d 07.03.24 [3]
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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, get out of your seats and get on your feet because every night is
00:07Saturday night.
00:08This is a semifinal match of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament set for one fall.
00:09Being accompanied by Kimberly Hathaway from Long Island, New York.
00:10Chris Statlander.
00:11Chris Statlander barely a moment's pause at the top of the ramp before she heads to the
00:12ring showing a lot of confidence.
00:13Showing a lot more bravado than we've seen out of her in recent weeks.
00:33Seems like she's done everything she can to avoid a confrontation with Willa Nightingale.
00:38Can't avoid it now because it's a big time match up.
00:41And the fact that she has aligned herself with the guy on the right.
00:45Look at your screen.
00:46Also from Long Island, New York, Willa Nightingale.
00:47We are off to the races here.
00:48Statlander charging up the ramp before Willa even had a chance to.
00:49I've got a feeling.
00:50Sorry, that stat.
00:51He stoked me.
00:52That was their game plan.
00:53But dude, Willa was ready.
00:54Oh, we are off to the races here.
00:58Stantlander charging up the ramp
01:00before Willow even had a chance to.
01:02Yeah, I got a feeling, sorry, that stat,
01:04he stoked me, that was their game plan,
01:05but dude, Willow was ready.
01:07Oh, Willow the pow!
01:08Oh!
01:09Oh!
01:10Oh!
01:10All the way down to the bottom!
01:13Old school Chicago band, Dick Bucket style right there.
01:17Absolutely, great call.
01:19Well, the game plan of Chris Stantlander
01:21and Stokely Hathaway backfiring
01:23as Willow Nightingale, the pounce,
01:26and bouncing Stantlander's head off the A-frame.
01:29Could've said my single territory,
01:31but I aged myself, Shivani, you know.
01:32Yeah, I know.
01:35Either one would've been fine.
01:36No doubt.
01:37But that was a hell of a blow.
01:38The hell with it.
01:39And Erlach, a two-hit, yeah.
01:41Willow snaps suplex on the floor.
01:44Yeah, good job by Willow.
01:46And stat is in a lot of trouble.
01:49No, you guys are talking about Stokely right there.
01:51You know, what stat?
01:53I do think that it's been a plus for Stat.
01:55Stantlander to have Stokely in her corner.
01:57I really do, for her confidence.
01:59Well, Rick Knox calls for the bell
02:00as the action makes it to the ring,
02:01and Willow looking for the cover.
02:05The kick out by Chris Stantlander.
02:06Remember, a spot in the finals
02:08of the Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament
02:10on the line in this match.
02:12The finals will take place one week from tonight
02:15as AEW returns to Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
02:18The old Nightingale wants to become
02:21the first ever repeat winner of the tournament.
02:24And I mean, this is emotionally charged for Willow
02:26because not only is a spot in the finals,
02:27a chance to become the repeat winner on the line,
02:29but also a shot at Chris Stantlander,
02:32the woman that betrayed her former friend, Willow.
02:34Absolutely many, many reasons
02:36for this match for Willow Nightingale.
02:39Got hung up there, but she capitalized.
02:40Even though Stat got hung up, she pulled it off.
02:43I think it's because she jammed,
02:44Stantlander jammed her thumb in Willow's eyes.
02:46Willow couldn't see it.
02:47And Stantlander able to take down
02:49Willow Nightingale on fans.
02:50Action, and this semifinal round match
02:52continues in picture in picture.
02:54Don't go anywhere.
02:57The jam my thumb in your eye, but you're wearing a damn mask.
03:01Tell you that right now.
03:03Show up for zero hour to do that.
03:06Working with heels.
03:07Oh, yeah.
03:08I knew that before the day started off.
03:10The mask.
03:11Oh, what a chop.
03:13Talk about easy.
03:15Come on, Dallas.
03:16Yes, look at Stat just lay him in.
03:21To the spine by Chris Stantlander.
03:24As Stantlander, the leg hooked on Willow.
03:28Willow able to kick out.
03:29So Tadge, you're saying the motivation
03:30that Stokely gives Stat has helped her.
03:33I think so.
03:34I do think so.
03:34I mean, Stokely, he's got a way to motivate.
03:37He's an intelligent guy.
03:38He understands the industry.
03:40He understands the sport.
03:41Right.
03:42Yeah, he's sketchy.
03:43He's shady.
03:44I know that, but he knows.
03:45He's been around the industry a long time.
03:47He's done everything in the business.
03:49And I think for an athlete like Stantlander,
03:51it's a plus for her.
03:51I really do.
03:54Well, I mean, it was really at Stokely's urging
03:57that Chris Stantlander cast away her years
03:59and years of friendship with Willow Nightingale
04:01because Stokely said that Willow
04:05was holding Stantlander back.
04:06Well, sometimes you have to take friendships
04:08and throw them in the toilet.
04:10What do you know?
04:10You don't have any friends.
04:11That's what I've done my whole career.
04:13Just throw them all in the toilet.
04:15Less people to trust.
04:17That's been my model.
04:18You know, doing all right.
04:19Well, Chris Stantlander turning this match in her favor,
04:25sending Willow hard to the corner.
04:27Oh, Willow coming back out on a shot there.
04:30Stantlander to her feet.
04:31Willow, a second close out, a third.
04:36You could see Willow regaining the advantage,
04:39but Stant, oh man!
04:43Haymaker.
04:44Yeah, that was a big roundhouse kick and Stantlander.
04:50Barely, Stantlander, or Willow, excuse me,
04:55barely kicking out.
04:55Yeah, Stantlander kind of getting frustrated now
04:58a little bit, guys.
04:59Yes, she was looking at the referee that time.
05:01This is smart right here, though.
05:03Head scissor immobilized Willow here.
05:06Yeah, and using, as we've mentioned many times,
05:08when we see a Stantlander match
05:10with those very strong legs she has, powerful legs.
05:14She should get those legs in, in my opinion,
05:16while she has this rear chin locked on.
05:18Right, good call.
05:21As Willow, you can see she's trying to shift left to right
05:26to get a little momentum in her favor
05:27to make it to the ropes.
05:28No, Willow goes back, getting predicament there.
05:30Stantlander forced to abandon ship.
05:32And look at Stant right there, no wasted motion,
05:35gets right back on the body of Willow.
05:40Stantlander using her power to her advantage,
05:44to drain the tank of Willow Nightingale.
05:48Willow, snapmare, out overhand shot.
05:59Will Chris Stantlander advance to the finals
06:01of the Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament,
06:03or will it be last year's winner, Willow Nightingale?
06:06Willow just landed an emphatic high boot on Stantlander.
06:13And reversal into the ropes, Stantlander.
06:16Down the apron neck, good counter.
06:18Oh!
06:20I don't think outside's where Willow wants to be again,
06:22Stantlander, just an opinion here.
06:25Well, we saw in the early going,
06:27even before this match started,
06:29Chris Stantlander tried to get the jump
06:30on Willow Nightingale,
06:31but Willow turned it around with one pounce,
06:33but, oh, Willow.
06:36She's holding on for life right now.
06:38Good for a German suplex man, that's dangerous.
06:42Oh boy.
06:43Come on, come on.
06:45Oh, Stantlander to the floor.
06:47That's the worst thing that could happen
06:48if you're going for a suplex.
06:50That's a blind landing backwards.
06:53Stantlander down on the floor, Stokely Hathaway.
06:56Stokely's concerned, I don't blame him.
06:59His meal ticket, I mean, his friend is hurt.
07:03He had her at the first time, Sam.
07:05And, oh, cannon ball!
07:08Stantlander gets flattened by Willow Nightingale.
07:11And Willow, picking up the pace.
07:16Willow up to the middle,
07:17round drop kick, takes down Stantlander.
07:22And,
07:24I think Chris Stantlander tried to turn
07:26to avoid the contact, but made it worse for herself.
07:31You could see the face right there,
07:32the emotion in the face a moment ago of Willow.
07:36Look at that, she's trying not to doubt herself.
07:38She had it, but she didn't get it.
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07:47And stream on Max as Willow,
07:49looking for the babe with the power bomb,
07:51but Stantlander had it scouted.
07:53Clutching onto Willow's leg,
07:55oh, kick to the midsection,
07:57as Stantlander, ax kick on target!
08:01Cover here, cover, Stantlander,
08:02the leg hooked, and Willow kicks out!
08:05Yeah, it's gonna take more than an ax kick
08:06to keep Willow down, I can tell you that.
08:09But now, oh, good God, she folded her up that time.
08:12Yeah, beautiful German, German suplex,
08:14Willow landing high on the neck and head,
08:18and Stantlander looking for a second,
08:19but Willow trying to fight her way free.
08:22Well, both these athletes very powerful,
08:25very strong, what's gonna give here?
08:27Now Stantlander went to the ropes,
08:29got hung up by Willow Nightingale,
08:32as now Willow maybe thinking avalanche.
08:35German, yes she is!
08:38Boom, boom, boom, and that's a tough, tough landing.
08:43So Tony, this is where emotions come into play,
08:45you know how heated the rivalry between Willow and Stant is.
08:50Oh, Stant though, up to her feet.
08:53Oh, watch out, Willow, watch out!
08:54Stantlander, the high boot,
08:56catching Willow on the side of the head,
08:58oh, Stantlander!
08:59Oh God, oh no, the counter here!
09:02Willow rolls up, rolls through!
09:05Stant counters, two, and no!
09:08They separate, and discus lariat avoided.
09:12Willow Nightingale is thinking Death Valley Driver there.
09:14Stantlander, just a right hand, a wild right!
09:18Stantlander hoists up Willow Nightingale.
09:22Drives her down, Stantlander,
09:24is she going to advance?
09:25One, two, no, Willow!
09:28Super close, super duper close,
09:32superhuman strength, where's he going?
09:36Well, you know what I'm also thinking, Taz,
09:38is Willow Nightingale, I mean, she was doing media all week.
09:41Whoa, whoa, whoa.
09:44Big time chain right there, steel chain.
09:46The chain placed down in the corner,
09:48referee Rick Knox, he didn't see it,
09:49but Chris Stantlander certainly did.
09:51Stantlander told Stokely to get on the apron, and he did.
09:55Yeah, referee Rick Knox, he never saw that chain,
09:57he doesn't see it yet.
09:59Maybe he's going to free spot it, I don't know.
10:01Oh, Stokely almost got wiped out.
10:04Willow, the roll-up, two, three!
10:06Three!
10:07Three!
10:08Three!
10:09And so the Red Panthers have the win.
10:11Willow Nightingale!
10:13Now that game plan, Stoke, it backfired on him.
10:18Poof, Willow Nightingale,
10:20for the second consecutive year,
10:22advancing to the finals of the Owen Hart Foundation
10:26tournament, and now Willow finds herself
10:28one step closer to Wembley Stadium,
10:31and all in London.
10:32As we take a look at the updated brackets,
10:34Willow Nightingale advancing to the finals
10:37next Wednesday night, and this Friday at Rampage,
10:40we will find out, will it be Willow and Mariah May?