Middleweight Championship Match: Lillian Byrne vs. "Tigress" Tina Armstrong (c)

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Match Type: Hell In A Cell
Victory Conditions: Pinfall, Submission, Knock Out

Tina couldn't wait to get her hands on Lillian. Lillian attacked her backstage a long time ago, with Tina never forgetting that. She also got in a brawl with Alaina backstage in which Alaina thought it was over only for Lillian to smash her with a chair and pound on her leaving the amazon laid out on the ground. Tina seethed as she thought about the vile woman she was about to face. While Tina wasn't the biggest woman around she was generally considered one of the strongest middleweights. Not tonight. Tonight Tina was going to have to strike and move using her speed since that was her biggest advantage against Lillian.

Strike, fly, and put her technical training to use. Sure Tina could lift Lillian but she was going to avoid a slug fest with her and she would pick her moments to show off her power. No strength vs. strength tonight. Tina sat on the bench waiting out her time before she knew she would be called out to the ring.

[ADarlingDucky]

It was finally time for her. Lillian Byrne felt like she had been waiting her entire life for this specific moment, the culmination of what she had worked for her entire career so far, that being a chance to show the world that she was the best that LAW had to offer, that any promotion had to offer! Her lust for the middleweight title was apparent from the way that she carried herself around the promotion, and her attack on Tina had been the inciting incident to all of this, when she first made it apparent that the belt was her goal! And things had only increased in intensity when Lillian had gotten into a brawl backstage with Alaina, Tina's tag partner and mentor, with Lillian forcing the veteran wrestler to tap out backstage to escape her wrath, further stoking the fires between herself and the tigress!

And now things had come to a boil, with the two of them being booked in a title match against one another, a hell in a cell match that would make sure that one way or another, there was going to be one hell of a fight. What was out of the ordinary though was that for the first time in her career, before heading into a match, Lillian's confidence was not all there. Her perfect record would have been intact, but in her last match before this, it had been marred by a certain pesky Circus Cat, much to Lillian's dismay. Still, she would try to put all thoughts of this humiliating moment out of her head as she got up and made her way to the entrance ramp, stepping out and making her entrance!

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Pushing through the curtain and making her way onto the entrance ramp, the well known and much reviled heel received a rain of jeers and boos from the crowd, though tonight, she had little reactions for them, quickly walking down the ramp as her eyes drifted above to scan the area above the squared circle. Right up where the cell waited. Large and imposing, it seemed like the perfect venue for the brunette to show the world that she was champion material. So entering the ring, the challenger wasted no time in heading over to her corner, turning and waiting for the champ to make her entrance!

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Tina saw Lillian enter on the TV in the back, tuning out the rest of the world. Right now all that mattered was her match. Once her music began to play Tina came out holding the Middleweight title belt high in the air while she began to stride down the ramp. She was all smiles, pointing to the fans, high living them and waving at them while she made her way towards the ring. Her opponent Lillian was already there and soon became the focus of Tina's attention once more.

Tina glared at the bigger woman as she made her way to the ring handing off the title belt to the referee. She was focused on showing this woman who the best middleweight was, that the tigress was a better, cleaner fighter than she was. No sneak attacks, nothing like that. Tina just wanted the bell to ring so she could take the fight to Lillian.

The cage was lowered as the two women stood there, Tina's gaze never leaving Lillian. As soon as the cage around them hit the ground a bell rang and Tina waste no time in rushing right at Lillian! She wanted to show Lillian that she wasn't afraid or backing down from anything. The tigress jumped up and swung her legs around, trying to crash into Lillian's upper chest or face with a spinning wheel kick to start the match off on the right foot, or at least give a good start her best shot!

[ADarlingDucky]

Standing in the ring, watching the ramp, Lillian was focused on one thing as the middleweight champion as she made her entrance, and that just so happened to be the belt that hung over her shoulder, something that the brunette had sought for so long. Watching as the tigress made her way towards the ring, Lillian could feel the withering gaze from her, the two women holding no love for one another, and as she made her way into the ring, Lillian would finally take her eyes off the belt, turning to face Tina.

As the cage lowered, it provided a moment for a standoff between the two, Tina staring Lillian down as the brunette returned her gaze with a calm fury, her body language showing that she was more than ready to start. And as the cage finally closed, the bell would ring and start the match between the two women, Tina springing into action and rushing towards Lillian, spinning her body in order to slam Lillian with a spinning wheel kick!

"Nnngh! Nice to see you too." Lillian snarled as she crossed her arms in front of herself, Tina's foot slamming into her block and causing her to skid back a few feet, but Lillian wasn't hit just yet, pushing Tina's legs aside and reaching out to slam the champ with a clothesline in retaliation!

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Tina's eyes went wide as Lillian was far quicker to get her defenses up than she anticipated! Tina being caught off guard left her wide open to get crushed by Lillians powerful clothesline! She hit the mat hard, groaning as she attempted to rise back to her feet! The clothesline hurt like hell but right now Tina could not afford to look weak.

[ADarlingDucky]

Blocking Tina's kick made her arms sting like hell, but it was worth it if it managed to get into the champ's head even a little bit, showing her that Lillian was able to take damn near everything she had and still fight back! So with a quick movement, the brunette girl would push Tina's leg down and quickly surge forwards, bringing up an arm in order to slam her with a brutal clothesline, sending the tigress down to the mat with a thud, striking the first connecting blow of the match!

And as Tina landed on the ground, quickly trying to pull herself back up, Lillian would take a quick step back, making a bit of distance between the two in preparation for what she had planned!

"Oh no, you're not getting back up yet!" Lillian said, taking a quick step towards Tina and leaping up into the air, tucking herself into a ball before exploding outwards! Her plan was to slam Tina with a dropkick as she was rising back up to her feet, sending her back down onto the mat and giving Lillian some more time to get her offense rolling!

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Things were going from bad to worse. Tina wasn't even close to standing up when Lillian smashed in to her chest, hammering Tina hard right back to the mat! "Arrrrggghhhhhh!" Tina howled as she hit the mat looking up at the lights.

She tried to roll to her side once more hoping to push herself up to her feet.

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As Tina slowly began to pick herself back up, rising to her feet with a grimace as she attempted to recover from the brutal shot that Lillian gave her, the brunette wouldn't let her rival get up scott-free, rushing forwards and slamming the champ with a brutal dropkick! The blow caused Tina to let out a howl as she was thrown backwards, landing with a thud on the mat as Lillian drove the breath out of her with the dropkick, quickly raising up after sending Tina back down to the mat!

"Heh, all that build up for this?" Lillian hissed, approaching the downed champion with a snarl, taunting the tigress as she reached down to grab ahold of her legs! From there, Lillian would start to slowly twist her body, going faster and faster as she attempted to spin Tina around and around, before throwing her towards the corner of the ring, attempting to hurl her with a giant swing!

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Things were only getting worse for the champ as Lillian grabbed hold of her legs and lift her up, spinning in circles! Tina was getting a headache from the spinning, her arms cradling her head as she went around in circles! Tina cried out as she flew through the air, landing hard on the mat! Her back hurt sure, but her head was spinning leaving her in a still-spinning haze! She laid on her back, kicking the mat in pain as Lillian continued to absolutely hammer away at the champion to kick off this title match! Needless to say Tina was incredibly disappointed in her own performance thus far! She had to do something and fast before Lillian made a mockery of not only this match but of Tina's entire title reign!

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Heaving her foe across the ring entirely, Lillian would listen as Tina crashed to the mat with a thud, the champion laid out quite early on into the encounter with the brunette wrestler, Lillian deriving great pleasure from throwing her opponent around. She wasn't going to wait for Tina to get back on her feet on her own either, quickly walking over to where the champion lay on the ground, reaching down in order to grab a handful of her hair, before attempting to tug her back up!

"Come on cupcake, I'm not finished with you yet..." Lillian snarled as she attempted to pull Tina up to her feet, a smirk on the brunette's face as she swung a knee up to try and further wind her foe!