Friday, September 01, 2017

The Mae Young classic episode 4

Here's the video for episode 4 of The Mae Young Classic. The first match is Candice LaRae vs Renee Michelle. Candice is 31 years old. I remember seeing her when she was young and she wasn't very good. But she's improved a lot and she has a great babyface charisma. She's married to NXT's Johnny Gargano. Candice has worked all over the world. She isn't under contract but I would love to see her in NXT because she's a strong performer. Renee is 23 years old from Washington. She seems to work a lot for Maryland Championship Wrestling. She had a WWE tryout a few months ago. I wouldn't sign her based on this match. She seems tentative to me. Fortunately Candice more than made up for that. The match was fine and Candice won with her flying neckbreaker. Next is Lacey Evans vs Taynara Conti. You've probably heard about Lacey's military background. Eventually it will make a good story. To date she has been an NXT jobber. Taynara is from Brazil. And again the WWE believes Brazil is an emerging market so they sign local talent. Taynara trained in BJJ and she was supposed to fight MMA a few years ago but the fight was cancelled. She appeared on NXT TV once in a battle royal in May as Taynara Melo. Her real name is Taynara Carvalho. The match was OK. It was a good idea to keep it basic. It was the first time I have seen Lacey win. I could see her getting a push on NXT in the near future. Next is Nicole Savoy vs Reina Gonzales. Nicole is from Sacramento. She is mainly known for her work in SHIMMER. She is just returning from knee surgery. She's wearing a brace on her right knee. They sell her as the queen of suplexes. Reina is from Texas. Her father is Ricky Gonzales and she was trained by Rudy Boy Gonzales. She signed with the WWE last year and she also appeared in the May battle royal. She is a big girl. My impression of this match is Nicole came back too soon and you can see her knee is bothering her. So Reina is winning and Nicole pulls an armbar out of nowhere. The final match is the long awaited debut of Kairi Sane vs Tessa Blanchard. Of course Tessa is a third generation wrestler. She knows Kairi as Tessa has worked for STARDOM. But they never had a match. Kairi has become a tremendous performer. She wasn't very good when she first came to STARDOM through her modelling agency. That's when I first saw her. My only concern about her is she's suffered three concussions including one at these tapings. The crowd reaction to Kairi is similar to Asuka because they've watched her on video and everyone has seen the elbow drop. The match is great. It's the one first round match that you must watch. But Kairi's concussion history bothers me. She's the smallest girl in this tournament but there's no question she's a star. The next four episodes will air next week. Enjoy the video!
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