Eliza Harenwood vs Yoske Ishimi - Dancing With The Stars

Eliza was by her own admission not the strongest or the bulkiest of the ladies in Tension, but she was without a doubt among their most nimble of fighters. Able to rush around the ring and assault you from just about any angle, which allowed the dancing passion to cement herself as one of the best strikers around. This was a blow that could floor any man or woman even on their best day and Eliza's leg was coming in hot there like a burning blade that would surely slice through Yoske, that is if he hadn't managed to get his guard up in time.

The dancing passion felt the strike connect surely, but it seemed Yoske managed to get his guard up and prevented Eliza from claiming his jaw there with her kick. But momentum carried the strike forward and it seemed to send the silent wall careening over the ropes and taking him to the outside, Eliza would land on the mat there with a thud and took a moment to examine the handiwork of her impact. Perhaps it wasn't what she had sought but it was a similar enough result at least.

Ms Harenwood would kip up into a standing position and then elegantly spin in place before performing a butterfly kick away from the ropes there and stand perfectly poised in place at the middle of the ring, her hands tucked down and inwardly as she waited for Yoske to recover. She'd not go out into the wilderness of the ring outside if she could help it.

Yoske's timing was near perfect. Having successfully blocked Eliza's offensive on him and using the momentum from the strike to hurl himself out of the ring on purpose. Like a cat, he landed on his feet and stood outside of the ring for a second or two watching Eliza. She was quick and efficient. That much he knew. The question was how would he proceed with his moves? Tactically, speaking he should take the offensive, but first he had to climb into the ring. He proceeded to the steps making his way up to the edge and watching Eliza. Making sure she didn't try anything. When he was confident enough, Yoske stepped through the ropes and brushed his nose with his thumb again to square off for a second time.

By this time around however, he would make the first move. While attempting to encircle her like a predator, Yoske would lunge towards Eliza attempting to set her up for a clothesline. However, his tactic was a rouse to try and lower her guard. If he planned it right, he should be able to catch her by surprise with a slam move. The issue was where he would be positioned compared to her. Behind her would be a simple German Suplex. If it was from the front and catching a strike, a simple STO slam would do. These were a couple of possibilities. But it really revolved around where he was physically in position to her physically.

The ideal tactic would be a surprise STO slam to drop her on the mat. However, if her movements shifted where he could get behind her, Yoske may be open for a German Suplex. Once again, timing was crucial here and while he may not be fast, his strength and power more than made up for the speed he lacked here. Regardless, Yoske would try to prepare himself for what may happen next. If it wasn't exactly as he planned, he would have to improvise somehow.

Eliza was watching Yoske there, he was a blank slate of expression there and it made him harder to read than the dancing passion would have liked. Most of the men in Tension that Eliza had fought were boasting, confident and loud and that allowed the Harenwood to gauge their state of mentality. Here though Eliza wasn't getting much of that here as he entered back into the ring there, still she knew he had to have felt her strikes. Very few in Tension and even Friction could tank prolonged leg strikes from the British aristocrat after all.

He shuffled around her, to which Eliza would meet his steps as if it were a dance. Eliza would rush in to try and meet Yoske, from what possibly could have been a rushing jumping knee strike. Only for the dancing passion to then be caught off guard mid motion and was left to crash and burn in Yoske's STO move!

"Ghn!" Eliza grunted as she hit the mat, that could have gone a lot better in her mind. She crashed and burned on the mat there and her momentum in the ring was stopped clear as day there now.

Yoske was successful at his tactic. The body language he implied seemed to be enough to catch her off guard and allowing him the opening required to capitalize. Indeed the hits were powerful and painful, but he tried to handle it the only way he knew how. Very few people were capable of knocking him down and keeping him down. This why he was nicknamed the silent wall. No sound escaped from him, and he was difficult to knock over in most cases. There are some exceptions.

After hitting the mat, Yoske looked down at Eliza while on his knees. He heard the crowd cheering when they saw the surprise power move. Wasting little time, Yoske got to one knee and reached down to get the dancing passion on her feet. From here, he would try to set her up for a Shin Breaker. This of course did two things: One, it showcased some of his strength, and two, it was intended to wear down her leg. A lot of times, a wrestler use the Shin Breaker and back it up with a follow up move on the same leg. Yoske's follow up was usually a knee slam or a rest hold putting pressure on the leg. He may just try to follow it up with a knee slam if everything ran like clockwork.

However, even if he was unable to follow up the Shin Breaker, it should be enough to at least slow Eliza down some. Having taking the time in the beginning to analyze Eliza and her move format, Yoske came to the conclusion, a logical conclusion, that Eliza's greatest strength is her legs. If he could wear them down enough, it should at least give him the room to work on her some more. But in this case, he'll take his time with the actions. No need to hurry.

Eliza was by most sense of the word a glass cannon in the ring, even ignoring the fact that she was usually outclassed by her usually male foes in both height and weight and going up against other women the dancing passion was still often at a disadvantage pound for pound. This would be proven there as Eliza was brought down by Yoske's grappling skills and the tall redhead seemed intent on displaying his grappling prowess even further by managing to transition into his shin breaker attack!

"Gahh!" Eliza yelped out as the silent wall's followup to this was a swift knee strike, seemingly showcasing his skill in the striking game albeit in a different way to the dancing passion. This called for an escape plan here and Eliza would make to roll forward out of the grip and immediate proximity of Yoske there with a rather elegant ukemi roll.

She winced audibly as she got up there as the pain shot into her leg, but Eliza at this point in her career was no wallflower here at least. Eliza was a glass cannon perhaps, but she was made of plexiglass and was a tougher nut to crack than before as she made to stand back up and re-enter her stance.

Having success on his shin breaker and knee strike combination, Yoske showed no signs of arrogance or a cocky attitude. Eliza moved away from him before he could do any more damage. He could see visibly wince from the efforts he put. Two shots for him, three for her. He was definitely feeling it, but he was trying to "no sell" as much as he could. There was a breaking point though. A few more would have definitely got him down. But one thing he did have on his side was understanding the principles and geometry of the ring. Knowing where he was compared to a corner or the ropes just in case he needed leverage to recover. Although, Yoske was quite impressed how she was able to recover despite the damage he sustained on her leg.

Which is what his intended target would be for this one. If he could find an opening to get her leg and wear it down, it could reduce the amount of power and speed she would need to produce to make her offensive effective. On the other hand, he would have to try and utilize her momentum in a way where he could shift it into his favor. He was curious how much she had after that. Yoske again shifted to his catch-wrestling stance and tried circling Eliza like a lion stalking it's prey, intent on having a little fun with its meal before indulging in it. He had to watch the time though. Considering what limitations there were.

Finally, Yoske made the first move. If close enough, he would attempt to catch Eliza in a tie up. If this was successful, Yoske would struggle to gain the upper hand. However, if she nimbly avoided the attempt, he was open for a strike from behind which could propel him to the ropes.

Alright that could have gone a lot better there Eliza reasoned in that exchange, but it could have been worse for her leg there at least. But the dancing passion was far from the wallflower that she'd been when she started in AFW, she was a Tension mainstay and fought many that could be superior in the scrap.

This was no different and Eliza's composed demeanour was proof that she'd hold through this gladly, she knew a couple of things now about Yoske at least. Namely that his grappling game was solid and he'd sussed out her main weakness. Eliza however knew that all her opponents shared one weakness in particular however.......Eliza didn't even seem to really put up much of a struggle there as Yoske would go about on his wrestling shuffle and decent pantomime attempt at being a shark going around its prey there. Here Eliza decided that she'd not simply bother putting up the struggle save for readying her stance in the upcoming grapple......

Only to then once Yoske closed the gap in Eliza would swiftly leap up into the air like a coiled up spring and try to to drive her right legged knee right into his jaw! The dancing passion would willingly let herself get put into the trap here more or less, just to have a better chance to try and bring her powerful strikes that an acrobat like her could only deliver!

So far things seemed to be working out well. He was at least getting a few of his own moves in place and it appeared he had control of the pacing here. That was the conception he thought. That is until she threw him off his game. As he closed the gap his arms reached out for Eliza, but Eliza seemed to have another ace up her sleeve. She sprung at him and drove her knee right into his jaw. This was unexpected. The sheer force of the blow was immense. This surprise attack knocked him backwards. She really was punchy.

One thing Eliza may pick up at some point in their match is Yoske never or rarely striking her. It's not that he isn't a striker type, he just prefers not to strike a woman if he could avoid it. There may be a few minor exceptions to the rule like a drop kick or a chop on occasion. But for the most part, he sticks with the basics.

While this knocked him backwards, Yoske barely caught himself from hitting the mat completely. Dropping to one knee and planting his hand on the canvas for support while clearing his head from the nasty strike. This move definitely dazed him for a few seconds. That was the precious time he left open. He shook his head a few times to clear his vision and checked his jaw to make sure it wasn't broken. She really packed a wallop with that one. He should try to find a way to at least wear down her legs more to reduce the blows somehow. Right now, he could only utilize the time to clear his head. It was like taking a nasty left hook from Floyd Mayweather after going six rounds with him. But, Yoske wasn't out yet.

Eliza had felt that she had a decent enough read of what Yoske could do in the ring here, he was a classical pro wrestling grappler from the looks of things. In a similar vein to fellow Tension wrestler Ryan Knight perhaps? The clearly composed demeanour added to this she felt, perhaps this was also a reason as to why Eliza was enjoying this bout a bit truth be told.

She was breathing rapidly and felt her heart beat strong as she landed after that blow connected, poised like a coiled snake intent on going after its prey that felt the sting of her bite. Seeing that Yoske was managing to stay at the very least upright there, displaying his endurance well as he'd done so previously.

Still Eliza knew the power that her legs contained and that she could floor even the most durable of opponents with enough sustained offence, Yoske was certainly more tougher than most too from the looks of it. Gritting her teeth Eliza would bust into a sprint there, attempting to try and add an exclamation point to her offensive assault there by trying to take advantage of the way Yoske's body was set there. With an explosive shining wizard strike attempt!

It seemed like the timing was too perfect. His positioning was set up for her next offensive. His vision hazed still while trying to get his bearings back and the ringing loud from the hit. That shot hit a lot harder than he though. He really needed to find a way to grab her legs to reduce the blows. But so far, her attacks have been consistent and he had a rough idea what her strengths and weaknesses were. The only hard part is catching her was like trying to catch lightning in a butterfly net. Not the easiest of things.

As he looked to his left, he noted her coming at him hot and fast. However, during his haze, he started to hallucinate. The second she was following through the motions with the Shining Wizard, his mind went back to another female competitor that he faced. Identical motions, although certain areas of the move differed. Just as the impact of the strike was made, his vision cleared and Eliza came back to the picture. Bracing himself, Yoske tried at the very last second to bring up his arm in an effort to block the blow while at the same time going down to play out he was hit. There were two reasons he did this: one was to soften the blow and the other was to use the time to get his bearings back. Sometimes a last second defensive reaction creates a very nice illusion to the crowd when the impact is made. If timed just right the crowd would hardly notice it. Eliza might see it depending on her positioning of her action. However, if he didn't get it up in time, he would be down anyway. Her strikes were powerful. He wondered if she was feeling any fatigue yet. He hadn't had much time to see.

Either way, Yoske was going down for now. Weather or not he blocked the Shining Wizard in time would determine how long it would take for him to get back up.