Fiona fell from nearly six feet up when Raven was cut down at the knee, slamming down hard to the mat on her back again. [i]Guess there wasn't a gentler way to intervene there,[/i] she thought to herself, rolling away and staying down for a moment, ending up near the ropes and steel cage just outside. She nursed the ache in her back, glad to let Elina take the reins and deliver some real damage to Raven.

It was a lot more satisfying to watch Elina Zamora work up close when Fiona wasn't the target of her flashy moves. A pair of huge knee strikes to the head landed cleanly, no doubt getting some real dizziness into Raven for the first time. Getting to her knees, Fiona watched Elina ascend the corner turnbuckles, wondering for a second if she was trying to make a break for it. No, it was too soon. They needed to get Raven totally out of it before they could risk climbing the cage. A fall from that height would be devastating.

It was her signature moonsault that Elina went for, but she took too long, as Raven recovered just before Elina went soaring through the air, leaving her only the mat to painfully belly flop down onto with a huge impact.

"Optimistic from Elina there," Dan Rich called out, "and she pays the price. But here comes Fiona, refusing to give Raven so much as a breather!"

Raven was finding opportunities to hit both of them, but so long as they kept this up, she would wear down eventually, Fiona could feel it. As Elina rolled away, clutching her midsection, Fiona charged at Raven, getting in a running knee strike to her head while she was halfway up. Raven bent backwards on her knees, not even falling to the mat, but it gave Fiona the chance to seize one of her hands, Raven's right in Fiona's left. Winding up, Fiona delivered a stinging slap to her upper chest, then guided her over to the corner. Fiona nimbly ascended, intending to turn and jump back in for an arm drag.

It was poorly judged, and while she was on the top rope, a strong tug from Raven on their linked hands was enough to disrupt Fiona's balance entirely. She fell hard right back onto Raven's shoulders, secured in another fireman's carry. [i]Oh come on, not again![/i] Her elbows and struggling were ineffective again, leaving her trapped for the ride as Raven quickly spun around.

Elina had just gotten to her feet as Raven swung Fiona around into her, her legs both colliding with Elina's head and knocking her back, the Sonoran Rose [i]clanging[/i] against the steel cage before she went down.

"Oh wow!" Rhonda exclaimed, unable to keep from laughing a little. "Raven's power on display right there, using one of her opponents to bludgeon the other."

[i]Shit, shit,[/i] Fiona panicked. Raven carried her to the center of the ring, swinging and releasing her, but whatever she was planning, Fiona managed to adjust and escape at the last second, landing on her feet right in front of the intimidating Goth Queen. Wide-eyed, Fiona saw a big swing coming just in time to duck under it and run for the ropes behind Raven. Jumping on the middle rope and springboarding back towards Raven, Fiona snared her around the neck, swinging her weight around and bringing her down for a stylish tornado DDT, spiking her head against the mat.

"What a sequence by Fiona that was!" Dan Rich shouted over the eruption of the crowd.

"Yeah Dan," Rhonda agreed, "it doesn't seem like she's letting the star power of Raven and Elina faze her much, that was a beautiful recovery after being caught in a very awkward position."

The crowd was loving the contrasting styles of the three women in the ring, the high intensity striking and graceful acrobatics of Elina and Fiona respectively making for an even fight against the raw power of Raven Veyn. Raven was down on the mat, face up after that DDT, leaving Fiona with a moment of control to make an even bigger impact on the match. Getting up and pointing to the corner, she generated some cheers of encouragement from the fans, then swiftly made her ascent.

It was a tighter fit than usual with the steel cage behind her, delaying her setup slightly, but Fiona soon found herself standing on the top rope, aiming down at Raven. She then launched herself into the air, slowly backflipping as she looked to come down right on top of Raven. She hadn't yet attempted her signature Shooting Star finisher in NMW yet, and she knew this would be one hell of a match to land it for the first time...