Phoenix Rising: Grand Ascension VI Finals Night Results

Riccardo De Luca def. Nathan Haines
Elly Blackwood def. Mercy Devine
Firehawk Sentarl def. Jackson Shaw
Freya O'Malley def. Mercedes Ortega
Terra Marshall def. Mallory Spaulding
Freya O'Malley def. Riccardo De Luca
Elly Blackwood def. Firehawk Sentarl
Mason Hayes def. Concrete Pete
Carmen Latour def. Riley Montgomery, Lily Lyons, and Maya Minh Sai
Freya O'Malley def. Elly Blackwood to win the 50-State tournament!

The night started off hot. Riccardo De Luca once again proved his superior agility, taking Nathan Haines to the absolute limit... and then, pushed right past that, enduring the big man's Hijack Backbreakers and brutal powerbombs, snapping him up in a flash rollup to steal the victory and a spot in the semifinals.


What else could this match be besides an all-out, hardcore-style brawl? Who cares that the rules were actually being enforced here... Mercy and Elly sure didn't care, breaking light tubes, swinging weapons at will, and Mercy relying on her vicious fork to open up a nasty cut on Elly's forehead. Elly, though, simply would not let Mercy finish the job... and she eventually forced the Evergreen boss to relent, using another of her armbars to score a big win.


Jackson Shaw was damn good in this tournament... with some of the biggest wins. But he wasn't quite ready for the boss of Phoenix Rising, who was at his best here, eventually nailing a brainbuster to put Shaw down and end his impressive run in the quarterfinals. Firehawk, though, would then have to stare down Elly Blackwood...


Freya O'Malley didn't even blink. She clearly thought little of Mercedes Ortega here, and showed it very clearly, dismantling the woman who'd seemingly turned things around in the tournament... and a brutal chairshot absolutely leveled Mercedes, followed up by a Capture suplex, and Freya's impressively high standing moonsault. The Irish-American out of Dorset, Vermont, swept her way into the semifinals in dominant fashion.


Terra Marshall might be young and raw, but make no mistake, she's tough. You have to be, though, to take on Mallory Spaulding, and Terra took to the fight like an old hand. A series of lariats, though, would be the deciding blow... Terra's specialty, it seems, culminating in a diving lariat off the top rope to finish the job and seal the win.


Freya didn't have to have her semifinal match first. She could've waited until after Firehawk vs. Elly. But she practically seemed to insist on going right back out there with much less time to rest than Riccardo got... although, to be fair, Freya's quarterfinal match was much, much faster. You wouldn't even believe it, though, that Freya had already been in a match once tonight already, as she went right after Riccardo... though the New Hampshire native didn't make things easy for her. Still, we've learned one thing about Freya... once she gets an idea in her head, nothing else matters. If she's decided she's going to win it all, she'll make it happen by any means necessary... and that meant grabbing that chair again, delivering a thunderous blow to Riccardo, and scoring a victory to get herself into the final.


This was easily the biggest war of the night. Two of the best that the Phoenix Rising organization has to offer... the best, perhaps, of their respective brands to never hold their respective top titles. And for a solid 25 minutes, they went out there and proved it beyond any doubt. Elly Blackwood once again cemented her place as Evergreen's Invincible monster, simply refusing to go down even after Firehawk had broken out everything in his arsenal... but Firehawk was equally resilient, refusing to quit even when Elly had practically obliterated his arms. But that would be his downfall, as eventually, the damage would become too much, and Elly would finally manage to get the submission, and set herself up in the final with a giant-killer...


We got a bit of a breather before the finals, with the big boys coming out to play... Mason Hayes and Concrete Pete, the biggest men in the tournament (at least in sheer bulk), went into a wild brawl for twenty solid minutes of action, Pete biting open Mason without any hesitation... but Mason would finally get the victory, stomping Pete out before applying a brutal half-crab to score the win.


For nearly 20 minutes of action, everyone in this 4-way contest seemed evenly matched. All four women were getting a chance to show what they had, each getting a moment to shine... and then, Riley Montgomery cranked Maya Minh Sai into a brutal Liontamer. Moments later, Carmen Latour took out Lily Lyons, and stared down Riley, brawling with her for a few moments before managing to set up a brilliant somersault kick off the top rope, and the Cajun Spitfire came out on top.


When this all began, we knew very little about Freya O'Malley. She was an Irish-American, from a small town in Vermont. Small, but feisty to a fault. Her first match, an all-out fight with Riley Montgomery, set the stage for what we'd come to know her for... an intense competitor, insanely quick and agile, but strong and willing to brawl as well. A total package, perhaps? A takedown of Laura Tate in her first tournament match was a surprise. Her win over Lance Marshall, an upset. Her win over Kantar, unthinkable.

All leading up to tonight.

Freya O'Malley, ahead of this show, made one thing very clear: She was going to win this tournament. Whatever it took. Whoever she had to go through. And that's exactly what she did, standing face-to-face with the most dangerous, powerful woman in Evergreen Federation Wrestling history, and out-fighting her. Freya O'Malley started this tournament, almost a month ago, as an almost total unknown. She leaves it as tournament champion, with a reputation for violence and talent the likes of which we may never see again. She could land anywhere she wanted and instantly be a star... but next month, on the final night of the Grand Ascension, she will get her shot at becoming a megastar.

Freya O'Malley has won the 50-State Tournament. And she's coming for the Phoenix Rising World Championship.

"There's not a lot I can say about tonight. I fought tooth and fucking nail to get through the quarterfinal, then the final. Mercy made me bleed. Firehawk made me fight. Am I blaming that on my loss to Freya? Hell no. On my best night, at 100%, Freya might've still done the same thing. That woman's an absolute beast in the ring... don't let her stature fool you. Her record speaks for itself. Four of her wins came against people with a proper size advantage over her. She wants to call herself Giant-Killer, and she's more than earned it.

Did I want to be the one standing tall at the end of the night? Of course I did. Hell, I wanted to take the Phoenix Rising World Championship back to Evergreen, show them exactly how things are done. But that's not the way things went, and I'm not gonna dwell on it. Freya, you've got the opportunity of a lifetime.

So go out there next month, and give Laenara Kintelas everything you've got. Because you just might come away with the World Championship around your waist... And I'll be there to congratulate you at the end of the road, if you can make it all the way."

"I meant what I said. When I make a promise, I keep it. I said I was gonna win the whole tournament, and that's exactly what I did. Mercedes... I know you're better than what you showed tonight. I know you can do more than that. And I want a rematch down the line when you've figured it out. Riccardo... you're a fuckin' wizard. You're as quick as anyone I've ever seen, and I wanna see where you take that down the line, 'cause I know they're already planning on signing you to the big show. And Elly... I know you don't wanna look for excuses, I know you don't wanna talk about why you lost at the very end. Look, I heard you talking earlier, about how on your best night I'd probably still win? I don't know. Maybe. Maybe not. Thing is, just like Mercedes... I want to see that for myself. Hell, I want to keep going. I want to go around to as many shows, as many feds as I can, anyone that'll let me show up and fight. I want to test myself against the biggest, the baddest, the toughest and strongest. I want to feel my blood pumping in the heat of a brawl, I want to feel what I felt every single time I've stepped into that ring over the past few weeks.

I know Phoenix Rising isn't gonna bring me in on Monday on such short notice. But I'm asking you, anyone in your management that's listening, anyone that's got the authority, Firehawk himself, I don't care... I want to keep going. To Mercy Devine, and Evergreen Federation Wrestling... I want to keep going. I want to keep fighting, I want to push the limits of what I can do. And if that means I step across the ring from someone that kicks my ass up and down, that's fine. But I've learned one thing for sure out here.

I don't ever wanna stop doing this. And I'll go anywhere in the world to keep finding just how much I can do. You want me... just call me. Tell me when, tell me where, I will show up because it doesn't matter who... I'll fight.

This has been the most incredible experience of my life, and I'm gonna ride it as far as I can."

Golden Tiger def. Hugo Dirksen
Calista Vargas def. Titania
HAYATO and SATOMI def. The Gallego Twins
Jessika Boom def. Anna Bryant
Arthur Wright def. Sanya Markov
The Excellent Blades def. The Yoshida Twins
Freya O'Malley def. Jackson Shaw
Fresh Suzuki def. Leona Sterling
La Familia def. The Muscle Machines to retain the Proving Ground Tag Team Championships

The Tiger was not alone in this match... and that was the big difference here. Tigress and Reina stood on the outside and interjected themselves into the mix multiple times, whenever Hugo got on the attack... and that helped to put Tiger over the Dutchman in the end, a Stretch Muffler putting this one to an end in controversial fashion.


Titania's going to need to focus much harder next month, or things like this are bound to keep happening. This one got nasty late, with a chair coming into play on the outside... Calista landing a facebuster onto it, only to promptly get smashed with a Triple Powerbomb into the very same chair herself. But the Brazilian didn't let up... and eventually came off with a spinning frog splash to score the win.


Team Tachibana is back to their winning ways, and against one of Proving Ground's top teams, no less. The Gallegos were tough here, but HAYATO and SATOMI were just that much better, and it'd be SATOMI's signature submission that put this one to rest, forcing Gabriela to give in.


Someone finally figured Anna Bryant out one-on-one, and it just so happened to be the dynamic Jessika Boom. She was lightning in a bottle here, pushing through Anna's suplexes and submissions, flash pins and all, staying in the fight up until she got her opening... and a Dynamite Cutter put the red-hot rookie down.


All-out war, that's all there is to say about this one. Sanya did his best to dump Arthur on his head as many times as he could... but Arthur was working hard on the legs, potentially setting the stage for the Triangle Scorpion, as the Wrights tend to favor. That, however, finally seemed to go out the window when Arthur appeared to lose his patience... and the Screwdriver made sure this one came to a brutal end, with Arthur standing tall over the Russian.


A wild, chaotic fight between these two teams... and while the Yoshidas did their best to try and shut down the Blades, Donna Nobel would have none of it. And just as the fight spilled back into the ring, Donna saw her opportunity... nailing a brutal knee and locking in one of her vicious submissions, and before Naoko could push herself back to her feet, Shiori had already tapped out.


The Giant-Killer's run just continues. Freya O'Malley once again stared down an opponent much larger than herself, and over the course of this match, chopped Jackson Shaw down to size, tearing into him with the same ferocity that she had during the tournament. With one month to go until her shot at the World Championship, and matches on both Evergreen and Showdown awaiting her, what are we going to see from Freya in the near future?


This was nothing short of dominance from a young woman that, until recently, had been a perennial underdog. But this is an all-new Fresh Suzuki, and one that isn't willing to roll over for anyone now that she's the Inspire Champion. Leona Sterling just couldn't get it going here, and Fresh is looking incredibly tough ahead of the Ascension.


Early guesses saw this one going heavily in favor of the Muscle Machines. There was hope that Rey and Chico could overcome this challenge, but to many, it seemed fleeting. And then the match began, and one of the most insane matches of the year broke out, with neither side seemingly willing to give an inch to the other. It seemed to be in the Machines' favor, regardless... but Chico, the definition of "clutch", simply wouldn't let their miracle reign end this way... and after a 450 onto Gary Gear, and a cut-off from Rey, La Familia retains their titles and stays on top of the division for a while longer.

Rebecca Andrews def. Victoria Fox
Julian Shepard def. KyO
Sayaka Saito def. Kelly Wolfe
The Sheridan Brothers def. Crimson Romance
Penelope Lea def. Babe Ruthless
Logan Axelrod def. The Phantom Thief
Freya O'Malley def. Kevin Royce
El Verde def. Concrete Pete and Skidmark to become the NEW Evergreen Tag Team Champions
Bonus Match: Riley Montgomery def. Jennifer Hunter

A hell of a hot opener as we so often see, with Rebecca Andrews looking better than ever. Victoria Fox did all she could to keep her momentum going, but Rebecca was just the better woman tonight, nailing a springboard Meteora and scoring a big-time win, perhaps seeking to put the apparent tag contenders in doubt.


Apparently all it took was a brash new talent making his debut for Julian Shepard to find his footing again. He beat KyO around the ring without missing a beat, and nothing stood in his way... and Julian came away with a big win, as Sabrina watched from ringside in frustration.


Kelly's singles career continues to stall badly as she was absolutely dismantled by Sayaka here, barely able to get off any of her usual armwork before Sayaka wrenched her into her brutal full-nelson camel clutch, and forced her to quit.


The long-awaited match that was supposed to happen a month ago, finally happened here, and surprisingly, the wait was worthwhile. The Sheridans finally looked more like a team again, and weathered a vicious attack from Luci and Chasity, Vincent finding an opening late in the match to score the victory.


Penelope Lea came to the ring with a brand-new, updated look... and some new moves in her arsenal, as we quickly found out. She was a wrecking ball here, tearing Babe Ruthless apart, and made sure eMo had a victory on the night after Crimson Romance fell in the previous match.


Now we see why Mercy was so eager to bring this man into the fold. Logan Axelrod was beyond impressive here, his stature only the beginning of it as he steadily (and quite literally) chopped the Thief down, culminating in a crushing grounded chop that put the final point on this brutal matchup.


What is there that can possibly stop this woman? Freya O'Malley has once again stood against tremendous odds, staring down a hardcore legend in Kevin Royce, traded chairshots with him and just kept coming... and though her Batten Kill tigerdriver didn't quite get the job done, a shooting star press a moment later certainly did, and Freya continues to rip through everything in her path.


El Verde is finally back on top of the Evergreen tag division. Speed and agility, along with a little bit of Verde's brand of violence, served them very, very well tonight... and although the big men were just as destructive as usual, Verde was in no mood to walk out without the tag titles back around their waists... and she scored big with a Reincarnation, spinning Pete into a pinfall while Skidmark was unable to assist, and capturing the tag titles.


Mercy Devine had one final surprise for the night... a third signing to Evergreen, and one that Freya O'Malley recognized immediately. Riley Montgomery, currently standing as the only person we've witnessed beating Freya, made a huge debut in an extra bonus match against Jennifer Hunter, and made it very clear that she's not going to take her time. Her early exit from the 50-State tournament clearly isn't representative of her true talent... as Jennifer very quickly found out.

"You know, when I first had the idea to go around to the big shows and feel things out, I figured the choice would either be tough, or I'd wind up settling on the big one, Showdown. That I'd want to put myself out there in front of the biggest crowd, the top talents, take on the names that everyone recognizes. Tonight, though? Tonight I felt more alive than I think I've ever felt. That's three times, now, that I've stepped into the ring with an Evergreen name, and three times I've come out ahead with one of the toughest and best matches of my life. And I want more. I can't make my decision yet... not until after Monday, and maybe not even until after the Grand Ascension, when I take my shot at the World Championship. But Evergreen's made one hell of an impression. And I find myself wanting more.

Oh, and as for you guys apparently bringing in Riley Montgomery? Good. Bring it on, you bitch, I'm ready for round two. You won a match over me when it didn't count for anything... then flamed out of the tournament right out of the gate. I went on and beat the whole damn field, won the whole thing. Now we'll see who's really better between us. If I really do decide to land here, Riley, I'm gonna hunt your ass down and beat you senseless, you hear me?"

Kileas Kintelas def. Yuki Maeda
Kyle Anderson def. Markos Andreas
The Limbtakers def. The Malevolent Triad
Todd Colton def. Kellaron Sentarl
Listalva Anne Heyward def. Angel Leblanc
Victor Kintelas def. Mascara Avispa
Les Beautes Blondes (Celine/Michelle) def. The Sentarl Sisters
Telan Kintelas def. Urani Whitemist
Lance Marshall def. Freya O'Malley
Anari Lynn Heyward def. Besos to retain the Pacific Northwest Championship
Bonus: Silver Hawk def. Revon Beauregard

Kileas wanted Shiana Sentarl tonight, but the leader of Vindication was nowhere to be seen... not even at ringside here, as Yuki Maeda came down to the ring instead. She gave Kileas a hell of a fight, as well, making him struggle at points, but the familiar Shotgun would put this one away, while still leaving the Alpha Villain unsatisfied with the night's events.


Never deny that Kyle Anderson might just be the master of finishing big. He was a wrecking ball tonight, delivering multiple Baltimore Bombs, but it was a wild combination of suplexes that won the day here, culminating in one hell of a win ahead of his Grand Ascension run.


This one got wild, no doubt about it... and the Limbtakers seemed to have it won on a couple of occasions, if not for Fenix Oscuro's interference from the outside. Ruthless Nicole Alger did not let that stand in their way, however... and she absolutely leveled Selisha in the end, scoring the pin with Haruka just a step too slow to break it up.


Once again, Todd Colton is looking strong, and his Grand Ascension run just might be miles ahead of where it was last year. Todd could be one to watch here... as he took the fight to Kellaron, almost toyed with him at times before it was time to wrap things up, and after a Destroyer, that was the end of it.


Once again, we catch a glimpse of Listalva's true potential and talent, as she stood face-to-face with Angel Leblanc and didn't so much as blink. And while Angel gave her a fight, everything seemed to be leading up to Lis locking in her STF, and she finally got it, scoring a near-instant tapout once she finally cinched it in.


Victor Kintelas once again puts any doubt to rest: he is the Top Prospect, he's potentially a favorite for the Grand Ascension next month... and his win here was one of the stronger ones of the night, taking down Mascara Avispa and making it clear that Block A may very well be his to win.


A pairing that LBB hasn't put out there before... and yet, Celine and Michelle looked just as strong as any other LBB duo, systematically dismantling Eri Sentarl before Celine landed a vicious Lightning Spiral to finish the job, practically taunting Kaelara as Michelle cut her off.


On paper, Urani should've been completely in charge here... but that's not how it wound up going. Telan Kintelas was in trouble for the first half, but suddenly turned it up and delivered one hell of a beatdown, culminating in a corner brainbuster and a diving headbutt to come from behind and score the win.


Someone finally pulled one over on Freya. Perhaps it was knowledge of her ability, maybe it was Freya having an off-night, but Lance Marshall was back to his old self tonight, and made Freya realize it. Everything was firing tonight, Cattle Drives landing, the Demonkiller hitting dead-center of the ring... and the Stampede showing itself for the first time in quite a while, giving Lance the big victory and avenging his tournament loss.


Anari Lynn Heyward has clearly had enough of "curses". Nobody's defended the Pacific Northwest Championship more than once since March, until now... and she did it in dominant fashion against Besos, plowing through her like nothing. Anari continues to stand tall, and now, she looks towards Silver Hawk... why Silver Hawk, you might ask?


Revon Beauregard was going to be next in line for a shot at Anari's title, but then this match happened... and Silver Hawk was on a mission. He made sure this match went his way, and absolutely ruined Revon's day, taking his place in the rankings and setting himself up for a shot at the Pacific Northwest Championship at Night 4 of the Grand Ascension...

"Allow me to be perfectly blunt here: You can't hide behind the rest of Vindication forever, nor can you hide behind your pledge not to fight Firehawk. You're out of options, you're out of time. You and I will face each other, Shiana, and believe me when I say this: you can claim all day to have the numbers advantage, but when the day comes, you'll see just how wrong you really are. You have nothing over me, nothing over Firehawk. Vindication's time is already coming to an end, and I will make absolutely certain that you never forget it."

Strawberry Sookie def. Angel Leblanc
Eddy Introspect def. Veronika Armstrong
Victor Kintelas def. HAYATO
Todd Colton def. Sanya Markov
Concrete Pete def. Eri Sentarl
Urani Whitemist def. Titania
Emelia "Air" Hart def. Fresh Suzuki
Roland Chang III def. Kyle Anderson

Strawberry Sookie isn't the Evergreen Champion for nothing. And faced with one of Phoenix Rising's most enduring talents, she didn't back down an inch... countering Angel's high-class style with her typical violent, unpredictable behavior. Ultimately, a quick ripcord cutter put an end to this one, though not before Sookie got down to share a few choice words with Angel before scoring the pin.


Eddy Introspect remains one of the most unpredictable talents in all of Evergreen. He can be struggling the entire match to get anything going, but when it comes right down to it, you can never count him out... because he's capable of picking up victories out of the blue, as he did here over Veronika Armstrong. Truly impressive, and eMo is looking good in both blocks early on.


The Top Prospect remains one of the most devastatingly effective wrestlers in all of Phoenix Rising. Victor Kintelas was dominant over HAYATO, making it very clear what it's going to take to stop him from winning Block A... and it may be more than anyone's capable of doing.


Sanya Markov's raw power clashed with Todd Colton's amazing technique here, and when the dust settled, it wound up being Todd's agility that won the day instead. A huge Destroyer late scored a nearfall, but Todd wasn't content... throwing Sanya into the corner, landing a Spider German suplex, and immediately following that up with a thunderous Tornado DDT off the top rope, picking up easily the most impressive win of the night.


This is, to put it lightly, a nightmare matchup for the Little Phoenix. Giving up size, strength, and a wild level of violence to Pete, Eri nevertheless managed to hold out for some time, fighting her way back into the match before getting caught with a Cement Mixer, and ultimately getting crushed under Pete's weight.


Titania met the Titan, and did not like what she ended up with. She managed to get some shots in, but this match was all Urani, ripping into Titania without any hesitation and nailing a Whitemist Bomb to put this one away seemingly without breaking a sweat.


Emelia Hart fought her way through a tough tournament bracket to get to this point... and she wasn't about to let her momentum be halted now. Squaring off with Fresh Suzuki, she took on the Inspire Champion face-to-face, and matched move-for-move, eventually scoring a huge win off a Dragon Suplex, and made it very clear that she intends to keep winning for as long as she can.


Roland Chang III's first match in a Phoenix Rising ring wound up being a wild one. With Kyle Anderson trying to do all he could to shut down the young star, Chang just kept coming... and blocking the biggest moves Kyle had to throw his way. He seemed to see right through most of Kyle's offense, and twice blocked a superplex attempt to nail a flying powerbomb... the second of which would bring a thunderous end to this match, and give the outside a big victory.

"So lemme be right up-front about that one. You kick this thing off, you throw me in the ring with a Russian meathead that's got nothing but a bunch of big scary head-dropping moves behind him, and not a single hint of anything else to back it up. And you put him in the ring with the best talent Phoenix Rising has to offer. What the hell did you think was gonna happen? He's not THAT big, he's not THAT strong, and he sure as hell isn't on my level. They wanna keep calling Block B 'Hoss Block' 'cause of all the big dumb powerhouses running around? Well, it's not gonna be won by any of those big dumb powerhouses, it's gonna be won by ME. It takes more than being the strongest person in that ring to be the best, it takes talent, it takes technique, agility, and most of all, SWAGGER. And oh, you better fuckin' believe I've got every single one of those in spades.

Hell, you might as well just stop after tonight and give me the win. 'cause Block B is gonna be mine. And there's not a single person in Block A that's got what it takes to stop me, either. You're looking at the Grand Ascension winner right here. And you're looking at the next Phoenix Rising World Champion."

Roland Chang III: You all saw my match with Kyle Anderson. He's good, real good. But he made one big mistake, and he made it one too many times. That's all it takes against me. One time. But that's the way things go in something like this. Maybe Kyle beats me four out of five times. But you don't get five chances when every win and loss matters. Now, I got a match with Urani Whitemist. She's big time, and I don't blame anyone who thinks she's the one to bet on. But I fully intend to make each and every one of those people lose their money. She's got her Whitemist Bomb, but I got my Wrangler Bomb. And every single match, I just get better and better. I keep working harder, learning things about myself and what I can do in that ring without relying on my family. This would be the biggest win I've earned if I pull it off. And I think I can do that.

RC III: Now, if my new ring gear could ship a little faster, then that'd be just plain perfect...