Standard Match: Akane Saito vs Rebecca Owens

At first Rebecca paid very little attention to the knee strikes to thighs, they were like the sting of a bee on the thick hide of a bear. However even a bear is going to notice after a couple of stings and that was what was happening here. As the strikes mounted up she found that they were becoming increasingly painful and after a few more she gasped in pain and was forced to let go to defend her leg.

"May just be a hug, but doesn't mean that it wasn't effective." After letting go she would try to male her way to the ropes and then to a standing position to test her leg. If she made it she would find that although the thigh was sore, it still held her weight fine. And then would try to see where Akane had gone to continue her offense.

She could feel the arms around her flexing, crushing her sides together along with her one still trapped arm. There was only so much room for those things to go but Rebecca's application of her grounded bearhug found a way to force all of them together into that tight space in the most painful way possible. While not her only move to make, her knee strikes were the only thing she could think of that didn't involve cheating, something she adamantly refused to do. It was hard to tell how well they were working without a better view of Rebecca's face to gauge her reaction but the roomie kept throwing the strikes out of desperation as she reached the limits of her pain tolerance and had to start considering possibly tapping. How embarrassing to come off of her first win ever and lose to something like this right at the start of her match…

"Ugh…" With her sudden release, the pink-haired girl flopped gracelessly off of Rebecca onto the mat, rolling over onto her side. The motion was enough for her to bite her lip, hissing in pain as her back ached at even the slightest of shifts. Reaching back carefully she placed a hand on the small of her back, kicking her feet lightly on the canvas. She couldn't really deny what the redhead said, but that didn't mean she liked to admit it. With a grown she slowly rolled onto her stomach, and with labored efgort started to push herself up to her knees.

Rebecca was not used to being the first to her feet, usually the others were first up before her and she would have to defend. But as she turned around to do just that, she noticed Akane still only on her knees she would not waste anytime and rushed forward to attack. She would attempt to get behind Akane and grab her by the waist, lifting her up into a German suplex. Assuming this worked she would continue this two more times before finally releasing her on the third suplex and then go for the pin.

While normally on the more nimble side, having been subjected just moments ago to a mighty bearhug had a way of squeezing some of the energy out of the young rookie. With shaky arms and legs, she had hardly managed to get halfway through her rise when the reverberating footfall of Rebecca was felt through the ring. Looking up she saw the big woman heading over with a quickened pace and instinctively cowered away, scurrying backward on all fours to try and put distance between them. The redhead's long strides were more than capable of running her down, however, easily able to slip around behind her.

Akane grit her teeth as those strong arms looped around her waist and pulled at her. Being hefted off the ground she clawed at the ring and kicked wildly, trying in vain to cling to its surface as she was plucked up into the air. With a vicious arch, she was snapped backward onto her shoulders with a thunderous slam that had the front row cringing. She kicked again weakly, feeling around the canvas with a palm as she tried to roll apart but found Rebecca hadn't let go. She was tumbled over onto her front again and lifted and the second time. The impact was just as bad, though notably, her body folded up limply this time, no longer struggling against the hold. By the time she had been launched back to the mat a third time she landed with a duller smack, folded up like an accordion with her legs up over her head. It wasn't until Rebecca brushed her legs aside to pin her that her lower half flopped to the mat.

Her body compressed to the mat as Rebecca's full weight was laid across her, making her exhale softly, almost inaudibly. Akane was still, unmoving. The referee dropped down beside the two, slapping their hand against the canvas.

"One!"

"Two!"

"Ngh!" Akane's closed eyes scrunched up tighter as she twisted toughly beneath the bigger woman, throwing her hand up to the sky. A shoulder raised, ever so slightly, but the pinfall was broken. Her arm remained outstretched for a moment before giving in to gravity and falling back to the mat. She was hanging on, but barely

She thought the 3 German suplexs would be enough to end this early but to her surprise there was still some fight left in her and that fight allowed her to break the pin. "There is some fight in you...I respect that, let's see just how much fight you have."

Leaving the girl slumped on the canvas Rebecca would run towards the ropes. Rebounding off of them after bending them back to their limits, the Warrior Redhead would launch herself like a stone from a catapult and try to splash her body against that of Akane. In fact it was a similar cross body to what Rebecca had been hit with earlier just instead of being on her feet, the target was on the ground.

It had been all she could manage to do, throwing up a single arm long enough to break the count. Her chest heaved as she panted, keeping it up just long enough for Rebecca to concede this attempt at ending the match. The german suplexes however had clearly taken their toll on her as she had been ragdolled into each slam harder than the last. Even as the redhead climbed off of her prone body, the rookie seemed unable to muster the strength to rise and was left sprawled out on the mat with the light rose and fa of her chest as she tried to breathe again.

She could hear the sounds of Rebecca moving, feel her heavy boots pounding on the canvas as she ran to the ropes. With a strained expression she tilted her head, body shaking as she tried to at least start to sit up. She had to move, quickly, but her body wasn't able to follow the commands she gave it. She caught the glimpse of the redhead coming just as she took flight, the large woman's shadow darkening Akane's form before crashing down across her. "Guh!" The smaller girl's arms and legs flopped up then thudded against the mat as she was crushed under Rebecca's weight, ground down into the mat.

After slamming down across the body of Akane she thought briefly about going for another pin but, there was still some life in there so she wanted to make sure that she was down before going for the win. So she would hoist Akane to her feet only to set up for another suplex, a regular one this time. If that worked she would see how her opponent faired before deciding on going for the pin or another move.

As Rebecca peeled herself off the flattened rookie, Akane let out a soft groan. She remained still on the mat, chest rising and falling with each of her heavy pants, wincing. Those chained german suplexes had seemingly battered almost all the fight out of her and recovery was coming far too slow with the redhead refusing to let up the punishment. Her body was slightly limp, malleable as Rebecca reached down and grabbed hold of her, pulling her dead weight up off the mat. Her boots found unstable footing with a wobble, knees buckled inward as she struggled to stand without help.

It was an easy task for Rebecca to bend her forward and hook an arm around the back of her neck. Her leotard rode up her backside slightly as the larger woman took hold of it, hoisting her up into the air. She back crashing down again on her back with a hard thud and an exhausted grunt as she was laid out again. Unable to even twist her body, there had been no lessening the impact. She brought the back of her hand to her forehead, sloppily rubbing sweat from her brow.

That had been a solid impact and though there was movement, it was sluggish and lacking in life. So Rebecca felt certain that this would be her chance to put her opponent down. So after the suplex Rebecca would twist around and lay her parody over top that of Akane, hooking the legs to go for another pin on the pinkette.

Akane unmoved as Rebecca dropped down across her once again. Her limp wet noodle legs collected under and arm and draw up, rolling her perky backside off the mat as she was folded up. Her head lulled slightly to the side, trying so hard to summon up the energy to fight back.

"One!" The referee pounded the mat with their palm.

"Two!" Another hard slap, their hand raising up about to deliver the finale counts…

"Hgh!" Akane bucked herself hard, thrusting her legs out as hard as she could, trying to jostle herself loosen just enough to break the pinfall. But was it enough?