The World of Pro-Wrestling - Act 2

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Garlim rolled her eyes at Snow and Svetlana's words. “Yes, I understand. I just think it's a waste of time to take on someone who will probably retire soon. I understand that you girls are fanatics. But I know exactly what I see, and believe me when I tell you that in this case you might need to take a little love beforehand. Because I know what I see, and no matter how good an athlete you are, time passes for everyone. And I think even she's aware of that.... Besides, I am not someone who likes to hurt someone who probably already has grandchildren...” She replied before stepping out of the ring.

Snow nodded somewhat disappointed, she had just noticed a great weakness on Garlim's part when it came to the competitive arena. She knew that Garlim was a formidable fighter, but she was incapable of hurting women with a more than formed life. That limited her a lot, as there were several professional women wretlers in LAW's main rooster who are even mothers.

In MMA, Garlim didn't have to unleash very often with these cases, since there are usually women who are not older than 30 years old. But wrestling was very different, as the style was always looking out for the safety of your opponent. And Garlim being someone very used to the mixed martial arts format, it was very difficult for her to adapt to a style that was more about showmanship.

After a moment, Alaina and Tina had exited the locker room. Snow's muscles tensed, anticipating whatever the two champions had in store. “Oh! I see, I always use to do this exercise to warm up. I can do it all day long!” she said excitedly. “So I usually perfect it by adding drops to try to exhaust my body faster!”

Garlim listened attentively, the truth was that it was obvious that Snow had a pretty tough body. She had been through various kinds of injuries and gnarly accidents, and yet she still managed to recover in record time and even get stronger in the process. Even if the blonde goddess was also a tank for taking damage, she couldn't say the same for her prolonged stamina. She wasn't built for such long encounters and it was something Snow was way ahead of her. So, an exercise like this wasn't something she could do without, but she didn't go near it. In fact, she didn't do anything.

The blonde goddess just turned her back to them as Snow looked at her curiously, but decided not to say anything. “All right! Come on Svetlana! We'll show the champions how it's done right.” Snow moved forward and rushed into the ring, getting into position as instructed by the veterans.
Garlim stood outside the ring, watching.

Her gaze swept over the others, with an expression that mixed curiosity and contemplation. As they began their training, the blonde didn't change her mind and simply sat on the edge of the ring, leaning back and resting her chin on her hands.

Alaina and Tina's movements seemed almost feline: a mixture of grace, restraint and predatory contemplation. Something that thrilled the blonde goddess inside.

[Highfly]

Svetlana listend to the instructions and nodded. At the whistle she began running alongside Alaina. Keeping speed with Alaina was't too tough, she was much older and heavier than the Polish technical wrestler. She ran and bounced off the ropes avoiding Tina and Snow as they ran perpendicular. She was moving as quickly as she could sustainably and things were going well at first then they hit a few minutes in and Svetlana was getting tired. This is where she was starting to look on in surprise. Alaina and Tina weren't slowing down. Sveltana was slowing a tiny bit but doing her best to go as quick as she could as she could knowing that something like this regularly would help her endurance. She was already telling that she could automatically guess the distance between her and the ropes to any direction now not just the distance in front of her.

She hoped Snow was doing as well as she could with Svetlana so zoned in that she hadn't really looked on in Snow's direction too much to see how she was faring.

[APlaying]

Garlim raised an eyebrow, intrigued by the idea of ​​running the ropes. She'd never considered it as a way to build endurance and muscle memory, but it made sense. She looked at Snow and Svetlana, who were nodding enthusiastically. Snow ran into the ring and stood in front of Tina.

"Let's begin!" Snow smiled, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Remember, Svetlana, don't stop, keep going as long as you can!" With a burst of energy, Snow took off, running north and south along the ropes. Unlike Svetlana, keeping pace wasn't a problem for the actress. What was, however, was keeping up with the champions.

A few minutes later, due to the slight change in pace, Snow ended up colliding with Svetlana. "AAAAH!!" The actress rolled over after being hit.

Garlim winced and quickly entered the ring to check on both girls. "Are all right?"

Snow was completely stunned after being run over. "N-No problem!" she said, keeping her enthusiasm high.

[Highfly]

Svetlana who had been watching as was everyone else to not collide somehow managed to collide with Snow and while she wasn't hurt she was completely embarrassed. "Are you ok?" Svetlana said already starting to rise. "We need to get up and pay attention." She said not knowing how that happened.

"Why don't you two run in the same direction then so you don't crash into each other." Alaina said helping the two up to their feet. That had never happened before. Normally everyone was heads up enough when they ran not to crash like that. She felt like she had a lot of work to do today after this. Muscle memory, ring presence, all that was coming into play showing that they were areas these two needed to work on.

Meanwhile Tina stood with crossed arms and shook her head. "I guess they skipped out on the pay attention part." She said stepping out of the ring and starting to do her own exercises to make herself worn out just as the two running ropes would be when they were done. "If you are all good we'll be out here. Keep going there is still a lot of running left. Ring awareness is key." Tina said.

[APlaying]

"I think you're going to need some extra stretching after this." She looked at Svetlana and Snow, who were still a little shaken up from the collision. Garlim's eyes sparkled with amusement as she watched the two women wrestlers get back to their feet. "I guess we all need to improve our ring awareness, right?" Garlim chuckled, shaking her head. "I hate to admit it, but Tina's right. It's not just about running fast, it's about being aware of your surroundings. I'm guessing you weren't paying enough attention because you were paying more attention to keeping up with Tina and Alaina wasn't?" the blonde goddess asked Svetlana and Snow.

Snow blushed at Garlim's sudden conclusion, but she was right. The actress stuck out her tongue in amusement and winked.

"Yeah, I figured as much," Garlim said as she watched Tina walk off to train separately. To which she simply shake her head slowly and sighed. "Alaina, can you come with me for a minute? I think it would be better to watch the girls train; you already have something to compare with. Let's see how they apply it," Garlim said.

[Highfly]

Tina was ringside watching as she was looking to tire herself out as much as she could. Fair was fair after all as she observed the two women running ropes while doing mountain climbers, burpees and whatever else came to mind so she was also as tired as the women in the ring.

Alaina looked over at Garlim and went aside with her, not sure what she was going to say or do. Alaina couldn't read Garlim well but she felt like Garlim didn't like her much. She got the point of watching the women do their thing but she herself would rather have been wearing herself out too. Alaina stood with Garlim curious as to what she would say next.

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Snow stood up, placing her hands on the sides of her hips while panting slightly. After a few seconds, the actress approached Svetlana to whisper to her. “I thought my stamina would be enough, but I couldn't keep up well with these girls.... I'm surprised they passed in sync back and forth without missing a beat.” said Snow with a hint of amusement, her eyes fixed on Tina as she continued to catch her breath. “It would be fun to take them on, don't you think?” Snow said with a chuckle, with a mixture of sarcasm and playful banter.

After catching some breath, Snow gave a slight hop making her curves quiver. “Oasu!! Let's see how you do in the ring. Gotta keep going!” Snow's gaze returned to the action in the ring, where Tina was still watching intently. “Follow me Svetlana, we must perfect our spatial awareness together!” Snow said before returning refreshed to the training.

Alaina meanwhile, stood next to Garlim to observe the performance of both girls. “The truth is, after thinking about it briefly. I still don't know exactly if it would be okay to consider you an opponent...” Garlim didn't expect Alaina to take what she had just said well, but she didn't know a better way to define it.

“I have a French opponent who wants to be heavyweight champion in LAW, though frankly. I didn't expect that person to be of such an advanced age.... It's admirable what you're doing, but I think I'm not the only one who's noticing the physical toll you're taking...” Garlim said with a serene tone. “I don't like the idea of facing women of such advanced age, and even less if they have children or a family to take care of.... If I were ever to face you or any other woman in your condition, I don't think I'd be able to raise my hand.”

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Svetlana was a bit less chatty than Snow but she agreed that they had to get back to it. "Yes, we just need to be aware of our surroundings. We can do this." Svetlana said before tilting her head to the side. "To face them as a team we need to get better then prove ourselves in the ring first do not get ahead of yourself." She said as the two women got back to running ropes.

Meanwhile Alaina looked at Garlim with a look of surprise on her face. She couldn't help but feel there was a big of condescension in her tone as well. "Oh so because I am old you wouldn't want to face me because you would hurt me and you are saving me the trouble of being injured? I have faced bigger, badder women and left them laid out on the mat. I think you really don't want to face me because you would be embarrassed that a 50-year old champion beat you clean. I have heard all that before yet here I am still champion and my unbeaten streak is still alive." Alaina said .

[APlaying]

Garlim's expression did not change at all, although Alaina showed a lot of courage, the blonde goddess only saw someone whose body was on the verge of saying ENOUGH. “... Four years ago, I faced a woman similar to you in terms of situation. I don't know if you know much about the mixed martial arts circuits, but one of their most recent champions was around 40 years old.” As she recounted, Garlim walked over to her desk where she picked up her phone and found some photos of the woman she was referring to. An imposing red-haired figure, she was 6'2” tall and had an extremely stocky build.

Garlim showed Alaina the picture. “She is, Hana Leonhearth, a former UFC champion. Unlike professional wrestling, the mixed martial arts circuits tend to be extremely demanding on physical performance. And Hana is the longest-lived, as the vast majority of female fighters tend to leave the discipline around the age of twenty-five, and she was in force until she was 40 years old.” Garlim leaned back against the ring's railings to make herself more comfortable.

“When I first faced her, I was about 19 years old. And I was completely defeated by a very simple combination. I longed to face her again, and it took a couple of years for that to happen. But just before our rematch, she had to face another contender. In that fight, Hana suffered a very serious back injury. One that left her quadriplegic for a while... Apparently the injury was due to a great wear and tear in the discs due to the physical effort she was constantly subjected to. During that time, I went to visit her on a few occasions, and even helped her and her family so that the possibility of her walking again was plausible.... You should have seen her, she is an incredible woman.... She is currently healthy, she has to use a cane to keep walking and has plans to create her own division.... She even offered me a rematch, in her current state. Can you believe it?” Garlim said with a chuckle.

“... But the truth is, ever since that happened.... I've never faced anyone over 40 again. I'd hate to see someone have to go through all that again...” Garlim sighed a little. “Listen, I'm not telling you this because I cringe at the thought of losing to you. I'm saying this because I'm anxious, I want to take on the strongest women in LAW.... But, I have a mania with the idea of facing women twice my age.... And in you... I just see, Hana reflected...” Garlim explained, it's the same thing she explained to Yuna Matou on another occasion.

[Highfly]

Alaina looked at Garlim and raised an eyebrow. "Oh so this isn't physically demanding? That is a slap in the face to every woman in this gym." Alaina said with her arms crossed. She listened to the rest of the story and she started to understand but that woman wasn't Alaina. Alaina was not going to be breaking any time soon.

"If you want to face me lets do it. I am not at all worried and you better do your best because anything less will just lead to you being embarrassed by an old fragile lady like me. Hell, even at your best I am going to show you exactly what I can do and leave you laying flat on your back." Alaina said looking confident in herself. Did Garlim think she was given the title as a consolidation for being old? Did she not realize that Alaina had defended that title more than any previous heavyweight champion in LAW? Alaina was hoping Garlim was ready to throw down today now with the amazon being fired up...