Noble Hearts: Justice Asuka vs Emily Nelson

Emily remained lying on her back, unmoving as Asuka moved to cover her. She seemed completely out of it as she was rolled up into an unflattering position and pinned. Her fans cried out all at once as the countdown continued.

"TWO...."

With a sudden gasp, Emily kicked out, her body twisting sideways as she barely managed to get a shoulder up in time. She was taking a beating right now, but the Noble Fighter wasn't done yet.

Justice tried another pin attempt to see if Emily was down for the count, the second count was made but right as the third was about to be called she feels Emily kick out and twist herself from underneath her to break the pin. Emily had spirit and determination, Justice had to give her credit for that so when the returning veteran stands back up she grabs both of Emily's arms to pull her up as well and will try to attempt to toss her Scottish opponent with the Irish Whip into the nearest turnbuckle.

Emily took several deep breaths of air as she turned to the side, her already sore back now throbbing with a raw pain after that DDT. She could make out the sound of her fans cheering in the distance, but that didn't stop Justice from grabbing her arms and whipping her towards the ropes.

Caught in her own momentum, Emily gasped and tried to regain control, twisting her body and shooting her arms back to cushion the incoming blow. Pain shot through her body, somewhat through her back but mostly through her elbows, as she impacted with the corner post. It was still enough, though, to leave her slumped weakly in the corner. "Nnnngh..."

Justice was breathing heavily after she tossed Emily towards the nearest turnbuckle and slumping on it after the impact. She looks around the arena as all of Emily's fans cheer for her, as well as Justice's own fans. Justice quickly returns her sights to her opponent and runs over towards the corner but doesn't attack Emily while she is stunned like others would.... yet.

Her head blaring with immense pain Justice climbs up the turnbuckle and then claps repeatedly to get the crowd to clap too since she will pull off a big move, she turns to face and look down at Emily and then reaches down for her and lifts her up over her head upside down and grabs her shins with her legs spread wide open. Unless Emily does something before she gets lifted up Justice will jump off the turnbuckle and land butt first into the ring mat, performing the famous Muscle Buster Powerhouse technique on Emily.

Emily was breathing hard as well through clenched teeth as she lay slumped in the corner, her elbows now hurting just as much as her back was. It could have been worse, she told herself, she could have hit the corner post fully with her back. She was aware of her fans shouting for her to get back up, to keep fighting, but then the crowd seemed to really like Asuka as well. No wonder, Emily thought, Asuka was giving her one hell of a fight so far.

Opening one eye, Emily saw Justice clambering the top ropes in front of her, clapping her hands to get the crowd motivated. That was Justice's one mistake, assuming Emily was out of it: she obviously hadn't noticed the Noble Fighter brace for impact with her elbows, and thought she was now completely out of it.

As Justice reached down and grabbed at her, Emily felt a sense of vertigo as she was lifted upside down in preparation for the muscle buster. At the last minute, though, Emily would make her move, shifting her weight down and swinging her legs forward, aiming to reverse Justice's move and by flipping her head over heels off the corner post and, hopefully, sending her slamming back-first into the mat.

Justice had Emily perfectly set up for the Muscle Buster and the crowd was hyped to see it be performed on the Scottish woman, but just when she was about to jump off the turnbuckle Emily shifted her weight forward and caught Justice completely off guard before she fell and spun forward then is slammed herself into the mat back first with the crowd gasping. "Ugh!" The momentum from the impact hurt her back a lot as she arcs her chest up and clutches her back then rolls onto her chest and slowly tries to get up onto her knees before eventually standing back up.

Emily, meanwhile, crashed down onto her butt after toppling from the corner post. She winced at the impact, but heard Justice slamming down more forcefully behind her. She had just avoided a really nasty move, she knew, and now she had to capitalize on it.

Rolling back up to her feet, Emily grabbed at Justice as she began to get back up, pulling her up by the arm before draping that arm over her shoudler. Her free hand grabbed at Justice's thigh, and, with a deep breath, she lifted the other girl up sideways, before spinning around and leaping forwards to slam Justice, back-first, into the mat.

Justice took a fierce slam to her back after that reversal of her Muscle Buster attempt as she laid there before trying to stand back up. She finally notices that her arms are still a bit sore from the Lotus Lock from earlier and along with her head and back pains she isn't in good shape at all. When she tried to stand back up Emily grabbed her by the arms and lifted her up and grabbed her thigh before lifting her up over her sideways again. "Ugh..."

Her limbs that Emily is holding onto just wobble motionlessly as she spins while the free hand is clawing at her opponent's hand. Justice has only one shot to try to counter this before whatever kind of slam that Emily has in store for her soon, so while she is spinning Justice will try to shift her weight so that Emily will fall forward and roll onto her back a bit painfully and while she does, Justice will grab one of Emily's legs with her free hand while wrapping her free leg around the other to try and pin her. If this isn't successful then Justice will be slammed onto her back and just lay there breathing heavily and left open for Emily to keep attacking her.

With a display of strength, Emily lifted Asuka up and began to spin, setting her up for another powerful slam. Even as she spun, however, she felt Justice shifting her weight. The Scotswoman's legs wobbled, and she nearly fell over, but she quickly adjusted her balance. A Wrestle Angels vet like her wasn't so easily brought down....

Leaping forwards, Emily slammed Justice down, hard, onto her back, her head landing against her opponent's bare midsection as the two crashed to the mat. The moment she slammed Justice down, Emily would hold her breath and hook one of the other girl's legs, pinning her, while the ref girl ran over and started the countdown.

"ONE..."

Justice was able to slightly catch Emily off balance but she quickly corrected it to stay standing. Her chance to avoid a painful slam ruined, she grunts loudly when Emily leaped forward to slam Justice back first into the mat and her into her midsection for extra damage which knocks the wind out of her. "GAH!!" She just laid there, breathing deeply and heavily as Emily remained on top of her and hooked her leg to pin her again.

The ref-girl made the first count and Justice just continued to lay there with the wind still knocked out of her with her leg pulled back with her opponent on top of her. "TWO!...." Just when all seemed hopeless for her, Justice hears the crowd cheer for her, hoping to break free from the pin. She couldn't let them done, after finally returning from retirement to fight again she WASN'T going to disappoint them! As soon as the ref-girl's hand was about to make the 3rd count, whether it was from sheer will, determination or strength, Justice shifts completely onto her side to break the pin and the crowd cheers in response. "Not.. yet.."