L.A.W. - League of Anime Wrestling

Trish Stuart vs Yuki Shimoda, the 'Winter Empress'
Match Type: "Standard."
Win by scoring a pinfall of three seconds on the opponent, forcing a wrestler to submit, or knocking the wrestler out. Additionally, if a wrestler remains outside the ring for too long, they will be disqualified after a ten-count. Furthermore, if a wrestler performs an illegal move and is caught in the act by the in-ring official, they will be disqualified.
Standard rules - DQs, Count-outs, and the submission or pinfall MUST happen within the confines of the ring.

Spoiler

"...entering first, hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...standing at 5'4 and weighing in at 117 lbs...TRISH STUART!!!"


Trish Stuart made herself known, flanked by a ton of sparklers firing off along the edge of the entrance stage, pink lights dancing across the arena as her kickass, punk-rock theme blared in the background. The ever-excited social butterfly was feeling rather inspired tonight, eager to put on quite the performance for everyone in attendance...as well as kick some serious ass. She and Reagan would usually be by each other's side, but they both had matches at around the same time, but different venues, meaning they'd each have to fight their battles tonight without their twin sibling by their side. Not the first time this has happened, but it was certainly an unusual circumstance for them to operate under.

They were so connected and united that being separated felt so strange...but it was that division that made their bond stronger, for both Trish and Reagan would carry a piece of the other within them as they fought. In Trish's case, she'd take her sister's advice to heart and unleash all that fury she had deep within her, channeling that inner beast that Reagan had no issue letting out. While not as heavy-hitting or ferocious as her sister, Trish had a pretty mean left hook, so she'd make her sister proud by knocking the living daylights out of whoever stood in her way tonight...it was her way of paying tribute to her wonderful twin sis, after all.

After high-fiving some of those in the front row, Trish raced down the aisle, leaping up to the side of the apron before striking a playful pose, making a peace sign high in the air with one hand while the other hand tightened into a fist at her side as she stood tall. After that, she'd perform a cool front flip into the ring, hopping forward and making her way to her corner, where she'd stretch and loosen up, preparing herself for the fight ahead of her.

Spoiler

After a particularly brutal loss, Yuki spent some time away from the ring to recover. The time away only served to feed her need to get back into the ring, partially for revenge, partially because of the simple need as a wrestler to fight. For now however, LAW only chose to satisfy the latter need, choosing to instead give her a different match to get back into the swing of things of LAW.

Entrance Attire

Entrance Theme

The snow would start falling onto the stage as the clocked figure of Yuki appeared on the entrance ramp. She heard quite a few chants in her support sent her way, both in form of her name and in form of "Welcome Back!" from a few english speaking members of the audience, but as grateful as she was for them, she had a duty in the ring tonight, and she maintained a professional, cold look on her face as she made her way towards the ring.

Once inside, she stepped in a circle around the ring, before posing towards the camera and at the fans in the front row, pushing her hand to the sky before letting it flow as it if were a snowflake, before her theme came to a close. Yuki would toss away her cloak, revealing her ring attire underneath

In-Ring

Taking a look at Trish, Yuki eyed her...before turning her nose up at her in a regal manner.

In her head, however, as she was getting ready for the bell to ring, Yuki found the pink-clad wrestler quite cute...

The Winter Empress, Yuki Shimoda...Trish had heard of her before. She was actually shown some of the tapes of Yuki's career from early on, before the gimmick change. She used to look so innocent and lively. Whatever was there seemed to be replaced by a veneer of icy stoicism. When Yuki entered the ring, Trish felt a chill in the air. Seems the so-called 'Winter Empress' wasn't named that for show, as she had a particularly frosty yet magical presence about her that left the crowd in awe. Trish could certainly feel it, as the woman was quite captivating. She looked so regal and magnificent, the brunette couldn't help but stare. The crowd's chanting helped her break out of her momentary haze. As it turns out, this was shaping up to be a return match of sorts. Interesting! Well, Trish saw no better way to welcome a fellow wrestler back than with a friendly greeting.

"Nice to meet you, my name's Trish!" She exclaimed. "Hope my greeting isn't too warm, I wouldn't want to melt you down before the bell rings~" She joked, setting a strong first impression as her whimsical, bubbly energy contrasted with the stoic, silent demeanor of the Winter Empress. "I've heard of you before, but since this is the first time we're meeting face-to-face, lemme just say that I'm a pretty big fan of your work. I didn't know you were out recovering, so let me welcome you back properly!" She said, reaching out to offer a handshake to Yuki, a tradition of good sportsmanship in puroresu between true Joshis. (-Ahem-) "頑張って! (Ganbatte; Do your best!)" She said, in perfect Japanese, likely shocking some of the audience.

Spoiler

Despite being a 'gaijin', Trish was incredibly respectful, taking care to honor everything she had been taught during her tenure here. After all, she and her sister DID train in Japan for most of their careers just before joining LAW, so picking up the country's native language was an obvious choice they both committed to. Although Reagan's speech was a little rougher-edged compared to Trish's more pristine quality.