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

AND I WILL TEAR YOUR PRECIOUS WORLD APART!!!

Dar then hops down from the turnbuckle, turning around to face the ring and leaning back against the corner as the lights come back and the last furious scream fades out.

DING DING DING!!!

The crowd is still cheering as the two men begin to circle around the ring, eyes locked, the tension nearly visible as they move. Finally, after making a full circle, the two stop, staring one another down from across the ring. Both men dart forward into a lock-up, fighting over the grapple for only a few moments before Dar begins to take control with his strength advantage, pushing Ice back into the ropes. Suddenly, Ice turns it around, pushing Dar into the ropes instead. London quickly moves over, calling for the break. Ice slowly starts to pull away, looking like he's going to give a clean break...Then takes a swing at Dar's jaw, the Samoan barely bringing his arm up in time to block it, looking rather shocked that the Silver Flame would try something like that. The crowd seems surprised as well, but are far from disappointed in Ice, knowing that he can't play around in a match of this importance. Dar shakes his arm out a little bit, furrowing his brow, then begins to circle around Ice again, the two men tense with awareness, waiting for any sign of movement from their opponent. Finally, they lock up once again, Dar pushing Ice towards the ropes once more. This time, Ice isn't able to turn around, getting shoved back into the ropes. London again calls for the break, Dar slowly breaking it off...Then suddenly throws an elbow at Ice's jaw. But Ice is ready for it, blocking the strike and shoving Dar back, the crowd bursting into cheers as Dar stumbles back a few steps, eyes wide with shock and anger. Ice doesn't even bother to smirk, quickly circling around Dar. The Samoan doesn't look like he's ready to deal with this, quickly moving forward and forcing Ice into a grapple, pushing him into the ropes again, this time breaking off into an elbow before London even starts the count, catching Ice off-guard with the strike. Dar then whips Ice across the ring, coming off the opposite set of ropes with a CHARGING EL-NO! Ice ducks under it, coming off the ropes right into a RISING KNEE! The strike connects to Ice's mid-section, sending him flipping up over Dar's leg and onto his back, cringing.

Dar looks pretty angry, upset that Ice nearly got the drop on him, twice. Reaching down, he pulls the Silver Flame up by his hair, whipping him into the ropes and pulling him by his arm straight into an elbow, sending this one into Ice's mid-section as well, leaving him dropping to the mat on all-fours, coughing. Dar rips him up to his feet again, throwing him into the ropes and hitting another elbow to his abdomen, Ice collapsing down to the canvas again, using the ropes to keep him on his knees, but this isn't really helping much. Again, Dar shoves Ice into the ropes right into another elbow to the gut, Ice trying to move away from the Samoan after this one, finding himself in over his head. Dar follows him, slamming an elbow down onto the back of his neck, then throwing a knee into his mid-section. Ice stumbles away, but gets caught with another knee to the same spot, collapsing over to the side and into the ropes once again. As Ice tries to straighten up, Dar shoves him into the ropes once more, throwing another elbow into his stomach. As Ice gets pulled away from the ropes, he tries to fight back, knocking Dar's arm away and throwing a punch into his jaw, but Dar ignores it, knocking Ice's head around with an elbow and shoving him back into the corner. The Samoan grabs his arm and whips him into the opposite corner, charging forward, but Ice manages to swing his legs up in time and connect both boots with Dar's face, sending him stumbling back as the crowd begins to cheer. Ice quickly turns around, jumping up onto the second rope and flinging himself off for a TWISTING FLYING SIDE KICK! Dar goes down hard, completely caught off-guard by that. The Samoan rolls back up to his feet, however, only to get knocked right back down with a Dropkick. Ice follows this up with a Leg Drop, then goes for a pin. "1...2" Dar kicks out.

Ice quickly pushes Dar up into a seated position and pulls him into a Rear Facelock, squeezing his arm around Dar's face and temples, slowing the Samoan and attempting to wear him down. Dar tries to twist to the side and pull out of it, but Ice locks it in well, leaving Dar starting to fade a bit. But the Samoan soon manages to wrench himself to the side and push himself up to his feet, Ice seeing this and transitioning the hold into a Front Facelock. Dar knows what he's doing, though, and charges Ice back into the corner, forcing a break. Dar doesn't make it clean, though, slamming his knee into Ice's mid-section repeatedly. Finally, Dar whips him across the ring, charging forward for another RISING KN-NO! Ice dives over Dar's knee, flipping forward and pulling him down with a SUNSET FLIP! "1...2..." Dar kicks out, both men rolling over to one knee, Ice up to his feet in another half second. But Dar stays in that kneeling position, looking down towards the mat with his teeth gritted, pounding one fist on the canvas before standing up, launching himself right into another grapple with Ice. This time, Dar takes control by wrenching his arm around into an Armbar. Reaching around, Dar locks Ice's other arm as well, wrenching them both up behind him and lifting his foot up to shove it into the Silver Flame's back, making the hold much more painful. Ice cringes, trying to pull out and away from the hold. Finally, he manages to shift enough to make Dar's boot drop back to the mat, trying to turn the hold to the side and reverse it into one of his own. Both men strain to take control, leaving themselves in a stalemate for several seconds, but Dar finally manages to take control again. But before he can lock the move in tight, Ice suddenly flings himself up and slams both feet up into his chest with a Mule Kick, breaking the hold and letting Ice roll forward and away from the Samoan.

Ice stands to his feet but has very little time to do anything as Darson wraps his arms around his waist looking for a big Germen Suplex that is sure to drop Ice on his head. Ice however has other ideas and much to the crowd enjoyment he is able to flip out of Dar’s grasp and land on his feet behind the Samoan where he gladly strikes Dar in the back of the knee a half dozen times making Grays fall onto one knee. Ice gives the crowd one last chance to pop as he gives Dar one hell of a kick to the back of the head dropping the Archetypal Assassin to the mat. Ice, knowing that he can’t let any chance he gets go to waste, drops to the mat and covers the big man but before London can even get his hand down twice Dar reaches out with his leg and touches the ropes. Ice quickly gets back to his feet not letting the failed pin affect him much, and hits the ropes coming back just as Dar gets to his feet with an ICEBERG SP-DAR COUNTERS WITH A HUGE SPINEBUSTER! Some of the more markish members of the crowd boo this loudly, but for the most part the crowd gets silent as Dar stays on his hands and knees, visibly frustrated at the way the match has been going so far. Dar knows that he can’t give Ice too much time and finally grabs him by the arm, pulling him to his feet before slapping him hard across the face making Ice, and some members of the crowd, cringe. Ice stumbles to his left a couple of steps holding his face leaving Dar open to grab Ice and drop him on his head with the DANGEROUS BACKDROPPAH!!! As expected, the crowd doesn’t like this one bit, sans a couple of die hard Darson Grays fans in attendance, and most of them boo rather loudly as Dar turns around quickly and covers the Silver Flame. Peter London hits the mat fast, like a good ref should, and starts his count. 1…2…Ice kicks up giving the crowd just one more opportunity to cheer.

Dar sits up off of Ice and pounds the mat hard once before getting back to his feet and grabbing Ice by the hair lifting him up as well almost ripping hair from his scalp. But to Dar’s surprise Ice suddenly pushes away Dar’s hands from his hair and slaps the Samoan hard across the cheek. The crowd pretty much goes nuts for this as Darson Grays stumbles in pretty much the same fashion Ice had done a few moments before. Unlike Grays though, Ice doesn’t go after the Samoan, deciding instead to play to the crowd a bit getting them to cheer louder and louder for him which only serves to frustrate Darson even more. Grays pounds on the turnbuckle in front of him and then rushes at Ice in a blind rage just wanting to hurt the Silver Flame. Ice has this completely planned out though and he drops the angry Samoan to the mat with a low Dropkick to his knee. Grays hits the mat hard and Ice springs back up to his feet before hitting the ropes and coming back leaping up into the air and dropping all of his weight down driving his knee into the back of Darson’s knee, the same one Ice had kicked out from under him. Dar cries out and rolls to his left holding his knee up to his chest as Ice watches on admiring his work. Dar uses the ropes to pull him self to his feet favoring his uninjured leg the whole way before taking a couple of steps and walking right into an ARTIC FLASH! The Superkick levels Darson completely and Ice is quick to pull away from the ropes and cover him looking to finally get the pin over Grays. London does his job and starts the count, 1….2….Dar kicks up. The crowd boos this loudly, a few even going as far as yelling at London.

Ice stands up and shakes his head at the crowd telling them not to blame London for the failed three count and for the most part the crowd obeys. Ice flashes London a thumbs up, clearly enjoying him self at least a little bit, before reaching down to grab Dar by the head. Dar is ready for Ice though and shows this by driving his thumb into the eye of Ice causing him to back off holding his face. Grays quickly gets to his feet before getting closer to Ice and then delivering a killer ROARING ELBOW to the back of the Silver Flame’s head dropping Ice to the mat killing his momentum in a big way. While he would usually follow this move up with something to keep Ice off his game, Dar finds him self unable to really bring him self to do anything at the moment as a mix of pain and frustration and flood his body. So instead Dar takes a small breather walking over to the nearest turnbuckle which he leans back against to give him a comfortable place to take a few deep breaths trying to calm down. The crowd boos this large not wanting to see a break in the action but Dar ignores them and continues to take deep breaths while working out his knee. After Dar has felt that he has had enough time to rest he advances on Ice as he begins to get to his feet grabbing him and walking him over to a corner where he then proceeds go land vicious right hand after vicious right hand to the jaw of Ice rocking him with each one. Dar ends the barrage with a knee to the gut of Ice before grabbing him by the head and bashing him hard with a series of monster Headbutts nearly caving in his skull before letting the Silver Flame drop to the mat.

This time, Dar is the one to turn his attention towards the crowd - of course, he's mocking the fans rather than getting them pumped up. Walking back over to Ice, he pulls him up to his feet from behind, throwing an elbow into the back of his head more to spite the younger wrestler than actually cause damage. Turning him around, Dar whips the Silver Flame into the ropes, running forward to take him down with the CHARGING ELBOOOOWWW!!! Dar quickly drops down over Ice, hooking his leg. 1...2...Ice kicks out, showing remarkable fortitude in this match. Dar slaps his hand across Ice's forehead, then hauls him up to his feet, turning him around and crossing both his arms around his neck, swinging back into the HOSTILEPLEX!!! The move is particularly jarring to Ice's neck, as usual with signatures from Dar, and the Samoan quickly turns to push him over onto his back and hook his leg once again. 1...2...TH-NO! Ice kicks out, the crowd cheering for the near falls as the Silver Flame reaches up and rubs the back of his neck. Ice still has enough in him to get up on his own, but Dar is quicker, pulling him up from all fours and wrapping his arms around his waist, throwing him up for an Overhead Belly-to-Belly Suplex! Ice lands hard on his back, arching up, but getting pushed right back down for another pin. 1...2...Ice kicks out, this time with more force, using the momentum to swing himself over and up to his feet managing to catch Dar just before he does the same with a kick to the side of the head. This stuns the Samoan long enough for Ice to push him back into the ropes, whipping him into the opposite set and coming off with a Cross-Body! Dar gets knocked down hard with all of Ice's weight flying into him, the Silver Flame just staying over him for a pin. 1...2...Dar kicks out, throwing Ice up and back off of him, reminding the underdog of his strength advantage.

This isn't nearly enough to deter Ice, though, quickly swinging around for a roundhouse kick straight into the side of Dar's head! The Samoan stumbles back several steps from that one, Ice quickly grabbing him and going for a whip into the corner, but Dar manages to reverse it, sending Ice into the turnbuckles instead. Ice manages to jump up onto the middle rope at the last second, though, turning around and jumping off at the charging Dar with a TWISTING FLYING SIDE KI-NO! Dar had anticipated this after seeing it earlier in the match, grabbing Ice right out of the air and bringing him down with an URANAGE! The ring shakes from the force of the slam, Dar quickly following it up with a pin, the crowd looking a little anxious at this one. 1...2...TH-NO! Again, Ice manages to kick out, nearly paying for that mistake. Dar's frustration is very noticeable this time as he pushes himself up to his feet, roughly pulling Ice up as well and shoving him into the ropes to whip him across the ring, slapping his arm as he comes off the opposite set with a LARIATOOOOOOO!!! Ice doesn't get hit quite hard enough to flip, but still gets knocked clean off his feet from the force of the move, slamming down into the canvas with a cringe. Dar drops down over him, hooking his leg for another pin. 1...2...TH-NO! Ice kicks out once again, refusing to stay down. Dar gets back up once more, leaning down over Ice and repeatedly slapping him, mocking the younger wrestler the entire time. Finally, Dar pulls Ice up to his feet with one hand wrapped around his throat, only to turn the Silver Flame around and shove his head up under his arm, lifting him up for another DANGEROUS BACKDROPP-NOOO! ICE REVERSES IT INTO A CROSS-BODY! COVER!!! 1...2...TH-NO! DAR ROLLS THE PIN OVER INTO HIS OWN!!! 1...2...TH-NO! Ice kicks out, the flash pins getting the crowd's attention and causing a wave of cheers.

Both men lay on the mat after that one, Dar reaching a hand up and running it back through his hair, breathing much harder than he should be for that last exchange. Obviously that flash pin got to him. Dar looks over to the side and sees Ice almost up to his feet, quickly jumping up to get there first and coming over to slam his knee right into Ice's temple. Ice still gets up to his feet, but stumbles over towards the ropes to escape further strikes. This doesn't work very well, though, as the Samoan just follows him, continuing with another knee to Ice's face as he doubles over, then slams an elbow down onto his back. Suddenly, Dar shoves his head under his arm, pulling him into a DANGEROUS BACKDROPP-NO! Ice grabs the ropes with his free hand, blocking the move. Dar pulls hard to try and get him up for the move, even lifting him off the mat once or twice, but Ice holds on, finally forcing Dar to let go. Ice suddenly swings around, coming in with another kick to Dar's head, following it up with more to his ribs and chest. Dar takes all the strikes, looking like none of them are phasing him...And then rapidly comes back with a series of elbows, bashing Ice's jaw with them repeatedly, knocking him back into the corner and beginning to tear into him with vicious Samoan slaps and elbows, pounding Ice's head and mid-section. Ice is barely able to cover up, Dar's constant switching of targets keeping him from blocking most of the strikes. Finally, Dar grabs his head and flips him over and out of the corner with a Snapmare, quickly shoving him down flat on the mat and moving over him for MOUNTED ELBOWS!!! Ice isn't prepared at all for this onslaught, trying to get his arms up to protect his head, but the strikes are so forceful that it really doesn't help that much. The Silver Flame quickly slings one of his legs up over the bottom rope, London trying to pull Dar away once he sees it, but the Samoan isn't paying attention to the ref, shoving him away to go for more strikes. Finally, though, London forces him off, the crowd booing and jeering loudly as Dar walks away towards the middle of the ring, looking furious as Ice rolls to the outside for a breather.

Ice garbs a hold of the barricade on the outside, breathing deeply, trying to recover from the onslaught he was just forced to endure. Some of the fans reach out and pat him on the back saying things to encourage the Silver Flame to get back in there and finish it. Meanwhile, inside or the right Dar is still yelling at London just to vent some frustration. Dar fakes a punch at the ref causing him to cover up giving the Samoan quite the laugh before turning around to see that Ice is back in the ring. Grays decides to waste no time in hurting Ice as he rushes forward and again delivers a big knee right to the gut of the Silver Flame. Dar then sets Ice up in a standing head scissors before pulling his arms into a straight jacket position and lifting him up onto his shoulders. He then gets a small running start and then drives Ice to the mat with the ACHERON BOMB-NO Ice flips over Dar’s shoulders, somehow getting out of the straight jacket hold and lands on his feet behind Dar. Grays turns around and is slaughtered with a big kick right to his gut causing him to bend over in pain. Ice then grabs Dar’s head and kicks out his leg landing the People’s DDT on the Samoan, driving his head into the mat. Ice nips back up quickly and leaps up onto the turnbuckle, centering him self quickly, and then turning around to nail the 450 SPLASH! Darson seems to absorb the force rather well but Ice covers him anyway looking for the pin. 1…2…Dar kicks out! Ice isn’t very surprised by this and is to his feet rather quickly lifting the big man with him where he UNLOADS a barrage of kicks to Dar starting with a few to the calf and knee, the working his way up until finally ending it with a stunning jump kick to Dar’s head. Dar hits the mat and rolls out of the ring quickly to try to recover from the kicking clinic that Ice had just put on. Ice decides that he isn’t going to let Dar have an inch here and hits the back ropes, coming back to leap up onto the top rope and spring off hitting a beautiful SPRINGBOARD SHOOTING STAR PRESS-DAR CATCHES HIM! In an act of otherworldly strength, Dar sees the move coming and lines him self up perfectly to catch the relatively light Ice in a standing Fireman’s Carry. Dar holds Ice like the trophy he is for a few seconds before falling back into a devastating SAMOAN DROP!

Ice is crushed between 290 pounds of Samoan and the concrete floor by this move and several members of the audience cringe, picturing the pain as if it was them. Dar stands up after this and works out a small pain in his leg before grabbing the Silver Flame and rolling him back into the ring. Grays follows him in and drags Ice to the center of the ring before going for the cover. “1….2…ICE KICKS OUT! Dar grits his teeth as he stands up, the frustration starting the build again and drops a knee onto Ice’s head before lifting him back up and whipping him into the turnbuckle. Dar stretches out his right arm showing that he is going to go for another big LARAITOOOOOOOO-NO! Ice comes out of the corner at the last second and hooks Dar’s arm, getting behind him and wrapping both of his arms around Dar’s arms in order to fall back and hit a powerful DRAGON SUPLEX! Due to Dar’s size, Ice is unable to bridge the Suplex but instead he drops the hold and turns around quickly covering Dar. 1…2…Dar kicks out! Ice shrugs this off, not nearly as frustrated as Grays seems to be getting and gets to his feet quick quickly before hitting a Standing Shooting Star Press on Dar once again covering him. 1….2…TH-Dar kicks out. Ice gets closer this time, but still no cigar, much to the crowd’s dismay. Ice gets to his feet a bit slower this go around but has a plan as he sets him self up in the corner and waits for Dar to get to his feet. The crowd knows what is coming and starts to get loud once again but Ice quiets them down by holding his finger to his mouth. Finally Dar gets to his feet and turns around right into an ICEBERG SPEAR-NOOOOOOOO; Dar grabs Ice at the last second and throws him up catching Ice on his shoulders once again in a Standing Fireman’s carry. “Now what are you gonna do you b***h!” Darson yells a clear hint of anger in his voice. As if to answer Dar, Ice manages to slide off of Dar’s shoulders and slides down his back for a SUNSET FLIP PIN! 1….2….Dar rolls out of it and stands to his feet quickly running forward to drive his knee into Ice’s face, Ice catches his knee (still in the sitting position) and sweeps Dar’s legs out from under him with his other arm once again creating a pinning situation. 1…2…TH-Dar kicks out.

Dar just barely gets his shoulders up in time to save him from losing the match. Ice and Dar get to their feet at about the same time but instead of continuing the match Dar rolls out of the ring where he kicks the barricade hard out of frustration. Ice sees this and smiles knowing that he really is getting to the Samoan. As if to add salt to the wound Ice starts up a “SAMOAN SUCK BAG!” chant with the crowd, who is more then willing to do anything the Silver Flame asks of them. Dar yells at the crowd to “Shut their dirty mouths” before reaching forward and slapping the nearest member of the crowd to him. Darson then turns around and walks right into a SUICIDE DIVE FROM ICE OUT OF NOWHERE! The crowd goes wild for this, especially after the failed SSP attempt earlier, and after the slap just delivered by Dar. Ice gets to his feet and grabs Dar before rolling him back into the ring and following him in. Ice advances on Dar and lifts him to his feet fully before starting one of his trademark barrages of kicks to all areas of Dar’s body. After about the 15th kick or so though Dar reaches up and catches Ice’s leg as he goes for a kick to Dar’s side. Dar holds onto Ice’s leg before reaching forward and grabbing Ice for a CAPTURE SUPLEX-ICE LANDS ON HIS FEET! Somehow Ice manages to land on his feet after Grays threw him up. Dar turns around right into another ARTIC FLASH from Ice who refuses to let Darson get the momentum back. Dar stumbles back into the ropes where the cables send him stumbling forward and right into an ICEBERG SPEAR! The crowd explodes with cheers as Ice comes out of nowhere and levels the Samoan with a devastating spear. Ice wastes no time at all in covering the big man in hopes of ending the match. 1….2….Dar grabs the ropes!

Ice does look a little disappointed after this one, slapping his hand down on the mat once, but going right back on the offensive, knowing he can't give Dar an inch. Bringing him up to his feet, Ice then whips him into the ropes, stepping back and gauging the Samoan's progress, then swings around, connecting a roundhouse kick at full force right into the side of Dar's head. Dar doesn't go down, but rapidly backs up into the corner, holding his head and cringing in pain, leaning back against the ropes. Ice advances on him quickly, beginning another kick barrage. Kick after kick slams into Dar's mid-section, some aimed at his ribs, others at his chest, a few swinging all the way up to hit his head. This time, Dar is the one trying to cover up, but the Samoan slowly starts to collapse down towards the mat, one kick from Ice catching him right in the jaw, another smashing down onto the top of his head. There is no retaliation this time, no catching of Ice's kick. The Silver Flame continues the barrage until Dar is laying on the canvas, trying to pull himself back up with the ropes, but getting smashed back down with stomps to the head. Finally, Ice gets moved back by London, the crowd in an uproar over this. Ice is breathing heavily, having spent a lot of energy on that, but now comes to realize what has just happened. Darson Grays, the Archetypal Assassin and enforcer of the Apostles, now lays motionless in the corner, unable to even pick himself up with the ropes' help, having been brought down by Ice's power alone. After several moments of deep breathing, Ice wipes his sweat-soaked hair out of his face and walks forward to pull Dar up himself, finding himself in complete control for the first time in this match, perhaps for the first time he's ever faced Dar. Ice gives his legs a rest this time, instead coming in with basic right hands to Dar's face, still keeping him in the corner. But suddenly, the Samoan blocks one of those punches, grabbing Ice and pulling him forward right into a Headbutt, knocking Ice back and out of the corner. Ice shakes it off quickly, running forward and hitting Dar with another hard punch, but Dar knocks him back with a second Headbutt. This one dazes Ice, stumbling back towards the middle of the ring, and Dar quickly runs forward to hit a CHARGING ELBOOOOOOWWWW!!! Dar drops down over Ice immediately afterwards for the pin. 1...2...TH-NO! Ice kicks out.

Dar is slow to get to his feet this time, not looking so much angry as dazed, still out of it from that last barrage. Reaching down, he pulls Ice back up to his feet, whipping him into the ropes and catching him with a SNAP POWERSLAM!!! Dar goes right into a pin with it. 1...2...This time, Ice is the one who gets his foot on the ropes. That old frustration is coming back to Dar, the Samoan reaching down to haul Ice up by his hair, hitting him with a quick elbow and pulling him into a Standing Head Scissors. "You're done, you little s**t!" Dar wraps his arms around Ice's waist, slinging him up onto his shoulder for the X-DRILLAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH-NOOO!!! Ice manages to lower his base and block it, preventing Dar from lifting him up for the move. The Samoan tries a few more times, then begins to bash his elbow down onto Ice's back, clubbing the Silver Flame's spine until he drops to one knee. Pulling him back up, Dar tries again, this time swinging him up and connecting with the X-DRILLAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH-NOOOO!!! ICE REVERSES IT INTO A HURRICANRANA PIN!!! 1...2...THR-NOOOO!!! Dar manages to kick out, the crowd booing that, having thought it might have been the end of the match. Dar rolls away from Ice quickly, getting up on all fours and staring down at the mat, breathing heavily, obviously shaken up by the flash pin. Both men get up to their feet around the same time, Dar getting caught with a sudden kick to his mid-section, Ice quickly turning him around and pulling him into a DRAGON SUP-NO! Dar manages to block the suplex, twisting and wrenching from side to side until he frees up one arm, elbowing Ice in the temple until he lets go. The Samoan quickly runs into the ropes, coming back off of them with a CHARGING EL-NO! Ice ducks it, running forward into the opposite set of ropes and coming back to nail Dar with a Dropsault! Ice actually manages to come back and land on his feet, quickly pulling Dar around to hook him in a Double Chickenwing and flex back with a TIGER SUPLEX!!! Ice can't bridge the move, but he's very quick in following it up with a pin. 1...2...TH-NOOO!!! Dar kicks out.

Ice quickly rolls up to his feet, a burst of energy running through him as he recognizes his chance. Quickly running over to Dar, the Silver Flame pulls him to his feet, bashing his forearm down onto the back of the Samoan's neck to make sure he's stunned, but Dar seems pretty out of it anyway. Finally, Ice pulls Dar into a Standing Head Scissors, then rolls his forearms around one another, signalling the end. Ice quickly wraps his arms around Dar's waist, jumping forward to roll over him into the ZERO DRIVAAAAAAAHHHHHH-NOOOO!!! Dar manages to get his arms around Ice's legs, preventing him from rolling over his back. Ice tries to fight out of the hold and finish the move, but Dar quickly charges forward and slams Ice into the turnbuckles, blocking the move. Dar backs off afterwards, holding the back of his neck and cringing, looking over at Ice for a few moments and deciding that he's stunned him long enough to take a breather. Dar turns to walk across the ring, looking to rest in the opposite corner, but this turns out to be a huge mistake as Ice quickly dashes out of the corner, throwing himself up onto Dar's shoulders and flipping downward into a VICTORY ROLL!!! ONE...TWO...THR-NOOOO!!! Dar kicks out, just barely, rolling away from Ice and backing up against the ropes, hyperventilating as he realizes how close he was to losing the match again. The crowd is up on their feet this time, cheering wildly for Ice, knowing that he's been getting closer than he ever has before at beating Dar. Both men get up about the same time, but Dar strikes first, diving forward to nail Ice with an elbow before he can take control again. The Samoan quickly grabs his arm and whips him into the ropes, coming off the opposite set with a LARIATOOOOOO!!!...BUT ICE STAYS UP! Shockingly, the strike isn't enough to knock Ice down, the Silver Flame staring Dar down instead. Dar quickly runs back to the ropes again, coming in for a second LARIAT-NOOOOO!!! Ice charges forward at the last second and slams into Dar with a Shoulderblock, both men going down to the mat this time.

Both men roll up quickly, that last attack having not done much damage, but Ice is the first to hit this time with a kick right into Dar's jaw. This sends the Samoan stumbling back towards the middle of the ring, Ice quickly running to the corner and pulling himself up onto the top rope, turning around...right into an elbow! That kick wasn't enough to stun Dar long enough, allowing the Samoan to catch Ice on the ropes. Dar quickly climbs up onto the second set, bashing Ice with more elbows, knocking his jaw around with the strikes. Finally, Dar grabs Ice in a T-Bone position, picking him up off the ropes and throwing himself back into the EXPLODERDEEEEEEAAAAAAATH!!! The Super Exploder shakes the ring from the impact, Ice bouncing up off the canvas from the force, cringing in pain and arching up. Dar only takes a second to get his strength back, then rolls up to his feet, quickly pulling Ice up into a Front Facelock and lifting him up in the air, turning him around in mid-air and holding him up there for all the crowd to watch. "Say goodnight to your ******** hero!" Dar then drops down, bringing Ice down right on his head with the WAKE UP SCREEEAAAAAMING!!! The Falcon Arrow Driver connects perfectly, leaving Ice convulsing once or twice on the mat before going still, Dar dropping over him in a lateral press. ONE...TWO...THR-NOOOOO!!! ICE GETS A FOOT ON THE ROPES!!! Dar slowly rolls off of Ice, breathing hard and staring up at the ceiling as the crowd cheers around him, unable to believe that that wasn't the end of this. Slowly, he gets up to his feet, looking down at Ice and running a hand back through his hair. Ice, though having had enough strength to kick out of that last move, is apparently completely out of it now, being entirely dead weight for the Samoan to pick up. The Silver Flame looks like a ragdoll as Dar turns him around and faces away from him, hooking both his arms. "THIS IS THE END!" With that, Dar turns and slings Ice up into the Inverted Gory Special, dropping his motionless form down into the LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIES BLEEEEEEEEEEEDIIIIIIIIIIIIII-NOOOO!!!

Ice rolls down to land on his feet behind Dar, pulling away and backing up into the ropes as Dar sits down. The Samoan quickly scrambles up to his feet, turning around right into a DIAMOND STOOOOOOORRRMMMM-NOOOO!!! Ice slides through Dar's legs instead of hitting the move, remembering how the Samoan had reversed that finisher both times he'd attempted it in their last matches. Ice slides into a somersault, rolling up to his feet as Dar turns around and quickly shooting his leg back, turning in mid-air to connect the ARCTIC FLASH!!! Dar takes a few steps back, shaking his head and turning away from Ice, mumbling something to himself as he holds his jaw. Ice quickly grabs him from behind, pulling his arms up into a Full Nelson and taking him back in a DRAGON SUPLEX!!!...NO SOLD! Dar rolls up to his feet without even a pause, but there seems to be something wrong - Dar is off-balance, stumbling as he comes forward with a ROARING EL-NO! Ice is easily able to side-step that one, reaching down to pull Dar up onto his shoulders in a Fireman's Carry. The Silver Flame is having a lot of trouble keeping the Samoan on his shoulders, but grits his teeth and fights through it anyway, shifting his hold on Dar until he can swing him out into the SUB-ZERO CUTTER!!! The entire crowd is up now, cheering constantly as Ice quickly gets up to his feet, looking down at Dar. The Samoan doesn't shake off this move so easily, but he's already pushing himself up, shaking his head to try and clear it, finally managing to get up to his knees, clenching his fists and looking up at Ice with a roar of anger, getting up for another attack...UNTIL ICE BREAKS HIS ******** FACE WITH A KICK!!! Ice steps to the side of Dar to deliver the strike, aimed directly at Dar's nose. A cracking noise is heard throughout the arena as Dar's head snaps back, blood already streaming out of his nose. The Samoan stays on his knees, but slumps backwards, his eyes rolled back into his head, convulsing slightly.

Ice doubles over, placing his hands on his knees and taking several seconds to catch his breath, the crowd in a frenzy now. Finally, Ice stands up, looking out at the fans for a moment before spinning his forearms around one another once again, the cheers rising to a fever pitch. Ice reaches down and pulls Dar forward into a Standing Head Scissors, having to actually hold him up to keep his legs straight. One more deep breath from Ice, and then the slow motion begins...Rolling...Flipping...Dar slowly turning over backwards...

ZERO DRIVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dar doesn't go flying across the ring from the force of the move, but the impact is undeniable, the Samoan collapsing over to the side, entirely lifeless. Ice sits there for a few seconds, then falls over to the side, slumping over Dar. ONE...TWO...COUNTOOOOOOOO THREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

Roselyn's announcement is buried in cheers as Ice slowly pulls himself away from Dar, a huge smile on his face despite the fatigue he's obvioiusly feeling. London helps him up to his feet, Ice happily accepting the assistance as he gets lifted up to a vertical base, the referee raising his hand in victory as the crowd cheers even louder, pounding the barriers wildly and filling the arena with whistles and shouts. Ice takes his hand away from London's after a few moments, walking over to the corner of the ring and pulling himself up onto the middle ropes, raising both arms in the air in victory. The Silver Flame begins a trip around the ring, stopping in each corner as officials come to check on Dar, making sure he's not seriously injured. Finally, Ice stops at the corner closest to the entrance aisle, getting up in it and pointing backstage. "TWIST!"

There is no answer from backstage, of course, but Ice doesn't seem to care, making his message known by a simple motion at his waist. The Silver Flame has proven himself once again, and now it's time for the Grand Champion to MAN UP, C'MON!