Kyoko Akan (C) vs Katarzyna Zawiślak — Last Woman Standing Match for the LAW Middleweight Title

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Kyoko could barely put together what just happened to her, being thrown like that while already dizzy made her head worse from the air time and the bounce. She was still laid flat out when Kate came in right after performing it, refusing to give the Queen time to rest when she thought she could end the match. Her hand came down and found Kyoko's throat, giving it an extremely tight squeeze. "Urrggh!" Kyoko choked, hands going to her throat while Kate held here there and warned her not to get up again before forcing her back up to her feet by her neck and only then adjusting to grab her jaw so she could actually lift her up. Kyoko had a second of hang time before she was dropped back and felt the end of Kate's knee smashing into her head.

"Ooohggkkk!" Kyoko screamed, throat still choked up but unable to keep out the sounds of pain that came from that brutal drop. Her eyes went blank as the hit was focused on the back of her skull rendering her nearly blind while her consciousness felt like it was fighting to stay in her body, her mind went into a panic to stay awake and tried to get the rest of her to move...but so far it was like a machine had been shut off, she wasn't able to do anything.

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Kate remained on her knee for a brief moment after the move, exhaling and truly feeling exactly how heavy her body was right now whilst looking at Kyoko. the woman wasn't moving and as if to confirm the fact she heard

"ONE!"

"TWO!"

She would then push herself back to standing, letting the buzz from the audience sink in. It had to be done by now, Kate did not care how tough Kyoko was, no human would have any right to be standing up after a blow like this, let alone after the whole match before it. So she would slowly walk back to the ropes, pointing her thumb down towards the champion before reaching the ropes and resting her back on them and changing the gesture to raise her fist to the audience!

"THREE!"

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She blinked...or at least she thought she did, everything was still a mess in her head. Nothing about the move felt good and landing on the weakest part of her head like that made it a miracle the inside of her skull wasn't scrambled eggs. Right now it felt close enough that nothing seemed to be working. Kyoko tried to focus and tell herself to get up, every part of her wanted one more second to recover but with the way her head was one more second could be an entire hour. She tried to concentrate and get her mind back on track.

"-or!"

"FIVE!"

Kyoko could hear again, a little. Enough to know she was awake and that she had a chance. With only a 5 count left it wasn't much of one...but the Belly Queen wasn't one to let go while a small chance remained. Her hands started to move and she put the palm of her hands on the mat. At first she didn't have any strength behind them so they sat there, only her legs were able to move with any kind of force.

"SIX!"

"SEVEN!"

Although she still couldn't see, strength was coming back to her body she started to push herself up so that she wasn't laying on her chest...giving her a chance. The crowd was shocked she could move at all, so much that for a moment they weren't booing as much. She wasn't all the way up yet..She still had to try and get her strength back and she was already feeling it fade. She had to stop herself from letting that happened, if she fell now it was over the championship would be out of her hands and her first big reign on LAW would end because of a pissed off lover! No matter how good Kate was it couldn't just end without Kyoko giving it her all.

"EIGHT!"

"NINE!"

Kyoko didn't stop, she put her feet under her and would put everything she had into pushing herself back up, reaching her foot just as the ref was considering the final count. The Belly Queen walked a few steps forward in shock before she was able to stop herself, some vision coming back to her when she turned and looked around, through her blurry visor she made out Kate's abs and smiled before pointing at her. "How many times do I have to tell you...I don't do...what you..tell me too..." Kyoko said, voice slurred but smug tone remaining through it. No matter what her pride was too deep to her core to go away even in dire times such as this one.

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To Kate, the first movements from Kyoko were just confirming that the woman was still alive, though she was certain if it was anyone else, they'd be far, far away from even moving that much. Still, Kyoko was still just a human and so Kate was not worried about her getting up, there was simply no chance of anyone doing so and if anything, trying to do that would only hurt her more.

Then she saw Kyoko sit up. Getting off the ropes she started to watch the woman very closely, every movement looking like she was about to fall over but through some miracle, she was getting up. The audience being shocked was one thing, kate who expected the champion to not go down to anything but the biggest of moves though, still couldn't help but be surprised as she not only saw Kyoko get to her feet but speak as well.

Of course, Kyoko still had the same lip as ever, though for once even Kate had to admit she earned that, as much as she hated the notion. In the end, it seemed they did have something in common, they were both too stubborn for their own good. "It was just advice." She said, walking forward, the adrenalin was wearing off but at least she had some time to catch her breath and she'd try to use that to her advantage. After a few slow steps, she would rush in, trying to get her arms behind the champion's head and pull her down while driving her knee up to her stomach with all the power she could muster before throwing a few more knee strikes to the woman's abs!

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The rest of Kate came in to focus once she saw her moving, now she got a good look at her face which couldn't hide her amazement that she was still up. The Queen wanted to smile wider, but moving her face that much kinda hurt. She had to focus on staying up and strong for what was to come next, Kate moving in to try and finish the job, after the moves they'd taken both were rather shaky and the match could go on a long time, and potentially go either way. Kate leaped at her and rushed to grab her head, trying to pull her down and force her into a knee to the stomach. "Uggh!" Kyoko groaned, reaching up when the knee went into her stomach, though it was a little more prepared for an attack than when she was punched earlier, She tried to keep the knee close and unable to pull away so that she wasn't taking another unprepared shot to the gut and could hold Kate close for any other attacks, whatever those attacks might be.

"You're not going anywhere..." Kyoko said holding the knee while trying to shift it to the side and thrown in a knee of her own while pulling her head back to pull Kate into a better position to take a knee to her gut. The fighting between them stuck out at a little sloppier than before since both were struggling, everyone was eager to see who'd come out on top...until they saw Kirie running into the ring and swinging a chair as hard as she could at Kate's exposed back! If the move hit, Kyoko would look confused before trying to reach down and grab Kate's other leg so that she could pull them both up and send the challenger to her back.

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Kate got her first strike in and was about to withdraw for another but Kyoko managed to catch her leg to stop her. Some brief struggle later the tables turned as it was Kate now who felt the knee dig into her gut "Buughh!" She'd let out, Kyoko's insistence on targeting her gut paying off as her strike dug deep into Kate's flesh as she'd bend forward. She'd let out a sound not unlike a growl, letting go of Kyoko's head with one hand and trying to hit her with an elbow strike across the face.

Regardless of the result of that, what followed for Kate was a hard impact across her entire back, followed by the sickening sound of bending metal. "Khha..." She'd gasped as the air was pushed out of her lungs before turning her head to the side, catching the sight of Kirie and treating her with an angry glare before she was taken down to the ground.

"Thha..." She'd let out after the fall, curling her legs up to then kick at the champion for some more space before rolling away to not give Kirie another chance with that chair. She'd make it into the corner, using the ropes to help herself up as she surveyed the ring, her odds turning grim, even if Kirie was just a trainee

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The two were tangled up when Kirie stepped in, Kyoko having just landed a knee that went in deep while Kate let go of her head after that to try and pay her back with an elbow that dug into the side of Kyoko's face. "Puhh!" Kyoko spat, her head turning to the side while the cut from her collision with the steps started to bleed a little more. Despite being rocked she was still holding on when the chair struck her and allowed Kyoko to pull her down to the mat. This put Kate in a bad position that she tried to retreat from, kicking her legs free from both Kyoko and Kirie. "I told you to wait until the match was done and then you'd get your turn." Kyoko said, side eyeing Kirie while trying to keep an eye on Kate.

"I have pride too you know. I came to be a wrestler and everyone's treating me like your pawn that's not worth seeing as an equal. Including her, who decided that after Akane and Tia threw me off a damn ambulance that we for some reason still owed her a fair one on one and that jumping her was somehow wrong of us! I didn't get to give those two back but I'll be damned if I let the next person play with me, even if that means I have to defy you a little." Kirie explained keeping the chair close to her. Kyoko sighed, this wasn't how she wanted things to go at all. She was looking forward to seeing Kate accept the reality that she couldn't beat her either. "Oh well, can't put the lightning back into the bottle. Let's get her in on this too." Kyoko said raising her hand and twirling her finger in the air, a signal for a specific person who knew the signal to come, even if it was earlier than planned.

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Tara waited in the back pensively as she watched the bout between Kate and Kyoko go longer and longer, pushing each other to the limits with Kyoko nearing them dangerously for Tara's comfort. Almost to the point that when Kyrie ran out early Tara almost did the same. Almost. But she wasn't planning on disobeying Kyoko any time soon after her last performance against Kate and failing.

Thankfully Kyrie's interference looked to be just what Kyoko needed to break the latest deadlock with Kate and in turn seemed to accelerate their plans since just after Kyoko would give the signal for Tara to come down. Nodding to herself Tara would make an immediate bee line to the entrance ramp, shoving aside anyone that got in her way before running down the ramp, her eyes immediately fixed on Kate rising up in the corner with her back towards her. Brilliant.

Making it to the ring and leaping onto the apron, grabbing the ropes and leaping up and over them, turning as she did so to wrap her legs around Kate's head to pull her out of the corner and send her flying to the center of the ring with a hurricanrana!

Almost immediately after landing the move however Tara would pop into a standing position, locking her sights on Kate immediately as the woman would rise onto her knees again before dashing forward, picking up as much speed as possible before leaping up and extending her knee out to deliver a bolt burst square to the back of Kate's head! If successful with the move Tara would land and immediately reach down to grab hold of one of Kate's arms, lifting it up to keep the girl on her knees while gesturing with her head for Kyrie to come and grab Kate's other arm.

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"Oh cry me a river" Kate said to what Kirie was saying while standing up. "Maybe if you did anything but be her faithful hound people could respect you but even trying to be difient, you're still licking her boots. You're just proving me right." She added just before hearing an impact on the apron behind her. She was starting to turn but injured as she was, she was far too slow for Tara who even with Kate at her best would be the faster one.

Tara's thighs squeezed around her neck and before Kate could throw the woman down with a powerbomb, she leaned back, throwing her weight to swing the chalanger's entire body through the air before impacting the ground with a dull thud! "Ghaa..." She grunted on impact, trying to move as fast as she could to get up, knowing she was now surrounded. She would not move fast enough and Tara would use that moment to the fullest, slamming her knee to the back of Kate's head and sending her crushing back down to the ground with only a weak whimper this time as she was fighting to even keep conscious while the two of Kyoko's partners would hold her up by her arms, forcing her to her knees before the champion!

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Kirie looked back at Kate looking more annoyed by the second. "It's like you want to get hit with a chair over and over again." Kirie said. Course it wasn't her turn to do anything, Tara got the signal and moved like a lightning bolt to the ring. She got there so quickly Kate didn't even turn around until she was already in the air, soon snapping her head between her legs and rolling her down with a hurricanrana, shutting Kate up for the moment and letting Tara keep it up. Kirie watched with her lay on the attack and knock her down again with a big knee to the skull before grabbing her. "That's what we like to see! You have to show me how you get that kind of air later Tara." Kirie praised her partner running in to give her a pat on the shoulder before she'd grab the other arm and hold it with both hands, yanking it away from Kate so that she couldn't use it while Kyoko grabbed her belt.

"Little earlier than planned, hope you don't mind. I don't care if you do though, it won't matter in a second." Kyoko said. Despite the girls only planning to punish Kate after the match was planned they had made signals for stuff like this, after Akane Kyoko wanted to make sure they were around for every match a member of the group was in to protect themselves from interference. In this case they were the interference, and Kyoko would wind the belt back as far as she could before running in and trying to smash it into Kate's skull to make it as flat as possible.