Shimmer #4 - 'Queen of the Ring 2017'

LOCATION: Empress Ballroom .... Blackpool, England

Announcers - Renee Young & Mauro Renallo

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The show begins with the lights off and a red light shines on the ring, where Rosemary is sitting Indian style .... Rosemary cuts a promo and says she's the only one dangerous enough to dethrone the monster .... she is not like Charlotte or Bayley or Molly Holly, she does not fear Kong ....

Kongs music hits and she comes out, and Rosemary invites her into the ring but an army of referees and security get in between them .... while Rosemary is distracted by Kong, Becky Lynch comes from the other side of the ring and attacks Rosemary and locks on the 'Disarm-Her'!  Lynch refuses to let go and has to be pulled off!  Lynch and Rosemary will fight for the Shimmer title tonight ....


Piper Niven def. 'The Gatekeeper' Kelly Klein

Niven wins with the over the shoulder michinoku driver ....


ON THE STAGE - Winter comes out and cuts a promo .... she tried to help Paige and be there for her, but when she needed Paige the most she let her down .... Winter plays a succubus angle, indicating that she was feeding off of Paige's energy .... and tonight she is going to destroy her ....


Nicole Savoy def. 'The Girl with the Shiniest Wizard' Nixon Newell

Savoy taps Newell out with a cross-arm breaker ....


Femme Fatales (Billie Kay & Peyton Royce) def. Naomi & Bianca BelAir to retain the Shimmer tag team titles

BelAir is impressive in her debut here, and it looks like she has won the match for her team after a 450 splash on Kay .... but Kay isn't the legal woman .... this leads to Royce nailing her with the spin kick to score the pin ....


After the match, Royce and Kay cut a promo about how they are the Shimmer tag team champions and, after tonight, one of them (or both of them) will be Queen of the Ring ....


Becky Lynch def. Shimmer champion Rosemary by DQ

Rosemary tries to mist Lynch with the red mist, but accidentally mists the ref instead .... Lynch locks in the 'Disarm-Her' and has Rosemary tapping out but the ref can't see .... Lynch lets go, and a new ref comes down to take over .... Lynch hits Rosemary with a top rope 'Becks plex' and then locks on the 'Disarm-her' again and the bell rings!  Everyone thinks Lynch has won the title, but the original ref ends up disqualifying Rosemary for using the mist ....

Post match, Lynch goes nuts and hits an exploder suplex on the ref ....


Winter def. Paige

Priscilla Kelly makes her Shimmer debut, attacking Paige .... this leads to Winter getting the win with the Ice-Breaker .... it is indicated that Kelly is under the power of Winters succubus character much the way she tried to control Paige ....



POST MATCH - Winter and Kelly continue to beat down Paige, putting her participation in the Queen of the Ring in doubt ....


United States women's champion Charlotte & Nia Jax def. UWF world champion Awesome Kong & Bayley

Charlotte lets Nia do most of the work, only tagging in when she can have the advantage .... Bayley plays the face in peril, but makes the hit tag to Kong who cleans house .... however, in the middle of the match Rosemary comes out!  This distracts Kong .... Charlotte takes out Bayley .... Rosemary makes a gesture to Kong and suddenly a strange red liquid (speculated to be blood) gets poured on Kong from somewhere above!  Kong doesn't know what to do, and Charlotte is able to clip her knee from behind and then hit the Natural Selection for the surprise 3 count!  Charlotte pins the world champion!!!!

POST MATCH - Kong looks at all the red substance all over her and suddenly snaps!  She attacks Charlotte and hits her with 3 consecutive Awesome Bombs!  Kong is in a rage, but she doesn't see Rosemary, who has entered the ring and grabbed the UWF world title .... KO SHOT WITH THE BELT TO KONG!  Rosemary holds up the world title and licks it before throwing it down on Kong ....    


QUEEN OF THE RING MATCH:
Bayley vs. Ember Moon vs. Toni Storm vs. Peyton Royce vs. Billie Kay vs. Sasha Banks vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Mickie James vs. Allysin Kay vs. Laurel Van Ness vs. Santana Garrett vs. Winter vs. Paige vs. Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Dakota Kai vs. Mia Yim vs. Scarlet Bourdeaux

RULES: 2 women start and another entry every 2 minutes .... elimination by pinfall or submission ....

The storyline as this one starts is that Shimmer tag team champions Peyton Royce & Billie Kay are #1 & #2 .... the crowd wants them to fight, but Kay and Royce pretty much spend the whole 2 minute period arguing with the crowd .... Mia Yim is #3 and she is making her debut with Shimmer .... she attacks both with kicks and strikes and owns the ring as it starts to fill up with women .... It is announced that Paige cannot compete because of the earlier attack from Winter and Priscilla Kelly, so a surprise entrant takes her place .... NIA JAX!!!!

ORDER OF ELIMINATION:

1. Scarlet Bourdeaux; by Mia Yim (package piledriver)
2. Laurel Van Ness; by Bayley (Bayley to Belly)
3. Mickie James; by Shayna Baszler (rear naked choke)
4. Mia Yim; by Shayna Baszler (rear naked choke)
5. Winter; by Ember Moon (Eclipse)
6. Santana Garrett; by Rhea Ripley (full Nelson slam)
7. Allysin Kay; by Toni Storm (Strong Zero)
8. Rhea Ripley; by Nia Jax (Samoan Drop)
9. Becky Lynch; by Nia Jax (double choke bomb)
10. Billie Kay; by Sasha Banks (Banks Statement)
11. Dakota Kai; by Shayna Baszler (avalanche fisherman buster)
12. Bayley; by Nia Jax (Vader Bomb)
13. Ember Moon; by Peyton Royce (spin kick)
14. Peyton Royce; by Toni Storm (top rope leg drop)

The final four are Toni Storm, Sasha Banks, Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler .... all 4 women circle one another cautiously as the fans are chanting 'THIS IS AWESOME!'  Baszler and Jax have been the most dominant women in this match, and they quickly take out Storm and Banks and are face to face for the first time in the match!  Baszler with leg kicks weakens Jax, but she comes back with a clothesline .... Jax goes for a Samoan drop, but Baszler slips off and gets the rear naked choke!  Jax is fading, and goes down to one knee but doesn't tap, and instead she launches herself backwards, coming down on top of Baszler and crushing her underneath her .... Toni Storm is up top and flies off with the top rope leg drop on Baszler!  1 ... 2 ... 3!

SHAYNA BASZLER IS ELIMINATED

Banks and Storm try to team up against Jax, but she tosses them to the floor!  She follows them out but misses a charge and crashes into the ring steps!  STORM AND BANKS TEAM UP AND DOUBLE SUPLEX JAX THROUGH THE TIME KEEPERS TABLE!!!!  Holy Shit!  

Banks and Storm roll back in the ring and get nose to nose .... it's just them now .... Storm fires away with firearms but Banks fires back with some of her own .... Banks with a tilt a whirl headscissors off the ropes right into the Banks Statement!  Storm reverses and cradles Banks!  2.99999!  Banks drills Storm with the back stabber, but Storm blocks the Banks Statement and they fight to their feet .... Storm with the air raid crash neckbreaker!  She goes up top but Banks is up and stops her .... Banks goes for a top rope huricanrana but Storm rolls through all the way to her feet .... STRONG ZERO!!!!  1 ... 2 ... 3!

SASHA BANKS IS ELIMINATED

Jax is just now getting up on the floor, and Storm wastes no time in going after her .... SUICIDE DIVE!  Storm tosses Jax back in and hits a running hip attack in the corner .... she goes up top, but Jax catches her on the way down .... GOOZLE!  Choke Slam!  Jax is slow to cover .... STORM KICKS OUT!!!!  Jax mounts the ropes for a Vader Bomb, but Storm is up .... GERMAN SUPLEX OFF THE 2ND ROPE!!!!  Man, the fans REALLY want Toni Storm to win this one!  Storm goes back to the top .... top rope leg drop misses!  Jax hits a HUGE leg drop, then drags her up by the hair and drills her with the pop up Samoan drop!  1 ... 2 ... 3!

TONI STORM IS ELIMINATED

Nia Jax has won the 2017 Queen of the Ring!  And she wasn't even supposed to be in the match!  Jax is presented her crown and sash as Toni Storm is helped from the ring ....