Triin Liiv vs GASTER - The Baltic Knightess vs The Shadow Lord

GASTER whined quietly as her opponent's attacks stopped, but she was still trapped in the Tree of Woe by the Knightess, holding her hurt stomach. The Shadow Lord went from having her foe at the brink of submitting to her in the first minutes of the match, to being kicked like a training bag almost instantaniously. That in particular, was a little bit humiliating for GASTER.

However, a second later, it seemed like Triin was ready for a deal to get the Shadow Lord off of the Tree of Woe, and all she had to do is to be nice and fair in the match.

Slightly confused since she was following the rules throughout the match, the masked Lord knew she was in no position to say anything back to the blonde knightess. As such, she quietly nodded in agreement:

"I-I acce-----!", Even before GASTER could say anything, Triin would get the girl off of the turnbuckle, before taking a prompt seat at the smaller and lighter girl, trapping her arms at her knees, and cupping her chin, before pulling back for a Camel Clutch!

"AAAAAAAAH! N-NOOOOOOOO! STOP IT!!!", she flailed in Triin's grasp as the hold painfull pulled and strained her spine! But as of right now, there was no way she could escape aside from the ropes that were extremely close to the Shadow Lord, taunting her to try and reach them for a break. But her hands were trapped at the blonde's knees, unable to extrend any further to grasp the bottom rope! As such she continued to flail, with the aim to get her arms out of Triin's trap to catch the nearby rope!

To be honest, GASTER's condescending attitude before the match was turning into a blessing for the Baltic Knightess. Even if her masked foe hadn't actually been breaking any rules, she had come across clearly as the villain here, and that had promoted Triin to a position where she could be the one laying out the rules and calling for a fair match, even if her own actions had been a bit nasty.

The Camel Clutch was actually still a bit on the nastier side. Not because there was anything wrong with it, but because Triin was well aware that they were extremely close to the ropes. It meant that the humiliation factor was in play once again - for her masked foe to be so close but still so helpless to reach the ropes would just make Triin look awesome again.

GASTER's screams were only helping with that. It was rather funny really how defiant the Shadow Lord had been prior to the match, but still was the one easily crying out pleas for mercy in the ring.

However, Triin was fairly sure that it still didn't mean her masked foe was anywhere close enough to submitting just yet. It was probably just a sneaky way of getting some mercy and leverage for herself. And eventually, GASTER would have it. Triin decided to try something else. Releasing the Camel Clutch, the Estonian was fairly sure her masked foe would stay in place for a while, she was really close to the ropes after all. But that also meant that Triin could try to quickly stand up and start getting up the ropes, hoping to reach the top rope before any meaningful movement from her masked foe, and try to perform a quick splash onto her body!

GASTER continued flailing around as Triin tortured her spine with the Camel Clutch, the Shadow Lord believing that the Knightess wouldn't release her hold until she submitted...but yet, she didn't quite make that demand. However, truth of the matter was that the Shadow Lord couldn't take submission holds for very long, so the thought of tapping her arm against the blonde's leg creeped into her head.

But before she could even consider it, Triin, surprisingly, released the hold. As the Knightess got to her feet, all the Shadow Lord could do was lay face down, holding her hurt spine with one hand and groan...

But, turning her head to the side of her, she noticed that the ropes were shaking a fair bit...and before the Masked Lord could realize it, the knightess would come down on her, landing on her opponent's spine!

"AAAAAH! Y-you...cruel...knight...", GASTER meeked, as Triin continued dominating the smaller girl, making the audience completely forget about the earlier Boston Crab...

Was Triin used to performing aerial moves? Not that much really. But she liked to try them out sometimes when the opportunity presented itself, and this was a moment deemed suitable for such a purpose by her. Her opponent was close to the corner, and probably staying downed for the time needed to get up the ropes.

As it turned out, her judgement had been absolutely correct. GASTER was unable to move after being held in the Camel Clutch before Triin splashed her body on top of the smaller girl's spine. Rolling just a bit away from her foe's body, the knightess took a moment to observe the damage done.

Was the Shadow Lord always complaining and meeking so much during her matches? Triin didn't know, but compared to her own rather silent behavior, GASTER's whining came off as somewhat pathetic to her. Sure, it made herself look like the stronger fighter out of the two, but it was still annoying to listen to.

Getting back up behind her opponent, Triin decided to start pulling her masked foe also back up from her arms again. Provided she could get her up right in front of her, the knightess would then try to keep up with targeting GASTER's spine, and execute a quick suplex hoping to slam her back against the mat again!

GASTER's reactions was a mix of the Shadow Lord character...but at the same time, Clara's own emotions as well. But, if she were to rewatch the match later on to watch this particular part, she might agree with Triin that, right now, the moaning and groaning Shadow Lord looked fairly weak compared to the blonde, stoic knightess, despite GASTER's solid start.

Sadly, she wouldn't be able to shift the tide quite yet, as Triin would get her back to her feet and immediately lift her with ease, before slamming the girl into the mat for a quick suplex!

"AAAAAHHAAAAH!", Clara screamed as she landed right on her aching spine, turning to her side as she held her back with one hand, rubbing it in an attempt to soothe the pain.

Her heart grew worried. If she didn't find a way to reverse the tide soon, she might not even survive the next minute of the onslaught of the Baltic Knightess!

Finally, Triin was getting more content with her performance in the match. The humiliation she had been suffering in the beginning of the match was starting to get quickly forgotten now, as GASTER had been almost completely unable to counter her recent attacks. The valiant knightess was gaining the upper hand, and the evil Shadow Lord was running into trouble.

Triin wasn't a powerhouse, but GASTER wasn't a big opponent either. That provided the knightess with an opportunity of trying out some throws on her. The Suplex was simple, easy and effective, and turned out to be a great success! Her masked foe was obviously suffering after it, staying down apparently in pain.

Some wrestlers might have taken this opportunity to parade around the ring, to show off they were on a roll here, but Triin wasn't that kind. For her, her debut match was all business, and she wanted to give GASTER zero opportunities to recover.

Positioning herself behind her masked foe, Triin then started yanking her back up again. Provided that she managed to do this and GASTER could offer no meaningful resistance, the knightess would then turn around turning her back towards the masked opponent, before trying to apply a three-quarter facelock and pull GASTER then forward with a Snapmare!

Invisible to the crowd and Triin, the Shadow Lord was wincing under her mask, for the pain in her aching spine was just that great. And the Baltic Knightess was showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon, pulling the Shadow Lord back up to her feet, getting a hold of her head...

...right as she recognized a perfect opportunity to try and strike back! Right before Triin would try and toss the smaller girl over her shoulder, GASTER would attempt to quickly slip her arm around her opponent's head, trapping it in an inverted facelock, before trying to drop on her still aching back, driving the back of the knightess's head into the mat for an Inverted DDT!

Triin was a typical Baltic girl in the sense that her emotions were often hard to be read from her face. Whether she was happy or sad, or whether she was doing good or bad, wasn't necessarily going to be shown by her expression. Some may have interpreted it as unfriendliness or cold-bloodedness, but for her it was largely just a cultural thing. Where she was from, that kind of behavior was considered rather normal instead of somehow strange.

But in that regard, GASTER was equally hard to be read. That was a direct result of her mask. Her meeking had obviously helped Triin with understanding her state of mind better at times, but at no point had she been able to actually try observing her foe's expressions.

One added benefit of the mask for GASTER was that after the Estonian had yanked her back up again, she had slight difficulty with applying the facelock. The mask managed to disorientate her arm for a moment, and that moment turned out to be exactly what GASTER had needed.

Triin's own head was suddenly caught in the Shadow Lord's facelock, and before she could attempt any resistance, her masked foe was already falling backwards. GASTER managed to counter Triin's own plans spectacularly as the blonde girl's head promptly slammed to the mat. The surprise effect guaranteed that the knightess was wholly unprepared for the impact, and all she could do for the moment afterwards was holding her sore head and staying grounded in the mat for now.

Even though Clara knew the advantage of her wearing her mask in terms of her expression, it rarely came to play, with the Shadow Lord's emotions showing up in her body language and meek voice when she was on losing ends of attacks.

Today however, she discovered one of the other advantages her mask provided, as she successfully and satisfyingly slammed Triin's head into the mat with a swift Inverted DDT!

She knew there was no use in pinning Triin right now. If anything, she would be surprised for the Blonde Knightess to kick out at 2. There was, however, one other thing the Shadow Lord had in mind, both as strategy of getting rid of her main weapon, and as revenge:

"The punishment for kicking me while I was trapped upside down, Knightess...", GASTER would exclaim, as she got up, and took hold of Triin's long legs: "...would be so painful, you'll beg me for mercy! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"", GASTER would finish, as she put her foe's legs into a 4 shape, put her leg through the loop of the said 4, and dropping down, trapping the opposing blonde in a Figure 4 Leg Lock!

So what did just happen? Triin didn't really know. All she knew right now was that GASTER had managed to abruptly end the knightess'es reign by suddenly DDTing her head to the mat. And even if the blonde wouldn't have wanted to, she needed just a moment to stay grounded for now.

Unfortunately, that was enough for her masked foe to take control. As soon as Triin tried to get sitting up, the Shadow Lord had already taken hold of her leg. And soon enough her other leg was grabbed as well, and the leglock was in full effect.

If the knightess had displayed a rather blank face during the recent stages of the match, this was a moment everyone could interpret her expressions again. And those were telling of brutal pain. Once again, GASTER had managed to apply a torturing submission hold on her legs, and Triin could only hope that this time it wouldn't last for a minute.

But what could she do? Obviously, she tried to reach for the ropes. Those were a couple of feet away. The kngihtess twisted her head from side to side for any idea of relief while her masked foe was letting out her maniac laugh again. She couldn't really find any. Only thing that occurred to her was trying to give out some chops to GASTER's legs, provided that she could reach them and resist the pain of the hold.