Royal Thunderstorm vs TealTastic - Royal Blues

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"Oh no!" Lexy exclaimed with her hand over her mouth after witnessing Noelle kick out, seemingly with much more left to give! As impressive as it was to see Sam get some early momentum for The Teals, Silva and Vasilliev we're completely undeterred!

Sam quickly rose up to face the taller lightweight! She telegraphed her chop! It was clear she was going to commit! But before she could strike, Ishtar used her height advantage and her speed to literally beat Roberts to the punch and bear down on her with a hard Elbow Strike! The blow clipped Sam in the side of the head! The lightweight dynamo's torso to lean to the side after she was struck! She struggled to keep her footing! And while she did, Sam was easy pickings for Silva to move in and ensnare into a Full Nelson Hold!

"Sam! Hang in there!" Lexy would exclaim from ringside! But it was too late!

"Gah! Let go!" Roberts would protest now that she had snapped out of it! But by the time she had, Noelle had already dragged her to Royal Thunderstorm's corner! The bluenette would flail left and right as she tried to power out of Noelle's hold! But she was unable to power out! Royal Thunderstorm had an opportunity to make a tag! And Sam seemed to be lined up to suffer a combination attack that would set her and Lexy back! Especially if the silver-haired pair intended to focus her down and isolate her from her partner!

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Noelle had been able to punish Samantha for getting greedy and trying for a quick pin to eliminate her, and now was the time to get some big damage off on the bluenette for it. Noelle was strong enough to be able to drag Samantha to the corner in spite of the bluenette trying to fight the other direction. "Thunderstrike!" Noelle called to her partner.

"No," said Ishtar. "I think she'll have too big a window to move her head. Just let me punching bag her." She was already as close to being into the ring as she could be without taking flak from the ref, waiting for the chance to pummel Samantha

"Alright," conceded Noelle. Though they were rookies in LAW, they'd been fighting together long enough for the princess to put her pride aside and trust her partner's judgement. She would go all the way into the corner so Ishtar could tag her hand while Noelle could still keep the nelson. Then she quickly backed up to give Ishtar space to get in.

Once Ishtar was in, she would throw three thunderous crosses at Samantha's exposed head. Then finish with a gut punch as Noelle released the full nelson to make her double over. The Russian would then take her partner's place behind Samantha as Noelle exiting the ring. But instead of a full nelson, Ishtar would grab the bluenette around the waist and German Suplex her back. "I think I'll try a quick pin myself," said Ishtar as she bridged up.

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Sam had tried to leverage her technical wrestling ability to score a quick elimination, and for her efforts, she earned Royal Thunderstorm's ire! The lightweight lass flailed and struggled to try and escape Silva's grasp! But Noelle had that Full Nelson locked in tight! Lexy would look on with concern as the more capable half of TealTastic was hauled over to the opposing team's corner!

There was brief deliberation between the pair of beautiful silver-haired girls, but it was hardly enough time for Roberts to free herself! Soon, the striped shirt girl presiding over the match would clap her hands to acknowledge the tag made from Noelle to Ishtar. And within seconds, Sam's pummeling began!

"Urgh! Ow! Ngh!" Roberts grunted as the first three shots connected cleanly! The hook to her midsection left the lightweight dynamic doubling over out of the full Nelson with her eyes wide and her mouth agape as she gasped for air!

Sam would be easy pickings for Ishtar to Suplex immediately after! The crowd reacted as Roberts was thrown in an arc! Ishtar held her in place in a bridging position and announced her intentions! Sam's face would be obscured by her legs as she remained folded up and as the referee dropped down to count! And when she did, Roberts managed to dig deep and show some defiance!

"ONE...!"

No sooner than the one count was called, Samantha straightened up her petite frame and kicked upwards and out of the pin! She'd fall such that she was facing Lexy! Sam would reach out to her, knowing that she was quite a ways away! Lexy would turn to the crowd and clap to try to get them to clap along and help will Sam out of this predicament!

"I kinda actually wanted to see the Thunderstrike thing but now all I wanna see is a chance to tag out!" Sam would complain as she slowly but surely began to crawl towards the Teal's corner with the support of the fans!

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The pass between Noelle and Ishtar was successful, allowing the Russian to get her four hit combo in before suplexing the bluenette down onto the mat and trying to put her out of the match with a pin. In spite of Ishtar's great strength, she was unable to hold Samantha down for more than even a one count, her pin quickly kicked out of.

"Well, Thunderstrike would've sandwiched your head between a pair of running knee strikes. So I don't think you really want to see it as much as you think you do," said Ishtar. "Though if you really do want to see it, my partner and I would be more than happy to indulge you Samantha."

Noelle looked across the ring and saw Lexy turned to the crowd, hyping them up in support for her struggling partner. "Sorry Lexy, but no amount of support will get Samantha across the ring to you at the rate she's crawling at before Ishtar can get to her," Noelle said with a smug grin on her face. Even if Samantha broke the first pin, Noelle was confident that Ishtar could put her away if the bluenette's slow movements were an accurate representation of what she had left.

"No," said Ishtar as she allowed Samantha to crawl to the corner unimpeded. "The crowd wants to see a tag, and if greenie over there is so eager to step in here with me, then I'll happily see what she's got." Was Ishtar's decision cocky and suboptimal? Yes. But the Russian cared about the entertainment value of the match as much as the fans, so it wasn't uncommon for her to allow her opponent's some leeway for entertainment's sake.

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Sam was in dire straits. Ishtar's confidence in describing one of Royal Thunderstorm's tandem moves motivated the bluenette to move and cover some distance as she began to crawl across the ring. But that same confidence seemed to really rub Lexy the wrong way.

After hearing both Ishtar and Noelle speak, Lexy stepped onto the bottom rope and leaned over the top rope. She extended her hand to give her partner Sam a greater chance of making the tag, but she also spoke out against their opponents.

"Do you guys always brag this much before the last bell of the match is rung?! And thanks for the free info on your tag moves, by the way! You've got really big heads for a pair of rookies!" Lexy continued to mouth off, but she stopped once she realized that Ishtar had dissuaded her partner Noelle from pursuing Sam, who had made it to the center of the ring. By the time she neared her team's corner, Samantha had realized that she was given a freebie here. But she wasn't about to look this gift horse in the mouth! The lightweight gal jumped from her crawling position and rocketed herself over to Lexy, slapping the tanned middleweight's palm as she fell into her corner!

"Give em heck, Lex!" Sam would yell to her partner as she made the tag!

Whether or not this show of confidence or arrogance bordering on complacency from debuting team would be seen soon enough! Lexy steeled herself as she got the hot tag! Alan would duck between the middle and top rope before running at Noelle with a full head of steam in an attempt to shove her non-legal opponent and knock Silva off the apron! Lexy would hope to turn her attention to Ishtar afterwards if she succeed! In those moment, Lexy's aim would be to garner some much needed momentum for TealTastic!

"Hraaaagh!" Lexy would cry as she made a beeline for Silva and dashed right at her! Should her shove succeed, she'd look towards Ishtar in the hopes of facing off with her in the middle of the ring!

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Ishtar prepared herself to face Lexy when the green haired girl stepped into the ring, but oddly enough, Lexy had been prepared to face Noelle. She charged at the princess who had just settled behind the ropes, but Lexy kept coming. It looked as though Lexy had somehow lost track of which member of Royal Thunderstorm was the active wrestler. Ishtar had never tagged out after her failed pin on Samantha.

"Focus on what we do, not what we say!" Ishtar called has she grabbed Lexy from behind once the greenette ran past her. And since Lexy wasn't paying attention to Ishtar, she did so without resistance.

"At least we know who's actually tagged in," Noelle followed. Neither girl knew what had created the confusion on the TealTastic side, but their misfortune was Royal Thunderstorm's gain. Ishtar was about to lay the hurt on Lexy.

"Going up!" Ishtar called as she lifted Lexy into the air and pulled back her knee. Then the Russian swung her knee up and slammed Lexy down crotch first onto it. She would then follow up by suplexing the greenette backward onto the mat with a crash, completing an atomic suplex combination attack. A brutal punishment onto Lexy for her error.

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After getting a much-needed tag from Sam, Lexy had gotten overzealous in her desire to turn things around for her team! Going after Noelle to try and take control of the match by running past Ishtar to take our her partner! Unfortunately for the part-time wrestler, though, Ishtar was quite ring-savvy!

"Woah!" Lexy exclaimed as she was plucked from behind and secured her in a Waistlock from behind.

It was a common enough occurrence to see an active wrestler attempt to sideline an inactive wrestler in a tag match. But Lexy made the mistake of thinking she could slip past Ishtar completely unpunished!

"Aiiieeeee!" Alan would yelp as she was slammed down groin-first onto Ishtar's bent knee!

Lexy's eyes nearly popped out of her head as she widened them and held her womanhood in pain. The Atomic Drop left her completely susceptible and vulnerable to the Back Suplex follow-up!

The impact of the Suplex would have Lexy roll over onto her back! With one hand on her neck and the other between her legs, she'd writhe in pain! In one fell swoop, Ishtar was able to reduce TealTastic's hot tag and momentum to nothing as she capitalized on Lexy's overzealousness and left her wordless, pained heap on the canvas!

"Yikes, she's no rookie..." Sam would say from her team's corner as she witnessed Lexy get dismantled. Sam would pull herself up using the ropes and take her place on the apron.

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"Yeah! That's it Ishtar," called out Noelle to her partner as she blasted Lexy with her combination. "You got her hurting, now go in for the kill, and then we'll finish off her partner!"

"Sounds like a plan Noelle," responded Ishtar as she would take the reeling Lexy to the middle of the ring to isolate her from Samantha. As a mighty powerhouse wrestler, Ishtar was considerably physically stronger than Lexy. The greenette had also just taken some massive damage. The only thing that should be able to save Lexy is carelessness on Ishtar's part, something the Russian would be careful to try to avoid.

Pulling Lexy to a sitting position, Ishtar would wrap her arm with a reversed grip around her throat to begin. Then the Russian would wrap her other arm around the Lexy's arm, pulling it up and back to join her hands together in a gable grip, tightening the squeeze on the chef's breathing and putting extra pressure on her shoulder. Ishtar would finish by swinging her leg up and over Lexy's to block it off from any significant movement. The resulting hold would be a nasty chokehold finisher: Thunder Dragon Sleeper

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"Ready to give up?" asked Ishtar. With Lexy having an arm and a leg immobilized, her free arm unable to reach anything meaningful, and since her free leg shouldn't be strong enough to drag Lexy anywhere meaningful, Ishtar and Noelle had every reason to believe that the TealTastic was about to become BlueTastic in a few short moments.

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Having reduced Lexy to a thoroughly beaten heap in the middle of the ring, Ishtar had no trouble pulling the part-time wrestler up and womanhandling her to sexy Alan in the center of the ring, away from the ropes!

"Unnngh..." Lexy could only groan weakly as Ishtar overpowered her and fashioned the tanned wrestler's frame into position for her Thunder Dragon Sleeper finisher!

Ishtar say her legal opponent up and skillfully snaked her arm over Lexy's throat in a reverse grip! Ishtar secured the greenette's arm and brought her own powerful frame close to Lexy's to secure the hold! Lexy reached out toward her corner and towards Samantha! She tried to inch her way forward, but Vasiliev swung her leg up and over Lexy's own! The middleweight planted her boot down onto the canvas between Lexy's legs, preventing Lexy from inching any further!

Fans that recognized Ishtar's finishing hold cheered Royal Thunderstorm's command and presence in this match! They knew that Ishtar and Noelle intended to capitalize on their momentum by putting Lexy away and getting half the work done here and now when it came to defeating TealTastic in this tag team elimination match! Commentators at ringside hyped up the moment! Sam gripped the top rope rightly! The bluenette took note of Noelle's words! They were all she needed to hear to be convinced that this move was Ishtar's specialty!

Sam observed with concern as Lexy continued reaching out to her from the middle of the ring! Lexy's arm would soon fall to the canvas! She'd gasp breathlessly as Ishtar wore her down! The silver-haired beauty showed very little remorse as she force Lexy to look up at the stadium lights!

Lexy would continue to fade in Noelle's grasp! Her mouth went agape! Her eyes were only half-open! A tinge of blue did begin to form on her face! The referee would move in to check Lexy's free arm! The striped shirt woman lifted Lexy's dainty hand up off the mat before allowing it to fall lifelessly to the ground! She'd raise her index finger and count if Ishtar kept the hold applied!

"ONE...!" The official declared. The usual procedure to verify a knockout in a standard pro wrestling match consisted of three of these arm checks. And Lexy was just two more away from being officially KO'd!

The greenette showed no signs of life! The referee went for Lexy's hand a second time, and just as she did, Samantha leaped into action!

"HUP!" The lightweight grunted with effort as she slingshot herself over the top rope! It wasn't often that teams would bend rules like this, but in tag wrestling, it was commonplace to save a partner from a finishing hold or a pin like this! Sam would move as fast as she could! The referee would immediately back away! If Roberts managed to get to the legal woman before Noelle, or if Noelle chose not to intervene, Sam would save her partner by running in and attempting to Superkick Ishtar to stun her and break the hold!

Sam would aim for the face! If the sole of her boot connected, she'd look to drag Lexy by the arm towards her corner and get back on the apron so that she could duck through the ropes and tag Lexy to forcefully tag herself in!

The referee would admonish Sam, of course, but desperate times called for desperate measures! And the need to save Lexy, in Sam's mind, forced her hand!

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Noelle, Samantha, the ref, and every other person watching this match in person and at home could see the obvious; Lexy Alan was dead to rights at the hands of Ishtar. The Russian felt her opponent's resistance give out, Lexy's gasps for air proving fruitless as her mighty arm sealed shut her airways, tears and drool forming in the corners the greenette's eyes and mouth as her face changed color.

Between the four wrestlers in this match, Lexy was the weakest. While the other three were bona fide combat athletes, she was more known in LAW for her media work than her wrestling, and was even self described as only wrestling part time. People picked up on things like that. The more discerning among the crowd either already knew this going in or caught on quickly. And even those who didn't could tell by now based on Lexy's performance. She was the underdog, and people usually wanted to see underdogs do one of two things: beat the odds and overcome, or failing that, get absolutely destroyed. Torn apart like a rabbit into a lion's den. And Ishtar was the lion.

Once Lexy started turning blue, the ref rightfully came over to check if she was still conscious. Ishtar knew that even if she wasn't totally out, Lexy wouldn't be escaping this hold with her spot in the match still in tact. The ref dropped the tan girl's arm once, nothing. But it wouldn't be quite that easy, as out of a desperate necessity, Samantha was breaking from her corner and into the ring to interfere.

"Wait what?!" exclaimed Noelle. She had become relaxed and comfortable with the position of her partner, and had assumed that she would be able to finish off the weaker Lexy without issue. Her image of tag wrestlers who interfered when they weren't the legal wrestler was confined primarily to heels, which TealTastic had not presented the image of, so Noelle had been caught completely unaware by Samantha rushing in. She started charging in, but she was precious steps behind the bluenette.

But luckily, Ishtar had her own back. She had seen Samantha enter the ring, and since she had to run from the corner of the ring to the middle, the Russian had a couple moments to react. Once Ishtar saw Samantha raise her leg up for a kick, she made her move. With just a slight shift of her body, Ishtar moved her face out of the way, and pulled Lexy's into it's place.

Ishtar had succeeded in protecting herself, and even redirected Samantha's kick onto Lexy, but the bluenette had still come in with enough force that the Russian had been knocked onto her back, releasing the hold. But all was not lost. Noelle had arrived, and was coming in with a shoulder charge, looking to catch Samantha and knock her away before she could turn this into a 2v1 against Ishtar.

"Just pin her! She won't kick out," Noelle called as she positioned herself between Samantha and the two active wrestlers. Her sole aim was to keep the bluenette walled off until Ishtar finished the job. Which shouldn't take too long. And if the ref told her to leave the ring, "I'll get out when she does!" would be Noelle's answer.

"Sounds good!" replied Ishtar. Lexy still looked out of it, so Noelle's expectation that she couldn't kick out of a pin made sense. The silver haired Russian would pull the greenette's legs up past her head before laying down on top to cover for a jackknife pin.