Nanami Tomonari vs. Misaki Toyoda - A Lesson in Struggle

Before Nanami could manage to bring Misaki up and throw her behind with a vertical suplex, she took a couple of hard forearm smashes right into her belly, causing her to gasp. Due to this, her hold around Misaki's head loosened, allowing the Ace of Berserk to slip her head free from the hold. Bringing her hands to her midsection, Nanami tried to soothe the pain, grimacing as she focused on the damages dealt on her, not realizing Misaki's next move.

"UUGHHHH!!"

Sure enough, she was unable to see Misaki going for a superkick right at her chin, and the blow was enough to cause her to lose her balance, and she ended up falling onto her back. Feeling sore under her chin, Nanami blinked, still wondering what was happening to her. At the moment, she was unable to do anything as she was fully exposed before her opponent, who was free to carry out her next move on her.

Misaki finally managed to find an opening and counter attack. The Berserk Ace dug deep in her reserve and managed to fight off the front face headlock and smash her forearms into the belly of Nanami, causing the wind to knock out of the rookie wrestler and allowing Misaki to break free. The Ace suddenly lunged in and delivered a superkick aimed at her opponent's chin.

*THAWK*

A loud smack was heard and Nanami fell onto her back with Misaki stumbling down on her knees. The Ace took a moment to breath before getting back up on her feet, "Alright....*huff*huff* how's this...." she muttered to herself before running at the ring ropes and bouncing off them acrobatically for a springboard moonsault attempt, as she looked to drop down onto Nanami.

The superkick sure took quite a lot out of Nanami, which allowed Misaki to recover. "Uuuuurghhhh..." Nanami groaned, feeling sore under her chin after taking the kick. She was unable to see where Misaki was at the moment, and she knew that her opponent would surely try to take advantage of her current situation now that she was downed after taking the kick under her chin.

Then, she heard Misaki's footsteps before she saw something soaring into the air. Nanami's eyes widened when she realized that Misaki used the ropes to perform a springboard moonsault. Due to her condition, Nanami was unable to move away, and she ended up taking Misaki's whole weight on top of her!

"PUUUOOOOGHHHHH!!!"

Feeling like her lungs were emptied instantly, Nanami was left breathless after Misaki performed the acrobatic move on her. At this moment, she was truly vulnerable before the Ace of Berserk!

The Berserk Ace was on the back foot on this match, she needed something spectacular to get back in the match and a sudden superkick out of nowhere did the trick. After laying Nanami flat on her back, the Berserk Ace went for a high risk high reward maneuver, quickly bouncing off the ring ropes and acrobatically leaping back towards her downed opponent as her body performed a moonsault ontop of her opponent.

Misaki let out a grunt as well from the impact but Nanami was feeling worse off from that impact, with Misaki on top she would quickly hook her opponent's leg and go for a pinfall attempt. "One....two....." the referee would start her count.

With her lungs emptied thanks to Misaki's moonsault earlier, Nanami didn't seem to be showing any sign of life as she was pinned down. From the look of it, the Ace of Berserk might have been able to secure the victory from this as the referee continued counting. But when she was about to reach three, Nanami suddenly regained her clarity, and without wasting any second, she would kick out before the referee could count up to three!

"THR-!"

The near fall caused the crowd to go crazy as hell. Nanami grunted, still feeling winded from taking Misaki's whole weight onto her earlier. She would then try to push Misaki off of her, hoping to recover as fast as she could so that she could get herself back into the match. Her body felt sore from everything she had taken earlier, but she knew that she could do something in order to win against the Ace of Berserk.

The spectacular moonsault left the crowd in awe, the Berserk Ace was panting herself as she laid across Nanami, hooking her leg and hoping that the rookie wrestler stayed down for the three count and for a moment it seemed that it was going to be the case but right at the death, just as the referee was bout to count to three, Nanami managed to kick out and bring her shoulder up to break the count.

Misaki's eyes widened in shock as she rolled up onto her knees, passing her hands through her hair to stroke them back while panting heavily. She would lean forward, placing her palms on her thighs as sweat dripped down her forehead onto the mat. "*Huff*huff* wow, tough girl" she said, almost chuckling.

The Berserk Ace got back up on her feet, grabbing Nanami by the head and pulled her along with her. The Berserk Ace would get in behind Nanami, grabbing both of Nanami's hand and pulling them backwards, wrapping her own arms around them to secure both of her opponent's arms before using that grip to launch her up and over her head, slamming her down on her back as Misaki executed a Tiger Suplex.

Despite successfully kicking out from the pinfall attempt, Nanami still felt the pain all over her body, and she couldn't immediately go for the offense, and because of that, she was unable to stop Misaki from grabbing her by her head, pulling her up before setting her up for another move. Misaki had positioned herself behind Nanami, grabbing both her arms and wrapping her own arms around them, hooking those arms with hers in preparation for a tiger suplex.

"Uuhhh..." Nanami groaned as she tried to recover, but she was unable to do anything as Misaki hoisted her up, throwing her over as she executed the tiger suplex, bringing Nanami shoulders first into the mat, her body folding from beings slammed. "Uagghhh!!" She cried out in pain, and she could feel her her legs dangling right before her face. The suplex had taken quite a lot out of her, leaving her momentarily powerless before whatever Misaki would do next to her.

Nanami was proving to be quite the accomplished wrestler, despite her rookie status she was clearly a worthy opponent in the ring. After kicking out from the springboard moonsault, Misaki knew she had to do step up her game if she really wanted to keep Nanami down for the count. This time, she would really show the rookie wrestler what she has in her arsenal, trapping her arms with hers as she pulled her up and over her, slamming Nanami down for a thunderous tiger suplex.

After being slammed onto the back of her head and shoulders, Misaki would let Nanami slump onto the floor as she rolled over onto her hands and knees, as she approached Nanami who was quite exhausted. Misaki would grab Nanami by the head to pull her back up on her feet, this time the Ace would pass her arms under Nanami's arm bit and bring them back to the back of her head to trap her in a full nelson submission.

"Let's see you try and work your way out of this one Nanami" she would calmly say, pressing her hands against the back of her neck to push her head down for an awkward stretch.

Reeling from being thrown into the mat with the tiger suplex, Nanami was unable to stop Misaki from pulling her up, and all she could do was to weakly paw at her body as her head was grabbed by her opponent. Then, the Ace of Berserk decided to put her in a submission hold, snaking her arms under Nanami's, trapping her in a full nelson submission hold!

"Aaaaahhh!! Aaaaahhh noooooo!!!" Nanami cried out as pain started to accumulate around her shoulders and back. Her chest was thrust forward, making quite a showing for the crowd. Due to how weakened she was after being brought down by the suplex earlier, she couldn't muster enough strength to break out from the full nelson, and all she could do at the moment was to struggle helplessly in the hold.

Despite that, she continued struggling, not giving up even though her body was weakened. She was determined to walk out a winner in this match, and she would not let herself submitting to this hold!

Misaki could have opted for another pin but she decided to go press on and really test the limits of Nanami. Picking the rookie wrestler back up on her feet, the Ace would look to snake her arms under her opponent's arm and press her hands to the back of her neck, pushing forward to stretch Nanami's neck downwards to put quite some strain on it.

Nanami would cry out from the pain she felt around her neck and shoulders, as they were feeling quite stiff. Misaki would shake Nanami around, vigorously shaking her left and right to tire her out even more before keeping her firm in one place as she continued to press her neck downwards in the full-nelson. Nanami's hands were completely immobilized as Misaki continued to work her in the submission.

"Come on Nanami! I know this isn't your limit. Focus.....because if you can't then you're either going to tap or get KO'ed" Misaki said in a strict fashion, almost as if she was her coach.