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Thunder Rosa vs. Nyla Rose (AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament Finals - United States Bracket)
Nyla easily won the first collar and elbow tie-up tussle in the high-stakes AEW match. The crowd watching the match was fired up as they chanted for Thunder Rosa, who got Nyla's back with the hammerlock. Rosa's round kicks to the leg did their job of giving Nyla some early discomfort.
Rosa continued to use her kickboxing background to significant effect. The former NWA Women's Champion had Nyla trapped in a modified kneebar. Nyla fought her way out of it. Nyla then countered a drop-toehold attempt with a diving elbow but missed.
Rosa, who followed a perfect gameplan, resumed the punishment on Nyla's knees.
Nyla was forced out of a Boston crab by reaching for the bottom rope. Rosa rushed in for a follow-up attack, but Nyla dumped her out of the ring. Nyla took control on the outside as she ragdolled Rosa and rammed her against the barricade and the apron.
Back in the ring, Nyla sent Rosa's head onto the top turnbuckle. Nyla scored a two-count pin with a deep running splash to the back. Nyla continued to work on wearing down Rosa by focussing on her spine.
Rosa tried to fire off a few strikes while being on her knees, but Nyla was calling the shots in the match.
The momentum, though, shifted as Nyla crashed into the steel ring post while attempting a spear. Rosa dug deep and sent Nyla outside. Rosa delivered a running crossbody from the apron. The referee checked on Nyla, who may have been rattled by the impact.
The ref began the ten-count, and Nyla finally got up on her feet. She may have played possum there as she baited Rosa and stunned her with a right. Rosa delivered a side suplex followed by a series of vicious backbreakers. Nyla caught Rosa and dropped her with a Uranage Slam.
Nyla now began to go up to the top, but Rosa swept her legs. Nyla suffered a rough landing as her head hit the turnbuckle on the way down. Referee Paul Turner began the ten-count, and neither woman was ready to back down.
Rosa dropped Nyla with a big clothesline in the corner, followed by a double-knee strike. A massive dropkick was up next for Rosa, who went to the top. A huge missile dropkick gave Rosa a near fall. Rosa failed to execute the suplex as her back was injured, which was the outcome of Nyla's targeted attacks.
Rosa was now caught on the top rope, and Nyla executed the diving knee drop. Rosa, however, managed to kick out of the subsequent pinfall. Nyla tried to go for the Beast Bomb, but her knees gave up. Rosa executed the Death Valley Driver out of nowhere, covered, 1, 2,kickout!
Back on the feet, a back-and-forth exchange ensued. Rosa hit a stunner, followed by a backdrop suplex. She got another near fall as Nyla was just not willing to give up in the AEW match.
Rosa was looking for the final blow as she went up to the top for yet another time. Rosa leaped off the top, but Nyla countered by hitting the Beast Bomb in mid-air. Incredible! Nyla Rose pinned Thunder Rosa and won the AEW tournament match.
Result: Nyla Rose def. Thunder Rosa to win the US bracket of the AEW Women's World Championship Eliminator Tournament
Grade: A
Nyla Rose will face Ryo Mizunami in the grand finals (the US vs. Japan) on next week's AEW Dynamite. The winner of the AEW tournament finals will then take on Hikaru Shida for the AEW Women's World Championship at the AEW Revolution PPV on March 7th.
