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Dar finally manages to pull himself up to a vertical base, limping as he walks over to Dante, grabbing his opponent and lifting him up to his feet, but Dante suddenly lashes out with a low Dropkick right into Dar's knee, sending him back down to the mat to clutch further at the joint, and giving Dante some extra time to recover. Dante gets up several moments later, walking over to Dar and grabbing his leg, grinning cockily now tha the seems to have this match back under his control as he rolls Dar over onto his stomach and picks his leg up into the air before slamming it back down onto the mat, driving Dar's knee into the canvas just as Dar had done to him earlier in the match. Dante, following Dar's lead from earlier, grabs his leg to do the same thing again, almost picking Dar's entire body off the canvas before slamming the knee right back down onto the mat. Dar cries out in pain, clutching at his knee, but Dante just grabs the leg again, this time stepping around it and twisting the legs to fall back for a Figure Four, but Dar manages to grab Dante's leg before he can hook it over his and really apply pressure to the move. Dante presses down hard, and due to Dar's lack of leverage in this position, he manages to get his leg to slip out of the Samoan's hand, locking in the hold fully and making Dar fall back onto the mat, flailing his arms in agony. Finally, though, with a bit of rocking, Dar manages to turn the move over and apply the pressure to Dante instead. Dante has more leverage in this position, though, and uses his hands to push back and rock them back into the original position of the hold, putting the pressure back on Dar. As Dar tries to reach back towards the ropes, Dante scoots his body backwards towards the middle of the ring, leaving Dar out of range to get a rope break. Pounding down on the mat in frustration, Dar starts to pull himself back towards the ropes, but Dante brings them back to the center before Dar can reach them. Dar tries again, scooting himself back quicker this time, and managing to grab the bottom rope, hooking his arm over it and holding on for dear life as Dante tries to pull them back towards the middle of the ring, but London forces him to break the hold before he can get Dar away from the ropes.

Dante picks Dar up as soon as he lets go of the ropes, throwing him out through the ropes to the outside of the ring and climbing down after him. There, he picks Dar up, bending one of his legs and lifting him up near the railing, Dar knowing what's coming and trying to fight off the hold, but Dante manages to get him up and connect with a Shinbreaker over the railing! Dar collapses down onto the ground, holding his knee and writhing about, but Dante knows he's got a good thing going now, and quickly grabs him, rolling the Samoan back into the ring. Instead of going for a pin, Dante pulls Dar over towards the center of the ring, grabbing his leg and attempting to roll Dar over for what looks like a Half Crab. Dar resists getting turned over for the move, and Dante finally just steps on his head to catch him off-guard and pulls him into the hold, bending his leg at an awkward angle to put more pressure on the knee rather than on his back. Eventually, Dante just stands up, still with one foot on Dante's head, and Dar is forced to swing his leg out wildly, aiming for Dante's head, as he can't really move with the Cocky Canadian pressing his head down into the mat. Luckily for him, he manages to catch Dante across the ear with his boot, and Dante stumbles back, holding the side of his face. Coming back, Dante grabs Dar's leg and quickly sends a punch right into the back of his thigh, making Dar cry out as his muscles cramp up. Dante quickly does the same thing again, punching hard directly into Dar's hamstring. From there, he holds his leg down, then connects with a Fist Drop to the thigh once again, right above the knee, making Dar cringe as the pain shoots through his leg. Adding a stomp for good measure, Dante then grabs Dar's legs, rolling him over onto his stomach. From there, Dante hooks Dar's leg in the back of his knee, Dar immediately trying to pull himself to the ropes, knowing what's coming. The crowd seems a bit confused as to why Dar's so anxious to get out of this maneuver, but once Dante steps on Dar's leg to keep him from going any further and to keep that leg in place, a few stand up, shocked at this turn of events. Smirking out at the crowd as he holds onto Dar's foot, Dante leans back a few times, then finally falls onto his back, curving Dar's spine up and locking in the HAAS OF PAIN!!!

Dar cries out in pain, nearly screaming as he attempts to claw his way towards the ropes, while Dante all the while just leans back, pulling harder and harder on Dar's leg and hyperextending his knee joint. Practically everyone in the youth center is on their feet at this point, many remembering the significance of this move. Dar passed out in his first title match against Dante from it, and one of the falls he took in their Ironman match was a submission to it. And now it seems like Dar is caught in the same predicament all over again. Trying to force his body upward in order to crawl forward on his hands, Dar shifts himself towards the ropes ever so slowly, occasionally dropping down to the mat and crying out in pain from the hold. Many in the crowd will him on, calling and yelling for Dar to get to the ropes, but it seems the Samoan is having a lot of trouble getting the energy to make it. Finally, though, he manages to get the ends of a few of his fingers wrapped around the bottom rope, but Dante suddenly stands up, grabbing Dar's legs and pulling him back out towards the middle of the ring before re-applying the hold, wrenching back on Dar's leg over and over. Dar seems like he's about ready to pass out, but forces himself up again and starts to drag himself towards the ropes once more. Dante really can't do anything to stop this, as he's on his back, except for standing back up again. Still, he attempts to make Dar submit before he can get to the ropes, and judging by the look on Dar's face, it seems like he has a good chance of making it happen. Finally, Dar collapses with his hand about a foot away from the ropes, laying limp on the mat as Dante continues to pull back on his leg. After a few moments, London comes over to check on him, and then starts the test, grabbing Dar's arm and lifting it up, watching as it flops down to the mat. The crowd is on the edge of their seat at this point, knowing that this could really be the end, as Dar seems completely unconscious. London lifts Dar's hand once again, and again, it flops down to the mat. Lifting it up one more time, London drops it...BUT IT STAYS UP! Dar holds his hand a few inches above the mat, clenching his fist repeatedly as Dante yells out in disbelief, pulling back harder on Dar's leg. The Samoan pounds his fist down on the mat, willing himself to move again, and finally pushes himself up, yelling out with exertion before throwing himself forward one more time to drape it over the bottom rope, holding on tightly to it this time. London forces Dante to break the hold, but the Cocky Canadian seems shocked, unable to believe that put Dar away twice hasn't worked.

Dante grabs Dar's leg, stomping down on his knee out of frustration, then pulls him out away from the ropes, this time locking in a Spinning Toe-Hold. Dar cries out again, thinking that he was finally going to get some relief for his knee, but Dante doesn't seem like he wants to give up going after it quite yet. After several moments in this hold, Dante breaks it, then stands up, pulling Dar up to his feet as well, holding on to the one foot still. Suddenly, though, Dar throws out a desperation Enzuigiri, catching Dante in the side of the head and causing him to stumble back. Dar fights the pain in his knee to start to get up as Dante comes back towards him, managing to throw out a low Dropkick right into Dante's knee to stall him further. From the mat, Dar takes on an Inoki defensive, sending kicks out into Dante's legs with his good leg, though he can't get much power behind it. Finally, Dante stops this by managing to place a well-aimed kick of his own into Dar's bad knee, making the Samoan cringe and roll over to the side. Dante falls down to one knee, taking a few moments to let the pain in his legs wear off, then stands up, lifting Dar to his feet, only to have the Samoan suddenly knock his arms away and throw him down to the mat with a Bodyslam. As Dante sits up, Dar grabs his head from behind and begins throwing in FIERCE KNEES to the back of his head, though the fact that he has to use his left leg decreases some of the force that would normally be behind the strikes. Finally, after several of them, he pushes Dante down to the mat with a pin. "1...2..." Dante kicks out. Dar rolls over to the side, clutching his knee and looking like he doesn't even want to stand up anymore, but finally manages to pull himself up to his feet. From there, he lifts Dante up as well, then gets a tight hold on his arm, suddenly pulling him forward into a Short-Arm Clothesline. Quickly lifting Dante back up, Dar pulls him into another, and another, and finally sends Dante crashing down hard to the mat with a fourth, dropping over him and hooking the leg for another pin. "1...2...TH-" Dante kicks out.

Dar really seems out of it by this point, definitely needing some time to rest his leg, but knows that Dante won't stay down for long. Picking himself up to his feet once more, Dar leans down and lifts Dante up into a Standing Head Scissors, once again hooking the arms and going for a Foldover Tigerbomb. Again, though, Dante lowers his base to keep from getting lifted up, and manages to hit a Back Body Drop out of the hold. He seems dazed afterwards, though, stumbling forward a little, and Dar pulls himself back up to his feet, turning him around and hitting him with a boot to the gut before setting up the Foldover Tigerbomb once more. Dante manages to Back Body Drop out of it again, stumbling back towards the corner, and Dar gets up to his feet, bashing him with a hard elbow that sends Dante into the turnbuckles, leaving the Cocky Canadian leaning against the ropes for support. Dar backs up several feet, then slaps his arm, suddenly running forward and nailing Dante right in the jaw with the CORNER CHARGING ELBOW! Dar leans against the nearby ropes, Dante's arms draped over the top ones being the only thing keeping him standing. Dar climbs up onto the second ropes as quickly as he can, going for some punches in the corner, but Dante suddenly throws him down to the mat to prevent the attack. As Dar gets up, Dante runs out of the corner, but Dar stops his attack with a well-placed elbow, only to have Dante throw a huge chop at his chest, knocking Dar down to the mat before Dante collapses beside him, the crowd letting out a cheer for the resiliency of both men. Dante is the first one to get up this time due to Dar's aching knee, and lifts him up to his feet, suddenly grabbing Dar's head and hitting a series of his own elbows to stun Dar, then grabbing his arm and coming back with a series of his own Short-Arm Clotheslines, picking Dar up each time before he can fall all the way to the mat, though hitting five, likely just to one-up the Samoan. Finally, Dante picks Dar up and onto his shoulders in a sideways Torture Rack, then spins him out, falling down to hit the BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN!

Dante stumbles back towards the ropes after delivering the slam, the pain from the elbows probably catching up from him. After shaking it off, he walks back over to Dar, starting to pick him up, only to have Dar throw his leg up and kick him in the side of the head. Dante stumbles back to fall down onto the mat, holding his temple and staring up at the lights dizzily. Dar picks himself up, takes a step forward, then stumbles back into the ropes, falling down to a seated position against them, looking just as out of it as Dante. Dante manages to pull himself up with the ropes, walking across the ring over to Dar and lifting him up to hit a few chops against the ropes before whipping him across the ring. Dar, however, collapses in the middle of the ring before he can even get to the opposite set of ropes, weakly holding his knee and looking almost unconscious, breathing heavily. Dante leans back against the ropes, seeming just as tired, but moves over to roll Dar onto his back and hook his leg for a pin. "1...2...TH-" Dar manages to get a shoulder up, weakly. Dante sits back on his knees, holding his head in his hands and shaking it slowly, but then grabs Dar again, seeming to have gotten an idea. Lifting him up to his feet, Dante turns Dar away from him, then tucks his head under his arm, the crowd standing up and letting out an anticipatory "OOHHHH SHI-" before Dante pulls Dar back for a DANGEROUS BACKDROPPAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! Dante and Dar both lay on the mat after the move is delivered, Dar occasionally twitching every so often, but otherwise motionless. Finally, Dar seems to snap out of it, rolling over towards the ropes and moving his arms along them, looking delirious, as if he doesn't even know where he is. Dante gets up to his feet at this point, grabbing Dar and pulling him away from the ropes, Dar perhaps instinctually trying to hang on to them, but gets set up for another DANGEROUS BACKDROPPAAAAA-NO! Dar suddenly slams his elbow down into the back of Dante's neck repeatedly, then turns and grabs him around the waist, twisting around to slam Dante down with his own TURN-AROUND SPINEBUSTER!!! Dar collapses over to the side after delivering the move, the crowd letting out an uproarious cheer for both men going through all this.

Dante gets up to his feet a little before Dar due to using the ropes to help him, watching as Dar slowly forces himself back up to a vertical base again. As he does so, Dante dashes forward with a Clothesline, but Dar ducks it, only to have Dante turn around and grab his head to pull him down to the mat with a Bulldog. Dante stands up, then runs to the ropes, coming back to hit a Leg Drop onto the back of Dar's neck, standing up and doing the same thing again, battering Dar's neck with the moves. Finally, Dante lifts Dar up and throws him down to the mat with a Bodyslam before walking to the nearby corner, starting to climb up. However, Dar rolls away from the corner before Dante can even set a move up, and Dante hops back down, following him across the ring. Dante quickly catches up to Dar as he starts to get up to his feet, booting the Samoan in the head before grabbing him and dropping down to spike him into the mat with a DDT. Dar starts to push himself up to his feet again, seemingly too delirious with pain and adrenaline to even stay down, but Dante drills him with a second DDT. Again, Dar starts to roll up to his feet, but Dante plants him down on the mat with another Bodyslam, then climbs up into the corner, the crowd watching as he throws himself off with a Top Rope Splash...But Dar rolls out of the ring! Dante lands hard on his stomach, rolling over onto his side and clutching his mid-section while Dar kneels on the outside, leaning against the side of the ring while catching his breath. Finally, he rolls back into the ring, Dante starting to get his air back now after getting the wind knocked out of him, and picks Dante up to his feet, only to get his arms knocked away as Dante knocks him back into the corner with several chops. Dar breathes heavily for a few moments, then lets out a yell, coming back and hitting Dante right in the jaw with several elbows, finally knocking him down with another ROARING BACK ELBOW TO THE THROAT! Dante collapses to the mat, rolling around and writhing in agony while clutching his neck, Dar falling down to one knee in the corner and trying to catch his breath, ignoring London's admonishing.

Dar finally stands up, walking back over to Dante and lifting him up to his feet, running back towards the ropes for a LARIATOOO-NO! Dante blocks it, bashing Dar with a right hand, only for Dar to spin around and knock him the ******** out with a ROARING ELBOW!!! The crowd lets out a huge cheer for that, Dar holding his head for a few moments as he shakes off that punch, while Dante weakly turns his head from side to side on the mat, looking pretty out of it. Dar walks back over, picking Dante up again, and quickly spins around, knocking him back down with a second ROARING ELBOW!!! Dar covers Dante this time, hooking the leg for a pin. "1...2...THR-NO!" Somehow, Dante manages to get a shoulder up off the mat, shocking Dar as well as most of the crowd. Finally, though, Dar gets up and pulls Dante up as well, though the Cocky Canadian seems to be having trouble standing at this point. Dar hooks both his arms, but Dante doesn't even stay on his feet, instead dropping to one knee out of exhaustion. Dar manages to pull him up again, though, and flips him up to nail the FOLDOVER TIGERBOMB! "1...2...THR-NOOO!" Dante kicks out AGAIN, Dar not even bothering to transition into the Half Crab this time, just falling over to the side and looking very tired. Finally, though, he pulls himself back up one more time, dragging Dante to his feet as well and hitting him with a few elbows out of frustration before pulling his hand down into a Pumphandle position, hooking his head under Dante's arm and flexing back for a WRIST-CLUTCH X-PLODAAAAAAAAHHHH!!! Dante lands right on his head from the move, and Dar quickly moves over him in a lateral press pin. "1...2...THR-NOOOO!" Once again, Dante somehow manages to get a shoulder up, denying Dar the victory once again. Dar seems lost now, sitting up and looking over at London, who tells him it was only a two count, making the Samoan slowly shake his head and look down at the mat, as if he's trying to figure out what he can do at this point to finally get the win he so desires.

Whatever it is, it has to start with getting Dante back up, and Dar goes over to do just that, starting to lift Dante back up to his feet, but the Cocky Canadian seems particularly lifeless, barely responding to Dar trying to pull him upwards. Finally, Dar just moves around to stand between Dante's legs, reaching forward and hooking both his legs behind Dar's in a Mexican Surfboard set-up. From there, Dar reaches forward, hooking one arm around Dante's neck and twisting his other arm up into a Hammerlock, but Dante suddenly seems to realize what's going on, managing to get his legs untwisted from Dar's and rapidly trying to scramble away, but Dar keeps a tight hold on him, pulling him back to lock in a STANDING ARCHETYPE BREAKER!!! Though Dar can really only make the move into a Dragon Sleeper with a Hammerlock from this position, the hold is still quite effective as he wrenches back on Dante's neck, jerking and pulling on the muscles in an effort to get a tap out from his opponent. Dante attempts to lean his body forward to prevent from getting bent over backwards, but Dar still keeps pulling his neck back as Dante tries to walk forward towards the ropes. Just as it seems Dante might reach them, Dar pulls him back and drops down to one knee, grounding Dante. Finally as Dante seems to stop struggling, Dar releases the hold and pushes him down to the mat for a pin. "1...2...THR-NOOO!" Dante throws a shoulder up, barely, despite all the pain he must be feeling after that hold. This time, Dar rolls Dante onto his back, once again setting up the surfboard, then locks in the Dragon Sleeper and Hammerlock, falling backwards to lock in the real ARCHETYPE BREAKER!!! Dante's now caught in a hold that gives him no leverage or anywhere to go, with only one arm free to try and get to the ropes, which aren't anywhere near him. All he can do is try to roll over, but Dar keeps that in check, wrenching back harder and harder on his neck. Finally, Dante's movements slow once again, and his arm falls limp at his sides, his struggling stopping. Dar decides to break the hold and go for a pin rather than give Dante a chance to try and come back during the unconsciousness test, covering him once more. "1...2...THR-NOOOO!" Once again, Dante gets his shoulder up off the mat, absolutely refusing to let Dar get that win.

Dante rolls over towards the ropes, holding the back of his neck and seeming to be shuddering in pain after those vicious submission holds, while Dar just sits on the mat a few feet away, looking lost once more. Finally, though, he gets up again, knowing he shouldn't have to do too much more to Dante to get the win. Reaching down, he lifts up the Cocky Canadian, leaving him staggering, and throws out another ROARING ELBOW...BLOCKED! BUT A ROARING BACK ELBOW CONNECTS!!! Dante stumbles back, but doesn't go down, Dar throwing out a kick to his thigh, then goes for another ROARING ELBOW-NO! Dante ducks it, running back to the ropes and coming back to RUIN DAR'S JAW WITH A JUMPING KNEE STRIKE!!! Both men collapse after the move, laying on the mat and taking the time to either catch their breath and recover in the case of Dante, or try to figure out why a semi-truck was allowed to be used in a wrestling match, in the case of Dar. However, from ringside comes an announcement.

Roselyn: "Fifty minutes have passed. Ten minutes remain in the time limit!"

Dante smiles a bit at this, knowing that he has the champion's advantage on his side. Dar seems perturbed, though, knowing that he now has to defeat Dante within ten minutes. Dante gets up first, walking over to Dar and lifting him up to his feet, booting him in the head twice in the process, and then turns him around, hooking his leg around Dar's and tossing Dar's arm behind his head, the crowd standing up in anticipation for the ROCK BOTTOM REDU-NO! Dar manages to elbow out of the move, only to have Dante bash him with a forearm to the back of his head before reaching down to hook his head under Dar's arm, wrapping his arms around his waist and going for another DANGEROUS BACKDROPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH-NO! Dar once again barely escapes by pounding his elbow down into the back of Dante's neck, turning around and hooking Dante's arm in a Hammerlock, pulling him back into another STANDING ARCHETYPE BREAK-NO! Dante pulls out of the move and pulls Dar into a SMALL PACKAGE! "1...2...THR-NOOOO!" Dar barely manages to kick out from that flash pin, the crowd sighing with relief as Dante pounds his fists down on the mat, thinking that he really had Dar there.

Dante shakes off the frustration, though, knowing he has a big advantage in this match, and picks Dar up again, pushing him back against the ropes and chopping him a few times, cracking the edge of his hand across Dar's chest, then goes to whip him across the ring. Dar reverses it, though, throwing out a Spin Kick, but Dante manages to catch it in time and just throw Dar down to the mat. Dante gets up, waiting back by the ropes as Dar lifts himself up to his feet, then runs forward to connect with a Running Fame-Asser! Smashing Dar's face down into the mat with the move, Dante quickly rolls Dar over for a pin. "1...2...TH-NO!" Dar gets a shoulder up, showing that there's still some life left in him. Dante takes a few deep breaths, then suddenly grins, seeming to have just thought of something. Getting to his feet, he reaches down to pick Dar up, hitting him with a few kicks to the head on the way to keep him stunned, then throws Dar's arm behind his head, pointing out at the crowd before lifting Dar up and slamming him down to the mat with the classic ROCK BOTTOM!!! Dante quickly follows up with a pin, hooking Dar's leg. "1...2...THR-NOOO!" Dar kicks out, defying the old finisher of Dante's, and giving himself a chance to still win those titles. Dante now has that same lost look on his face that Dar had earlier, but a lightbulb goes on a few moments later, and the cocky grin returns as Dante pulls Dar back up to his feet, once again setting him up for what looks like a Rock Bottom. But instead of hitting that move, Dante sticks his knee out and lands the EVOLUTIONARY BACKBREAKER! Dar arches his back on the mat, crying out in pain, but Dante doesn't follow with a pin, instead going to the ropes, climbing up and looking down at Dar for a few moments before suddenly turning around to face the crowd, diving back with the SAAAAAVE THE QUEEEEEEEEEEN...BUT IT GETS KNEES! Dante rolls off of Dar, clutching his stomach and rolling over towards the ropes as Dar lays on the mat, seeming to have used all his energy just to get his legs up there and block the devastating Diving Moonsault that had won Dante all of his important matches, including the deciding fall in their Ironman match.

Dante finally pulls himself together, walking over to Dar, who's just now starting to get up, and catching him with a boot to the gut before pulling him near the middle of the ring and into a Standing Head Scissors. As he hooks Dar's arms, the crowd stands up once again, knowing what this could lead to, but so does Dar, who quickly lowers his base to prevent from getting lifted up, then dropping down to one knee, all while Dante continually tries to lift him up. Finally, after several moments of struggling, Dante throws one last burst of effort into it, lifting Dar up for the SHINING ABY-NO! Dar falls back down to his feet and uses the momentum to lift Dante up over his shoulders, then slams him down hard onto the mat with an Alabamaslam, falling over to the side after delivering the Spinebuster-like maneuver, having effectively dodged the bullet there. Dar gets up a few moments before Dante, quickly running back to the ropes and coming at him with a CHARGING ELBO-NO! Dante ducks the move, turning around and pulling Dar into a Russian Legsweep position, lifting him for the ROCK BOTTOM REDU-NO! Dar manages to break out and grab the ropes, only to get pulled back by Dante, but breaks out of the hold again. Dante won't let him go, though, wrapping his arms around his waist in a Reverse Waistlock, but Dar breaks out, quickly turning around and nailing Dante with an elbow before grabbing his head and taking him out with a BURNING ELBOW SMAAAAAASH!!! Dar falls down to one knee after delivering the strike, Dante collapsing onto his back, the two men nearly running on empty at this point. Dar gets up after a few more moments, lifting Dante back up to his feet, and winds back for a second BURNING ELBOW SMAAAASH!!! Dante collapses down to the mat once more, and Dar falls over him, hooking his leg for a pin. "1...2...THR-NOOOO!" Despite how close the strikes must have come to knocking Dante unconscious, the Cocky Canadian still manages to get a shoulder up, showing amazing resiliency to Dar's attacks.

Dar knows he's back in control of the match now, though, and doesn't spend much time resting, picking Dante back up and suddenly pulling him into his own Russian Legsweep position, the crowd standing up and looking on in shock as Dar grins before lifting up and hitting Dante with his own ROCK BOTTOM REDUX!!! The crowd lets out a giant cheer as Dante's face gets blasted down into the canvas with the move, Dar quickly rolling him over onto his back and hooking the leg for a pin. "1...2...THR-HAND ON THE ROPES!!!" The crowd looks on in shock as Dar rolls back off of Dante and holds his face in his hands, he, along with most everyone in the youth center, having thought that that was going to be the end of it. Dar can't lament this for long, though, knowing he has a time limit that he has to beat, pulling Dante back up to his feet and turning him away to tuck his head under his arm, trying once more for the DANGEROUS BACKDROPPAAAAAAAAHHHHHH-NO! DANTE REVERSES IT INTO A CROSS-BODY! Dante rolls off of Dar after delivering the counter, both men now just laying on the mat, exhausted and drained from nearly one hour of going at each other with no victory. Still, Dar is up first again, the thought that he's working against the clock still heavy in his mind as he stands by the ropes, coming at Dante with a CHARGING ELBO-NO! Dante blocks the move, then goes for a Discus Punch, only to have Dar duck that and grab him in a Reverse Waistlock, but Dante spins out of it and puts Dar in one of his own, flexing back to DROP DAR ON HIS HEAD WITH A GERMAN SUPLEX!!! BRIDGE! "1...2...THR-NOOO!" Dar manages to kick out, despite all the times he's been landed on his head throughout this match. Dante is the first to get up this time, seemingly not wanting to just burn the clock down quite yet, picking Dar up and setting him up for another German Suplex, but Dar suddenly breaks away and spins around to bash him upside the head with a ROARING ELBOW!!!

Both men fall after that strike, but Dar gets up first, knowing that the time is winding down now. Grabbing Dante, he lifts him back up to his feet, the Cocky Canadian practically limp after that Roaring Elbow, but Dar doesn't let up, hooking him in a Double Chickenwing before flexing back and FOLDING HIM IN GOD DAMN HALF WITH A TIGER SUPLEX!!! Dante rolls over to the ropes as Dar gets up onto his knees, neither men having enough energy anymore to run, Dante instead just trying to get away from Dar and run down the time. Dar manages to catch up to him in the chase around the ring, though, and pulls him away from the ropes, grabbing both Dante's arms and hooking them around his neck before flexing back into the PLEXCELLENCE!!! Once again, Dante gets driven right down on his head onto the mat, and the Cocky Canadian rolls to the ropes once more, delirious at this point, but instinctually knowing that something bad will happen if Dar catches him again. The Samoan quickly grabs Dante again, though, pulling him back to the middle of the ring and hitting him with a few elbows before throwing a knee into his gut, then bending him down to wrap an arm around his head, the other going down to cross his legs, trying to lift him up. Dante seems too limp to even be picked up, though, and Roselyn suddenly calls out from ringside.

Roselyn: "Ten seconds remaining!"

The crowd immediately picks up, counting down. "TEN...NINE...EIGHT..." Dar, hearing this, tries as hard as he can to get Dante lifted up, but it seems to be really difficult, Dante doing everything he can to keep from being picked up for this move. "SEVEN...SIX...FIVE..." Suddenly, Dar stops, then throws out one last burst of energy, managing to lift Dante up so that he slides over his shoulder, hooking him into the move and dropping down to the mat for the X-DRILLAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH II!!!!! The crowd POPS HUGE as Dar connects with the Cross-Legged Schwein, one of the fans even yelling out "SCHWEIN FLATLINE! SCHWEIN FLATLINE!" like the stupid puro mark he is. Dar weakly falls backwards, draping an arm across Dante's chest as London slides down for the pin...

AND THE BELL RINGS!

The crowd's elation suddenly turn to boos of disappointment, having actually wanted to see an ending to this match, but it seems they aren't going to get one. Neither Dante nor Dar move, no reaction from either man able to be judged at the moment.

Roselyn: "Ladies and Gentlemen, the time limit on this match has expired. The match is declared a draw. However, by default...STILL BTWF Unified Heavyweight Champion...DANTE CABRELL!!!"

After several more moments, Dar rolls off of Dante, laying on his stomach and propping himself up on his forearms, staring down at the mat. The crowd seems rather calm now, having apparently enjoyed the match a lot, but the lack of winner and Dar's apparent failure at his goal has left a sort of somber mood. After a few moments, though, several crowd members begin to cheer loudly, most of the crowd soon joining in, a "GEE-DUB-AYY" chant starting soon enough, quickly followed by a "THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU". Dar slowly stands up, walking over to take a seat in the corner of the ring, leaning back against it and draping his arms over the middle ropes, slowly shaking his head as London brings the belts back into the ring and places both of them on Dante's chest. The Cocky Canadian seems to have been hit pretty hard with that last move, as all he can do is weakly move his arms over the belts and hold them to his chest. And while the crowd seems happy over having been able to witness such a monumentous match live, they can't help but wonder what will happen now that it seems Dar has failed at his One Shot at Glory...