try this later.
03:44Anyways, there's the title that's on the line.
03:46The New Japan Strong Women's Championship is on the line in this match.
03:51What a huge effect would it have?
03:56It would be a huge ripple across the world of professional wrestling if Rio leaves that ring as the new
04:04women's champion.
04:05But, David, what kind of level of confidence do you have to have in yourself after already wrestling a match
04:12today to then decide,
04:14you know what, I'm wrestling, I've wrestled earlier, I'm now wrestling again, someone completely different, someone I've not stepped in
04:20the ring with.
04:21You know what, I'm feeling so confident in myself, one of my belts is going to be on the line.
04:26How do you deal with that kind of self-confidence, David?
04:29Steffi Vakir comes across to me as the kind of wrestler that wants that kind of pressure and thrives under
04:35that kind of pressure.
04:35You have to be a bit of a maniac to be a top professional wrestler.
04:39I mean, just look at me.
04:40Absolutely.
04:41Sometimes pressure makes diamonds.
04:42And he's the kind of person that's not going to crumble under that pressure, that will put themselves willingly under
04:48that pressure,
04:49that gets the success that Steffi Vakir has had so far.
04:52It is a great story that you bring up, though.
04:54Rio has not wrestled today yet.
04:56Absolutely not.
04:56This isn't Rio's second match today.
04:58Rio has been here all day.
04:59Rio was on the outside looking at the earlier match that Steffi Vakir had with Kenji.
05:05Beautiful, beautiful.
05:05As she goes for the jackknife here.
05:09And Rio gets her own role.
05:11For the pin, one count, continues to roll, rolls Steffi around to the other side.
05:17And she is not intimidated.
05:20Steffi Vakir gets the first kick and a headbutt.
05:25It's not illegal, it's okay.
05:28And Rio gets a huge forearm.
05:31You don't want to trade shots with Rio because you're going to suffer as Rio.
05:43This is the kind of offense that Rio can bring.
05:46High impact.
05:53And a big dropkick to the back, which is a very Lucha-like move.
05:57Absolutely.
05:58The influences of Lucha Libra still being felt, even with Rio.
06:00She didn't just do that today.
06:02It is one of the big moves that she does.
06:04And she will take the invitation to fly at Fantasica Mania.
06:08As Rio goes under the middle rope with a plancha, a tope.
06:15That takes the champion down.
06:17So, David, what is the difference between a tope and a plancha?
06:21I should have called that a tope, not a plancha, to be fair.
06:23A plancha is more of what we call a crossbody, where you go chest and stomach first as Rio goes
06:30for the cover here, beautiful use of her left leg over the shoulder for leverage on the shoulder blades there.
06:36Where a tope is what we call a suicide dive, where you go head and hands first,
06:41maybe sometimes elbow first, like Samoa Joe does.
06:45There.
06:46That's a very, very good explanation.
06:48And mentioning the Samoa Joe, always a favorite.
06:50Lovely.
06:51I am indeed a trainer at the London School of Wrestling.
06:53I have to know my stuff.
06:54Look at that, Stephanie Vakir, able to catch Rio.
06:58Load her in, caught the arm as it was coming in to hit her,
07:02transferred into that arm breaker across the ropes.
07:05I'm having a lot of fun naming stuff today.
07:08That is what I call the Suzuki look.
07:10Of course.
07:10And Stephanie's win boards.
07:12Into a plunger, that's what it is, goes for the lateral press, doesn't get the win.
07:16And follows it up with a hook kick to the Temple of Rio.
07:20The champion is in control in this championship match.
07:26Little Guerrero, oh, what an explosion with that leg.
07:29Did you see that?
07:30The snap.
07:31Beautiful.
07:32Goes again for the cover.
07:33This time hooks both legs.
07:35Rio is forced to kick out.
07:37I'm sure that Stephanie knows that that's not going to give her the win.
07:40It's just part of a longer term game plan.
07:43But she will continue to go for the cover.
07:45So smart.
07:45I think Rio work hard.
07:47Sorry for the kick out.
07:48Go ahead.
07:48The way that Stephanie wraps that arm around her leg to make it slightly more difficult for Rio to get
07:55out of this hole.
07:56Slightly more difficult.
07:58Swapping into almost a dragon hole.
08:03And our hands are clasped behind her back.
08:05Absolutely.
08:06I know the camera can't see it here, but we can definitely do it.
08:08The camera, the hands are clasped behind the back.
08:10All tons of pressure on the chin, the throat, the neck, and the shoulder of Rio.
08:15Rio is able to escape, but there's no space given by Stephanie Vakir.
08:18Not to mention just grinding the lips into the teeth, David.
08:22It cannot be expressed how much just that alone absolutely sucks.
08:27We were talking about confidence, and Stephanie Vakir showcasing this confidence right here.
08:33It's the kind of situation that she was born for, that she wants to be in.
08:37We also have to say that Rio not intimidated at all by the fact that she's now wrestling by one
08:43of the most prestigious championships in the world.
08:45And we saw this earlier today on how effective it was.
08:49Stephanie Vakir using the figure four head scissors and the stomps.
08:56Listen, you drive someone's forehead into the mat hard enough, David, they're going to feel it, let alone repeatedly doing
09:02it.
09:03And another knee drop this time.
09:05Really high on the chest, maybe the throat.
09:09Beautiful positioning there by Vakir as well, getting a body between Rio and the referee,
09:14so that the referee can see where the knee is hitting.
09:16Of course.
09:17And again, it's hard to say the words masterclass when you're watching a wrestling match.
09:22Because everything is subjective, but...
09:25Oh, we got Gondinziki that!
09:26The snap on that boot is the kind of offense that Rio brings in.
09:30Too soon.
09:30And she's trying her best to move on some offense.
09:33Beautiful puncher.
09:34Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait.
09:34Stephanie Vakir reversed it.
09:35Is that a cover?
09:42Rio starting to feel the effects of the punishment that Stephanie Vakir has brought to her in the past few
09:47moments here.
09:49But this crowd wheeling Rio on.
09:53What a story would be if today Rio would upset the champion and win the New Japan Strong Women's Championship.
10:04Stephanie Vakir must have to be frustrated by now.
10:06She was not happy with that boot.
10:08And she's going to make Rio play with those face washes, Gideon.
10:10Just grinding, grinding the bottom of the shoe against her cheek, the nose, the eye socket.
10:17And Rio is angry.
10:19Look at that.
10:19She's not staying in the corner.
10:21Standing up, looking eye to eye to stay out of a gear.
10:25Talking some trash like she's known to do.
10:28And fighting back.
10:30This was a mistake by Stephanie.
10:31Letting Rio have this much space.
10:33Oh, big enziguri from Rio.
10:38Rio wheeling herself on and the audience here as she hits that headbutt and suffers the consequences from it.
10:45Neither of them go down as Rio gets close and brings Stephanie up to a fireman's carry.
10:52Still feeling the effects of that headbutt.
10:54No, no, Stephanie trying to wiggle off.
10:58Stephanie trying to get out.
10:59Good job.
11:00And does get the reversal.
11:01Really tight schoolboy there.
11:02Kick out by Rio.
11:08Stephanie waiting for Rio.
11:10Beckering her on.
11:11Taking Rio's best shot.
11:16Rio has to be tired but still goes and tries again.
11:21Brings her up for the fireman's carry.
11:22Stephanie is able to avoid it.
11:24Pushes her to the ropes.
11:25There's the ghost run.
11:27Gets caught.
11:28This time Stephanie hits the ropes.
11:30Oh, there's the spinning kick.
11:34Just that heel catching the face of the champion.
11:38As the cover comes in and Stephanie now such a late kick out.
11:49Rio is in control.
11:52Stephanie Vakira on the back foot.
11:55Rio has to be able to maintain the posture that she's known for.
12:00Great reversal into the DDT there.
12:03And gets caught.
12:04Oh, cross legs into the roll.
12:07Rio kicks out.
12:11And it is that composure of a champion able to turn around a situation in a split second.
12:18Rio all over Stephanie up until that point.
12:22Rio swings wildly.
12:24Misses.
12:24Stephanie seems to have her bearings a little bit more but gets caught with that superkick.
12:29Rio wheeling herself on and grabs the hair.
12:32The Stephanie Vak suplex high angle rolls real to the back of her head.
12:38Exactly what Stephanie Vakira needed to get a breath back and get a little bit of separation
12:42and time to game plan, strategize and get a breath back.
12:47As I said.
12:48Absolutely.
12:49A good point needs to be repeated more than once.
12:51You want to check that you can still move all your fingers, that you can still move all
12:55your toes, that everything is okay, you can reset, you can gain your composure, you can
13:00suck in that air and you can get ready to go again and fight again because you are not
13:05done yet.
13:06And all of that is going through the head of both competitors as they're trying to make
13:11their way to their feet.
13:13Who's going to swing first?
13:16Stephanie with the headbutt.
13:19Rio with a wild forearm.
13:21Rio will be very happy to respond to headbutts with headbutts.
13:27Absolutely.
13:29But at the moment just going hog wild with those forearms, just swinging for the fences.
13:36Stephanie again, big headbutt.
13:39And Rio, one more bomb being thrown in the center of the ring, spin kit.
13:44Here we go, Stephanie changing tactics, spinning up, but this time Rio gets her again on the
13:49shoulder.
13:49Stephanie knows that that's a bad place to be.
13:51Package, package, package, no.
13:54Oh, it's caught again this time up there in an aircrate cross position.
13:59Goes and grabs it.
14:00It's Rio that gets the package and tries to bring Stephanie up.
14:04Smart, smart from Stephanie dropping all her weight, turning out, putting the boot on the
14:09jaw and just dropping to her back, causing that boot to just shudder through the jaw of Rio.
14:18Great follow through.
14:19Big boot follows it up.
14:19The speed of Stephanie Vakir, especially this late in the match is impressive.
14:24If she goes for the double rodillas, she doesn't get it.
14:27Rio is able to avoid it.
14:28Brings the grass to her back.
14:29Pump handle position.
14:31Gets her down to the bomb.
14:33A cover.
14:34That's due.
14:35New champion.
14:35No.
14:36Stephanie is able to kick out.
14:37Only just, David.
14:42And Rio now looking in frustration.
14:46There are so many points you have to ask yourself.
14:49What the hell is this going to take?
14:53Rio still, she can feel the frustration in her.
14:56Trying almost to point it out, referee.
14:59But he immediately follows up and tries to make sure that she doesn't give the champion a lot of space.
15:03But that was just enough space for Stephanie to hit that big kick.
15:06Goes for the package again.
15:07Rio lowering her center of gravity to the best of her ability.
15:10Brings her up.
15:11Wayne gets caught.
15:12There's a double leg.
15:13Nelson.
15:16Stephanie firing herself up.
15:18Opening up a space.
15:19Almost luring Rio in.
15:21Turns around.
15:22Headbutt after headbutt.
15:22Jesus Christ.
15:24Not afraid of using her forehead as a weapon.
15:27This time Rio is in perfect position.
15:29Exploding is Stephanie with those knees.
15:35Brings her just fine enough.
15:37Reach out of the ropes.
15:38Goes for the cover.
15:38That's two.
15:39Rio still in this.
15:41And Stephanie immediately following through.
15:43Floating over.
15:44Into that crucifix.
15:46Into the crossface.
15:49Beautiful positioning.
15:51See how Rio's arm just trapped between the legs of Stephanie.
15:56We are having no option here but to try and crawl towards the ropes.
15:59Not going sideways.
16:01Bringing her hips around.
16:02Absolutely just trying to get either her feet or her hand to that rope.
16:08Desperately inching towards the rope.
16:10But he's going to roll back into the middle.
16:12And stretching out.
16:13It has to be.
16:14Done, done, done, done, done.
16:16A valiant effort by Rio.
16:19But Stephanie McKeer is a champion for a reason.
16:22Stephanie McKeer is your winner and still the new Japan strong winning champion, Stephanie McKeer.
16:40When you've got your opponent in trouble, David, sometimes the most sensible thing you can do is show them that
16:47little bit of hope.
16:48Let them feel that little bit of hope and then snatch it away from them to sink the hold in
16:55deeper.
16:55Beautiful work for your new Japan strong women's champion.
17:02Hell of a match.
17:03Rio showing a lot of resilience and ability to endorse Stephanie's offense.
17:09She was ready for a lot of it.
17:11The high impact kicks, the headbutts, the throws.
17:14But it was a submission hold by Stephanie McKeer in the middle of the Ref Pro XCMLL ring that gave
17:20her the win.
17:23And caught Rio off guard.
17:24What an incredible effort by Rio.
17:27Showcasing the women's division here at Ref Pro in such a beautiful ability.
17:32But now Stephanie McKeer has the center of the ring and the microphone.
17:38And the adulation of your call.
17:42I'll be back.
17:44Let's go.
17:47Rio of a little anniversary show in August 24.
17:53Stephanie McKeer on the anniversary show.
17:57See you soon.
18:00It is news after news coming here at Fantastica Mania after putting her new Japan strong women's championship on the
18:10line.
18:10Stephanie McKeer doesn't leave before letting us know when she's returning.
18:15It is August 2024.
18:18It is the anniversary show in Ref Pro.
18:21One of the greatest women's wrestlers in the world will return.
18:25This time to the Copper Box and let me tell you, Gideon, after the performance like the ones you had
18:32today, I cannot wait to see Stephanie McKeer again.
18:37Hell yeah, David.
18:39Thank you.
18:41Thank you.
18:41Thank you.
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