Commonwealth (c.) v. Kobashi - House of Sickles

[Brian Commonwealth]

World Warz II returns from an advertisement for next month's PPV NeXuS to the scattered chants of some of the fan favorites and as fans return to their seat for the main event. The last of the ring staff leaves the ring and the last of the thousands of sickles are done being put around the ring. The camera gives a wide shot view of the ring as you can start seeing a large platform being lowered from the top of the ceiling with about 50 sickles hanging from it. The platform stops being lowered about eight feet above the ring and the sickles now hang around the height of where the two Fighty fighty persons chests will be. The fans are applauding loudly at this gruesome scene and are highly anticipating for the match to start as the camera cuts over to Jimmy Pate and Darrell Jones at the commentator's table.

Darrell Jones: Welcome back to GHW World Warz II ladies and gentlemen. Well, we've had some great matches tonight, but this next match is sure to be a memorable one. Rurouni Kenshin Kobashi and the New Age Champion, Brian Commonwealth, in a House of Sickles match for the New Age Championship.

Jimmy Pate: Yep, this should be pretty brutal. I mean, that Taipei Deathmatch between Matthew Oliveira and Dominik Santiago was brutal, but after doing my research, I can tell you that this one is personal.

Darrell Jones: You're right, this is as much personal between Brian and Kobashi as anything else. Brian returned one month ago at Total Carnage in the open rumble for the New Age title which Rurouni was also in, and Brian ended up winning in a huge shock to everyone. No one expected him to come back, nonetheless win!

Jimmy Pate: Yeah, and a week ago I saw Brian beat Rurouni again on Genesis. It looks like Brian has Rurouni's number whether Rurouni would like to think so or not, and I guess Devin Bozz wanted to settle this once and for all and made one last match between them.

Darrell Jones: Yeah, but the odds are heavily stacked against Brian this time. He is in Rurouni's specialty and he is not known to be someone that takes it to a hardcore level. Though he has shown a different side of him the past month.

The camera then cuts over to Lizzie Morna standing next to the commentators because it is too dangerous to get into the ring.

Lizzie Morna: Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for the World Warz II main event!!!

This causes a huge burst of cheers from the crowd in attendance.

Lizzie Morna: This is a House of Sickles match and it is scheduled for one fall or submission and it is for the New Age Title! On his way to the ring, weighing in at 238 pounds, he hails from London, England, he is The True New Age, The Essence of Quintessence, The New Age Champion, Brian Commonwealth!!!

The fans boo right on cue as the heavy riffs of "Click Click Boom" by Saliva ( ) is heard across the arena, which erupts into a chorus of boos. Brian walks out a second later with his New Age title wrapped around his waist. Brian is wearing golden boots, golden kneepads, golden trunks that stop in the middle of his thigh with Commonwealth written in silver on the back of them, and golden elbow pads.

On those Saturdays, when kids go out and play, yo I was up in my room I let the stereo blaze, wasn’t faded, not jaded, just a kid with a pad and pen and a big imagination.

Brian begins walking down the ramp in a very arrogant strut with a huge smirk across his face.

All this, I seek, I find I push the envelope to the line, make it, break it, take it, until I’m overrated.

Brian stops in the middle of the ramp and outspreads his arms as golden fireworks explode from both side of the ramp as he points to the belt around his waist with his arms still outspread.

Click, Click Boom. I’m coming down on the stereo, hear me on the radio, click, click boom. I’m coming down with the new style and you know it’s buck wild. Click, Click Boom I’m on the radio station touring round the nation, leaving the scene in devastation.

Brian continues his strut down to the ring as he ignores the fans on either side of him flipping him off. Brian makes it to the edge of the entrance ramp and follows the clear path to the ring avoiding the sickles surrounding him like a moat. Brian rolls into the ring and stands up carefully making sure not to stand into one of the many sickles. Brian then starts navigating his way through the hanging sickles to the other side of the ring and you can tell there is a look of anxiety on his face about the match.

Darrell Jones: I was sitting ringside when I saw Brian issue the challenge for this match and he seemed more confident than ever, but this is not the same Brian I saw in the ring earlier this week.

Jimmy Pate: Ha ha, this is probably a little much for him. Rurouni is going to feed off of that fear and take advantage of it. This isn't good for Brian already.

Brian continues warming up with very rigid movement as he seems to be avoiding the sickles at all cost while he nervously awaits the arrival Rurouni.

TBC by Rurouni Kenshin Kobashi

[Rurouni]

Darrell Jones:This match I can not wait for! I mean is this the end for Rurouni? He has really been on a stumble lately but maybe this match will be the turnaround. I can not wait to see this!

Jimmy Pate:Well I know one thing with this being the main event it will not dissapoint. And what type of mood is Rurouni going to be going into this match. I mean Brian has pulled 2 wins out here and both times Rurouni was on the opposite end. One can only imagine the outcome of this match.

Lizzie Morna:And his opponent making his way to the ring. He weighs in at 241 lbs! From Tokyo Japan! He is the The Wandering Samurai Rurouni Kenshin Kobashiiiiiiiii!

The Arena darkens as the titan tron lights up and the words beware of sickles begins to flash and pulse. The opening chords to Ruff Neck by Skindred begins to play over the Pa as multi colored lights begin to flash, Smoke fills up the stage and is light up by the colored lights. The words fade out and scenes begin to play that show Rurouni using his sickle on various people, The crowd boos as through the smoke walks Rurouni he stands a smile is seen on his face as he raises the hand sickle up in the air with his right hand.

Darrell Jones:And there he stands the sickle in hand and a ring filled with sickles! I mean this is so up Rurouni's alley that I almost fear for Brian even if he has shown a real mean streak as of late.

Jimmy Pate:I have to agree with you Darrell, But I don't know I mean Brian has showed this mean streak about him lately and it has proven to give Rurouni all kinds of fits. I think though that Brian is trying to get Hawkeye through this and I am not sure if it having any effect or not. I mean Hawkeye did get involved but since then he has been quiet. But if I know Hawkeye he will pick his spot.

Rurouni has his hand sickle in his right hand the chain from the sickle is wrapped around his left hand. Rurouni begins to play to the crowd as he slowly makes his way down to the ring. He climbs the steel steps and then slips between the second and third rope. Rurouni stands looking around the ring at the fans. He then removes the chain from his left hand and puts the hand sickle under the turnbuckle in the left hand corner as he removes his coat. Rurouni looks over at Brian and immedittly charges before the bell rings catching Brian off guard as he tackles him to the ground mounting him and reigning lefts and rights to the face of Brian. Brian is trying to put his arms up to block the blows and shield his face. Rurouni continues to reign blow after blow into the face of Brian and then stands up raising his arms in the air as Brian lays on the mat dazed slightly and unsure what just happened.

Rurouni turns around and stomps on the head of Brian before bending down and picking him up. Rurouni puts Brian in a front facelock, scooping one brian's thighs with his free hand, lifting him upside down, and then dropping Brian on top of his head. The crowd cheers as both Darrell and Jimmy look on. Rurouni doesn't seem to be done and again picks up Brian and sends him into the ropes. Brian bounces off the ropes and ducks under a closeline running to the other side of the ring and bouncing off coming back at Rurouni and catching him by surprise with a close line instead which sees Rurouni hit the mat as Brian then proceeds to mount Rurouni and reigns down fists of his own. Rurouni tries and puts his arms up covering his face to shield off some of the blows. Brian stands up as Rurouni lies on the ground trying to recover from Brian's counter. Brian plays to the crowd who end up booing him like crazy. Brian drops his body over the chest of Rurouni and goes for the cover as the ref drops down to make the count.

TBC

[Brian Commonwealth]

OOC: Rurouni, don't you think It would be kind of hard to be running around a ring with sickles hanging everywhere? It looked like you completely ignored them. At least acknowledge the sickles that are hanging from the platform.

Rurouni kicks out before the referee can even slam his hand down for one and Brian quickly rolls away from Rurouni. Brian makes it to the edge of the ring so that he can stand safely. Rurouni gets into a crouched position, and reaches his hand up, grabbing the arc of one of the hanging sickles. Brian sees Rurouni crouched on his knees and sees a clear path through the sickles toward Rurouni. Brian begins charging towards Rurouni making sure not to make contact with any of the very close sickles. As he gets to Rurouni, Rurouni stands up as he swings the sickle he had back behind him forcefully. Rurouni wraps both ankles of Brian with his own feet and forces Brian forward with his own momentum in a drop toe-hold as Rurouni also falls to the ground. On his way to the mat, the sickle that Rurouni slung backwards comes swinging forward at a fast pace and seems to slice right in between the eyes of Brian starting at the nose and ending at the forehead as blood spatters all over the mat.

Darrell Jones: HOLY SHIT! BRIAN'S FACE WAS JUST SLICED OPEN DOWN THE MIDDLE!

Brian falls to his stomach on the mat making deafening screams of mercy as he covers his face with his hands. Brian rolls to his stomach and removes his hand to show a face covered with blood coming out at an alarming rate with a huge slit from the nose, in between the eyes, to the top of the forehead. Rurouni stands up with grace without worrying about the surrounding sickles, feeling at home around them, and grabs the bloody sickle that slit Brian's face. With a quick motion, Rurouni yanks down on the sickle pulling it down from the platform. Rurouni wraps the rope that the sickle hung from around his fist which is now bleeding from pulling the sickle off. Rurouni crouches so that when he swings, his sickle will not make contact with the hanging sickles. Rurouni is in a squatting position, and he brings his hand back with the sickle hanging from it, and then whips is forward towards Brian who is now on his back trying not to pass out. The sickle sinks into Brian's forehead and another horrifying scream is heard from Brian after the sickle cuts through the epidermis once again. Rurouni grabs the rope with both hands, and yanks back on the rope causing the sickle to slice horizontally across the head of Brian, also causing Rurouni to fall to his butt from the force of the pull.

Jimmy Pate: Oh my god... This is getting out of hand already.

Darrell Jones: Nope, Brian wanted this match and he is getting it.

Rurouni has navigated his way to the other side of the ring, and begins yanking off the hanging sickles by grabbing the rope above in hopes of removing the hanging sickles which are very distracting. The referee who has made himself scarce the whole match is now checking on Brian to see if he can continue. Brian is rolling around the ring with blood constantly flowing out of his head when he looks into the crowd and stops moving altogether. Brian stands there for a little while mesmerized and then turns around to look at Rurouni who is still trying to get hanging sickles down, which is coming along at a slow rate. Brian tries wiping the blood from his face only for it to be replaced by more, but he seems to have his head a little clearer. Brian reaches above and grabs two of the hanging sickle ropes. Brian yanks them down hard and begins rolling the rope tight into his hands so that both sickles are hanging from one of the ropes on each hand. Brian navigates his way over to Rurouni who has gotten about only five sickles off and has his back turned not expecting Brian to be up. Brian brings back the ropes which hold the sickles and swing both of the ropes forward at the same time. The sickles hanging off the end of the rope go up and over the arms of Rurouni who still has his back turned, and Brian yanks the ropes back as the ropes falls over the arms of Rurouni on each side. This causes the sickles to be pulled backwards at a fast rate and driven deep into the arms of Rurouni on each side. Rurouni lets out a scream of pain as Brian rushes forward a few steps and slams his knee into the lower back of Rurouni, forcing him into the turnbuckle stomach-first.

From here, Brian continues pulling back on the ropes which hold the sickles that are still in each arm of Rurouni, causing Rurouni's shoulder blades to pinch together at a very uncomfortable angle added with the pain of the sickles still being pulled back and deeper into his arms which are now bleeding badly. Brian brings his other knee up onto Rurouni's lower back, and he now hangs behind Rurouni with his knees firmly on Rurouni's lower back while pulling back on the ropes also pulling back Rurouni's arms in the process with the sickles still in them causing a lot of agonizing pain on the whole back of Rurouni as he tries to remain standing using the support of the turnbuckle.

Jimmy Pate: Well it looks like Brian has gotten a second breath and has come up with a very enterprising way to use those sickles... I don't believe I've ever seen sickles used in that way before. You can see the pain on Rurouni's face.

Darrell Jones: Yeah, you definitely can, but you have to be wondering how long Brian will be able to continue this match considering how badly his head was cut open at the beginning.

Rurouni eventually gives in and falls backwards, letting Brian land a hard backcracker. Brian keeps his knees into the back of Rurouni and rolls to his side forcing Rurouni onto his stomach with Brian mounted on top of Rurouni's back on his knees. Brian goes to work quickly unraveling the ropes around his own hands. Once they are off his hands, Brian grabs the rope coming from the sickle in Rurouni's left arm, brings that rope behind the head of Rurouni, and ties it on the right wrist on the opposite side. Brian then grabs the rope coming from the sickle in Rurouni's right arm and brings it behind the head of Rurouni to tie it to the left wrist of the opposite side. Brian rolls off and begins resting on his butt in the corner as Rurouni starts flailing around with his arms still outspread like he is on a cross, not being able to do anything.

Jimmy Pate: WHOA! Did you see what Brian did there? He has Rurouni in a way so that he is in something like a crucifix. If Rurouni brings his arms forward his pulls the sickles deeper into his arms, and his arms are already perfectly straight out so he can't bring the backwards. There is no way to get out of this and Brian doesn't even have to do anything!

Darrell Jones: Very impressive by Brian Commonwealth... This is a first...

After a long while of resting and getting his head straight and Rurouni giving up after a while of trying to get out of the sickle crucifixion he is in, Brian starts to stir. Brian gets behind Rurouni and sits on Rurouni's back butt-first. Brian makes a mock yawn and reaches forward in front of Rurouni's face with both hands. Brian cups Rurouni's chin and gets off his butt into a very low squat position. From here, Brian pulls back very hard on the chin of Rurouni in a very tight camel clutch. Rurouni struggles all he can, but to no avail as seemingly all of his options are cut off considering his arms are still in the sickle crucifixion and any movement forces the sickles deeper into his arms which are now flowing out blood at a constant pace.

Jimmy Pate: If Brian keeps this camel clutch locked in, it could be the end of the match right here! With Rurouni not being able to do anything, he might pass out from the pain.

Darrell Jones: Yeah, and Rurouni only has two options from here. Number one, he finds the will to continue and finds a way out, though I don't see one. Number two, the blood coming from Brian knocks Brian out from the blood loss. I don't see that happening though as Brian looks to have a lot of energy back. Rurouni is in deep trouble here.

Brian continues wrenching back on the chin of Rurouni as Rurouni looks to be fading from the pain.

TBC by Rurouni

OOC: This is only the beginning my friend!

[Rurouni]

The ref runs into the ring and is down on the mat trying to avoid puddle of blood as he checks to see if Rurouni is still in it. Brian who continues to exert pressure on the hold begins to feel light headed and woozy but blocks it out as he continues to wrench back causing Rurouni's eyes to roll back into there sockets. The ref continues to check on Rurouni and is about to call for the bell when suddenly Rurouni crashes to the mat face first and Brian is seen sliding off and landing on the mat next to Rurouni his face in the lights. The ref looks at both Fighty fighty persons and is unsure what to do.

Jimmy:Well Devin it would appear that Brian has passed out and it looks like it might have saved Rurouni who lost a lot of blood and would you look at how those sickles are still stuck in his arms.

Devin:Yeah it would seem Jimmy that you are right. Both men have lost a lot of blood here in the opening minutes of this match. I mean that was a pretty interesting way that Brian used those sickles. The question is who is going to be the first up?

Both men continue to lie on the mat and the ref finely decides to give the standing 10 count. The fans in the arena count along with the ref and Rurouni is seen moving slowly as he screams in pain grabbing the handles of the sickles and with effort pulling them out one at a time. Blood spurts out of the wounds as Rurouni has amazingly made it to his hands and knees. The spurting of blood causes the ref to lose his count as he out of instinct checks on Rurouni. Rurouni feels the warm sticky sensation as he begins to feel light headed from the loss of blood but ends up grabbing the ref and pulls himself up to his feet using the ref. Rurouni looks down at the bloodied sickles and grimaces in pain as he looks around seeing Brian on the mat. Rurouni in agony bends down picking up the two sickles that were in his arms standing up and then falling to his knees.

Jimmy:I am not sure what is going to happen next Devin but it doesn't look good. Then again I don't think Rurouni has much left in the tank.

Devin:I may have to agree with you but who knows. I mean anything is possible.

Rurouni wobbles on his knees and Brian is seen stirring and has rolled over and is on his hands and knees. Brian is unaware of Rurouni who catches his balance and notices Brian making it to his feet. Rurouni waits as Brian gets up to a standing position before taking the sickle in his left hand swinging it into the right calf muscle of Brian's leg. Brian screams out in pain as the sickle bits deep. Brian screams in pain again as Rurouni takes his right hand and swings the sickle sticking it into Brian's left calf muscle. Rurouni then struggles but pulls on the ropes that were attached to the sickles and causes Brain to fall flat on his face the sickles ripping down the calves.

Jimmy:That looks like that will hurt. Damn what can happen next? I mean those sickles appear to be dug deep into the calf muscles.

Devin:I would have to agree with you but the question I wonder is what length will these two men goto in order to win this match? I mean I understand that Rurouni can not get a win it would seem. But is this the way to settle this? I know that Brian put himself at a disadvantage by requesting this match. But I don't know we could be seeing a new side to Brian if either one of these men makes it alive out of this match.

Rurouni smiles as he then stands up and pulls on the ropes as he walks toward Brian. Brian screams in pain as the sickles are hooked to the calf and this causes Brian's legs to bend back as Rurouni continues walking over Brian. Rurouni then drops to his knees putting his but into the back of Brian as he continues to pull on the ropes. Brian screams out in pain as Rurouni reaches with one hand and loops the rope around the right wrist of Brian and pulls the rope so that the arm comes off the mat and up behind the back of Brian. Brian screams in pain as he finds himself somewhat cradled and tied up The sickles digging deeper into the muscle.

Jimmy:Oh my god! look at that! I mean wow!

Devin:Brutal, just downright brutal but I don't think he is done yet.

Rurouni takes the other rope and wraps it around the left wrist of Brian and then pulls on that rope. The force causes the left arm to come up into the air. Rurouni proceeds to pull on the ropes and then sets his feet behind Brian's knees and rocks Brian back and forth the pain becoming excruciating as Rurouni then rocks so that he is on his back and Brian is up in the air in a surf board submission. Brian is screaming in pain as the sickles are dug in deep into the calves and as Rurouni holds Brians up in the air twisting the arms that are wrapped in the rope it causes more pressure to be applied to the small of the back as well as damaging the calf muscles even more. The ref looks on and then walks over asking Brian if he gives.

TBC

(OOC:Computer has been acting up here and time has been limited)

[Brian Commonwealth]

The referee continues checking on Brian's condition only for Brian to respond with screams of pain as Rurouni continues applying pressure on the surfboard. Brian seems to be fading but he keeps opening his mouth and closing it making weird gurgling sounds as the blood on his head has started falling onto the face of Rurouni below. Brian continues making the gurgling sounds and eventually closes his mouth before turning his head as far as he can backwards. His head is twisted backwards as far as it will go and then blood suddenly starts dribbling from his mouth into the face and eyes of Rurouni below. Brian continues letting the collected blood in his mouth fall onto Rurouni's face before Rurouni's face is eventually covered with Brian's blood from his mouth. Brian finally lets all of the blood spill from his mouth at one point into the eyes of Rurouni below as Rurouni is forced to let go of the surfboard so he can get the blood off of his face and out of his eyes.

Brian is on his stomach now as Rurouni starts wiping his eyes and Brian starts bouncing on his stomach to the other side of the ring to get away from Rurouni when eventually he just stops bouncing from the pain in his calves. Brian has his face down on the mat and looks defeated when he slowly begins lifting his face up and stares into the crowd for the second time in the match. After a moment of this trance into the crowd, Brian shakes his head a little to get his thoughts straight. Rurouni has his face clear of most of the blood now when he starts walking in between the hanging sickles on his way towards Brian who is still on the mat with the sickles in his calves and the ropes on his wrist. Rurouni is stopped dead in his tracks as Brian suddenly lets out horrifying screams of pain.

The crowd is silent for a while as they all stare at Brian at the edge of the ring just as Rurouni does. The screams of Brian grows louder when you begin seeing the sickles in his calf are moving up them very slowly, slicing through the calf muscles as Brian brings his arms up. Rurouni has a disturbed look on his face as he watches Brian continue to pull the sickles up through his calf muscles at an agonizing rate. Eventually they make it towards to top of the calf, and Brian makes one last jerk forward, ripping them through the last of the muscle out of the leg completely as he lays on the mat screaming.

Jimmy Pate: ..........This is a pretty disturbing scene is the GHW arena right now. Brian just... yeah.....

Darrell Jones: Yes, it is a disturbing scene, but... This just shows how much Brian is wanting this.

Brian is getting checked on by the referee who is only shoved away by the hurting Brian. Rurouni disturbed look is replaced by a twisted smile as he slowly starts making his way to the fallen Brian.

Darrell Jones: If Rurouni does anything drastic, then Brian might be out of wrestling for a while, and it looks... like Rurouni is planning something sick and drastic. It's not like Rurouni is known for being gentle on his opponents when they are hurting.

Rurouni is now standing over Brian who is moaning in pain. Rurouni reaches down and unties the ropes from each of Brian's wrist and throws them to the side. Rurouni then grabs one of Brian's wrist and starts lifting him to his feet after turning him onto his back. Just as Rurouni is lifting Brian, Brian quickly grabs Rurouni's wrist with his free hand, and jerks him backwards as hard as he can. Brian goes crashing to his back as Rurouni flies through the middle and top rope. Rurouni lands on the outside in a pile of sickles from which many stab him. Rurouni screams in pain and struggles more only to dig himself deeper into the moat of sickles, and more sickles enter his skin. Rurouni finally stops struggling and panicking and slowly begins navigating his way to his feet. Once on his feet, you can see many of the sickles on his body that have pierced into him, and he is bleeding all over his body from the stabs of the sickles.

Jimmy Pate: Even while in this painful state, Brian had great ring presence to send Rurouni to the outside into all of those sickles laying out there like a moat.

Rurouni is still working on getting the sickles off of his body when he looks up at Brian who is holding onto the top rope holding his whole body up below him. Before Rurouni can even think of what might happen, Brian lets out a roar in exertion of strength as he pulls himself up with much velocity. Brian pulled himself up hard enough to send himself over the top rope, and he lands on Rurouni on the outside in an over the top rope crossbody. Rurouni catches him and goes crashing onto the sickles below him as he lets out a sharp scream of pain while Brian lays on top unharmed while they both lay near the fan barrier. Suddenly, both of Brian's arms are grabbed by enthusiastic young men who pull him over the barrier into the crowd under orders of a loud, menacing voice. The young men are high fiving each other when they are shoved out of the way by Reverend Vortigern with a middle-aged woman with a medical bag. Reverend Vortigern begins barking orders at the woman while pointing at Brian with his cane, and the woman immediately gets down to Brian's level and starts taking medical supplies out of her bag as Brian lays on his stomach.

Darrell Jones: What is going on!? This isn't fair! Brian shouldn't be getting help in the middle of the match, Rurouni isn't getting any!

Jimmy Pate: Well, I mean, when you have someone who is going to look after you on your side... Who can blame him for taking it?

Rurouni has stumbled to his feet with more blood all over his body than before and a sickle wedged deep into his back from the fall. Reverend Vortigern gets near the edge of the barrier, and swings him cane like a baseball bat into the sickle driving it even deeper into the back sending Rurouni stumbling forward onto his stomach once again into the sickles. Brian now has a lot of thread sticking out of his leg after the woman is done sewing up his calf. Vortigern points his cane away and the woman leaves without question as Vortigern starts summoning Brian to his feet with his cane. After much bumping from the cane, Brian has made it to his feet and looks very unsteady on his feet. Vortigern gets in the face of Brian who looks very woozy right now.

Vortigern: Listen boy, you go and win this House of Sickles! You go and defend Stone Orchard! This group was not build on the cowardice and timidity you are appealing to this inferior now! So go, and show the true virtue of Stone Orchard because as of now you are showing me and these pathetic people nothing!

Feeling a little stronger in spirit, Brian pulls himself over the barrier painfully and begins hobbling his way over to Rurouni who still has the sickles sticking out of him on different parts of his body which is not bleeding badly just as Brian's calf and face are covered in blood. Brian picks up Rurouni and rolls him into the ring underneath the bottom rope which Rurouni doesn't resist. Brian makes sure not to trip and fall into the sickles as he enters the ring as well. Brian is slow to his feet and doesn't look steady on them when he finally makes it to his feet, but still manages to hold himself up somehow. Rurouni has also made it to his feet after taking out all of the sickles on his body except for the one wedged deep into his back. Both men now stand a little ways from each other when Brian starts slowly walking towards Rurouni in between the hanging sickles. They now stand face to face, both a bloody mess, and both looking as if they are standing on their last strand of energy.

Darrell Jones: You can just feel the tension between these two. I'm sure they have a new respect for each other, but they both hate each other and just want to win so badly.

Jimmy Pate: Well Darrell, I can tell you that it gets to a point between two superstars where they just hate each other so much and want to win so badly, but deep in their souls they really do respect each other. I have always seen that the hate overlaps the respect though

Brian finally breaks the tension by landing a hard right punch into the face of Rurouni. Rurouni responds by landing a right hand of his own. Brian responds with a left fist to the jaw of Rurouni, and Rurouni punches Brian in the ribs. Eventually, they are trading punches left and right, connecting with all of them to an ecstatic crowd. Brian lands a very stiff punch to the right eye of Rurouni which makes Rurouni unsteady on his feet. Brian tries sizing Rurouni up to make a knockout punch, but Rurouni suddenly knees Brian in the ribs, reaches behind his own back with one hand and rips the sickle out of his back with a scream of pain, but continues what he is doing. Right when Brian stands up straight again after being kneed, Rurouni slashes the sickle into the face of Brian, sending the hook completely through the cheek. Brian lets out a muffled scream but tries his best to block out the pain as he kicks Rurouni in the gut, though loses his balance a little himself on his weak legs and stumbles back. Brian manages to stay on his feet, and rips the sickle out of his cheek sending a massive amount of blood flowing down his neck. Brian continues blocking out the pain though, and backs up a little more while avoiding the hanging sickles, though he still very wobbly on his legs. Brian squats a little bit and begins running forward in as best coordination as he can. Brian meets Rurouni just as Rurouni is standing up from the kick to his stomach and Brian connects with a devastating spear that sends the back of Rurouni right back into the sickles he took off of him earlier. Brian rolls to the side and is a bloody pulp as the lower half of one cheek hangs about with his eyes closed. Rurouni lays right along side him with his eyes closed as well and they both seem to be out of it for good.

Jimmy Pate: I just... don't know what to say... This match is just so brutal. These men are taking years off of their lives now.

Darrell Jones: Yeah Jimmy, this is one of the most brutal matches I have seen in a long time.

The referee begins counting both men out as they lay down without moving to the cheering of the crowd for the two men that have been going through war in the ring.

TBCB Rurouni