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00:00It's time for our main event here on Rampage as we go back to the ring and Bobby Crews
00:10for the announcements.
00:11Your Rampage main event is set for one fall or TV time remaining.
00:12Approaching the ring, wrestling of Chicago, Illinois, Sky Blue.
00:13Change of personality, check.
00:14Attitude, check.
00:15Alignment with Julia Hart, check.
00:35Work cut out for in this match, check.
00:38Good to have you with us, Tony, Ian, and Nigel here on this Friday night on TNT.
00:45Here on Rampage.
00:46With that in mind, here's Bobby Crews one more time.
00:47Reporting, wrestling out of Guinea, West Africa, Queen Aminata.
00:48Queen Aminata, you can just see her growing in confidence each and every week.
00:49A finalist in the Ring of Honor Women's World Television Championship.
00:50She's a champion.
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01:39Not only here in AEW, but in Ring of Honor as well.
01:45Certainly impressive win-loss record.
01:49The Queen, a regal, statuesque competitor of...
01:54Try to get a quick win.
01:55Wow.
01:56There's a roll-up.
01:59That time, Sky Blue came in hot that time.
02:02And one, two.
02:03Queen just moved out of the way.
02:05And now, still moving, Queen Amanata.
02:07Oh!
02:10I'll tell you what.
02:11Amanata, so quick, so smooth.
02:14Let's not forget, though, Sky Blue, that Manitoba Massacre
02:17match really brought out the edge for the TBS title.
02:20And against Mercedes Mane, another great TBS title
02:23contention.
02:24Title shot there for Sky Blue.
02:26In the hunt, in contention, in her own right.
02:30Here's a pick-up.
02:32Wow.
02:33Rolls through.
02:34One, two.
02:37Nice stack.
02:38How about this?
02:39Back and forth these ladies go.
02:42Great matchup here.
02:43Wow.
02:44Snap on that suplex from the Queen.
02:46Yeah.
02:49Your subjects like it.
02:51Yeah.
02:52Her subjects like it.
02:54The one and only, as she says.
02:57First...
02:58And again.
03:00Yes, one and only is right.
03:02First West African competitor in Ring of Honor in AEW.
03:08Front face lock here.
03:09One more time.
03:10One more time, she says, as you can clearly hear.
03:12No, it's a cradle.
03:13One, two.
03:15Got a two count.
03:17Open hand there.
03:19And look at this.
03:20That's softer.
03:22Sky Blue kicks her right above the knee and kicks down the Queen.
03:28Shoots the half, hooks the leg.
03:30Not a bad strategy for Sky Blue to take down her taller opponent.
03:36You mentioned Mercedes Molina coming up on Sunday.
03:40Wow.
03:41Mercedes and Stephanie Bacour.
03:43Title versus title.
03:45TBS Championship, New Japan Pro Wrestling Strong Women's Championship,
03:49Openweight Championship.
03:50Oh.
03:51Wow.
03:52Again.
03:53Precision knees.
03:54And that's going to be a heck of a contest, Tony.
03:56I saw Stephanie Bacour as champion calling bouts for New Japan.
04:02If you haven't seen her, she is must-see television.
04:04Going to be a great test for both women.
04:06Sky Blue up top.
04:07Watch out.
04:08Turn around.
04:09Sky Blue's going to come up top with a crossbody.
04:13Wiping out Queen Amanata.
04:18A fancy streak from the Chicago native,
04:21who has looked very purposeful from the opening bell tonight.
04:25Fans, this match will continue.
04:27Our main event in picture-in-picture.
04:32Like a dive into the nearby Lehigh River.
04:34Sky Blue delivers the forearm now across the jaw of Queen Amanata.
04:39She just, I mean, the change has been so sudden.
04:44Not only so sudden,
04:46so it's such a stark change for Sky Blue from what she was when she first arrived.
04:51Sky Blue from what she was when she first arrived.
04:54Definitive.
04:55The way she has really, truly found herself.
04:58Found a viciousness.
05:00You can see the viciousness in her face.
05:02The way she approaches that.
05:03Oh.
05:04Walked in and the big girl just slapped her away.
05:08That reach advantage coming in handy.
05:11Paul Turner, you can hear the count.
05:13It got up to six.
05:16And Amanata was used to the 20 count in ROH.
05:19Good call.
05:20Slowly rolls in and breaks the count.
05:22That roll is just a little bit different.
05:24Maybe had a second guess herself there.
05:31Chasing and finding Sky Blue right in front of the fans.
05:35Here we go.
05:37Whoa.
05:40Man, that was hard on the top of the sternum.
05:47I'll tell you what.
05:48It's been 40 years, almost to the day since the last
05:50international televised broadcast of wrestling from Allentown.
05:54This is certainly an evolution from the days of trailblazers
05:58like Wendy Richter, Princess Victoria.
06:02Leilani Kai, who just down the street at Ag Hall.
06:06Back into the corner.
06:07Wow.
06:09Running knee caught the head, the side of the head.
06:13Boy, Sky Blue, not only with the stark change in attitude,
06:16she is also just plain mean.
06:20Strong.
06:21Here we go, Cabo.
06:22One, two.
06:24Oh, now got a one count that time.
06:27And did not find the mat.
06:29A one count.
06:30And boy, as you can see, she's got a lot of power.
06:34And did not find the mat.
06:36A one count.
06:37And boy, as you can see, that knee to the jaw is still stinging
06:41Queen Amanata.
06:42Yeah, she keeps going back to it with her hand, Tony,
06:44to see if it's in place almost.
06:46Oh, goodness.
06:49And that inside of the knee where the tendons meet,
06:53driven into the skull.
06:54Oh, just.
06:57One would certainly think that a decisive victory for Sky Blue
07:00against Queen Amanata might push her up the rankings.
07:04Future title opportunity, perhaps.
07:06I would think so.
07:07Tony Storm, of course, on Sunday defends the world title
07:11against Mina Sharikawa.
07:13And then, of course, as we mentioned, Mercedes Monet.
07:16First of all, a cover.
07:17One, two.
07:19TBS Championship, New Japan Pro Wrestling Strong Women's
07:21Championship against Stephanie Bakur.
07:26Love those title versus title matches.
07:29Wow.
07:31And driving the point of the boot directly through the skull.
07:34A lot of momentum there from Sky Blue.
07:37Oh, Sky Blue.
07:38That wasn't a smack.
07:40That was a thud.
07:42Nice snapmare there.
07:43Not only just the attitude, but also the intensity, too,
07:46ramping up for Sky Blue, Tony.
07:48And now driving her down to the mat here.
07:51Oh, no.
07:52Oh, no.
07:53Oh, no.
07:54Oh, no.
07:55Oh, no.
07:56And now driving her down to the mat here.
08:01And Paul checking in.
08:04Romanada trying to get back to a vertical base here, but...
08:08Yeah, Sky just won't let her up.
08:10Great job.
08:11Great strategy here by Sky Blue.
08:19You're watching AEW Rampage here on TNT.
08:22Tony Ian and, of course, Sir Nigel McGuinness.
08:26Whoa!
08:27That one knocked the taste out of Sky Blue's mouth.
08:31The double slap.
08:32The long lever sent Sky Blue down.
08:35Pick up.
08:36Snapmare over.
08:38Here she goes.
08:39The PK.
08:42Turned her inside out.
08:43One, two.
08:44Wow.
08:45Really folded up Sky Blue with a deep pinfall there.
08:49Absolutely, but did not get the pin, Nigel.
08:53Has Sky Blue ever determined to continue to victory here?
08:59Oh, no, but she's got herself in the wrong part of town.
09:03Oh!
09:05And that is a move that almost took the head off of Billy Starks.
09:10And does the same there.
09:11Did you see the snap on that, Nigel?
09:13Absolutely, man.
09:15The shin of Queen Amanada right across the jaw of Sky Blue,
09:18who is struggling.
09:22Oh, wait a minute.
09:23Waist lock here.
09:24Oh!
09:25Wow.
09:27The German onto the apron.
09:29Sky Blue hits hard.
09:30That was the face of Queen Amanada that grazed the bottom rope as well.
09:34Yeah, that's a good call.
09:35Good call.
09:37So both ladies are hurting right now.
09:42Queen Amanada is a long way away.
09:44You can actually see what she's got in store here.
09:49Here she goes.
09:50And you can see that she took too much time and Sky Blue moved.
09:57The largest muscle in the human body.
10:01Unforced error there by Amanada as Sky Blue able to evade the hip attack.
10:07Amanada into the steel.
10:10Speaking of the steel, perhaps Sky Blue looking to use it again.
10:14Oh, no.
10:16Oh!
10:18Sky Blue!
10:19Oh!
10:20Suplex from the steel step to the floor.
10:25Both women still hurting on the outside.
10:30Queen spasming on the floor.
10:35Just take a listen to this.
10:39Wow!
10:40The torque, the fulcrum of the hips able to drive the body of Amanada through that mat to...
10:48Just a thin padding there, Nigel.
10:50This is an ice rink.
10:51It's used primarily throughout the year for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms hockey team.
10:55Very little give there.
10:58Sky Blue has certainly now got a victory within her grasp.
11:03Oh!
11:04Full Nelson snap that time.
11:05Cover one.
11:07And a two count.
11:09Variation of the Sky Fall.
11:11She didn't quite land it with the precision she normally does.
11:15Amanada able to twist those hips.
11:17Sky Blue on her hands and knees over to get to her opponent.
11:23Oh, she's going to try.
11:25Yep, here it comes.
11:26Looking for Code Blue, maybe.
11:27No.
11:28Oh!
11:29Runs into the headbutt.
11:30One, two, three!
11:34The winner of this match, Queen Amanada!
11:39Wow, the Code Blue didn't work, but the headbutt certainly did, didn't it, gentlemen?
11:44Impressive headbutt from Queen Amanada.
11:48Almost hit Sky Blue on the back of the head.
11:50It's just a face got in the way.
11:53And a statement win from the Queen in the Queen City.
11:57Allentown is on their feet as Amanada's win streak continues.
12:02And it does so here on Rampage.
12:09Queen Amanada staring.
12:12Wanting to help Sky Blue up.
12:15Just playing sportsmanship here.
12:17I like seeing that.
12:22Embraced by both ladies.
12:25Oh, no!
12:27And then knocked around.
12:30And in the mouth, driving those fists through the skull of Amanada.
12:34Pounding the forehand.
12:35Oh, no.
12:37Looking for a dragon sleeper.
12:39She's got it on.
12:41Red Velvet!
12:44We're about to stir it up!
12:49Red Velvet arrives, and Sky Blue takes off.
12:56But fans, don't forget, Collision tomorrow night here on TNT
13:01on this Forbidden Door weekend.
13:04It's coming up on Sunday night, exclusively on pay-per-view.
13:09Good night from Allentown and Rampage.