Karen Gale vs Serafina Kunisada - Prostyle Match

[Underdoggo]

Not for the first time in this match, Serafina flopped to the mat in a broken heap, utterly stunned by Karen's DDT. Sitting back up, Karen inspected her handiwork. The Mexican ninja was sprawled on her back, looking completely out of it after tanking that DDT. Around them, the crowd was getting antsy, the majority of them quite definitely cheering for Serafina to get back up. Surely, though, after the punishment she had taken, Serafina couldn't get up again, could she?

Karen opted to find out. Crawling over to Serafina, she draped herself across the stunned ninja, her chest compressing against the Mexican's as she hooked one slender leg, covering Serafina for a pinfall. The ref was there in a moment, slapping at the mat as the countdown began.

"ONE..."

[Jaystar]

It really would not have been a surprise to see this match concluding right here and now, as Karen slowly crawled her way to the stunned Serafina, the Maori's powerful form covering a large part of the more slender girl's own, with her strong, tattooed arm hooking the ninja's punished leg for a pinfall... For a good while now, La Liana Azul had been firmly on the receiving end of the punishment, and the yellow-clad wrestler's DDT was just the latest nail in the coffin that was seemingly being built for the more agile fighter!

With her head now dazed, many doubted whether the blue-clad ninja could be able to kick out with her punished leg at all... But Serafina had also already proven her grit, persistence and endurance many times! Was that still going to save her once more?

"TWO!!"

The ref's count started rather prompt, but it also did appear that there was just this little, subtle delay with the third count, as if the official was double checking that the ninja was for sure no longer able to stay in the game, before letting the Queen's Decree crowd down... And just then, the blue-clad fighter kicked out! Serafina managed to draw enough strength for the effort from the crowd's support one more time, letting the audience erupt in cheers one more time!

But there was still no denying, that the Mexican-Japanese fighter's outlook was inevitably still looking very bleak for the rest of the battle...

[Underdoggo]

And just like that, Serafina kicked out.

Karen sat up, staring down at a the blue-clad ninja with a mixture of surprise and annoyance. She had hoped that it would be lights out after executing that DDT-- and it nearly had been. Serafina's head must have been a lot harder than Karen had given it credit for: either that or the Mexican really was that stubborn. It looked like Karen was simply going to have to try a lot harder to break the nimble ninja.

"Okay," she growled, "come on, get up." And with that, she yanked on Serafina's hair with both hands, pulling her to her feet: unless Serafina did something to stop her, Karen would drive a knee up into her midsection to double her over, before sliding one leg around one of her opponent's, and trapping one of Serafina's arms under her armpit. If all went according to plan, Karen would soon have Serafina trapped and bent sideways in a punishing abdominal stretch, contorting her spine painfully!

[Jaystar]

Even at her peril, Serafina was nothing if not a servant to the crowds, a role model of a persistent, skilled, an honorable ninja! And all the support she had been receiving from them tonight was equipping her with a sense of duty... Duty to display her utmost best performance, and keep fighting inside the ring to the last bit of strength and endurance left! Admittedly, Karen was being a very powerful opponent, and Sera was starting to realize that she was at a loss with how to manage coping with her... But that was no reason to not kick out if she could!

And she could! Even if Karen apparently couldn't believe it! Maybe that was enough - or at least a little bit towards regaining some strength... And regaining some confidence that she could still turn the tide of this battle?

Unfortunately though, it was soon evident that those were probably delusions at best - most likely, brought on by the devastating DDT. The silver lining of it was that it didn't feel quite as painful as the Maori pulled the ninja up by her hair... Which was as far as it mattered, before the yellow-clad wrestler drove brutally her knee into the blue-clad ninja's midsection! "Uuuggghhh...." It took no time for Serafina to get doubled over, while her body was getting promptly set up for something even more vicious...

Even with all the support from the crowds, it alone wasn't saving Sera from Karen's clutches. And no matter how agile La Liana Azul seemed to be, all of that still wasn't enough to render the New Zealander's abdominal stretch ineffective! Sera could only let out a few desperate cries of pain as she was trapped... Trapped in a hold, that was made extra painful after the knee blow! And everyone got a good display of how strong and powerful the Maori's body looked compared to the more slender ninja's own!