Shimmer #11

LOCATION: Winter Park, Florida
VENUE: Full Sail Studios

Announce Team - Renee Young & Matt Striker



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MONEY IN THE BANK is announced for tonight, with 6 qualifying matches and then the MITB match being the main event .... The winner will receive a briefcase with a title shot against a champion of their choosing ....

Show begins with Alexa Bliss coming out and calling out the EST .... Santana is nowhere to be found again .... Naomi & Bianca BelAir show up and attack Alexa Bliss and it’s 2 on 1 .... HERE COMES SANTANA FOR THE SAVE!!!!  Santana comes to the rescue of Bliss and together they clear the ring ... Bliss and Santana end up face to face in the ring, and the fans are chanting for them to hug it out .... Alexa once again has both tag team title belts and she offers on to Santana, who takes it to the delight of the fans!  Both ladies hold up that titles in a show of solidarity, but then Santana superkicks Bliss!  Santana walks off, leaving Bliss down in the ring holding her jaw ....


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Money in the Bank qualifying match:
Submission Sorority (Shayna Baszler & Nicole Savoy)
- vs -
Laycool (Michelle McCool & Layla)

A dominate performance for the Sorority, as they get the win after hitting the ‘Initiation’ (pop up GTS) .... Baszler and Savoy qualify for the MITB match ....


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Money in the Bank qualifying match:
Lacey Evans
- vs -
Cherry Bomb

Lacey is a great heel in this match, playing up the irritating southern lady gimmick .... Evans pins Cherry Bomb with the Lady Lace Up (MK Ultra)


* It is announced that we will get Alexa Bliss vs Santana tonight in a battle of tag team champions .... the winner will be the 7th woman in the Money in the Bank ladder match tonight .... *


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Money in the Bank qualifying match:
Rhea Ripley
- vs -
Christina Von Eerie

Von Eerie wins her debut match, pinning Ripley after the Graveyard Smash (package piledriver) .... Ripley looks very good in this match and gets a good reaction afterwards ....


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Money in the Bank qualifying match:
Ember Moon
- vs -
Bianca BelAir w/ Naomi

Naomi’s interference comes into play here, but Moon overcomes it by superkicking her off the apron .... Moon reverses the alley oop powerbomb into a sunset flip for the surprise 3 count ....


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Money in the Bank qualifying match:
Santana  
- vs -
Alexa Bliss

These tag team champions let out years of frustration and anger on each other in this one .... Naomi & Bianca BelAir come out to interfere, but Santana and Bliss put their differences aside and fight them off .... Santana sneaks up and tries to steal the win with a rollup, but Bliss rolls through into a hammerlock DDT and gets the 3 count!

After the match the EST hit the ring and attack again .... Naomi pulls a ladder out from under the ring and lines up Santana in her sights, but Bliss shoves Santana out of the way and takes the bullet for her tag team partner!!!!  Santana fights off Naomi & BelAir, then reluctantly checks on Bliss who is down in the ring ....


Singles match: winner gets a shot at the Shimmer title
Paige  
- vs -
Toni Storm

This match ends in controversy again as Taya Valkyrie gets involved, hitting Toni Storm with the Shimmer title belt .... Paige doesn’t see this happen, and she locks Storm in the Scorpion Crosslock .... Storm is trapped in the middle and has no choice but to tap out ....

After the match, Taya and Paige have a face off in the ring .... Valkyrie holds up the Shimmer title in Paige’s face, but Toni Storm is back in and attacks Valkyrie .... Storm takes the Shimmer title and KO’s Valkyrie with it!  Storm holds up the title but Paige jerks it out of her hand!  Paige and Storm are now in each other’s faces!  They start brawling again, this time ending with Storm laying Paige out with the Strong Zero piledriver!!!!  Storm stands over Paige, but Valkyrie is back up and grabs her from behind and drills her with the Road to Valhalla!  Taya grabs the title belt and slides out, leaving both Paige and Storm laid out ....


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Renee Young is in the ring and introduces her guest, The Universal Women’s Champion Charlotte .... Charlotte’s music hits, but she never comes out .... Renee is left in the ring looking awkward as Charlotte no shows the interview ....


Money in the Bank ladder match:
Ember Moon
- vs -
Alexa Bliss
- vs -
Lacey Evans
- vs -
Christina Von Eerie
- vs -
Shayna Baszler
- vs -
Nicole Savoy

This one is full of the usual high risk ladder spots, including Baszler suplexing Von Eerie off the top rope through a bridges ladder and Bliss hitting the Twisted Bliss off the top of the ladder onto a bunch of women outside the ring .... we even get a moment where Savoy and Baszler go toe to toe because they both want the contract .... Lacey Evans tries to take advantage of everyone being down and she nearly grabs the contract, but Alexa Bliss power bombs her off the ladder .... Bliss climbs now, and Ember Moon meets her up there .... Evans tries to push the ladder over, and Bliss is sent flying off the ladder and takes out Savoy and Baszler .... Moon uses her foot to catch herself using the top rope, and pushes the ladder back up .... Evans climbs and fights with Moon, but Von Eerie pulls Evans off .... Moon jumps off the ladder and takes them both out with the Eclipse!!!!  Everyone is down, and Moon slowly climbs the ladder and pulls down the briefcase to win the match!!!!

Ember celebrates with the briefcase as the show ends .... after the broadcast ends, members of the Shimmer locker room come out and shake hands with the fans, sign autographs and take photos ....