SLAMpeg 4446: Jessica Troy vs Zoe Lucas

Jessica thought they had a good 10 minute match but they can take it to another level by going for a half hour Iron Women match, Zoe takes a moment to grasp that’s 30 minutes but after some hesitation agrees.

Several impressive chains of moves and counters follow, with Jessica a maybe little more technically sound but Zoe’s less orthodox gymnastic based moves equal to the task. The ante is upped when one lady is on the wrong end of a couple nasty combo holds, but a timely rope break and some sportsmanship save the day. A follow up Bow & Arrow almost spells disaster as a creative contortion leads to a near fall. But 1/3rd in while one wrestler is likely more sore, neither has claimed a fall yet.

But changes shortly as a quick counter leads to a deathlock/chinlock combo that has 1 lady tapping. After a sportsmanlike break they are right back at it and after trading Full Nelsons a grueling stranglehold clutch knots the match at 1 each. Another good sport break reveals that while the match might be tied the war of attrition is clearly 1 sided. A Full Nelson clutch gives one lady the lead but its short lived as she who lives by the full nelson is pinned by the full nelson. Some attempted mind games backfire and the next fall goes downhill in a hurry as one grappler is bent and twisted repeatedly until she falls victim to a Bow and Arrow variant.

Sensing the match is starting to slip away one tries to get creative with the score but her opponent is having none of it, and after weathering a desperate sleeper/scissor combo goes right back after her opponents aching back with a deep crab that secures a 2 fall lead.

It’s now that the sportsmanship that has defined the match to this point is thrown out the window and a lady's own finisher is used against her adding insult and injury to a 3 fall lead. A tight Dragon Sleeper fails to run up the score but along with some vicious choking and a crossface it’s becoming clear a comeback isn’t in order either. A final Sleeper/scissors combo leave 1 fighter oddly contorted and the clear loser of this encounter.