Haruka vs Tigress - Haruka fights her second valkyrie

Haruka grinned at Tigress's shouts and would hold o for a moment before she tried to transition the hold into a pump handle slam in whch she would suddenly heave Tigress over one shoulder and then slam ehr down hard on her back.

The pain stomped abruptly when Tigress was yanked up and over Haruka's shoulder. "Nn...ghg..." she grunted as she was forcefully lifted up, but Tigress would try to counter right before Haruka slammed her to her back. She would shove herself off of Haruka's shoulder, using her upward momentum when the blonde hoisted her up. Once she was on her feet and behind Haruka, she would try to grab her arms around Haruka's waist and go for a release german suplex. Given their position in the ring, if Tigress got this far, she would throw the blonde clean out of the ring and all the way to the floor

Tigress would soon find out that she wasn't the only one that could mix power with acrobatics. As Tigress grabbed her around the waist and tossed her, Haruka uses the momentum to backflip and land on her feet right after the toss. She continued to use some of the momentum and a little timing so tthat she would seem to stagger back heavily to ropes. From there she would try to use some tming to wait for Tigress to get up and turn and then suddenly explode at her with ehr World Shaking Clothesline.

There were pluses and minuses to this tactic. Haruka was using this as a surprise move as much an attempt to finish the match. There was a very good chance she would hit Tigress with this move before a counter could be thought up let alone executed. But since this was rushed, there was also the chance that Haruka would not be nailing Tigress with 100% power here like she had Claudette but the the impact should still be impressive.

Tigress heard Haruka land and just assumed she had pulled off her counter. She quickly sprung back to her feet and began to turn to look at her handiwork. But what she saw was not a downed and broken Haruka, but rather a blur that faintly resembled her. "Wh...!??" she started to say when the finisher clothesline flipped her once through the air, Tigress landing hard on her front. From this position she didn't move, almost seemingly knocked out cold by the impact she didn't seem coming. The fans lit up as the finisher hit its mark, Haruka's supporters giving her their audible love.

Haruka briefly fell to hands and knees after nailing Tigress with this move. She then shakily got up, both from the physical exertion and the excitement. She turned in the direction of Tigress's still form and had a shaky, cocky grin on her face. She stabbed down with her finger poiting at Tigress like she was some proud God passing judgement.

"That's how you do it!"

She fell to her knees with a thud near Tigress's form.

"That is how you slay a wild beast!"

With that, she would push Tigress over on her back if she wasn't already and go to lift a leg for te pin attempt, overly sure this was it. However many Tugress fans refused to believe this was over so quickly and chanted her name over and over.

Tigress rolled over limply, her expression weary, eyes closed. She could feel Haruka spread herself across her and tightly hook her leg upwards. The pin felt so tight and her body had little strength left.

"One!"

She softly breathed, able to hear her own fans trying to will her back into the fight. She didn't want to disappoint them... she didn't want to disappoint herself for that matter... but Haruka was just so strong and Tigress was blown away by the fact that no matter how much she punished the atheltic blonde, she just couldn't keep her down.

"Two!!"

It would be easier to stay down. The count was at two and Tigress could end this hardship by remaining still for one more second. But what would that mean if she lost? She proclaimed she was better than her rival, Claudette, but here she was in the same exact predicament, finished off the the World-shaking Clothesline. Claudette couldn't take one of these... so if Tigress could just kick out, even if she still lost the match, she could prove that she was tougher than her rival.

That was enough incentive to fight out of this. That was all the drive Tigress needed and her shoulder almost shot up by itself, baaaaaarely leaving the mat as the ref hit the mat a third time. She had seen though that Tigress did manage a kick out and informed the fans who were already cheering Haruka's "victory" that it was only a two-count. The fans went from happy to rabid, or at least Haruka's followers did. Tigress', on the other hand, went nuts that she was still fighting.

Haruka kneeled up with a look of despair and surprise on her face.

What the fuuuuucccckkkk???

Haruka gave the referee a look of shock who was shoving two fingers in her face indicating she had only got a two count. Haruka grabbed her short haired head, incensed at this. She bent over and slammed the mat several times in frustration.

Then she got up and started pulling Tigress up by her hair again.

I am soooo gonna destroy this bitch!

She would then heave Tigress up onto her shoulders in a Samoan Drop/F5 like position. However haruka might have given Tigress time to recoup and she staggered a bit as her present level of energy made it that heaving Tigress up the way she did made it kind of unwieldy.

Tigress opened her eyes slowly to see Haruka absolutely freaking out at the two-count. It was easy to see that she had considered this one over, and that meant Tigress had already done better than Claudette. "Take that... bitch." Tigress thought to herself with a slight grin, addressing her rival wherever she might be. But she didn't want to be just a smidge better than Claudette, she wanted to show any and all that she was definitely, without a shadow of a doubt, the more badass warrior. She groaned some as Haruka began to yank her up and try to negotiate the big girl onto her shoulders.

Tigress didn't have the energy yet for some big counter, but maybe she could do something simpler. Once Haruka stumbled, Tigress shifted a bit and fell behind her, grabbing her legs on the way down in an attempt to roll Haruka up into a tightly secured ball for a possible surprise pin

Haruka more surprised than trapped. Tigress would be able to slide slickly down and roll Haruka up but the senshi herself was a proud enough warrior to not lose to such a move done by one who was probably more use to ending the match via power rather than trickery. Haruka would kick out and roll away.

However, Tigress was probably going to be able to seize the initiative now. Haruka struggled to get up.

"Now or never, Tigress, show Claudette how you can beat this bitch!" Tigress yelled to herself as she watched Haruka struggled to get up. The thought of showing the Valkyrie up was almost enough for an instant second wind and Tigress threw herself at Haruka. She would try to grab her by the shoulders and physically force her back into the corner with her momentum. If she managed to get her into position, Tigress would launch a few knees for Haruka's abs, each with a yell of effort