{"id":143991,"date":"2022-08-02T17:51:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T22:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=143991"},"modified":"2022-08-02T17:51:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T22:51:07","slug":"7-31-womens-wrestling-army-report-holidead-vs-jordan-blade-for-the-mission-pro-wrestling-championship-trish-adora-vs-cosmic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/08\/02\/7-31-womens-wrestling-army-report-holidead-vs-jordan-blade-for-the-mission-pro-wrestling-championship-trish-adora-vs-cosmic\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/31 WOMEN\u2019S WRESTLING ARMY REPORT: Holidead vs. Jordan Blade for the Mission Pro Wrestling Championship, Trish Adora vs. Cosmic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-977228313\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>WWA EPISODE 7<br \/>\nJULY 31, 2022<br \/>\nAIRED AT BRANDARMY.COM\/WOMENSWRESTLINGARMY<br \/>\nREPORT BY HARLEY R. PAGEOT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Commentary: Alyssa Marino, Lenny Leonard<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Opening theme.<\/p>\n<p>-Trish Adora was backstage. It\u2019s not about how many times you fall down, it\u2019s how many times you get back up.<\/p>\n<p>-Adora made her entrance in the venue. Her opponent was already in the ring.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) \u201cTHE AFRO-PUNK\u201d TRISH ADORA vs. COSMIC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cosmic turned down a handshake from Adora. Adora stretched her in an air raid crash position. Roll-up but Cosmic kicked out. Cosmic with a penalty kick and a slap to the face. Adora with a judo throw and a slice. Cosmic bailed to ringside. Adora continued to dominate. Cosmic kicked out of a crucifix pin. Adora went for Lariat Tubman, there was an abrupt camera cut, and suddenly Adora was rolling up Cosmic for the pin.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Trish Adora in 5:29.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: There were a lot of awkward camera cuts in that one, which I chalked up to an off-night for the crew at first, but that big one at the end now makes me think they were intentional throughout in order to try to cover up for Cosmic, who has only been wrestling for one year. Either way, I\u2019m not sure I\u2019d have booked the Pan Afrikan world champion to go five minutes against someone so green. It was hardly a dominant performance for Adora or a real establishing of her move set to new viewers and she\u2019s facing Deonna Purrazzo next week in the main event.)<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2256132721\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>-Alisha Edwards was backstage with Missa Kate. Edwards asked the Chicagoan about deep dish pizza and her go-to hot dog toppings.<\/p>\n<p>-A clip aired from <em>Beyond The Belles<\/em> of Marino, Will Washington, and Maria Kanellis-Bennett talking. Kanellis mentioned that WWA started with ex-Ring Of Honor talent and how ROH doesn\u2019t currently have a consistent home. They\u2019re also about highlighting new and fresh talent from today and letting girls like that get used to doing interviews and promos and stories. She put over Allison Danger joining the team behind the scenes while photos showed \u201cCoach\u201d chatting with Queen Aminata and other women. Kanellis herself views Danger as a mentor.<\/p>\n<p>-Sit-down promo from Jordan Blade. She got into wrestling at age twelve when some friends turned on <em>SmackDown<\/em> and she saw Rey Mysterio. She\u2019s been a single mother since December when her wife was deployed to Iraq. She put over their community of friends to helping them balance their careers and family. No matter what you give her, she\u2019ll outsmart you. She acknowledged that a lot of the women on this roster are better than her but she\u2019s here to get better. She\u2019s very proud to be a black, queer, masculine-presenting woman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2) HOLIDEAD vs. JORDAN BLADE \u2013 MPW CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Holidead caught Blade with an elbow to the jaw out of the gate. Test of strength. Blade took her down and went for the knee but Holidead grabbed the ropes. Takedown and Blade scruffed the champ. Holidead with a body slam and pair of leg drops. She pulled Blade across the apron and clubbed her across the chest before dropping another leg drop. Blade dodged a boot and Holidead caught her leg around the ring post. Blade snapped it around the post.<\/p>\n<p>In the ring, Blade went right after Holidead\u2019s left knee. They traded chops. Holidead wanted a cross arm breaker but Blade made the rope break. Bridging stretch to Holidead\u2019s leg. Back body drop from the champ and another leg drop. Double stomp from Blade to the midsection out of nowhere. Spinebuster from Holidead and both were down.<\/p>\n<p>Headbutt from Holidead. Samoan drop for two. Holidead looked to run the ropes but Blade grabbed her from behind in a rear naked choke. Holidead flipped over into a pin but Blade kicked out. Fisherman\u2019s suplex but the champ kicked out. STF from Holidead. Rope break. Bridging German suplex from Blade. Kick out. Blade tried to roll backwards into an ankle lock but Holidead avoided it and hit Darkness Falls for the pin.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Holidead in 12:49 to retain the MPW title.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-623144345\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>-Handshake from the champ and a bow from the challenger.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: Really nice match, one of the best WWA has presented so far and maybe my personal favorite. Holidead becomes the first woman to wrestle three matches in WWA and joins Queen Aminata as the only women with two singles victories. Marino name-dropped Blade\u2019s tag partner Eel O\u2019Neal during the match. Can we get Kings Of The District vs. The Hex in a WWA ring? Kanellis mentioned that she\u2019d be open to presenting mixed gender matches when <a href=\"https:\/\/gritglitterpod.podbean.com\/e\/fists-up-wmaria-kanellis-bennett\/\">we talked to her on <\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/gritglitterpod.podbean.com\/e\/fists-up-wmaria-kanellis-bennett\/\">Grit &amp; Glitter<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/gritglitterpod.podbean.com\/e\/fists-up-wmaria-kanellis-bennett\/\"> back in May<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The show closed with a little video narrated by Marino hyping next week\u2019s main event with some sneak previews of the action. Really well done and really beneficial to creating buzz for the show, episode to episode. A great new addition.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Next week: it\u2019s Deonna Purrazzo vs. Trish Adora.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2491135432\"><div id=\"pwtor-2389249026\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWA EPISODE 7 JULY 31, 2022 AIRED AT BRANDARMY.COM\/WOMENSWRESTLINGARMY REPORT BY HARLEY R. PAGEOT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Commentary: Alyssa Marino, Lenny Leonard Opening theme. -Trish Adora was backstage. 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