{"id":84446,"date":"2019-08-10T15:35:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T20:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=84446"},"modified":"2019-08-11T13:50:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T18:50:32","slug":"8-10-the-summit-in-person-report-shimmer-rise-smash-wrestling-and-femmes-fatales-team-up-to-present-a-big-all-women-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/08\/10\/8-10-the-summit-in-person-report-shimmer-rise-smash-wrestling-and-femmes-fatales-team-up-to-present-a-big-all-women-show\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/10 THE SUMMIT IN TORONTO: In-person report on Shimmer, Rise, Smash Wrestling, and Femmes Fatales presenting a big all-women show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3008098321\" 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>THE SUMMIT<br \/>\nAUGUST 10, 2019<br \/>\nTORONTO, ON AT THE MIDTOWN EVENT THEATRE<br \/>\nREPORT BY HARLEY R. PAGEOT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p>It was <em>SummerSlam<\/em> week in Toronto and local promotion Smash Wrestling had the vision to invite all their friends to town for a week of shows joining forces with promotions like Progress, WXW, OWE, and more. On an early Saturday morning at 11 a.m. the bell rang in the Midtown Event Theatre for an all-women\u2019s show featuring the stars of Smash, Shimmer, Rise, and Femmes Fatales. 300 seats were sold in advance and more standing room tickets were issued at the door for a packed house.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all the talent on the card were available for pre-show meet and greets as well as Vanessa Kraven, Alicia Atout, and others. In two dark matches Max The Impaler defeated Leah Vaughan and Alexia Nicole &amp; Meave O\u2019Ferrell defeated Jody Threat &amp; Mary Lee Rose.<\/p>\n<p>-The opening contest was to determine the first ever Smash women\u2019s champion. (The men\u2019s title is currently held by Tarik with the tag titles held by Halal Beefcake.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) \u201cTHE DEMON ASSASSIN\u201d ROSEMARY vs. \u201cTWO SCOOPS\u201d KC SPINELLI \u2013 SMASH WRESTLING WOMEN\u2019S CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Xandra Bale was the special guest referee. Spinelli attempted to befriend Rosemary before the bell and unzipped to reveal a shirt from the cartoon Archer. Rosemary unzipped her jacket to reveal she was also wearing an Archer shirt. Unfortunately she quickly turned on Spinelli after that. At one point it looked like Spinelli could have had the match won but she chose to go up top for an additional moonsault rather than make the pin. Rosemary moved, Spinelli crashed and burned, and Rosemary would pick up the win minutes later with a double underhook DDT.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Rosemary in 9:30 to capture the Smash women\u2019s title.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: A bit of a surprising outcome to me. With Rosemary so heavily involved in Impact I thought they\u2019d give the title to Spinelli and kick the show off with a feel-good victory for the hometown babyface. Rosemary has lots of name cachet, though, and she\u2019ll be a great first champion.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Our second match was scheduled to be a singles contest between Rosemary\u2019s stable mate Dust and Delmi Exo. Dust attacked Exo during her entrance and locked in a rear naked choke. The referee tried to talk her off to no avail, which prompted Exo\u2019s sister and tag partner Ashley Vox to make the save. As Vox fought with Dust Vox\u2019s scheduled opponent for the night, Veda Scott, ran in and we had ourselves a brawl. So naturally\u2026<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1979457049\" 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><strong>(2) SEA STARS (Delmi Exo &amp; Ashley Vox) vs. DUST &amp; VEDA SCOTT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A nicely-paced tag match that stood out from all the other singles matches on the card. In the end Sea Stars hit their signature assisted senton to Scott while Dust was out of action on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: Sea Stars in 9:37.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(3) SHOTZI BLACKHEART vs. DELILAH DOOM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This has been a long ongoing rivalry ever since Rosemary brainwashed \u201880s aerobics instructor Delilah Doom and turned her into the tormented \u201cDoomies say die!\u201d version of Doom that we got here. Blackheart was over huge and I\u2019m sure her appearance on the recent Evolve show on WWE Network didn\u2019t hurt. Doom spat into her hand a few times and chopped Blackheart before picking up the surprise submission victory.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Delilah Doom in 8:51.<\/p>\n<p>-Blackheart offered a conciliatory handshake after the match, hoping to find some shred of the old Delilah in her opponent, but Doom just slapped her and walked away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(4) ZOE LUCAS vs. \u201cBIG SWOLE\u201d AERIAL MONROE \u2013 PHOENIX OF RISE CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4020153422\" 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>Lucas\u2019 bae, the Phoenix Of Rise title, was on the line. After a month in Japan for Stardom, where she was inducted into Tokyo Cyber Squad, Lucas returned home to England for two days before flying off here to Canada. Things were competitive throughout. Lucas hit her Lucas Landslide at 10:30 but Monroe kicked out to our shock. A second Landslide was delivered off the middle rope but the proximity allowed Monroe to break the referee\u2019s count. A frustrated Lucas charged but Monroe hit a sunset flip for the pin.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Aerial Monroe in 11:23 to capture the Rise title.<\/p>\n<p>-Lucas lost it. She grabbed her bae and a microphone and threw a hissy fit at ringside. She yelled that nobody could take the title away from her. Enter: the legend Bull Nakano. Nakano strolled down to the ring with a whip in hand and unloaded on Lucas until she dropped the belt and scampered off. Nakano presented the title to Monroe, who becomes the eighth Phoenix Of Rise champion.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: A big win for Monroe, whose husband may be wrestling at SummerSlam tomorrow night against Drew McIntyre. Lucas\u2019 loss of her bae may crumble her but she\u2019s due to head back to Stardom in October for the Goddesses Of Stardom tag tournament so I suspect things will work out for her.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(5) NWA WOMEN\u2019S CHAMPION \u201cAK-47\u201d ALLYSIN KAY vs. SHIMMER TAG TEAM CHAMPION \u201cTHE FUTURE LEGEND\u201d CHEERLEADER MELISSA vs. \u201cTHE WOUNDED OWL\u201d LUFISTO vs. \u201cHELL\u2019S FAVORITE HARLOT\u201d PRISCILLA KELLY \u2013 NON-TITLE MATCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All four women were over big with Melissa playing the big heel and Kay siding with her at times. They fought to ringside quickly with Melissa scooping up the diminutive Kelly and dumping her into the laps of multiple fans. She then unloaded on LuFisto with chair shots. A four-way submission chain broke out in the ring before Kay and Melissa teamed up to work together against the babyfaces. In the end Kelly pinned LuFisto following Osteoporosis.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Priscilla Kelly in 9:12.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: A real blast. Everyone was over with the live crowd and everyone looked great.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>(6) SHIMMER TAG TEAM CHAMPION \u201cTHE LATINA SENSATION\u201d MERCEDES MARTINEZ vs. \u201cTHICK MAMA PUMP\u201d JORDYNNE GRACE \u2013 NCW FEMMES FATALES INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These women had faced each other twice before with the veteran Martinez coming out on top both times. Martinez used her experience while Grace relied on her power as you would expect. At 14:30 the ref was bumped and Martinez elected to bring her title belt into the ring to use as a weapon. She swung, Grace ducked, and connected with the Grace Driver. The fans counted three but the referee was still down. Grace teased using the title belt as a weapon herself but the fans implored her not to. Martinez used the hesitation to hit a big boot and followed with a Bull Run onto the belt. The referee came to right on time and counted the pin.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Mercedes Martinez in 16:06 to retain the Femmes Fatales title.<\/p>\n<p>-Martinez boasted about make it a threepeat. She said that she\u2019s no rookie or five year-old girl and told Grace to \u201cremember who the fuck I am!\u201d She told Grace to go back to TV with her little girls and come back to her when she was ready. Grace shut her up with a forearm and stood tall in defeat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(7) NICOLE SAVOY vs. NICOLE MATTHEWS \u2013 SHIMMER CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Savoy won the title from Martinez in November 2017 and is coming up on nearly two years as champion. This was a terrific main event with tons of near-falls and hurling of themselves into the fan seating. (Notably not folding chairs but rather hard metal chairs like you\u2019d find at a wedding reception or bar mitzvah, which are the types of events this venue usually hosts.)<\/p>\n<p>Matthews hit two brainbusters and a rolling cutter only for Savoy to kick out. She pulled down her kneepad and looked for a running knee but Savoy avoided it and used the exposed knee to her advantage, forcing Matthews to tap to a kneebar.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Nicole Savoy in 22:13 to retain the Shimmer title.<\/p>\n<p>-Savoy was bleeding from the mouth but still all smiles as Monroe joined her in the ring. The show ended with your two American women\u2019s champions holding their titles high.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Pageot\u2019s Perspective: Savoy needs to hold onto the belt for another 80 days to surpass MsChif for the longest single reign as Shimmer Champion. With this victory she ties MsChif\u2019s record of 15 successful defenses.)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Find Harley on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yrechoheart\">@yrechoheart<\/a> and listen to he and Emily Fear talk all things ROH every Wednesday on the PWTorch Dailycast \u201cTalking Honor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4069210078\"><div id=\"pwtor-2901272173\"><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>THE SUMMIT AUGUST 10, 2019 TORONTO, ON AT THE MIDTOWN EVENT THEATRE REPORT BY HARLEY R. 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