Phoenix Rising: Grand Ascension VI Finals Night Results

Felice Santana def. Layla Al-Amin
Hugo Dirksen def. Kyle Anderson
Candace Monroe def. Nicole Blade
The GOAT def. Winter Fresh
Ruthless Nicole Alger def. Donna Nobel
Akira Ryusaki def. Avery Adonis Alexander
Golden Tigress def. Titania
The Avian Assassins def. Adrenaline Rush

Truly superlative performance from Felice Santana here, who just keeps getting better and better, scoring a victory (albeit taking three Santana Skies to finish the job). Still, Felice looks like she could be destined for real greatness before too long with a win like this.


Hugo Dirksen remains absolutely relentless in the ring... and cares nothing about what the future might hold for Kyle Anderson. Still, this one was hard-fought... and Kyle, despite the defeat, could be looking at a solid run in Warrior Pro.


Within the opening minute, Nicole Blade had cut Candace open with a series of knees. The first half of the match absolutely belonged to Nicole... but Candace just kept fighting, refusing to quit right up until she nailed a flying kick that finally kept Nicole down and gave Candace a major victory going into the Limbtakers' title defense in two weeks.


Absolutely wild tag action here. Winter Fresh proved much more resilient than anticipated, but Victor would ultimately finish the job here with the Shotgun, keeping Fresh Suzuki down for the three-count after an intense match.


RNA lived up to her name tonight. It seemed like she was absolutely, 100% determined to finish this with the Ruthless Armripper, and she damn well did it... even if it took quite a few tries to finish the job. By the end of the match Donna Nobel's arms were a wreck... but she should be able to recover in the two weeks before the Blades are set to challenge for the tag titles.


AAA was in a foul mood tonight, clearly, still reeling from the defeat in Lightning Pro late last week. He laid into Akira hard in the opening half, but Akira finally found the strength to fight back... and eventually, despite interference from Gary Gear, nailed a Pole Shift Flowsion to finish the match and keep the Muscle Machines frustrated.


We may have found Titania's weakness... she's quick to underestimate an opponent, and she did just that against Golden Tigress. The mysterious woman was a real dynamo in this match, and eventually scored an out-of-the-blue Superkick to bring down Titania, picking up the biggest upset of the night.


Adrenaline Rush continues to look solid as a team, but the Avian Assassins showed no quit, and refused to back down. It was solid teamwork the whole way through... but a wild brawl in the corner of Adrenaline Rush led to Fuego taking care of Nitro, while Silver Hawk went to work on Tommy Thunder... and scored the pin while Nitro was still down, keeping his momentum rolling into his challenge for the Top Prospect Championship in two weeks.

Selisha def. Listalva Anne Heyward
Les Beautes Blondes def. The Wild West
Shiana Sentarl def. Haruka Matsura
Emma Travers def. Angel Leblanc
Eri Sentarl def. Fenix Oscuro
Besos def. Mascara Avispa to retain the Pacific Northwest Championship
Silver and Black Attack (Kileas/Winifred) def. The Rising Storm to become the NEW Phoenix Rising Tag Team Champions
The Black Dragon def. Firehawk Sentarl to retain the Phoenix Rising World Championship

The night got off to a rough start for those fighting against the Malevolent Triad... despite throwing everything she had at Selisha, the Naga Queen endured it all, and eventually fired back with a twisting submission that gave Queen Anne no choice but to submit.


A rare in-ring appearance by Elise Pichon, and she seemed to carry the team to victory, showing impressive strength throughout the match as she threw Lance around the ring. The Blondes picked up the win here, but their night wasn't yet over...


There can be no doubt that Shiana Sentarl is looking to get herself back on track as one of the top stars of Phoenix Rising, and her performance against Haruka here went a long way towards helping that. Fresh off a win over Yuriko Masamune at L&L 9, she came out swinging here as well, and eventually put this one away with a Slingblade.


Of course Emma Travers didn't come alone for this match... with Elise and Michelle at ringside, Emma was determined to even the odds, bringing her mentor and fellow student along with her. With that support, Emma scored maybe the most shocking victory of the night... taking Angel down and scoring a massive upset, something she'll be able to carry back to the Academy with her on Saturday with pride.


There were mind-games in play even before the opening bell. Oscuro didn't come to the ring alone... only a lone figure standing at ringside, a masked woman that looked eerily like Eri herself. But the Little Phoenix wasn't swayed by the seemingly veiled threat... eventually laying Oscuro out with a sharp superkick, and picking up the win. Still... who was under that mask? What is Oscuro's goal? And just what the hell does this mean for their continuing feud?


The first championship match of the night was one that many thought couldn't possibly go in favor of the champion... but Besos was determined to prove everyone wrong from the start. She endured everything Avispa had to throw at her... gave this match everything she had, and ultimately, scored the win in the only fashion that matters... with BESOS! BESOS! BESOS! STILL THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHAMPION!


The former champions, the pair forced to vacate due to the injury of Kileas Kintelas, were granted a shot at the Rising Storm right away upon Kileas's return... and they showed that they might be the single most dominant team in Phoenix Rising. Despite Xiu Mei Li doing what she could to try and take Kileas out of the fight, it was Kileas that ended this one with the King Cobra Hold, forcing Anahera to submit in the center of the ring, and bringing the titles back to where they belong...


The Dragon was perhaps expecting less of a struggle here tonight... but Firehawk pushed the World Champion to her absolute limit. Nearly every single move in Firehawk's arsenal came out during the course of this all-out brawl, and still the Black Dragon just kept coming... and the signs were perhaps clear that this wasn't going to be Firehawk's night, as the one move that he's never been threatened by suddenly came back to haunt him, that Dragon's Breath fireball ultimately being the move that ended this match, and kept the title firmly around the Dragon's waist. She'll go into the Grand Ascension still the champion... and her reign will eclipse the one-year mark, a truly, utterly, dominant reign at the top. But the other story coming out of this match was the way that Dragon wasted little time celebrating... and made her way backstage unusually quickly.

Chaos erupted in the hallways, the Malevolent Triad once again laying waste to anyone that dared to be in the way as they carved a path of chaotic destruction through the building. And their goal seemed clear... Eri had embarrassed Oscuro once again, and she wasn't going to get away with it this time. They'd cornered the Little Phoenix... and the mysterious masked woman that stood at ringside stood by them, never taking her gaze away from Eri, as the others closed in. Eri sprang to life... dealt a sharp punch to Haruka, turned, a kick to Selisha... and then Oscuro stepped in and drove Eri into the wall behind her. <No one to save you. No one to come to your aid this time. Look at her...> Oscuro gave a quick motion back to the mystery woman behind them. <And look at your future. Fénix Caído
. Fallen... at my hands.>

Eri tried to shove Oscuro away from herself, though she had indeed locked eyes with the mysterious woman... why did she look so much like Eri? How did this even come to be? But her attention snapped away from the so-called "Fénix Caído
", because another figure was storming down the hallway... one with the Phoenix Rising World Championship still resting over her shoulder, though the championship quickly fell to the floor as the Black Dragon roared into the fray.

The Triad scattered. As the Dragon turned to face them once more, they spread out, Oscuro waving off the fourth woman... who slipped away as Haruka, Selisha and Oscuro stared down the World Champion. "Champion or not... Dragon or not... three-on-one you're no match."

"You can sure as hell try me." Dragon stepped forward... and the Triad hesitated. "But you'd better turn around first... because I think your math's just a bit wrong."

Sure enough... Dragon was no longer alone. Firehawk was the first to arrive... followed closely by Shiana and Listalva, and suddenly, the odds didn't look so good for the Triad. "What the hell do you care about her..." Oscuro practically spit the words at the Dragon.

"That's none of your fucking business. Walk away." Dragon stared down each of them... and when they didn't react as quickly as she'd wanted, she let out a terrifying roar, and let loose a fireball much like the one she'd just gotten through using in the ring... and that was what it took to finally get the Triad to retreat.

Firehawk had picked up the discarded World Championship, and handed it back to its rightful owner. "Guessed something was off when you were so quick to get back here... you knew."

"Kid's becoming predictable..." Dragon growled softly. "C'mon, up you go..." She effortlessly lifted Eri to her feet, then glanced to the others. "Keep an eye on that group. I don't know what they're after but I don't like it. Time I stopped sitting back and watching this shit go down." The Dragon slung her championship back over her shoulder... and quietly walked away from the group, leaving only Listalva questioning... just what was all of that about?

Rampage Rage: Here we are at Evergreen's home base, right out here in the parking lot before the show. Skullface and I been out here with the Evergreen die hards, the headcases who show up here all the time for the realest hardcore wrestling on the West Coast. Usually, we come out here, they wanna get a pass to the post show party, and if they're real cool, we might oblige. But tonight, things ain't quite as laid back as they usually are. People stayin' clear of us tonight, because they can tell, this ain't the usual check collect.

Skullface Killah: This time, we're at war!

Rampage: Damn straight, Skullface, we got two certified beast mode badasses locked and loaded and ready to give us hell! Kantar, we know how bad that man is, he kicked both our asses in the one on one! Hell, he pretty much ran through all us Philly boys! And Tasharun, people say he's even badder than Kantar! So this time round, we ain't goin' out there to squash some kids half our size. This time, we gotta dig deep, look back at twenty friggin' years of hardcore wrestling and get ourselves psyched up because if we can't get hyped and thrilled for this match, ain't nothin' gonna do the trick! And if we manage to go out there and bloody them up, kick their asses and kill them dead...

Skullface: Kill them dead!

Rampage: Then we ain't just East Coast hardcore legends, we ain't just West Coast hardcore legends, if we win this match tonight, nobody can deny we're all time greats at this team thing! We know Evergreen's ready to get two of their own on top of the heap, Skullface and I ain't as stupid as we look! No problemo, you guys wanna have your own runnin' wild, holdin' the gold, all good, no hard feelings here. No matter what, unless they ring Skullface's thick skull so badly he can't do jack, you're still gonna get all the ribs and beer after the show that you want, Mercy! And same goes for you, Kantar, Tasharun, you know you're good for the BBQ, no matter what goes down! But that don't mean a damn thing in the ring. Just 'cause we're cool after the show doesn't mean we're handing our belts over to play nice, get that? Because if you don't, we're gonna show you just what a pair of old school Philly wreckers can do to anyone who thinks they can run us down!

Skullface: We'll crush you good! Tenderize you! And we'll keep our belts! Philly Style!

Rampage: Just what he said, you heard it, we'll fight our fight...up to you to prove you if you can take what we got.

Victor Kintelas def. Tommy Thunder
Layla Al-Amin and La Relampaga def. The Muscle Machines
Kellaron Sentarl def. Nic Nitro
Titania def. Felice Santana
Akira Ryusaki def. Kyle Anderson
The Limbtakers def. The Excellent Blades to retain the Proving Ground Tag Team Championships
Reina del Tigre def. SATOMI to become the NEW Inspire Championship
Todd Colton def. Silver Hawk and Golden Tiger to retain the Top Prospect Championship

Victor Kintelas started this show off with a bang... no hesitation, just a purely dominant performance from a former Top Prospect, and Adrenaline Rush continues to have trouble finding their footing.


A brand-new team in Layla and Relampaga... and they made one hell of an impact, outplaying the Muscle Machines as Layla landed a big-time Cannonball Senton to put this match away and pick up the win. No doubt we'll be seeing more of this team after next month's tournament.


Kellaron Sentarl was relentless... focused heavily on armwork, but when he couldn't secure the submission victory, a sharp kick to the head put Nic Nitro down for the pinfall, and the GOAT swept their pair of matches for the night.


Titania had been looking for this match for some time now... and despite a new look, and a more experienced Felice, Titania absolutely crushed the young Dominican star this time around, avenging her prior defeat. Now the Blue Bomber will surely be hunting for bigger targets still... defeats to Nicole Blade and SATOMI are yet to be answered, and no doubt she'll seek to fix that soon enough.


A matchup of two of the hardest-working men in Phoenix Rising... but Akira took the lead even as Kyle brought his overwhelming power to bear. Still, Akira finished this one off in style... a submission victory that continues Kyle's struggles in his home fed, even as he seems primed to dominate in Warrior Pro.


The first championship match of the night lived up to every expectation. The Limbtakers fought as hard as they could to retain their titles... the Excellent Blades fought to take them from the newly-crowned champions in their first defense. But it wouldn't be a submission that did the job tonight... instead, RNA stole one of Donna Nobel's biggest moves, and finished the job with it, scoring an incredible victory... and retaining the Proving Ground Tag Team Championships.


SATOMI went into this match as maybe one of the most dominant Inspire Champions ever... but at the end of the night, Reina del Tigre stood up and left the champion down and out, claiming the Inspire Championship for herself. SATOMI gave this one her all, but Reina's Queen Tiger Suplex proved the decisive blow... and the Inspire Championship changes hands once more.


Few considered the possibility of Todd Colton coming out of this match still the champion... but that's exactly what happened, despite a vicious Tigerdriver driving the champion down on his neck. Todd fought back into this one slowly but surely... and when Silver Hawk eliminated Golden Tiger with a quick roll-up, Todd eventually landed his signature Binding Suplex to finish the job on Silver Hawk, picking up a win and remaining the Top Prospect as the Grand Ascension approaches.

"People just keep doubting. Two opponents instead of one, there's no way he'll retain the title this time! And yet, here I am, STILL the Top Prospect, STILL the best that Proving Ground's got, STILL the man that nobody, NOBODY has what it takes against! You can stack whatever you want against me, but I will keep proving you wrong for as long as it takes... because I am, without a doubt, the best around here. And you're not gonna get rid of me that easily."

Lance Marshall def. Mercy Devine
Chico Con Carne def. Angel Leblanc
Kileas Kintelas def. Todd Colton
Kantar def. Firehawk Sentarl
The Black Dragon def. Rumika Hashi
Blake Dynamite def. Urani Whitemist
Anahera def. Laenara Kintelas
Shiana Sentarl def. Layla Al-Amin

A truly wild opener, especially given that nobody anticipated this match to be anything more than Lance wiping out the Evergreen boss. But Mercy was far from a pushover here: busting Lance open early, and absolutely taking the fight to him right up until the end, where a huge Lariat finally put this one to rest.


Chico Con Carne's first appearance in a Phoenix Rising ring couldn't have gone much better than this. Maybe one of the best matches of the night, Angel Leblanc did what she could to keep up with her luchador opponent, but Chico just kept up his relentless offense, wrapping things up with a Destroyer dead-center.


If anyone doubted that Todd Colton could hold his own against the upper echelon, look no further than this match. Although the Top Prospect ultimately lost to Kileas, it was far from a sure thing... still, Todd will be hoping to bounce back sooner rather than later.


After some... strange technical issues, we got this match under way properly... and although Firehawk seemed to break out every last bit of his arsenal, Kantar simply would not be denied, eventually taking the victory... some would say, a major upset.


Rumika Hashi did not back down in the face of the World Champion. And while Dragon did eventually take the win here, Rumika certainly did a lot of work trying to wear her down with those devastating kicks... a Reverse Chokeslam putting her down, but Rumika could be poised for a major run in the tournament regardless.


Who could've possibly seen this coming? Blake Dynamite stepped into the ring with the Titan... giving up a massive size and power difference, and yet at the end of the night... it was Blake who came away with the win, dishing out every single bit of his dynamic offense, staying one step ahead and ultimately, picking up the upset of the night.


Laenara Kintelas's return to the ring was spoiled somewhat by Anahera... who showed absolutely no sign of caring who Lae was or how long she'd been away. Six months... perhaps a little bit of rust, and a huge Spinning Tombstone, and Anahera picks up the win here, while Laenara looks to re-focus herself going into the second night.


Capped off by a main event that felt like it never slowed down. Layla Al-Amin was her usual high-octane self... trying to keep up a relentless pace against Shiana, who just wouldn't stop coming. While Layla managed to fight her way out of a Superkick, and endured much of what Shiana had to offer, she made the mistake of trying for a high-risk move in the corner... and Shiana's veteran instincts kicked in for a quick roll-up counter off the top rope, giving her the impressive victory.

Urani Whitemist def. Chico Con Carne
Laenara Kintelas def. Lance Marshall
Kantar def. Layla Al-Amin
The Black Dragon def. Todd Colton
Shiana Sentarl def. Angel Leblanc
Rumika Hashi def. Mercy Devine
Firehawk Sentarl def. Blake Dynamite
Kileas Kintelas def. Anahera

Hell of an effort from Chico against the Titan, but Urani was clearly determined not to fall to 0-3 here... an Ushi-goroshi, and that familiar drop of the elbow, and Urani's finally on the board with a win.


If there were any doubts about Laenara Kintelas, this match surely wiped them all out. This was an all-out brawl to the finish... both of them trading finishers clear up to the end, but it was a moonsault from Lae that put this one away for a huge win.


Kantar's path of destruction through the tournament continues... moving to 3-0 after wiping out Layla Al-Amin. It's not clear if anyone has what it takes to stop him now... could we be looking at Kantar in the finals? Challenging for the World Championship in two months?


Todd Colton may not yet have a win to his credit... but it sure as hell hasn't been for lack of trying. He gave the Dragon perhaps her toughest match since becoming champion... and although he ultimately tapped out to that dangerous facelock, he did some serious damage in the process. A loss, but not one he can hang his head over.


Old rivals rekindling their feud once again... Angel and Shiana have never seen eye-to-eye, and once again they squared off here... but once again it seemed like Shiana has Angel's number, taking her out with a sudden Superkick and moving to 2-1, keeping her in the hunt.


Even being busted open early wasn't going to stop Rumika from doing what she does best. The Soaring Sparrow has bounced back from her night 1 loss against the Dragon, and now sits at 2-1... very much still in the hunt and very much still a threat to anyone left in Block B.


Firehawk Sentarl clearly had no patience tonight. This was as decisive a victory as we've seen in the tournament thus far... and while Blake's looked good to this point, he'll need to re-focus in a big way to recover from this one.


Anahera never goes quietly... and she certainly didn't here, either, bouncing back up from a number of finishers and even dealing out a Shotgun of her own. But Kileas eventually took control... and a Tigerdriver puts the Alpha Villain at 3-0, matching the World Champion.