Csonka’s WWE Mae Young Classic Road to the Finals Review 9.12.17

Csonka’s WWE Mae Young Classic Road to the Finals Review 9.12.17

OFFICIAL RESULTS
– Jazzy Gabert, Kay Lee Ray & Tessa Blanchard defeated Santana Garrett, Sarah Logan & Marti Belle @ 6:11 via pin [**¾]

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– Charly Caruso is the host for the special. She welcomes us to the show, and promises a special match tonight featuring Santana Garrett, Sarah Logan & Marti Belle vs. Jazzy Gabert, Kay Lee Ray & Tessa Blanchard.

– We get some highlights from round one of the tournament (links to all of my show reviews are below).

– We move to a highlight package from round two, featuring Kairi Sane & Shayna Baszler.

– Next up are clips of the semifinals, (Martinez vs. Baszler & Storm vs. Sane).

– The video packages were well done, but brief and with not a lot of fresh commentary added to them.

– Tom Phillips, Nigel McGuinness and Beth Phoenix are on commentary.

Santana Garrett, Sarah Logan & Marti Belle vs. Jazzy Gabert, Kay Lee Ray & Tessa Blanchard: I am actually shocked to see Belle get in this match after her poor performance in the tournament. Jazzy is over huge before the bell even rings. Blanchard and Logan in to begin. Logan takes control early, hitting a big knee strike and tagging Garrett in, and she covers Blanchard for 2. Blanchard fires up with rights, tags in Ray and they double-team Garrett. Garrett fights back with arm drags, and hits a Russian leg sweep for 2. Belle tags in, it’s a head scissors on Ray and follows with forearms and lays the boots to her. Ray then cuts her off, they trade strikes and belle takes her down, covering for 2. Jazzy distracts the ref, Ray takes Belle down and Jazzy gets the tag and the crowd loves it. Jazzy starts destroying Belle, works the torture rack and then tosses belle to the corner. Blanchard tags in, and choke out Belle and follows with a dropkick. The short-armed clothesline follows, but Belle cuts off the suplex and hits a jawbreaker. Jazzy and Garrett get the tags, Garrett takes control with the back handspring elbow. The RANA and superkick follow, but Ray makes the save. Garrett fights off Ray and Jazzy, but Ray hits a superkick, Logan in and Blanchard plants her with the hammer lock DDT, Belle in to take her out and Jazzy returns and catches the Garrett high cross. The dominator connects and Garrett is done. Jazzy Gabert, Kay Lee Ray & Tessa Blanchard defeated Santana Garrett, Sarah Logan & Marti Belle @ 6:11 via pin [**¾ ] This was a pretty good, albeit shot tag match, with the crowd treating Jazzy Gabert like a mega star. That was a really cool moment for her. Beth was really good on commentary, way better and more invested than Lita ever was.

– Post match, the crowd chants, “Please sign Jazzy!”

– Triple H arrives now. The crowd keeps chanting for him to sign Jazzy, and he says they did this for the CWC and it cost him a ton of money and he has a budget to deal with. He thanks the fans, and says they all love what happens in the ring. For everyone in the back, they thought this was the best thing and gave everything to get there. There was a huge pot of gold for the guys and now the women saw it and gave it their all, but they had no pot of gold, but now they have it. He thanks the fans for making this a reality.

– My Mae Young Classic coverage below…

* Episode 1
* Episode 2
* Episode 3
* Episode 4
* Csonka’s Early Mae Young Classic Takes
* Episode 5
* Episode 6
* Episode 7
* Episode 8
* Csonka: 9 Mae Young Classic Competitors WWE Should Sign

– End scene.

– Thanks for reading.

“Byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye Felicia!”

6.5

The final score: review Average

The 411

This was a solid little recap deal to set up tomorrow’s finals, and Jazzy came off as a huge star. The only thing I didn’t like was that they didn’t air the Sara Del Rey segment that they taped, this show was just shy of 20-minutes, and I really wish that her getting honored had aired because I feel that she deserves the praise.