As we reach our main event the lights darken, prompting the fans to cheer in anticipation of the upcoming bloodbath. "Stay Here" blasts out through the speakers as Akira Kobayashi makes his way out from behind the curtain and down the ramp, his head bowed and hidden beneath a black towel as the Cruiser-X title sits around his waist.

Cedar: And now it's time for our main event - Akira Kobayashi vs Vladimir Strife in an I quit match! These two are newcomer to XWA, but between them have beaten a who's who of tough competitors on their road to this match. The winner will receive not only the King of Xtreme 2014 trophy and a world title shot, but the respect of every XWA fan who's seen what they've put themselves through just to get here!

Miles: Respect resmekt, it's not about any of that crap! It's about beating your opponent until they admit they can't win and give it up!

Cedar: Not only that, but the Lionheart title is on the line! If either man wins this, and then goes on to win their title match at Xtrememania, they'll have gotten more gold in the span of three months than most guys will their entire career!

Akira takes his time climbing the ring steps as the nearly eighty-thousand fans shower him with a mix of boos and cheers. He walks over to the far corner of the ring and takes the towel off from his head, placing it on top of the turnbuckle. Akira's back still bares the cuts from last week's barbed wire massacre match, and although there are no bandages over his nose it seems clear just from looking at it that it's still broken thanks in large part to Vladimir Strife's actions in the first round of the tournament. The lights remain dimmed down as "Sumeria" starts to play as Vladimir Strife walks out, clutching his Lionheart title in one hand down by his side as he locks his eyes on Akira - a look that The Black Heart Warrior returns. He marches down the ramp, throwing his jacket down onto the ground as he gets just about the same reaction as Akira. Underneath his t-shirt Vladimir clearly has a still cuts and marks from his barbed wire massacre,
especially after the HKO which put him chest first through a barbedwire table.

Cedar: Vladimir will be looking for redemption here. In the first round of the tournament Akira beat him, only for Vladimir to get put back in after a no-show. Since then The GodKing has been arguably the most impressive competitor in this King of Xtreme tournament! Not only that, but he won the Lionheart title during the course of the tournament, and I doubt he'll be ready to let that go!

Vladimir slides into the ring as Akira unbuckles his Cruiser-X title belt and walks to the centre of the ring, holding it up in Vladimir's face.

Miles: He's cocky!

As he makes his way over to Akira Vladimir tosses his belt aside towards Ryu Sanu. Before his theme can even finish and the lights can go back up Vladimir throws a right hand directly into Akira's nose, smashing it open in a spray of blood as Akira instantly crumples to the mat!

Miles: Lights out! Vladimir Strife has come into this one with a vengeance!


Cedar: Remember what he said a few weeks ago? "I won't hesitate to decimate and level everything within sight"? Vladimir Strife is staying true to his words!

DING DING DING!

Ryu Sanu runs over, a cordless microphone in hand, and Vladimir wastes no time in grabbing it off of him as Akira clutches his bloody face."Just fucking give up now!" Vladimir spits as he stomps down onto Akira's chest multiple times, causing the Osaka native to try and roll away. Vladimir tosses the microphone back to Sanu as he walks after his opponent, watching as Akira rolls out onto the floor to try to recover from the blistering shot to the face. He stumbles off the ring apron to the crowd barricade as Vladimir climbs down through the ropes to the floor. With Akira leant against the crowd barricade Vladimir drives a forearm into the side of his neck, dropping him down to all fours like a dog. The Czar of Scars chuckles as he makes his way over to the ring apron, pulling up the cloth and reaching underneath the ring to try and find a weapon to use on his opponent. He comes back with a trio of steel chairs stacked on top of each
other, which he slides into the ring, and then a two-by-four wrapped up in barbedwire, which he brings with him as he walks back over to Akira. Intent on causing as much pain as possible early on Vladimir raises the two-by-four up and brings it down across Akira's back, tearing open the cuts on his back which have barely even healed up since his ba rbed wire massacre match with Xtreme Icon! Akira screams out as The Barbarian Lord goes to work, dragging the wire up and down the length of Akira's back as Ryu Sanu stands by, microphone in hand. After a handful of long strokes up and down Akira's back Vladimir steps over his opponent, now standing with a leg either side of Akira's body as The Black Heart Warrior lies face down on the floor, tyring to push himself up. After waiting a few seconds Vladimir crouches down and holds the two-by-four out lengthways, getting ready to grind the wire into Akira's face. He pulls the length of wood in, but at the last
second Akira stops his face from being turned into mice meat by putting his hands up and grabbing the two-by four, placing his right hand directly into the wire as he does so. With a loud roar Akira fights his way up to his knees and then throws his head back, using his skull as a battering ram to nail Vladimir in the gut.

Cedar: One headbutt away from disfigurement there!

Miles: You don't think he's already been disfigured by Vladimir? That nose ain't going to get any better, you know!

Akira pulls the two-by-four out of Vladimir's hands as he stands up, but instead of using it he tosses it aside to the ire of the crowd. He runs in towards Vladimir and throws an arm out, crushing The Godking's laryx with his forearm as Akira drives a huge lariat into the Romanian's throat. Vladimir starts to stumble down to one knee but gets stopped from falling when Akira grabs a hold of his hair in both hands. Akira rolls Vladimir back into the ring and then follows himself, clearly intending on keeping Vladimir as far away from the plunder which lies beneath the ring as possible. The two men get to their feet at around the same time, but Akira manages to stay in control by rushing at Vladimir and driving a forearm into his face before pushing him backwards into the turnbuckle. Akira starts throwing bombs, driving his forearm into Vladimir's face over and over until The Godking is forced to fall to a seated position to defend himself. With Vladimir
down in the corner Akira sprints to the opposite corner, slamming into the turnbuckle as he turns to face Vladimir. He puts his head down and runs across the ring, screaming out "I'M COMING TO GET YOU, YOU BASTARD!" as he leaps up into the air and comes down with a two footed dropkick into Vladimir's jaw. The Barbarian Lord's head snaps backwards in a sickening motion while blood starts to trickle from his mouth, making it abundantly clear that Akira's dropkick either cut open a gum or possibly even dislodged a tooth! With Vladimir's head up in the clouds Akira grabs a hold of his legs and drags him out to the centre of the ring before rolling him over into a Boston crab. Vladimir lets out a yell of pain as The Pacific Rim Nightmare leans back, bending Vladimir's spine by using his legs to manipulate his entire body over into a crescent shape. Vladimir claws at the mat as Akira digs his heels down and wrenches back on Vladimir's legs like he's trying to
break him in half. Ryu Sanu drops to the mat and holds the microphone into Vladimir's face, asking him if he wants to quit. "FUCK OFF!" Vladimir roars as he pushes up with his hadns and yanks his legs free, sending Akira stumbling forward off of him into the ropes. Vladimir starts to climb up onto his feet, but before he can get off of his knees his opponent comes charging back to drive a soccer kick into his lower back! The force of the kick sends Vladimir rolling across the ring towards the chairs he slid in earlier while clutching his back and puts the crowd into a frenzy.

Cedar: That looks like it left a mark, and I think we may already be seeing a strategy emerge here!

Miles: Akira hasn't used The Twister in over a month, but you can bet on two things - he'll use it if the time is right, and Vladimir Strife WILL have it scouted!

Cedar: The Twister, for those who don't remember, is Akira's patented spine lock submission that contorts the entire body, especially the lower back and the cervical vertebrae at the bottom of the neck. You get caught in that and your entire bone structure'll look different!

Akira takes his time walking over to Vladimir, a choice that proves to be a mistake when The Godking sits up against the ropes, grabs one of the steel chairs and throws it as hard as he can at Akira's face. The metal collides with Akira's head as the chair opens up, leaving it hanging around The Last Warlord of Osaka's head as he drops down to his knees to a chorus of cheers from the crowd. Using the ropes Vladimir pulls himself up and watches Akira fall down to his hands and knees once again with the chair still wrapped around his head and a slow trail of blood dripping down to the mat. Vladimir grabs a second chair as he strides over to Akira, raising the weapon up into the air. With as much force as he can muster Vladimir brings the chair down over Akira's back, dropping him down into a prone position as the chair drops off from around Akira's head to reveal a crimson mask coating his skin. Vladimir sets up the chair in his hands, walks back over to
the third chair which is still laid under the ropes, grabs it, and then walks back over to set it up opposite the other chair. With the Cruiser-X champion still dazed and trying to stand up Vladimir grabs him around the waist and backs up, looking for a German suplex onto the chairs! Akira digs his heels into the ground and throws an elbow back, hitting Vladimir in the ribs and breaking his grip. Now free from his opponents grasp the experienced kickboxer steps forward, turns, and throws a leaping enziguri that ends with his boot cracking off of the back of Vladimir's head and doubling him over. With Vladimir leant over Akira leaps back up to his feet, stands over his opponent, and wraps his arms around his gut in an attempt at a powerbomb. He wrenches back, but The Black Heart Warrior finds himself unable to hoist Vladimir up to hit the move. Blood drips down from Akira's nose onto Vladimir's back as again he yanks backwards in an attempt at pulling
his opponent off the mat, and it's at this point that Vladimir fights back. Using his size advantage Vladimir backbody drops Akira off of him, sending him back first onto the two steel chairs set up earlier!

Cedar: Ouch, that's not a good landing!

Miles: Did you hear that?! Kobayashi just got tossed like a fucking ragdoll!

Akira bounces off of the chair as he screams out in pain, collapsing into a sitting position with his back to the chairs which he just landed on. Seeing this Vladimir runs at the ropes directly in front of Akira and bounces back, coming straight at Akira as he jumps up with his knees out looking for the Heart Starter! With Vladimir's knees hurtling at his chest Akira's instincts kick in, causing him to roll out of the way just in time to sends The Hardcore King sailing past him and into the steel chairs. There's a loud chorus of "ooo's" from the crowd, mostly from those who aren't too busy from wincing or cringing at the sight of Vladimir's knees driving into the metal edges of the steel chair. "ASK HIM!" Akira yells out to Ryu Sanu as he quickly crawls on top of his opponent and starts slamming his elbows down into Vladimir's face. "You quit?" Sanu yells at Vladimir, who now has his arms up over his head to try and protect himself from Akira's MMA style
ground and pound. In lieu of a verbal answer Vladimir breaks his guard to catch Akira's right arm and quickly throws his legs up, looking to lock in an armbar from the bottom while also forcing Akira to stop dropping elbows and get up to his feet. Not to be outdone, Akira wraps his other arm around Vladimir's right leg and then drops back, pulling his arm free while also gaining control over one of Vladimir's leg. At first it looks like The Last Warlord of Osaka is planning on putting in a kneebar, but instead he chooses to roll both himself and Vladimir over onto their stomachs and pull himself up to sit on his opponents back, locking in a single legged crab! Portions of the audience cheer and applaud the quick mat wrestling sequence as Akira squats upwards, allowing him to gain more leverage and drive a knee into Vladimir's back. "ASK HIM!" he yells out again, causing Ryu Sanu to push the microphone towards Vladimir's face as Akira continues to crank
back on the hold. "NO!". Akira pushes all his weight backwards as his knee digs deep into his opponents back, right next to his spine. The crowd starts a "PLEASE DON'T QUIT!" chant very quickly as it becomes apparent that Vladimir is in a bad spot.

Cedar: If these fans think Vladimir Strife needs them to tell him that, they don't know who this man is!

Miles: He's a vet of over ten years, he's not about to quit to some wimpy crab hold!

True to Ted and Joey's words, Vladimir manages to kick his free leg up and strike into Akira's arm, forcing The Black Heart Warrior to release the hold as he looses his grip. Vladimir quickly rolls to the outside of the ring, trying to get some breathing room and protect his injured back. Intent on staying on the attack Akira Kobayashi runs and slides out of the ring, a mistake which costs him dearly when Vladimir catches him with a quick kick into the gut followed up with a very low angled snap suplex which slams Akira back first into the thin mats which run along the floor. As Akira writhes in pain Vladimir rolls over onto his knees and starts searching under the ring, very deliberately getting both hands under the ring to sift through the various weapons to find a specific one. After four or five seconds The Godking slides out a brown bag which he puts onto the ring apron, before grabbing the seated Akira around the back of his neck and shoving him
back into the ring. The Hardcore King rolls back into the ring and stands up as Akira tries pulling himself up, and with Akira down on one knee Vladimir takes the chance to kick him in the chest to knock him down onto his back again. With his opponent down, the Czar of Scars opens and bag and pours the contents out onto the mat, revealing a huge amount of thumbtacks.

Cedar: Left overs from survival of the sickest!

Vladimir spreads the tacks out onto the mat with his feet and then walks over to Akira, grabbing him by the hair and pulling him over to the tacks. "You gonna quit or are you gonna make me use these?", Vladimir spits at Akira, pointing down at the tacks. "Fuck you" Akira replies, which is picked up by Ryu Sanu's microphone and causes some cheers from the crowd. Vladimir growls and then tries to push Akira's face down into the tacks, only being stopped by Akira putting his hands down to push off of the mat and keep his head off. With some tacks digging into his hands Akira rolls over and grabs Vladimir's arm, arm dragging him away across the ring towards the corner. The Black Heart Warrior climbs up to his feet, ignoring the tacks pierced through his hands to run at Vladimir and launch a leaping boot that connects with Vladimir's forehead and slams him down into the mat. Vladimir's body slams into the mat with all the force you'd expect
from a man getting pushed down under the weight of an angry two-hundred and seventeen pound wrestler, creating a loud crack like a firework. Vladimir groans in pain as Akira uses his foot to roll him over onto his front, leaving him face down near the corner. Knowing exactly what his gameplan is, the Cruiser-X champion puts his back into the corner and pulls himself up to the second rope, over Vladimir. After a second to set his feet Akira leaps up, tucks his legs in, then pushes them out to come down with a diving double stomp into the small of the Romanian's back, squashing his spine down under the sole of his boots. Akira rolls out of the stomp to his feet and then turns around to face Vladimir, who is now clutching his back while still being laid face down on the mat. With his opponent still in place Akira runs in and jumps up, once again landing a big double stomp into Vladimir's back.

Miles: Use the tacks you fuck!

Cedar: Akira Kobayashi has a gameplan and he's sticking to it, but you've got to wonder if this sort of no-flash offence will scare The Czar of Scars into quitting!

Vladimir spasms in pain and rolls around, ending up laid face-up in the centre of the ring not too far from the tacks as Akira leans in the corner. While holding his back with his left hand The Godking plants his right hand onto the mat and pushes himself up to his knees, at which point Akira charges in and winds up for a soccer kick. Vladimir jerks back to avoid the kick by a whisker before grasping Akira around the waist from behind as he tries to recover from the missed strike. With blood pouring down his face onto his chest Akira gets hoisted up and dumped down onto the back of his head with a German suplex, landing on the thumbtacks! Akira instantly starts flailing around, causing more of the sharp metal tacks to pierce through his skin. "ASK HIM!", Vladimir yells at Sanu as he watches Akira claw at the back of his head, trying to dislodge the intruders which are digging into his flesh and causing indescribable pain. "You wanna
quit?", Sanu asks Akira as he shoves the microphone into his blood soaked face. "N...no", Akira gasps out, prompting Vladimir to grab him by the hair and drag him up into an inverted headlock. He walks over the tacks, setting up The Black Heart Warrior for a DDT face down into the tacks. Before The Hardcore King can drop back Akira puts his arms up and wraps them around his waist, locking him in place. Caught off guard, Vladimir can do nothing when Akira plants both feet and hoists him up and over onto the tacks with a northern lights suplex! Akira releases the bridge, dropping down onto the tacks so that a few pierce through into his thigh. The crowd roars out, launching dualing "VLADIMIR!" and "AKIRA!" chants. With Vladimir down Akira stands up and walks around to one side, only using the energy needed to stand up to avoid having to crawl through tacks. Akira rolls Vladimir onto his left side and then lies down next to him, looking to hook his left
leg in a leg triangle to set-up for The Twister. Realizing what's going on The Behemoth wildly kicks back with his right leg and throws elbows with his right arms, trying to shake free while grinding his body down into the thumbtacks below him! Finding himself unable to lock in the hold, Akira resorts to throwing a series of elbow strikes into the back of Vladimir's skill until the psychotic Romanian can finally slip his leg free and escape the leg triangle.

Cedar: Close call there! Both these guys are sadists, you can't imagine the pleasure Akira Kobayashi would get from snapping Vladimir's spine with that move!

Miles: Or the pleasure Vladimir will get when he gets up and goes medieval on that son of a bitch!

True to Joey's prediction, Vladimir only seems more pissed off after the attempted submission followed by the rabbit elbows to the base of his skull. He scrambles over to the two chairs he slammed his knees into earlier and picks one of them up, folding it up as he climbs onto his two feet and eyes up Akira, who has also pulled himself up to a vertical base. Still looking like a human pin cushion, The Last Warlord of Osaka can only throw up his hands as Vladimir steps forward and cracks the chair over his head in one smooth motion, sending Akira stumbling backwards into the ropes. He falls through the top and middle ropes but grabs onto the top rope as he goes upside down, allowing him to pull himself up, rebound back, and headbutt Vladimir Strife directly in the forehead so hard it creates a dull clunk that echoes through the arena. Both men collapse in a heap, blood pouring from their foreheads as the fans chant "THAT WAS AWESOME!" in appreciation.
Both men try to regain their senses, now barely able to hold their heads up thanks to the blunt force trauma they have inflicted on each other. Ryu Sanu makes sure to ask both men if they want to quit, but he is met only with silence and a sly "fuck off" as the two warriors pull themselves up to their knees, about a foot away from each other and a few feet from the thumbtacks. The two stare each other down for a second before Akira drives an open handed slap across Vladimir's face, sending a shower of blood spraying from his open wounds onto the canvas. Vladimir retorts with a slap of his own, and quickly the match devolves into two men trying to one up each other with stiff slaps into each other's faces to the point that more blood can be seen on their face than skin. Each slap causes a wave of cheers from the crowd, and the cheers only get louder when after about six slaps each Akira Kobayashi throws a forearm into Vladimir's jaw.
The Godking falls back onto his ass and spits a mouthful of blood onto his blue t-shirt, which at this point resembles a dark red pincushion more than anything else. Akira drags himself up and sluggishly walks back towards the ropes, allowing himself to rebound off and get some speed. Instead of attacking the seated Vladimir The Pacific Rim Nightmare runs past, hitting the ropes behind his opponent to gain speed before coming back, coming off his feet and hitting the dazed Barbarian Lord in the back of the neck with a sliding lariat! On impact Vladimir slumps down, clutching his neck as his legs spasm out wildly.

Cedar: That'll pop a vertebrae or two!

Miles: Akira's taken control here!

Disregarding the idea of asking Vladimir to quit, Akira pulls him up to a vertical base once again to continue his assault on his opponents neck and back. He pushes Vladimir face first into the corner before tucking his arms over the ropes, leaving his back exposed. With as much pace as he can muster Akira charges into the opposite corner, hits the turnbuckle, then charges back to strike Vladimir's upper back with a two footed dropkick similar to the one which he used on Vladimir's jaw earlier. The force of the kick drops Vladimir, making him first collapse onto the second rope and then tumble out of the ring onto his feet. He stumbles over to the crowd barricade, which he uses to hold himself up while Akira steps out between the middle and top rope and drops down to the floor, eager to carry on his assault. He walks over to Vladimir with Ryu Sanu in tow and fires off a kick up into his midsection, prompting the fans in the front row to cheer even louder
than normal as they find themselves in such close proximity to the action. Vladimir refuses to fall over, instead pulling himself up straight as he winces in pain and returning the favour with a kick of his own, albeit a much weaker and less technically sound one. Akira goes to carry on the kick exchange, but as he does Vladimir throws his hands up and catches his leg, showing that his own kick was simply a ploy to bait Akira. With his opponents leg caught Vladimir falls to the side and rolls, slamming Akira into the crowd barricade with an uncharacteristic dragon screw! Akira's back crashes into the barrier, leaving a smear of blood resembling a Rorschach test behind. Vladimir angrily stomps down onto Akira's head, wincing slightly with each stomp as pain runs up and down his neck and back. With Akira laid in a heap of his own blood by the barricade Vladimir walks over to the apron again, looking for something else to torture Akira with. He looks under
the piece of material and immediately pulls a brown cardboard box, small enough that Vladimir can hold it in one hand but still fairly large. He walks over to Akira, a sick grin spreading across his face which tells everybody that whatever's in the box, it's not going to be good for the Osaka native. Vladimir crouches down next to Akira and puts an arm around his neck, pulling him into a headlock with one hand as he places the box down with the other and then opens the top. The fans in the front row gasp, cheer, and scream as the camera guy runs in to get a look.

Miles: What in the hell is it?

Cedar: I think it's...

The camera guy gets in close and zooms in on the contents of the small box as Vladimir puts his hand in.

Cedar: GOOD GOD NO! WHO IN THE HELL PUT THAT UNDER THERE? THERE'S HARDCORE WRESTLING AND THEN THERE'S THAT!

Vladimir pulls his hand out, revealing a huge hypodermic needle, stuck on the end of a glass syringe. Akira starts to struggle against the headlock, but Vladimir only tightens his grip as he puts the tip of the needle up to Akira's cheek. The metal point pierces through his skin, and as Ryu Sanu hurriedly asks him if he wants to quit Akira Kobayashi finds himself having a needle driven through one cheek and out the other! Vladimir laughs at the punishment he has inflicted before shoving Akira away and grabbing a second syringe from the box, getting ready to inflict more torture. "You want to quit?!" Sanu yells at Akira, who shakes his head as he tries to crawl away from his opponent. Vladimir easily catches Akira and grabs his hair, yanking him up to his knees with the needle still impaled through his mouth, coming in from the left and out the right. The Godking towers over Akira as he cups the underside of his jaw with his left hand and starts sliding a
second needle into his mouth with the right. Akira's legs shakes wildly as he grabs a hold of Vladimr's arm, trying unsuccessfully to prevent him piercing through his cheeks with the second needle. Akira yells out as loud as one can with two needles jammed into their mouth as Vladimir slides his upperbody into the ring to grab a hold of one of the three steel chairs littering the canvas. Vladimir slides back out of the ring to the floor, where he grabs the chair in both hands and stands over The Black Heart Warrior, who is now delicately trying to dislodge the needles from his cheeks. "Don't make me do it - just quit" Strife barks at Akira, who pauses for a second to stop trying to dislodge the syringes from his face. After thinking for a moment Akira puts his arms out and flips Vladimir the middle finger with both hands. "I'm glad you did that!" Vladimir chuckles as he winds up and pulls the chair back. The crowd
explodes as nearly eighty-thousand fans scream out in excitement, disgust, shock, or joy at the sight of Vladimir swinging the chair back, cracking it across the left side of Akira's face. The glass syringe shatters, sending shards of glass flying into Akira's face as the needle snaps off and Akira collapses down to his right, causing the other syringe to smash to pieces as it is crushed between Akira's head and the ringside floor. At this point large portions of the crowd are booing Vladimir, struggling to find support for the hellacious torment he is inflicting on his opponent, even in the context of an I quit match.

Cedar: VLADIMIR STRIFE IS SADISTIC, HE IS BRUTAL, AND HE IS MERCILESS, BUT EVEN HE MUST UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S DOING! IF AKIRA KOBAYASHI WON'T QUIT SURELY THERE'S SOMETHING IN TH-

Miles: You said it yourself, he's merciless! Unless Akira cuts his own balls off and admits who the better man is, it's only going to get worse!

Vladimir discards the chair and crouches down next to Akira, who is laid in a bloody mess face down on the floor with Ryu Sanu knelt next to him, asking him if he wants to give it up. Glass protrudes from small cuts on his face, the two needles are still jammed through his cheeks, and thumbtacks remain embedded into the back of his head and neck after the vicious German suplex from earlier in the match, but despite all this Akira hisses out "no" multiple times as Sanu asks him if he wants to quit. Vladimir walks around behind Akira, crouches down, and wraps his hands around The Pacific Rim Nightmare's gut as he pulls him up to his feet. No sooner has Akira been brought up to his feet when Vladimir bridges over backwards, trying to dump him on his head again with a German suplex. This time though Vladimir's back betrays him, and he finds himself only able to plant Akira on his upperback as his bridge collapses under the weight of his opponent. Despite
this the throw does a lot of damage to Akira, as well as finally dislodging one of the two needles from his mouth from the impact of landing on the thin padding. Vladimir gasps out for breath as he holds his lower back, slowly realizing that the pair of foot stomps and crabs he suffered through earlier in the match took a long term toll. As Vladimir tries to adjust his back to relieve some pain the Osaka native crawls over to the ring apron, using it to drag himself up to a vertical base once again. He pauses for a second to remove the second needle from his mouth, and then to dislodge a chunk of glass which has pierced itself through his ear lobe, before turning to collapse back first against the ring apron. Akira watches as Vladimir gets up to his feet, knowing that in his current state he has no chance of beating The Godking head on. Akira grasps the bottom rope and pulls himself into the ring, where he crawls over towards the thumbtacks once again.
Eagerly Vladimir follows, fighting through the stinging in his back to stay on the attack. Before getting into the ring Vladimir reaches down and grabs the barbed wire covered two-by-four which he used earlier, giving him yet another toy to play with. He gets into the ring and marches towards Akira, stomping his heavy boots down as a way to intimidate his grounded opponent. Vladimir steps through the tacks and stands in front of Akira, holding the two-by-four back behind his head like a baseball. Instead of attacking Akira while he's on all fours Vladimir waits, egging Akira to get up to his knees so he can get a good shot at him. The Godking waits until Akira finally gets up onto both knees with his hands down by his sides and swings, at which point The Pacific Rim Nightmare dives to one side and throws a handful of tacks up into Vladimir's eyes! The Behemoth drops the barbedwire coated two-by-four and stumbles back clutching his face, giving Akira the
chance to get back on the attack.

Miles: Well that's just fucking dirty!

Cedar: Strife just used a chair and Akira's face as a pestle and mortar respectively to create some crushed glass, you can hardly say it's not deserved!

Akira grunts as he struggles up to his feet and rushes in at Vladimir, leaping into the air to smash his knee into The Godking's nose. It doesn't break it, like Vladimir did to Akira's, but it does cause Vladimir to turn and fall face first into the ropes as blood oozes down to the floor. The crowd gets louder now, with the chants for Strife being drowned out by the majority of the crowd getting behind Akira. The Black Heart Warrior grabs both of Vladimir's arms and yanks them behind him, hooking them in place for a tiger suplex. Vladimir desperately tries to use his feet to grab the bottom ropes, but before he can latch on Akira bridges over backwards and dumps him down onto the back of his neck! Akira keeps the hooks in as he rolls over, dragging Vladimir back up to his feet against his will. For a second time Akira falls back, once again driving Vladimir down into the canvas with a sickening thud and without releasing the hold. The two lie on the mat
for a few seconds, trying to gulp in air as Akira keeps a tight grip on Vladimir's arms. He rolls over so Vladimir is laid on his front and then stands up, pulling his opponent up with him. Instead of immediately suplexing him over again Akira backs up towards the thumbtacks, looking to get his receipt for the German suplex he took earlier. He grunts as he starts to lean back, but instead of allowing himself to be dumped onto the back of his neck for a third time Vladimir sticks his left foot up behind him, kicking Akira in the groin and making him release the double hooks as he tries to avoid toppling over into the tacks. Vladimir grabs Akira and pulls his head down, putting it between his legs in preparation for the Skesis Driver - a sit-out double double underhook powerbomb that plants the victim down onto their head. Realizing what's happening Akira plants his feet into the mat and then yanks his arms free, using all the energy he can muster to
power out of the move and step to one side while taking Vladimir down to the mat face first into the barbedwire two-by-four he dropped earlier! The sharp barbs rip into Vladimir's skin as Akira wraps his legs around his arm, latching it into place to keep the blood soaked Godking from slivering away. Before Vladimir can wriggle free Akira grabs one of the loose strands of wire coming off of the bat and drags it up towards Vladimir's mouth, which is wide open thanks to him letting out a scream of pain from the barbs having ripped through his flesh and the dozens of tacks driving up into his body. With Vladimir's arm securely locked in place Akira drags the piece of wire across his mouth going around from one cheek to the other and yanks back, effectively trapping him in a crossface submission hold as barbedwire punctures his lips!

Cedar: Good lord, you've got to ask if Vladimir could even say "I quit" when he's in that hold!

Miles: That's not a fucking hold, he's just had a piece of barbedwire yanked back into his open mouth!

Akira leans back as far as he can, not only shredding Vladimir's mouth to pieces but cranking his neck up and putting pressure on many points running down the spine, including the cervical vertebrae targeted by The Twister. Ryu Sanu drops down to his knees in the thumbtacks, protected only by the thick knee pads worn under his refs pants, and puts the microphone up to Strife's mouth. "You wanna give it up?" "NNNNNNNNNNNAAAAAA!". While muffled and dragged out Vladimir's answer is clear, and he backs it up by swinging his free left arm out to grab a hold of the wooden two-by-four laid out in front of him. Out of desperation he wraps his hand around it and flings it backwards, managing to drive it up into Akira's face as the wire starts to unravel thanks to still being jammed into Vladimir's lips. With the end of the two-by-four jammed into Akira's face, the sharp points jamming into his skin, Vladimir grabs it again and starts to move it
up and down to shred Akira's face and force him to release the hold to roll back and get free. With Akira tearing the wire out of his mangled, barely recognisable face, Vladimir pulls himself up to his feet before grabbing the back of his neck. He wastes no time worrying about what the long term damage of the crossface will be and spits out some of the blood which has seeped into his mouth from his lips, running in at Akira and nailing him in the jaw with a back elbow. Akira stumbles back and turns away, allowing Vladimir to turn and go back to back with Akira, reach back to grab a hold of his head, and then drop to a seated position to execute his inverted stunner - the sinnerplex! The back of Akira's head cracks off of Vladimir's shoulder and he goes limp, tumbling face down into the corner with his head rested against the bottom turnbuckle. With Akira down Vladimir limps back over to the barbed wire two-by-four and picks it up in one hand,
practically dragging it back to Akira. He puts the barbed wire up against Akira's face once again, with the other end balanced on the mat, and promptly starts stomping it down into his head a few times before simply placing his foot on it and hoisting himself up on the ropes to put pressure on. "ASK HIM!" Vladimir spits at Ryu Sanu, who again drops to his knee and puts the microphone in Akira's face while asking him if he wants to quit. "NO!". "IN JAPANESE THEN, IF THE STUPID FUCK CAN'T UNDERSTAND ENGLISH!" Again Sanu obliges. "IIE!" Akira screams out in retort, his left eye completely closed as he speaks to avoid one of the razor sharp barbs catching him in the eye. The crowd cheers loudly as Akira switches back to his native tongue, showing that he's at least alert enough to do that.

Cedar: Neither man wants to give this up!

Miles: Of course not, it's the fucking King of Xtreme tournament AND the Lionheart title!

Cedar: We're seeing two different strategies here - slow dissection by Akira Kobayashi as he works over Vladimir's neck and back, and a non-stop mutilation by Vladimir Strife!

Miles: And it's beautiful, Ted!

Vladimir gives one final jumping stomp before backing off across the ring, allowing Akira to fall to a seated position in the corner where he can carelessly yank the wire out of his face and discard the two-by four to the outside. He reaches up to wipe some blood off of his face, at which point Vladimir comes hurtling back towards him and drives both knees into his rib cage to hit the Heart Starter! Akira crumples inwards and clutches his chest, groaning in pain and unable to prevent Vladimir from grabbing him by the arm and pulling him out towards the centre of the ring. He strolls around Akira, picking up one of the chairs as he goes and then cracking it down against the mat to further intimidate and psychologically mess with Akira. He waits for his opponent to get up to his knees and then slams the chair down onto the mat in front of him, leaving it on the canvas. In a move that echoes how Akira finished off Xtreme Icon Vladimir charges at the ropes
behind Akira and comes back looking for a curb stomp down onto the chair. Realizing what's coming Akira simply collapses down to one side, not having enough in him to effectively dodge or counter the move. With Vladimir in front of him Akira wraps his arms around his opponents waist and jams his shoulder into his back while rising to his feet. Letting out a mighty roar worthy of a grizzly bear Akira hoists Vladimir up and bridges back, spiking The Titan onto the top of his head with a back drop driver! Vladimir's body goes limp as his neck compresses down and sends his body into a state of shock, his legs shooting up straight and his arms flailing down. After balancing on his head for half a second Vladimir topples over to land prone face down on the canvas, which while already covered in blood gets a fresh coat from Vladimir's various wounds. Akira loudly gasps for breath as he sits up, eyeing the chair which is laid just in front of him. He grabs it
and then crawls over to Vladimir, slamming it down across his back with no small amount of anger. He climbs up and places his knees on the chair before reaching down to his left, pulling Vladimir's legs up and crossing them and then grabbing a hold of the outer leg with his left hand. With his right hand Akira grabs The Behemoth's hair, which is now matted up by gore, and leans backwards, rolling onto his back while stretching Vladimir's spine across the chair with a bow-and-arrow hold! Vladimir screams out in pain, first just with roars of anger and then in the form of a loud "NO!" when Sanu holds the microphone up to his lips.

Cedar: Earlier Akira Kobayashi said "there will come a point in the match where Vladimir has to make a choice - give up, or spend the rest of his life in a wheel chair", and when you look at how his spine is being contorted against that chair you've got to ask if that moment is now!

"SAY IT!" Akira screams out, his eyes spread wide in rage as he yanks back on Vladimir's to the point strands start to rip out. With his knees being driven into the steel, Akira can only hold on to the hold for so long before being forced to release Vladimir, but the damage is done. Like a crippled old man Vladimir is forced to try and crawl away, panting for breath as he tries to escape from The Black Heart Warrior. Akira crawls over to Vladimir and again grasps his hair, turning him over and then wrapping his legs around Vladimir's right leg as again he goes for The Twister. Vladimir quickly throws a hammerfist across, nailing Akira in the jaw and forcing him to throw one back instead of applying the hold. As Vladimir tries to shimmy away on his back the two throw bombs back and forth, alternating clubbing blows to the head as Akira tries to lock in the hold and Vladimir gets closer and closer to the ropes. The strikes rain down, blood flying through
the air, until finally Vladimir grasps the bottom rope with his right hand. He stops throwing hammerfists to grab the rope with his other hand and yank himself even further away, getting his upper body out of the ring before tumbling to the floor along with Akira, breaking his leg triangle. Both men take a few seconds to catch their breath and pull any remaining thumbtacks out of their skin and clothes before grasping the side of the ring and pulling themselves up. Akira is first to try and strike, spinning three-hundred and sixty degrees while throwing his elbow out, but Vladimir manages to duck under the strike and go behind Akira to launch a dropkick into the back of his knee. The Cruiser-X champion's leg buckles and he drops down to one knee again, giving Vladimir a chance to hobble back over to the box of syringes and pick them up, returning to Akira. At this point Vladimir can't even force a smile thanks to the searing pain running all the way
from the base of his spine to the top of his neck, along with the various other injuries and pains he's feeling. Instead of taking one syringe out Vladimir turns the box upside down and empties out the dozen or so needle tipped medical devices onto the floor, prompting some loud gasps and cheers. In the front one one fan screams at Vladimir that he's evil, while another starts to cry and back away through the crowd, a shot the XWA camera crew make sure to record.

Cedar: NO, COME ON NOW!

Miles: The man's nearly crippled, it's all or nothing time! The longer this goes on, the better Akira's chances are!

Akira hoists himself up using the apron and the bottom rope, giving Vladimir the chance to throws an open handed chop down across his opponents chest and leave a stinging pink hand print. He quickly follows up with a quick right hook that makes Akira duck his head down and lean more on the apron, at which point Vladimir grabs him by the hair and pulls him over towards the syringes. He hooks Akira up, looking for a snap suplex, but the Japanese wrestler plants his feet and easily wins the battle to void being hoisted up and over onto the syringes. Akira throws a knee up, nailing Vladimir in the gut, followed by a European uppercut to break the grapple up. With Vladimir wobbling on his feet Akira plants an open handed chop across his chest and then grabs him back into position for a vertical suplex. With Vladimir grappled Akira turns, putting his own back to the syringes and then trying to lift Vladimir up for the brainbuster onto them. Clearly remembering
what happened in their first match, which ended after a brainbuster onto some glass, Vladimir lets himself get lifted up off his feet and then thrusts a knee down at Akira, striking him in the forehead and breaking the brainbuster up. Vladimir barely manages to land on his feet and backs up a few steps, regaining his footing and then charging in again with his right arm up for a clothesline. As Vladimir runs at him Akira ducks down and shoots both arms out, grabbing him around the leg with his right arm and around the shoulder with his left arm before bridging backwards. Although it lacks the wrist clutch Akira normally uses, the snap exploder suplex is enough to launch Vladimir back first into the pile of glass syringes, which smash to pieces on impact. The two men almost simultaneously sit up and let out screams, what with both of them having landed about evenly on the syringes. Needles have pierced through both their flesh, although thankfully none
too deep, and the shirt is now barely hanging off of Vladimir's back what with the chunks of glass having slices through it.

Cedar: EXPLODER ONTO THE GLASS SYRINGES!

Miles: HO-LEE SHIT!

Working as fast as a half-dead man can Akira reaches back and digs the needles out of his skin while dragging himself up. He gets to his feet and turns, staring down at Vladimir's back as The Godking remains seated nursing his wounds. Akira lines up, sprints forward, and like an NFL kicker trying to put the ball between the posts plants the laces of his boot into Vladimir's lower back, snapping a needle embedded through his flesh in half as he does! Vladimir's instinct is to roll away, forcing him to shred himself up on the glass even more as he curls up next to the crowd barricade. "YOU QUIT?" Akira yells as he grabs the barricade and holds himself up with it, allowing him to drive a stomp down into Vladimir's stomach. "FUCK NO!" Vladimir retorts as he reaches up and grabs Akira's boot, stopping him from laying in stomps. In response Akira hoists himself up using the barricade and stomps down with his other foot, putting all of his weight down into the
Romanian's gut. With boot marks now embedded into his opponents chest Akira grabs Vladimir and pulls him up, leaning him against the barricade in front of the screaming fans. He steps to one side and then throws a high kick, cracking Vladimir across the base of his jaw and almost knocking him out. Content that Vladimir is sufficiently incapacitated Akira grabs Vladimir around the neck and rolls him into the ring before following him in, with Ryu Sanu hot on their heels ready to call a winner as soon as one man breaks. Instead of going straight for The Twister Akira reaches down and rips the remaining rags from off of Vladimir's back, revealing cuts and scars both new and old. Now left with nothing covering his back Vladimir falls victim to yet another jumping double stomp which crunches down his spine and pushes the air out of his lungs. Vladimir rolls over onto his back, accidentally putting himself in position for The Twister. Akira starts to step
over Vladimir's legs to lock in the leg triangle when he notices that The Godking's arms are outstretched, grasping a hold of a steel chair laid on the canvas. Akira starts to try to move, but is too slow and ends up taking a chair into the back from below. He falls forward into the ropes and bounces back towards Vladimir, who takes his chance to toss the chair up with such force that it cracks off of Akira's head and flies out of the ring! Like a ragdoll Akira drops, sprawling out on the mat as he fans go wild for both men.

Miles: BOOM! HEADSHOT!

Cedar: That was a brain scrambling shot, this isn't getting any easier to watch! If their wasn't an XWA heavyweight title shot on the line, I can't see how either man could will themselves through this!

Instead of going straight for Akira Vladimir again drags himself out of the ring and to the floor, where he sticks a hand under the ring apron and starts fishing around for an object. After a few seconds he retrieves an object which will be familiar to many XWA fans - a foot and a half wooden club that The Godking likes to call "Lisa". The crowd explodes at the sight of the weapon, which has already knocked off a fair few opponents in the short time Vladimir has been in XWA. Maddox Paine's blood still stains the weapon, having dried up as a dark red colour. Vladimir gets a move on and slides back into the ring, catching Akira trying to pull himself up in the corner. He quickly steps forward and swings the club down, a blow which Akira narrowly avoids by rolling forward out of the corner. His eyes glazed over, The Bambi Killer turns to face Akira, still holding the club up in position to strike, and runs in. This time Akira can't dodge and only manages to
throw a hand up, taking the full force of the blow down onto his open palm. He tries to close his hand around the club, but the weapon hits with so much force that Akira is forced to recoil back and grab a hold of his hand in fear that a bone may have broken under the force of the strike. Vladimir quickly swings again, cracking Akira in the ribs with a shot that sounds like a cannon going off. The Japanese fighter refuses to go down, instead simply stepping back as he screws up his face in pain. "WHAT THE FUCK DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET YOU TO QUIT?" Vladimir roars at Akira, as the latter slowly retreats and tries to regain his footing with his hands still up. "Kill me, you son of a bitch" Akira retorts, prompting a wildfire response from the crowd and a "KO-BA-YASHI!" chant to start up. The Black Heart Warrior backs all the way up into the corner and quickly steps up onto the bottom rope, baiting Vladimir in as he tries to avoid having
to wrestle a club wielding madman. Vladimir limps forward and raises the club up as he closes in, at which point Akira leaps forward from the bottom rope, throwing a boot up high and slamming it into The Barbarian Lord's face. Vladimir falls backwards onto the mat, letting the club roll out of his hands.

Miles: FUMBLE!

Akira lands on shaky ground, but unlike Vladimir ends up on his feet, while the Romanian psychopath lies on the floor nursing the torrent of blood coming out of his head. Akira kicks the club away and then turns back to Vladimir, who on adrenaline alone is already getting up to his feet. Returning to the pure striking roots that brought him his initial success in XWA, Akira drives a forearm down into the jaw of the kneeling Vladimir as he tries to get up. Shot after shot Akira slams his arm into his victim's mouth, trying to take the last of his fight out of him. Instead the strikes only seem to reinvigorate Vladimir, causing him to get back onto his feet and return with a forearm of his own to cheers from the crowd, who at this point are so wrapped up by the insane punishment the two have put themselves through that they will simply cheer for any sign of life! The two trade blows back and forth, with Vladimir managing to hit Akira so hard his mouth
guard flies out of his mouth onto the mat. Akira instinctively puts his arms up to block when he feels his mouth guard pop out, giving Vladimir the chance to grab him by the right arm and wrestle him down to the mat in a Fujiwara armbar! Using both his size and wrestling skill Vladimir forces the hold onto Akira, wrenching back on his arm as far as he can. Despite not having worked the arm before Vladimir tries as hard as humanly possible to snap it right off, or at least make it harder for Akira to use it in the future. The Black Hear Warrior screams out and flails his three free limbs around wildly as he feels his arm being yanked out of the socket, along with the remaining chunks of glass in his back which Vladimir presses down into him as he leans across his back to execute the armbar. Akira takes a few seconds to clear his head, searching for a counter as he roars out in pain and refuses Ryu Sanu's offer to quit the match. He pushes up onto his
knees and then shimmies his legs up and closer to Vladimir, eventually getting close enough to lock his legs around Vladimir's outside leg. The Last Warlord of Osaka tries to yank Vladimir's leg back, but The Titan overpowers him and rips his leg free to continue applying the armbar. Realizing he doesn't have the leg strength to apply such a counter Akira roll over onto his right side, allowing him to drag Vladimir across and over him into what would be a roll-up in a normal match. Akira yanks his arm free and rolls away, clutching his shoulder while loudly grunting like a wounded animal.

Cedar: Both men know that that wooden club, "Lisa", is still in the ring!

Both wrestlers get back to their feet, the club now laid about the same distance from each of them without being directly between them. Vladimir turns to the club and starts to limb over to get it but gets cut off by Akira, who runs in and lands a forearm into the side of his neck. Not one to be deterred Vladimir turns and throws one back, but instead of allowing the match to turn into a back and forth slug fest quickly follows it up by shooting in behind Akira, looking for a German suplex. Akira is taken by surprise by his opponent sneaking around behind him, but has his wits about him enough to put on the breaks and grab a hold of Vladimir's hands to loosen up his grip. The two battle back and forth in a test of strength, which Akira quickly realizes Vladimir is going to win. He tries, but after only a few seconds Akira finds his hands being clamped down against his chest in position for a straight-jacket German suplex. Vladimir starts trying to pull
Akira up for the suplex, but as soon as he manages to get Akira even up onto his tiptoes The Titan's back sends a jolt of pain up his spine, forcing him to put Akira back down. Realizing his opponent has no chance of suplexing him Akira swings his right leg up and then back down as hard as he can, cracking the underside of his boot into Vladimir's shin over and over until he finally releases his grip. Hopping on one leg Vladimir backs up a few steps, giving Akira the chance to spin around to face him. Taking a page out of his previous opponents book Akira faints for a leg kick and then leaps up, throwing a fist forward to land a superman punch, or as Xtreme icon calls it Straight Outta the 406. Vladimir falls to the mat clutching his face, now bleeding even more profusely thanks to the uncharacteristic closed fist punch by Akira.

Miles: Copyright infringement! Copyright infringement!

Cedar: Who better to borrow a move from than not only a previous opponent, but the 2011 King of Xtreme tournament winner! Akira Kobayashi has clearly done his homework!

With Vladimir down Akira crumples to the mat, taking a few seconds to think through what to do next. He looks over at Vladimir, then back across the ring at Lisa, The Godking's signature wooden club that has felled its fair share of opponents. Akira pushes himself back up to his feet and, step by step, walks over to Lisa. He grabs it up off of the mat and turns back to Vladimir, watching patiently as he claws his way up to one knee. Akira winds the bat back, looking down at the back of Vladimir's knee with a death stare which betrays his intent to anybody capable of seeing his eyes. Tension mounts as the crowd goes crazy, realizing that the end may be near. "Just quit!" Akira yells at Vladimir, who replies by shaking his head and spitting down at the canvas. "Not a damn chance, cocksucker.". Either oblivious to what Akira is readying to do or simply too proud to admit defeat Vladimir gets up to two feet, at which point Akira perfectly
replicates Vladimir's choice of attack the previous month against Maddox Paine, as well as Hitman Alex's assault on Vladimir the previous week, and cracks the bat against the back of his knee as hard as possible. Instantly Vladimir's knee gives way, so he simply dives forward and grabs a hold of the middle rope. Akira carries on heading towards The Bambi Killer, who is now clawing his way up the ropes to stand up. Vladimir turns to Akira and launches a last ditch clotheslines, which The Last Warlord of Osaka easily ducks while turning around, allowing him to nail Vladimir in the back of the other knee, albeit not hard enough to completely take him down.

Cedar: He's still on his feet, but for how long?!

Miles: Now that Lisa girl's involved? This really just turned into a blood orgy!

Vladimir stumbles forward and lets out a bellow while hobbling around to try and face Akira, treading through the thin layer of thumbtacks which still remain on the mat. Akira puts up his hands in a fighting stance and circles around Vladimir, looking for an opening. Said opening comes when a clearly punch drunk Vladimir throws a closed fist forward, looking for a Lights Out punch which appears as though it would put Akira into a coma on contact. Spotting the punch The Black Heart Warrior sidesteps it and then spins a full turn while throwing his elbow up, this time successfully nailing a rolling elbow that sends blood splattering of of Vladimir's face out into the aisle. The fans go crazy as Vladimir struggles to avoid going limp, staggering back into the ring ropes behind him and rebounding back, clearly barely awake. As Vladimir stumbles towards him Akira throws a knee up, nailing him in the stomach and doubling him over. Akira stands still for a
second wiping the blood away from his face before reaching down and grabbing Vladimir for what looks like a powerslam. Instead however he turns his opponent fully upside down, into position for a tombstone piledriver. The fans go wild as Akira holds The Godkiller upside down, clearly planning on pulling out a new trick to finally put down his opponent. After stepping forward to make sure he's over as many tacks as possible Akira drops down into a seated position, compressing Vladimir's neck and spine down with a monstrous, ring shaking sit-out tombstone piledriver! Every fan in attendance roars out as Akira releases his grip around Vladimir's waist, letting him full down back first to the mat with thumbtacks protruding out from his skull.

Cedar: That's it, he's got to be fucking dead!

Miles: SIT-OUT TOMBSTONE, TED! VLADIMIR'S NECK MUST LOOK LIKE A SLINKY RIGHT ABOUT NOW!

Akira shuffles forward through the tacks, ignoring the pain which runs through his entire body to wrap his legs around Vladimir's furthest away leg from beside him and his arms around his neck and shoulder. With Vladimir finally unable to wriggle free Akira yanks back all at once with all his limbs, twisting Vladmir's entire spine from the top to the bottom in opposite directions. In an instant The Bambi Killer is screaming out in pain, blood pouring from his face as he grits his teeth and tries to free himself any way he can. "SAY IT! SAY IT!" Akira screams out as Ryu Sanu shoves the microphone into Vladimir's face. "NO!" Vladimir replies, but instead of a courageous shout it comes out more as a tortured whisper, like the last words of a man trying desperately to keep it together. Akira responds by cranking back even more, showing no care for Vladimir's long term health in the slightest as he cranks his neck and spine around in
opposite directions, crunching the bones and threatening to pop vertebrates out of their sockets. As the two men move they continue to cause more and more thumbtacks to puncture through into their skin, but between the adrenaline and the huge amounts of pain they're already in it's barely even a blip on the radar. The crowd starts dueling "QUIT!" and "PLEASE DON'T QUIT!" chants, with the former possibly being by the Vladimir fans in the arena who simply want to see their favourite get out of the match still able to walk. Sanu shoves the microphone back into Vladimir's face as Akira once again roars at him to "say it". "QUIT, SAY YOU QUIT! GIVE IT UP!" Akira yells out, his eyes crunched closed as he uses every ounce of his being to try and make Vladimir quit and secure both the King of Xtreme trophy and Lionheart title. The crowd collectively holds their breath as they see Vladimir open his mouth, blood pouring out of it as he does. "SAY IT, SAY IT
DAMNIT!". Vladimir pauses for a second before finally answering. "I quit".

DING DING DING!