AV 16 Hardcore Title cage match: Adrian Kytes (c) vs. Silver Ace

With Ace down, and Adrian scrambling on top of her for a pin, the crowd watched, screaming various things, wanting Ace to get up, to kick out, to do anything, as the referee came down and slapped at the mat.

"ONE!"

Ace groaned, her eyes fluttering as she lay on the mat, legs hooked, hearing the concerned yells of her fans as the ref slapped the mat again.

"TWO!"

She raised her hand, going to bring it down one last time...when, with a yell, Ace kicked both legs out, breaking the pin, the entire audience letting out a relieved sigh!

Two. Her semi-least favourite number in all of maths: One too high to be used in binary, one too low to get a victory. She wasn't expecting to win so quickly but the fact she got two near falls so close together made it frustrating when Ace kicked out again, much to the relief of the Canadian's home crowd. "Alright, break's over, back to work." The champ said out loud as she pushed herself up to her knees and reached out to grab Silver Ace by the hair, looking to get the two fighters back on their feet.

While Ace had managed to kick out at least, being able to get a burst of energy to kick out was not the same as being fully recovered from a superkick to the face, even one that wasn't at full power.

While Ace was busy trying to blink away the spots and stars in her vision, trying to figure out how to get her head to stop swimming, while being pulled, or rather, dragged, up to her feet by the champ, weakly trying to push the older fighter away.

Pulling the Canadian back up to her feet with only a slight bit of resistance, Adrian set to work on ways to make sure Ace would stay down, eventually. This match was still in for the long haul with how tenacious both competitors could be. Slinging her arm over the challenger's head, she reached down to grab at Ace's outfit around the waist and squat down before she pulled herself up and backwards, looking to take Silver Ace overhead with a Vertical suplex. Back to basics for the American.

Ok, she was standing, standing was good, maybe she could...why was she upside down?

Oh shit...

Ace had just gotten her bearings, when Adrian lifted her up, her dressshirt falling down to expose her silver tight shorts and top, legs kicking as she crashed onto her back, arching and rolling to her front, the impact helping clear her out of her superkick-induced daze.

The crowd might have gotten a slight bit of energy in them as Ace's skirt got flipped but they still were not best pleased with the way Adrian was keeping in firm control of the match-up, the Hardcore champion showing why she was considered one of the best AFW had to offer as she sat up on the mat, surveying the damage as Silver Ace rolled around in pain.

Shaking off a bit of dizzyness, the brunette pulled herself up to her feet and took her time towards the Canadian, stomping down on an outstreched hand to keep the silver haired challenger reeling while Adrian pondered her next angle of attack.

Between the kick to the face, and the jarring suplex, Ace was left laying on the mat, one arm outstretched and the other rubbing her temples, trying to shake off the annoying haze she was still in. Maybe a fan could toss some water into her face or some-

"FUCK!"

-Well, it wasn't a bucket of ice water, but a hard stomp to the hand did the trick, breaking Ace out of her superkick induced daze, the challenger rolling around on the mat, kicking her feet, and holding her throbbing hand, quickly checking to make sure her fingers hadn't been broken in the process!

Stomping on a fallen opponent was a time honoured tradition in wrestling, some of the greatest heroes would never consider themselves above kicking someone when they were down, but there was something about taking time before stepping forcefully on the numerous small joints that made up another person's hand that made it a universal dick move, even to a wrestling crowd. There was pressing the advantage, then there was being a dick.

And Adrian was being a dick about things alright, watching Ace writhe in pain as she took her sweet time to reach over and grab at the Canadian's Silver locks, she had tasted the steel once already tonight and was willing to hurry her challenger to her feet so she could get a feel for how much being thrown headfirst into the steel wire mesh sucked. Spoiler: It sucked hard.

Granted, Ace was hardly one to complain about other peoples tactics. She wasn't a cheat, but she was known to go for the head and neck a lot in matches, and she could understand if wrestlers or fans had a negative impression of her for that...but still, that stomp to the hand fucking HURT!

and suddenly she was moving, a sharp pain in her scalp the only precursor to the sudden pull and movement, unable to stop herself as the steel got closer and closer and then there was just a sharp feeling of pain as her beautiful face was smashed into the cold steel, feeling it dig into her skin, the wire mesh doing everything it could to cut into her, before she rebounded off and staggered back, one hand pressed to her face where the steel actually had managed to bite and cut her, the other gripping the ropes to keep herself standing upright.

"Fuck fuck fuck!"

She yelled, feeling a trail of warm blood start to slip down her forehead and trail down her cheek, trying to shake off the pain before Adrian could get her again!

The crowd jeered as Adrian surveyed her handiwork, letting Ace bounce off the steel and stagger back to the ropes, she couldn't get a good view of the Canadian's face with her back turned but she could see bits of red still left on the cage, with a quick run across her own face with a sweaty palm it was easy to confirm just who's blood was it anyway, and the rising Ace gave Adrian another angle of attack.

She'd run the whole gambit with her latest string of offense, targeting nearly every area of the challengers body, except the legs. That was about to change as Adrian took a calculated couple of steps back then charged forward, looking to take the legs right out from underneath Silver Ace with a running kick to the back of the knees as her foe held on to the ropes.