WOW Women of Wrestling 11/2/2024 Season 5, Episode 8

WOW Women of Wrestling 11/2/2024 Season 5, Episode 8

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/wow-women-of-wrestling-10262024-season.html

We see clips from earlier in the week. Jessie Jones arrives at Lana Starr's mansion in her truck with a giant stick. Lana answers the door and she Jones tells her to move.

Top Tier (Gloria Glitter and Kandi Krush) vs The Dojo Defenders (Kara Kai and Tara Strike)

Krush is put in a side headlock by Tara. Tara armdrags her off the casadora. Tara running knees her in the corner then snapmares Krush. Krush takes a sandwich kick to the back. Kai hits kicks on Krush then headscissors her using the buckles. Kai scorpion kicks her

Kai running euros Krush. Glitter beats up Kai on the apron and Kandi knees Kai in the gut while she hangs over the 2nd rope. Glitter knees Kai in the gut then makes her do aerobics while in the full nelson. Glitter sliding lariats Kai in the back of the neck. Glitter stomps on Kai then does the stair stepper on her.

Glitter pump kicks her for 2. Kai takes a double backdrop then she gets stomped on by both opponents. Krush throws her off the front facelock. Krush armlocks Kai. Tara gets in and top rope crossbodies Glitter. Tara hits a helluva kick in the corner and bulldogs her for 2. Krush tries to save Glitter but gets thrown out and falls onto Coach. Tara then jacknife pins Glitter in an upset.

Thoughts: It was a fast paced match and wasn't bad. They kept this moving and we had a nice surprise ending to it. It's nice to see The Defenders maybe finally getting to do a storyline.

Top Tier attacks The Defenders after. Coach says she formed this team and has been building them up to be top tier. She says every team needs to be challenged and tested and sometimes you need to make cuts. Coach says she's disappointed in her team. She says there's no cuts today. She says she will break them down to build them back up again until they show the elite athleticism they are known for because "Coach knows best".

We go back to Lana's house. Jones is looking for Big Rig Betty and Holly. She tells them to go and gives Lana the money the The Truckers go. Jones says they are going home. Jones and Betty leave and Holly closes the door on them, saying she will join them after the party. Dave says we will have to see how things play out.

Thoughts: There's likely more to this one as Jones and The Truckers aren't usually aligned.

Siren the Voodoo Doll vs Holly Swag

Holly's still wearing the clothes Lana Star gave her. Holly jumps on Siren and hits mounted shots. She swings wildly at her then Siren hits corner spears. Holly clubs on Siren's chest. Holly slides under her legs and then pump kicks her.

Holly slides out and gets kicked. Siren does butt drops on Holly's back. Siren camel clutches her and pulls on the hair. Siren suplexes her for 2. Siren curbstomps her. Siren misses a corner cannonball. Holly knees Siren in the face then top rope crossbodies her for 2.

Holly hits a uraken then does a rainmaker style lariat for the win.

Thoughts: It was a short one but they kept it moving and it was fine. Siren hit all of her stuff clean here and I had no real issues with this.

Holly grabs Siren by the hair and throws her out after. 

Dave McLane interviews Holly Swag in the ring. Holly says she swagged up, got a raise and says Betty got left behind. Dave says that's not a good daughter and Holly says she should have been a better mother.

Thoughts: Whoa. Is hanging out with Lana starting to rub off on Holly? She came off like a heel here.

Sylvia Sanchez, Fury and Genesis vs Chantilly Chella, Holidead and Kalaki the Island Girl

Genesis gets on the mic. She says she's here for the WOW World Title as a singles competitor. Dave says they chose her for a partner. Gen says if she wanted to be in a trio, she would have stayed in Exile. Dave asks if she wants to do it and Gen says she'll participate.

They announce Ice Cold is now Scout Parker. They say she found herself in nature and appears to be an environmental activist now.

Kal and Gen start us off. Kal waistlock takedowns her and front facelocks her. Kal trips Gen. Syl gets in. She waistlocks Kal then is thrown in the corner. Chella is whipped into Syl in the corner. Chella gets on Holi's back and they ram into Syl. Syl then takes a douvle suplex.

Kal drops Chella onto Syl. Chella back elbows Syl then 2nd rope diving armdrags her. Chella 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Syl. Syl throws Chella back by the hair. Chella's head is banged off the buckles. Fury hits shots on Chella and Gen doesn't care at all. Fury suplexes Chella for 1 then cranks on her head.

Chella hits kicks on Fury then legsweeps her. Syl grabs holi's leg outside and Chella can't make the tag because of it. Fury backbreakers Chella for 2. Fury corner splashes Chella. Syl side slams Chella. Gen legdrops Chella for 2

Holi and Syl get in. Holi hits back elbows then atomic drops Syl and Fury. Syl and Fury's heads are banged together. Gen says something on the mic while this happens. Kal hits a leg lariat on Syl for 2 and Gen breaks the pin up. Holi is thrown into Chella on the ropes and knocks her off. Kal tries to pin Syl but Gen reverses it for Syl and Syl pins Kal.

Thoughts: I liked this. There was a decent story here with Gen not wanting to get involved but changing her mind and giving her team the win. The action was fast paced here and there was a ton going on in this one.

We see more footage from Lana's house. Jones and Betty complain about Holly. Betty says Holly doesn't belong with them. Jones says she has an idea and they will get Holly back.

They tease Holly having to pick between Betty and Jones or Lana next week.

Abilene Maverick comes out with a different hairstyle and look than usual. She joins the commentators. She says everyone missed her.

Winner gets a title shot - The Classmaster vs Santana Garrett

SG = Santana Garrett

Americana is not with Santana as the announcers said Americana's son Levi broke his arm on a playground.

Class pokes SG in the head. Class catches a crossbody. SG sunset flips her but Class doesn't go over. SG wristlocks her then hits a forearm. SG armdrags her then jack knife pins her. SG chases Class around the ring but Samantha Smart gets in the way. Class bangs SG's head off the apron.

Class knees SG in the gut then does something like a fameasser on her. Class misses a legdrop then misses a corner facekick. SG rolls her up for 2. Class bangs SG's head off the buckles. Class hits corner spears. Abilene says she can find the next WOW champ on commentary and says she has a new protege. She says millions of people know her. Class leg drops SG's inner legs.

Class does the scholar collar. SG jawbreakers Class. SG hits back elbows. SG headflips into a chest forearm. SG cartwheel back elbows Class then superkicks her. SG indian deathlocks her. Smart chokes SG on the ropes and Class running facekicks SG to win.

Thoughts: Class winning shouldn't be surprising due to the storyline but it was. That's one of her biggest wins so far. The match wasn't bad. SG's offense was mostly on point here and they had an acceptable match here.

Samantha Smart and The Classmaster talk on the mic after. She says everyone else is collecting participation trophies and she's collecting wins. Smart says Class agreed that if Class beat Santana, she'd get a title shot. Dave says she will get the match. Smart says her assistant will send Beast cleaning supplies to polish the belt as soon it will belong to them.

Smart talks trash to the fans. Dave asks Abilene who her surprise is. Abilene says her protege is coming soon.

Overall thoughts: This was one of the best shows WOW has ever done. We got some stuff built for next time. We got some outside of the ring segments. The matches were fine and they teased some stuff for the future. Everything went well here and I'd have to give this one a 9 out of 10. While I do miss some of the girls from past seasons, I do think this is some of WOW's best work right now and it's good to see the promotion doing well.