Posted by Simguy on 6/25/2004, 7:24 am.

Before: Eva Larue interviews both women for “Extra”. First up--Rinna: casual work out session--Eva holds the pads for Lisa--conversational tone between two old daytime rivals who have a lot of mutual respect. Softball questions, “Cuthbert’s gonna get carved up,” seems to be the general conclusion. Rinna grousing that she should be “Tanning Theron’s fanny, not working out with the Krusher second string,” a sentiment shared by Larue who cattily adds “I hear Charlize walks around at 140 in between fights.” Eva puffs out her cheeks in a ‘fat Charlize’ mock--both daytime vixens enjoy a good laugh. Next up: Cuthbert. Eva in red power dress suit, formal studio interview setting and ‘Lishy’s put through the ringer. Larue pulling no punches--what about Cuthbert’s apparent lack of class? How’s it feel to be the bottom rung on the Krusher ladder? Elisha’s sweating bullets until Larue suggests that Cuthbert hasn’t aid her dues as an actress--’Lishy walks out of the interview once the hatchet job extends beyond the ring. “They’re just a bunch of jealous day time backs,” Cuthbert whines to the more sympathetic ears at BLONDE! Magazine. Lisha in pale blue sports bra, navy boy cut trunks, white shoes--Elisha in ivory bikini, white shoes.

During R1,2,3: Cuthbert obviously fired up, takes it to a slow-starting Rinna all three heats, Action consists of Cuthbert hounding Rinna to the ropes, but doing it smart--moving her head, staying low, punching up out of the crouch. At the ropes--Lisa’s upright, palm-bunting Elisha in the shoulders, trying to control the blonde’s head. Cuthbert ripping punches out of the crossed-arm stance, scuffing her head against Rinna’s chest and chin--it’s beefy stuff. Elisha putting together rapid fire of spanking body and head shots--Lisa with her arms extended doing her best to impede anything looped above the shoulders. Good scouring work, robust cluster punching from Cuthbert--Jewel Kilcher influence obvious as compact blonde fights off taller brunette’s chest very effectively.

R4: Rinna finally gets a hard counter-right hand off the ropes, checking Lisha’s chin with a tidy hammer-drop blow, staggering the blonde and Lisa comes forward with snapping lefts and rights. Rinna with relaxed hands at stomach height, elbows in--nice n’ tidy as she cuts home rights, curls left uppercuts, claps hooks and slides out jabs with smooth, effortless action. Cuthbert stung, takes her first backward steps this round--Rinna on the board string after 4.

R5: More tasty combination punching from Lisa--she’s jabbing and stepping a little bit, but she wants to pick Elisha up with the left uppercut, out the hook in top and chop down with right hands, all from that loose midriff-high hand position. Cuthbert befuddled at times, crossing her arms, bending low and trying to figure things out--she’s not getting Rinna’s back to the ropes the way she was and it’s hurting blonde output. Elisha hears Janet Jones screaming for the jab and produces it--Rinna disrupted as blonde battles stubbornly midring.

R6: Cuthbert stepping forward and punching brazen--she misses a vicious right as Rinna tilts back out of range but OH, the HOOK! Clanging wallop on the chi sends Lisa reeling to the ropes--Rinna clocked clean and feeling the power of Elisha’s curves--Cuthbert bulls in to clean up. Elisha punning her ears back, opening up wide against Lisa’s waist just above wither hip--torrid lefts and rights warping Rinna’s frame as brunette soaks up shellack. COUNTERPUNCH! Rinna dropping that little right hand, all shoulder and body behind it, catching wide open Elisha ion the eye--Lisa leaning back to arm-curl left uppercut in, then chopping back down with the bright jumping to the right side as ELISHA GOES DOWN! Cuthbert face first in the ropes shaking her head--she climbs ropes to beat the count but she’s shabby, Rinna with a muscular last minute, getting into Elisha with evil lefts and rights in the waist, tough palm-bunts in the shoulders and clubbing mitt work above the head and shoulders, bell sounds to end the carnage, Rinna smoldering, looking battered Elisha over: Cuthbert’s eyelashes fluttering, lips parted--she’s all shiny and punished after a disastrous 6th.

R7: Rinna boxing, stepping around her jab--she came out on top in the sixth, but Cuthbert got her respect nonetheless, Lisa polishing Cuthbert up with spanking stick, just touching Cuthbert every few seconds, keeping blonde on the end of the punch. Elisha forced to gamble, crouching, bobbing, weaving, trying to jump in with her hook. Lisa’s legs in control, puppet-mastering her blonde around the ring.

R8: Cuthbert with tireless aggression--Rinna taking the round off --Elisha able to reassert herself somewhat, Lisa forced back to the ropes for the first time since the early going--she’s leaning away, palming shoulders, wrapping up head and arm in Cuthbert to slow the hard-working blonde. Elisha wriggling and pushing, trying to keep her hands free, separate her hips and tear it up downstairs. Not much up top for Cuthbert as she’s foiled by Rinna’s long, cloying arms, but blonde scoring beefy amidships through 8.

R9: Rinna back to the jab, dailing in, patiently pulping up Cuthbert’s left eye, Rinna nice and relaxed, low hand position, but she’s supple on her hips, leaning away and side to side, wheeling to the left--movement’s keeping her out of harm’s way as Elisha follows, gets busted up, At the bell, Lisa flashes a winsome smile: may as well be a switchblade in the ribs to Cuthbert who turns away in disgust.

R10: Cuthbert with a banging first minute--swinging away wide and shockingly loud to the flanks, but she’s wrapped up, turned, and pushed off in a series of clinches as Rinna restores order like a veteran. Midring, Rinna re-establishes stick, easing to her left around it, steering Elisha and busting her up with heartless accuracy. Lisa satisfied to leg it out--Cuthbert too worn down to force a late KO, blonde can only follow and soak up stick in her face to the bell, Comes back UD19 Lisa Rinna,.

After: Meanspirited gloating and ostentatious strutting from Rinna--daytime veteran lording it over cuddly ingénue with a delicious 10 rounds of classy boxing/punching. Rinna countering her way to victory, scoring her knockdown off the ropes and hurting Cuthbert often enough ti get the necessary respect--Elisha just not able to assert her agenda in enough of the minutes to stop the Rinna rally.

Reposted by Archer 6/26/11.