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Hiro clipped Nuke with his leg, which helped him somewhat keep from crashing into the barricade on the side of the ramp as he had quite misjudged his jump. This is why he doesn't usually go for things like that! Regardless "This is Awesome" chants broke out as the Ethnic Enigma used the barricade to get back up to his feet, this time getting the opportunity to gloat for a minute, to which many of the fans cheered, a small "Lets Go Hiro" chant picking up steam among a few. He attempted however, to keep up his attack, turning his attention right to Nuke. He took a step back, and attempted to run in at him, and dropkick his head right against the barricade!

Nuke's head slammed right into the barricade with the dropkick, of course causing him to slump over. Hiro rolled back up to his feet, the ref pleading for the match to be brought back inside, his count up to six. Hiro was happy to listen, as he tried to lift Nuke up and toss him back into the ring and go for a pin!

Hiro was stunned! He sat up net to Nuke who had kicked out so quickly. He thought Strong Style stayed in Japan, but apparently, it had found it's way into the ring here today, in the form of Nuke Fusion. Getting back up to his feet, Hiro stepped back into a corner, waiting for Nuke to get back up. When Nuke eventually does, Hiro would run at him and attempt to hit him with a striking spear!

Hiro charged right under Nuke, missing his spear in the most epic way possible. He ran towards the turnbuckles and used the to stop himself, quickly turning around to Nuke landing back on the ground. Seeing red, Hiro took off once more at Nuke, again trying to hit him with a harsh striking spear! As epic as it looked to the crowd, the miss embarrassed the Ethnic Enigma!

Hiro thought he had Nuke right where he wanted him...in this case...ROOKIE MISTAKE! Hiro was suddenly tripped up by the Nuclear God, and as he flew forward, Nuke, in mid air, grabbed one of his legs and kept him from going far, instantly locking him into an ankle lock! The fans were roaring at the superb move from Nuke, and Hiro was immediately in pain on the apron as he tried to claw about and get to some ropes before the pain became too much!

One can only assume, backstage, Freakshow and Kujaku were probably watching a television and smiling. Salem? He was probably cursing up a storm, aggravated that he even booked this match. Hiro was screaming at the ref that there was no way he was quitting yet, but the ref wouldn't really back off. It got to the point where the ropes were no longer an option, so Hiro had to do something else: try with all of his might to flip onto his back, and rip his ankle from Nuke's grasp!

Hiro was now easily able to drag himself to the ropes, wrapping his arms around the bottom one and holding on tight, breathing heavily and taking a second to rub his ankle/shin area. Jeez, Nuke was definitely still hitting the gym in his down time. Hiro looked to roll out of the ring and land on his feet, quickly holding up his one target ankle so he wouldnt need to stay fully standing on it for more than a second. He leaned against the ring apron and looked in at the ring, Nuke also taking a breather. They both were, and the fans could see it, a roar coming from them in appreciation over what this match had produced thus far.

The ring shook as Nuke came running in at Hiro. Unfortunately, the Cuban Jap couldn't react quick enough, and he was kicked in the face, sending him flying into the announcetable...sorta. Really he just stumbled backwards and hit it, slightly sitting onto it but quickly standing back up on his feet in front of it, rubbing his nose that felt like it possibly had started to swell!