Chika Igarashi vs. Valley Doll III - Hardcore Matches For Dummies

[BlackAkuma]

So far, so good. Almost too good, if Valerie were being honest. While she had faith in her abilities, she wasn’t the sort of person who liked to get lost in them. Inexperienced as she was, even she knew that the longer a match went on, the greater chances became for things to turn around.

And turn around they did. Valerie had been going full steam ahead with the meteora when her opponent decided to be slippery, moving out of the way just in time to avoid the impact. That resulted in her crashing against the pads instead of a soft body, a markedly less pleasant experience than she’d planned.

The impact sent a tingle through her legs, but nothing she couldn't recover from. More annoyed than anything, she rolled out of the ring and tried to grab Chika’s arm, wanting to drag her back inside to keep things going in her favor.

[Vc0m]

Chika would successfully dodge Valley's attack, but the blonde would try to both recover on the outside, and drag Chika with her, to make sure the veteran didn't have much time to recover. Valerie wanted to do too much too quickly...

...and the Raven Knight was about to teach her that doing too much too quickly in wrestling was a big mistake.

Chika would resist the blonde's pull once she got to the apron, getting back up to her feet as she took a firm hold of Valerie's arm, making sure the Japanese woman had her foe right where she wanted her.

From there, Chika would jump off, trying to wrap her legs around Valley's head in midair to toss her body towards the barricade, trying to slam her body against the thin mats outside the ring with a Hurricanrana!

[BlackAkuma]

Despite appearances, Valerie had not forgotten that this was a hardcore match. Far from it, in fact. The crowd was grieving her for trying to bring the match back into the ring, but as far as she was concerned, that was the best place for her to be. Between the ropes, everything came down to skill, pure and simple. While Chika was undoubtedly a storied veteran with no talent shortage, Valerie was confident she could control the woman between the ropes.

She took hold of the woman’s arm and forced her back up, eager to take the match back to her terms, when the older wrestler came back to life with an unexpected surge. Valerie’s eyes widened as the woman’s legs slipped around her head, but by that time she knew what was happening, it was far too late to stop it - she was flying, head over heels, heading straight for the barricade. She crashed into it, her lower back taking much of the force and flopped down her to her side as she dealt with the pain.

Not the end of the world, but not a position she wanted to stay in for long. She gritted her teeth and began to push her way, hoping she could get a lock on Chika before whatever was next came her way.

[Vc0m]

Chika successfully managed to counter Valerie's attempt to keep control of her in a big way. With her legs, she successfully threw her rival into the barricade, forcing her back to collide with a nearby barricade! A part of Chika was sympathetic towards the blonde...but this match was meant to be a brutal, potentially bloody contest.

Grabbing Valley Doll's head, Chika would lift the blonde up, forcing her to stand against the steel barricade...before unleashing a hard series of kicks to her rival's chest to try and weaken her!

[BlackAkuma]

Well, the good news was that Valerie didn’t have to wait long to figure out what was coming her way: Kicks. Lots of kicks.

Chika might have been the smaller woman here, but she had some real power in those legs of hers, and she employed it well when she unleashed a bevy of battering blows into her chest, rocking her ribs time and time again, hitting her in such quick succession that she didn’t have time to fall over or even get her hands up. Each one landed harder than the last, and soon her chest began to numb up, overwhelmed with the pain.

When it ended - if it ended - Valerie would fall to her knees and cradle her aching chest, seething with the pain.