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The Ryona Rumble match has gone on for over an hour. Within that time, two-thirds of the competitors had already been eliminated. Hundreds have signed up to take part of this prestigious event. Thirty women have been chosen to enter. And so far, twenty competitors were already thrown over the top rope with both of their feet touching the arena floor. With that being said, only ten women remained in the ring.
There was Sakura Hagiwara, the #1 entrant, who was lying unconscious near one of the corners. Sitting in the turnbuckle adjacent to the teenage idol was another Japanese wrestler. Reiko Hinomoto was using the ropes, trying to get back to her feet and back into the matchup. The mother-daughter pair were both on all fours, still recovering from taking a Taryn Cutter from Taryn Terrell, who was also still in the matchup. Nina and Anna Williams already back on their feet, trying to double-team Awesome Kong. Despite her size, even the final entrant of the Ryona Rumble was overwhelmed against the number game. Then there was Cammy, who was still smirking at the two competitors she had just eliminated recently.
But there was one more woman waiting for the Delta Red officer to turn around. When the twelfth entrant did, Beth Phoenix knocked her down with a vicious clothesline. Cammy fell on her back after that hard shot. Next, the Glamazon turned her opponent over and grabbed the British woman's right leg. The former WWE Diva lifted the lower extremity up high, before throwing it back to the ground. While doing so, Beth Phoenix dropped the hardest part of her elbow on the back on Cammy's knee. The impact on the front and back of the Delta Red soldier's knee made the twelfth entrant squirm.
Again, the Glamazon was not in the mood of showing any mercy. Before Cammy could tend to her bruised knee, the former WWE Diva went right to work on the other leg. Beth Phoenix gave the back of Cammy's thigh a couple of hard soccer kicks, before slamming the lower extremity down on the canvas. With both of her legs hurt, the British woman bounced on her butt with a cringed look on her face. By then, the crowd knew how much pain she was in. The Glamazon raised both of her fists to the sky, showing the audience her dominance and arrogance.
"YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK!" The audience showed the former WWE Diva their displeasure.
"Again, Beth Phoenix proving to the world that she is greatest Diva who has ever competed! Did you see the way she took out Cammy? Vicious and ruthless is the Glamazon! And not only that, she targeted both of Cammy's legs! I don't think she can walk anymore, let alone stand!"
"The three-time Women's Champion is confident and cocky as usual! When she was in the WWE, she separated herself from the rest of the Divas on the roster! Rather than relying on her appearance, she let her wrestling skills, her in-ring talent and her experience do all of the talking! And by doing so, she has earned the reputation as the most dominant Diva in the WWE!"
"Beth Phoenix may be dominant in the WWE, but let's see how she fairs against probably the most powerful Knockout in TNA! Look at this, Ray!"
Awesome Kong had already returned to a standing position and made her way to the center of the ring, where Beth Phoenix was waiting for her. The sixth and thirtieth entrant stared each other down, gauging their opponent's strengths. The Glamazon may be four inches shorter than the African American wrestler, but she showed no fear whatsoever. If anything, she couldn't wait to take on another decorative wrestler to see who is better.
As Beth Phoenix and Awesome Kong continued with their staring contest, the sellout crowd of fifty thousand were marking out like crazy. Everyone in the arena was experiencing a once in a lifetime event. This is probably the first time that Awesome Kong and Beth Phoenix are competing against each other. The very best from the WWE is about to fight against the best from TNA. The audience couldn't wait to see which woman is stronger.
The thirtieth entrant started off by extending her arm out, ready to knock the blonde down with a clothesline. Thankfully, Beth Phoenix telegraphed the initial move and responded by ducking underneath her opponent's arm. When Awesome Kong turned around, the former WWE Diva delivered a couple of hard right hooks across the TNA Knockout's face. The Glamazon kept up with her punches, until she had the African American wrestler backed against the ropes. Realizing that she has a chance to eliminate Awesome Kong right away, Beth Phoenix ran toward the other side of the ring, bounced off of the ropes and charged toward her opponent.
But Awesome Kong countered by lifting up her right leg. As a result, the sixth entrant collided against the TNA Knockout's big boot. Beth Phoenix stumbled backwards and rubbed her jaw. It took almost every ounce of strength within her to stay balanced. But with the former WWE Diva groggy, the thirtieth entrant followed up a huge headbutt. This time, Awesome Kong was able to knock the Glamazon on her back.
The TNA Knockout then got the dazed Beth Phoenix back to her feet. Awesome Kong then wrapped her giant hands around the Glamazon's neck. Determined not to go down, the blonde countered by wrapping her own hands around the African American wrestler's neck, trying to use her own strength to weaken her opponent. The crowd stood on their feet and screamed their lungs out as Awesome Kong and Beth Phoenix brought each other to one knee by using only their sheer power.
"Look at this, Al! It's a test of strength going on in the ring! On one side, we have the most dominant Diva in the WWE, Beth Phoenix! And on the other side, is the most powerful women's wrestler, Awesome Kong! These are probably two of the strongest and best competitors of all time! But only one will one! Who's it going to be?"
"Your guess is as good as mine, Ray! Why wait till they are the final two standing in the ring? They want to see who the best is! And even the crowd wanted these two to get it on as well! This is as exciting as it's going to get... OH!"
Apparently, one of the competitors had rudely interrupted Awesome Kong's and Beth Phoenix's standoff. Reiko Hinomoto bounced off the ropes to gain some momentum, jumped toward the two women and extended her legs out toward her opponents. The double dropkick knocked both the African American wrestler, as well as the Glamazon, off of their feet and down on the canvas. Despite landing hard on her back, the Zero Fighter endured the pain and quickly returned to a vertical base.
The Japanese wrestler went back to one of the competitors she took out earlier. She first started off with a few stomps on Awesome Kong's stomach. The twentieth entrant then grabbed a handful of her opponent's hair and yanked her back up to a standing position. Reiko shoved the large woman into an unoccupied turnbuckle. After following up with vicious forearms to Kong's temple, Hinomoto lifted one of her opponent's leg up and tried to send the thirtieth entrant out of the ring.
But before she could eliminate Awesome Kong, Reiko felt a clubbing blow on her back. The audience was displeased the way Beth Phoenix had blindsided the Zero Fighter, bringing her down on her knees with more elbow shots to her spine. Next, the Glamazon got Hinomoto to her feet and Irish Whipped her across the ring. Reiko came to a halt when she collided back first against the opposite turnbuckle.
What happened next, no one expected it. Beth Phoenix then grabbed Awesome Kong's arm and Irish Whipped her toward the groggy Japanese wrestler. Their eyes had met for a brief moment, wordlessly communicating to each other their plan of attack. Right after the sixth entrant released the African American wrestler, Awesome Kong charges into the Zero Fighter in the corner of the ring, crushing Reiko with all two hundred and seventy-two pounds of her weight. But the combination didn't end there. Awesome Kong then Irish Whipped the dazed Hinomoto back toward Beth Phoenix, who knocked her down to the canvas with a big boot to the head.
"Wow! What a double team move on Reiko Hinomoto! A corner splash, followed by a boot to the face! Reiko's definitely seeing stars after those two hits!"
"Awesome Kong and Beth Phoenix sure make a devastating team, Al! We've seen them earlier go one-on-one with each other to see which of them is the strongest! But now, I'm afraid they stumbled on to something even better! Alone, they are powerful! However, you saw what happened when they worked together as a team! They completely destroyed Reiko Hinomoto!"
"And the Zero Fighter is just one of many victims, Ray! Look who are they going after now!"
The two powerhouses then made their way toward Taryn Terrell, who was still on her hands and knees. After Beth Phoenix gave the twenty-ninth entrant a vicious soccer kick to the gut, Awesome Kong grabbed the TNA Knockout by her hair and locked her in a full nelson hold. With her belly completely exposed, the Glamazon delivered a barrage of powerful punches and elbow shots to her defenseless opponent's stomach. Taryn Terrell moaned in pain as the former WWE Diva's fists and elbows collided with her tender midsection.
Afterwards, the African American wrestler kicked her right leg past her opponent before bringing it back in, using her lower extremity to knock the blonde's legs underneath her. As Taryn Terrell's momentum brought her forward, Beth Phoenix jumped toward the right side of the TNA Knockout, grabbed the twenty-ninth entrant by the face and fell backwards toward the canvas. As a result, the impact of the Full Nelson Facebuster/Leaping Reverse STO knocked Taryn Terrell unconscious.
With the TNA Knockout momentarily out of the picture, Beth Phoenix and her partner shifted their attention to their third victim. Sakura Hagiwara was lying motionlessly on her back. She still hadn't recovered from the triple teamed assault she had suffered earlier. Of course, the sixth and thirtieth entrant showed how much they cared about the injured, teenage idol by viciously stomping her head and stomach area, bringing more pain and humiliation to the Japanese wrestler.
Next, the two powerhouse brought the groggy young woman to a vertical base. Both Awesome Kong and Beth Phoenix placed their hands on Hagiwara's back and chest. Once when they gave each other the signal, the two of them lifted the seventeen year old girl high in the air. The sixth and thirtieth entrant then brought the Japanese wrestler back down hard on the unforgiving mat, falling on their knees for added impact. The ring bounced when Beth Phoenix and Awesome Kong connected with the Double Spinebuster.
"Holy crap! What elevation on that throw! Sakura's back has got to be stiff after that fall from that height! Awesome Kong and Beth Phoenix could've thrown the poor girl right through the mat if they wanted to!"
"You're most absolutely right, partner! But I got a feeling that those two have other ways of making Sakura Hagiwara suffer!"
Apparently, the sixth and thirtieth entrant weren't done playing with the teenage idol. First, Awesome Kong flipped the injured Japanese wrestler on her stomach. The large woman then sat on the poor girl's back, placed both of her opponent's arms across her thighs and pulled as hard as she could one Hagiwara's chin. By applying pressure to her back, and with more than two hundred pounds on top of her, Sakura couldn't stop the tears from falling.
"NNG! GUH..." moaned the seventeen year old girl as she tried to endure what is arguably the most the most painful Camel Clutch she had received.
And it only got worse from there.
Next, Beth Phoenix grabbed Sakura's legs, transitioned into a semi-setting position and pulled as hard as she could. With the added Boston Crab, combined with Awesome Kong's Camel Clutch, the pain in Hagiwara's back increased exponentially. The crowd watched with their jaws dropped as the sixth and the thirtieth entrant made a 'U' out of Sakura's beaten up body. Despite the teenage idol's cries and pleads of letting go, the two powerhouses refused to release their torture victim until she cannot wrestle anymore.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! ITAIIIIIIIIII!" squealed Sakura.
"That's enough! Come on! Does Beth Phoenix or Awesome Kong have any decency? They're trying to break a poor, defenseless, young wrestler in half! Is someone going to do something about this? Get in there, ref! Take control! Get Sakura out of there before her back is completely broken!"
"Enough with the complaining, Al! Stop with all of your cheerleading! Be a commentator and call everything down the middle! This is no time to bias of your favorite wrestler!"
"Is this a joke, Ray? Sakura Hagiwara is a promising, young competitor who has a bright future in the wrestling business! What kind of monster are you for allowing Beth Phoenix and Awesome Kong to do this to her? They could've eliminated Hagiwara a while ago! But instead, they're bent on destroying her, ending her career tonight! This is ridiculous!"
"This is what the people came to see! The best competitors in the world beating the living crap out of each other! Again, anything goes! If Beth Phoenix and the Glamazon want to demolish Sakura and leave nothing left, then who are we to stop them?"
But the two powerhouses were so busy torturing the Japanese wrestler, they failed to notice what's going on in their surroundings. Nine and Anna Williams dashed toward the center of the ring at the same time and gave Beth Phoenix and Awesome Kong a hard roundkick to the side of the head. That forced the sixth and thirtieth entrant to break the double submission hold on Sakura Hagiwara. The teenage idol rolled toward the edge of the ring, grimacing in pain and massaging her back.
The Williams sisters kept Awesome Kong on the ground by stomping on her back and her head. After several moments of double teaming the African American wrestler, both the eighteenth and the twenty-eighth entrant brought the TNA wrestler to her knees. The siblings gave each other the signal before making their move on Awesome Kong. Nina and Anna Williams rebounded off of the ropes to gain momentum. Next, both women jumped toward the thirtieth entrant and planted their feet into the side of Kong's head, connecting with a double dropkick. That attack was enough to knock out the African American woman.
With one of their opponents down, Nina and Anna Williams shifted their attention toward another competitor. The eighteenth entrant grabbed a fistful of Beth Phoenix's hair and yanked her back to a vertical base. As Nina Williams got set up to deliver a vertical suplex, her sister climbed one of the turnbuckles to prepare for another potentially dangerous and devastating double team move. Now that Anna Williams is in perfect position, the blonde bombshell was ready to take out the former WWE Diva.
Nina Williams lifted her opponent off of the ground and held her for a brief moment. But that was her sister's cue to attack. Anna Williams jumped off of the turnbuckle and brought the hanging Glamazon into a reverse piledriver position. As gravity brought the brunette back to the mat, the blonde bombshell fell backwards, driving the former WWE Diva's head into the matt. The Brainbuster/Piledriver combination not only knocked out Beth Phoenix, it also got the audience marking out.
"No way! No freaking way, Ray! We did not just see that!"
"I'm having trouble putting it into words myself, Al! Nina and Anna Williams just put two of the most devastating throws in professional wrestling together to execute into one of the most powerful combos I've ever seen! A Brainbuster by Nina Williams! A Piledriver from Anna Williams! And to do it together and so effortlessly is beyond me!"
Now that two of the biggest threats of the Ryona Rumble have been neutralized, the Williams sisters had their sights on eliminating one of the competitors. And it seems like the unfortunate victim is Sakura Hagiwara. Because she has received the most punishment and took the most hits, it's an obvious choice that Nina and Anna Williams would go after the competitor who is the most vulnerable.
But before either one of them could get their hands on the injured teenage idol, Jaycee and Michelle Chang knocked the assassins to the ground with a pair of flying clotheslines. The eighteenth and twenty-eighth entrant had forgotten that their old rivals from the Tekken Universe were still in the match as well. And apparently, the mother-daughter pair were both thinking about eliminating these two from the competition.
The sixteenth entrant went after Anna Williams. First she helped the brunette back to a standing position. In order to make sure her opponent didn't fight back, Michelle Chang gave her a few elbows to the face and knees to the gut. Then, with a firm grip on the Anna's hair, the forty year old competitor shuffled toward the edge of the ring and threw the twenty-eighth entrant over the top rope.
Thankfully, the brunette grabbed the top rope at the second. Not only she hung on to the top rope, but also landed on the ring apron. Anna Williams was thinking about getting revenge on Michelle Chang. But the sixteenth entrant made sure the assassin never step foot in the ring again. Michelle Chang applied a three-quarter facelock on her opponent and fell to a seated position, forcing the opponent's neck to drop down on the shoulder of the attacking wrestler. The sixteenth entrant nailed the stunner perfectly, momentarily incapacitating Anna Williams. The twenty-eighth entrant had no idea she had already hit the floor.
"Michelle Chang eliminates Anna Williams! That leaves us with nine competitors left!"
"And it looks like we might have another one! Look at what's going on between Nina Williams and Jaycee!"
The fourteenth and eighteenth entrant exchanged blows with one another. Every time the masked wrestler connected with a hard punch across the face of Nina Williams, the crowd cheered. And every time the blonde bombshell nailed Jaycee with punches of her own, the audience jeered. At first, the two competitors seemed to be evenly matched. That is, until the Irish woman delivered a huge roundkick to the luchadora's head, sending Jaycee down on her knees.
The blonde bombshell then brought her opponent back to a standing position. Nina Williams shuffled toward the edge of the ring and was ready to throw the masked wrestler out of the competition. But Jaycee reversed the throw. She rotated her body around, grabbed the back of the Irish woman's head and tossed her over the top rope. Nina Williams would've been eliminated, if she hadn't grabbed the top rope and landed on the apron.
But Jaycee was already prepared. The moment she spotted the eighteenth hanging on the apron, the luchadora sidestepped toward her opponent and used the sole of her foot to connect with a high side thrust kick to chin of Nina Williams. The superkick sent the Irish woman flying off of the apron. Not only Nina Williams landed hard on the arena floor, she collided against Anna Williams, sending her sibling to the ground once again.
"And Nina Williams has been eliminated! Both of the Williams sisters are gone, thanks to the teamwork of Jaycee and Michelle Chang!"
"Oh man! I don't believe it! Who would've thought that the vicious and cold-blooded fighters of Nina and Anna Williams would be eliminated together? I thought for sure that at least one of them would be end up as the final two in the Ryona Rumble! But I guess I was wrong, Al!"
"Now that Nina and Anna Williams have been eliminated, we are now down to eight competitors left! Take a good look in the ring, Ray! The Elite Eight is before us! Which one of these women will walk out the winner of the Ryona Rumble?"
Entrants
(x) = Eliminiated
#1 - Sakura Hagiwara
#2 - Kelly Kelly (x)
#3 - Gia Primo (x)
#4 - Tina Armstrong (x)
#5 - Candy Cane (x)
#6 - Beth Phoenix
#7 - Angelina (x)
#8 - White Lotus (x)
#9 - Tara (x)
#10 - Harley Quinn (x)
#11 - Gail Kim (x)
#12 - Cammy White
#13 - Sumiko (x)
#14 - Jaycee
#15 - Hitomi (x)
#16 - Michelle Chang
#17 - Anne-Marie (x)
#18 - Nina Williams (x)
#19 - Ayumi Kurihara (x)
#20 - Reiko Hinomoto
#21 - Poison (x)
#22 - Elena Miyazawa (x)
#23 - Chun-li (x)
#24 - Mila (x)
#25 - Wonder Woman (x)
#26 - Juri (x)
#27 - Sgt. Clemets (x)
#28 - Anna Williams (x)
#29 - Taryn Terrell
#30 - Awesome Kong