Whose Gym Is This Anyway?

Valley knew Alaina well enough to know this moment wasn’t destined to last. Yes, she had the Amazon in control now, but how many of her past opponents had thought similar things? How many had gained control of her, dominated, only to lose it all because they underestimated just how resilient she could be, how much she could persevere?

Well, Valley wasn’t going to make that mistake. Not even in a spar.

As soon as Alaina was standing, Valley let go of the hold, only to reach down and change it out for a waistlock. She pulled Alaina in tight, planted her feet, and jerked back, lifting her up in a wild attempt to rock her with a German Suplex.

"Ngghhh.... w-what?!" Alaina groaned, feeling Valley change her grip! Alaina reached down to pry at Valley's hands but she was quickly lift up into the air, forcefully driven down hard to the mat as her neck, head and upper back exploded in pain!

"AAAHHHHHHHHH! D-damn it....." Alaina weakly groaned under her breath after screaming as Valley absolutely devastated her with the surprise German suplex. Alaina kicked weakly as she laid there otherwise motionless as Valley built up her momentum, seizing control from Alaina in a definitive way as the amazon felt as if Valley was just that wrestler who always knew how best to counter Alaina inside the ropes!

Valley was better equipped to lift Alaina up that she likely appeared to be - after all, the suplex depended more on mid to lower body strength, and she had all the right tools from the waist below. A powerful back, good abdominals, strong legs to support the motion, and solid, explosive power. She could pull it off.

That being said, it wasn’t easy, either, and the motion left her wiped out right after. But given the result - the way she left her opponent wiped out - it was quite worth it.

She rolled over to her knees and pounced after the impact, laying on the bigger woman’s chest and grabbing her legs for the pin. She didn’t rank her chances high with this, but figured there was no harm in giving it a shot. ”1…!”

Alaina could only lay there groaning as Valley pinned her and at the one count she didn't really show any signs of struggle. Alaina moaned as she tried to kick out fruitlessly and the count reached two. Knowing that she was in trouble if she didn't do something fast Alaina thrust her shoulder off the mat and broke the pin! However after she could really only roll to her side clutching her head in her arms as the effects of the suplex still had left her feeling quite dazed! Alaina was in trouble no doubt about that and she knew she had to recover as much as she could as quickly as she could!

So, the pin didn’t work, but that didn’t mean it was wasted time for Valley. She had a good sense for where her opponent was, now - close to being beatable, enough for a solid two count, but she needed a few hits before she could be held down all the way to three. She was on the right path, she just needed to follow it further.

So when Alaina flipped over, Valley was quick to move in, pushing her over onto her chest and mounting her from behind. She reached over her opponent’s head as she leaned on her back, gripped her chin with both hands, and pulled back hard, looking to weaken the Amazon with a Crossface - or maybe even get the submission, if that wasn’t too much to ask out of life.

Alaina was hurting while she was trying to rise only for that attempt to be interrupted by Valley as she continued to wear down at the amazon! Alaina felt the hands clasp around her chin and yank back leaving her howling in pain through her grit teeth as the pressure of the hold quickly mounted! Alaina began thrashing about and reaching for Valley's hands with her own. She grabbed tightly and tried to pull her hands apart the pain fueling her desperation as she did her best to power her way out of the agonizing hold Valley had applied! This was beginning to spiral out of control and Alaina couldn't afford to let that happen if he were going to somehow emerge victorious!

”Come on, Alaina!” Valley wrenched the hold back, pulled harder, tighter, threw her weight behind it. ”Give! Up!”

Despite her fervent demand, Valley knew that wasn’t too likely to happen. This woman had defeated far more accomplished submission wrestlers than herself - Manami came to mind - and she knew that she wouldn’t be the one to get a win on her this way. It was really more of a way for her to catch her breath, and she knew it would only last so long.

Even now, Alaina was starting to power her way out of it, threatening to destroy the hold through sheer brute force. Rather than deal with that, Valley gave up on it and went for something much simpler but stronger. She swept her leg over Alaina’s back, straddling her waist, and traded in the crossface for a chokehold, simply slipping her arm around the woman’s windpipe and squeezing with all she had to offer.

Alaina was happy as she had just about powered out until Valley just changed it up, choking Alaina out! Alaina was again reaching at Valley's arm, making choking noises as her face was now completely red! The pain from the other hold coupled with her air supply being cut off made her totally light headed and desperate. The amazon was again trying to pry Valley's arm away from her throat while scrambling her legs as she hoped to try to get them underneath her somehow. Alaina had to try to power her way out, and as she tugged on Valley's arm to loosen the grip she was trying to summon the last bit of strength she had to get her legs underneath her in order for her to rise to her knees with Valley on her back before attempting to awkwardly work her way to a standing position!

There were times where it was legitimately hard to believe that Alaina was a human like anyone else, and this was definitely one of them. The woman’s resilience was incredible - even starved for oxygen, as much as she had to be hurting, she was still able to keep fighting her way up, even as Valley continued to grind away at her throat and take all the oxygen.

Impressive, scary, and definitely a problem, but the Slamazon wasn’t giving up on her efforts just yet. Defiant, she brought her legs into the mix and wrapped them around the bigger woman’s waist, pouring on the pain with a bodyscissors, complementing the sleeperhold. ”Tap or nap, Alaina, pick one!”

Alaina was gasping and struggling for air and as she stood she realized she had to act fast before she passed out! She sent a few frantic elbow strikes backward to soften Valley up, hoping to connect with them. However that was just the first part as Alaina tried to jump up and fall back with as much force as she could muster landing hard on top of Valley! Alaina knew this plan was desperate and if the elbow strikes didn't jar her enough to make her let go upon the squash landing then the amazon was in deep trouble!