The Young Lioness Cup, Opening Round: Tanner del Rio vs. Hikari Morizumi

[The Riders]

Just when it looked like Hikari was about to end the match with her finisher move. Somehow her opponent was able to counter it just before the knee slammed into her face, seeing Tanner fly backwards and her legs kicked out like she was a fish out of water.

But what is worse is one of the other woman's legs slammed into her crotch for a low blow while still pulling her down to the canvas along with her. 'AAAAHHHH', Hikari screams out, rolling to her side and clutching her crotch area with her hands, her feet kicking and slamming the mat in pain and anger at the cheap shot Tanner had given her again.

Still on her side as she is unable to get up and go after the little cheater, Hikari would be left wide open to whatever the green hair woman has in store for her.

[FreestylePoet]

Tanner laid back, rubbing her completely uninjured cheek. She groaned, as if nearly floored by Hikari's high knee. Honestly, Tanner thought she was doing a pretty good job of selling it. Still, some in the stands appeared to see through her bullshit, hissing and booing at her for the """accidental""" low blow. Oh well. It wasn't like she was a fuckin' actress or somethin'.

Fake-struggling to her feet, Tanner staggered herself through the ropes before climbing up to the top rope. Now it was clear that she was far from hurt, but who cared? She rose her hands, urging on the PPV's packed house. The crowd responded by showering the Wild Child with boos. Just how she liked it! Tanner nodded sickly, scraping her tongue across her sharp top teeth. Her index finger drew a slow, grim line across her throat. Then her eyes settled on the grounded woman with glee. "Ohohoho...!" She snickered at Hikari's misfortune. "Sorry-not-sorry, Rapunzel, but it's time to get dunked on!"

And she leapt from the top rope! "BOOM-SHAKA-LAKA, MOTHER FUCKER!" She swung her hands low before going out flat, hoping to slam onto Hikari with a top-rope frog splash!

[The Riders]

Hikari is on the canvas in pain. She was so close to landing her ripcord finisher and her opponent was able to cheat her way out of it, and even struck her as well, as the pain in her crotch area was starting to go away. Rolling over onto her back now just when she was about to try to get to her feet to keep the match going, a crushing weight slams into her toned abs as Tanner splashed right on top of her from the top rope.

'UUUGHHHH' she cries out, clutching her mid-section as she rolls back onto her side, her feet weakly kicking the canvas. Letting out a small whine of pain as it feels like she just been crushed by a bus landing on her chest, leaving herself wide open to her cheating opponent moves.

[FreestylePoet]

"WOOOOHOOOOO!" Tanner screamed as she flew through the air! She'd experimented with trapezes and a few other acrobatic acts in her time as a performer, but none of them ever really spoke to her. Still, she was more agile than she looked because of it, a fact that was on full display as the flung herself right at Hikari's midsection!

Tanner hit her mark and the canvas with a hard bounce. She couldn't ignore the slight ache that it left in her own belly, but hell, as long as Hikari got the worst of it, that was fine by her. And by the looks of it, poor Rapunzel was absolutely in a bad way right now.

She straddled the chick's hips. Now this was a familiar position for her, not just in the sack but also in a rumble. Tanner grinned fearsomely down at her groggy foe, cracking her knuckles. "How's about I show you how to land a few punches?" Not a second after that foreboding threat, she followed through, raining down lefts and rights upon poor Hikari's face for a brutal ground-and-pound!

[The Riders]

Clutching her stomach still with her arm. Hikari is on the ropes but she is stubborn as they come and she feels like she has a lot of fight left in her to keep going on, as she refuses to lose to someone like Tanner, who had been cheating since the bell started.

As she feels herself being rolled over onto her back and glaring at her opponent, before the first punch slams onto her face that is then followed up by a left that leaves her stunned.

Quickly getting her arms up to block the other punches that she knows is coming as she tries to buckle her opponent off of her, even her feet are kicking the canvas trying to push herself over so that she can get the wild child off of her.

[FreestylePoet]

The first blow struck Hikari, then the second. Even when the following blows glanced off of Hikari's forearms, Tanner didn't stop. She kept raining down hard punches, cackling the whole time. "Aww, what's wrong?" she taunted. "Can't take a knockout punch? Guess you can only whiff 'em, huh Rapunzel?"

In fact, she was so focused on trying to break through Hikari's guard that she hardly even noticed that the brunette was trying to buck her off! Eventually, one strong thrust of Hikari's hips forced Tanner to fly off. Though as soon as she landed, she fired off a wild kick towards Hikari, it was blind and therefore quite unlikely to land. And if it did whiff, she'd be in quite the bad position for Hikari to follow up, should she be quick enough to do so!

[The Riders]

Hikari was done as she was able to buck her opponent off of her chest after taking a few punches to the face, but while Tanner may be more sneaky and ring savvy than she is...but when it comes to brutal strength she is near the top compared to the other women in the program.

As she was able to send her opponent flying and would roll over to her knees, avoiding the kick that Tanner sent at her face by the slimmest of inches possible.

Taking her long braid in her hand... Hikari would lunge forward and use her long hair like a whip aiming it right at Tanner's midsection since it can't be considered cheating due to it being her hair Hikari knows the ref won't say anything at all.

[FreestylePoet]

If she had thought about it for even half a second, Tanner would have expected her wild kick to miss. As it was, she didn't even think it would hit. She just wanted to do it, out of some petty sort of revenge for Hikari literally hip thrusting her off of her. But she whiffed, and Tanner was left laying on the canvas.

Then, something long and coarse lashed across her midsection! "Gaaah!" Tanner yelped in surprise, then sat up. An angry red mark, closer to a chafe than a welt, had formed on her skin. She stared wildly at Hikari, shrugging with one arm while clutching her abs with the other. Her face was scrunched up, both in pain and complete, utter confusion. "The hell? Was that your fuckin' hair?"

That was a new one...

[The Riders]

The loud smack like noise echoes through the arena as the crowd is stunned at what they just saw. Hikari using her long braid as a whip to attack her opponent, who had been cheating the whole match, and yet they cheered when the young girl used her hair as a weapon to even the odds against the Wild child 'Yes, it was and there a lot more where that comes from, you green hair little bitch.' Hikari would yell out and not to the shock of many... including the ref who can only shrug at what the woman is doing right now.

She would whip Tanner across the chest again with her braid... before doing it again for good measure, wanting to leave as many chafes or welts on her opponent's body before stopping. After the last smack, Hikari would lay down on top of Tanner and try to go for a pinfall attempt for the quick victory.

[FreestylePoet]

Utterly bewildered by her opponent's choice of attack, Tanner could only scowl at her opponent. Who used their hair as a whip during a PPV match? Hell, the audience was eating it up, but Tanner was decidedly not amused. Especially because the audience was laughing the whole time. "What the -- ow! -- the fuck, Rapunzel -- hey! -- is your fuckin' problem? Ow, ouch, hey, quit it!"

Then Hikari laid across her body, clearly intending to end this match with a pin! As the referee slid in, Tanner raised her fist to the lights above. "HAAAAH!" With a grunt of exertion, she reeled her arm back in, hoping to elbow Hikari in the back of the head! A dirty, dangerous, illegal move by MMA's standards. But evilly legal here in professional wrestling!