{"id":107200,"date":"2021-12-29T22:17:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T03:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=107200"},"modified":"2021-12-29T22:20:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T03:20:46","slug":"mercedes-martinez-aids-jade-cargill-signs-with-aew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/29\/mercedes-martinez-aids-jade-cargill-signs-with-aew\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes Martinez Signs With AEW, Helps Jade Cargill Defeat Thunder Rosa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>All Elite Wrestling\u2019s<\/em> inaugural TBS Championship tournament for its women\u2019s division is winding down, and on December 29\u2019s episode of <em>AEW: Dynamite<\/em> <strong>Thunder Rosa<\/strong> faced off against <strong>Jade Cargill. <\/strong>Both competitors spared little of their arsenal on each other. Although Cargill has prodigious strength on her side, Rosa considerably weakened Cargill by targeting her knees. The strain was visible, but Cargill had help on her side. A mysterious assailant dressed in AEW camera crew gear appeared not once but twice during the bout, interfering on Cargill\u2019s behalf. It was revealed to be <strong>Mercedes Martinez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude31It&#39;s the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealMMartinez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RealMMartinez<\/a> under that mask!!!<\/p>\n<p>Do not miss a minute of the action tonight here on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NewYearsSmash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NewYearsSmash<\/a> LIVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@tntdrama<\/a>!<br \/>Reminder: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> moves to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBSNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@tbsnetwork<\/a> next Wed. Jan 5th 2022 \ud83c\udf89 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wUn6AP70nf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/wUn6AP70nf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1476376362520875009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the match wound down to its last minutes, thanks to the mysterious assailant Cargill was able to entrap Thunder Rosa in her powerful grasp and land a powerbomb finisher to secure the win, advancing to face <strong>Ruby Soho<\/strong> in the TBS tournament finals. In the ensuing fray, in which Soho also joined in, Martinez revealed herself, making her Dynamite debut and aligning with Cargill. Tony Khan revealed that Martinez is officially #AllElite, signing with the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>This is not, however, Martinez\u2019s first appearance for AEW, as she participated in the Casino Battle Royal at the first <em>All Out <\/em>PPV.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez has a lengthy career in pro wrestling to her name, having spent time in promotions such as <strong>Shimmer<\/strong> and <strong>\u00a0Ring of Honor. <\/strong>Her history as a gritty veteran of the independent wrestling scene was traded highly upon during her time as part of the <em>NXT <\/em>roster. In addition to being active on NXT, during her time at WWE Martinez was also briefly a member of the failed <strong>RETRIBUTION<\/strong> stable. She was released from WWE on Aug. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after her release from WWE, Martinez soon resurfaced at <strong>IMPACT<\/strong>. She was the winner of the promotion\u2019s <em>Knockouts Knockdown<\/em> tournament.<\/p>\n<h4>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h4>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TNT and AEW Dark: Elevation (Monday nights) and AEW: Dark (Tuesday nights) at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>. AEW Rampage airs on TNT at 10 PM EST every Friday night.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Elite Wrestling\u2019s inaugural TBS Championship tournament for its women\u2019s division is winding down, and on December 29\u2019s episode of AEW: Dynamite Thunder Rosa faced off against Jade Cargill. Both competitors spared little of their arsenal on each other. Although Cargill has prodigious strength on her side, Rosa considerably weakened Cargill by targeting her knees. 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