Here’s my OPW championship rematch clash with Marie from about 4 years ago as eloquently described by Marie.
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Kayla
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LAST WOMAN STANDING
By MarieB
…(This concludes our network coverage of the President’s press conference. We join our regularly scheduled program: OPW Wrestling, already in progress.)
………………………………………. because, as incredible as it seems, this match has now passed the 90-minute mark. It’s amazing to consider that Kayla and Marie have been fighting for an hour and a half. The referee assigned to this match collapsed from heat exhaustion twenty minutes ago and has been replaced by another. The two combatants aren’t even perspiring anymore and are in danger of dehydration. As everyone knows, this is the fifth battle between these two girls. Each has two victories over the other and while we know that neither one wants to lose the deciding match, no one could have foreseen the will power and “refuse to lose” attitude that both participants have displayed tonight. After 90 minutes of intense action, both fighters are literally staggering from exhaustion…. but neither will allow herself to be beaten.
To sum up what we have seen thus far: Kayla has looked as powerful and motivated as we’ve ever seen her, and she has battered Marie throughout the entire match. Kayla admitted that she had eased up on her smaller opponent in past fights but vowed not to do so tonight….and has been true to her word. She has inflicted so much damage on Marie that the fans in attendance have wondered how the small girl has lasted this long and have been figuring that the fight will ultimately end with Kayla as the winner.
In a Last Woman Standing match, pinfalls don’t count….neither do count-outs, submissions or judge’s decisions. In fact, if this fight were subject to a decision, Kayla would already have been awarded the match. Also, if this type of contest could be halted by the referee, Marie would have been stopped by now. But the only way to win is for one girl to be standing while the other is down for a ten count. You cannot be in physical contact with your fallen opponent while the count is taking place. Thus, the Last Woman Standing is declared the winner of the match.
Kayla has punched with impunity, knocking Marie down seven times in the process. On two of those knockdowns, it seemed that Marie would not be able to beat the count of ten….but she did. Marie has punched Kayla, too, but while she has landed some telling blows, none of them caused the damage that Kayla’s punches have. Marie has scored no knockdowns with her punches. Kayla has also scored five knockdowns with body slams, in which she crotch-lifts her opponent, turns her upside down, and slams her down to the mat. Marie had trouble beating the count on all these slams, but she did it.
Amazingly, Marie even managed to perform a body slam on Kayla, holding her upside-down for a moment before slamming her down as hard as she could. The maneuver didn’t cause that much damage due to Marie’s short stature, as Kayla didn’t have far to fall. The move, though, provided the only instance in which Kayla has had to beat the referee’s count. The rest of the match has consisted of wrestling; exchanges of holds in which Kayla has maintained the advantage most of the time.
Another aspect of this match that must be mentioned: at no time have illegal tactics been used by either girl. Despite the intensity of the match, neither Kayla nor Marie has engaged in sexfighting, biting, pinching, or any other “dirty” tactic. There has been no dialogue between the two, either. The two fighters know each other well and are both determined to make this a contest to be proud of……even though one must win and the other will lose.
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To this point, Kayla has proven to be too strong for Marie. Initially, Marie tried to punch and kick, but Kayla has overpowered her at every turn. Marie has found that she must use wrestling tactics to compete, and she has scissored Kayla at every opportunity in an effort to wear down her larger opponent. This has brought some success, but Kayla has proven to be the better wrestler, too. The two fighters have taken turns trapping each other with wrestling holds, only to have the other girl fight her way free each time. In these exchanges, Kayla has had vastly more success than Marie. Kayla has sought to trap Marie in every type of stifling hold possible, including bear hugs, arm bars, headlocks and, in an exciting sequence, a figure-four leg lock that had Marie screaming in pain. The smaller girl escaped that maneuver by leaning toward her opponent and catching Kayla with a punch to the face.
After an hour and ten minutes, it looked as if Marie was finished…..she was still trying, but with much less gas left in the tank than her opponent, Marie’s downfall seemed inevitable. At that point, however, Marie turned the match around with one devastating move: a tight, grinding head scissors that she maintained for an incredible 11 minutes.
How it came about: Kayla had been face-to-face with Marie and bent forward at the waist in an effort to headbutt her smaller opponent in the chest. Countering this, Marie jumped up and wrapped her legs around the back of Kayla’s neck. Pulling to the side, Marie brought Kayla to the mat and tightened the hold. The back of the Kayla’s head was braced against Marie’s crotch and the small girl’s thighs were wrapped tightly around Kayla’s head and face. Kayla twisted and squirmed in every direction imaginable, but Marie would shift her own body to compensate and keep Kayla trapped.
The bigger girl could not get free and the stifling hold was interfering with her breathing. Frantic to escape, she tried to pry Marie’s thighs apart with her hands, but could not. As riding time mounted, Kayla grew more agonized and frustrated. She tried every possible avenue of escape, including clawing and punching at Marie’s legs. With every maneuver, however, Marie would tighten the scissors and cause Kayla even more pain and frustration. Finally, Kayla managed to twist out of the hold, but the 11 minute predicament had caused her to expend a tremendous amount of energy ….. and now, she was as tired as Marie, perhaps even a little more so. The head scissors had proved to be a great equalizer in this match.
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That was what had happened in the first 90 minutes of this contest.
Now, as the opponents stand and face each other, Marie’s face is bruised, her eyes are bloodshot and she stumbles slightly as she moves around the ring. Kayla looks somewhat better because she is less bruised, but the exhaustion is telling on her, too. Her legs are trembling slightly and she keeps shaking her arms to get some feeling back into them.
Both fighters secretly wonder where they will get sufficient energy to put the other away. After investing an hour-and-a-half of extreme effort into this match, neither one wants to lose and have done it all for nothing. Too, both combatants have talked so much in the weeks leading to this match. Each has assured the public that she will be the winner and both understand that the loser will have to bear the taunts of the public. Finally, the coveted OPW title is at stake. Marie is desperate to retain it, while Kayla is equally as determined to win it.
Now, the girls are facing off, undoubtedly taking stock of the situation. The extreme wear and tear of such a long, grueling fight has diminished both of them. The amount of punishment that Kayla has delivered to Marie is a huge factor in the contest. Until a few minutes ago, it seemed that Marie was doomed to go down to defeat….it was just a matter of how long she could last against Kayla’s barrage. The crowd in attendance had pretty much resigned themselves to Marie losing. But, now that Kayla has been seriously weakened by her opponent’s head scissors, it is possible that the momentum has turned to Marie. Kayla’s best advantages over Marie; her great strength and size differential have been largely negated due to her depleted condition.
The contest will be decided on whose fighting heart is greater.