Sonic Boom vs Bangarang

Ellie was the thinker, the planner. Slowing the match back down was to her benefit as it not only helped wittle Julia down, but gave her time to lay out what she wanted or needed to do moving forward in the match. She fully expected the cowgirl to try and power her way up out of the headlock and had already leaned her weight down to make it difficult, keeping the blond's face down against the mat while the rookie's upper body pushed down on top of her.

The ripple in her plan was Julia was either too weak or too cunning to go for the same move twice after Lyla had cut her down the last time she tried. When the veteran instead chose to grab her shoulder and legs, she didn't think anything of it until the sense of vertigo hit as she was suddenly being rolled into her back. She blinked in mild confusion, regripping her headlock to give it a crank.

"Nice tr-"

"One!"

Oh shoot! Ellie's words were cut shoulder as she franticly looked around, now grasping the full scope of what had just happened. She was hardly as cool under pressure as the cowgirl, releasing the hold to make for a wild kick of her untrapped leg, trying to buck herself free.

"Two!"

Tucking her legs in, she gave another hard kick with both, breaking free from Julia's grasp to flop free to the side, immediately rolling into her chest to let out a shallow huff. She hated being rolled up, despite using the tactic herself. She was ashamed to admit how many times the simple surprise maneuver had actually cost her matches in the past, even if they were mostly spars. Thankfully her opponents were an honorable sort, had the cowgirl chosen to take a handful of her leotard for leverage, this might have ended very differently.

"Keep it together girl." The rookie whispered softly to herself, pushing up off the mat on all fours. Leaning back she planted a boot, preparing to rise as she looked down over Julia. Bangarang was doing great, she just needed to push a bit harder to end things before something went wrong. Planting a hand on the cowgirl's shoulder, she gave the other woman a shove to roll her onto her stomach.

She slid a careful hand under the woman's arms she would start to stand, pulling Julia with her to support her weight. The silver haired girl drew her in like she was gathering up a coil of rope, looking to slip her arms around her waist to set up for a German suplex. The name of the game was persistence, and she was determined to pin Julia one way or another.

Truth be told, Julia neither expected nor hoped that her surprise rollup would keep Ellie down for the three count. Sure, a win was a win. But if Sonic Boom’s reunion match amounted only to Julia being ragdolled for several minutes by a pair of promising rookies only to steal the win right out from under them on a fluke before Alaina could even have a chance to get a piece of the action, well...it wouldn’t have felt right. But no one would have to worry about that, as Ellie kicked out of the pin right at the two count. And the true intent of the cowgirl’s surprise tactic came to fruition as her foe released her painfully tight headlock in the process!

Julia was just starting to roll back over and attempt to move toward Alaina again when she felt Ellie’s hands on her again, this time rolling her onto her front and starting to drag her up off the mat while she panted heavily. The cowgirl had to admit, the focus of both her opponents tonight was impressive. It would be easy for many in their position to get a bit too comfortable in the driver’s seat. But it didn’t seem they were letting their advantageous momentum get to their heads. They were sticking to their gameplan, and executing it wonderfully.

But despite her inward praise for the promising young duo, the luchadora was still far from ready to quit fighting. As the blonde was brought up she felt Ellie’s arms wrapping around her waist and pulling her in, holding her in perfect position for a German Suplex. Recognizing the danger, Julia fired her left elbow back twice at her foe’s unprotected head to once more force the girl to release her grip. If she could escape it, Julia would then immediately shout out while leaping into the air and flipping her body backward, swinging her right boot up and over in an attempt to surprise Ellie again, this time with her signature Overhead Kick!

Lyla liked watching Ellie work. While yes, she just liked watching her period, in the ring it was always interesting to see how assertive her normally rather shy friend could be. She had been watching rather wistfully, just enjoying the sight of the two women in the ring when the sudden roll-up startled her back into the moment. Kicking a leg through the ropes she made to duck inside and interrupt, far too delayed to actually make the count. Thankfully Ellie had managed to break free herself. Slowly she slipped back onto the apron, pretending to be an attentive partner again. "You get her El."

While Julia was far from a heavy woman, Ellie still had a hard time dragging her up. Trying to worm her way back behind the other woman she hugged her close, awkwardly hiking the blond up by the waist. The silver haired rookie gave her surrounding a quick glance, making sure Lyla was still paying attention, Alaina was in her corner, and her suplex wouldn't land them too close to the ropes. Everything looked perfect.

Until her head was snapped to the side by a wide elbow, the unexpected blow making her knees almost buckle. She was still seeing stars when the second one came. When Julia pushed forward, Ellie's fingers came unhooked, arms falling away to leave her staggering in place. She blinked dumbly, body slow to react as she watched the masked cowgirl in action, knowing the move but far too sluggish to react.

Julia's arcing kick came down and around over top of her head, making her teeth rattle from the impact as her neck compressed. The audience left out an excited "Ooo!" At the resounding crack of the strike which left Ellie standing upright for a long second before falling into her back with a pound thud. She was left dumbfounded on the mat, fully laid out as she tried to blink sense back into her head.

The desperation kick hit its mark. Not much had gone Julia’s way for quite a while now, but a small bit of luck came her way perhaps when it mattered most. The cowgirl hadn’t been given a moment to breathe ever since the younger team seized control off the back of Julia’s critical error early in the match. But now, she just might have bought herself the most critical opening she could’ve possibly hoped for.

With Ellie down and dazed, there was finally a straight path for Julia back to the Sonic Boom corner! Grunting with the strenuous effort while the encouraging cheers of the crowd fueled her adrenaline, she pushed herself up to her hands and knees, crawled a few paces forward, and then with a shout Julia kicked off the mat to launch herself forward while reaching her hand out, looking to finally tag the Amazon into the match!

This was it, Alaina was leaning in the ring hungry to step in and lay waste to the tag team that had on one hall of a show despite being seen as something of underdogs in this matchup.

Alaina leaned in and as Julia tagged her in the amazon climbed through the ropes moving at Ellie like a freight train! As soon as Ellie got up Alaina was looking to outright bulldoze into her extending her arm for a big flying lariat upon her official entry into the matchup!

Ellie laid on the floor for a moment, letting the ache in her jaw work itself out as she chewed the air. Once she was certain nothing had been broken, she rolled over with a laborer huff, pushing up onto her hands and knees. She caught sight of Julia crawling away from her… towards Alaina. Her eyes shot wide with sudden realization as she scrambled after on all fours. Reaching out, she dove the final distance between them, grasping hold for Julia's ankle in an attempt to yank her back. Just before she could lay hands on her however, she heard it. The clap of hands making a tag.

With a preemptive cringe she shoved herself away, fumbling to her feet, attempting to find her footing to prepare. There was nothing to be done though, not as the Amazon came torpedoing through the air straight at her. With a crack and a grunt, the clubbing package took her by the collar, sending her back down to the mat. Head over heels she tumbled, rolling up onto her shoulders before flopping back to the canvas face down. She lay flat on the mat again, groaning.

Lyla watched with gritted teeth everything unfold, unable to do much to help her partner outside of interference. While she cared very little for the rules as it relates to such things, she knew that Ellie would give her an earful later if she deviated from the rules, let alone the plan. So she stepped a boot up onto the middle rope and leaned herself over the top, hand outstretched and waiting despite Ellie being a long distance away from the apron. She called out to her partner to help situate herself on the ring layout while she was down. "Over here!"

Alaina hammered Ellie and was just getting warmed up. She nodded to the crowd before making her way over to the floored opponent, pulling her up by the arm. "Sorry Ellie, I don't think I properly introduced you to dealing with a real powerhouse just yet!" Alaina said as she grabbed hold of Ellie, getting underneath her putting a hand on her shoulder and her hip, lifting her straight up overhead! Alaina locked out her arms before pressing her up and down to show off. The amazon then threw Allie up and moved, trying to complete a gorilla press slam!

Alaina would flex an arm and kiss the bicep before looking over to the apron at Lyla. "Don't worry, you will get your chance to step in here against me." Alaina said with a wink.

Ellie let out a long muffled groan into the canvas as she lay face down, taken aback by how sudden things had managed to go topsy-turvy. While she wasn't as large as the Amazon, she was by no means a weak power. Getting bowled over like this was an oddity for the rookie. Before she had even made any headway to a rise, she felt the strong grip of Alaina on her again. Rather than a slow drag to her feet one might expect, she was better up into the air with a surprised yelp. Overhead she was flaunted to the crowd as she bicycled her legs, kicking and flailing to somehow struggle free.

"W-wait wait wait!" She had just only realized how high up she was at the other woman's full arm's length. Never keen for heights, one of the many reasons she tended to stay off the ropes she was suddenly panicked. She wanted to be let down, though it seemed both women had very different ideas of how to accomplish that. Helplessly popped up into the air, the other woman stepped away and sent Ellie into a freefall. The rookie's heart jumped in her chest, arms flapping wildly as if attempting to be the first woman to take flight like a bird. It all ended in a hard crash on the mat. The hard impact shook the ring from post to post, bouncing the young girl off the canvas and onto her side. Her figure curled up, gripping at her chest and abdomen, kicking her feet in response to the pain.

"I'm not worried, hot stuff." Lyla quipped back, having an amazing poker face when it came to watching her partner be mailed not far from her. It was easy to muster up bravado in the moment. She had gone toe to toe with Thorn, who was just as much as a beefcake as Ms. Sanders here, so she wasn't really worried for her own sake. " Your partner owes me a date. You could tag along if you want. Even big girls need to be held you know? I am a great cuddler." It seemed as though loose interpretation had gone off the rails and she was just making wild claims now. It was unclear if she was being serious or just saying things to be distracting.

Alaina had just hammered Ellie and heard Lyla shouting to her. Alaina looked put at Lyla and grinned to her. "Sorry kid, I am taken and speaking of that I need to take Ellie here...." Alaina said as she grabbed Ellie by the legs.

Alaina wanted to drag Ellie to the center of the ring and flip her over onto her stomach. Alaina attempted to fold her over, tucking Ellies legs under her arms to lock in a Boston crab submission hold!

"We'll make it a double date then." Lyla chimed in immediately, seemingly chiseling the get together in stone despite no one other than her agreeing to such a thing. She punctuated it with a small devilish wink towards the Amazon. The Irish girl briefly pushed herself up, neck craning to check on Julia from across the ring. Just a glance, she couldn't get too distracted before leaning over the ropes again with her hand out.

Ellie rested over on her shoulder, clutching her chest with a wheeze. The brief exchange between the other women seemingly something right past her given her concerns were more on the immediate predicament she found herself in. Feeling her ankle suddenly grabbed got a yelp from her. Her fingers scratched and clawed at the mat in protest, being slowly dragged away from her corner like a cat held by the tail. She gave a few thrashed, trying to flop herself from the Amazon's grip but found no real give there.

Ellie was effortlessly rolled onto her stomach with a frustrated huff, not accustomed to being manhandled like this in the ring. Efforts to rise were snuffed out as the larger woman sat down on her spine, cranking her legs. "Argh!"

Whelp… Lyla looked on with a knowing expression as her partner was charged off to the middle of the ring. They both knew this wasn't a good, but thankfully the more acrobatic of the two women weren't the one currently being turned over for a submission. Dropping back onto the apron, the Irish lass took a large hopping step into the second turnbuckle from the outside, springing up onto the top rope almost immediately. Not constrained by having to climb into the ring and deal with being met half way, she crouched low honing her eyes onto Alaina.

Kicking off the top rope, Lyla soared over the kneeling referee who was currently watching Ellie in case the rookie chose to submit. Twisting nearly horizontal, Lyla's legs thrust out at the back of the Amazon's head with a missile dropkick, looking to break up the submission before it could tell too much damage to her friend.