Halloween Costume Title Match! "Amazon" Alaina Sanders (C) vs Panther Risako

Alaina was still motionless as Risako hauled her up and grabbed hold other lifting the champion up into the air and sending her crashing down to the mat! Alaina didn't make a sound and was still completely lifeless as the official slid in to place and began to count the pin!

"ONE!"

"TWO!"

"THR-"

Alaina howled and thrust hard to the side breaking the pin attempt and rolling to the side. She gasped for breath and made it to her stomach, struggling to push herself back up to her feet.

Arched backwards as she slammed Alaina down in a hard pinfall, Risako's teeth clenched as she tried to maintain the pin, hooking one of the amazon's powerful legs back as she wrapped her up. Her heart skipped a beat when the countdown finally reached two. Just as the ref nearly said "Three," however, Alaina suddenly twisted sharply underneath her, the movement throwing Risako off and sending her rolling across the ring next to the Amazon.

Letting out a cry of exasperation, Risako slapped at the mat three times, by this point getting frustrated with how tenacious Alaina was. The battle was going on quite a bit now, and Risako was starting to get worn out as much as Alaina was. She was going to have to win this soon, she knew, otherwise Alaina just might beat her on endurance alone.

Crawling over towards the down Alaina, Risako stood over her and grabbed at her boots, interlocking Alaina's heels around her knees. If Risako managed that, then she would arch back gracefully over the amazon and cup her chin with both hands, wrenching back hard as she tried to trap Alaina in a Muta lock!

"Come on, Alaina!" she shouted. "Give it up!"

Alaina was down on the mat gasping as Risako pounced again, wrapping her up and catching Alaina in the mute lock! The amazon let out a howl and thrashed about before reaching her hands up to grab at Risako's wrists! She knew if she was in this hold for very long that things would be over or damn near it if Risako inflicted enough agony upon her. "No way.... let go!" Alaina shouted as she tried to power her way out by freeing her chin from Risako's iron grip by using her strength.

Risako's lithe body arched gracefully over Alaina's, curving over the Amazon's as she trapped her in the Muta lock, her lavender hair spilling over her opponent's head. This was a hold that had put down quite a few of Risako's foes in the past...and yet, even now, Alaina was refusing to tap out. At this rate, Risako shouldn't have been surprised.

What did catch Risako by surprise, though, was Alaina grabbing for her wrists, trying to pry her hands loose from around her chin. She cursed at this, feeling her grip slipping. Knowing that it was only a matter of time before her grip came loose, Risako released the Muta lock, flopping down next to Alaina...and in the bargain, trying to drive her elbow into the other girl's upper back.

With Alaina's legs still entwined around hers, Risako would shift her body around so that she was lying on her back with her legs towards Alaina's side. Shifting her grip, she would try to grab for one of Alaina's legs and scissor it, bending it sideways at a sharp angle, while pressing her boots against the thigh of Alaina's other leg, trying all the while to wear Alaina down further....

Alaina grunted as the elbow hammered her right in the spine, and the brief relief of escaping one hold was replaced by terhshooting pain in her leg as another was applied! Alaina howled and thrashed about kicking at Risako with her free leg as she howled in pain. the amazon tried to also sit up once her kicks couldn't hit their mark attempting to punch Risako right in the side of the knee as the agonized amazon was stuck in hold after hold feeling herself being destroyed by the challenger!

Risako was bending Alaina's legs like a wishbone now as she leaned back, pouring pressure on those powerful thighs of hers in opposite directions. Alaina was responding by howling with pain, thrashing on the mat as she tried in vain to escape. Risako grinned to herself as she leaned back further. At this rate, she was either going to force Alaina to expend a lot of energy crawling towards the ropes, or to tap...and at this stage, she knew she just might be able to force the Amazon to tap. Surely, her durability had to be nearing its limits?

To Risako's surprise, however, Alaina didn't crawl towards the ropes, nor did she tap out...if anything, she looked like tapping was the last thing on her mind. Instead, Alaina simply twisted around, and drove a hard fist into Risako's exposed knee.

Pain exploded through Risako's leg, and she let out a shriek of pain as she rolled away from Alaina, clutching her hurting leg, rolling up onto her side as she tried to put some distance between herself and the Amazon...

Alaina worked at Risako, her attacks taking the Wrestle Angel off guard. A gasping, hurting Alaina rolled away now heading to the ropes to reach up using them to climb. Her whole body was hurting and really so far Risako had been in charge of more of the match than then champion amazon. Alaina stood and hobbled on limp legs as she was really hurting everywhere. Come on! COME ON!" Alaina called out to Risako standing ready to grapple and re-engage the challenger with her hands up offering Risako a chance to lock up.

Risako's face was scrunched up in pain as she rolled away from Alaina. Grimacing, she nonetheless managed to roll up to her knees, bracing herself on her palms as she tried to push herself back up to her feet. She was already conscious that Alaina would no doubt be getting back up as well, and would be getting ready to renew her assault.

And, annoyingly enough, Alaina was already standing: she was visibly limping, but the Wonder Woman was already back on her feet, shouting for Risako to come at her for a grapple. Risako was no doubt looking no worse for wear, the body paint of her Cheetah outfit starting to melt off a bit from her perspiration. The smart thing to do would have been to ignore the lockup, trip Alaina down again and punish those legs of hers even more.

But, damn it, Alaina had earned her respect. And so instead Risako did the less smart thing: she got back up and accepted Alaina's lockup, aggressively tying up collar and elbow with the larger woman

Alaina howled as Risako locked up pushing and trying to maneuver the challenger although she had a hurt leg. The amazon struggled and stumbled around quite a bit herself before she started to power through driving Risako back to her corner a little ways. Alaina wasn't trying to just muscle Risako around though, she had another idea. Alaina tried to go low, driving her shoulder into Risako and lifting her up on her shoulder before attempting to bring her crashing down to the mat with a samoan drop to build some momentum!

It was plain from the way that Alaina was hobbling that Risako had done a number on her leg: the fact that she was still up and mobile, though, and challenging her for a head-on grapple, did nothing to diminish Risako's respect for her at that moment. The two ladies pushed and twisted, Risako gritting her teeth and breathing through flared nostrils as she tried to match Alaina. Little by little, though, she felt herself being pushed back...

....and then gasped, doubling over, as Alaina's shoulder collided with her midsection. She gave a short, stuttering gasp, before Alaina picked her up and unceremoniously slammed her down again in a Samoan drop, leaving her lying stunned and groaning at the larger woman's feet...