Rainbow Mika vs Katherine Hart

Kat was able to find an angle to kick her opponent and dissuade Mika from maintaining the hold! The feline wrestler held the small of her back after finally being let go. She'd be feeling the effects of that Rainbow Muffler for a little while after the match, but she told herself that she needed to press on!

"Not....over....must win-Urgh!" Kat's pep talk to herself would soon be interrupted by Mika's boot coming down hard on her back! Hart had just fought her way to all fours, but would be knocked down to a supine position yet again, by Mika's stomp! She laid there, momentarily. And tried to think of a way to will herself back into this. Despite how grim things looked for her at this point, Kat would look up at Mika with eyes that flashed with determination and spirit! She still had every intention of fighting this bout to the end and trying to best the Rainbow Warrior!

Even after receiving that hard stomp to the back, Kat stilled looked determined to win this. Mika couldn't help but admire this about her opponent, even as she resolved to put her down and win this match.

Reaching down to grab Kat by her mask's ears, Mika grabbed her by the arm and whipped her across the ring. The moment she bounced back, Mika would pretend to go for a clothesline...only to do a cartwheel at the last moment, aiming instead to latch her legs around Kat's head in midair and flip her hard to the mat!

The Super Kitty and The Rainbow Warrior had both seemed worse for wear by this point. But neither lady was keen on letting the other walk away the victor. Neither masked wrestler seemed to have a reverse gear and the match's intensity would only continue to rise as they fought on. Even the crowd was struggling to match the resolve and spirit being displayed in the ring with their incessant cheering.

As she laid on the floor and tried to find her second wind, Kat would soon find Mika was pulling her up by part of her mask. She could only go along with it at this point. The American wrestler would be flung towards the ropes with considerable force! During her return, she'd see Mika throw a feint in the form of an attempted Clothesline. Whether it was through becoming familiar with Mika by this point in the match, or instinct telling her, Kat was able to call this bluff. She continued running head on towards her foe's real attack! Mika would display her famous athleticism by cartwheeling towards Hart and grabbing hold her head with those strong, voluptuous legs of hers using them to send Kat flipping towards the mat! But Katherine was no slouch, even at this point in the match up, she was able to find an answer! The purple clad wrestler would break her fall by placing her arms down and catching herself before doing a cartwheel of her own!

Katherine would find her way to her feet after the cartwheel and look for her opponent. She'd keep eyes on Mika and wait for her fellow blonde to find her way to her feet before dashing at her yet again and turning just a step before meeting her to attempt a Spinning Heel Kick!

"HRAAAH!"

Speed. That was one of Mika's great strengths in the ring: a lot of people liked to think otherwise because of how her...well...assets added to her body weight, but Mika's tactics relied a lot on being fast and hard hitting. This was why she was moving faster than she hoped Kat could keep up with, spinning past her guard to latch her powerful legs around her head and flip her hard to the mat!

The motion caused Mika to drop down to her hands and knees. Hearing a crash behind her, Mika rolled back to her feet-- just in time to see Kat, still on her feet, lunging at her with a kick! Alarmed, Mika tried too late to block it, and felt the heel of Kat's boot slam across her cheek! "UGH!" she grunted, the blow spinning her sideways as she was momentarily taken by surprise...

After finding a way to avoid being driven into the mat yet again by the previous maneuver, Katherine was able to recover and attempt a move of her own! By sticking to her own strengths, her innate talent for technical wrestling and her experience, Hart was able to eventually find openings to capitalize on. And this time around, those talent would allow her to succeed in nailing her foe with a swift spinning kick! Noticing that the kick spun and dazed the Rainbow Warrior, the purple clad wrestler attempted a follow up of her own!

She panted and grunted, still showing obvious signs of fatigue from the intensity of this match, as she got herself into position. Kat would use her hands to try to stop Mika's spin when the curvaceous beauty faced away. She'd spread her feet and place a hand on Mika's thigh before tucking her head beneath her foe's arm. Katherine would then attempt to lift her fellow blonde for what seemed like a Back Suplex. She'd then spin the her opponent in midair to complete the move she was going for: The Blue Thunder Bomb! If her move was successful, it would ensue in a Sitout Pin, prompting the referee to count!

Colours darted across Mika's vision, and she blinked furiously, trying to clear out the cobwebs and re-orient herself. Clutching her head, she planted her boots in the mat and shook her head, forcing the world to stop spinning, and turned to face Kat, knowing that her foe was probably up to something.

Except Kat was already behind her. Mika yelped as her thigh was grabbed, and the next thing she knew she was lifted up. Seeing what looked like a suplex coming up, Mika braced herself...but instead, she was spun around in the air like a helicopter, draped helplessly across Kat's shoulders! She cried out, feeling the horrible dizziness return as she was ragdolled in the air like so much dead weight.

And then, finally, she came crashing down with a tremendous thud that shook the ring. Pain shot through her back, and she almost blacked out as she was sprawled on her back. With her legs rolled up in a sitout pin, Mika was helpless as the ref girl began the countdown.

"ONE..."

Kat was able to capitalize after stunning Mika for just a brief moment! It wasn't her finisher, but she instinctively reached into her vast arsenal and pulled off a Blue Thunder Bomb! The Super Kitty attempted to vanquish the Rainbow Warrior by driving her into the mat back-first! After she heard the first count, the audience began to roar with excitement and Katherine began to nod enthusiastic.

"This is it!" She called out right as the ref's hand slapped the mat the first time. In her mind, she was already recounting their bout. It was already perhaps the best one she had fought here at AFW. But whether or not it would continue would come down to this short, 3 count contest between Mika resiliency and Katherine's execution on her last move. If Mika kicked out, Kat would fall to her side with her eyes wide open in shock at her opponent's resolve. But for now, in the thick of the moment, crowd would continue the count along with the referee!

"TWO!!!" "TWO!"

Mika was in a world of pain right now. Her back was nothing but pins and needles after being dumped hard on the mat like that, and try as she might, she couldn't will herself to move. Rolled up like this, she could hear her fans screaming for her to move, hear the ref girl making the countdown...she could even swear she could hear Kat's hearbeat, this up close to her feline foe.

She wasn't sure how, but from out of nowhere, a burst of energy came surging forth. It wasn't much, but it was enough for her to kick her leg out, breaking the pin just as the ref's hand came down for the three count. Her fans cheered on as Mika kicked out, though Mika herself could do little more than sprawl on her side, breathing hard and trying to muster the strength to move further.

Both the crowd and Kat were invested in the ongoing pin. The atmosphere became electric as The Super Kitty homed in on victory. She came just a mere fraction of a second away from picking up perhaps the single biggest win of her run at AFW before  somehow, some way, through sheer determination and grit, The Rainbow Warrior hung on and kicked out! As the masked wrestler laid on her side after kicking out, the crowd would erupt with cheers after seeing Mika kick out at practically 2.99.

"I...incredible..."" Katherine uttered in a slow and stunned tone. She stared at a downed Mika with wide eyes and dilated pupils. Hart took a moment to take in what just happened, before she began to slowly work her way up to one knee, and then to her feet. She showed clear signs of wear, breathing heavily and stumbling a little before finally making it to a vertical base. "I...I'll use my...best move!" She said with confidence before bending down and wrapping her arms around Rainbow Mika's head. She would attempt to force her opponent up to her feet as well before reaching for Mika's wrists and trying to cross them.

Kat would attempt to get behind her foe and set up for her finisher! She would try to pull down on Mika's wrist and force her to bend down before taking a knee and tucking her head between Mika's thighs. Katherine would attempt to lift her fellow blonde onto her shoulders. If successful, the purple clad wrestler would let out a battle roar before attempting to hit the Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex! A move that would ensue in a pin!

Mika was breathing hard now after narrowly managing to kick out. Katherine had almost had her there. Turning onto her side and sacking in air, Mika raised an arm, weakly pawing at the mat to try to push herself upright, not knowing that Katherine was slowly getting upright as well.

As she finally got to one knee, she felt her wrists being grabbed by Katherine. She felt her wrists being folded, before Katherine put her head between her legs and lifted.

Mika instinctively knew what was coming next, and would try the only counter she could. As Katherine attempted the suplex, Mika would try to counter-spin, hoping to flip Katherine head over heels and crash her hard onto her back, hoping to catch her in a wrap up pin!