Post by Adams Holme on Nov 16, 2017 17:52:12 GMT
OPENING CONTEST
SAKURA PRO FREEDOM CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER
SINGLES MATCH
Jennifer Chase vs. Karlina Owen
This match begins with Karlina trying her best to intimidate Chase. She gets into the woman's face before the sound of the gong hoping to get Okami to back down. However, Jennifer instead comes right out of the gate swinging for the fences. Her opening blitz sees Karlina getting forced back into a corner, with Jennifer knife-edge chopping the air out of her lungs. The San Francisco crowd is right behind her, getting as fired up as she is. She stops for a second to shush everyone before chopping Owen again with a chop that resounds throughout the Great American Music Hall.
The match continues with Chase maintaining a stranglehold over the match. With Karlina so early in her career, it is apparent she was not fully prepared for the onslaught of Jennifer Chase. However, her window of opportunity comes with a ducked buzzsaw kick. Owen counters the kick, running to Chase's back and nailing her with a backstabber! Owen makes the cover trying to use the ropes for leverage but Jennifer quickly tries to counter the pin attempt into a triangle choke! Karlina scrambles away from Jennifer before the move could get locked in!
Karlina takes a breather on the outside while Jennifer is holding the ropes open for her, encouraging the Evil Eye frontwoman to "Come get this work.", Owen is having none of it, and the crowd boos loudly as McKenna could be seen emerging from the back. Chase looks warily on from the ring, as it looks like this one-on-one encounter was going to stack against her. McKenna rushes to Karlina's side and gives her a strategy. However, Chase having enough of the stalling takes to the ropes. She leaps over the top with a suicide dive that takes out Karlina and McKenna! Jennifer quickly takes advantage of spoiling Evil Eye's plans by rolling Owen back into the ring. Chase takes to the top rope as Karlina stumbles back to her feet. Chase leaps off with Divine Instruments! The top rope Meteora crashes Owen down into the canvas. Chase hooks the leg and gets the pin fall victory to advance to the semi-final round later tonight!
WINNER: JENNIFER CHASE VIA PINFALL (DIVINE INSTRUMENTS)
7:14
POST MATCH
As Chase is celebrating in the ring to a shower of pink and red streamers, McKenna comes back to her feet and slides inside the ring. She tackles Jennifer down into the mat and mounts her with a flurry of punches and elbow strikes. The crowd boos loudly as Karlina recovers and angrily gets in on the action. Both members of Evil Eye begin to stomp Chase into the mat. However, the assault promptly ends as Kaho Sugiyama charges out from the back! She slides into the ring and immediately catches Karlina with a crisp enziguri that sends Owen down and rolling out of the ring!
McKenna quickly rolls out of dodge, exiting the ring to check on Karlina. Okami angry gets to her feet holding her busted lip. She has murder in her eyes as she looks to take the fight to Evil Eye on the outside. However, she's stopped by Sugiyama. The crowd cheers at the tense stare down between both women. Kaho tells Jennifer that "I've got this. Go rest up.", Chase unclenches her fist as she nods at Sugiyama. Okami exits the ring and heads up to the back, as we're already set for our next tournament contest!
But first the in-ring twitch feed cuts to a previously recorded segment.
But first the in-ring twitch feed cuts to a previously recorded segment.
PRE-RECORDED
A pre-recorded segment airs featuring Kaho Sugiyama at a press conference she held prior to leaving Japan with subtitles provided. The footage focuses the line of questioning around Rose City Wrestling and SAKURA Pro USA, including the title tournament that she's scheduled to be apart of. Sugiyama stresses how she's been frustrated with her only mild success in her endeavors into American Pro-Wrestling, coming close multiple times to securing herself a title match only to have it slip through her fingers. But she goes on to add that it is a testament to the level of competition that she's been met with in both promotions. Though she hopes to leave SAKURA Pro USA's event as a representative of the brand.