(Apex Qualifier) Maiden vs Bubbble: Miss Polendina vs Nora Bowers

[The460Slayer]

After the Takedown, Penny takes Nora by the arm to make her standing up, then she takes her against the ropes to deliver a soft and quick chop at her chest, later she would throw Nora at the opposite ropes and wait for her to attempt a clothesline at the comeback.

[Misfit_Alien]

Penny's assault upon Nora would continue as the orange-haired woman swung her opponent into the nearest ropes. Nora is forced to rebound off the elastic cords and sent back on a one-way trip straight into Penny's Lariat. The arm of the 'Wrestling Maiden' collides into the chest of the pink-haired, bubblegum-chewing fighter, and to Nora's surprise, it ACTUALLY knocks her down...Penny wasn't kidding when she said she had put on a little muscle. Nora was beginning to feel the effects of the woman's training.

[The460Slayer]

Penny gets up and approaches Nora to pick her up by the neck with both hands, then she starts giving strikes to the forehead with the closed fist, something that she didn't do in their previous encounter, until taking her in the corner. Later, the Maiden would irish whip Nora and throw her at the opposite corner and attempt to hit with a second clothesline to her opponent.

[Misfit_Alien]

Nora seemed almost half-conscious due to Penny's onslaught. The 'Wrestling Maiden' was dishing out a harsh amount of damage to her foe. However, the strikes to the head wake the woman up, snapping her back into the fight and inciting her to retaliate. The pink-haired wrestler wasn't about to lie down and take a beating. No way would she allow Penny to get off that easy...After all, where's the fun in a one-sided brawl? Soon enough, after being thrown into the corner, Nora bides her time until Penny closes the distance, where she then sticks her leg out, planting it right into Penny's stomach in the form of a Big Boot to stop the woman dead in her tracks. "That's enough of THAT. Don't think I'll just let you get carried away, Penny. Share some of the fun." Nora said, smirking before grabbing the orange-haired woman and attempting to send her face-first into the turnbuckle.

[The460Slayer]

Penny was taking control of this match until giving those strikes with the closed hand to the forehead, and when she was going for the second clothesline... She gets stopped by Nora with a kick on the stomach, making the redhead to grunt and hold that spot as having both eyes closed in front of her. She opens her right eye, just to be grabbed by the neck and getting hit with the upper turnbuckle on the forehead, which made Penny groan softly in pain before turning around and lean against that corner while holding her forehead.

[Misfit_Alien]

With Penny dazed in the corner, Nora takes charge and assaults the orange-haired woman. She begins slamming her forearm across the woman's chest. She batters her opponent with consecutive lefts and rights, pummeling her to even the score and wear her down. Once finished, she would grab Penny and launch her overhead with a Belly-to-Belly Suplex. Upon release, the 'Wrestling Maiden' would be tossed out of the corner, landing somewhere across the ring with a tremendous impact...Penny wasn't the only one with a ton of strength, and Nora was about to remind her why she was the victor in their first match against each other.

[The460Slayer]

Penny grunts at each forearm strike delivered by Nora while going down until sitting against the bottom turnbuckle. The Maiden was holding her chest after the impact of those strikes until she gets grabbed by the waist. Penny couldn't even react and gets thrown with a Belly to Belly suplex against the canvas. The impact of that move and the drop made the Maiden groan in pain while clutching her back, near from the opposite corner as she tried to reach and pull herself to get up.

[Misfit_Alien]

After tossing the orange-haired woman over across the canvas, Nora stretches and grins, eager to keep this brawl going. "I gotta give you credit, Penny...You're definitely the only person to make this fun for me." She said, grabbing the woman by her hair and pulling her into a Bearhug. She wraps her arms around Penny's waist, tightening her hold and squeezing near the base of her spine, trying to wear her down. "I dunno what it is about you, but I just feel crazily motivated right now. It's kind of a weird feeling. I've always had this 'devil may care' attitude, but this feels...different."

[The460Slayer]

Penny was still laying in the mat while holding her back until she gets taken by the hair and pulled up by Nora into a bearhug. Penny groans at the feeling of having her spine getting crushed and squeezed, as also gritting her teeth and having both eyes closed. But the Maiden wouldn't go down that easily and opens both eyes to look at her opponent and starts giving headbutts as hoping to get out of the bearhug.

[Misfit_Alien]

Nora grins as she squeezes Penny, holding her tightly within her clutches. She crushed her more and more and was preparing to toss her over to the wayside for a Belly-to-Belly Suplex, but Penny's resilience allowed her an opportunity to fight back. While enduring the pain of having her spine and sides crushed, the Wrestling Maiden quickly slams her head into Nora's, knocking the pink-haired woman for a loop as she grunts, her grip loosening. Penny had Nora seeing stars, and her head was way thicker than Nora had expected. Nora drops her opponent and stumbles back, feeling a slight headache coming on.