Post by girlsfriday on Mar 13, 2021 3:24:35 GMT -6
Asuka:
VS
Hikaru Shida:
Tale of the Tape:
Asuka:
Age: 39
Height: 5'3
2-4 (2KOs)
Vs
Hikaru Shida:
Age: 32
Height: 5'4 ½
Debut
(Free Agent vs Free Agent)
(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)
Intro:
We have two of the premier wrestlers in the world going at it now, the WWE Raw women's champion Asuka competes against the AEW women's champion Hikaru Shida in Tampa Bay's Raymond James Stadium.
For the past year both have dominated their companies women's division, both holding their titles for most of 2020, a dream match in a wrestling ring heads into an FCBA ring as both have a lot of personal and professional on the line here.
A video plays showing how great both have been in a wrestling ring, Asuka defeating Bayley, Sasha Banks and Nia Jax, while Hikaru beat the likes of Nyla Rose, Thunder Rosa and Serena Deeb to keep her title, before bit switches to them both training, both giving their all in the gym as Asuka beats the hell out of a punch bag, Shida lifting weights and working a speed bag.
Then comes the press conference, both women hold their titles on their shoulders as they come from separate sides, Asuka in a black dress with her green war paint on, Shida wearing a red dress they meet at the center of the stage, fists raised for the face off as intensely they stare at their opponent.
Once told it's time to talk to the press, they smile at each other to show this isn't personal, both getting handed a microphone as they walk to stand apart, Asuka the first to speak as she says as best she can in English "this is an honour, to fight someone like Hikaru who has done so great since coming here" nodding with a big smile as her opponent has a warm smile herself at the complement.
She continues "but like everyone who fights me, Shida is not ready for Asuka" roaring that last part as she turns to look at Hikaru, who grins as she stares hard at Asuka, the legend of Japanese wrestling as a not ready chant rings out.
"Asuka I have a lot of respect for you, you helped women like me get a chance in America, you broke the barrier for us to be successful here" says Hikaru as she bows to Asuka to show her respect.
Then taking a step towards Asuka, who matches her movement, Shida adds "but I am more then ready for you, I have dreamed of wrestling you, instead I will punch you out" lifting her fists as Asuka dances on her toes yelling for Hikaru to bring it in Japanese.
Before it gets heated both smile as they share a fist bump, a promise to settle it in the ring, security breathing a sigh of relief not having to pull these two apart as both are skilled fighters, nobody wants a stray fist to their face from either woman.
Fight night, the "Empress of Tomorrow" is the first out the curtain, her mask in hand with the green paint coming from it's eyes, her red and gold kimono on as she dances down the aisle in her usual energetic way, the fans cheering loudly for the ever popular wrestler, who is enjoying herself.
Putting the mask to her face as she mounts the bottom rope, pulling the mask down as she spits green mist into the air, handing her mask off to her coach as she drops her robe, Asuka is wearing a red sports bra with gold trim, matching trunks and boots, gold gloves with red thumbs, her hair tied into a ponytail.
The music of Shida hits as she steps onto the aisle with her trusty kendo stick in hand, posing with it pointed at the ring, Hikaru has on a red kimono on with white trim, her face full of determination as she heads down the aisle with arms out at her side, the kendo stick in her right hand.
Sliding into the ring, Hikaru takes a knee as she points the kendo stick ahead in both hands, the crowd cheer her as she points it at Asuka with a smile, Asuka waving her on to show how little she fears Hikaru, who takes off her robe in her corner, revealing a red sports bra, black gladiator style trunks, white boots with red trim, black gloves with red thumbs, her hair is in a ponytail.
When they come to the center of the ring, they go nose to nose with eyes firmly locked, neither woman blinking as the crowd stands to roar both on, Asuka bouncing on her toes as Hikaru just stays unmoving.
They respectfully touch gloves with a slight bow, lots of respect yes but judging by the looks on their face as they return to their corners, they want to take the others head off, the bell rings to start 10 rounds of bantamweight action.
Round 1:
Bouncing on their toes as they circle, throwing in stiff jabs as they look for openings, both well drilled it seems in boxing as they keep their left hand high, testing each others reflexes out in a respectful opening forty seconds.
Then Asuka steps things up a notch by dipping her head to land a left/right hook combo to the body of her opponent, taking a jab to the top of her head by Shida, getting her opponent to back off though.
Soon Asuka after a few exchanges takes the center of the ring after drilling in two body shots, then just missing with an overhand left as Hikaru just gets her glove up in time to take the blow.
Shida looking a little tense making her debut in a high profile match up, slowly starting to loosen up as she lays in some leather to Asuka's face with straights and jabs, problem is she isn't throwing enough to ward off her older opponent.
At the bell it is a clear round for Asuka, who dances back to her corner to cheers from her fan base, Hikaru is giving a massage of her legs and arms to loosen her up, she listens intently to her coach with a nod as they tell her what she needs to do better.
Round 2:
Nodding to each other as they step out again to fight, Asuka looks to be the aggressor again, getting met with a double jab as Shida boxes off the back foot, the younger fighter seems to be starting to lay traps for her veteran opponent.
Who misses with a right cross as Hikaru sidesteps her, a one-two combo smacks Asuka into the center of her face, she covers up as Shida now works away to her body as she changes gears to go on the attack.
The crowd roar as they witness the first real slugfest between these two, Asuka trying to fight her way off the ropes, while Hikaru keeps digging into her abs after slamming punches up top till Asuka can clinch up with her.
Both women separate cleanly when told to break, Asuka quick though to come back at Shida when told to box on, both letting their hands go on the inside, heads nearly grind as they stand their ground with less then thirty seconds to go.
The round comes to an end with Hikaru raising her right fist in the air to cheers as she believes that evens the scores, Asuka smirks as she returns to her corner, not looking the least bit worried by that fact.
Round 3:
Stepping around the center of the ring as they box, punches landing onto cheeks when they go through guards, both known as top strikers in wrestler, that seems to be shown perfectly as the moment with their footwork, punches and defenses looking good.
Moving back out the way of two cross punches, Hikaru lands a one-two to the top of her opponent's head, then lands a left cross to turn her head around, Shida looking to be the more nimble on her feet but not by much as Asuka slips a straight to bang in two left hooks to the body.
Closer fought round so far at the half way point then the two previous, both women looking good, it's Shida though who lands the best punch of the round, drilling in a double jab to Asuka's lips, then landing an uppercut to the body as she steps in.
Asuka trying to stand her ground but Hikaru is driving her into the ropes with more body shots, barking out with effort as Hikaru throws short digging punches just above that waistband of Asuka's trunks.
Giving Shida a push to get her off, the WWE star lands a left cross as she shows her fire, problem is the round ends before she can really come back at her opponent, who looks deeply serious as she returns to her corner.
Round 4:
Asuka nods to her coach as they tell her to use different ways of getting in closer, the veteran starting to use feints to open up Hikaru, who throws in jabs thinking she is countering a punch that doesn't come, allowing Asuka to slip inside to work.
Good body work coming from Asuka as she drives her opponent into the ropes now, especially when she thuds in body shots to the ribs of the AEW champion, who tries to match her work rate to get off the ropes, before settling for holding onto Asuka.
Pulled apart for the first time in the contest, Asuka is getting more aggressive, forcing the issue as Hikaru tries to stand her ground more, fists are flying into beautiful faces as red marks are starting to show.
Less then a minute to go, Asuka dips under a right cross to use her body to press Hikaru into a corner, whacking her body as she takes clipping punches across the top of her head, when the bell rings Asuka yells in Japanese for Shida to bring it as she waves at her to do so, Hikaru grins as she nods at the challenge, referee telling them to return to their corners as they look ready to keep on fighting.
Round 5:
Coming back together early on, maybe it's Shida's pride making her come at Asuka or she doesn't rate her fellow champions power, they start off trading more in close range, feet planted as Hikaru has fully embraced the challenge of her opponent.
Heads nearly clash a few times when they swing in some bigger hooks that land to bodies, Asuka gives Hikaru a bump with her left shoulder before landing in two uppercuts that knocks back the AEW star towards the ropes.
Where she has to cover up, Hikaru maybe regretting her decision to start the round as she did, finding herself being kept near the ropes with little nudges mixed in with hooks to her body, Asuka definitely has the game plan to wear down her younger foe.
Who needs to nudge back Asuka as half the round is gone, a left cross catching the WWE star to her cheek before a right rifles into her face to cause her nose to start bleeding, momentum changing late on but Asuka is still digging in throwing as she has shown her toughness in these events before is not to be questioned.
At the bell Asuka touches her nose and sees the blood with an almost sick smile on her face, Hikaru stares hard at her to show she won't be intimidated by her older rival, both getting washed down on their stools.
Round 6:
While Asuka has the heart of a lioness, Shida is cold and calculating, as shown by her going for the nose for Asuka early on, landing a one-two punch combo right away that makes Asuka take a step back, suddenly Asuka has to give up ground as Hikaru is hunting her down.
Dipping down so she can get inside the reach of Hikaru, Asuka lands in two body punches, then gets shoved back as she moves around the ring out the way of an attempted jab, Asuka using her experience as she looks to outbox Shida now.
After the opening minute passes, Hikaru is feinting more as she starts to add more hooks to the side of Asuka's head and body, forcing the WWE star to stand and trade as Asuka let's her hands go to try to punch through the confidence of her younger rival.
But a right that smacks across the bloody nose of Asuka has her crying out in pain, she covers up as Hikaru shows her no mercy, working any gaps she can find in Asuka's defences to hurt her with blood on her gloves and her eyes locked firmly on her opponent.
Asuka gamely tries to fight back, it keeps getting shut down though as she gets smacked onto that nose, making her howl out as the bell seems to come to her rescue, sitting on her stool getting treatment for her nose, Asuka looks ready to punch a hole through a wall in frustration.
Across the ring Shida stares at Asuka, like a silent killer she isn't showing much emotion, almost working out how to end this as her coach wipes her down, both beautiful women drenched in sweat now.
Round 7:
Out comes Asuka trying to get on the front foot, Hikaru though is moving and using that jab square into the veterans face, knocking back Asuka to the outside anytime she is getting in closer, blood running again from that wounded nose.
A right cross catches Asuka on her chin as Shida turns from her back foot onto her front foot attack, A LEFT FOLLOWS THAT CRUELLY LANDS ACROSS THE NOSE OF ASUKA, WHO TURNS AND FALLS TO ALL FOURS!
Hikaru doesn't celebrate as she just heads off to the neutral corner, eyes still firmly on Asuka, 1...2...3... Asuka covers her nose with her gloves, sobbing can be heard from her, 4...5...6...7.. Her feet kick the canvas as Asuka hasn't moved from this position, 8...9...10 that's it! Shida wins!
Winner Hikaru Shida KO Round 7
After:
Hikaru Shida with an amazing start to her FCBA boxing career, heads over to Asuka as her poker face drops for one of concern, checking on her fallen opponent as she helps her sit back, Asuka's cut man rushing in with a towel with an ice pack in for her nose.
Asuka graciously pats Shida on her right shoulder, telling her "you were ready for me" even as her nose is killing her Asuka nods to Hikaru to show her respect as Hikaru bows to her on her knees in her own sign of respect.
The crowd applaud the two women as gloves now off, Hikaru helps up Asuka to her feet, with Asuka lifting up the winners right hand to loud cheers, Hikaru beams as she looks around at the crowd standing in this stadium.
Getting helped out the ring so she can be checked over, Asuka lifts her left fist in the air to show the crowd she will be back, tonight wasn't her night but Asuka can certainly go in the ring against these other top wrestlers with the gloves on.
Back inside the ring after getting a drink in her corner, Hikaru thanks her corner team for their help, then is reminded to come to the center for the final result to be announced, Hikaru gets her right hand raised by the referee, bowing to each side of the ring to show her respect and thanks to those who come to watch tonights action.
Picking up her kendo stick, Hikaru raises it in her left hand as her right is up in the air too, posing for the cameras with a very happy expression at getting to fight someone she has so much respect for, hopefully someday she can wrestle Asuka.
For now she leaves the ring with her coach following her, Shida pumping her right fist into the air as tonight might be the start of a really bright star rising, Hikaru certainly has the love of the fans with their loud cheers and chants filling the stadium.
VS
Hikaru Shida:
Tale of the Tape:
Asuka:
Age: 39
Height: 5'3
2-4 (2KOs)
Vs
Hikaru Shida:
Age: 32
Height: 5'4 ½
Debut
(Free Agent vs Free Agent)
(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout!)
Intro:
We have two of the premier wrestlers in the world going at it now, the WWE Raw women's champion Asuka competes against the AEW women's champion Hikaru Shida in Tampa Bay's Raymond James Stadium.
For the past year both have dominated their companies women's division, both holding their titles for most of 2020, a dream match in a wrestling ring heads into an FCBA ring as both have a lot of personal and professional on the line here.
A video plays showing how great both have been in a wrestling ring, Asuka defeating Bayley, Sasha Banks and Nia Jax, while Hikaru beat the likes of Nyla Rose, Thunder Rosa and Serena Deeb to keep her title, before bit switches to them both training, both giving their all in the gym as Asuka beats the hell out of a punch bag, Shida lifting weights and working a speed bag.
Then comes the press conference, both women hold their titles on their shoulders as they come from separate sides, Asuka in a black dress with her green war paint on, Shida wearing a red dress they meet at the center of the stage, fists raised for the face off as intensely they stare at their opponent.
Once told it's time to talk to the press, they smile at each other to show this isn't personal, both getting handed a microphone as they walk to stand apart, Asuka the first to speak as she says as best she can in English "this is an honour, to fight someone like Hikaru who has done so great since coming here" nodding with a big smile as her opponent has a warm smile herself at the complement.
She continues "but like everyone who fights me, Shida is not ready for Asuka" roaring that last part as she turns to look at Hikaru, who grins as she stares hard at Asuka, the legend of Japanese wrestling as a not ready chant rings out.
"Asuka I have a lot of respect for you, you helped women like me get a chance in America, you broke the barrier for us to be successful here" says Hikaru as she bows to Asuka to show her respect.
Then taking a step towards Asuka, who matches her movement, Shida adds "but I am more then ready for you, I have dreamed of wrestling you, instead I will punch you out" lifting her fists as Asuka dances on her toes yelling for Hikaru to bring it in Japanese.
Before it gets heated both smile as they share a fist bump, a promise to settle it in the ring, security breathing a sigh of relief not having to pull these two apart as both are skilled fighters, nobody wants a stray fist to their face from either woman.
Fight night, the "Empress of Tomorrow" is the first out the curtain, her mask in hand with the green paint coming from it's eyes, her red and gold kimono on as she dances down the aisle in her usual energetic way, the fans cheering loudly for the ever popular wrestler, who is enjoying herself.
Putting the mask to her face as she mounts the bottom rope, pulling the mask down as she spits green mist into the air, handing her mask off to her coach as she drops her robe, Asuka is wearing a red sports bra with gold trim, matching trunks and boots, gold gloves with red thumbs, her hair tied into a ponytail.
The music of Shida hits as she steps onto the aisle with her trusty kendo stick in hand, posing with it pointed at the ring, Hikaru has on a red kimono on with white trim, her face full of determination as she heads down the aisle with arms out at her side, the kendo stick in her right hand.
Sliding into the ring, Hikaru takes a knee as she points the kendo stick ahead in both hands, the crowd cheer her as she points it at Asuka with a smile, Asuka waving her on to show how little she fears Hikaru, who takes off her robe in her corner, revealing a red sports bra, black gladiator style trunks, white boots with red trim, black gloves with red thumbs, her hair is in a ponytail.
When they come to the center of the ring, they go nose to nose with eyes firmly locked, neither woman blinking as the crowd stands to roar both on, Asuka bouncing on her toes as Hikaru just stays unmoving.
They respectfully touch gloves with a slight bow, lots of respect yes but judging by the looks on their face as they return to their corners, they want to take the others head off, the bell rings to start 10 rounds of bantamweight action.
Round 1:
Bouncing on their toes as they circle, throwing in stiff jabs as they look for openings, both well drilled it seems in boxing as they keep their left hand high, testing each others reflexes out in a respectful opening forty seconds.
Then Asuka steps things up a notch by dipping her head to land a left/right hook combo to the body of her opponent, taking a jab to the top of her head by Shida, getting her opponent to back off though.
Soon Asuka after a few exchanges takes the center of the ring after drilling in two body shots, then just missing with an overhand left as Hikaru just gets her glove up in time to take the blow.
Shida looking a little tense making her debut in a high profile match up, slowly starting to loosen up as she lays in some leather to Asuka's face with straights and jabs, problem is she isn't throwing enough to ward off her older opponent.
At the bell it is a clear round for Asuka, who dances back to her corner to cheers from her fan base, Hikaru is giving a massage of her legs and arms to loosen her up, she listens intently to her coach with a nod as they tell her what she needs to do better.
Round 2:
Nodding to each other as they step out again to fight, Asuka looks to be the aggressor again, getting met with a double jab as Shida boxes off the back foot, the younger fighter seems to be starting to lay traps for her veteran opponent.
Who misses with a right cross as Hikaru sidesteps her, a one-two combo smacks Asuka into the center of her face, she covers up as Shida now works away to her body as she changes gears to go on the attack.
The crowd roar as they witness the first real slugfest between these two, Asuka trying to fight her way off the ropes, while Hikaru keeps digging into her abs after slamming punches up top till Asuka can clinch up with her.
Both women separate cleanly when told to break, Asuka quick though to come back at Shida when told to box on, both letting their hands go on the inside, heads nearly grind as they stand their ground with less then thirty seconds to go.
The round comes to an end with Hikaru raising her right fist in the air to cheers as she believes that evens the scores, Asuka smirks as she returns to her corner, not looking the least bit worried by that fact.
Round 3:
Stepping around the center of the ring as they box, punches landing onto cheeks when they go through guards, both known as top strikers in wrestler, that seems to be shown perfectly as the moment with their footwork, punches and defenses looking good.
Moving back out the way of two cross punches, Hikaru lands a one-two to the top of her opponent's head, then lands a left cross to turn her head around, Shida looking to be the more nimble on her feet but not by much as Asuka slips a straight to bang in two left hooks to the body.
Closer fought round so far at the half way point then the two previous, both women looking good, it's Shida though who lands the best punch of the round, drilling in a double jab to Asuka's lips, then landing an uppercut to the body as she steps in.
Asuka trying to stand her ground but Hikaru is driving her into the ropes with more body shots, barking out with effort as Hikaru throws short digging punches just above that waistband of Asuka's trunks.
Giving Shida a push to get her off, the WWE star lands a left cross as she shows her fire, problem is the round ends before she can really come back at her opponent, who looks deeply serious as she returns to her corner.
Round 4:
Asuka nods to her coach as they tell her to use different ways of getting in closer, the veteran starting to use feints to open up Hikaru, who throws in jabs thinking she is countering a punch that doesn't come, allowing Asuka to slip inside to work.
Good body work coming from Asuka as she drives her opponent into the ropes now, especially when she thuds in body shots to the ribs of the AEW champion, who tries to match her work rate to get off the ropes, before settling for holding onto Asuka.
Pulled apart for the first time in the contest, Asuka is getting more aggressive, forcing the issue as Hikaru tries to stand her ground more, fists are flying into beautiful faces as red marks are starting to show.
Less then a minute to go, Asuka dips under a right cross to use her body to press Hikaru into a corner, whacking her body as she takes clipping punches across the top of her head, when the bell rings Asuka yells in Japanese for Shida to bring it as she waves at her to do so, Hikaru grins as she nods at the challenge, referee telling them to return to their corners as they look ready to keep on fighting.
Round 5:
Coming back together early on, maybe it's Shida's pride making her come at Asuka or she doesn't rate her fellow champions power, they start off trading more in close range, feet planted as Hikaru has fully embraced the challenge of her opponent.
Heads nearly clash a few times when they swing in some bigger hooks that land to bodies, Asuka gives Hikaru a bump with her left shoulder before landing in two uppercuts that knocks back the AEW star towards the ropes.
Where she has to cover up, Hikaru maybe regretting her decision to start the round as she did, finding herself being kept near the ropes with little nudges mixed in with hooks to her body, Asuka definitely has the game plan to wear down her younger foe.
Who needs to nudge back Asuka as half the round is gone, a left cross catching the WWE star to her cheek before a right rifles into her face to cause her nose to start bleeding, momentum changing late on but Asuka is still digging in throwing as she has shown her toughness in these events before is not to be questioned.
At the bell Asuka touches her nose and sees the blood with an almost sick smile on her face, Hikaru stares hard at her to show she won't be intimidated by her older rival, both getting washed down on their stools.
Round 6:
While Asuka has the heart of a lioness, Shida is cold and calculating, as shown by her going for the nose for Asuka early on, landing a one-two punch combo right away that makes Asuka take a step back, suddenly Asuka has to give up ground as Hikaru is hunting her down.
Dipping down so she can get inside the reach of Hikaru, Asuka lands in two body punches, then gets shoved back as she moves around the ring out the way of an attempted jab, Asuka using her experience as she looks to outbox Shida now.
After the opening minute passes, Hikaru is feinting more as she starts to add more hooks to the side of Asuka's head and body, forcing the WWE star to stand and trade as Asuka let's her hands go to try to punch through the confidence of her younger rival.
But a right that smacks across the bloody nose of Asuka has her crying out in pain, she covers up as Hikaru shows her no mercy, working any gaps she can find in Asuka's defences to hurt her with blood on her gloves and her eyes locked firmly on her opponent.
Asuka gamely tries to fight back, it keeps getting shut down though as she gets smacked onto that nose, making her howl out as the bell seems to come to her rescue, sitting on her stool getting treatment for her nose, Asuka looks ready to punch a hole through a wall in frustration.
Across the ring Shida stares at Asuka, like a silent killer she isn't showing much emotion, almost working out how to end this as her coach wipes her down, both beautiful women drenched in sweat now.
Round 7:
Out comes Asuka trying to get on the front foot, Hikaru though is moving and using that jab square into the veterans face, knocking back Asuka to the outside anytime she is getting in closer, blood running again from that wounded nose.
A right cross catches Asuka on her chin as Shida turns from her back foot onto her front foot attack, A LEFT FOLLOWS THAT CRUELLY LANDS ACROSS THE NOSE OF ASUKA, WHO TURNS AND FALLS TO ALL FOURS!
Hikaru doesn't celebrate as she just heads off to the neutral corner, eyes still firmly on Asuka, 1...2...3... Asuka covers her nose with her gloves, sobbing can be heard from her, 4...5...6...7.. Her feet kick the canvas as Asuka hasn't moved from this position, 8...9...10 that's it! Shida wins!
Winner Hikaru Shida KO Round 7
After:
Hikaru Shida with an amazing start to her FCBA boxing career, heads over to Asuka as her poker face drops for one of concern, checking on her fallen opponent as she helps her sit back, Asuka's cut man rushing in with a towel with an ice pack in for her nose.
Asuka graciously pats Shida on her right shoulder, telling her "you were ready for me" even as her nose is killing her Asuka nods to Hikaru to show her respect as Hikaru bows to her on her knees in her own sign of respect.
The crowd applaud the two women as gloves now off, Hikaru helps up Asuka to her feet, with Asuka lifting up the winners right hand to loud cheers, Hikaru beams as she looks around at the crowd standing in this stadium.
Getting helped out the ring so she can be checked over, Asuka lifts her left fist in the air to show the crowd she will be back, tonight wasn't her night but Asuka can certainly go in the ring against these other top wrestlers with the gloves on.
Back inside the ring after getting a drink in her corner, Hikaru thanks her corner team for their help, then is reminded to come to the center for the final result to be announced, Hikaru gets her right hand raised by the referee, bowing to each side of the ring to show her respect and thanks to those who come to watch tonights action.
Picking up her kendo stick, Hikaru raises it in her left hand as her right is up in the air too, posing for the cameras with a very happy expression at getting to fight someone she has so much respect for, hopefully someday she can wrestle Asuka.
For now she leaves the ring with her coach following her, Shida pumping her right fist into the air as tonight might be the start of a really bright star rising, Hikaru certainly has the love of the fans with their loud cheers and chants filling the stadium.