SS 16 Thunder Round: Akiha Kosha Vs. Gabbie Desjardin Vs. Gwendolyn DuPont Bettencourt Vs. Belinda Northman

Preceded by: SS 16 Random Select Tag Battle!
Followed by: SS 16: A Word from the Entropy Title Holder

Akiha Kosha


Vs.

Gabbie Desjardin


Vs.

Gwendolyn DuPont Bettencourt


Vs.

Belinda Northman

Match Type: Over the Top Rope Fatal Fourway
Winning Condition: The last wrestler remaining in the ring will be declared the winner.
Special Conditions: A girl will be eliminated when she goes over the top ropes and both feet touch the outside. No Disqualifications. No Holds Barred.

Gabbie shut her eyes and let a soft breath reverberate through her lips as she felt the hands kneading her shoulders. Her sister had been with her while she waited for her cue and had been trying to keep her relaxed until it was time. She had been doing a good job so far. Nicole was an expert at giving massages. Her hands were quite talented and Gabbie was fine with that as long as she didn't think about what other things they did skillfully. It wasn't until she got the five minute cue that Nicole finally ruined the mood with her mouth.

"Look at you. My lil Gabbers finally getting her big break! Mamman et Papa will be so proud, eh!?"

Gabbie furrowed her brow. "It's a stupid match. I hope they aren't watching."

Nicole ignored Gabbie and leaned in, pinching at her cheek. "And playing with all of your friends too, eheh!" Nicole giggled. <I'm so happy you've settled in! I was afraid you might not get along with anyone!> Nicole added in French.

Gabbie wriggled away and turned around. She pulled her robe's hood over her took a deep breath. She WAS a little nervous, and Nicole helped even if she was being foolish. "They aren't my friends!" Gabbie spat. "They're my opponents. I don't think I even like any of them..."

"Eheh, and you didn't say you disliked them either!" Nicole leaned in and kissed Gabbie on the cheek. "Bon chance, ma sœur!"

"Thanks, Nikki."

When Gabbie's theme song hit, Gabbie walked up to the ramp and stopped . She stood looking at the crowd and listening to their cheers. The arena in Alaska was much smaller than the AFWDome but it felt much bigger to Gabbie. After inhaling, she marched down the ramp and walked up the stairs and into the ring. Shadowboxing her way to her corner, she took a spot where she could see the other three girls come in.

She was dressed in a white boxing robe. This time, the lettering was red and it said DESJARDIN in a semi circle across the top of her back and HIGURASHI in an opposite semicircle. She a black sports bra that said DOJO written across her chest with the O's replaced by red fists. She had black MMA shorts with red piping and a small H on her thigh also in red. Her gloves were still white with the Canadian flag on the top and the Union Jack across her palms. After stretching, she let her arms hang at her sides and waited for the arrival of the other three girls, interested in who might be next.

Akiha wrestling career had recently been going downhill as she had taken a bunch of losses in her previous set of matches. This was her chance to turn things around in her career and make it big in AFW. If she could win this perhaps she could use it as a jump off point to go for a belt, it would also make up for her loss in Avalanche.

She then began to think about all her opponents, she had faced each of them in the ring before, going one on one with all of them. First, there was Gabbie, the girl had some deadly kicks. Akiha had face her twice in her wrestling career. That being said, Gabbie did have a weakness, she wouldn't fight dirty and if doubled teamed, she could be taken down. Then there was Gwendolyn, a former Entropy champion. Gwendolyn was also a huge threat, she was a very skilled and intelligent wrestler but worse of all she was also willing to cheat to win and in a four-way match that could make all the difference. Last there was Belinda, Akiha arch rival, and secret lover. She had fought Belinda several times and each time the match was always close, going back and forth.

This was not going to be an easy match to win, as everyone here was a huge threat and could come out on top. That being said, Akiha had a plan, something to even up the odds in her favor. The audience wouldn't like it but then again she wasn't a fan favorite. Though if everything did good well in the end there was a chance the audience would cheer for her.

After taking a moment to stretch and check her outfit, the Japanese wrestler would make her way towards the staging area. She could hear Gabbie music playing at the moment and would wait for it to die down. A moment or two would pass before there was silence and then the Japanese wrestler music would start playing. She would now make her way down the ramp as the audience booed her. The raven hair wrestler would not pay any attention to them, instead focusing on Gabbie who was already in the ring.

The Japanese wrestler would quickly slide into the ring, keeping her eye on the Canadian as she then went to a corner next to Gabbie, so that she could also see everyone coming in. Now the question remained, who would be next, Belinda or Gwendolyn.

While things hadn't been going bad for Belinda as of late her incredible momentum of the fall and winter season of last year had been dying down a great deal, she had been in a slew of matches and they had all been fairly rocky if she was honest, nothing that overtly stood out as any great achievement or showing on her part.

A part of Belinda kinda had wished that Cecilia could have been here and give her some encouraging words or something...it had been a great help before her Avalanche match, it did feel pretty good to the young blond though to be able to stand on the same kind of big stage and great events like her sister. Still...she was more than a little nervous, while she wasn't too familiar with Gwendolyn other than the matches she had watched of the wrestler...she could honestly say that she was a threat just by watching those videos..and she was also a former champion so that gave her more than just a little merit. Then there was Gabbie, whom Belinda had to admit she was quite impressed with, the only upside was that Gabbie was a lot like her in that she wouldn't cheat and only fight fair. Akiha was probably the person that made Belinda the most worried about in this match, if she knew her rival and lover then...after that defeat at Avalanche and the what had come after...Akiha would probably be working extra hard tonight to try and prove herself.

Dressed in her tight blue wrestling shorts and tight fitting blue top, lined with silver. Matching boots and wrist sleeves, the blond cutie looked herself over one last time in the mirror, taking a few deep breaths to clear her mind. She nodded to herself as she got focused. She had to do good tonight, especially if she wanted to keep rising up in AFW. She was supposed to make a name for herself after all, to be a rising star. It was now or never, that was the only mentality that would keep her at 100% or more in this match.

Belinda soon stepped out of the locker room...to her surprise right outside leaning against the wall stood her sister. Belinda's hear filled up with warmth as she looked on at her, with her sister giving her a smile and a nod before that arm of hers was raised. Belinda moved up and would give it a hard slap, high-fiving her sister as she'd start to run off towards the Gorilla position, not even looking back as her sister didn't need to say anything, as long as she was there for her and supporter her, this was more than enough.

When she reached the gorilla position she'd bounce on her toes, waiting for her music to start to play out of the speakers. Soon enough it began to blast out and with it Belinda jumped out onto the ramp, she moved down the ramp shifting from side to side to give all the good people in the crowd that she could reach a few high-fives as well. The crowd gave her as usual a fairly warm reception with a whole lot of cheers. When she reached the ring Belinda would jump up into it and move towards the center, eying both Gabbie and Akiha before she'd turn and head towards the corner opposite of Akiha's. She'd jump up onto the middle ropes and reach out towards the air as far up as she could, another wave of cheers hitting her as she'd then turn and drop down into her corner, eyes glancing back and forth between Belinda and Gabbie as they awaited Gwendolyn's entrance.

Losing her cherished Entropy title last year to the double teaming "heroics" of Alaina Sanders and Julia Rogers was the definitive low-point of Gwendolyns's illustrious wrestling career. It led to her wallowing in despair before the timely intervention of her beloved Ms. Engineer coaxed her into uplifting her spirits and attempt to reemerge as the pinnacle of wrestling perfection she envisions herself as. And ever since her return address since losing her title belt, she had spent the last six months making good on her pompous word by emerging victorious in every single match since then. From former hardcore champions to fellow aristocrats, the heiress had thwarted adversaries from all walks of life, and was now one win away from culminating her illustrious win steak and return to form with the perfect culminating event...

With their being only one competitor left out of the four of them, the deafening boos started filling the expansive halls of the Alaskan stadium before her grandiloquent theme would even begin blaring through the speakers. Though once it did, the stadium would be bathed in a palette of blue and white from the internal lighting. Her fastidious entourage had already rolled out a red carpet leading down the expansive ramp beforehand, and the Imperial Rose would make her entrance to the palpable disdain of the vast majority of the crowd.

Adorned in her frilly blue and white outfit that clung tightly to her curvaceous frame, Gwendolyn's lavish golden curls bounced with each poised step down the ramp, her queenly cadence exemplified with her pompous smirk and her royal blue cape flowing behind her. The cursive "P" of her Primol logo was emblazoned upon it in gold lettering as her toned legs carried her down the carpeted ramp. Throughout her regal stride she never acknowledged the jeering masses as if they were beneath her and unworthy of one iota of her attention, which clearly they were. Throngs of fans were clearly displeased with Gwen's successful tournament run, the majority of them at this point were dying for anyone to put a halt to her winning steak and put the highborn aristocrat in her place once more before they would have to suffer through another one of her bloviating speeches...

Before sauntering into the ring, two accompanying entourage members would unhook her cloak and remain at ringside while she stepped up the ramps and through the ropes. Gwen pressed her back against the only remaining corner with her legs crossed and arms extended across the ropes behind her, the heiress casually tapping her fingers against them while she scanned the ring with a knowing smirk. She rehearsed her plans of attack for each competitor, though with Belinda, Gwen was at somewhat of a loss having never met...or knew she even existed until recently. Her sister's exploits were far more substantial, but being the winner of the last tournament meant that she was not to be underestimated for now. Gwen narrowed her eyes at the younger Northman for potentially being the X-Factor in her plans before returning her hazel eyed gaze to Gabbie who was in the opposite corner across from her. She raised her hand to twiddle her fingers at the MMA fighter with a wholesome smile in a coy greeting towards the recently defeated Dojo lackey...

Gabbie watched each new entrant from behind the hood of her robe in stone faced silence. Her bright blue eyes focused on Akiha, carefully appraising the girl and considering how things might go with her. She did the same with Belinda and Gwendolyn as well, but she focused more on Gwendolyn, narrowing her eyes as the haughty blonde heiress coyly waved at her.

Gabbie didn't flinch and after a few long seconds, slipped her robe off, folded it up and handed it to the referee. She then began to bounce on her heels and limbered up, ready for the belle to ring. Unlike the cage she had been in, the ropes weren't exactly a good place to be near. If she was spilled over the top, she lost.

When the bell finally rang, she looked between the other three girls. Now it was a standoff and someone needed to make the first move. Gabbie hated stopping. She was a girl who liked to move forward and didn't like waiting for other people. The terms of the match didn't favor her and with Gwendolyn and Akiha ready, willing and able to cheat, that really made it even harder. Deciding someone had to make a move, Gabbie bent her knees and charged at Gwendolyn, running through the crossfire.

Hopefully she wouldn't get cut down. She was pretty sure that Gwendolyn might be expecting a kick but if she messed it up, she'd be put in real danger. When she leaped, a few feet from where Gwendolyn was positioned, she dove forward and extended her palms. A tackle might not be a good idea either, but, hopefully, shoving Gwendolyn as hard as she could into the corner turnbuckles might stall any offense or, at least, throw her off whatever game plan she concocted.

The raven hair wrestler rested on the turnbuckle as she then waited for the other opponents to enter. A familiar theme would play, Akiha would recognize it anywhere, it was her arch rival and lover theme song. She then saw Belinda making her way down, the crowd really loved her and see seemed to be the fan favorite to win the match. The Japanese wrestler would keep her eye on her as she entered the ring. It seemed that Belinda had gone to the corner that was opposite to Akiha and now the two were face to face.

Once Belinda got to her corner and her theme song ended, another theme would start to play. And with her theme came all the boos. If Belinda was the one who the audience wanted to win this match most, then Gwendolyn was the one that the audience wanted to have first eliminated. Akiha would then raise an eyebrow as she saw the red carpet literally being rolled out. It seemed two other members were following her, as usually the blond aristocrat had brought along some help. Gwen little minions would help her into the ring. With that, the blond wrestler would enter her corner and now everyone was set.

The bell would soon ring and Akiha would take a few steps forward. She would take a moment to scan everyone. The raven hair wrestler was then about to bark orders before suddenly Gabbie charged forward and made her way towards Gwendolyn. Well, Akiha was going to tell the blond aristocrat to deal with her so it worked out for her. Now she could have Belinda all for herself. “Ready to go another round with me?” ask Akiha as she gave a smirk towards Belinda before moving forward. Usually, she would start off with her classic opener, spinning heel kick but her arch rival was probably expecting it. Instead, she would rush forward before getting close and trying to jump in the air. If successful she would bring her knee up and attempt to hit Belinda right in the face with her knee.

The clanging of the bell signaled the commencement of the match, but with all four competitors huddled into their corners, there was already a brief stalemate. The nature of the match meant that leaving yourself open to reprisal was a primary concern, especially if you should you turn our back on the wrong person. The quartet exchanging glances between them all with apparently nobody willing to break the ice for fear of making the wrong opening move, until Gabbie's fiery indignation compelled her to come charging straight towards the illustrious heiress.

Provoking Gabbie into making the first move came easier than she anticipated, though it shouldn't be truly shocking considering the lingering animosity the Dojo lackey must still be harboring towards Gwen. The heiress came into this match intending to stoke those fires to hopefully get Gabbie into making an impetuous decision. And after having apparently succeeded, she was certainly willing to oblige Gabbie if she sought to experience the same humbling defeat once more~...

Striding forward at a quickened pace to compensate for Gabbie's sprinting charge, Gwen intended to meet her MMA adversary halfway there with a slouched stance and her arms extended in front of her. Having recently been on the receiving end of a multitude of the Dojo lackey's gut busting kicks, Gwen's attention was diverted downward in the hopes of blocking and/or dodging whatever type of strike Gabbie had in mind. So the heiress was caught completely unawares by the emphatic shove that sent her stumbling backward in wide-eyed shock, very nearly tripping over her own faltering feet before collapsing back into her own corner. Gwen now clasping the top ropes and momentarily put off her game from Gabbie changing up her tactics.

When Gwendolyn made her way down towards the ring Belinda couldn't really say that she hadn't expected that amount of boos from the crowd, it was almost a stark opposite of what Belinda's reaction from the crowd had been and it made her feel a bit weird about it. Though not as weird as she usually felt when people booed at Akiha, far from that. Still it couldn't ever be fun to have the crowd just outright hate you, at least that was what Belinda thought.

When all of the girl's were in the ring and practically facing off against their rivals at the moment, with Gabbie facing Gwendolyn and Akiha facing the young Swede, Belinda had to take another deep breath. She could do this, she could take the three down right ? She had to believe in herself if she wanted to get anywhere in this match.

Before she knew it the bell had rung and with it Belinda was snapped out of her nervosity and into the mindset of a fighter. Gabbie quickly sped by her vision towards Gwendolyn but beyond that Belinda's focus was not allowed to follow the spectacle that would unfold with the first strike. Instead Belinda instead got to see Akiha come up towards her, whom Belinda would attempt to meet halfway. Though she wanted to answer Akiha it seemed as if she wasn't given any time by her rival, as the raven haired girl came running in and to her surprise jumped up at the last minute only to drive her knee right up into Belinda's cheek. " Nngh!" Belinda groaned out as she was forced to fall backwards down onto her rear, only catching herself upright with her hands against the mat.

Akiha charged forward, intent on taking the lead and wanted to eliminate Belinda herself.  She would jump in and hit her rival with a brutal knee to her cheek.  The Japanese wrestler would land on the ground as she then saw her lover fall to her rear.  She had now struck the first blow and gained the advantage, this was a good way to start the match.  Now all she had to do was build on this momentum and just send her rival over the top ropes.

Not wasting any time, Akiha would quickly get back on her feet before once again charging towards Belinda.  Just like before she would jump in the air before attempting to kick the Lighting Tournament winner with a drop kick in hopes of keeping her down.  If she could keep Belinda down for a while, then perhaps she could pull out her trump card and quickly eliminate her to turn this match from a fatal four way to a three-way match.  

Though a bit of her was hoping Belinda would fight back and make it a tough battle.  In fact, she sort of wanted Gabbie and Gwendolyn to be eliminated so just she and Belinda could fight it out.