It had been quite an interesting day for Matt, the owner of the POWA, and as he sat back in his chair, he wondered what the outcome of this day's discussions would be. Though he had finished meetings with a number of the POWA wrestler's, there were 2 in particular which stuck in his mind, probably because of the contrast between them.
The first meeting had been with Kim, one of the newest POWA wrestlers and a very gracious, young woman. But even though she was one of the strongest women in the POWA, she had not had much success as a wrestler to this point, a fact which was not lost on Matt. Though she was dedicated in her training and put forth a great amount of effort in each match, she was experiencing a great deal of difficulty in mastering the wrestling technique required to be successful. So although it was not something he enjoyed doing, Matt had to make these facts known to her, and present her with an ultimatum.
Not quite sure what to expect, he was pleasantly surprised at her reaction to the criticism. Kim was well aware of the fact that she had not been living up to the level of proficiency which the POWA required, but was nonetheless anxious to please. She assured Matt that she would train harder, work on her wrestling skills and continue to try her best. But even though Matt knew she was sincere, he also had to be blunt about her situation.
He suggested that Kim forget about professional wrestling and instead try her hand at boxing. After all, he offered, she possessed a great deal of strength and her punching power was legendary. Matt even offered to find a boxing coach and then a suitable opponent, even offering to feature the boxing match on one of his wrestling shows. As he spoke, Kim nodded her head, listening intently to each word. Once Matt finished his pitch, she sat silently for a minute or so, debating the offer in her head. Finally, after completing her internal deliberation, she replied to the proposal.
"I appreciate the offer Matt, and I will even consider it somewhere down the road…. but right now what I really want to prove to myself and to you is that I can be a professional wrestler. So if you give me another chance, I'll prove to you that I belong."
This time Matt nodded his head while listening, taking a few moments to consider her reply before responding. But his decision had already been made.
"I'll tell you what Kim….. I'll put you in one more wrestling match, in fact it will be this weekend on the next POWA show. But if you don't win that match, then I want you to consider my boxing suggestion."
Matt paused as Kim smiled, nodding her head in agreement. But Matt wasn't quite finished yet…..
"Actually, I want you to do more than consider my boxing offer. If you don't win this wrestling match, I'll be forced to cancel your wrestling contract. So at that point, if you still wanted to continue in the POWA, the boxing offer would be your only alternative. Agreed?"
Kim's face dropped for a moment, a lump forming in her throat as she pondered her fate. She had pretty, brown eyes, which began to well with tears, but she was able to quickly gain her composure. She then stood up with a resolute expression on her face, shook Matt's hand firmly, and nodded her head to signify her agreement with the terms set before her.
"I understand. But don't worry… I won't disappoint you."
With that, Kim walked out, leaving Matt to sit back down and ponder the conversation. Being a caring person, he felt bad about what he had to do, but knew that it was in everyone's best interest. In fact, he had expected things to go much worse and was grateful that it had not, prompting him to smile upon reflection.
His thoughts then shifted from the emotional point of view, to the physical. Kim was a very nice looking woman. Not the traditional beauty, but with a hard body and a pleasant face. Though the bulky, cropped sweatshirt she was wearing didn't provide much evidence to the condition of her physique, Matt couldn't help but notice her taut abdominal muscles as she stretched across his desk to shake his hand. And now that she was gone, his mind began to wander about the rest of her……
Folding his hands behind his head as he leaned back in his chair, he began to daydream about her. But those daydreams were soon shattered by the sound of his secretary's voice over the intercom. She announced his next meeting, prompting the smile to soon fade from his lips as he heard who was next.
"ToniAnn is here to see you!"
Now Matt always enjoyed seeing ToniAnn, often fantasizing about her in a number of different ways. In fact, the daydreams about Kim soon became the furthest thing from his mind. But they were replaced with the dread of this encounter. Even though the meeting with Kim had gone much better than he had hoped, this meeting with ToniAnn was sure to have a decidedly different tone. And he was soon proven right.
Before he could even reply to his secretary, ToniAnn burst through the door and walked right up to his desk, leaning forward towards him.
"If you think I'm going to put up with this shit, you're crazy Matt! I haven't had a match in 2 months and….."
ToniAnn continued her ranting as Matt stared at her, awestruck by her beauty. She had a way of captivating men, even when she was angry. He couldn't help but gaze into her inviting, blue eyes… watch her moist lips pucker with each word…. her blonde hair dangling around the perimeter of her beautiful face. As men will do, he began to mentally compare her with Kim, a nice looking woman, but ToniAnn was the total package. She had beauty…. but she also had attitude. She was gorgeous… she knew it…. and she flaunted it.
But Matt was quickly shaken from his daydreams as ToniAnn's voice quickly raised to an angrier level. Matt finally stood up, slowly raising his hand calmly before gradually lowering it, motioning for her to sit down. ToniAnn glared back at him, eventually stopping her tirade and indignantly sitting down in the chair.
Matt knew he had his hands full this time. ToniAnn was his most popular wrestler; the poll taken last year had proven that, possessing everything the fans wanted in a wrestler… good looks… sensuality…. confidence… and a killer instinct. She was beauty with a bite, not afraid to make her opponents suffer while entertaining the fans in the process.
But even with all of that going for her, ToniAnn seemed to have lost her edge lately, and Matt was concerned. In fact, she had lost her last three matches, an unthinkable occurrence the year before. First she had lost a title match against Helen, then she was eliminated in the first round of the Queen of the Hill Tournament and finally, in her most recent outing, she lost to Barbie Doll. So in the past few months, ToniAnn had not recorded a victory, a point she did not want to admit but which Matt had to force her to face.
"You used to be a killer ToniAnn! The fans would come from miles around to see the sexy ToniAnn punish her opponents. They loved to watch you stomp on someone, humiliate them for all to see, and love every minute of it. But the truth is you haven't won a match in months. You've lost your last three, and didn't look too good doing it. So if you want to be a star here, you're going to have to prove that you've still got it!"
The challenge seemed to strike a cord with ToniAnn, who jumped up from her seat and again leaned forward threateningly across the desk, pointing her finger into Matt's chest.
"You want to see me prove that I've still got it?!?!?… Okay…. I'll prove that I've still got it!!!! You want to see my killer instinct?!?!?… Okay…. I'll show you my killer instinct!!!! But just remember…. You asked for it!"
With that, the feisty blonde turned and stormed out of his office, slamming the door behind her. Matt sat quietly for a few moments, no expression on his face. But as he calmed down from the confrontation with the tumultuous beauty, a smile slowly crossed his lips. He paused a few more minutes before hitting the button on his intercom.
"Have them schedule the first match on the next card to feature Kim against ToniAnn".
He then sat back once again, clasping his fingers behind his head as he dreamed of the match he had just scheduled. Two capable women, both with something to prove… each very different in her own way…. But only one of them able to come out on top! It was his favorite kind of match, and he smiled with satisfaction at this accomplishment.
The time passed quickly and soon enough, both Kim and ToniAnn were seated in their respective locker rooms, just minutes away from the crucial match. Since it was scheduled to be the first match of the evening, they each had little time to dwell on their fate, but enough to intensify their individual stress levels.
Kim paced around her room like a caged animal, sweat beginning to drip from the sides of her face. She was incredibly nervous and uptight, realizing how much she had riding on this match. And if she lost, it could mark the end of her wrestling career. So in order to help calm her nerves and boost her confidence level, she tried to think back to the first time she had faced ToniAnn, during the first round of the Queen of the Hill Tournament. She remembered how her arm was raised in the air to declare her the winner and a half smile gradually crossed her lips. But she then thought about how ToniAnn had taunted her throughout the match… and even scratched the side of her face when Kim had her pinned. Those images remained with Kim as she was summoned to the entrance to the arena, the evenings' show about to begin.
As she stood behind the door, she could feel herself begin to hyperventilate, her nerves getting the better of her as she fidgeted nervously. But just then, the doors flew open, the music blared in the background and the glare of the spotlight blinded her.
Ladies and gentlemen…. Approaching the ring…. Standing Five feet four inches tall and weighing a powerful 145 pounds….. the up and coming… KIM!!!
Trying to catch her breath, she began to jog forward, her heart racing as her eyes stared straight ahead, almost as if she were in a trance like state. The crowd gave her a friendly greeting as she approached the ring, but she was so robotic in her moves and thoughts that she did not even hear them. Reaching ringside, she finally snapped out of it enough to acknowledge the cheers with a few waves.
Her tanned skin shimmered under the bright lights, now slick with the perspiration brought on by her anxiety. Climbing beneath the ropes she drifted around the ring, waving to the cheers. She wore a black, sports bra, a pair of matching Lycra bike shorts and black, leather, ankle-high boots. Her kinky, brown hair was slick with the water she had splashed into prior to leaving her locker room, her friendly smile absent, replaced with a more nervous version.
But her body was an impressive sight. Though somewhat stocky, she was obviously strong, her arms and legs thick with undefined muscles, her abdomen dimpled and incredibly taut. Her skin tone was very even, her skin silky and appealing, helping to soften her strapping appearance. She continued to bounce into her corner, trying to work through her nerves as she waited for her opponent to be announced. But for several minutes there was nothing, and Kim's nerves again began to get the better of her.
ToniAnn was shrewd, purposely delaying her entrance in order to rattle her inexperienced foe. And judging by Kim's nervous expression and uneasy twitching, it was working as planned. ToniAnn had locked the door to her locker room, and though the attendants continued to bang on her, she ignored them. ToniAnn used the time to gather her own thoughts and go over her strategy. She too remembered back to that match where Kim had beaten her. She remembered the youngsters' power, how painful it was to be trapped in Kim's scissors hold and how one punch from Kim had changed the entire match.
But she also remembered Kim's naivete', innocence and inexperience. She remembered how Kim had fallen for her tricks at the start of the match, how she had left herself open on a number of occasions. ToniAnn also remembered how she had failed to take advantage of many of those openings too, probably because she was in so much pain from Kim's powerful punching power. But this time it would be different. This time ToniAnn would use her experience, use her savvy to defeat the youngster, and then prove a point to Matt and all of the POWA. This was going to be ToniAnn's night and no one was going to take that away from her.
So finally, after leaving Kim in the ring by herself for several minutes, ToniAnn unlocked her door and smiled at the angered attendants who led her to the arena's entrance. It had been awhile since ToniAnn's fans had seen her in action and the excitement was very much noticeable as they waited for her introduction. The crowd was like a tea kettle, the water slowly reaching a boil until finally…. The doors flew open and ToniAnn made her grand entrance to the explosion of cheers!
And now….approaching the ring…. voted the POWA's most popular wrestler…. standing Five feet three inches tall and weighing a gorgeous 112 pounds….. the breath taking…. the vicious… TONIANN !!!
ToniAnn strutted slowly forward, wearing a gold colored metallic robe with a hood which was pulled over her head. She kept everything buttoned up tightly so as not to reveal the skimpy, matching bikini she wore beneath the robe. She moved slowly but fluently, shaking her hips in exact rhythm to the pulsating beat of the music as she made her way toward the ring. With dark sunglasses covering her eyes, she waved glamorously to the fans, allowing them to kiss her hands as she walked forward.
Kim watched in frustration, having already waited several minutes and now being forced to wait further as ToniAnn took her time to get to the ring. But the fans loved it and the cheers were deafening as their idol slithered slowly closer to the ring, leaving Kim to pace back and forth in her corner, perspiring even more than before.
ToniAnn finally approached ringside and, summoning two male fans to help her, was lifted onto the ring apron as the crowd erupted in even louder cheers. Before climbing between the ropes however, she removed her sunglasses and dropped them down to one of the two fans who had helped to lift her. She then slowly and sensually slipped the robe past her shoulders as the garment slid down her body and into the hands of the other man as the place went crazy, leaping to their feet and cheering the site of the sexy wrestler.
ToniAnn dipped her knee and bent forward, sharing her cleavage with the crowd as she blew a big kiss into the air. Her gold colored bikini glistened, as did her matching boots, as she then turned to face Kim, smiling widely before dipping beneath the ropes and entering the ring. Kim stood defiantly in her corner, her arms stretched on either side of her as watched with a cold stare at the theatrics of her opponent. But ToniAnn knew how to work a crowd and as she pranced closer towards Kim, the crowd was cheering in anticipation of what she might do next, loving every minute of it.
ToniAnn moved to within inches of Kim, jerking her head as she walked by so that her blonde hair swayed just a smidgen away from Kim's face as the crowd laughed and cheered. But Kim was not amused as she growled loudly, ToniAnn turning to smirk at her younger opponent as she pranced back toward her corner.
But finally the referee ordered ToniAnn to get ready so that the match could begin. With Desiree retired from refereeing and now a full fledged member of the POWA, the new referee was a male. His name was Tony and he was a middle aged man, somewhere in his 40's. He was not in particularly great shape and as such did not instill a great deal of confidence in being able to keep control in the ring. ToniAnn instantly went to work on him as well, giving him a soft kiss on the cheek as he barked the order to get back in her corner.
Kim felt completely upstaged, most of the fans seemingly forgotten that she was even still in the ring. But as the lights dimmed and the crowd buzzed, it was now time to see who the better wrestler was. The bell rang and both women were now on even keels as they turned and focused only on each other as the match began.
Kim moved slowly, remembering how ToniAnn had tricked her to start their last match and determined not to let that happen again. But this time, rather than wait for Kim to make a mistake, ToniAnn darted right at her, catching Kim off-guard. The petite blonde leaped quickly into the air and landed a dropkick into the side of the unsuspecting Kim, knocking her back a few steps, but not off of her feet. ToniAnn fell to the mat, but quickly rolled over and pushed herself back up just as Kim had steadied herself.
ToniAnn raced forward again as Kim set herself in order to attempt to block the next dropkick, but this time ToniAnn charged up alongside her and abruptly lifted her leg before stomping her foot down into the side of Kim's knee. The move surprised Kim again, causing her left leg to buckle from the blow as she winced in pain while ToniAnn continued to attack.
With Kim's knee throbbing, the blonde wound her right arm back and sent a powerful slap into Kim's chest, the loud SMACK of skin slapping skin reverberating throughout the arena. It did not hurt Kim much, but was enough to confuse her, allowing ToniAnn the precious couple of seconds she needed. With Kim's hand raised to her chest, ToniAnn slipped alongside her and wound up again, this time delivering a painful chop into left side of Kim's back, right in her kidney.
Kim pitched backward a bit, allowing ToniAnn to again stomp down onto her left knee, this time buckling Kim's leg so badly that she dropped onto both knees and grabbed hold of the aching joint. ToniAnn scooted alongside of Kim, quickly grabbing her left wrist and pulling it out away from her body. She then lifted her own foot and rammed into the left side of Kim's rib cage, grinding it into her skin as she pulled Kim's arm away from her body. The combination allowed ToniAnn to pulverize Kim's left side with her boot, grinding it into the soft skin on her left side while pushing it painfully against Kim's ribcage.
But Kim wasn't about to give in to the pain, instead taking her free arm and stretching it across her body, grabbing ToniAnn's wrists and clutching tightly onto her two arms. Kim then took a deep breath as her face twinged with pain, and pulled as hard as she could, whipping ToniAnn across the ring and sending her sailing towards the ropes.
ToniAnn stumbled quickly toward the side ropes, but was able to grab hold and prevent herself from returning as Kim gingerly pushed herself back onto her feet, her left knee still throbbing. ToniAnn crouched forward and stared intently into Kim's eyes, who still looked nervous but decidedly less so than at the start of the match. Kim lifted her arms out in front of her, preparing herself for whatever ToniAnn might throw at her.
The two slowly circled the ring for a few seconds, feeling each other before making a move. Again ToniAnn was the aggressor, but this time backing into the ropes and bouncing off of them, prompting Kim to do the same. ToniAnn raced across the ring, as did Kim adjacent to her, the crowd cheering in anticipation of the collision. ToniAnn reached the middle just a few seconds before Kim, which was all that she needed. With Kim barreling forward, ToniAnn dropped down to the mat, sticking her legs out to the side and tripping the powerful Kim as she locked her leg around Kim's. ToniAnn then jumped to her feet and gave Kim's trapped leg a final twist, rolling her onto her back as she ensnared Kim's left leg in a step over toe hold.
Kim squealed in pain as ToniAnn worked her aching leg over, putting incredible pressure on Kim's already wounded knee. The referee walked over to check the hold, but there was nothing illegal as ToniAnn pressed down on her opponent's powerful shank. She had Kim just where she wanted her, trapped on her back, unable to use her strength… or at least so she thought.
Kim slowly positioned her other leg and in an instant, thrust it upward, kicking ToniAnn off of her feet and sending her soaring backward. The crowd murmured as ToniAnn fell to the mat, her head snapping back upon impact as Kim gingerly tried to get to her feet once again. ToniAnn looked a little dazed as she got to one knee, shaking her head before getting up all the way. But by that time, Kim had limped over and now placed ToniAnn in a front headlock, flexing her arm around the pretty head of the dizzied blonde.
The majority of the crowd began to boo as Kim pulled ToniAnn forward, tightening her grip so that her bicep pressed tightly against the side of ToniAnn's neck. Kim seemed content to use this time to recover a bit, an opportunity to let her sore knee rest. But the referee came over and warned Kim that the hold was a choke. Kim looked up at him with surprise, not believing it at first. But he warned her once again, this time more sternly than the first, and so Kim released the grip.
But the cagey ToniAnn did not waste anytime. As soon as she was feed, she quickly jutted upright and sent a vicious chop into Kim's throat. Kim gagged as she stumbled around, falling forward with both hands covering her throat. The referee went right up into ToniAnn's face to warn her, but she simply scooted past him and grabbed a handful of Kim's hair before placing her in a similar chokehold.
This time the choke was obvious as ToniAnn wedged her forearm beneath Kim's chin, causing the hunched Kim to stomp her foot in protest. The referee immediately warned ToniAnn, who used the opportunity to tighten her grip as she argued with him. He yelled back at her… and then she at him… and then he at her… until finally he began to count. ToniAnn waited for the count to reach 7 before she released her grip, Kim faltering forward as she tried to catch her breath. Her face was reddened and her moves were slow as she gasped for air.
But as soon as the count ended, ToniAnn raced over and placed the same hold on Kim's neck, choking her yet again. The referee warned her, to which ToniAnn protested, again creating enough commotion to delay the start of the count. But finally the ref wised up and counted more quickly, forcing ToniAnn to release the hold as he reached eight. Kim was visibly out of breath now and hobbled forward, coughing and wheezing.
But ToniAnn wasn't about to let up and quickly raced alongside the unsuspecting and bowed Kim before once again stomping mercilessly into the side of her left knee. Kim's leg seemed to bend inward like rubber as her head snapped back and she wailed in pain while dropping to both knees. With her hands away form her neck, ToniAnn took advantage of the opening to once again deliver a brutal chop into the burly youngster's throat, causing her to gag loudly as she feel forward, the pain spreading to all parts of her body.
She tried to grab her knee, her throat, her kidney…. All of which were hurting pretty bad. But she would get no relief as ToniAnn grabbed her by the hair and plucked her off of the mat. Kim was barely able to hold herself up on her injured leg, no consequence to ToniAnn however who whipped her forward, sending Kim crashing into the corner, face first.
The front of Kim's body smacked awkwardly into the turnbuckles before collapsing back to the mat, ToniAnn charging over and grabbing hold of Kim's left ankle. She spun Kim onto her back and then dragged her across the ring to the ropes on the other side, lifting Kim's ankle just high enough to drop it down onto the middle rope. As the ref quickly made his way over, ToniAnn dropped down onto Kim's elevated leg, causing her leg to yield painfully ToniAnn's weight.
"AAIIIWWHH"
Kim screamed in pain as the ref charged over and warned Toni about her illegal tactics. But the damage had been done as Kim pulled her injured leg in toward her body, rolling onto her side as she whimpered in agony. ToniAnn looked straight into the face of the referee however, grabbing both of his cheeks and pulling his face closer before planting a big kiss on his lips. He was stunned for a moment as the crowd erupted with laughter while ToniAnn played to them, eliciting a loud cheer before eventually turning her attention back to the overrun Kim.
By now Kim had crawled on her stomach far enough to get to the side ropes, and was desperately trying to pull herself onto her feet. She was holding on to the top rope with both hands and had just gotten both feet out from under her as ToniAnn swooped in, grabbing hold of both ankles and pulling them in toward the ring. Kim held tightly onto the rope with both hands as ToniAnn pulled her legs further back toward the center of the ring, stretching Kim's body until it was parallel to the mat.
Kim could feel the tension in her arms and legs increasing, the pain in her left knee becoming unbearable as her legs were being yanked out of their sockets. She was looking straight down onto the mat, her impressive body now trapped in midair. But to make matters worse, ToniAnn began to hoist up and down on Kim's legs, causing her body to waver up and down as it was being pulled back into the ring. ToniAnn increased the pressure, pulling back while pushing up and down, Kim's body bouncing like a trampoline until she finally could hold on no more.
With one mighty tug, ToniAnn hoisted Kim's legs up just as the hapless youngster lost her grip. Her entire body shot several feet up into the air before ascending rapidly and smashing into the canvas, face down. She was too disoriented to protect herself, so the entire front of her body took the brunt of the impact, which was earth shattering. She lay motionless for several moments, her burly body completely stretched out on the canvas as she groaned in tremendous pain.
ToniAnn backed away for a moment before thrusting her arm in the air in celebration, Kim's only movement was the shuddering of her back as her lungs filled with oxygen. ToniAnn was content to celebrate, walking ominously close to her foe as she circled her body, but not touching her. Finally she stood directly over Kim, wedging each foot alongside Kim's body as she motioned for the crowd to cheer. They followed her lead, and just as the cheers grew their loudest, ToniAnn dropped downward, smashing her butt into the small of Kim's back.
The powerful youngster's body shuddered from the impact as ToniAnn ground her butt into Kim's back some more before pushing herself back up and onto her feet, stepping over Kim in the process. ToniAnn stood just inches away from her foe, but paid little attention to her, instead eliciting cheers form her fans.
But Kim gathered her strength and mounted a comeback attempt, reaching across to grab hold of ToniAnn's foot and quickly yank her down to the mat. ToniAnn was completely caught off guard and Kim knew it. Though still in tremendous pain, she nevertheless pulled ToniAnn closer and quickly locked her arm beneath ToniAnn's chin. The referee stormed over and warned Kim, but she ignored him, using ToniAnn as leverage to help her get to her feet, which she did slowly.
ToniAnn's face began to turn bright red as Kim pulled her closer, the blondes' back now pulled tightly up against the front of Kim's sweaty body. Finally the ref began to count, prompting Kim to release the choke. But this time she was aware of ToniAnn's possible attacks and quickly grabbed a handful of her hair before pulling her toward the ropes. Still in great pain and unable to run, Kim hobbled as quickly as she could. Upon reaching the side of the ring, she tossed ToniAnn's head over the top rope, catapulting her entire body up and over the rope and sending her sailing out of the ring.
