[2000-11-18-WOW] Asian Invasion (Jade & Lotus) vs Caged Heat (Delta Lotta Pain & Loca)

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I had to a double take as I thought Jade might be a very young Gail Kim, however Wikipedia confirmed that her real name is in fact Jennifer Lee Chan, so not Gail Kim at all.  Part of the fun of seeing anyone new on WOW is what their vignettes look like and in theirs Jade and Lotus are shown practising their martial arts, although Jade looks far more proficient than the ‘Exotic Flower’.  According to Lee Marshall it is very easy to be captivated by their beauty and swayed by their charms, but these are two competent world class athletes who are competing here in the most prestigious tag team tournament in the history of Women’s wrestling.  He said all of that with a straight face!  So first round of the WOW tag team tournament it is and their opponents, all the way from the Nevada State Correctional Facility ,are Caged Heat, Delta Lotta Pain (brilliant name!) and Loca.  They wear orange boiler suits, similar to Nailz and Marshall has seemingly already written off the Asian Invasion, despite their competence, thinking that Caged Heat are potential winners of the whole thing.  Delta shows why they are considered favourites by the way that she rag dolls Jade around.  A dodgy looking powerslam, but Delta then picks Jade up at the count of two in order to dish out some more punishment.  Jade with a tip up after being whipped to the corner and she then takes Delta down with a headscissors (called Samurai scissors) that looked every bit as bad as that powerslam.  Both tag out to their partners although Caged Heat are quickly back in control as Loca boots Lotus in the mid-section and drops an elbow across her throat.  Delta fails to connect on the somersault senton and Jade with a cradle.  She ends up getting distracted by Loca though and Delta trips her from behind.  Jade counters the tilt-a-whirl with a headscissors, but when she goes for another cradle Loca pancakes her to the mat.  Lotus is cleared from the ring and Caged Heat with their double team ‘Hard Time’  finisher (one member of the team lifts the opponent up while as the other then comes off the top with a flying clothesline) on Jade as they advance to the next round of the tournament.  Post-match they give a 3-D to Lotus and are about to give the ref one too but he manages to flee the ring in time.  These attacks on the officials are being overdone as that’s three in the four matches so far.  The cops are waiting for Caged Heat as they make their exit and bundle them off out of there.

Caged Heat have got some presence and personality but this was terrible.  So much for Lee Marshall’s claim about the Asian Invasion being ‘competent’ because that’s the last thing they were.  A giant backwards step after the previous two WOW matches which I had surprisingly enjoyed.