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This match came about as Lacey answered Roxx's open challenge. Roxx has been making overtures about moving up the card and testing herself against better opponents, and backstage, Dave Prazak clearly thinks there is a lot of potential in Roxx becoming a main event level performer in SHIMMER. Stylistically I see this as a great match, as Roxx has got a lot of fan support, and Lacey's heelish style (full of complaining and stalling) should play into it well. In fact, right off the bat we get impassioned chants of Nikki - Roxx! Lacey - Sucks!.
In the words of Prazak, Nikki Roxx is over like a four leafed clover on St Patrick's Day"". The match itself was the best one on the show to this point, full of slick reversals and sequences. Lacey brought it to Roxx with some impressive maneuvers, including a neck breaker which transitioned into a Butterfly Lock, a back suplex that nearly KILLED Roxx, and a Cobra Clutch hold which brought Roxx down in a back breaker across Lacey's knee. It was an engrossing match to watch, as I didn't remember who won (I tend not to pay too close attention to the results of future volumes, so as to not spoil too much), and I was really getting into Roxx's struggle. Eventually Roxx set up Lacey with a chin breaker and hit the Barbie Crusher for the uncontested three count. Great stuff, and Roxx looked tremendous.
Credit to both girls, and I'm looking forward to seeing Roxx continue her path towards the top of the card.
