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00:00And this is a quarterfinal match in the Owen Hart Foundation
00:12Women's Tournament.
00:13It is set for one fall.
00:15It should be first.
00:16Let's go to Kanagawa, Japan.
00:19Hikaru Shida.
00:25Well, Hikaru Shida
00:27returning to action tonight in AEW
00:31and stepping right in to this opening round match
00:34in the Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament
00:37as a three time former AEW Women's World Champion.
00:39Nigels, he certainly has to be one of the favorites.
00:41Yeah, no question about it.
00:43Very short odds for the three time AEW
00:46Women's Champion who has a victory over the current champion, Toni Storm.
00:52Dangerous, lethal and deadly.
00:56Well, she has a tough opponent here tonight who is arguably
01:00as big an axe to grind, the bigger point to prove.
01:12First winning, Roscoe, Pocketstown, New Jersey.
01:16The Virtuosa, Deanna Purvaso.
01:23And this tournament is absolutely loaded.
01:28Deanna Purvaso and Hikaru Shida tonight.
01:33The winner will advance to the semifinals.
01:35Well, they will face the winner of Serea and Mariah May,
01:39the other opening round match on their side of the bracket.
01:42And our hearts certainly go out to Mariah May
01:45after what happened this past week on Dynamite.
01:48I sent flowers, I sent a card, I sent some chocolates as well.
01:52From what I understand, she's making a speedy recovery.
01:56Did you get an answer back after you said all that?
01:58Well, surprisingly not.
01:58But of course, she's she's she's not in the best health, I understand.
02:04Well, this opening round match, the Owen Hart Foundation
02:08Women's Tournament and fans to learn more about the mission,
02:12the message of the Owen Hart Foundation, go to OwenHartFoundation.org.
02:17We talked about the matchup on this side of the bracket
02:22in the opening round matches.
02:23What about the other side of the bracket?
02:24Got Willow Nightingale and Chris Statenender, both women,
02:28advancing to the semifinals.
02:29One of those women will be in the finals
02:33and potentially one win away for challenging for the EW World
02:37Championship on August 25th, all in London and Wembley Stadium.
02:40A lot of history between those two competitors.
02:43It's going to be a vitriolic matchup.
02:46Of course, Willow Nightingale winning the tournament last year.
02:50Yeah, Willow looking to become the first ever repeat champion
02:54in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament, and
02:56Willow certainly could do it.
02:58But the same could be said about, I mean, I mean, any of the competitors
03:02winning the tournament, but Willow looking to make history on multiple levels.
03:06Very stacked, as you said.
03:08But what about the men's tournament as well?
03:11Earlier this week, we got words from Jeff Jarrett.
03:15A heartfelt vow that I think you'd have to be a stoneman
03:20to not feel the emotion of that.
03:23Yeah, except the elite playing their wild card.
03:26They said they will reveal the man that Jeff Jarrett will face in the first round
03:31this coming week, potentially as soon as this Wednesday night.
03:34A dynamite beach break live from Chicago.
03:36But right now, Hikaru Ishida taking the side headlock.
03:39Deanna Prazzo immediately backing Ishida up to the ropes to force the break.
03:46I did not expect a clean break there from Prazzo.
03:49We've seen a far more aggressive side out of Prazzo
03:52after she challenged for the AEW women's title.
03:55And especially after that rivalry with Thunder Rosa.
04:01Ishida dropping that shoulder
04:05into Prazzo, and now both women exchanging strikes.
04:09Well, Deanna Prazzo may have the advantage on the mat.
04:12I'd have to give the nod to Hikaru Ishida for the striking prowess, but
04:17there we see the NZ Gary drops the Virtuosa to her knees.
04:19To your point, right across the jaw.
04:23Ishida practiced in both judo and kendo in her youth.
04:28Right now, some more strikes raining down from above.
04:32Right hands into the head of the Virtuosa.
04:35Deanna Prazzo trying to cover up the best that she can,
04:38but the three time former AEW women's world champion will not be denied.
04:43Ishida is gone by the name Onamusha.
04:46A female samurai would certainly fit well in Kill Bill.
04:51As Hikaru Ishida diving cross body
04:56off the middle rope.
04:59What a return to action by the shining samurai, Hikaru Ishida.
05:07Ishida favors this running knee lift
05:10with her opponent draped off over the apron.
05:13Oh, Virtuosa Prazzo had it scouted and a stomp to the arm.
05:20The pump kick takes Ishida off her feet and fans this opening round match
05:24in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament continues in Picture in Picture.
05:31Now with damage to the right arm, the Virtuosa
05:35smelling the proverbial blood in the water
05:39is going to focus on that master of the Fujiwara armbar.
05:44The Venus de Milo, where she grabs both of her opponent's arms
05:49as well, a dangerous variant on that Fujiwara armbar.
05:52Oh, kicking at the elbow.
05:55She's described her style as meticulous and methodical.
06:00Others have called it a joint breaking style.
06:04A sacrilege to RVD.
06:10I was going to say, that's a number of the members of the locker room
06:15as Deanna Prazzo picking apart the arms
06:20of Hikaru Ishida, dropping that leg and now putting the pressure,
06:25the torque on not only the elbow, but the shoulder of Hikaru Ishida as well.
06:30Look at this, the the flat of the boot against the face and against the ribs.
06:36Hikaru Ishida, just look how calm
06:41and restrained the Virtuosa is now that she has the advantage
06:46of bringing Ishida back down, looking maybe for that Jujutsu Katami.
06:50Yes, Ishida realizes the danger her arm is in, linking those hands together.
06:56One, two, three.
06:58Prazzo, very credentialed before coming here to AEW.
07:01Knows what it takes to become champion.
07:05And to remain champion as well.
07:08And think about how Deanna Prazzo arrived here in AEW, too.
07:11It was just a matter of weeks before she was challenging
07:13for the AEW Women's World Championship.
07:15The match didn't go her way.
07:18Timeless Toni Storm did technically tap.
07:20The referee didn't see it.
07:21So Timeless Toni Storm remained the AEW Women's World Champion.
07:24But it just underscores what a danger,
07:27what a threat Deanna Prazzo is to all the competitors in the women's division.
07:30Prazzo consummate.
07:32And it really is indeed
07:34a dangerous threat to anyone who faces it.
07:46Will it be the Virtuosa or the Shining Samurai
07:49advancing to the semifinal round of the Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament?
07:54Deanna Prazzo has been in the driver's seat for most of this match,
07:57but Hikaru Ishida not out of this one yet.
08:00And flying in a flurry of forearms.
08:03Prazzo goes down.
08:06She could be out.
08:08We saw in picture in picture, Prazzo was focusing
08:11quite a bit of her offense on that right arm of Hikaru Ishida.
08:17It was troubling Ishida all throughout the break, but now
08:21you saw trying to shake some feeling back into that arm.
08:27She just turned things back in her favor.
08:29Could be looking for that katana and a spinning knee strike.
08:34The jumping knee,
08:36catching Deanna in the sternum, that one catching Deanna higher.
08:39Now Ishida showing some urgency there on the cover.
08:46Making Prazzo expend some energy,
08:49bringing her back to her feet.
08:51More offense, I think.
08:54Yeah, Hikaru Ishida maybe was thinking that falcon arrow,
08:57but Deanna Prazzo changed levels, dropping down to her knee
09:00and now going out, Russian leg sweep, maintaining control of the wrist of Ishida.
09:06And now looking for the Fujiwara armbar, but Ishida rolls through counters.
09:10Oh, one for the knee to the face.
09:12Prazzo avoids and now look at that.
09:16She's got the regular traditional Fujiwara.
09:19And it's on the right arm, the damaged arm of Hikaru Ishida.
09:23Prazzo bridging back.
09:28They try and get a little bit more body weight across the midsection of Ishida,
09:32who's doing her best to avoid some of the pressure that'll do it.
09:37The leg extended to the bottom rope to force the break, but
09:41Deanna Prazzo holding on to a four count from referee Paul Turner.
09:47Take it home.
09:49Oh, look at that.
09:49You see that abrasion, that bruise on the right shoulder of Hikaru Ishida,
09:54but undeterred, Ishida, toe of the boot to the jaw.
09:58Prazzo could be out now.
10:00Ishida, falcon arrow.
10:04Has she done it?
10:04No, Deanna, two, no, Ishida reverses.
10:09Prazzo releases.
10:12There's the katana on target.
10:14One, two, three.
10:18The winner of this match and advancing to the semifinals of the tournament, Hikaru
10:24Ishida.
10:27Hikaru Ishida, though her right arm was damaged,
10:32that knee strike, an instantaneous difference maker for her.
10:37That's so much power driving all the way through.
10:41And Prazzo, you got to think was only one submission away from picking up the win.
10:46Suffered the defeat there again.
10:48Speaks to your point, what a dangerous striker Ishida is as she moves on.
10:54To face the winner of Soraya and Darling Mariah May.
10:59Oh, wait a second.
10:59Like Deanna Prazzo, pulling Hikaru Ishida back into the ring.
11:04And Ishida, that right arm,
11:07continuing to trouble Hikaru Ishida, but not as much as Deanna Prazzo.
11:13As Prazzo now eyeing the kendo stick of Hikaru Ishida.
11:19And Ishida.
11:20First spot in the semifinals could be in jeopardy if she's injured here, but.
11:28We knew this one wasn't over.
11:32Yeah, the differences between Thunder Rosa and Deanna Prazzo, far from settled.
11:40Deanna.
11:42May think that she's proved everything she has to prove against Thunder Rosa,
11:46but some unfinished business between these two competitors.
11:49And Mayra Mayra will almost fight to the death.
11:53Well, Nigel, coming up live this Wednesday, 8, 7 Central on TBS.
11:56It's AEW Dynamite Beach Break.
11:58Semi-final round action of the Men's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament.
12:00Pac faces either Shingo Takagi or Bryan Danielson.
12:04Plus, semi-final round action of the Women's Tournament.
12:06Chris Statlander and Willa Nightingale go one on one.
12:09But right now, let's hear from Jeff Jarrett ahead of his first round match
12:13against the Elites.