Mad Mud Match Reunion - Candy Cane Vs. Fujiko Hinomoto

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Mad Mud Match
Location: Beach location with a mud pit surrounded by a rocky area closed off by a wooden barricade. Two large wooden platforms opposite of each other in two of the ring corner stands as places for the wrestlers to jump off from.
Victory Condition: Pinfall, Submission or Knock-out.

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The weather wasn't as blazing hot as in the summer but it was a fair temperature here on the beach side...it could be warmer but it was warm enough for to go down to the beach and perhaps wrestle it out with someone in some mud. At least that was how Fujiko though it would be, she couldn't say that it was all to strange that now that she was a newcomer here in AFW that she would be paired up against more and more Rumble Roses veterans from the the good old days. Hell Fujiko wasn't so surprised since she had basically come her because there were so many of them. It felt like a good reunion ? Well...maybe not, but still a familiar feeling to step into the ring against people like her lovely younger sister and of course the rebellious Candy Cane whom were to be here opponent for tonight.

Fujiko had never had any problem with Candy Cane and the younger woman was quite a decent wrestler so she couldn't help but wonder how much she had grown. Still it wasn't as if they were on good terms or friendly in any specific manner...though the Noble Rose had a sense of respect for the punk girl. Already dressed in her tight and rather revealing bikini the violet haired Rose moved her way out towards the mud pit, stepping over the barricade and walked up towards it. They had done a rather good job at recreating the old mud wrestling place from the Rumble Roses era and Fujiko had to admit that she was rather impressed, it felt just like home...which for better or worse was probably not that great for her...well she had buried the darker memories since long ago...so it shouldn't be a problem.

The beautiful Hinomoto elder stretched out as she stepped into the mud pit, the cooling mud being something that caused a slight shiver up her spine but she adjusted to it fairly quickly as she started to make her way towards the center of the pit. The crowd around them were quite a few that stood there cheering and shouting for the Rumble Rose who had joined AFW and it seemed as if they were enjoying the treat that was on for them today. Fujiko would wave towards them a little before settling her hands down and folding them underneath her generous bust. " Now then..." All that was left was to wait for Candy Cane and they could get this reunion match started.

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This was Candy's big first slap in the face to all the assholes that were saying she'd gone soft? Splashing around in the mud!?

Yeah, she got it. This was her first big match back in wrestling. A ton of AFW's fans were old Rumble Roses fans, and there were people who would be thrilled as hell to see another beach mud wrestling match like the ones that had been put on all the time back in the old promotion. And yeah, Candy had been in a bunch of those matches. Kicked a bunch of asses in them, too. But to her, those matches were lightweight, meant more for showing off than for giving a girl a chance to really beat on some sad sap. What was Candy gonna prove now that she was back if she had to roll around in the mud with someone, especially someone from the old days like that Rose chick? Answer: nothing. Hell, the "critics" would probably say this was just more proof she was soft!

Her frustration stuck with her as she emerged from behind the makeshift stands that had been set up out here on the beach, wearing a sour expression, balled fists at her sides, and an old bikini that she was not about to acknowledge was tighter than it used to be.

Once she stepped out into the arena that AFW had crafted for this match and heard the crowd erupt, though, she stopped, staring around at all of them with her frown slowly fading.

She loved that sound. It was hard to be pissed off when that many people were that pumped.

Ticked at herself for her inability to stay ticked, the redhead blew air roughly through her lips and strutted on towards the mud pit that formed the ring, much more pep in her step. She couldn't help but flash some rock horns and stick her tongue out (trying to seem as annoyed as she could, of course) at the nearest set of fans as she passed by, some wearing her band's shirts and a few others, her old shirts that the old promotion sold. Damn, these Roses fans were dedicated. Hell yes.

She took in the ring, too. No way was she gonna tell the people who had booked this match that they made the place look like a pretty good copy of the old beach side ring back in Rumble Roses...but it was a pretty good copy. And already down in the mud was that old face from the dead company, too. One of the Hinomoto sisters. Candy didn't really know her beyond their fights back in the day, but Candy had made it her business not to waste too much time with the other women in Rumble Roses unless she had to. Proving things didn't mean she had to make friends. And she hadn't had to know much about this one, aside from knowing how to beat her. That was the important thing, all the other things she had heard about the chick be damned. But...she didn't hate her. And well...good that she'd come back to wrestling? Sure, whatever.

Candy took one more long second to stare out at the screaming crowd, expression somewhere between exhilarated and about to bite a nail in half, before she swung her leg through the ropes and stepped inside, to the edge of the mud pit. However much she loved hearing a crowd, she wasn't here to play around. Besides, they'd scream louder once she won.

She had never been big on mud - it wasn't exactly punk rock - but she wasn't gonna stand here looking tentative. After stretching her toes over the edge of the pit, she dropped down into it, her calves disappearing into the muck and sending a spray across her thighs with the graceless entry. The cool on her legs compared to the warm air shocked her enough that she grunted in response, but she recovered quickly, getting her feet beneath her and making labored steps towards the waiting Rose.

"Ya ready to get dunked in this mess, F? Better be", Candy "greeted," as she approached. She stuck up her index finger. "I'm here for one reason, and that's winning. This ain't no reunion tour."

Fujiko was soon enough greeted with the entrance of the redheaded punk rocker, whom at first glance didn't look all too happy being her though keeping her eyes on the girl as she made her way down it wasn't too hard to see that wavering that was going on, It was understandable though....this was perhaps not the greatest way for someone to get back into the ring...Fujiko had at least had a somewhat interesting and tough start all though it was rocky she had no fear of people thinking that she had gone soft in the slightest.

Though there was of course the worries that people had always differed, Fujiko's worries were mostly buried at the moment as all she was looking for now was to have a match against a girl she had faced off against a few times before. She knew that she had to be rather focused on the match and her opponent as she would surely be in for a hell of a fight if she remembered Candy Cane right. Though she was prepared as she would watch the redhead as she moved into the mud put and started to get up towards the center.

Fujiko couldn't help but notice how much the fans were screaming for the both of them and seemed to be rather hyped for the match...it was something that also put a smile on the face of the Thorn of Justice...but that would have to wait. Now it was time to take on Candy Cane and for that she needed her focus. Watching the girl's greeting and antics was such a familiar scene. She had to stifle a like chuckle from herself...."Ah, crude as ever aren't we Candy." Fujiko let out, of course she knew her real name but much like she in the past had chosen to wear a persona of Noble Rose she figured that Candy Cane still preferred to be called by her persona if not then Miss Welsh would probably correct her. " I'm afraid that getting dunked isn't on my agenda tonight. I came here to make a nice fresh start...that means I will have to go through you however. So you best prepare yourself for this Rose has plenty of thorns and you might end up getting stung."

Fujiko spoke out as she'd start to drop down into her wrestling stance, the match would be underway any moment and She was planning to not get caught off guard against her redheaded opponent.

Candy's eyebrows knit at Hinomoto's snide remark, her hands making their way to her hips as she stared up at the taller woman. Crude wasn't the word she was looking for, but whatever. If crude won her this match, that was all she cared about. And apparently, all the Rose cared about was coming up with fancy lines that Candy could have sworn she had used before. Maybe it just sounded like everything else these dramatic people spouted out back in the day. The redheaded rocker rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I never heard that load before... Pretty words ain't gonna make any difference."

Nothing but sticking Hinomoto's face in the mud while she pinned her was gonna make any difference, and Candy was glad that the fancy pants at ringside were getting ready to ring the bell for them. The redhead sloshed back a few feet, momentarily getting annoyed at the mud again, and set determined eyes on her opponent across the ring from her, just raring to hear the bell. After spending so much time in front of crowds, as much as she loved the screaming, she almost had it tuned out like it wasn't even there.

It was there, though, nearly loud enough to drown out the ring of the bell that started the match. Candy heard it though... and she was not wasting any time at all. As quickly as she could in the muck, she darted forward, her ever-offensive self, and sent mud flying at her opponent with a rounded kick towards the side of her knee, growling in aggression with the force she put behind it. The faster this old Rose went down, the better.

It didn't seem as if Candy cane was going to be fazed by the words of the Noble Rose. Instead it seemed that the girl kept up the attitude that she had gotten so used to from the redhead from the old days. Perhaps it was a bit nice that she hadn't overtly changed though she was still as crude as ever...though that wasn't exactly a deal breaker for Fujiko, she had a fair bit of patience and she could deal with whatever was thrown at her. At least so she thought at the very least.

There wasn't a lot of time left of this pre-match banter between the two and Fujiko decided to seal it off with a final set of words before the match started. " Words won't make a difference that much is true. May the best woman win." Fujiko spoke out as she'd ready herself for the match...there was stillness between the two as the wait for the bell was upon them. The entire crowd around them have drowned out as both ladies seemed wholly focused on the opponent a head of them...DING!

The bell sounded and even through the sound of the crowd that drowned out all other noise...to veterans such as these two that was nothing! The bell ringing even if it was so fair and drowned out it could barley register...veteran such as these would never miss that. As soon as the bell rung Candy moved forward towards her, Fujiko had just enough time to brace her as that powerful kick snapped into her leg. Almost causing the violet haired woman to buckle. " Nngh.." she groaned out as she tried to keep herself upright...there was only one thing she could do at this moment. With not the best footing established throwing any punch would be foolish so instead Fujiko opted to quickly try and throw herself towards Candy Cane, attempting to grab at the redhead to try and pull or tackle her down into the mud.

"Yeah, and that's me," came Candy's last expression of defiance, not even loud enough that Hinomoto could hear it, as she stepped back from the bigger woman. Best woman. Toughest. Biggest badass. Candy was going to make sure the people who talked about her on their precious little blogs and shows and behind her back got that message loud and clear, and if she couldn't drag them into the ring, she would take out whoever she did get to wrestle.

The bell's ringing sent Candy right into action, and her mud-soaked lower leg connected with Hinomoto's with a smack that satisfied her. She didn't bother to see how the Rose reacted - she instead brought her foot back just to whip it towards the other woman yet again, but she had only started to sweep her foot up again that Hinomoto, not that far away to begin with, closed the short distance, making Candy brace but still lose her balance as the taller wrestler collided with and embraced her. "Nu-"

Candy stopped her exclamation in favor of practically growling as she tried to wrap her own arms around Hinomoto and push her over and away as they fell towards the mud, but she made little progress before her butt and her back broke the surface of the mud and then hit the makeshift mat below. "Guh!", she called out, stunned but catching on her elbow just in time to avoid her head sinking under the mud. But that didn't help the whole half of her body already covered in the crap.

There was no need to talk anymore for either of them as they were now about to embark on the ever pleasant journey known as a mud match! Where they'd be dirtied and beaten up by each other in whatever ways that the other could think of doing, they were going to fight it out until one of the famous veteran Roses couldn't keep going and was down for the count and in truth Fujiko wouldn't have it any other way. She was looking to take Candy down here and work to cement herself here in AFW as a main stay just like she had done in Rumble Roses. Candy Cane while a woman that Fujiko had respect for the Noble Rose was planning to use her as just another step on a ladder to climb upwards....of course not in any disrespectful way, as any wrestler willing to step into the ring was worthy of praise. In Fujiko's eyes Becky Welsh was one of those people whom deserved a lot of respect as well even among other wrestlers. Just like how the Noble Rose felt about many of her Rumble Roses compatriots of the past.

The kick of Candy was a painful one no question about it and it had splattered up a fair bit of mu along Fujiko's body, with it the Rose had down whatever she could to take down the other Rose and it wasn't as if she had many options, a simple tackle was all she had in her after taking that kick, at least if she didn't want to take a second kick from the swift punk rocker.

Candy Cane and Noble Rose were pulled down into the mud, or rather Fujiko pushed Candy cane down into the mud, landing mostly on top of Candy Cane in a sort of half-mount type of position. The violet haired woman would waste no time though. Her arms would move up as she'd try and take a hold of Candy's head as she noticed the redhead using one of her arms to prop herself up, it felt like the head would be somewhat vulnerable at this moment. Attempting to grab it and pull it in under her right armpit to wrap her head around it, going for a frontal face lock as the Noble rose would then try and reach down for Candy's propped up arm with her free arm to try and grab that arm and pull it up behind Candy's back in a type of hammerlock. Trying to get some early mat control going...or perhaps mud control was a better word, as Fujiko's thighs were practically covered in the stuff now and she was soon probably covered in even more if it.

"Ugh...", came Candy's protest to the feeling of the mud on one side of her nearly up to the top of her stomach, as the grimy mess slipped off of her. After she got over the initial shock of landing on her back, she wanted to push up out of the slop in frustration, but the leg she lifted to that end rubbed against slick skin - Hinomoto's own leg. And before Candy could growl anything about the Rose getting off of her, she felt an arm grab her head and yank it forward, not far enough for it to be painful...

At least until Hinomoto locked Candy's head under her armpit and started using her strong arm to pull it away from the shoulders. Candy groaned in complaint and wanted to sling her arms out in protest, but she didn't even get that luxury, as she felt Hinomoto's hand grab the arm that had been covered in mud, yanking it somewhere behind Candy. "Nugh! Uggggh...", the redhead complained, forced to stare down Hinomoto's side towards the mud below, pigtails dangling, as the larger woman held her securely there and made it difficult to move everything else, too, with the hold on her arm. The feeling of being stuck in place against her will quickly got on the fiery rock singer's nerves faster than the pain in her upper back and arm was getting to her, and she took to pushing her free hand against Hinomoto's bare stomach in an unrefined and decidedly worthless attempt to push her away. "Come ooon..."

Fujiko went in on top of Candy Cane and there was that sense of closeness as usual in any wrestling match as she felt the leg of Candy Cane brush up against hers, smudging hers in a bit more of the muddy substance which they were wrestling in. The violet haired woman's assault had started in retaliation to that kick she had taken and it was looking as if she was going to get off to a fairly decent start in return for taking that kick..which still had left a stinging feeling in her knee.

Fujiko clamped down on that head and grab a firm hold of Candy's dominant arm as she locked in her hold which seemed to cause Candy Cane some problems. With Becky's shoulders pressing against Fujiko's large chest and the violet haired Hinomoto leaning forward a bit over Candy...the Noble Rose would soon try and place her feet down against the mat below the mud and try to rise herself upwards to her feet and drag Candy Cane with her, trying to keep a hold of the girl through her feel struggles and keep the two holds locked in.

She had a plan to perhaps start things off with a splash! If the arm which held onto Candy cane's arm would try and pull that arm towards Fujiko's head and attempt to loop it over her own neck, before she'd use that hand to reach down for the waist line of Becky's blue swimsuit bottoms. With a yank upwards she'd try and quickly snap Candy Cane upwards in the air and throw her backwards, there was no holding Candy Cane up in the air and no stalling as Fujiko wasn't so sure about her footing for that. She just wanted to try and hit a swift Vertical suplex and create a large splash should she be able to pull it off.

Candy was no idiot, damn it, and she knew that her pushing against Hinomoto's stomach was nothing but a worthless waste of time. Still, her seat in the mud and her head's position relative to her legs had her disoriented and short on ideas to how to slip away, and even if the pain wasn't excruciating, she hated feeling like the other woman had her where she wanted her. Her continued gripes expressed such a thing, and she started trying to reel her legs in out from under Fujiko.

Fortunately, Hinomoto got her big ass off of Candy first, freeing her to pull her legs in and regain the use of them. With the relief, she only kicked them under the mud for a moment, before feeling her head being pulled up from the shoulders even more, urging her to stand up. She was not going to fight back against that...she wanted to get up, and was glad to feel her feet under her again.

She was not glad that she felt Fujiko's hand slip into her bikini bottoms. For a second, she didn't know what the other woman was trying to pull, but she had not been away from wrestling long enough that she had no instincts anymore. Ohhh she knew what Hinomoto had in mind, and it was not gonna happen.

"Nope!", she spouted out, into the Asian woman's side, as she stopped the motion by hooking one of her legs around behind Fujiko's just as the other woman was just about to lift her off her feet and squeezed Fujiko's lower thigh between her own thigh and calf to put an end to any chances her opponent had to lift her up. The brief pause that afforded gave Candy just enough time to come up with an escape plan from the front facelock - she roughly flung the hand up that had been on Fujiko's midsection, the fist meant for Fujiko's chin.