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The arena is going nuts, Madness has been a major success so far. All await the next match as two major wrestling icons have a match.

Vic Cross: The following contest is a 10 minute TIME LIMIT match, and it is scheduled for one fall!!

Tear my heart open
I sow myself shut

*The arena goes black as small, candle-sized lights glow along the entrance ramp.*

My weakness is
That I care too much

*A motorcycle engine is revved, and the lights slowly grow brighter.*

Vic Cross: Now making his way to the ring! Weighing it at 256 lbs, the Original Legend of Shadows, Shadow Starr!!

And the scars remind me
That the past is real
Tear my heart open
Just to feel

*The pyros shoot off like fireworks as Shadow enters on his custom ducati, the entire arena roaring with chants of his name. Shadow speeds down the entrance ramp, waving to fans. He hits the break and turns the steering bar, jumping into the ring as his custom ducati stops at the apron. Shadow heads to each turnbuckle, waving to fans before heading to ring center, mic in hand.*

Shadow: Vic, if you don't mind, I'd like to introduce my opponent.

*Vic looks at Shadow strangely, then shrugs and exits the ring.*

Shadow: And my opponent! One of the greatest wrestlers CTC has ever seen... one of the greatest new talents here at BTWF... and my friend, Red Comet!!!

*The crowd goes wild as "Poundcake" by Van Halen begins to play on the PA system. Red Comet emerges and makes his way to the ring, random red pyros going off. He slides into the ring and walks around in circles for a few moments. He then runs over to the only corner left and climbs to the second turnbuckle, holding up his clenched fists. He hops down and turns to Shadow, who has a hand extended. They shake and wish each other good luck, then head to opposite sides of the ring.*

DING DING DING!!

Red and Shadow both close in to the center of the ring, the clock starting. They grapple into a collar and elbow tie-up, Red taking the advantage as he flips Shadow to the mat, keeping in an armbar. Shadow is on his knees as the ref checks on him. Shadow slowly makes his way to his feet, using his other arm to trip Red. Shadow gets up but Red quickly makes it to his feet, not allowing Shadow to take an opening.

The Voice: Two friends and former CTC stars, making an impact against EACH OTHER here tonight!

Headhunter: The crowd seems to be wondering which way to cheer on this one, both of these men being fan favorites across the globe.

Back in the ring, Red has been irished whipped by Shadow, who attempts a spinebuster upon Red's rebound. Red reverses, flipping over Shadow and quickly throwing his arms around Shadow's waist. Red attempts a german suplex, but Shadow bends towards the ground, using his weight to stop Red's attack. He hits an elbow to the side of Red's head, flipping around Red and executing a german suplex of his own. He keeps his arms locked in, flipping into a bridge over Red.

1... kick-out by Red.

The Voice: Shadow looking at an early lead here against Red Comet...

Headhunter: Technically this IS Shadow's turf, with him being a BTWF star long before CTC.

The Voice: True, but if he can get a lead, Red does have some talent we haven't seen yet...

Red and Shadow are back on their feet, trading right fists. Shadow blocks one from Red, sends one into Red's abdomen, but is blocked by Red and a dropkick sends Shadow backwards.

The Voice: BEAUTIFUL STANDING DROPKICK!!

Headhunter: This could give Red a chance at the lead...

Red runs to the ropes opposite Shadow, Shadow getting up on the other side. Red hits a flying elbow to Shadow, sending Shadow to the mat. Red takes the cover.

1... 2... kick out.

Red and Shadow get to their feet and Red grapples Shadow. He slips behind Shadow, hitting 3 german suplexes. Red heads for the turnbuckles as Shadow rolls over on the mat. Red climbs to the top turnbuckle as Shadow begins to rise to his feet.

The Voice: 3 minutes have passed and Red could be looking at a victory if he hits a high-risk manuever here.

Red waits for Shadow to turn around and jumps, connecting a flying clothesline!! Shadow goes down again, Red taking the cover.

1... 2... Shadow gets a leg on the ropes.

Red looks at the ref, yelling about the pin being a 3. The ref indicates to Red that Shadow's foot was on the ropes, Red turning around to see. Shadow slowly grabs the ropes and lifts himself up, Red watching. As Shadow turns around, Red starts in with a barrage of right and left fists. Shadow is backed into a turnbuckle where Red climbs and starts 10 punches.

1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... eigh... POWERBOMB!!!

The Voice: OH MY GOSH!! Shadow musters up the power to hit a huge powerbomb to Red!! If Shadow can somehow get to his feet, he can get a huge lead here!!

Shadow and Red lie half-conscience in the ring. The ref begins to count them out.

1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... Red is up.

Headhunter: Unfortunately for Shadow, it looks like Red may still have the edge in this match.

Red leans on the ropes, obviously injured from Shadow's desperation move but still ready to go on. Red walks over to Shadow and picks him up, Shadow looking to be out cold. Red points into the air before flipping Shadow over, landing a huge flip piledriver.

The Voice: STARSCREAM!!! RED JUST HIT THE STARSCREAM!!! IT'S ALL OVER!

1... 2... NO!! SHADOW KICKS OUT!!!

Headhunter: HOW THE HELL DID HE...? NO WAY!!!

Red begins to complain to the ref, the Starscream SHOULD have finished off Shadow completely. The ref tells Red he had NOTHING to do with Shadow's kick-out, Red turns around and heads for the turnbuckle. He jumps off, attempting the Styles Clash... AND IS KNEE'D IN THE GUT!!

The Voice: SHADOW RECOVERS!!

Headhunter: Shadow somehow realizes where he is and what is going on, pulling his knees up to his jaw to protect himself!! Let's just hope he can capitalize!!

The Voice: He'll have to... there's only 5 minutes left!!

Shadow and Red are lying on the mat, Red injured from the knee and Shadow still injured from the Starscream. The ref begins to count them both out.

1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 8... 9... Shadow uses the ropes to get to his feet.

Red begins to crawl to the ropes as Shadow hangs on, almost as though his life depended on it. Red makes it to his feet and charges at Shadow, Shadow reacting and throwing Red over the ropes and outside the ring.

The Voice: Oooo... big move by Shadow, but can he make this work... or can Red recover before it's too late?

Headhunter: Uh-oh!! I don't like the looks of this!!

Shadow has slowly made his way across the ring and watches Red on the outside. He points to the right side of the arena, then to the left, then down at Red. Red begins to rise and Shadow charges, jumping off the top rope and landing an EXTREME BODY PRESS to Red!!!!

The Voice & Headhunter: WHOA!!

The Voice: RED TAKEN OUT BY SHADOW!!

Headhunter: A HUGE move by the Original Legend of Shadows!!

Both men lay lifeless outside the ring, Shadow and Red both suffering from injuries that no doubt have taken a lot out of both of them. The ref begins to count them both out.

1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 8... 9... te... no! Shadow has crawled back into the ring, sliding back out to by more time.

Shadow slowly lifts Red, the Legend barely able to keep himself up. He pulls Red to the ring and rolls him in, then lifts himself into the ring. Shadow heads to the opposite side of the ring, leaning back on the ropes. He waves his hand across his face.

The Voice: Here comes the Shadow Slam!!!

Headhunter: If Red CAN get up, he'll only face the Shadow Slam before being totally KO'd!!

Red slowly makes it to his feet, Shadow baring a small grin. Shadow charges and Red turns around... THE SHADOW SLAM CONNECTING!! Red goes down and Shadow looks good to go!

The Voice: NOW is the true end!! Shadow is going to take the win here and Red will be on the next stretcher out!!

Headhunter: I'm not sure about that! Shadow doesn't look to good himself and he's only got a minute to recover, realize Red is down and take the pin!!

Shadow and Red are both down ring center, Shadow half-conscience but still able to take control. Red lies ring center, completely unconscience. The ref, seeing both men not moving much, counts both of them.

1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 8... 9... Shadow is on his feet.

Shadow looks around a bit, the pain he suffered earlier now seems to be taking a toll on the Legend. He slowly makes his way to Red, dropping to his knees and covering.

1... 2... thr... NO!! RED KICKS OUT!

The Voice: 30 seconds left, and Red STILL kicks out, even after an eXtreme body press AND the Shadow Slam!!!

Headhunter: If Shadow can't fall Red now, then time will be up and neither of these two will win!!

Shadow rolls over to his back, not sure of his next move. With ony 30 seconds left, a timer appears on the BGS. Shadow notices this and flings caution to the wind, heading for the top turnbuckle.

The Voice: WHAT IS HE DOING?!

Headhunter: This must be a HUGE match personally to Shadow... the only time he's gone to the top turnbuckle is when he hits the Grim Reaper!!

Shadow balances himself on the top turnbuckle, then bends down to jum... BUT HE FALLS!!! The injuries Shadow has suffered are too much for him, and Shadow falls to the mat. Red starts to move but there are only 20 seconds left. The crowd starts to countdown with the timer.

Fans: 20... 19... 18... 17... 16... 15... 14...

Red crawls towards Shadow, who lies unconscience near the turnbuckle.

Fans: 13... 12... 11... 10... 9... 8...

Red gets closer, throwing his arm into the air.

Fans: 7... 6...

The ref counts as Red drops his arm across Shadow's chest:

Fans: 5... 4... 3...
Ref: 1! ... 2! ... He's up!!

Shadow gets a foot on the bottom rope at 2 1/2, Red realizing what this means.

Fans: 2... 1!!!

DING DING DING!!!

The Voice: NO!! Both men were so close!!

Headhunter: But when it's all said and done...

Vic Cross: As a result of a time-out, this match ends in a DRAW!!!

The Voice: WHAT?! All that, all the blood, sweat and tears, all the major high-risk maneuvers and desperation counters, and it's a TIE?!

Headhunter: Well... that's how the cookie crumbles.

The arena cheers as the match went extremely well for them, Red and Shadow helping each other to their feet. A standing ovation from the crowd causes Red and Shadow to look to each other, shaking hands and waving to the crowd.

The Voice: Well, at least there's one good thing here.

Headhunter: The fact that their friendship has given them the ability to remain respectful despite the fact that neither of them came out on top?

The Voice: No. The fact that Shadow and Red beat the crap out of each other and neither of them has anything to show for it. Heh...

Headhunter: Disappointed?

The Voice: Just a little...

*We fade to black as the next match begins...*

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The brand new Aekea Civic Center is rocking, the fans cheering in great anticipation that not only is their new arena FINALLY has opened up, but that the first show they are going to witness is the Night of Champions. The ring has been cleaned up and prepared for this next match, Victor Cross standing firmly next to the referee, who happens to be holding a brown leather strap, which gets a few boos from the fans in the front row, who despise the gimmick of this next match. After a few moments of anticipation, the Aekea windows come to life, pumping up the crowd for the following contest, as it shows a picture of a very cocky Maxwell Conners, which recieves a mixed reaction from the crowd, some cheering his work ethic, some booing the way he chooses to work. Then a picture of Stephen Ford shows up, which again gets a mixed reaction from the crowd.

The Voice- This crowd sure seems to favor workrate above anything else, huh Jim?

Headhunter- Sure is Vic. You know who's going to have his work cut out for him Vic? Ford. I can feel Conners' frustration after the ToG, and I bet he's looking to do anything to win.

The Voice- We shall see Jim. And I'm getting word that Maxwell is standing by backstage with our very own Johnny Miller.

The Aekea windows flash to the backstage area, where Johnny Milleris standing, holding up a BTWF mic, looking a tad nervous, but ready nonetheless. "I am being joined now by Maxwell Conner...." The camera fans over to show a very serious Maxwell Conners, who has a very determined look on his face, as he seems to be staring intently at something off camera. Miller looks a tad intimidated by Maxwell, but goes on with his questioning anyways. "Umm...Maxwell Conners, you have a grueling strap up next with..." Maxwell's far off look is now focused on Miller, as he merely snatches the mic right out of his hand before telling Miller to "get lost." The fans have a mixed reaction to that, but Maxwell merely brushes his hair back before smirking to himself and continuing. "Listen, Ford....I be you're wondering why I requested this strap match for tonight. You wanna know why?" The crowd stays dead silent, lingering on Maxwell's every word. "Because two weeks ago Madness, you caused my team a chance to win. Your arrogance blinded you then, and just like that, all my momentum leading into the ToG was gone. And we all know how that turned out." Maxwell looks down for a brief moment before looking back up at the camera. "Which is exactly why I aided in your loss at the same event. But its not the same. Its not the same as getting my hands on you and destroying you, which is what I'm going to do tonight." Maxwell smirks once again to himself and shakes his head to himself, before going on. "I used to say Payback wasn't a b***h...and I think I was right. The only b***h here tonight is you Ford." WIth that, Maxwell drops the mic and walks off camera.

The fans have a mixed reaction to Maxwell's comments, but focus their attention back onto the ring as the bell chimes throughout the Aekea Civil Center and Victor Cross begins to explain the rules for this match. "The following contest is a strap match. The rules are simple. Both men will be connected by a long leather strap." The fans boo as the ref raises the strap to show them. "There will be no disqualification, but in order to win, either man must touch all four turnbuckles uninterruped and in succession." The fans boo at the gimmick match, obviously preferring a plain one-on-one match, but before much chagrin is showed, the arena begins to darken as "Stay in the Shadow" by Finger Eleven begins to play. A mixed reaction, which almost sounds like a buzzing falls over the arena as a dark light shines down on the entrance ramp, where Stephen appear from the back, to a good pop from the crowd. Stephen slowly begins to walk down to the ring, high-fiving any fan that he can along the way. "And introducing first, from Cape Coral, Florida, weighing in at 225 pounds, he is the first ever Barton Town Wrestling Federation World Heavyweight Champion, Stephen Ford!" Once he gets to the ring, instead of immediately entering it, he begins to walk around the outside of it, high-fiving even more fans, and willingly taking in pats on the back that he can get. Once he is all the way around the ring, he slowly begins to climb up the ring steps, looking out at all the crowd, who have a mixed reaction to him. Once he is on the apron, he climbs through the ropes as the lights come back on, and he gets a little pop from the crowd, but he can't help but smirk at the amount of boos he is recieving as well. He then turns his attention away from the crowd and focuses it on the entrance ramp with a serious, determined look on his face, as the lights begin to darken and a red light shines down from the Aekea windows.

Again, a mixed reaction begins to pick up, but unlike Stephen, the cheers outweigh the boos, as "With the Fire" by Fozzy begins to play. Once the song begins to pick up, Maxwell emerges from the back to an interesting reaction the crowd, being that it is more cheers than boos. Maxwell smirks at the reaction before making his way to the right side of the entrance ramp, and crouching down and pointing at all the fans, talking some smack as he usually does, but those certain fans seem to be eating it up. "And introducing his opponent, from Las Vegas, Nevada, weighing in at 225 pounds, he is the Pinnacle of Perfection, Maxwell Conners!" Maxwell by now has made his way to the other side of the entrance ramp, where he seemingly enjoying the mixed reaction he is getting, as he is taunting the fans to "come on" with the cheers. After a moment, Maxwell brushes them off before heading back to the center of the ramp. Feeling up for a little change, after a moment of jumping up and down to pysche himself up for the match, Maxwell raises his arms to the sky, the crowd cheering a bit, since Maxwell hasn't done this in a while, as he begins to "shoot" pyro alongside the ramp, down to the ring. After the pyro clears, to a little pop, Maxwell begins to walk down to the ring, pointing out and taunting any fans with bad signs or that talk smack to him, before brushing them off and continuing to the ring. Once he reaches it, he looks at it before a bit, and stares at it seriously for a second before picking up his pace and sliding into it. He stays on the ground for a second before quickly jumping back up to his feet. He points at Stephen, who is leaning back in a turnbuckle on the opposite side of the ring, before climbing up the nearest turnbuckle, as he points back to himself before brushing off the fans and jumping back down to the mat, as the lights go back up in the arena and "With the Fire" begins to fade.

Maxwell quickly hands a ringside crewsman his jacket and shades, before slowly walking to the center of the ring, towards where the ref is standing with the leather strap. Stephen is still leaning back against that turnbuckle, and doesn't look very anxious to move. Maxwell begins to taunt Stephen, seemingly asking Stephen if he is scared, but Stephen smirks at the reaction he has provoked out of Maxwell. He brushes back his hair as he begins to move forward towards Maxwell, pointing to him and talking some smack, but Maxwell smirks back, happy that he got something out of Stephen. Maxwell holds out his hand for the ref to attach the leather strap to, as Stephen does the same after. The crowd boos as the ref backs up after tying the strap to both men, obviously not happy with this match. After a fierce staredown between two men, Maxwell looks down and holds up his hand, seemingly asking Stephen to shake it. The crowd begins to buzz, not knowing what they're going to see, as Stephen begins to look out at them, wondering what he should do. Maxwell keeps his hand out, telling Stephen to "come on," but Stephen shakes his head, to a mixed reaction from the crowd. This obviously angers Maxwell, who mutters something angry to Stephen, who continues to smirk.

Headhunter- Oh, Ford is going to wish that he would have shaken Maxwell's hand Vic.

The Voice- Well, I respect Ford for that. He doesn't like Maxwell, and he's showing him it.

Headhunter- Respect....Ford? Wow Vic, you're lucky this crowd didn't hear you. RIOTS I SAY!

Both men move towards one another and lock up for the first time in the match. Maxwell seems to have an advantage as he is able to shove Stephen against the ropes, but it turns into a back and forth struggle as both men eventually find themselves situated in a turnbuckle, Stephen the agressor, Maxwell leaning against it. Stephen pounds away at Maxwell's midsection with with punishing rights, followed by kicks, which all lead to Maxwell slumping down and leaning against the bottom turnbuckle. But being a no DQ match, Stephen begins to kick away at Maxwell, stumping a mudhole into Maxwell, which sends him nearly lying on the mat, which nearly erases the fact that he touched the first turnbuckle. After a few more kicks, Stephen drags Maxwell away from the turnbuckle, realizing that he had given Maxwell to much of an opportunity to once again grab that first turnbuckle. Once nearly in the center of the ring, Stephen drags Maxwell to his feet and hooks the arm in position for a suplex, but Maxwell hooks a leg, not letting Stephen hit the move. Instead, Maxwell is able to lift Stephen in position for a suplex of his own, but Stephen slips out and lands right behind him and is able to land a release german suplex. Maxwell hits his head hard on the mat, and Stephen, noticing this, begins to pound away with swift rights and lefts to the face, his rage fueling his unrelentless style thus far in this match. After a second, Stephen climbs back up to his feet, and seeing Maxwell hold his head, he drags him over to the first turnbuckle, which he firmly pats. He gets a little cheer, but some boos creep up as well. He slowly begins to make his way to the second turnbuckle, dragging Maxwell along with him, the crowd booing a bit. Once Stephen reaches that turnbuckle, he is about to pat it when Maxwell hits him with a low blow from behind, which sends Stephen slumping to the mat, holding his groin. The crowd gives a mixed reaction to this as well, just happy that this match hasn't turned into a hardcore brawl...yet.

Maxwell quickly gets back up to his feet, and points to his head, seemingly telling the crowd, as well as Stephen, that he is smarter than him. Maxwell then goes to work on Stephen, kicking at his midsection before driving his boot into the face of Stephen, as he sends it back into the bottom turnbuckle that he had been planning to tap. After a moment of choking him out, Maxwell hops onto the bottom rope, getting a little air before driving a knee into the face of Stephen. After a moment, Maxwell brushes back his hair and and drags Stephen to his feet before hitting a quick scoop slamp in front of the turnbuckle, before Maxwell points to the sky, which gets a mixed reaction from the crowd. He gives the turnbuckle a quick tap, the crowd by this time getting more comfortable with the premise of the match, shouting "ONE!" as Maxwell does so. After a moment, Maxwell is able to climb to the top rope, and he takes a lot longer than he usually does, which allows Stephen to yank at the strap, which causes Maxwell to lean forward and lose his balance, as he falls, groin first into the top turnbuckle. Maxwell begins to hold his groin as Stephen gets up to his feet and slowly makes his way over to where Maxwell is standing. He pounds away at Maxwell's head with a quick right, followed by another one, before climbing up to the second rope and hooking the arm, attempting a superplex, but Maxwell grabs the top rope, not wanting to be superplexed. He instead pounds away at the midsection of Stephen, before giving him a headbutt, which causes him to fall back down to the mat, but what he doesn't count on is Stephen pulling on the leather strap connecting the two, which drags Maxwell down to the mat alongside him.

The Voice- A pretty clean match we've seen thus far, huh Jim?

Headhunter- Relatively clean. For a strap match that is. But trust me Vic, things will change.

Stephen is up to his knees by this point, and he is right back on Maxwell, as he begins to pound away with hard rights and lefts. But Maxwell is able to cover up, and begin to crawl away. Instead of staying on him, Stephen prefers to taunt the crowd, who give him a mixed response, but he gives Maxwell WAY to much time, as he is able to regain his composure and use the leather strap to pull Stephen towards him before nearly beheading him with a clothesline. Maxwell takes a moment to push back the hair cluttering his face before taking the strap and wrapping it arounf the neck of Stephen as he begins to choke him out, the crowd all over Maxwell because of this move. But Maxwell doesn't care. On the contrary, he begins to choke even harder now. But he isn't satisfied by this. While leaving the strap around Stephen's neck, he quickly drags him to his feet and looks around for a way to inflict more pain on Stephen. Seeing the ropes gives Maxwell an evil smile on his face as throws Stephen against the ropes and begins to pound away with hard kicks and punches, which sends Stephen leaning closer and closer to the mat. This allows Maxwell to turn Stephen around and lean him face first, so his head is over the second rope, as he places a knee in the back of Stephen and begins to choke away even harder, a very sadistic look on his face as he inflicts more pain and punishment to Stephen. After a moment, he releases the choke and Stephen falls back to the mat, desperately holding his throat as he begins to try and gasp for air.

Seeing that Stephen is very winded, he quickly slides out of the ring, and so that Stephen doesn't fall to the outside, he begins searching under the near ring apron for a weapon, any weapon that he can use on him. He finally emerges after a few moments with a steel chair, much to the chagrin of the crowd. He quickly slides back into the ring and begins to stalk Stephen, who has untied the strap from his neck and beginning to try and get up. Once up to his feet, Maxwell raises an arm to taunt Stephen, wanting him to turn around. Once Stephen finally obliges, Maxwell takes a swing, but Stephen is able to duck the chair shot. Maxwell turns around in order to attempt another one, but this time, he is met with the F.O.R.D. The roundhouse kick sends the chair right back into the face of Maxwell, who is immediately floored and appears to be knocked out. Stephen falls to the mat, wincing a bit at his leg after hitting that move, but after a few moments to let it regroup, Stephen gets back up to his feet ever so slowly and begins to limp to the nearest turnbuckle, dragging the lifeless Maxwell with him. "ONE!" He then begins to head to the next one, but makes sure to land a few kicks on the head of Maxwell, who he doesn't want to spring to life. "TWO!" He begins to head for the third one, but what what he doesn't see is that Maxwell is slowly beginning to stir behind him and is now on his knees, crawling behind him. "THREE!" The crowd begins to buzz immensly, Stephen being so close to victory, and Maxwell being ready to pounce, which he does. About halfway to the last turnbuckle, Maxwell is able to take down Stephen with a shot block to his bad leg. This causes Stephen to immediately crumple to the mat and to hold that bad leg. Maxwell doesn't let off though as he quickly gets up to his feet and moves over to Stephen's bad leg and begins to kick away at it. Stephen begins to scream in pain, as Maxwell falls to the mat and turns Stephen over before applying a reverse leg lock. Maxwell knows there are no submissions in this match, he just wants to weaken the leg. Stephen begins to scream in pain, and after a few moments, begins to tap out, but that means nothing. After a few moments, Maxwell thinks he has softened up Stephen's leg enough, and releases the hold, which causes Stephen to now roll around holding his leg, since he was unable to do that while still in the move.

Headhunter- Well, I'm suprised to say this match has become more technical than hardcore.

The Voice- You disapointed?

Headhunter- You know it....

Maxwell then walks over to where that chair he brought in was lying, and the crowd is again all over him. He lays it down on the mat next to where is Stephen is lying, and obviously has something evil on his mind. He slowly makes his way over to Stephen then drags him to his feet by his hair, before putting him in a standing headscissors, keeping him up on his feet by his hair, before taunting the crowd and hitting THE HEARTBREAKER ON A CHAIR!. Stephen hits the mat hard, face first. Maxwell smirks at this and begins to taunt the crowd who is now all over Maxwell, before slowly walking over to the first turnbuckle and tapping it. "ONE!" He then begins to walk to the other one, but the fatigue, and having to drag Stephen with him is slowing Maxwell, but nonetheless, he makes it to the second turnbuckle. "TWO!" He looks down at Stephen, who is starting to come to, but Maxwell kicks at his face, before slowly dragging him over to the third turnbuckle. "THREE!" And feeling very confident, once he is over to the fourth turnbuckle, before tapping it and getting the win, Maxwell feels the need to taunt Stephen one last time. He slowly drags Stephen to his feet, having a hard time of it, since Stephen's leg is obviously in pain. Once up to his feet, Maxwell smirks at Stephen, before giving him a hard slap across the face, but it turns to all be for naught...AS STEPHEN HITS THE SKF OUT OF NOWHERE!

Both men are now down on the mat, both obviously exhausted after taking each other's finishing manuevers, and Stephen holds his leg, seeming to have landed wrong after hitting the SKF. With no countouts in the match, all that can be heard is the buzzing of the crowd. After a few moments, both men begin to stir, Maxwell rolling over on his stomach, Stephen on his knees. After a few moments, Stephen using the ropes for leverage, uses the nearest turnbuckle to help keep himself up. Maxwell charges at Stephen and hits him with a turnbuckle clothesline, unknowingly touching the turnbuckle himself. "ONE!" Maxwell then irish whips Stephen into the opposite turnbuckle, neither man obviously thinking about the stipulation, and follows close suit, but as soon as Stephen hits the turnbuckle, he ducks the attempted splash, and Maxwell goes headfirst into that turnbuckle, falling back groggy and is easily taken down by a bulldog from Stephen. "TWO!" Seeing that Maxwell appears out of it, Stephen slowly makes his way to a turnbuckle neither man had touched yet and climbs it, wanting to end the job on a bang, while touching that turnbuckle, but what he doesn't see is that Maxwell has quickly gotten back to his feet and hit the near ropes, which causes Stephen to lose his balance, which allows Maxwell to toss Stephen off the top rope in a modified gorilla press. Maxwell, wanting to outdo his bitter rival, taps the turnbuckle as well and looks as if he wants to hit a daredevil move. "THREE!" But he takes way to long to get up, from taunting the fans to fatigue, which allows Stephen to get back up to his feet and nail Maxwell with a stiff right, followed BY AN SKF OFF OF THE TOP ROPE OUT OF NOWHERE! Both men end up lying in the middle of the ring, Maxwell completely out of it, Stephen beginning to stir. He begins to crawl ever so slowly, the crowd giving a mixed reaction, but starting to get behind him after that impressive move. Stephen begins to crawl ever so slowly towards that last turnbuckle. Once he reaches it, he reaches up to try and touch the top turnbuckle, but he can't reach it. He slowly begins to use the nearest ropes for leverage, trying so slowly to get up to be able to reach it, giving Maxwell time to stir. After a moment, Stephen is up to his feet and mere inches away from touching the turnbuckle, smiling out at the crowd who is cheering him on by this point...only to be taken by suprise BY ANOTHER LOW BLOW FROM BEHIND BY MAXWELL....which causes Stephen to slump forward...hitting the top turnbuckle with his head before slumping to the mat.

The ref immediately calls for the bell, as "Stay in the Shadow" once again begins to play as Stephen slowly slides out of the ring and quickly unties his end of the strap, not wanting to deal with Maxwell after that hard fought win. "And here is your winner, Stephen Ford!" Maxwell is on his knees and looks as if he is going to pull out his hair at the result. He slowly begins to get up to his feet and points at Stephen, who is slowly backing up the entrance ramp, limping and holding his head. Once Stephen reaches the top of the entrance ramp, he raises his arms in victory, to yet another mixed reaction from the crowd, but there are more cheers this time, as they believe he has earned this victory, before heading to the back.

The Voice- STEPHEN WINS! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT JIM! WHAT A MATCH!

Headhunter- Stephen earned that one, I'll give him that. But he better know its better to be lucky than good. And thats what he was tonight...lucky.

By this time, "Stay in the Shadow" is no longer playing and Maxwell is shown standing in the ring in utter disbelief. He falls to the mat and puts his hands to his eyes, as if he is going to cry to himself, but that look is quickly vanished, as he once again shoots back up to his feet and begins to make his way over to the ringside nearest Victor Cross' station. He demands a mic and quickly gets it, before moving the hair out of his face. His voice shows his exhaustion and angst as he begins. "I am sick, and I am tired of this. First two weeks ago Madness, then the Tournament of Gods, and now this? Maxwell Conners has been screwed for the last time." He takes a moment to catch his breath, obviously tired from the match, and letting the crowd keep up with him. "So you know what? I'm through. I'm sick of this crap. I don't need you people and I don't need the BTWF when all its going to do is screw me over. I'm leaving..." The crowd cheers a bit, yet boos a bit, not wanting to see Maxwell go, but in total shock nonetheless either way, as Maxwell finally unties his end of the strap and dropping it in the center of the ring. "And I'm not coming back until I'm good and ready, and when I feel I finally am getting the respect that I deserve, so that this kind of bullshit doesn't happen again. So to quote the little p***k that just "beat" me...'later dayz.' " With that, Maxwell drops the mic and slowly makes his way back up the entrance ramp, scoffing off any fans that he can along the way that are giving him a hard time. Once Maxwell has reached the top of the entrance ramp, he looks out at all the fans, some chanting "Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey...good bye." Others are booing, not wanting to see Maxwell leave. Maxwell looks down and shakes his head in frustration before brushing off the crowd and walking to the back, the people not knowing if and when they will ever see him again, as the ringcrew prepares the ring for the next match.

Victor Cross: "The following contest is a 2 out of 3 Falls match and will be held under Pure Wrestling rules with a 90 minute time limit for the entire match. Unlike regular matches under these Pure Wrestling rules however, the 3 rope breaks which you would get for the entire match are now a set amount for each fall. This amount will be 3 for the first fall, 2 for the second fall, and 1 for the third fall. Also, there is a 20 count on the floor in this match and once your opponent has used all their rope breaks you can then use the ropes to apply submissions to them."

"Introducing first, from Buffalo, New York, weighing in at 158 pounds and standing 5 foot 9 inches tall, she is 'The Prodigy' Riona Langly!"

A soft pinging noise is heard throughout the arena as the house lights begin to flicker. The lights go out completely after a few moments as a slow guitar riff starts, punctuated by huge bass drum beats. A woman's voice comes over the speakers, speaking in a low tone.

Sing to me my muses...
Lost in the hot cyclops anarchy...
Possession, invention
Blood, blood...

Spirits, spirits...

Spirits, spirits come, come...

The drum beats get faster, and the woman's voice gets louder...

Where will these visions lead?
How far dare I go?
Where will this song take me?...
INTO THE DEEP UNKNOWN!!!

Silver sparks shower down from the entrance ramp and a woman slowly walks out into them. The woman's black dreadlocks, dyed red at the front, cover her face, but she suddenly tosses her head back and throws her arms out to the side in a crucifix position as silver fireworks shoot off from the ramp in front of her. Riona calmly steps out of the firework shower, an evil grin on her face as she walks down to the ring... She slides in and points out to the crowd, in hate or appriciation we don't know, and then begins to stretch in her corner...

*As Riona continues stretching in her corner the expected sound of a guitar riff begins to play here in Aekea, but where the fans usually might boo many begin to cheer as "Better Than You" by The Hellacopters starts to play. The reason for this of course is that while Austin may be a heel to his skeletal system that doesn't mean he isn't a great wrestler and the fans here appreciate great wrestling and workrate above any standard of kayfabe or gimmick characters.*

YOU'RE A KNIFE TO HIS GUN
WHEN YOU'RE BORED
HE'S OUT HAVING FUN

YOU'RE ALWAYS ON THE LOOK OUT
HE'S A STAR
YOU STRUGGLE WITH DO'S
AND WHO YOU ARE

SO C'MON - C'MON YOU WANNA GET ON
AND IF YOU ONLY KNEW
YOU'RE A GIVER HE'S A GETTER
JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN YOU

*The song continues on with most of the crowd cheering for Azure like they had Riona before him as the self-proclaimed "Wrestling G.O.D." steps out from the back. Unlike he usually might Austin doesn't have some kind of theme or BS ready for his entrance, other than the usual announcing by David Stetson of course, planned tonight. Instead he takes center stage on the entrance ramp and crosses his arms over his chest in an X as a surprisingly large number of members from the crowd do as well before he grins and uncrosses his arms to shout out that tonight he is going to make Aekea another holding in his wrestling domain.*

HE'S A DOCTOR
YOU'RE A NURSE
HE'S GOT UNBOUNCED CHECKS
YOU GOT AN EMPTY PURSE

HE'S A HUNDRED AND TEN
WHEN YOU GOT A HUNCH
A FIVE STAR KING
AND YOU'RE OUT TO LUNCH

SO C'MON - C'MON YOU WANNA GET ON
AND IF YOU ONLY KNEW
YOU'RE A GIVER HE'S A GETTER
JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN YOU

*Of course Austin is referring to Durem as being his other stronghold in the BTWF, but he sure as hell can't help it if the fans like him too much to jeer him. Thoughts such as these fill his head as Austin walks down the entrance ramp, somewhat oblivious to he fact there are many in the crowd who boo him too, some being fans of Riona Langly and some being fans of others Austin has gone against. While Austin deals with the crowd as he sees fit David Stetson follows not too far behind him, having come from the back shortly after Azure, and is wearing a very expensive looking black suit which was definitely picked out specially for coming to Aekea tonight seen as how this is the first BTWF show here. As Stetson looks around at the crowd who either love or hate Austin he can tell just as well as others tonight that the BTWF will no doubt be back with the great crowd reaction they have received and the amazing turnout as well. Then again this was a heavily advertised event with some big matches, but the BTWF couldn't have asked for much better of a showing.*

HE'S PILING TROPHIES
YOU'RE ON THE HUNT
HE'S OF ROYAL DESCENT
YOU'RE A BONAFIDE RUNT

BEHOLD THE DON OF YOUR
HUMILIATION
WHILE YOU PAINT IT PINK
HE CRANKS BROWNSVILLE STATION

SO C'MON - C'MON YOU WANNA GET ON
AND IF YOU ONLY KNEW
YOU'RE A GIVER HE'S A GETTER
GOT A GIRL HE'S GOING TO GET HER
JUST A - JUST A
JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN YOU

OH YEAH

*Upon arriving at the bottom of the entrance ramp Austin walks over to the ring steps and looks at them for a moment before shifting his gaze to see Riona waiting patiently in the far corner of the ring. Azure yells to Riona that she better get comfy as he climbs the ring steps and enters the ring while being quickly followed by David Stetson. Once in the ring Austin stands in the corner opposite of Riona and looks around at the building and the crowd a bit as David Stetson walks past Austin and positions himself in the middle of the ring.*

"Ladies and gentlemen...Aekea fans of wrestling and workrate alike...as I'm sure you've seen on your television sets each and every night I am David Stetson and this right here is possibly the greatest wrestler the BTWF, no, the WORLD has ever seen and I'm sure as hell not talking about Ms. Langly."

"Tonight as the BTWF celebrates another milestone in it's history with Madness: Night of Champions IV as well as the BTWF debut in this new arena in Aekea we reflect upon memories of wrestlers who were a part of past Madness: Night of Champions. Wrestlers who may or may not still be with us now such as..."

"Chris McLaren, Worlock, Icy Ali, Raymond Kage, Fox, Ravena, Alex Auldron, Bryan Kutterman, Rocky, The Tiger, Victor Bidwell, Kat, Stephen Ford, Omega, Shadow Starr, Twilight Tokyo Rose, Shady, Jack Frost, Jaice Wilds..."

*This insanely long list is obviously to try and get the crowd against Austin, but they only seem to be going against Stetson who gets many "shut the ******** up" chants which is only making the list seem longer than it already is. With the latest one Stetson decides he needs some water and is handed a bottle from an official on the outside. He takes a quick drink while Riona seems to have fallen asleep in the corner and Azure keeps playing to the crowd and arguing with one individual in particular wearing a green lantern shirt. After taking a drink Stetson moves back into the middle of the ring and waits for the last of the chants to die down as he begins to read the rest of the special M:NoC list.*

"Continuing now, Sean Carbon, Mr. Money, Mike Moore, Irvine Kanyon, Seraph, Kid Chaos, Dark Lord, Dizturbed, The Heat, Apolo, Darkfyre, Eclipse, Iron, The Powerhouse, The Eliminator, Darson Grays, Big Daddy, Steve Twist, and yes even Riona Langly!"

"But more importantly than all of them is Xunkai as well as the man who is better than each and every single one of them...in the ring to my left...with the audacity to put a certain someone down in two straight falls...weighing in at a slim, trim weight of 94 kilos which is of course 207 pounds for all those looking to score points on your respective message boards...originally from Fairbanks, Alaska but now residing in Denver, Colorado...he is the Durem legend and the lord of Aekea...the standard in perfection...the supreme ruler of old and new school...the king of men...the king of kings...the king of workrate and all living things...the almighty 'Wrestling G.O.D.' AUSTIN AZURE!"

*As Azure comes to the middle of the ring and goes down to one knee streamers start to shower the ring, but unlike they usually would these actually come from the crowd instead of the turnbuckles. And what a display the streamers make as most are either gold or blue and Austin smirks while crossing his arms across his chest in and X before standing back up once all the streamers are done being thrown. Grey Fox who will be the ref for at least the first fall in this match looks at the mess with a look of anger on his face and starts to clean it up immediately, but Azure helps a little as he grabs a streamer that didn't unravel correctly and goes over to the ropes before throwing it at the fan in the green lantern shirt.*

Azure: "First of all you don't tell me how to do my job you virgin b***h. Secondly get a new ******** superhero because the Green Lantern sucks bigger c**k than Riona. And lastly if you want to act like a critic go see Batman Begins and b***h about that with your message board buddies because I'm not going to have any of it!"

*The fan in question goes to respond to Azure after this, but the crowd quickly starts a "you got served" chant that is directed at the man and rightfully so as Azure definitely put him in his place. As Austin turns back towards the middle of the ring he sees that officials on the outside and a few ring hands are helping Grey Fox clear the streamers so it only takes about 20 more seconds or so for all of them to be cleared. While the final few are taken out of the ring Grey asks Azure and Riona to come together in the middle of the ring and when they do the ref asks Azure and Riona if they are both crystal clear on the rules because he isn't going to give breaks. Both Austin and Riona nod and go back to their respective corners while still facing each other, both not wanting to be suddenly jumped by the other while Grey Fox goes over to the ropes and signals to the time keeper to get this match started.*

*The Bell Rings*

Neither Riona or Austin moves from their respective corner as the bell sounds and the Aekea fans cheer for the match finally getting underway. This rematch has been long awaited and both Azure and Riona know how much of an impact this could have on their BTWF careers as they slowly begin to circle around the ring while the crowd in Aekea claps along, waiting for the first lock up of this match. Upon making a full circle around the ring Austin and Riona come together in the center of the ring into an old school collar and elbow tie-up. At first neither one gains any ground on the other as they struggle in it for a few moments, but as Riona feels Azure gaining the upper hand in strength she decides against furthering this lock and breaks out before stepping backwards slightly and starting to circle again while Azure does the same. They are closer to each other in this circle than the last and make two rotations around the ring in the same time one took last time before they come together once more in a collar and elbow tie-up. The result seems to be the same as last time at first, but suddenly Riona breaks free from the lock up and places her arm around the neck of Azure to place him in a Side Headlock. Austin doesn't seem even a bit worried as he is placed into this maneuver and is quick to slip his head free of Riona's grasp and place her into a Side Headlock of his own right after doing so. While Austin may be known better for using this move Riona is no stranger to it either and uses her strength to push Austin forward into the ropes and slip her head out of his grasp after only a few seconds in the hold. As Austin goes forward at the ropes he wastes little time in turning around so his back is facing them and rebounding back at Riona who he goes to hit with a Lariat, but Riona ducks this and lets Azure go towards the opposite set of ropes as she dashes forward at the set Austin just came from. When Azure connects with the other set of ropes at about the same time Riona connects with the ones he came off of Austin suddenly places his arms on the outside of the top rope and eases himself to a stop using the ropes while Riona starts to come at him.

Thinking quickly like she normally does Riona bends down while running and rolls forward and back onto her feet where she stops in the middle of the ring so as to not fall into Austin's trap. Austin isn't going to waste time playing games with Riona as she does this though and swiftly runs off the ropes to try and hit Riona with a Lariat once again as she stands up, but Riona has this scouted and ducks under Austin's right arm before hooking it with her left and then hooking his left with her right as she stands up behind him and tries to hit Azure with a Backslide Pin which is something he would normally go for. Since he does know this move so well a counter to it is easy to find for Austin who uses his strength to make sure Riona can't pull him down into a pin as she goes down to her knees before he unlocks his left arm from her right and spins around so he is on her left side while she is still sitting on her knees before grabbing her left arm with both hands and twisting it with a wristlock. Of course Austin knows that Riona may be able to get up from this position and only keeps the wrist lock on for a few moments before bending Riona's arm at the elbow and placing her in a Keylock which he keeps locked with his right arm while he positions himself back behind her and puts her into a Dragon Sleeper as well. Riona seems to be in a lot of pain with both these holds being applied at once by Austin who is now in firm control of this match for the first time. The biggest problem Riona faces isn't passing out or tapping out from this early hold though, but the fact rope breaks are limited in this match and she is stuck in the middle of the ring on her knees anyway. Azure can see this as well and would really like nothing more than to make Riona tap early in this match just so he has an early fall on her that he can fall back on later in the match. While Grey Fox annoys Riona about giving up which she obviously isn't going to do Austin sees that he can't really focus on these two holds at the same time and releases the Keylock he has held in before falling backwards and placing Riona in a Body Scissors while keeping the Dragon Sleeper he has on her locked in, gaining the approval and cheers of this Aekea crowd in the process.

While the admiration of true wrestling fans may be something Austin isn't necessarily fond of he doesn't mind it and it actually adds to his enjoyment of putting Riona in such a painful hold which is dually effective on her midsection thanks to being stretched from the Dragon Sleeper and having her ribs pushed in and her breathing slowed by the body scissors Austin keeps applied expertly. Azure even goes so far as to use his free left arm by placing it on his left leg and pushing the leg to get a tighter grip yet with the body scissors which only serves to hurt Riona more. Riona knows that if she doesn't escape from this hold quickly she is going to end up in a lot of trouble as the match progresses, but thanks to having been on her knees when it was placed in she doesn't have a lot of options to enhance her mobility and free herself. The only thing she can do for the time being is to use her arms which are free and push them between Azure's legs and her abdomen so she can breathe slightly easier and start to break the body scissors which Austin has expertly applied. With things looking bad the Riona fans in Aekea start a "let's go Langly" chant that is met with an "Austin Azure" chant from fans of Austin in the crowd. The dueling chants continue as Riona suddenly is able to break the body scissors and begins to elbow Austin in the ribs furiously to free herself from his grasp. Finally, Austin lets go and Riona sits back on her knees as Austin pushes himself back away from Riona with his arms before standing back up to his feet. Riona stands up to her feet as well and is glad to be out of that hold, but takes too much time to try and recover from it as she finds out when she has her shoulders grabbed from behind by Austin who plants a knee right to her lower back. From here Austin turns Riona around so she is facing him before he bends her over and places his arms around her abdomen and waist in a Gutwrench position. While she may be hurting Riona isn't going to spend this entire match being beaten up and she shows Austin this by grabbing his arms and breaking his grasp on her before hitting Austin with a quick Double Leg Takedown.

With Austin's left leg still held Riona stands back up to her feet and places him into a Toehold which, surprisingly enough, gets some cheering from the Aekea crowd who has been eating up this technical action thus far. Azure isn't afraid to show his disdain for being in such a simple hold and goes for a couple of kicks to Riona with his right leg, but "The Prodigy" doesn't let a single one touch her as she keeps the Toehold applied and then turns it into a Spinning Toehold to torque Austin's leg even more. After a couple times spinning around with the hold in Riona stops and keeps Azure's leg held as it is with his knee bent around her leg while she continues holding his foot. A now very annoyed Austin looks up for a moment as he notices how near to the ropes he is, but then he realizes that Riona wants him to go for a rope break from this slightly effective, but mostly annoying hold. Azure just smirks and yells at Riona that she will have to do better than that before placing his right leg onto Riona's back and pushing her off of him towards the ropes opposite of the ones he had thought for a moment about grabbing. Riona stops herself with the ropes as she meets them and turns around without any haste, knowing that Azure won't be getting up too quickly after his leg was just stretched and she is right although Austin does get up semi-quickly which Riona sees upon turning around. Once he is up however, Austin shakes his left leg out a bit which shows Riona that the hold did some damage, although by the way Austin looks it is obvious he won't admit it did. Once Austin is ready to go once more he and Riona start to slowly circle around the ring which gets more clapping from the crowd and after a full circle and half of one Azure and Riona come towards the middle of the ring, this time each looking for a knucklelock. As their hands meet both pull back slightly and then place their palms into the others' again to get ready to go into the knucklelock, but Austin suddenly pulls out and shakes his head at Riona. The Prodigy" doesn't seem to know what Austin's problem is as she backs away from the center of the ring slightly as well and they start to circle around the ring once more, but she has a feeling it is just another mind game Austin is playing.

When the two are done circling around the ring again they go right back into the center of the ring to start another knucklelock. This time it actually gets going and Azure and Riona start to struggle in it a bit for dominance, but just like last time Austin doesn't waste much time before breaking free of Riona's grasp and backing away from her, this time into the nearest corner. Riona now looks like she is getting a bit angry and doesn't back away like last time, but instead goes right towards Austin in the corner who quickly slips his left leg over the second rope before moving himself onto the ring apron and jumping down onto the floor. This gets some jeering from the Aekea crowd, but Austin just yells at them he is taking one of his time outs. This time out will be limited by Grey Fox however, who starts the 20 count right away. 1...2...3...4...5...Austin looks up at Riona who is waiting in the center of the ring for him with a smile and tells her to move back away a bit more so he can come back into the ring. 6...7...8...9...10...11...Riona tells Azure that she won't and he can lose his first fall out there for all she cares. By now Austin would have been counted out already in a normal BTWF match, but thanks to the rules in this one which he is using to their fullest he still has a bit longer to use out on the floor. 12...13...14...15...16...Finally, Austin decides that he has had a nice breather and slides back into the ring where Riona just waits for him instead of charging at him like a fool. When Azure gets to his feet he can tell Riona is upset and likes that fact as he comes near her in the middle of the ring and raises a hand in the air to show he is willing to go for a knucklelock now. Riona smiles at this and goes to raise her hand into the air, but doesn't all the way as it is to trick Azure so she can hit him with a Single Leg Takedown which she does. Of course the leg Riona picked off was the left leg she had worked on earlier and a surprised Austin quickly pushes himself backwards and grabs onto the bottom rope, not realizing his mistake until after he has made it. Austin quickly lets go of the ropes, but it is too late as Riona is being told to let Azure go by Fox who then tells Austin he has used one of his rope breaks when he makes it to his feet.

Austin argues that he was only using the ropes to pull himself up to his feet, but Grey Fox will have none of it and tells Azure that if he wants to continue the discussion then he will be losing his second rope break as well. The "Wrestling G.O.D." sighs before looking back up at Riona and muttering that he won't need it anyway as he falls back onto the ropes slightly before circling around the ring once more, Riona following his lead. Not much time is wasted now as Austin and Riona circle faster than they have been and come right into a collar and elbow tie-up when they approach the middle of the ring. Riona looks to take the quick advantage in this lock up as she hits a couple of kicks to the left leg of Austin to distract him and further her goal of taking out his base, but after the third kick from Riona Austin suddenly breaks the lock and falls to his knees so his side is facing Riona. Swiftly Austin is able to place Riona into a DVD position to go for a Fireman's Carry, but instead of doing this he stands back to his feet once he has Riona on his shoulders. Riona isn't going to let Austin complete whatever it is he is going for though and tries to hook his arms for a Crucifix Bomb, but before she can accomplish this Austin suddenly lifts Riona up over his head and plants her right on his knee with a Gutbuster. "The Prodigy" clutches her midsection after being draped across the right knee of Austin and while she is doing this Azure suddenly kneels down and hooks her legs for a pin, 1...2...Riona kicks out. Austin doesn't seem surprised at this result at all, but knows he now has control of the match again like he had hoped as he stands back to his feet and grabs Riona by the right arm to pull her up to hers. Once Riona is on her feet Azure is quick in whipping her into the nearest corner which she slams into back first and slumps down in slightly. Some of the Riona fans in the crowd find it fit to boo Austin as he is doing this and after whipping Riona into the corner Azure yells at them, telling them to shut up and watch this, as he runs into the corner and nails Riona directly in the abdomen with a Running Dropkick. As she is hit with this move Riona falls down to her bottom in the corner and holds her stomach with both arms, feeling the damage that has been done so far take it's toll.

Meanwhile Austin rolls back to his feet after the dropkick and shakes out his left leg slightly as he poses for the crowd and tells everyone that fall one will most definitely go to him. In fact he doesn't even follow up on the last move he hit Riona with and instead just stands in the middle of the ring waiting as Riona pulls herself back to her feet using the ropes. When Riona gets to a vertical base Austin changes his tone a bit and decides that it would be unwise to let this advantage he has slip away. With his usual quick speed Austin rushes into the corner once more, this time looking to place his shoulder right into the gut of Riona, but as Austin gets to the corner Riona steps out of the way leaving Azure to slam into the ring post, or at least he would've. Austin expected such a move from Riona and suddenly grabs the top rope in the corner while placing his right leg onto the bottom rope to stop himself from nailing the corner to the dismay of the Riona fans. As these fans jeer Austin he just laughs at them and even goes so far as to jump up on the second rope in the corner and yell at some fans, but while he is doing this Riona comes up behind him and suddenly places Azure into an Electric Chair position. As Riona backs away from the corner towards the middle of the ring with Austin held on her shoulders Austin shouts at her, asking what the hell she is doing, but instead of being willing to find out Azure suddenly flips backwards off Riona's shoulders as she stops in the center of the ring. Riona whirls around quickly when Austin does this, but ends up finding herself right in position for the UNSUNG GENERATIONS! A couple of quick elbows to the head from Riona stop Azure from hitting this move and when Austin releases her Riona knees him in the gut before placing him into a front facelock. Coming right off of placing Austin in the front facelock Riona starts to turn around with his head still held to go for the Bomb Dropper, but as she does so Austin suddenly shoves her off into the ropes and falls forward before rolling to the outside of the ring while Riona stops herself with the ropes and turns around. 1...2...3...4...While Austin takes yet another breather on the outside of the ring Riona wonders if she should play his game or stay in the ring and finally decides to go outside as well.

1...2...3...4...5...The count is restarted as Riona slides to the floor right near where Austin is standing, but before she can do anything Azure quickly lashes out at her with a kick to the gut and places her into a front facelock. 6...7...8...9...With Riona now in a front facelock Austin tells the fans in the front couple of rows to move out of the way as he intends to suplex Riona into the crowd. 10...11...12...13...The fans move out of the way and Austin turns so his back is facing the guard rail before he lifts Riona up to hit a Vertical Suplex into the crowd, but Azure suddenly lets Riona down onto her feet and grabs her by the head before throwing her back into the ring and getting heavily booed by the fans for deceiving them. 14...15...Austin jumps back up onto the ring apron and slides his foot between the middle and bottom rope to push Riona into the ring a little further before turning his head back to the crowd and telling them they get what they deserve. This gets more jeers, but the Tornado Plancha Austin hits on Riona by going over the top rope into the ring doesn't and Austin quickly follows with a cover, 1...2...Riona kicks out. Once again this is expected by Azure, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want to beat Riona as soon as possible and quickly after he hears he only got a two from Grey Fox Austin jumps back up to his feet before backing up slightly to climb up onto the second rope so his back is facing the crowd before he dives off and onto Riona with an Elbow Drop to the gut before going for another cover, 1...2...Riona kicks out. Keeping his cool after hearing once again that he only got a two count Austin stands back to his feet once more before grabbing Riona by the head and sitting her up. Austin doesn't pick Riona the rest of the way up however, and places her into an Abdominal Stretch while she is still sitting down to further work on the midsection which seems to, in Austin's eyes, have a big target painted on it. While Riona sits trapped in the Abdominal Stretch by Azure she thinks about what has happened, and what she wants to happen, in this match while knowing that what she wants to happen won't come to be if she continues to take a beating like she has been. Knowing she has a limit on rope breaks doesn't help either and it is obvious Azure wants her to use a rope break now by how close they are to the ropes and Riona decides to give him what he wants just this once since she still has two rope breaks to use after and she can save her abdomen by doing so.

The "Wrestling G.O.D." has a grin from ear to ear as Riona suddenly starts struggling to and grabs the bottom rope to use the first of her three rope breaks for this fall. Even once Riona has the ropes though Austin is still a pain for Grey Fox to get off her and Fox ends up using a count to do so. 1...2...3...4...Austin lets go of this hold and stands to his feet just before the five count and holds his palm out at Fox with all his fingers extended to remind Grey that Azure does indeed have a count of five to work with. Grey is the one who has to do the reminding once Austin is up however because while Riona is still holding the ropes trying to gain her breath Austin grabs Riona by the head to haul her to her feet. Grey backs Austin away from Riona quickly and allows Riona to pull herself up to her feet using the ropes which annoys Azure since his advantage is taken away by having to wait for Riona to recover. Austin doesn't even wait a second when Riona gets up though and comes right at her as she turns around from the ropes, grabbing her by the head and hair while moving her towards the center of the ring. Riona isn't going to take this from Austin any longer and when they arrive at the middle of the ring Riona suddenly pushes Austin's arms away from her head and slams Azure in the face with a quick forearm before kneeing him in the stomach and placing Austin into a standing head scissors. Both Austin and Riona know that at this stage in the game Riona isn't going to be able to pick up Azure and as Austin waits for an attempt at it Riona suddenly steps over Austin with her left leg as she grabs Austin's left arm and places herself so she has a leg on each side of Azure's left arm. Thinking quickly Austin goes to try and break out of the hold, but Riona stops him by using her right leg to lift backwards and nail Azure in the face with a couple of times before she goes down to one knee and makes Azure drop to his knees as well because of the pain Riona is inflicting on him with this Modified Wakigatame Armbar. While Riona continues to apply pressure on Austin's left arm the "Wrestling G.O.D." begins to figure out what he is going to do to get out of the hold as well as wishing he hadn't used one of his all important rope breaks already.

Grey Fox continues asking Austin if he is willing to give up, but Azure doesn't want to have the task of coming back from being a fall down in a match that could possibly be decided in the first fall thanks to the momentum that person will have going for the rest of the match. After about the third time Austin is asked this by Grey Austin sees that due to Grey's position he might have a way out of this and suddenly tells Grey to look behind him, pointing at some random fan who is standing up in the crowd. Normally Grey wouldn't do this for Austin, but without any members of EP at ringside he gives Azure the benefit of the doubt which proves to be a mistake, for as soon as Fox turns away Austin reaches his free right arm up and grabs a fistful of Riona's hair which he pulls. Grey quickly turns back around as he hears Riona yell at Azure to stop, but when Fox does he only sees the same scene he saw last time. Fox asks Riona what happened and Riona tells him, but Azure says that she is lying and that he is the one in the submission hold right now. Neither one seems too convincing to Grey so he lets it go and asks Azure once again if he will give up, but Riona breaks the hold before Austin can answer and steps over Austin's arm, which she still has held, as she stands to her feet. Riona is now is to the left of Austin's back with his left arm in a wristlock while he is stuck on his knees and she seems to be enjoying having control in this match finally. Azure doesn't want that to be the case though and he starts to push himself to his feet after a few moments. When he does get up Riona answers by taking Austin's left arm back into a Hammerlock to once again trap Azure in a position where he has to be the one thinking of a counter and where he is the one in trouble. Luckily for Austin this is what he is best at doing and with relative ease he is able to duck under the arm of Riona to place himself behind her with a Hammerlock in on her instead. Azure quickly breaks this Hammerlock however, and then places Riona into a waistlock, but so his arms are locked around her midsection, and goes to hit Riona with a Release German Suplex that connects.

Normally a German Suplex like this wouldn't have a ton of effect on Riona with how low impact this match has been, but thanks to it aiming at her wounded midsection it has her clutching her stomach with her hands as she hits the ground. Meanwhile Austin gets back up to his feet and shakes his left arm out which he is annoyed Riona was trying to work on. If Riona could manage to take out both limbs on his left side Austin would be having a hell of a time staying in this fight, but luckily his left leg isn't hurting much at all anymore. After this little bit of rest and self-reflection from Austin he goes back over to where Riona is clutching her midsection and pulls her up by the hair which Grey warns Austin about doing, but Azure doesn't care as he keeps Riona bent over and places her in a Gutwrench position before lifting her up and nailing Riona with a beautiful Gutwrench Suplex and going for a quick cover, 1...2...2.5 count. Riona continues to show she won't go down for even a fall without good reason, but Austin knows that it is only a matter of time before he can break her down enough to give her a reason. Once Austin has made it back up to his feet he pulls Riona back up again as well and keeps her held by the hair with his left arm as he keeps her bent down so Riona's side is facing Austin and nailing her with several knees to the gut before Austin pushes Riona down to the ground and places her in her own PAINKILLER! Riona cringes in pain and even knowing this move well isn't going to help her right now because she knows this move is really effective on the midsection which Azure has made sure to do a lot of damage to on her. Now it seems would be the perfect time to cash in on another of her rope breaks and Riona starts to push herself to her right side to do so, but Austin doesn't want her to use a rope break this time around but instead to tap out and give him the ever important first fall in this match. Riona is reluctant enough about going to the ropes, but there is no way she is going to allow herself to give up to Austin and she makes that clear by giving Grey Fox an emphatic "no" when he asks Riona if she wants to give up. Still it might not be too bad of an idea since this match is two out of three falls and as Riona's hand raises in the air the arena grows silent waiting to see if she will or if she won't tap. With the last strength she can muster at the moment Riona forces herself nearer to the ropes and places her hand out, but it falls short and she is forced to ta-NO! Riona somehow gets her foot on the bottom rope and the match stays at no falls each, but with Riona losing another rope break!

Austin is surprised when Grey Fox tells him to break the hold as well as reluctant about doing so. 1...2...3...4...A count has to be applied just to get Azure off Riona which he does before five and backs away from Riona towards the opposite set of ropes after doing so. Grey kneels down and tells Riona that she has used two of her rope breaks now while Riona pushes herself onto her knees and uses her left arm to hold her stomach. Being the good ref he is Fox asks Riona if she is good enough to keep going in this match and Riona nods to him as she uses the ropes to pull herself up to her feet before walking towards the middle of the ring. The "Wrestling G.O.D." follows Riona's lead in going to the middle of the ring and when the two arrive there they go into another quick lock up. It is quite clear Riona is struggling to keep up with Austin in this lock up thanks to her midsection, but Azure takes some pity on her and doesn't immediately go into his next move. Of course the only reason he does this is to taunt Riona by talking trash to her. Thanks to this Riona is able to catch Austin off guard and when she sees her chance she breaks the lock up quickly before circling around Azure and placing him into a waistlock. Even after being caught with this Austin keeps taunting Riona, telling her that she will have to do better than that, before he breaks the hold she has around his waist and does a standing switch to position himself behind her and place Riona in a waistlock. Now Riona is once again in trouble, but sees Azure being lazy once more and capitalizes on this by breaking the hold he has on her and doing a standing switch of her own to place Austin in a waistlock once more. Now Azure is beginning to get annoyed by Riona and before Riona can go to pick Austin up in the waistlock Azure suddenly starts walking backwards and ends up pinning Riona up on the ropes which they have been getting ever closer too. Still, Riona won't let go of the hold and to Austin's surprise Grey Fox suddenly begins to count to get Riona to break the hold. 1...2...3...Riona lets go, wondering what the deal is as does Austin who steps away from Riona and turns around before backing up towards the opposite ropes.

As Fox approaches Austin after this the "Wrestling G.O.D." doesn't even need to know what is going to come out of his mouth next because it quickly dawns on him that Grey just made Austin use a rope break to get out of that hold. Azure quickly begins to argue this, but Fox points out that it was Austin who pushed Riona back into the ropes to get her to break the hold and that counts as a rope break. Since the referee's decision is final there is nothing Azure can do and this first fall is now down to one rope break remaining for each of the competitors as they start to circle around the ring like they have quite a few times before in this match. The frustration of losing two of his rope breaks in stupid ways can be seen in Austin's eyes, but he does his best to calm that anger while the Aekea fans clap along and Austin and Riona go into a knucklelock as they come into the middle of the ring this time. Almost immediately after they hook up in this hold Riona tests the strength of Austin's left arm by leaning most of her body weight onto it as well as pushing it back with her right arm, but Azure doesn't seem in too much pain as she does this. Really Austin's arm does still hurt, but he is more worried about other things as well as what he is planning to do in this lock which he quickly goes to work on by falling to his back while Riona keeps trying to put pressure on his left arm. Riona doesn't even have time to react to what happens next as Azure lifts his legs up and wraps them around the midsection of Riona to place her in a Body Scissors while keeping the knucklelock held. 1...2...Austin forgets about his shoulders being down to do this and quickly lifts one up as he hears Fox counting to keep himself in this fall. Riona looks disappointed when Azure does this, but is very worried about her abdomen which is in a lot of pain right now and making Riona falter while trying to think of a strategy to get out of this hold. After a little longer in the hold Riona comes up with the plan she was looking for and starts to twist Austin's wrists in the knucklelock. Since Azure isn't paying much attention to this any longer the pain surprises him and he suddenly lets go of Riona's hands. Swiftly after breaking away from Austin's grip Riona places her arms to her sides and shoves them between her sides and Azure's legs to break free of the Body Scissors.

When she has her arms lodged between her sides and Azure's legs she kneels down and pushes them through further until Riona is able to set Austin's legs up on her shoulders and suddenly leans forward to pin Austin, 1...2...Azure kicks out. Riona rolls backwards after being pushed off of Austin and is back to her feet quickly while Austin begins to sit up on his knees. When she notices how far behind Austin is in getting to his feet Riona suddenly rushes forward at Azure who is up on his knees and goes to hit him with a SHINING WIZ-NO! Azure swiftly places his arms up in an X in front of his face to block the knee from Riona who stumbles backwards after this. "The Prodigy" thinks twice about charging at Austin again as he quickly springs to his feet after blocking the Wizard attempt from Riona and again in this match there is a standoff. The two wrestlers meet the gaze of the other and Riona starts to back away from Austin as they begin to circle around the ring as usual in this match. Both are starting to show signs of being anxious to win this fall so they can take a bit of a rest and not have to go all out in the second fall to win. Not to mention the match is drawing closer and closer to having gone 1/3 of the time limit already. Finally, as they approach having come a full two revolutions around the ring they come towards the center of the ring into another lock up. It doesn't take very long in this lock up for Riona to once again notice the pain in her midsection and when it starts to really effect her she breaks out and drops to her knees before using her arm to sweep Austin off his feet before quickly covering him, 1...2...Austin kicks out. Both wrestlers get up to their feet quickly and Austin charges at Riona to try and regain his advantage in this match, only to end up getting an Arm Drag from Riona. Once more both wrestlers are back to their feet in a hurry and this time it is Riona who charges at Austin, but when she gets to him she is caught with a kick to the gut before Azure places her into a standing head scissors. Azure lifts Riona up onto his shoulders out of the standing head scissors and moves forward towards the middle of the ring, but before he can do anything Riona rolls forward off his shoulders to hit him with a Sunset Flip.