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Amazon-1 Grand Prix Round of 16

After Jessika Strauss warmed up the crowd with her Bolt Thrower, we had a small upset as Mortebella managed to heft the larger Mary MacGregor up for SUNDS to eliminate the WMD Champion from the tournament. Houghton and Cheyenne Martin had a back and forth battle and The Hooligan resorted to the Luis Suarez Special en reoute to Straight Red for the three count. In a protracted technical duel TEK*GIRL Saiba caught Ruth Sampson with a comination of the Black IC Knee and the VR Clutch.

Two former A1GP winners clashed as Kathy Queen and Hija Del Santa Muerte had a thrilling match ending with Queen delivering a picture perfect Queen's Landing for the pin. Annie Bell-Lee faced a very game Spaghetti Starchild and took her out with a running boot to continue the steak of former tournament winners advancing. In the battle of the two biggest women left in the tournament, Alexandra Stava and Elizabeth Tower clashed for nearly twenty minutes until Stava used a reverse powerbomb into the Deadlift German for the three count.

Camarilla and Death Machine II faced off in a repeat of the 4th Grand Prix and history would not repeat as the vampiress fell DMII with the Thrall Maker. Lastly Alena Sturmbjorn stood across the ring from Sakura Megohime in a thriller of a bout; Alena hit the Warhammer but Megohime kicked out, answering with her Dotonbori Plunge (Cross-Legged Michinoku) for a nearfall. Megohime missed a REIKA DiveBomb (450) but when Alena looked to capitalize Megohime caught her with a backdrop and got on the apron to deliver the Elbow From Osaka for the three count!

0. Non-Tournament Match: Jessika Strauss d. Kelly C 1:10 via "Bolt Thrower" (Senton Attack)
1. Mortebella d. Mary MacGregor 15:38 via "SUNDS" (Backdrop Chokeslam)
2. Holly Houghton d. Cheyenne Martin 17:41 via "Straight Red" (Sliding Basement Dropkick)
3. TEK*GIRL Saiba d. Ruth Samspon 23:02 via "Black IC Knee" (Rain Trigger) -> "VR Clutch" (Onryo Clutch)
4. Kathy Queen d. Hija del Santa Muerte 15:09 via "Queen's Landing" (Mutasault)
5. Annie Bell-Lee d. Spaghetti Starchild 14:08 via Running Boot
6. Alexandra Stava d. Elizabeth Tower 19:20 via Deadlift German
7. Camarilla d. Death Machine II 13:48 via "Thrall Maker" (Rolling Cutter)
8. Sakura Megohime d. Alena Sturmbjorn 17:59 via "Elbow From Osaka" (Springboard Elbow Smash)

Amazon-1 Grand Prix 8 Finals
Dec 20
1. Quarterfinals: Mortebella vs "Hooligan" Holly Houghton
2. Quarterfinals: "Cyberpunk Idol" TEK*GIRL Saiba vs "The Sexual Anarchist" Kathy Queen
3. Quarterfinals: "Living Dead Girl" Annie Bell-Lee vs "World's Strongest Woman" Alexandra Stava
4. Quarterfinals: "The Night Hunter" Camarilla vs "The Princess of Osaka" Sakura Megohime
5. Non-Tournament Match: Chiyoko Akanomu and DELINQUENT vs KANABO and Ai Kaimono
6. Semifinals: Winner of QF1 vs Winner of QF2
7. Semifinals: Winner of QF3 vs Winner of QF4
8. Non-Tournament Match: Ximena Valentina and Bianca Espada [Reinas de la Calles] vs Kasumi Kazumiya and Kellie Shark
9. Amazon-1 Grand Prix 8 Finals: Winner of SF1 vs Winner of SF2

TEK*GIRL Saiba:
"I have had many great memories in my time in Amazon-1. And while I am proud of how I made it to the finals of the Amazon-1 Grand Prix, I think the result of the final has shown that I have done as much as I can here in America. So I am not renewing my contract with A-1 and will be looking to new horizons in Joshi Kansai League.

Everyone in Amazon-1, and all my fans in America, thank you for everything, and I look forward to seeing you all again. ORA ORA CHUMMER!"
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Kathy Queen:
"My bell was rung from that VR Drill. And at first I was worried I was seriously hurt, but thankfully I've passed all the protocols. Amazon-1 wants to give me a rest but I am the hardest working woman in professional wrestling and I have appointments to keep. More importantly, I have titles to collect... and people to have on their knees... screaming my name... as I make them my bitches. So get ready, Cheyenne. You may be big in Japan, but I'm going to give you a stretching you'll never forget."
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Holly Houghton:
"Alexandra Stava. Congratulations on winning the A1GP. Now, I'm not going to say you haven't paid your dues. You were trained by Corey O'Brian, and you cut your teeth in his promotion. But back there you were among peers, among friends. I'm not your friend. And you're trying to take money out of my paycheck. When we go face to face Stava I'm going to teach you some lessons you need to learn. The Hooligan Firm, my ultras, they're gonna be chantin 'Who Are Ya' all night long. Not because you're an unknown, after all you're hardly an unknown. They'll chant that because of who you're not: Someone who is ready to hold the Grand Championship."

Amazon-1 61: Stava vs Houhgton
Jan 9 @ 8PM EST
1. Rebecca Requiem and Lumpy Martinez [Santa Monica Wrecking Crew] vs Lara Lockhart and Abby Stern [The Guild]
2. Death Machine II vs Bonnie Blair [Blair's Army]
3. TEK*GIRL Saiba Farewell Match: TEK*GIRL Saiba, Terra, and Andi Harms vs Annie Bell-Lee, Julia San Romero, and Kelly Condor
4. No DQ: Chiyoko Akanomu vs KANABO
5. Sakura Megohime and Mary MacGregor vs Mortebella and Alena Sturmbjorn
6. Amazon-1 Tag Team Championship: Spaghetti Starchild and Gina Teller vs Ruth Samspon and Marie St. Dumas (c)
7. Joshi Kansai League Championship: Kathy Queen vs Cheyenne Martin (c)
8. Amazon-1 Grand Championship: Alexandra Stava vs Holly Houghton(c)

Holly Houghton:
"I make no apologies for fighting the way I always fight. Meanwhile I'm next going up against Mortebella because of her fluke win over me in the Grand Prix. Mortebella you've always been an afterthought back in WMD and you're going to learn that that's where you belong. The Hooligan's run on top was won with blood and grit and you don't have what it takes to stop it. WHO ARE YA?"
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Gina Teller:
"Last year I never thought I'd get to compete for an A-1 title ever again. I really owe this to Spaghetti Starchild but this is my moment to redeem myself. And settle a score. Lara Lockhart, you just had to take advantage of me when I was vulnerable to make a name for yourself. Well I've had a good long year to think about how much you hurt me with your betrayal and I'm going to take it out on you. Lara Lockhart... I'm going to punch you."
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Alena Sturmbjorn:
"Another conquest, another step towards regaining the Amazon-1 Grand Championship. Next I face Mary MacGregor, a formidable foe when weapons of war are freely given but in the battlefield of Amazon-1 her record has been less than worthy of falling to a true warrior. But no matter, whoever I must fell on my way back to the top will fall."

Amazon-1 62: Mortebella vs Houghton
Feb 13 @ 8PM EST
1. Sakura Megohime, Death Machine II, and KANABO vs Bonnie Blair, Marie St. Dumas, and Ruth Sampson [Blair's Army]
2. Jessika Strauss vs Zara Al-Harbi
3. Julia San Romero vs Ellen Farrant
4.Kathy Queen and Bella Hemlok [Double Domme Session] vs Andi Harms and Terra [The Submissionaries]
5. Alexandra Stava vs Lady Liberty
6. Mary MacGregor vs Alena Sturmbjorn
7. Steel Cage Match for the Amazon-1 Tag Team Titles: Lara Lockhart and Abby Stern [The Guild] vs Gina Teller and Spaghetti Starchild(c)
8. Amazon-1 Grand Championship: Mortebella vs Holly Houghton (c)

A-1 Matchmaker Lucy Gold:
"The Amazon-1 Grand Championship scene has been more competitive than it has been in quite some time, and the many rivalries surrounding it merit special consideration. Mortebella bested Holly Houghton in the A1GP and traditionally that kind of victory has been rewarded with opportunities. I tried to grant her one but Mary MacGregor's aggression sidelined her, and I will make that whole. At the same time MacGregor also defeated Mortebella in their encounter, while Alena Sturmbjorn has gathered impressive momentum over the last two months. The only way I feel that can settle this is with a four way elimination match where anything goes. May the best woman win."
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Kathy Queen:
"Wherever I go, I break boundaries, exceed expectations, and dominate the competition. I've set records, I've set firsts. I'm only 27 and I've accomplished almost every goal I've had coming into this... with two exceptions. The first is going one on one with the woman who I consider my role model, Robin "Holly" Walker. And that will happen later this year but the other goal is winning the Amazon-1 Tag Team title with my fellow Double Domme, Bella Hemlok. Lara Lockhart, you and I have been at it so many times and you know all too well what it means to be in the ring against the Ace of Spades. So make sure you and Abby Stern get a fresh set of kneepads because me and Bella will have you on your knees, screaming our names... as we make you our bitches."
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Holly Houghton:
"One woman alone cannot handle the Hooligan so now Lucy Gold is sending three against me. Huh. I get it, Gold. I'm not who you want as a champion, is that it? You see a kid who grew up poor on the streets of Manchester, who had to fight and fight dirty to get to where she is, and despite the fans being on her side you can't handle the fact that I'm not some posh corporate doll you can have do what she wants. You don't like that I bite scratch and claw like I was still on the streets. You don't like the fact that I don't do what you tell me to do. You know who you remind me of Lucy? You reming me of Bonnie Blair. A posh rich privelege girl who thinks she's entitled to have her way. Well I'm going to run through this obstacle, put all three of my competitors in hopspital then I'm personally coming over to wave my title in your face. WHO ARE YA?"

Amazon-1 63: Four Way War
March 13 @ 8PM EST
1. Alexandra Stava, Lady Liberty, and Zara Al-Harbi vs Linda Parker, Ruth Sampson, and Marie St. Dumas [Blair's Army]
2. Terra and Andi Harms [The Submissionaries] vs Bianca Espada and Ximena Valentina [Reinas de la Calles]
3. Kelly Condor vs Bonnie Blair [Blair's Army]
4. Death Machine II and KANABO [MAYHEM] vs Lumpy Martinez and Rebecca Requiem [Santa Monica Wrecking Crew]
5. Julia San Romero vs Sandra Lavender
6. Jessika Strauss vs Annie Bell-Lee
7. Amazon-1 Tag Team Championship: Kathy Queen and Bella Hemlok [Double Domme Session] vs Lara Lockhart and Abby Stern [The Guild](c)
8. Amazon-1 Grand Championship: Mortebella vs Mary MacGregor vs Alena Sturmbjorn vs Holly Houghton(c)

Mary MacGregor:
"You all saw me as a sideshow, as a freak. You all dismissed me as a woman too young, too inexperienced to make it in Amazon-1. I destroyed Lumpy Martinez in my first night here, I've gone toe to toe with Gutter, and still you all underestimated me."

"And now I am Grand Champion."

"And more, I did it all by myself. I didn't need weapons. I didn't need an army, I didn't need any friends. I won that title with my own strength, and by strangling the life out of the last woman who stood in my way. "

"And now all the tears I ever cried are finally yours."
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Jessicka Strauss:

"You know if things were different, MacGregor and I probably could have been the best of friends. She probably wouldn't see it the same way but we're a lot alike. We were outcasts in school, we express ourselves without shame or fear, and we're both looking for respect. Well I respect you MacGregor. I know you're going to give me a thrashing. But I'm going to give it right back to you. And no matter who wins, at the end I'm going to offer my hand to you. Because I don't think you need championships to feel better about yourself. I think you need someone who understands you. I think you need a friend."

"And when I take your title, and give you my friendship... I hope you see that too."
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Lucy Gold

Lucy Gold is sitting in a chair with a woman standing beside her.

Interpreter: "Hello everyone. I am here acting an as an ASL interpreter. From here on out, I will be speaking as if I am Mrs. Lucy Gold."

Lucy Gold starts to sign, the interpreter watching.

Interpreter: "Due to the events of the previous show, my jaw has been broken and needed to be wired shut. I am expected to recover but in the meantime I will not be able to communicate verbally. Fortunally I am fluent in sign, and it would be more expedient for me to use an interpreter than any electronic means of getting my message across."

Interpreter: "Holly Houghton's contract has been terminated. In the history of Amazon-1, I have been verbally assaulted and harrassed but never have I been struck. And while I am a former wrestler, I am retired. My judgment here may seem harsh but an example needs to be made. As to Holly Houghton's absconding of the physical Amazon-1 championship, while I am well within my rights to press charges for the theft... this has become a personal matter between us. Holly, I am a mother and a wife. My work in the wrestling industry as well as my second job in real estate depends on my ability to communicate. You jeopardized the means with which I support my family."

Interpreter: "So here's what I propose, Houghton. If you return the championship belt, I will face off with you one on one. It won't be a sanctioned match, as you are under disciplinary suspension and I am medically suspended. So after the sanctioned events, we'll turn out the lights, announce the end of the show, and then I will come out to the ring. If you have the guts to come out, we'll have a Lights Out match. If you win, I will rehire you, and make you number one contender for the Grand Championship, and I'll even return the security deposit for the physical belt that you made out to me. If I win, however, you agree to pay for my out of pocket medical costs. That will include your deposit, your share of the purse from the last A-1 event, your appearance fee for that event... and a few hundred dollars more."

Interpreter: "Or I can just have you arrested. But I don't want to do that. Don't make me do that."

Amazon-1 64: Strauss vs MacGregor
1. Annie Bell-Lee, Lara Lockhart, and Abby Stern vs Alexandra Stava, Zara Al-Harbi, and Lady Liberty
2. Marie St. Dumas and Linda Parker [Blair's Army] vs KANABO and Death Machine II [MAYHEM]
3. "London Rose" Ellen Farrant vs "Pep Rally Princess" Julia San Romero
4. Bonnie Blair and Ruth Sampson [Blair's Army] vs Terra and Andi Harms [The Submissionaries]
5. "The Angel Witch" Sandra Lavender vs "The Indestructable" Kelly Condor
6. Amazon-1 Tag Team Championship: Lumpy Martinez and Rebecca Requiem [Santa Monica Wrecking Crew] vs Kathy Queen and Bella Hemlok [Double Domme Session]
7. Amazon-1 Grand Championship: "Rockstar" Jessicka Strauss vs "Miss Mary Mack" Mary MacGregor(c)
X. Lights Out Match: "GOLD*STAR" Lucy Gold vs "Hooligan" Holly Houghton

A man in a sportcoat is seated in front of an A-1 banner.

???: "My name is Aurelio Garcia, and my wife is the woman you all know as Lucy Gold. I am here to provide an update on her condition. Her jaw needed to be re-wired, and as such she will not be able to continue her announcing duties for the forseeable future. Furthermore, during the match she suffered a partial tear in her bicep, so she cannot even sign properly. She is expected to make a full recovery still, fortunately."

Garcia: "She wants to let everyone know that she was touched by the reception she got as an in-ring competitor. She has been retired for quite some time and wasn't sure if anyone even remembered her as a wrestler. She is thankful for everyone's support and well wishes."

Garcia: "As for Holly Houghton, this is a message from me to you. Because of what you have done, I am now having to take a second job, and a mortgage on our house to pay for her medical expenses. I also had to take money out of my childrens' college fund. With luck we may be able to recover, but the next few years will be hard for us. I hope it was worth it, Houghton."
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Jessika Strauss:

"WHOOOOOO! That was a MATCH! MacGregor you are a beast and a half and I know we're going to end up facing off again one day and I can't wait for it. As for you Houghton, I know how dangerous you are, and I'm not sure why you're acting the way you have lately, but someone needs to hammer some sense into you, and since Lucy Gold couldn't I guess it's up to me to do it. Until then, this win, this win is for all the misfits who think they can't make it. I'm proof that you can and that you don't need to sacrifice who you are to get there. I'll lead us all to happiness, LET'S SHRED!"
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Blair's Army:

Blair: "Lucy Gold had what was coming to her, if you ask me. She allowed all these... denegerates and freaks into my ring and billed them over a proper role model like myself. Of course she was going to get bitten by the rabid animals she fed. This all goes back to Kathy Queen..."

Queen (off-camera): "You -really- can't get over me, can you?"

::Queen comes in, each shoulder carrying two title belts::

Queen: "I mean, I get it, even though I no longer have THE PENTAGRAM and it's just a... quadrangle or something... I've once again proven myself the Ace of Spades and the hottest thing in South Florida... and soon to be the next OG-Joshi World Champion. But that's another title for another time see... if you want to get another chance at the Grand Championship... you'll have to ge through me to do it."

Blair: "Hmph. Fact is, Queen, you're not worth my presence. So no, I won't face you... but Ruth Sampson will. And if she wins, I'll be the top contender."

Queen: "Huh. I didn't think I turned you into a voyeur, Blair. And I have no problem taking on any challenge but... why wouldn't Ruth get the contendership? That doesn't seem to be a thing Lucy Gold would approve of."

Linda Parker: "It doesn't matter what she approves of. It is in Ruth Sampson's contract that any championship opportunities given to her may be transferred to Ms. Blair instead. A stipulation approved by the Florida State Athletic Commission."

Queen: "...Sampson, for real? You were the face of women's wrestling in South Florida before your accident. You'd really sell out your future... for whatever this bratty bottom is paying you? Did you agree to this too, St. Dumas"

St. Dumas: "...Wait, did I?"

Queen: "Oof. Get a lawyer, Marie."

Linda Parker: "She has one."

Queen: "No, Blair does. As for you Sampson, if you've really lost your spine that badly then it will be easy to have you on your knees, screaming my name, as I make you my bitch..."

Queen points to Blair.

Queen: "As opposed to being HER bitch."

Queen blows a kiss to Sampson and walks off, Marie talking to Blair and Parker while Samspon looks conflicted.
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Amazon-1 65: Houghton vs Strauss
May 8 @ 8PM EST
1. Bonnie Blair, Marie St. Dumas and Linda Parker [Blair's Army] vs Alexandra Stava, Annie Bell-Lee, and Ellen Farrant
2. "Miss Mary Mack" Mary MacGregor vs "The Roxbury Prodigy" Zara Al-Harbi
3. Terra and Andi Harms [The Submissionaries] vs Ximena Valentina and Bianca Espada [Reinas de la Calles]
4. KANABO and Death Machine II [MAYHEM] vs Lara Lockhart and Abby Stern [The Guild]
5. Last Woman Standing: "The Warrior Queen" Alena Sturmbjorn vs "The Morbid Maiden" Mortebella
6. Amazon-1 Tag Team Championship: Julia San Romero and Kelly Condor [The Unbreakables] vs Lumpy Martinez and Rebecca Requiem [Santa Monica Wrecking Crew](c)
7. #1 Contender's Match: "Ruthless" Ruth Samspon [Blair's Army] vs "The Sexual Anarchist" Kathy Queen
-If Ruth Sampson wins, Bonnie Blair becomes #1 Contender
8. Amazon-1 Grand Championship: "The Hooligan" Holly Houghton vs "Rockstar" Jessika Strauss(c)

Kathy Queen:
"My body has been battered and bruised a lot these last few weeks, and it's given me a conundrum. I want to defend my championships, but the Florida State Athletic Commission is suggesting I take three months to rest. I know that if I choose to ignore that suggestion, and I get injured any further, they'll suspend me. I am the Hardest Working Woman in all of wrestling... and I intend to work as hard as I can. So, I've made some phone calls, had some meetings... and this is the solution I've come up with. I'll be pulling back a few of my dates. I'll still be working in OG-Joshi, but I'll scale back my other commitments until my nagging injuries are less, well, nagging-y. In the meantime... I'm going to take my frustration out on my opposition."

"Lucy Gold has given me a rematch againt Ruth Sampson, No DQ and no Blair's Army at ringside. If Ruth Sampson comes out, I will defend my WMD Title AND my MCW Ladies Title against her in the same match. But if Bonnie Blair tries to be cute and use her subtitution change... both WMD and MCW have agreed they will not recognize a title change. It's a title match between me and Sampson, or it's not a title match at all. As for my Joshi Kansai League World Women's Championship, I will be defending that at the next SFU event against Sakura Megohime. And if I still have WMD and MCW belts in my possession... I'll sweeten the pot and put the entire Triangle on the line. That will square my commitments to everyone. But what Sampson and Megohime need to do is be committed to their future, their future on their knees... screaming my name... as I make them my bitches."
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Holly Houghton confronting Mary MacGregor

Houghton: "Look, I get it, you don't like me, but this isn't about me, right, it's about mutual benefit. I'm putting together a firm, the best wrestlers England has to offer, and..."

MacGregor: "I'm not English, ye fuck, I'm from Aberdeen FUCKEN Scotland."

Houghton: "British, then, the point is..."

MacGregor: "Fuck Britain, fuck the King, fuck your clique and fuck you."

Houghton: "Right then."

Houghton nods to a point behind her, MacGregor turning around to a chairshot from Elizabeth Tower. The two put their boots to Mary MacGregor before Jessicka Strauss comes out with a pipe sending them off.

Strauss: "You alright?"

She offers her hand to help MacGregor up who brushes it aside.

Strauss: "All I want is to show you that you don't have to be alone."

MacGregor: "Maybe I'd rather be alone."

Strauss: "...I can understand that. But hey, you ever change your mind? I'll make time for you."

Amazon-1 66: Blair vs Strauss
June 12 @ 8PM EST
1. Alexandra Stava, Rebecca Requiem, and Lumpy Martinez vs Sandra Lavender, Holly Houghton, and Elizabeth Tower
2. "London Rose" Ellen Farrant vs Marie St. Dumas [Blair's Army]
3. "Miss Mary Mack" Mary MacGregor vs "The Freedom FIghter" Lady Liberty
4. Bianca Esapada and Ximena Valentina [Reinas de la Calles] vs Death Machine II and KANABO [MAYHEM]
5. "Living Dead Girl" Annie Bell-Lee vs "The Warrior Queen" Alena Sturmbjorn
6. Amazon-1 Tag Team Championship: Lara Lockhart and Abby Stern [The Guild] vs Kelly Condor and Julia San Romero [The Unbreakables](c)
7. No DQ, Nobody Allowed At Ringside for the MCW Ladies Title and the WMD Title: "Ruthless" Ruth Sampson [Blair's Army] vs "The Sexual Anarchist" Kathy Queen(c)
8. Amazon-1 Grand Championship: "Baroness" Bonnie Blair [Blair's Army] vs "Rockstar" Jessika Strauss(c)