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00:00The following contest is a women's division singles match with a 60-minute time limit scheduled for the fall.
00:10And it's four.
00:15What? Mercedes is stopping the introductions here to whisper something to Francesca.
00:26And it is now for the EWA Women's Championship, the Discovery Wrestling Scottish Women's Championship.
00:37What?
00:41Mercedes Mournay put in three championships on the line.
00:50Talk about doubling down.
00:53Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio!
01:02Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio!
01:02Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio!
01:03Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio!
01:03Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio!
01:05Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio
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03:11Women's Champion, from Boston, Massachusetts, Mercedes E.R., Mercedes Monet!
03:33The undisputed British Women's Champion, Mercedes Monet, she's putting them on the line, alongside
03:42the EWA Women's Championship, alongside the Discovery Scottish Women's Championship.
03:48And of course she won that Discovery Championship in a Championship vs Championship match, right
03:54here in Revolution Pro Wrestling in August, didn't she Dave?
03:57Yes, she did, and shout out to Francesco, by the way, for being able to list off all of
04:02those titles.
04:03All of the titles apart from the one from our home promotion, Revolution Pro Wrestling.
04:07Without notes, getting pretty much spot on, otherwise, I couldn't do it, I couldn't do it.
04:14Oh wow! Rio just connected with Mercedes Monet, took all of this by surprise, and Mercedes
04:23Monet fights her way out.
04:25Could have been over, could have been over in the opening seconds.
04:28And Monet realises this.
04:31Wow.
04:32So I think she's blown herself up here in the, you know, in the introduction of all her Championship
04:37belts.
04:40Yeah, Monet, we said that she was getting maybe a hint of just how dangerous Rio is.
04:46She's got more than a hint of it there, almost falling victim in the opening seconds.
04:51Yeah, perhaps adding those extra championships on the line was just a bit of gamesmanship from
04:56Mercedes Monet.
04:57But instead of causing Rio to, I guess, overexert her energy, cause an adrenaline dump if you
05:07will, it just seemed to fire Rio up further.
05:12And look at that, there's an example there, of the fact that Rio will not be intimidated
05:17by Mercedes Monet, Monet catches a fist.
05:20Oh, looking for that.
05:22And Monet's looking for the money, Monet maker early, can't get it.
05:26Rio with her on the shoulders.
05:30Monet finds a way out with the arm drag, nicely done by Mercedes Monet.
05:33Monet, as you heard in the introduction, ranked the number one women's wrestler in the world.
05:38And I think it's very hard to argue that fact.
05:41Well, just seeing, visibly, those different Championship belts, it is incredibly difficult
05:47to argue, I think.
05:48Oh, but she just got caught!
05:48She just got caught by a woman who's looking to make a play for number one herself!
05:53My goodness!
05:55And Rio dropping Monet on the back of her neck, going for the pin here!
06:00Just a one count.
06:01Yeah, one count before the kick out from Monet.
06:02Fiant kick out from Mercedes Monet.
06:05But Mercedes Monet's back has been against the ropes for the majority of this contest.
06:12Monet thrown into the corner here by Rio.
06:16Doing the sender from one corner to another.
06:24And Rio, with all the confidence in the world, given a recent unbeaten streak here in Rev Pro,
06:31but it does remind me somewhat, Andy.
06:34Remember when Kanji competed against Mercedes Monet for the title back in April?
06:38And Kanji had been on a hell of a winning streak here in Rev Pro.
06:41And it turns out sometimes it can amount to nothing when you're in there against someone like Mercedes Monet.
06:52What a shot from Rio.
06:55Come on, Rio!
07:00Come on, Rio!
07:00Come on, you baby!
07:01And Rio.
07:02Full Nelson here.
07:07Spinning around.
07:08Look at the strength of Rio!
07:11Into the backbreaker!
07:14Looks like Yoranagi position, lifted her up, drove her down across her knee.
07:19And as we said, Mercedes Monet's not been able to get herself out of the starting blocks here, has she,
07:23Dave?
07:24There's that brief moment where she went for Monet maker, but Rio had an answer for that, didn't she?
07:31And you do wonder, I think, given her own high standards, Mercedes Monet, given she has had a couple of
07:35defeats recently,
07:36is that playing on her mind at all?
07:38Oh, wow.
07:38Maybe not.
07:40Lung blower there from Mercedes Monet.
07:42I think we're about to see what Monet's made of right now.
07:44Oh, Sunset flip-bomb into the corner, and that is what Mercedes Monet was looking for.
07:51And you can see the confidence growing in the champion.
07:55Yeah, the head of Rio is smashing into that bottom turnbuckle.
07:59Here comes Monet!
08:00Clothesline!
08:02Rio fired out of the blocks.
08:03Rio with the cover, looking to win not one title, but three.
08:07And it's the left shoulder coming up for Monet.
08:08Thus far, Rio has found an answer for every single question posed to her by the champion.
08:17And Mercedes Monet is going to be starting to worry, isn't she, Dave?
08:22Yeah, I think she has good reason to worry as well, because Rio has come in here looking incredibly confident,
08:29as you might expect, given the year she's had.
08:34Monet, though, corner, leapfrogged over Rio.
08:37There's a backcracker from Monet.
08:39One, two, three, four!
08:43Knees from Monet, right into the face of Rio.
08:48The cover and a kick out.
08:49One, two, three, four!
08:53One, two, three, four!
08:56Monet has Rio by the hair.
08:59Picking her up here.
09:01Picking her up here.
09:01Shoving her face first into that top turnbuckle.
09:04Choking away now.
09:07Referee going to demand the break before the count of five.
09:09Let's go, Rio, Q-E-O!
09:12Let's go, Rio, Q-E-O!
09:14Let's go, Rio, Q-E-O!
09:14Let's go,NA from Monet.
09:17Let's go, Rio, Q-E-O!
09:18Monet gets a Meteora down low kick-out from Rio.
09:22Meteora on Rio is in a prone-seated position and now Rio looking stunned for the first time in this
09:28contest.
09:28it's very rare that you see Rio on the back foot, isn't it? We've barely seen that at all
09:35since Rio returned to Rev Pro a few months back, Monet again bending the rules here.
09:45Mercedes-Benz Monet with a hold of Rio, dropping that elbow across the back of the neck.
09:54Slamming the back of the head hard into the canvas, here comes Monet.
10:01Monet, you can't see her as she locks in that reverse chin lock.
10:09Another tribute to the great John Cena who retired last night, Mercedes-Benz Monet.
10:16That chin lock applied now to Rio.
10:28Monet!
10:29Monet going to be packed into the corner. No, she's not. Rio's the one who's going to end up in
10:32the corner.
10:33And that's a second big blow to the back of Rio's head.
10:35You saw it from that sunset flip by a bomb earlier. You've just seen it again.
10:41Oh no, she ate the boot. Yeah, Rio's got to be careful. You've got to wonder about the equilibrium of
10:45Rio after those couple of strikes to the back of the head.
11:00So I remember at the start of this year when Mercedes-Benz Monet won that undisputed British Women's Championship, people
11:06were saying, will Mercedes-Benz Monet even ever step foot inside a Revolution Pro Wrestling ring?
11:11Because of course she won it at the Tokyo Dome, didn't she?
11:15Yeah, and she's done more than that. Multiple occasions now. We've seen Mercedes-Benz Monet here in Rev Pro.
11:23Oh, man. Back of the neck of Rio. And the back of the neck, but again, the back of the
11:29head as well.
11:33It's the accumulation effect that we need to worry about and this is what Tom Scarborough needs to keep a
11:37very close eye on, isn't it?
11:40And Mercedes-Benz Monet very pleased with how this match is developing. It's very much in her favour right now.
11:58Cardiff, a good portion of this crowd here cheering for Rio.
12:04Look at Monet. Yeah, but this is a mistake from Mercedes-Benz Monet.
12:10She does not want to get herself into a street fight here because Rio is finding some real volume and
12:17power in these shots.
12:19Yeah, elbow after elbow after elbow from Rio. Monet got the boot up.
12:25Mercedes-Benz Monet, second turnbuckle now. Here comes Monet.
12:29Looking for the crossbody, can't get it. Great power from Rio to catch Monet.
12:36Onto the shoulders.
12:40And drop the back of the head onto the knee.
12:44The knee of Goroshi, I believe you call it.
12:47It's a callback to live in London last week. That's a Rio Goroshi.
12:52Two different moves. Okay.
12:55In any case, Mercedes-Benz Monet and Rio, champion and challenger, both down here.
13:02Yeah, this is perhaps the most even this contest has been since his onset.
13:08As Rio ducks out a clothesline attempt and connects with a clothesline of her own and make it to Rio,
13:13the challenger, finding volume and beating Monet to the punch with a step up in Zagori.
13:19And a headbutt, wow, squares the jaw. Monet just dropped by the challenger.
13:24Yeah, that headbutt was laser focused on the body part where she wanted to hit it, got her right in
13:29the jaw.
13:31You see the battle cry from Rio. She believes that this is it. She hoists Mercedes-Benz Monet on her
13:37shoulders.
13:37Is this a... Oh, it's about to say, this is the moment she changes her life.
13:41One, two, three, two, three.
13:42Rio still with the opportunity to do just that.
13:44Follows Monet to the road.
13:46Oh, what a spinning heel kick.
13:47Spinning heel kick from Rio.
13:49Rio gonna get on top of Monet.
13:52Devastating fashion.
13:54Just a kick out. Just.
13:56Yeah.
13:58And that's got to be encouraging for Rio because you saw at the start of this contest,
14:02Monet, she refused to stay down for two.
14:04She was forcing herself to kick out at one and now she had no choice in the matter.
14:09And that was close.
14:11That was super, super close as Rio could be moments away from making history.
14:16Moments away from making headlines around the wrestling world.
14:20Gonna go for that package pile driver again is Rio.
14:25Oh, Monet fights a way out.
14:27Into the statement maker. The statement maker from Monet.
14:31Monet. And Rio rolling.
14:35Rio. Rio what a counter.
14:37Monet, Cruzevix, Cruzevix covering a kick out from Rio.
14:39A counter on the counter.
14:40Monet's still got her.
14:42But look at the strength.
14:43Look at the strength of the challenger.
14:45But Monet firing back with elbows, looking for those ropes.
14:49And Rio trying to put her away from the ropes.
14:51Incredible leg strength from Rio to get up into that position.
14:53She fires her way out.
14:54Oh no. Monet through to her feet.
14:56Swings, misses not once but twice.
14:58And Rio again beating into the punch.
15:00This, oh no. One knee.
15:02A knee from Monet.
15:03Headbutt again from Rio.
15:05And both women drop.
15:06Both women drop.
15:08They are out on their feet here.
15:12They're not on their feet.
15:13They're quality.
15:13One's on their back.
15:14One's on their front.
15:15They were out on their feet.
15:17Now they're flat on their backs.
15:18Competing again.
15:20Fat undisputed British Women's Championship.
15:23And not forget the EWA Women's Championship.
15:26The Discovery Wrestling Scotland Women's Championship.
15:28This is all or nothing here.
15:32It all hangs in the balance here.
15:35Live from the Vail Arena in Cardiff.
15:39Man, what a match.
15:41Everything it promised to be and more between Mercedes, Monet and Rio.
15:55And both women talking smack to each other.
15:59You've got the feeling this is like the closing moments of a boxing match.
16:02One of these two women's gonna get knocked out.
16:04And Mercedes, Monet's made some friends in Rev Pro.
16:07Most notably Kanji.
16:08But there's no wall here between Rio and Monet.
16:12Oh, no, no, no.
16:13Oh, backstabber.
16:15Second time in the match.
16:16She's hit the backstabber.
16:17Is it enough to retain those titles?
16:19No, right shoulder comes up for Rio.
16:26And Monet's getting frustrated here, Andy.
16:29Yeah, she came into this match with that big match experience.
16:32She came into this match looking cool, calm and collected.
16:36And now she's looking very much flustered, very much annoyed.
16:39And she's looking like a woman whose championships are very much in the balance.
16:45But she's a woman with a plan.
16:46Yeah, snap suplex there.
16:48Holds on.
16:49Pop the hips.
16:50It's another suplex.
16:52Yeah, I guess when in doubt, take inspiration from your idol.
16:59Mercedes, Monet looking to complete the hat.
17:01Trick, Rio got her.
17:04Rio with a counter-strike from Rio.
17:08And now Rio rolls her dice.
17:10This could be it.
17:11This could be it.
17:12Fisherman's neck breaker from Rio.
17:14Rio to win championship gold in the biggest match of her career.
17:18But Mercedes-Bene's right arm stops the fairy tale from happening.
17:24Now Rio, doubt is starting to creep into the mind of Rio.
17:29This is where big match experience comes into play, Dave.
17:33Yeah, Mercedes-Bene's been in this situation in this kind of match before.
17:37Rio maybe has not.
17:39But this is the equivalent of extra time in a World Cup final.
17:44little to choose between the two women.
17:47Who's going to come out on top here?
17:48It's going to come out on top here.
17:50Monet just lurking above Rio.
17:55Oh, gets the Meteora again.
17:56And then hooks the leg and kicks out from Rio once more.
18:01And Monet now.
18:03Looking for the Monet maker.
18:04The Monet maker being resisted.
18:07Couldn't be resisted enough from Rio.
18:10Monet...
18:11No!
18:12Shoulder up.
18:13Shoulder up from Rio.
18:14She kicked out of the Monet maker.
18:17And Mercedes can't believe it.
18:19And you can almost see the loss for the AEW Women's World Championship.
18:25Flash before her eyes.
18:27Losing the Ring of Honor Television Championship.
18:30Flashing before her eyes.
18:32Is she about to lose her grip on three more championships?
18:40Monet grimacing at the realization that she just cannot find a break here.
18:49This may be the most pivotal moment in this history, legacy-defining year of Mercedes Monet.
19:00Mercedes Monet got caught.
19:03Yeah, backed into the corner.
19:07Talked about Rio's head bouncing off the turnbuckle.
19:10Same happened to Monet.
19:11It just had a...
19:12Her spine jar landed on her tailbone.
19:16Oh, no!
19:16History is about to be made, Dave!
19:19Rio package pile driver!
19:24She got it!
19:25She got it!
19:25Rio got the pile driver!
19:27Rio got the pile driver!
19:28It wasn't enough!
19:30It was not enough!
19:36Good lord!
19:37And now it's Rio who can't believe it!
19:40Rio!
19:42What on earth are we witnessing here?
19:45What a match this is!
19:47What a match!
19:48Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio! Rio!
19:52Three championships defended by Mercedes Monet!
19:56And look at Rio now!
19:58She's undeterred!
20:00The champion doesn't realize what's coming!
20:04Or does she?
20:05She kicks away Rio in desperation!
20:08Throws her out of the ring!
20:09Throws her out of the ring in desperation, Dave!
20:12Yeah, it might have been desperate, but it worked!
20:14It worked!
20:15It's brought her some valuable time, Mercedes Monet!
20:21Monet takes a run up!
20:24Caught by Rio!
20:25Rio is in the fight of her life right now!
20:29And again she catches Monet!
20:32Oh, but Monet slips out!
20:34Monet slips out!
20:35And Rio just went head first into that ring post!
20:39Yeah, Rio was the one who collided with the steel!
20:43And is that the defining moment?
20:46Is that the turning point for Mercedes Monet?
20:50Monet's going to look for the Monet maker once more!
20:54Rio resisting once more!
20:55Monet through to her feet though!
20:57Oh, but it's the weight in arms of Rio!
20:59And looking for it!
20:59Oh, no, no! Mercedes Monet!
21:01Monet! Monet turned the package piledriver attempt!
21:03Oh, no, no, no, no!
21:06If Rio is the second package piledriver, this is over!
21:09But instead the victory roll! Victory roll!
21:11Oh, so close!
21:11Kick out!
21:11He doesn't get much closer than that!
21:15And Rio now!
21:15Rio! Rio!
21:17No, no, no, no, no!
21:18Monet!
21:18She's got the arm!
21:19No, Rio!
21:20Rio?
21:21No!
21:22Monet maker!
21:23Monet maker locked in!
21:24Monet maker locked in on Rio!
21:29Rio's been caught!
21:31It's not fully...
21:32Is it fully locked?
21:33I'm not sure it is!
21:34She's able to use that arm to pivot herself towards the ropes,
21:37but Mercedes Monet using those ropes to roll through!
21:42So smart!
21:43So smart from Monet!
21:45Rio's got nowhere to go!
21:47Rio's got nowhere to go here!
21:49Trapped in the Monet maker!
21:52And look at the strength!
21:53The statement maker!
21:54The strength of Rio!
21:57Rio!
21:59Backslide!
22:02And she got her!
22:03And she got her!
22:03Oh my God!
22:04She got her!
22:05And Mercedes Monet is still the champion!
22:07Mercedes Monet clings on!
22:10And I mean clings on!
22:12To the gold and uprising!
22:15That was the fight of her life day!
22:19And again, she passes with flying colours!
22:23And still!
22:25And still!
22:26The eight-year-old winning champions!
22:29The seven-year-old company winning champions!
22:33And the all-in-chief-in-chief-in-chief-in-chief-in-chief-in-chief-in-chief-in-chief!
22:53That was defiant from Mercedes-Benz 1A, she saw all the headlines, she saw everyone writing them off
22:59and my god, she may have just picked up the biggest win and like I called it day
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