Rhea Ripley vs Mia Yim

"THIS IS MY BRUTALITY!"

The crowd in the arena burst into their usual mix of cheers and boos as Rhea Ripley's deafening theme music blasted from the speakers all around them and the lighting changed to her customary dark purple. The huge screen at the top of the ramp showed images of Ripley's endless conquests including multiple shots of her destroying Anna Jay from the quarter final match. The woman herself strode out onto the stage in short order and stared around at the crowd with contempt on her face. She was wearing a black, studded wrestling bra which flashed a lot of her cleavage and revealed all of her abdomen which was as much covered in intricate tattoos as her long and powerful legs which were on display thanks to the very short wrestling shorts and fishnet tights she was wearing. Rhea's dark makeup reflected the dark look on her face and it was clear that something had pissed her off as she bent low before lurching back up and stomping hard down on the ramp in perfect synchronization with her music, setting off a shower of fireworks.

"Rhea Ripley is a powerful presence King, it takes guts for anyone to get in the ring with her, let alone try to wrestle her." Mark Madden said from Commentary.

"Yea and when she is in a bad mood like she is, I feel pity for anyone who does get in the ring with her, especially Mia Yim" replied King

"I agree Jerry, Mia may have scored an upset in the last round but this is a whole different challenge."

Rhea stormed down to the ring, ignoring the rabid fans around her and slid gracefully under the bottom rope, before striding across the ring and clambering onto the middle turnbuckle, glaring out at the crowd again as if daring the audience to boo and the lever of cat calls and jeers even dropped as Rhea fixed the crowd with her cold stare. Her music died off and for a few moments there was silence again before the opening beats of Mia Yim's music began.

The total opposite of Rhea's dark mood Yim danced out onto the stage with a confident smile, taking the time to acknowledge the crowd with waves and high fives as she bounced down to the ring. Yim was wearing her usual bright blue attire with with silver detailing in the form of a halter top which had a keyhole opening to reveal some of her cleavage. Her wrestling shorts matched her top but were longer than Rhea's comparatively tiny shorts. As Mia reached the middle of the ramp she broke into a run and dove into the ring, sliding across the canvas towards Rhea who was looking at Yim like dirt on the underside of her boot. Michin clearly didn't care though as she jumped to her feet and strolled around the ring, smiling and waving to her fans and showing no fear of her much stronger opponent.

"Looks like all the talk of her being the Upset Queen may have gone to her head Mark, hopefully she's not gonna let it cloud her judgment." remarked King as Mia Yim's music died and she took up her position in her corner as the two competitors waited for the bell.