Chapter 82 (Match)
*Queen Bee vs Clementine Cirrus*
The main event was all ready to begin. The crowd has been anticipating this match-up for a long time. And now, it has come. Queen Bee came out first. She had her Queen Bee jacket tightened on her while the World Championship belt was wrapped around her. She pumped up the crowd while Kaito Marx followed her into the ring. When she got in, she removed her jacket and belt before handing them to the referee. Then, came Clementine Cirrus. She cheered loudly with cowgirl yells riding all the way into the ring. Upon leaping over the ropes, the tossed her hat into the crowd.
"And so, we have come to this! The final match before Xtrema Against the World, and it is for the Xtrema World Championship! In one corner, she is the current World Champion… Queen Bee! And her challenger, the most excitable cowgirl in the world… Clementine Cirrus! Let's end this night with excitement!"
DING-DING!
The World Champ and the cowgirl met up at the center. Neither girl underestimated the other. Instead, they shared a certain memory.
Dawn Sawyer was continuously kicking and punching at a sandbag. She was sore after her match the previous night and was very upset. Her bitterness only grew when the Furies—Fiona, Liz, and Beatrice—approached.
"Why bother?" Beatrice asked. "You're clearly never going to win."
"Says you." Dawn remarked.
Liz responded by grabbing Dawn by her hair and pressing her face hard on the sandbag. Dawn tried to fight out, but Liz used her other hand to twist her arm behind her.
"We don't just say." Liz said. "You've had forty-nine matches so far, and they all ended in tragic failure."
"It's just like we told you before." Fiona said. "You're dull and broken. Dull N' Broken." She and the other Furies laughed at Dawn's expense making her upset.
Near the front of the gym, a man blew his whistle getting everyone's attention. They all gathered at the front where he stood next to an adult woman and a young, but burly teen girl. It was a teenage Clementine Cirrus who stood next to the Queen Bee gym owners, the Harpers.
"All right, ladies." Mr. Harper said. "I'd like to introduce to you all Clementine Cirrus."
"Cirrus?" asked one girl. "Like Lex Cirrus?"
"Yep. That's my daddy." Clementine said.
"Girls, Clementine here's been looking for a wrestling league to settle down in, so let's make this place promising." Mrs. Harper said.
"You're wasting your time, cowgirl." Fiona said. "This place can barely stay stable as it is."
"Now, we may be tight on money right now," Mr. Harper said, "But we can manage. And with the daughter of a big-time Texan superstar with us, our attendance could go up."
"Well, I'll be happy to help." Clementine said. "I really am excited to be here."
Both Queen Bee and Clementine started the match with a traditional collar-and-elbow tie-up. The two girls gave their hardest strength to defeat each other. And after it looked like Clementine was about to win that, Queen Bee slipped behind her and held her in a waistlock. She tightened the hold for a second before pushing Clementine forward. Once Clementine hit the ropes, Queen Bee used the momentum to surprise everyone with a successful German suplex. She covered Clementine for an early pin.
1…
Clementine kicked out and rolled herself onto her knees. Queen Bee got up to face her, and that's when Clementine hit her with a spear. When Queen Bee hit the ground, Clementine rolled her over and secured a Boston crab on her. Queen Bee gritted her teeth trying to move around and keep from being stuck in the hold. Queen Bee quickly crawled forward. Clementine tired to keep her in check, but Queen Bee managed to get ahold of the rope.
"Rope break!" the referee declared. Clementine released her immediately.
Clementine was scheduled for a match. Even though she wasn't yet a certified member of the Queen Bee gym yet, she considered this a practice match. The crowd loved her, and she posed ready for her first opponent, Dawn Breaker. As soon as the bell rang, Dawn charged forward.
DING-DING!
Clementine had Queen Bee tight into a sitting position while applying a headlock from behind her. The cowgirl tightened the hold getting some grunts from the World Champ.
"Queen Bee, do you give up?" the referee asked.
"No!" Queen Bee shot her leg up and impacted her knee to Clementine's face. It made her let go and Queen Bee wasted no time getting behind her and hitting her with a spinebuster.
Clementine rolled over onto her knees easing her back. Queen Bee balled up her fists and struck the cowgirl down with a double ax handle to her back. She then climbed up the top rope and posed for a cheer from the crowd. She even got a whistle from Kaito. Queen Bee turned back to the down cowgirl and leaped from the top rope. She landed her elbow straight down into Clementine's back making her gasp loudly.
After that, Queen Bee pulled on Clementine's legs in a sharpshooter. Everyone remembered how it used to be Queen Bee's finishing move before she changed to the Queen's Sting, and she was showing its power right then and there. Clementine yelled out in pain using her meaty arms to get to the ropes. Queen Bee held on tight to keep the hold up as long as she could, but in the end, the cowgirl made it and Queen Bee was forced to let go.
Queen Bee looked at Clementine struggling to stand up and decided to end it then and there. She waited until Clementine was on her two feet. Queen Bee ran toward her and quickly struck with the Queen's Sting. The impact left a crazy impact on Clementine's head making her numb as she fell facedown. Queen Bee sighed heavily able to breathe before rolling Clementine over for the pin.
"Good try, Clem. But the match is mine."
1… 2… Thr…
Clementine shot her shoulder up. The crowd gasped in amazement just as much as Queen Bee was surprised. She couldn't believe that Clementine was able to recover from that. Queen Bee growled and stood back up to her feet. She grabbed Clementine's shoulders and pulled her back to her feet. Once she was sure that her opponent wouldn't fall over, Queen Bee stepped back a few feet. She ran toward her to deliver another Queen's Sting. However, much to her surprise, Clementine ducked underneath the kick.
Queen Bee landed on her feet with her back to Clementine. The cowgirl took the opportunity and trap the champ in a full nelson. Queen Bee grunted feeling her shoulders stretched upwards.
"Do you give up?" the referee asked.
"No!" Queen Bee shouted.
"Good. Because I'm not looking for a submission." Clementine said. She launched herself backwards landing Queen Bee in a full nelson suplex. She then tried to hook the leg.
1… 2…
Queen Bee kicked out. Clementine picked her up and Irish whipped her to the corner. Queen Bee was about to recover, but Clementine stopped her by splashing her whole body right on her. Queen Bee gasped out a deep breath as she fell into a seated position. Clementine saw this as her opportunity. She walked over to the far side of the ring and ran back to deliver a bronco buster.
The bronco buster hit Dawn Breaker. But instead of the traditional body that was hit, Clementine landed the middle of her legs right onto Dawn's face. The jobber blushed as she was nearly knocked out by it. Clementine then pulled Dawn Breaker to the middle of the ring and hooked her leg for the pin.
1… 2… 3!
DING-DING!
Clementine leaped up and cheered for the crowd. Dawn, on the other hand, walked out if the ring both frustrated and miserable at her fiftieth loss.
The bronco buster landed right on Queen Bee's body knocking the breath out of her. After that, Clementine pulled Queen Be to the center of the ring and hooked her leg for the pin.
1… 2… Thr…
Queen Bee managed to kick out. The crowd cheered in excitement after seeing both ladies kick out after each other's finishers. Queen Bee tried getting back up, but Clementine wrapped her big arms around her head locking her in a sleeper hold. Queen Bee struggled to keep the last few breaths she had left.
"You better give up, sugar." Clementine said. "I've broken mechanical bulls tougher than you."
"How's this for a bull?" Queen Bee said. She struggled until both she and Clementine were both on their feet. She then stomped on Clementine's foot making her let go.
Queen Bee slipped out and tried to get Clementine to get thrown to the rope in an Irish whip. However, Clementine reversed the throw and Queen Bee was sent to the ropes instead. Clementine raised her arm to clothesline her, but Queen Bee ducked and continued running to the other side of the ring. She bounced off those ropes too and ran back to Clementine. The cowgirl attempted to kick her, but Queen Bee dodged it bouncing off the other ropes. This continued for a minute until Queen Bee found her chance. With all the momentum she built up, she caught Clementine by surprise with a very strong Queen's Sting. This sting was ten times worse than the original that Clementine felt. The two girls dropped face down from numbness and exhaustion. Queen Bee then crawled on over to Clementine's prone body. With great effort, she raised her arm and left it over her shoulders waiting for the referee.
1… 2…
After her loss, Dawn Breaker sat in her locker room with her towel covering her head. However, that didn't stop her from the Furies. Beatrice and Liz grabbed Dawn from behind and held her to the wall. She struggled as best as she could, but she couldn't escape their grasp.
"That's fifty!" Beatrice shouted. "Fifty losses in a row and no win! Now, you are an official loser!"
"How do we celebrate this, Fiona?" Liz asked.
"Oh, I've got an idea." Fiona asked. She pinched her fingers to the edge of Dawn's brief bottom. The jobber gasped in fear. "Let's see how Dull N' Broken likes it when she has to go home in the nude."
"You can't do this!" Dawn protested.
Fiona slapped her across the face. "Shut it, you cow! You're no wrestler! You're better off as a nobody! And if everyone can beat you, that makes you the biggest loser in the world! If you wish to be a better wrestler, here's a tip. Try believing you'll be one in your next life… then do a swan dive off the roof! Until then, good luck not getting exposed by the photographers!" She was about to begin stripping Dawn when…
"What the hay are y'all doing here?" Clementine Cirrus just entered the locker room utterly surprised at the triple-teaming.
"Back off, heifer!" Fiona shouted. "This doesn't concern you!"
"Like Hell, it don't!" Clementine shouted. "Y'all better march on out of here before I pound all three of y'all and tell the Harpers!"
Fiona growled in disapproval before gesturing for her friends to let Dawn go. As the jobber landed on her hands and knees, Fiona knelt down to her. "You're one lucky bug. But we'll make you pay back with interest soon. And you, farm girl, you just made three deadly enemies." She, Liz, and Beatrice went past Clementine and left the locker room. Clementine watched them disappear before heading to help Dawn to her feet.
"You okay, sugar?"
"Don't act like you care!" Dawn shouted. "It's your fault that almost happened to me!"
"What did I do?" Clementine asked. "All I did was win a match."
"What you did was give me my fiftieth loss in a row!" Dawn shouted.
Clementine widened her eyes. "Say what? Did you say fiftieth…"
"That's right!" Dawn interrupted abruptly. "I have lost a total of fifty matches in a row! I never got a single win and those bitches keep punishing me for it!"
"My gosh." Clementine gasped. "If I had known…"
"What? Would you have let me win if you knew I was the country's biggest jobber?"
Clementine paused for a moment before lowering her head. "No. Even if I had known, I wouldn't have held back."
"Exactly! It wouldn't make a difference! Everyone either pities me or pushes me around! Why should you be any different?"
"Look, I can't pretend to understand what you're going through, but I can tell you that I wouldn't treat you any different whether you win or lose."
"Why should I believe you?"
"Because this isn't the first gym I've applied for. I've been through almost a dozen others, and all of them wanted me to drop my cowgirl background just because it's overused. The Harpers were the first people to accept me and I'm proud I didn't give up. So I have a basic idea of trying a lot and failing. Look, I don't want to be your enemy. If anything, you're a potential friend."
"Ugh. Don't make it cheesy." For the first time in the night, Dawn chuckled. "Well… Thanks by the way… for standing up to those jerks."
"Ain't no problem." Clementine said. "And hey, don't worry about it. I'm sure that you'll have your win someday. And then, one day, you'll pull off a win over me."
Dawn smiled proudly. "I'll look forward to that day."
3!
DING-DING!
"QUEEN BEE HAS WON! There was true passion behind this match! Everyone could tell just by watching! Both women gave it their all, but today, the champ has retained her title!"
Both women had smiled on their faces as they looked at each other. They struggled and nearly fell when they tried to get back up. Kaito made it into the ring to help Queen Bee up to her feet.
"Well done, champ." Clementine said. "You really worked for it."
"Sure." Queen Bee said.
And that's when someone else entered the ring. Everyone turned to see Sayuri Rogue enter with her silver briefcase.
"Well done, ladies!" Sayuri said. "Queen Bee, congrats for continuing to be the World Champion. We look forward to your next defense. As for you, Ms. Cirrus…"
"Yeah. I did try my best, didn't I?" Clementine asked.
"You did, but there's something else I want to give you. Call it a consolation prize." Sayuri held out her briefcase handing it to Clementine. "Whether you or Queen Bee won, this would go to the other."
Clementine raised an eyebrow before taking the briefcase. It was already unlocked, so it didn't take any effort at all to open it. Clementine looked inside and widened her eyes. She pulled out a certain belt, the last one that hasn't been filled yet.
"The 24/7 Championship belt?" Clementine asked.
"That's right." Sayuri said. "I did say that all belts would be filled before Xtrema Against the World. So to recap, Queen Bee, you're still the World Champion. The Daughters of Darkness are the Tag Team Champions. Clover is the TV Champion. And lastly, Ms. Cirrus, you are the 24/7 Champion. Congratulations."
Clementine broke out in joy holding her belt up in the air. Queen Bee decided to do the same. The crowd broke out in applause as Sayuri Rogue took the microphone and addressed the crowd.
"We've had a very eventful time! And soon, things are going to be even more eventful! Coming soon, we are going to host our first ever Xtrema Awards Show! Right after that is Xtrema Against the World! Time's running out quickly for any outsider wrestler who thinks she can handle my girls! So I will end this night off with this message. I will see you all… IN TOKYO!"
The crowd roared even louder. Sayuri took in the applause filled with pride and anticipation. Xtrema Against the World was coming soon, and neither she nor anyone in her roster could wait.
*Xtrema Shorts*
Chibi Monica Everly waved to the crowd. She sat down on the main stage with Maria Crawford sitting next to her in her Chibi form.
"Welcome to Xtrema Shorts! I'm Monica Everly, and tonight, we'll be joined by the dominatrix of Xtrema, Maria Crawford! Thanks for being here, Ms. Crawford."
"Let's get this over with." Chibi Maria said. "I've got some new slaves that I wish to break in tonight."
Chibi Monica laughed nervously before clearing her throat. "All right then. As usual, I'll be asking you some standard questions. After that, I'll ask you personal questions from our readers."
"You mean just Awesome ax10." Chibi Maria said. "Nine out of ten times, that guy's the only one who's asking us anything."
"We're getting there. We just got some new questions for Willow Powell and the Skunk." Chibi Monica said. "Anyway, you ready to answer."
"Go ahead."
"All right then. First question… How long have you been wrestling?"
"Oh, just about a decade give or take."
"Do you have any dream opponents?"
"Sawyer, obviously. I'm going to finish the job and make that little bitch suffer."
"How do you feel about your fans?"
"They're all merely pigs who I would only have licking my stilettos."
"What's the toughest match you've had so far?"
"Well, back in America, I went against this tough girl named Remy Dadarne. She really loves her biceps and she was powerful. Thankfully, I was just cruel enough to make her squirm under my feet."
"What do you do for fun?"
"Aside from a pro wrestler, I'm also a session wrestler, a dominant one. Men pay me to humiliate them in the most painful way possible."
"What do you think makes a great wrestler?"
"I don't really have deep philosophy on that. Me, I just like using my superior skills to make other people scream in agony begging me for mercy in front of hundreds of other people. It's truly ecstatic."
"Do you have any interests besides wrestling?"
"Of course, I have other interests. Let's just say that Fifty Shades of Grey has got nothing on me."
Chibi Monica blushed and cleared her throat. "Okay then. Onto the personal questions. What wrestlers do you wish to enslave?"
"Well, you already know I wish to enslave Queen Bee. She'd be my first female slave just so I could see what it would be like. And if I have her, I'll also have her bitch boyfriend, Kaito, to dominate. If I like it, I guess I'll enslave other hotshot wrestlers like Clementine Cirrus or Zelda Logan. Maybe if I'm lucky, I could even have Sayuri Rogue wrapped around my finger."
"Tell us about your current slaves?"
"Well, like I said, I am also a session wrestler. Sometimes, my clients want more, so I hire them to work as my subs. Of course, they don't last long. They all come and go. The longest I've ever had a slave was five months and the most slaves I've had at a time were three. I planned for Queen Bee to be my first ever female slave, and I still do. I just need to wait for the right opportunity."
"Do you ever consider leaving Xtrema in favor of more brutal places like the League of Evil, Hardkor, or GWM?"
"Oh, of course. If things at Xtrema don't turn out as I want, I have special connections such as Beatrice in the League of Evil, Liz in GWM, and Fiona in Hardkor. Of course, I don't plan on quitting. I can just call on them in case they decide to fire me."
"Well, that appears to be all. Thank goodness." Chibi Monica said. "Now, before we sign off, I have some announcements from Epiclot214.
"First of all, now that the last Xtrema show was aired in the story before Xtrema Against the World, the time for award show nominations is here. Simply decide which in the story so far is best to be nominated for the following categories. Also, nominations don't count if they're from the specials since they're not canon. Five are allowed for each. Epiclot214 will go over your nominations and decide for themselves.
Superstar of the Year
Match of the Year
Tag Team of the Year
Rivalry of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Heel of the Year
Moment of the Year
Finisher of the Year
Sexiest Superstar
VIP of the Year
"Our second announcement is an update on our current match card for Xtrema Against the World. This here is a list of matches that Epiclot214 is currently set on. If anyone has any ideas for different opponents or match types, just let us know. Remember, no men and no OP opponents.
Atlantis Force vs The Super Pirates (Wrestle Angels)
The Storm Ligers vs Queen Payne (Tiger Mask W)
The Killer Kitties vs The Fenris Army (Wrestle Angels)
The Daughters of Darkness vs Death Hunters (Wrestle Angels)
Team Spirit vs Candy Pair (Tiger Mask W)
The Galaxy Twins vs The Bella Twins (WWE)
Queen Bee and Kaito Marx vs League of Evil (Wanna Be the Strongest in the World)
Diana Diaz and Poison vs Mighty Yukiko and Bomber Kishima (Wrestle Angels)
The Skunk and Mantis vs Juicy Pair (Wrestle Angels)
Black Swan and Madame Python vs Won Sisters
Queen Bee vs Queen Elizabeth (Tiger Mask W) in a normal match
Sayuri Rogue vs Jackal Tojo (Wanna be the Strongest in the World) in an Iron Woman match
Clementine Cirrus vs Tina Armstrong (Dead or Alive) in a Texas Bar Brawl
Amazon Aqua vs Gouda Yuma (Welcome to El-Palacio)
Calypso vs Laura Matsuda (Street Fighter)
Liza Surkova vs Mila (Dead or Alive) in a Steel Cage Submission match
The Skunk vs Rainbow Mika (Street Fighter)
N-Bomb vs Garm Takanashi (Wrestle Angels)
Azraella Bloodstone vs Joker Lady (Wrestle Angels)
Midnight vs Rachel Arneson (Awesome ax10 OC) in a Lumberjill match
Freya vs Ms. Everest (my OC)
Mantis vs Yuri Ora (my OC)
Madame Python vs Bunny Kisaragi (Welcome to El Palacio)
Black Swan vs La Mariposa (Dead or Alive)
Eris vs Ledy Cody (Wrestle Angels)
Mewlie vs Leodora (my OC)
Neko Girl vs Mai Nagasawa (Wrestle Angels)
Kyoko Natsumi vs Makoto (Street Fighter)
Starla vs The Spike (Wrestle Angels)
Isebella vs Dusty Lola (Wrestle Angels)
La Calavera vs Maria Hirano (Foxboy614 OC)
Mercy vs Natasha Han (Wrestle Angels)
Cleopatra vs Asuka (WWE) in a Submission match
Willow Powell vs Sakura Hagiwara (Wanna Be the Strongest in the World) in a normal match
Thunder Mana vs Viper Tagaki (Tiger Mask W)
Carly X vs Charlotte Flair (WWE)
Scarlette vs Liza Gorgon (Wrestle Angels)
Diana Diaz vs Lady Kai II (my OC)
Kaito Marx vs Ran Aeko (Awesome ax10 OC)
Zelda Logan vs Ouka Shimusen (Welcome to El Palacio)
Jasper Jones vs Gurl (Awesome ax10 OC)
Sam Hamilton vs Alex Duncan (Awesome ax10 OC) in a roleplay match
Platinum Mask vs The Obsidian Blade (Muscle Hustle)
Clover vs Aoife Leavy (Awesome ax10 OC) in a No Disqualifications match
Poison vs Ayah Gill (Awesome ax10 OC)
Carina vs Hitomi (Dead or Alive)
Luna vs Dynamite Rin (Wrestle Angels)
Jun Juli vs Chun Li (Street Fighter)
Charlie Hart vs Payne Fox (Tiger Mask W)
Hotrina vs Bunny Bomber (Wrestle Angels)
Artemis Creed vs Sachiko Kanda (Wrestle Angels)
Electra Sinders vs Britt Baker (AEW)
Maria Crawford vs Mari the Kid (Welcome to El Palacio) in an Extreme Rules match
"All we have trouble with are Eris and Platinum Mask and Scarlette and Clover tag matches.
"Lastly, this is a big one. As you all know, Xtrema Against the World will be coming up soon, but we're afraid to tell you it's not as soon as you think. Epiclot214 will be doing a few daily chapters and maybe the Xtrema Awards show, but before we get to Xtrema Against the World, the main story will be on hiatus. It's not serious, it's just the matter of this year's Halloween and Christmas specials. Xtrema Against the World is going to take a lot of chapters to get through and Epiclot214 will not want to do the holiday specials in the middle of it. So after the daily chapters, we'll work on the Halloween Special, wait a month, work on the Christmas Special, and return to the main story and start Xtrema Against the World in the beginning of 2022.
"This wasn't an easy decision, but for the sake of the fanfic, Epiclot214 believes there is no other choice. At least for now, we'll have half a year to come up with the awards show winners and the final choices for the match card for XAW. Thank you for all you support. Any and all comments are welcome."