The next two weekends are going to be double the busy for everyone behind RISE. The promotion will be out to crown their inaugural The Guardians of RISE Champions, beginning on June 29th in South Gate, California. It was previously reported here that there will be four tag team matches held at RISE 8: Outback, with the remaining teams, the victors, going onto to determine the first champions at RISE 9: RISE of The Knockouts on July 7th in Naperville, Illinois.
In addition to making announcements for the ASCENT tapings, which takes place the following day, RISE and IMPACT Wrestling have already announced that their co-promoted event will be streamed live via Twitch.
Lets get into what’s on the card – Mercedes Martinez squares off with Allie, Madison Rayne takes on the “Fallen Flower” Kikyo, Tessa Blanchard will face Kris Wolf for the first time outside of the walls of Korakuen Hall and lastly, Su Yung‘s Knockouts Championship will on the line against “Sweet” Saraya Knight.
RISE 9: “RISE of the Knockouts”
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- Tessa Blanchard vs Kris Wolf
- Mercedes Martinez vs Allie
- Kikyo vs Madison Rayne
- Knockouts Championship: Su Yung(c) vs Saraya Knight