KENNY FREEMAN vs. KOHIME MORI
In the ring, Stanislav produces a notecard from his pocket and holds it in the same hand with the mic. He fishes into his pocket with his free hand and pauses, then retracts his hand from said pocket with nothing in hand. He pulls the card back and squints as he reads it. Ruslan, meanwhile, makes his way up the entryway.
Ivan Stanislav: Ladies and gentlemen! Comrades and cowards! This match is scheduled for one fall and is, arguably, more important than any other match on card! It is my pleasure to announce a representative of The Red Army! He stands…
Richard Parker: Oh this is great! Eat your heart out Vince Howard. You better hope you have an ironclad contract, because you might be put to shame tonight!
Ivan pauses and stares at the card, pulling it back farther as his older eyes read the statistics. He glances at Kenny and sizes him up, then looks back.
Ivan Stanislav: He stands… six feet three inches tall and weighs…
Ivan looks back at Kenny and considers for a moment.
Ivan Stanislav: …two-hundred and fifty-five pounds!
Nick Stuart: ……
Richard Parker: Hey, maybe he’s on that new Russian diet?
Ivan Stanislav: He is one half of the Masters of the Moscowverse! A man who will most assuredly win this match! From Los Angeles, California by way of Magnitogorsk, Russia, Comrade Kenny Freeman!!!!!!
Nick Stuart: By way of where? Magnet-what? What the hell does that mean?
Stanislav tosses the mic over to Vince Howard and grasps Kenny’s shoulder. He leans down so he’s eye to eye with one half of the Masters of the Moscowverse and points his finger into his face and talks, sternly, to him. He nods his head and waits until Kenny does the same, and then slaps his shoulder and squeezes it and gives him a thumbs up. Then, Stanislav exits the ring and loiters at ringside, looming near where the ramp meets ringside.
The rocking vibe of Little V Mills cover of “Precious Heart” spreads throughout the arena. Kohime Mori enters quickly, gazing around the arena while standing in place. A big smile on her face, Mori gives a double fist pump and an enthusiastic yell before making her way down the aisle. As she bounces her way to the ring, she leans left and right to slap hands with the fans.
Vince Howard: Standing at five feet and nine inches tall, she hails from Okayama, Japan… KOHIME! MORI!
She glances at Ivan as she walks past him at ringside and heads towards the steps, then quickly traverses the stairs and enters the ring in between the middle and top rope. She makes her way to the middle of the ring, her eyes shifting from Kenny to Ivan as she does. Once in the center, she lowers her head and makes a V with her index and middle fingers on her right hand, arm center mast. She raises her arm in a crescent motion until the V is above her head. Mori swings her arm down in front of her after a brief pause, a beaming smile on her face that quickly turns into a wince when Freeman rushes up from behind and drives a forearm into the crook of her neck.
Nick Stuart: Kenny Freeman on the offensive early here.
Richard Parker: With a great leader like Ivan in his corner, I wouldn’t expect anything less.
Kenny continues the attack by driving his heel into the small of Kohime’s back, following it up by dashing back a few steps before attempting a dropkick to the back of her skull.
Nick Stuart: Kohime rolled out of the ring just in the nick of time, and Freeman looks to be favoring his left arm now.
Richard Parker: Kenny landed awkwardly on his shoulder, but Ivan’s right there to check on him.
Nick Stuart: Oh, come on!
Nick throws his arms up, as Ivan grabs Kohime and tosses her back into the ring between the middle and top rope. Kenny’s already back up to a knee, grabbing Mori by the hair and lifting her up to a standing position as he rises. Freeman clubs her with a forearm on the top of her head, then whips Kohime into the ropes. He lunges forward as she rebounds, and stretches his arm out to take her head off with a vicious lariat that has enough momentum to make him stumble when he misses.
Richard Parker: That’s gonna sti…WHAT!!
Nick Stuart: Kohime ducked last minute, and Ivan does not look happy about that.
Ivan slams his meaty palm on the mat a few times to get Kenny’s attention, as Kohime hits the ropes again and charges back toward Kenny with added momentum. Freeman turns back to face her, steadying himself as he prepares for whatever assault is coming his way, but he doesn’t realize until it’s too late that she’s going after his legs.
Kohime leaps forward and drives her shoulder into the side of Freeman’s knee, dropping him down as Ivan roars in disapproval. Kohime follows up the move by kipping up, and driving a few quick shin kicks into Freeman’s chest. Kenny is stunned by the quickness and force behind the kicks for a moment, as the apple of Morty’s eye gets into a slightly crouched stance then spins on her back foot.
Nick Stuart: A beautiful spinning back kick to the side of Freeman’s head, and he is down!
Richard Parker: Did Barlow check Kohime, because there has to be something in that boot of hers.
Kohime drops down to make the pin, so Ashley Barlow drops down and smacks her hand on the mat.
ONE
Just as Ashley is about to slam her hand on the mat again, she watches as Kohime’s eyes go wide then suddenly slides away from her like a child getting pulled under the bed in a horror movie.
Nick Stuart: Damnit, get him out of here!
Right after pulling Kohime off of Freeman, Ivan pulls him out of the ring.
Richard Parker: For what? Ivan is clearly worried about Kenny after he got hit with that loaded boot.
Nick Stuart: You know what he did.
Richard Parker: I know, I just explained it to you.
Kenny shakes his head, as Ivan holds him up and clearly tells him to sweep the leg. Neither one of them notices the roar of the crowd, as Kohime leaps into the air after gaining momentum from the opposite ropes.
Nick Stuart: Kohime with the Tope con Hi…lo.
Richard Parker: Did Ivan even notice that?
It’s almost cartoonish the way Kohime Mori slammed into Ivan’s back the way Wile E. Coyote would slam into a brick wall, and just stick there for a moment before sliding down into a crumpled heap on the floor behind him.
Ivan turns around, because while he didn’t flinch, he did notice something hit him, and he doesn’t look happy about it. Ivan lifts her up off the ground as he instructs Freeman to get in the ring. Kohime’s knees are tucked into her chest as Ivan moves toward the ring, but they don’t stay there. No, instead, her legs shoot out and drive straight into Ivan’s chest.
Nick Stuart: Nice recovery there from Kohime.
Richard Parker: What the hell was that?
What it was, was Kohime launching herself off of Ivan’s chest and into the ring between the middle and bottom ropes, then rolling through before leaping up and grabbing Freeman by the head and pulling him down with her knees just under his chin.
Nick Stuart: That was a double knee facebreaker, and just what Kohime needed right now.
Richard Parker: What she did, is piss Ivan off even more.
Whether she is aware of that, or even cares, doesn’t matter, because her focus as she kips up is on Kenny Freeman. She looks down at him, then starts driving the bottom of her boot into his shoulder a few times before grabbing his arm and locking him into an armbar. Ashley Barlow asks Kenny if he wants to give up, but he shakes his head in the negative before screaming out in pain as Mori pulls up and applies more pressure.
Ivan once again pounds the mat, but the meaty palm has been replaced by a stone fist. His eyes are narrowed as he barks orders at Freeman, who is desperately trying to reach the ropes to break the hold. Ivan notices he isn’t too far away, and makes his way over to that side of the ring before reaching in and pulling the two of them close enough for Kenny to wrap his fingers around the rope and cause the break. Ashley doesn’t hesitate to warn Ivan that she’ll throw him out if he continues to interfere.
Richard Parker: Oh, but she’ll let Kohime’s loaded boot go.
Nick Stuart: There’s nothing wrong with her boots.
Richard Parker: How do you know that, are you in on it?
Nick Stuart: There’s nothing to be in on.
Richard Parker: Are you willing to say that under oath?
Nick looks over at Richard curiously, as Kohime helps Freeman up to his feet before rearing back and swinging her arm at his chest with a vicious chop that makes him drop to his knees and scream out as his skin turns beet red. Another chop from Kohime has Kenny clutching his chest, leaving him open for a back handed slap that spins him around slightly before he drops and rolls out of the ring.
Kohime grabs the top rope and hops up, planting her feet on the middle rope, but ends up hopping off when she sees Ivan come around the corner to help Kenny up to his feet. Ivan points toward her as she steps away from the ropes. Kenny nods after Ivan speaks to him, then starts climbing the steps as he motions for Barlow to keep Mori at a distance so he can enter the ring. Ashley instructs Kohime to move back, which she does momentarily.
Nick Stuart: Kohime looking to keep the pressure on, catching Kenny Freeman with repeated forearm shots to the back.
Richard Parker: She didn’t even let him get into the ring, Ashley Barlow has been doing a horrible job officiating since the bell rang.
Kohime continues the assault, but Kenny manages to block one of the shots and grab Kohime. He pulls her in front of him and drives a knee into her gut, then wraps his arm around her neck and cinches her into a side headlock. He begins to drag her face across the middle rope, when she drives an elbow into his gut. Kenny immediately releases the hold and reaches for the jewels, doubling over as he groans in pain.
Richard Parker: This is ridiculous!
Nick Stuart: That elbow shot didn’t look to be that low.
Barlow checks on Freeman, motioning for Kohime to keep her distance as she does. With their attention on Kenny, neither one of them notices Ivan on the apron stalking behind Mori who clubs her from behind before lifting her in the air and tossing her toward the corner where Kenny and Ashley are. Kenny pulls Barlow away just in time to save her from getting hit from behind by Kohime.
Nick Stuart: I don’t hear you complaining about Ivan getting involved here.
Richard Parker: Looks like Kohime just did another one of those kicking things to get away from Ivan like she did earlier.
Nick Stuart: You know he just yeeted her across the ring!
Richard Parker: I feel like I need to watch the replay later just to be sure.
With Kenny pulling Ashley out of the corner, saving her from an attack from behind by Mori. She looks back at Ivan who has already hopped off the apron, then back at Kohime as she stumbles out of the corner and falls to the floor. Kenny wastes no time in wrapping her up in the Freeman Special, and a few hand slaps against his shoulder later by Kohime causes Ashley Barlow to signal for the bell.