Page 536 – Flight Pattern
Sun’s in a lot of trouble! So close to the ropes and forcing Xtina to break the cross armbreaker, and yet so far. Is the point in the match where Sun submits?
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Definitely tried the high-risk stuff too early. You know better than that, Sun!
She’s definitely close enough to reach the ropes, though. Hopefully she learned her lesson.
A bit odd seeing Xtina just catch her like that, since power isn’t her strong suit, but for this soon in the match, it’s not far fetched. Looking at the way Sun’s positioned, the smart thing to do would be to just kick her far leg out and onto the rope, since your legs are longer than your arms, and it looks like she’s parralel to them as opposed to at an angle
Panel 1-3: it’s De shades of dejavu.. for Sun.. I mean Sun did that on the fatal fourway on Brooke, but fail. Now on Xtina.. fail..
Panel 4: another de shades of dejavu.. Sun’s first loss, due to a code red? could be a crossarmbreaker
Sun is weak on submission..
Well that’s a nice transition from a vicious back-breaker into an arm bar and it’s locked in real good. Extremely hard to get out of unless you are double jointed or just stubborn and only need half an arm.
Wow. I think I just fell in love with Xtina… 😀
Don’t let the Sun go down on me….
She needs to be beat up some more….
After all she did something really bad…
So beat her up some more…
Somehow, I have this feeling that if Sun can’t reach the ropes, Yvonne has some sort of plan for this type of situation.
Ouch! Backbreaker and arm bar. Sun’s way behind the curve now. Nice arm bar technique by Xtina. Elbow is perfectly placed and she’s got a good grip. Too late for for Sun to post her elbow or roll. If Xtina has time to bridge it’s all over. BUT ring position is bad. What drama!
Great art boss! Maybe some of your best. I feel the pain! *Wince
WOW! Comfy knocked it out of the park on that pinup!! O__o
woohoo my catch/backbreaker combo predicted last update actually worked. go me. but like the flight revoking, i think one move wasn;t enough to seriously try for a pin there by Xtina but i think she knows that by her expression. was almost like she was mocking the Damagers (TM someone here) on the outside by trying to pin Sun there.
Sun should be able to get to the ropes here either by using her leg like Donny said or for some “helpful” person outside the ring to grab the bottom rope while cheering Sun on in her escape attempt and “accidently” push it close enough for Sun to grab.
only problem i see with Xtina’s plan here is that she should be working the legs not Sun’s arms because if Sun’s gonna win this match it’s going to be through speed and high risk ,which uses the lower body more, and not through upper body power.
Much as I hate to say it, this is probably where Dinc jumps in. I’d rather see Sun get out of this and turn it around on her own, though.
Owch!
Yes, although I am loathe to admit it, patience can indeed be a virtue. Probably way to early for the high risk there Sun, and I bet she’ll be feeling that one for a while!
Nothing like painful experience to learn a lesson though…
Great fight so far. Keep it coming!
Why do Mo Chen have a sneaking feeling that Nikki or Kyra will lend Sun ‘a hand’ in reaching the ropes? I’m guessing the ref is still on the near side and out of position to see…
Sun’s mistake was trying a cross-body. A missile dropkick would have knocked Xtina on her rump.
DragonMan, you’ll come to find that Sun is a gambler who’s not above hedging her bets. 😉 Both ladies have their strategies and you’ll see a bit more of Sun’s on Friday.
Donny, it’s true that Xtina isn’t a power wrestler, but Sun is pretty light and I was going for showing that Xtina wasn’t nearly as hurt as Sun had hoped. That is a very wise move, to go for the ropes with her feet. 😉
MGC, it’s kind of like when Ric Flair tries to go off the top rope and ends up getting tossed for his troubles. XD Sun’s first official loss WAS a crossarmbreaker/code red. Very good memory. 😀
Kurt, so far Xtina is executing her plan, breaking down Sun bit by bit. Sun may be limited to thinking only one step ahead, as opposed to a bigger strategy.
LOL RAFan. XD
Snow, Sun has lost to this move before so it might be over before it’s even begun!
Hey Kevin! Yvonne has a plan for everything….hmmm, just where is Yvonne? (next update!!!!)
Thanks Champ! And thanks for noticing Xtina’s fine work. She’s hoping for a rematch with a certain world champion. 😉
I know it, Lora! And to think I had to wait from last October to show this. 😛
jpiv, you’re on the money with Xtina being a bit of a brat with the early pin. Next update will reveal the plan for Sun to get out and if it works or not. Xtina’s plan is to break Sun down bit by bit. She thinks the rookie won’t be able to keep up and is looking to leave Sabrina’s BFF destroyed in the middle of the ring, starting with her arm.
Cookie Ogre, it’s the dream, but this is Damage Inc-heel Sun we’re talking about.
Golden Girl, learn from Sun’s mistake! lol Yeah, Sun got too greedy there and paid the price. It’s too early to say that she can’t recover, but it’s never a good idea to spot a ring vet like Xtina an early advantage. Sun might not get it back.
Thanks, darkmark. Will do.
that reminds me, was it Xtina that gave Sun her first loss? i remember her (Sun) coming back to the locker room after the match saying she had just lost to a Code red but not who she was fighting. i also forget if i asked you this before and you answered it already 🙂
I don’t know if you asked me this before, but i don’t remember. lol I think I was leaving it as a mystery, but Xtina is a really good choice. So much so, I’d have no problem retconing it. We should ask MGC. He’ll know if I said anything definitive or not. XD
Ninja’d by Dyna!
I would say you are terrible cynical to think that Nikki and/or Kyra will involve themselves at all in this match, let alone now. 😉 I think you’re right about the dropkick alternative. Sun will definitely be taking it under advisement. XD
Oh oh, Sun’s not in a great spot right now. I blame her performance on the new outfit. 😛
BITE her leg sun bite the leg!!! i approce of yoru dirty fighting dont stop now
Hey boss, if Xtina wins this I’ll put in a word for her title shot. It’s true the fat lady hasn’t started singing yet. But I’m pretty sure I saw Amanda warming up.
Along that line maybe I should pay the head Dinc a visit..
Sun may not be in great shape now but Xtina didn’t take advange of that counter best she could. a back breaker into a arm hold? she didn’t follow up on the pain ehr back must be in now. plus bad ring postioning. i think the match is far from over and Xtina’s lack of fore thougt might make this a short turn of events.
I agree with Jenn. Xtina may have managed to counter Sun’s move and put the hurt to her, but she doesn’t look like she’s planning out her moves, either in terms of ring positioning or focusing on weakening Sun in a specific way. Xtina looks like a talented rookie here, at best, because she’s making rookie mistakes. I couldn’t see Krystin, for example, with this sort of lack of focus or awareness of ring position. The VI looks like Xtina’s going to be in control a little longer, but it won’t last. She’s abandoned wrestling smart in favor of trying to make a point.
NO way I don NOT belive xitna could do that I call BS she’s not that good a wrestler, and her eye had been poked out no way in freaking hell could she have pulled that move. This comic has mostly been believable until that. There is NO freaking possible way that she should have been able to block sun.
Trevor, it’s the first I heard of it, but that doesn’t mean it’s not the reason!!
Comichero, I’m surprised that you would suggest such a thing. BTW, Sun is already thinking of biting and a few other things. She is a dragon after all, lil as she is.
Champ, I know Xtina has a TV title match coming up and I also know that Yvonne, Victoria Buckingham and cheeky little Veronica Silver would like to discuss an upcoming title shot. O_o
Hey Jenn!! Nice to see you as always. You might be right about Xtina’s gameplan, but she’s figuring her plan of breaking Sun down bit by bit is going to leave an impression on the rookie.
DragonMan, I would agree with you that Krystin would chain her moves a little more soundly, but Xtina’s using some of her experience to improv. Will it help in the long run? In the short term, Sun is in danger of tapping out to a move that cost her a loss in her debut match (off camera, as it were) 😛
Tiffany, I totally understand where you’re coming from, but Sun is giving up a sizeable weight advantage here to Xtina. Plus, Xtina is really tough and even challenged Brenda for the belt. Hopefully, Sun can make a comeboack.
“Champ, I know Xtina has a TV title match coming up and I also know that Yvonne, Victoria Buckingham and cheeky little Veronica Silver would like to discuss an upcoming title shot. O_o”
Yus, Victoria espcially is quite persistent in letting poor GG know about this. GG would sometimes desire some peace and quite on the matter.
*nods*
* Al your right that is out of the norm for me, while i promote the high road in most things I am not above fighting dirty when the need is dire enough,and so long as it dosent become a habit nor do you allow fighting dirtychange who you are as a person and the Lil’ Dragon is as un corrutable as you can get she is who she is.
and also while i dont exaclty dislike canadians with any great zeal infact Im friends with a great many of them Xtina just rubs me the wrong way mouthing off to Bree and then Sun to put it bluntly the bitch deserves what ever happens to her in this fight
The squeeky wheel gets the oil. But who would you want to see them put up?
Also in another age long past i was a very hard core supporter of probly the dirtyest fighter of them all rowdy rodney pipper i think i t had to deal with the fact that he was so secure in his masculinity he wore a man skirt to the ring every night
See I don’t think she’s that tough we haven’t seen enough of her. I think she’s all talk there’s NO way she should have been able to pull that off plus Sun had momentum which means even with smaller mass she’d have had more force.