Etzlicoatl vs Belinda Northman

Whew. She was free. Etzli's leg was predictably aching after the ankle lock, but she'd thankfully managed to struggle her way out before any serious damage could be done. The luchadora scrambled forward on her hands and knees, creating some distance, and clawed her way back up to her feet. Her glare fell back upon Belinda, who, for the moment, was dazed and up against the ropes.

This, of course, meant it was time to showboat.

"You will learn," she declared sternly, striking an arms-spread pose, and then charged forward in an attempt to clothesline her nemesis over the top rope. About halfway there, her leg protested - maybe it was a bit early to be sprinting on it again - and Etzli realized with the benefit of hindsight that maybe this wasn't the most tactically wise decision.

Belinda groaned out as her hand went up to rub her forehead, shaking her head a bit as she leaned against the ropes, one arm draped over the top ropes. She watched Etzli as the girl struck that pose and then started to charge over towards her...the blond's eyes widened as she would try and ready herself.

Seeing that light falter in the brunette's steps made Belinda try and pull her other hand up over the top ropes, she would then try and raise her lower body up to try and lift both her legs up and push them up into the running Etzlicoatl, attempting to have the girl's run be interrupted before she managed to come in and hit her with that arm, by driving her feet into Etzlicoatl's chest! " We'll see about that!"

Etzlicoatl actually jumped as she zoomed in for the clothesline, clearly trying to put as much force into it as possible. This turned out to be a terrible, terrible idea, because Belinda's impromptu dropkick-type move had all the more momentum to collide against, and when she connected with it the luchadora actually bounced off, comically skipping across the mat like a stone thrown on a lake.

Okay. In retrospect, maybe the old lucha strategy of 'throw yourself at someone as hard and fast as possible, over and over again, until somebody stops moving' wasn't going to work that well against this particular opponent. She'd have to resort to her usual cunning.

"Bwuhhhhh," Etzli managed, her pupils seeming to spiral around in her eyes, as she rolled onto her side. Ow ow ow. There were bootprints on her chest. The indignity.

Etzlicoatl soon jumped in towards the blond and her chest was met by Belinda's very own feet! As the impact of Etzlicoatl's own running jump caused her the pain. Belinda let out a loud huff of air as she would push herself away from the ropes and started to step away from the ropes and attempt to head towards Etzli's downed frame.

" Phew...that was close..." Belinda let out as she'd rub her chin a bit, she would attempt to step up towards Etzli's downed frame and attempt to take a hold of the girl's head, where she would then try and pull her brunette opponent up towards her feet, attempting to get the girl up to her feet. Attempting to step in behind Etzli the blond would try and wrap her arms around Etzlicoatl's waist and hug her tightly. " In this ring no hummingbird will help you !" Belinda would shout out as she'd attempt to lift Etzli up off of her feet and then try and throw them backwards as she'd try throw Etzli backwards in an attempt to hit her foe with a german suplex of her own!

Although she was starting to recover, Etzli didn't have much time for it. Belinda was on her in an instant, dragging her back to her feet and going in for a waistlock - probably a second suplex. The Sanguine Serpent fought her all the way up, throwing some vicious back elbows at her enemy's jaw. Some of them definitely hit home, with a meaty thunk of elbow against cheekbone, but Belinda powered through it nonetheless and launched her.

As Etzli rolled over in a daze, the crowd was cheering loudly. It seemed their hero had clearly gotten an early advantage over the Mesoamerican tyrant, and babyface momentum was always a hit with the fans. Belinda would need to be careful, though. A serpent always had a few tricks up its sleeve.

Belinda was on a roll and it seemed as if the crowd was all behind her now, wanting the fairly well established face wrestler right now to pick up even a greater momentum and start to lay waste to the tyrannical heel that was Etzlicoatl. As Belinda picked up the Mesoamerican girl off of the mat and started to lift her up, she was met with quite a struggle. As she pulled her up into the air she took a handful of elbows to her skull...but she tried to fight through it as best she could.

In the end it paid off and she managed to slam Etzli down yet again, though she was a bit slower when it came to getting up before. Her movements was stunted slightly as her right hand moved up to rub her head and jaw, but soon enough the blond had arisen to her feet and would turn to Etzli's downed frame and attempt to walk up towards it, attempting to try and pull the girl up onto her feet by her arm to then try and launch Etzli off towards the ropes with an Irish whip!

Etzlicoatl was planning harder than Batman on a cocaine binge as she sprawled on the mat. It was going to take a second for Belinda to get over to her and try to follow up, which meant a little extra time to get her stamina up, and she was close enough to the ropes that the blonde probably wouldn't go in for a submission attempt, so that meant she'd probably try to pick Etzli up.

Sure enough, she was being hoisted up to her feet a second later, and launched toward the ropes. Better to go along with it for now and spring a cunning trap when Belinda started getting confident again. Etzli complied and charged forward, bouncing off the ropes and heading straight for her nemesis.

Things were looking up for Belinda yet again in this match as it looked as if the two of them were picking up the pace in their little match, and their "acting" towards one another. Etzli was soon enough hoisted up to her feet by the blond and Belinda then sent Etzlicoatl running off towards the other side of the ring.

As the girl bounced off of the ropes, Belinda would push back against the ropes on her side and attempt to charge off towards Etzli, when the girl came running at her the blond cutie would attempt to stretch out of her right arm and attempt to smack it right into Etzlicoatl's chest with a mighty lariat!

Okay. Off the ropes. Belinda was tough and physically stronger, that meant she'd probably go for something that relied on her superior power. Powerslam? Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker? Clothesline? Lots of possibilities. There had to be something that could serve as a good catch-all counter...

The wheels turned in Etzli's head with remarkable acuity, and halfway across the ring, inspiration struck. She vaulted forward onto both hands, bouncing her legs off the top rope, and used the momentum to ricochet backwards into a handspring back elbow straight for her nemesis (with her willingness to play along, Belinda had officially been upgraded from 'opponent' to 'nemesis', a title that probably carried a great deal more obnoxious responsibilities than any sane person would ever want to deal with). They were on a collision course now, and it was totally up in the air who, if anybody, would come out successful.

Belinda and Etzli did seem to be "getting along" with their little play acting and at least Belinda was having fun with it, as well as the fact that the Sanguine serpent was a rather fun opponent so far, who seemed fairly skilled and was making this a rather intense bout between the two.

When Belinda came running towards Etzli she had not assumed that the brunette would jump up off of the ropes and come flying right at her. The young blond didn't really have any answer for Etzli to come at her like that, taking the painful elbow drop from Etzli right to her chest which caused Belinda to crash right down onto her back, coughing and groaning. " Uugh!"