Ryu Hiroshi vs Irelia Xu - Sauna Match

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Ironman Match: Points are awarded to each wrestler via pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification over the opponent. The match will be timed over the course of 30 minutes. The wrestler with more points at the end will be declared the victor. The match takes place in a sauna of a LAW gym.

Irelia had gone ahead and gotten a head start on match preparations. She was looking forward to this match more than she let on. The beautiful bluenette rolled her shoulders and stretched her arms in the sauna. The wooden chamber was quite large. Her bare feet pitter-pattered against the wet floor as she got into position to bend forward and touch her toes to stretch her legs. Xu's standard wrestling attire was perfect for such a match. Her red bikini struggled to contain her assets as she exhaled heavily.

Irelia Xu

"My, my, my. It's been so long since I've been in one of these. Thank goodness I came early so that I could get used to the sensation, again." Irelia said to herself as she stood upright and turned around.

"How are you holding up?" She asked the female official that accompanied her. The LAW referee wore a black and white striped bikini. She nodded to Irelia to offer assurance that she was prepared to do her job. This one was going to count in the record books. And Irelia made sure to grab a referee from management to ensure that!

"Thanks for sparing the time and effort." Irelia expressed her gratitude to the official, who was already panting and suffering in this heat.

"Ryu Hiroshi's an old friend. But he's also an old rival. My goal today is to defeat him rather soundly. It's not a grudge or anything like that. I'm just set on proving a point. In all the years we've passed by each other on the indies, we always wondered which of us would win if we had a match. Today's the day we find out."

Xu voiced her stream of consciousness. She had a goal in mind with this matchup. And with Hiroshi arriving soon, she doubled down on the fact that was bent on making good on it!

[Teenwrestler]

It almost seemed surreal, Ryu had to pinch himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming or anything. It was a funny way how the wrestling business had a habit of reunited old friends and rivals in unique circumstances. The Dragon didn't expect to bump into Irelia of all people here but when he would put some more thought to it it would actually make much more sense for her to be here. Irelia was one of the best wrestlers he had known and in their previous wrestling league but due to intergender restrictions the two could never actually wrestle against each other when it came to their arguments on who was the better wrestler.

That was all set to change very soon now that the two were schedule to wrestle in a Iron(wo)man wrestling match, that too, in a sauna room. The match was already a test of endurance and the steam of the sauna would make this challenge all the more insurmountable. Yet, both of them were ready for the task at hand.

Ryu would arrive at the sauna room, standing outside clad in his blue wrestling briefs and matching fingerless gloves. He would take a deep breath as that would be the last fresh breath he would take before entering the thick steamy room of the sauna. With that, the male wrestler slid the wooden door open and enter inside, closing it quickly.

Ryu Hiroshi

Sauna Wrestling Room

"Irelia-san" Ryu said giving her a nod before turning over towards the referee who was already flustered. Ryu would make his way over towards his rival and bow in respect as per his culture and upbringing. However, that is where the niceties would end. After that, Ryu would get closer towards her until the two were face to face. "I can't believe the day is actually here....I've been waiting a long time for this and so have you I am sure. Irelia-san, I will not be holding anything back and neither should you. May the best wrestler win" he said glaring into her beautiful eyes.

The heat from the steam was already starting to take its toll with Ryu's brown skin glistening in sweat, he would take off his gloves and toss them to the side to signal he was ready. "I am ready...lets wrestle!" he said, raising his arms up in a challenging manner.

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You wouldn't know it by looking at her and reading her body language, but Xu had been eagerly awaiting Hiroshi's arrival. The official certainly didn't glean much from her beyond her intention to dominate him in this match. When the door finally opened and "The Dragon" made his appearance, Irelia looked up at him and smiled.

She rose up off of the seat and greeted him properly, walking up to the man and hitting a stride, swaying her hips side to side as she did. The two maintained eye contact. When Ryu bowed, Irelia bowed back. There was conviction and drive in both their eyes. Both of them perspired the anticipation for the match escalated. Irelia had already been in the sauna for some time, so she had gotten used to it.

"You can be confident that I'll hold nothing back, Ryu. I went out of the way to request that this referee attend, after all." Irelia said, pointing to the official. The referee was a woman on a crop top with black and white stripes and a matching bikini bottom. She saluted the two as Irelia introduced her

"This match is being recorded, as well. I made sure that it will be quite official. In the past, you and I have argued, and our respective fans have argued over who would win in a one-on-one. Now's my chance to put that issue to bed...." Irelia said as she used one hand to run her fingers through her beautiful blue hair and toss it to the side. She placed her other hand on her hip and posed confidently. Her eye and skin glistened as the bits of steam floated through the air.

"I'm actually very glad you wanted to do an ironman match. If I'm able to best you multiple times in a row, there will be no doubt, will there?"

"I will defeat you, today, Ryu. I'll show you how and why I got signed to this company well before you did. But please know there are no hard feelings between us. I simply want the same thing as you do, to prove definitively that I am the better fighter and wrestler."

With that, Irelia took up a stance of her own. She raised her fists and planted the soles of her bare feet firmly against the wooden floors beneath them! Xu's eyes darted towards the referee for a second to give her a nod. The official took out a small bell and rang it to signal the beginning of this contest!

Without missing a beat and without needing to return her gaze back to Ryu's, the beautiful bikini-clad babe dashed towards Hiroshi! She'd look to close the distance and lift her knee! She'd aim to drill Ryu with a rising knee strike to his hard, chiseled abs to kick off this contest! If the blow connected and stunned the man, Irelia would look to zip around behind him and jump onto his back to attempt to apply a Body Scissors/Sleeper combination to start things off!

[Teenwrestler]

After making his entrance in the sauna room, Ryu took a moment to take the moment in. He was about to wrestle the person he wanted to wrestle since many years and the time was finally here. He had his say and he also allowed Irelia to say what she wanted to as well. The Chinese woman explained that this match, even though its not in the ring, was going to count in the record books. There was a referee and it was being recorded and a loss was going to be official for either of them. Both of them agreed that an iron(wo)man match was the perfect way to settle this because they didn't want to settle this over a fluke one-fall victory should it occur. This was going to test their strength and skill to the maximum and there was not going to be any second doubts over the soon to be victor.

As the two met, Irelia had some strong declarations but the Dragon simply wanted to get this fight going. "Keep talking" he said when Irelia declared that she was glad that he chose the ironman match and that she was going to win and prove she was better. "I can't wait to prove you wrong....just ring the bell already" he said eager to get his hands on the woman who had eluded him for years until today. Once the bell rang, both of them darted towards each other. While Irelia was one of the fittest woman he knew, her strength would be unquestionable but it appeared she was not too egotistical to match her strength against the male. Instead, she would ram her knee into his abdomen to stun him.

"Gugh?!" he grunted, doubling over as Irelia went around him to his back to jump onto his back and wrap her arm around his neck and her legs around his waist. "Saaah?! Tch..." he moaned as she began to squeeze him. Ryu would straighten up, grabbing her wrists to try and pry them off his neck while backing up and trying to ram her back hard into one of the sauna walls!

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Ryu was eager to start this thing. Arguably more eager than Irelia. While it was clear that the blue-haired beauty had gone out of her way to make sure this confrontation would be official like they both wanted, it was even clearer that Hiroshi wanted to emerge victorious and lay their rivalry to rest! When the bell was finally rung and Irelia took initiative, she showed Ryu good and well how she had earned her reputation as a fast-rising star at LAW!

"Ha, as strong and unruly as ever!" The bikini-clad gal commented as she very easily forced Ryu to double over with a hard Knee Lift to the abs before jumping into his back to cinch in a Scissored Sleeper Hold!

Irelia tied her opponent up well! She maintained a tight grip with her arms over Ryu's thick neck! Even with the man's prying, she still managed to hang on quite well! Though he was plenty strong enough to rise and straighten himself up! It wasn't long before the referee approached to ask for Hiroshi's submission! But rather than even think about throwing in the towel, The Dragon stepped backward and rammed Irelia into the hard wooden wall of the sauna!

"Gah!" The toned beauty yelped as her bare back met the slick wall!

The surfaces of the room were coated in steam. Despite the slippery surfaces, Ryu managed to maintain his standing position! Irelia's long legs came down from the man's waist. But she maintained her Sleeper Hold!

"You picked the worst match stipulation possible, Ryu!" Irelia would assert with authority in her voice! She'd give the brawny man one last abrupt squeeze with her sleeper hold before transitioning to something else! Within seconds, her dainty hands glided down from his neck and onto his shoulders. Irelia would use her grip to trade places with Ryu and throw him into the wall back-first! If she managed to turn the tables before Ryu could ram her into the wall again, the bluenette beauty would look to land another knee lift to the abs and then pull him from the wall and embrace him with a Bearhug!

Should Irelia remain cool and in control, she'd explain her earlier remark!

"How many matches have I seen you lose by submission? How many matches at LAW have you already lost by submission?! And yet you chose an Ironman match with me?! In a sauna!" Irelia's arms and biceps would tighten around Ryu's waist as she drove her point home! She'd try to lift him to add even more pressure to the hold!

"I can already see you're breathing heavy. You'll run out of stamina way before I do. This match is mine!"

[Teenwrestler]

The start of the match was everything that the crowd and the two wrestlers expected. The explosive start to the match made for some excellent viewing for the fans and the adrenaline going for Irelia and Ryu. With the bluenette squeezing his neck and waist thanks to her submission, Ryu answered by ramming her back into the wooden wall. The slam made her grunt in pain, dropping her legs down to the wooden floor but she held onto his neck and still squeezed. Ryu gritted his teeth and brought up his hands to grab her wrists, attempting to now pry her arms off his neck. "Tch, let go" he said in a frustrated voice.

Irelia was not so easily shrugged off as Ryu was finding out. Suddenly, Irelia went on a bit of a rant and she questioned Ryu's poor choice of the match type and the setting of having it done in a sauna room. Ryu was starting to get annoyed but Irelia was not someone who just talked the talk but could also walk the walk. Letting go of his neck, she grabbed his shoulders and turned him around to have him back first against the wall. From there, another knee strike left him winded out and have him lean onto her which was a great chance for Irelia to simply wrap her arms around his waist and drag him away from the wall.

Irelia had him trapped in the bearhug, Ryu howled in pain in surprise of her strength and technique. "AHHHHHH" he yelled while shaking his head. However, he had enough of her trash talking and would look to get in some payback. "Y-you talk too much! Just shut up and wrestle" he scowled at her. Ryu would bring his hands up and cup them around her mouth and nose, going for a hand smother while his legs wrapped around her waist for a body scissor, forcing her to carry his weight.

The room started to get a bit foggy from the steam too with Ryu's body glistening in sweat but he figured a smother in such conditions would be highly effective.

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Irelia had been living up to her reputation as a premier LAW wrestler. Not only was she wrestling to protect her pride against the longtime rival she has in Ryu, she was also wrestling to protect her undefeated streak! Failing to slay "The Dragon" here would mean that Ryu would have the honor of being the first and only wrestler to leave a blemish on Xu's record. A loss to Ryu was something she wouldn't be able to live down! Much less her first loss during the height of her wrestling career as a LAW Superstar!

"If you want me to stop talking, you'll need to find a way to shut me up! You can do that, can't you Mister "Dragon?" Irelia couldn't make an air quotes motion while she squeezed the stamina out of Hiroshi with her mighty embrace, but the inflection in her tone of voice communicated all the confidence in the world. Sweat trickles down both their toned frames. Their collective body heat only facilitated more steam and humidity throughout the large, wooden sauna room! Irelia knew that her words were annoying Ryu because they rang true! If she could make sure that Hiroshi wouldn't be able to go the distance, this ironman match would end in a decisive victory for her! All was going to plan!

"Mphhh!?" Irelia would muffle in an incredulous tone as Ryu found it within himself to fight back despite Irelia's hot start!

Just like that, not all was going according to Irelia's game plan! Ryu had covered her dainty, confident mouth with his large, thick hand! He obstructed her breathing with a hand smother and retaliated with a waist scissor hold!

"Ngh!" Irelia grunted as she had begun to be subjected to the same treatment she was giving Ryu!

Heat and steam continued to fill the sauna, forcing the two to continue perspiring as their toned frames continued to press against one another. Each vied for the chance to assert dominance over the other! The steam obscured vision of the referee slightly as she moved in to ask for either Xu or Hiroshi were ready to submit!

Irelia steeled herself. Her frame grew tight as she flexed to keep Ryu airborne. One her had hands left the man's side as she grabbed at the hand that covered her mouth and slowly pulled it away! When the referee asked if either wrestler was ready to give it up, Irelia's determined eyes met Ryu's own as she answered her!

"I think not!" Xu retorted as she dropped down to one knee! As she did, she'd bring Ryu's hips and tailbone down onto her standing knee! Irelia answered his combination submission with an Inverted Atomic Drop!

Irelia knew that for all her talk about outlasting Ryu, and as impressive as her own cardio and conditioning were, putting the plan in motion would not be easy! She suspected that she'd need more to properly dislodge Ryu and get him off her person! The beautiful bluenette would dig deep! If her Atomic Drop connected, she'd stand back up! Her toned arms and legs would flex against Ryu's own as she stood up with haste and pushed against his chest before dropping back down, this time all the way into her toned, thinly-clad backside! Irelia would attempt to follow up her Atomic Drop with a Sitout Spinebuster and lay the man out by dropping him back-first onto the slick wooden floors of the sauna room!

Should Irelia reclaim her momentum, she'd breathe heavily as she tossed Ryu's legs off her person. She'd slowly push herself back up to her feet and adjust her bikini.

"I'll shut up and wrestle, alright. And when I beat you, we'll see what you have to say for yourself then....for now, though..." Irelia would muse as she rose up parted her long, blue hair. If she managed to floor Ryu, she'd try to pour on the pressure by jumping up and going for a standing body splash! Should Irelia connect, it would not be long before she'd rise. The formidable middleweight wrestler would look towards one of the benches in the sauna and scale it. As she stood atop the bench, she'd tie her hair back into a ponytail before leaping once more, this time from an elevated position, for one final Splash before trying to pin the man by hooking his far leg!

[Teenwrestler]

He knew what he was up against, a woman who had not loss a wrestling match in LAW. A woman who he could not recall losing in the last promotion she was in. One of the reasons she left was competition, no woman was woman enough to beat her there and it seemed she was looking to continue that here in LAW. Perhaps she was that special or perhaps it was because she had never crossed paths with Ryu. The two former champions now had a chance to settle it in this long, grueling match and both would look to get a decisive victory.

Of course, Irelia kept talking just to get under his skin and it was working up until he retaliate with a hand smother and body scissor combination which allowed Ryu to respond to her. "I can and I just did" he said squeezing the life out of her with his legs while she did the same. However, the bluenette knew she was in a worse off position than him because he was smother her on top of the scissors so she had to change up her game plan. With the steamy conditions, fresh air was precious and a smother would do some real damage too!

"Watashi wa anata ni makemasen, ireria {I will not lose to you Irelia} was his response in defiance to her and to answer the referee. However, by this time the athlete-wrestler would pry his hands off her mouth and then drop his tailbone on top of her knee in a inverted atomic drop. Ryu moaned in pain as he almost hopped off her knee if it hadn't been for Irelia holding onto him and slamming him down hard onto his back.

"AAAAHHHHHH" he screamed as his back hit the floor hard, his sweat soaked and muscular body on display for Irelia. She did not waste any time though, quickly dropping on top of him for a body splash which connected, leaving him out of breath and dazed. Irelia went for another one, this time higher as she took her place on the wooden benches and tied her hair back. That allowed him to recover just a bit and sense his surrounding so when she leaped up he would raise his knees up allowing her a hard fall landing right on top of his raised knee.

"I told you to shut up and wrestle" he said sternly, quickly pushing her over onto her belly and mounting her, looking to wrap his arms around her neck from behind while laying on her back for a tight grounded sleeperhold.

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Irelia was confident that she could handle her longstanding rival. Coming into this match with all of the momentum she currently has going in her LAW career meant that she was the favorite to win on the surface! But "The Dragon" was no pushover! Xu knew that he didn't often miss the chance to capitalize on an opening! And despite taking it to him with a good run of offense, Hiroshi did not back down!

"Uuuf!" Irelia would groan breathlessly as her second splash found its way onto Ryu's knees!

She had chained together some good offense leading up to this huge splash, but Ryu's counter saw her toned frame bounce off his knees and fall onto her side! She'd clutch her abs with both hands and breathe heavily to try and replenish her air supply! And as she did, The Dragon struck!

It seemed that no amount of heat and humidity in the sauna would stop him, nor would getting under his skin stifle him for long! Ryu pressed his attack by pouncing on top of Irelia and applying a Sleeper hold! And as he did, Irelia would continue to cough and gasp for air!

The bluenette would slowly begin to push herself up to all fours, carrying Ryu's muscular frame on top of her! Irelia would look to get one of her bare feet underneath her, and then the other! Slowly, but sure Irelia would stagger and rise up to her feet! And when she did, she'd try to reach backward and find her grip behind Ryu's head such that she could pull his chin onto her shoulder and drop down and sit out to try and counter with a Backpack Stunner!

Regardless of whether or not Irelia was successful, she'd be sprawled out and floored after attempting the move! The immense strain her attempt at a counter called for was compounded with the heat and thin air in the sauna! Though her conditioning was great, Xu would need a moment here to find her second wind!

[Teenwrestler]

Being champions in their former promotion alot of pride was on the line and neither wanted to lose to the other. Even though they could not defend any titles but for Ryu there was the fact of being the first wrestler to defeat Irelia and claim that as an accolade. It was clear that the bluenette had a game plan too, she was going gun blazing to use the heat against her opponent and wear him out early on and let the steamy conditions keep him out of the match for the rest of the match. A game plan that Ryu expected and knew he had to cut off early on. Irelia landed a flurry of attacks and her finishing touch was thwarted by the Dragon who brought his knees up at the second body splash attempt to knock the wind out of her and leave her gasping.

From there, he would jump onto her back and wrap his massive arm around her neck for a tight sleeperhold. Their sweat soaked bodies grinded as he demanded that she would give up. Irelia would refuse to do so and instead show her incredible strength and willpower to push up first onto her hands and knees then onto her knee and all the way back up to carry the Dragon over her back. Grabbing his head and guiding his chin onto her shoulder she would drop down and nail him with a surprise stunner!

"Guuughh" he cried flopping off her and dropping down onto his back, clutching his jaw in pain while both of them were down and out!