SLAMpeg 1174: Cherry Bomb vs Mercedes Martinez

The mercurial Cherry Bomb and Latina dynamo Mercedes are cold, no-nonsense professionals from minute 1 of this back-and-forth contest. The bigger, stronger Martinez takes the lead in a series of chain wrestling reversals but plucky Cherry gives as good as she gets.

Cherry busts out of Mercedes’ chops, chokes and Headlocks with a sustained wrenching of the rangy wrestler’s arms, keeping her strength out of play by forcing her to mat-level. Unfortunately for Cherry Bomb, the wily Martinez finds an opening in a reversal to the corner, laying the smaller girl out with a brutal over-the-shoulder Backbreaker. Poor Cherry suffers continuously through a multitude of different Suplexes and a neck-breaking Camel Clutch.

She is tied up in the ropes and kicked in the small of the back. Mostly, she resembles a rag doll being tossed around the ring. But don’t rule the resourceful Cherry Bomb out yet. In the match’s final act, she reaches in and taps a reserve of energy, fighting back against the domineering Martinez. Whether this last-ditch offense is successful is open to question...