2 Ups And 4 Downs From WWE Mae Young Classic (Sept 12)

by Scott Carlson

1. Kacy Has Potential

Mae Young Classic
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WWE loves pushing superstars who have mainstream or crossover appeal, so it wasn’t surprising that they paid a fair amount of attention to Kacy Catanzaro.

The former American Ninja Warrior competitor moved on from obstacle courses to the squared circle and had her first televised match in the Mae Young Classic, defeating Reina Gonzalez in the first round on Wednesday.

With just a handful of matches under her belt, Kacy couldn’t be expected to have a five-star classic, but she showed flashes of potential that could make her a standout. Catanzaro used her gymnast background to hit some nice moves, including a rotating handstand into a headscissors and a unique springboard dropkick.

It will be interesting to see if Catanzaro’s prowess with American Ninja Warrior and her experience as a gymnast will help propel her wrestling career, but we saw some potential Wednesday night.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.