{"id":23009,"date":"2018-07-30T14:15:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T18:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=23009"},"modified":"2018-07-30T14:31:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T18:31:43","slug":"madison-rayne-priscilla-kelly-and-xia-brookside-enter-mae-young-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/07\/30\/madison-rayne-priscilla-kelly-and-xia-brookside-enter-mae-young-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Madison Rayne, Priscilla Kelly and Xia Brookside Enter Mae Young Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 32-woman <strong>Mae Young Classic II<\/strong> found it&#8217;s next three competitors, raising the revealed roster to 23 entrants today, as 5x Impact Knockouts Champion <strong>Madison Rayne<\/strong> joins indie stars <strong>Priscilla Kelly<\/strong> and <strong>Xia Brookside<\/strong> as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/maeyoungclassic\/article\/ashley-rayne-priscilla-kelly-xia-brookside\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">latest announced names by the WWE<\/a> for the 2018 instalment of the all women&#8217;s tournament.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MADISON RAYNE, USA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23014\" style=\"width: 456px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23014\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/wwe-madison-rayne_1-e1532974312290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"456\" height=\"500\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Impact Wrestling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the WWE website, Madison will be competing under the name <strong>Ashley Rayne<\/strong> (a tribute to name she used in <strong>SHIMMER<\/strong> prior to joining TNA, <strong>Ashley Lane<\/strong>, and her Impact name) &#8211; a move similar to Scotland&#8217;s <strong>Viper<\/strong> being rebranded as <strong>Piper Niven<\/strong> last year &#8211; but the woman is still the same Madison Rayne that won the Impact Knockouts Championship on five occasions. The 9-year Impact veteran has been wrestling for both Impact and <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Women of Honor<\/strong> division the past year, just recently competing for both the WOH Championship and Knockouts Division two weeks ago. She had a WWE tryout earlier this year and it appears it may have been scouting for her MYC appearance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Madison Rayne vs Gail Kim: FULL MATCH (TNA Lockdown 2014) | IMPACT Wrestling Full Matches\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8lUxGsBImRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>PRISCILLA KELLY, USA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23013\" style=\"width: 389px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23013\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/DFTqcmuUIAAoCja-e1532974340173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"550\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Modern Myth Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Hell&#8217;s Favourite Harlot&#8221; is only 21-years old, but she&#8217;s become one the indie scene&#8217;s top emerging stars in the past few years working with <strong>SHINE, RISE, Queens of Combat (QOC)<\/strong> and <strong>Major League Wrestling (MLW)<\/strong>, as well as working as the valet at times for both <strong>Austin Theory<\/strong> and <strong>Darby Allin<\/strong> in <strong>EVOLVE<\/strong> and other indies. She recently made her Japanese debut this year, working with <strong>DDT Pro<\/strong> and <strong>Joshi Pro<\/strong>. She was also the inaugural winner of the SHINE Nova Championship, which she held for 237 days.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E3pBX-oPbgE<\/p>\n<h3><strong>XIA BROOKSIDE, England<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23012\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23012\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/Di2UNGLX0AAEVSQ-e1532974385118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"550\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Robyn Goding \/ Gorilla Position Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you thought Kelly was young, Xia Brookside &#8211; the daughter of NXT trainer and UK legend <strong>Robbie Brookside<\/strong> &#8211; is only 18 years old. But the young grappler has become a shooting star in the UK indie circuit as well as in Japan. The reigning <strong>IPW:UK<\/strong> Women&#8217;s Champion has also spent much of the past two years working with <strong>Stardom<\/strong> in Japan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Millie Mckenzie Vs Xia Brookside, plus Bea Priestley (Defiant Wrestling #7)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zb-u9yybbDA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>CURRENT CONFIRMED MAE YOUNG CLASSIC LINE-UP<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Xia Brookside, England<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Kacy Catanzaro, USA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Isla Dawn, Scotland<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Kavita Devi, India<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Jessica Elaban, USA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Kaitlyn, USA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Reina Gonzalez, USA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Jinny, England<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Karen Q, USA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Killer Kelly, Portugal<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Lacey Lane, USA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Mercedes Martinez, USA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Nicole Matthews, Canada<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Tegan Nox, Wales<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Priscilla Kelly, USA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Deonna Purrazzo, USA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Ashley (Madison) Rayne, USA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Rhea Ripley, Australia<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Meiko Satomura, Japan<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Io Shirai, Japan<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Toni Storm, Australia<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Mia Yim, South Korea<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Zeuxis, Puerto Rico<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 32-woman Mae Young Classic II found it&#8217;s next three competitors, raising the revealed roster to 23 entrants today, as 5x Impact Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne joins indie stars Priscilla Kelly and Xia Brookside as the latest announced names by the WWE for the 2018 instalment of the all women&#8217;s tournament. 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