Thea Hail

She was supposed to be a Triple A representative in this match, uh, but she wins the number one contender Battle Royal, last eliminating Callie Armstrong.

Uh, the other participants in the match were Izzy Dame, Indy Hartwell, Xia Brookside, Layla Diggs, Shantelle Moore, Nikkita Lyons, Em By Elegance, Heather By Elegance, La Catalina, Lizzie Rain, Arianna Grace, Zaria, Skyler Ray, Ivy Nile, Kiana James, uh, Thea Hail, and Rai- Raina Vulcan, and Agilicous.

Uh, and then after the match, Kelani Jordan is standing on the platform, looking at Shani, who unmasks and is actually Wren Sinclair.

So she had another gimmick on.

You know, I thought I'd win.

But Ariana, Thea Hail, they had to ruin it.

And honestly, I'm super grateful to be a part of that as well because I didn't get to be a part of it last year, but Heather was.

So to be able to get to be there with her was super awesome.

We prophesized that last week.

Hail got bumped out accidentally with a butt strike from James on the apron.

Armstrong dumped Catalina over the ropes.

Rain took Armstrong's power slam, only for Callie to pounce Kiana on the apron.

Well, Catalina also taking part in the aforementioned gauntlet match at Hola De Calor.

Catalina had to defeat Thea Hail, then Laydra.

[bell ringing] And JBL, as our resident Las Toxicass expert, are there issues within Las Toxicass?

You know, there may be.

[speaking foreign language] [upbeat music]

Disappointing way to kick off the afternoon for Adalicious, but the path will not get any easier for Lady Shani, as Thea Hail has joined the gauntlet match.

[body thuds] You may recognize Thea from her success in NXT, a former NXT Women's North American champion.

She is a spitfire, John.

Ah, you can call her a spitfire or maybe she's just not all there.

[laughs] That's another way to look at it, for sure.

But Thea Hail looking to capitalize.

[body thuds] Hooks the far leg.

So let's run it down Uh, from the main roster, Ivy Nile and Kiana James both appearing in the tournament, or in the Battle Royal.

Uh, from NXT, Arianna Grace, Chantel Mor- uh, Monroe, Izzi Dame, Cali Armstrong, Layla Diggs, Lizzie Wren, Reina Vulcan, Skylar Ray, Thea Hail, and Zaria will all be in that Battle Royal.

Um, from there, WWE's Evolve brand, Adelicious and Nikkita Lyons, who used to be in NXT, now she's the Evolve Women's Champion, they will be in the Battle Royal.

And from there, AAA Lucha Libre, the current Reina de Reinas champion, La Catalina and Lady Shani will be in the Battle Royal.

Izzi Dame also would, would make a lot of, lot of sense.

Arianna Grace could be a shock surprise.

If I was gonna pick one person, though, I really feel like this would be one of those interesting times where you could give it to somebody like a Thea Hail, who just lost to Zaria, but that could have been a loss to help propel her to a main ro- a main event level, uh, feud for the NXT Women's Championship.

As weird as that is, that's the way WWE books things sometimes.

And if they do, it would be taking from SmackDown and putting on Raw, which of course we have discussed before.

North American Championship, Zaria defending against Thea Hail.

This opened the show.

Zaria slugged Thea to prevent a tope suicida, following with a discus lariat ringside much later.

Hail countered into a tornado DDT and hit one of the best flying crossbodies ever because Zaria jumped into it and then sold it back expertly.

Thea continued her run with a meteora and the world's littlest slam, but when she tried her mini springboard senton, Zaria caught her for a German suplex.

Hail basically jumped into a spear to catch Zaria in a kimura lock.

She also countered an F5 in a sequence that was a little messy.