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AEW Dark Episode 173- 12/06/2022 (Women's Wrestling)

 By Mark Rodriguez

We only get two matches this time and Leva Bates reminds us she still works here and Athena gets to have one more match before her big one at Ring of Honor Final Battle.

Match 1- Leva Bates vs Abadon 


Both women grapple and Abadon slams her face to the mat. Abadon then lies on the mat and waves at Leva to creep her out. Leva manages to trip them down with a drop toe hold and then uses her fingers as a crucifix over Abadon. Abadon gets behind Leva and grabs her in a full nelson. Abadon gets Leva in a snapmare and then gets behind her and uses the fish hooks on her. 

I don't think that works on zombies, Leva

Leva yells at Abadon that what they did was not sanitary and kicks them in the midsection. She then manages to kicks them in the head and grabs them for a Northern Lights Suplex but she can't keep her down. Leva shoves Abadon towards the ropes, but the Living Dead Girl goes over to the apron to dodge her next move. One the other side of the ropes, Abadon is able to sock Leva in the face to knock her back. 

Abadon climbs back in and slams Leva down with a cutter. They charge towards Leva, who manages to get out of the way. With Abadon on the ropes, Leva starts throwing kicks until they fall. Leva runs at Abadon, goes for the ropes and slams both of her knees into her opponent. Leva goes for the pin but can't keep them down. The Librarian grabs the zombie and slams them with a German Suplex. 

Leva tries to grab them for another suplex, but Abadon kicks her in the face. Abadon then hits her with the enzuigiri. They take this chance to grab Leva and plant her with the Black Dahlia. Abadon gets the pin and the win against Leva Bates.

Match 2- Athena vs B3cca


Athena offers a handshake. B3cca slaps her hand away, so Athena slaps her in the face hard enough to knock her down. Athena goes for the ground and pound and then picks her up to hit her with uppercuts. She then viciously tosses B3cca across the ring. Athena throws B3cca into the middle turnbuckle and starts stomping away at her. 

B3cca manages to kick Athena back and then start throwing some forearm shots at her. She finally knocks her down with an enzuigiri. Athena grabs her and whips her towards the ropes. B3cca manages to stop herself in time and hits Athena with a back elbow as she tried to run into her. B3cca goes for the ropes and slams Athena with a Diving Cutter. 

She pins Athena but the Fallen Goddess manages to kicks out. B3cca tries to grab her for a suplex, but Athena manages to shove her toward the ropes. B3cca runs at her and tries to get Athena with the hurricarana but The Fallen Goddess hits her in the back and stops her. She then picks her up for what looks like a delayed vertical suplex but instead she throws her out of the ring!

Athena gets out of the ring and grabs B3cca, running her into the steel steps. Athena grabs her and gets her back into the ring. She then grabs her in a submission move that ties her legs together while she yanks her hair back. The ref gets on her for pulling the hair, so Athena clobbers B3cca on the back of the head. She then grabs her in the Dragon Sleeper and B3cca taps out. Athena doesn't let go until she's passed out. Athena wins the match and does her victory pose while setting a foot on B3cca's head.

My Thoughts-

Pretty cool match between Leva and Abadon. It was a bit longer than I expected and not a squash. Leva actually caused her some trouble and got to do fun things with her 'by the book' character. We even got to see her do a Northern Lights Suplex. Abadon is always amazing and had fun with the creepy gimmick. Nowadays the character is a little more playful, while still creepy, which adds a bit more personality than literally acting like a zombie. 

Athena continues her reign of terror, throwing people outside of the ring and continuing to attack them after the bell rings. That part with the vertical lift and then throwing B3cca out of the ring like that shocked me. That's a long way down to the floor. 

I also enjoyed the commentary asking about B3cca's name. "Since when is a 3 and E?" "You know, back in the AOL Instant Messenger days". Even Athena got to take a crack at her.


Athena is set to face Mercedes Martinez for the Ring of Honor Women's Title this upcoming weekend at Ring of Honor Final Battle. I'm surprised Mercedes didn't show up during this match. Athena is set to say a few words on AEW Rampage before the event. We'll see how Mercedes fares against this more brutal version of the Fallen Goddess.



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