J-ROK Jam Sessions Ep. 18 "Folsom Prison Blues" SHOW

[Kira Izumi]

Match One: YTA Championship Match; Folsom Prison Cafeteria Death Match; 60 Minute Time Limit
Killa Kai Vs. Florida Man (C.)

MUSHI: “(For the first time ever J-ROK comes to you from America! And what a way to kick things off Psycho-San.)”

Psycho KGB: “(We have the return of Killa Kai after a few months. He had to be out for personal reasons, but now he’ls back and looking to take that YTA Championship off of Florida Man!)”

MUSHI: “(No easy task there, as we’ve seen in the past Florida Man is one slippery gator full of surprises. He’s been embarrassing Kira Izumi since Guns Fight Club earlier this year and hasn’t stopped since!)”

Fumio Daemura: “(This match is set for one fall under a sixty minute time limit and is a Folsom Prison Cafeteria Death Match for the YTA Championship! Introducing first, Killa Kai! And his opponent the REIGNING DEFENDING YTA CHAMPION… Florida Man!)”

The match would start out any other way a florida man match would start. Not with copious amounts of coke, or an ungodly amount of acid. But with FM coming out from the cafeteria counter and jumping Kai with a surprise attack! A tray full of food is used as a weapon. It must’ve been full of deassert, because FM made sure he had seconds!

Kai would fight back after realizing the situation he was in. He’d slam FM onto the hard prison tables. Grabbing a fork and attempted to stab his eye out. It wouldn’t work as the reptilian would use his big chompers to bite his arm and gator roll him onto the floor. Kai would punch him in the head and the guts as they’d brawl back and forth.

Fried Chicken would be thrown at one point. FM would try using whatever he could to beat his opponent. Kai would dodge the delicious weapon as he’d pop up with a european uppercut and a knife edge killer discus knife edge chop. Making Florida’s chest look like minced meat.

Kai would grab him by the back of the head and throw him into the metal counter head first. Stomping him out and going for a quick pin attempt. He’d only get a one count though. He’d pick up FM again, this time hitting him with a low kick and a facebuster onto the counter. He’d throw him over and dive off it himself. FM would dodge the ariel attack.

Hitting him with a metal ladle instead.He’d get a handful of mystery meat and shove it in Kai’s eyes. Kai would miss some punches as he would swing wildly at everything. He’d trip over a well placed mop and trip into the counter, FM would roll him up with his foot on the table. The one, two, three and the win.

Fumio Daemura: “(Your winner of this match and STILL YTA Champion… Florida Man!)”

Psycho KGB: "(Hold on just a minute! it's Kira Izumi! He's had enough of Florida Man!)"

MUSHI: "(They're both going at it now!)"

Kira and FM brawl before Izumi hits him with the belt!

Kira Izumi: "(Florida Man! i'm sick and tired of yer shit! At Raison D'Etre 3! You and me you son of a bitch! For the YTA Championship!)"

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Arisa was sitting down in a chair as she was getting ready to introduce herself to everyone here. She made sure the camera was on

Arisa Hojo: "I was told by management that you wanna get to know me better. So well I'll tell you who I am and that is I’m the person who is gonna burn JROK to the ground. I am the one who is gonna take over JROK. I am the 33-year veteran and your worst nightmare, You can call me Puroresu no megami (Which translates to The Goddess Of Pro Wrestling) I AM Arisa Fucking Hojo."

Arisa Hojo: "So your gonna ask why JROK and what a stupid question do you have to ask that question there are things in my career that I have yet to achieve and one is that I'm gonna conquer JROK. Everything that JROK holds dear I’m gonna burn it all to the ground and in the ashes, my Monarchy is gonna expand. (This is a message for everyone here; You don't know what's coming but don't worry about it. You won't be ready for me because the monarchy is coming And taking over)"

Arisa Hojo: "(Since I'm such a nice person I won't take what I want just yet, because I could just waltz in and do just that but where is the fun in that? What do I want well? I want the Visual Kei Championship to be completely honest. I could care less who ends the year with the championship because after I'm through with them they'll end up in a wheelchair. Next year will be the year of the Goddess of Pro Wrestling!)"

She turned off the Camera

MUSHI: "(What words from the 33 year vet! she's already making bold challenges and we'll just have to wait and see if they get answered!)"

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Match Two: J-ROK Tag Team Rules; 30 Minute Time Limit
Death Startling (Fukushima Zombie & Anna Daniels) Vs. Super Sake Presents: Off The Wagon

This match would be a pretty even one. With two great teams duking it out in a highly contested matchup. We’d see lots of great tag team action and double teams from both duos. With Zombie and Daniels cutting off the ring and keeping the offense on Quake.

Quake would fight back, with lefts and rights. He’d drop Anna down with the running yakuza kick he calls Drought. He’d dive towards Randy and get the hot tag. Randy would come in like a house of fire. Dropping both Fukushima and Anna with some well placed dropkicks.

Off The Wagon would continue to tag in and out, keeping each other fresh. They’d continue to do double team moves and keep their opponents beaten down. Angel would drop Zombie with a suplex and a pin.

ONE!

TWO!!

Count out!

Zombie fights back with some super kicks, driving Randy into the corner. Her and Daniels would get hit an assisted piledriver onto Randy. Going for a pin of their own. A two count is all they get.

Zombie irish whips him and on the way back Randy hits her with a crossbody. He tags in Quake. Zombie would finish the match soon enough though, with her jisatsu submission.

Fumio Daemura: “(Your winners of this match… Death Startling!)”

Match Three: Random Tag Team Death Match; 30 Minute Time Limit
Scott Fargo, Nausicaa Suzuki, Jack Gaines, & Wolf Fang Ayame

This match would be a random team death match. Each person in the match would draw sticks, with two matching pairs. Jack and Wolf would get the sticks with a star pattern on them while Scott and Nausicaa would get the sticks with circles on them.

The match would start off with Suzuki and Ayame. Two women who have a history with one another. Fighting each other in various matchups over the past few years. They’d start the match out slow with headlocks and lockups. A lot of technical and catch style wrestling to start off the match. Scott would tag in soon enough and keep up with the technical stylings.

A lot of holds and submissions would be applied by both competitors before Ayame would hit a Heaven’s Howl. those double knees would knock him down and give her enough time to tag out to Gaines. Jack would make things violent with lots of stiff brutal strikes. A lot more brawling now as Fargo and Gaines would brawl back and forth. Fargo would catch him and drop him with the best snap suplex in the business.

He’d pick him back up, wasting no time and hitting him with the black magic. A pin and a one count for his troubles. Gaines and fargo would continue throwing strikes and suplexes on one another. With Jack wiggling out of a jackhammer and slipping behind him and locking in a sleeper hold. Just enough to get him groggy enough to set up for the handspring enzugiri he calls the black knife. But Fargo catches him into an ankle lock.

Jack rolls over and gets a heel hook on Fargo. Both men kick the shit out of one another before tagging out. Suzuki comes in like a house of fire, hitting dream crushers on anything that moves. She lifts up Wolf for a pandemonium, but Fang slips out and gets her in a prawn hold. A one count before both women get back to their feet. Ayame goes for her scorpion kick, but Suzuki blocks it. Hitting an impressive series of flips into a corkscrew moonsault. She picks her back up for a pandemonium for the win for her team.

Fumio Daemura: “(Your winner of this match, Scott Fargo and Nausicaa Suzuki!)”

When we come back from a short commercial break we see J-ROK owner, Kira Izumi standing in the ring. He has the Sakura Tag League trophy in the middle of the ring with him.

Kira Izumi: “Good evening everyone, i want to thank ya all for being such a great crowd here tonight. As you know, the Sakura Tag League is upon us. Well with that coming up, i’d like to give you all some more information about the tournament and tell you all the teams who’re going to be apart of it!”

He pauses before continuing.

Kira Izumi: “First let me tell you about the schedule for the tournament this year. With 32 teams in the tournament, we’ll be starting things early. For the entirety of December we’ll have tournament shows. Starting on December 2nd with one half of the first round matches. Then we’ll continue onto December 9th with the second half of the first round matches. December 16th we’ll hold the sweet sixteen matches and December 23rd we’ll have both the quarter and semi-finals. The finals will be held on December 31st on Night 2 of Raison D’Etre 3.”

The crowd cheers.

Kira Izumi: “Now onto the teams for this years tournament and the brackets! The teams in no particular order are as follows. Sunshine Party, Jessie Osborne & Ayu Megumi, SKY Force this year will have the teams of Hayley Grimes & Nausicaa Suzuki as well as Rin Kubo & Shizuku Yamamoto.”

Kira Izumi: “We’ll also have the super duos champs, E.V.E., Queens of Chaos, Black Knife Cabal, Heroes 4 Hires Mark Storm & Takashi Shinobu, Strike 2 Kill, Super Sake Presents: Off The Wagon, Tokyo Mass Suicide, The Hellhounds, Death Startlings Fukushima Zombie & Anna Daniels, Bad Luck Inc., Crinkley Bottom Boys, Sons of Loki making their J-ROK returns, Motor City Mafia, Team Dayla, The Super Frenemies Dylan Black and Zoran Sanovic, The Nihilists returning to J-ROK, STRONGHOLD, The Twins, The Deathriders, Emmanuelle & Ai Moe both making their returns to J-ROK, The World Over Heaven with MYOJIN making his return to the J-ROK ring, Supreme War Machines, 2 Broke Chicks, Kids See Ghosts, Florida Man and a mystery partner… i swear to god if he tries to pull something… anyways the final three teams are the… poop… boys… who the fuck signed these guys on? And uh…Team Garou and Team 47.”

The fans cheer on their faviorite teams.

Kira Izumi: “Now for the Brackets! Please go to the link on your screen to see all the matchups for the tournament!"

Psycho KGB: “(What a huge lineup for the Sakura Tag League! There’s going to be pretty of great tag team action in dece-)”

MUSHI: “(Wait who’s that jumping the barricade?!)”

We see a large man in a hoodie jump the barricade and storm the ring. He starts to clobber Kira Izumi with a bat. Kira drops like a bad habit and is stomped on by the hooded figure. He grabs his foot and trips him up. Both men to their feet now, Izumi hits him with a variation of his Itami No Izumi shining wizard.

The hooded man uncovers himself to reveal…

MUSHI: “(That’s W:UK Superstar Eddie Havok!)”

Psycho KGB: “(These two men have history with one another! It all started back months ago in W:UK when Izumi fought him for his W:UK World Championship!)”

MUSHI: “(These two have a huge score to settle. UZUMAKI beat the Skulls, but Izumi still has one loss to Eddie.)”

Havok gets the advantage again, Havok with the implant ddt! Izumi is down and rolls out of the ring. He’s cursing him out in Japanese as he kicks the guard rail and retreats. Havok grabs a mic and begins to speak.

Eddie Havok: “As I have said before. Let just recap for the fans here. Kira came in to my backyard and received a title shot against me, at the time I was the WauK World champion, yes he was handed the opportunity for doing nothing!"

Eddie Havok: "I beat him to retain the title. He has been nothing but a throne in my side since. UZUMAKI target my club for, looking for a match at the first WUK PPV. Then during than match once against Kira target me. If I remember correctly Kira, you stated that you wasn't finished with me. Well you have got what you wished for. I'm here!"

Kira Izumi: “Havok! It’s me and you at Raison D’Etre Three! In a Razor Boards and Kitchen Knives Death Match! Yer gonna bleed bitch!”

Match Four: J-ROK New Wave Championship Match; Hangmans Death Match; 60 Minute Time Limit
Yuki Sakaraba Vs. Darlene Price(C.)

Fumio Daemura: “(This match is a Hangmans Death Match! The only way to win this match is by hanging your opponent until they’re unconscious. This match is set for a sixty minute time limit and is for the J-ROK New Wave Championship! Introducing first, Yuki Sakaraba! And her opponent, the REIGNING DEFENDING J-ROK Super Duos and New Wave Champion… Darlene Price!)”

This match would start off very very violent and very very bloody. With both women making one another bleed within the first five minutes of the matchup. Yuki busting her open with the galactic collider lariat and Dar busting her open with a give ‘em the boot. The blood would only make both women fight harder.

As both would brawl in the ring, throwing lefts and rights. Before long Sakaraba would throw Price out of the ring and dive to the outside, crashing into her with a well placed triangle moonsault. She’d soon throw her into the crowd, who were firmly behind the ambassador of violence. Not only would Sakaraba have to fight Price in this hostile environment, but the crowd as well.

It’d be a chaotic and violent affair as both women would fight back and forth, Dar being the first to try and hang her opponent. Yuki would fight out and get free after some purpleish black galactic mist into the eyes of the champ. She’d put the noose around her neck and drag her to a cell. She’d pull on the rope and hang her for a moment, but Darlene would grab the cell and lift herself up. Losing the hold and slipping out.

They’d continue to fight up higher and higher. Brawling back and forth as blood pours from both women. Dar gets a well placed shot on the former xhf womens champion and pushes her towards the ledge with the noose around her neck. Yuki tries to fight, but it’s too much as she’s dumped over and hung from the second floor. She stops wiggling and the bell rings. Dar doesn’t let go though, instead the referee has to cut her loose.

Fumio Daemura: “(Your winner of this match and STILL J-ROK New Wave Champion… Darlene Price!)”

Match Five: J-ROK Visual Kei Championship Match; Falls Count Anywhere Death Match; 60 Minute Time Limit
Emmanuelle Vs. Hayley Grimes(C.)

MUSHI: “(The next matchup is a unique one. Hayley Grimes challenged her opponent tonight to a match on twitter. Kira Izumi made it happen and we’re here tonight.)”

Psycho KGB: “(For those who aren’t familiar with her work, Emmanuelle is a very accomplished young woman and a multiple time champion from promotions around the world. She’s more than worthy of fighting for the top prize in all of pro wrestling tonight.)”

Fumio Daemura: “(This match is set for one fall and is a falls count anywhere match! This match is set at a sixty minute time limit and is for the J-ROK Visual Kei Championship! Introducing first from Los Angeles, California, USA! She is Emmanuelle! And her opponent from Tokyo, Japan by way of London, England, she is the REIGNING DEFENDING J-ROK VISUAL KEI CHAMPION! She is… Hayley Grimes!)”

The match would start off slow, with each opponent feeling the other out. With a headlocks and lockups to kick things off. It wouldn’t be long though before the pace would pick up. We’d see a lot of great in action in the ring, including some fancy footwork from the champ ending in a nasty dropkick. The challenger would get her back though with a jumping knee strike of her own. Grimes would roll out of the ring, only for the challenger to follow her. The Silver Starlet would follow the champ to the outside.

Hitting her with some clubbing forearms in the back. Hayley would drop down before getting back up and creating some space. As Emmanuelle draws near, she’d be met with a swift slap to the face, knocking her loopy long enough for the champ to hit her with a crossbody into the crowd. The two would brawl throughout the ringside area in the pit of prisoners. Back and forth they’d go as they’d fight up the stairs and deeper into the prison.

Emmanuelle would be whipped into the wall, but instead of hitting it face first, she’d run the wall and hit a tornado ddt, a move she calls the Malibu Shine. The fans are firmly in the hometown girls favor tonight, cheering on every move she does. Grimes at one point would block an attempted northern lights suplex with a clubbing blow to the head. She’d then hit her with a sliding hip attack and go for the pin. Only for the sly starlet to catch her in a la magistral. Milan Miracle locked in and the pin.

ONE!

TWO!!

TH-

Kick out by the champ.

We’d see the two women continue to fight higher and deeper into the prison. Managing to bust outside and onto the recreational area. We’d see weights and other assorted equipment used as weapons. At one point Hayley throwing a weighted ball at her challenger.

Grimes would slam her into the fence before rolling her up for a school girl pin. She’d get a two count for her troubles. Emmanuelle would land a Pasadena Bomb onto the champ right through the fence. Going for another pin she’d get a two. The champ would fight back from some abuse, dodging a couple of strikes and landing some of her own. She’d hit her with the crash bootycoot and get the three count for the win.

Fumio Daemura: “(Your winner of this match and STILL J-ROK Visual Kei Champion… Hayley Grimes!)”

Match Six: XHF X*Crown Championship

Brendan Harding vs. Zoran Sainovic (c)

Psycho KGB: “(I am a little disappointed that we have the End of Days winner, a man known for his grotesquely violent fights, but he isn’t gracing us with a death match.)”
Mushi: “(That was at the request of the champion. He doesn’t want to detract from the XHF Hardcore Championship by appearing in a similar match, as he has a great respect for Dylan Black. So wishes this match to be a different kind of brutal. Also, given Sainovic’s history with his opponent’s husband, Bloodied Fox, he thought it best to focus to be on the wrestling over torture – so there are no miscommunications.)”
Psycho KGB: “(That just makes it worse. I want miscommunicated blood baths that get into a pissing contest with the pillars of hardcore!)”

Fumio Daemura: “(The following contest is scheduled for one fall, has a sixty minute time limit, and is for the XHF X*Crown! Introducing first, the challenger, standing at 6’2 and weighing in at 222 pounds, from Camden, London, England, he is the 2022 King of Hokkaido, Dr.Zen… Brendan Harding!)”

GNOSTIC FLESH/MORTAL HELL by HEALTH x BACKXWASH x HO99O9 pumps over the PA system, as Brendan Harding exits through the curtains to a flourish of orange fireworks.

Mushi: “(With his King of Hokkaido victory earlier in the year, Harding has more than proved himself a force to be reckoned with in J-RoK. Many insiders have been suggesting he IS the star that will dethrone Hayley Grimes, but to win the X*Crown first? I can see it.)”

As Harding enters the ring, he is covered in red streamers. A puroresu tradition, that seems to require a lot of trust when being tossed by convicts.

Fumio Daemura: “(and his opponent, THE CHAMPION, standing at 6’1”, weighing in at 242lbs, coming to us from Atlanta, Georgia – please give a warm round of applause for... THE FINAL BOSS –
ZORAN SAINOVIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)”

“When the Man Comes Around” by Johnny Cash plays over the PA system. A series of white pyro explode in short bursts making their way up the entrance ramp. A single gloved hand holds back the curtains. Zoran Sainovic exits through them to a surprising number of cheers. The former commissioner is decked out in a white Armani suit, a jewel encrusted lapel pin representing his X*Crown status over the treasure trove of world titles belts. The flash photography against the pin is almost blinding. His left arm is still in a cast, heavily fortified, and wrapped to his body with an industrial brace and sling, that match the colour of the suit. The positive reaction is still a little unnerving, but Sainovic smiles politely – wandering towards the ring in sync to the music with a killer swagger. When he finally enters the ring, Zoran is greeted by hundreds of grey, sky blue, and white streamers. It takes officials a solid minute to clear up all the refuse, while champion and challenger stare at each other patiently from opposite corners.

Psycho KGB: “(When the match was first announced, Bloodied Fox was SURE that Sainovic had only offered Harding a shot to torture him, but Harding has earned this.)”
Mushi: “(He certainly has, and between his kitchen sink offence and Zoran using the one arm – it should make for a spirited challenge. Ring finally cleared up, and we are under way.)”

DING! DING! DING!

Sainovic offers a handshake, though cold, Harding politely accepts. They then lock-up, which is awkward given Zoran’s current handicap, but he uses his larger size to muscle Harding into the ropes. Against the ropes the two continue to struggle for control, taking turns jockeying for position. Brendan finally transitions it into a headlock, but by that point Sainovic is still in the ropes so the referee demands a break. Harding cleanly releases it, only to eat a forearm as he is stepping back. Feeling like this was a cheapshot, an annoyed Harding shoves Sainovic into the ropes. Sainovic bounces back, sidestepping a palm strike to lock on a side headlock. Harding tries to turn it into suplex, but Sainovic puts the breaks on. Switching tactics, Brendan fires off a few forearms to the ribs. While Sainovic wrestles in a suit, under the material, ribs are bruised and heavily tapped – so the shots loosen the headlock, almost as much as they eat away at good will. Before Sainovic can reapply the headlock, Brendan shoves him off – firing the older man into the ropes. Sainovic comes back with a shouldertackle, which Harding leap frogs. Zoran bounces off the ropes for another pass – with Harding going for a Pele kick, only to open himself up to a spear. Using his working right arm to apply another headlock, Zoran lifts Harding back up to his feet – only this time to the back suplex works. Landing awkwardly on his side, Sainovic holds his ribs in pain – but is quickly back up to his feet. The Final Boss charges at Dr. Zen, only to take a spinning wheel kick. Harding stomps on the ribs, only letting up to hit a standing moonsault. When he tries to pull the champion up, Harding notices Sainovic favouring his right side – so buries a knee in it. Before Sainovic can swat him away, Harding applies a bow-and-arrow submission hold.

Mushi: “(The referee asking if Zoran submits, but with the crown on the line? That will never happen.)”
Psycho KGB: “(Harding working over the larger man’s ribs. At this point, Sainovic is a mass of injuries to be exploited, and Brendan has picked the body part he’s going to grind down. We aren’t used to seeing submission holds from Harding-)”
Mushi: “(-yes, it’s normally fast, furious, and random – so this is definitely a new side to him.)”
Psycho KGB: “(Controlling the ring to keep the far more experienced Sainovic from countering, Harding is displaying a new level of maturity. I’m very impressed.)”

Rolling through, Sainovic manages to get a foot on the ropes, forcing the break. Harding lets go, but quickly drops some more knees to the ribs – with such speed that one of them slips, catching Sainovic on his cast. Eyes narrowing, Sainovic punches up with a series of his patented Pressure Points – they are blind, and fortunately mostly catch air, but one rocks Brendan’s collarbone – while another catches the right knee. Fighting back to his feet, Zoran starts kicking away at the right leg, trying to cut away at the younger man’s speed advantage. The kicks are so vicious, that the force causes Zoran to hold his bruised ribs as he goes to town. The knee shots eventually force a hobbled Harding to use the ropes for support, but this just encourages the champion to press the attack. Reaching down, Sainovic tries to trap Harding’s leg between the ropes – only for the struggle to end with a Brendan using a headlock to throw Zoran into the corner. Before Sainovic can come out, Harding buries a shoulder in his midsection, then another, and another! Zoran brings his arms down in an axe-handle chop across Harding’s back, but this just causes Dr. Zen to dig in – grinding his shoulder into Zoran’s bruised ribs. As it becomes clear it’s more of a submission hold than a strike, and the two men are in the ropes – the referee again asks for a break. 1. 2. 3. 4. Before the five, Harding finally lets up. As Harding complies with the break, Sainovic comes out with his Quattuor Thrust Kick. Using the kicks to direct Harding’s body, the larger sweeps manage to swap the two men’s positions. With Brendan now in the corner, Sainovic hits a series of STIFF kneelifts – that mostly connect with the right knee. Harding responds with a palm strike to the midsection. Limping out of the corner, Harding defends against another leg assault with another palm strike – then leaps on Sainovic applying an abdominal stretch. Even as he extends the torso, Harding uses his free hand to punch down on the ribs. Not having a free arm to grab ropes with, Sainovic instead throws his head back – hoping to connect with a nose that might break the hold. Harding does an excellent job of avoiding the headbutts – but loosens his grasp enough for Zoran to counter the stretch with a hiptoss. Harding is thrown hard into the corner. Here Sainovic stretches Brendan’s leg against the middle rope, firing off the occasional forearm smash to keep Harding from countering. It’s awkward with one arm, but Sainovic manages to pull Brendan out – trying to take out of the corner with a leg breaker. As he lifts Harding up, however, the younger man counters it into a Tornado DDT! A cover gets a 2 count before Sainovic gets a foot in the ropes.

Mushi: “(And Harding with our first pin attempt of the match- which is saying something, considering he can barely walk, and the champion might have a broken rib.)”
Psycho KGB: “(Both men definitely chipping away.)”

A shotgun dropkick then gets another 2 count. Clearly favouring his right leg, but trying to maintain momentum – Brendan makes the most of a few hops to get up top quickly, diving back into the ring with a Pope Turtle's Blessing! Sainovic has the move scouted, and rolls away from the senton bomb variation at the last second! As Brendan hits the canvas hard, Sainovic hooks the right leg for a 2.5 count.

Mushi: “(So close, given the state of the champion’s ribs – if Harding had hit the Pope Turtle’s Blessing, I have no doubt that we’d be looking at a new champion.)”
Psycho KGB: “(He’s still got remarkable speed despite that injured leg, but the gamble didn’t pay off.)”

Sainovic kneels on Harding’s leg as he stands up, then stomps away at it. Clearly struggling with his ribs, and using a single arm, The Final Boss gets Dr. Zen up for a jumping Legbreaker. Hanging onto the leg, Zoran then twists into a dragonscrew legwhip. Sainovic then slaps on a leglock as best he can with the single arm, only for Harding to counter it with a dragon sleeper. Before the choke can be completely locked in, Sainovic rolls to the ropes. The referee again forces a break. The first one up, Harding uses his good leg to stomp away at the midsection, but from a guarded position – Sainovic fires off kicks of his own. A few well placed kicks to the leg slow the assault, until Harding just nails a standing senton. This crushes the champion like a bug, who clearly feels the challenger’s weight on his midsection. The gets a 2 count, before Sainovic shoves Harding off of him. Undeterd, Harding jumps into the ropes for a springboard senton – only for his right leg to give out on him. Grabbing the top rope to correct his balance, Harding loses a second before diving off with the one leg for a corkscrew elbow – the delay is all Sainovic needs to counter with a GUNS FC Special. The MMA style jumping knee strike doesn’t connect with the head, but is forceful enough to collapse Harding to the canvas-

ONE!

TWO!!

THR-shoulder up.

Rising, Sainovic starts to call for the Boss Rush, only for Harding to kip up with one leg – and pull Sainovic into a SPIKED hurricanrana.

ONE!

TWO!!

THREE-foot in the ropes.

Still favouring one leg, Harding has some trouble getting Sainovic up – only to hook the working right arm and pull the champion over for the SHOOPlex!

ONE!

TWO!!

TWO POINT NINE REPEATING- shoulder up.

So close to winning, Harding looks for the Zen Driver – only a barely conscious Sainovic keeps him at bay with a yakuza kick. Charging forward, Sainovic goes for another GUNS FC Special – but Harding sidesteps it, then counters with a Magic Bullet. Given the state of his leg, this has to be done as the only available counter – sadly, it doesn’t connect. Hooking the right air in midkick, Sainovic turns it into a high angled half-boston!

Psycho KGB: “(Now Sainovic going for the submission, dead centre of the ring, Harding is in agony but with his fighting spirit he’ll have his leg broken before he taps!)”
Mushi: “(He might just.)”

Having popped some stitches, Zoran Sainovic is bleeding heavily from the side. The gore has soaked through his bandages, but has yet to turn his clothing crimson. So as Brandon’s leg brushes against the shirt on its way to being put in the Boston, it could look like Zoran Sainovic is ending his career. From the wrong angle, it might even look like Zoran was using something in his cast to make the damage worse. Taking this paranoid tableau a step further, the fact that Brendan Harding has a hand firmly warped around Sainovic’s left ankle and is perfectly able to counter out of this move – might also be missed. In short, there is definitely a vantage point in which this simple submission hold looks more sinister than it is – and Brandon might even seem in trouble, even though the match could easily continue. This is mentioned to explain Bloodied Fox’s reaction, as he finds a way from the crowd into the ring – and breaks the hold with a vicious elbow to the back of Sainovic’s neck.

The Boston is broken by Fox before Harding has a chance to counter it himself. The referee calls for the bell-

Psycho KGB: “(Not like this – Harding was so close!)”
Mushi: “(We were finally going to have a J-RoK X*Crown champion that wasn’t Dylan Black!)”

Fumio Daemura: “(The winner of this match as the result of a disqualification, and STILL XHF X*Crown Champion – Zoran Sainovic!)”

Turning to see what happened, Brendan is horrified to find Fox brutalizing Sainovic. The crowd is pretty annoyed by the finish as well, and are letting Fox know. Fox continues the assault, until Brendan grabs his shoulder pulling him around.

Brendan Harding: What the hell are you doing?

Bloodied Fox: Helping – THIS PIECE OF SHIT WAS TAKING LIBERTIES, LIKE HE ALWAYS DOES! TORTURING YOU TO GET TO ME!

Brendan Harding: No. He wasn’t. I had this under control, and you ruined it for me.

Bloodied Fox: Brendan...

Brendan Harding: I can't even look at you.

Shaking his head in disgust, Brendan limps away – rolling under the bottom rope to a respectful applause from a crowd that thought he could be the X*Crown champion. Fox stops kicking Sainovic, following his husband to try to fix this. Coughing up blood, Zoran Sainovic is able to shout after...

Zoran Sainovic: Fox... it’s not always about you.

Insult to injury. Fox could kill the miserable bastard, but as Brendan exits through the curtain – his path is clear.

Psycho KGB: “(Despite the ending, another great X*Crown defence from Zoran Sainovic!)”
Mushi: “(I honestly believe that with another five minutes, and no Fox, Harding could have won it.)”
Psycho KGB: “(Harding more than proved himself with the King of Hokkaido, but I hope the championship committee was paying attention. I could easily see a Visual Kei, or global title for him in the very near future.)”

In the ring, Zoran Sainovic is presented a trophy for the successful defence. God he loves Japan, even in an American prison.

Main Event: XHF Hardcore Championship Match; Folsom Prison Death Match; 60 Minute Time Limit
Spike Kane Vs. Dylan Black(C.)

Psycho KGB: “(This is more than a match, more than the belt. This is personal between these two men. This here tonight will be a war for the ages folks.)”

MUSHI: “(You could write a novel based on the bad blood between these two men, but here tonight they lay it all on the line to see who walks out of Folsom Prison, your XHF Hardcore Champion.)”

Fumio Daemura: “(This match is your MAIN EVENT of the evening! And is a Folsom Prison Death Match for the XHF Hardcore Championship! In order to win this match you must pin or submit your opponent while using any means necessary inside of Folsom Prison. Now, introducing first, Spike Kane! And his opponent, the REIGNING DEFENDING XHF HARDCORE CHAMPION… Dylan Black!)”

Both men would stare one another down as the fans would chant for both of them. They soak in the atmosphere for a moment before they approach one another. Hitting each other with punches back and forth. Spike throws him outside the ring, Dylan lands on his feet and goes around the corner, Kane follows and is met with a blindside attack from Black. Him hitting his challenger with an uppercut to the throat.

Kane backs away for a moment, trying to catch his breath. Unlucky for him though, Dylan keeps on the offensive. He drops him with a big boot before going under the ring for some hardware. He gets out a barbedwire wrapped table and sets it up. The fans cheer for the violence as they watch on.

Spike back up beats on Black with some swift kicks and forearms. He tries to get Dylan on the table, but Dylan locks his legs with Spike’s as he drives some elbows towards him. Spike grabs his arm and gets him in a half and half suplex. He lifts him and drops him down with a spiked half and half suplex through the barbedwire wrapped table.

Spike goes for the pin to end it early.

ONE!

TWO

Kick out by the champ.

MUSHI: “(It’s going to take more than that to put down either of these men.)”

Spike waits for Dylan to get back up, running around the ring and jumping off the ringside steps, hitting him with a canadian destroyer, only for Black to stop it midway through. He’d drop Spike neck first onto the concrete. Both men would get back up and brawl through the crowd. Fighting up the stairs, using their environment as a weapon. Bashing each other into the cold hard steele and concrete of the prison.

The two would head up to the cells, Dylan hitting Kane with a packaged piledriver, a move he calls the Royal Massacre, right through a bunk bed. He’d go for the pin.


ONE!

TWO!!

THR-

Kick Out by Kane.

Both men fighting with everything they got now, Dylan smashes his face into the bricks. Causing him to bleed out of his mouth and nose. Spike fights back though, dodging a disaster piece from Black and hitting him with his very own Bloody Sunday black mass kick. Spike gets him up for a spike impaler and hits it on the hard concrete floor of the cell.

ONE!

TWO!!





THREE!!!









Kick Out by Dylan!


The Messiah of Hardcore shows us why he’s called just that. Kicking out of a brutal move by Kane. Black knows him so well it’d take more than that to finish him off. Dylan fights back and stuffs Spikes head into a toilet, giving him a swirly before hitting a wicked stepsister he calls the Dynamic Outro!

ONE!

TWO!!

THREE!!






Kick Out by Spike now!!!

Both men continue to fight up higher through the prison, fighting up the stairs to the roof now. Kane superkicks him through the heavy door. The two men have a stare down for a moment, but only just a moment as they charge one another with chops and punches.

Disaster Piece by Black and another pin attempt. He’s fighting perhaps the biggest threat to him in a while now. Laying him out with that bicycle knee, he looks around for weapons to use. In this time though, Spike gets back up and lays him out with Abigails Wings onto the roof. He goes for a pin now and gets nothing much out of it.

He throws Dylan towards a wall, Black runs up it and jumps back, hitting him with a reverse hurricarana, a move he calls Headstrong. Spike gets back up to his feet as Dylan goes for another disaster piece, this time Kane is waiting for it. He catches him and throws him into the air. Driving him down onto an air conditioner unit with a pop up powerbomb.

Psycho KGB: “(Blood Gods Wrath!)”

MUSHI: “(That’s it! ONE! TWO!! THREE!!!)”

Fumio Daemura: “(Your winner of this match and NEW XHF Hardcore Champion… Spike Kane!)”