WWE Monday Night Raw rolls on, with the Kabuki Warriors making their way out. Much yelling in Japanese and laughter ensues. Asuka pretty much begs for the “What” treatment and quickly gets it. Kairi mentions the Elimination Chamber and asks Asuka how she’s feeling. Asuka’s got a bandaged up hand, tearfully says it’s okay. Kairi screeches as she goes on about it. Asuka says she wants to beat someone and seems to be making an open challenge. “A victim, please!” they yell. Natalya makes her way out to interrupt this, guess she accepts. Ah, no, this is a tag match… Nattie’s teaming with Liv Morgan. I feel like this is the first tag match the champs have had like, since TLC.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Natalya & Liv Morgan
Kairi and Liv start out. Sane fishooks her mouth, smacks her in the face, gets a slap in response. Liv does the Matrix Dodge to avoid a clothesline for a flashy roll-up for 2. Quiet “Liv” chant, Kairi gets her with a headscissor and poses. Liv gets her into the ropes, charging dropkick to the back. Whips her to the face corner, charging back elbow, tag to Natalya! Double suplex gets Sane down, cover for a 2 count. As they work her over though, Ruby Riott comes out onto the stage, in time for a commercial break.
In the inset, I guess the distraction helped Kairi tag out to Asuka who quickly takes control over Nattie. Cradle exchange, Asuka kicks her away when she tries for a Sharpshooter. Asuka just ducks out of the ring entirely. Liv tags in, Kabukis come together for a moment outside and eat a stereo baseball slide! But back in the ring, Asuka takes control her again and beats her into the mat. Mocking kicks to the face. Ruby has gotten closer to the ring. Asuka gets her with forearms, stomps, grinds the boot into her chest. Locks in an armbar.
As we get back from break, Liv fights her way to her feet. Asuka takes her to the Kabuki corner but she knocks Kairi from the apron, springs to the second rope for a dropkick! Tag to Natalya, double whip, double arm drag. Nattie covers for a 2. Cheapshot gets the heels back into it, double team elbow drop to the singled out arm as Kairi tags in. Working over that arm now, quick tags and isolation commence. Kairi gets the arm with a diving double foot stomp.
They both pelt her with kicks, Asuka sets her up for a basement dropkick from Kairi for a nearfall! Charging knee to the face, Asuka gets her with a cross-armbreaker but Nattie rolls to her front and pounds her with punches! Asuka looking for a guillotine. Sarah Logan also makes her way down the ramp. Nattie slams her way out of the hold, and as she looks for a tag, Ruby and Sarah Logan start brawling in the ramp! Morgan goes up top, crossbody to the floor takes both of them out! But that means Nattie has no one to tag. She fights anyway, rolls up Kairi for 2, Discus Clothesline nailed for a nearfall!
Asuka blind tags herself in, but Natalya doesn’t notice. Trips Kairi up and gets her into the Sharpshooter, but Asuka nails her with a roundhouse kick to the face and gets the pin!
Winners: The Kabuki Warriors
Well worked, nice to see the Kabukis being a team again.
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