SS 18: Katori vs Patrice

Preceded by: SS 18 Odessa vs. Karina (Oil Match)
Followed by: SS 18 Hardcore Title: Silver Ace (c) vs Jessica Wright (Street Fight Match)





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Match type: Standard Match
Winning conditions: Victory is attained by submission, pinfall or count out
Live or Die Stipulation

It's been a long time since the last time Katori Kimura participated in a PPV Wrestling event in the AFW, and now she was back in one again with Summer Splash 2018! And the best of all, she wasn't doing another Dark Match before the ceremony would start up! Already Katori was having the time of her life, and she wasn't even in the arena yet. Only thing she, her opponent and the crowd had to wait for before the match started was the stagehands cleaning up the ring of the oil from the previous and first match of Summer Splash. As it was a regular standard match, with an event exclusive stipulation, they needed to make sure the wrestlers wouldn't slip on the mat in the middle of their match.

Once all the cleaning was done the stagehands told the young angel to get ready for her appearance, and she had plenty of time to prepare for the upcoming match in the locker room with warm-up exercises and stretches. Katori will soon be called by the crew to come to the gorilla position as she grabs her jacket before making her way over to make her grand entrance to all of Rome!

Right on cue as Katori's entrance theme began to play, the Mighty Successor of Mighty Yukiko steps out onto the stage to the welcoming cheers of the local Roman fans. As per her usual routine, Katori stands on the stage as she waves to everyone in the stadium with both hands energetically. "Hello Rome!!!" The Angel shouted in english as the cheers for her continue before making her way down the ramp towards the ring, all while giving high fives and fist bumps to the fans.

The angel, after climbing up the apron then vaulting over the ropes to get in the ring, walks over to her corner while giving her waves to the loving fans. Katori will lean her back against her corner with her arms over the top ropes as she then waited for her opponent. All she heard about was that she was a French Actress who loves to put on a good show for the audience, that alone tells Katori that she'll expect a good time today in the ring, as well for the fans as well.

In AFW terms, Patrice was a rookie. Complete newbie. Far from a prominent figure, and without having an established big fan base. All in all, not exactly your typical PPV material. But none of that mattered. As soon as Patrice had heard where AFW would be having this year's Summer Splash, and what kind of a special event it would be with some crazy and unforeseen stipulations, one thing had been for sure. In one way or another, she was going to participate. She would not miss a chance to perform in such a great show, that was evidently coming.

Honestly, getting a match had not turned out to be difficult at all. The management had been all too keen to set her up for a match, and assigned her to face Katori Kimura. At first, Patrice couldn't had been happier. But then, the reality had started slowly settling in... After brief research, Patrice was convinced that as an opponent, Katori was not to be taken lightly. She was not a rookie like her at all, and had some serious history in fighting with the best in different promotions. That had turned out to shift Patrice's focus a bit more from just performing in a great show, to putting some more concentration to her actual wrestling performance as well.

Tonight, she had to rock not only the audience, but the ring as well. As a consequence of that, she was clad in her standard attire, which was always a sign that she meant business. Granted, seeing the arena now got the blonde to already miss the lost opportunity to wear one of her special outfits tonight - maybe the Empress, Goddess, or even the Arabian Princess one - but the decision had already been done. It was her time to shine.

The French girl paid careful attention to Katori's entrance. First thing she noticed were her looks. Patrice had to admit that Katori was quite a showstopper herself too! The most striking aspect was obviously the blue hair, with her adorable wrestling attire coming in as close second. It was clear that she had quite some fan base too as evidenced by the Roman crowds, and she was very happy to be in the ring tonight.

But none of that was anything Patrice couldn't overcome. She was certain that she had a good chance of beating the blue-haired veteran tonight. Confidently, the blonde began making her way towards the ring. Reaching it, she jumped up onto the first turnbuckle, and it was time to pull up the first trick from her sleeve. "Buongiorno, Roma!" Greeting the crowds with Italian, albeit with a slight French accent, was surely playing for winning over some of the hearts of the audience.

After eager and thorough waving at the crowds, it was time to jump down and focus on Katori instead. As the Japanese was likely having advantage on experience over Patrice, the French wanted to take advantage of psychology as much as she could. Taking confident steps until she was right in front of Katori, Patrice noticed that she had a few inches over her contender. First looking down deep into her eyes, the blonde then performed an evaluating glance on her opponent's body, before looking into her eyes again. "Bonjour, I am Patrice, the one that will be feeding your flesh to the lions tonight..."

Katori waited patiently in her corner for her opponent to come in so they can get this match going, even though it was very obvious the angel was too eager for it to start. This is further seen as she was lightly bouncing her feet up and down, even the audience can see it from their positions in their seats, and the wide grin on Katori's face enforced that even more so to prove the point. But she didn't have to wait long as she heard her opponent's theme play which causes her to instantly look at the stage.

Already she was impressed, and it was starting with simply her looks. From just looking at Patrice the successor was amazed by how much of a bombshell she was, and the outfit she wore certainly made it better as Katori let out a whistle. The crowd especially was enticed by her sexy figure more than she was as Patrice was getting pretty good cheers from them. Once she climbed into the ring, Katori was able to get a closer look at the blonde as she pushes herself from her corner, noticing some pretty definable muscle in her arms and legs. It wasn't a built as most wrestlers, but it certainly tells that for a French Actress, Patrice certainly put effort into going down this path as a Professional wrestler, and that alone earns Katori's respect.

Then their eyes met, to which Katori let out a competitive smirk towards the French wrestler. Right when Patrice started moving towards the angel, she moved as well. She would meet with her opponent in the center of the ring, looking up at her slightly as she kept eye contact with the woman. The French beauty was the first to speak, greeting with some French while trying to intimidate the Mighty Successor, which only made her smirk widen as she put her hands on her hips.

"Kon'nichiwa, Patrice-san. Katori Kimura, of Wrestle Angels. And we'll see about that, for all we know I might have to 'execute' you in front of all these people." Katori said with confidence and eagerness in her voice as she slowly leaned herself side to side to give slight body language, she IS still trying to lose her 'kid' and 'innocence' image after all. Her smirk lightened up a bit as she brought a hand up from her hip and brought it up to Patrice, offering a friendly handshake. "In all seriousness, let us have a good all out match tonight with no hard feelings."

One thing was for sure - despite Katori's experience, she was young. That was very evident to Patrice. Granted, the French girl was not much older either, but she was still betting that some mind games could turn out to be effective on her blue-haired opponent. Patrice did hold a level of interest in psychology, and trying to utilize her knowledge on the subject was probably a good idea.

Helping with that was the fact that Katori seemed to be somewhat impressed as Patrice was making her entrance. Not only was she obviously eager to get the match going, but she seemed to really be enjoying the looks of the French actress too! It was certain that the Roman crowds were going to witness a contest between two hotties, but the question to the blonde was whether her looks could cause Katori to melt in her hands...

But as Patrice was approaching her opponent, that started seeming less likely. Despite being impressed, Katori started showing some more competitive hints. She was obviously very keen to lay her hands on the blonde too, and after Patrice's introduction, her words signalled that she was not going to be any less determined to win, or less confident than Patrice was. And she was quick to offer her hand for a shake too!

For a split second, Patrice pondered whether she should take on a more heelish role, and make the Japanese girl somehow pay for trusting her unfamiliar opponent. But the blonde quickly decided against it. She wasn't having any certain role tonight after all - it was just all about putting on a great show, and her main goal was to showcase her skills and beat the relative veteran in front of the Roman audience tonight! So, Patrice shook Katori's hand fair and square.

Her intention was still to intimidate though. "Yes, despite your impending execution little miss, let us put on a great show tonight!" the French girl began with a smile as she shook her opponent's hand. "And no hard feelings - especially as one of us will be having none at the end!" the blonde continued as she released the hand shake, moving her hand then by her throat as if signaling decapitation. After a marked raising of eyebrows, Patrice then turned her back on Katori marching to her corner for some final stretches before the bell would ring.

It may have seemed that Katori's action of offering a handshake may be seen as naive, but to others including herself, it was both a way of showing fair sportsmanship to your opponent as well as a test to see what kind of match it'll be. If Patrice accepted the shake and shook normally or gave a nice grip, it'd be a fair fight most likely. If she rejected it or squeezed the hell out of Katori's hand, it wouldn't be fair at all. And in this case, it was the former, which made the angel's competitive grin wider as she gave the French Actress a nice firm grip on her hand as they shook.

But of course, despite the friendly gesture, the usual banter between wrestlers is a must have. As Patrice continued her amusing taunts relating to the match to Katori, and vice versa. "Oh, you wish, you hot bombshell you." The angel said with a slight giggle as she complimented her opponent's looks before continuing. "It'll be a darn shame though, I just hope they don't put that pretty head of yours on a spike. It would be such a waste to defile such beauty like yours." Katori adds as she brings up her free hand up from her hip, does a thumbs-up gesture before turning it around to make it a thumbs-down while her smirk returned and widen as they broke their handshake.

Katori may have thought that was a bit overboard there, but Patrice knows it's just a friendly and competitive banter between wrestlers, right? She returned to her own corner as well, doing final warm-up stretches of her own while waiting for the match to start. After the stretches, the Mighty Successor will lean forward with her hands on her thighs and a harden expression as she waits for the ref-girl to signal the start of the match along with the gong.

To Patrice's disappointment, Katori was apparently harder to scare than she had hoped for. Despite her young age, the Japanese girl seemed to be very confident, and instead of being put off by the blonde's little psychological games, she was even engaging in them herself. Concluding that their little banter was leading nowhere, the blonde decided to stay silent after Katori's final words while she was returning back to her corner. But then again, they did provide her with some food for thought. Katori had made it surprisingly obvious, that she found Patrice's body to be really hot. Could the blonde somehow take advantage of that?

One thing was for sure - the crowds had clearly loved their expressions and little banter. They had already become very loud and applauding the duo. Two young hot girls in the ring acting out the theme of the day, and about to rip each other apart was obviously something they had come here to see. And Patrice absolutely loved it. She wanted to give them as great show as possible.

As the bell rang, the French Actress was all too keen to fulfill the audience's wishes, so she decided to get the match going with an explosive start. She started immediately charging at Katori on the opposite corner. She wanted to appear as if preparing for a Clothesline, but she could also guess that Katori could probably dodge it easily. That's why her actual plan was to just first run past Katori, then bounce off of the ropes behind her, and then try to surprise her with a Clothesline from the other direction!

With the greetings and banter done with, the wrestlers went back to their corners to finish prepping up before the match starts up. Katori did a number of stretches with her body warmed up and ready to get to it as she leaned forward with her hands on her thighs staring her opponent down with that competitive smirk on her face. She did chuckle a bit, thinking back to her words and staring earlier, Katori had no real lust for her French opponent's nicely toned body and was only impressed how for an actress she was built.

Now it was time for the waiting game, with the young Wrestle Angel waiting for the gong to ring so she can kick this blonde babe's ass and put on a good show for everyone here on Rome! Just from the banter from Katori and Patrice already has the crowd fired up for what is to come, and the Mighty Successor can tell that her opponent is loving it as well.

Soon enough the gong rings and the second Summer Splash 2018 match is underway! Katori pushes herself from her corner and gets into a wrestling stance while her French opponent does something unexpected. Right off the bat Patrice charges at Katori who was baffled at this rash action as she rose arms up to keep up her guard. Seeing the French woman raise her arm up told the angel the story, so when she got close she ducked under the Clothesline that never came.

"H-huh..??" Katori let out as she noticed her opponent kept going passed her and heard her bounce off the ropes behind right back at her, but by the time she managed to turn around Patrice's arm was already up high as it collided with the angel's chest bringing her down! "Gahh..!!" She let out as she hit the mat hard, with the force of the impact making her smaller and light frame roll back so she landed on her front.

Patrice was ready to start this match off with a boom, and she had a clear plan on how to do so! Only question now was, whether her feint would actually work. Katori was an experienced wrestler, and the blonde couldn't bet on her not being able to read her thoughts...

But luckily for Patrice, her blue-haired opponent had apparently been expecting the match to get off to a slower start! She did manage to duck for the fake Clothesline attempt, but the following actions of the French Actress clearly caught her off guard. As she turned around surprised, Katori became an easy target for Patrice's clothesline, sending her swiftly to the mat!

Patrice grinned as she could feel and hear her opponent going down. But she wasn't going to stop! No, instead the blonde knew that once she had gotten the match off to such a great start, she had to keep it going that way. Thus, she proceeded to once again bounce off from the ropes on the opposite side, charging then straight at her blue-haired foe!

As she was taking her steps, the French Actress had a couple of seconds time to think about what she would do. Seeing Katori on her front, she decided to try something to hurt the Japanese girl's back. Her choice turned out to be an attempt to leap up, and perform a knee drop on Katori's lower back!

The match has officially started and the crowds of Rome were ready to be swept off their feet by the show these girls will do for them. Katori was ready for this match and has been looking forward to it since receiving the email notice, but she was certainly expecting this match to begin like any other one she had. Meaning it would come off with a slow and simple start before kicking up to fast paced and flashy. But apparently Patrice had other ideas in mind for the angel.

Not even 20 seconds after the gong rang, the Mighty Successor was already laying flat on her front from a nasty Clothesline first strike and rolling back due to her light-weight body following an instant charge feint to drop her guard. The hit may have hurt, but it wasn't enough to stun Katori as she was already starting to push herself up.

During this, Katori heard the sound of loud footsteps coming towards her, she looked over and saw Patrice dashing at her again just as she was leaping in the air. As the young angel was still fresh she was able to react to whatever the french babe was going to do from the air. While on all fours, Katori will push against the mat while leaning to the side to roll herself out of the way of Patrice's knee drop and have her crash into the mat.