Chapter 2
*Willow Powell vs Sakura Hagiwara*
The night began with Willow Powell against Berkerk's Sakura Hagiwara. As the crowd knew, Sakura went from pop idol to wrestler after her friend was attacked by one of Berserk's wrestlers, Rio Kazama. Sakura challenged her, but lost horribly. Sakura went pro to earn her rematch. Recently, she had her debut match against Chinatsu, but she lost quickly after giving up to the Boston Crab. Tonight, she planned to make up for that loss by taking on the French movie star who insulted her on newspaper.
Sakura had short, black hair and a beautiful face. She wore a white-and-red wrestling outfit. Meanwhile, on the other side of the ring, Willow tied her hair in a long ponytail. She turned back to Sakura giving her cocky smirk. The announcer made call to the audience.
"In the red corner, the beautiful Willow Powell! And in the blue corner, Sakura Hagiwara! Will the idol avenge her loss from before or will the movie star add another loss to Sakura's record?"
DING! DING!
The match started when Willow held her hands up. She was challenging Sakura to a test of strength. Though she was reluctant, Sakura accepted. They grabbed each other's hands and pushed with all their might. In a second, they pressed their bodies together until they were face to face. The audience was wild about the display the two wrestlers were showing. Willow took the opportunity to whisper in Sakura's ear.
"You shouldn't have come here, princess. I've been studying your previous match, and I found your weakness. And tonight, I will make sure ze whole world knows it."
"What?" Sakura asked.
Willow took advantage of Sakura's confusion by slipping her leg behind hers and tripping her over. Sakura sat back up, but Willow bounced off the roped and slid toward her while giving her a clothesline. Willow then flipped Sakura facedown while looking at the camera.
"Take a good look, my fellow wrestlers! If you want an easy win over zis little girl, just follow my lead!"
Willow Powell took Sakura's legs and sat on her back pulling them and trapping her in a Boston Crab. Sakura's screams echoed throughout the arena. Her fan club shouted for her to escape, but their cheers would have no effect. Sakura tried to crawl to the ropes, but Willow made the hold worse by letting go of one leg and using both arms to pull the other. Sakura's screams were louder, and eventually, she couldn't take the pain on her hip anymore.
"Please, stop." Sakura begged with tears falling down her face. "I… I give up."
DING! DING!
"Willow Powell is the winner! What a quick match-up that was everybody! And things don't look good for Hagiwara either!"
Willow stood back up and posed while placing her foot on Sakura's defeated body. She pushed the former idol out of the ring and right into the arms of her fellow members of Berserk.
"Get out of my ring now, loser!" Willow shouted. "Seriously, how did a pathetic submissive like you qualify for public matches? You're even worse zan Kaito Marx."
Sakura was carried out of the arena and Willow continued to take in the crowd. It was then clear that Sakura's Achilles Heel was revealed to anyone who would face her in the future.
Up above the bleachers, Sayuri Rogue was watching the entire match thinking to herself. "Losing twice to the Boston Crab back to back. Something tells me she's going to lose a lot more than just matches of this keeps up."
*Madame Python vs Eris*
The next match was between the Goddess of Chaos, Eris, and the Snake of Xtrema, Madame Python. Eris was known to play mind games with her opponents and wrestle in unorthodox methods. Meanwhile, Madame Python was a slippery woman with the agility of a contortionist, which would help her slip out of some submission holds. When they both entered the ring, the viewers knew this would be an entertaining showdown.
"In the red corner, it's Madame Python! And in the blue corner, it's Eris! The Snake of Xtrema wishes to constrict the Goddess of Chaos like a boa! Will that be a reality! Let's find out, folks!"
DING! DING!
Python made the first move. She dashed toward Eris and unleashed several strikes at her with her open hands. Eris saw it coming and used her hands to knock the attacks out of the way. Python then grabbed Eris' leg and tripped her landing on her butt.
Python ran behind Eris and grabbed ahold of her shoulder giving it a painful squeeze. Eris used one of her hands to remove it, but Python wouldn't release hers. She then had another plan. She grabbed Python's hands and bridged herself up before leaping backwards countering the snake lady's hold with a pin. Her chest hung over Madame Python's face. The referee went to count.
"1… 2…"
Python kicked out of the pin and spun her body until she returned to her feet.
"What?" Eris asked. "Don't like my chest? Your loss… in a minute."
Eris speared Python to the corner and hit her with several shoulder tackles until the referee told her to stop. She then monkey flipped Madame Python and dropped her in the middle of the ring. While she recovered, Eris went through the ropes, stood on the apron, and mocked Python by showing her thumb pointing down to the fans.
"This 'snake' seems more like a worm to me!" Eris insulted while the fans at the front laughed.
Python approached Eris and tried to grab her head, but Eris saw it coming and landed down on the floor. She then quickly grabbed Python's ankles and tripped her over before pulling her out of the ring. Eris went back into the ring and stood right in front of the ropes. She mocked Python again by feigning a yawn. Python climbed up to the apron, but Eris used her butt to push Python off the apron earning laughter from the fans.
Eris went to each corner giving the crowd sexy poses for the crowd to cheer for. "How you like me now?" she shouted in her Greek accent.
Behind her, Madame Python had already recovered and went into the ring before the referee counted her out. While Eris was posing in a corner, Python flipped forward and wrapped her legs around her head catching her by surprise. She flipped her back into the ring face first.
Python grabbed Eris' wrists and brought her up on her knees before using her own knee to bash Eris back down. She repeated the process two times before keeping her on her back.
"Time to show you a snake's bite!" Python said and she used both hands to put Eris in a stomach claw hold. Eris struggled to breathe as she felt Python's fingers dig into her abdomen.
Python released Eris, lifted her up, and wrapped around her in an octopus hold. She made a hissing sound. "This was fun, but it's time to end this!"
Python released the hold and swung Eris around by her arm. She used that arm to wrap around her throat and hold her down in a cobra clutch. She used her free hand to squeeze the side of Eris' head.
"So much for a goddess, huh?" Madame Python taunted.
Python was tightening the hold until much to everyone's surprise, Eris climbed back up to her feet and pressed herself side to side aggressively. Eventually, Eris managed to free herself from the hold and used her captive arm to throw Python to the ropes. When she rebounded, Eris kicked her in the stomach making her bow. Eris then wrapped her arms around her waist and lifted her upside down. She then dropped her in a piledriver on her head.
When Python's body fell across the mat, Eris moved in to wrap her legs around her arm and catch her in a sleeper hold tugging her head back while choking her. It was her signature move: the Chaos Lock.
Python tried to slip her way out of it, but Eris always countered it and punished her by squeezing harder. Python's reptilian eyes were starting to roll up her head. She decided she couldn't take it anymore and used her free hand to tap out.
DING! DING!
"Oh! What a match folks! Python may have had her opponent in a tight squeeze, but Eris managed to surprise everyone with her third win in a row!"
Eris released the hold and patted the snake lady on her head. "Goddess of Chaos, bitch." Eris got back up and posed for the cheering crowd that worshipped her.
*Liza Surkova vs N-Bomb*
This was the opportunity for the number one contender spot. N-Bomb would go against the former Russian MMA star, Liza Surkova, in this one-on-one match-up. N-Bomb proudly stomped her feet like a sumo wrestler. Meanwhile, Liza rolled her wrists before shadowboxing to the air.
"In the red corner, the Struggle from Siberia, Liza Surkova! And in the blue corner, the Immovable Nuke, N-Bomb! Note that whoever wins this match gets to face Queen Bee for the Xtrema Championship! Who will win?"
DING! DING!
The two met at the center of the ring and circled around each other. Liza made the first move by kicking N-Bomb's head. Not only does the obese wrestler not budge, she also grabbed Liza's ankle before she could pull it back. N-Bomb trips Liza onto her back and tortures her with a spinning toe hold.
"Do you give up?" the referee asked.
"Niet!" Liza shouted.
N-Bomb then dragged Liza to the corner. She climbed up the second rope and attempted a senton bomb, but Liza rolled away at the last second. While N-Bomb recovered from her failed attack, Liza stood back up and faced her sitting opponent. She took the opportunity to climb up N-Bomb's back and jump to the top rope. She immediately jumped back down and fell on N-Bomb with her fully body before hooking her leg for the referee to count.
"1…"
N-Bomb quickly removed Liza from herself and rolled to her stomach. Liza got back up and started stomping on N-Bomb's head. The crowd knew she was weakening her opponent for her signature triangle choke.
N-Bomb escaped the last stomp by rolling out of the ring at the last second landing on her feet and trying to shake away her dizziness. Liza took advantage of the opportunity and climbed up the top rope again. She jumped toward her ringside opponent and wrapped her legs around her head for the hurricanrana. Unfortunately, N-Bomb wasn't out of balance enough and let the Russian hang upside down with her legs dangling from her head. N-Bomb then lifted Liza's body and slammed it to the apron. Liza dropped to the floor while N-Bomb returned to the ring letting the referee count.
A few seconds have passed, but just as the referee could call the match by count-out, Liza got back on her feet and ran back into the ring. N-Bomb and Liza Surkova charged at each other, and Liza ducked down to tackle N-Bomb's legs. This time it worked and N-Bomb fell face first on the floor. Liza then circled around to her opponent's head. She tugged on N-Bomb's arm and wrapped her legs around her head in her signature triangle hold.
"Give up?" the referee asked.
"No." N-Bomb answered much to her strain. Liza squeezed even harder.
"Just tap, slon . TAP!" Liza commanded. (Slon means "elephant" in Russian)
N-Bomb needed to get out, and she figured out a way to. With much effort, she got back up on her feet and lifted Liza out while she still tired to choke her out. N-Bomb slammed her arm down slamming her opponent on the mat making her let go. N-Bomb ran to the roped and rebounded by jumping up and slammed her entire body on the prone Russian. She then lifted her up and propped her on the corner.
N-Bomb went to the opposite corner and turned to face her opponent. She dragged her foot on the mat like a bull about to charge. The crowd knew what it meant: N-Bomb was going to use her signature move, Detonation.
N-Bomb charged straight toward her opponent and jumped up thrusting her big belly ahead of her. Suddenly, at the last second, Liza ducked out of the way letting N-Bomb hit the turnbuckle. Liza got behind N-Bomb and grabbed her in a sleeper hold. She wanted to put her in a body scissors combo, but her legs couldn't get around N-Bomb's torso.
"This is endgame now!" Liza shouted.
N-Bomb grabbed Liza's arms hoping to pry them off, but Liza had her hold on tight. So instead, N-Bomb grabbed Liza's legs and charged backwards pancaking her to the turnbuckle behind her. Liza let go and found herself in the same position she was in a minute ago. N-Bomb went to the opposite corner and charged again. This time, Detonation connected. N-Bomb ran, jumped and slammed her entire body weight on Liza Surkova's body. Liza fell and N-Bomb placed her foot on her chest calling for the referee.
"Enjoy your fallout!" N-Bomb told her opponent.
"1… 2… 3!"
DING! DING!
"Here is your winner, N-Bomb! And this means now, the Immovable Nuke is going to face Queen Bee for her title at the next show!"
The crowd shouted with a mix of cheers and boos at the end of the back-and-forth match. N-Bomb removed her foot and made a gesture to people on the ringside to give her a microphone with which she announced to the crowd with.
"You see that, Queen Bee? That is an accurate prediction of your fate! Not only will I take that Championship belt from you, I will also take your position as the ace of Xtrema! At the end of our title match, I will crush you like the bug you are!"
N-Bomb dropped the microphone and left the ring strutting up the ramp.
Author's Note: Because of the length of these five matches are in total, I have decided to split them up into two. The final two matches will be held in the next chapter. For now, one thing's for sure, Queen Bee is going to have more than a handful on her hands come her title match. Any and all comments are welcome.