SLAMpeg 3539: Kiera Hogan vs Vanessa Kraven

Its Kiera’s birthday and you have to wonder how anyone could match her up with the Mountain on her special day, but at least she’s a happy Mountain bearing a gift, sufficed to say it wasn’t off Hogan’s wish list! Despite the setback Kiera’s determined to win her birthday match but even with Kraven on her knees they are almost the same height and it’s apparent this will be an uphill battle for the “Girl on Fire”.

The diminutive grappler tries to make up for her lack of size in close quarters wrestling presenting some interesting leverage challenges to the Mountain who realizes the wresting thing isn’t working for her as much as the beating up thing, which she starts doing very well. With a corner splash and decapitating Clothesline! A nasty Deathlock combo is quickly turning into an awful birthday and a tour of the rings turnbuckles doesn’t make it any better. Kraven tries to gift wrap her after a Belly-to-Belly Suplex, but that isn’t a legal pin keeping Hogan in the match.

Determined to ruin her birthday ounce and for all Kraven openly taunts Hogan’s ability to knock her down but the “Girl on Fire” gets, well, fired up and soon is bouncing all around the ring taking much happier tour than before constantly coming back to the mountain with Clotheslines and seated Dropkicks until an inverted Atomic Drop puts Kiera’s fire right out!

Does the birthday girl have enough magic left in her to climb the mountain or will gravity bring her dreams crashing back down to earth?