The Official Mae Young Classic Tournament Thread

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Mack de la Rocha said:
My girl Lacey Lane got next - shorty can go.
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Tegan Nox, Deonna Purrazzo, Jessica Elaban and Reina González confirmed for Mae Young Classic 2018

Four new competitors have been revealed for this year's Mae Young Classic, and they include some of the brightest prospects from the WWE Performance Center, as well as one of the PC's newest signees.

Making her long-awaited WWE Network debut will be Tegan Nox, from Welsh Valleys, South Wales. Nicknamed "The Girl with The Shiniest Wizard," the 23-year-old Nox signed with WWE last summer after spending several years wowing audiences throughout the United Kingdom and beyond. Weeks after arriving at the WWE PC, however, Nox tore her ACL in practice, which put her on the shelf for 10 months and prevented her from competing in the inaugural Mae Young Classic. After a lengthy rehabilitation, Nox finally debuted at an NXT Live Event earlier this year and hasn't looked back. Will the ever-exciting Nox — who is known for her daredevil maneuvers inside the ring, as well as her devastating Shining Wizard knee strike — make up for lost time in this year's tournament?

As originally announced by Sporting News, new signee Deonna Purrazzo, who reported for training this week at the WWE PC, will also compete in this year's 32-woman tournament. Going by the moniker of "Virtuosa" on the independent scene, the 24-year-old Purrazzo is widely hailed for her highly technical in-ring style. Making her pro debut in 2013, Purrazzo has wrestled throughout the United States, as well as in Japan, England, Puerto Rico and Canada, and she is known for finishing off opponents with her favorite hold, the Fujiwara Armbar.

Also vying for the 2018 the Mae Young Classic trophy is former collegiate volleyball player and NXT rookie Jessica Elaban. Standing 5-foot-10, the rangy Elaban has been pegged as an up-and-comer to watch since joining the WWE PC last May. An athlete her entire life, Elaban also excelled at soccer, basketball, track and dance before setting her sights on the squared circle. Having spent the past year learning under the WWE PC's world-class coaching staff, Elaban looks to prove that she can hang with the world's best female wrestlers, despite being a relative newcomer to the ring.

Returning to the Mae Young Classic is hard-hitting powerhouse Reina González, a second-generation wrestler from Texas. The 6-foot-tall daughter of Ricky "Desperado" González, Reina played basketball at Sam Houston State University before following in her father's footsteps. She joined the WWE Performance Center in October 2016 and participated in the inaugural Mae Young Classic last summer, where she battled Nicole Savoy in the First Round. Though she came up short in that outing, González was praised by WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross for her rugged aggression.

Today's announcement comes on the heels of several huge Mae Young Classic competitor reveals last week, including former Divas Champion Kaitlyn, Japanese sensation and new WWE signee Io Shirai, former "American Ninja Warrior" competitor Kacy Catanzaro and more.
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WWE Announces 4 More Mae Young Classic Competitors - WrestlingInc.com

WWE has announced four more Mae Young Classic competitors - Mia Yim, Killer Kelly, Crystal and Mercedes Martinez.

Killer Kelly
Killer Kelly made her WWE Network debut in June at NXT's events at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Known throughout the European scene for her punishing kicks and spine-bending suplexes, the Portuguese-born 28-year-old brings a heavy MMA influence to her mat game. Kelly — whose vicious ring name was inspired by Portuguese fans' chants of "Killer Kelly" early in her career — holds the distinction of being the first women's champion in the history of the German-based Westside Xtreme Wrestling promotion.

Crystal
Twenty-four-year-old Crystal, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Philippine Wrestling," has competed throughout Southeast Asia, including in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia, since making her debut in February 2016. Sporting a wrestling ring tattoo on her arm, Crystal developed a love for sports-entertainment in her youth when she would watch WWE with her grandmother. A highflyer inside the squared circle, she was discovered by WWE officials during a scouting trip to the region in 2017.
 
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NXT UK star Toni Storm to compete in WWE Mae Young Classic

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NXT UK star Toni Storm will compete in the forthcoming WWE Mae Young Classic tournament, Mirror Sport can exclusively reveal.

The Australian made it to the semi-finals of last year's 32-woman competition, but wants to eclipse that result second time around and last the distance.

She defeated Ayesha Redmond in the first round, then Lacey Evans in the second round and Piper Niven in the quarter-finals, before losing to eventual winner Kairi Sane.

The Mae Young Classic 2018 will be filmed at Full Sail Live in Orlando, USA on August 8 and 9, before it streams on WWE Network later next month.

But prior to that, Storm, who moved to Liverpool as a teen to pursue her wrestling dreams, hopes to spearhead the women’s division of WWE’s newest brand.

The 22-year-old will be part of NXT UK's first TV tapings this weekend, at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge on Saturday, July 28 and Sunday, July 29.

The former PROGRESS Wrestling Women's Champion will be joined by the likes of WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate, Trent Seven, Noam Dar, Mark Andrews, Zack Gibson, Joe Coffey, Jinny and Charlie Morgan.
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SubZeroDegrees said:
Someone getting their heads kicked in. :wow:

We better get Io vs Meiko some point.
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She had an inteview with Yahoo japan to go along with the announcement

里村明衣子のＷＷＥ参戦決定　女子トーナメントＭＹＣは「優勝しか考えていない」（東スポWeb） - Yahoo!ニュース

Translations by some weeb on Reddit said:
  • She's honored to appear on a stage of global scale. There will be a lot of competitors with amazing skill. She'll probably be the oldest, but the she's only thinking about victory.

  • If both her and Io make it to the final, they'll be able to show the best women's wrestling in the world currently.

  • The MYC finals will be held at the Evolution PPV, and as her ultimate dream, she wants to win on that big stage. She also wants to fight Ronda Rousey. She feels sympathy for her, since she sought strength even if she was disliked.

  • In 2011, her promotion was in the dumps after the earthquake and tsunami. There were only 2 affiliated wrestlers left, so she decided she rather wanted to test her own strength. This led her to write to WWE, applying for an audition, but she was already rejected during the screening of the written applications. Thus, she did yearly excursions to the USA and UK instead.

  • She had a championship match against Pete Dunne in March this year. A WWE representative was very impressed, which led to her being added to the tournament.

  • She featured in a trios tournament with DASH Chisako and Cassandra Miyagi in Sept. '16. Mickie James, Jazz and Victoria were there and were exclaiming "Amazing!" after seeing their match.

  • When Mickie informed Alexa Bliss of Satomura's entry into the tournament, she replied: "This is gonna be trouble."

  • She wants Io to succeed in WWE, while she makes women's wrestling bigger in Japan, and in synergy, make the joshi genre bigger on the world stage as well.
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MeikGOAT dropped some interesting info there. Imagine Satomura vs Kelly Kelly in 2011 WWE :russ:

fukking Johnny Ace forwarded her resume directly to the bushes, no tryout or nothing :mjcry:


They can't not have Meiko vs Io.
 
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