Keno Anderon and Mion Kiaragi vs Mariko and Yamato Ishii

Mion was trying to keep the headlock clamped in as best she could, after an explosive move like what she had just pulled it took stuff out of her as well as Mariko. Although the Queen of Diamonds knew that Mariko took it much worse than she did.

But she was caught off guard by the sudden knee attack, plowing into the back of Mion's head. It earned a loud yelp of pain followed by a groan, the Queen of Diamonds vision blurring briefly. After that corkscrew elbow off the ropes Mion was hoping to try and tilt the momentum into the favour of the Vegas Quartet members.

Mion released Mariko's neck and took a few steps, the Queen of Diamonds clutched her forehead. Gritting her teeth and having one eye shut, sweat dripping down her body and gently damping her sarashi. Mion was stunned for the moment as she tried to regain her senses.

Mariko's knee had connected with full force, and now she found herself staring at an excellent opportunity, if she could take advantage of it. "Come on, Mariko! Get up!" Yamato shouted from the corner, while beginning to slap the top turnbuckle repeatedly with his hand. The crowd joined along, clapping in sync with him to encourage both combatants to continue on.

Mariko slowly then began to pull herself to her feet. And as soon as she saw her dazed opponent, she moved in to strike. Closing the short distance as quickly as she could, she would then wrap one arm over Mion's shoulder and the other behind her leg, before attempting to toss her overhead and slam her onto neck and upper back with an exploder suplex.

The one problem she failed to take into account, however, was that the Vegas Quartet's corner was behind Mariko. And if her suplex connected, she might deal a significant amount of damage to the Queen of Diamonds, though it would also place her in excellent position to tag her partner in, if she was able to do so.

Mion was feeling groggy, her head still reeling from the blow received just now. Keno noticed it and was gritting his teeth, it wasn't looking good at all. This was just like being in Vegas to the Jack of Clubs, luck was going up and down in a heartbeat. He knew the Queen of Diamonds could take a hell of a beating, and have rough sex after it. But there was a limit to everything.

The Queen of Diamonds was silent, even as she got lifted up into the air. She was bracing herself for impact, and the impact followed soon after. Out of all the hits Mion had taken over the course of her life she'd rate that in the top ten, just below the time when she and Keno plowed each other through a wooden table in her dojo.

But as Mion raised her chin down to look at where she was now, she realised that Keno was not too far from her. The Jack of Clubs was extending a hand and his lips were moving, Mion didn't pick it up but it was most likely "Get me in!" or something like that.

The karate girl just couldn't stand up and tag, no she'd just been slammed on her back. So it was time to be desperate, Mion nudged herself forward and raised a leg up. Just close enough, enough that Keno was able to slap the footpad of the Queen of Diamonds. And that was a tag, an odd one but it still counted. And Keno would spring out like a bat out of hell, lunging onto Mariko in the hopes of going for a pin. While Mion slowly crawled to the corner.

Mariko's exploder suplex hit with tremendous force, living fully up to the name of the move. The devastating impact sent the crowd into a frenzy, and even Yamato was practically jumping up and down on the apron in reaction to it.

But, Mariko was tired, and was too busy trying to regain her breath to go for a pin. And to make things worse, the suplex had put Mion just barely close enough to allow the Jack of Clubs to tag back in. "Mariko! Watch out!" Yamato shouted, frantically trying to warn his sister. But before she could react, Keno lunged onto Mariko and covered her for the pin, and the ref went to make the count.

"ONE!"

"TWO!"

"TH--" No! Right as the ref's hand was about to slap the mat for the three count, Mariko grunted out and kicked her legs up, forcing her shoulder up just enough to avoid the pinfall.

The Jack of Clubs thought he had it! Keno had learned to take chances when they came, and that just looked so damm appealing. If maybe he had been just a little bit quicker than maybe he could have snagged it!

"Aw come on ref! That's a load of bull!" Keno protested while lifting his arms up, in the back Jake the leader of the Quartet nearly tossed his beer bottle at the TV. The Ace of Spades was wanting results here, to set up the Vegas misfits on the map! Mion had managed to get to the ring apron, and had one hand on the middle turnbuckle as she tried to get her bearing. While also making a mental note to in future tie her hair up before fighting.

Back in the ring Keno sighed, this was going to take more work. The Vegas brawler needed to try and put Mariko down, didn't know how he'd do it but he needed to try. So with that in mind Mr Anderon tried to grab Mariko, one hand on the back of her neck and the other on her left shoulder.

After doing that the Jack of Clubs would try to toss Mariko to the ropes, and as she bounced off Keno would try to spring up at her with a body block. Not cross style, but rather a straight up jump towards her.

The crowd practically blew the roof off the arena as Mariko just barely kicked out in time. The action in this match had been electric, and the audience was ecstatic that there was still more to come. In the Ishiis' corner, Yamato started clapping his hands together while shouting, "MA-RI-KO! MA-RI-KO!" and it wasn't long before the crowd started following his lead.

Mariko wasn't the generally the type to work the crowd and feed off their energy, but fortunately Keno did give her a few extra seconds of rest by barking at the ref. And in the next few moments as Keno began to pick her up, whatever energy Mariko had managed to salvage would mean everything.

The Jack of Clubs whipped Mariko into the ropes, sending her bounding off of them and right back toward him. And as he threw his body at her, Mariko dropped down and executed a baseball slide right under his legs before pulling herself up behind him. She would then wait for him to turn around to face her before leaping up and attempting to wrap her legs around his neck, and then trying to roll back to bring the big guy down with a hurricanrana!

If the move was successful, Mariko wouldn't release his head at the end of it. Instead, she'd keep her legs clamped tightly on his head and roll right with him so that she was sitting right on his face, keeping true to her word earlier in the match. Mariko would also quickly reach back and try to pull Keno's legs forward to put him in a combination of a facesit and matchbook pin.

Keno caught nothing but canvas as he lept towards Mariko, she slid under him before he could collide into her. If the Jack of Clubs managed to get that it could have allowed him to get the momentum. But no luck there, Vegas wasn't smiling there.

Mr Anderon clutched his chest, wincing in the reaction to the impact. He then turned around as he stood back up, eager to try and attack Mariko once again. Only for her to leap high and wrap her legs around him, Keno grabbed them and was forced to be moved along with the momentum.

"Fuck!" the Jack of Clubs yelled out as he was flung for the ride, he grunted as he landed hard on the mat. The fact that Mariko was keeping her legs wrapped around his head, and now sitting her backside on his face only made this worse.

But Keno wasn't done yet, he had an idea. And the upper body strength to pull this off, he hoped. As Mariko reached for his legs they'd be gone, for Keno was trying to get himself back to a vertical base. And Mariko was going for the ride.

The Jack of Clubs would grab hold of both Mariko's legs and begin to stand up, and attempt to slam her down with a powerbomb

As Mariko came out of her counter straddling Keno's face for the pin, the ref went to start the count while she tried to grab at the Jack of Clubs' legs.

"ONE!"

"TWO!"

But that was as far as the count would get, as Keno then not only got his shoulders off the mat, but began to stand while carrying Mariko! "What the hell?!" she shouted, more than a little surprised by the impressive feat of strength.

Feeling like she was fighting for her life now, Mariko began to slam her elbow repeatedly against the top of his head as he rose, while also clamping her legs around his neck for a tight headscissor to choke the life out of him. However, in a matter of seconds Mariko was sent crashing down to the mat with a powerbomb. "Agh!"

Once again the female Ishii sibling was sprawled out on the mat. Unable to pull herself to her feet, she could only inch her way toward her corner ever so slowly where her brother was waiting to be tagged in. And she only prayed that whatever damage she'd inflicted to Keno would be enough to buy her the time she needed.

In the back Jake and his Sister Jane were at the edge of their seats, they thought that Keno might have been done for then. And the Ace of Spades had a large and overly dramatic speech ready for when he broke down, but all that changed the instant Keno slammed Mariko down with a hard powerbomb.

The Jack of Clubs was on one knee after that move, Mion had nearly fallen off the apron as the shockwave moved her a little. Keno's head was reeling, like when he got glassed in the head. He wanted to just take a nap, maybe rest his head between the Queen of Diamonds bosom. But he smelt victory close to him, and the Jack of Clubs knew that letting this chance slip could cost him the match.

"Oh no you don't!" Keno seethed out, his vision a tad blurred. But he could see where Mariko was and what she was doing. And he knew he needed to stop it. So with that in mind he moved forth, hoping to put Mariko's legs on his shoulders and keep moving till he was atop her. Whereupon he'd use his hands to pin her down to the mat, if the Jack of Clubs could just keep her held for a few seconds he could pull this away for the Vegas Quartet.

Mariko was only a matter of feet away from tagging her brother back into this match and getting some desperately needed recovery time. So close, yet so far.

But alas, Keno recovered in time to see where Mariko was headed, and wasn't about to let her make the tag so easily. Suddenly Mariko found herself being folded up with a matchbook pin underneath the Jack of Clubs. "Ugh! No!" she shouted, desperately trying to squirm her way out. But, she didn't have the strength in her to roll a shoulder up. Sensing the danger, Yamato quickly stepped through the ropes to intervene as the ref started the count.

"ONE!"

"TWO!"

But right before the third count, Yamato slid down to aim a low dropkick right at Keno's head to try to break the pin attempt. An act of desperation for sure, but one that had to be attempted to keep him and his sister alive. And if he succeeded, he would then try immediately go back into the corner and reach his hand out as far as possible. "Come on, Mariko! You can make it!"