Cecilia Lombard vs. Megumi Mutoh

[CaptainL]

Just as Cecilia had hoped would happen, Megumi rebounded off the ropes and went running back towards her, right into where Cecilia had prepared to land a shoulder charge. As Megumi fell backwards, practically deflating as Cecilia had left her winded, the American girl stood over her, chuckling softly as she looked down at her handiwork with pride. To see her opponent, no less one with such prestige, be laid out flat like this fed Cecilia's ego well.

Noting how well it had worked before, Cecilia bent down to grab Megumi's head by the hair and use the leverage to haul her to her feet. "Up you go," she said. When Megumi was back up, Cecilia would put into action the next phase of her plan, flipping the ex-Wrestle Angel up onto her shoulders. There, with a grin on her face, she would start to maneuver Megumi into place to apply a torture rack.

[Arjuna]

Megumi was in deep trouble as she was still having problem breathing, and she was pulled up by Cecilia by her hair, causing her to groan in pain. "Hrgh..." Wincing, she was unable to stop her opponent from lifting her up onto her shoulders, putting her in a torture rack, applying intense pressure all over the former Wrestle Angel's back.

"Hngguuhh... hgguuaaahhh!!" Megumi cried out in pain, her body bent in such a painful fashion. She squirmed and struggled, trying to free herself from the torture rack, but from the look of it, she was definitely in a very deep trouble, and Cecilia was free to deal more damages on her at the moment.

[CaptainL]

Every step of Cecilia's plan was going off without a hitch, as she found herself facing no trouble in lifting Megumi up onto her shoulders to inflict more pain on the helpless woman. Smiling wide with sadistic glee, Cecilia was quick to lock down her hold, draping her opponent over her shoulders and pressing down to bend at her back, hard.

Even as Megumi screamed, all Cecilia could do was laugh. "Go on, yes!" she cried. "You know your place!" The fact that Cecilia was submitting such a veteran grappler to this torture made it even better, as, she thought, it meant that she was superior, being able to subject Megumi so easily to her will. Even better, she would show to everyone how unworthy Megumi was of her reputation if she broke her here and now, and how much Cecilia was better than her.

[Arjuna]

The pain was getting more and more unbearable by each passing second, and Megumi's body was bent past its limit in the torture rack. She groaned and moaned in pain as she was held in the hold, struggling helplessly to break out of this to free herself. She knew there had to be something she could do in order to escape this hold, but the pain was making it hard for the former Wrestle Angel to focus, so she would take her time focusing on figuring out on what to do, until something came to her mind.

The solution was actually rather simple. All she needed to do was to smash her forearm right into the side of Cecilia's head, hoping that the strike should be enough to stun her, allowing her to break free from the torture rack. Still, her body would still be in pain even if she managed to break free, and she would need some time to recover from this, hoping that she could get herself back into a fighting condition in order to bring back the fight into the match.

[CaptainL]

Cecilia was just watching and waiting. She knew that it couldn't be long - even for Megumi, there just had to be a point where she would crack and the pressure would build to be too much for her. She just needed to wait for the tap that was inevitably coming...

But it wasn't a tap that graced Cecilia, but a forearm strike to the head, sending her stumbling to the side and coughing. It wouldn't do too much to slow Cecilia down, but it did cause her to lose her concentration, sending Megumi plummeting to the mat as the American girl backed away. All the same, Cecilia was left rubbing the pain out of her temple, leaving her open. It would only be a matter if Megumi would have it in her to retaliate in time.

[Arjuna]

The hit caused Cecilia to release Megumi from the torture rack, and Megumi grunted as she landed on her side. Still, she would not let this stop her from seizing a chance to turn things around as she would slip her legs around Cecilia's, looking to trip her down, sending her falling face first into the mat.

If successful, Megumi was planning to trap one of Cecilia's legs between her thighs as she would try to wrap her arms around her neck for an STF, focusing on her leg and neck in this submission hold.

[CaptainL]

Cecilia hoped that having to let go of Megumi wouldn't prove too much of a problem for her. After all, she thought, the former Wrestle Angel had been in her torture rack for a good while, and she was probably sore even now, so Cecilia didn't think she had much to fear. In fact, she suspected that if she could close back in, she might be able to claim victory here and now, since she had come so close.

But her hopes proved to be unfounded, as Megumi kicked out her legs and snared Cecilia. The girl let out a shout of surprise, not expecting her to have that in her. "What-!?" was all she could gather before she was brought down face-first to the mat, her own feet swept out from under her. There, she grit her teeth and growled angrily. How dare Megumi deny her the victory she deserved!

And it only got worse when Megumi clambored on top of her to lock in an STF. She coughed, but even as she tried to loosen the pressure on her neck, she felt it just the same crushing down on her legs. Cecilia thrashed back and forth, doing her best to try and resist the two-pronged attack. The American girl snarled in anger as she glared back at Megumi, hoping that her grasp couldn't hold out forever. This was just demeaning to her.

[Arjuna]

While Megumi could use an STF just fine, the way she did it wasn't as brutal as the one performed by Toshimi Minami, but she knew that she could manage somehow as she would continue squeezing Cecilia's neck while applying pressure on her leg. Pulling back and tightening the hold, Megumi would try her best weakening her opponent before she decided to release Cecilia's leg. But, rather than freeing her from the STF entirely, she would then move her legs to trap her arm, this time subjecting her to a crippler crossface!

"Give it up!" Megumi urged her opponent, pulling Cecilia's head as hard as she could. She knew that she couldn't maintain the hold for long, and she would have to milk it for all it's worth. Her hands were getting sweaty from clasping them together while pulling Cecilia's head, and she knew that she would have to release the hold sooner or later.

[CaptainL]

Cecilia had a brief moment to breathe freely as she managed to get herself out of Megumi's hold, but it wouldn't last long. A few seconds later, she found her face caught and her head yanked backwards, causing her to sputter and cough. At first, her impulse was to thrash herself from side to side, trying to throw her weight so as to jostle Megumi. That proved to be a mistake, as it only succeeded at putting more pressure on her spine from how her face was being pulled back. Ceasing her struggles, Cecilia could only growl a pained growl into the former Wrestle Angel's hands.

Still, Cecilia wasn't going to give up any time soon, no matter what Megumi wanted from her. It was a matter of her pride, and she wasn't going to do anything so demeaning as giving in any time soon. Particularly when she could feel the sweat on Megumi's hands, and tell that she was winded. Her grip could only last so long, and Cecilia was intent on bearing it out for as long as it took, then capitalizing on the opportunity to strike when Megumi was trying to regain her strength afterward. She just had to last through it even when it hurt, and she clenched her hands tightly, burying her nails into her palms to try and distract herself from the pain of the hold.

[Arjuna]

"Grrrghh..." Megumi growled as her hands turned sweaty as she maintained the STF. It's up to the point where she would not be able to keep the hold, and Cecilia didn't even tap out from this, which frustrated her more. Eventually, when her hold was slipping, Megumi had no choice but to relinquish the STF, freeing her from the hold. But it didn't mean she was done with her as she would grab Cecilia by her head, pulling her up as well.

"You're making this difficult for you..." Megumi told her opponent as she would try to slip her arms under Cecilia's armpits, snaking them to the back of Cecilia's neck, putting her in a full nelson. She would wrench her shoulders as hard as she could in the full nelson before she attempted to throw her back with a deadlift dragon suplex, slamming her down into the mat shoulders first.