If there was a moment for the usual Beatific shenanigans to come into play, this was it. Tanya landed a second devastating finisher on Abby, who was clearly out of it, rolled up nearly into a ball by Tanya's pin.

"One! Two! Three!"

And that was it. Tanya pushed Abby's legs to the side as she stood up, leaving the Beatific in a barely-moving heap on the mat. Tanya's fans cheered wildly at the result, but Fiona could tell through the wide-angle shot they switched to that there were more Beatifics fans, and they were less than enthused at the result. Not just because their favorite lost, but because Abby had been put on the back foot from the very beginning, and never really recovered to make a match of it.

"And that's a statement win by Tanya Redd," Dan Rich commented, as the referee took Tanya's wrist and lifted it high, declaring her the winner. "She may not have the same fan support as some of the other competitors in this tournament, but I think she just proved herself to be a dark horse contender for the title."

"You've got that right, Dan," Brent agreed. "That was a beautiful, no-nonsense beatdown, and I see no reason why she won't do the same to Fiona Chevalier next week."

"And look at that!" Rhonda pointed out. "Tanya's clearly thinking about it already."

Tanya was quick to find the camera zooming in on her from the crowd after the referee left her to check on Abby, giving it an ominous, unblinking stare, and then pointing straight ahead. It was a clear, wordless message right to Fiona, enough to make Fiona shift uncomfortably in her seat, suddenly feeling like thousands of people were looking right at her.

It wasn't the result Fiona wanted, in more ways than one. Judging by the fan votes, she'd have equal if not greater fan support than Tanya, but she'd need more than that to get her first win over her veteran rival. She hadn't come particularly close to winning either time against her so far, and the extreme rules were another wrinkle that seemed to favor Tanya more than her. Aside from that, she couldn't help feeling another flare-up of self-conscious suspicion that her match had caused Diana to deny Aubrey ringside access for her sister's fight. She could already see the sisters finding a way to blame this loss on Defiant Dream, and using it as an excuse to make their lives hell, as if they needed one.

But she couldn't afford to think about Abby and Aubrey now. She had a week to prepare for Tanya Redd, and she knew she needed to make the most of it if she wanted to prove the doubters wrong and keep her title hopes alive.