MAIN EVENT!! Astrid Arvidsson (C) vs Yumie Hayashi vs Alizeh Midori vs Clara Gaster for the LAW Openweight Title

[Bare]

Alizeh was on tense terms with nearly everyone in this match, Clara for their match and Yumie for what happened with Kimiko, with ironcially the champion being the only one she was on somewhat good terms with. However despite that the current distaste the greenette held for Clara along with the desire to usurp Atrid wasn't enough to overrride Alizeh's usual sportsmanship, so naturally when presented with the fist bump she would accept it fully, even as Clara did the same, earning a terse look from Alizeh.

But of course the only one to not accept was one Yumie Hayashi, to whom Alizeh gave a small glare before looking to Astrid and nodding as she then dropped her arm and stepping backwards towards her corner. Continuing to look between all three women as the annoncer's voice boomed through, knowing that the match would begin in mere moments and she'd need to be ready. Knees already bent and muscles tensing in preparation Alizeh would look up at her opponents as the bell finally rang, beginning the bout to end all bouts in LAW!

Looking up as she heard foot steps right away Alizeh would turn slightly to the right and saw Yumie coming in at her. 'No surprise there.' Alizeh thought to herself as she braced herself, locking up with the woman and meeting her head on! Gritting her teeth Alizeh noticed that only one arm of Yumie's was focused on locking up with her with the other starting to send strikes in to her gut and face!

"Ngh! Grrrrah!" Roaring with exertion Alizeh would use her own free hand to grab around the back of Yumie's head while turning, swinging her knee up to drive a blow into Yumie's gut! If this worked then Alizeh would try and turn fully around before kicking her legs out to come down, pulling Yumie's head along with her to smash the woman's jaw into her shoulder for an attempted stunner!

[Vc0m]

Clara believed her words would be the spiciest thing that would happen in the final moments before the bell rang, but it seemed like Yumie's animosity towards Alizeh trumped any other feeling all the women had towards each other in this match. Clara's words got the reaction she wanted out of Astrid, who made it clear this was her last shot against the Golden Dragon. Barring freak accident, she would likely still be able to fight for the belt in case of a loss...but it wasn't going to be how she dreamed off ever since that fated match on Halloween all those years ago, with her triumphant over Astrid, having proven herself against the woman she respected. For that, tonight was her last shot. And in response to that realization, Clara's slight smirk turned to a more serious expression as she stepped back to her corner.

In the final moments before the match, she emptied her mind of everything, of intrusive thoughts, of emotion. The only focus Clara had was on the match...and on the title belt that the ref held in the middle of the ring...of the legendary Colosseum!

DING DING DING!

And from the emotions both during the go-home promo and just now, Clara knew exactly what the first move of the match was going to be - Yumie practically launching herself at Alizeh to beat the greenette to a bloody pulp!

For now, Clara decided not to interfere into their quarrel (though she knew she would need to try and use it to her advantage at some point). Instead, her attention was squarely at the champion. Astrid was unlikely to be distracted by Alizeh's and Yumie's tussle for long, so there was little to no element of surprise to Clara's attack. As such, she seemingly rushed straight at Astrid with reckless abandon, expecting Astrid to either stop or dodge her oncoming Lariat...

But in the middle of her run, Clara would run past Astrid and towards the turnbuckle at her corner, jumping onto the second set of ropes to propel herself upwards...and launch herself towards Astrid to surprise the champion with a Springboard Dropkick to her chest!

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Astrid kept several possible scenarios in her head, but as soon as the bell rang, Yumie saved the blonde from having to guess exactly how this match would start. Like an enraged bull, the white-haired woman rushed towards Alizeh with the sole purpose of tearing her apart. Well, the descendant of the great Vikings had no objections about this. Sooner or later the match will turn into real chaos, but so far, thanks to Yumie, the four women have successfully paired up.

Not wanting to waste time on Yumie and Alizeh's showdown, Astrid almost immediately turned her head to Clara. Knowing full well that the lightweight was eager to beat her, she wasn't surprised to see the fire in the British woman's eyes. Unlike their previous meeting, Clara did not offer a test of strength, instead rushing towards the Golden Dragon as decisively as Yumie rushed towards Alizeh.

This made Astrid grin, after which she pushed off the mat and rushed towards her opponent. She even prepared to throw her left hand forward to punch the Shadow Lord in the face, but suddenly the British woman took a quick diagonal step, thereby not only maintaining her speed, but also bypassing the champion.

Being not as fast as Clara, Astrid was forced to put her right foot forward in order to quickly turn around in the opposite direction. But by the time she did, the black-haired woman had already jumped onto the middle ropes and bounced off them, soaring into the air. The lavender eyes of the champion sparkled when she noticed that the Shadow Lord bent both legs at the knees. Astrid threw both her hands up, covering her chest with her forearms at the very last moment.

“Grrh!”

When both of Clara's feet cut into her bones, the Norwegian woman couldn't help but groan in pain. But, more importantly, to her surprise Clara's dropkick caused her to step back. Although she was able to avoid really significant damage, this attack was still much more powerful than she expected.

“So you've become stronger since our last meeting in the ring...” flashed through her mind.

If it was Astrid who pushed Clara to become stronger, then it was certainly a reason for the Golden Dragon to be proud. However, Astrid herself didn't waste any time after their Halloween fight either. Each title defense has made her even stronger. So both of them have been on a completely different level since their match.

Instead of stopping, she began to back away even faster, thereby pressing her back against the ropes and bouncing off them. Rushing towards Clara with double speed, she intended to catch the moment when the British woman would start to get to her feet in order to send her back to the mat with a simple but still tough shoulder block!

[Sigma Morgan]

For Yumie this became two things at once. A chance at LAW's most prestigious prize, and a chance to finish what started in that gym with Alizeh and she wasted no time picking up where the two left off. Partially locking up with the green haired woman she began to land strikes only for Alizeh to come back with a few of her own, a knee to the gut. Yumie let out a grunt as her abs tensed though Alizeh did not remain idle following it up by kicking her legs out and dropping down, bringing Yumie's face and head down onto her shoulder.

Yumie's body recoiled back up as she struggled to remain standing as she staggered back a few steps before gritting her teeth and having her attention snap back to Alizeh, glaring into the woman's eyes. "You should learn to stay in your own lane bitch!" Yumie shouted before surging forward, aiming to drill her knee into the woman's face in retaliation before she could get all the way back up.

The Japanese woman couldn't care less what the other two competitors were doing across the ring, she was focused fully on Alizeh and eliminating her from the match, though to the spectators it appeared as a much larger picture, this match was starting with all four women trying to settle a score or pick up where they had left off at some point in the past with one of the others.

If the knee strike landed, Yumie would take a moment to tower over Alizeh, her shadow covering the green haired woman like a storm closing in. "I wish I could say I'd make this quick Alizeh, but I'm going to enjoy beating your ass first!"

[Bare]

Alizeh and Yumie were already in the heat of battle, both women having beef with each other and neither wanting to waste time in exacting vengeance on the other for their own perceived slights. Alizeh was the first to break the hockey fight between them with a stunner, a move that very nearly brought the woman down. Nearly, but not completely as Alizeh would soon discover as she rolled over, trying to get up only to take a knee to the face! "Ugh!" Alizeh cried out in pain as she was knocked back onto her ass, holding her face and glaring up at Yumie who loomed above her making Alizeh growl.

"We'll see about that..." Alizeh growled out in frustration before smirking as she then pushed her palm on the mat and lifted herself up while suddenly snapping her legs around Yumie's own and then turning on her side and twisting her legs to try and send Yumie down to the mat and if successful Alizeh would then turn, trying to grab onto Yumie's foot, twisting it while curling her legs tighter around Yumie's leg for a tight leg bar and ankle lock!

[Vc0m]

Despite Clara's feint, Astrid would react in time as she blocked the dropkick. The attack still hurt her, but didn't manage to rock the Champion as much as she thought it would. The Blonde was at the top of LAW for a reason...and Clara had to prove that she could handle that...no, be better than that!

As she swiftly got back up to her feet from the blocked dropkick, immediately seeing Astrid approaching her at a frightening speed for a woman her size, the blonde's shoulder aiming for her body!

Within a millisecond, Clara had a plan to avoid being hit by the freight train that was the LAW Openweight Champion...

...and within a second one, she had an idea how to bring her to the floor!

First, she stepped to the side...before jumping up into the air, aiming the back of her leg for Astrid's face, planning to catch Astrid's arm from midair! Hoping that the surprising weight shift would bring her to the ground, Clara tried to trap the blonde in a swift Cross Armbar!

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Although Clara managed to impress the champion with her new level of strength, Astrid managed to maintain her concentration. Being an experienced fighter, she wanted to turn the situation in her favor, so she acted quickly and decisively. Bouncing off the ropes, she rushed to the Shadow Lord with the intention of running over her like a train.

At the same time, the Golden Dragon took a quick glance to the side, noticing that the confrontation between Yumie and Alizeh had turned into a horizontal plane on the mat. It was useful information even though the Golden Dragon was currently focused on Clara.

Moving much faster than many expected from her, Astrid seemed to have caught the perfect moment to violently knock the Shadow Lord down. But at the very moment when her shoulder was about to crash into the black-haired woman's body, the lightweight took a deft step to the side, thereby avoiding a collision with the descendant of the great Vikings.

It was very similar to the stereotype that all heavyweights are slow and sluggish, while all lightweights are fast and agile. Because of this, Astrid was even ready to growl in annoyance, but as it turned out, the fact that Clara dodged her attack was the least of her problems.

As soon as the British woman avoided the collision, she immediately made a high jump, simultaneously grabbing Astrid's arm and throwing her legs towards the blonde's chest and face. The champion's eyes widened noticeably as she felt an irresistible force pulling her down. Clara used Astrid's momentum against her, causing the champion to collapse onto the mat, trapped in the Shadow Lord's submission hold.

“Aaaarrrhhh!!!!” Came out through her clenched teeth.

Astrid's arm was trapped between Clara's legs, as a result of which the black-haired woman began to press on this arm at an unnatural angle. The armbar is a really great submission hold that allows you to cause huge damage in a very short period of time. Therefore, Clara's skills and tactics certainly deserved sincere praise.

There's only one thing the Shadow Lord didn't take into account.

If she had caught Astrid in this submission hold at the end of the match, when the Golden Dragon was almost completely exhausted, then the advantage would definitely have been on her side and it would have taken a lot of effort for the champion to free herself even though Clara was a lightweight. Yes, the black-haired woman really caught Astrid off guard, but she did it at the very beginning of the match when the tank of the descendant of the great Vikings was absolutely full.

This time, she tried to act so fast that even Clara wouldn't have enough time to react in time. Straining the muscles in her right arm to resist the hold, the Golden Dragon intended to turn abruptly to the side so that she could get up on one knee facing Clara as a result.

Perhaps it was at this moment that the British woman would have decided to let her go and create a distance between them, but in this case she would only have received a wide smile from Astrid. To prevent this from happening, the blonde intended to use her free arm and wrap it around her rival's legs, thereby depriving the Shadow Lord of the opportunity to distance herself from Astrid.

If everything had gone according to her plan, the champion would have immediately gotten back on her feet, thereby lifting Clara high above the mat. The British woman was certainly damn strong, which is why she was here today, but in this particular case the difference in weight definitely played into the hands of the Golden Dragon.

What was going to happen next seemed obvious, but then an idea came to Astrid's mind, which made her change her smile to a grin. Holding Clara in the air, she intended to take two swift steps to the side. Only then the champion intended to lean forward sharply, sending Clara down with a one-arm powerbomb! However, instead of throwing the Shadow Lord to the mat, she intended to unleash the first dose of chaos in this match and throw Clara directly on Yumie and Alizeh!

[Sigma Morgan]

Yumie desired nothing more in this moment than to beat Alizeh into a bloody pulp before moving on to the champion. She had the green haired woman on her back and was ready to make things so much worse, reaching down Yumie intended to snatch the woman by the hair, but before she could Alizeh made her move, her legs wrapping around the heavyweight Japanese woman's before tripping and taking her down to the mat. Yumie moved her arms up fast to avoid getting her face directly planted onto the canvas, but that was the least of her worries.

Yumie suddenly let out a sharp cry before clenching her teeth and eyes shut as Alizeh grabbed her foot and curled her legs tighter, locking in an agonizing submission! Yumie clenched her fist as she opened her eyes and looked around the ring, noticing that Clara had put Astrid in a submission of her own before looking at the nearby ropes. Yumie began the agonizing crawl. The ropes were close, she just needed to be a little closer. With every movement, she let out a pained grunt and whimper until she was just a hand's reach away, from there she could use t the leverage to try and escape the green haired woman's hold, but unknown her, Astrid was about to escape Clara's hold in a much more spectacular fashion.

Before Yumie could grasp the ropes Astrid made her move, slamming Clara down on top of her and Alizeh! Yumie let out a sharp cry of pain as it shot through her legs before attempting to pull the limb away from Alizeh, before attempting to roll away closer to the center of the ring to create some space between herself and the several woman pile up.

[Bare]

Needless to say that this match had started about as Alizeh figured it would, with Yumie charging her which she was just fine with and despite an initial roadblock now things were going as she'd like. With her legs wrapped around Yumie's own and twisting the vile woman's foot to the point where it may break off. Or at least that's what Alizeh had hoped for.

Instead as she twisted and pulled she noticed a shadow above her for a moment before a weight suddenly crashed down atop herself and Yumie like a meteor "Oof!" Alizeh gasped out, untangling her legs from Yumie's own and pushing what appeared to be Clara's own limbs away from her.


"Ugh the fuck?" The Emerald Storm muttered as she rolled to her hands and knees, thankfully coming out of that a little bit better than Yumie or apparently Clara since the latter had crashed more in the direction of the former with only a bit Alizeh's legs getting caught in it, well that and Clara's own flailing limbs smacking into Alizeh from the landing, but she was at least able to get to a vertical base with somewhat ease and face the one that had caused that little cluster.

"Kind of a dick move champ." Alizeh said in the blonde's direction before cracking her neck. "But hell, least it means I get my dance with you sooner than later." Alizeh said as she put her fist up and quickly shuffled towards Astrid, throwing her right arm out for an apparent jab only to actually try and grab at one of Astrid's wrists to pull it away before swinging her leg up to try and go for a knee to the woman's gut!

[Vc0m]

Despite the stereotype that Astrid had in mind, Clara's speed was actually her weakest point. When it came to what one would expect of a Lightweight to do, Clara was actually severely lacking when it came to fast, high-flying manuevers. But she had her strength which she developed over the course of the near decade of her being in LAW...not to mention being hit with near every move that exists in the industry over the course of over a decade wrestling to develop her reaction time to every possibly strike or grab one would try to subject her to in the ring. Peppering that with her already solid wrestling fundamentals, and developing her moveset from there lead the Shadow Lord being able to swiftly drop the LAW Openweight Champion from a planned Shoulder Check onto the ground with an Armbar!

Naturally, Clara was under no impression that Astrid was going to tap this soon, and turning her head to see the other Heavyweight in the match at the end of an Ankle Lock/Legbar combo. Neither Astrid nor Yumie were going to lose to the first holds of the match...

...still, she was yet again surprised by the tenacity of Astrid, as she lifted Clara off the ground from the Armbar with one hand!

"Ah!"

Clara was familiar with Astrid's counter...but as she was lifted into the air, and tried to release the Armbar, she realized to her horror that she was still in the position to be slammed into the canvas, her legs trapped by the blonde!

"NononononoNOOOO-GWAAAGH!!!"

With that, Astrid would slam Clara back-first, but not into the canvas as she expected, but onto the other participants of the match, crushing the three women into a pile!

Clara would roll off of Yumie and Alizeh, dragging herself with one hand into the ropes, while nursing her wounds with her hand at her spine where she collided with Yumie's leg. She turned around for a moment to see Alizeh already having recovered, bringing the fight to the Champion, and Yumie having rolled to the middle of the ring. With Alizeh and Astrid occupied, Yumie was Clara's main threat for the moment...that is, depending on how quickly the white-haired challenger recovered. To that effect, the Shadow Lord tried to use the ropes to help herself to an upright position first...