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Slam! duuh duuh duuh, duuh duuh duuh let the boys be boys!
Slam! duuh duuh duuh, duuh duuh duuh let the boys be boys!

Viral and Spyke stomp out from behind the curtain, each raising up their unofficial tag team belts….The crowd cheers enthusiastically

'Well heres another one (what!)
In the gutter one (what!)
Getting running up
Troblesome extra double double I come to feed them
The feed em then I shreed em
So what if that Im cheating.
Now everyone wanna sound (ya) grimey (yeah)'

Viral and Spykle each hand their championships to Dr. Loki, who hands Viral a beer and Spyke a light tube….Viral quickly bites into the side of the beer can and sucks out the contents as Spyke busts the light tube over his head, drawing blood and laughing maniacally.

'Im gonna show you how come on (all and together now!)
Yeaah, ohh yeaah!
Yeah!
Thats how we gotta be
So stop trying to beat loud as me cause you cant do that
Think about the payoffer so left with an automatic rifle
For last against the lighting last bullets first
On line'

Viral crushes the beer can on his head and throws it to the audience and Spyke discards his light tube….they both make their way to the ring, Dr. Loki in tow.

Roselyn: Making their way to the ring, being accompanied by Dr. Loki….they are the Unofficial GWA Tag Team Champions….’The A.D.D. Assasin’ Spyke Gein and ‘The Monster from Manchester’ Viral…….THE REJECTS!!!!

'Toughest step and a rep and a run rep and a run wreck and a swine
Peace to the brothers on rikers isle
Pumping up a tremple and didnt like his
Criminal lickin buck my eye,
Oh my God Im so high
Just they say a rodney say you like a criminum, what!?
Just they say to make get'

Viral steps over the top rope while Spyke leapfrogs over it….They each run at a turnbuckle and jump to the top quickly they each raise both of their middle fingers to the audience. The audience cheers at them, accepting this as a sort of greeting from the Rejects.

"Headstrong" hits the arena, Heather "Ska Feather" Shannon entering the entrance ramp. She kneels, facing the ring, as Jaice and Chris enter from opposite sides of the entrance curtain. Jaice runs up and flips over Heather, Stopping just a few feet away from Shannon. Angel walks up, helping Shannon to her feet and they join Wilds, all three charging at the ring.

Roselyn: And their opponents, accompanied by Heather ‘Ska Feather’ Shannon…they are ‘The Wild One’ Jaice Wilds and ‘The Angel Effect’ Chris Angel…..THE XTREME WORLD ORDER!!!!

Angel and Wilds dive in under the bottom rope, jumping to their feet, Shannon walking up the steel steps. Jaice and Chris take opposite ends of the middle rope, bending it down to let Shannon through. They all wave to the crowd, and Shannon heads to ring center, pointing to the northeast and southwest turnbuckles. Jaice and Chris climb the turnbuckles, both waving before backflipping off, landing ring center. They gather into a corner, waiting for their opponents.

"Children of Decadence" By Children of Bodom hits the speakers as Jacob Figgins appears from behind the entrance curtain standing on the stage. With a bottle of energy drink in his hand he stared down to he ring intently. This time Danny isn’t with him, but Figgy doesn’t appear to care.

"Running under cover of the moonlight
shadow death row.At the night we're
running wild with no hope for tomorrow...

No tomorrow!!!"

Figgins then takes his first step onto the entrance aisle, taking a drink and then spitting the contents onto the ground infront of him. With a cocky smirk he flashes the Fig Effect symbol and begins his trek down the ring.

Roselyn: Making his way to the ring, he is one half of the Church of Daemon…….FIGGY!!!

"As we're walking through the fire,
That burns within us all. If ya wanna take
a glance to the blaze of pain
You'll never be the same

You wanna get closer and get a taste of death?
I know ya wanna ******** me down 'til I'm bleeding red
I couldn't care less, I'll end up rotting in the mud
So c'mon ******** and gimme yer best shot."

Figgins rolls into the ring after cricling it once and looks to the referee and his opponent yet again flashing a cocky smirk as he awaits the match…..

The ref is just about to ring the bell when…..

The stadium goes totally dark.
An ominous voice calls out
"Though he be a Demon, the scourge of the night. He shall be as a Star, the Earth's guiding light"

The beginning guitar riff of Raining blood plays.....the lights come one just as it picks up the pace to show Danny with his arms outstretched, Father Daemon behind him…

Trapped in purgatory
A lifeless object, Alive
Awaiting reprisal
Death will be their acquisition
The sky is turning red
Return to power draws near
Fall into me, The sky's crimson tears
Abolish the rules made of stone

Danny sprints to the ring and slides under the bottom rope... he grabs onto the ring ropes and headbangs.

Roselyn: Making his way to the ring, the second half of the Church of Daemon….Dnny Daemon….’THE DEMONSTAR!’

After Roselyns introduction, she bolts out of the ring, remembering her last encounter with Danny.

Claire: Well, good to see he actually showed up this time!
Drake: Hey, here’s a guy who knows what he wants…the guy is just sick of being in the midcard! If he turns his recent actions into a meanstreak…well, let’s just say the fans might not like him, but the cameras will LOVE him.
Claire: I doubt any camera could love that freaks face….

Pierced from below, Souls of my treacherous past
Betrayed by many, Now ornaments dripping above

Awaiting the hour of reprisal
Your time slips away

Danny steps to the top turnbuckle...the audience may hate the guy, but the buildup to this moment is just too intense to resist......Danny prepares his blood spit just as...

RAINING BLOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!
from a lacerated sky!
Bleeding its horror
Creating my structure
Now I shall reign in blood!

Father Daemon removes Dannys trenchcoat and Danny wipes blood from his mouth…..

Danny gives everyone in the ring the finger to make sure his opinion of them all is PERFECTLY clear.

The ref finally gets some order in the arena and it looks like Chris Angel and Spyke are going to start off the match…

*DING*

Spyke and Chris circle each other for a bit….Spyke reaches his hand out like he wants to tie up, a bad idea for one his size….

Chris looks at Spyke like he’s a zoo animal, then finally they lock up….the expected happens and Chris quickly hits Spyke with a vertical suplex!

Spyke is own the ground laughing for a moment….he nips up to his feet quickly….he sticks his chin out….for Chris to punch him in the face…..Chris complies with Spykes wishes and gives him a straight punch to the jaw…it sends Spyke reeling for a second, then he just starts laughing again….Spyke reaches out like he wants to grapple again, and when they do, Spyke hits a QUICK STO!!!

Spyke follows it up with a STANDING MOONSAULT INTO A PIN!

1…

Chris Angel quickly presses Spyke off of him….

Spyke waits for Chris to get up, waiting in a martial arts stance…when he makes it to his feet, Spyke attempts a NORRI-NO! Chris catches his foot and dragon whips him.

Chris whips Spyke into the corner, then runs right after him to hit him with a boot, Spyke drops to the ground and Chris starts choking Spyke with his boot……

Unfortunately for Chris, they’re in the Rejects corner, Viral tags himself in and the 7 foot Monster from Manchester quickly levels Chris with a clothesline.

When Chris gets up, Viral quickly body slams him back to the mat with a Biel throw, then comes down on him with a legdrop right across his throat…

Viral attempts a pin….

1…

Chris kicks out again!

Viral quickly locks Chris in a Cobra Clutch as he gets up, hoping to hit Death Comes Ripping….but Chris desperately flings his right elbow back, managing to hit Viral hard enough to break the hold….

Before Viral can do anymore Damage, Chris quickly drives his head into the canvas with a DDT.

Chris waits and Viral gets to his feet…the two are about to tie up when…..

JOHNNY CHAOS RUSHES THE RING! HE HAS A TOY LIGHTSABER IN HIS HANDS!!!

Johnny swings wildly at Viral and Chris with the toy lightsaber…..Viral and Chris both look at each other….Viral and Chris then each grab Johnny by the neck and choke slam him out of the ring. Everyone looks at Danny, knowing Johnny was his pupil….he shrugs his shoulders, for once in his life he looks honest about it…

Claire: What…the hell was that kid thinking?

Chris and Viral shrug it off and tie up…..
Chris tries to attempt another DDT on the monster, but instead gets picked up into a vertical suplex position. Angel begins to kick his feet in the air, attempting to gain momentum on his side. Viral tries to do the same, but Angel kicks his feet fast enough and lands on the ground behind Viral, still locked up. Chris then hits the inverted neckbreaker on the Monster from Manchester.

He goes for a pin attempt.

"1......2....."

The pin is broken up by Figgins, who continuously stomps on Chris Angel.

Viral takes the distraction, and makes his way into the corner to tag in Spyke, making this his second time in the ring with Angel. Figgins and Spyke begin to stomp repeatedly on Angel. Wilds begins to start a clap to help give a confidence boost to Angel. The crowd begins to clap too, but Chris having no luck in escaping the double team of Spyke and Figgins. Suddenly, JOHNNY CHAOS climbs into the ring and hits Spyke in the back of the head with his toy lightsaber. Taking advantage of the moment, Angel crawls over and makes a tag to "The Xtreme Agent" Jaice Wilds!

Wilds runs up to Figgins, while Spyke is busy getting Chaos out of the ring. He kicks him in the gut, then runs past him. Wilds rebounds on the ropes and hooks Figgy's head from behind, hitting a bulldog and crashing Figgy's face into the mat. THE WILD THING! Jaice goes for a quick cover.

"1.....2.....NO!"


Danny breaks up the pin! Johnny Chaos is finally tossed out of the ring again, and Viral gets back into the match.

Drake: That was a close one.

Claire: This match could've been over in a couple of minutes, had not Danny interuppted.

Danny grabs Jaice by the hair and lifts him up for the Ritual Disembowelment. Angel runs into the ring quickly, and dropkicks Danny's leg, making him drop Wilds onto the mat. Viral picks up Figgins and heatbutt him, causing Figgy to take a step back. Viral takes the chance and goes for a clothesline, but Figgy ducks and toe kicks the monster's gut, causing him to double-over. Figgins then gets under Viral and slowly begins to pick him up. The crowd goes wild at the strentgh of Jacob Figgins. He finally gets Manchester up in the air and struggles, but gets ready to attempt the CENTRIFUGE DDT!

Drake: NO!!!!

Spyke dives of the top rope with a missle dropkick on Figgy's stomach, causing him to drop Viral on top of him.

The ref counts this as a pin!

1......2.......2.99999.....!"

JOHNNY CHAOS GRABS THE REF AND BEGINS TO FIGHT HIM WITH THE SABER!

Claire: What the hell is that kid doing? This isn't a Star Wars convention!

Drake:Well, to him it is.

Figgins slowly gets up and walks over to Danny and pushes him slightly. Figgins begisn to argue with Danny, knowing that Chaos was in-fact his pupil. Danny tries to explain, but it blindsided by Jaice Wilds who hits another WILD THING, while Angel hits Figgins with the ANGEL STUNNER!!!! Viral and Spyke then come behind Angel and Wilds. Viral throws Angel against the ropes and connects with the BLACK ALE SLAM!!!! Sypke turns his direction towards Wilds, and turns him around and nails THE NORRIS!!!

Drake: Was that just a buffet of signature and finishing moves?

Claire: It looks like the Rejects are the only team standing here....What will happen next?!

Spyke takes the cover on Angel, and Viral takes the cover on Figgins.

Drake: THIS COULD BE A DOUBLE-TEAM PIN!

Claire: Wait a second....?

After a few seconds, Spyke realizes that the ref isn't in the ring anymore. Danny finally recovers and looks out of the ring to notice Chaos still teasing the ref. He slides under the bottom rope and walks up the Johnny, scoulding him and getting into a verbal arguement. The xWo is still knocked out from the Rejects, and the only anywhere close to standing is Jacob Figgins. Spyke grabs Figgins by the hair, but Figgy nails him in the stomach with a left fist. Viral comes from behind Figgy, and The Monster from Manchester gets nailed with a LOW BLOW BY FIGGINS! The ref doesn't see the low blow because he is busy with Danny and Johnny. Figgy holds off the Rejects as much as he can. He gets behind Spyke, wraps around his chest, lifts him over his head, and connects with THE FIG EFFECT!

Drake: That's gonna leave a mark.

The ref finally makes his way back into the ring as Figgins goes for the cover.

"1.....!"

Viral breaks up the pin with a stomp to Figgy's back. He them lifts up Figgs and throws him to the turnbuckle. Viral darts towards the turnbuckle and hits Figgy's head with full momentum on his elbow, knocking Figgins out. Viral then picks up Jacob and lifts him over his head, seeming to attempt his signature THE ALABAMA SLAM. NO!.....Spyke is standing on the top turnbuckle.

Drake: I think that they're going to hit it! I just think...!

Sypke then moves his hand around a bit and Viral places down Figgins, then grabs him and locks with a over-the-knee backbreaker submission.

Claire: There's been a change of plan! Everyone originally thought that the Rejects were going to hit their Tag Team Finisher "Where Eagles Dare!"

SPYKE IS GOING TO DO IT! He nods and then dives off the top rope. Spyke performs a somersault double boot stomp, hitting Figgins square in the gut. The Rejects go for a final pin attempt...

"1.......2.......2.999999.....!!!"

The xWo lifts Spyke and Viral off of Figgins. Angel hits his ANGEL STUNNER on Spyke, knocking him out cold. Wilds stuns Viral, long enough for Angel to wrap his arm around Viral's neck. He runs with The Monster of Manchester, towards the turnbuckle and runs up the top. Angle then, still holding Viral's neck, does a backflip off the top rope and slams the back of Viral's head into the mat. THE ARCHANGEL!!!! Jaice Wilds then covers the still knocked out Figgins.

THE REF BEGINS THE COUNT!

"1.......2......"

Danny starts the climb the ropes again to stop the pin, but Johnny grabs him and pulls him back down, then starts to nail him in the head constantly with the Toy Lightsaber.

".....2.9999999........THREEEEE!!!!"

Shannon slides into the ring and jumps aruond happily cheering, and hugs Angel and Wilds. The crowd begins to go wild!


Roselyn: YOUR WINNERS, AND NEW -GWA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS-!!!! The Xtreme World Order, Chris Angel and Jaice Wilds!!!!!!

"Headstrong" by Trapt begins to play over the loud-speaker all around the arena. The crowd continues to cheer for the New Champions. All except for the Reject fans in the audience. The xWo then have a group hug in the middle of the ring. Angel, sweating, holds his belt high in the air. Wilds falls to his knees and holds the belt close to him, sweating as well.

Drake: That match was definately worth it, huh Claire? I mean, the xWo has improved greatly. Chris Angel making his debut return, and along with his popular partner, Jaice Wilds, and the beautiful, Heather Shannon, capturing the GWA Tag Team Championships.

Claire: Remeber though, Drake. Those titles are "unofficial". Besides, it's not only the xWo that has improved. The Rejects and the Sons of Father have improved quite greatly to. I believe this was a worthwhile match. But what happens now?


Angel, Wilds, and Shannon step out of the ring, holding the tag team titles in their hands, walking backwards up the entrance ramp. Spyke and Viral both slowly gets up and look at the three walking up the ramp. Spyke then laughs, as Viral does as well.

Danny grabs the toy lightsaber from Johnny and tells him to go to the back. Johnny complies and Danny slides into the ring. Danny helps Figgy up and they both look at the new champions. Danny turns to Figgy and stares deep into his eyes. Figgins looks back at Danny, panting from the battle. Danny then slaps Figgy hard across the face, then sets him up for a Vertebreaker! When he has him in position, he steps up to the second turnbuckle and drops Figgy right on his head and neck, hitting FROM HELL!!!!

Drake: It looks like the Rejects have finally found a team worthy of their rivalry. And as for the Church of Daemon, I think Danny just officially ended it.

Claire: All I can say is.....I want a toy lightsaber.....

The ring has been cleared after the prior match and the GWA crowd waits patiently for the next big match to start. The lights dim quietly on the gym as “Hide” by RED starts up on the speaker. Flashes of white the blue circle the back curtain as the crowd begins to cheer for who they know will step out from behind the ring soon. The guitar and bass kick in as the lights seem to meet at the base of the curtain.

Waste away, I'm crawling blind
Followed by what I left inside
For you, just you
I'm caught in place
But I ignore
What I can't erase

The first verse finishes and none other then the Silver Flame him self steps out from behind the curtain pushing it to the side and absorbing all of the crowd’s cheers for him. He plats his feet and hits his signature pose, his arms out and above his head.

I will run and hide 'til
Memories fade away
And I will leave behind a
Love so strong

The chorus hits and he holds the pose till the end of it giving the fans a bit of a treat. He drops the pose as the second verse begins.

Close my eyes, these voices stay
Haunting me, I can't escape
And for you, just you
Time will always wait
While I throw away
What I can't replace

He makes his way down the isle slapping hands with as many of his loving fans as he possibly can, showing them just how much they really do mean to him.

I will run and hide 'til
Memories fade away
And I will leave behind a
Love so strong

I will run and hide 'til
Memories fade away
And I will leave behind a
Love so strong

He leaps up onto the ring apron and leaps over the ropes into it. The crowd at this point is all over him cheering his name as he takes it all in feeding off of them.

I will run and hide
And I will leave behind

Finally Ice hops onto the top of a turnbuckle and hits his pose one more time as the final chorus plays, catching it just as it starts. The blue and white lights all focus on him for a second as the music fades and he hops off of the turnbuckle ready for his opponents. He doesn’t have to wait long as the quiet introduction of “Wake Up” by the Lost Prophets plays and the lights in the arena dim. Blue light fills the room as white spotlights search the crowd and eventually settle down on the deep blue curtain. The drums and bass kick in to the song and Sparco walks out from behind the curtain energetically. He slaps hands at the top of the aisle while the white spotlights flash and a couple searches the crowd around the room.
“So are we lost or do we know,
which direction we should go?
Sit around and wait for someone,
To take our hands and lead the way.”


The first verse plays and the white lights slow down and follow Sparco’s slow descent down the aisle, slapping hands as he walks. He stops at the bottom of aisle just as the pre-chorus starts to play.
“Cause every day we're getting older,
and every day we all get colder,
we’re sick of waiting for our answers...”


As soon as the chorus hits in, Sparco flies under the bottom rope and runs across the ring and poses at the two furthest turnbuckles while the chorus plays.
“Wake up, Wake up, Wake up,
Yeah I'm so tired of waiting, waiting for us to
Wake up, Wake up, Wake up,
Yeah I'm so sick of waiting, for us to make a move.”

The former Openweight Champion stands up in the ring and look at his fellow team GWA member. Ice and Sparco look to be about to share a couple of words but they are cut off as Rammstein’s "Reise, Reise" hits the speakers signaling the arrival of one man.

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

the intro to Reise Reise soars throughout the arena like a hawk with a chivalrous cry. The spotlight is quickly hurried over into the direction of the illustrious black curtain. Hated then swats the curtain away with his arm, moving along, entering the sight of everyone in attendance. An equal amount of both cheers and sorrows fill the venue, reflecting off of each wall, back and forth, up and down::

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

::Hated halts his movement in the middle of the isle to extend his arms outward, with his head facing the ground. With his pose still in effect, Hated turns in a 360 to show off his poised position to the crowd. After the turn is through, AC brings his head back up to face the ring. Roselyn Peters steps out of the squared circle, as Hated scales up the steel steps into the ring::

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...


:The Cynical Shogun enters the ring, and stays mobile, climbing onto the left turnbuckle of the south ropes. AC again extends his arms with his head facing downward. He then quickly brings his head up to look up into the air, and then hops down from the turnbuckle right into a three way stare off between the three members of team GWA standing the ring. The crowd is hot seeing three of their favorite men standing the ring about the square off in a match that can only be assumed to show us who the leader of team GWA is. The referee for the match Justin Mayfair enters the ring and quickly checks everyone before signaling the ringing of the bell.

DING DING DING

The bell rings but there is no rush to get things started between the three team mates. Instead Sparco stands forward and offers up the first handshake of the match to Ice. Ice looks down at it for a second the then accepts the handshake. Sparco then does the same for Hated leaving Hated and Ice to shake. The two former rivals share a tension filled hand shake before SPARCO SUDDENLY ROLLS UP HATED! Out of nowhere, the “Prolixus” rolls up Hated into a small package looking to end the match quickly. Ice is pushed back a bit as Mayfair hits the mat but isn’t able to get his hand down once before Hated pushes up. Both men get to their feet Sparco ready for a little retaliation, but Hated with an interesting look on his face. “I can’t decide if I’m mad at you for trying that, or kind of proud that you’d have to balls to-“ Hated is cut off suddenly by Ice who grabs his shoulders out of nowhere and falls to the mat driving his knees into his back nailing a LUNGBLOWER! Hated rolls off of Ice and arches his back to try and dull the pain as The Silver Flame nips up wastes no time in going after Sparco, trying to nail a lariat which the former Openweight Champion ducks and turns around as Ice hits the ropes behind him and comes back right into a big back body drop from Sparco. Ice gets serious air before landing hard RIGHT ONTOP OF HATED. This knocks the breath out of Hated and he pushes Ice off of him before rolling under one of the ropes, not leaving the ring, but hoping for a second to catch his breath. Sparco doesn’t let Hated have much time however as he hits the ropes behind him and nails the Cynical Shogun in the side with a Baseball Slide sending him off of the ring apron and crashing out onto the floor below. Sparco stands to his feet before turning around and NAILING ICE IN THE NECK WITH A BIG ENZURGURI TO THE NECK dropping the Silver Flame again to the mat.

This time, it’s his turn to n** back up and play to the crowd a little showing everyone that he is in control of this match-up. He decides not to play around too much though after he remembers the craftiness of his two competitors and he grabs Ice and whips him into the ropes before leaping into the air and planting him into the mat with a big Hurricarana. This dazes Ice leaving him open for Sparco to wrap his arms around the Silver Flame’s neck and apply a deep sleeper hold. Now this isn’t normally Sparco’s game, but Sparco knows that he has to really ground Ice before he gets fired up. Sparco holds on long enough to give Ice keep Ice a little dazed and then drops the hold before delivering a low dropkick to the back of his head. Ice’s head whiplashes hard and he lies back down on the mat holding it. Sparco still doesn’t let up, hitting the ropes, and then coming back to land a leg drop right onto the neck of Ice before covering him. Mayfair is able to get his hand down once before The Silver Flame kicks up. Sparco gets back to his feet and IS JUMPED FROM BEHIND BY HATED. Hated delivers a couple of quick forearm shots to the back of the neck of Sparco before turning him around and throwing the lighter man over his head in a belly to bell Suplex that sends Sparco half way across the ring. He then decides to continue to work on ice by lifting him to his feet and nailing a couple of right hands right to his jaw before planting him back down to the mat with a big DDT. Hated then continues Sparco’s work by wrapping his arms around the neck of ice and squeezing hard trying to cut off his air supply and make him faint. Unlike Sparco, Clearwater is going for the win. He isn’t able to lock the hold in very long though as from behind him Sparco walks up and wraps his legs around the neck of Hated and drops to the mat locking in a wicked leg scissors on Hated who continues to hold onto the sleep applied to Ice.

Sparco continues to use his strong legs to choke the Cynical Shogun out as Hated him self uses all of his energy to squeeze the air from Ice’s lungs. After a couple of more seconds of this hated decides that not fainting is more important then picking up the victory right now and he drops the hold on Ice in an effort to get out of the hold that Sparco has him in. Andrew Clearwater pries his arms in-between Sparco’s leg and his neck and manages to pull apart his legs releasing the hold. Hated pulls his head out and tries to be the first to his feet but Sparco, being the faster of the two, manages to n** up quickly but decides not to do anything and let Hated get to his feet instead. The two have a small stare off which is interrupted by Ice suddenly who turns Clearwater around and STARTS A HAIL OF KICKS TO BOTH MEN! He delivers kick after kick alternating legs and targets sending shock waves through the bodies of both Hated and Sparco before turning to Sparco and NAILING HIM WITH AN ARTIC FLASH! Sparco goes down hard and Ice turns to Hated and tries the same thing but Hated has it scouted and ducks it lifting Ice up onto his shoulders in an Electric Chair position. Hated then stumbles over to the ropes and attempts to throw Ice off of his shoulders and out of the ring but Ice locks his legs, uses the momentum and brings Hated with him in a reverse Hurricarana sending both men tumbling over the top rope only to crash to the hard floor below them. The crowd pops loud for the sick bump that both hated and Ice take as they lay on the floor trying to regain their strength. Various chants for all three men start up as the o0ne who gets to his feet first will surly have the advantage. Slowly Hated and Ice both make it to their feet and start to trade blows, Hated with stiff stiff STIFF punches to the jaw of Ice, and Ice with stiff stiff STIFF kicks to the leg and side. The strike fest doesn’t last long because out of nowhere SPARCO FLIES THROUGH THE ROPES NAILING A TOPE SUICIDA on Hated and Ice. Together all three of the men crash to the floor again and again the crowd pops for the amazing stunt they have just witnessed.

Sparco is the first of the three to his feet and he again motions to the crowd a bit before deciding to go back to work on Ice and picking him up. Sparco pulls him over to the ring and smashes his head against the apron before sliding him back into the ring. Sparco follows him in and grabs the Silver Flame, whipping him into the corner before running at him and leaping up nailing Ice with a flying Leg Lariat. Sparco recovers quickly and grabs Ice’s shoulders before sending him flying with a big Monkey Flip that lands Ice in the center of the ring. Sparco then hops up on top of the turnbuckle and sets up for a Moonsault. He takes a look back to make sure that Ice is still there and then flies backwards looking to nail Ice with the Moonsault. Ice has this scouted and rolls forward to escape the move and make Sparco cause some damage to him self. This works half of the way as Sparco sees that ice has moved and completes the flip landing on his feet. He then drops a couple of quick boots to the head of Ice before hitting the ropes and dropping a knee to the back of his head. This almost knocks out Ice leaving plenty of time for the Prolixus to climb up onto the turnbuckle again this time setting up for the DISASTER NOT ADVERTED-HATED PULLES SPARCO OFF OF THE TURNBUCKLE. At the last second before Sparco would have jumped, Hated leaps onto the ring apron and grabs him pulling him backwards and off of the turnbuckle causing him to falls to the floor. Sparco lands hard and Hated climbs the turnbuckle pointing to his elbow showing that he is going to land a quick MOONSHINE-ICE LANDS A KILLER ENZURGURI KNOCKING HATED OFF OF THE TURNBUCKLE! Out of nowhere, Ice jumps onto the second buckle and leaps up sending his foot crashing into the side of Hated’s head. Hated is knocked off of the turnbuckle and lands in the ring completely out of it.

Ice now has total advantage of the match and looks outside the ring to check if Sparco is still down. ‘The Prolixus’ is still down, so Ice goes to work on Hated. He drops the knee on Hated’s chest a couple of times before pulling him to his feet. There, Ice smacks him in the head with a couple of fore-arms before bending down, grabbing Hated around the waist and bending back into a Northern Light Suplex! Ice quickly covers his ex-rival but referee Mayfair can only get a count of two before Hated rolls the shoulder. Ice then lifts Hated from the mat and kicks him a couple of times in the knees before whipping him against the ropes. As Hated comes running back at Ice, The Silver Flame goes for a lariat but Clearwater ducks underneath it and bounces of the opposite ropes. Luckily Ice catches Hated off guard as he comes back at him again and ICEBERG SPEARS HIM INTO THE MAT! Ice quickly goes for the cover again, but again Mayfair only manages to a count of two. Ice slowly gets to his feet but he stays cool and calm and picks Hated up from the floor mat and throws him into the turnbuckle. Ice walks after him and begins a vicious assault of kicks starting low until after a dozen kicks he jumps up and NAILS HATED WITH A VICIOUS KICK TO THE HEAD! Clearwater looks almost unconscious as he falls out of the corner and onto the mat. Ice smiles and slowly climbs the same turnbuckle and turns to face Hated. He signals that he’s going for a shooting star press! He turns to see if Sparco is watching him about to use The Prolixus’ own finisher but as he does he receives a huge kick to the face! Sparco had jumped onto the apron, onto the top rope and hit Ice with a SPRINGBOARD ENZURGURI TO THE HEAD!! Ice’s body falls high from the top turnbuckle and lands motionless next to Hated’s stirring body. Sparco quickly stands next to ‘The Silver Flame’ and jokily shouts “I told you I’m better at Enziguris than you!”

As Sparco taunts Ice, Hated has managed to get to a vertical base. Sparco and Hated stare each other down as Ice lays motionless between them and after a few seconds they nod and bend down to pick Ice up. Doubling teaming the Silver Flame they throw him against the ropes and as he comes back they both hold out their elbows and Ice runs straight into them knocking himself to the mat. Again, the two men pick Ice from the floor and lift Ice high into the air in a double-team vertical Suplex! After a few seconds of swaying in the air the two GWA patriots let Ice fall down to the mat. Once more, they lift Ice to his feet and throw him into one of the corners and the Silver Flame lies against the turnbuckle. Just as Hated was about to run into the corner with a big boot, Sparco holds out his arm and stops him. Hated looks confused and is about to ask him why he stopped him but Sparco grins and runs into the corner himself, hitting Ice with a big body splash! Sparco stays on his feet and turns expecting to see a big ‘thumbs up’ from Hated but instead receives a kick to the lower abdomen and sharp DDT INTO THE MAT! Hated looks down at Sparco smiling but as he gives his attention back to Ice he’s hit with an ARTIC FLASH! Sparco is quick to his feet from the DDT but as he turns around he’s met with another ARTIC FLASH!! Ice then stands between the two me lying on the mat and begins to soccer kick them in the stomach’s alternating between the two wrestlers. Each time he let out one of the vicious kicks he shouted a word with it. “DOUBLE-TEAMING-IS-FOR-WIMPS!” After giving Hated the final kick he walks over to Sparco, lifts him via his hair and throws him against the ropes. As Sparco comes running back he drops him with a RUNNING ICEBERG SPEAR!

Ice literally dives over his team-mate to get the pin and referee Mayfair begins the count. ONE TWO TH-HATED BREAKS UP THE PIN! From what looks like it could be the end of the match, Hated runs out and breaks up the pin attempt before Ice could win the match. He then lifts Ice up and begins chopping him like crazy in the chest! He backs Ice into a corner as Sparco slips out the ring for a breather. Hated then climbs onto the bottom rope and begins to punch Ice in the head much to the appreciation of the audience. The crowd begins to count the punches: 1! 2! 3! 4! 5! 6! 7! And just as Hated was about to land the eighth punch Ice manages to throw Hated off from on top of him and Hated stumbles out into the centre of the ring. But before Ice has chance to even take a breath. Hated runs back into the corner with a BIG KNEE RIGHT INTO THE GUT OF ICE! Ice keels over and Hated drags him out into the centre of the ring. There he grabs Ice and lifts him into a vertical suplex! But he keeps the hold locked as they hit the floor and he quickly lifts Ice into a SECOND vertical suplex! Again he keeps the hold tightly locked and finally he lifts Ice up INTO A THIRD VERTICAL SUPLEX! He quickly gets to his knees next to Ice and exhausted, he flops on top of Ice for the pin. Mayfair quickly dives down in his over-exaggerated way and begins the count. ONE TWO-KICKOUT! Ice quickly rolls the shoulder out from underneath Hated. Clearwater is in disbelief but tries to stay calm and lifts Ice to his feet once more. Hated is out of breath but he chops Ice in the chest a couple of times before attempting to hit him with an AIR SUPPLY TO ICE-NO! Sparco jumps from the top rope with a SPRINGBOARD 360 LEG LARIAT RIGHT INTO BOTH MEN! This receives a huge pop from the crowd as the three team-mates lie motionless on the ground as the ref stands above them hoping they are ok.

The crowd in attendance start to chant “GWA! GWA! GWA!” as all three men begin to shakily make it to their feet. They all manage a vertical base at about to the same time and Ice acts first, hitting Hated with a forearm shot, however as he does so Sparco turns to him and hits him with a chop. Hated then open hands Sparco and three of them go at it. Eventually Hated evades a fore-arm strike from Sparco, stepping out of the triangle. Sparco tries to quickly turn to Ice but he’s too late and is hit with another ARTIC FLASH! But less than a second after the foot connects with Sparco face, Hated runs in-between Ice’s legs lifting him up into a HUGE RUNNING POWERBOMB! Hated is now in control, but leaves Ice to roll beneath the ropes to take a breather. He turns to Sparco who is just about on his feet and runs in with a big knee sending the lightweight to his knees. Hated lifts Sparco back to his feet using The Prolixus’ hair and quickly uses a fireman’s carry on Sparco to put him on the floor. Clearwater then walks to The Prolixus’ powerful legs and locks them up in a Boston Crab! Sparco begins to squeal in agony and he looks for a set of ropes but realises he’s in the centre of the ring. Surprisingly Hated lets go of the hold after a few seconds and Sparco begins to crawl towards the nearest set of ropes to haul himself up. Clearwater stops him and stomps on the left ankle several times before LOCKING IT UP IN AN ANKLE LOCK!! Unluckily for Hated, Sparco read it coming and used the ropes, his arms and his right leg to stand up although Hated still had the very painful move locked in place. Sparco fought the pain putting both hands on the top rope and LITERALLY THREW HIMSELF AND HATED OVER THE TOP ROPE! Sparco’s body crashes down against the hard floor but he’s better off than Hated who slams hard against the metal guard rail before dropping to the floor. The crowd standing next to guard rail all get out of their seats, cheering for the wrestlers and showing their appreciation. Sparco is first up and leans against the guard rail to catch his breath while Hated is kneeling on the floor seeming to have hurt his leg when he was flung against the guard rail. Sparco lifts his head after hearing the crowd cheering wildly to see a massive leg make contact with his face and he falls to the floor limp as ICE HITS HIM WITH A STEP-UP ENZURGURI USING HATED AS THE STEP UP!

“I THINK I’M BETTER AT ENZURGURIS, DON’T YOU AGREE?!” Ice calls to the limp Sparco, smiling as the crowd nearby laugh and cheer. Hated starts to get to his feet still dazed from the hit against the guard rail. Ice notices that Hated is starting to get up facing away from him and Sparco. Ice smiles and whispers something to the crowd nearby him and Hated slowly turns... DIIIIIAMOND STORRRM TO HATED ON THE OUTSIDE! Ice gets up from on top of Hated and looks chuffed with what he just pulled off, but suddenly he’s hit from behind with an elbow and thrown into the ring by Sparco. Sparco rolls under the bottom rope, following Ice. The two men stand in the ring with a quick stare down before they lock up and go into a test of strength. Ice starts to take advantage and slowly pushes Sparco back into a corner. Ice squares up a powerful chop but just as he releases it, Sparco ducks underneath the swinging arm and uses a quick roll-up on Ice! ONE TWO-KICKOUT! A sigh of relief is heard from the audience, no-one wanting the match to end with an anti-climax. The two friends lock up again but this time Ice takes advantage early, hitting him with a knee but Sparco grabs a hold of the raised leg and flips him back in a Fisherman Suplex! Sparco holds the pin and the referee begins the count. ONE TWO TH-KICKOUT! Ice quickly kicks out of the pin attempt and Sparco starts to get frustrated. He swiftly pins Ice again but The Silver Flame kicks out at two. Sparco starts ‘pointing the finger’ at the ref, accusing him of slow counts. But Sparco didn’t manage to get his argument out as Ice catches him with a school boy! Referee Mayfair dives down and counts a little quicker than usual. ONE TWO TH-KICKOUT! Sparco kicks out and stands up shocked but as he turns to Ice he’s hit in the stomach with an ARTIC FLASH and Sparco keels over, for Ice to grab him IN A POWERFUL ZEEEEEERRO DRIVERRRR!! Sparco’s body lies limp on the mat as Ice dives over him for the winning pin.
ONE-TWO-THR-WHAT THE?!

Just as the entire crowd thinks Ice has won, Hated reaches into the ring, pulls Ice’s leg and pulls him out onto the floor thus breaking the pinfall. Hated wants revenge for the Diamond Storm earlier and the two men go at it outside the ring. Sparco is still lying motionless in the ring as Hated begins to take advantage outside. He grabs Ice by the hair and smacks his head of the apron before lifting him up and dropping him with a powerslam. Hated then goes down on the floor with Ice and grabs him in a front headlock. He slowly lifts Ice to his feet, keeping the headlock tightly in place and Hated them aims up and charges at the steel guard rail attempting to slam Ice’s head into it. The Silver Flame manages to evade the move put his foot out against the rail and the momentum of the charge SENT HATED OVER THE GUARD RAIL AND INTO THE CROWD! The crowd quickly moved away from the area leaving Hated in a pile of steel chairs as Ice slowly standing of the guard rail finding his balance. Once he’s found it he puts one foot on an erected chair and the other on the rail. Ice bends down and offers a hand to Hated who appears to accept it but doesn’t get chance to as out of nowhere SPARCO HITS A SPRINGBOARD DEE-ENN-AAY OFF THE TOP ROPE, TAKING ICE FROM THE TOP OF THE RAIL!!! The three wrestlers again lie motionless in a pile of tangled limbs, chairs and discarded food carton as the arena is filled with the chant of: “HOLY s**t! HOLY s**t! HOLY s**t!”

Hated is the first one to untangle him self from the others and he pulls him self over the rail and back into the ring area. Sparco is next, the first to actually stand, and he steps over the rail and goes back to work on Hated delivering a couple of hard forearms before sliding him back into the ring. Sparco follows him in and catches him as he gets to his feet, grabbing Hated and whipping him into the ropes before leaping up and nailing the Cynical one with a killer standing dropkick which the Prolixus follows with a pin. Mayfair is only able to hit the mat once before hated slides his shoulder up proving that he still has a bit of life left in him. Sparco is about to follow up with another big move but Ice has finally gotten to his feet and is trying to pull him self into the ring. Instead of letting the Silver Flame get back into the game, Sparco nails him with a huge Baseball Slide sending Ice back to the ground hard. Sparco then turns back to Hated who is back to his feet suddenly and right in Sparco’s face slapping him hard in the face before grabbing him and turning him upside down looking for the BIG-O-SPARCO ROLLS HATED UP BLOCKING THE MOVE! 1….2….ICE GRABS SPARCO AT THE LAST MOMENT! Just when it looked like Sparco had the match won, Ice slid into the ring and grabbed Sparco breaking the hold. The crowd goes into a frenzy, half because of the close call and the other half because the match gets to continue. Sparco stays on the mat still reeling a bit from the smack Hated gave him, Hated is catching his breath in one of the corners and Ice in the other.

Slowly Sparco gets to his feet and the other two men look ready as well. The chants start up again as each member of the audience picks their respective team GWA member to root for. The cheering only gets louder as all three men meet in the center once again in a bit of a stare off. The tension grows as all three of these respected men run their battle plans through their heads, each one knowing that they are in the final act of this match. Finally the cease fire is broken by Hated who lashes out stiffly striking Sparco in the jaw who in return chops Ice hard across the chest who turns around and completes the circle by kicking Hated hard in the chest. PUNCH-CHOP-KICK-PUNCH-CHOP-KICK, this pattern continues as the crowd begins to mark out to this new development. They go at it in a three way circle for a couple of minutes before Hated breaks the chain and LARAITS THE HELL OUT OF ICE dropping him to the mat. He then turns back around and unleashes a torrent of rights and lefts at Sparco backing him into the turnbuckle. Hated lifts him up and sets up for a Superplex but before he can complete the move, Ice comes up from behind him and drills him in the lower back with a dropkick causing him to drop his hold on Sparco. Ice then gets back to his feet and leaps up grabbing the back of his head and falling back into a SUPER FALLING NECKBREAKER. Sparco sees his chance and flies off of the turnbuckle NAILING THE DNA ON HATED! The crowd pops loud for this maybe seeing a pin in Sparco’s future. However Ice is back to his feet by now and delivers a hard kick to the back of Sparco’s head before the count can even begin.

Sparco shrugs off the kick and leaps to his feet before jumping up and smashing Ice in the side of his head with a big ENZURGURI! Ice stumbles a bit to his left but doesn’t go down, instead he turns to Sparco and says “Too weak, let me show you how it’s done!” At this ice him self leaps up and nails Sparco with an ENZURGURI of his own. Sparco mimics Ice, stumbling a bit but refusing to go down. He then comes back with a powerful STEP UP ENZURGURI and again Ice refuses to fall and comes back with a STEP UP ENZURGURI of his own-BUT SPARCO CATCHES HIS LEG AND LIFTS HIM UP IN A POWERBOMB POSITION BEFORE KILLING ICE WITH THE INSUFFISANCE A SUIVRE!!!! The Powerbomb to Facebuster floors the Silver Flame and Sparco is about to go for a pin but Hated manages to get to his feet holding his ribs and nails the Prolixus in the face with a heavy forearm. Sparco stumbles back a bit but comes back with a forearm of his own starting a brutal physical exchange of forearms, kicks, and chops, as both men try to topple their opponent and gain the ultimate advantage in the match.

Finally Hated gets the upper hand with a stiff shot to the jaw making Sparco hesitate a second, just long enough for Hated to grab him up for a quick SUPLEX, and then A SECOND SUPLEX, and then a THIRD SUPLEX. Hated stands to his feet leaving Sparco on the ground, stares out into the crowd, and then picks him back up nailing a FOURTH SUPLEX, and a FIFTH SUPLEX, and a SIXTH SUP-SPARCO SHIFTS HIS WEIGHT AND FALLS BACKWARD LANDING BEHIND HATED AND RIGHT INTO A DIAMOND STORM FROM ICE! The Silver Flame waited until Sparco had reversed Hated and then went in for the kill dropping Sparco to the mat with his spinning spear. Hated comes to his senses quickly and turns around only to be kicked hard in the stomach by Ice who sets him up for the ZERO DRIV-HATED SPINS OUT OF IT AND GOES FOR A BIG LARAIT-ICE DUCKS THE LARAIT and hits the ropes coming back right into an ICEBERG SPEA-FAKE! At the last second Ice stops in his tracks and sticks his head in-between Hated’s knees before lifting up and dropping hated on his head NAILING THE DAI GUREN HYORINMARU DRIVER!!

The trump card of Ice drops Hated on his head leaving Ice to go for the pin. 1…..2…..3!!!!!!! The crowd goes into an uproar as Ice rolls off of Hated and stands to his feet trying to catch his breath. Mayfair grabs Ice’s hand and throws it up into the air to honor the victor of this contest between friends. With the GWA fans already riled up, Ice climbs the nearest turnbuckle and gives them a pose thanking them for their support. Ice spends a few seconds playing to the crowd before hopping off catching a breather as Hated and Sparco lick their wounds. He rolls out of the ring and looks out as the crowd continues to cheer for him and his opponents, each getting to their feet, look down at the man who took them both by surprise.

As Ice heads up towards the back, though, he is met on the middle of the entrance ramp by none other than Darson Grays! The crowd cheers loudly for the appearence of the newly-turned favorite, the Samoan smiling at Ice as he lifts up a microphone. Ice seems wary of him despite the fans' immediate acceptance, but willing to listen to what he has to say.

Dar: "We were enemies in the past, Ice. And I'm not here to make peace just this moment. Instead, I want to congratulate you on your win. And I want to let you know that I have a lot of respect for you, kid. You've shown some amazing spirit here. Tonight, I'm going to be taking the title from Steve Twist. And I'm announcing it right now that when I get that belt, you will be my first challenger!"

The crowd bursts into cheers for that, Ice looking surprised, then grateful, giving his thanks to Dar as the Samoan nods, both men reaching out to shake one another's hands. Dar quickly turns and raises Ice's arm up in the air for the crowd, then lets him go, heading backstage while Ice celebrates a little while longer, basking in the idea of his bright future.

Roselyn Peters: "The following contest is the main event of the evening, scheduled for one fall with a 60 minute time limit, and is for the GWA Grand Championship!"

The lights in the arena rapidly dim down as an unfamiliar guitar riff comes over the sound system, mist rapidly shooting out of two jets aimed from either side of the entrance area. As the lights cut out fully, green laser lights begin to beam through the fog, sporadically changing their pattern to go with the beat of the song. The song briefly lowers in pace as the first verse begins, and out from the fog walks Darson Grays.

Animal grace in form and power
Dignity; a conscious thought
The judgement hour

An uproarious burst of cheers comes from the crowd at the appearence of Dar, a spotlight shining down on him. His attire is much different tonight, in fact having gone back to the same attire he wore at the beginning of his time in the GWA, with the leather jacket rather than a longcoat on. He hops from foot to foot a few times, shaking his head as he swivels his wrists, seeming to be loosening himself up for the match, then starts his way down the ramp.

To live in honor, quoting freedom's name
A noble stance, bearing a proudful mane
NOBLE SAVAGE

The Samoan seems very happy about the positive reactions he's getting from the fans, turning to smile out at the crowd as he works his way down towards the ring, finally stopping at the bottom of the ramp and looking up towards the ring for a few moments. After a deep breath, he charges forward and hops up onto the apron straight from the floor, quickly climbing through the ropes and straightening up to throw both arms up in the air.

Hope is born, a changing dawn
Bringing strange power
Transform, change form
Blend mind and matter

Walking across the ring, Dar gets up in the corner, pulling himself onto the second ropes and raising both arms high up in the air again, encouraging more cheers from the enthusiastic crowd, even cupping his hand to his ear to continue the praise. Dropping down from that corner, he heads to the opposite one, still wanting to hear more from the fans, shaking the top rope a few times to get them more riled up.

A voice of reason crying in the dark
A raging fire from a spark
Breathe through me

I'M A SAVAGE, I'M A KING
I fought deceivers, I conquered evil!
I'M A SAVAGE, I'M A KING
I fought deceivers, I conquered evil!

Finally, Dar drops back down from the corner, removing his jacket and handing it out to an official, stretching out quickly as "Noble Savage" by Virgin Steele goes into its guitar solo, slowly fading out as the lights come back up, leaving the fans ready for the entrance of the champion.

Saa saa yotte oide nozoite mi na (Come, come on, come over, look in)
Koyoi minasama ni o-okuri suru wa baby (Ladies and gentlemen, tonight, I present to you, baby)
Ari to arayuru ai nurari (Every bit smeared over with love)
Otanoshimi are (Enjoy!)

|Onto the large ramp that makes it's way directly to the ring steps the GWA Grand Champion, Steve "Savior" Twist, as DIABOLO -Lucifer- by BUCK-TICK plays to signal his arrival. Along with him is Saria Nalick, dressed in an outfit that seems made simply to exemplify her beauty. Besides having the GWA Grand Championship belt around his waist, Steve also has a bag full of something that he is dragging down the aisle with him. About a quarter of the way down the ramp Twist pauses as he looks out at the crowd and opens the bag.|

Uta ni dansu ayashii sake (Dance to the song, the bewitching sake)
Teeburu no shita harisakesou na (Looks like it will break open under the table)
Hashitanai mono hikarasete (Lighting up the vulgar things)
O-ki no mesu mama (The way they're ordered)

|From the inside of the bag Twist pulls out what appear to be t-shirts and starts handing them out to select members of the crowd. All these crowd members, for some reason, are female and it is shown why as the first few to receive these shirts open them up. Along with being Riona Langly t-shirts, someone who anyone following the GWA knows was fired recently, they have large bold letters placed on them in a way not to interfere with the original t-shirt design that say simply: NO TITS.|

Anata no yume ni (To your dreams)
Anata no sono hakanai (To your transience)
Kanpai shimashou (Let's make a toast)
Hora tenshi ga naiteiru (Look, the angels are crying)

|Laughing as he makes his way down the ramp while handing out more t-shirts, Twist doesn't even pay attention to his opponent in the ring. It's clear he's trying to get the advantage when it comes to mind games and this certainly may give him it. Meanwhile, the women in the crowd who don't know English, or at least what the letters Steve has placed on these shirts are, try to figure out what the meaning is behind them. The ones who do don't seem pleased although some of the single males in the crowd are very amused by this act.|

Aa konya mo chi ni mamireta (Ah, covered in blood again tonight)
Maou no hane buruu berubetto baby (The Devil's wings are blue velvet baby)
Togaru shippo muragaru shukujo (Pointed tail and swarming ladies)
Nemurenai yoru (A sleepless night)

|Getting closer to the ring, Steve notices that he's running out of shirts already. "********, I forgot this is Japan." Steve says to Saria who just nods at him, trying to hold in the laughter created by the reactions of the women in the crowd. When it appears Twist has run out of t-shirts he just starts pointing at women who haven't got one and says "Don't worry, we still have Hated shirts in stock. He's just as titless as you despite being a huge p***y."|

Anata no yami ni (To your dark)
Anata no sono kurayami ni (To that darkness of yours)
Kanpai shimashou (Let's make a toast)
Saigo no chi ga kareru made (Till the last of our blood has dried up)

|With the crowd now jeering him a lot when compared to how little Japanese wrestling crowds usually boo, Steve makes it the rest of the way down the ramp and steps onto the bottom rope of the ring. Deciding against entering, Steve turns back to Saria and kisses her for the hell of it and to make Darson wait a bit longer before this match can get underway.|

Anata no yume ni (To your dreams)
Anata no sono hakanai (To your transience)
Kanpai shimashou (Let's make a toast)
Hora tenshi ga naiteiru (Look, the angels are crying)
Namida karehateru made (Until the tears dry up)
O-kigen you sayonara (Adieu, goodbye)

|Finally, Steve enters the ring and prepares himself for what will no doubt be a grueling match ahead. Not having faced Darson in the ring for well over a year makes him a bit wary of what he will have to go against here tonight, but he has everything planned out in his head. Making sure that plan comes into action is the only thing he has to worry about now.|

Anata no yami ni (To your dark)
Anata no sono kurayami ni (To the darkness of yours)
Kanpai shimashou (Let's make a toast)
Saigo no chi ga kareru made (Raise up the last of the blood)
Anata no yume ni (To your dreams)
Anata no yami ni (To your darkness)
Kanpai! (Cheers!)

|As DIABOLO fades out, Roselyn Peters steps into the center of the ring to introduce the competitors in this contest.|

"Introducing first, from American Samoa, weighing in at 290 pounds and standing 6 feet 7 inches tall, he is a former BTWF World Heavyweight Champion, he is 'The Archetypal Assassin' DARSON GRAYS!!!"

|Darson steps out of his corner with his hand raised, sneering at the champion as the crowd cheers loudly for him. Considering Gaia's location compared to Japan's it's not too surprising that so many people know Dar, but even he seems a bit surprised by how much support he has gotten after just seeing the light again recently.|

"And his opponent, being accompanied to the ring by Saria Nalick, from Muskegon, Michigan, weighing in at 242 pounds and standing 6 feet 2 inches tall, he is the GWA Grand Champion, 'The Aphotic Rose' STEVE 'SAVIOR' TWIST!!!"

|Jeers come naturally for the GWA Grand Champion, who has held that crown for over a year now, and it's not surprising as to why when he keeps bickering with an audience who doesn't necessarily know what he's saying. All they know is that it isn't good and they're 100% correct on that as Steve finishes up cussing them out and hands his belt over to senior official Peter London who just seems happy that the heat isn't directed towards him for once. "You still suck London!" comes the ever familiar voice of the Chips Ahoy Samurai, who has lost a few of his outfit pieces due to various circumstances but has somehow made the trip to Kakihara Memorial Hall. Sighing, London hands the belt to the outside of the ring and signals for this match, quite possibly the biggest match Gaia wrestling has ever seen, to get underway.|

The bell rings...

Immediately things get heated as Twist and Darson rush at each other, a JUMPING KNEE meeting a CHARGING ELBOW!! Both men stumble back as this exchange comes up a draw, but Steve wastes no time in coming back towards Grays in his fighting stance, showing that he's decided to take this match a bit more seriously than usual. Dar also keeps himself ready for whatever may come at him as the two come towards the middle of the ring. A low kick from the champ catches the outside of Darson's left calf but it doesn't seem to effect the challenger at all. Hurting Darson wasn't what Twist was attempting anyway. All Steve wants is to find a way to get inside of Darson's range and take the pace of the match, but the elbows of the challenger will be difficult to get past. Taking a chance, Twist dives in shoulder first, only to end up getting pummeled in the head by an elbow from Grays. Standing his ground, Steve throws a chop at the chest of the challenger which actually rocks the big man slightly, but another elbow from Dar gets Steve to move away in a hurry. The crowd seems intrigued by the start of this match, not knowing what it will evolve into as it goes on, but being excited nonetheless. Circling around the ring, the two wrestlers seem to agree on trying out some actual wrestling rather than keeping to this striking as they move into the center again. A straight up collar and elbow tie-up between the two seems to show that they've calmed down a bit. This doesn't last as Darson throws a knee to the stomach of Twist that makes the champ fall on all fours. Suddenly, Grays goes down to the mat as well and attempts to hit Twist with some FIERCE KNEES!!! It's is highly unorthodox for Darson to use these so early, but he wants that championship belt now as he shows Steve by driving the first knee into the champion's head! A second knee comes close to connecting, but Twist slips out as he then stands quickly to his feet and gives the challenger a knee to the face of his own! Darson easily shrugs this off and gets to his feet as well, but Twist isn't going to let him off with such a simplistic display of resistance and chops the challenger in the chest prior to locking him in a front facelock.

Whether this will hold or not is anybody's guess as Grays attempts to throw "The Aphotic Rose" off of him by swinging back and forth. Holding his ground, Steve manages to get Darson to stop by repeatedly slamming him in the back of the neck with clubbing forearms. After this Twist grabs onto Darson's arm with his now free arm and locks the challenger into a Hammerlock as well prior to dropping down with a Hammerlock DDT. Keeping the Hammerlock applied after letting go of the front facelock, Steve rides the back of Grays as he tries to damage the right arm of his challenger by bending it into an extremely painful position. "C'mon Darson, you can do better than this!" Twist taunts as he nearly touches the back of Darson's hand to the back of his head with the hold. Angered by the arrogance of his old ally, Grays uses his strength to free his arm from Steve's grasp and then flings the champion off his back as he gets to his knees. "Now that's more like it." Steve says while standing back up. His cockiness ends up costing him however, as Darson turns around and rams Steve into the nearest corner with his shoulder. Feeling as if he was just gutted, Twist doesn't know what to do as Darson gets ready to unload on him. Elbows rain down on the face of the "Savior" as the crowd in the Kakihara Memorial Hall gives a loud ovation. After only a few elbows however, Twist slips out by dropping down to his bottom and exiting the ring as quickly as possible. "Time out referee." Shouts Steve as he is swiftly handed a towel and water bottle by Saria. Oddly enough, Darson doesn't even seem concerned by this as he waits inside the ring, knowing that Steve can't stay outside forever. Twist's confidence appears to fade slightly as he takes his time out due to Darson being unshaken by what almost seems to be a signature action of Steve now. Giving the water and towel back to Saria, Twist slides back into the ring where Darson doesn't bother to take advantage of him. "Wow, you really are taking the high route Dar." Twist says as he circles around the ring. "Unlike you." Darson replies as he closes in on Steve in a hurry and kicks the champion in the stomach, making him spew out the water he was going to spit at Dar.

"s**t..." Is the only thing Steve can mutter before Darson elbows him in the face and knocks him to the ground. "You should spend less time opening your big mouth if you want to trick me with something like that." Grays tells the champion before grabbing his right leg and turning him over into a Half Crab. Of course Darson doesn't forget to add the SAMOAN CRANK to this which keeps Twist in plenty of pain as he desperately tries to grab the near bottom rope. A few more moments of struggling allow Steve his reprieve from the Half Crab as he hangs on tightly to the bottom rope. Some booing comes from the crowd thanks to this break, most wanting to see the pained expression on Steve's face longer. Sensing their displeasure, Dar ignores the count from Peter London prior to dragging Twist into the center of the ring and placing him into an STF! It's pretty clear by the immense cheering that comes for this that the crowd is definitely behind Darson, not just for this match, but for a nice run at the top of the GWA when he wins. Even so, he still has the most dominate champion in Gaia history to get through. This is proving to be more troublesome than he expected as Twist manages to pull the 290 pound Darson along on his back to grab the bottom rope. 1...2...Grays breaks the hold, but doesn't let Steve get away by grabbing his legs and going to drag him back into the center of the ring again. Twist goes along with this just long enough to slip his right leg free from "The Archetypal Assassin" and turn over onto his back. From here Steve kicks the arm Darson has his other leg with away before rolling backwards to his knees. Grays isn't going to let Twist get away with this however as he goes to punt the head of Steve when he sits up. Luckily for Steve, he planned for such an action and grabs the leg of Darson before springing up and hitting Dar with a Single Leg Takedown. Swiftly passing the guard Dar puts up, Twist makes it around to the side of the challenger and nails him in the ribs with a couple of knees along with throwing a few closed fists into his face. Peter London tries to stop this assault by Steve due to it's possible illegality in wrestling, but Twist does so himself as he gets to a vertical base and stands on the throat of Darson.

1...2...3...4...London counts as Twist keeps his position until the last second where he steps off, only to step right back onto Dar's throat again. 1...2...3...4...This time, along with standing on his throat, Steve also wipes his other foot across the face of Grays until he has to get off to stop the DQ count. Laughing at the challenger, Steve then grabs onto Darson's near arm and quickly places him into a Jujigatame! "How do you like your favorite Pacific Islander now assholes?" Twist shouts at the fans who don't all get what he said, but jeer him anyway. Those who traveled from Gaia seem to lead the jeering squad for the "Savior" as they attempt to start a "Twist sucks" chant. Unfortunately "Twist" isn't the easiest word for the Japanese fans to pronounce and it fails shortly after it is started, amusing the GWA Grand Champion more as he tries to tear Darson's arm out. Not too long after this Grays is able to grab the near bottom rope which he has been slowly inching towards and Twist is forced to let go of the hold at a count of 4 by London. Upon getting to his feet Steve tries to drag Darson to his, but the large Samoan shoves Steve away towards the ropes and stands up where he shakes his arm out slightly. Not liking this impolite gesture by his former partner, Twist walks up to Grays and smacks him across the chest with a chop. This gets a smirk from Dar who checks his chest to see if something just hit him before he goes back to shaking out his arm like nothing happened. The fans find this act by the challenger quite funny as Steve hits another chop on Dar that gets a similar response. Being the only one not amused by Darson, Twist spits in the challenger's face and walks away. This proves to be a mistake as Darson quickly places Steve into a waistlock and dumps him on his head with a German Suplex! The champion rolls around in pain on the ground from this as Darson makes the first cover of the match, 1...2...Steve kicks out. Twist rolls out of the ring as fast as he can after this, not wanting to allow Dar with a chance to follow up on what may have not been the best move by the champion. Taking a seat down on the ground, Steve thinks about what to do next as Saria comforts him. Once again Grays doesn't seem to have any intentions of coming out to the floor, being perfectly fine with his spot inside the ring.

Standing up to his feet after Peter London tells him to get into the ring, Twist grabs the nearest microphone to him and starts berating Darson. "C'mon Kiwakaleuim Kemanloiewan c**t, get out of that ring and face me like a man! Because this time the only way you're going to get this belt is if you beat me for it, not some other schmoe like Omega!" This seems to get under the skin of Darson somewhat as he goes towards the ropes to exit the ring, only to move back away from them to annoy Steve. "I knew it, you don't have any ******** balls. You may be able to beat people who couldn't make it in the GWA and beat people back in the days of the BTWF who weren't any good at wrestling, but you ca-" Twist is suddenly cut off as Darson runs across the ring and nails Steve with a Baseball Slide that knocks him into the ring barricade! With the crowd fully behind him, Darson waits until Steve is back on his feet outside of the ring before diving through the ropes with an ELBOW SUICIDA!! The challenger nearly beheads the champ with this as they collide and end up in a heap on the outside of the ring. Saria is quick in pulling Steve away from Darson, but it's clear he has been knocked loopy with that last move and it's going to take a bit for him to revive. Darson, on the other hand, stands to his feet and shoves Saria away from "The Aphotic Rose" prior to lifting him off the ground and throwing him back into the ring. "If you don't want to get hurt you best stay the ******** out of this." Grays tells Saria prior to turning back towards the ring and sliding in. Not wasting anymore time than this, Dar covers the stationary body of Steve once he is back in the ring, 1...2...Twist kicks out. Not being surprised by this, Darson gets back to a vertical base and brings Steve up into a standing head scissors. This excites the crowd some at first, but when Dar hooks the arms of Steve it gets them really hyped for what is to come next. Unfortunately for them, Twist manages to snap out of his daze and begins to fight free of Darson's grasp. Steve stands up after wriggling his arms free, but the challenger isn't going to let him get away that easily as he knees Steve in the abdomen. Grabbing onto the near arm of Twist, Dar whips his opponent across the ring and waits for him to come back to hit a Snap Powersl-NO! Twist jumps up at the last second as he is coming back towards Dar and nails the challenger with a JUMPING KNEE!! Down Darson goes as Steve dives onto him for a cover, 1...2...Darson kicks out.

Twist isn't used to seeing somebody kick out of the Jumping Knee without any trouble, obviously annoyed as he pulls Dar back up to a vertical base. Perhaps this anger is what allows Dar to knock his arms away, quickly grabbing one and whipping Steve into the ropes, coming off the opposite set and knocking him down with a Flying Elbow! Dar connects solidly with Twist's face on that, the crowd letting out a cheer as the Samoan quickly crawls over him for a pin. 1...2...Steve kicks out. Dar quickly gets up to his feet, then shrugs, throwing himself up in the air for a Senton! Two hundred ninety pounds of Samoan crashing down onto Twist is enough to get him stunned pretty bad, clutching his mid-section and trying to get his breathing started back up again. Dar quickly goes for another cover, hooking the leg this time. 1...2...Steve kicks out again. Dar quickly pushes Twist up into a seated position, then locks him in a Rear Facelock, wrapping his arm around Steve's head and compressing around his temples. Dar twists the champ's head to the side along with the hold, adding some pressure to his neck as well. As big as Dar's arms are, this move is pretty effective, Twist's face turning red from all the blood getting trapped up in it. Slowly, he shifts himself down onto his side, able to move a bit better in this position, inching himself over towards the ropes. Dar doesn't focus too much on keeping him away from the ropes, instead just applying more pressure to the hold, wanting to get as much out of it as he can. Steve seems to be having trouble moving because of this, but finally manages to fling his leg out and get one foot on the bottom rope, forcing Dar to break the hold. The challenger doesn't seem too bothered by it, rolling his neck as he lifts Twist back up, taking the punishment to him now as he bends the champ over and throws his knee up into his face, pulling him right back down for another. Straightening him up now, Dar moves on to elbows, the strikes looking particularly vicious from the Samoan tonight, obviously putting a lot of force behind his quest for the title, a third elbow knocking Twist clean off his feet. Dar reaches down and lifts Steve up, the champion still pretty dazed after that last strike flurry, then suddenly shows off a great feat of strength as he tosses the Aphotic Rose up in the air with a Gorilla Press, grabbing him and pulling him down out of the air with an ACE CRUSHER! The move hits with a lot more impact because of that toss beforehand, the crowd letting out a big cheer for it as Steve flops over onto his back from the impact, Dar quickly hooking his leg for a cover. 1...2...This time, Twist only gets a shoulder up.

Again, Dar pushes Twist up into a seated position, this time shoving his knee into the champ's back and locking his arm around his neck, pulling him back in a Dragon Sleeper. More pressure gets put onto Steve's back with this variation, wrenching his neck back with the hold along with curving his spine out. Twist, meanwhile, can still try and turn himself from side to side to try and get out of it, and eagerly does so, wanting to try and break the hold. Finally, he manages to twist himself to the side off of Dar's knee, but Dar rolls over with him, ending up laying across Twist's back, quickly locking his legs around one arm and pulling up on the other, locking in a Rings of Saturn! The crowd "OHHH"s at that, having not seen Dar use that hold in a match before. Steve seems pretty surprised by it as well, cringing as he tries to shift himself over towards the ropes once again. Of course, with the Samoan's full weight on his back, it isn't a very easy process. Meanwhile, Dar pulls back further and further on his arm, wrenching it painfully. Finally, though, Twist manages to get his foot on the ropes once again, saving himself from a desperate situation. Dar breaks the hold quickly, sitting back off of Steve and running a hand back through his hair, seeming to be thinking over a strategy quickly. As he reaches down and lifts the champ back up, though, he's met with a hard chop across the chest. Dar is a little surprised by this one, but not enough that he can't respond with an elbow, only to have Twist throw out another chop, these ones seeming to affect the challenger a little. The elbows win out, though, as a few more of them send Steve into the ropes, wrapping his arm around the top one so that he doesn't slump down to the mat. Saria calls for Steve to get his wits together, but the champ seems to be having trouble getting his head cleared after those elbows, allowing Dar to pull him back towards the middle of the ring in a Front Facelock. Dar sets him up for a suplex, but Steve manages to block it, grabbing Dar's tights and suddenly lifting him up instead! Unfortunately for the champ, Dar manages to float over and land behind him, grabbing him in a Reverse Waistlock. Twist quickly elbows out of it, however, running to the ropes, only to come back right into a ROARING ELBOW!

Twist drops down and rolls to the outside, taking another one of his signature breaks, but Dar isn't about to let this continue, running forward for another ELBOW SUICID-NO! Steve dodges out of the way, but Dar still manages to save himself, grabbing the top rope and flipping over it, killing his momentum as he lands standing on the apron. Dar quickly runs forward, diving off with a FLYING EL-NO! Twist knocks him right out of the air with a Dropkick! Both men go down hard after that one, Dar clutching his mid-section while Steve takes several moments to recover from that Roaring Elbow, Saria coming over to check on him. Eventually, Twist gets up, lifting Dar up to his feet as well and moving him over to the guard rail, laying him across it. Steve quickly clasps his hands together, then slams them down on Dar's back with an Axehandle, crushing his mid-section against the steel. Lifting his arms up, the champ hits it again before Dar slumps off the barrier, preventing further attacks. Twist just pulls him back over to roll him onto the apron, though, climbing into the ring and reaching down to drape Dar over the middle rope, taking a few steps back and running forward to jump up and Guillotine his chest down against the middle rope with a Knee Drop! The move connects with the back of Dar's neck, adding even more pain to the attack, but Steve doesn't stop there, getting up to hit a second one, Dar pushing himself through the ropes to get inside the ring after that one. Twist reaches down, quickly pulling Dar up to his feet, then puts him in a Reverse Waistlock, falling back to drop him on his head with a German Suplex! Steve holds on, though, turning them over to lift Dar up for ROLLING HEAD-DROPS! Twist bridges on the second German for the pin. 1...2...Dar kicks out, that Samoan neck preventing him from staying down so easily. The sight of head drops immediately gets the immigrant GWA fans from Gaia riled up, one of them beginning the dreaded "THIS IS AWESOME!" chant. The Japanese fans join in soon enough, able to pronounce this decently well, immediately angering the champion. Twist pulls Dar up into a seated position, quickly taking his head back into the CHINLOCK!!! "You don't get any special ******** treatment!" yells Steve as he kills the excitement of the match with the simple hold.

While the hold doesn't look too devastating, it's more effective after two head drops in a row, causing Dar to seek out the ropes with his legs. Unfortunately for him, Steve has this locked in towards the middle of the ring, starting that long trek towards the rope break. Of course, Twist loves killing the crowd's energy, doing his best to keep Dar away from the ropes, but the hold simply doesn't offer much leverage as the Samoan shifts over towards the edge of the ring, finally managing to get one foot over the bottom rope to break the hold, though not without holding on for a good four seconds. The champ stands up, stomping across the side of Dar's head in frustration before lifting him up to his feet, only to get his arms knocked away and receive another elbow to the jaw! Of course, this is nothing compared to Twist quickly grabbing Dar around the waist for another HEAD-DROP GERMAN! But Dar NO-SELLS, rolling right up to his feet and charging forward...INTO A SLEEPER HOLD! Steve quickly pushes Dar down to a seated position, locking in the hold tightly as the crowd boos, the excitement having been kicked up again only to be brought back down with this hold. "I don't know what you're complaining about, this is ******** wrestling!" Twist, of course, has a huge grin on his face as he works the hold. Unlike the Chinlock, however, this move is very effective, Dar's struggling beginning to weaken as he loses oxygen and blood flow. Steve keeps the move on as tight as he can, occasionally jerking Dar's head to the side to disorient him. Pretty soon, the crowd begins to rally, starting up a slow clap for Dar as he reaches a hand out, clenching and unclenching his fist as he tries to get up the energy to break the hold. Finally, the Samoan starts to make his way up to his feet, pushing himself slowly up while the champ forces him to lift up both their weights. Eventually, Dar makes it to his feet, reaching up to hold Steve's head above his own as he drops down for a Jawbreaker! This breaks the hold, but Twist quickly hits a Dropkick into Dar's back to stun him, walking around to the front and CHOPPING HIS FACE! Dar cries out and falls back, clutching his face after the unexpected strike, Twist quickly following with a pin. 1...2...Dar kicks out, clearing his head enough to do that.

Steve slowly gets up to his feet, looking down at Dar for a few moments, then grinning widely as he figures out what he wants to do. Reaching down, he lifts the Samoan up, sending a quick kick into his stomach before pulling him into a Standing Head Scissors, reaching down to hook his arms around Dar's legs, lifting him up for the KAZE NI NAR-NO! Dar blocks it, attempting to pull Twist's legs out from under him, but Steve quickly changes to a regular Piledriver set up, bringing him up for it...Only for it to be reversed in a Hurricanran-NO! With Dar's height, Twist just bends forward, sending Dar right down onto the mat neck-first, quickly stepping forward over his arms and locking in a SUPER-WHITE-MAN CRANK BOSTON CRAB!!! Steve locks his arms just above Dar's knees, along his thighs, but stands up, leaving Dar only touching the mat from his chest up, severely adding to the curve of his spine. The amount of torque on this hold is almost ridiculous, Dar crying out in agony as he tries to claw his way towards the ropes. Twist just walks him right out to the middle of the ring, though, seeing as he's standing with this hold, continuing it from there. Now, Dar's only hope is to try and jerk out of it, whipping his body from side to side as he tries to break Steve's grip. The one problem with the hold is, of course, the lack of good grip Twist has on it, and the Samoan finally gets lucky on that, his legs suddenly slipping out of the champ's hold. Dar quickly pulls them away before Steve can re-apply the lock, but he still gets hauled right up to a vertical base anyway, Steve angrily knocking him back into the corner with hard knees to the mid-section, following it up with a few chops in the corner. After these, Steve steps back for a few moments, then suddenly launches into a flurry of MACHINE GUN CHOPS! The rapid barrage of strikes ends with Dar slumping down to a nearly-seated position, Twist quickly grabbing his arm and whipping him hard into the opposite corner. Walking over casually, Steve raises his arm up and slices a chop right across the side of Dar's neck, making the Samoan cringe in pain. Another neck chop, and Twist whips Dar into the opposite corner again, but gets hit with a back elbow as he charges. As he comes again, Dar catches him with a boot, quickly turning around and pulling himself onto the second rope, jumping off for a FLYING BACK EL-NO! STEVE CATCHES HIM FOR A DANGEROUS BACKDROPPAAAAAAAAHHHHHH-NOOOOO!!! Dar quickly charges them both into the corner, Twist's head connecting with the top turnbuckle and sending him stumbling off to the side, the challenger having barely avoided his own signature move.

Darson doesn't have any time to rest however, as Twist gets to his feet rather quickly while holding his head with both hands. "That hurt you stupid ********." Twist tells Dar as he leans up against the near ropes. Not caring to hear whatever else will come out of Steve's mouth, the challenger rushes forward at him before suddenly dropping down to go for a low flying dropkick to the legs of Twist. While this is quite surprising, it isn't something that the champion can't react to which he shows by leaping to the side and letting Grays land on the ground prior to attempting to stomp Dar's Samoan head in. This big stomp by Steve misses though as Darson shifts the position of his head at the last second and then grabs onto the right leg of Twist as he gets to his feet. Once up, Grays has to dodge constant chops from his opponent as Steve attempts to get his leg away from Darson. Just when it seems Twist will succeed in this due to a couple of chops landing, Dar whips him around so Steve's back is left facing Darson who locks in a straight jacket waistlock on the champ. The crowd, who has been hot for this sequence of moves and counters, comes unglued as Darson lifts "The Aphotic Rose" up to hit the GEE-TEE-OHH-NOOO!! Unlike Darson, who took an arguably legal way out of Steve's attempt to steal a signature move of his, Twist doesn't bother as he delivers a vicious low blow to the challenger. No matter how tough Dar is, a blow below the belt is going to hurt him which shows quickly as he releases Steve who is immediately scolded by Peter London. Upon shoving the pesky official out of the way, the "Savior" goes right back to work on Grays by kicking him several times in the chest to knock him to his back. From here, Twist mounts the challenger and starts to slam right hands into both Darson's face and the canvas as the hurt challenger is still able to move out of the way to some extent. London continually attempts to get Twist off of Darson, but it is "The Archetypal Assassin" himself that manages to get Twist off of him by sitting up and shoving him away. The fans are impressed with the power that it took to do such a thing, but Steve shows that it was only him baiting Dar in as he comes back and locks on a Front Guillotine Choke to possibly finish off his challenger.

This hold coupled with the lingering effects of the low blow leaves Dar in a bad situation as the fans in the Kakihara Memorial Hall try to cheer him on. Chants of "Darson" start up as Grays inches towards the ropes, but Steve isn't going to let him go just like that. Right when it seems the challenger will be able to free himself from the hold, Twist places his foot on the near bottom rope and starts to push the two of them back away from it. 1...2...3...4...The DQ count stops Steve's progress before he can really get the two of them away from the ropes, but the couple of seconds longer that Dar is stuck in the hold is beneficial to Twist. 1...2...3...4...Taking another DQ count after Dar has grabbed the near bottom rope, Steve finally lets the hold go as he gets to his feet. Thinking that he has everything under control, Steve kneels down in front of Dar who is holding his throat and trying to catch his breath before slapping the Samoan across the face. This angers Darson who stands up to his feet in a hurry, causing Twist to jump backwards onto the ropes. Despite it being hard for him to breathe still, Dar rushes at Steve with elbows that the champ barely avoids by moving back and forth across the ropes until he realizes he has been trapped in the corner. This time when Steve tries to drop down Dar hits him with a knee that makes Twist stand right back up with a dazed look in his eye. Elbows collide with the head of Steve, one after another as the crowd yells out with each one to encourage Darson to keep going. After an ample amount of elbows, the challenger finishes with a BURNING ELBOW SMASH that drops the champion! Seeing that Steve won't be getting up in a quick hurry after taking that barrage, Darson finally gets a chance to catch his breath as the crowd shows him their support through a massive amount of cheering. Once Dar is done with this, he grabs Twist by the hair and drags him to his feet where he places him into a front facelock prior to lifting him up and dropping him on his head with a brutal BRAINBUSTER! Not long after this Dar rolls Twist onto his back and hooks his leg for a cover, 1...2...Steve kicks out. Rather than wasting time getting back to his feet when Twist kicks out, Dar decides to grab onto the near arm of Steve and places him in a Jujigatame of his own to pay the "Pound for Pound King" back for earlier.

Feeling his arm being slowly ripped from his body is just the thing Steve needed to get back into the game, or at least wake up out of his elbow induced haze. It will take a little more than being placed in a hold for the champion to get out of it and thus Twist starts to work on that as Grays keeps the hold locked in tight. "You call this a Jujigatame Dar? Mine was 10 times better than this flaccid arm-hug." Steve spits in order to taunt his challenger, but Dar doesn't respond with words, just by applying the armbar so it is even tighter than before. Swinging his body out as far as he can without really screwing himself over, Twist is able to place his foot on the bottom rope as London gets Darson to break the hold. 1...2...3...Grays lets go a little later than usual as he wanted to inflict a bit more punishment for that taunt by Steve, but he still is back to his feet before a count of five would've been reached. Twist on the other hand doesn't get to his feet, instead rolling out onto the ring apron where he checks his arm. For some reason Steve doesn't go the rest of the way to the floor and, once he has reassured himself that his arm is fine, he gets to his feet on the ring apron. Jumping up on the second rope, Twist teases the fans that he is going to go for some aerial maneuver against Darson prior to jumping back down on the ring apron and re-entering the ring. What he doesn't expect is his meeting with Darson's foot upon re-entry that knocks him back out of the ring and almost to the floor. Steve saves himself by grabbing the top rope and pulling himself back up onto the ring apron, but he still isn't safe from Dar. The Samoan elbows "The Aphotic Rose" in the head several times as he tries to keep from falling to the floor where Saria is waiting for him if he does. When Dar tries to finish this with a Burning Elbow Smash like he did his flurry in the corner earlier, Steve ducks down before springing back up and hitting the challenger with a small ton of chops that seem to stagger Grays. Before Darson can fight back Steve grabs him in a front facelock and signals that he's going to lift him up. Some in the crowd cheer this although that is quickly overridden by boos, the Gaia fans keeping the hate for Twist at full force.

Of course there is another person who has a say in this, that being Dar who isn't going to let Steve lift him without a fight. Being a two hundred and ninety pound Samoan gives him a hell of a lot of fight to put up too which Twist finds out on his first attempt to lift Grays. "LET'S GO DARSON!" chant the fans from Gaia with the Japanese fans following them shortly after as Steve gives it another go, only to fail once again. Letting Darson go from the front facelock momentarily, Steve unloads with chops on the challenger, only for Darson to come back with elbows! This exchange gets the fans going as jeers try to dampen chops while cheers accompany elbows. Strike after strike connects with the flesh of both wrestlers as they lay into each other. Darson gets the advantage after a while, his size allowing him to be much more durable in a striking contest. Luckily for Steve his strength isn't the only thing going for him as he suddenly fakes a chop in order to rake the eyes of Darson prior to placing him back in a front facelock. Unreal amounts of verbal flak come raining down on the champion for this low move, but he doesn't care as he manages to finally lift Darson up to hit him with the FINISH BUSTER!!! This deflates everyone in the crowd except for the few cool move lovers who, for some reason, didn't leave after Revision's match. Even so, Twist seems to be enjoying it as he taunts the crowd and raises his hands in the air to claim victory over his once friend and longtime rival. What he and no one else expects happens next as Darson regains a vertical base on the outside already! The deflated crowd finds the wind back underneath their sails as cheers fill the Kakihara Memorial Hall and Darson gets back up on the ring apron behind Twist who seems oblivious to what is going on. By the time Twist does figure it out it's too late as Darson tucks his head under Steve's arm to hit the champion with a DANGEROUS BACKDROPPAH OFF THE RING APRON!!!!! The crowd goes insane as Twist's head is spiked down onto the concrete flooring of the Hall and both wrestlers are laid out on the outside of the ring. "DAR-SON, DAR-SON, DAR-SON!" is the only chant the entire crowd finds appropriate this time and the Samoan doubtlessly appreciates such a chant even if he doesn't really hear it at the moment.

Never in his entire title reign has Twist been in as much trouble as he seems to be now as Saria tries to revive him on the floor while Darson slowly pulls himself to his feet. Everyone had been waiting for the big guns to be pulled out in this match, but most probably didn't expect such a move to be hit right after Dar had been hit with a devastating move as well. Still, no one is complaining as Saria quickly backs away from Steve when Darson comes over to him to throw him back into the ring prior to rolling into the ring himself. Making sure to hook the champion's leg, Darson gets a nice tight cover going as the fans count along, 1...2...2.8...Twist kicks out! Despite three being what the crowd was hoping to hear they don't seem to mind this match continuing as Grays slowly gets to his feet. "The Archetypal Assassin" can already feel the belt around his waist as he drags Steve to his feet and sets him into a standing head scissors. Not wasting any time, Dar lifts Twist out of this position onto his shoulder as he goes for the X-DRIL-NO!! Somehow Twist manages to slip off of Darson's shoulder and stumbles forward to the ropes which he holds onto for dear life as Darson hunts him down once more. Upon slamming a couple of elbows into the spine of Steve, Dar pulls the champion off the ropes as he then sets him up for another DANGEROUS BACKDRO-NOOO!!! Twist flips over onto his feet when Dar lifts him up before swiftly locking Dar into a Half Nelson and Half Chickenwing to hit a HEAD DROP ZODIAC SUPLEX!!! Both wrestlers are down once again as Steve can't follow up on this move, but he has at least leveled the playing field for the moment as he catches his breath. In a short period of time both men have done a lot of damage to one another, but that doesn't stop them from making it to their feet once more to continue this match to the delight of the thousands of fans in attendance. Slowly the two move to the center of the ring where Steve immediately dives onto the near arm of Darson to pull him down for a Wakigatame! Somehow the big man rolls through on this however, and gets back to his feet where he nails Twist with a knee to the face! Steve goes down onto his back and Darson hits him with a couple of vicious stomps to his chest and head before circling around the champ and sitting him up to apply a Dragon Sleeper!