Daisuke 'The wrestling Prince' vs Rio Kazama

So far the two had been going back and forth in a rather even contest, the wrestling prince loved competition but the only thing he loved better than competition was to win. Keeping her trapped in the submission for those few extra seconds just to send her a message that he was willing to win at all costs and the fact that putting her in the submission even for a mere 4 extra seconds would cause her some level of discomfort.

In the end, he was forced to release her and back up. He raised his hands innocently but quickly came back to the purple clad wrestler by reaching down to grab her short tomboyish hair. Rio had enough, she would bring her hands up to clasp with his "Nrgh, you wanna go again?" he grunt, welcoming another grapple battle.

Rio rose back up on her feet and the two once again locked up in a test of strength, Daisuke was eager to prove Rio wrong this time around. Their hands raised up in the air as Daisuke sought to bring them down to their sides, causing their bodies to slap into each other as they went head to head and chest to breast.

"Nrrghh you can't win Rio. I'm the prince of AFW" he growled, struggling and sweating.

Coming fresh off a damn-painful submission hold, Rio wasn't in an as favorable a position to lock arms with the Prince of AFW as she was before. Already, she could feel her muscles begin to slack instead of strengthen, seeking rest when they needed to work themselves even harder! As they locked horns, Rio couldn't so easily overcome her opponent this time, the two of them locked in a much more even duel of power! Still, that trademark arrogant smirk upon the white-haired woman's face wouldn't yield, Rio standing her ground firmly, a bulwark against the power the much larger man would attempt to employ! No ground would be given upon either side despite Rio putting in just as much effort as before! It was like she was getting less bang for her buck, worse results for the same input! She must've been hurting more than she thought... but then, she didn't have the time to feel it at the moment with all this adrenaline running through her!

"Your title... means nothing to me, pretty-boy!" Rio fired back arrogantly taking a step INTO Daisuke's space, trying to force him back! If she were able to, then she would've been able to seize back the advantage! If not... She would've placed herself in a very awkward position... Daisuke wasn't much taller than her, but he was a bigger man. Wider, bulkier... it all meant he could exploit his size for leverage... and that meant their now-equal strength would factor less in the coming battle...

Still, Rio was never the kind of girl who had much stock in caution. She was in it to win it and that meant taking risks, being brave, fighting each battle like it'd take her to the top! It's where she intended to go, where her end-goal resided... and she wasn't going to let this man take that from her... or even hold her back!

The crowd was really excited to see this, Rio and Daisuke going head to head and clashing each time. The match had little to no rest holds, with both wrestlers trying to prove to the other that they were the better man or woman. Rio stopped Daisuke from grabbing her hair and transitioned it nicely into a test of strength.

Both wrestlers were locked in an intense grapple battle, Daisuke sensed that Rio was tired due to the submission she just escaped and he decided to press his advantage by pulling their arms down to their sides and wrenching their wrists. Not a slouch either, Rio would press herself closer and would press her sweaty body up against Daisuke, not giving him an inch of space as their faces pressed.

"Nrrghh it WILL matter when I make you submit. Gah, damn you stop getting so...close" he growled in frustration. Daisuke was forced to take a step back but decided to break away altogether, suddenly looking to wrap his arms around her waist instead to trap her in a bearhug.

If he managed to catch her, he would squeeze her as hard as he could while leaning into her now to force his weight down on her while squeezing her body as hard as he could.

Rio's smirk only GREW and GREW as Daisuke complained and struggled with her advance, even now with her strength frustratingly limited by the pain flaring in her spine! It only fed her ego, swelled her pride to know that even coming off fresh a submission... she could match and even potentially overpower a man who was... arguably close in her strength! With the two wrestlers clashing together, chest-to-chest, palm-to-palm, Rio FORCED her opponent back a single step... but a significant one... It meant she was still more powerful, that she still held the strength advantage... and with him giving that single step, the former Berserk Wrestler was CERTAIN she could keep taking his ground... until she had it all behind her...

But Daisuke wasn't as stupid as he made himself out to be! Rio's eyes would shoot wide with shock as he suddenly RIPPED his hands away, instead wrapping his arms around her her lower back just above her hips, SQUEEZING her so hard, it felt as if he were beginning to crack her spine!

"AAAUGH!" Rio screamed, her hands SHOOTING UP to Daisuke's shoulders, SHOVING against them in a desperate bid to FORCE some space between herself and him, to relieve some of the pressure! Little progress would be made... it was a desperate bid for relief that offered little in means of results, the white-haired woman struggling to even get the tiniest of fractions of distance... while Daisuke clutched her close to his chest...

"D...damn you..." Rio cursed angrily slowly bringing a fist, winding it back as far as she could reach! "EAT THIS, YOU BASTARD!" She'd shoot PUNCH after PUNCH into the prince's pretty face, hammering his (admittedly) strong chin and perfect nose with bone-crushing blow after bone-crushing blow, hampered only by her inability to form a cohesive stance... and by how much adrenaline was FLOODING her body!

Deep down, Daisuke had to admit that Rio was an impressive wrestler. She certainly had spunk, that coupled with her arrogance and persistence really made her an interesting challenge. The two locked horns in a second contest, once more Rio would prove to be the superior grappler as she managed to push the prince back a step.

However, unlike last time, Daisuke had something up his sleeve to counter her advances. In an instant, he would release the grapple and would trap Rio in a bearhug. He would squeeze his arms as tightly as he could, crushing Rio in the submission while even shaking her around like a rag doll. Their sweat covered bodies grinded as the prince looked to end things.

"GIVE UP" he demanded. His demands were met with nothing more than insult, as Rio would have some of her own choice words for him before clocking her fists back and delivering a punch right to his face, chin and nose. "Owwww, Ouufff!" he cried out, his grip loosening after each successive blow.

Three strikes later, the prince was forced to let Rio go whilst staggering back, moaning in pain and clutching his face.

Rio spared no strength in hammering into Daisuke's face the pain in her spine being an EXCELLENT motivator to keep putting in 100%! With his arms wrapped around her, the Prince had no choice but to take each blow in stride, blows striking across his jaw, down into his face, the side of his head! Her blows were desperate, wild, the creaking in her bones emphasizing urgency to a near self-destructive degree... but Luck seemed to be on her side! Only a few blows and Daisuke could no longer maintain his grip, his arms DROPPING from around her, instead shooting up to cradle his precious little head and leaving the white-haired wrestler alone!

Rio dropped down to one knee, gasping heavily, her spine ACHING as it arched over slightly, as if it hadn't made that motion in years... Curse him... If he had wrapped his arms around her own... She wasn't sure she would've been able to escape!... Heh, his mistake then! As Daisuke moaned and groaned, clutching at what he thought, no doubt, where his most perfect features, Rio would slowly rise up to her full height, forcing her back to straighten... much to her own discomfort! With a cocky little grin, she RUSHED right at her opponent, closing the small amount of distance between them almost instantly! With a roar of triumph, Rio's knee would SHOOT up, aiming aiming to slam RIGHT into the man's lower stomach, hoping to push ALL the air out of his lungs!

Should he buckle under the weight of his own decompressed torso, Rio would quickly grab him by his ears, holding him still before SLAMMING her forehead DEAD in the center of his face before quickly raising her leg up high, CRACKING him under his jaw with utterly brutal rising kick! Rio wasn't giving him any chances to recover... She wanted him down NOW!

The prince sought to show off his grappling ability against one of the more promising stars of Berserk. Catching her in another submission move, one that would serve to inflict damage to her back was exactly his plan. He would squeeze her harder and harder, grinding her impressive frame against his own to crush her back would prove to help him gain a submission out of her and if not a submission, it would at least improve his chances to get a submission from her later on.

Rio, had other ideas and would immediately begin to drive her fists into his face again and again which caused him to let her go and stagger back. Rio certainly was a tenacious one, Daisuke had to give her that.

Following up on her success, the silver haired wrestler would grab Daisuke's ear to keep his face still before headbutting him, causing him to scream in pain and get groggy for a bit. Not content yet, Rio would raise her leg and smack it against the regal jaw of the prince, knocking him down on his back!

Rio's attacks brutally SMACKED DOWN the self proclaimed "Prince" with all the fury of a true Queen's justice, the purple-haired wrestler laying him out with a flawless combinations of blows! The poor man hardly had a chance to fight back, his body being bashed this way and that with strikes that could punch holes in lesser men, a testament to his own durability that he was felled by her last attack alone! Ah, the smugness that flashed across the former Berserker's face, the way her lips curled upwards to indicate satisfaction with her work. She had grown oh, so tired listening to him ramble, to him declare his title like it was the epitome of his being... To Rio, it was a meaningless crown, a piece of jewelry with no weight behind it... Daisuke was just another man with a chip the size of a planet on his shoulder... and she would have fun breaking it to dust.

With her opponent on his back and down for the count, Rio would lay down across him, hooking his leg up in a pin-attempt... just to see how much longer she had to punch him around. Truly, she didn't expect to have knocked him out right then and there... after all, her knuckles were still throbbing after punching out that tough, square jaw. Surely he wasn't so much of a pussy that a few routine blows would take him out!

ONE! The Ref counted, sliding down beside them, slapping her hand upon the floor!

In hindsight, trapping her in a bearhug was not the smartest of moves on part of the prince. He was very prideful of his arm strength and was hopeful he could get a submission out of her, or if not a submission then he would end up knocking her out cold due to her stubbornness of not tapping out. Instead, what he got was a harsh headbutt which left him dazed and the purple clad wrestler followed her headbutt with a heel kick aimed at his jaw.

Daisuke fell like a sack of bricks, almost knocked out by those strikes. With him down on his back, Rio would lay down across him, hooking his leg up in a pin-attempt. The referee got to the count of ONE before Daisuke would thrust his lower body up while getting his shoulders up off the mat to break the count.

Shoving Rio off of him to break the count, Daisuke would roll away from her before slowly shifting up to a seated position, still recovering a bit from the headbutt and kick.

Rio blinked, surprised at how quickly Daisuke had managed to throw her off. After his head took a heavy, brain-battering beating, he had managed to TOSS Rio off of him quite handily, the white-haired wrestler landing hard on her back at least a meter away before quickly rolling back up to her feet! After a mere one-count the Prince managed to FREE himself... utterly smashing Rio's expectations about his endurance. The man was tougher than he made himself out to be... perhaps even as tough as he looked. It would've excited Rio... were it not teeth-grindingly frustrating. Blows from her were the ultimate sedative, able to completely knock-out much larger foes with ease. It was annoying that Daisuke might just earn his arrogance this day by taking ALL of Rio's mighty attacks... and continuing to bounce back!

While Rio was pulling herself to her feet, Daisuke only managed to sit himself up limply, his senses having not fully returned to him just yet. Well... at least he hadn't proven himself invulnerable to damage. Very well then... She'd keep beating on him until he stayed down! With Daisuke still sitting, it provided a very tempting opportunity... One Rio couldn't well ignore without regretting it in the near future... With that being said, she CHARGED Daisuke, CROSSING the distance between him and herself in a few short strides, one final stride ending with a HUGE knee-strike to the underside of his chin, aiming to knock him RIGHT on his back where he belonged! If she managed to connect, Rio would quickly move to straddle the man, one hand resting on his upper pectoral muscle, the other cocked back in a fist raised right beside her head! An arrogant, hostile smile stretching across her face... A place of dominance, this one, a place where Daisuke might regret letting Rio obtain control of.