Re: SS22 Hardcore 24/7 Championship - Astrid Arvidsson (c) vs. Panther Risako

by Underdog21 Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:10 pm

One foot on the mat. A huff of breath. Another foot on the mat. A huff of breath. A gritting of the teeth as Risako pushed herself upright. A steadying of her leg muscles as she fought to keep from toppling over. Then, she rose. Her skull was pounding like a drum, blood was obscuring her vision in one eye, and she felt bruises under her bruises...but Risako pushing herself up. After all that Astrid had thrown at her, Risako tried to get herself upright.

And then Astrid's boot collided with her face, and everything went white.

Risako barely felt herself crashing onto her back again, was barely conscious of the blood dribbling more freely down the side of her face after that superkick opened her cut up even wider. Her ability to stand, her awareness of the ring...all of that fled her body the moment the kick impacted. If Astrid had wanted to go for a pin then and there, then Risako would not have been able to summon the strength of mental awareness to stop her.

But the Golden Dragon had other plans.

Risako was dimly aware of her hair being grabbed, and then suddenly she was being yanked up, her scalp burning as she was pulled to her feet. Only the fact that Astrid was holding her up prevented her from falling over all over again, so precarious was her sense of balance at this point. The next thing she knew, she felt Astrid's powerful arms wrapping around her as though in an embrace. Alarm bells rang in her head, that undefeatable warrior part of her urging her to fight this. She forced one eye open, grimacing as she found herself face to face with an equally fatigued Astrid.

With one final burst of her fading strength, she threw a punch. She didn't even know if it connected or not, though, before her world went vertical. She heard the screams of the fans as her body was driven down, hard, onto the ladder. She hard the shriek of tortured metal even as fresh pain shot through her body, her bones feeling close to breaking from the impact.

She was still barely conscious when Astrid picked her up. Still barely conscious after she brought her down a second time, bombing her straight into the twisted, mangled wreckage of the ladder, breaking her against the hard steel of the construct.

But the third time...it was the third, final impact that did her in. With a final rush of blood to the head and a final, concussive impact, the Queen of Queens finally, mercifully, blacked out.

by skip-stop Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:04 pm

Even when Astrid put her opponent on her shoulders with incredible effort, Risako was not ready to lose. Considering that she could barely stand on her feet after the Golden Dragon kicked her in the face, many were sure that the match was over for her. Maybe it was true. But even in this situation, the purple-haired woman did not renege on the promise they made to each other. Fight to the end no matter what.

The fist of the Queen of Queens crashed into the face of the descendant of the great Vikings. It was hard to tell if this opened a new wound or aggravated one of the old ones. The fact was that drops of sweat and blood sprayed from the Golden Dragon's face, and the scarlet liquid began to flow over her face much more actively than before. With a loud groan of pain, the Golden Dragon staggered. And even though she was able to keep her balance, her right knee slowly began to sink down.

The audience gasped loudly, suggesting that Risako had managed to knock out of the Norwegian woman the last drop of strength that she had left. But this was followed by deafening cheers because, clenching her teeth, Astrid strained her legs and her knee did not touch the floor. Even after the hell her body went through, her determination was still unshakeable.

With a wild roar, the Golden Dragon threw the Queen of Queens onto the ladder three times, causing the metal structure to literally break in half. However, this was not what struck the audience to the heart. They didn't care that the ladder was broken. They were much more amazed by the fact that this time Risako remained lying at the bottom completely motionless. After everything that happened in this match, they just couldn't believe it, because these two great women beat each other so long and hard that at some point the audience believed that it would never end.

"Pha... ha... pha... ha..."

Breathing raggedly and heavily, Astrid stared at her rival with a bleary gaze for several seconds. Even she found it hard to believe what she had just done. For this, she had to go beyond all possible limits. And now she has absolutely nothing left. The fog in front of her eyes turned to a white flash and she fell to her knees in front of Risako.

The arms of the descendant of the great Vikings fell lifelessly down. Until a few moments ago, she felt as if the pain was tearing her apart. But now, every muscle in her body relaxed and the Golden Dragon seemed to stop feeling her body. Even in her head there was absolute silence, not a single thought. She hadn't realized it yet, but she had reached complete exhaustion.

The bloodied body of the Golden Dragon leaned forward and she collapsed onto Risako. Thighs to thighs, belly to belly, breasts to breasts. Pressing her forehead against the concrete floor, her head was next to her opponent's head. Blowing hot breath into Risako's ear, Astrid tried to do everything in her power to stay conscious. Perhaps it would be forgiven if she fell asleep considering how much she gave to her rival. However, she longed to hear just one thing. And there was only one person who could help her with that. The referee lay down next to Astrid and Risako, and then slapped her palm on the concrete floor.

"ONE!" The audience shouted in unison.