Phoenix Rising: Grand Ascension VI Finals Night Results

Jerome Harris won the tiebreaker
Aishwarya Dhawan def. Priya Mallaya
Blake Dynamite def. Amazon Kid
Winter Fresh (Rin/Akira/Fresh) def. The Golden Ambush to become the NEW Phoenix Rising Trios Champions
Listalva Anne Heyward def. Veronika Armstrong
Team Todd def. Team Natasha
Riccardo De Luca def. Riley Montgomery
Sanya Markov def. Rey de la Carne to retain the Top Prospect Championship
Kileas Kintelas and Winifred Wright def. Firehawk Sentarl and Rilantha De Nav
Victor Kintelas def. Selisha to become the NEW Pacific Northwest Champion
Candace Monroe def. Kanjirin Tonorian to become the NEW Phoenix Rising World Champion
Jerome Harris def. Kaito Arai to win the Grand Ascension!

Jerome Harris wasn't about to be denied the block victory a second time. And while it took a lot of work to get there, he seized his opportunity at the perfect moment: with Rafael Gallego forcing Mercedes Ortega to submit to a Scorpion Death Lock, Jerome pounced and stole Rafael's own finisher to take him out, and score the victory, going on to the tournament final.


Once again, we got a glimpse of the ferocity that Aishwarya Dhawan could be capable of if focused enough. Priya just really couldn't find her footing here, and fell to her fellow Indian.


As spectacular as expected. Amazon Kid and Blake Dynamite tore the house down early on, with a match every bit as high-flying and fast-paced as one would figure, brought to an end with a sharp counter by Blake into a double lotation moonsault to score the victory.


A late addition to the card saw Proving Ground's trio of choice... Winter Fresh, plus Akira Ryusaki. The Ambush made a full loop of the shows as champions... but coming back to their own roster saw them come up short, and Fresh Suzuki would force a submission from Tiger to win the match and the Trios Championships.


These two absolutely tore into each other, and makes one think how Queen Anne might do in the Evergreen environment. Regardless, she'd ultimately trap Veronika in the Crossface Chickenwing, and score a much-needed victory to help ease her frustrations from a less-than-successful tournament run.


There would be no Concrete Pete miracle run this year. Todd Colton's team ran roughshod, primarily on the back of Urani Whitemist, and Todd himself would score two of his team's eliminations before Evergringo finished off the last one. A good effort from Block B, though.


Wild clash of styles between Riccardo and Riley, but Riccardo's speed and agility proved the difference-maker... along with his underrated submission, which scored the decisive victory.


Rey de la Carne gave Sanya Markov perhaps the toughest fight he's had as champion. The Russian was already coming off of a big win earlier in the night (one-half of the winning team in Butterfloor's Mystery Tag Tournament), and he wasn't about to be denied here... refusing to lose the Top Prospect Championship as he finally took down Rey after a brutally hard-fought match.


The betrayal that everyone's known was coming sooner or later for over a year... finally happened tonight. And not even Firehawk was surprised by it, bringing backup to keep from being outnumbered.

And yet, in the end, despite fighting to the bitter end, none of it seemed to matter. Kileas and Winifred still came out on top, still took down their hated rivals... and still made the statement they set out to make from the beginning. The alliance of convenience is over. The Silver and Black are back. And the Kintelas family may be stronger than ever before.


Victor Kintelas had absolutely no intention of letting Selisha get anywhere in this match. He came into this with a ferocity that we don't often see from him, and captured the Pacific Northwest Championship, another title in his quickly-growing collection. Now a double-champion, though, can Victor keep up the pace of holding both this and the tag titles?


After all the worry, all the struggles, all the trash-talking... there's really only one thing left. The match itself. Candace Monroe has had a wildly up-and-down run since winning the Phoenix Rising World Cup, but tonight, she put all of the pieces together... executed her gameplan to perfection, refused to let Kanjirin steamroll her, and scored what is easily the single biggest win of her career. The young Australian is now the World Champion...


And at New Year's Bash, she'll be staring down another titanic powerhouse in Jerome Harris, who showed no signs that the earlier tiebreaker had taken anything out of him. If anything, this main event saw him look stronger than ever, ending Kaito Arai's perfect run and looking like a world-beater as he won the tournament and earned the right to fight in the main event at this year's New Year's Bash... for the World Championship.

Dangerous Nicholas Alger: You done well. Real well. You did what it took. Real proud of you, you're like family. And one thing about Algers, or honorary Algers...we don't quit. We keep going until we get it. And you got it.

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Thiago Gracie: Is no bad, win belt. Catch ok, leglock ok, no armbar, but win is win. Now maybe Limbtaker fight Thiago Gracie Jiu-Jitsu for more belt...but for now, no worry for that, fun is winning, winning is fun. Have fun for win.

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Aoife Daley: That was a very strong victory, one you can be proud of! But don't listen to Gracie, you know if you want a shot at those tag belts, you've gotta go through your old friend Leona and I first! Don't take it easy just because you won something! If you're a real fighter, this is where you really get going!

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Ruthless Nicole Alger: Yeah, yeah. Everyone else, shut up, already. Candace. I know how hard you worked. I know how much you sacrificed. Every time they say you're just a tag wrestler. Just going to peak at midcard. Not the sort of pro wrestler they want to give the shots to. Just too small to beat the big giants. We've been through a lot. I know how frustrated you got. We lose matches, you lose matches. Felt like you just spin your wheels, no matter how hard you trained. Know Alex busted your ass before we even met. Know you put in serious time in the family gym. Know you and I sparred for hours, pushed each other hard. Now who's saying you're not championship quality? That's right. You showed them all wrong. You showed yourself it was worth it. Maybe I'm a bit jealous. But it's a good kind. Makes me want to get better. Want to get as good as you. You beat Kanjirin, why can't I beat Walid?

RNA: But that's not the deal right now. The deal right now is that you're the best in this place. Nobody's ever taking your name away from that list. Nobody's ever questioning if you had what it took again. Remember that, every time the next challenger seems too big. The next time the hype builds behind someone else. Tell yourself that. It's the truth. And you better stay hungry now. Because you know you gotta make them all remember. Don't let them forget!

"Phoenix Rising -- How was that for a statement? Are you listening now? Mercedes Ortega, Rafael Gallegos - I'll give you props. You're both good... but not good enough. Hey, Raf, I wasn't gonna forget that fluke loss slide by after you drove the back of my head into a steel chair, and I gotta say, using your own finisher to put an end to your miracle run was totally worth it. And Kaito Arai... You've earned your reputation in Japan. You're one of the best. You showed it all through B Block. ... But, you're not hungry enough. Me, though, I'm starving for an opportunity to be more than just 'Big in Japan' - I wanna be the king of the whole goddamn world!

"I know Firehawk Sentarl was looking for strong talent from all over. Of course he was, that's why me, Arai, Amazon Kid, and Aishwarya got the call. But he should've known that he made what you literary folks'd call a 'Faustian bargain.' He got the best in the world. And now, the best in the world is gonna take payment for the favor paid to him. And when I take my payment, I'm gonna paint this place in my colors - give it a fresh coat of paint. It's only fair, given the alternative when I came in was someone who wanted to cover this place in a pure golden shower.

"When I came in, I was expecting to have to deal with a guy like Kanjirin, his bag boy Kyle, and that crazy chick Mallory. Of course my main goal would be to add an accolade to my list of 'em, another gold strap to hang in my living room, but taking out a stuck-up prick like Kanjirin Tonorian woulda been a real fringe benefit. Nothing like showing someone who thinks they're hot shit that they're just plain shit. But, it looks like, for all his talk of running this place, he was a paper tiger, one that got burned up by Candace Monroe's flame. And really, I gotta give her respect for having that champ-level fire," he says, with a slow clap.

"... It's just too bad I'm gonna snuff out that flame in just two short months, and take that belt for myself. See, I've gotten my fill of Japanese gold. Not to say it's second-rate, far from it. But I need something new to satiate my gold addiction, and I gotta say, that world championship is looking extremely nice. So, hey. Enjoy your reign while you can, Candace. Bask in the glory that comes from being at the top of your game. Brush up your ground game a little more, while you're at it. You really should keep yourself sharp, 'cause you'll need to give 1,000% to deal with me. And even then, I assure you: it won't be enough. When the ball drops, when people are poppin' the corks on their Dom Perignon, and we're all ushering in another new year, that belt is gonna be around the waist of Jerome. Fuckin'. Harris."