[Hardcore Match] Astrid Arvidsson vs Kyoko Akan - When the dragon meets the queen (Apex Qualifier Match)

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In ordinary life, a person usually tries to avoid unnecessary risk. And in most cases, a person will prefer something stable, even if they have the opportunity to take a risk and get something more. There is certainly logic to this. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Etc.

But a fighter is not an ordinary person. A fighter knows that it is impossible to achieve their goals without risk. And a real fighter is ready to take risks, discarding fear. Astrid was a fighter. And even though she knew that what she was up to was dangerous for her as well, she wasn't going to doubt it. The Golden Dragon charged, approaching her opponent like a freight train.

Pushing off the floor, she aimed her shoulder at Kyoko's stomach. Crashing into the Belly Queen, she knocked her down, and one second later the body of the Japanese woman crushed into a row of chairs behind her. It was difficult to determine which was louder, Kyoko's scream, the crash of chairs or the roar of the crowd. Both women ended up on the floor surrounded by folded and broken chairs. And each of them was in no hurry to move at the moment. Like her rival, Astrid couldn't hold back a soft groan of pain. For her, it was also far from a painless fall.

The blonde had to take a few seconds to take a few deep breaths. It was a hell of a tense match. And although she was quite resilient, her body was already covered in sweat, not to mention numerous bruises. Lifting her head, she discovered that her left arm was still wrapped around the Purple-haired woman's waist. Perhaps if it was a different type of match, then it could be considered a pin attempt. But not this time.

Clenching her jaw, Astrid pulled her knees up to her chest, and then rose to her feet to the applause of the audience that surrounded the women. For the blonde, it was far from the first hardcore match. Perhaps someone thought that by this moment she was used to pain. But this is complete nonsense. It's impossible to get used to this. However, she had the willpower to cope with this pain.

Bending down, she was going to grab Kyoko's hand and then pull her up. She didn't even have to lift the Belly Queen to her feet, now it was enough for her to have her opponent only slightly raised. None of them could get a victory outside the ring. And so Astrid wanted to make sure that by the time they returned to the ring, Kyoko would not have a single drop of strength left.

If she could get Kyoko to raise a little, then she would grab her head. She was going to place the Belly Queen's head between her thighs. Surely at this moment the noise in the hall would have started to increase exponentially. Now it was almost an ideal situation to take advantage of one of Astrid's classic, but most beloved movements. The blonde intended to wrap her arms around Kyoko's waist with both hands. Oh, damn... even now, she could feel the Japanese woman's steel abs. If they were in another place and at another time...

"Fire and fury..." Astrid said softly.

She was going to lift Kyoko off the floor in order to turn her over and put her on the shoulders. Because of the play of light, for a moment it might seem that the lavender eyes of the descendant of the great Vikings turned red. Yes. Right now, she was going to jump up, and then spread her legs to the sides and send the Queen's Belly body down. Even if they were still in the ring, it would be a disastrously destructive move. But now it was even worse. Because the Golden Dragon with the help of a sitout powerbomb intended to smash Kyoko's body not into the mat, but directly into a pile of metal chairs!

[Fairy Dragon]

How she could avoid the worst possible fate was beyond her, the chairs should have been devastating for her spine and while it still hurt like hell at least she wasn't paralyzed or anything worse than that. She groaned with the blonde on top of her feeling crushed again but at least this time her head wasn't spinning, even if she felt like the back pain was worse. Astrid recovered quickly, maybe it was her trying to get even for getting slammed but it seemed that the blonde refused to stay down now that she was up on her feet and she grabbed Kyoko to make sure the hurt Queen complied and followed her. She heard Astrid's breathing telling her she was feeling tired but all Kyoko could do was be sucked in and under her legs where her arms wrapped around her waist and she muttered something. Nothing she could make out before she was lifted up by the Golden Dragon and looking up at the crowd, Kyoko's vision was clear for once and she saw so many faces, some shocked, even ones she saw booing her earlier didn't seem to like what was about to come, others were happy but their was surprisingly few before she ended up being slammed down....and onto a pile of chairs.

"Gaaaaakkk!" Kyoko screamed. While things had gone silent for a moment her back meeting steel snapped all of the sound to her head, giving her a front row seat to the opera that was her immense pain vocalized by the sounds leaving her pain wracked body. She felt some of the chairs snap on impact or dent but they all caught Kyoko's back, and it all hurt like hell with the Belly Queen's only saving grace being that she tucked her chin and made sure her head didn't smash into the chairs. Still with her entire body stiff with pain Kyoko could only weakly twitch on her side as the air left her body from screaming, unable to make the full turn and still partially on the dented and broken chairs that were now stabbing her back.

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Slowing down the pace is definitely not what Astrid needed at this moment. She never had a habit of holding back during a match, so she always tried to be as active as possible. But hardcore is a completely different world. Here, under certain conditions, even the most basic throws can be just devilishly painful. However, these two women were striving for something much more. They quickly left the ring and started beating the shit out of each other in tough ways, using everything in sight.

This was perhaps the most important reason why the Golden Dragon preferred hardcore matches. The dangerous environment and the risk of being left in a pool of blood at the end of matches pushed her to work at the limit of her abilities. Each fighter has a limit. And Astrid has always experienced genuine delight in those moments when she and her opponent are trying to figure out which of them is ready to stop, and which of them is ready to go beyond the limit.

Therefore, despite the pain and heavy breathing, the blonde was determined to make it clear to everyone, including Kyoko, that she was really ready to confirm everything she said before the start of this match. Lifting the Japanese woman onto her shoulders, Astrid took a moment to enjoy the excited screams of the audience. Despite the fact that the result was important to her first of all, she could not deny that she liked it. However, it didn't last long, because after a second, the Golden Dragon sent the Belly Queen's body down.

It was a real explosion. In every sense. The purple-haired woman's deafening scream mingled with the screams of the crowd, but even that didn't drown out the screeching of metal. Kyoko's back arched due to the colossal pain caused by the collision with a pile of chairs. She jerked to the side, which made Astrid let go of her legs. But even after that, she continued to lie in agony on bent chairs. The Norwegian woman wiped the sweat from her forehead. Despite the fact that Kyoko was lighter than her, raising such a woman was still not the easiest task.

Astrid got up on one knee, then took a deep breath. Glancing at Kyoko, she wondered if that was enough to bring the action back to the ring? No, this is clearly not enough. Despite the fact that it was Astrid's decision to leave the ring, it was Kyoko who decided to bring them to the spectator area. The Golden Dragon rose to her feet and turned her head to the side. They were right next to the ramp.

"Move aside," she said to the audience and fans who stood between them and the ramp.

Was she going to go for a walk to the ramp? No, not really. She had another way to get her rival there. The Golden Dragon was going to bend down and grab both of Kyoko's legs, locking them under her armpits. In the next moment, it would have become extremely clear why Astrid demanded the fans to disperse. The blonde was about to turn to the side, straining her arms. And she wouldn't stop there. The Golden Dragon was going to start spinning on the spot, thereby lifting Kyoko's body into the air parallel to the floor. Yes, she was really going to gain maximum torque, and then release Kyoko's legs and send her to meet the side of the ramp with a giant swing!

[Fairy Dragon]

Pain. Everything hurt at the same time and it made moving hard, even though she knew that she really needed to move now before Astrid did something else like this. The crowd was in awe at the sight of the Belly Queen surrounded by bent and broken chairs that she had been slammed into, Astrid was hardly the first person to try and break her with power bombs but Kyoko usually slipped out of them, so Astrid got further than most. She needed to find a way to turn things around and she needed to turn it around fast or what just happened would just be the opening statement to an ass kicking that would see Kyoko unable to even twitch. Astrid made her start grabbing her legs and pulling her in telling fans to move before Kyoko started to be dragged across the floor, and finally was in the air being spun.

"Angh...Woooaah!" Kyoko screamed being moved like this didn't help her body and being in the air completely at the mercy of Astrid was not where she wanted to be. Astrid spun her around long enough to get the speed she needed and when she let go, Kyoko soared threw the air and ended up flying into the ramp hitting it on her side. "Aagggh!" Kyoko screamed before she hit the floor, once again in a heap and hurt as the bigger and stronger opponent was continuing her attack with impressive results this early on in the match.

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Every time Astrid completed another spin around her axis, the audience around increased the buzz. They were preparing for the moment when she would let go of her opponent's legs and they wanted the result to be as tough as possible. Well, she agreed with them on that. Pity was definitely not a trait of the Norwegian woman, at least when it comes to fighting. So she wanted to make sure that this flight wouldn't end well for Kyoko.

And when she finally let go of the Belly Queen, the result was more than expected. The body of the purple-haired woman went into a short flight, and a few seconds later Kyoko crashed into the side of the ramp, again uttering a scream. Her body collapsed to the floor and it didn't look like she was ready to get to her feet quickly. The Golden Dragon straightened to her full height and tilted her head to the side, after which a crunch was heard.

This throw itself was tough, especially considering that her opponent's body crashed into a solid structure. But in fact, this was only part of the descendant of the great Vikings' plan. She needed to move Kyoko and right now she was exactly where Astrid wanted. Right behind her was the side of the ramp. And considering that the Belly Queen was weakened after all the powerful attacks, this was almost the perfect moment to finish her off.

Perhaps many would have found what Astrid was going to do a little trite. Why? Because it was once again aimed at Kyoko's head. But there wasn't really anything personal about it. It's just that the blonde was sure that in this way she would be able to knock out of the Belly Queen all that she had left. Astrid put her right leg back and leaned forward slightly. Taking a deep breath, she prepared to start running.

"Come on," she said faintly.

And as soon as she saw even the slightest hint that Kyoko was starting to move, she would rush forward. The distance between them was not too great, but Astrid still tried to gain as much speed as possible. She had several reasons to be sure that this attack would be the last for the Belly Queen. And so now was definitely not the time to hold back.

So why was Astrid so sure of that? Her plan, in a sense, was really quite simple. But who said that her plan was ineffective because of this? Right behind Kyoko was the side of the ramp. And, accordingly, the only thing left for the Golden Dragon to do was to gain the maximum possible speed, and then push off the floor with force in order to put her right knee forward and smash the head of the Belly Queen against the ramp with a running knee strike!

[Fairy Dragon]

Kyoko had memories of another time in another company where she was going at it with a blonde who was bigger than her in hardcore styled matches. Her named escaped her but the many times she had been thrown around or knocked her around showed up in her head over and over again. Astrid was bringing some of those memories back and just like her Kyoko knew that the only way to win was to keep herself ready to move at all times no matter how much it hurt like hell, like right now backed in the corner resting on the ramp with Astrid putting some distance between them. What she had planned next was obvious but she and some fans knew that Astrid was banking on Kyoko being too weak and tired from the spinning to move out of the way. Even when Astrid moved in after her Kyoko wasn't moving, she was still trying to recover and soon the blonde would be upon her.

It wasn't until Astrid jumped for her knee strike that would have crushed her skull that Kyoko finally acted, moving out of the way of what would have been a match ending blow. Leaving Astrid to hit the ramp herself while she scrambled on the floor Kyoko would wait to see where she ended up and Kyoko would want to make sure that she didn't go anywhere.

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Perhaps in this regard, Astrid was no different from many other fighters. If the advantage was in her hands, then she used it to the maximum. Despite the fact that after she and Kyoko left the ring, things did not go well for the Golden Dragon because of her rival's more than impressive abilities, she also found something to surprise the Belly Queen. Thanks to this, she launched a fierce offensive with a series of attacks that brought them to this point.

And now when the purple-haired woman was right in front of her, the descendant of the great Vikings saw an opportunity to end it all here and now. She rushed forward, trying to take the best speed she was capable of. Kyoko still showed no signs of activity and this gave Astrid reason to think that everything would be over now. One last attack that will definitely guarantee her opponent a headache for the next few days.

With the intention of finishing it all, the Golden Dragon pushed off the floor and put her right knee forward. Kyoko stayed where she was and at that moment Astrid believed that this was the end. She could have sworn she felt her knee slam into her opponent's head.

But that didn't happen. At the very last split second, the Belly Queen jerked to the side. This moment was so quick and short that Astrid didn't even have time to understand how it happened. But it didn't matter anymore. The only thing that mattered was what happened right after that. The Norwegian woman's knee crashed into the side of the ramp. Everyone who was in this hall should have covered their ears.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! FUUUUCK!!!!!!" even if Astrid was the most cold-blooded person in the world, she would not be able to hold back the screams of agony. "AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"

To understand how she felt at that moment, try to clench your fist, put all the available strength into your arm, and then hit the concrete wall. Could you imagine this feeling? Now multiply it a hundred times. Astrid wasn't ready to say for sure, but it felt like her kneecap had shattered.

Still screaming, Astrid clutched her injured knee with her right hand. She literally lost her fulcrum and was ready to fall down. Only her instincts prompted her to use her other hand to grab the edge of the ramp. She was able to stand on one leg, but it didn't mean anything to her.

The pain was so wild that the blonde couldn't think of anything else. She wanted to fall and start rolling on the floor, but instead she leaned forward while her right leg was convulsively twitching. Somewhere in the back of her subconscious, she knew she shouldn't move that leg, but she couldn't control it. Damn, at that moment it seemed to her that if this leg had been cut off, the pain would have been less.

[Fairy Dragon]

The sound of Astrid hitting the ramp was an unpleasant one for everyone but Kyoko, who's first thought was what that would have sounded like if it Astrid had hit her. The Golden Dragon had taken a big risk and it didn't pay off, meaning that it was Kyoko's time to benefit from the environment. As Astrid writhed in pain Kyoko would start to bring herself back up, sluggish and sore especially where her back was concerned but still able to move and very much willing to fight more, and keep fighting until she won. Powering through her pain Kyoko would grab Astrid's leg and try to lift it up pulling Astrid along with her and bringing her leg out before trying to do a ground Dragon screw to a downed Astrid's leg.

"Looks like I found a way to keep you from flying away." Kyoko said working on the leg some more, standing up again after the screw and trying to grab the leg a second time, this time she would stomp on Astrid's stomach before trying to lift the leg over her and apply a Stretch muffler to bend the leg around her and cause Astrid more troubles when she couldn't escape. It would be a tough challenge for her back but Kyoko felt the pressure it would put on Astrid would be worse.

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Fucking shit. There was no other way to describe it. No one can ever get used to pain, at least that's what Astrid thought. But at the same time, the blonde had a very rich experience in this. In MMA, she has never received pity from her opponents. And when she came to LAW, absolutely nothing changed. She is even ready to say that any of her matches here were much tougher than any of her matches in MMA.

And although she wasn't the type to scream in pain over the slightest damage, this was clearly not the case. This unsuccessful strike literally turned the situation upside down. A second ago, she was preparing to finish off the Belly Queen, and now she could hardly think properly because of the throbbing pain in her right knee.

Kyoko was still slow after all the attacks she had received. But now the advantage was on her side. The Japanese woman got to her feet and then grabbed the injured leg of the Golden Dragon. Of course Astrid wanted to stop her, but even the slightest movement caused new waves of pain. And this pain was so great that she literally couldn't control her body. It seemed like it couldn't get any worse, but Kyoko questioned that assumption. With a deft and quick movement, she forced Astrid's body to turn over in the air, and then the blonde's injured knee crashed into the concrete floor.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!" a new heart-rending cry burst out of the mouth of the descendant of the great Vikings.

There was nothing new in the tactics that were based on attacking an already damaged part of the opponent's body. Astrid couldn't say she used it often, as it wasn't a major part of her style. Besides, the audience usually didn't like it. In most cases, it was considered a dirty game. But only an idiot would deny the effectiveness of such an approach. In addition, it was more than obvious that the Belly Queen did not care about any moral side in this matter.

Almost without delay, the purple-haired woman got to her feet again and grabbed Astrid's injured leg, while she stepped on the blonde's stomach, apparently to prevent Astrid to do anything with what she was up to. The phrase that the Belly Queen threw made the Golden Dragon look at her with hatred. The blonde wanted to try to take advantage of this short moment to somehow try to get out of this situation, but Kyoko had already started pulling her leg up, which caused another painful spasm.

"Go fuck yourse..." but she didn't have time to finish the sentence, as Kyoko closed her leg in the submission hold, which caused her to start shouting again, "AAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHAAAAA!!"

Astrid's body was almost completely turned over on her stomach, while her right leg was lying on the back of her opponent's neck. She felt pressure on her back, but that was the least of her problems. The damaged knee joint was now a personal hell for her. The Golden Dragon writhed in pain, involuntarily twitching from side to side. Because of so much pain, drops of tears formed in her eyes. She tried her best to pull herself together, but the pain was too much. Should she tap? No. As a minimum for the reason that falls count only in the ring.

[Fairy Dragon]

The Golden Dragon's steel composure had fallen under the intense pain her knee had to be in, Kyoko could relate having nearly broken almost every limb at some point from either accidents in the ring, general wear and tear, or because someone she was fighting was actively trying to accomplish that. It was the most unpleasant feeling and when your opponent took advantage of it it only made it worse knowing you were in for a rough time, Astrid didn't take kindly to her taunts about it but those remarks gave way to screams that Kyoko tried to draw out by pulling as hard as she could. Her back was still hurting from pulling against Astrid's attempts to escape but she kept the hold on longer trying to see if she could draw out a submission, even someone as determined as Astrid had to have a limit to how much pain they could take before they had to tap out. She would hold it for about 30 seconds before the growing pains in her back told her it was time to stop, She couldn't keep any submission on too long with her back hurting the way it was without risking losing the hold and putting herself at risk.

"Not tapping huh? Okay, we can keep playing." Kyoko said as she let Astrid's leg go but once she did she would step on the back of her knee to make sure Astrid was always pressured while she stepped off and around her to grab a chair. Folding the weapon for use she returned and would kick Astrid so that she was on her back before she would move to sit on Astrid' chest. Raising the chair before bringing it down and stabbing it into Astrid's belly. She would keep it down on her abs like that for several seconds before she raised it and slammed it into her the same way once again to keep working on the blonde's abs while she had her down like this.