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AAW Tag Team Champions Alexander Hammerstone & Ace Perry vs. ACH & Jah-C
Hammerstone and C started out. Hammerstone controlled him with his power and might. Perry tagged in but ACH and C gained control. C was cut off by the champions, who tagged in and out, beating him down and scoring several two counts. Perry scored a two count with a slingshot senton splash into the ring. Hammerstone tagged in and continued bruising and beating Jah-C. He kept beating down the challenger and mockingly covered him with the idea that he believed they had the match easily won.
Perry tagged back in and worked over C with a crossface chicken wing submission. He fought out, ACH finally scored the hot tag and trapped Perry in a Texas Cloverleaf but Hammerstone attacked to break it up. Hammerstone dragged Perry back to the corner and tagged himself in. Hammerstone and ACH faced off. C helped with a DDT into the buckles. stunning Hammerstone. ACH lifted him into a hesitation German suplex for a close two count. The crowd chanted for ACH.
ACH went for a brainbuster. Everyone battles. Perry nailed a Diamond Cutter on ACH. Jah-C drilled him but was hit with a big slam by Hammerstone. ACH nailed a brainbuster but everyone was out as the crowd chanted for AAW. Perry drilled C and placed him on the top. ACH went to help but was nailed. Perry nailed a dive on ACH. Jah-C scored with a big superkick on Hammerstone. Hammerstone returned with a scary looking release German suplex and a powerbomb. Hammerstone nailed the pendulum slam and scored the pin.
Your winners and still AAW Tag Team Champions, Alexander Hammerstone & Ace Perry!
A good back and forth physical tag team bout.
Main event time!
Josh Alexander vs. Ruby Soho
Soho gets a big homecoming welcome. Alexander tells her this is his house now. Some good back and forth wrestling at the bell. Alexander was nailed with a shoulderblock into the ring but gained control and worked over Soho until he sent her into the ropes. Soho rebounded and shocked him with a rollup. Alexander nailed a big swing on Soho.
Alexander held Soho aloft in the air for a long time for a vertical suplex but Soho escaped, landed on his back and attempted a rear naked choke. Alexander fought to escape and attacked her shoulder, which she noted in the promo earlier tonight was bothering her. Alexander kept working her over but missed a charge into the corner. Soho went for a suplex but Alexander blocked and slammed her. Soho came back with a DDT of sorts, driving his head into the mat. She nailed several clotheslines, trying to send him over the top to the floor but didn't have enough momentum. She attempted another and finally sent Alexander crashing over the top to the floor to a big pop.
Soho kicked him from the apron but was caught and slammed face-first onto the apron. Soho made a comeback with a tornado DDT for a close two count. The crowd chanted for Soho. She went for an STO but Alexander stopped it and hit a big German suplex. That was nasty looking. Alexander went for another but she landed on his shoulders and nailed a Poisonrana. Ruby nailed a Saito suplex for a two count.
Alexander came back with an anklelock, trying to force a submission. He told Soho to come and fight and prove its her home. They fired back and forth with chops with Ruby being drilled down but refusing to say quit and fighting back to her feet. Soho beat down Alexander with a series of shots to the back. He shoots her down but Ruby nailed a rana. She went to the top and hit a senton for a close two count. Soho locked on a submission. Alexander teased tapping but reversed his momentum to cover her for a two count.
Josh locked a top hammerlock on Soho's injured shoulder and wrenched away at it. Soho came back with a series of chops and punches with the idea she was down to fighting with one arm. Soho nailed a series of headbutts as Alexander went down in the corner. Alexander nailed her with a big forearm and thunderbomb for a close two count. He nailed her with a rude backbreaker over the knee for another close two count. Josh nailed a spinning tombstone for a close two count. Everyone lost their mind that she kicked up.
Alexander snatched her up on his shoulders and drilled her into the buckles. He climbed the ropes. Ruby fired away with elbows to the face, the headbutts. Alexander shoved her off. Ruby rebounded and went for a takedown but was pulled into a tombstone off the ropes for the pin.
Your winner, Josh Alexander!
The story was that Ruby fought with everything she had, despite being hurt, all the way to the end where she had nothing left to give. Unless you really hate intergender matches, you'll probably love the hell out of the story they spun from bell to bell. A really interesting and entertaining main event.
The crowd chanted for AAW after the bout.
The crowd gave Soho a standing ovation as she recovered in the ring. They chanted, 'Thank you Ruby!" The show ended with Soho saluting the audience.
Overall, a really fun broadcast with a lot of talents working their rear ends off to entertain the audience in Chicago with everything they had. If you like hard-hitting back and forth athletic wrestling, you can't go wrong with this show. You can tell the venue is a great, intimate venue and the entire show was made even better by a really hot crowd. A really damn good, worthwhile few hours of professional wrestling.
They will return to FITE on 2/4/22.
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