After last night’s episode of NXT TV went off the air, the second episode of The 2018 Mae Young Classic Tournament took place exclusively on The WWE Network. The second episode was featured by Deonna Purrazzo taking on Priscilla Kelly in the opening match, Zeuxis facing Aerial Monroe in the second match, Kacy Catanzaro fighting against Reina Gonzalez in the third match and Mercedes Martinez battling Ashley Rayne in the main event. Below are the full results from the second episode of The 2018 Mae Young Classic Tournament:
The show opened up with a recap of what happened last week before announcing the matches that took place last night. The one to watch of course is, Mercedes Martinez, who lost last year’s Mae Young Classic, and is now coming back to face off against Ashley Rayne to avenge her defeat.
Michael Cole, WWE Hall Of Famer Beth Phoenix & Renee Young are back again this week, and they went over what a legend Mae Young was, and why the competition is named after her. We head to the ring for the opening matchup.
– Deonna Purrazzo def. Priscilla Kelly in a First Round Match.
Purrazzo is a familiar face to The NXT audience as she has wrestled a number of times since 2015 on the yellow brand. Kelly, who is not related to Killer Kelly from last week, has wrestled in a number of WWN companies. Samoa Joe was shown at ringside. They were on different pages early but calmed down and built to a good match. Kelly took over with a pump kick to the face, which almost got her the win. Kelly seemed to be freaking out as she was unable to put Purrazzo away. Finally, Purrazzo suddenly hit a side Russian leg sweep and rolled through with a Fujiwara armbar for the submission. Purrazzo couldn’t hold in her emotions and began crying. She’ll face the winner of Karen Q vs. Xia Li.
– Zeuxis def. Aerial Monroe in a First Round Match.
Monroe calls herself “The Big Swole” and has competed in Shimmer. Zeuxis has wrestled in both CMLL and AAA. Natalya and Cedric Alexander were both in the crowd here. Alexander is Monroe’s husband. Monroe had her hair pulled early, so she threatened Zeuxis as to what would happen if she did that again. After another exchange, Zeuxis did just that. The crowd gasped and Monroe backhanded her foe in retaliation. Well, maybe Monroe shouldn’t have mentioned that, because Zeuxis concentrated on pulling her hair in almost every exchange. Zeuxis locked on the Camel Clutch and yanked Monroe back by her nostrils. Monroe made her comeback and used an STO, but Zeuxis got her on the top rope and won after the Spanish Fly. Zeuxis mocked the crowd and will now face the winner of Io Shirai vs. Xia Brookside. Alexander was shown hugging his and Monroe’s child, who was crying.
– Kacy Catanzaro def. Reina Gonzalez in a First Round Match.
Catanzaro was on American Ninja Warrior and was shown doing some very impressive things in her video package. Gonzalez mentioned that she was in last year’s MYC and was disappointed about losing in the first round. Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan were sitting ringside. They really usher people in and out of those seats, huh? Catanzaro got in the ring by climbing up and over the ring post. That is not seen every day. Gonzalez towers over Catanzaro, who started the match by running into a headlock and a giant swing. Catanzaro used her speed to try to make Gonzalez chase her and tire her, but it wasn’t working early. Catanzaro went for a headscissors, but Gonzalez turned that into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Gonzalez squished Catanzaro like a bug here, but the announcers telegraphed the finish a bit too much. Catanzaro came back using a springboard missile dropkick and a senton for a near fall. Catanzaro got the win with a roll-up, to the delight of the fans. Gonzalez was pissed, but she put Catanzaro on her shoulders in celebration. Catanzaro will meet Rhea Ripley in the second round.
– Mercedes Martinez def. Ashley Rayne in a First Round Match.
Rayne, better known as Madison Rayne, has had a unique seven weeks. She wrestled for The Impact Knockouts Championship at Slammiversary, challenged for The Women of Honor Title in ROH, wrestled at ALL IN, and now is here in the first round of The 2018 Mae Young Classic Tournament. Martinez was in last year’s MYC, is an 18-year veteran, has wrestled all over the world, and was even on the long-forgotten Wrestlicious. The Undisputed Era bought out seemingly the entire front row just for this match. Without elaborating on who he was, Beth Phoenix mentioned Rayne’s husband Josh (Mathews, formerly from WWE and now Impact) as Martinez dropped her on her head. Martinez held Rayne up for the Davey Boy Smith vertical suplex, holding her up for close to 15 seconds before dropping her. Rayne finally took over on Martinez with a series of forearms and clotheslines. Rayne hit a flying crossbody and a Roll of the Dice for a two count. Rayne got caught with a running knee and Martinez picked up the win with the fisherman buster. Martinez will now go one-on-one with Meiko Satomura in round two, which should be tremendous.
The 2018 Mae Young Classic Tournament continues next Wednesday at 9:00 PM ET on The WWE Network.
Source: F4WOnline.com