TNA star Xia Brookside turns on her best friend Lei Ying Lee. Wendy Choo wins the WWE Women’s Evolve Championship. Las Vegas gears up for Ladies Night Out 16 and more.
Xia Brookside Turns On Lei Ying Lee
Following her recent unsuccessful pursuit of the TNA Knockouts Championship, Xia Brookside appeared at last weekend’s Rebellion event to cheer on her best friend, Lei Ying Lee, as she challenged for the title next. In a shocking turn of events, Brookside ultimately blindsided Lee instead.
With defending champion Arianna Grace hoisted up, then dropped with a Warriors Way, Lee seemed on the verge of regaining the Knockouts Championship at Rebellion. When Lee made a cover on Grace, however, Brookside placed Grace’s foot on the bottom rope to ensure that the referee’s count would stop. As Grace then distracted the referee, Brookside dragged Lee to the outside and attacked her. A shove into the steel ring steps capped it off.
Upon returning to the ring, Lee met a knee to the back of her head, courtesy of Grace. With it, Grace secured the pinfall to retain her Knockouts World Championship. Meanwhile, Lee has since demanded answers from Brookside, which the England native has yet to give.
Elsewhere at Rebellion, The Elegance Brand defeated Knockouts legends Mickie James, ODB, and Taryn Terrell in a Hardcore Country Match after Ash by Elegance blinded ODB with hairspray and delivered a DDT.
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Wendy Choo Wins Evolve Title
Last month, Kendal Grey officially ascended to the WWE NXT brand, meaning her Women’s EVOLVE Championship would be left behind. To crown a new champion, WWE then arranged a gauntlet match for the April 15 episode of EVOLVE
Competitors in the gauntlet match were: Wendy Choo, Karmen Petrovic, Tyra Mae Steele, Kali Armstrong, PJ Vasa, Laynie Luck, Sloane Jacobs, and Nikkita Lyons. Lyons herself eliminated three women from the field by pinning Steele, Armstrong, and Vasa, respectively.
Lyons and Choo emerged as the final two, with the latter leveraging her experience advantage over the former. In the final moments, Lyons hoisted Choo up for a tiger bomb, which Choo reversed into a roll-up for the win.
Choo, formerly known as Karen Q, marks her first title win under the WWE banner. As of this writing, her first challenger as WWE Women’s EVOLVE Champion is not determined yet.
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Ladies Night Out 16
As part of WWE WrestleMania 42 week, Title Match Network has organized one of wrestling’s biggest all-women’s events, Ladies Night Out 16: Sin City Showdown, comprised of more than 70 names.
Among the most notable is Jazz, who will serve as the special guest referee in the LNO Championship match. For this occasion, Jazmin Allure will defend the title against La Rosa Negra and Izzy Moreno.
Elsewhere, former AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa will take on VertVixen, while fellow AEW Lacey Lane faces Vipress. TNA’s Jada Stone will also be in action as she battles “The Five-Star Athlete” Ruthie Jay. Former TNA star Steph De Lander will collide with WWE ID prospect Airica Demia.
The full Ladies Night Out 16 card, subject to change, is as follows:
- AEW’s Thunder Rosa vs. VertVixen
- LNO Championship: Jazmin Allure (c) vs. La Rosa Negra vs. Izzy Moreno; special Guest Referee: Jazz
- AEW’s Lacey Lane vs. Vipress
- Steph De Lander vs. Airica Demia
- TNA’s Jada Stone vs. Ruthie Jay
- Nixon Newell & Miranda Alize vs. Ray Lyn & Dani Mo
- PWO (Su Yung, Lindsay Snow & Tara Zep) vs. Hollyhood Haley J, Gypsy Mac & Mickie Knuckles
- Laynie Luck & Shazza McKenzie vs. Kingsley & Frankie B vs. Myka Madrid & Sai Perez
- Brittnie Brooks vs. Madi Maxx vs. Mazzerati vs. Carolina Cruz vs. Tiffany Nieves
- J-Rod vs. Notorious Mimi
- Fallyn Grey vs. Sofia Sivan vs. Corinne Joy vs. Rachel Ley
- Joseline Navarro & Vanity vs. Myka Madrid & Lili Ruiz
- Leigh Laurel vs. Angelica Risk vs. Sirena Veil
- Brittany Blake vs. Alejandra La Leona vs. Jazzy Yang vs. Vanilla Vargas
- Lady Bird Monroe vs. Alexis Littlefoot
- Lexa Valo vs. Vicious Vicki
- WrestleLit Rumble: Christyan Reid, Gema, JEM, Journey Burke, Jazmyne Hao, Kristin Blaze, Diamond Virago, Kayla Lopez, Raeven Marie, La Spooky, Kolbe Max, and more.
LNO 16 will emanate from the HyperX Arena inside the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the action set to kick off at 10 pm PT on April 16.
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INTERVIEWS
WWE ID Prospect Fallyn Grey spoke with WrestleZone’s Ella Jay about Ladies Night Out 16: Sin City Showdown, her previous encounter with LNO Champion Jazmin Allure, moving to Las Vegas from Tucson, her background in acting and singing, crafting her persona as “The Fallen Angel,” training at The Dungeon with Natalya, how Nikki Bella inspired her younger self, her WWE tryout experience, being offered a WWE ID contract, and more.
ROW Women’s Champion Lady Bird Monica Monroe spoke with WrestleZone’s Ella Jay about her upcoming debut at Ladies Night Out 16, a potential rematch with Thunder Rosa, getting married in Las Vegas, sharing the ring with Orange Cassidy and Toni Storm in AEW, what she’s learned from training with Booker T at Reality of Wrestling, that time Booker accidently said her name on NXT, wrestling’s “Bird Lady” Lyra Valkyria, and more.
Former WWE star Scarlett Bordeaux chatted with Denise Salcedo to talk about her YouTube channel “Chamber of Horrors,” her passion for paranormal experiences, how she got started in wrestling, her favorite time of her wrestling and eventually her time in WWE, how she wanted to wrestle more in WWE, her bond with the women of WWE, and more.
14-time world champion Charlotte Flair joined O’Shea Jackson Jr. and TJ Jefferson of No-Contest Wrestling with to talk about how her legendary career got started, how she’s handled unfavorable crowd reactions, things that she wished she had done with her character over the years, being the child of a very accomplished father, her upcoming WrestleMania match for the Women’s Tag Team Champions, and more.
WWE star Rhea Ripley appeared on SHAK Wrestling to discuss the selfishness in the WWE locker room, her upcoming match with Jade Cargill at WrestleMania 42, how she approaches high-pressure moments, what this match could mean heading into WrestleMania, her nasty in-ring spot with Giulia, Bianca Belair’s injury, and more.
Former WWE Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan sat down with Chris Van Vliet to discuss winning the Women’s Royal Rumble after being in the match every year since it began, the upcoming WWE Women’s World Championship match against Stephanie Vaquer, her return from injury at Survivor Series and her low blow John Cena, why she believes she and Dominik Mysterio are the greatest couple in WWE history, her memorable NXT debut and more.
