Elimination Chamber: Neske Alapo Vs. Gabbie Desjardin Vs. Etzlicoatl Vs. Serina Kashibara Vs. Akiha Kosha Vs. Belinda Northman

Stand to the sidelines, Neske had a moment to assess her situation. Despite what her previous actions would imply, she was a very rational thinker, when she had a free moment, and she knew that if she stayed outside the melee for much longer, she'd probably just piss off both girls, and then they'd be ganging up on her. No, if she didn't want to be torn in half by a pair of violent athletes, she'd have to pick a side.

But whose? On one hand, Akiha was more worn out, whittled down and currently in a bind, so with Belinda gone, she'd be an easier beast to tackle. But at this point, winning was out of the picture for her. The very best she could hope for anymore was that whoever was left last didn't want to torture her too much before finishing her off. And up to this point, that was Belinda. She had been reasonable, agreeable, maybe even nice to Neske up until now. Sure, she was the most fresh still, but if it were just the two of them she might go for a pretty merciful pin. By comparison, Akiha had busted her head open, pepper sprayed her, and loomed over her relationship like the NSA.

…And she was going to keep doing those things to Neske, time after time, unless maybe, just maybe, Neske could boost her ego just enough to be a bit nicer by handing her the win.

With determination in her eyes, Neske raced up behind Belinda as she recovered fom the dropkick, and strung her arms under the blonde's armpits and behind her head, locking her in a full nelson. "C'mon!" she spat, a hint of aggravation and even regret in her voice. "Let's do this!"

Soon enough Belinda pulled herself up to her feet after the drop kick. Eyes fixed upon Akiha as she stumbled back into the corner. The Swede knew that she had her tired rival just where she wanted her. Just a little bit more and the blond could take out her long time rival and  then take down the redhead. 

Though as Belinda moved up towards her feet and was about to start moving towards Akiha. Neske came in and slipped her arms up in under Belinda's armpits, the Swede's eyes widened as the third wheel to this match had locked her into a tight full nelson. Belinda could feel Neske's chest pressing against her back, as the Swede started to struggle from left to right. " H-hey!...Kh...L-let go." Belinda winced and whined as she struggled from left to right trying to get free from Neske's grip

Akiha would pant as she rested on the turnbuckle, looking at her opponent.  She then saw Belinda coming at her, ready to strike.  Yet suddenly Neske managed to place her the Swedish wrestler in a full nelson hold.  The raven hair wrestler was utterly shocked by what had just happened, she didn't expect her fellow redhead wrestler to take action at this point in the match.  It seemed the audience was also surprised as well as they also seemed to gasp in shock.

The Japanese wrestler didn't like the idea of someone else interfering in the battle between herself and her arch rival.  She could try to tell Neske off but she had already done that once, perhaps a different approach would work better.  While Belinda and Neske were busy, Akiha would exit the ring, and make her way towards the steel walls.  If no one stopped her, she would then start to climb, intent on overshadowing everyone else in this match and steal the spotlight all for herself.

Neske was unpleasantly surprised by the angry look she got for helping, and she was also unpleasantly surprised that Akiha didn't immediately capitalize on it. What surprised her the most, though, unpleasantly or not, was what came next. At first, when Akiha started to scale the chamber, Neske had no idea what she was doing, but as soon as it hit her, she let go, backing away.

"H-hey, n-n-no hard feelings, right?" she stammered to Belinda with a worried look. There was a reasonable chance that the full nelson kept the blonde from seeing where Akiha had went, and if that were the case, Neske would just try to keep eye contact with her. "I-it was a random impulse… I-I wasn't going for you specifically, you know?"

Belinda soon felt Neske let go of her, something that confused the blond as she would turn around and look on at Neske, the redhead's words seemed rather odd to her, which made the blond tilt her head and narrow her eyes. " W-what ?" Belinda spoke out as she would shake her head. 

" You just locked me in a full Nelson, how did you not try and go for me ?" Belinda let out in confusion as she'd then try and turn to look over her shoulder, only to see Akiha wasn't in the corner anymore....the Swede would turn completely, only to finally see Akiha having climbed up, her eyes widening as she looked up at her rival and secret lover. "Oh...cooome ooon..." 

It seemed that Neske and Belinda were busy with each other, allowing Akiha to climb up until she was beside one of the tubes. She would then get on top of the tube just as Belinda had spotted her. The raven hair wrestler would now take a few seconds to simply lie down and catch her breath. This match had been a long and exhausting one, not to mention she had also taken some brutal double team attacks. So she was making sure to take a moment to rest whenever she could.

After taking a few seconds to rest, she would stand up on the tube, now taking a look to see where everyone was. Akiha was a high flyer but she had never jumped off anything as high as this before, not to mention that the area outside of the ring had no padding. If Belinda was close enough, Akiha would then take a second to prepare herself, overcoming her fears before jumping off the tube and trying to slam her body right into her arch rival. If she could eliminate the younger Northman, then this match would be as good as won.

It was too late for Belinda to stop it, as she looked up and saw Akiha come jumping towards her. Even if she could move out of the way, the fall would be far to nasty for Akiha....The blond felt Akiha's frame crash into hers as her eyes went wide....

It was only a matter of seconds and the blond fell onto her back, with Akiha's frame crashing on top. Bouncing a bit off of the canvas as the Swede let out a loud yelp of pain in the middle of the fall. " Auuuugh!" She cried out as she fell laid underneath Akiha with her limbs eagle spread and her head tilted to the side, groaning out loudly in pain.

Neske got a front row seat to the carnage, although, unlike those who paid huge amounts of money for actual front row seats, she wasn't all too pleased about it. She backpedaled until she was out of the line of fire, but only just: she could feel a few threads of Akiha's hair swipe past her face as she fell down! Startled by how close they came, Neske fell onto her own ass with a squeak. They were both ruined by that move… Neske herself wasn't doing so great, either, every part of her body felt like it'd fail on her at any second, but if those two were doing as bad as they looked… maybe she had more of a chance than she thought! A chance to make Hisui proud. If she could outlast even one of them… that'd be huge.

And as much as she hated to admit it, her chances would be all the better if Belinda was out of the way. Akiha was certainly still dangerous, but she had been fighting for a lot longer, and it was likely that stunt used everything she had left. As much as Neske wanted to take her down, to show that arrogant, condescending woman she wasn't just some pushover… she made it too far to choose her heart over her head. Every breath counted now, and she needed to fight with her brain.

So, crawling over to the two of them, she rolled Akiha off her rival and went for the pin on Belinda.

This was the reason why Akiha wrestled, to push herself to the limits and go toe to toe with a rival. The fact that she was now facing her arch rival Belinda made it all the better. She could now feel a sudden rush going through her entire body. A smirk would appear on her face as she went through the air from such a high spot.

A massive impact could then be heard as the Japanese wrestler landed on her Swedish counterpart. It seemed her plan had worked and she had taken out the Swedish wrestler. Now all she had to do was slightly move to get in a pinning position so that she could take out her arch rival.

Before Akiha could gather the strength to do so, she would suddenly be rolled off. Her eyes would widen, wondering who was doing this. She would then open her eyes and look to see Neske going for the pin. This would make her blood boil, how dare she attempt to steal the spotlight and all the hard work Akiha had done. Now furious the raven hair wrestler would now use her hatred to fuel herself and push her body beyond its limits. She would then attempt to get on her knees before bringing both hands together, trying to bring it down on Neske back, though she wasn't sure if she was going to make it on time, though she had to try.

"GAAAH!" For someone who just took a fall like that, Akiha could still hit pretty hard, and the full weight of her fury collapsed into Neske's shaking spine when a double axe handle slammed into her back, knocking her limp and breaking the pin. Her whole body seemed to rise and fall with each breath, and the canvas was getting a damp imprint of her whole body with the rate at which she was perspiring. That was about it, she was spent: no more last minute tricks, no more sudden reversals, she could barely breathe anymore she was so exhausted. She had fought and fought since the very beginning, against everyone and everything this crazy match had to throw at her, but it looked like she reached her limit. Honestly, she was pretty damn pleased with herself for holding out this long. All that was left was for Akiha to pin Belinda after that crazy stunt, and then finish her off, once again. Neske wasn't looking forward to that smug, smarmy stare, but there wasn't much she could do about it at this point.