Moolah : Seven days of a reign so far for this woman, but how many plus?

Mae : Find out same bat-time, same bat-channel,... as in RIGHT NOW!

She climbs the steps and clambers between the ropes, handing off her belt to the waiting Charlene Robinson, as her music fades away. Fading music out, unlike with Rps, is actually quite good.

Mae : Well that Pandora one's cross-promotional effort died a death, didn't it?

Moolah : She did have the belt for a good few weeks though...

Mae : Can the spin, those were off weeks...

Suddenly, the arena is shaken by a loud wolf howl, blasting over the PA.

Mae : Argggh! It's a Kevin Nash reference! Here! On Diva Day! Noooooooo!

The ThingyTron rather suddenly displays ““ICE MAIDEN”” in nifty caps, as ““Empire”” replaces the howwwwwwwwwwl... and ““NA SHAGAT' NET”” replaces the previous text. Cue the challenger, appearing at the top of the ramp, scanning the surroundings. She begins to make her own way down the ramp, towards the ring.

Moolah : And this Irena Malenakov is only new, but she's undef-

Mae : GAH! Don't use that one! Undefeated New People sucks. Really.

...aaaaand she ascends the steps, gracefully climbing between the top and second ropes, entering as Robinson holds the title aloft for all to see, then hands it to the timekeeper and signals...

¡¡ding ding!

Moolah : There we go, opening bell and no time wasted by either gal! Brawling off the bat!

Indeedy. They attempt to out-slug each other over control of the match, with Nikki just coming out on top, sending Irena off kilter with a European Uppercut, then a quick dropkick to the left knee to put her down.

Moolah : Out of the starting blocks like a champion... Nikki's not complacent about that title now it's hers...

She grabs at Malenakov's left leg, driving an elbow into the knee, then pulling her challenger to her feet, into a front facelock for yer standard vertical suplex, crashing Irena to the mat. She gets up, and immediately drops into the early cover, but halts as they're in the ropes, virtually, so she pulls Malenakov back to her feet.

Mae : Aw JESUS, not the early cover... Oh, hang on. Thank the lord for that!

Moolah : I think she saw how close they were to the ropes there.

Mae : Well, it's all good, I was running out of things to say about them.

The champ whips Irena into the ropes, and ducks her head down, expecting the simle back body drop, but, as ever, she's kicked in the face as a way out. A quick DDT follows, and Irena Malenakov goes right into a Fujiwara Armbar.

Mae : Well there's a turnaround...

...But Nikki breaks free fairly quickly, and gets back to her feet, only to be suplexed to the mat again, rapidly and covered, leg hooked an all.

Moolah : Snap suplex... There's the first coverOne T-Noonlygottheone there...

Mae : Yup, just what I'd have said.

Nikki rolls back up to her feet, and charges in, but onto to a drop toe hold, rolled into a nice half crab. Irena wrenches back on the TV Champ, possibly searching for a quick submission.

Moolah : And this Russian gal's staying on top in this TV Title matchup.

Mae : Why, of course(!) Because us viewers don't know what the match is all about. Or aboot rather, considering the locale...

Nikki reaches out and grabs at a rope, which causes Charlene Robinson to call for the break –– which happens. Irena, though, scoops Nikki Taylor up, and delivers a smoother back breaker, grabbing the leg and turning her over into another half crab.

Moolah : Back to the crab again... Nikki fights out of it again though.

Irena calmly drops an elbow to the champion, then pulls her up, flipping her over with a smooth Northern Lights Suplex, bridging it too (of course).

Moolah : And the Northern Lights!

Mae : Bet this isn't even two.

Moolah : One! Two-no! Just under two from that fall!

Nikki manages to fight out of the bridged pinfall and starts to pull herself up on the ropes –– Irena grabs at her brightly toned hair and then whips her into the ropes

Moolah : Now the challenger, still in control out there's.

Irena waits for a second, THEN ducks her head, avoiding the kick-in-the-mush escape –– but not a Sunset Flip.

Moolah : Sunset Flip! She got her rolled tight! One! Two! No! Reversed! One! Tw-NoReversedAgain! One! Two!

Irena rolls Nikki to the side for another attempt at a quick rollup, with the surprise of the suddenness gone.

Moolah : Another roll up! One! Two! Th-NO! Shoulder up! Wow! Nice exchange...

Both get back up, and Nikki instantly leaps into an alright (for a standing start, I mean) cross body block... But Irena rolls through it.

Mae : HAHA! One more time, girls!

Moolah : Got just two. And no more, this one's still alive by a long shot.

Irena grabs Nikki's left arm into a wristlock, the start of a heart punch –– but the TV Champ escapes by jumping, delivering a nice angled dropkick to the knee then locking in her own take on the Crippler Crossface

Moolah : Tattooed Cover Dream! Escaping that Heart Punch!

Mae : Heart Punch! Cool, Can I make a Stan Hansen reference?

Moolah : Only if you disappear to Japan afterward... The Heart Punch was Stasiak.

The Champion wrenches back, trying to end the match and retain her belt with the classy submission. Irena claws at her arm, looking for the easiest way out, or a back door maybe.

Moolah : This could be your retention right here!

Mae : Retention? I'm on my second bag already!

She kicks out a long leg and it just about makes the ropes, although the hold stays in while Muzz Robinson explains to the champion, who rolls off and back to her feet.

Moolah : There's where the height comes into play... and there's only been two taller than Irena Malenakov in our history, ain't that right, Mae?

Mae : Is it?

Moolah : Yes. One of them even held the TV Title for a bit!

Nikki stiffly kicks her challenger in the gut... Then adds a dropkick to the knee, that doesn't deck Malenakov somehow, before quickly getting back up to add a jumping roundhouse that *does*.

Mae : What the hell is this? Yokohama Days or something?

She drops a raid elbow, casually, on her way to the top rope, steadying herself as Charlene adds the FIVE COUNT~!

Moolah : Someone's gonna fly here!

She leaps off, aiming for her Permanent Marking headbutt, but Irena rolls away!

Mae : Trying to mark out sarcastically She missed! Bah Gawd! She missed! Who'd'a thunk it?

Irena grabs at her arm as he pulls herself up first, then the champion.

Moolah : Face-first into the mat, and that's not gonna leave ya' too pretty in the morning.

Mae : I dunno, worked wonders for that Dynamite guy.

She brings the arm of the Jersey gal up in a wristlock and adds a stiff punch to the chest area, before turning, grabbing the head and dropping to her butt, DRIVING the neck of the champ into her shoulder.

Moolah : er, PUNCH! WHAM! STUNNER!

Taylor sells it standing up, and Irena leaps up, lightning-fast, and drops her with a snapped Russian Leg Sweep, and an even quicker cove,r leg hooked.

Mae : Russian WINTER~!

Moolah : No tilde, It’s the Siberian Express! Mae... But here's the pin! One... Two... Three! Got her! New Champ!

She rolls off of Nikki, and regains her breath as Charlene leans toward the ropes

¡¡ding ding!

Mae : Twice in two weeks... Man!

Your winner, and NEW LIWA Television Champion, Irena Malenkov

Moolah : And she's the second tallest TV Champ we've had... course, second because there's probably noone else as huge as Callisto Bane, but still.

Mae : Yeah, this is true right here...

Moolah: We have to toss things back to Helga Amazon in the backstage area. Helga, you're with Carmen and Lupe, correct?