Sakura Hagiwara vs. Lauren Fredericks

Lauren slapped the mat in frustration and stood up, stomping down on Sakura's abdomen once before hauling her up once again deadlifting her but Lauren swayed a bit, struggling and not getting the full lift as she was really worn out.

The crowd booed her as she slammed Sakura again, this time strutting about as she flexed her arms, high stepping while her thighs quaked with each step.the crowd booed her while she posed facing them and standing near the ropes.  "Oh shut up!  I am a real oldschool wrestler and ya hate me just because I'm not some alim, sexy teenybopper!"  Lauren shouted in frustration to the booing crowd, ignoring Sakura.

Sakura had given her all to muster the strength to break that pinfall, barely making it in time. Her bridge lasted just as long as it needed to before she slumped back down into the mat breathing heavily with exhaustion. She was running on empty and while Lauren seemed to be gassing herself out as well, still was capable of bringing the hammer down on the idol which she did with a solid stomp on the defenseless young girl. She was hauled up once again, though unlike the previous slams with pronounced power and gusto, this time the blond unceremoniously dumped Sweet Diva's star onto the mat.

While there may have been some truth to Lauren's claims of being misjudged because of her figure, the likelihood was more that she was savaging a world famous singer and wrestler, and strutting around cockily as she did so. There was more to earning the love of the fans than filling out a bikini or an award winning smile. Even Sakura, who labored to roll onto her stomach knew that. There was a reason why, even in AFW with so many beautiful women and handsome men, some rose and some floated, and it wasn't just because of how they looked. They had an x-factor, something that made them stand out. While that could have been a voluptuous body, it could also take the form of feats of remarkable strength, death defying stunts, or just someone with a boatload of heart.

Struggling to a knee, she let out a haggard breath. Then got her other leg up. Standing, she swayed, threshing to fall, but managing to right herself. With slowly careful steals, she trudged towards Lauren as the booing crowd started to turn back to cheers. She stood just behind the blond, waiting for her to turn around, waiting to show her just why she was as beloved as she was. When the other woman finally turned to face her, Sakura lunged in on her, hooking an arm between the heavy woman's plump thighs, her other hand clamping down on her shoulder. With a mighty scream, she let it all out, muscles flaring, legs burning as she hefted the big woman up into the air, twisting her upside down, and threw her to the mat in a massive scoop slam.

The idol was left hunched forward, sweat running down her face. Collapsing down to her knees, she gracelessly fell forward to drape herself over top Lauren, unable to even manage a proper cover as she lay exhausted over top of her.

Lauren was curious as to why people were suddenly cheering as she turned and saw Sakura! A look of panic appeared as she shook her head, still flexing in shock as Sakura grabbed her and began to lift!

"W-what!? No way you can lift...AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Lauren howled as she was heft up high and slammed hard with authority!

Lauren crowd out in agony and it looked as if a tear was streaking down her cheek her torso exploded in so much pain! Lauren felt Sakura cover her and she raised a leg up kicking the mat weakly as her thigh rippled like jello.

"ONE!"

Lauren moaned again this time kicking twice a bit more frantically to no end, the audience cheered Sakura and laughed a bit at Lauren dubbing her 'jigglypuff' as all her lower body flab shook and trembled while she weakly struggled.

"TWO!"

"I... I won't lose to a single s-slam....
G-get off me...." Lauren muttered weakly as she thrust both legs up and bucked her hips with both legs hitting the mat as Sakura stayed right on top! Lauren howled in agony and raised both legs high bringing them crashing down and thrusting her hips up to roll Sakura off of her!

"THREE...NO! TWO COUNT! TWO!" The referee shouted as Lauren seemingly kicked out right at three but the official ruled (correctly as Lauren hoped) that she did buck and thrust put at 2.9!

Unlike Sakura's earlier pinfall attempts, the idol was little more than dead weight on top of Lauren now. There had been no hook of the leg, no forceful tilt of a head, not even properly distributed weight to make getting her shoulders up difficult. Just the young wrestler's body draped over her the way she fell. She was jostled by each jiggle of struggle, but managed to remain over too of her even as she kicked and bucked. It looked at it Sakura was about to win without fully even realizing it.

Then Lauren found the strength to finally throw her off, rolling the idol wrestling to the side. Sakura flopped over onto her back, panting heavily as she stared up at the ceiling. She almost had it, too close to even count. She knew it. She grimaced while trying to sit herself up but dropping back to the mat with an exhausted huff. Was she spent? Lauren's offense throughout the match had done wonders for hammering Sakura down into submission. It had been a while since she had matched up with someone so strong outside of AFW, it was still something of a weakness for her. It was one she needed to overcome though. If she couldn't take on Lauren, how would she ever be able to challenge Alaina again?

Slowly she rolled onto her stomach, planting her palms with shaky arms. Tucking her legs one after the other underneath her. On all fours now she took a moment to breath, working her way to a knee next. She was getting there, almost back up.

Lauren rolled over pushing herself slowly to her hands and knees as she gasped for breath. The big woman was swaying and clearly staggered as she slowly rose to her feet as Sakura did.

Lauren muttered something indiscernible to herself as she reached out to grab Sakura by the hair, moving to the corner and smashing her head against the turnbuckle over and over! Lauren was weak but she had to tey to wear Sakura down before trying to finish her!

Beaten to her feet, Sakura was in a poor position to fight back when. Lauren came for her. Practically draggeg with fumbling steps by her hair she let out a cry of pain at each hard tug. A chorus of jeers and boos rained down as the idol was hauled to the corner. Before she could even find footing her face was being slammed into the turnbuckle, shaking the ring and wobbling the ropes. Pulled back, she blinked away the disorientation just in time for the next attempt her opponent had to throw her head into the corner.

Her arms came up, lashing out to either side. Her fingers clenching to the ropes, deadlocking her in place and preventing the blond from simply smashing her head into the corner endlessly. Her elbows took the shock of the sudden stop, wobbling but holding strong against Lauren's superior strength. She wasn't going to stand idly by when this woman walked all over her.

Lauren groaned as Sakura had stopped her from softening her up! Shaking her head Lauren tried to spin Sakura around and begin to hammer her into the corner while facing her, aiming to hammer her with a parade of body punches, forearms to the chest, knee strikes and even a couple punches to the face! "I won't lose tonight, no way!" Lauren called out sounding like she was out of shape, out of steam and running out of ideas to inflict pain on Sakura as the match had gone on!

Sakura held on tight to the ropes as she was shoved hard towards them, locking herself in as Lauren fruitlessly tried to budge her. The wrestle idol had made an effective wedge though and didn't seem likely to budge even with the gap in their respective strength. Be it understanding of frustration, the blond seemed to figure this out as well and opted to change her strategy. Grabbed by the collar, she was whipped around to face her opponent again, taking a clubbing forearm to her chest that sent her crashing into the turnbuckles with a yelp. As the big woman stepped in on her, Sakura brought her arms up in a defensive shell to protect herself.

Each strike that hit her arms rocked her entire body, jolting her back against the post. The solid meaty impacts hurting at first but soon found her arms nearly numb from soaking each of them. Finally, her defenses shattered when Lauren threw a knee up under her arms and caught her in the stomach, bending her forward gasping for air as her lungs were purged. From there, Lauren was able to land blow after blow, collapsing the younger woman into the corner as she took a pummeling helplessly.

Lauren felt like she may have this match won, and she just wanted to hit more big moves to really put Sakura down before trying to pin her. Gasping for breath, the worn out, tired bigger wrestler pulled Sakura up by the arm, twisting her torso as she tried to whip Sakura across the ring into the ropes! As Sakura bounced back Lauren would start to run at her and jump as high as she could hoping to crash into Sakura before flattening her to the mat with a running cross body block! Lauren's plan, if successful, was to flatten Sakura and stay right on top of her for the pin afterward!

Sakura's long flowing hair hung down over her face as she remained slumped in the corner, strands fluttering slightly with each heavy exhale she took. Her knees were bent inward, barely able to keep her from falling down completely to the mat. When Lauren reached out and took hold of her arm, it came easily with no real fight left in her to stop the other woman from doing what she wanted. Against her will, the idol was thrown to the side and sent stumbling towards the ropes. Narrowly she managed to hit a stride and turn her back into them just as she reached the cables. She wasn't ready to return, knowing full well Lauren would have the upper hand.

In an act of desperation as her weight sunk into the ropes, she threw her arms back behind her, hooking them over the top rope. When her momentum snapped back she was jolted hard enough to whip her head painfully forward but had managed to hold firm and stop herself from bouncing back towards Lauren. She clung to the ropes, swallowing greedy gasps of air as her eye leveled back towards her opponent whose plans she had just foiled.