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The excitement from the title change still coursing through them, the GWA crowd is already pumped for the next match, knowing that it's the first time it's happened in the Indy GWA. As Roselyn enters the ring, several cheers already come up from the fans.

Roselyn: "The following contest is a Last Man Standing match! Once an opponent has two shoulders flat on the mat, a count will begin. If that wrestler cannot get to one knee before the count of ten, he loses. There is no time limit. Your referee is Peter London."

The lights immediately flash with the opening cymbal crashes of Dar's entrance theme, the fans getting to their feet, but booing loudly, few singing along with the opening and pounding the barriers as the lights dim down.

I crush your bones
I kill your face
I rip your flesh
I AM THE CHASE!

You meet with terror
You draw the ace
I rule the world
The rats that race

Muahahahaha...

As Eric Adams's sinister laugh fades out, it's replaced by a heavy thrash riff, the lights strobing along to the beat. For a second, everything calms down as the song goes silent...Only to explode again with renewed fury, Dar throwing open the curtains and walking out into the aisle. Obviously the Generally Hostile one has come here for business tonight, not wearing his entrance coat, dressed in only his tights and a black Apostles of Amaranthine t-shirt. Looking even more grim than usual, the Samoan heads down the aisle towards the ring, knocking a few hands out of his way in the process.

I have come to unfold your mind
In my veins runs the poison wild
In the streams of mountains, I flow

Not affected by the jeers from the crowd, Dar stops at the end of the aisle, looking up into the ring for a few moments before walking all the way around to the other side, climbing up the steel steps and walking across the apron before stepping through the ropes and into the ring.

I have opened the doors for unleashed and endless hate
It will burn like the raging green flames
Inside a man dwells secrets so cold

Roselyn: "Introducing first, from American Samoa...Weighing in at two hundred ninety pounds...He is the Archetypal Assassin, and a member of the Apostles of Amaranthine...'Generally Hostile' DARSON GRAYS!!!"

Through the dreadful storms, across the frozen oceans
I have come from the dark lands, with sorrow in my hands
The firewind rages in the sky...
And my luminous sword hungers for more
I will leave no one alive!

FOR I AM THE SLAYER OF LIGHT!

After a quick walk around the inside of the ring, Dar heads toward his usual corner, climbing up onto the middle ropes and pulling his shirt off, whipping it down at an official before flexing menacingly, finally taking the time to show some emotion about the match, making sure the crowd understands that he's going to "tear that little b***h up" and that he's "going to ******** die". The crowd doesn't seem to agree, booing louder for the Samoan.

I...I will break your will
I...I will crush your faith
I...I will slay your dreams
I will reclaim the stars

AND I WILL TEAR YOUR PRECIOUS WORLD APART!!!

Dropping down from the ropes, Dar turns his back to the corner, stretching his neck out and tightening his gloves, working himself up for the match at hand as his theme fades out and the lights return to normal.

...Only to dim down once again as a Spanish guitar intro begins to play over the speakers, the crowd's reactions doing a complete 180, cheering loudly as the intro heats up, only to be replaced by electric guitars, changing to a rock style for the last couple of seconds before Cody comes rushing out through the curtains. The cheers double in volume as he comes out, followed closely by Sofia, who steps to the side and holds her arms out, displaying her man like a work of art. Cody's wearing a different outfight tonight, a shiny navy blue longcoat covering gold trunks, gold wristbands, and navy boots. Cody throws one arm up in the air, holding his bokken up, the fans responding with even louder cheers, obviously showing their favorite for this match.

The edge of the moment, the glory of the kill
Thirsting for excitement and hunger for the thrill
Screams around the corners
Sound like demons in the wind
Their voices pushing me to where I've never been

Roselyn: "Being accompanied to the ring by Sofia, his opponent, from San Mateo, California...Weighing in at two hundred four pounds...He is the King of Hearts...the 'Burning Avenger' CODY BOGARD!!!"

At the end of his introduction, Cody runs down the aisle, slapping hands with fans on one side while Sofia takes care of the other, stopping at the end of the aisle and looking up towards the ring. Suddenly, the Burning Avenger sprints forward and springs up to the apron, quickly moving to the corner and climbing up the turnbuckles, tossing his bokken down before throwing both arms up in the air, working the crowd up more while Sofia claps for him.

A look at the cards and they just see the red
I say it's all in the head
Fear's a skin that you have to shed
If not you're better off dead

Cody pulls off his longcoat, handing it down to Sofia as he looks across the ring to Dar, both men staring each other down for a few moments before Cody drops down into the ring, doing some last-minute stretches.

Time's on the edge
Means I'm on the edge of time...

As his entrance theme fades out, Roselyn exits the ring, London taking her place, quickly checking to see if both men are ready. Able to tell that they're more than ready to start this, London quickly steps back and calls for the bell.

DING DING DING!!!

Dar and Cody immediately begin to circle around the ring, stalking, their gazes locked, neither one showing any fear or trepidation. There's no trying to fake-out the other, no second-guessed movements - these men have plans, and are waiting for the right moment to put them into play. On the outside of the ring, Sofia starts to slap her hand down on the ring apron, getting the crowd pumped up and beginning a slow clap. As Dar passes her, though, he stops and turns. Sofia is facing the crowd, who quickly warn her of the danger, but the Sexy Goddess turns around too late to avoid the huge boot stomping right into her face. Sofia stumbles back into the ring barrier, the crowd immediately letting forth a wave of jeers on Dar, but Cody soon avenges his friend with a Kenka Kick! As Dar stumbles back away from the ropes, Cody knocks him clean off his feet with an Uraken, stomping him hard in the chest and face. The crowd's boos immediately turn to cheers, glad to see Cody starting out with the advantage this time, Dar frantically trying to cover up and rolling outside to escape the attack. Cody follows without hesitation, though, grabbing Dar and bashing him with forearms, staggering the Samoan and finally pulling him down into a Front Facelock, dropping back for a DDT on the floor! The crowd jumps to their feet, pounding the barriers in appreciation from the onslaught by the King of Hearts, Cody quickly rolling up to his feet and throwing one arm up in the air, yelling out a war cry, the crowd responding in kind. While Dar recovers, Cody quickly moves over to check on Sofia, seeing that she's fine, the boot having not done much damage, only surprising and dishonoring her. Once sure she's okay, Cody quickly hops up onto the apron, watching Dar get up to his feet and running forward to dive off with a Flying Forearm!

Despite having taken a little damage from hitting the floor, Cody's adrenaline rush has yet to wear off, and he's back up on his feet in a few seconds, rolling Dar over to a seated position and stomping down on the back of his neck. Dar rolls over to the side, reaching up to protect his head, but Cody just grabs him again, going to roll him back into the ring...Only for Dar to break his hold, slamming an elbow into his jaw. Dar follows up with a few more, Cody stumbling back a few steps, but the Burning Avenger fights back, bashing him with hard forearms, finally ending it with a Lariat that sends Dar stumbling away. Cody quickly follows after him, grabbing Dar by the back of the head and running him forward to slam his forehead straight into the ringpost! Dar cries out in pain, falling over onto the floor and holding his head, cringing. The Samoan lifts his hand away for a few moments, seemingly checking if he's bleeding, but his Samoan skull has served him well; no blood. Finally, Cody picks up Dar and rolls him back into the ring, climbing up onto the apron and going to move through the ropes, only for Dar to reach up and begin throwing elbows again, never giving the Burning Avenger a chance to follow up. Cody moves through the ropes, guarding and fighting back, managing to mount Dar and throw punches right down into his face. Gaining control from here, Cody eventually stands up and follows up with hard kicks to Dar's back and head, the Samoan finally grabbing the ropes, London forcing Cody to back off and give him some room. The crowd doesn't really care though, still ecstatic that Cody has been in complete control of the match so far.

Dar takes a few moments to breathe and get his thoughts together, glaring angrily up at Cody, who is already trying to approach him again, London holding him back to make sure the rules are followed. Eventually, Dar rolls away from the ropes, Cody immediately moving forward and stomping him again before lifting him up to his feet, grabbing his arm and pulling it over his shoulder, bringing it down with an Arm Breaker! It seems that the Burning Avenger is going for Dar's striking arm in a solid tactic, managing to get a second one off before Dar twists out of the hold, grabbing Cody with his other arm and pulling him forward into a few headbutts. Cody goes stumbling back into the ropes, but comes off with a Lariat, knocking Dar off his feet! Stepping back, Cody motions for London to start the first count of the match. "1...2...3..." Dar takes a few seconds to recover rather than getting up right away. "4...5..." Reaching down, he pushes himself up to his feet, beating the count with no trouble. Cody, however, is waiting for him, and quickly moves in to pull him into a Side Headlock. The Burning Avenger quickly drops down to one knee and moves the hold down to the mat, knowing that Dar has a perfect and very dangerous counter to this hold while on his feet. Cody leans over Dar, making him carry his weight as well as try and fight off the hold, putting a lot of pressure on the Samoan. Eventually, though, Dar gets a hold of one of Cody's legs, pulling it over and beginning to stretch it, Cody quickly swinging his fist over to pound it into the top of Dar's head. It takes several strikes, but Dar finally breaks the hold, and Cody cinches the headlock back in. Disgusted, Dar slowly begins to push himself back up to his feet, Cody fighting as hard as he can to keep it on the mat, but unable to hold off the Samoan's strength. Once up to his feet, Dar quickly reaches over and hooks his arms around Cody's waist, lifting him up for the DANGEROUS BACKDROP-NO! Cody kicks his legs hard in mid-air, throwing off Dar's balance and forcing him to hit the move as a simple Back Suplex. What's more, the move isn't even enough to get Cody to break the hold!

Dar is stuck on the mat again, with Cody tightening the hold even further. Finally, the Samoan begins to fade, his movements slowing and eventually stopping altogether. Although Cody can't get a win via the usual unconsciousness fall, he might've put Dar out long enough for the ten-count, breaking the hold and moving away to allow London to begin counting. "1...2...3...4..." Dar snaps out of it, seeing what's happening and quickly rolling over. "5...6..." Dar is back up, dodging the bullet. Before Cody can attack again, though, Dar drops down to the canvas and rolls out of the ring, needing some more time to recover. Cody isn't about to give it to him, though, quickly following him out of the ring and kicking him into the guard rail, following up with a Bionic Elbow that leaves Dar slumped against the barrier. Cody moves back towards the apron, then dashes forward for another Kenka Kick, this one crushing Dar's head between Cody's boot and the steel barrier! Dar slumps down off the barrier, Cody hitting him with a few more stomps for good measure before picking him up and rolling him back into the ring again, climbing in and telling London to count. "1...2...3...4..." Dar doesn't screw around this time, immediately picking himself up, his face set. Cody runs forward and hits him with a Dropkick, Dar stumbling back into the corner and dropping down to a seated position, shaking his head. The Burning Avenger moves back towards the center of the ring, zeroing in on the Samoan, then charges forward...Only to get a boot right to the face! Cody runs right into it, and the momentum sends him reeling to the side, dropping down to lay beneath the bottom rope. The Samoan takes a little while to recover, finally having the chance to do so, getting up as Cody rolls out of the ring. London seems to be getting annoyed with all the movement to the outside, but can't do anything to stop Dar as he climbs out on the apron, waiting for Cody to get up and returning the favor from earlier with a Flying Elbow!

It doesn't take long for Dar to get to his feet, though he shakes his arm out with a little wince, the Samoan quickly moving into kill mode as he hauls Cody back up, slamming a knee into his face before pulling him into a Standing Head Scissors. The crowd looks very nervous as this happens, Dar flipping Cody up to his shoulders before Powerbombing him on the floor! The crowd cringes at the impact, Cody arching up in pain and crying out. Dar rolls back into the ring rather than following up, instead taking the time to mock Cody from a safe position, taunting him ruthlessly. Eventually, though, he climbs back out onto the apron as Cody gets onto all fours, coming off with a Diving Knee Drop! Dar lands right on the back of Cody's neck, slamming him face-first down onto the floor, the crowd not at all happy to see the Samoan finally gaining control. Dar gets up after a few seconds, slapping Cody hard across the back of the neck before picking him up and rolling him into the ring, following and yelling for London to count. "1...2...3...4..." Cody only takes a second or so of rest before he starts to pick himself up, not wasting any time, also not wanting to show any weakness to the Archetypal Assassin. Dar comes off the ropes with a Lariat, though, knocking Cody to the mat and running to the ropes to follow up with another Knee Drop, landing hard on Cody's face, moving back to start another count. "1...2...3...4..." Cody is slower getting up this time, holding his face for a few moments before shaking it off. "5...6..." Cody gets back up, fighting through the pain. Unfortunately, the King of Hearts doesn't have enough time to finish getting to his feet and and to move out of the way of the oncoming CHARGING ELBOOOWWW! Cody goes down, Dar stepping back and yelling for London to count yet again, apparently intent on continuing this as long as he can. "1...2...3..." Cody pushes himself up, shaking his head and glaring up at Dar. "4...5..." Cody is back up even quicker this time, in full defiance of Dar's power. The little staring contest Cody started has distracted Dar from attacking right away, however, and Cody has an extra few seconds to collect himself, the crowd already chanting his name.

Dar steps right up to Bogard and swings at him with an elbow smash but Cody brings up his arms to block the shot. The force from the block strike does send Cody backwards a bit, giving Grays the chance to grab him with a grapple but Cody ducks under the arms. The Burning Avenger leaps onto the Samoan Death Tank’s back and looks to wrestle him down with a sleeper hold. When the sleeper would appear to be working, Grays manages to get his hands on Cody’s head and throwing him over his shoulder, slamming him to the mat. Straight from throwing him over, Darson locks on a submission of his own, a dragon sleeper, which makes Bogard’s eyes shoot straight towards a stare at the ring lights. Grays begins wrenching the neck harder and harder, slowly killing away at any remaining momentum that Cody had left from the start and suddenly releasing the hold to let him fall to the mat. As London approaches for a count, the Samoan growls and sends him away as he pulls up to his feet and to a hunched position and throws a knee strike at him, but suddenly Cody catches the leg and snaps him with a dragon screw. The sudden re-spark of momentum in Bogard makes him run off the ropes and catch the Archetypal Assassin with a running kick to the back of the head. As Cody turns over to the corner and stalking Darson, London starts the count again “1… 2… 3… 4…“ Dar begins to use his hands to push himself up and seeing Cody beginning to run right at him. “5…” Bogard has Dar locked on for the SHINK-NO! Grays rolls to the side as the King of Hearts runs past him and halting in his tracks to turn around. Once locking on to Dar again, Bogard tries another running with the EXCAL-NO! Dar ducks under and gets an arm around his neck, lifting him up and dropping Bogard over his knee with a backbreaker.

Grays shoves Bogard off his knee, letting his body hit the mat and slides next to him, locking on a side headlock. The Samoan Death Tank then shakes his head, leaving the crowd wondering what he was doing as he takes one of his arms and commences to bash Cody’s face with a flurry of elbow smashes. The crowd boos in disapproval, despite being a legal move as Dar continues to pound at Cody more and more with elbow smashes. After bashing the Burning Avenger with numerous elbows to the face, Grays releases the hold and drags him to his knees, holding him up by his hair. Dar pulls him into another standing head scissors, taunting the crowd as he reaches down to get his arms around Bogard and lifting him to his shoulders. Right before Darson can throw him down to the mat, Dar sees a pair of hands in front of his face and rake him across the eyes by none other than Cody. The eye rake allows Bogard to get of the Assassin’s shoulders and catches a rolling sole butt kick to the midsection, doubling Dar over and catching him with a lifting knee strike. The crowd goes back to slamming the guardrails at the sight of the King of Hearts sending Grays to the mat with a rising knee, while Cody waves off London as he bounces off the ropes and lands across Darson’s neck with a jumping leg drop. Bogard rolls to the side and signaling London to start the count “1… 2… 3…” Dar starts coming to and begins to sit up “4… 5…” While Grays continues to bring himself up, Cody makes his climb to the top of the turnbuckle and launches himself towards Grays for a diving bionic elbow, only to get caught in the Archetypal Assassin’s arms and thrown across the ring with a release overhead belly-to-belly suplex.

Cody rolls over and arching his back in pain, finding a way to keep himself from being counted on by London. Darson walks right up to Cody’s back and gives him a swift kick to said back, making the Burning Avenger scream in pain. Grays pulls Cody to an all fours position and begins to strike the back with painful elbow jabs to the middle of the back and pulling him up after hitting the mat to continue the strikes. After a couple strikes, Grays brings his arms down to hook Cody’s arms and lifts him to a bent over position, the Samoan Death Tank teases the Foldover Tigerbomb by lifting him up, but on the descent Dar drops him over his knee with a double underhook backbreaker. Not wasting any time, Grays turns Bogard over and to make sure he wouldn’t move, he stomps on his back for good measure. Darson climbs up to the top of the turnbuckle and almost immediately flips forward across Bogard’s back with a Senton Bomb, leaving the King of Hearts reaching out for the ropes but then laying on the mat motionless. Darson gets into London’s face and shouts at him to “START COUNTING!!!” London scrambles out of fear and starts the count “1… 2… 3…” Cody tries to bring his body up, but having a hard time getting his body to react. “4… 5…” Once hearing the count reaching five, Bogard manages to get his hands and knees finally planted on the mat, slowly pushing off the mat. “6… 7…” The King of Hearts makes it up right as London reaches seven, his eyes seeing Dar glaring at him with murderous intent after recovering.

The Archetypal Assassin comes straight up to snatch Cody’s arm and whips him to the ropes, trying to knock his head off with an elbow smash, but ducks under it and returns off the ropes with a spinning wheel kick. Both Dar and Cody roll back to their feet as the crowd again gets behind the King of Hearts, connecting with a dropkick to knock Dars down again. As Grays attempts to rise up, Bogard gives him a swift kick to the chest and making his gasp for air, much to the surprise of the crowd seeing the big Samoan being the one that’s gasping for air since it is usually Darson that is making the opponent want air badly. Taking the advantage, the Burning Avenger pulls Grays up by the arm and begins firing body blows followed by a savate kick, right into two very familiar looking slaps to the head, spinning back chop, and a high head kick, surprising some of the fans by pulling out his former partner, Kale Amoh’s Blitz Rush. The Samoan Death Tank starts wobbling from the high head kick, as the crowd begin to stand up and out of their seats, Cody bouncing off the ropes and goes for the EXCALI-DAR BLOCKS WITH HIS ARMS!!! Cody and the crowd are frozen in shock to see Grays pull a desperation block, allowing him to shove him back with his arms and spins for a ROAR-BACK BRAIN KICK OUT OF NOWHERE BY CODY!!! The frozen shock turns into sudden cheering and guardrail banging, the Archetypal Assassin slowly dropping down to one knee and Cody going into a fighting pose, letting out a big yell and clocking the side of Dar’s head with a Buzzsaw Kick. The cheers get even louder as the Samoan is face down on the mat and not immediately moving, Bogard moving towards the ropes and London stepping him to get the count started “1… 2… 3…” Cody begins to lean on the ropes as he doesn’t see any movement from Dar yet “4… 5… “Just before the King of Hearts can take a moment to relax, Grays starts coming to and begins rising “6… 7… ”Once Grays gets his feet planted, Bogard rushes in and tries for a DDT, but Grays manages to lift him up and drops him onto the ropes to the apron. Right as Cody brings his head up after bouncing off the ropes, he gets caught with a Burning Elbow Smash, knocking off the apron to the floor.

The Samoan Death Tank shakes his head a little while glancing over the ropes and seeing Cody laying on the floor, waiting for him to rise up. Once witnessing the Burning Avenger start to rise, the Archetypal Assassin runs over to the ropes and builds momentum, launching himself through the ropes and catches a turning Bogard with an elbow suicida. Both men are left on the floor, trying to recover from the high risk attack by Grays and taking the advantage of the rules by not being able to get counted out on the outside. Dar makes it to his feet first, followed by Cody not far behind, the Samoan grabs hold of Cody’s hair and leads him over to the ring apron, throwing him onto it but not enough to re-enter the ring. Grays climbs up the apron and pulls up Cody with him, reaching his arms around him in an Exploder Suplex hold and looking behind him, looking for an EXPLODERDEATH, but Cody begins fighting back out of desperation with elbows to the back of the head. Bogard breaks free from the hold and goes for a running strike, but Grays counters into a POWERSLAM OFF THE APRON!!! As the King of Hearts shouts in agony, Grays catches a quick breather while keeping hold of him and drags him over to one of the guardrails in the corner, pulling him up just a bit before driving him against one of them with a shoulder drive to the midsection. Once turning him around, Darson lifts Cody high up in the air and dropping him right on the guardrails with an atomic drop. Bogard is left straddling the guardrail as Dar begins walking away from him to the other side of the floor, suddenly turning back to face Bogard and charges at him, nailing him HARD with a Charging Elbow, sending him over the guardrail into the crowd.

The fans quickly gather around Cody, seeing if he's okay, trying to give him some encouragement. Most of them flee when Dar reaches over the barrier to grab him, though, pulling the Burning Avenger over the guard rail and back into the ringside area, rolling him into the ring and calling for the count as he climbs up to follow. "1...2...3...4..." Cody is barely stirring at this point, obviously out of it after those last few attacks. "5...6..." Cody finally begins to get up, but it's slow going as he tries to force himself to a vertical base. "7...8..." Just before the count of nine, Cody makes it to one knee, ending the count. Dar is right on him, though, pissed that that wasn't enough to keep him down, grabbing the King of Hearts's head and nailing him with a hard knee strike. Cody goes right back down, allowing Dar to run to the ropes, coming off with an Elbow Drop right onto Cody's face. Dar yells for London to begin the count as he stands up. "1...2...3..." Dar suddenly interrupts the ref, telling him to forget it as he pulls Cody up to a seated position, slamming his knee twice into the back of the Burning Avenger's skull. The crowd doesn't appreciate that one, booing loudly as Cody rolls over onto all fours, trying to push himself up to a vertical base, only for Dar to come down on the back of his neck with another Elbow Drop, sending him down into the canvas. This time, Dar stands up and calls for the count again, not interrupting. "1...2...3..." Cody is slow on getting up, but doesn't seem too out of it yet. "4...5..." Nearly up now, Cody glares at Dar. "6..." The King of Hearts is on his feet, but Dar knocks a strike away as he moves in, pulling Cody's head down for a knee to the face. Cody stumbles back a step, but then swings a leg up into the side of Dar's head, the crowd cheering for the comeback...Only to be shut down as Dar knocks Cody back down with an elbow.

From there, he pulls him up to his feet, whipping him into the ropes. The Samoan bends down too early, however, and Cody is able to stop himself and fire off a kick right up into Dar's chest and face, Dar snapping upwards only to get a Dropkick, sending him stumbling back into the corner. Dar drops down to one knee, shaking his head, but Cody takes advantage of the opening, charging forward with the SHINKUU BUDDHA-GIRI!!! Dar's head gets slammed back into the turnbuckle with the move, the crowd bursting into cheers as Cody rolls to the side and holds onto his knees for a few moments, paying the price for connecting with Dar's Samoan head. Dar has undoubtedly taken the worse of it, though, only able to stay seated because of his arms wrapped around the ropes. After several seconds, Cody gets to his feet, walking over to Dar and pulling him up to a vertical base, slicing a chop across his chest before throwing one arm up in the air, the crowd quickly getting up, knowing what's coming. Cody begins to slam his palm into Dar's exposed chest, swinging his other arm back for momentum as he fires off a full magazine of MACHINE GUN SLAPS!!! "ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORAAAAA!!!" Finally, Cody ends the assault, backing up from Dar, who seems to be having trouble standing, the redness of his chest standing out even against his dark skin. The Burning Avenger shakes off his hand, blowing on it a few times (which gets some laughs from the crowd) before he runs forward and jumps towards Dar, looking for a Flying Clothesli-NO! Dar grabs him in mid-air and sends him slamming down into the ring with an STO! Cody lands hard on his back and neck, rolling over and sitting up, but not getting up any further from there, just wanting to make sure he's not being counted.

Unfortunately for him, this leaves his back open to the angry Samoan, who takes full advantage of it with a vicious kick to his spine. Cody arches up, letting out a cry of pain, but Dar shows no mercy, hitting him with a second kick. Cody takes a few deep breaths, then rolls up to his feet, staring down Dar, daring him to attack again. Eager to oblige, Dar throws a flurry slaps and elbows, having Cody stumbling back, but the King of Hearts fights back, shooting off some forearms into Dar's face. The Samoan shrugs it off, though, grabbing Cody by the head and slamming him down into the canvas, only for Cody to roll right back up to his feet, not backing down. Dar grabs his head again, this time pulling him into several jarring headbutts, finally ending it with a huge elbow, sending Cody reeling...Only to charge forward with a LARIAT! Dar goes down to the shock of the crowd, Cody stumbling over to the ropes and wrapping one arm around them to make sure he stays on his feet, motioning for London to begin counting. "1...2...3...4..." It doesn't seem the Lariat was too hard on Dar, as he begins to get up fairly quickly, though he's obviously shaky. Cody ends this by running up behind him and taking him down with a Bulldog, quickly rolling Dar on his back and yelling for another count. "1...2...3..." Dar doesn't get up as quickly this time, clutching his face as he sits up. "4...5..." But he makes it to his feet again, beating the count.Cody immediately moves into a grapple, but Dar is ready for him, spinning around as he closes in for a ROARING EL-NO! Cody ducks under it, grabbing Dar from behind in a Sleeper Hold! Rather than sticking with the hold itself, Cody seems to be trying for a suplex, pulling back on Dar a few times before he finally gets him off his feet for the RAGE OF THE DRAG-NO! Dar swings his legs and comes back down to the mat, the momentum lifting Cody up off the canvas and allowing Dar to flip him over his shoulder and down onto the mat. Cody quickly rolls to his feet, turning around and ducking another elbow from Dar, quickly pulling him into a Side Headlock and forcing him down to one knee. The Samoan suddenly powers out of it with a cry of rage, though, wrapping both arms around Cody and pulling him back into the DANGEROUS BACKDROPPAAAAHHHH!!!

Both men are down after that one, prompting London to begin a count. "1...2...3..." Dar begins to stir, starting to push himself up, but Cody is barely moving at all. "4...5..." Dar is nearly to his feet by now, Cody just beginning to roll over. "6...7..." Cody realizes how close he is to being counted out and moves quicker. "8...9" Just as the nine count is announced, Cody is up on his feet, still in the match. However, he's right back down after getting hit by a Shoulderblock from Dar, who then moves to his corner, slapping his arm and cocking it back as Cody gets up again, running forward for a CHARGING EL-NO! Cody counters with a Drop Toe Hold, planting Dar's face on the mat. The Burning Avenger gets back to his feet, then looks toward the ropes, nodding to himself as he runs up to them, jumping on the second rope and turning in mid-air to land a SPRINGBOARD LEG DROP! Cody comes down hard, right on the back of Dar's neck, and rolls him over onto his back as soon as he can for the count. "1...2...3..." Dar is slow to move this time, holding the back of his neck and rolling over with noticeable effort. "4...5..." The Samoan still hasn't made it to his feet yet, shaking his head. "6...7..." Finally, Dar gets up, the longest count so far for the Archetypal Assassin. Cody is on him right away, though, grabbing Dar with a Front Facelock and slamming a knee up into his stomach before grabbing his tights. After a few deep breaths, Cody begins to lift Dar up off his feet, trying a few times before finally swinging him back for a suplex! The crowd is surprised to see Cody be able to hit the move, what with the weight difference, but it's taken its toll on the King of Hearts. Still, Cody doesn't miss his chance, getting up to his feet and climbing out onto the apron and up onto the top rope, steadying himself for a few seconds before jumping off with a DIVING DOUBLE KNEE DROP! Cody lands hard on Dar's chest, the Samoan spasming in pain before going still, Cody yelling to the ref to count while he clutches his knees. "1...2...3...4..." Dar coughs as he rolls over onto his stomach, seeming to be more focused on breathing through his pained ribcage rather than answering the count. "5...6..." Shakily, Dar begins to get up, the crowd hoping that he won't be able to make it. "7...8..." Just before the count of nine, Dar reaches his feet, the fans disappointed that it wasn't over.

Seeing Dar reaching his feet, Bogard fires off a volley of kicks to the midsection followed with a savate kick to double Dar over, and kicking him in the head to shoot him up to a stand. Looking to have the Samoan Death Tank stunned, Cody builds momentum from the ropes and brings his foot up for a Kenka Kick, but Dar manages to move his head slightly to have the leg land over the shoulder. Upon feeling the Burning Avenger’s leg on his shoulder, Grays snaps to attention and gets his arms around him, lifting Cody up high and slamming him backwards with an Exploder Suplex. Dar takes a moment to regain his composure and grabs hold of Cody by the hair, smashing the side of his head with a few elbow smashes to the head. The Archetypal Assassin gets his grasp around Cody’s neck, lifting him up fast and slamming him with a NODAWA OTOSHI, but he’s not done just yet. Darson reaches down and flips Cody onto his stomach, firing a barrage of FOUR FIERCE KNEES TO THE HEAD!!! Looking a bit worn down from pulling off two strong moves back to back, Dar crawls over to the ropes and pointing at Cody’s fallen body for London, signaling him to start counting. “1… 2…” Cody shows no signs of movement as the crowd start a “Cody!” chant again in hopes of getting the King of Hearts back to his feet. “3… 4… 5…” Dar uses the ropes to help position himself to get a glimpse of his impending victory. “6…” Upon hearing London reaching six, Cody begins to show a sign of life, moving his fingers and moving his hand forward to a planted spot. “7… 8…” Once the count reached eight, Cody slowly but surely pushes himself up just enough to stop the count, much to the joy of the crowd and the dismay of the Archetypal Assassin.

Dar approaches Cody to place him in a standing headscissors, wrapping his arms up in a straightjacket hold and lifts him onto his shoulders for the ACHERON BOMB, but the Burning Avenger kicks his legs wildly and managing to get in some blows to the back. The kicks somehow strike a tender spot along the back of Grays, releasing the Bomb and letting Cody land on his feet, suddenly reaching behind him to get his arms around the neck of the Archetypal Assassin and catching him with a sitout hangman’s neckbreaker. The King of Hearts stays in a seated position and starts shaking his arms, grabing hold of Dar by the hair to lpull him to his feet. Reaching out and grabbing hold of Grays’ hair, Cody takes a moment to c**k his head back and slams a Gran Hamada Headbutt right at the Samoan Death Tank’s noggin. The headbutt rocks the big man but not enough to knock him down, but it doesn’t stop Cody from turning slightly and drilling Dar with a Standing Spinning Heel Kick. The last strike knocks Darson dizzy, sending him stumbling a few steps, the King of Hearts bends him over and locks him in a Here We Go Driver setup, pulling off a shocking feat in lifting him off the mat and turning him to drop Grays neck across Cody’s knee with THE RON SIMMONS!!! The crowd is in total shock, some of them even replying with “DAMN!!! ” from the sight of Bogard’s last move and screaming at London to start counting while Cody was making his way to his knees. “1… 2… 3… 4…” Grays gets his hands over the back of his neck and looks to make a small amount of movement. “5… 6…” Dar manages to roll over to his stomach, raising his head up and seeing Cody standing hunched over, catching his breath. “7… 8…” Upon London reaching eight, the Archetypal Assassin gets his feet placed firm on the mat and pushes himself up to a standing position.

Wasting no time, Cody fires off two quick Shotei strikes at the now standing Dar, followed by placing his head under Dar’s jaw, dropping to his knees and jacking up the jaw with a jawbreaker. Grays shoots his head up looking dazed and stunned, the Burning Avenger races to the ring apron, stomping his feet on the mat to a hail of cheers. Bogard leaps onto the ropes and lauches at Darson’s shoulders, going for a springboard hurricarana, but Grays blocks the move and starts pulling him up to his shoulders, drilling him hard with the X-DRILLER!!! The Archetypal Assassin swings his arms in a “no more” motion towards the crowd as they are in shock, Sofia turning away and looking like she was going to break into tears at seeing her friend nearly get murdered with the X-Driller. London passes by Dar, who was dusting off his shoulders and heading towards the corner, watching London starting his count. “1… 2… 3…” No movement is seen from the King of Hearts while the crowd shout as loud as they can in hopes of getting the GWA team member up “4… 5… 6…” Dar turns over to the crowd, telling him “He’s not getting up! He is no more! Your hero is nothing but a weak sack of meat!” “7… 8…” Unseen by everyone in the arena, Cody opens his eyes and looks around, suddenly seeing London out of the corner of his eye bringing his arm down “9…” The King of Hearts shoots up to a sitting position as London stops the count and waving his arms, the crowd going right into a large hail of cheers. Dar slowly turns his head towards the middle of the ring wondering what was going on, getting a good look and going into straight disgust. The Samoan Death Tank, looking pissed off, bolts off the ropes and nails Cody with a Charging Elbow, but he doesn’t go down and just turns his head back at Dar. Not wasting any time, Grays gets behind Bogard and pulls his arms across his neck with a choke, flexing back and slams him with the HOSTILEPLEX!!! Just as Dar rolls over and reaching his feet, he turns to see Cody back up looking unaffected and shakes his head. Going for broke, Grays spins Cody around to grabs his waist and leg, lifting him up and spiking him with the DANGEROUS BACKDROPPAH!!!!! Right as Cody’s neck slams on the canvas, he rolls backwards to his feet and gets right into Dar’s face the moment he looks over, roaring like a man possessed. The Samoan Death Tank can’t take the madness any longer, shouting “******** DIE ALREADY!!!” as he winds up and swings at him with ROARING BA- BOGARD DUCKS AND CONNECTS WITH AN EXCALIBUR SLASH!!!

The foreign crowd in the arena is popping like mad, some in the front row yelling at Sofia to turn back around and see what was going on. Once turning around, she witnesses the Burning Avenger standing with some difficulty over the fallen AOA powerhouse. Cody pulls Dar up from the neck, turning him slightly and up to his feet, grabbing hold of his head, driving it down to his knee. However, Cody doesn’t stop with one knee strike as he drives his knee to Dar’s head again and again and again, stopping to witness Dar bring his head up looking like a wreck. The King of Hearts reaches at Grays to grab hold of his hair, winding up and nailing a big Gran Hamada Headbutt, stunning the big man again, Cody rushing to the ropes and drills him with a Jumbo Tsuruta Jumping Knee. Once getting the Archetypal Assassin down on the mat, Bogard gets hold of him from the shoulders and drags him towards the corner, planting him against the corner in a seated position. The King of Hearts throws his fist in the air, getting a response of cheers from the fans, bringing his boot up to Dar’s face and thrusting it as hard as he could. Cody pulls back and drives his foot across Dar’s face repeatedly, after a couple more scrapes, the Burning Avenger races to the opposite ropes and drills the boot HARD to complete the Facewash. As it appears Dar would fall face down into the mat, Cody keeps him up by pushing him against the corner again, leaving the crowd wondering why he didn’t allow the crowd to happen, the King of Hearts heading to the opposite diagonal corner, building momentum and smashes him in the corner with the SHINKUU BUDDHA-GIRI!!! Stepping away from the corner rubbing his knees, Bogard reaches down while making the throat slash motion, bringing Grays up to a standing head scissors hold then placing both of his arms behind him and grabbing hold of his waist, the King of Hearts fighting hard to lift the big Samoan up. Using all the drive he can muster, Cody does the unthinkable and gets Darson up, dropping to his knees and hitting the HYAKU RYŨ SENJIN HA REVENGER!!!!!! Bogard remains on his knees, looking up at the ceiling and back down, crawling to the ropes while London steps in and begins his count “1… 2… 3…” Dar looks to be down for the count at the moment, getting some fans to count with London “4… 5… 6…” The fans count stops to a silence, noticing Grays beginning to move one of his arms to the side “7… 8…” Grays rolls onto his shoulder, placing a hand against the mat and starting his push “9…” Upon seeing London’s arm come down from nine, Dar pushes to his knees and gets up just enough to beat the count.

Both men approach each other in the middle of the ring, each taking turns to destroy the other with their respective strikes, Dar’s elbows and Cody’s Shotei strikes. As it appears no one has an advantage, Grays goes right for the throat and tries to lift Cody up for a Nodawa Otoshi, but Bogard fires off a couple elbows to the side of the head to release the hold. Once breaking free, Cody gets behind him and wrapping his arms around his waist, attempting a German Suplex, but Dar gets a leg around Bogard’s leg and blocks the move. Grays lifts his arms up and then throwing them down and away, breaking out of the hold and counter-switches with Cody, ending up behind him and set up for a Dangerous Backdroppah, only for Bogard to flip through the backdrop to his feet. Recovering fast after landing on his feet, Bogard bounces off the ropes and runs into a Rolling Elbow, knocking him down. Grays gets hold of Bogard and carries him to the corner, placing him on the top turnbuckle and climbing up to meet him at the top. Looking to repeat the finish from their previous singles encounter, Dar strikes Cody in the guy and has him in a pumphandle setup, lifting up for the AVICHI TEN-NO! Bogard manages to slip past the shoulders and behind him. The Samoan Death Tank makes his turn over and meets a BIG Hamada Headbutt, rocking him almost off the turnbuckle, but Cody pulls him in and over his shoulders. The crowd all of the sudden begin to stand up and bang on the guardrail, the King of Hearts trying with all his might and somehow lifts him up, using all his strength to keep hold in order to grab his wrist and head, diving off the top…. SEKIHA TENKYOKEN BUSTER-HEAT…….ENDO!!!!!! The crowd is in near frenzy, banging the guardrails and cheering, the seated Cody calling over London to start counting. “1… 2…3…” Cody attempts to stand but falls to his knees, bringing some concern to the fans “4… 5…” Cody looks over behind him, seeing Darson still down on the mat and makes another effort to bring himself up “6… 7…” Fighting his way up, Cody manages to make it standing, stumbling right into the corner, while Dar slowly picks up his head, seeing Cody up and worn out. “8… 9…” Grays to make one final attempt to bring himself up……..”TEN!” Dar’s head goes back down, he doesn’t beat the count!

DING!!! DING!!! DING!!!

*The crowd in the Kakihara Memorial Hall is exploding with monstrous cheers, The King of Hearts surviving through the grueling hell both he and Darson Grays created, as he turns around to see Dar down and beat, while breathing heavily.*

Roselyn: The winner……of the Last Man Standing match…..THE BURNING AVENGER!!!! CODY BOGARD!!!!

*Cody slumps down to his knees, as Sofia and members of the ring crew rush into the ring. The ring crew aids both competitors with water pours and air sprays to their necks. As Sofia helps him up to his feet, Cody gets a hold of a bottle of water and approaches the fallen Grays. Uncapping the water, Cody pours water over Dar in a sign of respect, telling him “I don’t care if you don’t respect me, I have you give you some props for driving me to the limits.” The Samoan Death Tank looks on, still somewhat out of it after the finishing move, looks on as the GWA representative and his friend exit the ring, receiving pats on the back by the fans as they make their way towards the entranceway. Darson attempts to get to his feet, but a few of the ring crew aid him as a precaution, the Kakihara Memorial Hall crowd clapping for the Archetypal Assassin for busting his a**, even though he was representing the AOA. The clapping would die down a little as Grays finally comes to and shoves the crew away, walking to the back under his own power.*