[Hardcore Match] Astrid Arvidsson vs Kyoko Akan - When the dragon meets the queen (Apex Qualifier Match)

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Damn, that was amazing. Astrid always tried to look for the strongest opponents for herself. But only women like Kyoko could push her to the limit. The blonde really appreciated such fighters. When your body literally screams in pain, forcing you to give up, only your willpower can help you overcome it. It is at this moment that the match reaches a new level.

The audience did not ignore it. When the Belly Queen broke the pin in the last microsecond, the arena was filled with screams. Despite the fact that this match was undoubtedly intense and brutal, it has now become clear that it will end only at the moment when one of them is completely beaten. And the Golden Dragon was determined to kick the shit out of Kyoko. Struggling with the pain, Astrid lifted her opponent, and then decided to tear off her head with one powerful attack.

It seemed that this should be the end for Kyoko, but the Japanese woman, apparently, was not going to give the victory to the Golden Dragon. At the last moment, she ducked under Astrid's arm, thereby avoiding the critical attack that could end the match. And the next moment, the game turned upside down. The Norwegian woman felt the arms of the Belly Queen wrapped around her waist. She thought a suplex was waiting for her. And this thought even seemed like the truth after Kyoko raised her above the mat. Everything turned out to be much worse. Instead of throwing the blonde's body backwards, Kyoko directed it back down. Astrid's eyes widened when she saw her opponent put her knee forward.

"AAAAHHHHHH!!!" it was a truly deafening painful scream.

Perhaps it was difficult to imagine a more vile movement. When Astrid's crotch landed on Kyoko's knee, it was difficult for her to describe her condition. It was an unimaginable pain that instantly spread throughout the body. The blonde's knees bent, but she didn't fall. Quite involuntarily, she staggered a few steps back and forth, then turned around to face Kyoko.

And, as it was easy to guess, Kyoko was going to take advantage of Astrid's not the best condition. The Japanese woman's leg crashed into the blonde's stomach. The air almost completely left Astrid's lungs and she involuntarily leaned forward. But even that wasn't the end. After just a few seconds, Kyoko grabbed the Golden Dragon's head and leaned back. Astrid's forehead smashed into the mat and her mind clouded. She couldn't even scream. The Norwegian woman felt pain all over her body, but she was not even sure that she was fully conscious. Three extremely hard attacks in a row are definitely not a joke, the best proof of this was the fact that she remained lying on the mat with almost no signs of movement.

[Fairy Dragon]

One series of hits and Kyoko had brought Astrid down, the atomic drop had surprised Astrid and made her scream in a way she didn't expect at this point. She thought maybe the voice had been knocked out of both of them, but that showed she was wrong when it was clear that for all the damage she had done to Astrid their was still more she could do. She would just have to make it happen, starting with her head, after forcing her down with the gut kick she grabbed onto her head and quickly brought her down with a DDT as hard as she could, which had some added pain to her back but at this point anything she did was going to hurt that. The fact that she was still moving after a powerbomb on top of ladders was inviting disaster of some kind if this match lasted too long but she wouldn't let her first Apex qualifier end until she was out of things to try and the ability to fight was depleted. But she had to admit, coming up with moves that would hurt that she wouldn't need to put too much strain on her back was hard, and she was sometimes wondering if she had anything she could really try that wouldn't her just as much. Slowly getting up Kyoko would move towards Astrid and look at the battered blonde next to her, trying to push her in position that she was on her back where Kyoko could try the first thing that came to her mind.

Saying nothing while she would sit up next to Astrid and move anything out of the way of her stomach Kyoko decided to go right back to the body she knew had to be feeling hurt, but instead of punches that would wear her out, Kyoko simply raised her hands before pressing down onto Astrid's stomach and started to claw at Astrid's belly with both hands, pressing her fingers down into the abs and trying to tear apart her stomach with her hands. Kyoko knew this still hurt her back a little as she basically pushed down on Astrid but at least this way she was partially letting gravity do the work without too much exertion and she could still tear apart of the body of the Golden dragon, who she knew was in serious pain.

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Was Astrid ready to take back her words? No, definitely not. No match can be controlled by a single fighter. And so there was no point in complaining about her current situation. Although, of course, no one could deny it, things were going more than shitty for her right now.

The Golden Dragon was barely conscious, but she continued to feel colossal pain all over her body. This match was brutal and intense. And although a minute ago the blonde was in control, three furious attacks of the Belly Queen completely turned the course of the match, the best proof of this was that the Norwegian woman continued to lie on the mat.

"Move, damn you..." she mentally ordered herself.

But to carry out this order was very problematic. As soon as Astrid opened her eyes, her mind cleared a little. And at the same time, the pain increased several times. Pain in her crotch. Pain in her stomach. Pain in her head. And this is not to mention all the previous bruises and injuries that Kyoko gave her.

Clenching her jaw, Astrid slowly placed her palms on the mat near her head to try to lift herself up. But the Japanese woman saved her from this necessity. The Belly Queen roughly turned the blonde on her back, forcing her to make a painful groan. Now any movement caused new waves of pain. The Golden Dragon's vision was still blurry, but that didn't stop her from seeing Kyoko's silhouette approaching her.

Something told the descendant of the great Vikings that another series of blows to the stomach was waiting for her, given Kyoko's preferences. And she was right. But only partially. Because it was much worse. The Japanese woman really chose the blonde's belly as a target. But instead of blows, Astrid felt tremendous pressure. But, of course, this was only the beginning. Kyoko's nails dug into the Golden Dragon's skin, and then this sick bitch began to almost literally tear Astrid's stomach.

"Kiiiaaaaa!!!! AAaaa!!!" the blonde screamed.

It was a very strange pain, unlike what a fighter usually has to feel during a match. Astrid, acting automatically, threw her hands to Kyoko's hands. She grabbed her opponent's wrist in an attempt to somehow stop this fucking torture.

Small drops of blood appeared on Astrid's stomach, and the entire skin turned red almost in the blink of an eye. Tears appeared in the Norwegian woman's eyes and she involuntarily stomped several times on the mat. It was indeed a disastrous situation, as her body was greatly weakened. She tried to squeeze Kyoko's wrist, but even Astrid herself was not sure that this would be enough to stop the Belly Queen.

[Fairy Dragon]

Nothing to do but lean into it and hope for the best, and she got the best out of a stomach claw that she possibly could given she felt like she was being held together by scraps of bone that hadn't been broken yet. But now she could make Astrid feel that way as well with her arms pressing into the softening abs the blonde had, feeling the body give out and the skin break away as Astrid was screaming in agony. She even thought she saw tears but she was too focused on her target to fully notice or draw attention to it, it didn't matter how much Astrid screamed if she didn't give up the match was still on and Kyoko didn't put this hold on just to make her suffer. But she didn't see any signs that Astrid was giving up yet, instead she grabbed at her arms and tried to break her grip, pulling for freedom from Kyoko's vile grip.

She shook her head in disbelief at how much punishment Astrid was taking and still trying to fight, when Kyoko drew blood with this the only reason the match continued from then was because Kyoko let the hold go to do something else, no one broke out and no one still had the will to try like Astrid did. Kyoko tried to keep it on a little longer but once she felt that Astrid wasn't going to actually submit this way, she knew that it was time to stop it. As much fun as it was it was hard to keep her arms like that pressing down clawing somebody and she let Astrid go and would pull her grip off of her. While she knew she didn't get Astrid to break, the blood was a good sign of how close she was to victory and Kyoko smiled at her bloody fingers.

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They say that pain is pain. Perhaps there really was some truth in this, but right now Astrid was ready to disagree with it. It wasn't like a punch to the head or a hard fall on the back. What Kyoko was doing now looked more like real knife wounds than anything else. And in fact, this was not far from the truth.

Astrid continued to groan painfully and twitch from side to side. There was more and more blood on the skin of her stomach. She considered herself a tough fighter, hardcore was her bread and butter. But she couldn't even imagine that her rival had such sophisticated ways to cause pain. Some of the audience chose to turn away so as not to look at this madness.

Did Astrid think about giving up? Yes, such a thought really flashed through her mind. But instead, the Golden Dragon squeezed her opponent's wrist with the maximum strength available to her. Yes, her body was weakened, and the pain was driving her crazy. But she'd be damned if she'd let that bitch enjoy the victory that way. No, even such pain won't stop her, not after everything she had to go through in this match.

It seems that Kyoko also understood this. For a while, the Belly Queen continued to tear the blonde's belly, but then she abruptly pulled her hands aside, thereby freeing her wrists and ending this insane torture. Astrid exhaled loudly, and then covered her wounded stomach with her hands. She immediately felt her fingers become sticky because of the blood. In the near future, it was clearly possible to forget about photo shoots with a bare stomach.

It was hard to describe how angry Astrid was at that moment. She wanted to do to Kyoko what the Japanese woman had just done to her stomach. She wanted to tear this woman to pieces. The first qualifying match on the way to the world title. The Golden Dragon did not think that everything would turn out this way. Yes, she had always fought fiercely, but it was extremely rare for her to be overcome by such emotions as she now felt for her opponent.

Rage flooded her again, her lavender eyes flashed and the Golden Dragon threw both hands forward. She didn't have time to get to her feet. She didn't have time to hit her opponent. Right now, she was in a terrible state even compared to Kyoko. She needed to move the scales once again. And she hoped that her rage would help her with that.

The blonde was going to grab her opponent's wrists again. But this time not to squeeze them. Instead, the Norwegian woman was determined to pull Kyoko down. She wanted her opponent's head to be right in front of her head. If she had succeeded, their breasts would probably have pressed into each other, but now the context did not really bother the descendant of the great Vikings.

She needed to make the Belly Queen lose as much strength as possible in a maximum short period of time. This was the best option for the Golden Dragon in this situation. Therefore, if she managed to pull Kyoko to herself, she would try to wrap her right arm around her opponent's neck. At the same time, Astrid was going to stick her head under her opponent's right shoulder. If she had succeeded, then she would have grabbed her right hand with her left hand, thereby trying to close the Belly Queen in one of the most dangerous choke holds, an arm triangle choke!

"Raaaaahhhh!!" Astrid would have screamed emotionally, straining all her muscles in order to strangle Kyoko.

[Fairy Dragon]

While Kyoko was angry that her body had been brutalized she had managed to keep any personal feelings from spilling into the fight, sure she could let her anger get her out of situations but that was something she would do to anyone. Even as she enjoyed the sight of the pain she had caused Astrid it was pride at pushing a hardcore fighter to her limit when they were playing her game, while she thought herself a Queen Kyoko made herself famous as an underdog, fighting foes in playing fields that were not her nature and still winning. She reasoned that many of the fans she still had respected her versatility and strength over her personality which she was fine with since those were the traits you should admire a wrestler for, who cares if they shake your hand or give you dirty looks a wrestler had one job and Kyoko did it with a passion that would not be denied. Astrid could hate her or be angry all she wanted, Kyoko didn't give a shit and would enjoy hurting her and moving on like it was just another day to her.

But one thing Kyoko should know about is that anger fueled people to do things despite every part of them telling them such a thing wasn't possible, Kyoko had been battered before and ignored what she was told about her body to do things that surprised everyone. In fact in this match she had already pushed past what should be humanely possible so she had no excuse for thinking Astrid was paralyzed with pain and being wrong about it. She was surprised by Astrid suddenly grabbing her wrists and pulling them and her closer to her with enough force that Kyoko couldn't stop her, it shouldn't have been possible after tearing her abs apart to the point that the Golden dragon was crying but just like her Astrid was telling herself to ignore those aches that said stop or slow down and listened to the bleeding heart that told her to get your ass up and bust a bitches face in, suckering Kyoko in close and going for her face with a submission that tightened around Kyoko's surprised head.

"Gaag-!" Kyoko shouted before Astrid wrapping her head around hers stopped her from being able to scream out, instead she was being choked by the bigger blonde. Her eyes were as big as saucers when she started to struggle on top of the blonde and her mind started to panic with the sudden lack of air, Astrid still being strong enough to do this and put so much pressure on her neck was only making the choke worse. Kyoko's hands went everywhere pushing on her belly or her legs kicking around Astrid's as her mind went into trying to escape by all means necessary even as the triangle choke secured itself around her head.

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Victory is victory. This principle, which was followed by many here, greatly annoyed Astrid. Every second fighter was ready to justify any dirty tricks by the fact that it brought them victory. The Golden Dragon didn't support it. Blood and pain were part of her life, but she was more than sure that the real taste of victory could only be felt when this victory was achieved in a bloody but clean fight.

Kyoko was one of those who didn't care about methods at all. The Norwegian woman realized this much earlier than her rival's claws dug into her stomach. But she couldn't deny that even after everything, she was amazed at how far the Japanese woman was willing to go for the sake of victory. Astrid couldn't tell what kind of person Kyoko was outside the ring, but here and now, during the match, the Golden Dragon was convinced that the Belly Queen had no principles at all.

Astrid wasn't too worried about what the purple-haired woman would think of her either. Everyone looks at the world differently. From the point of view of Astrid, who, despite her love of bloody matches, was not ready to cross certain boundaries, her anger was fully justified. Although right now it wasn't the philosophical side of this question that was important. The important thing was that this anger gave her strength.

And, it seems, the Belly Queen was not ready for this. The blonde pulled Kyoko to her, the Japanese woman let out a short cry, which was interrupted by the fact that Astrid's arms and head completely blocked her oxygen access. The descendant of the great Vikings tensed her muscles as if her life depended on it. Her whole body was soaked with pain and the more she put in her strength, the stronger this pain became.

"Ahh! Ah! Gha!" Astrid began to cry out.

Kyoko, realizing the perniciousness of her situation, began to twitch from side to side. But that was the least of Astrid's problems. The main problem was that the Japanese woman used her free hand and both legs, trying to hit the blonde in all available places. And most of all the pain was caused by those moments when Kyoko's fist crashed into the wounded belly of the Golden Dragon. It was difficult to describe this pain. It's like someone stuck a stick in your open wound.

"Hold on! Hold on!" the Norwegian woman mentally ordered herself.

Trying to focus as much as possible on enduring the pain, the Golden Dragon kept her grip tight. Now every second seemed like an eternity. But although she knew that her opponent was getting weaker by the second, Astrid could not cope with the painful sensations. It was too much even for her, the wounds on her stomach became a new horizon for her in the knowledge of pain.

After another blow, she couldn't take it anymore. Her brain was ready to just shut down in order to numb the pain. But she couldn't let that happen. Therefore, she had only one way out. Astrid had no idea about Kyoko's condition and how much strength she had lost. She could only hope that it was at least a slightly equivalent exchange.

With a sharp jerk of both arms to the side, the Golden Dragon was determined to break her grip and thereby force the Belly Queen to roll several times to the side. She needed the space between them. And if she succeeded, she would almost immediately turn on her right side, placing her palms on her stomach. Due to exhaustion, it was difficult for her to breathe, every breath burned her lungs from the inside. The blonde's body was shaking because of the amount of tension and pain it went through.

She no longer heard the screams of the audience, who were amazed by the brutality of this match. Without a doubt, everyone had high expectations, considering that for both women this is the first qualifying match on the way to the world title. But no one could even imagine that everything would turn out to be a real bloody battle of the Titans, where no one is ready to give in, no matter what. And it wasn't over yet. Clenching her jaw, Astrid took her hands away from her stomach and put her palms on the mat. She was going to get up on all fours and then get to her feet. No, she's not finished yet. Nothing is finished yet. She won't back down until Kyoko's lifeless body is at her feet.

[Fairy Dragon]

The Belly Queen trained with one of the most vicious heels of her time in her grandmother, Ayane Yamamoto. She was taught so much from her including her win at all costs mentality, even if she didn't take it to the level that she did. Kyoko didn't cheat unless she was screwed over first but she had few scruples or ethics beyond that in the ring, unwritten rules or respectful gestures were pointless to worry about once the bell rang so long as you beat your opponent who cared how nice you were about doing it? It's why she was still going and still recognizable after all these years because she won and took down the big names when everyone thought she would be the one that stayed down for the other person to be elevated to the next level. Astrid wanted a fight and she was going to get one, she may not like the kind of fight Kyoko brought but no one would say the Belly Queen didn't deliver on her end, if anyone doubted that Astrid's body would be the proof. Even now trapped in a submission with her face turning a new color her fight didn't fade and it was Astrid screaming out in pain because Kyoko just refused to stay down, hitting that belly or her sides and making sure that Astrid was going to stop. Her strikes were fading but they never ceased even as her mind started to turn blank and her focus went down before finally Astrid let her go and Kyoko's survival instincts kicked in.

Kyoko sucked in air and rolled away from Astrid, not wanting her freedom compromised and placed in a new hold. The simple act of breathing seemed to set in just how bad things were for her, every time she sucked in air her spine hurt and she felt exhausted, she had almost nothing left now, her second or third wind had been spent and Kyoko didn't think she had a 4th in her, her movements were slow and her strength was minimal, all she could do was sit herself up and lean on the ropes while she tried to regain herself. She would slowly use the ropes to pull herself back up to her feet driven by her desire to gain that win, beating Astrid was enough to motivate her broken self to keep fighting because she knew how close it was. The Golden Dragon was breathing but it was grounded, wings clipped and lashing out, Kyoko just needed that final strike to put it down and take this moment from her but she had little else to give.

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"Fucking hell..." Astrid muttered.

Fatigue during the match is not surprising, but now it was not just fatigue. The blonde's body literally protested against her continuing to move. The bruises and wounds all over her body seemed to be holes from which the last drops of the Golden Dragon's power flowed out. Although, not even without metaphors, it was the pure truth. After the shit Kyoko had done to her stomach, blood was still streaming from the wounds left by the Japanese woman's nails.

Astrid's face and hair were stained with blood, and now her pants were covered with blood too. Even though each of her matches was extremely intense, she was ready to say that she had never lost so much blood in the LAW ring. The Belly Queen was without a doubt the most violent woman she had ever encountered. And this further fueled the Golden Dragon's desire to defeat this rival. Only such matches deserve to be remembered. And only in such matches the victory is truly worthy.

Yes, Astrid didn't approve of her rival's methods. But this woman turned out to give her perhaps the hardest match, if not of her whole life, then in the LAW ring for sure. And that was enough for the Golden Dragon. Although, getting to her feet, Astrid raised her head and looked at Kyoko, who in turn was also getting to her feet, using ropes as help. The Japanese woman, like the blonde, was in a terrible state. But looking at her and realizing the fact that the Belly Queen could still continue the match, Astrid couldn't help but wonder.

"Why won't you die?.." she muttered.

It was definitely annoying. Astrid never considered herself the strongest of the world or anything like that. Yes, she was proud, but instead of such loud statements, she preferred to go into the ring and show what she had made of. But she knew what she was capable of and she knew that few people are able to resist all her might, especially in a hardcore match. Therefore... along with the feeling of annoying, she also felt respect for her rival. A strange combination of feelings, very strange.

One blow. Just one blow. The Golden Dragon was ready to swear that this would be enough for Kyoko to finally stay down. Considering what they had been through in this match, they were both walking on the edge of a knife right now. The Norwegian woman's eyes sparkled. It's time to end it all. Taking the deepest possible breath in order to get at least a small part of her strength, she took off and rushed to her rival.

Just one blow. And in order to crush the Belly Queen, Astrid was determined to push off the mat to get maximum momentum, and then throw her left arm forward. The pain was pinching her muscles, preventing her from using her full potential, but the Golden Dragon put all her desire for victory into this Superman punch in order to hit the Belly Queen right in the face!

[Fairy Dragon]

Kyoko's legs were struggling under her and keeping herself straight was starting to wonder how much more she could take, or how much Astrid could take given the way Kyoko pushed her like this. Nothing she did stopped Astrid and it was clearly annoying her, almost as much as Astrid was annoyed by her persistence as she imagined many of them did by this point. Not many ever uttered those kinds of words before even if Kyoko knew that they were thinking them after enough time passed, but she simply looked at Astrid and kept trying to move forward making sure that she knew that Kyoko could still fight. Eventually Astrid charged her despite her own injuries and she attempted to throw a Superman punch to Kyoko's face, the Belly Queen had to stay back and attempted to duck under the punch and avoid the blonde's crushing blow.

"People like me don't stay down." Kyoko said grabbing Astrid from behind she would attempt to throw her into the corner and slam her head first into the corner. She had a plan but trying to get Astrid stunned would be necessary or the blonde would fight back too hard for her to pull it off. If it hit Kyoko would wait for her to fall back before Kyoko would turn Astrid towards her and go low lifting her up and dropping her down with a spinebuster to send her to the mat and eventually lay down on her for a pinfall attempt. The ref would drop down next to her and start the count, potentially sealing Astrid's fate.