Nanami Tomonari vs. Misaki Toyoda - A Lesson in Struggle

Even though she managed to bring Misaki down on one knee thanks to her landing a punch to the back of her knee, her head was still wrapped in the headlock, though the hold had weakened quite considerably. Still thinking that the punch still wasn't enough, Nanami would then try to drive her fist into the side of Misaki's body, hoping to stun her for quite a bit before attempting to pull her head free from the headlock.

She was planning to distance herself from Misaki, so that she could take some time to come up with her next plan. As expected, the Ace of Berserk was someone who should never be trifled with, no matter what.

Misaki Toyoda was now starting to see the potential that Nanami had in her. She had her opponent trapped in the headlock and squeezed her bicep around Nanami's head as tight as she could before a quick counter by her opponent left her on one knee. Misaki kept hanging on the headlock as she tried to get back up to her feet but a fist to her side left her stunned enough to stagger away and release the headlock.

Misaki moaned in pain as she backed up into the ring ropes, slightly bent forward as she massaged her side.

Nanami was finally freed from the headlock, though she still need a few seconds to recover, moving her head a bit to relieve the pain that she got from having her head squeezed by Misaki. Once she recovered, Nanami would get back up on her feet, looking at the Ace of Berserk distancing herself from her. Seeing this as her opportunity, Nanami would make use of the distance between the two of them to give herself a running start, rushing over to her with a spear.

"Haah!!!" Nanami let out a loud yell, looking to ram herself into Misaki with the spear, hoping to take her down with her weight moving in high speed.

With Nanamai freeing herself from the clutches of her opponent, the two ladies gained some distance from each other and took some time to catch their breathes. Misaki backed up towards the ring ropes while her opponent would get back up on her feet and suddenly sprint towards Misaki. The Ace was not ready for such intensity and she was caught off guard.

It was luck and timing because as soon as Misaki straightened herself up and put her arms by her side to move away from the ring ropes to the middle, Nanami rammed into Misaki, her shoulder smacking against the Ace's belly as she was taken down hard on the ring mats.

"Ouuuffff!" she cried out as she was laid down on her backside.

With her spear, Nanami managed to tackle Misaki down, bringing her down to the mat. To weaken her even further, Nanami would clench her fist, lifting up her arm before attempting to smash her forearm right onto the side of her face, hoping to stun and disorient her while she was on the canvas.

Considering that she was already on top of Misaki, once she delivered the forearm smash, Nanami would quickly try to pin Misaki down, grabbing one of Misaki's legs and lifting her up while pressing her chest against hers for a pinfall attempt. The referee would come over next to them, counting for the pin.

"ONE!"

The spear came out of nowhere and really stunned the Berserk Ace for sure. Misaki would cough a bit as she tried to get some air in but Nanami was quickly back on her, pounding the beautiful face of the Ace by delivering a hard forearm shot to the side of her face. Misaki grunted in pain, spittle flew from her mouth as she laid there down on her back stunned.

Next thing she felt was her leg hooked up, with the referee starting the pinfall. Misaki let out a loud grunt as she heaved and thrust her legs upwards, bringing her shoulders up off the mat to break the pin right after the count of "TWO".

Nanami thought that she almost got Misaki for sure, but with the Ace of Berserk kicking out, it seemed that she needed to work harder to put her out of commission. Getting up from Misaki, Nanami would pull her up as she got back up on her feet. After that, she would turn her around, hooking her arms with hers in preparation for a tiger suplex.

"Haaaahhh!!" With a mighty yell, Nanami would try to throw her over and behind her with the tiger suplex, slamming her down into the mat shoulder first, tiptoeing in order to bridge herself up, going for a quick pinfall attempt!

"ONE!"

After kicking out right after the count of two, Misaki would roll from under her opponent to get some distance between herself and Nanami. She didn't get too far as her opponent grabbed her by the head to pull her up on her feet before pulling her arms back and trapping them to set up a tiger suplex.

Nanami roared out as she heaved the Ace up and slammed her down, the Ace really feeling the impact on the back of her head and shoulders as Nanami maintained the bridge position post-suplex for a quick pin.

Once again the Ace managed to kick out after the count of two!

Nanami huffed when Misaki kicked out of her pinfall attempt, and she released her from the bridging pin, getting herself back on her knees to look at the Ace of Berserk. Still thinking that the tiger suplex had taken quite a bit out of Misaki, Nanami would grab her by her head, pulling her up as she would slip her arm between her legs before she put her other hand right across her shoulder.

From there, she planned to hoist Misaki up, turning around and bringing her down hard into the mat with a body slam, roaring out a hot-blooded battle cry as she would drive Misaki back first into the canvas. "Raaaaaahhhh!!" She hoped that the impact would weaken her even more so that she could seize the win at the end of this match.

The Berserk Ace just kicked out of a near-fall. Nanami had shown impressive strength and skill with successive pinfall attempts, what was more impressive was the second one with the tiger suplex and bridge pin attempt. Still, the Ace managed to kick out just in time and perhaps she had underestimated her opponent, something that she often does not do.

She was paid for her mistake as Nanami grabbed Misaki by her head, pulling her up on her feet before grabbing her by her thigh and shoulder as she scooped her up and slammed the Ace down on her back with a loud war-cry.

"Ahhhh!" Misaki cried out in pain as her back was slammed hard against the ring mats.