This week on Impact, we’re treated to double the dose in Knockout action. As per usual, we try not to overdose on TNA’s overwhelming generosity.
In the first contest, Hamada takes on one half of the TNA Knockout Tag Team Champions, Taylor Wilde. Taylor enters the Impact Zone by her lonesome and does the tango with herself. (Not to be confused with the type of solo-activity recently made famous by Carrie Prejean).
At the start of the match, Hamada and Taylor lock up. Taylor maneuvers into a headlock, but Hamada counters into a headscissors. Back into the lock-up, Hamada falls into the headlock, but this time Taylor catches her in the headscissors. The hold is broken as the two indulge in a bit of showboating.
Taylor and Hamada partake in a show of respect with a quick handshake. The two Knockouts link hands, but Taylor spins Hamada into an arm drag. Taylor leaps over Hamada, who then rolls over Taylor. Taylor runs the ropes and follows through with a headscissors takedown. Unfazed, Hamada plants Taylor Wilde with an Impact DDT. Hamada goes for the cover, but Taylor kicks out at 2.
Hamada lifts Taylor for a back suplex, but Taylor counters by landing on her feet. She takes Hamada by the hand and leads her into a springboard arm drag and a swift kick to the head. Taylor covers Hamada, but Hamada gets the shoulder up. Ducking a clothesline, Hamada dazzles Taylor with a super kick. Hamada climbs up to the top rope (while Taylor nudges into position a tad too obviously) and delivers a moonsault. Taylor kicks out once again.
Hamada sets Taylor up for a powerbomb, but Taylor refuses. Hamada pulls Taylor into a powerbomb again, but this time Taylor rolls into a sunset flip pin. Hamada kicks out. This is the consecutive tone for the crucifix pin and the hurricanrana Taylor also pursues. Always quick to recover, Hamada rocks Taylor’s marbles with a leg-feed enzuigiri.
Signaling her finisher, Hamada sets Taylor up for the Hamada Driver. Instead, Taylor lands on her feet, grabs her from behind, and attempts to lift her into a German suplex. However, Hamada sandbags, breaks the hold, and nails a spinning kick to the side of Taylor’s head. She delivers the Hamada Driver, successfully this time, which renders a 3-count and the win.
This was an entertaining and high-impact match, which is a staple for a combination such as Hamada and Taylor Wilde. I’m not sure what this spells for either Knockout at the moment, other than to put on a fleeting clinic for appreciative fans. Every so often, there are Knockouts that push the envelope in singles competition. They also just happen to remind those of us who might’ve forgotten just what makes this a highly credible division. Nowadays, it’s a treat to find either Taylor Wilde and Sarita in action without the package deal of Saritaylor. Now that the Knockouts Championship has been pushed from the forefront for the time being, perhaps this will allow both ladies more time in the limelight as single competitors.
Speaking of the luchadoress, Sarita meets Alissa Flash in their only second bout.
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