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00:25And of course the champion, another woman!
00:27I know very well, of course, I've been in the ring with both of these women.
00:32Statlander in the ring for this very championship.
00:34A very successful run so far for Chris Statlander as your EVE International Champion.
00:43First of all, winning the championship off of Anita Gorn.
00:48And now, arguably, the most hotly anticipated defence so far.
00:52This is your main event!
00:56And it's for the EVE International Championship!
01:03Introducing first the challenger, to my left, from Tokyo, Japan.
01:09She is the pit striker!
01:12She was the most dominant EVE champion in history!
01:17Representing Tokyo, Joshi Pro Wrestling!
01:40And introducing the champion to my right.
01:45She is a nine year pro!
01:48Standing at five foot nine inches!
01:51Hailing from Long Island, New York, USA!
01:56She is the former AEW Women's Champion!
02:01She is the cosmic killer!
02:04This is your EVE International Champion!
02:11Chris Statlander!
02:14Oh god!
02:25Have fun guys!
02:48Bell rings. 30 minutes on the clock. Big fight feels here at the Big Penny.
03:02Both women are taking their time. A show of respect. What's the point in that, eh?
03:08I, yeah, if I was both of them, the last thing I'd want to do is piss the other off.
03:13So showing a little bit of respect for what you're about to go through, because this is going to be
03:18a war. This ain't, this isn't going to be over in a couple of minutes. This is going to be
03:22a war.
03:23I'm sure, actually, as a woman who has pissed off both of those, I suppose it, well, actually, no, one
03:29of them, I ended up the victor, but I certainly paid for it with enough of those head kicks from
03:32Miu.
03:33Yeah, I think you, I think I'm going to be telling me you had a headache for days.
03:36Yes, I did, and I had to wrestle another match the exact same day.
03:41Most close to head I've had in one match was against Miu, Yamashda.
03:46And Chris Statlander may be the person that feels that tonight as well.
03:52Certainly. I mean, both these international superstars, these women have just flown in, they are flying out the next morning.
03:59So whatever state they're going to be in, they are having to get pretty much straight on a plane.
04:04Yeah, they both, Miu and Yamashda landed very late last night.
04:07Chris Statlander landed this morning.
04:10They're literally in the country for 24 hours, less than 24 hours for Chris Statlander.
04:16Miu and Yamashda just a little bit over that.
04:18You've got to think about the wear and tear, the mileage on the body of having that,
04:23literally coming from the airport straight to the venue.
04:25All of a sudden you're wrestling, and you're wrestling against someone like Miu Yamashda.
04:32Arguably the most dominant EVE, arguably, Nina, I'm being respectful, arguably.
04:36Yes, thank you very much.
04:38The most dominant EVE champion in history, Miu Yamashda,
04:41looks to add the EVE International Championship to that resume.
04:45And it is an incredible resume, winning championships pretty much everywhere where she goes.
04:50And you see how Miu followed her in.
04:54Oh, that's so quick from Statlander.
05:01Statlander measures the distance, keeps away from those strikes of Miu Yamashda.
05:07She knows she's got to watch out for those kicks.
05:09You've got to have your reflexes on the point wrestling Miu Yamashda.
05:13She is so quick with those kicks.
05:15Interesting as well, Charlie Horst in the thigh there when Statlander was trying to...
05:26We are sat in the back of the room here at this venue.
05:31And I didn't just hear that, I felt that.
05:34One more time, one more time, one more time, one more time.
05:39Nina Samuel is going through some PTSD here at the commentary desk, listening to these kicks.
05:45Hearing those kicks from Miu Yamashda and Chris Statlander feeling them themselves as well.
05:50This is a big fight feel.
05:52Like, when we did the poll earlier in the week, you know, who do you think is going to win
05:58this match?
05:59It was almost 50-50.
06:02Statlander had the edge by a little bit.
06:04But it was almost 50-50 because Miu Yamashda is the real deal.
06:08She is the John Wick of wrestling.
06:11You don't fear the boogeyman.
06:13You fear Miu Yamashda.
06:15Exactly.
06:16You have to be a truly spectacular competitor to be able to beat Miu Yamashda.
06:20Am I right, Dan?
06:22Yes, Nina Samuels, you are absolutely right.
06:24And only two people in EVE have ever been able to do that.
06:27Who were they?
06:28Who were they, Dan?
06:30Let's give a history lesson.
06:31Sapphire Reed.
06:32Oh, grace.
06:35Look at the strength from Chris Statlander making Miu Yamashda think about it.
06:40All the blood rushing to her head.
06:41She's not going to know where she is.
06:43And of course, you want to throw Miu off her game like that so her precision is off.
06:49Listen to the crowd.
06:5120 seconds.
06:54The power of Chris Statlander on display right there.
07:00And that's going to make Miu Yamashda more aware of something.
07:04I wonder if she'd even thought about going into this match.
07:07Was she aware of the power game?
07:09Oh, my gosh.
07:11I mean, I'd say she very much was aware of the power game of Chris Statlander.
07:15That's why she was targeting Chris's spine earlier with those back hits.
07:18That's a great point.
07:18I think we've got to assume these women love the game.
07:22They love the game of pro wrestling.
07:24They know each other very well.
07:26They have watched each other.
07:27They are both excited about this match.
07:30I think they both are under no illusions about who they're in the ring with.
07:34I just think to myself, when it comes to Miu and Stat, and you've wrestled both, no matter
07:41how much prep you do for either of them, surely it's just a whole different game when you're
07:46in there and you're feeling the power of Stat when you're on the receiving end of those
07:49kicks from Miu Yamashda.
07:51You've got to prepare for the worst thing, but I just can't imagine that there's any kind
07:57of prep that can ever really hit that.
07:59Oh, no.
08:00It's one thing to prepare.
08:01It's another one to actually feel and experience it.
08:04What I'm saying is they are...
08:06What is Statlander going for?
08:08She's got Miu over on her shoulder.
08:13That could be a big ending for Miu Yamashda already into this match.
08:18Miu dumped face first on that harsh apron.
08:24Miu looks stunned.
08:29And this is the clearest advantage we have had so far in this match.
08:33Early on, it was very tip for tap, very back and forth.
08:36Yeah.
08:37This is the clearest advantage we have seen, and that advantage is going to our champion,
08:41Chris Statlander.
08:42And it's taken six minutes as well for us to get it.
08:44Chris Statlander, former AEW World Women's Champion.
08:50Someone that's a former AEW TBS champion as well.
08:58And, of course, again, going for that power game.
09:01So, we saw Miu targeted the back earlier on.
09:04And it wasn't enough to fully stunt Chris...
09:06One, two, three.
09:08It wasn't enough to fully stunt Chris Statlander.
09:11So, she's going to have to do more work to knock down Chris Statlander.
09:14But, again, I know exactly what kind of a competitor Miu is.
09:17I'm sure a lot of the fans do as well.
09:19She's been there regularly for a long time.
09:21So, I'm sure we don't doubt Miu's ability to be able to come back.
09:26No, no.
09:27Miu Yamashita has been a regular here since 2022.
09:31Wow.
09:32Catapults there.
09:33And that was a smart move from Statlander.
09:34You see her grabbing the legs of Miu Yamashita.
09:37She can't kick you if you're controlling the legs.
09:40And now, keeping that pressure on Miu, choking her in that corner.
09:46And again, we occasionally get these glimpses of Miu Yamashita's eyes
09:49and how little life there is in them.
09:50Oh!
09:53Big old Vader bomb there from Statlander.
09:58Knocking the wind right out of Yamashita.
10:01And now, also making Yamashita wear her weight down with this reverse chin lock.
10:05You see she's really got a perfect time there.
10:08Pulling Yamashita around.
10:11Smothering Yamashita.
10:12Yes.
10:14And it's the smartest thing to do.
10:16If you keep Yamashita close, she can't kick you.
10:20She has to get some distance between you and her
10:23in order to actually throw those kicks.
10:24So this is smart moves from Chris Statlander here.
10:28Ow.
10:31Again, going back for that spine.
10:33A smart move.
10:36Follows her in with a knee.
10:39Runs right through Statlander.
10:42Does Miu.
10:45And Miu now taking a moment, catch that breath back after wearing everything from Chris Statlander over the last couple
10:50of minutes.
10:51And it's crazy to think that we're almost nine minutes into this match already.
10:56This has been Miu's best opening by far in this match.
11:00She needs to maintain that and stay on top of Statlander.
11:04Oh, my gosh.
11:06Oh, my gosh.
11:07Nowhere to go for Statlander.
11:13You see that cover as well.
11:15She was yanking that leg as far as she could over the shoulders there of Chris Statlander.
11:19Deep cover again.
11:21This is the experience of Miu.
11:23Miu's not a cocky wrestler.
11:24Miu is going to always stay on top of her game.
11:27She's always never going to undermine her opponent.
11:30She always knows that she needs to bring her A game every time.
11:33And that's why she's as successful as she is.
11:35And now Yamashita with that Cobra Clutch.
11:39She's now making Statlander feel her weight in advantage.
11:45Oh, fires the elbow back, though.
11:47Smart move from Statlander there.
11:49Elbow positioning.
11:54Beautiful judo hip throw there from Yamashita.
11:58She pulls in.
11:59More like a money clip variation of that.
12:02And now she's trying to kick her at the same time.
12:05Oh, my God.
12:05Look at the flexibility and the brutality on Yamashita.
12:09She wants to fight.
12:10She's crazy.
12:11She's trying to rip the skin, Nina Samuels.
12:13She's trying to rip that hair out of Statlander's scalp with her foot.
12:19But again here, Statlander's power is about to come into play.
12:22Kralina like a child.
12:24Such is the power of Statlander even 10 minutes deep.
12:28Backbreaker.
12:31I mean, I mentioned this tactic when I was talking about Rio and Alice Inks.
12:35It's not a bad tactic for Statland to go for Miu's spine as well.
12:39Because if you go for Miu's spine, that's going to affect Miu's ability to use her legs.
12:43I mean, not quite there.
12:44Miu will use the legs there.
12:45But anything that goes to her back or her hips is going to affect her ability to hit that skull
12:50kick later on,
12:51which she needs the flexibility for.
12:55Beautiful pump kick.
12:57The quickness of these two as well.
13:01Miu blocking the backdrop driver attempt there from Statlander.
13:09Oh, smart.
13:11She took too long measuring that kick.
13:13Oh, reverse slam.
13:16Sets her up.
13:17Misses the clothesline.
13:21And just throws a roundhouse to the body.
13:24Sets her up.
13:24The springboard.
13:29Both women are down.
13:31The pacing in this match.
13:33It's incredible to think.
13:34It's like we're 11 minutes down already.
13:36This is a fast 11 minutes already.
13:39And that's what it's all about right there.
13:40Even in the National Championship, two count in the ring.
13:44Miu keeping hold of that hand, going for some kind of submission here.
13:47Yeah, she's grabbing hold of that wrist.
13:51What is Miu thinking right now?
13:53I mean, she's trying to, like, keep and measure the distance between her and Statlander.
13:57If she can keep her arm's length, if she's going to be able to throw that kick,
14:00I mean, she's going to go in for an otherwise judo throw.
14:02No.
14:02Oh, could be going for the Death Valley driver.
14:04Looked like she was going for there.
14:05But Christian, again, got it scouted.
14:07Not going to let that happen.
14:11Wow.
14:12Yeah, again, the thud echoing around the big penny here.
14:16And whoa.
14:19Eight defeats.
14:20And Miu fires back.
14:28What will it take for both of these women who are fired up for this big fight main event here?
14:36Starlander got it caught.
14:44Starlander runs right through her.
14:46And again, going straight.
14:49Trying to keep the pressure on Miu.
14:51Yeah.
14:54Oh.
15:04Now, you can start seeing the heartbreak there on Statlander's face.
15:07I think Statlander thought that she could have put Miu away with that.
15:11And now she's going to have to find something else.
15:13Go to a plan B.
15:14Plan B is evidently a high-risk one at that.
15:19Statlander climbing to the top.
15:20Having to adjust.
15:21Taking a while, though.
15:23Is she taking too long?
15:26Miu is up.
15:27Look at the extension of Miu Yamashda throwing a kick to the face of Chris Statlander while she's on the
15:34top rope.
15:42And now you've got to wonder what Ethers was going for.
15:44Could it be Miu's going for a superplex?
15:46Could it be we've got so many power moves as Chris Statlander?
15:49Maybe Chris is looking to hit something off the top rope.
15:52But Miu's down.
15:55And Stat now may hit the move that she was going for in the first place.
16:00High-risk, high-reward.
16:03450!
16:06One, two, no!
16:08At the barest of centimetres, the shoulder of Miu Yamashda comes up.
16:18And the skill needed to pull off a move like a 450, Dan.
16:22I mean, I tell you, only certain elite women, elite-level women can pull off a move like that.
16:27Statlander being one of them, I'm sure we can maybe think of someone else that's managed to do it at
16:31some point as well.
16:33But I mean, not enough to get the job done on this occasion.
16:36So again, we've gone to a plan A, we've gone to a plan B.
16:38What's the plan C here?
16:39We have our plan C that Statlander is going for, but no.
16:43Going for that driver, but Yamashda follows right through, centre face first, runs the knee right through the back of
16:50the skull of Statlander.
16:57What is going through the mind of both these women right now?
17:00Oh my God!
17:01Well, I think I know what was going through the mind of Statlander.
17:04It was Miu Yamashda's foot!
17:06Wait a minute!
17:09Yeah, Miu doesn't realise behind.
17:11Now she's aware.
17:13Miu trying to fight.
17:15She does not want to get thrown by Chris Statlander.
17:21Goes for the cover.
17:22O'Connor roll!
17:25Unbelievable.
17:27Short chaos theory there.
17:29But right behind the rolling knee strike.
17:34That last bit of adrenaline that Miu desperately managed to find there.
17:42Once again, the both women down.
17:45This is how much both of these women are taking out of each other.
17:50Miu Yamashda, Chris Statlander.
17:52Chris Statlander also may be the most versatile wrestler I think I have ever seen.
17:59She can do anything.
18:01Her power game, her flying game, her ground game.
18:04Yeah, we have seen so much of it in this match.
18:07But can she survive the attacks of Miu Yamashda?
18:11That is the question tonight.
18:13Now look at this.
18:14Neither of them backing down.
18:16Locked eyes.
18:18This has been 50-50 this match.
18:20This has been back and forth.
18:21And it really could come down to just like a single mistake.
18:24Because that's where we're at now with these two.
18:27Neither of them backing down.
18:30Standing up together.
18:32We are 16 minutes deep into this match.
18:37No clear advantage from either opponent.
18:42Wow.
18:44And now it's become a game of one-upmanship as well.
18:48Of proven to the other one.
18:52Well, Miu lost that round.
18:55Statlander wins that one.
18:56Whoa.
18:59And now both women.
19:01Now Statlander again in control.
19:04Now blocks it.
19:05Beautiful.
19:06Measures.
19:07Misses the skull kick.
19:09Doesn't miss the round.
19:11Return.
19:14Whoa.
19:22Starlander with a package pile driver.
19:24I mean, we've seen that win our previous match.
19:26We'll be going again.
19:29Wow.
19:31Unfortunately, Stat didn't manage to have her weight over the left shoulder of Miu.
19:37One shoulder slightly able to be raised there.
19:40That could have been the difference made.
19:41Because I say, we've already seen a package pile driver finish another match today, which
19:44was Riu versus Alice Inc.
19:46And the desperation of the cover from Statlander may have been around doing this.
19:51She maybe could have hooked her leg.
19:53Oh, and Statlander showing her what she could do with her martial arts kicks.
19:57And now going up again.
19:59Miu.
20:00Two.
20:05Misses.
20:10These two being so quick.
20:11Oh, to the top of the head.
20:14Oh, my God.
20:15That could be it.
20:15That could be it.
20:17She does it.
20:19Miu, your master, defeats Chris Statlander.
20:23Your winner, a new EVE International Champion, Miu, your master.
20:39I mean, up to that point, Statlander's reflexes for that skull kick had been so on point.
20:46There were several attempts that Miu made to hit it.
20:49And Statlander was prepared, but not for that last one.
20:53That is the danger of that kick.
20:56It's the suddenness, the quickness.
20:58And as you saw, Will Ospreay changing the plate on the belt there from the American flag
21:03over to the Japanese one.
21:05And once again, Miu, your master is here with gold in EVE.
21:12My God, what a match.
21:13And it really, it did.
21:14It was that one moment.
21:15That split second, that's how quick Miu, your master is with that skull kick.
21:22Because just a couple of moments ago, it was all Statlander.
21:25And just like that, lights out.
21:31That's how quick it can be for Miu, your master.
21:33I've never been on the receiving end of that skull kick.
21:35If I did, we would have had a very different result.
21:37That is the danger of that skull kick.
21:40She managed to knock off former AEW champion, Chris Statlander.
21:49Wait a minute.
21:51Oh, my God.
21:56Oh, my God.
21:59Kylie Rae.
22:02And she's squaring off with Chris Statlander.
22:06And what is that about?
22:09Look at the looks those two are sharing.
22:11Oh, my God.
22:13Oh, my God.
22:17Oh, my God.
22:20Oh, my God.
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