
GROOVE, SLAM AND WORK IT BACK! That’s right, let’s get STARSTRUCK! So this past week on Superstars we had the Smackdown divas in one on one action, which had the Foxy one, Alicia Fox (who has been on quite the roll recently!) taking on the powerful Samoan diva, Tamina!
Alicia is out first, she blows kisses and waves to the crowd as she walks down the ramp, she then enters the ring and blows more kisses! Alicia is wearing her brown attire that has the top with the fur on it and a skirt. Tamina is out next in the same browny/goldy/blacky attire that she has worn for the past three odd months, she seems to be walking with a purpose, she ain’t playin, y’all! Alicia just smiles at her. More after the cut!
The two divas stare each other down, and circle a bit before going to lock up, but Tamina dodges Alicia. Alicia then begins to fix her hair as Tamina talks trash, Alicia then turns to face Tamina before the two actually lock up. Alicia takes Tamina over and follows it up with a boot to the mid-section of a kneeling Tamina, she then goes for the pin but only gets one. The two make it to their feet before Tamina pushes her opponent into the corner, Alicia then counters Tamina and hits an elbow, another pin attempt (this time in the form of a roll up), two count only. The two Smackdown divas once again make it to their feet, Alicia charges at Tamina but gets hit with a huge boot to the mid-section, she then gets thrown to the other side of the ring by her hair. Tamina poses and then boots her once again, she then slams Alicia’s face into the mat, before booting her once again. Alicia then gets punished in the ropes as Tamina pushes Alicia’s throat into the second rope with her knee, Alicia screams in pain. Tamina then uses Alicia’s hair (once again) to drive her down to the mat, she then (in a flurry of slaps to the head) gets her opponent into a choke hold. Alicia once again begins to scream in pain, but eventually she begins to fight out with elbow shots, but she gets slammed down to the mat, once again, by her hair. Tamina once again catches Alicia with a vicious boot and then she manages to hit her signature diving headbutt (from standing), she then takes her time to go for a cover, which means she only gets a two count. Tamina then gets her opponent in a choke hold again, and Alicia begins screaming and then proclaims “I can’t breathe!” Eventually (with the crowd behind her) Alicia manages to fight out of the submission hold with repeated elbow shots, but Tamina comes right back with a knee to the mid-section. Alicia gets whipped into the ropes, ducks a clothesline, springs back off the opposite ropes and hits a clothesline of her own, she then hits a dropkick, which she then follows up with another dropkick, pin attempt, Tamina powers out at one. Both of them make it to their feet and Alicia catches her opponent with several fore-arm shots to the face, she then goes to whip Tamina across the ring but Tamina reverses. Alicia comes back with a boot to the face of Tamina, before springing off the other ropes. Tamina catches Alicia and looks to go for the Samoan drop that we have previously seen her utilise, Fox however, manages to get out of it with several elbow shots to the face. Alicia then kicks Tamina’s leg and she falls to her knees, Alicia then hits the scissors kick (which she apparently calls “Watch Yo Face”) for the win.
Alicia then gets her hand raised in victory by the referee, the crowd appears to be confused, but still responds positively to Alicia. Tamina rolls out of the ring. We then see a replay of the scissors kick that ended the match. Alicia smiles at Tamina as she heads up the ramp.
My thoughts: I really quite liked Alicia’s babyface-ish offence, I hope this isn’t a one off, as I would like to see Alicia as a face once again. I really liked the return of the dropkicks from Alicia, as well as the clotheslines! It was also nice to see Tamina actually get a chance to show off some moves.
