The Flying Hammerlock Video Review #56: Markova Vs. Love

 

NWA World Women's Champion "The Crush" Natalia Markova vs. "The Luxury" Jacey Love, CLASH, Lakeland Senior High School, Lakeland, FL, March 21, 2026
 

CLASH is a Michigan promotion that debuted in 2008 and whose initials stand for Collective League of Adrenaline Strength and Honor.   Natalia is the face here and Jacey is the heel.  This was the second-to-last match on the card.  There is no commentary for this match.
 

They tie up and Natalia walks Jacey into the corner.  Clean break and Jacey escapes out to the apron.  They tie up again and Jacey stomps on Natalia's foot.  Jacey hits Natalia with a forearm.  Natalia responds with a forearm of her own.  Then a few more.  Natalia whips Jacey into the corner and gives her a hip attack.  Natalia sends Jacey into the next corner and gives her a knee to the midsection.  Natalia hits a bulldog out of the corner.  Natalia dances a little and then hits a split legdrop.  It gets 2.  Jacey goes out to the apron.  Natalia follows and goes for a kick but misses.   Jacey punches Natalia.  Jacey is standing on the floor and Natalia is standing on the apron and Jacey trips up Natalia, sending Natalia to the floor.  Jacey brings Natalia up and gives her a shot to the back.  Jacey grabs Natalia's head and smacks her face against the apron.  Then a kick to the midsection.  Then another shot to the back.  Then another face smack into the apron.  Then another shot to the back.  Natalia responds with a punch to the midsection and then a shot to the back of her own, sending Jacey down to the floor.   Jacey gets up and kicks Natalia in the midsection.  Jacey sends Natalia face first into the steps.  Jacey rolls into the ring to break the count.  Jacey drags Natalia to another side of the ring and stands her up against the apron and gives Natalia a punch to the chest.  Jacey gets in a fan's face and tells another fan to get out. (He doesn't.)   Natalia comes back with a boot to the midsection and a shot to the back.   Jacey grabs Natalia and forces her into a ringside seat and gives her a shot to the chest.  Jacey sends Natalia face first to the ring post.  Jacey grabs Natalia and rolls her back into the ring.  Natalia is down on the mat and Jacey follows her in and goes ground and pound on her.   Jacey covers and gets 2.  Jacey sends Natalia into the corner and chokes Natalia with her boot.  Natalia comes out of the corner with a forearm shot, and then another.  Jacey snapmares Natalia and applies a chinlock.   The crowd starts clapping for Natalia, who gets up and drops down with a jawbreaker to escape the hold.   Natalia gives Jacey a forearm and Jacey responds with one of her own.  Then another from Natalia.  Then one from Jacey.  Then one from Natalia.  Jacey runs off the ropes and hits Natalia with a shoulderblock, which has no effect.  Natalia runs off the ropes and hits a shoulderblock of her own, which staggers Jacey.  Jacey backs up into the ropes and Natalia comes in with an elbow.   Natalia runs into the ropes and comes off but Jacey meets her with a forearm.  They both run off opposite ropes and clothesline each other.   The ref starts the count and they both make it to their feet.  Jacey gives Natalia three forearm shots.   Natalia blocks the fourth and hits one of her own.  Again.   Natalia hits some shots of her own and then kicks Jacey in the head.  Natalia gives Jacey a sit-out facebuster and sits on top of Jacey for the pin.  It gets 2.  Jacey backs up into the corner complaining about her leg.  The ref tries to check her and Jacey gets up and rakes Natalia's eyes.   Jacey hits a Russian Legsweep. (Oh the irony, since Natalia was legit born in Moscow, Russia.)  Natalia is on her knees in the ropes and Jacey runs over and hits the (619), which in her case would be the (813), since she is from Tampa, Florida.   Jacey covers and gets 2.  Jacey hits a double-knee facebuster.   It gets 2.  Natalia is standing in the corner and Jacey comes after her but Natalia catches her with a kick.   Natalia climbs up but Jacey catches her with a shot.   Natalia is sitting on the top turnbuckle with her legs spread and she and Jacey trade some more forearms.   Natalia pushes Jacey away and climbs to the top and hits a missile dropkick.  Natalia sends Jacey into the corner and meets her with a corner kick.   It gets the 3.  ***1/2.
 

While somewhat repetitive, this was a solid technical match and a good defense for Natalia.  Recommended and you can watch it here.