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00:20And what an eve debut this is, Dan Reed!
00:23From Thessaloniki, one half of the AEW Women's World Tag Team Champions, she is the Amazon Goddess, Megasus, Megan Bane!
00:44She is, there's no words to describe the aura that this woman possesses, sorry, that this Amazon Goddess possesses.
00:53There is, I can't imagine what it feels like for any opponent to step into the ring against Megan Bane.
01:01Listen, you know, Sapphire Reed is no slouch in the ring, but Megan Bane is otherworldly.
01:10I would argue, Dan, that this is probably one of Sapphire's toughest tests to date here tonight, as Megan Bane
01:20almost from another planet.
01:23Yeah, there's, I don't think I've ever been around anyone like Megan Bane, you know, I was just, I was
01:30backstage with her earlier prior to the show, and I was just like, there is, I've never stood around anyone,
01:35any gender, that just has this kind of commanding presence.
01:39Yeah, an absolute aura, and, you know, you can talk about accolades, you can talk about tough match-ups, watching
01:48tape on people, but when somebody has that presence and that aura, it can be intimidating to the best of
01:54people, Dan.
01:55Yeah, this is, and look at this, I mean, this isn't going to be a shock to anyone watching, it's
02:01not a shock to us, it's not going to be a shock to Sapphire that she's giving up the power
02:05advantage.
02:08But Sapphire just, just palming Megan Bane's hand here.
02:14Yeah, and just challenging her to come back into the middle of the ring.
02:16Yeah, almost like an acknowledgement there, as Megan Bane managed, well, I would almost take that as a victory for
02:24Sapphire, Dan, because Megan Bane on the first attempt, Sapphire managed to hold her ground, but not for long.
02:31Did she, or did Megan Bane just change her mind on when she was going to throw her?
02:34Possibly, possibly.
02:35Like, that looked to me like Megan Bane was just like, not yet, now I'll throw her.
02:40And Sapphire here into a side headlock, don't know how smart that is.
02:44Well, do you know what, she's got to do something.
02:46Yeah.
02:47Oh my lord.
02:49And listen, I was about to say, tackle doesn't do what that was justice, but Sapphire managing to nip up
02:57there, challenging Megan Bane once again.
03:00And oh, the power advantage again here from Megan, of course, known for that mega bomb.
03:08Sapphire Reed said in the lead up to this match that she is going to knock Megan Bane the F
03:13out.
03:15Oh, and you just, you just heard the sound of that knee as Sapphire up onto the ropes and with
03:22the momentum of that springboard, she manages to take Megan Bane down.
03:28Oh, as now Megan Bane on the outside of the ring and Sapphire running through with that patented dropkick.
03:36We've seen her here so many times before.
03:42And listen, it didn't take long, Dan, for Sapphire to turn the tables here.
03:47Yeah, no, but for how long?
03:50Yeah, the thing is, Sapphire is kind of making this a bit more of a scrappy fight and we know
03:55Sapphire can scrap.
03:58But listen, Sapphire has to do that here tonight.
04:01She knocks the wind out of her with that chop across the chest there.
04:04Oh, and there's another one of those chops, hard chop there.
04:09And listen, this crowd here tonight firmly behind Sapphire Reed.
04:19Oh, and again, they're using those steps for momentum.
04:24A flying forearm by Sapphire Reed to Megan Bane.
04:31Throwing Megan Bane back into the ring.
04:35And, you know, Sapphire Reed here taking a bit of time to get back in this ring.
04:40I'm not sure if that's the smartest thing as Megan Bane is back to her feet.
04:44And that's the one thing that Sapphire doesn't want.
04:46Megan Bane on her feet as she pulls her from the outside in.
04:54That was painful to watch.
04:57And that was almost like punishment for Sapphire.
05:00You're going to mock me, you're going to stand on the apron there and you're going to allow me to
05:04get back to my feet.
05:05Well, this is what you get.
05:06And look how Megan Bane holds.
05:08Holding on.
05:09Like you said, the word punishment, I think, is the exact word to describe the mindset of Megan Bane right
05:16now.
05:20Oh, and that last one into the cover.
05:24But it's not enough to put away the scrappy Sapphire Reed here tonight.
05:31Yeah, I can tell you now, like, if every single person in this building believes in Sapphire Reed.
05:48And a thunderous chop there by Megan Bane.
05:51Delivered to Sapphire Reed.
05:53Just a boot to the face.
05:56And followed up by, just thrown effortlessly.
06:02Overhead, belly to belly.
06:04Absolutely no effort for Megan Bane to just throw Sapphire Reed there.
06:12As Sapphire rolling outside of the ring.
06:16As Megan Bane goes to meet her.
06:21Face first onto the steel steps by Megan Bane.
06:26Oh, and another one of those thunderous chops there to the chest.
06:31Almost like Megan Bane is going blow for blow here on the outside.
06:36Dishing out the same punishment that Sapphire Reed dished out to her.
06:39What's she got in her mind?
06:41Oh, she's not thinking of...
06:43And she's up!
06:44And Sapphire's trying to counter it.
06:46She's trying to fight it.
06:47She's trying to fight it.
06:48But the strength of Megan.
06:49And you can just see.
06:52There is literally...
06:55Megan making that look effortless.
06:57But Sapphire managing to get free there.
07:00But at what cost?
07:04And then the lift.
07:06The ease of the lift.
07:07When Sapphire did finally...
07:09You know, managed to kick away out of that suplex going around the ring.
07:13She almost ended up in the same position she would have been in
07:16if she hadn't have thought out of the suplex there.
07:18Megan Bane, I generally think,
07:20is the most awesome presence of a wrestler I've ever been around.
07:26And then she delivers in the ring as well.
07:30An Amazonian goddess is...
07:33Is the justification of words they would have come to describe in her.
07:37A Sapphire just doesn't quit.
07:39No, and that's the thing.
07:42I mean, this is...
07:43At the end of the day, Sapphire is a former EVE champion.
07:45This is just...
07:45Oh, my gosh!
07:46Another one of those throws.
07:48And this is the thing we talk about.
07:49You talk about gods and you talk about an Amazonian.
07:53This is a true David and Goliath.
07:56Yeah, oh, my gosh!
07:57Right here tonight.
07:58The speed of her as well!
08:00The speed of Megan!
08:01Yeah, the absolute speed.
08:02Like, there's just...
08:03As into the cover,
08:06there's just no holes in the game here of Megan Bane.
08:11But there may be no holes in the game of Megan Bane, Dan.
08:14But there is no quit in Sapphire Reed.
08:17You're 100% right, Cheddar.
08:18And you can hear the audience getting behind there.
08:20Because if you did not believe in Sapphire Reed...
08:23Oh, my gosh!
08:24The fact that she's not knocked down.
08:26The fact that she's still used her...
08:28She tries to pull herself up because she will not quit.
08:31Should believe you enough.
08:32Catches the foot!
08:32Catches the foot!
08:34Oh!
08:37And that is smart!
08:38Take the wheels out!
08:40Running forearm!
08:45But she's caught!
08:47And they're just ragdolled into that corner.
08:51Oh, but this is another opening here for Sapphire.
08:54As Megan Bane shoulder first into that steel ring post.
08:58Megan Bane doesn't see Sapphire!
08:59She doesn't see her up there.
09:01Oh, and...
09:03Big missile dropkick by Sapphire Reed and into the cover!
09:08First cover of the match.
09:10Sapphire made it mean something, but it's not enough.
09:12It's not enough.
09:16But, Dan, it may not have been enough, but Megan Bane is off her feet.
09:20And that in itself.
09:22Whatever she thought, exactly.
09:24Megan Bane found herself off her feet.
09:26Whatever she thought of Sapphire before.
09:28She's having to take her a little bit more seriously.
09:29I don't think that this is smart here from Sapphire Reed, trying to go for a suplex here on Megan
09:34Bane.
09:34As Megan Bane goes to reverse it, Sapphire Reed up and over.
09:38And again, trying to go for a German suplex.
09:40I don't think that's smart from Sapphire.
09:43As Megan firmly back in control.
09:46And this is what Sapphire Reed needs to do.
09:49Toes right to the jaw there.
09:51Goes to the crossbody.
09:53Big mistake.
09:56Oh, look at that.
09:58Like nothing.
10:02Oh, wow.
10:04And just driving that foot through the chest of Sapphire Reed and into the cover.
10:10Yeah, that single foot missile kick there from Megan Bane.
10:14Not enough to put Sapphire down.
10:16Credit where it's due to Sapphire Reed.
10:18And you hear this audience.
10:20It was almost like a wheel kick, Dan.
10:22But Megan Bane coming off both feet.
10:25Throwing all of her momentum into that kick.
10:28As now Sapphire again going for that suplex.
10:32Why is she so set on this?
10:34This is it.
10:36You know, she's...
10:37This is pride.
10:37Yeah, and she's managed to rally.
10:39And the offense that she's hit has been scrappy.
10:42It's been strikes.
10:43It's been high flying.
10:44There was the speed.
10:46Yeah.
10:46Again, of Megan Bane.
10:47As now Megan Bane going up top.
10:49Wow.
10:50What is...
10:50Is there anything that Megan Bane can't do?
10:52Go to the top rope.
10:53Is that...
10:53Why is it getting to the very quick Sapphire Reed who knocks her down?
10:57Sapphire Reed managing to meet her here.
10:59I mean, the last time we saw Sapphire Reed,
11:00it was in a high speed match against the Zumi at WrestleQueendom.
11:03So maybe trying to...
11:05Well, yeah.
11:07Sapphire for speed isn't the smartest idea.
11:09But a Zumi versus Megan Bane is two completely different kettles of fish there, Dan.
11:15But Sapphire Reed can't go.
11:17Megan Bane is off the top.
11:18And Sapphire, is she going to go?
11:19She hits it.
11:20And she holds through.
11:23But Megan Bane sets up the falcon arrow.
11:28And wow, you know, the amount of effort and strength and energy it took Sapphire Reed to hit that superplex
11:39on Megan Bane.
11:40And unfortunately, Dan, it was all in vain.
11:44That's the bit like...
11:45It was a top rope superplex.
11:48And then only for Megan Bane to just stand up and deliver that falcon arrow.
11:52I mean, it took everything she had.
11:53I mean, she's out on the canvas right now.
11:55She is out on the canvas.
11:56I can't have breath back right now.
11:58It took everything that Megan Bane had.
12:01But I can only imagine what Sapphire's feeling right now.
12:04And at least Sapphire's got to take something from the fact that Megan Bane is still down.
12:08Yeah, exactly.
12:09But the thing is, Dan, Sapphire Reed may have hit that superplex.
12:12But let's not forget the fact that to deliver that superplex, she also had to throw herself off the top
12:18rope.
12:18So, you know, Sapphire has to be thinking here, what is it going to take?
12:24As Megan Bane again, just swatting off the strikes of Sapphire Reed.
12:29But Sapphire back up to a V.
12:31There is no quit in Sapphire Reed as again Megan Bane.
12:37And Megan Bane challenging Sapphire to come at her.
12:42And Sapphire with everything she has behind these strikes.
12:46And again, for this time, Sapphire Reed manages to slip out the back.
12:53And a kick to the gut.
12:55Oh!
12:55And to the head.
12:56Right to the head.
12:59Oh, with Megan Bane.
13:00Oh!
13:01It's a knee, though.
13:03And this is exactly what Sapphire needs to do.
13:06She needs to rally.
13:08Torpedo head.
13:09No, she's going for that.
13:11Oh, gets caught.
13:13It's the strength.
13:14Oh, the strength.
13:17And Megan Bane known.
13:19She riddles through.
13:21And a great counter there.
13:23Great scout there from Sapphire Reed.
13:25Megan Bane known for that pile driver.
13:27But straight through with a big move into the cover.
13:29And that was a kick out, Dan.
13:31But that was, there wasn't a lot in that shoulder coming up off that mount.
13:35No, and it was really, she rolled the shoulder up.
13:37And that, that is not what we used to see in from Sapphire Reed.
13:39Usually Sapphire Reed kicks out with authority.
13:41But she was unable to do so that time.
13:43Well, Megan Bane still had hold of the leg.
13:45It was just a roll of the shoulder that saved her.
13:47Oh, Sapphire, super quick.
13:50Small package.
13:50Small package.
13:51And she's got both legs hooked.
13:53And again, a picture perfect small package.
13:55But, oh, wow.
13:56Another one of those super kicks.
13:58Another one of those super kicks.
13:59And she's going for this again.
14:00The springboard into the cutter.
14:02She hits it.
14:04And into the cover.
14:08And you know what, Dan?
14:09Again, we've talked about those.
14:12It's not just about the maneuver.
14:13It's about how quickly you can get into that cover.
14:15And Sapphire hit the cutter.
14:17But unable to get into that cover straight away.
14:20And that could have been the difference between winning and losing this match.
14:23Yeah, yeah.
14:24Absolutely.
14:25I think, though, if I'm going to look at this from the perspective of, like, Megan Bane.
14:30Megan Bane must be like.
14:32Oh, and Sapphire known for that springboard forearm.
14:35Megan Bane means her.
14:37Splat down.
14:38Oh, and just a deadlift German onto the back of the neck of Sapphire Reed.
14:42Forget everything I was saying.
14:43Flying clothesline by Megan Bane.
14:46That was a right-off.
14:47Into the cover.
14:49Two.
14:50And again, Sapphire kicks out.
14:52But with not much authority.
14:54And Megan Bane straight back up onto the shoulder.
14:57Down.
14:58Face first.
14:59Off of her shoulders.
15:00Megan hooks the leg.
15:02The face descent from Megan Bane.
15:05Sapphire.
15:05Wow.
15:06How?
15:07How, Jaxer?
15:08Megan Bane hits the face descent.
15:10She has won championships with that maneuver.
15:13She has retained championships with that maneuver.
15:16Around the world.
15:17And now, Megan Bane is now wondering what's it going to take away to put away Sapphire Reed.
15:25As they're getting up onto the shoulders.
15:26And oh my God, she's not thinking of hitting that face descent from the top rope down.
15:32And this could be career-ending for Sapphire Reed.
15:35And Megan looks like she's...
15:38As Sapphire managing to fight away.
15:40Yeah, Sapphire.
15:41And she manages to slip through.
15:43Kicking out the legs of Megan Bane.
15:44The scrappy doom of pro wrestling, Sapphire Reed.
15:47To the back of Megan Bane.
15:51Oh, and a spider German.
15:53She hits it.
15:54But Megan Bane is...
15:55She's back to her feet.
15:56But she...
15:57Oh, and there's a flying headbutt.
15:58Again, Megan Bane is still on her feet.
16:01Amazingly, how is she still on her feet?
16:04Again.
16:06Torpedo.
16:07Springboard.
16:08Headbutt.
16:09Into the covering.
16:10One, two.
16:13Oh.
16:13Megan, much like Sapphire earlier, Megan did a kick out again.
16:17It was Megan just rolling her shoulder.
16:19That was just a roll of her shoulder.
16:21Sapphire needs to keep on this because she's got her.
16:24She needs to maybe go for that again.
16:25Do something.
16:26She needs to capitalise.
16:27And there are five minutes.
16:29Just coming up to five minutes remaining on the clock for this matchup, Dan.
16:33As now Sapphire rallying the crowd here at the Big Penny.
16:37But taking down that knee pad.
16:39Here it comes.
16:40Oh, and she's met in the middle by Megan Bane.
16:43Closed line.
16:45Up over.
16:47Bang on a minute.
16:49Oh, my God.
16:51Rolling power bomb back in the head.
16:53Smashes and three counts.
16:54And this is the mega bomb from Megan Bane.
16:57Your winner.
16:59Megan Bane.
17:02Oh, my God.
17:04What a match.
17:05What a victory.
17:07Like.
17:09I'll tell you what.
17:11Megan Bane will go away.
17:13Be wary of the name Sapphire Reed ever appearing on a matchup sheet again.
17:20Absolutely.
17:20Because there is no way that Megan Bane signed up to this match with Sapphire Reed thinking that that was
17:26what she was going to get.
17:27Because she came within an inch of losing to Sapphire Reed right there in the middle of that ring.
17:33And, yeah, listen, Megan Bane may walk away with the victory here, but she's also going to walk away with
17:39some bruises.
17:39Yeah, absolutely.
17:41Like.
17:43What a victory for me.
17:45Because this is not just a great performance for Sapphire Reed, but for Megan Bane to overcome that as well.
17:51My God.
17:52Absolutely.
17:53And Dan, what a, what a.
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