Submission Match: Karen Adams vs Ryota Ito

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Karen would have to come up with something. Hitting the side of the enemy's body and leg caused Ryota to loosen her grip and Karen could take advantage of this moment and yank on her leg to free it. She breathed a sigh of relief and grabbed her sore and sprained leg, trying to straighten it. Apparently, the opponent took advantage of this moment and quickly stood up, only to fall down a moment later, crushing the German woman's chest. Aaaaggghhh....!!!!

Karen screamed as the elbow hit and crushed her chest. Her body seemed to jump slightly. Karen had trouble catching her breath for a moment. Then she seemed to try to roll sideways towards the ropes. Like it would work. She would grab the bottom rope with one hand and try to pull herself up, while with the other hand she would grab her chest, cough, and look maliciously at the enemy who caused her pain and weakened her a bit.....

[BlackAkuma]

Karen was tough. Skilled. If the way she was looking back at Ryota was any indication, she had something of a mean streak, too.

Okay. These were things she could work with.

It was a little disappointing to have her submission hold cut so short, but then again, even a few seconds in a properly applied knee bar could work wonders, and that seemed to be the case with Karen. The limp was unmistakable, the pain on her grimace showed. Ryota had created a weakness, now she had to work on exploiting it. How best to do that? She needed to get her opponent down again.

As Karen rose, recovering from the elbow drop, Ryota moved in on with arms wide open. She dipped down, reached out, and tried to get her arms around her opponent’s waist, pulling her in tight. It might look like a bearhug at first, but those weren’t Ryota’s plans - instead, she lifted her foe up, jerked backwards, and tried to send her head over heels towards the center of the ring with a belly-to-belly suplex.

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Karen would be livid, looking angrily at her opponent and stood by the ropes. It seemed like she was trying to shake her injured leg, like she was trying to loosen the muscles and ease the pain. Apparently, her opponent wasn't going to stop there, because she quickly approached the German woman and seemed to lean over, wrapping her muscular arms around Karen's waist. The German woman knew that what was coming would not be good, so she threw her fist at the side of the enemy's body, then a second time, a third time, and a fourth time.

Karen felt as if her feet had slightly left the mat. She hit the side of the enemy's body again and again to weaken her and thwart her plans. It seemed as if Ryota had once again made Karen's feet lift slightly off the mat. However, the German woman once again hit the side of the enemy's body. If successful, he will try to wrap his massive, muscular arm around the enemy's head and neck and squeeze with all his might. If this works, he will try to turn away from the ropes and stand with his back towards the center of the ring. She would then pull her opponent's head and neck down with all her might and bring her down to the mat with a DDT!!!

[BlackAkuma]

One move.

All Ryota needed was one good, solid move to completely change the complexion of this match. While her opponent wasn’t weak and had made that fact abundantly clear thus far, the Wrestling Scholar was confident in her abilities and strength and had little doubt that she could deal some serious damage to this woman if given the chance. The belly-to-belly was the perfect way to start that off, a chance for her to get on top of Karen and work her over at a pace that suited her.

It was a decent, if simplistic, plan, but her opponent had to ruin it by being competent. Karen was in the process of lifting her up when the woman went into a frenzy, lashing out with wild blows. The first wasn’t a problem, nor was the second, but then came the third, the fourth, the fifth…

It all proved too much, and she had to bring Karen back to earth in an anticlimactic way. She was still reeling from the blows when her opponent reached up, captured her head with a front facelock, and brought her head crashing into the canvas with a DDT, nailing her and sending her rolling off to the side as she cradled her skull.

[armandi]

Apparently Karen's plan worked. Wrapping his massive, muscular arm around his opponent's head and pulling him down with full force caused Ryota to slam his head straight into the mat. This certainly stunned her greatly. Karen wasn't going to stop there. With the opponent in such a favorable position, he will try to place one of the enemy's arms between his muscular thighs and tighten them. With his hands, he will try to grab the opponent's chin and head. When this works, she will pull up and back with all her strength, putting her opponent in a crossface!

Karen tried to pull with all her might, it seemed as if she wanted to rip the enemy's head off. Additionally, he will shout angrily: "This is your end...!!!!! Give up..!!!!!!" then he will try to tighten his muscles even more and pull on Ryota's head, surely weakening it and inflicting a huge amount of pain...

[BlackAkuma]

Ryota would concede, that was less than pleasant. Far less, in fact.

It wasn’t the first DDT she’d taken by any measure, but she would give Karen credit and say it was one of the more impactful ones, spiking her hard into the floor and canvas and leaving her stunned. It was the hardest hit she’d taken in this match, and she needed a chance to shake it off, gather her bearings, recoup.

Wisely, Karen refused to give her that much. She had just begun to push up when she felt a heavy weight descend on top of her, pushing her back down. Strong, thick thighs wrapped around her leg, her head was snared, and she found herself pulled back into one of her personal favorite holds: the Crossface. No surprise, but she liked the move a good deal less when she was the one taking it.

Ryota gritted her teeth and tried to bare through it for a few moments, but the pain was rapidly becoming worse, much more than she was willing to take at this stage of the match. She planted her foot the match, pushed hard, and tried to roll them over onto Karen’s back - normally, that would result in a pinfall, but that clearly wasn’t the case, here. Still, it would alleviate the pressure, which was a start.

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Karen's plan worked. The opponent was trapped in crossface. Karen was trying to increase the pressure and weaken her opponent. However, suddenly the enemy placed his foot firmly on the mat. Karen would feel a tug and suddenly the wrestlers would seem to shift position slightly. Karen would spin around and land on her back. Her grip seemed to loosen slightly, but she didn't want to leave it like that.

Therefore, she would grit her teeth, tense her muscles and try to push herself away to return to her original position and increase the pressure, once again trying to weaken her opponent and squeeze the rest of her strength and power...

The referee seemed to be walking around the fighting wrestlers all the time, looking at the whole situation. Who knows, maybe Ryota couldn't handle the pressure and maybe he would have to intervene and end the match??...

[BlackAkuma]

Ryota’s play wasn’t the most likely to work, but she had to give it a try. The Crossface was one of the more effective submission holds you could put on someone, and she’d gotten more than her fair share of victories through it, so she was well aware of how this was likely to go if she didn’t stop it, post haste.

It worked, too - for all three seconds, before Karen sagely rolled her back over and retook her position, stretching Ryota out even more than before. The Wrestling Scholar had many talents, but flexibility had never been one of them, and it was obvious where this was going - she’d either break mentally and tap, or physically and the choice would be out of her hands.

Only one way to deal with it, then - she needed the ropes.

With a groan that was equal parts frustration, irritation, and lamentation, Ryota dug her fingers into the canvas and began to pull forward, dragging them both towards the ropes and her salvation. She moved further and further, until she just close enough, then reached out to snag the bottom rope and force a break.

[armandi]

"Fuck...!!!" Karen would have screamed in rage as she saw how slowly, really slowly, her opponent began to move towards the ropes. Even though the German woman would try to increase the pressure, the wrestlers slowly approached the ropes until the enemy's hand touched the ropes. Referee immediately approached the tangled wrestlers and ordered Ryota's release. For a moment, Karen tried to maintain her grip, but... but she finally had to release her because she didn't want to be disqualified.

Then she would get up quickly. Full of anger, she would grab the opponent's hair and pull her up because she would like her enemy to get up too. "Get up....!!!!" If she managed to get up, she would grab her between the enemy's legs with one hand and wrap her other hand around the horn's neck and back, then she would try to lift Ryota and throw her to the mat with a very hard body slam!!!

[BlackAkuma]

Ring awareness—one of a wrestler’s most valuable, but underappreciated tools.

As much as Ryota prided herself on being able to deal with and work her way out of holds, she was equally keen to show off her knowledge of the ring and how well she could turn an otherwise unfavorable situation to her advantage, there was some value in knowing when to cut and run - this was an excellent example of that.

To Karen’s credit, she held onto the move, pushing the count as long as she could, maximizing her time, but she wasn’t about to lose this match to a boneheaded disqualification. She dropped the hold in the nick of time, giving Ryota a respite.

It turned out to be far briefer than she’d imagined, as her foe reached down, yanked her up by the hairs, and forced her to stand, gritting her teeth all the way. Before Ryota could mount a defense, her bulky body was lifted up with surprising ease, only to be dumped down on her back in a hellacious crash that made the ring. Even she couldn't keep from crying out, and she rolled towards the corner on instinct and started to pull her way back up, using the pads for support.