Pro Wrestling RAIDEN - KING OF THE MONSTERS (Night One)

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Pro Wrestling RAIDEN Presents...
KING OF THE MONSTERS - Night One
January 25, 2019
From KBS Hall in Kyoto, Japan





The gorgeous stained glass mural and the visage of the Pro Wrestling RAIDEN ring in its emerald green color are the still shot that we see for moments before it widens to showcase the "Super No Vacancy" crowd that has come out to Kyoto's KBS Hall, the crowd clapping and shouting out their support as another camera shot on the floor area focuses on the some of the fans who have come out to support from all walks of life as we then find ourselves with a shot from one of corners where a proper Japanese table is in place with monitors and the like while Patrick "Starfish" Carson and Dre Hamilton sit in their chairs and take their moment to acknowledge the viewing audience in question as the camera shot returns to the hard camera focused on the stained glass mural and ring, where Rumchata Ayano is standing front and center with the microphone in her hands while going through the line-up card for Night One of KING OF THE MONSTERS in her native Japanese language...the crowd itself applauding each match announcement, a warm reception in particular for Cara Stone's name and her announced match alongside some "oooh's" to go along the applause for a clash between Rex Evans & Doug E. Fresh and of course, the "No Rope Barbed Wire Deathmatch" main event that they would witness at the end. Once the announcements were done from Rumchata Ayano, more applause from the crowd in question as she welcomed them into the fold once again and the announcers finally had a moment to speak up.

Patrick Carson: It is absolutely electric here inside of KBS Hall in Kyoto and we couldn't have asked for a better background venue to do this in as we welcome you to Pro Wrestling RAIDEN's "KING OF THE MONSTERS" where for the next two nights...well, you're gonna see some shit!

Dre Hamilton: That's right motherfuckers, Starfish Carson over there, yours truly Dre Hamilton here and we are BIG in Japan, baby! 900 people total for the "Super No Vacancy" status inside this joint to the point where we have people who are standing in the far back just so that they could be a part of this...

Patrick Carson: For the next two nights, we have giant cards across both of them. The King of Fighters tournament, a concept put together by owner and promoter Chris Strike is starting at this event...we have tag team action between a pair of young and exciting teams, we have singles matches in which everyone might want to get ready to leave their chairs in case these people come diving at them, we have DREAM MATCHES and of course...the bloodiest main event that we may ever see inside of a RAIDEN ring.

Dre Hamilton: The history of "WhiskeyDex," the incredibly successful but volatile team of Dexter Jacobs and Miko Ayano has been chronicled in just about every wrestling company you can think of. Jacobs and Ayano actually won a tag team match together in which Jacobs picked up the pinfall and was allowed to call his shot...and he said five words: "No Rope Barbed Wire Deathmatch." ...Folks, I have a murder boner right now, I'm not going to lie to you. Let's get this show on the road, shall we?

Patrick Carson: And we will kick things off strong as we OFFICIALLY begin "The King of Fighters" tournament! Take it away, Rumchata!

The bell rings on the outside and Rumchata Ayano smiles brightly, making the announcements for the start of the first match.


The King of Fighters First Round Match
Team JMPX (Ryuji Kinjo, Chie Todonori & PROJECT MUSCLE) w/Mai Goto
vs.
Return to Horror High (Ginger Lee, Thad Attitude & The Token Foreign Exchange Student)

[ROUND 1]
Chie Todonori vs. Ginger Lee

The opening of this match is an...interesting set of affairs? Yes, let's run with that, as Ginger Lee is promptly looking around the area for signs of "them," literally grabbing Chie Todonori by her shoulders and begging Chie "HELP ME, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!" Todonori is just, understandably, confused by all of this until she saw a very odd, particular group of people sat in the second row with various, classical theater masks that sported a sigil on the forehead and as the cameraman moved in closer, it was recognized and called out by the announcers as zodiac signs...though we got away from that very quickly as suddenly there was action in the ring with Ginger Lee turning Chie Todonori around and beginning to blast her with kicks and chops, screaming that she was "ONE OF THEM TOO" after Chie not being initially phased by the fact certain crowd members were masked. Mai is pounding the mat on the outside, rooting Chie on as the swolest of the two inside of the ring begins to do to Ginger Lee what she knows how to do best...almost take her head off with a swift back elbow that floors Lee - everyone at KBS Hall gasping at its marvelous impact, proceeded then by Chie deadlifting Ginger off the mat and giving her an insane back suplex akin to the kind of which you'd see on a fight-to-fight basis in PRIDE FC's heydays. But to Lee's credit, she gets up after the referee makes his way over to her and begins a knockout count, reaching eight and only stopping once Ginger Lee is on her feet and acknowledging the ref's instructions - the announcers taking this time to remind us that knockouts, submissions, exceeding the ten minute time limit or a referee stoppage were basically the only way these matches were going to end until an entire team was eliminated.

Chie seemed almost surprised, as she thought perhaps she didn't get the full impact but Ginger's toughness is shown on display as she charges at Chie, taking the smart route and ducking a lariat attempt before chop blocking Todonori to bring her down to a knee. Ginger dashes to the nearest turnbuckle, hitting it back-first before coming out of it like a legit bat out of hell and nailing Todonori with the JOHN WOO~! ...Although Ginger is a little bit surprised by the fact that Chie manages to get back to a knee from the huge dropkick and thus, Lee grabs Todonori by the hair and proceeds to nail her with knee strikes to the face to which Chie's own fighting instincts kick in full as she grabs one of those knees and proceeds to lift Ginger off the mat and simply slams her back down in the aftermath. Spotting a bloody nose now, Chie Todonori brings Ginger Lee back to her feet and the next minute or so is basically a montage of Chie Todonori using variations of different suplexes and a rather nasty STO to dish out the offense...and yet, even after that sequence, Ginger Lee manages to return to her feet (with a big assist from the ropes) before a ten count is reached. An attempt from Chie Todonori to go for her patented Japanese Bullet Train (Standing lariat) is dodged by a rather insane Matrix-like evasion from Lee, as she proceeds to shriek in terror in the aftermath, dropping to the mat and clinging/smashing against Todonori's leg with elbows and fists for dear life, one of the blows to the back on the kneecap being enough to drop Chie down to a knee again as anguish can be visibly seen on Todonori's face as Ginger, of all things, has now a desperation albeit amateur-esque leg lock...though it does enough to where it forces Chie to drag Ginger across the ring and to the ropes in order to break it up.

Ginger is practically removed by force from the submission by the referee at this point after refusing to initially let go and she looks around, asking as to where Thad and their newly found Token Foreign Exchange Student that suddenly appeared in their class last month had gone to...afraid that "they" had perhaps taken the two of them already. But as Ginger was practically caught in a mental monologue at this point, it was enough for Todonori to burst out and turn her upside down with the Japanese Bullet Train! Chie didn't hesitate here, promptly mounting Lee and beginning to rain down with punches and hammer fists to where the referee had to call for the stoppage before Ginger legitimately ended up looking like a victim in a horror movie.

WINNER: Chie Todonori (by TKO)

As Ginger Lee was helped to the back, the so-called "Token Foreign Exchange Student" got herself inside of the ring and the announcers felt she looked surprisingly familiar...and that's when for those watching the stream, a sudden sound of a headset dropping and being roughly put on was seen. One of the cameras immediately went to the announcers' desk where they greeted by a being that exudes sexual magnitude of the highest level with sensuality coming out of her ass. Of course, we're talking about...

"HELLO I AM THE BIG DOG AND I AM HERE IN JAPAN TO EXPLAIN ELLIPSIS SHIT ELLIPSIS UP!"

"THE BIG DOG" Persephone Waters proceeds to give the viewing audience an explanation that the Token Foreign Exchange Student should be a very familiar being to those who remember "THE OLD DEFUNCT SIN CITY WRESTLING" and those who once "ENJOYED SEEING BILLY THE BATMAN GET HASHTAG TAPPED OUT LIKE A BITCH" as Catalina South. But when Dre Hamilton asks exactly what makes Cat South a "Token Foreign Exchange Student" to begin with, "THE BIG DOG" chimes in with HASHTAG BIG DOG WISDOM:

"YOU CAN TELL THAT SHE IS FOREIGN BECAUSE SHE'S NOT SPEAKING ANY ENGLISH, YOU SEE."

Patrick Carson promptly points out at the announce table that Catalina South is aphonic.

Everyone watching the stream and the announcers themselves groan. "THE BIG DOG" makes her leave after this convenient bit of exposition. Someone out there is cursing a Sasso for reasons we will not get into in this sentence. Anyways, Round 2...

[ROUND 2]
Chie Todonori vs. The Token Foreign Exchange Student Catalina South

Todonori is showing a bit of favoring of the right leg after the initial Round 1 damage but she doesn't hesitate to square up against Catalina South in the center of the ring as the two trade strikes back-and-forth, bobbing and weaving their way out of a majority of them while landing a few blows in the process - Mai continuing to root from the outside, even leading a "CHIE" chant in which KBS Hall is prompt to join in on. It's an initial cat-and-mouse game for the first minute until they close into clinch distance, where Catalina South suddenly manages to lock a Muay Thai clinch into place and a few knees definitely find their mark - only furthering the blood bursting out of Todonori's nose in the process before Chie uses her sheer power alongside technique to work her way out of that clinch and then proceeds to catch Cat with a belly-to-belly suplex, assuming top position shortly after and nailing a few shots in the process before deciding that she'd be better off on the stand-up game before South could work her way into position while on the ground.

As Catalina stood up, Chie didn't hesitate to promptly catch her and slam her with a gutwrench suplex, holding onto her and deadlifting her off the mat in the process. But as Chie looked for another gutwrench, Cat South managed to work her way out of Todonori's grasp and like a practical magician, she manages to roll and work Chie right into a rolling knee bar, hyperextending the right leg that had been previously damaged in Round 1 and once Chie realized both the agony of the hold in which she was in alongside the fact she was nowhere the ropes, she promptly tapped out as the odds were now even for each team.

WINNER: Catalina South (via submission)

[ROUND 3]
PROJECT MUSCLE vs. Catalina South

The hulking and massive PROJECT MUSCLE made it a point to get in the ring and help his partner in Chie Todonori out of it due to nature of the rolling knee bar prior to focusing his attentions in the ring and onto his opponent for this round. The moment in which the bell rings, the size difference between PROJECT MUSCLE and Catalina South is quite clear and enough to cause the crowd to gasp as they face off in the center of the ring. Mai is frantically cheering at this point, an extra pep in her step as she starts yet another chant and this one takes off in a wave as Mai screams out "GO GO LET'S GO LET'S GO MUS-CLE!" and the crowd chants back in kind until all of it is echoing through KBS Hall but South doesn't seem intimidated one bit by it as she began the round itself by dealing out a series of kicks aimed at MUSCLE's legs and sternum albeit PROJECT MUSCLE does not budge from his position, simply absorbing the strikes and then flexing accordingly while beckoning Cat to give him more...and thus, she obliges with a roundhouse kick high enough to catch him in the jaw followed by lowering him into a Muay Thai clutch to nail him with elbows and uppercuts from that spot prior to then grabbing onto MUSCLE's left arm and connecting with a double knee armbreaker in which Cat promptly attempts to transition into a seated Fujiwara armbar...but PROJECT MUSCLE's strength keeps him at a standing position, only going down to one knee after a handful of stomps land on the back of his left knee. And yet, PROJECT does not give Catalina the position, forcing her to wrench on the arm and attempt to kick it...

And that is exactly the moment in which Catalina South gets caught and is then drilled into the nearest turnbuckle with a powerbomb, followed by PROJECT MUSCLE promptly popping her up in mid-air and catching her with the BEAST UNLEASHED (Pop-up European uppercut) to loud applause and bewilderment of the crowd at his strength! South, to her credit, answers the referee's call by standing up at 9 before she could be counted down and out for the knockout. However, she does look dazed enough in the process of it and as she tries to move forward, arms raised, all PROJECT MUSCLE does is duck under a desperation kick from Cat South, running the ropes and then catching her on the rebound with a massive B.S.E. (Spear into Spinning Side Slam)!!! MUSCLE makes his way to the corner, simply watching as Catalina does make an attempt to stand back up but she can only get to one knee by the time the ten count is reached and thus, the round is over!

WINNER: PROJECT MUSCLE (by KO)

[ROUND 4]
PROJECT MUSCLE vs. Thad Attitude

...There are a considerable amount of questions being asked as Thad Attitude makes his way into the ring, his very "rad" attire and devil-may-care demeanor seemingly enough to even throw off PROJECT MUSCLE for a second as play-by-play commentator Patrick Carson asks on whether that was just Underground's Conor Blackburn in some really "how do you do fellow kids?" esque attire, while color commentator Dre Hamilton explains that Thad Attitude is a very capable, dangerous, dashingly handsome young man who has a flair for adventure. Oh, he's also tall enough to not shy away from a legitimate enough face-to-face stare down with PROJECT MUSCLE before bringing forth the attitude with an European uppercut to start off the round...to which PROJECT MUSCLE retorts with a fierce forearm in return...and the two proceed to exchange those same blows with neither man falling to the other until Mr. Attitude spins around and catches MUSCLE with an European uppercut that dazes DIVINE's hoss prior to Thad bringing him down with an arm trap swinging neckbreaker. Thad takes the initial advantage of the affairs, adding a diving knee drop onto the fallen PROJECT MUSCLE and then managing to slam MUSCLE down shortly thereafter with a half-nelson exploder suplex that is enough to cause the referee to start making the count on MUSCLE, who does stand back to his feet and at a fighting position by the 6 count.

But as Thad Attitude comes to find out, PROJECT MUSCLE is out here for a fight and he gets IN THEM GUTS (Gorilla Press Dropped Into Double Knee Gutbuster) not long after reversing his way out of a full nelson bomb attempt from Attitude. A deadlift, bridging German suplex is then the follow-up as MUSCLE lets go and this time, forces Attitude to get himself back up by a 6 count as well. Both behemoths proceed to continue to smash unto one another with strikes and reversals, each man looking for the big power move to put an end to it all and MUSCLE seems to have it after catching Thad with a thunderous move heard all the way "To The Cheapseats" (Roaring Lariat). But as PROJECT MUSCLE stalks Thad Attitude and rushes in for a possible B.S.E., he gets caught flush with a spinning back kick to the sternum that is actually enough to stop MUSCLE in his tracks. That allows Thad to show his own brand of mysterious, cool, massive power by lifting PROJECT MUSCLE off the mat and nailing him with what the announcers called the "Thadttitude Adjustment" (Pop Up Gorilla Press Cutter) to astonishment and gasps from everyone, as Mai proceeded to furiously pound the mat on the outside and looked in sheer concern as Mr. Attitude didn't seem to hesitate as he grabbed onto MUSCLE's arms, an immediately double-wrist clutch on the grounded big man being followed by rapid, violent head stomps to which were met with boos from the crowd that turned into a gasp as PROJECT MUSCLE worked his way up to a sitting position and ROARED, screaming at Thad to bring it on...to which Thad Attitude simply responded with a vicious soccer kick to PROJECT's skull that sent him back down and more stomps aimed at the head and after seeing about the third one of those, the referee himself interjected to break it all off and called for the bell, signaling for the TKO stoppage - a judgment call to prevent any semblance of further injury in the process. The boos continued as Mai quickly rushed to the ring, checking on PROJECT MUSCLE as some of the RAIDEN "Young Boys" on the outside also came into the fold with ice packs and proceeded to assist the big man out alongside Mai.

WINNER: Thad Attitude (by TKO)

[ROUND 5]
Ryuji Kinjo vs. Thad Attitude

The very first match of the King of Fighters tournament reaching Round 5 caused the crowd itself to applaud as the announcement was made and "KIN-JO" chants to promptly emanate from the Super No Vacancy crowd at KBS Hall, as Ryuji Kinjo and Thad Attitude began to circle around the ring and Kinjo promptly pounced on the attack with closed fists and forearms - the announcers debating whether it was as revenge for the beating laid on his partner in PROJECT MUSCLE or as a means to try and finish this bout as soon as possible after seeing Thad's abilities inside the ring. As Kinjo ran the ropes and caught Thad with a few lariats, the man with the Attitude refused to go down and caught Ryuji on the return from another running lariat attempt with a big boot to the face...which promptly sent Kinjo stumbling back, only for Kinjo to then return with a spear followed by mounted punches in which Thad promptly placed one of his large legs onto the bottom rope as to have the referee break it up in the process. But Kinjo sensed an opportunity, proceeding to take advantage over the next minute as he caught Thad with a pendulum backbreaker shortly thereafter and in a display of strength, he stood up while still holding to Thad Attitude and placed him on his shoulders, connecting with a running powerslam.

The referee did attempt a count in this particular situation but Thad Attitude did manage to get himself up once the count reached 8 and as Ryuji advanced on to try and grapple with him again, Thad showed some ring IQ as he caught Ryuji with a drop toe hold onto the second turnbuckle before following suit with a draping DDT off the second rope. The referee once again began the knockout count but Kinjo was still running high on adrenaline and the crowd chanting his name was more than enough to will him back to his feet by the count of 8 as well. Thad proceeded to attempt to catch Kinjo with the Thadttitude Adjustment, but Kinjo landed on his feet behind Thad after the initial pop-up attempt and as Attitude turned around, he was caught in flush by the Lion's Roar (Double Palm Thrust to opponent's chest), sending Thad stumbling backwards as Kinjo then proceeded to catch him with the Shining Lariat (Running jumping lariat to standing opponent using their leg and shoulders for leverage) to floor Attitude to the ground. From there, in another feat of freakish strength, Ryuji lifted Thad off the mat and placed him into a bearhug from which Thad squirmed and struggled against for moments at the center of the ring before a well-placed pair of headbutts finally forced Kinjo to break his grip, as both men were practically out on their feet and only keeping at a standing position on sheer willpower alone. Gritting his teeth, Thad proceeded to catch Kinjo with a pair of fierce, almost desperate European uppercuts but it was still not enough to put Kinjo on the mat as he fired back with counter punches of his own before a fierce knee found the sternum of Attitude, doubling him over. What followed suit was nothing short of an impressive feat of strength as Kinjo lifted Thad off the mat...and then proceeded to drop him on his neck with a thunderous Shining Lion Bomb (Snap Kneeling Crucifix Powerbomb)!

Ryuji panted, moving to a neutral corner and watching as the referee began his count at the fallen Thad Attitude...and by the count of five, shock emanated from the KBS Hall crowd as they saw Attitude beginning to stir and to will himself back up to one knee...by the count of eight, he was nearly on his feet...but as "nine" was heard, Thad stumbled back with only the ropes to catch him and he could not answer the full ten count. The bell immediately rang and the crowd roared as "Maybe I'm a Lion" by The Black Mages blasted out of the PA system and Ryuji was declared the victor of this final round, punching Team JMPX's ticket into the Round of 16!

WINNER: Ryuji Kinjo (by KO)

After being declared the winner and as Thad Attitude rolled out of the ring and was attended on by the young lions outside, the remaining members of Team JMPX in Chie Todonori, PROJECT MUSCLE and Mai join Ryuji Kinjo inside of the ring, the quartet exchanging smiles and nods amidst their blood and sweat before they raised one another's hands in the air and acknowledged the crowd in Kyoto accordingly, some of the members of the audience screaming things such as "Good luck" and "GO WIN IT ALL IN AMERICA" as they took their leave and the KOF tournament took off with a running start.


ADVANCING TO THE ROUND OF 16): Team JMPX

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Tag Team Match
Team S.U.P.E.R.K.I.C.K. (Max & Kyle Greenback) vs. The Birds of Prey (Nariko Inazuma & Mighty Sparrow)

This was frenetic from the get-go as the Greenback brothers attempted to get the jump on The Birds before the bell rang, only for it to be backfired as they were thrown to the outside of the ring and promptly met with completely in sync tope con giros from Sparrow and Nariko respectively. Kyle Greenback was the one thrown back in the ring at first as Sparrow then slid back inside of the ring, the match officially beginning and The Birds of Prey took the early control of the match with quick tags and some chemistry displayed between them as a tandem with double moves such as a double arm drag that was followed by double dropkicks to a sitting Kyle Greenback and such alongside an impressive assisted standing corkscrew moonsault in which Sparrow threw a running Nariko at Kyle Greenback to do such a thing for a near fall which Max had to break up. But during the early portion, Kyle did manage to grab a good chunk of Nariko's hair as she tried to go for a northern lights suplex and threw her down onto the mat before dragging her to his team's corner, tagging in Max Greenback as the two brothers began to PROFICIENTLY dissect Nariko Inazuma from that point forward in the following minutes of the bout as they surprise just about everybody and their own mother (especially her!) by using textbook, technical chain wrestling to isolate Inazuma from the corner of The Birds of Prey and quick successive tags keep bringing them to close falls - including some off of a pair of fierce tag moves that involved a Russian leg sweep and German suplex combo from the Greenback brothers in which Sparrow had to go in and break the fall himself to prevent a loss for his team.

The fortunes for The Birds of Prey did turn around after the Greenback boys got overzealous and attempted to go for patented superkicks from each side and she ducked, as their kicks hit one another's feet and sent them reeling back from the impact. That was enough to get Nariko over to her corner and tag in Sparrow, who came in like a house of fire and giving a full-fledged course to the excommunicated Mormon brothers on the art of lucha libre and hard striking through a series of high-paced moves, which were concluded by each Greenback learning what happens when the Mighty Sparrow goes Riding The Maxi (Running Stinger splash to opponent in the corner). Sparrow brought up Kyle Greenback and both men went through a series of reversals after Sparrow attempted to finish things off with the Trinity Cross (Crucifix Driver) and during the scuffle, Max Greenback did tag himself back in with a blind tag but stayed in the corner for a moment. Kyle Greenback was dumped to the outside by Sparrow and in a highlight reel maneuver, Mighty Sparrow proceeded to drop to the mat, putting both legs firmly up in the air as Nariko rushed out of the corner, running the ropes, jumping onto Sparrow's feet and was propelled upward by Sparrow towards the outside where she landed onto a standing Kyle Greenback with a shooting star press - the announcers calling this superman feat as the "Skylab Hurricane!"

...But any amazement from the Kyoto crowd turned into sourness and booing as Max Greenback found his opportunity to roll up an unsuspecting Sparrow, grabbing onto the tights out of the referee's line sight for dear life and holding on for a three count before getting out of dodge from the ring! Sparrow and Nariko argued the call with the referee once they realized what happened but alas, referee's discretion as he didn't see anything while Max is dragging Kyle out while yelling at him about how good of a job he did being the crash dummy while he did all the work, the two brothers arguing even in victory as they go to the back. Nariko and Sparrow do receive a fairly warm reception from the crowd for their fighting style and antics before they leave as well after bowing to each side of KBS Hall prior to exiting.

WINNER: Team S.U.P.E.R.K.I.C.K.


Singles Match
Noriaki Higashikata vs. Marlon Cure

The hype for this was unreal from the get-go as Noriaki Higashikata got a hero's welcome with silver and white streamers adorning him from all corners of the KBS Hall, although Marlon Cure himself also got the streamers treatment in gold and yellow colors given his reputation that he has built over the last two years. Both men meet at the center of the ring after the bell rings and words are exchanged, as the announcers go over the history of the CCP Junior Heavyweight Championship that Noriaki now holds and that Marlon Cure basically made history with before choosing to forfeit it in order to purse CCP's World Championship. In fact, Marlon Cure is more than happy to remind Noriaki Higashikata as to who exactly the "#GodJuniorHeavyweight" actually is around these parts. But Higashikata proceeds to reply with something along the lines of a loud open palm chop across Cure's chest. Cure replies with one of his own and the back-and-forth exchange between both men is fully on at this point as the crowd encourages the exchange, neither men budging from their spots and continuing to smack one another as one side of their chests begin to turn red and the spot grows brighter with each chop. The chops reach a crescendo when Cure blocks a chop, catching Noriaki with a kick right onto the chest and then irish whips him into the corner. But as Cure takes off towards the corner itself, Higashikata darts out of it and uses Marlon's momentum to catch him with an overhead belly-to-belly that sends "King Cure" into the turnbuckles and promptly gets the crowd in KBS Hall off their feet as Marlon rolls to the outside to recover shortly after...only to then be met by a flying #BasedHero, who did an incredible tope suicida over the ropes and clearing the turnbuckle to land on Cure on the outside. That got the crowd going, a loud "NO-RI-AKI" chant following shortly after as Nori eventually caught Cure on the outside with a pair of chops in order to make it easier to roll him back into the ring. As Noriaki got up on the apron, Marlon Cure sprung up to his feet with a kip-up and a leaping enziguri caught Higashikata upside the head, dazing him on the apron as Marlon dangled Noriaki from the ropes and proceeded to catch him with a springboard guillotine leg drop that got him a close two count if not for Higashikata smartly placing his foot on the rope.

After that initial salvo, the action did see its ebbs and flows as Marlon Cure proceeded to take control in the aftermath of the guillotine leg drop by sticking to what he knew well...nailing Noriaki with a variation of kicks when the chance was presented to do damage and using it to cut off any comeback rally attempts from Noriaki in order to show off more of his high-flying arsenal, such as when Cure showed off some of skills by nailing things such as a smooth jumping knee strike then followed by a northern lights suplex that got a close two count after eating a few elbows from Higashikata during a German suplex attempt and catching him on the counter from when Nori decided to run the ropes and towards "King Cure." A minute or so later, he threw Nori to the ropes himself and ran the opposite way, ducking a desperate clothesline attempt from Noriaki and catching Higashikata with the Moment of Clarity (Running Spanish Fly) instead for another close fall. However, as Cure stalks Noriaki back to his feet and goes for a handspring back elbow at the corner, Nori leaps out and catches Cure mid-handspring onto his shoulders to the astonishment of the crowd, connecting with a desperation fireman's carry lifted into a sitout side powerslam. Not hesitating, Noriaki follows suit with a standing moonsault onto Cure from which he rolls over and hits the ropes, leaping onto each rope before connecting with a springboard corkscrew moonsault onto Cure that gets a close two count.

The crowd at KBS Hall is fully invested at this point now, watching as Noriaki wills himself back to his feet and begins hacking away at the taller Cure with leg kicks - Marlon particularly feeling those aimed at his right leg - that eventually lead Higashikata into running at "King Cure" and giving him an Ode to a Hero (Banana Chute) for another two count. After a missed roundhouse moments later from Noriaki, both men begin to trade roll-up variations for one and two counts after an initial roll-up from Marlon, each exchange only causing the crowd to get louder and louder for the two as they return to their feet and once again begin to trade vicious chops like they did at the start of the match. But the ending comes in a sudden and violent manner as Noriaki floors Cure with a thrust kick and then his Party Crasher (Handspring reverse hurricanrana) maneuver, which spikes Marlon and gives Higashikata enough time to gradually ascend to the top rope. Nori proceeds to leap up into the air, knees together for the Mach Finale (Meteora) as Marlon stands up fully to his feet...only to then get caught by Marlon Cure in mid-air somehow! Cure uses a freakish amount of strength to throw Noriaki from that position onto his shoulders and connects with the Blackout (Fireman's Carry dropped into an overhead Kick)! The count is academic at this point and the crowd in Kyoto cannot help but to voice their disappointment as they were fully in Noriaki Higashikata's corner for this one. Cure has his hand raised and he takes one good look at Higashikata, a solemn nod being given by the former, history making CCP Junior Heavyweight Champion to the man currently holding the championship on a sense of begrudging respect before Cure rolls out and leaves Noriaki to his devices inside of the ring...to which Noriaki respectfully bows to each of the four corners as he gets a standing ovation for his efforts on this night.

WINNER: Marlon Cure

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"SPEEDSTARS BATTLE" - Singles Match
Cara Stone vs. Angelina Fantastica

A battle between two absolute speedsters, enough to cause the flashy headline and it did not disappoint from the get-go as Cara Stone was welcomed by Kyoto as if one of their own from her past two years' worth of work all over Japan as one of the best gaijins currently in the land itself while Angelina was gaining notoriety for surviving anything and everything thrown in her path. Both women did start the match with a display of respect with a firm handshake on the center of the ring before breaking it off and into an opening sequence featuring their speed and striking ability on display as various holds, counterholds, arm drags, flips and all else in between were initially exchanged with neither woman gaining a full advantage and the standoff ending after an exchange of arm drags that led the crowd in Kyoto to clap fervently for what they'd just seen as dueling chants of "CA-RA" and "FAN-TAS-TICA" began to emanate throughout KBS Hall as some inaudible words were exchanged between the two women before they went to work once again, this time with a more traditional collar-to-elbow lock-up starting it off in which Cara's experience does allow her to use in order to gain the upper hand and after another series of hold exchanges, Stone eventually catches a wild kick from Fantastica and turns it right into a dragon screw leg whip, immediately following suit with a standing moonsault onto Fantastica for a two count.

The left leg of Angelina Fantastica becomes the target for the wily veteran, as she uses another pair of dragon screws shortly after the initial one followed by a flying knee drop onto the leg to start chopping away at the younger luchadora with the hopes of taking her arsenal away from her. A few leg kicks followed by a shinbreaker transitioned then into a single leg crab keep Cara in the driver's seat early on and force Fantastica to spend a good amount of energy to get herself to the ropes to break the submission. But as Stone tries to secure the leg once again, Fantastica shows her own semblance of fighting spirit by quickly rolling up Cara onto a small package hold and nearly getting a three count on a flash. With the encouragement of the crowd, Angelina begins to fight back once she gingerly returns to a vertical basis, forearm smashes and European uppercuts being used to keep Cara Stone at bay. After an uppercut dazes Cara, Angelina quickly irish whips her off the ropes but Stone reverses it, causing Angelina to gingerly be sent to the opposite ropes but she surprises the crowd by catching Hurricane Cara on the return with a flying headscissors. Carefully examining the status of her leg once on the mat, Angelina rolls backwards and slowly puts weight onto the left leg before she then catches Stone with a running enziguri that dazes the veteran as she falls onto the middle rope throat-first...and Fantastica follows suit by connecting with her Fantast-Kick (Tiger feint kick) for a two and a half count. Feeling it, Angelina begins to pound the mat, getting the crowd to clap along as she slowly pulls Cara back to her feet and then irish whips her into the corner. The adrenaline beginning to pump through her veins seems to be enough for Angelina to forget the pain as she then goes for the Staten Island Expressway, only for Cara to get out of dodge from the corner at the last second. As Fantastica stumbles out of the corner, Cara Stone promptly places Angelina in a tree of woe position in the corner, using a pair of well-placed stomps onto her chest to keep her dangling as the Hurricane herself takes off on a path to the opposite side of the ring, moving on to the apron and the crowd at KBS Hall standing up in utter anticipation as Cara Stone springboarded onto the top rope and leapt across the ring, connecting with the Category Five (Coast-to-Coast dropkick) right onto Fantastica's prone body in the tree of woe position. The crowd applauded, gasping in amazement at the feat in question as Angelina fell off from the tree of woe but the nature of the Category Five was enough to cause Stone to be a little bit slower in rolling Angelina onto her back and covering her, only hooking one leg...and Fantastica kicking out right at two and seven-eighths to more gasps and applause from the Kyoto crowd.

Stone doesn't look deterred by this, perhaps admiring the fighting spirit being shown by Fantastica as she gradually brings Angelina back to her feet and grabs her by the left leg once again, bringing it forward and looking as if she's about to go for a dragon screw...only to then get caught by another enziguri from Angelina followed by a reverse hurricanrana that spikes Cara Stone onto the mat. Gritting her teeth and grabbing on to the left leg, Angelina gets herself near the ropes and looks behind her at her opponent, who is beginning to stir and roll to the opposite ropes as well. Fantastica taps the top rope a few times, the crowd beginning to clap accordingly as Cara begins to return to her feet on the opposite end. The moment in which Stone stands to her feet, Angelina Fantastica leaps onto the top rope and springboards off of it at a high angle with enough distance for a springboard moonsault...ONLY TO GET CAUGHT IN MID-AIR BY CARA STONE WITH THE TEMPEST KICK (BLACK MASS/SPIN KICK)!!! The crowd gasps at the out-of-nowhere counter from Cara Stone as she immediately proceeds to cover Fantastica and this time, the pinfall is counted fully and "Hurricane" Cara Stone snatches victory against a very game Angelina Fantastica.

The aftermath sees Cara helping Angelina back to her feet and the two of them exchanging a quick set of words alongside another handshake, Angelina lifting Cara's up in the air as the crowd fully appreciates the sportsmanship being followed up on at the end of the match as well prior to both girls making their way to the back, with Angelina being helped by a RAIDEN "young boy" and Cara making her exit after that.

WINNER: Cara Stone

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The King of Fighters First Round Match
DRAGONZORD (Dragón Diabólico, MECHA APE & Gill Saburo)
vs.
The Kaiju Konglomerate (Dr. Bill Cubesby, Gummy Sentai Ranger & Cyclariater)

The shenanigans beforehand were already in full effect for this one as Dr. Bill Cubesby was immediately beginning to taunt both of the Adversary Doktors in Logan and Viktor on the outside of the ring about their combined brains not being enough to match the one true genius - himself - while Logan screamed that Cubesby's inferior creatures would understand the "TRUE POWER OF MOTHER. FUCKING. SCIENCE" on this day.

...So you know, totally the kind of sportsmanship you look for in a tournament that is disputed in one-on-one bouts between a team of three where only knockouts and submissions apply, right?

[ROUND 1]
Gill Saburo vs. Gummy Sentai Ranger

And thus, we begin this particular first round bout of the King of Fighters tournament in a manner perhaps more bequeathing of a full-fledged kaiju movie rather than a professional wrestling ring but alas, here we are as both Saburo and Sentai Ranger are quick to start with trading back and forth punches and right off the bat, commentary starts pointing out that Saburo doesn't seem like his usual self with a quick backstory on this being an ongoing set of events with him in his home company of HELL. At first, Sentai Ranger does have Saburo overwhelmed with said series of punches until having Saburo on the ropes. Irish whipping him off of them, Gummy Sentai Ranger catches Gill on the rebound with a back body drop and then a leg drop shortly thereafter. The referee quickly checks on Saburo, who promptly brushes the referee aside as to indicate he's not knocked out at all while Gummy Sentai Ranger takes the time to strike at least three consecutive poses in a row that each look as ridiculous as the other before he comes at Saburo once more, looking for a monkey flip and landing it as Gill hits the mat. Gummy busts out another pose while on one knee and the crowd's laughing heartily at his antics at this point as Saburo is backed into the corner, only to get caught by a double handspring elbow from Sentai Ranger which is then followed by a bulldog. The referee proceeds to actually count Gill Saburo on the mat for a knockout. The android seemed frozen but suddenly began to shake and twitch, and a strange, inhuman noise emanated from deep within his throat. The referee definitely noticed that one and he was almost about to call the match off altogether before Gill Saburo suddenly rolls over on the mat and kips up, a blank stare now finding itself fixated upon Gummy Sentai Ranger.

The Ranger doesn't seem phased, pulling off a heroic pose before making his way forward...only to then see his clothesline dodged and to then catch Gill Saburo's full boot kicking him on the side of the head with a thrust kick, which is then promptly followed by the android proceeding with a bicycle knee strike that seems to take Gummy Sentai Ranger's soul right out of his body, sending Sentai Ranger stumbling around the squared circle before Gill caught the stumbling Gummy and in one smooth motion, proceeded to connect with the M.I.H. (Flam Fly) prior to mounting Gummy Ranger, smashing him with hammer fists continuously...and the referee eventually separates them both, calling for the bell and awarding this first round to Gill Saburo and the DRAGONZORD team as the commentators are losing their minds at Gill Saburo "glitching out."

WINNER: Gill Saburo (by TKO)

[ROUND 2]
Gill Saburo vs. Cyclariater

After being separated from a Gummy Sentai Ranger that is carried by a pair of other various kaiju at Dr. Bill Cubesby's beck and call, Cyclariater enters the ring and once the bell rings, he immediately blasts Gill Saburo with a thunderous lariat that catches Gill flush and sends him to the mat. Once again, Saburo seems to glitch out while on the mat but at the commands of a screaming Cubesby on the outside, Cyclariater picks up Saburo and grabs onto an arm, proceeding to nail him with a short arm lariat...and then pulling Gill back for another one...and another...and another...and yes, another...and then a sixth one that turns Saburo inside out and sends him crashing down hard to the mat. The referee promptly sends Cyclariater to a neutral corner as he begins to count Gill Saburo on the mat as he lies face down on it, only beginning to twitch and get to his knees by the eight count. But once ten is reached, Saburo is not at all back in a vertical position and the referee calls for the bell, as the Konglomerate even out the odds for themselves and Cyclariater...proceeds to lariat Saburo once again - apparently, this is what he does...a lot - as Dr. Cubesby laughs hysterically on the outside while Logan Adversary looks about ready to kill a bitch.

WINNER: Cyclariater (by KO)

[ROUND 3]
MECHA APE vs. Cyclariater

As MECHA APE takes to the ring while Saburo is helped by the young boys and Doktors, Cyclariater promptly goes at APE the moment in which the bell rings with...yes, you guessed it, a lariat! MECHA APE takes it...and he does not seem one bit amused, shaking his head as Cyclariater does proceed to grab him by the arm and attempt a short-arm lariat this time...and MECHA APE doesn't budge here either, as he grabs Cyclariater by the scruff of its neck, throwing him promptly into the ropes and catching Cyclariater on the rebound with a back body drop before screaming "PREPARE TO HAVE THE PROVERBIAL LIVING FUCK BEATEN OUT OF YOU, YOU PRIMITIVE QUOTE HEAD ASS COMMA CRAWLED OUTTA THE TOILET LOOKING ASS UNQUOTE MOTHERFUCKER!" as the crowd gasps at the bad English words used and how serious that all seemed to be as MECHA APE runs the ropes and catches Cyclariater as he stands up with a running shoulder block. MECHA APE follows it up with another and then, with a third one shortly after that before ducking a wild, desperation lariat attempt from Cyclariater before lifting the kaiju in the air in full display for the crowd before dropping him with the FUTURE WAR APE PRESS (Gorilla Press Slam), which is then followed up with an extra oomph by a FUTURE WAR APE SMASH (Running Body Splash).

Needless to say, MECHA APE is not messing around as he proceeds to turn Cyclariater on his back and places himself in a position on which he can stare right at Dr. Bill Cubesby before MECHA APE screams that this one is "FOR THE FUTURE" as he locks Cyclariater in the FUTURE WAR APE CLUTCH (Gorilla Clutch)! To his credit, Cyclariater does do his damnedest to fight his way to the ropes as he tries to lariat the air itself and hope the momentum somehow carries him along? But it does take a few moments and an extra hard pull from MECHA APE for the kaiju to finally tap the mat and indicate his surrender to the primitive war machine as Dr. Bill Cubesby is pacing furiously on the outside as his two kaiju creatures have been dispatched and he is the only one left for the Konglomerate.

WINNER: MECHA APE (by submission)

[ROUND 4]
MECHA APE vs. Dr. Bill Cubesby

Finally after furiously cursing his teammates and creatures on the outside for their inefficiency to clear the field and make this any easier, Dr. Bill Cubesby makes his way into the ring...by springboarding off the ropes and catching a MECHA APE waiting for the bell by surprise by both screaming "POKÉMON?!?!" and then nailing him with the maneuver of the same name (springboard cutter)! The referee is told by the 2-D looking doctor - very sharply, I might add - to ring the bell and this one got officially underway with Dr. Bill Cubesby busting out the kinds of movesets that would put amateur backyarders to shame with the crazy, somewhat athletic but really awkward looking senton flips and even a double-rope jump missile dropkick in which Cubesby nearly crotched himself in the ropes before somehow managing to jump forwards and awkwardly catching a kneeled MECHA APE with his boots on said dropkick.

But the high-risk, high tempo from Cubesby somehow has kept MECHA APE grounded as Cubesby eventually pulls on the ropes when APE tries to charge at him with a running shoulder block and instead, MECHA goes over the top rope and onto the outside from which Dr. Bill Cubesby promptly runs and goes for the Jell-O's Salvation (Suicide Somersault Senton)...BUT HE GETS CAUGHT IN MID-AIR BY MECHA APE! The crowd gasps at this display of pure strength as MECHA APE hauls up Dr. Cubesby in the air, holding him in a vertical suplex position...and holding...and the crowd's gasps, awe and applause intensify as MECHA APE proceeds to LITERALLY WALK AROUND THE ENTIRETY OF THE RING WITH DR. BILL CUBESBY HELD IN THE VERTICAL SUPLEX POSITION!!! Finally, after completing an entire lap, MECHA APE proceeds to then finally drop Dr. Cubesby on the ground with the stalling vertical suplex...and the "ME-CHA APE!" chants are thunderous as the futuristic inter-dimensional cybernetic primate powerhouse hauls Dr. Cubesby back onto the apron and then rolls him inside. Shortly thereafter, MECHA APE gets himself back in the ring and is told to go to the neutral corner, as Dr. Bill Cubesby is on the mat and the referee begins the knockdown count to which Cubesby isn't as prompt to answer but somehow manages to stumble and dazedly make his way back to his feet at nine...even though he's literally hanging on to the ropes for dear life now and as MECHA APE advances to further beat a primitive rube into submission, Dr. Bill Cubesby pulls out something from his tights and shows it to MECHA APE, screaming:

"LOOK! It is a white, blessed woman with a big ass!"

MECHA APE promptly stops in his tracks, taking the photograph that Dr. Bill Cubesby has pulled out from his tights with the curiosity of a true connoisseur of thick white women. He looks at Dr. Bill Cubesby...looks at the picture...then looks at Dr. Bill Cubesby again.

MECHA APE tosses the photo away and immediately pulls Dr. Bill Cubesby into a thunderous buckle bomb, catching the stumbling Cubesby with a Spiral Bomb promptly, completing the combo and the MECHA BOMB MK. II: FAILSAFE EDITION! ...But MECHA APE doesn't let go, opting to deadlift the doctor off the mat and powerbomb him again...and again...and after he nails the third one in a row, the referee IMMEDIATELY ends that shit and calls for the bell as Cubesby is out entirely!

WINNER: MECHA APE (by TKO)

"SCIENCE!!!!!!!!" is the war cry from Logan Adversary as the Doktors enter the ring alongside a recovering, albeit dazed and slightly confused Gill Saburo and with Dragón Diabólico almost looking disappointed that he didn't get in on the action as the DRAGONZORD tandem celebrates in the center of the ring and the pieces are in place for them to perhaps have a lot of success in the tournament if their performances are like this one...and if they can somehow figure out what in the world is going on with Gill Saburo seems like it would be plenty helpful too. Logan Adversary, perhaps out of sheer curiosity, does pick up the picture that MECHA APE had been given earlier off the mat...and after one look, he too tosses it aside with a look of a man who regrets that particular decision and regrets it badly.


ADVANCING TO THE ROUND OF 16): DRAGONZORD

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Singles Match
Aurora vs. Nevaeh Summers

From the moment the bell rang, neither woman gave an inch to the other as they met in the center of the squared circle with Nevaeh looking upward only slightly at the three inch taller Aurora. However, it can be seen that both women do not look at 100% given the travel schedule on Summers' side plus her hard-fought battle against Missy at FFW's Velocity show prior to arriving in Kyoto at the eleventh hour due to the travel...and that's before even going into Aurora, who practically had bandages all over her arms, back and legs from both glass and burn damage from her war against Artemis Kaiser at the Hammerstein Ballroom two nights ago for Pro Wrestling NEO's "It's Dark and Hell is Hot." Out of the two, everyone could tell who looked far worse for wear but that didn't deter Aurora one bit from asking Nevaeh exactly who did she think she was getting into her business all those months ago and as of right now, too.

Nevaeh Summers' answer is a defiant forearm to her face and two simple words: "The Finest."

Aurora responds with a forearm in return, no words simply action as she then catches an oncoming Summers off-guard with an European uppercut prior to irish whipping Nevaeh off the ropes and catching her on the rebound with a back body drop attempt, in which Nevaeh rolls through and brings Aurora down into a sunset flip cover that nearly gets the three as Aurora clutches onto her back immediately after the kickout...the full effects of injuries sustained not even more than forty-eight hours prior showing their lasting power. And yet, Aurora gritted her teeth through the pain and began to attempt to get back to her feet even as Summers placed her in a headlock as Aurora made it to one knee. To her credit, Nevaeh did not hold back for a mere second against Aurora as she spent the next few minutes basically keeping "The Mistress of the DDT" grounded on the mat with various holds and some nice chain wrestling that included a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker on a series of reversals that led to Aurora coming off the ropes from an irish whip, which was then transitioned into a bow and arrow lock that Summers used to help keep the pace of the match relatively slow at first before turning on the jets by letting go of the hold, rolling Aurora into a seated position and then catching her with a slingshot springboard elbow drop to the face, promptly covering Aurora but only getting a two count for it.

But as Nevaeh brought up Aurora back to her feet, Rori reversed out of another irish whip attempt and sent Nevaeh Summers right into the corner as now Aurora came through with a running yakuza kick to Summers in the corner before scooping her up and dropping her with an exploder suplex in which the impact sends Nevaeh crashing to the mat and carries her under the bottom rope and to the outside of the ring, while Aurora is laid out on the mat for a few extra seconds while cursing her own body for the pain she brought on her own self doing this. And yet, Rori wills herself back to her feet and immediately takes off, running the ropes and coming right onto Summers on the outside with a tope suicida that gets the proper applause from the Kyoto crowd. Aurora proceeds to bring Nevaeh back into the ring shortly after that, rolling her in and catching "The Finest" across the jaw with a shining wizard for a two count. Taking in a deep breath, Aurora places Nevaeh in a ground straight-jacket choke, pulling back hard on it and forcing Summers to exert plenty of energy to crawl across the ring and place her right foot on the ropes to eventually break the hold itself. Aurora takes a good glance over at Nevaeh, the hint of a smirk appearing on her face alongside a nod of acknowledgment...before she smacks Summers on the back of the head. That elicits Nevaeh to look right up at Aurora as she gets back to one knee, a wide-eyed look that narrows into something akin to sheer malice as Aurora smacks her across the back of the head again before "The Mistress of the DDT" is suddenly caught by a leaping European uppercut from Nevaeh Summers. Nevaeh gets herself back to a standing position and fires back with more uppercuts before irish whipping h- NOPE, Aurora reverses it into a beautiful rope-assisted Tornado DDT, which Aurora holds on to for dear life before she then gradually brings Nevaeh Summers back up and hooks her right arm alongside her head. Aurora holds one finger up, closes her fist, holds up three fingers after and then proceeds to drill Nevaeh Summers with a lifting single underhook DDT...and the only reason it doesn't get a three count is due to the fact that Nevaeh Summers gets the left leg that wasn't hooked on the pinfall attempt on the bottom rope.

Seeing an opportunity at hand, Aurora proceeded to try and set-up the Ghostly Kiss DDT but Summers managed to grab on to Aurora and hold on to her before Aurora could flip over her to complete the Asai-style DDT motions and in one fluid motion and attempts for a back body drop...although Aurora manages to land on her feet. Aurora runs to the ropes, but Nevaeh follows in behind them, catching the unsuspecting Aurora with a forearm smash, knocking her down and then knocking Aurora down with another forearm smash when "The Mistress of the DDT" gets back up. Panting, Aurora promptly gets back to her feet and swings wildly with a punch at Nevaeh, who ducks it and then delivers a jumping neckbreaker that sends them both to the mat. The referee begins to count them both down on the mat but the crowd gasps, however, as Nevaeh Summers kips up to her feet, a fired up expression on her face as she grabbed onto Aurora's head and lifted her up, promptly then lifting her into and connecting with a small package driver...in which Aurora somehow, someway ends up kicking out of in the nick of time before the three count!

While watching Aurora stumble to the ropes (coughing up blood, to the concern of everyone in the front row who caught a full glimpse of it), Nevaeh Summers began motioning her hands as if she's conducting an orchestra but instead of throwing out her arms to the side as usual, she saw the difficulty in which Aurora was having with standing up and she decided to bring her to the center of the ring herself, but as Nevaeh set-up the quick underhook for the Grand Finale, "The Mistress of the DDT" proved she was worth every bit of that name as she reversed her way out of the underhook and leaped onto Summers' shoulders, nailing her with the Reversal of Fortune (Reverse hurricanrana) before scrambling into a cover from which Nevaeh manages to kick out at two and three-quarters.

The crowd who had gradually been applauding and cheering each near fall are standing at this point, a fever pitch as both women are laid out on the mat as they will themselves back to a standing position, all of KBS Hall rooting accordingly as they begin to trade forearms once again at the center of the ring before Aurora comes at Nevaeh with a kick that is caught! Summers throws Aurora's leg aside but Rori uses the momentum and catches Summers on the side of the head with a dragon whip kick...and that sends Nevaeh stumbling to the ropes, from which she bounces back and returns with a rolling koppou kick to the awe of the crowd, in which the momentum of it floors Aurora and sends Nevaeh forward and near the apron. Glancing at her fallen opponent, Nevaeh Summers rolls under the bottom rope and stands up on the apron, ascending to the top rope and then proceeding to leap off of it with a Swanton bomb onto Aurora's sternum, completing a variation of The Finest Experience and holding on to the pin for dear life this time as the crowd counts alongside the referee: ONE...TWO...THREE!!!!!!

WINNER: Nevaeh Summers

The aftermath of bout sees Nevaeh Summers enjoying a moment as she celebrates by ascending to the top rope and bringing her arms out, basking in on a very big victory as Aurora is helped by the young boys on the outside to the back...but the curious bit comes as Nevaeh Summers gets out of the ring and is interacting with a few of the fans on her way to the curtains. She does stop for a moment, staring at one of the fans who isn't clapping near the curtain and who, in fact, looks particularly salty about the fact that Aurora lost this one. Nevaeh also notices what she's wearing, her eyes narrowing for a moment before she looks up at the young adult woman and simply says "Nice shirt..." before walking off to the back.

...The shirt in question happens to read the words: "KILL AMARO KILL"

[Strike]

Six Years in the Making - Singles Match
Rex Evans vs. Doug E. Fresh

Even with their names having been made throughout various battles against legends within the confines of The Experts, the crowd in Kyoto acknowledges the history that is being made here as there is a split house between "REX" and "DOUG E FRESH" chants between them as the two men take a moment to simply look around and take in the atmosphere around them once again, the cheers and clapping growing louder as they begin to circle around the ring prior to a full collar-to-elbow lock-up taking place. Neither man can seem to gain the advantage at first but Rex's own size and weight do eventually give an advantage as he brings Doug into the ropes, forcing the break...in which Rex breaks it off clean, returning to the center of the ring and showing a focus in which he's ready to do it again if needed. Not meant to be outdone, Doug gladly returns to the center of the ring for another collar-to-elbow lock-up but it's now Doug's decade plus of experience that comes into play as he quickly works his way into a headlock, transitioning it into a headlock takedown from which he and Rex begin to fight through, counter and exchange various holds over the next minute to the awe of the crowd before an exchange of arm drags ends the stalemate between the two, the crowd in Kyoto delighted by it as they applaud the exchange while both men give each other a nod of acknowledgment.

Things do take a turn, however, when Rex Evans gains the advantage after forgoing any lock-up attempts with the more technically sound Doug E. Fresh by catching with a quick combo of strikes that send the former True Expert champion backing up to the turnbuckles. Rex irish whips Doug to the opposite turnbuckle and as he goes for a running shoulder block, Doug gets out of dodge and Rex goes shoulder first into the steel pole. From there, Doug lives up to every bit of his moniker as "The Professor" as he grabs onto Evans and throws him into the opposite ring-post shoulder first as well, adding to the damage before prior to then bringing Evans back to the center of the ring, placing a hammerlock on the left arm before picking him up and dropping him with a hammerlock back suplex, in which Doug immediately covers but Rex kicks out at two. From there, Doug spent the next few minutes continuing the work the arm - arm wrenches, vicious suplexes and while the "Avatar of Brutality" would have a few moments where he attempted to fight back with his right hands and kicks, the momentum would be cut short by Fresh countering an eventual wide strike from Evans into another hold in which would then lead into the left shoulder and arm getting worked, including a nasty shoulder breaker coming off a reversal from Evans attempting to decapitate Doug with a running lariat. Doug E. Fresh followed suit on that as he grabbed onto Rex with another arm wrench for measure before sitting himself on the second turnbuckle and delivering a modified Tornado DDT unto the arm itself! ...That also got a close two count with Rex throwing his good right shoulder up to ensure the kickout.

The crowd gasped as Fresh continued to be relentless on his attempts to dissect Rex's left shoulder, as he proceeded to place on an abdominal stretch from which Rex Evans felt himself stretched apart and yet, there was no give on the "Avatar of Brutality" as he used sheer strength to will and fight himself out of the hold in the most unlikely of ways...by stomping onto Doug's left foot three times and then catching him with a hip toss that brings both men down to the mat. The recovery is gradual between them, Doug managing to get back to his feet first and Rex using the ropes with just one hand to aid him in returning to a vertical position. But as Fresh attempts to grab on to Rex's arm again, he's greeted by a right hand to his exposed jaw that sends "The Professor" reeling backwards and with the crowd gasping at the sudden impact of it while the referee starts warning Evans about the closed fist he just used. Rex, however, shoots the referee an icy glare before making his way towards Fresh, open palm strikes with his right hand and forearms being his weapon of choice before displaying another example of sheer brute strength by picking up Fresh and lifting him off his feet on just his right shoulder.

...And then proceeding to drive him with a running start right into the far, bottom right turnbuckle. Repeated shoulder thrusts from Rex's right shoulder proceeded to follow suit, stunning "The Professor" but as Rex attempted to bring Doug into his grasp for the One Way Ticket (Fallaway Slam), the weight of Doug E. Fresh and the damaged arm caused Rex Evans to wince as he elevated Doug upwards, his grip loosening just enough for Doug's countering abilities to once again show themselves as he reversed it into a DDT, earning Doug E. Fresh a two and a half count this time around. Sensing an opportunity at hand, Doug E. Fresh was quick to bring Rex Evans towards the center of the ring by his damaged left arm, adding an extra pair of stomps to the shoulder before he left the ring and got onto the apron. The crowd in Kyoto gasped as they saw Doug make his way to the top rope and slowly stand up in full. The crowd gasped as Doug E. Fresh leaped off the top rope, looking for the Flying Colors (Corkscrew Moonsault) onto Rex Evans...and a pair of knees are what his body ends up meeting instead! Doug's expression from confidence to shock then turns into sheer agony, as the "Avatar of Brutality" doesn't hesitate to find his window here as he promptly worked his way into a Kimura lock! Doug screamed out in pain, promptly scrambling backwards while Rex attempted to put in a leg scissors to stop said movement and to his credit, Doug managed to get his left foot onto the bottom rope and forced Rex to break the hold - the announcers making it clear that another extra second or two spent on that hold, Doug's arm could have been broken outright.

Both men take a few moments to breathe as they return to a kneeling base, only a foot away from one another. Sweat dripping from their bodies and yet, neither man looks ready to give it up by any means as six years of waiting and all of the hell that came with it serves as a reminder that this is finally everything that they'd been promised and then some. Fresh nods, beckoning Evans to bring it on and that he feared no man...Rex responds with an opening salvo that is a vicious forearm to Doug's jaw. Doug returns the favor with one of his own and the crowd in Kyoto begins to cheer on each of their strikes as they return to a standing position, both men firing forearms back-and-forth rapidly at one another in a true display of spirit and grit...but it is Rex Evans who emerges victorious in the exchange, an elbow strike sending Doug reeling backwards and the cameras immediately catch a trail of blood now coming out of Fresh's bottom lip as Rex Evans attempts to irish whip him off the ropes...but Doug reverses it, sending Rex out to the ropes instead and on the return, the charging Evans does attempt to use all of the momentum to leap forward at Fresh with the Unstoppable (Spear)...BUT FRESH LEAPFROGS OVER IT!

And as Rex Evans stops himself on the ropes and turns back around on a standing position, he gets caught flush in the jaw by the A+ (Superkick) from Doug, dropping Rex like a sack of potatoes! The cover is made, the count is academic, it is all ove--

NO!!!!! Rex Evans kicks out at two and three-quarters!

Doug does not seem deterred by the referee motioning that it was a two count, after all. In fact, there's the hint of a smile on his face as he realizes the man in front of him won't be so easily taken down. Fresh proceeds to pound the mat three times, the crowd in Kyoto seeing it as their cue to clap accordingly as Doug begins to position himself behind Rex Evans and as the "Avatar of Brutality" is on his knees, Doug E. Fresh approaches him and goes for a full nelson...but Evans counters by catching Fresh just under the chin with a headbutt and from there, he stands up as quickly as his body will allow him, running the ropes and catching Fresh on the rebound with a variation of the Simply Taken Out (Standing STO)! Rex is very quick to go for the cover, the crowd is counting along...

But the referee notices Doug E. Fresh's left foot under the bottom rope before the three is counted.

Rex closes his eyes, rubbing sweat from his face as the craftiness and ring experience of "The Professor" were the things that saved him from possible defeat here. But Rex hadn't fired up the biggest weapon in his arsenal just yet. Grabbing onto his left shoulder and rubbing it as gently as he could while standing back up, Rex begins to gingerly move his left arm around as to make sure nothing's torn or broken while backing himself up to the opposite side of the ring and near one of the corners as Fresh began using the ropes to try and get up to his feet. Evans watches carefully, taking in a deep breath and visualizing every single bit of frustration felt for six long years while waiting for this very moment.

And once Doug E. Fresh stood, Rex Evans charged forward, letting out a roar akin to that of a monster as he aimed to split Doug in half...

But Doug E. Fresh had one more A+ up his sleeve, catching Rex Evans right under the chin, sending him face-first to the mat after the impact.

The perfect timing, the perfect counter.

Yet another trophy for the mantle for the legendary career of "The Professor," as he gradually rolled Rex Evans on his back and covered him, the crowd in Kyoto ready to see this one off as well.

One.

Two.

Three--- REX EVANS BROUGHT THE LEFT SHOULDER UP!!!!!

Neither the crowd nor Doug E. Fresh could believe it, as this time around, Doug held three fingers towards the referee but the ref responded by showing only two of them. Rex was still down on the mat and Fresh couldn't believe it, going for yet another cover here and with Rex Evans responding in return by kicking out at two. Frustration was finally beginning to show on the face of "The Professor" as he grabbed onto Evans' left arm, stomping away at the shoulder for good measure a few more times before dragging him towards the turnbuckle. Doug E. Fresh proceeds to place Rex Evans in a full nelson...and then to the awe of the crowd, Doug slowly climbs onto the bottom rope...and then the middle rope, sitting himself in the top rope while fiercely dragging Rex's own dazed body up so that his feet are planted in the bottom rope. In one motion, Doug E. Fresh flips forward, looking for a top rope version of the Grading Curve (Full nelson front flip facebuster)...BUT EVANS MANAGES TO BREAK OFF THE FULL NELSON, PICKING UP DOUG WITH BOTH ARMS AND THROWING HIM OFF THE TOP ROPE AND ONTO THE MAT!!!

Taking in some quick breaths, Rex Evans examines his position in the ring and his every instinct is to take his feet off the bottom ropes and step back onto the mat to fight, to capitalize on the opportunity at hand. But as Doug holds on to his back and wills himself slowly into a standing position, Rex realizes that what Doug nearly pulled off was something completely unlike anything he'd studied on tape, unlike anything he could have possibly have been prepared for in the six years to which this match was built upon. Even as his body naturally told him to step back onto the mat, Rex Evans opted for something unlike himself instead as he saw Doug now up on both feet but with his back turned to the corner in which he now ascended to the middle rope...and then the top rope itself.

"The Avatar of Brutality" decides to give "The Professor" a taste of something he's never seen before either. A taste of something completely and utterly...

Unstoppable!

The thunderous spear coming from the top rope catches Doug E. Fresh in full! Rex Evans screams out in pain at the awkward landing in the aftermath but he grits his teeth through it, defiantly using his left arm that had been grinded and dismantled throughout the entire night to hook Doug's leg as he covered him, his head nodding along with each count from the referee and the crowd in Kyoto itself:

ONE. TWO. THREE!

The bell rang and Rex Evans let out another roar, sheer emotion emanating from him at his triumph as the match concluded and the announcement was officially made that he was the victor. It wasn't long after that when his brother in Tommy Evans rushed from the back and stormed the ring, embracing his older brother and helping him back to a vertical position as the referee raised his arm. The Evans brothers exchanged words for a moment, a combination of both joy and relief on Rex's face as the announcers put out the fact that this match was worth the wait and then some.

Eventually, Doug E. Fresh was helped to his feet by a few of the young boys from RAIDEN who had a pack of ice on his back and neck as well. Doug brushed them aside once he was back on his feet, opting to slowly walk his way to the center of the mat as he looked over at Rex Evans. The two men's stares met and for a few moments, there was anticipation lingering in the air...and then, "The Professor" stuck out his right hand.

"The Avatar of Brutality" stepped forward just as quickly to extend his own and both men shook hands, thunderous applause from the Kyoto crowd for this sign of sportsmanship as Fresh proceeded to raise Evans' right arm in the air and both men let it sink in that when the time was right for them to call it a career, they could finally say that yes...they had once met inside of this squared circle.

Just as it was meant to be.

WINNER: Rex Evans

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Singles Match - 60 Minute Time Limit
Lady Magdalena vs. Shane Atwater
Written by Cori

As the bell rang, Shane Atwater knew better this time. The last time it was Magdalena who got things started. The last time. Something that Atwater was good at seeing through. He gets a standing armbar on her, twisting her wrist quickly before leg sweeping her and bringing the Lady down to a knee before twisting her arm farther, down back behind her head. Shane worked the arm slowly but surely, twisted behind her head. A few strikes following up in her back, kicks and stomps and more arm control until the Lady finally counteracted and forced herself up before getting pulled into a Fujiwara armbar. More ground control from Atwater, more mat business. It wasn't that Lady Magdalena didn't know her way around the mat, it was just that Shane all but remembered their clash that lead to a time limit draw. He was not going to be undone this time as she got herself up before he dropped her on her shoulder and the back of the head with a half-nelson suplex. Magdalena was not a fan of the landing as she had a hand on her neck gingerly. When Shane got her back up again however, she finally got her first amount of offense and it was with as much as one could expect.

A Muay Thai clinch. Atwater had seen it before and enough times. Yet Magdalena knew what he knew. She went for the clinch, Atwater used his arms, breaking the hold and for his trouble realized the feint only a moment too late with Magdalena scoring a brutal sounding knee that rattled the jaw of the Man Who Would Tap Out The World. Atwater was staggered for just a moment but it was just enough time for the clinch to finally be used after a third attempt. The second attempt on the clinch was denied by Atwater again, this time using a belly-to-belly suplex and a near fall at one and three quarters. When the Lady got her clinch, she used it to hold tight onto Atwater, pounding as many stiff knee shots as could be done into the gut of Atwater before pulling him into a stiff knee strike to the head once more. With Atwater down to a knee came more knee strikes to the head. Pounding at his skull.

Shane Atwater was not ever one to take that lying down.

Atwater would get irish-whipped but counter, pulling Magdalena into his reach after he stiffed her with a brutal forearm strike to the head. He didn't let go of her arm however, pulling her back and scoring a second forearm strike to the temple. Once again Atwater was not interested in letting go, keeping a grip on her wrist. He forced her back up and vaulted her with a Northern Lights Suplex. He went for pin attempt but once the Black Swan made her kickout Atwater was already folding her arm behind her head. For a few moments it looked as though Magdalena was trying to find an option with the referee asking the Lady if she would continue. She answered this with a limber kick to the back of his head, using that impressive flexibility. One kick to the back of the head. Another kick. Atwater responded by implanting the vise in further, causing a nasty shriek from Magdalena and a hard forearm shiver across the head that finally loosened the iron grip of Atwater and freeing Magdalena. The two stopped to watch each other for a moment.

Studying each other. Trying to understand each other for a moment.

It seemed they came to the same conclusion.

...With Shane Atwater hitting an European uppercut across the underside of Lady's jaw so hard that it echoed within the arena.  The crowd watched with quiet intensity as Magdalena answered with a brutal kesagiri chop across the side of Atwater's neck, yet he took it in stride before hitting her with an European uppercut again under the jaw, which she took without so much as a shake in her boots. It was going to be a battle of wills from here on in. Atwater hit her with a vicious forearm across the jaw and Magdalena screamed in his face before burying a spinning heel to the head of Atwater. He leaned against the rope for a moment, only for Magdalena to kick the ropes to make him stand. He did however stand and kicked her stiff in the abdomen before spiking her down into the mat with a single-arm DDT followed up with going for a pin but Magdalena immediately reversing this pin attempt. The referee slid in for a near three but the moment Atwater got his arm up he was countered with a jumping knee drop that met his face. Both wrestlers took a moment however to recover.

...Then they were back at it again.

Atwater weathered two spinning heel kicks, countering the second and nearly catching a dragon whip for his trouble but when he ducked that and the Lady turned around she found her leg caught by him. The Man Who Would Tap Out The World shoved her leg back, forcing her to bend as he hit the ropes, coming back with a running knee trembler and blasting her across the side of the head. A literal rattling of the skull as she stumbled to one knee. Atwater repeated it with another knee trembler...

Yet bloody in the mouth, gaze not entirely focused, Magdalena jumped and caught Atwater with a knee bomb to the heart, followed by a jumping knee strike under the jaw. Atwater snapped back and immediately got hit with a snapmare neckbreaker that made the Man Who Would Tape Out The World grip his neck in pain, nagging injuries getting him. The Lady however can't immediately take the lead on what she hit, those recent hits to the head having also done some great deal of damage to her as well. The two wrestlers are slow to get up now, yet while there's less speed following their movements, sluggish in fact, the stiff blows remain as forceful as ever. It's when Atwater attempted to make space for a moment in tactical advantage does the Lady follow into Our Lady Peace (Spinning Bicycle Kick). The Black Swan goes for the pin, exhausted, concussed and the ref slides in.

...And Shane Atwater refuses to die in the nearest of three counts.

The Lady sits up, forearms on her knees and staring into the space of nothing. She stands up and turns around only for Atwater to headbutt her stiff in the face. She hits him with a jumping foot thrust to the chest, he catches her by the ankle, sacrificing his body to pull her in. He hits Magdalena with a headbutt, before twisting her around and powers her through a german suplex into the turnbuckle, smashing the back of Magdalena's head on the second turnbuckle. She writhes in pain, and Atwater digs his hands into her hair, lifting her up only to catch a stiff spinning heel kick to the side of the head. Atwater goes down to the ground and the Black Swan slides her boot under his chin, lifting him up with a stretching leg. At least for a moment. For a moment it looks as though that knee drop bulldog is coming, but Atwater denies her with a Parabola (Wrist Clutch Olympic Slam). She gets spiked onto the mat and is out spread eagled but the moment Atwater goes for the pin it's just two seconds and seven-eighths before she kicks out and he stares ahead silently in a picture perfect parallel to the Lady hitting Our Lady Peace and Atwater kicking out. He takes his time in trying to get back up however, as Magdalena begins to sit up. Both are glassy eyed, both are not right here and judging from slight glancing blows and stiff strikes not from brutality but slight inability to measure their strikes, both wrestlers are seemingly concussed. Again.

A fight of wills.

Atwater comes with a european uppercut when both are finally back to their feet again, but rather than go down Magdalena answers with a savate kick to the side of the head. Atwater stumbles back, and the Lady hits a second savate kick. Still Atwater doesn't go down, standing on his feet like a man whose body does not understand that his mind is no longer functioning. The Lady shakes her head and takes aim before blasting Atwater with yet another Our Lady Peace (Spinning Bicycle Kick). Atwater's legs shiver from under him and he leans against the ropes but he cannot be home. Magdalena shakes her head and pulls him in looking for a third, but suddenly Atwater pulls her onto a Canadian Backbreaker Rack! A second later comes the Lateralus (Reverse Ushigoroshi) but as the Black Swan drops to the mat.

...So does Atwater.

Neither competitor is moving at this point. Breathing yes, and eyes are open but no one is home. An effective ghost town in the ring save for the referee. The referee checks on Atwater and he's there but miles away. Magdalena is staring but no one is home.

Finally the referee has no choice but to call this...

A Double Knockout.

The referee calls for the bell but both the Black Swan and the Man Who Would Tap Out The World refuse help at the start, both sitting up. Until then their eyesight had been glazed, blank, yet with realizing the two are once again at a tie, they slowly stare at each other in silence.

Result: Double KO

[Strike]

Main Event - No Rope Barbed Wire Deathmatch
Miko Ayano vs. Dexter Jacobs

We find ourselves back from the aftermath of the semi-main event after a quick advertisement was run for the Extreme Tournament finale and the huge seven-person Elimination Chamber main event within it before returning to ringside, where a particular crew wearing gloves has already removed the ring ropes and is carefully proceeding with the spools of barbed wire to put in the necessary touches for the main event that is ahead of us as a sense of dread begins to emanate from within KBS Hall as they watch and realize the consequences of what is to come. Once finished, the crew in question place their barbed wire spools under the ring and make their way to the back...

Patrick Carson: Well...we're finally here at this point, Dre. A long night, a crazy set of events in the last few matches but as the ring crew is already working to get everything put in place, we have to talk about the main event that is to come here tonight between Miko Ayano and Dexter Jacobs...and just, one way or another, it's all ending tonight.

Dre Hamilton: If you ask the both of them, the only thing they'll agree on is that they want this to be done with and on their terms now. For a long time, Ayano thought they could actually work things out if they just sat down and really went through the notions but Dexter Jacobs is too far deep down the rabbit hole at this point to come back up.

Patrick Carson: Now, by no means is Japan a stranger to the no rope barbed wire deathmatch stipulation. But whether they've seen one as deeply personal as this match? That one is much harder to tell.

Dre Hamilton: It seems the ring is ready and in place, Fish. Let's get it over to Rum Rum on the outside.

The bell rings once again, as Rumchata Ayano is seen on the floor area rather than in the inside of the ring, in which the ropes have now been completely and utterly replaced by rows of barbed wire intertwined together and making the realization very clear that this wasn't going to be pretty by any means...

The lights drop and pulse in rhythm as the introduction to "A History Of Bad Men" by The Melvins rolls through the arena, drawing a raucous amount of boos from the crowd. The intro rolls on for a few moments before the heavy guitars of the verse rip through the loudspeakers and Dexter Jacobs steps through the curtain. He pauses, cracking his neck slightly, adjusting the tape on his hands a final time. He gives the crowd a glance, sneers and pounds a hand on his chest a few times before making his way down to the ring, entirely focused on the task ahead, giving the crowd no recognition as he makes his way around ringside. He pounds the apron once and takes a good look at the barbed wire ring before slowly rolling in through the bottom and onto the ring, glaring at the crowd and shutting down anyone who happens to be heckling nearby with a few choice words once he stands up. He then makes his way toward the middle, where he pauses to throw a single fist in the air with his head bowed, drawing even more boos as he soaks in the reaction a moment, sneering at the official and ring announcer before he makes his way to the corner, pacing back and forth like a caged animal once there - noticeably, he is in a pair of jeans instead of trunks and a white t-shirt with blood splattered font that reads three simple words: "No Fuckin' Survivors."

Patrick Carson: To many, this man might be the most miserable, angry, violent human being with the shortest fuse possible in all of professional wrestling. But once upon a time, Dexter Jacobs used to  just do his absolute best to attempt at being a man who just wanted to fight the best the world could give him and rise above his own station. But somewhere along the years, pro wrestling did its usual thing and on this day, we have a man who might just damn well try to end the career...hell, end the life of his former tag team partner in Miko Ayano.

Dre Hamilton: Indeed, Dexter Jacobs is the surliest son of a bitch alive. He has been frothing at the mouth for this opportunity to finally settle his differences with his former tag partner in "WhiskeyDex" and he won the right to make this very match at "Big Trouble in Little China" last November by pinning Michael Norcia in tag team action. All we can do at this point is watch, Fish...and I'm not gonna lie to you. My violence boner is at full mast right now, I am psyched for this.

The entire arena goes dark as the sound of wind blows through the PA, after a moment a strange whine kicks on, slowly getting louder and drowning out the wind as blue and white light starts to slowly creep along the stage. The silhouette of a woman walks out, shaded by the increasingly intense lights she comes to stand center stage before hunching over at the waist slowly as the sound and the light dim slowly. The sound turning down to nothing and the lights going so dull as to barely be perceptible.

A moment passes.

"FIGHT!"

The lights return at full brightness, revealing Miko Ayano as the crowd inside KBS Hall reacts accordingly, shouts of encouragement and cheers coming through as the Japanese woman surveys the crowd, all while the vocal droning of Anneke van Giersbergen heralds the Ayano's arrival. After a moment Miko starts her trek down towards the ring and everything that awaits. Unlike in any appearances elsewhere, her timing and the music's do not match on this occasion as she arrives at ringside shortly after and takes one good look at the barbed wires that replaced the ropes and with it, a look at Dexter Jacobs who keeps pacing around like a maniac, almost talking to himself while Miko takes a deep breath and finally rolls under the bottom wire, carefully.

Miko comes to a stand dead center of the ring as she glances over at Dexter Jacobs one last time but instead of taking her time to play to the crowd and sing along, she chooses instead to make her way to the corner and with it, Devin Townsend's "Rejoice" fades away and we're left with a crowd chanting every single bit of possible encouragement towards Miko's way while she begins to stretch her limbs, both former partners and now fierce enemies not taking their eyes away from one another.

Dre Hamilton: Well, well, well, I'll be damned. No antics from Miko Ayano during her entrance for once and while I'd normally have a hilarious quip about it being that Kyoto has no idea who Devin Townsend is in order to do the stupid chanting to her song, well...the stakes are heavy as hell here and Ayano wisely recognizes that. That's the look of a woman who's ready to fight through anything in order to survive.

Patrick Carson: Miko Ayano's own story in the world of professional wrestling could also be its own book. She's fought through hell itself just to get to this point at her life currently and now, she faces off against a man who was once her best friend, her trusted tag team partner and a man who broke her leg by throwing her off a ladder during a multi-person bout for SCW's SureShot briefcase and then proceeded to check on her and sacrificed the win itself on that match. On that night, everything changed for the both of them...and it eventually led them both here. All I can say, ladies and gentlemen, is that this may arguably be one of the most personal matches you might ever bear witness to...

The bell finally rings to indicate the time is upon us and Rumchata Ayano makes the announcements...

Rumchata Ayano: This is your main event of the evening...it is a No Rope Barbed Wire Deathmatch, no time limit, scheduled for one fall!

The crowd reacts loudly to the announcement within KBS Hall, as the death stare emanating from Jacobs is laser-focused and pin-pointed at Ayano, who does not shy away from it.

Rumchata Ayano: In the blue corner...weighing at 122.7 kg...DEXTERRRRR JAAAAACOBSSSSS!!!!

Loud, thundering boos as Jacobs doesn't budge from the corner. It's not even funny how much Japan hates this guy right now. And yet, Dexter doesn't react to the boos one bit.

Rumchata Ayano: And in the red corner...weighing at 53.5 kg..."THE WARP DRIVE DRAGON"...AYAAAAAAAANOOOOOOOO MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A thunderous roar and a shower of blue, white and yellow streamers follow suit from the crowd inside KBS Hall as Miko throws up her right fist in the air...and immediately ducks under an incoming Dexter Jacobs attempting to clothesline her. The bell rings immediately afterward and the crowd's already on the edge of their seats as Ayano doesn't hesitate to lay the lumber in with thunderous knife-edged chops from the moment that Jacobs turns around to face her...however, the South Carolina native grits his teeth and shakes his head, taking another chop right in the chest and screaming "IS THAT ALL Y'FUCKIN' GOT WHISK-" ...He gets punched right in the jaw with a closed fist promptly before those words ever get finished, which is enough to send him a step back or so. As Miko begins to lay into Jacobs with closed fists at his ribs, forcing his guard down low before he tries a wide swing in which Ayano ducks before a shot to the solar plexus gets Jacobs to bend down enough for Miko to grab his head and nail him with forearms to it. In the meantime of that, the RAIDEN "young boys" on the outside frantically begin reaching out to the ring while attempting to clear out the streamers in the process...

Patrick Carson: Well, that did NOT take long and we are underway here, folks!

Dre Hamilton: Probably the worst timing ever to throw streamers at somebody, but a credit to Miko, she was ready for Jacobs from the very moment she got inside of this ring.

The strikes are plenty from Ayano and between playing a cat-and-mouse game by dodging and ducking every big swipe Jacobs tries at her and her striking is eventually enough to cause Jacobs to keep stepping backward until he is inches away from the barbed wire itself. As Miko goes for a high kick, Dexter finally puts an arm up to block it and closes in the distance, quickly grabbing Ayano by said leg itself and then proceeding to elevate her in the air, looking for a powerbomb in which Miko begins to fight to get away from Dexter's grasp with elbows and fists aimed at his forehead. The "Redneck Hulk" ends up proving that he is every bit of that name, however, as he elevates Miko and then just tosses her off of him backwards...right towards the barbed wire itself but thankfully, Ayano lands only inches away from it, somehow managing to forcefully to stop her own momentum after the landing as she leans backwards while avoiding landing any body part of hers onto the wire...but that does leave her wide open to get picked up like a rag doll by Dexter, who grabs her by the waist and tosses her with all ill intent possible with a release German suplex in which Ayano lands stomach-first!

Cursing obscenities at the crowd's direction, Jacobs slowly returns to a vertical basis and he walks his way across the ring to grab at Miko Ayano by the hair, practically trying to tear it off of her scalp as he lifted her up to a standing base and proceeded to irish whip her with force towards the barbed wire on the other side but Miko showed her own ring awareness by quickly using the momentum and slid under the bottom portion of barbed wire and onto the outside. Jacobs grits his teeth, something akin to "fuckin' Whiskey" escaping from his breath as he drops onto the mat and rolls out of the ring itself, more than determined to fight just about anywhere in this arena if it means getting his hands on her...but it is as he moves to one side of the ring that a flying Miko Ayano can be seen coming off of the apron - in which she leaped on - and nailing him with a leaping, spinning wheel kick onto the face that floors the larger man as the crowd in Kyoto gasps and applauds this maneuver, the "MI-KO" chants beginning to emerge and echo throughout the entirety of the KBS Hall. Miko leaps onto Jacobs in the aftermath, mounting him and making sure her forearms and elbows are finding the mark before taking a few steps back, watching as Dexter wills himself to a knee before she catches him with a running dropkick to the face.

Patrick Carson: And after a heated start, it's Miko Ayano that's found herself in the driver's seat here as the action has spilled to the outside.

Dre Hamilton: She's taking the early advantage with her speed and she's doing what she needs to do to keep Dexter Jacobs down, but...it's going to take far, far more than th-- Fish...what is she doing under there?!

The crowd has begun to cheer Miko on even further at this point to what Dre had just pointed out, as "The Warp Drive Dragon" had lifted up the fabric skirt and begun to dig around under the ring, beginning to pull out certain objects from it like a massive garbage can, lid and all inside of it and to a loud gasp alongside a wide-eyed look from Ayano herself as she pulled it out...

A large barbed wire board.

But Miko's own surprise and time that she used to pull the board out was enough to allow her to suddenly be blindsided by a running boot from Dexter Jacobs to the side of her head, sending her down onto the protective mats. Seething, Dexter practically deadlifts her off of the floor in a gutwrench and he proceeds to suplex Miko...right onto the ring apron itself. The groans and yelling out of Miko caused the KBS Hall itself to groan along, feeling her pain as Jacobs looked at what Ayano had decided to pull from under the ring itself and he spat out at her. "LIKE THE FUCKIN' TOYS I BROUGHT OUT INTO THIS SHIT, WHISKEY?! HUH? YOU USELESS LITTLE BITCH!" Another set of boots to her back followed suit, as the "Redneck Hulk" angrily picked Ayano up and tossed her under the bottom rope and onto the ring prior to grabbing the closed garbage can and heaving it over the barbed wire...a gasp and even some applause as the garbage can actually landed perfectly flat onto the ring. A loud "fuck all of you" was the response from Dexter Jacobs before he took the barbed wire board and took the time to basically lift it and get it inside of the ring through the top portion of the barbed wire, as a means to assure that the strands of barbed wire on the one side of the board wouldn't get entangled with the barbed wire rope strands themselves. Once that was done, Jacobs entered the ring by rolling under the bottom...and found himself caught once he was on a single knee by Miko Ayano, who proceeded to DDT him on the spot and rolled him over into a pinfall:

ONE!

T- Kickout by Jacobs with authority here, his hands shoving Miko off the cover and sending her a foot or two across the ring, as Ayano grabs onto her back after colliding with the mat.

Dre Hamilton: As violent and as brutal as he is, this is the kind of stuff that Dexter is gonna have to watch out for here. If you have too much tunnel vision, you put yourself in a position to get caught.

Patrick Carson: But Miko has been favoring her back since that nasty gutwrench onto the apron that she took and with more weapons beyond just the barbed wire wrapped around the ring? I'm afraid this is going to take a turn from bad to worse, Dre.

Miko did bring herself back to her feet, gradually moving forward towards Dexter Jacobs as he got himself back to his feet. She met him promptly with a series of low kicks and open palm strikes, only to be shoved away forcefully but Ayano rolled backwards and took off on a run towards him...only to then get nearly decapitated in half by a lariat. Jacobs proceeded to then turn his attention to the barbed wire board he brought in, lifting it up and placing it against one of the nearby corners before he made his way back to Miko Ayano, who was now using the garbage can that'd been brought in to help herself back to a vertical position. Dexter shakes his head in disgust, deciding that she was long overdue to meet her maker as he grabs her by the left arm and in one motion, he heaves her across the ring...

And "The Warp Drive Dragon" meets the cruel barbed wire back-first, her eyes widening in both terror and pain as not even the Devin Townsend "Ziltoid! The Omniscient" t-shirt she's wearing is enough to protect her in this case as she can feel the top strand of barbed wire penetrating the fabric and grinding against her skin now. Also, yes, that shirt finds its way into being grabbed and then roughly torn in VERY short order by the "Redneck Hulk," showing Miko's usual blue and gold sports bra gear underneath it as Jacobs comes through with an open palm chop right onto the center of her chest before grinding his forearm against Miko's chest and pushing her further against the barbed wire, grinding the now exposed skin against it prior to then grabbing her by the hair and pulling her away from it, one strand stubbornly remaining on Miko's back and some fans shrieking in terror as they watch Dexter give one extra good tug to get Miko out as the barbed wire tears away at the skin from bits of Miko's back in the process - one particular camera shot catching all of it as well as some blood beginning to escape from that particular gash. But the ride isn't over here, as Jacobs irish whips Miko into the opposite strand of barbed wire and she crashes against it back-first again, letting out another yell of pain in the process from its initial impact against her. Dexter simply advances on her once again and even a wild, desperation boot thrown from Miko towards him gets deflected as Jacobs presses her against the barbed wire once again...

And then proceeds to snapmare her roughly off the barbed wire roughly prior to deadlifting her into the air, holding her up for a few moments and yelling out something inaudible just as the noise of Miko crashing against the mat due to the stalling vertical suplex is heard. Flipping Ayano on her back, Dexter methodically stomps right around the area where the gash from the barbed wire has formed, allowing for more blood to seep out from it and grinding his boot onto the wound itself for good measure. The man himself doesn't hesitate to look down upon his long-time tag team partner, anger still being the best description for his expression as his eyes averted to the garbage can and he proceeded to kick its lid off on a basis of just being pissed off at everything around him.

Dexter Jacobs took one good look at the garbage can and from it, he pulled out two things with each hand - showcasing them both and that caused the entirety of KBS Hall to widen their eyes and realize just how deep this shit really was and how much deeper it was going to become:

A barbed wire baseball bat.

Dre Hamilton: OK, the bat with the barbed wire looks like bad news when considering how that shit's torn through Ayano's flesh.

Patrick Carson: Miko Ayano's already become the first victim of the barbed wire here in this main event and with Dexter Jacobs now in full control of this match, I'm...honestly terrified of whatever the fuck he's going to do next with both of those things.

As Miko is breathing heavily and clutching onto her back, now on one knee, Jacobs drags the barbed wire baseball bat across the mat before kneeling right in front of "The Warp Drive Dragon," murderous intent in his gaze as he lifted the bat up in the air and swung down...with Miko promptly rolling backwards at the last second to avoid the possible decapitation swing aimed at the back of her head. Jacobs furiously rushed at Ayano but Miko met him with a drop toe hold.

Dexter Jacobs' forehead landed flush on the bulk of barbed wire in the middle, the crowd gasping as his expression changed from unbridled rage to actual shock as his skin began to turn red and a burning sensation was now felt across the entirety of his head...which was then further augmented as Miko Ayano stood over him. With a hardened look in her eyes, she gritted her teeth as she dug her taped left hand onto the top rope strain of barbed wire and placed her right boot on the back of Dexter Jacobs' skull, grinding his face against the barbed wire as now the "Redneck Hulk" began to scream out in pain as the barbed wire cut into his skin and the blood began to pour out gratuitously. Ayano stomped onto the back of his head a few times for good measure before running in a circle around the ring and returning to catch Dexter with a hesitation dropkick that pressed him further against the barbed wire in the process!

Patrick Carson: And that dropkick found EVERY bit of the mark and Dexter's looking bloodier by the second!

Dre Hamilton: Something about that man with those abs and all that blood dripping down from him now kinda turns me on a little bit. ...What?

Patrick Carson: Dude, he looks like the type of guy who'd drag your face in the asphalt to death while riding a motorcycle. Also, didn't he nearly maim you and that other kid in Toledo once before he killed PAROUSIA altogether?

Dre Hamilton: ...Oh yeah, that was him. Shit, me and my murder boners.

Seeing a window of opportunity at hand, Miko Ayano grabbed onto Dexter Jacobs by the hair and slowly pulled him away from the barbed wire, actually dragging him out of it. She was very quick to trap his legs and proceeded to put on an inverted indian deathlock, cranking up the pressure within it as she forced Dexter to practically drag her weight across the ring...and then watched in some semblance of awe as Jacobs carelessly grasped the barbed wire with both hands, screaming out in pain before Miko let go of the hold willingly. Some thought this to be a merciful move on the part of Ayano but it all became very clear she wasn't letting this advantage go quite yet...as if she planned to have him practically drag her across the ring on a submission and get her closer to the other side of barbed wire.

Miko saw fit to help her old partner back to his feet due to his valiant efforts, taking one good look at cut-off white t-shirt before grabbing on it by the scruff of the neck and pulling down onto it, tearing the fabric itself and exposing the man's chest. A loud, gun shot like open handed slap found its way onto Dex's chest prior to Miko pressing Jacobs' back against the strands of barbed wire, pushing against his chest and pressing him further into it before a few more knife-edged chops and open palm slaps find their mark against his chest to keep him at bay. Seeing as Jacobs is held up by the barbed wire, Ayano once again runs back, circles around before touching the barbed wire on the other side and comes back with a savage-looking bicycle kick to his skull...from which the "Redneck Hulk" seemingly just absorbs, eyes widened and the blood now trickling down from his forehead to his face, the ever-so-famous words coming out of him again:

"IS THAT ALL Y'FUCKIN' GOT, WHISKEY?!"

Dre Hamilton: And again, there he is...taunting Miko Ayano with her old name, which is also her first name, but that's besides the point here.

Patrick Carson: He's still trapped in that barbed wire though and unless he's ready to lose a chunk of flesh, this might not be the best id-- HOLY SHIT!

Miko Ayano's response to those words was to promptly grab the barbed wire baseball bat and swing it right across Jacobs' exposed sternum, holding it there for a moment before brutally tearing it away - taking at least a good bit of skin from Dexter in the process as well, another trail or two of blood beginning to emanate from him! At this point, the "Redneck Hulk" does hit the mat and it can be clearly seen that there are some gashes on his back as well from the barbed wire cutting into his skin although he's far more concerned about the blow he took across the stomach as his arms hold on to it instinctively. Ayano promptly drops the barbed wire covered bat and her gaze turns left to the garbage can. Miko proceeds to dump all of the contents from inside of it onto the mat below and outside of a kendo stick, two black bags wrapped up and a couple of Japanese road signs, there's not much else. A red upside-down triangle sign catches her eye. She takes that in her hands and whacks it across Dexter Jacobs' back at first...and then gives him a few good whacks on the left arm with it for good measure before grabbing on to his hair and dragging him towards the garbage can, in which she proceeds to pick up...and places it over his head and arms, which does seem to cause a bit of laughter from the Kyoto crowd for the first and probably only time in this entire match as Miko Ayano once again embarks on a run and PROCEEDS TO NAIL THE GARBAGE CAN TRAPPED DEXTER JACOBS WITH A BICYCLE KICK, SENDING HIM CRASHING DOWN TO THE MAT!

Ayano promptly drops down after that, covering Jacobs while the garbage can still has his head and arms trapped as the referee drops down to make the count:

ONEEEEE!!!!!!

TWOOOOOOO- And the "Redneck Hulk" uses up a lot of power but he manages to kick out as the referee slapped his hand onto the mat for the second time.

Patrick Carson: Miko making the most out of her surroundings here and that bicycle kick had some power into it, but Jacobs is just running on pure hatred!

Dre Hamilton: She has got to stay on him if she wants any chance to survive. Simple as that.

Miko quickly examines her surroundings once again, watching as Jacobs struggles on the mat to get the now dented garbage can out of him and it's just as he brings one arm out of it that causes "The Warp Drive Dragon" to promptly take said arm for herself, taking all the necessary steps to lock in her patented cross armbar but as she does, there's a sense of urgency fueled by rage from Dexter Jacobs' part as his right arm comes out and his freakish strength allows him to intertwine his hands and keep Ayano from locking the armbar in full. Jacobs begins to kick himself forward, freeing his head from the dented can and once that is done, he shifts his weight forward just as Miko's right leg begins to kick at his hands in order to try and break his grip and thus, forcing Miko onto her shoulders on the mat as he gets himself back up to a gradual, vertical base. But as the referee slides down onto the mat to count the fall, Dexter takes in a deep breath and proceeds to lift Miko Ayano off the mat...dropping her right onto the garbage can itself, the impact causing Miko to let go of the hold as she is now laid out from the impromptu powerbomb from the "Redneck Hulk" and the garbage can is nothing more than a crumpled mess in its aftermath.

Jacobs grips at his left arm, squeezing onto it and gritting his teeth in the process but doesn't seem to be feeling any extra semblance of pain or tear in the arm itself. Which only leads to a sinister grin on his face as he grabs Miko Ayano by the skull and gradually stands her up. To her credit, Miko begins to fight back again with low kicks right at Dexter's shins and the back of his knees. She manages to land a Muay Thai style teep kick in order to create some distance between herself and Jacobs, pushing him back with the strike and closer to the barbed wire. Ayano comes forward once again, advancing gradually on him this time and without rushing blindly but as she attempts to grab him by the left arm again, Dex manages to get a grasp of her gear and he lifts her up onto a flapjack...

Right onto the barbed wire, in which Ayano lands face and chest first, the crowd gasping and some screaming out at the awkward landing in question as Miko's arms definitely have gotten caught in it.

Patrick Carson: Oh my God, a flapjack right onto the wire! And Miko is in the worst possible position here.

Dre Hamilton: And the worst part of it all is that she didn't just crash down to the mat after the impact. Something got hooked by that wire and just...Fish, I think it's not just her arms that got caught up...

But the screaming from members of the audience only intensifies once Miko glances slightly downward and realizes that the wire was now caught under her chin...and it was stuck there. The terror only intensified on Miko's face as Dexter Jacobs proceeded to fish hook her with his left hand and at the sacrifice of his own right hand, he pushed and moved the barbed wire rope around, grinding it further onto Ayano as the blood does begin to emanate from under Miko's chin as she screams out. The referee can't do anything sans check on Ayano, asking if she wants to give it up. Those three words seem to set something off on Jacobs, however, as he lets go of the fish hook and promptly grabs the referee by the scruff of their shirt with a very simple warning:

"This don't fuckin' stop...till I say it fuckin' stops. You understand?"

The referee simply nodded, weakly. Dexter Jacobs, however, didn't seem to believe him one single bit as he proceeded to pull the referee right into a lariat moments after letting go of his shirt, the crowd in Kyoto booing his actions fiercely while he returned his focus to Miko Ayano, literally swatting her arms out from the barbed wire strands in which they were stuck in before grabbing her by the waist and proceeding to pull her away in full while connecting with a German suplex. "Fuckin' trash," he uttered under his breath as he visibly wiped his hands in an audible display of disgust to which the boos only grew louder and louder from the entirety of KBS Hall and with it, came a very simple chant from this entirely pro-Miko Ayano and Japanese crowd:

"DEXTER WA KAERE!"
"DEXTER WA KAERE!"
"DEXTER WA KAERE!"

The chants only seem to encourage Dexter Jacobs as he picks up the barbed wire baseball bat in one hand that was dropped on the mat, twirling it around as he soaks in the hatred from Kyoto itself...

Dre Hamilton: Jacobs has bad, bad intentions with that bat in hand but what in the world are they chanting at him?

Patrick Carson: The formal translation, I believe, is that they're telling him to go home. Although it translates a bit more properly to this entire crowd officially telling Dexter Jacobs to fuck off!

He may have not understood the exact words but the intent was clear and thus, the "Redneck Hulk" made his own intents loud and clear as he mounted Miko Ayano in a camel clutch position and began to grind the barbed wire bat against her forehead, pulling back and the cameraman getting the full look as the barbed wire cutting deep into the skin began to cause Miko's forehead to begin bleeding and once he saw this, Jacobs suppressed the instinct to laugh at the misery he was now causing his former tag partner, opting to continue causing pain, agony and suffering at every turn with the bat until Ayano's face became a crimson mask. There was no referee to ask if she gave up and it became even more apparent when Jacobs pulled the bat away roughly from Miko's head and took a strand of hair from her scalp to go with it. Dexter was almost disappointed that he hadn't taken more, so much so that he bashed the barbed wire bat across Ayano's back in the aftermath for good measure.

It was then that the "Redneck Hulk" fixated his gaze onto something else across from him after finally letting go: the barbed wire board. Dropping the barbed wire bat aside, he pummelled Ayano with a few more blows to the back as he lifted her up to a standing position and simply shook his head prior to proceeding any further, as a standing crossface chickenwing was locked into Miko Ayano with Dexter taking an extra two steps back towards the direction of the barbed wire board. Members of the crowd stood, some shouted encouragement at Miko Ayano to fight out of it, trying to encourage her as a "MI-KO" chant began out of desperation from the Kyoto crowd.

That desperation began to reach an absolute fever pitch as Dexter Jacobs began to ragdoll Miko Ayano from that very position with the move that had an oddly apt name given its yielder: "God Loves, Man Kills."

Patrick Carson: We knew this was going to get personal between these two...and yet, this is starting to get really hard to watch here, Dre. Both of them are bleeding like stuck pigs and Miko may get choked out of her life if someone doesn't do something here.

Dre Hamilton: That crossface chickenwing, if there were a referee not knocked unconscious right about now, we'd possibly see him trying to call this one off right here and now. Ayano fought well, but she's practically defenseless right now...and it doesn't look like Dexter is done yet.

The utter ragdolling of "The Warp Drive Dragon" continues from Dexter Jacobs, as he tightens his grip on the crossface chickenwing. But as Dexter goes to lift Miko off her feet...a sudden back elbow hits Dexter on the side of the ribs. And then another one. And another. The fourth one loosens his grip and the crowd begins to cheer again, the "MI-KO" chants growing loud once more as Miko Ayano is desperately fighting her way through with elbows...until her eyes widen, as she takes one deep breath while Dexter Jacobs responds by tightening the grip on the crossface chickenwing once again. Ayano glances behind her again, throwing more elbows at Dexter's ribs as he backs another step or two further...

And it's at this point in which Miko Ayano lets out a war cry, placing her left leg around Dexter's right leg and then leaping backwards onto Jacobs' body with enough force for the two of them to crash with a thud through the barbed wire board, a loud mixture of gasps and screams from the Kyoto audience emerging on impact!

Patrick Carson: A RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP, A DESPERATION RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP THROUGH THE BARBED WIRE BOARD!!!

Dre Hamilton: JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!!!

At this point, the referee has gradually come to from the lariat he'd received from Dexter Jacobs and the sight before him practically horrifies him as he sees both wrestlers screaming in pain, fallen onto the remains of the barbed wire board and most definitely trapped by said barbed wire on the destroyed board to boot. For a few moments, neither of them move from their positions as the referee promptly goes to check on the both of them - halfway looking to call it off before it's Miko Ayano who grabs him by the arm, barely being able to reach as her bloodied visage simply shakes her head at him. There are words exchanged between the two as Ayano spoke that she wanted to keep on fighting...and at this point, the referee himself looks around the ring and opens up one of the black bags that had been initially dropped as if he recognizes it. Pouring its contents on the mat below, there are certain things like a lead pipe, an extra pair of gloves and the one thing he'd been looking for: wire cutters. Putting on the gloves and then grabbing the cutters, the referee moved swiftly in order to cut away at the strands of barbed wire that were trapping both Miko Ayano and Dexter Jacobs before taking his distance to let them both continue, dropping the cutters back where he'd originally found them.

Screaming bloody murder at this point, Dexter Jacobs was the first to will himself to a standing position...even if it meant using the barbed wire and cutting up his own hands in order to do it. Panting, he watched as Miko Ayano weakly rolled out from the remnants of the barbed wire board and he made his way towards her. Miko gritted her teeth, crawling towards his direction and grasping at his hand, doing her damnedest to stand back to her feet. The "Redneck Hulk" obliged her, roughly grabbing her by the arm and bringing Miko Ayano right onto a suplex position...before suddenly then dropping her with a sheer drop powerbomb, the crowd wincing at its impact and booing accordingly given who was doing it. Dexter Jacobs had basically dragged Miko Ayano down to the waters, his version of the Orange Crush powerbomb completed as he stared over at the referee while still seated with Miko Ayano's shoulders down.

The referee took this as his cue and he proceeded to slide down in the mat closer to count the fall:

ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THRE--- MIKO AYANO'S SHOULDERS POP UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Patrick Carson: ...This isn't over yet. Drag The Waters wasn't enough. God Loves, Man Kills wasn't enough. And Miko Ayano refuses to let this end!

Dre Hamilton: At. What. Cost?! Dexter Jacobs wants this woman to suffer and this just prolongs it, Fish. And Dexter's doing a damn good job of using practically everything around him in order to do it.

Patrick Carson: Ayano swore that she would slay the monster that resides inside Dexter Jacobs and bring back the man...and even if that task is considered impossible to some, she will not go down until she has done everything she can to do just that...

Jacobs simply grits his teeth, nodding as if figuring that she wants to suffer some more. He was happy to oblige as he looked around the ring and saw the wire cutters that the referee had used in order to free them at "Whiskey's behest." He doesn't hesitate to grab them, warning the referee there's another bit of pain coming his way if he interferes at any point again or does something stupid...and even though the referee barks back at him in return, this isn't exactly a match in which Jacobs can get disqualified. Thus, the "Redneck Hulk" now has the wire cutters and he proceeds to methodically cut down the strands of barbed wire on one particular side of the ring on one end...allowing him to easily leap off the squared circle and down onto the floor once again.

Dex pocketed the wire cutters into one of the pockets of his jeans before lifting the fabric skirt and promptly pulling out something that brought another loud gasp from the crowd as Dex held up a large cinder block in his right hand before sliding it inside of the ring. He would proceed to grab five other exactly like them and bring them inside of the ring before he glances back at the crowd, who is yelling obscenities at him and he kindly proceeds to tell them to "fuck off with their dumb shit language" before he watches the crowd suddenly scramble as he gets closer to them. Dex turns around...RIGHT INTO A SUICIDE DIVE FROM MIKO AYANO, SENDING THEM BOTH ACROSS THE FLOOR AND ONTO THE FIRST FEW ROW OF CHAIRS!

Dre Hamilton: A...literal...suicide dive...

Patrick Carson: There's still some fight left in the Warp Drive Dragon, she nailed that one flush!

Ayano at this point is wildly and desperately swinging away at Jacobs with fists and forearms, mounting him and with a sense of both desperation and rage fueling her accordingly as the adrenaline began to kick in. She takes one of the now empty chairs at this point and with it, she begins to practically swing for the fences across Dexter's chest and his left arm/shoulder area, each swing harsher than the previous one before she takes a step back, watching the large "Redneck Hulk" stumble his way into a standing position with the help of the other scattered chairs before a wide swing catches Dexter Jacobs across the left shoulder. Jacobs screams out in pain, stumbling out of the rows as Ayano is now in pursuit. Another chair shot to the shoulder follows suit before Miko dropped the chair itself, throwing it onto the ring before grabbing Jacobs by the arm, banging it against the steel pole prior to shoving him back inside of the ring once again with all of her force from under the bottom strand of barbed wire. Miko took the path back into the ring from the area where there was no more barbed wire in her path, looking at the crowd she'd nearly taken out in that area and uttering a quick apology even as some blood was still escaping her facial features and various other wounds where clearly showcased across her body before she entered the squared circle again, the crowd applauding her particular motion and again, the "MI-KO" chants emerging from the Kyoto faithful who wanted to see her emerge victorious.

Miko Ayano nearly tripped over one of the cinder blocks that Dexter Jacobs had slid into the ring earlier on her way to meet him once more. She looked down at the cinder block, glancing back now at Jacobs who was lying face-first on the mat. Miko shook her head, deciding to focus on the task ahead as she proceeded to bring Dexter Jacobs up to a near vertical base, all before Dexter shoved her backwards in sheer, brutal force onto the barbed wire strands. Miko let out another shocked scream as she stumbled a step forward in Jacobs' direction as he lifted her up in the air in a stalling suplex position...

Dre Hamilton: Caught! She got caught by Jacobs!

Patrick Carson: We have seen this one before and it may very well be time for Death Is This Communiooo--- NOOOOO!!!!

But as Dexter attempted to go for the sheer drop brainbuster, Miko Ayano - in the most possibly miraculous counter, given her state - managed to slip from the grasp, landing behind Jacobs and then in one quick and desperate motion, hooking his arms up and throwing her entire body into it as she nailed Dexter with the Crucifix Bomb! At this point, the "Warp Drive Dragon" is hanging on for dear life as she maintains a cover from the crucifix position as Dexter's shoulders are down, the referee promptly sliding down to count the pinfall, as does the Kyoto crowd!

ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THREEEEE--- NOOOOOOO, DEXTER JACOBS GETS HIS SHOULDERS UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Patrick Carson: Death Is This Communion countered into the Crucifix Bomb and Miko damn near pulled this off!

Dre Hamilton: An incredible counter, but Fish...they've both lost some blood here, they've beaten the fuck out of each other...what the hell else is left?

Rolling away from the cover, Miko Ayano crawled her way to the six cinder blocks and while in her belly, she began to drag them together in a stack, gritting her teeth through the process prior to placing her hands onto it in order to help herself stand up once more. She turned around to hear another loud scream of pain alongside gazing at nothing other than the furious gaze and completely undivided attention of Dexter Jacobs, whose hands were now a bloody mess under all of the tape as he'd used the barbed wire to will himself back to his feet.

There was no price that he wasn't willing to pay to cause her suffering...that was what Dexter Jacobs was saying to Miko Ayano without so much as uttering a single word now.

There was only rage left inside of him.

Dexter Jacobs stepped forward.

Compelled to answer his very call, to keep her own promise, Miko Ayano did the same.

The former tag team partners and best friends grasped at one another with one hand while the other began to fire punches at a rapid speed, neither one of them willing to give way to the other. But even as the exchange happened, one could tell that this was the calling card of the "Redneck Hulk" as with each blow, he gained the advantage over the smaller, quicker Ayano.

She nearly dropped after his closed fist punch found its mark against her jaw, stumbling backwards and near the very cinder blocks. But as Dexter advanced further, a desperation high kick from Miko Ayano found its mark onto Jacobs' left shoulder...and the impact was enough to cause him to wince, to step back, even if just for a very brief moment...and that was enough for "The Warp Drive Dragon" to dash at his direction, grabbing onto the left arm and using the momentum to hook him with a flying cross armbar to which Dexter Jacobs screamed in agony promptly after the transition had been completed!

Patrick Carson: CROSS ARMBAR!!! SOMEWAY, SOMEHOW, SHE'S GOT IT!

Dre Hamilton: Holy shit, she pulled it off! But Fish, she's still having a hard time locking it in place to hyperextend!

The fight from Dexter by keeping his hands interlocked again while twisting and turning didn't help things but Miko Ayano screamed out, finally being able to use the grip and her strength to break off Dexter's hands from intertwining and thus, the cross armbar was locked in full. Dexter let out another scream, but it wasn't one of just sheer pain as Miko Ayano began pulling and looking for a hyperextension of the elbow and beyond.

It were the same exact words from before. The same damn words:

"IS THAT...ALL Y'GOT...WHIS...KEY?!?!"

The crowd gasped as Miko Ayano's widened open, as she stared right into Jacobs' eyes as he said those words. She sat up enough, uttering something to him.

No rage, no sadness, just a promise that it was time to end the monster that she saw within him...

What she didn't see, however, was the mere two seconds that she gave Dexter Jacobs by not hyperextending the hold.

Two seconds long enough for the "Redneck Hulk" to reach one of the cinder blocks and connect it right onto Miko Ayano's right leg...and his own left arm in the process!

Miko Ayano's scream of sheer agony echoed across KBS Hall!

Dre Hamilton: HOLY SHIT!

Patrick Carson: A cinder block...onto the same leg that he once broke...

Even the announcers are practically speechless as Dexter let go of the cinder block, screaming out in bursts with both pain and anger coursing through him after rudely breaking off the armbar in question. He stood up to his feet, watching as Ayano rolled around the mat before he stomped onto her leg for good measure a few more times before kneeling on one leg and bringing Ayano onto his right shoulder using only the good right arm. Panting and nearly stumbling while taking his steps forward, Dexter Jacobs finally stopped and then positioned Miko Ayano right in front of the other cinder blocks.

And then, he dropped to his knees on them...spiking Ayano's head!

Not even the announcers could call it out, the shock and cries from the crowd being all the background noise that you could possibly hear as Dexter Jacobs finally Miko Ayano on her back and draped an arm across her shoulders:

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

...

It was all over.

...The bell rang, but there was no announcement of a winner as a crying Rumchata Ayano rushed to the ring alongside the rest of the RAIDEN young boys to attend to Miko Ayano's injuries. The crowd booed fervently, watching as Dexter Jacobs stayed planted onto the mat with his eyes looking up at the bright lights.

Even through all the self-inflicted and received pain, even through all of the blood now staining the emerald green mat below him, the "Redneck Hulk" could do nothing more than just stare at the lights.

She'd given him one brief moment of mercy...and he'd made her pay for it.

For the rest of his days, Dexter Jacobs could say that Whiskey Miko Ayano would suffer until her dying breath.

It was a promise that he could finally deliver on...and he couldn't help but to start laughing hysterically.

The end credits roll and we fade to black.

WINNER: Dexter Jacobs