Ash Daniels vs. Vida Fenix

[CaptainL]

Ashley still couldn't help but find herself stifling a chuckle at Vida's expense. It seemed like the combination of a stinkface and a facesit had really put the luchadora on the back foot, and she was struggling to get her head back in the game. With Vida taking things so hard, Ash could perhaps be forgiven for not thinking her opponent was worth too much worry. But Vida was determined to make up for her less than stellar start, and to prove she could be better than this! She put all of that energy into coming back at Ash to take her up on her offer of a test of strength - and at first, with Vida pushing up against her as hard as she was, it looked like Vida just might have been able to seize the advantage.

Even Ash herself was shocked by how much strength Vida had left in her - in her eagerness to gloat, she'd let down her guard. For a moment, her stance teetered and her balance threatened to give way. But just as quickly, she went to throw herself back into the action. Clenching her teeth and firming up her muscles, she dug her heel into the mat behind her to brace her stance, and then she hurled a knee right into Vida's chest!

At one, the luchadora doubled over forward - and with it, the confident grin returned to Ash's face. She'd taken control once again, and she was in no mood to let things slip through her fingers. All of a sudden, she felt like a fool for even being worried about Vida at all - this girl was proving to be a snap! Now that Vida was bent over forward, her center of balance would be compromised, and Ash was looking to take advantage of that fact. Turning around to point her back toward her foe, the redhead tried to slip her shoulder underneath Vida's chin - and then, she would kick off her feet and drop straight down, looking to slam Vida's jaw into her shoulder with a stunner!

"Arrrrright, let's get back to business-!"

[Luncha_Libre]

For a moment, Vida could feel a surge of hope and renewed determination as she poured her strength into testing herself against Ash. In that moment, Vida felt like she could rally. All of the humiliation and weakness the young luchadora had been forced to feel, Vida felt like she was about to avenge it on her cocky young opponent. This was a turning point, Vida was absolutely certain of it … right up to the moment that Ash slammed a knee strike right into her chest!

“HHHHRRRGHH!” Vida grunted as the knee strike flattened her perky breasts and knocked the wind out of her. Vida shuddered, and then felt like her body was shutting down. Her arms and legs went limp, and her eyes rolled back in her head. She fumbled forward, trying not to fall completely on her face, but Ash was able to take full control of her body before that could happen. Vida shook her head, and before she knew it Ash had her by the head. Vida squirmed, doubled over with her ass sticking out and her head tucked snugly against Ash’s shoulder. By the time the luchadora realized where she was, it was too late- Ash yanked her into the air to hit a stunner!

“NNGH!” Vida let out a pained grunt as the stunner rocked her jaw against Ash’s shoulder. Vida’s head snapped back, and she heard a loud noise as her jaw connected with tough shoulder. The stunner did exactly as advertised, knocking the poor girl senseless. Vida felt a jolt go through her head, and she snapped backward. Vida hung in the air for a moment, looking around in a bewildered fashion. Vida’s toned arms hung at her sides, and she looked around the ring as if she was seeing it for the first time, right then and there. Then, the girl fell backward onto the canvas. Vida lay there, staring up at the lights. Arms draped overhead, legs spread eagle in the middle of the ring, Vida was looking even worse. It seemed she wasn’t coping any better with a ‘real wrestling’ move than she had taking Ash’s merciless stinkfaces!

[CaptainL]

For a moment, with Vida pushing up against Ashley as hard as she could, it looked as though she just might have a chance. Now, the two girls were on even footing - Ash was straining and struggling against the encroaching force, her teeth clenched and her heels dug into the mat as sweat dripped down her brow. Her fingers clenched tenaciously around Vida's own, and for every inch Ash pushed the luchadora, Vida seemed just as determined to steer her back. It had definitely been an embarrassing start to this match for Vida, but now it seemed she was finally turning things around - and from how loudly her fans were cheering her on, confident that she just might have it in her after all, it seemed as though the comeback everyone was counting on might just have been in the cards!

That was, until Ashley made her true intentions perfectly clear. Ash wasn't prepared to keep the playing field even for long. Her arms might've been tied up, but she still had her legs - and in a flash, she struck, nailing her knee straight up into Vida's chest and sending her doubling forward! A few fans booed Ash for taking the wind out of her sails, but it would hardly slow her down. Now that Vida was dazed, she was set up perfectly for her next move - and so too would the Californian make good on that, as she pulled Vida's head down onto her shoulder before kicking off the mat to spike her chin straight down!

Sure enough, as Vida landed with the sound of a crack, she lost her balance and went tumbling backward a moment later. Ashley looked back over her shoulder with a grin to see her foe lying limp and helpless behind her - it was a testament to how well her tactics were working, and she couldn't help but feel a little smug about that. But she was far from done. Once again, Vida had been set up for her next move. And the redhead had even bigger plans in mind for this one.

Wasting no time, Ash turned around on her knees, scrambling toward her fallen foe. Grabbing her by the arm, she went to roll Vida over to flip her onto her stomach. And if that worked, she would clamor on top of her back - wrapping her legs around Vida's arms to keep them stretched out and restrained, before she grabbed her chin to pull back as hard as she could with a camel clutch! At the same time, Ash would roll her weight backward onto Vida's spine, attempting to weigh her down all the more and put on even more strain. It was one of the most notorious holds in wrestling, and it was one Ashley liked to think she was pretty good at!

"Stiiiiill think I can't do real moves, huh?" she teased. If Vida thought she could talk back, Ash was going to rub that in her face!

[Luncha_Libre]

Everything about this match had proven to be a struggle for Vida, from the opening bell. For a brief moment during the lockup, Vida was able to hear the fans start to cheer her on. Her muscles ached, her heart was pounding and feelings of humiliation still weighed heavily on her. In that moment, however, with the cheers of the fans at her back while she tried to rally and take the fight to her opponent, Vida believed she could overcome anything. Right up to the moment that Ash slammed a knee into her, and rocked her skull with the stunner!

Vida went down hard, and the jeers of the fans hurt her almost as much as the stunner. Not really, but it had an effect. Vida stared up the lights, part of her almost impressed with how Ash was able to ignore the fans booing her and continue to fight, even thrive and kick Vida’s ass! Vida stared up at the lights, musing on this, even as Ash was back at it, on top of her and rolling her over.

“W-what?” Vida asked, drearily, as Ash started turning her over onto her belly. “What are you doing?” Vida moaned, trying to look over her shoulder at Ash as the other girl mounted her from above. Slowly, it dawned on Vida’s stunned mind what was happening to her … much too late for her to do anything about it!

“AAARGH! NOOOO!!” Vida screamed in horror, which quickly turned into screams of pain. “NNNAAAAAAUGGGH!” Vida wailed in pain as her spine was bent and contorted in the hold. Vida’s spine was bent as Ash’s butt sank into it, her back bent into a ‘c’ shape. Vida’s chest thrust forward, her jaw cranked back in Ash’s hands, Vida squirmed and struggled in the hold. Sweat matted her hair, and tears of pain started to run down her cheeks. Ash had applied the hold expertly, putting Vida’s lithe body into a world of hurt.

“Noooo …” Vida moaned, as the ref asked for her submission. Vida shook her head, balling up her fists to fight the urge to tap out. Slowly, the crowd started to clap, a few cheering Vida’s name, hoping to support the young luchadora, as if they could will her out of the hold …

[CaptainL]

If Vida thought that Ash was just good for joking around and shoving her butt into peoples' faces...well, she did enjoy doing that quite a bit. But she was just as much a trained wrestler as the luchadora herself was, and she had a few tours around the indies to say for it - a fact she was out to prove now, as she positioned herself atop the girl's back and pulled back hard at her chin! Her teeth clenched and the veins in her forehead bulged as she put as much force into her hold as she could will out of her muscles; her face grew red, and her own back twisted into an arc as her legs locked tighter around Vida's arms. All the while, she reminded herself of how Vida had mocked her; how little she took her seriously. Ash needed to draw on that frustration and that will to prove herself, and those feelings provided the fuel she needed to fight back against Vida!

Nevertheless, no matter how hard Ash stretched Vida backward, the luchadora wasn't content to give up. Ashley looked up from her grimace just long enough to note that, and it made her bite at her lip with a huff. Even if she didn't seem any closer to escape than she'd been a minute ago, she still wouldn't budge. That sort of commitment was admirable, honestly - and so was the faith Vida's fans had in her, as they joined in to cheer her on. But Ash wasn't here to dwell on such things. She was here to win - and she needed to direct her attention toward doing just that!

The Camel Clutch was one of Ashley's better holds, but it wasn't the only one she had in her arsenal, and if she needed to up the stakes on Vida, she wasn't afraid to do so! Just then, she released the girl's chin - only to bend down and grab for her wrists instead. "Okay," she muttered as she shifted her weight back, releasing Vida's arms from her legs in the process, "still think you're tough? That's fine...it doesn't have to be the camel clutch, you know-!"

As she moved backward, Ash rose to her feet, pulling Vida's arms back with her as she did. Once again, she would move to hoist her upper body into the air. And this time, the fulcrum point would be the sole of Ash's foot, as she planted it against Vida's spine before yanking back at her arms to stretch her over that point, contorting her back with a surfboard hold!

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[Luncha_Libre]

“Nnnghhhhh,” Vida groaned, her voice starting to get hoarse, “Nnnnoooo!!” The scream that emerged was both a defiant shout at the referee, refusing to give up the match, and a outburst of misery at her current situation. Vida had been taking it roughly through the entire match, and now Ash had her in a rough hold that Vida couldn’t find a way out of. The rookie luchadora strained, struggling, desperately fighting the urge to just give up, regardless of how hopeless her situation seemed.

“Ahh,” Vida groaned, as Ash released her chin. The young woman’s head hung there, sweat-matted hair hanging over her face as she dangled from her opponent’s grip. Vida’s slender body shifted, as she tried to pry herself out from between Ash’s legs, but there was no hope of doing that as Ash gripped her by the wrists. Vida’s eyes shot open, shocked at the hold getting clasped onto her. Vida grunted as she felt her arms pulled back, the rest of her body slowly following …

“Nnngh,” Vida grunted, biting her lip in anticipation. Vida shifted her shoulders, squirming in the hold, her perky chest bouncing side to side as she struggled. She could feel her shoulder blades starting to grind together painful, making her wince, but that was just the start. Then, Vida felt the boot in her back, and Ash cranked her up and backward into a surfboard stretch!

“EEEYAAAAAHH!” Vida let out a scream, wild and wide-eyed, tears and spittle flying off her face. Vida threw her head back in agony, and her screams echoed through the arena over the cheers and cries of the fans. Vida struggled, shifting her shoulders, trying her best to fight out of Ash’s grip. Vida shook her head desperately, refusing to submit, trying to rock her body against the hold. Even if she couldn’t escape, Vida promised herself that she would at least make this hold as difficult as possible for Ash to keep locked in!

[CaptainL]

If nothing else, this match was proving how stubborn Vida could be - that much was apparent from how she refused to give up, no matter how hard Ashley wrenched at her back with the camel clutch. The redhead huffed to herself when she saw that even one of the holds she felt she was best at wasn't working. But if that was the case...she'd just have to step things up. The good part about this situation was that, if the camel clutch wasn't going to do it, at least Ash already had Vida flat on her face and with her weight pressed down against her back - which meant it would be no problem at all to transition into an even more punishing submission! Ash's Californian origins and laid-back attitude naturally led many to call her a surfer girl, even if she wasn't very good at it, and she was willing to lean into that when she adopted the surfboard hold as a signature of hers. Now, as she planted her foot against Vida's back and pulled back as hard as she could on the luchadora's arms, she was out to make sure that Vida felt how much she'd practiced this move!

"WOOOO!~" Ash threw back her head as she let out a cheer, riding Vida like she was riding a wave. The only problem was that that comparison would soon end up proving to be far more apt than Ash had intended. Vida began to thrash back and forth, desperately trying to free herself. It was just another sign of how stubborn she was...and, more relevantly, it forced the redhead to confront the fact that she wasn't much of a surfer. Now she was standing upright, without much to ground her, on a surface that was rapidly shaking from side to side - and she was struggling to keep up!

"Whoah, hey-!! WHOAH!!" The more Vida thrashed from side to side, the more Ashley began to veer over, her footing teetering and threatening to collapse. She tried to yank at one of Vida's arms and then the other to try and even herself out, but it was hopeless - in the end, she couldn't keep her balance. She was flung off of Vida's back, going toppling to the mat, where she rolled a few feet aside before she flopped flat on her back with her arms out at her sides and her head spinning!

"...Owww..."

[Luncha_Libre]

Vida struggled and squirmed for dear life as Ash bent and stretched her, the surfboard squeezing the life out of the poor rookie luchadora. Vida could feel her hair matted to her forehead with sweat, her singlet clinging uncomfortably to her lithe body, and even after she finally managed to work her way free of the hold she was still in blinding, agonizing pain.

The surprised cheers of the fans, most of whom were already expecting to hear a pathetically screamed submission by now, filled Vida’s ears as she started to drag herself up to the ropes. Vida could feel her shoulders trembling, the muscles of her back tense and flexed as she reached out and clutched the ropes. Vida tried to feed off the energy of those fans to get herself up, focusing on any hope she thought she could hear in their voices to drown out the screaming pain in her body. Legs quivering and shaking, the lithe young woman grabbed the rope, took a deep breath, and pulled herself up onto the ropes.

Vida wiped her eyes, then turned her head to look for Ash. The fact that the woman wasn’t already on top of her, kicking her ass, was a surprise. Vida shook her head, and focused her eyes, eventually locating Ash laid out on the floor, staring up at the lights. Could this be real? Vida was shocked, she hadn’t thought for a moment she’d managed to hurt her by squirming out. Had Ash landed wrong? Was she getting herself tired from the fight? Vida didn’t know. Vida didn’t care. The rookie luchadora just knew that she had to push through and take whatever advantage she possibly could at this point to try and pull a win out, tonight!

Vida got up on shaky legs, gripping the top rope in both hands for dear life. The luchadora looked over her shoulder, trying to judge distance. She nodded, knowing how far she had to go, and exactly where she would need to land. Then, with a deep breath, Vida tensed her legs, bent down, then pumped her legs to kip up onto the second rope. She let the tension build a moment, then thrust her legs once again, muscles burning with the effort of springboarding off the ropes for a moonsault!

Vida sailed end over end, arms spread eagle, her spine curved a bit as she rotated her body up and over. She sailed through the air, body silhouetted across the arena lights. She arced through the sky, beads of sweat catching the light. She flew up and over, and came down in Ash’s direction … hoping and praying with all her might that her moonsault would connect!

[CaptainL]

Now, Ashley was all but convinced that she had Vida held down where she wanted her - and that nothing the luchadora could do was going to save her! This was one of her better moves, after all, and Vida's energy seemed to be flagging after the whirlwind of offense she had put her through - it seemed like this could only push her past the breaking point. When she was this confident in her imminent victory, Ash figured she could afford the time to have a little fun with it. Banging her head and holding up the sign of the horns, she cheered along with the crowd - and only put even more pressure on her unfortunate foe in the process, as her heel ground even more firmly against Vida's spine. But what Ash hadn't realized that Vida was far from done. This whole time, she'd been building up the strength she needed for a second wind. And at last, as Vida gave one more solid push, the redhead couldn't hold her balance any more, going toppling over!

She landed with her head spinning; she tried to shake herself back to her senses, but the ring was whirling around her too quickly for her to collect herself. And while she was dazed, Vida had the opportunity to launch her counter-attack! She might have been hyping herself up already, but when she looked out to see how Ash had taken the fall, and was laying in a heap before her, that could only boost her spirits even higher. And they were spirits she was eager to follow through with, as she took off running for the ropes!

Ash had been thrown just as much by the sudden shift in momentum. She was still dizzied from the fall, and it felt as though everything she'd been working toward had been pulled away from her at the last minute - it was only natural she'd be a little disoriented after that. Groaning groggily to herself, she tossed and turned back and forth on the mat. Slowly, she started to blink back to her senses...but when she looked up, what she saw was more than enough to thrust her starkly into reality! There was Vida, coming hurtling toward her at top speeds, and about to connect! To Ash, it was like barely any time had passed at all - but that time was enough!

Her eyes went wide, and her jaw dropped in a gasp of shock. She started to scream - but as quickly as that scream had begun, it was stifled in its tracks, as Vida slammed into her from above! The impact was enough to knock the wind out of Ash, her legs kicking up into the air as she fell back against the canvas. When she fell flat, all she could do was take slow and shallow gasps. Now, it seemed, it was Vida's turn to take control!

[Luncha_Libre]

Every moment that Vida wasn’t collapsed in a limp, lifeless heap on the mat, gasping for air and struggling to keep herself from passing out, felt like it took every bit of her willpower. Vida’s athleticism was holding her together, but it was a sheer desperation to keep herself alive and moving that was guiding her motions now. So when she got the opening, and somehow managed to get her opponent on the mat, Vida tried everything in her power to focus that will on keeping her body moving and pulling off whatever her body would allow her to do. So, when she carried herself to the ropes, leapt onto them, and used them to launch herself into the air, Vida could feel herself focused on every inch of her body as it were the only way to hold herself together …

Vida kept her eyes closed as she arched through the air. She could feel the rush of the arena air on her sweaty skin as she leapt up and over. She could feel it sending chills through her body as she started to come down, and when she finally impacted with Ash on the mat it came as much of a surprise to her as it did her victim. Vida let out a loud cry as her body smashed into Ash’s, and she bounced off of her. Vida shot up to her knees with both arms wrapped tight around her aching ribs, grimacing in pain. Vida could hear the fans cheering, the reaction mixed to Vida’s turnaround of events. It seemed many in the crowd had just been waiting for the young luchadora to get put away at any minute, but now, finally, it seemed like Vida was giving her opponent a match!

“Come on!” Vida called out, pumping a fist to the crowd. Trembling, the young wrestler got up to one knee, arm still pumping. One arm still clutching her aching ribs, Vida eventually got up to her feet and staggered over Ash’s body. Then, Vida reached down and gripped Ash around the back of her neck.

Vida’s knees were trembling as she bent over, but she kept herself upright. Vida’s toned ass was stuck in the air, and she took staggering steps backward as she tried to pull Ash up to her feet. Running on adrenaline, Vida wasted no time grabbing Ash by the wrist and pivoting on her heel. She planted a hand on Ash’s back, and whipped her to the corner.

Vida took a deep breath, her pert chest straining against her tight singlet, and she launched into action. Breaking into a full run, Vida leapt up to the corner, firing up a knee, looking to drive the knee strike right into Ash’s jaw as she leapt up. The leap would leave her straddling Ash up on the corner, hopefully right after delivering a rocking blow to the jaw that would echo throughout the arena!