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Alex Lords vs. Flex Buffington

A few scatter cheers and boos begin as “Go 2 Sleep” begins to blast over the speakers, as the song begins Alex slips from behind the curtain. He takes a minute to get his head together and starts towards the ring. In his second match in the GWA, Alex intends showoff his skills and bring the fight to his opponent…hard.

I ain't gonna eat, I ain't gonna sleep
Ain't gonna breathe, til I see, what I wanna see
And what I wanna see, is you go to sleep, in the dirt
Permanently, you just being hurt, this ain't gonna work
For me, it just wouldn't be, sufficient enough
Cuz we, are just gonna be, enemies
As long as we breathe, I don't ever see, either of us
Coming to terms, where we can agree
There ain't gonna be, no reason, speakin wit me
You speak on my seed, then me, no speakin Englais
So we gonna beef, and keep on beefin, unless
You're gonna agree, to meet with me in the flesh


Alex steps from behind the curtain and begins his descent to the ring , his hood covering his face and his hands at his side swaying as he walks. As he draws closer to the ring he starts to move abit more , pumping himself up as the verse goes on.


And settle this face to face, and you're gonna see
A demon unleashed in me, that you've never seen
And you're gonna see, this gangsta pee on himself
I see you D-12, and thanks, but me need no help
Me do this one all by my lonely, I don't need fifteen of my homies
When I see you, I'm seeing you, me and you only
We never met, but best believe you gon' know me
When I'm this close, to see you exposed as phony
Come on, b***h, show me, pick me up, throw me
Lift me up, hold me, just like you told me
You was gonna do, that's what I thought, you're pitiful
I'm rid of you, all you, Ja, you'll get it too!


As Alex reaches the end of the isle, he throws his hood back, revealing his mask and waits for a moment, as he gets ready to enter the ring. As he waits, Alex cracks his knuckles and continues on taking his time.
Alex gets on to the apron and motions to the crowd and enjoying the moment. After taking enough time , Alex jumps over the ropes and into the center of the ring.
Alex gets on to the turnbuckle farthest away from the isle and waits for his opponent while the rest of his intro plays.

Alex gets on to the turnbuckle farthest away from the isle and waits for his opponent.

Drugs blares across the PA system as Flex Buffington comes out from behind the curtain. He looks at the crowd and gives a cocky smirk to everyone in the audience boos can be heard over the load cheers but not many he gives a local fan a high five and the crowd cheers more furiously then ever. He rolls into the ring and a jump to the nearest corner and flex’s his not so toned muscles so that you see two small bumps on top of his arms. He then jumps of and stretches for his match.

Alex and Flex both step to the center of the ring, Flex extends hand to Alex as a show of sportsmanship. Alex hesitates for a moment and just when he looks like he is about to shake Flex’s hand, he spits into his opponent’s hand and backs away into his corner. Flex shrugs it off but looks like he intends to get even with the disrespectful Lords. The bell rings to signal the beginning of the match, the two competitors lock up in the center of the ring; Flex overpowers Lords and sends him to the ground. Alex looks up and watches Flex as he struts around as if he owns the ring, He wouldn’t let him get away with that. Alex got up as Flex comes over to engage him once more. Alex unleashes as barrage of kicks to the legs of Flex, the last of which hit Flex in his stomach. Alex bounced off the closest rope and jumped over Flex but landed a reverse heel kick before he landed on his feet. Flex got up almost instantly to the surprise of Alex and hit him with a wicked lariat that nearly knocked Alex out. Flex went back to strutting around, getting inside the head of Alex. Flex picked Alex up into a side headlock and begin to shake furiously as he wrenched the neck. Alex put his left foot on the back Flex’s knee bringing him down and giving Alex the chance to slip out of the hold and get Flex into a Hammerlock. Flex struggled in the hammerlock for a moment before flipping and knocking Alex to the ground, he pounced on Lords and applies the head scissors. Alex kicks wildly and tried to free himself, he performs a handstand and kip up and gets outta it. The crowd shows there appreciation for the action in the ring with a chorus of claps and whistles, Flex struts around a bit for the fans as Alex watches on getting increasingly angry .Flex shoots Alex a cocky grin as he prepares to get back into the match.

Alex and Flex lock up at the center of the ring once more, neither one giving an inch until Flex manages to get into position for a northern lights suplex that sends Alex to the edge of the ring. Flex follows and delivers a few stomps to soften his opponent up. Alex got to his feet, Flex applied another headlock but quickly turns it into a snapmare. As Alex got up from the sitting position he was in, he was struck with a vicious dropkick to the back of his head. Flex took the opportunity to taunt his opponent alittle, he could see the mental games were beginning to get to the rookie competitor. Alex rolled outta the ring to catch a breather and Flex followed but as soon as he reached the floor, Flex is hurled into the guardrails by a frustrated Lords. Alex picks Flex up into a stalling Suplex, 15 seconds later he brings him crashing to the ground. After laying a few stomps into Flex , Alex throws him back into the ring. Alex grabs Flex and performs a spinning fisherman suplex , that effectively lays both men out for a moment. Alex rolls over and hooks Flex’s leg
one……………two…….thr-
Flex kicks out hard and sends Alex rolling abit. Flex recovers quickly and lands a European uppercut that staggers Lords, just long enough for Flex to hit Lords with a Lariat that nearly took his head off. Flex picked Alex up into a Canadian backrack and into a impaler DDT, Alex rolled over clutching his face and swearing. Flex applies a STF to the injured lords. Pain exploded through Lord’s body causing yells of pain to echo, the a few fans in the audience could be heard screaming “TAPPPPPP”. After scraping and clawing his way to the ropes, the hold was lifted off of Lords. Flex picked Lords to his feet and with a hard Irish whip sent him into the corner , Flex followed up with a big lariat into the neck of the Lords. As Flex approaches for another series of attacks , Alex counters with a drop toehold that sends Flex face first into the canvas. Alex rolls over onto Flex and applies a crossface-like facelock to the face of his opponent. Flex, after minutes of struggling manages to get out of the hold by using the ropes. Alex plants Flex with a even flow DDT and rolls him over for the pin

One…two………….thre- ,
Flex powers out once more, to the astonishment of Lords. Alex grabs Flex up and immediate drapes the arm over Flex’s shoulder and drives him into the mat with an STO. While Flex was on the ground, Alex saw his opportunity to put his opponent away with a moonsault. As Alex made it to the top of the turnbuckle, Flex sprang up and joined him. For minutes on end the two battled on top of the turnbuckle, until Alex performs a low blow Flex causing him to fall to the canvas. Without hesitation, Alex performed a moonsault but Flex was all too aware of the position he was in and rolled outta the way. Alex uses the ropes to get up while Flex prepares another Lariat, but as he runs towards Alex, he is tossed over the ropes and onto the floor. A few claps coming from the audience encourages Alex to go for a high risk move. After a few stomps of his feet, Alex bounces off the ropes and preformed a tope con hilo. After colliding with Flex on the outside Alex tosses his opponent back into the ring and into a pin

One………..Two……..thre-,
Flex’s foot reaches the ropes, saving the match for him. Alex was becoming more and more frustrated with his opponent.Alex unleashes a flurry of strikes to Flex’s head, but is met with a head butt from Flex that sends him reeling alittle. Flex unleashes his own flurry of strikes and a kick to the gut, Flex hooks Alex’s arm and goes for the Tiger Driver but his reversed by Lords into a back to belly piledriver. Alex gets up and puts Flex into a fireman’s carry position before falling into a brain buster. The crowd shows their appreciation for the two men in the ring as the ref begins the count out. At the count of 7 Flex and Alex reach their feet simultaneously. Alex rushes at Flex but is met with an arm drag, he tries once more and is met with the same fate. Alex bounces off the ropes and hits Flex with a lariat , the lariat doesn’t seem to phase Flex too much as he strikes back with a chop. Alex answers the chop with one of his own , the two begin to duel in the center of the ring. After minutes on end the duo’s burst of energy faded as they struggled to continue the fight , Flex saw his chance after a halfassed chop from Alex barely hits him. Flex feints a chop but strikes Alex with a knee to the gut and after hooking the arms of Lords, goes for the tiger driver and this time connects. Alex is able to roll outta the ring before a pin could be applied. Flex follows Lords to the outside but his met with a vicious chairshot. The ref sounds the bell and Flex is awarded the match due to DQ , but Alex could careless. After a half dozen chair shots , Alex picked Flex up into a Canadian backrack and flipped him over into a cutter onto the chair. The ref came over to try and get Buffington some help but Alex wasn’t done yet. Alex wrapped the legs of Flex around his left leg while pulling back on the crossed arms of Flex , stretching his opponent’s body. After minutes of the stretching Alex was satisfied and took his right foot and stomped it into the chair. Alex left the ring with a simile on his face but god only knows what was going through his head at the time.

Reserved 2

Hated vs. Riona Langly

Roselyn enters the ring, the crowd settling down now for what is sure to be a great show of technicality, the GWA fans pumped up for an event like this.

Roselyn: "The following contest is scheduled for one fall, with a forty-five minute time limit! Your referee is Justin Mayfair."

Mayfair gets a large wave of boos, several fans shouting out "YOU SUCK!" or something similar, not really bothering to come up with anything particularly nasty or original, saving that for Peter London. As usual, though, the crowd loses interest as an entrance sequence begins.

dOhh...whe...
dOhh...whe...
dOhh...whe...
dOhh...whe...

The intro to "Reise, Reise" by Rammstein soars throughout the arena like a hawk with a chivalrous cry, the crowd responding mostly positively with noticeably more cheers than boos. Hated's attitude just isn't enough to keep him from being a favorite anymore with the war in the GWA going on. The Overcard himself swats open the curtain with one arm, walking out into the top of the aisle, his appearence increasing the volume of the reaction he's getting.

Auch auf den Wellen wird gefochten
Wo Fisch und Fleisch zur See geflochten
Der eine sticht die Lanz' im Heer
Der andere wirft sie in das Meer

Ah.......Ahoi...

Reise, Reise Seemann Reise
Jeder tut's auf seine Weise
Der eine st t den Speer zum Mann
Der andere zum Fische dann

Roselyn: "Now making his way to the ring...From Youngstown, Ohio, weighing in at two hundred eighteen pounds...He is the Cynical Shogun...ANDREW 'HATED' CLEARWATER!!!"

Hated stops in the middle of the aisle, holding both his arms straight out at his sides before making a slow, complete turn, showing off his pose to the crowd before lowering his arms and continuing down towards the ring, several fans reaching out over the barriers to pat him on the back and shout words of encouragement. Heading towards the steel steps, Hated scales them, heading towards the apron.

Reise, Reise Seemann Reise
Und die Wellen weinen leise
In ihrem Blute steckt ein Speer
Bluten leise in das Meer

Die Lanze muss im Fleisch ertrinken
Fisch und Mann zur Tiefe sinken
Wo die schwarze Seele wohnt
ist kein Licht am Horizont

Ah........Ahoi...

Hated enters the ring, moving across to the bottom left turnbuckle and climbing up onto it, lifting both arms up in the air with his head downward. Suddenly, he whips it upward and holds that position for several seconds before finally lowering his arms and hopping down from the corner, his entrance theme fading out.

The crowd looks up as the lights begin to flicker along with a soft pinging noise filtering through the speakers, every fan there knowing what that means. Pretty soon, the familiar "Spirits Spirits, Come Come" chant begins, the lights shutting off completely as the acoustic intro to "24" by Jem begins, the chant continuing along with it. The crowd gets a pretty mixed reaction going, though tonight it seems to be tipped just a little ways on the negative side, probably due to Hated being a GWA home-grown favorite. The chant fades out suddenly as the lights begin to flash with the beat of the violins that enter the song.

Been given 24 hours to tie up loose ends,
to make amends
His eyes said it all, I started to fall,
and the silence defeaned
Heads spinnin' round, no time to sit down
just wanted to run and run and run
Careful they say, don't waste life away...
Now I've one day

As the guitar riff of the bridge hits, a spotlight snaps on in front of the curtains, Riona pushing her way out through them to stand at the beginning of the aisle, head tilted down, her long black hair covering most of her face, red bangs standing out noticeably.

I can't believe...
How I've been wasting my time...

As the chorus hits, Riona throws her arms out to the sides in a crucifix pose, two spotlights hitting her from either side, illuminating her brightly as she tosses her head back to get all her hair out of her face, looking down the aisle with the usual neutral gaze. After a few moments, she lowers her arms and starts to make her way down towards the ring, not seeking any high-fives, but not doing anything to stop the pats on the back she gets.

Roselyn: "And his opponent...From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...The Celestial Trigger...RIONA LANGLY!!!"

In 24 hours they'll be
Laying flowers on my life
It's over tonight

As she reaches the bottom of the aisle, Riona stops, then runs forward, sliding in under the bottom rope and popping up to her feet to hold her arms out in the crucifix pose again, the spotlights on her the entire time.

I'm not messin'
No I need your blessing
And your promise to live free
Please do it for me

The lights fade back in to their normal glow, Riona lowering her arms as she heads over to the corner across from Hated, starting some quick stretches to prepare herself for the match. Mayfair enters the ring, Roselyn exiting it as the ref goes to check on both competitors, making sure they're ready. After getting an affirmative from both, he nods, stepping back and calling for the bell.

DING DING DING!!!

Riona and Hated slowly begin to circle around the ring, the tension filling the arena as the crowd begins a slow clap. Hated seems to be pretty intense this time around, knowing that it was mostly Riona's fault for him not getting his title shot out of Soul Survivor. Riona, however, has the same old neutral face as always, probably looking towards the shogun as just another opponent. Finally, the two of them move into a lock-up, beginning the match for real. Despite the size difference between the two, Riona seems to be doing a pretty good job holding off Hated, actually managing to come out on top of the grapple with a Side Headlock. Hated keeps his cool, however, pushing Riona back against the ropes and running forward to shove her into the opposite set of ropes. However, he gets knocked down on a Shoulderblock from Riona, having not expected that counter from the woman. Hated quickly rolls back up to his feet, only to get his legs pulled out from under him, Riona stepping in through them to set up a SHARPSHOO-NO! Before Riona can cross his legs, Hated quickly pulls away and rolls to the outside, narrowly escaping the hold, targeting his knee which Riona had a part in nearly destroying back at Soul Survivor. Hated runs a hand back through his color-streaked hair, letting out a low breath as he shakes his head, looking back up towards Riona as she crouches down a little, waiting for him to get back in the ring. Finally, Hated does so, climbing back inside, Riona not moving to attack him, allowing him to get back in without any problems. The two begin to circle again, watching one another closely before locking up once more, Riona again coming out on top with a Side Headlock. She drops down to one knee after applying the hold, keeping Hated from just pushing her up against the ropes again. However, Hated finally manages to use his strength to pull Riona back up to her feet and push her against the ropes, sending her across the ring again. This time, though, Hated drops down, forcing Riona to jump over him and hit the opposite set of ropes. Hated goes for a Hip Toss as Riona comes back, but the Celestial Trigger blocks it, only to have Hated quickly reach down and pull her leg up. Before he can do anything, though, Riona swings her free leg up to hit a Dropkick straight into his chest, sending him down to the mat.

Again, Hated quickly rolls back up to his feet, running right into a chop from Riona that takes him down to the mat once again. Hated stands up, but falls backa gainst the ropes, a little dazed from his constant falling. Riona quickly grabs his arm, starting to whip him across the ring, but Hated reverses it, sending her into the ropes instead and pulling her right into a Sleeper Hold! Riona tries to pull Hated's arm down to get out of the hold, but he has it locked in pretty tight. Fortunately for the Celestial Trigger, she knows what she's doing in countering holds, and quickly drops down to her knees and bends forward, sending Hated rolling over her and forcing him to break the hold. As the two get back up to their feet, Hated sends a kick at Riona's gut, but she manages to grab his leg in time, flinging him over with a Dragon Screw before grabbing his other leg and setting him up for the SHARPSHOO-NO! Hated manages to resist getting himself rolled over into the hold, managing to throw his legs around enough that Riona loses her balance and drops down to the mat, having to pull back on Hated's legs to get any kind of pressure applied in the hold. Hated quickly pulls himself backwards on the mat, reaching up to grab the bottom rope, Riona breaking the hold off at a three count. Hated stays in the corner as he pulls himself up to his feet, Mayfair making sure Riona doesn't go after him right away, giving the shogun some time to gather himself. Finally, the two of them begin to circle once again, Hated seeming to have a new plan this time, and suddenly sending in a kick to her gut. As Riona doubles over, he grabs her head, quickly running over to the corner and shoving her through the ropes, sending her should-first into the steel ring post! The crowd cringes and "ooo"s as Riona's shoulder connects with the post, making her cringe with pain.

Hated grabs her and pulls her back out through the ropes, shoving her back up against the turnbuckles before hitting a hard right hand to her face, causing Riona to drop down and cover up in the corner, facing away from Hated. The shogun just responds with hard, clubbing blows with his forearm to her back, finally making her drop down to the canvas, following up with several stomps until Mayfair makes him back off. Hated looks over at the ref, then shakes his head, reaching down to pull Riona up to her feet and lift her up for a Vertical Suplex, following up with a pin. "1...2" Riona kicks out. Hated pulls Riona back up to her feet, whipping her into a corner and following over to connect with a hard chop, following it up with a few punches. Riona starts to fight back, though, firing off hard chops into Hated's chest and pushing her way out of the corner with them as Hated stumbles back, Riona actually getting him into another corner from the chops before beginning to lay into him with boots to the gut and hard forearms to his jaw. Finally, she whips him into the other corner, only to get it reversed and sent into the turnbuckles instead. But as Hated charges forward, Riona manages to lift her legs up in time, her boot connecting with Hated's face. As he stumbles back and turns away from her, she quickly runs forward, nailing him with a hard Clothesline right to the back of the head. Hated gets up to his feet, stumbling back into the ropes as Riona grabs his arm, whipping him into the opposite set and connecting with a knee right into his abdomen as he comes back, sending Hated flipping over her to land on his back as Riona drops down to cover him for a pin. "1...2..." Hated kicks out.

Riona lifts Hated up, pushing him back into the corner and once again unleashing those hard chops into his chest, making Hated cringe with pain before Riona finally grabs his arm and whips him into the opposite turnbuckles chest-first. Hated turns around, holding his torso, but Riona hits another few chops, then follows them up with a few knees into Hated's mid-section. Finally, Riona pushes him up against the ropes and goes to whip him across the ring, but Hated stops at the extent of the whip, turning around and booting Riona in the gut before lifting her up like a suplex, only to drop her stomach-first across the top rope. Riona cringes as she slides back to stand on the apron, doubled-over in pain. But as Hated comes back to follow up, Riona quickly reaches up and grabs his head, dropping back off the apron and Guillotining his neck straight down onto the top rope. Hated falls down to the canvas as Riona takes a few moments to catch her breath, then pulls him out onto the apron, climbing back up onto it and lifting Hated up to his feet. The shogun fights back with right hands, but a few of Riona's chops finally stuns him long enough for her to hit a Toekick, pulling him into a Front Facelock and dropping back for a DDT ON THE APRON! Hated drops off the side, laying on his back and slowly turning his head from side to side, the crowd responding somewhat negatively for the attack from Riona. Riona doesn't seem to notice, however, walking over to pull Hated up and roll him back into the ring, following after him to hook his leg for a pin. "1...2..." Hated manages to get a shoulder up, the crowd sighing with relief. Riona quickly runs to the ropes, though, climbing out onto the apron and jumping up onto them before spinning around and flipping back for the ANGELIC EUPHOR-NO! Hated rolls out of the way in time, leaving Riona to land hard on the canvas.

Riona is hurting now, but Hated is still pretty dazed after that DDT on the apron, holding his head as he slowly gets back up to his feet. Finally, though, he moves up behind her as Riona stands up, grabbing her neck from behind for the HORRIFIC MADN-NO! Riona shoots a Donkey Kick out straight into the back of his knee, pulling away from him and waiting for Hated to turn around before pulling his legs out from under him and stepping through them, crossing and turning around for the SHARPSHOOTER! Hated cringes in pain as he gets put in the hold, Riona wrenching back on his legs and making sure he's reminded of all the pain his knee received at Soul Survivor. Hated slowly pushes himself up on his arms, dragging himself forward towards the ropes, Riona keeping the hold as tight in as she can, but the shogun still has enough energy at this point to get himself to the ropes, grabbing on to the bottom one for the break. Riona lets go of his legs, standing up and looking a little annoyed at having to break the move so soon, but quickly turns around and pulls Hated up to his feet, he having made the mistake of not keeping his hand on the rope. Riona tucks her head under his arm after turning him away from her, widening her base before pulling Hated up for a Back Suplex! Hated lands on his shoulders and the bottom of his neck, making him cringe with pain as Riona follows the move up with a pin. "1...2..." Hated kicks out. Riona lifts Hated back up to his feet, pushing him back against the ropes before starting to whip him across the ring, only to get it reversed by Hated, who grabs her as she comes back with an OVERHEAD BELLY-TO-BELLY! Riona lands hard on her back, arching up in pain. Hated shakes his head a little to clear it, then stands up, lifting Riona up to her feet as well, only to throw her out between the ropes to the outside.

Hated follows her out to the floor, pulling Riona up to her feet and reaching down to lift her up in the air, dropping her right onto the steel barrier, the crowd quickly moving back and cringing as Riona's mid-section lands on the unforgiving metal. Hated follows up with stomps to the same area, finally pulling Riona back up and rolling her under the bottom rope back into the ring, following in after her. Rather than going for a pin right afterwards, Hated lifts Riona up to her feet by her arm, pulling her forward into a Short-Arm Clothesline, slamming his arm hard into her face and following up with a pin then. "1...2..." Riona gets a shoulder up. Hated stands up, frowning down at Riona for a few moments before finally reaching down and grabbing her leg, quickly rolling her over onto her stomach and sitting back to lock in a Half Crab. Hated angles the hold to make it more effective to Riona's leg than her back, cinching it in tight, wanting to get some mileage out of this one. Riona has some trouble pushing Hated up enough so that she can start crawling forward, seeing as there is a significant weight difference between them. Not enough to keep her from doing it, though, as she slowly starts to drag herself forward towards the ropes, Hated reaching back with one arm to twist her ankle a little as well, while keeping the leg bent back with his free arm. Riona seems not to pay too much attention to this extra punishment, forcing herself towards the ropes and finally reaching up to grab the bottom one, forcing Hated to break the hold. However, as Riona lets go and stands up to her feet, Hated grabs her leg again, twisting it to the side and trying to flip her down to the mat with a Dragon Screw. Riona reaches back to hold on to the ropes, though, Mayfair coming over to force a break again, but before he can even reach a five count, Riona swings her free leg up and hits another Dropkick, sending Hated rolling back.

As Hated gets back up to his feet, Riona bounces off the ropes, only to run right into Hated's arms again as he flings her back with a second OVERHEAD BELLY-TO-BELLY! Riona gets a little more height on this one, landing hard on her back once again. Hated takes a few moments to smirk to himself after standing up, feeling cocky after catching Riona with that move again. Finally, he walks over and pulls Riona up to her feet, facing her away from him and tucking his head under her arm to hit a Back Suplex of his own, landing Riona on her neck and shoulders just like she did to him, following it up with a pin. "1...2..." Riona gets a shoulder up. Hated quickly reaches down to grab her leg, spinning around to drop back and lock in a Figure Four! Again, pain shoots up through Riona's leg as Hated locks in the hold, Hated reaching down to her extended leg and twisting the ankle to add more pressure to the move, taking full advantage of the hold. Riona has full use of her arms this time, though, and slowly pushes herself back along the canvas towards the ropes, having to drag both her and Hated's weight in order to do so. All the while, Hated keeps the hold locked in tight, jerking back to send waves of more intense pain through Riona. Finally, though, she manages to reach back and grab the bottom rope, Mayfair coming over to break up the hold. Hated releases it, standing up and giving an annoyed lock at the ref, but knows he did some damage with that hold, reaching down and lifting Riona up to her feet as well, pulling her to the center of the ring and laying in with some right hands. Riona seems to be having some trouble standing up, putting all her weight on one leg and distracting her from the punches, Hated finally grabbing her and whipping her into the ropes. Riona ducks under the Clothesline Hated had planned for her, though, grabbing his arm and spinning around to pull him up into a Full Nelson, jumping up for the DETONATOR!!!

Riona swings her legs up far enough to center most of the pain in the back of Hated's neck, making him roll off of her onto his stomach and cringe in pain, holding the back of his neck. Riona seems to have hurt herself with that move, though, clutching her knee and rolling onto her side. Neither one seems willing to get up as Mayfair begins the count. "1...2...3..." Hated and Riona show no signs of getting up, Riona really seeming to have screwed her own knee over with that move. "4...5...6..." Riona doesn't even attempt to roll over for a pin, too distracted with the pain, while Hated seems to be having trouble moving period. "7..." Finally, the two of them start to get push themselves upward. "8..." Both are pretty lethargic, however, and the crowd starts to tense up, wondering of this match will end in a tie. "9..." Finally, the two get up far enough for Mayfair to stop the count, the crowd sighing with relief. As Hated comes in with a right hand, Riona blocks it, slashing her hand across his chest with a chop. Hated stumbles back, then comes in for another punch, Riona blocking that one two and hitting another chop, following it up with a series of the strikes, knocking Hated back towards the ropes. Finally, she whips him across the ring, running forward and knocking him down with a Lariat! Hated quickly rolls back up to his feet, but Riona has put enough distance between them to run in for a second Lariat, again knocking Hated down. Hated won't stay on the mat, though, rolling up to his feet only to get whipped into the ropes once again, Riona lifting him up for a Back Body Drop this time. Hated gets up a little less quickly this time, running forward for a Lariat of his own, only for Riona to duck it and pull him into a Reverse Waistlock, flexing back for a German! Riona doesn't let go of the hold, however, rolling them over for another German! Finally, Riona lifts Hated up for one more, but he suddenly breaks out of the hold, spinning around to lock in a Reverse Waistlock and hit his own German! Hated doesn't stop as well, rolling them both back up, but Riona switches once again, pulling Hated back to finish off the ROLLING GERMANS!!!

Hated lands hard on his head with that last one, compacting his neck down onto the mat as the crowd cheers. Riona takes this time to rest, knowing Hated won't be getting up quickly, and gets up to her feet after several moments, looking towards the corner. The crowd watches with nervousness as Riona climbs out onto the apron, heading up the turnbuckles, but concentrates too much on her climbing as Hated gets up to his feet, running forward just as she gets onto the top one and jumping up onto the second ropes, grabbing Riona to fall back with a SUPER OVERHEAD BELLY-TO-BELLY!!! The crowd lets loose with the cheers as Riona goes flying halfway across the ring. Hated takes a few deep breaths, then slowly rolls himself over and crawls over to Riona, hooking her leg for a pin as the crowd stands up. "1...2...TH-NO!" Riona manages to get a shoulder up, the crowed disappointed, thinking Hated might have got the win with that move. Hated shakes his head, thinking he had it there as well, finally standing up as Riona does, waiting for her to turn around and quickly grabbing her for the AIR SUPP-NO! RIONA GRABS HIS ARM AND PULLS HATED DOWN TO THE MAT WITH THE PAINKILLER!!! The crowd is up on their feet as Riona wrenches back on Hated's neck, Hated's eyes wide with surprise and pain as he gets locked in the hold. Hated holds his arm above the mat, looking like he might possibly tap to the move, but then sees the ropes just a few feet to his side, slowly starting to drag himself over towards them. Riona doesn't have a lot of leverage to keep him in place with this hold, but makes sure to wrench back as hard as she can on his neck. Hated won't give up, though, finally reaching out to grab the bottom rope to a collective sigh of relief from the fans.

Riona stands up, grabbing Hated by the leg and trying to pull him back away from the ropes, but Hated holds on to them tightly. Finally, though, a hard jerk drags him back away from them, and Riona suddenly lifts Hated's leg in to lock in his own ANKLE LOCK!!! Riona twists hard on Hated's foot, the crowd as well as Hated shocked by seeing his own finisher used against him, Hated crying out in pain. Unfortunately for Riona, Hated is too familiar with his own hold to not know how to get out of it, and bends his body forward to do a somersault, pulling Riona off balance and sending her down to the mat. Before she can get up, though, Hated reaches down and grabs her leg, rolling her onto her stomach to lock in the ANKLE LOCK!!! The crowd erupts in cheers as Riona gets locked in the hold, shaking her head every time Mayfair asks her if she wants to tap, Hated yelling down at her to give up. Hated has the move locked in in the middle of the ring, though, so Riona can't really go anywhere. Finally, though, the Celestial Trigger manages to roll over onto her back, pulling her leg back and forcing Hated to bend down to keep a hold on her ankle, Riona swinging her other leg up to lock in a Leg Scissor on his arm, rolling her body to the side and pulling Hated down to the mat on his stomach with it, Riona letting go only to pull his arm back over her head and lock in the PAINKILLER!!! Riona, just as Hated did before, gets her signature hold locked in in the middle of the ring, preventing Hated from going anywhere for a rope break. But again, the mat wrestling skills of these two are emphasized as Hated slowly pushes himself up and rolls over to land Riona beneath him on her back, suddenly hooking her leg for a pin! "1...2...TH-NO!" Riona manages to break the hold and kick out in time, almost having lost the match there, the crowd deflated once again at the near fall.

Both Riona and Hated get up pretty quickly from that, Hated coming in with a quick Clothesline only to get pulled straight back down into the PAINKILLER!!! Riona has become tenacious with the hold at this point, knowing that if she can just keep it on long enough, Hated will tap. Hated seems to recognize this too, and after the two previous applications of the hold, his neck is throbbing with pain. Again, Hated rolls through for a pin, but Riona keeps the momentum to roll right through and keep the hold applied! The crowd is getting nervous at this point, knowing that Hated is in severe danger of tapping at this point, but he slowly starts to push himself up to his feet instead, trying something different. Finally, as Hated gets back up toward a vertical base, Riona loses her grip with the hold, not able to apply it nearly as well when they're not on the ground, and Hated suddenly twists around to face her, pulling her up for the AIR SUPPLY!!! Riona lands hard from the STO, the crowd erupting into cheers again as Hated manages to get himself out of that perdicament. Finally, Hated manages to get enough feeling back in his body to crawl over and hook Riona's leg again. "1...2...TH-NO!" Riona gets a shoulder up once more. Hated stands up, drawing his thumb across his throat to signal the end as the crowd gets up on hits feet, Hated reaching down to pull Riona's leg back up into the ANKLE LOCK!!! Riona cringes again, but Hated quickly pulls her back into the center of the ring just as she reaches out for the ropes, twisting her ankle as hard as he can. Finally, remembering how Hated had reversed her own application of the Ankle Lock earlier, Riona presses her head down into the mat and somersaults forward, sending Hated stumbling forward straight into the turnbuckles chest-first. As he stumbles back, Riona gets up to her feet, locking in a Full Nelson for the DETONA-NO! Hated elbows out of it, pulling Hated into a Reverse Waistlock and throwing her back for a GERMAN SUPLEX INTO THE TURNBUCK-NO! Riona swings her legs back and locks Hated in a Body Scissors, rolling forward into a REVERSE SUNSET FLIP!!! "1...2...THR-NO!!!" Hated just barely manages to kick out, the crowd all relieved at that.

As both of them get back up to their feet, Hated charges forward, only for Riona to duck his Clothesline and pull him back into another DETONATOR!!! Riona doesn't release the Full Nelson, though, slowly bringing both of them back up to their feet for ROLLING DETONATO-NO! Hated manages to elbow out before she can hit another one, doing a standing switch before pulling her back in a HEAD-DROP GERMAN! Hated doesn't stop either, bringing her back up for ROLLING GERMA-NO! Riona elbows out for her own standing switch, locking him up in a Full Nelson again for a THIRD DETONATOR!!! Hated's neck is ******** at this point, Riona having slammed her knees up into it twice now in the last thirty seconds, the crowd really worried for Hated now. Riona slowly drags herself up to her feet, looking at the ropes and quickly climbing out onto the apron, taking a few deep breaths and watching Hated before jumping up onto the ropes, spinning around and flipping back into the ANGELIC EUPHORIA!!! Riona screws up her own knee from jumping on the ropes, though, and rolls off of Hated, clutching it in pain. Finally, Riona manages to pull herself together and climb over Hated to hook his leg. "1...2...THR-NOOO!!!" Hated just manages to get his shoulder up, the crowd erupting in cheers at seeing that this is not the end for their favorite. Riona rolls off of Hated, shaking her head slowly, knowing she could've had the win there if it hadn't been for her leg. As Hated rolls onto his stomach to start getting up, Riona tries to lock in the Painkiller, but he's already on his knees, fighting against the hold as he gets up to his feet, rolling forward out of it. Hated quickly gets up and turns around, grabbing Riona's head before she can attack him and pulling her forward into the FEATURE PRESENTATION HEADBUTTS!!! The crowd erupts into cheers and gets up on their feet as Hated slams his forehead into Riona's over and over, finally letting go only to reach down and turn her over to drop her down on head with THE BIG O!!!!!! The crowd counts out with Mayfair as he drops down for the pin. "ONE...TWO...THR-NOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Somehow, Riona has enough prescence of mind to lift her leg up and drape it over the bottom rope, Hated staring at it in disbelief.

Hated slowly pulls himself up to his knees, running out of energy at this point, and his neck constantly distracting him with pain. Reaching down, he starts to pull Riona up as well, but she suddenly grabs his arm and pulls him down into the PAINKILLER!!! Hated is obviously caught off-guard with this one, flailing his free arm and legs around wildly, but he's too far from the ropes to reach them easily, and with all the damage his neck has suffered, Riona knows she can get the win here, pulling back on his neck with all her strength. But Hated absolutely will not give up, forcing himself back up to his knees and getting up to one before rolling over, slamming Riona down on her back and loosening the hold enough for him to reach down and grab her leg, twisting around again to pull out of the hold completely, leaving Riona on her stomach as Hated stands up and pulls her into the ANKLE LOCK!!! Riona cries out, clawing towards the ropes, but knows she can't reach them, twisting around onto her back and pushing off Hated's shoulder with her free hand. Hated only falls down, though, not letting go of the hold as he quickly gets back up to her feet, wrenching her back over onto her stomach by her leg and locking the move back in! Riona still isn't close to the ropes, pounding her arm down on the mat in frustration but not tapping out, yelling "NO!" every time Mayfair asks her if she wants to give up. Finally, she twists around onto her back again, thrusting her leg forward into Hated's mid-section, this enough to make him stumble back. But before Riona can reach the ropes, Hated runs forward and grabs her leg, pulling her back into the center of the ring with another ANKLE LOCK!!! The crowd is constantly cheering at this point, yelling for Riona to tap, really wanting to see Hated come out on top in this one. Riona remembers what managed to get her out of the hold before, pressing her head down to the mat as she starts to somersault forward, but Hated just KICKS HER IN THE STOMACH AND DROPS BACK INTO A GRAPEVINE ANKLE LOCK!!!!!!

Hated's legs are now locked securely around Riona, limiting her ability to move and leaving him with a lot more leverage on the mat, still twisting her ankle as hard as he can. Riona is still right in the center of the ring, unable to go anywhere, but still refusing to give Hated the win. As her hand floats above the canvas, DANTE CABRELL suddenly runs down the aisle, the crowd booing loudly as he climbs up onto the apron, Mayfair quickly running over to stop him from entering the ring. Riona nearly seems to be passing out from the pain at this point, unable to move or break the hold, and not even able to tap out, though she'd never do so. Suddenly, though, DARSON GRAYS runs down the aisle, the crowd unsure of how to react to his, Dar getting up on the apron and looking like he's about to attack Dante, but Mayfair instead turns his attention to him, trying to push the Samoan back off the apron and send him to the backstage area. Dante takes advantage of the situation, entering the ring and running forward to stomp down on Hated's head several times until he finally breaks the hold, leaving Riona motionless on the mat. Dar sees this and finally gets down off the apron, allowing Mayfair to turn around just as Dante slides out of the ring. Hated gets up to his feet, running over to the ropes and yelling down at Dante, calling for him to get in the ring and fight, but Dante just taunts him, a wide smirk on his face as he watches Riona get up to her feet slowly behind Hated. The crowd boos loudly, knowing what's going to happen and trying to yell at Hated to look behind him, but his attention is fully on Dante at this point. Riona sees her chance, limping over to Hated and suddenly pulling him back away from the ropes in a Reverse Facelock, reaching down to sling him up in the air before spinning down into the BOMB DROPPER REMIX!!!!! Hated lands at a sick angle with the elevated Rolling Cutter, Riona shoving him onto his back and covering him for a pin. "ONE...TWO...THREE!!!"

Roselyn: "Here is your winner...RIONA LANGLY!!!"

The crowd boos heavily as Dante slides into the ring, walking over to help Riona up to her feet, as she can barely stand at this point with how much pain is shooting through her leg. Dante raises her arm while supporting her with the other, Riona looking very tired after all of this, but the crowd's boos suddenly turn into cheers as Dar slides into the ring, running forward and knocking Dante silly with a CHARGING ELBOOOWWW!!! Dante rolls to the outside after getting hit with the move, Riona doing the same, deciding she doesn't want to get in the way of an angry Samoan after the match she just had. Dar yells for her to get back in the ring and back up her words, apparently doing all this for her comments in her last promos about him being Twist's lapdog. The crowd cheers for it, pretty angry with Chaos Affinity after this cheating, but their reactions turn sour as Dar suddenly spins around and nails Hated with a ROARING ELBOW just as he gets to his feet, taking his anger out on the only man left in the ring. Hated rolls to the outside and lays on the floor after that, not letting Dar take out his anger with any more punishment, Dante and Riona now deciding to head to the back as Dar watches them from inside the ring, glaring threateningly...

Dante Cabrell vs. Ice - [#1 Contender's Match]

“The following match is scheduled for one fall and is for the Number One Contendership for the GWA Grand Championship.”

Roselyn Peters makes the opening call and Rumble Young Man Rumble hit the speakers and the crowd rose to there feet cheering for one of there favorite faces in the GWA.

I am sicker than Sick'Wid'It
DON'T listen just picture it
HOW vivid this picture it
ME gifted and living this
NO gimmicks or images
I spit and deliver it
LIKE no one that's living s**t (AYE)
Straight from the ground y'all you dig?
Close to where the groundhogs live
Where the police hound y'all kids
Arrest and give out long bids
From where they keep the four squeeze the four
Hustle all day in the streets so long
If the feds ever decide to come
We all going down for the motherfing reaper law

The Silver Flame him self stepped out from behind the curtain and threw his arms up out and over his head as the beat picks up. The crowd is electric cheering for a man who comes out and fights for them every night. Ice holds the pose for a couple of seconds letting the chorus catch up with him.

I was taught be smart stay humble
I was taught be hard don't fumble
I was taught in these concrete jungle
Rumble young man rumble
I was taught stay hard as they come dude
I was taught any problems confront you
I was taught in these concrete jungle
Rumble young man rumble

Ice breaks the pose and stands still looking out into the fans whom he respects so much. He then makes his way down the isle leading to the ring slapping hands with as many fans as he can before he leaps onto the ring apron and stops for a second getting a good look at the fans.

Greater than great I am
YES haters they hate I am
WHAT playing I play to win
PLUS still I remain up in
THE hood I came up in
BUT the hood I came up in
SCREWED since haters done came up in YUP (AYE)
From my date of birth hun'
'Til my day in the dirt come
I remain the earth's one
YES the matrix's first son
Toast to the good day to the bad day
To the good yay' to the bad yay'
To the time the s**t was mixed up
I had good yay' on a bad day

He gives it a couple of seconds before once again throwing up his arms up and out letting the people with the cameras get the shots they need. The crowd continues to cheer as he drops the pose, leaps over the top rope and lands in the ring where he runs up the southeast turnbuckle and looks out into the crowd once again feeding off of them.

I was taught be smart stay humble
I was taught be hard don't fumble
I was taught in these concrete jungle
Rumble young man rumble
I was taught stay hard as they come dude
I was taught any problems confront you
I was taught in these concrete jungle
Rumble young man rumble

Ice hops off of the turnbuckle and cracks his neck as he awaits his opponent for the night Dante Cabrell. The beginning of Doperide begins as the arena goes dark and two spotlights swirl around the entrance ramp. This continues until the first lyrics of the song are heard and the guitars kick in. The spotlights then go directly to the top of the entrance ramp and Dante walks out from the back to a response of jeers and a few cheers. Dante is quick to respond to the crowd as he raises his arms in the air and tilts his head back with a cocky smile on his face. This prompts the spotlights to go away but the main lights to turn back on. Dante holds this pose till the lyrics of the song kick in.

Coming down like a hatchet,
Rolling with the masses,
Throwing my matches atop of a gasoline package.
Throwing rhymes like ratchets,
playas with passion,
Coming disastrous bashing.
Running round with the wrong crowd
Acting like you all down,
Bout it, bout it, but you bow down.
What’s up with you?
What’s up with you?
What’s up with me?
You’re the one that I see through!


Dante walks towards the ring as the lyrics are sung by Joesy Scott. He doesn’t bother to accept any high fives from anyone, or even care to look at the people he is passing, but rather, Dante focuses his attention on the path before him. Dante climbs up the steel steps, then waits for the chorus before entering the ring.
Right, left,
Take a ride in the doperide!
Yeah.
Right, left,
Take a ride!


Dante goes to the closest corner of the ring and climbs up to the second rope. He then points out to the crowd, then with two fingers, he points towards his eyes, then with his thumb, he points to himself, telling everyone to keep all eyes on him. Dante then raises his arms like he did on the entrance ramp for the fans to see again. After doing this, Dante goes to the next corner to do the same thing as the song goes into its next verse.

Getting paid in the last days.
Rage of the teenage.
Coming out strong and hard
And on the front page.
Haven’t I stated,
Never been faded.
If you’re stepping up,
For sure you’re getting wasted.
Hanging out base in time you’re wasted,
Hear you talking local scene,
I’m talking nation.
Everything I will be,
Everything I should be,
Everything you’ll never be,
Everything you can’t but wanna be.


Dante then hops off of the second rope and hands his coat and sunglasses to someone outside of the ring for safe keeping. He then goes back to the first corner he went to and climbs the second rope, this time when he tells the crowd to have all eyes on him, he looks to be singing along the chorus with Josey Scott.

Right, Left,
Take a ride in the doperide!
Yeah.
Right, left,
Take a ride!


Dante then jumps off of the second rope and waits in the corner as Doperide fades into the back round. Dante is quick to give a glance in the crowd to see if any women are in the crowd, telling them especially to keep their eyes on him as cracks his knuckles and glares at Ice. Ice glares at him right back, both of these men ready to finish the other off and go after the Grand Championship. Roselyn Peters gets on the mic again and starts the introductions:

“Introducing first, hailing from Charlotte NC, weighing in at 220 pounds, he is the Silver Flame, ICE!”

Ice walks out into the center of the ring and pumps his fist into the air letting the crowd pop for him. Almost everyone in the arena cheers of him with the exception of a couple of Cabrell marks in the front row who boo loudly.

“And his opponent, he hails from Toronto Canada and weighs in tonight at 265 pounds. He is the Cocky Canadian, Dante Cabrell!”

Dante doesn’t show off all that much and the crowd gives him the reaction he predicted. A steady chorus of Boos. Cabrell doesn’t let this affect him at all as he continues to stare down the Silver Flame who continues to play off of the crowd. Roselyn leaves the ring and allows for the ref, Justin Mayfair, to check both men and call for the bell.

DING DING DING!!

The sound of the bell officially starts the match, which has been a month, one steel cage Ironman match, and one triple threat title defense in the making. Both men stay in their corner trying to size up the other, trying to gain a psychological advantage early on. During this stare off, the crowd begins to voice their opinion. A solid Ice chant fills the venue, giving the Silver Flame a huge boost of confidence early on. Cabrell ignores this completely, not even trying to shut them up, almost wanting Ice to feed off of them so he can destroy the Silver Flame at his best. Finally, Ice steps to the center of the ring and motions for a lock up to start the match off right. Cabrell thinks about it for a second and finally agrees, locking it up with Ice to get the contest going. They float back and forth in the lock up for a minute or so, each one trying to get a leverage advantage. After a minute or so, Dante breaks the hold and pulls Ice into a side head lock. Dante squeezes hard for a couple of seconds before Ice pushes him off and into the ropes. Cabrell hits the cables and comes back knocking Ice to the mat hard with a shoulder block. Ice springs back to his feet fast and hits the ropes behind Cabrell, coming back and knocking Dante to the mat with his own Shoulder block. This time it is Cabrell’s turn to get to his feet quick and hit the ropes this time hitting a lariat on Ice. Ice hits the mat hard, but despite the pain he gets back to his feet and follows suit, hitting the ropes and knocking Dante to the ground with a Lariat of his own. Dante shakes off the pain and gets up, this time both men hit the ropes behind them and come back. Dante tries for another Lariat but Ice rolls under it, they hit the ropes again, Ice tries for a lariat but Dante lowers his head just enough for it to miss and they continue to run hitting the ropes once more before coming back and nailing each other with a DOUBLE LARIAT! Both men are knocked off their feet and to the mat hard knocking the wind out of each other as the crowd cheers for the fast paced action.

Both men get to their feet rather quickly refusing to let the other show them up. Ice was first off the break however as he leaped into the air and attempted to catch Dante in the side of the head with a big Enzurguri. Cabrell had it scouted and grabbed him leg dropping him to the mat in an attempt to lock in the Elevated Boston crab and cut Ice’s legs out from under him. Ice grits his teeth and fights for the ropes before Cabrell can fully lock in the move taking one final reach and grasping them to the crowds delight and to Cabrell’s disappointment. Cabrell gets off of Ice, but not before planting a kick to his side. Ice rolls out of the ring and lands on his feet holding his side. He turns around right into a Baseball Slide from Cabrell that send Ice into the metal barrier. Ice hits the steel hard and falls to the floor in pain. Cabrell wastes no time in dropping to the floor and taking advantage of Ice. He picks him up off of the floor and sets him to whip the Silver Flame into the steel head first. He spins him around and is about to let go when ice plants his feet and REVERSES IT sending Dante head first into the steel with a sick ‘THUD’ that makes the fans cheer out. Ice takes a second to catch his breath and hold his head which is still ringing while some of the fans that are sitting near where Dante collided taunt him. This makes Dante stand to his feet faster and he thinks about slapping the fans but decides that it’s better for him to turn around and face his opponent. Ice is right on him as he turns around, bashing the Cocky Canadian in the face with a couple of stiff forearms before walking him to the side of the apron and sliding him back into the ring.

Ice follows him in and goes right to work lifting Cabrell up and setting him up for a quick snap Suplex. Ice then turns around and drives his knee into the back of Cabrell’s neck pulling his head back hard trying to tweak the Cocky Canadian’s neck. After applying pressure for a couple of seconds, Ice pulls Dante in and locks in a tight Sleeper trying to really ground Cabrell. Dante doesn’t let Ice get any leverage and grabs for the ropes before Ice can really lock it in. Ice is forced to drop the hold and back up letting Cabrell get to his feet. Ice backs off, giving Dante a chance to get back to his feet as both men start at square one once again. Both men look at each other once more, trying to get a psychological advantage once again. The results happen as they did the first time, as Ice gets the majority of the crowd on his side to cheer. Dante gives off a cocky smirk before going to the turnbuckle and climbing to the second rope. He completely ignores Ice and raises his arms out to the crowd in a cocky fashion. Dante doesn’t receive the reception he was hoping for, getting jeers from nearly everyone in the crowd. Dante hops down and watches as Ice does the same thing, only this time, he gets cheered. The cheers, however, quickly turn to jeers as Dante rushes in, hitting Ice in the back. Dante allows Ice to get off of the turnbuckle but he moves in. Ice turns around to face Dante, but Dante hit’s a hard knee to the gut of Ice, sending him into the turnbuckles. Dante measures up Ice and goes for a chop, but Ice blacks the chop by holding up his arms over his chest. Dante shakes his hand from the pain as Ice shakes it off. Ice kicks Dante in the leg, forcing him to move back. Ice hits another kick to the leg, then another. Dante counters with a toe kick, but Ice catches it. Ice drops the leg of Dante, then he jumps in the air and dropkicks Dante in the leg. Dante drops to one knee and Ice capitalizes, grabbing the head of Dante and snapmaring him to the ground. Dante rolls out of the ring before Ice can do any more damage.

Dante gets to his feet on the outside and tries not to put too much pressure on his leg. He shakes it a few times, getting the feeling back into it. Ice doesn’t have any of this though, as he goes over to the ropes and hops to the top rope. He jumps off and flips in the air. SHHOTING STAR OFF THE TOP RO…No! Dante had it scouted and Ice lands on the mats below hard. The crowd hears the thud and cries out for the pain of Ice. Dante just laughs at the misfortune of Ice and just picks him up to his feet. Dante doesn’t waste anytime as he places Ice in a front face lock. He then picks up Ice and suplexs him onto the mats below. Ice holds his back in pain from the move as Dante just sits up and claps at the damage he did. The crowd jeers this taunt to them as Dante just doesn’t care. After a few claps, Dante gets to his feet and rolls Ice into the ring. Dante then goes for the cover on Ice. 1-2...shoulder up! Dante doesn’t believe it!

After having Ice land face first and on his back hard on the outside, Dante figured he had the win. Dante shakes it off though as he gets back to his feet. He looks down at Ice, who is just getting up to his feet. Dante takes this time to bounce off of the ropes. He comes back off and jumps in the air. Dante places his leg of Ice’s head and goes for the fame asser. Ice hit’s the canvas again from the move, but Dante doesn’t stop there. He takes Ice and picks him back up to his feet. Dante whips Ice into the ropes and waits in the middle of the ring. Ice bounces off the ropes. As they meet, Dante lifts Ice up and spins for the Northern Cross Spine…No! Ice squirms out and hit’s a hurricanrana to Dante, sending him to the canvas instead. Ice is slow to get back to his feet, but he is able to do so before Dante gets up to his. Ice looks over and charges in, sliding at Dante and hitting his leg again for a basement dropkick. Dante stays down to one knee as Ice grabs Dante in a front face lock. The Silver Flame drags Dante to the turnbuckle as he climbs to the second rope, then jumps off, spinning around and landing a tornado ddt. The crowd seems to be back into it now with that move Ice delivered to Dante. Ice crawls over for the cover. 1-2...kick out. Ice doesn’t let this affect him as he keeps up with his advantage.

Ice lets Dante get up to a stand position as he plans his next move to hit him with. Ice gets behind Dante and hits him with a stiff kick to the side. Ice uses his other leg for the next kick, hitting Dante in the other side with the kick. Ice now grabs Dante in a waist lock and quickly lifts Dante off his feet, hitting a German suplex. Ice doesn’t let go as he bridges the move for the pin. 1-2...2½ count. Dante is holding the back of his neck after being dropped on it by Ice, but Ice is able to get back up to his feet. Ice takes Dante and makes sure he is up to his feet. With Dante up, Ice lifts him to his shoulders in a fireman’s carry. Ice looks confident that he’ll hit his next move, and the crowd supports him. Ice takes a step towards the middle of the ring and lets loose the SUBZERO CUT…No! Dante squirms off of the shoulders of Ice and lands on his feet. Ice looks over, but all he is able to meet is a toe kick by Dante. Taking advantage, Dante places Ice in a standing head scissors and lifts Ice up. Dante gets that cocky smile back on his face, then he jumps in the air as Ice goes head first for the CANADIAN PILEDRIVER. Dante just shoves Ice off of himself and looks out at the crowd, not even caring for Ice or the pin for that matter.

Dante ignores the pin altogether and gets back up to his feet. He also takes Ice by the hair and brings him back up to his feet. Dante kicks Ice with another toe kick that doubles over Ice. He then runs at the ropes and bounces off. Dante comes to Ice and grabs him by the head, spinning him around for a spinning neckbreaker. Dante doesn’t ignore Ice this time as he goes for the pin. 1-2...kick out. Dante looks a little worried about this as he looks out through the crowd again, but he shakes his head and gets his head back into the game. Taking Ice, he brings him back to his feet once again, lifting him onto his shoulders. Dante doesn’t fool around as he spins Ice around as quickly as he placed him on his shoulders for the BEAUTIFUL LET…No! Ice counters this move as he’s spun around by holding onto Dante’s head and having him land in a reverse ddt. Both men are down from the result of the move, but the crowd is nothing short of supportive as they cheer on Ice to get back to his feet and win the match.

Both men are slow to get their feet, but the crowd must have helped, as Ice is the first one back to his feet. Ice gets up and sees that Dante has just gotten back up to his feet. Ice doesn’t waste any time as he goes over to Dante and kicks him in the midsection. Ices keeps going as he hit’s a kick to the head, moving Dante back. Ice gets another kick to the head of the Dante, which backs him into the ropes. Ice bounces Dante off the ropes now and he’s sent off. As Dante hit’s the opposite set of ropes, Ice bounces off the one’s he first hit. Both men approach the center of the ring as Dante goes for the clothesline, but Ice ducks the move. Both men continue to run to the ropes and they bounce off. As they meet in the middle of the ring, Dante takes the blunt of the blow, being the ARCTIC FLASH! Ice lands the super kick what seemed to be out of nowhere. Dante falls to the mat below as Ice goes for the cover from this. 1...2...thr…shoulder up! Ice thought he had the match won, but he continues on. The crowd doesn’t seem supportive as they all start to jeer. They have good reason as Riona Langly makes her way to ringside through the crowd. She shoves a fan in the first row off of their seat and takes it, then she hops over the barricade.

Ice notices this though and catches Riona just hopping over the barricade. Ice calls over the ref for the insurance. The ref makes sure Riona doesn’t do anything within the match. Riona plays innocent as she holds the chair up in one hand, saying she’ll do no harm. Ice doesn’t notice that Dante is behind him as he’s lifted up to Dante’s shoulders for a torture rack. Dante takes a few steps sideways and then spins Ice off. HYPER DRIVE I!!! Riona sees this and tells the ref to get back to the match. The ref does as he sees Dante has the pin on Ice. The ref counts. 1...2...thre…NO!!! Ice kicks out! The crowd goes nuts! Dante is in disbelief as he believed that was the end of Ice for sure. This is getting to Dante as he is right mad at the fact that didn’t put Ice away. Riona tries to calm down Dante from the outside, but Dante is more interested in the chair that’s in her hands. Dante approaches the outside, but the ref seems to be one step ahead of him, knowing that he’s be going for the chair. Riona takes this time to sneak in the ring with the chair. Riona waits for Ice to get up to his feet, getting ready to hit him with the chair. Ice gets back up to his feet with his hand on his head from the pain. He looks over at Riona and suffers a chair to the…NO! Ice ducks the chair shot and waits for Riona to turn around. He then smacks Riona in the chin with the ARCTIC FLASH! Riona drops the chair and rolls out of the ring. Ice looks down at the weapon, but he ignores it. Instead he goes after Dante.

Ice doesn’t even bother to get Dante’s attention, but instead he jumps on the back of Dante and places his knees on his back. Ice lands on the ground and hits Dante with the lungblower. Dante rolls off of Ice, holding his back in pain from the move as Ice gets back up to his feet once again. He looks over at Dante and crouches down, waiting for Dante to back up to his feet. As Dante does, Ice charges over and goes after Dante. ICEBERG SPEAR!!! The crowd goes into a frenzy from the move. Ice doesn’t waste anytime either, as he goes right for the pin on Dante. 1...2...three…NO! The ref tells Ice that Dante has his foot on the bottom of the rope. The crowd looks over and sees that this is true, as much as they don’t want it to be. Ice doesn’t seem to like this for one bit as he sees it himself. With no options, Ice takes Dante and gets him back up to his feet once more. With both men on their feet, Ice goes for the toe kick, but Dante catches it, looking at Ice as if he made the biggest mistake ever. Ice goes for the enziguri, but Dante had that scouted as well, ducking the kick to the back of his head. With Ice on the ground face first, Dante grabs Ice in a waistlock to get him back to his feet. Dante switches it around and turns it into a pump handle. He picks up Ice and flips him around. HYPER DRIVER II!!! Ice falls to the canvas, as does Dante, but he is able to get the cover on Ice. 1...2...2.9...three!!! It’s over!!!

The crowd is unable to believe it as Dante wins the match. Doperide by Saliva is played on the speakers once again.

“You’re winner and the new number one contender for the GWA Grand Championship, The Cocky Canadian, Dante Cabrell!”

Dante gets to his knees and raises his arms to the air. He doesn’t receive the greatest reception from the crowd, but that’s the least of his concerns. Riona gets into the ring now and raises the arm of Dante. Now back up to his feet, Dante looks over at Riona and nods, knowing that they did what they were meant to do. He then goes up to the second rope in the corner and looks over at the crowd, showing them to have all eyes on him. He then ends this by motioning that he’ll be the next GWA Grand Champion, and that is something to look forward to.

The frustrated champion stood up to his feet, and grabbed a handful of hair, pulling Arishima up to his feet. Almost instantaneously, he bashed his head into the turnbuckle. He continued to do so, up until London pulled him off to stop him. Steve held his hands up, smirking, as he nodded his head, as Jin turned his body around, leaning against the corner. As soon as Twist walks up to continue his offense, the reeling Arishima quickly pulls off an STO, slamming Twist down to his back, and locked in the Anaconda Vice once more. The bad ring placement caused Arishima's submission to be pointless, since all Steve had to do was lift his foot up on the bottom rope, and he did. Jin held on, as London counted, "1...2...3...4...4.5" Jin finally broke the hold, and started to rain stomps down on his chest. He reached down, and wrapped his hand around his throat, and pulled him up to his feet. Arishima then reached under his right arm, holding it across his arm, and placing it on his shoulder. He then executed a flipping ura-nage, showing his agility despite his weight increase. After he landed the move, he mounted him, and started to drop punches to his head, up until London pulled him off, Jin lifted him back up to his feet, and came into a front face lock, and shifted his body up, dropping his legs on the top rope, and held him up in the air, then twisted, slamming him down to the mat with a Jackhammer. He lifted his leg up, going for the pin. 1...2...Twist kicks out! Jin stood up to his feet, leaning back against the turnbuckle, trying to catch his breath for a moment. That would prove as a horrible mistake, as Twist leap frogged up to his feet, and ran over to the corner, and jumped up, his right foot hitting the middle rope, and brought his knee into Jin’s face. Just as Jin was about to fall to the mat, Twist bent down, catching him, lifting him up on his shoulders, as if he were going for a torture rack, but crossed his arm over his throat instead. He jumped back, slamming him down to the mat executing the Cutthroat Suplex, but rolled backwards as soon as he landed, and made his way up to the top rope. He flipped off the top rope, attempting to land his Diving Moonsault, but his abdomen was met with Arishima's knees, causing him to roll off, clinching in pain.

Both men were out in the middle of the ring, as London counted. By the time he was at eight, both men were up to their knees. At nine, they ran at one another, only to knock each other out with a double clothesline. Jin and Steve both were out, as London started another count. The fatigued champion made it up to his feet before Jin. Jin made his way up to his feet, and he was chopped across the chest, with a hard chop. Steve continued with the chops, the fans making loud “Wooo!” noises as they sounded off. Steve went to charge up one last one, but then Jin shot on his legs, displaying his wrestling skills. Before Steve could sprawl, Jin lifted him up, and slammed him down to the mat. As soon as Steve’s back hit the ground, Arishima almost immediately popped up, and hooked his right leg, turning him around, and sitting across his back, wrenching back a half crab. The champion scrambles around, under the challenger, trying to reach the ropes. Eventually he grasps it with his right hand, but Arishima doesn't let the hold go, he just continues to wrench back, until London reaches 4. He finally stands up to his feet, and held his hands up, as he looked at London, acting innocent. While Twist was on his back, wincing in pain, Jin pulled him up by his hair, and lifted him up in Gorilla Press format. He walked around the ring, holding him there, scouting a place to throw him, but suddenly Twist rolls out of it, falling behind him, and hooked his arm around his head, dropping him on the back of his head with a reverse DDT. Steve stands up to his feet, standing over Arishima, and reaches down, returning the slap from earlier in the match. He smirked, as he dropped down, hooking his leg, going for the win. 1...2...Jin kicks out! Twist gets up to his feet, and pulls Jin up to his feet, and chops him across his chest. Jin returns with a right hook to the jaw. Twist staggers, but comes back with a right hook of his own. Arishima managed to duck under it, and when he came back up, he hooked his arm under Twist's arm, letting it land on his shoulder, and picked him up, spinning as he did, with a Sambo Suplex.

A cover seems out of the question at the moment as Jin goes back over to Steve and, after turning Twist onto his front side, locks in a Full Nelson with the champ still grounded. Placing his knee into the back of Twist is another method used by Arishima to wear down Steve in this battle of attrition. Spinning his hips back and forth allows Twist to slide Arishima's leg off his back prior to placing his foot on the bottom rope to get the Full Nelson broken. Rather than breaking the hold however, Jin brings Twist back away from the ropes as he brings him to a standing position with the Full Nelson still locked in. Driving his knee into the spine of Steve a few more times, Jin then slides his arms down to break the Full Nelson and apply a waistlock in order to hit a German Suplex. This connects and Arishima keeps his arms grasped around the midsection of Twist as he rolls back to his feet and places the Full Nelson back in. Steve isn't going to have any of this however as he brings his leg up, grabs it with his hands, and yanks down to break himself free of the Full Nelson. Immediately Steve whirls around and hits a chop to the side of Arishima's head which disorients him long enough for Twist to place him in a front facelock. Lifting Jin into the air Twist drops down to his back while forcing Jin's head into the canvas with a Brainbuster. Rolling back to his feet with the front facelock still in Steve tries to cross Arishima's legs, only for Jin to break free with a few well placed blows to the head of Twist. A EuroCut to the jaw of "The Aphotic Rose" allows Jin to spin Steve back around and lock him in a Full Nelson to nail a Dragon Suplex! "The King" drags the champ back to his feet with this Full Nelson still applied and attempts to chickenwing the arms of Steve. This doesn't seem to sit well with the champion who rears back and smashes the back of his head into Jin's face! Both men are staggered thanks to this, but Twist recovers first in order to hit Jin with a Cross-Legged Brainbuster! Dragging the challenger back up to his feet Twist goes to cross the arms of Arishima, but this is stopped by some kicks to the right knee of Steve. The crowd is at a fevered pitch as Jin goes back to trying to hook Steve's arms for the Gaishin. Twist isn't keen to this idea as he breaks free and hits a flurry of chops prior to going back to trying to complete his Brainbuster Syndicate. Once more Arishima introduces Twist to a few EuroCuts to quell this desire, only for Steve to lean backwards prior to ducking under the arm of Jin to lock in the Sleeper!!

Finally, Steve is able to get the Sleeper he has been looking for the entire match locked in and Jin goes towards the ropes posthaste. Twist doesn't want this to happen and it shows as he pulls Jin back towards the middle of the ring and jumps up onto his back in an attempt to drag him down onto the canvas. Amazingly Arishima doesn't go down, instead keeping a standing position with Steve on his back still applying the Sleeper as tightly as ever. No matter how strong Jin is though, it's only a matter of time before he hits a limit on using this strength. At last, Arishima appears to be going down, only to jump backwards in an attempt to crush Steve. He finds this to be a grave mistake however as Twist keeps the hold locked in like nothing had happened. From facing bigger people in the past Steve has plenty of experience with this kind of thing and now Arishima appears to be out of options as London checks on him in the center of the ring. The crowd, who has grown quite fond of Jin during this match, begins to cheer in an attempt to get him back to his feet, but it doesn't seem to be working as London raises Jin's hand into the air. When Jin's arm drops Twist lets go of the Sleeper and makes a cover instead of waiting out an entire count, 1...2...2.8...Jin kicks out! Surprised by this outcome Steve shakes his head at London as if the ref decided to do a slow count on purpose. Either way Twist seems to think he'll end things right now as he rips Jin off the mat by his hair and places him into a standing head scissors. With a capacity crowd booing the hell out of him Steve lifts Arishima up onto his shoulders, only for Jin to fight down with help from the fact he outweighs Twist by a good amount. Running back towards the ropes allows Jin to get the momentum he needs to hit Steve with a Dropkick to the knee. A Yakuza Kick is the next move Jin decides to pull out upon going back to the ropes and a Knee Drop comes after that as he looks to complete the Don't Sweat the Technique! Twist apparently doesn't sweat it as he moves at the very last second to leave Jin hitting nothing but canvas. Springing back up to his feet Steve decides to come off the ropes as well as Arishima gets up to hit a JUMPING KNEE! Right into a cover Twist goes after this, 1...2...2.9...Jin kicks out!

Annoyed by this Steve gets back up to his feet and calls for the finish, only for Arishima to grab his right leg and pull Twist down to the ground in a Crucifix Kneebar! The pain from this hold shoots all through Twist's body as his already beat up leg takes even more punishment while he desperately grabs for the ropes. Jin doesn't let "The Aphotic Rose" anywhere near them however as he drags Steve into the middle of the ring while keeping the Kneebar locked in. With Steve looking as though he will tap, London goes to check on the champion while asking if he wants to give up. Of course Twist's answer is no, but he doesn't make it too convincing by grabbing onto London's shirt in order to pull himself away from Arishima. As the ref moves away from Steve, the "Pound for Pound King" shows everyone his resourcefulness by rolling onto his back to make it difficult for Jin to keep this hold in. Indeed, it does make Jin let go of the hold as Twist pulls his leg out from under "The King" who now finds himself on his knees. Taking the chance that Jin is turned away from him, Steve leaps forward to try and lock in the Sleeper once more, but Jin keeps his throat blocked with his arms as Twist pulls him backwards into a body scissors. Fighting to get the Sleeper locked in doesn't get Twist very far and instead leaves Jin finding a way to slip out and get to a sitting position while Steve keeps the body scissors locked in. Shoving his elbow down into Twist's right knee while using his other arm to rip at the right ankle of Steve lets Arishima break the body scissors prior to standing to his feet with Twist's right leg still held. Turning Steve over onto his stomach Jin places Twist into a Grapevine STF to continue tearing at the leg of Twist. While the trading of holds between these two is no doubt a fascinating thing to watch, it's one Steve would like to stop currently as he slowly drags himself and Jin towards the ropes. Lifting his arm into the air Twist is just barely able to grab onto the near bottom rope as London tries to get Arishima to break the hold. 1...2...3...Jin breaks the hold and stomps on the leg of Twist as he gets up. Using the ropes Steve makes it to a vertical base soon afterwards and the two square off again in this match, noticing their fatigue by this point in such a grueling contest.

Both men step up, and come in to one more tie-up. They slowly push one another back, and forth, due to fatigue, then suddenly Arishima shoves forward, causing Twist to roll back, but instead of getting back to his feet, he takes Jin down with a single leg take down. Before he can lock in a leg submission, Jin uses his free leg to reach up, kicking Twist square in the middle of the face, rolling, and getting back up to his feet. Jin goes in once more, trying to stay productive, but he's dropped neck first on the middle rope. Twist immediately tugs him back, locking in a Crossface. The fatigued "King" quickly slides his feet over, hooking it with the bottom rope. Steve grips in the Crossface deeper, as London starts his count. By the time he is up to three, he let's go. As soon as the champ gets to his feet, he grabs Jin, pulling him up to his feet by his hair. He lifts him up to his shoulders, coming from the standing head scissors position, but before he can do anything, Jin drops down, landing behind Steve and clinches up with him in a Muay Thai clinch. As soon as they lock up, Jin starts raining knees into his gut, over, and over, until London jumps in to stop them. As soon as he backs up form the clinch, Jin lifted up his foot, driving it into his stomach, causing Steve to bend over, but as soon as he does, he applies a front face lock, lifting him up in the air, hooking his leg with his free arm. Right there, he drops him down, and sits down, driving him down to the mat on his head and shoulders first, executing the Arishima Krusher 06'! Jin hooks the champion's legs, and London drops down to the mat to count. "1...2...2.5...!" Suddenly Steve reaches out, grabbing the bottom rope. All of the fans hop up, cheering, and booing all in unison, as Jin pulls himself back, sitting back against the mat, as he looked at Twist. He quickly got up to his feet, blinded by rage, and jumped up, coming down with a knee directly in the middle of Steve's arm. Steve brings his arm over to his chest, holding on to it, as Jin stood back up, and started stomping bluntly on his arm. He lifted him up by his arm, and swung him to the turnbuckle. He hit with a large thud, and Jin ran in, but his face was met by the bottom of both of Twist's feet, causing him to stagger back. As soon as he did so, Steve ran up and drove his knee into his gut, and as soon as he bent over, he got in the standing head scissors position, lifting Jin up to his shoulders, and lets him hang down, by latching his arms around his waist. Now with Jin in the vertical position, he drops down to his knees, driving Jin down on his head and neck on the ground, executing the Ganso Bomb! Twist switches positions, now holding his back over the top of Jin's chest, as he looked hazily at the ceiling, pinning him. "1...2...2.5...2.9 Oh no!" Just as London’s hand was going down for the three, Jin lifted his foot up on the bottom rope. This caused a large uproar with the crowd, as Steve sat up, shaking his head slowly, knowing the match wasn't over just yet...

Slowly dragging Jin up to his feet by his hair, Twist mocks the challenger by slapping him in the face a couple times prior to shoving him to the ground. Taking the Ganso Bomb has left Arishima almost defenseless as Steve kicks him on the ground, shouting obscenities at the crowd all the while. Pulling Jin into the middle of the ring by his leg Twist turns him over onto his stomach. From this position Twist goes to lock in the Sleeper, but Jin desperately attempts to block it. Being annoyed by the constant blocking Steve stomps Arishima on the back of the head instead and drags him up to his feet again. Throwing him back first into the nearest corner Twist sizes Arishima up as he then throws a flurry of chops at the chest of the challenger. "Time to go up!" Twist yells at the crowd who gives him some disapproval as well as a bit of approval for this. "Just kidding, ********." Says Steve as he slaps Jin in the face, only to get an Elbow Smash to the face that backs him away from the corner. The crowd roars to life as Arishima regains his ability to fight thanks to Twist messing around. "It's about time, I thought you nev-" Twist begins, only to be cut off as Jin slams him in the face with another elbow prior to grabbing him in a front waistlock. Lifting Steve directly into the air Arishima directs Steve down to the mat by slamming him down in the hardest possible fashion. Knees coming flying towards the midsection of Jin shortly after this as Steve attempts to escape, but Arishima begins throwing punches at the champion that look to knock him out as he starts bleeding from the nose. Just when it seems referee Peter London will step in to stop the match, Twist manages to roll over onto Jin. He doesn't look to deliver the same punishment however, instead standing to his feet and beckoning Arishima to follow. Jin obliges, only for "The Aphotic Rose" to dive forward and grab the near arm of Arishima and, locking his wrist, throws Jin over with a Single-Arm Suplex! Twist isn't done however as he keeps the right arm of Arishima and locks him back into a Cross Armbreaker! Stranded on the canvas away from the ropes the crowd looks at Jin with hope and hate, some wanting Arishima to tap and others not. Unfortunately they don't have a whole lot of say in the matter as Jin lifts his arm into the air. Bringing his arm down the crowd looks on as Arishima suddenly grabs onto his other arm and gets up to his knees while fighting out of the Cross Armbreaker!

Being a pain in the a** as usual Twist won't seem to let this go, but Jin finally is able to free himself to some sighs of relief. Standing above Steve Jin looks for an opening to attack Twist's legs, deciding to let the champion back away towards the ropes when he sees none. Getting back to his feet Steve charges at Jin again, only for Arishima to catch Twist with a right jab. What Jin doesn't expect is how much doing so hurts, his arm giving out due to all the punishment it has taken. Steve sees this as well and goes on the attack immediately, placing his hands around the neck of Arishima and pushing him backwards into the ropes while kneeing him in the gut. Showing that he isn't out of the game yet, Jin manages to hit Twist in the liver with his left hand which causes the "Pound for Pound King" to break his hold on Arishima and back away from the ropes. Both go into fighting stances shortly after this as Jin tries to use his right jab again, only for Steve to meet it with a left jab that bends Arishima's wrist into an awkward position that makes it hurt even more. Fighting with only one arm now Jin is easily caught with jab after jab to the face prior to Twist weaving back and forth to hit him over and over again with hooks. Throwing out his left simply catches air for Jin as Steve comes back with one more right hook that takes Arishima DOWN!! Jin's head is driven down into the canvas as Twist backs away and tells London to count, knowing Jin isn't getting up. 1...2...3...4...5...Jin hasn't stirred yet. 6...7...8...Arishima sits up. 9...1-Jin is just able to get to his feet. With everyone in the building on their feet and making noise one way or another Steve comes back at Jin who tries to keep himself standing by planting his back on the ropes. Ducking, weaving, and dodging only get Arishima so far as Steve picks him off with ease. London seems to be contemplating stopping the match, but Twist won't let him anywhere near Jin. As soon as Arishima goes down Steve knows it will be over, thus he cocks his right arm back after destroying the face of Jin to hit the DEMPSEY SMA-COUNTER!!! Arishima counters the Dempsey Smash and the champion is DOWWWWN!!! 1...2...3...4...The crowd counts along while going wild. 5...6...7...8...Twist tries to move around, but is barely able. 9...10-NO! Steve takes London down to the canvas and uses the ref to pull himself up!

Unbelievable amounts of jeering come Steve's way for this, the crowd knowing damn well that Jin should have just won the belt right there. Being pissed off Arishima comes towards Twist and sends him flying back with a European Uppercut as the crowd now seems to be 99.999% behind Arishima. Steve finds a place to stand up in the corner, but Jin isn't going to leave Twist on his feet long as he beats the hell out of the champion who can barely move his legs. Looking out towards the crowd Jin gets his left arm ready to go as he hits Twist with MACHINE GUN EUROCUTS!! While the impact on them may not be as great because of the fast motion Arishima is trying to do these in, he is still hurting the champ quite a bit while putting on a flashy, yet brutal, display for the crowd. After slowing down on these Jin looks to bring Twist away from the corner, only for Steve to turn Jin into the corner and jump up onto the second rope. Knee after knee comes crashing down on the face of Jin, as if Steve simply means to show the challenger that his legs are working again and he'll never be beaten. A few more of these knees connect prior to Jin walking out of the corner with Twist held in order to slam him down with a Spinebuster! Immediately Steve gets back up to his feet from this, charging at Jin and hitting him with a LARIATOOOOOOO!! Quickly into a cover Twist goes, 1...Jin kicks out! Both men are PISSED OFF as they stand back to their feet, confronting each other in the center of the ring. EuroCuts from Jin come raining down on Steve as Twist delivers chops right back to Arishima. Neither man gives an inch prior to Steve stepping back into a fighting position, Jin doing the same. Unlike earlier in the match they don't guard at all, instead opting to just throw punches with everything they have left behind them. A huge left hook from Jin about knocks Steve's head off, only for Twist to hit Arishima with a right uppercut that blasts Jin's head upwards. Insane blow after insane blow the two continue to pound on each other until there is swelling and blood covering their faces. Finally, Steve gets an advantage as he weaves back and forth prior to nailing a combination of uppercuts to the head of Jin that look to smash the challenger's jaw. With the one-armed Arishima out on his feet Steve rears back to hit the DEMPSEY SMASH!!! COUNTERED AGAIN!!! Twist dives into the counter and takes it head on as the crowd looks on stunned as the champion's face is beaten in. All of the sudden the stun turns to shock as Twist hits the AKUMA NO YADORU SMALL PACKAGE!!! 1...2...2.999...3!!!

Roselyn Peters: "...Err, here is your winner and STILL GWA Grand Champion Steve 'Savior' Twist!"

|While it may go against their policy, once the crowd has been snapped out of their shock by London delivering the GWA Grand Championship to Steve who is still lying in the center of the ring the crowd begins to clap, giving both men a standing ovation. Of course the ironic thing about this is neither man is left standing currently, but they both soak up the admiration if only a little bit of it. After getting checked on by officials both men stand to their feet, Saria taking the GWA Grand Championship for Twist as he confronts Jin in the center of the ring. Despite it being reluctant Twist places his hand out for Jin, looking away due to being somewhat embarrassed about doing so. Arishima doesn't exactly look like he wants to oblige either, but does so if only for a brief moment. The crowd gives a mixed reaction to this, much like they have the entire match, but it seems the only suitable way for both wrestlers to leave as who knows if they will ever step foot in the same ring again. Only time will tell as now others will come Seeking the Crown that Twist keeps securely with him.|