Still floored from the kick and groaning under her breath, Astrid was out flat, looking like she would be a sitting duck for what Kieda was about to do next. As the Fashion Assassin climbed to the top rope and began to taunt her from above, the crowd grew increasingly desperate, with cries of
"Please get up! Please get up!" calling out to encourage the fan favorite to do something to save herself from the oncoming storm. But still, Astrid didn't move. Those close enough to ringside, however, might see that Astrid looked up at her opponent not with desperation, but with a grin as confident and assured as ever.
But it wouldn't be long until the rest of the arena would see Astrid's true state of mind. As Kieda leaped from the top rope, Astrid suddenly shot out her hands above her, going to catch Kieda just before she came crashing down! Astrid's arms started to bend against the weight hitting her open palms at top speeds, but the Norsewoman grit her teeth and bore through it, still holding Kieda aloft as she pushed herself to her knees, and then to her feet.
It wasn't easy getting to a standing position from on her back, but nevertheless the crowd was wowed by Astrid's display of her incredible endurance and strength, and claps and cheers rang out as she turned the tides. With a proud look on her face, Astrid looked up at Kieda over her head.
"You thought that would be enough to take me down?" Astrid said.
"You hit hard, that's for sure. But I was only conserving my strength - for this!"
At last, Astrid rolled her shoulders, bucking up her back to fling Kieda off of her perch atop her head. She would thus hurl her to the ground at her feet, delivering a gorilla press!