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Promotion: Ring Of Honor
WON rating: ****
Match type: Singles
Event: ROH Final Battle 2025
Promotion: Ring Of Honor
WON rating: ****
Match type: Singles
Event: ROH Final Battle 2025
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00:00women's world television title is on the line it's a rematch as red velvet looks
00:04to reclaim her throne and put a dent in ultimo money 13 belt strong Mercedes
00:10money defends that title here tonight
00:19you're talking to the best I'm at the top you're talking to the greatest you're
00:26talking to me Mercedes Monet number one woman's wrestler in the world let's go
00:4213 belts born for 14 well I guess 13 wasn't so lucky now was it
00:57now I've been watching you real close
01:03while you've been traveling the world collecting hardware I made the division
01:09must see a final battle I want my rematch
01:17I'm at the top
01:21it's not TV it's CEO
01:32rematch set here tonight
01:37looking to stir it up red velvet cup brace it was the summer of 2024 the
01:44meteoric rise here in ring of honor becoming the second ever ROH women's
01:50world television champion in Arlington Texas had a memorable bout last year at
01:55final battle defending that world television title unfortunately beset by
02:01injuries went to an interim status red velvet wanted to get back as quickly as
02:06she could want to get back into the game as quickly as she could and a lot of
02:10people think maybe a little too quick yeah it might have been too fast because
02:14before that red velvet had that television title for 481 days she defended it with
02:21pride she got in and she came back because of the threat of the television
02:25title being taken away from it yes she might have came a little too early but now she has a
02:30chance to say hey I'm a hundred percent I want my rematch and she had that call
02:35certainly does as red velvet looks to pry away one of these 13 championship belts
02:45that this arguably the greatest woman in wrestling today whether it's by virtue of
02:52the title she holds the accolades the box office attraction that's 12 yeah well the 13 is around
02:59the waist there you see aew tvs champion held high as it should be with pride that ROH women's world
03:09television title Mercedes money defeated Mina Shirakawa to earn her share of the interim title and then
03:17reunified the interim title by defeating red velvet tonight though red velvet has issued the accusations
03:23that red velvet this is the destination this isn't the journey ROH is the place and has made some barbs
03:29shot some bars at Mercedes money about maybe maybe why she's here in ROH yeah sometimes people they
03:37already have a name for themselves and people that ring of honor take it disrespect because red velvet
03:43even the shoes that she's wearing is reminiscent of when she first came to ring of honor her first tryout
03:48her first tryout that's the shoes that she has on she's wearing for good luck Mercedes Merleon ain't
03:53making her name here but red velvet said she's not gonna make it in the house of honor and she
03:58didn't
03:58lose it in the house of honor so we take it to the voice of ring of honor Bobby Cruz
04:01for our
04:01championship introductions this match is set for one fall with a 30 minute time limit and it is for
04:08the ring of honor women's world television championship introducing first to my right
04:15the challenger wrestling from straight out of your mama's kitchen red velvet I gotta visit my mama
04:26feel the heat feel the heat and the fire in her eyes her opponent to my left is wrestling out
04:32of
04:32Boston Massachusetts she is the TBS champion and the defending ring of honor women's world television
04:49title
04:51and it is red velvet on the attack and this has gotten personal we talked about red velvet who who
04:59really put a stamp on her career like mox said that that big signature win that women's world television title
05:04perhaps oh wait a minute and
05:06mercedes yeah that would have been an instant disqualification it's not what you want here it's definitely
05:11velvet doesn't want it velvet want to start as they roll it's a cradle one two three four five whoa
05:18wait a minute mercedes
05:19oh and around we go now as both athletes jockeying for position here
05:26one two red velvet oh man mercedes match would have been over red velvet in the face of monet not
05:34playing monet
05:35to the slap caught just a couple of weeks ago in boston when the title was reunified the interim millennial
05:44champions
05:46and it is red velvet who i'm gonna put this out here caprice even with that missed moonsault
05:50red velvet already looking more sure of herself maybe not after that
05:58well it's red velvet anticipating the movement of monet and monet doing the same thing for red velvet is showing
06:04the respect that she has for velvet with these moves they know each other well but you're right
06:09man red velvet finn disrespected at the way monet has been taunting the championship at her and red velvet
06:17has the right soul right here to get a championship back face lock and i want to take it back
06:22to last
06:22year cover two it was during the press conference during the media scrum with tony khan to my right red
06:29velvet to
06:30the left red velvet said all defended against anybody yeah including mercedes money she called mercedes out by
06:34name almost a year ago to the day mercedes kind of scoffed at that at the time that's not lost
06:39on red velvet
06:40yeah be careful what you ask for because you just might get it but red velvet definitely up for the
06:45challenge
06:46has to give everything she got but monet has a mission that's to hold on every championship she has it's
06:52the 13th
06:53one and she doesn't want to lose it it's an incredible accomplishment as the knee into the spine mercedes
07:01money has red velvet trapped here this momentum man when you have that many championships it almost
07:07puts you in another spectrum to where you believe everything that you see around you you believe you're that
07:13champion you've earned these championships around the world you believe who you are and it builds yourself up
07:19talk about believing we now three amazing women's champions here in ring of honor think about
07:26we talked about diana perrazzo being in that very first match and now 10 years later 10 years later
07:32we have mercedes money as the tv champ athena defending organs and just diana making history yeah it's
07:40incredible where we were where we've gone and this is not uh monet's debut she has been on ring of
07:48honor she
07:48has defended title or ring of honor front face lock here and wow of course red velvet may be goading
07:55her into that last night right maybe it's only three of these certainly is we know the admiration
08:01mercedes has for eddie guerrero more than three oh wait a minute maybe 13 for how many titles right
08:08do we have enough time for 13 suplex rick bonnie i certainly do
08:14and that's intelligence right there from money breaking the hold and staying in the head
08:22yeah that's head games right there that she's playing with velvet trying to manipulate her with
08:29the mind to say i'm in control i do what i want this is my house no matter where i
08:34am i'm the champion and
08:35nobody's been able to shut that up from her nobody well there was the door was answered unfortunately
08:45monet turned away with the knees to the midsection tell you what with monet loving eddie guerrero so
08:52much it's kind of easy to know the playbook uh roh alumni yeah cover two
08:59great matches here certainly did i think back to the bat against super crazy yep sat yeah as
09:05mercedes money now oh the champion driving the challenger's head into the mat
09:12trying to maul velvet and we've talked about this disrespect yeah just messing
09:21what's happening wow and think about that pathetic that's that cuts deep because it does oh is it
09:31confidence or overconfidence whatever it is man she uses it and she's pointing at bill
09:35but while she's doing it build it oh there you go
09:43her father from her grandfather two olympic boxers and her family for red velvet the ddt connects
09:51might have been what velvet needed velvet off the ropes i'd like to hop into still both knees landed
09:58that shows you that injury fully healed perhaps absolutely and the casadora into the
10:09like hook cover two nice flurry of offense right there by velvet velvet has to capitalize but right
10:15there with monet going away creating that space between the two makes velvet has to close that gap
10:21while she's closing the gap monet can recover crowd getting behind red velvet here in columbus we thank
10:28you so much for joining us here and red velvet has become personal yeah
10:34come on come on let's go one two three the thing about red velvet is she is using that for
10:43leverage
10:43yeah that's not just a cool split it was but it used she used it to push up and put
10:49it into the throat
10:49and it was a cool split over there
10:55that lump blower velvet on the outside that's intentional smart time yes buying time for that
11:01lump blow took a lot out of velvet and just to roll out to catch your breath and that frustration
11:06right there of mona realizing that she had velvet mona off the ropes here and mercedes
11:13mercedes caught and just driving away into the chest where's she going
11:20she into the columbus blue jacket's a hockey fight she made mona disappear
11:25oh there she is
11:28uh-oh give me 20 minutes on shophonor.com
11:31i can make money disappear too as mercedes mona around the world there with the kick
11:40i don't think velvet's jeans are
11:44oh my goodness both knees drove into the clavicle of velvet
11:52and not only the knees but the impact of the back driving the air out the back of the head
11:57yes
11:58red velvet in big time trouble here
12:01smart move right there mona put it right back inside when you saw that replay perfectly executed
12:06there's gotta be some great knees in this match
12:09mercedes mona the world television champion back into the ring now wait a second
12:17just a little too much time for mercedes to let velvet
12:22it's like the third lung blower it's happening here must mona
12:29knees in play let's go for this cover could this be it and i thought that could have been the
12:34way
12:35that the head of red velvet yeah just bounced over the rope as we take another look we'll see it
12:40here
12:40watch the neck yeah it's that whiplash effect
12:45it's so close that two and a half and mercedes here see right here though velvet is closing the
12:52gap velvet is staying close to monet velvet is moving forward velvet is not walking away she's
12:58fighting with everything she had but she doesn't look like she has much
13:02and oh look at looking for the money maker perhaps into the corner
13:07it is velvet who's sent in to the turnbuckle there
13:12thought she may have baited monet in there with that
13:15mona placing velvet to the top here
13:19great strategy working on the spine working on the lower back everything she's been doing to
13:26to velvet has been injuring that back man working with those lung balls going right to the back not
13:30from the top there's no way look maybe looking for a super money maker
13:35and then velvet knows velvet feels the danger yeah i had to feel it there man being up there
13:39velvet changing positions here up top balance held by velvet what does velvet have in mind
13:47look at the footwork the poise of red velvet balance
13:55the
13:55super sunset flip could have ended it definitely a near fall but you see the energy the life in the
14:02eyes
14:02the primal scream from red velvet we take a look again
14:06i tell you what velvet landing on the head of monet monet is hurt
14:12you see the glazed eyes you see the the breath that is going now beyond the chest down into the
14:18stomach that's how you know that the air is is is not as as fluid right this point she's using
14:24her
14:24whole body to breathe yeah monet is hurt velvet knows it velvet capitalizing maybe lining up here
14:31my goodness picking apart the champion is what velvet is doing
14:36that's her finisher could end it here one to regain the title only just two and a half
14:42barely kicks out of that frustration in the face of velvet
14:49and velvet now just taking in her own right getting those full body breaths she feels it man she feels
14:56that momentum she's realizing that she can close this gap here she can get the championship back
15:00that she feels like she's never lost right here she's turning it up oh looking for that big right
15:06instead it's on that kid the lung blower one more time it's red velvet who's tased who's rattled
15:12money looking to end it do not count red velvet out she is here to fight and has proven so
15:27many
15:27times that she is not going home easy we take another look the gut wrench thought we could have
15:32seen the pile driver instead a beautiful set of knees into the sternum and i thought the wind was
15:39knocked out of over there it might have been knocked out but the heart was not not knocked out the
15:44heart
15:45of red velvet in display right here everybody's seeing a lot of times monet have put people away with
15:51his very sequence of moves but not red velvet and it's money back to her feet first
15:59forcing velvet to the corner here
16:04that was knuckle on on bone there yeah he heard that right that that echo or maybe again
16:10maybe again looking for those knees going for a backbreaker here
16:15velvet up top security to the eyes desperation move there oh and again the gum wrench from the top
16:23no way money no way no
16:31no knees there it's dead it's velvet straight out your eyes catch it it's gotta be enough
16:37black hook cover no no just a two count there i don't know if i've ever seen anybody kick out
16:45of
16:45that record body the amazing poise the balance the mindfulness needed to counter that caprice i don't
16:53know how monet is still moving she just landed on her hand beautifully executed by red velvet two and
17:00well if you slow that down that's got to be two and nine tenths yeah velvet's gotta pull it together
17:04she's
17:04gotta pull it together keep the match going ceo ceo ceo and you hear the dueling chants of ceo and
17:12stir it up this crowd 50 50 back on their feet once again this says a lot about velvet man
17:18it says a lot
17:18about the people wanting the crowd is split right now again beautiful intelligence from money using the body
17:29weight the movement of velvet the stack two and it's money looking for the money maker now and
17:39countered again the casadora back up around face buster link hooks get deep in there you go two oh and
17:50that split second the difference there she's had to readjust to get deeper on the cover there try to stack
17:54up on the on the midsection two two count there it's velvet two back up both women now back to
18:01their
18:02feet it's velvet first oh goodness right on the ear look cover two and the standing stern up gets two
18:08and she could have bust the eardrum right there of monet looking for straight up your mama's kitchen
18:13again instead this time it's money with the crossface lockdown so many people have tapped in this rick
18:21a body including last night on honor club this has been a big weapon in the quest for ultimo money
18:28for the 13 titles and velvet we're going to get off the ropes
18:41the winner of this match and once again ring of honor women's world television champion
19:10i don't know if anybody saw it coming my hope was staying alive monet has lost her first championship
19:21and i don't know if anybody saw it coming my hope was staying alive monet has lost her first championship
19:22i told her i told her and i told you so monet has the champion celebrated jubilee as she should
19:32be
19:36and where does monet go for a year where it goes it goes to celebration record body
19:44red velvet goes to celebrate season women's television champion she regained the title because she should
19:49never last she had the title for 400 almost 500 days now she's champion again she came back too early
19:55she said she came back too early she's 100 and she beat monet monet had 13 championships now she has
20:0112
20:02velvet has proven everything she said look at monet she's about to cry an incredible run as ultimo money
20:0813 championships congratulations to the new champion red velvet who stirred it up here tonight in
20:16columbus huge win
20:23red velvet saying i told you so and fans we're going to tell you about the night
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