Storm in the Valley: Alizeh Midori vs Valley Doll III

[Bare]

Still in the opening minutes of the match Alizeh was showing the rookie Valley Doll what for, hitting her with fast and inventive offense that more and more was looking like a bit of a weak area for the girl. At least in Alizeh's eyes as she made a note to keep trying moves that were in her lucha arsenal. Now however she was dripping into her joshi bag as she ascended the corner and battered the blonde's head with shots before sending the younger woman stumbling away with her foot.

Turning and grinning slightly Alizeh waited till the girl turned back to her before taking flight! Soaring through the air she nodded in satisfaction as she crashed into her body, taking her off her feet and down to the mat! Something was off though. Alizeh expected to roll off of the blonde immediately after making impact. But instead she was caught and unable to roll away and then suddenly they turned over and Alizeh was brought back up before she was launched backwards!

"Whoa!" Alizeh yelled out in surprise, not expecting the sheer gutsiness of the move and landed ribs first into the corner as a result! "Agh!" Alizeh cried out in pain, landing sideways with her legs getting caught up between the middle and top rope while her shoulders rested on the middle ropes, leaving her head and one arm out of the ring while her other arm dangled on the inside, leaving her effectively trapped before her opponent!

[BlackAkuma]

After Valerie launched Alizeh, she kicked up her legs, thrust upwards, and rose to her feet with a kip up, showcasing her own agility. That got an impressed round of applause from the crowd, but she paid it little mind - no, instead, she was focused on the woman behind her, looking over her shoulder to see her hung up in the ropes, a sitting duck. That wasn't exactly her plan, but then, she didn’t have any real plan with that to start with - it was just a quick reaction, a way to try turning Alizeh’s momentum against her before things got out of control. This was the reward.

It brought a smile to her face. A little one. No time to bask, though - that was the first attack of the match, she wouldn’t be hanging there for too long.

Her body knew what to do before her brain did, setting her off into a run away from Alizeh, bolting towards the opposite corner at full speed. She turned at the last second, hit the pads, then came bouncing off and dashed towards her opponent with a wild sprint, using the full space of the ring to get the maximum momentum. Alizeh might have been the faster woman by no small measure, but Valerie wasn’t slow, and she brought out her explosive speed as she charged.

She waited until the last second, then leaped up and gave Alizeh a taste of her own medicine: a shotgun dropkick aimed at her exposed back, made all the worse by her awkward position and having the turnbuckle at her back, delivered with Valerie’s powerful legs.

[Bare]

Taking an early lead in the match initially Alizeh had made good headway and felt confident with the position she was in to do even more against Valerie. Unfortunately taking the risk of some highflying offense had bitten her in the ass when not only did Valerie manage to catch her out of the air but in turn also roll back and send the greenette flying backwards into a corner, crashing into it and getting tangled up in the process!

'Ngh.. shit. so not good.' Alizeh thought to herself, shifting and squirming to try and get herself loose. Unfortunately there wasn't much that she could do before Valerie took notice of this position and took full advantage, launching herself at Alizeh and crashing into her back with a massive shotgun dropkick that lived up to its namesake!

"AGHHH!" Alizeh cried out in pain, body locking up within the ropes before coming loose from them and collapsing down, landing on her ass and leaning against the corner while holding her back with a wince of pain on her face. Stunned and unable to do much of anything in the wake of such a sharp impact against a unprotected, unready part of her body!

[BlackAkuma]

Valerie didn’t like to make things personal, but she would be lying if she said it didn’t feel good to deal a little punishment to Alizeh after having a rocky start. Her confidence had been rattled for a second, an understandable thing to have against any opponent like this - she’d looked at this woman’s record in the back, and the list was staggeringly long. It would’ve been a real challenge to find three wrestlers combined who had more matches than this woman, so the experience gap was real.

She felt like she was handling it now, though. She rolled off her back after the dropkick, then popped to her feet in time to see Alizeh fall and lean up against the corner. A good position. She wanted to get her back to the middle of the ring, where she was most potent, but there was still damage she could pile on from this position.

Valerie rose up, moved in, planted her foot against Alizeh’s face, and proceeded to run her sole across it with a facewas, scrapping her with the heel. She reeled back, did it again, then abruptly broke away to run towards the adjacent corner, picking up speed as she went. She hit the ropes, came running back, and brought her leg up as she approached to hit her opponent with a brutal boot to the face, making sure to get no small amount of her weight behind it.

[Bare]

Alizeh was left groaning in pain after taking such a big impactful dropkick from Valerie, dazed as a response and otherwise unable to do much of anything but sit propped up by the corner. A prime target for Valerie as she approached Alizeh, pressing her foot against the greeneette's face before pushing forward, pushing Alizeh's face forward in a face wash!

"Agh!" Alizeh grunted out in pain before the Valley Doll did it again, pushing her face forward once again from the attack, leaving her groaning and even more dazed than before. This allowed Valley Doll the opportunity to run to the opposite corner, bouncing off the ropes and back at Alizeh...

Before driving a heel into Alizeh's face, pushing her forward from the impact, spittle flying from her mouth as she was launched partially out of the ring, draped over bottom rope, arms hanging of the ring while her lower half remained in the ring. Essentially out of it for the time being with how heavy that impact was!

[BlackAkuma]

Valerie might not have been the kicking enthusiast that her mother was, but she had big, strong legs, and when the occasion called for it, she knew how to use them. While she would’ve greatly preferred to slam Alizeh senseless or whittle her down with submission holds, there was no denying the appeal of just driving her boot into their face at high speeds.

She definitely couldn't deny the effectiveness of it. She was not a light woman by any estimation, and when she drove her heel into Alizeh’s face, she could feel the shock up to her knees. The glassy look in her face told the story - the lights were off for a moment. She was on another planet.

Enough to be pinned?

It was a long shot this early on, but the prospect of winning this match right out of the gate was too tempting even for Valerie. Wasting little time, she grabbed hold of her foe’s ankle, dragged her far enough from the ropes that she couldn't grab them, stacked her up and went for the pinfall. The referee was surprised for half a second, before she slid over and started up the count.

”1…!”

[Bare]

Based on what she had seen from Valerie there wasn't much to think she was much of a striker. Not to say she couldn't but Alizeh just expected that she would be more likely to try a big slam and suplex or submission hold before lashing out with a kick. Which to be fair, was just as if not more effective than either of the latter, no doubt made more effective by the tree trunks that were Valerie's legs.

Understandably dazed by the blow and left hanging partially out of the ring Alizeh would soon be grabbed and forced back in the ring, making her groan slightly as she came too, wondering what Valerie was going to do before she got her answer as she was turned over and pressed against the mat in a pinfall attempt! "No!" Alizeh yelled out, twisting her body and thrusting her leg up to kick out at one despite the damge!

[BlackAkuma]

Valerie wasn’t surprised that Alizeh kicked out at one, but she was admittedly annoyed by it. That had been a pretty hellacious combo, and maybe women her size would’ve been put down for a two-count by it, even if they were fresh beforehand. If not, it might have been able to pin them outright. She’d seen more than enough matches where the well-executed attack had led to an opponent’s early demise, caught them off guard, and beaten them before they truly knew what was going on.

Alizeh was holding on, still viable, which meant she had more stamina than you would think for her size. This match was goiVlvvng to go on for a while. If that was the case, Valerie needed to start investing in the body, and that meant one thing: submission holds.

When her opponent kicked out, Valerie used that momentum to keep rolling her over, forcing her to flip over to her chest. She threw her legs over Alizeh’s body, sat down on her back facing away from her head, and reached forward to seize one of her legs, tucking her ankle under her shoulder with a tight grip.

From there, it was a simple matter to lean back, back, back, as far as she could go, as she attempted a Single-Leg Boston Crab, wanting some early damage on her opponent’s midsection.

[Bare]

Alizeh had admittedly been rocked pretty hard by Valerie's face wash and kick combination. Understandably so given the sheer power of the woman doing them, not to mention the momentum behind such already heavy hits. However if there was one thing that Alizeh was truly gifted with in wrestling, it was her ring awareness, after so many years and all the hard fight she'd had, especially in the year of apex qualifiers it was almost if she had developed a sixth sense, and it came in very much clutch as she heard the ref start the pin, letting her kick out at one.

Of course despite this she was still hurting pretty bad from Valerie's attack and she wasn't able to move very much beyond turning to her side which unfortunately only seemed to aid her opponent as Valerie turned her over onto her stomach. "Ngh!" Alizeh grunted, trying to get out from under the blonde but not having any luck before Valley Doll got on her back and grabbed her leg, wrenching back for a single legged crab!"AGH!" Alizeh screamed out as her leg was torqued painfully back before gritting her teeth and digging her elbows into the mat, trying to drag herself towards the ropes!

[BlackAkuma]

”Come on, Alizeh!” Valerie gave Alizeh’s knee a few quick slaps, then poured on even more pressure. ”Tap! Out!”

Despite her protests, she doubted the woman would submit, especially to this hold. She was familiar enough with her opponents history to know this likely wasn’t the first time she’d found herself in this particular hold, that she’d likely suffered through far worse in her time with LAW. It’s about what you’d expect from a pedigree like that, but that didn’t mean there wasn’t merit in going after the lower body. If she slowed Alizeh down, she wouldn’t be able to blitz all over the place like she had with her opening moves. She’d have to take her head on, and Valerie was quite confident in winning that confrontation.

Of course, she wanted to maximize her time working this woman over, and that meant keeping her away from the ropes. She was making a good effort dragging her way towards them, even with Valerie’s weight tying her down, but if she thought it would be that easy, she was about to proven painfully wrong.

Valerie let go of the leg, only to bring her own legs up and scissor Alizeh’s knee, and she dropped onto the woman’s back, using her full weight to keep it bent. At the same time, she reached around her opponent’s head, grabbed the chin with both hands, and just like that, she’d transitioned into a STF hold. A move that targeted the same areas and a couple more, and also forced Alizeh to drag their combined bulk along the mat if she wanted to reach the ropes, well over three hundred pounds.