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01:01with their previous singles fight coming right back here at the beginning of the year
01:04in Corican Hall for the Wonder of Stardom title.
01:08Rena is going to be reliving that in so much more.
01:12And her biggest opportunity today, the quarterfinal of the five-star Grand Prix.
01:18Yee-haw!
01:24While it will not be worn on the face of either one of these women,
01:27a lot of emotion heading into this contest.
01:57They will not be worn on the face of them.
02:18Yee-haw!
02:20Yee-haw!
02:21Yee-haw!
02:22Yee-haw!
02:22Yee-haw!
02:23Things have been quite straightforward.
02:27From Miss Icicle Psycho herself, Konami, throughout the five-star Grand Prix Tournament, topped out her block with five wins
02:35and two losses, and has added many, many victims to her portrait collection over the five-star Grand Prix.
02:49And while that black spray paint remains in the hand of Konami, there is not a portrait to be found
02:57at ringside, the real picture, the big ol' picture, all takes these women back to the past, the very beginning
03:06of Rina's fledgling career.
03:22The bell sounds were officially underway here tonight, Rina vs. Konami, in a match that we have seen multiple times
03:28before in a singles competition.
03:32Only once this year thus far, Konami defeated Rina back in Corcoran Hall, right here in fact for the Wonder
03:38of Stardom title at the New Year's Stars event.
03:40And I was proud to be on the call that evening, and an emotional, emotional fight was then even more
03:46so here tonight for what is on the line, an opportunity into the semi-final of the five-star Grand
03:52Prix Tournament.
03:53And Konami really is looking to do the number on the 19-year-old athlete, Dennis Rina.
03:58Rina, though, it is a hate staple.
04:01These dives into the chairs.
04:03You are well aware of the fact that Rina has mastered it over the course of this five-star tournament.
04:10And a woman that we used to refer to as the Master Machiavellian girl, it is Konami, who is not
04:16in a good position right now, taking those steel chairs right to the hit section.
04:20And immediately, Konami and Rina continue to battle it out on the outside.
04:23Rina, northern light suplex, and right over the top goes Konami.
04:27Konami, a bad, bad position for a woman already walking in with a damage spot.
04:41And out of the gates here, Rina, oh, one of those pink devil knees, and instead, Konami saw it coming.
04:48Could you look at that one?
04:52Rina couldn't even see it coming.
04:54The people couldn't even see it coming.
04:56Konami has struck while nobody was watching.
05:00And we have to bring this one back inside the ring.
05:03A woman without a single draw on the board is Konami.
05:06And that is certainly going to work to her favor here tonight.
05:10A woman who has been spray-painting faces of nearly every single wrestler she stepped into the weight suit.
05:16Or in the case of Maki Ito, at least, her spray-painting her own face.
05:19But I digress.
05:20Here's the cover for Konami.
05:22And a cover one more time into the kick-out.
05:24Full control on the right arm of Rina.
05:28This is a match about two women who have known each other for a long time.
05:32And there is a dearly departed, dearly missed face that has to be the central figure of this conversation way
05:38up above.
05:38A match with two women bound by the spirit of the departed, Hana Kimura.
05:42A former five-star Grand Prix winner, a massive influence in the days of these women in Tokyo cyber-squat.
05:49Especially Konami and Rina themselves out of any.
05:51The woman who brought Rina under her wing and carried her out of a dark place in stardom from undrafted
05:58in the unit draft many years ago to beloved by so, so many.
06:02And that was Hana Kimura's relationship with Rina.
06:05And it has been heavily documented by many.
06:07Even if Rina and Konami are not going to have it the subject of conversation in their backstage comments,
06:12you have to know that Hana Kimura is somewhere on the mind of both of these women.
06:17Rina especially.
06:19And on the opposite side of the playing field, the same woman who struck an incredible friendship with Konami
06:25that left the Tokyo cyber-squat above the world, whose passing left a hole that, to be quite honest with
06:31you fans,
06:31I don't believe it has ever been filled for Konami or any of us here in stardom.
06:38While Konami and Rina compete here tonight in Cork and Hall, I think these women have somewhere on their mind.
06:44In September 22nd, 2019, the five-star Grand Prix 2019 final.
06:50Hana Kimura defeating Konami in that final for Kimura's one and only five-star Grand Prix trophy.
06:58In the mind of Rina, she wants to be able to do what her own mentor, her best friend, her
07:03dearly departed Kimura did just seven years ago.
07:07Defeat Konami in the middle of a Corican Hall ring in a high-stakes five-star Grand Prix fight.
07:14Meanwhile, Konami wants to be able to do what she could not do seven years ago,
07:19and that is win the five-star Grand Prix final for the first time in her career.
07:23And if it has to come over the back of a woman that Kimura loved, over a woman that Kimura
07:28respected,
07:29then so be it, because Konami has her own destiny.
07:33Konami has her own mission to try and pay homage to a woman who she so dearly missed.
07:41And it's right back to the eyes.
07:43There are ways to pay homage, and then there is this.
07:45And Konami, in every single form and fashion, doing a hell of a job of putting the bricks right to
07:51Rina.
07:53Now, let's not forget wrestling fans.
07:55Rina has already wrestled one fight on the night.
07:58And it is back into her second contest of the evening.
08:02A hell of a fight that's being put up here.
08:05And all of the emotion on the side of Rina and Konakwenho.
08:16You can read the Hanakamora-isms of Rina all over her face, all over her body language.
08:22It's seen in her action.
08:23I mean, even all the way from the high range that we saw earlier on in the night,
08:27the Tiger-Lily combination back at Haramatsu.
08:29All of these things await Konami if the opportunity this fight comes.
08:34Rina has a vision of how she wants to win this fight.
08:36And it has to come true tonight.
08:38Two count only for Rina and Konami.
08:56Watch it now, Rina with one of the Northern Lights suplex instead.
08:59It is not going to come, not anytime soon.
09:02Take a look right now.
09:04Konami had control of that arm, and you have to know the Lancer could be coming at a moment's notice.
09:09Again with the Northern Lights.
09:11Look at that bridge with the hook of the leg.
09:13That's not something that you can teach quite easily.
09:16And Rina, only 19 years of age, wrestling like the experience that Konami brings.
09:32Rina has felt primed and ready to make it back to the semifinal, a five-star Grand Prix.
09:37The position she was eliminated in one year ago by Azami.
09:41But Azami is out of the picture.
09:42And it is Konami who looks to try and be the wall for this young generation.
09:46Konami tries to do what she could not do seven years ago.
09:51Let's look at this.
09:53Fujiwara center of the ring for Konami on Rina.
09:57These two women know all about going deep in in-ring competition.
10:02They have done so before in their career, 19 minutes, 45 seconds in January, right here
10:08in Kodakwood Hall.
10:13There's a lot of pain, a lot of pain.
10:16Grinness on the face of Rina, pulsing through the body of Rina.
10:22But throughout this whole matchup, the people have not left Rina's side.
10:26Heading right into the cross arm right there.
10:28Rina directly to the bottom rope.
10:30And that is going to be the only solace for Rina on this evening.
10:38One more time off the ropes.
10:40Big sliding kick right there.
10:46Keep your eye on Konami now.
10:47Fisherman suplex with the bridge.
10:49Hook the leg as well.
10:51And this is where these women become the yin and yang of one another.
10:54There are so many comparisons and differences you can draw on.
10:57But the technique out of any members of hate.
11:00Konami and Rina have the most advanced technique in their entire unit.
11:06And I'd argue it comes back to Tokyo Cyber Squad for it all.
11:10It comes back to Hana Kimono for it all.
11:13Every single time Rina raises her head in defiance,
11:16it comes back to those early days and the thing that she fights for here.
11:24Wow, there's another strike right to the chest of Rina.
11:29That is a phenomenal offensive maneuver from Konami.
11:32But Rina's not done.
11:34Not by a long shot.
11:37One more time.
11:38Off with the head.
11:40A roundhouse strike.
11:43One of the greatest strikers of a generation is Konami.
11:46And looking to impart that wisdom on the newest generation.
11:50Rina right to the midsection again.
11:5219 years old.
11:53And a Haragoshi.
11:55Haragoshi judo goal.
12:07Fantastic, fantastic counter for Rina.
12:10Who has put herself right in position to shock the world.
12:15To do something that she has never done before.
12:19Rina must defeat Konami to advance to the semi-vital again.
12:27Wow.
12:29Stomping down her rival.
12:37Rina knows that the only safety she had after Kimura's passing,
12:41the only safety that she had in Tokyo Cyber Squad only ended
12:45because of Konami turning her back on Jungle Fiyona.
12:49Rina's never going to forget it.
12:50And Konami will pay for it tonight.
12:53Pink Devil Mies in a two.
13:04To get vengeance for the only comfort Rina has ever known in her career.
13:10Rina has to defeat a woman that she has never beaten before.
13:14And Konami is going to make sure of it again.
13:16Off the top comes Rina.
13:19The cry of agony on every side.
13:23Oh, man.
13:26What a blow from Konami tonight.
13:37Konami now from the top.
13:40A striking dive from Konami on Rina.
13:43It's all over here.
13:45No.
13:49Out of the cover and into the hammerlock from behind.
13:52That top wristlock has full control right now from this icicle cycle.
14:02Konami, though.
14:03Konami, watch it.
14:04Watch it.
14:04Rina's got it positioned.
14:06Pink Devil down.
14:10But she's not quick enough on the cover.
14:13That took a lot out of Rina to paddle her rival up.
14:17Rina, Rina, Rina, Rina, Rina, Rina, Rina.
14:36Rina all the way from the heavens here tonight.
14:39Pink Devil knees.
14:44And a two count there.
14:47For Rina and Konami, two count only.
14:49And Rina knows what's coming.
14:50Rina knows what she needs.
14:52And a hydrangea.
14:54A hydrangea dropped down.
14:56A grounded octopus once heavily utilized by Hana Kimura.
15:02Something that led to Konami's undoing right here in Korra Quinn.
15:07And a two count, one more.
15:08Still holding in hydrangea.
15:09Still keeping it in tight.
15:14And again, and again.
15:16Look at this.
15:17Look at the resilience.
15:18The resolve of Rina has been off of the charts all night.
15:26Konami inching closer and closer to the bottom rope here.
15:31It is the only solace that Konami can find.
15:38And you can't blame Rina whatsoever.
15:41Holding that in just a little bit longer.
15:43Konami would have done the exact same thing.
15:45And these two women are fighting tooth and nail for a semi-final spot.
16:07Rina wants that pink devil one more time.
16:09But maybe, just maybe.
16:11The trajectory changes.
16:13Watch it.
16:13Got the dropkick on Konami.
16:16And you know what Rina's thinking here.
16:20How poetic would it be?
16:22Rina wants it.
16:23Rina needs this victory tonight.
16:25No.
16:26Tiger Lily tonight.
16:28And Konami.
16:29If there's any woman in the world who would have had that scouted.
16:33Oh, you're looking at her here.
16:35Konami.
16:36Konami.
16:38And it's still not enough.
16:43Rina has forced Konami to stray so far from her game plan.
16:47Heading in to this quarterfinal five-star matchup.
16:50For the first time throughout this fight, we are seeing that sleeper hold applied.
16:55Konami has been favoring the sleeper hold for a lot of wins in the league stage.
17:00Sherman suplex again.
17:02Cover.
17:02Cover.
17:03Konami.
17:16Oh.
17:19A roundhouse strike.
17:21And again.
17:22And again.
17:23Still just two.
17:25Still just two.
17:26And Rina Konami on fire.
17:28Oh, no, no, no.
17:29Konami again.
17:30Switched way back to that sleeper hold.
17:32Can't find it from any position in the one she looks.
17:39Oh, no, no.
17:40Konami again just slows things back down to her pace.
17:44Rina is going to have to find a way to escape out of this.
17:47A former judo artist may know her way around this one.
17:50You are not going to see a sleeper like this on the judo mats.
17:53Rina.
17:54No, no, no.
17:55Konami.
17:56No.
17:57It is the end of the pink devil dream.
17:59If Rina manages to give up here.
18:05Rina.
18:06Rina.
18:28Rina.
18:32For how much longer can this fight remain?
18:36Until the emotion boils over.
18:38Until it all comes to a head.
18:40Yeah.
18:41And off with the head of the pink devil.
18:45One.
18:46Two.
18:47One.
18:48No.
18:53Try as she might, Konami has not been able to put down, to put down Rina just yet.
19:02Oh, Rina has got it again.
19:04Backslide right through Rina.
19:06Into the jack.
19:06Back by cover.
19:07Cover.
19:10Just launching her opponent off the top.
19:12Konami is not willing to give in.
19:16Konami wants to find her first five-star final in seven years.
19:21Well, Rina is looking for something a lot bigger.
19:23No.
19:26Back to the Tiger Lily.
19:27Konami has skipped.
19:29And Rina just shoots out Konami.
19:34Listen to Cora Quinn Hall.
19:40Watch it.
19:41Watch it.
19:42I'm trying to bomb.
19:45No, no, no.
19:46She doesn't want it there.
19:47It's got to end like this.
19:50Rina looking for combination offense.
19:53And a pink devil has struck Konami again.
20:00But it is not enough for the win.
20:03It is not enough just yet.
20:11These women are giving their blood, sweat, and souls to professional wrestling tonight.
20:22Rina looking for that signature offense.
20:25And it's the first part landed in.
20:27Dropkick is at it.
20:29Into release and completion.
20:31To release all emotion.
20:33It's in.
20:34Tiger Lily.
20:36Five, two, three.
20:39Rina has done it.
20:40Rina has defeated Konami.
20:42And is through to the semifinal.
20:45연ios.
20:46So yeah.
20:48Yeah.
