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Hiro grit his teeth as it became harder and harder to match Salem's strength...his arms grew tingly and his neck was starting to bother him, which was always a worrying sign for the Ethnic Enigma. As if on cue, a chant broke out in support of Salem that made Hiro feel as though it was his back against the wall....except it wasn't, as a matter of fact, Salem had found himself with his back against the ropes. While he may have sent a shotgun blast of a headbut right into Hiro's head, the Ethnic Enigma held on to the mic and used it to keep his balance, Salem keeping him standing thanks to his own tugging. It was in that moment though that things changed: shocked fans in the arena and at home gasping in unison as Hiro let go of the microphone suddenly and leaned down to grab Salem's leg and shove him up -- combining the momentum of letting go of the microphone along with some extra pushing to send him up and over the top rope and to the ground at ringside for a victory!

Hiro fell backward as he sent Salem over, figuring this was gonna be it...but then he heard Salem's voice, and no bell to follow. "No ******** way..." Hiro whispered to himself as he rolled on the mat and slapped the ground, ignoring the cheering fans who were excited to see the match would continue on thanks to the speed of Salem's internal processor known as THE BRAIN. The Copperhead was on the ground at ringside for an Extreme Rules match, and Hiro had no choice but to push himself to his knees and then begin crawling to the ropes near where Salem had gone over -- reaching the ropes and looking down to survey if Salem had at least been knocked out or something.

The sack was far too close to Hiro for comfort, and the Ethnic Enigma flung himself backward on to his a** and scurried backward across the ring, creating a large gap between himself and that snake bag. It was a shocking turn of events Hiro had managed to get over the fear of knowing a snake was so close, but in forgetting about it he powered up Salem's greatest weapon even further. Hiro remained unmoved, panting heavily, and entering a fight-or-flight response internally that was potentially going to turn this match up on it's head.

Hiro was clobbered in the back of the head, letting out a scream as the thought of a snake attacking him from behind came to the forefront, and he wasn't too wrong. The strong arm of the Copperhead had suddenly wrapped it's away around his neck and began to choke him using the rope for extra pain. Hiro struggled and tried his best to break free, but he could not right away -- and unfortunately Salem did not have to stop until he wanted to as there was just no disqualifications right now. The Ethnic Enigma was now a victim of Salem's current dirty deeds, and it would be a momentarilly long while before Hiro would be able to breathe once again as he contrinued to expend air in an attempt to wiggle free.

Hiro would finally find a way to get out of the move from Salem...but before he could even put his idea into practice he would be cracked across the face by the middle rope. He continued to be choked, and the best thing he could do at this point would be to try and force his body into the ropes so he could fall out at ringside with Salem...anything beats being choked to death at this point.

Everything was going the exact opposite of how Hiro had expected his night to go -- Salem Croft was his opponent, Salem Says was the stip, and the fans had seemingly turned on him due to the popularity and significance that "Showtime" had. The Ethnic Enigma gargled a bit of saliva as he tried to suck in a ton of air, his chest pumping up and down as he got whatever he could suck in -- and was brought back up intensely by Salem. "Wait a ******** min-" Hiro tried to object, but his pleas meant nothing as he got reemed right into the steel steps, jarring them lose and dropping him down as he held his head and stomped his feet on the ground. The fans cheering was wild, intense, and supportive of the violence.

Hiro ate a massive hit to the trap, screaming out as the kendo stick bounced off his meaty flesh. The Ethnic Enigma, through pain and adreline, pushed himself up to his feet with his left arm and leaped to the barricade using that same left arm to hook himself up and keep standing. He was hurting horribly and wasn't too sure what to do in the situation where his opponent was loaded to the gills with weapons and he himself nothing to defend with. This was a long time coming though, the retribution of Salem Croft for sins perpetrated against him by the one time most-hated man, Hiro Shin-Mozas. Hiro began to tense up his body, expecting yet another shot any moment.

The kendo stick did it's job a second time, the hit cracking off of Hiro's back and causing a resounding "OOOOOOH" to clap back from the crowd. Hiro's eyes opened wide and he screamed out before pushing back to his feet and trying to chop Salem devistatingly hard in the chest -- that adrenaline at it's apex as, regardless of whether the chop did much damage or not, Hiro would fall to the ground and start arching his back as he tried his best to make the stinging sensation go away. You've heard of ruthless aggression before -- well this was several levels beyond that.