She’s About to, but Toni makes a lucky break

Quickly, or as quickly as she can manage, Io jumps up and lands a double stomp across the chest and midsection of Storm. However, the subsequent cover once again gets a two count, Toni showing that, despite how much bragging she did and how many cheap shots she took, she was tough.

“You want her gone as badly as I do,” Io states to the ref after checking on the count, only to get a shrug and almost remorseful two fingers held up. The Joshi Judas doesn’t stop to argue for long however, grabbing Toni by the hair and putting her head between her legs. Io then starts hooking her arms, drawing interest from a crowd who thinks she may be trying to use Storm’s own Storm Zero, but she instead goes for her Tiger Driver Backbreaker, laying her out with a scream.

“Count.” Io says simply as she hooks Toni’s leg, she was feeling it now, her injuries were still bugging her but manageable, she was ready for the ultimate ****.

“1!

2!

3–Kickout again!”

Toni once again had barely beaten the count, to Io’s clear surprise. However, unlike her blonde adversary, she doesn’t let this stop her, instead quickly getting up to her feet and walking towards a corner.

“I’ll show her how to really do it.” Shirai says, grinning as she begins to climb, slowly however because of her rib injuries. This time costs her however, because Toni has managed to recover to sit up, and, seeing the ref checking on her and where Io was headed, she does the first thing she can imagine, shoves the ref into the ropes, tripping Io up and knocking him down.

“No DQs…losers,” Toni says, smirking despite the pain she was in and her state of undress, the crowd loudly booing her cheap tactics. “Io’s not smart enough to think of ‘em.” She then gets back to her feet, wincing after Io’s big moves, and making her way to the corner, climbing up after the stunned champion.

“You’re done! That title is mine! MINE!” Toni screams at her, disrespectfully smacking the back of her head, before going to wrap her arms around Io’s waist. Toni was looking for her German Suplex off the top rope, in a move that would almost surely end this match. However, to Toni’s surprise, Io still has more left in the tank, elbowing Toni in the face a couple of times which sends her falling back to the mat. Wasting no time, Io jumps back, flips, and FINALLY lands her signature moonsault, dealing damage to herself, but still managing to cover. Unfortunately however, the referee is still down, meaning that the match continues.