Tension Tag Title Match: United Kingdom Elite(C) Vs. Sion & Daisuke Kamiya

After Daisuke took John down with that double team move she shouted out a little bit, feeling pumped up from it as Sion went back to his team's corner. From there Daisuke looked to grab hold of John's legs and lock in a sharpshooter. She could have attempted a pin there but going for what she was felt more fitting for a combination of reasons.

When Daisuke went off the ropes Lina saw Ryan attempt to try something from the other side of the ropes, but before she could say anything to call him out on it Ryan had missed and Daisuke was in the process of knocking John back down. She had a feeling she would have to keep an eye on him, which Lita made note of too. It seemed different for him to do that, but both of them had a feeling that when Daisuke was going for the legs that maybe Ryan may be having some doubt and was feeling bit desperate. It was something they wouldn't think about for very long as the match was still going on and their team was on the offensive still. Sion didn't see it as he was holding John at the time.

Sion did however look back to the ring in time after stepping out Daisuke looking to turn John over for a submission move. He encouraged her as she looked to get him over and locked in the hold. He would also hear Lina next to him telling to keep an eye on Ryan. Lina didn't have to say way which Sion knew that Ryan coming in to try to break it up could be a possibility.

John was struggling here, dazed and reeling from the several attacks piled on him. The artist could certainly take a beating to be sure, but there was of course limits to what the human body could endure. Mr Carnaby was believing that a tag to his fellow Brit would be the best course of action, of course getting there was going to be a lot of hard work. As Daisuke proceeded to not pin the master of creation, but rather attempted to lock in a sharpshooter!

"Hgrnnn!!!!!!" John sharply hissed out as he felt the pressure shoot into his legs, his teeth were gritted. Being a submission master Mr Carnaby knew this hold could cause some serious damage to him, and the ropes were near. The beating that he had taken was making the going a bit slow however, slower than John would like. But he clinched his fists hard and dragged his body to the bottom rope, and clung to it with both hands.

"Hold fast my friend!" Ryan shouted from across the ring, as much as Mr Knight wanted to go in and bash some heads John was just too far off to risk attempting that.

After getting the rope break once Daisuke had to let go of the artist's legs he'd suddenly turn around and deliver a spiteful kick at her to make her back off, followed by the artist using the said ropes to get himself back up to a vertical base.

Daisuke looked back as she felt John moving towards the ropes but continued to hold on. She did try to move back to the center as John got closer but eventually he was able to get there and she was forced to break the hold. Sion kept an eye on both the action in the ring and Ryan, though Ryan remained where he was. when Daisuke let go she got up and turned back to him, looking to pull him from the ropes and put him in something but was taken back a little bit by the kick.



After shaking it off she saw John pulling himself up and she looked to act fast and cut him off, moving in to grab hold of him and suplex him back towards the middle.

That kick John did wasn't really fuelled by power, it was more a case of spite than anything else. It was done out of a sense of wanting payback, that was about all Mr Carnaby could do at this point in time. For now at least, the artist had made it an earnest endeavour to clamber up to a vertical base via the ropes. To prepare for his inevitable counter against his opponent of course, in John's mind he was simply biding his time.

Daisuke wasn't going to sit around and wait however, of course she was going to attack when the iron was hot. However John was going to be ready this time, and when Daisuke tried to lock the master of creation into a suplex the artist would ground himself. It wasn't an easy task after all, John was a rather big British bloke just a couple of inches shorter than Mr Knight.

With that in mind with John's head under the arm of Daisuke he'd suddenly make to pick her up in his arms and rush forward, in the hopes of slamming her down hard with a running spinebuster! Wasn't exactly John's preference, that was submissions. But still he learned from the self proclaimed best.

When Daisuke went to lift John she felt him resist a bit, and when she went to lift him again, lucky to get him an inch off the ground if at all she found herself to be the one soon lifted, but instead brought down with different move. With the suddenness of it it wouldn't have made much of a difference if John went with a suplex of his own or with what he did as either would have given him a chance to get a tag.

Even though Sion knew Daisuke could comeback from this he knew Ryan would be looking for a chance to get back in there and this could give him that opening to do so. Lina glanced over at Ryan for a quick moment and had a strong feeling John would look to take advantage of this. With the way Daisuke was positioned when she landed she could see Lina gesturing that John may be on the move, but didn't see him make any advances either way that exact second. Still she wanted to give Daisuke the option of getting out of there herself. While this wasn't a completely bad thing for Dai, still having the upperhand suddenly slip away wasn't a good feeling. Daisuke would look to roll a little bit away from where she landed after feeling if John left her alone after a moment or two and didn't grab hold of her, but either way Lina could sense that things were about to change. She looked to give Daisuke some encouragement by saying that John was on the run, that is if he looked to tag Ryan back in, or at least give her some positive words to hang in there.

Daisuke knew it wouldn't be a bad idea to get to Sion as soon as possible, but part of her also wanted to face Ryan head on. She knew she could match up with him and maybe get in a shot or two could help make Sion's job less complicated should she get the chance to bring him in. She heard Sion call to her to remind her that they're in this together, trying to let her know that she shouldn't feel like she has to have her hands full. Daisuke knew she should do what's best for the team and get Sion back in there but feeling someone coming closer to her she wasn't too sure of the timing but somehow had a feeling that when it happens she'll know.

John might have had a preference for submissions, but that didn't mean he neglected the other things that he could do. Namely using power moves, more out of a sense of having a backup just in case. Plus when Mr Carnaby got the enemy down that meant it could allow for more submission attacks, but all that mattered was the artist had managed to bust out a counterattack. And a rather decisive one at that too, Daisuke was a lightweight in comparison to the master of creation. Making it more easier to hoist her up into his arms and bring her down hard.

After spinebusting Daisuke John took a moment to lean up and admire his handiwork, after the beating that the artist had taken so far it left him feeling a bit sluggish. But if there was anything that John could salvage from it at least it felt good getting some payback, the young man took a small sigh of relief.

Mr Knight meanwhile clapped from the apron, John had proven time and again to be a great battle brother. Ryan smiled, inwardly he mused on the stubbornness of Daisuke. Ryan knew that this was only delaying the inevitable given her grit, were they not the opponent Mr Knight and John would probably praise it. But that wasn't the case given the current match.

An idea formed in the head of Ryan, he made eye contact with John and gestured with his neck. Mr Carnaby understood it, time to try and reel the enemy in. Perhaps the UK Elite should test that stubbornness, with that in mind the artist tried to move around Daisuke and begin applying a dragon sleeper. Time to do what John did best, aside from being a good painter of course.

Lina saw John coming for Daisuke and putting a move that Sion had on him earlier on, which Sion noticed as well. Even though she gave a bit of resistance she was eventually in it, though with luck she wouldn't be for long. Between the previous move and this one Daisuke wasn't far away from Lina, and the way she shifted a bit while trying to avoid what John was plotting caused her to have a tiny opening to escape, though unknown to her as she was trying to survive the grip that JOhn had her in.

Lina looked at where both John and Daisuke were. With how she was positioned she wouldn't be able to grab hold of the ropes, but as John put her in the move and a couple of seconds had passed Lina noticed one of Daisuke's feet barely under the bottom rope. It looked pretty close but since she was right there it looked good to her and she called out to the ref to point it out. If John kept the hold going Sion would enter and look to quick run into John, enough to get him to break the hold, but if the call was made Sion would remain where he was. From his angle, Sion couldn't tell how Lina saw it from her eyes, but knew she wasn't someone to make something like that up. Either way, Daisuke wasn't enjoying what was going on.

John was starting to like where this was going, got the enemy right where he wanted them. And that was with a submission and down on the ground, with practised movements Mr Carnaby made sure to keep that arm where he wanted on Daisuke. The better to whittle them down, for the kill. Still the shuffling about had meant that Daisuke did have a little excuse in the form of a rope break, the ref looked like she was about to do something. Perhaps prompt the artist to release the hold, which would surely be a grand setback

The artist wasn't going to give this up, not when he had been put through a harsh series of moves earlier. Gritting his teeth John would make to heft Daisuke up, putting his upper body strength to good use to try and drag the enemy to the middle of the ring and perhaps even to the corner of the UK Elite. But Sion didn't seem to want to stand for it, and Mr Knight had kept a wary eye on both enemies. The young man made to enter, if Sion stayed where he was Mr Knight would do a "watching you" gesture with his eyes and hand. However if Sion proceeded to enter to try and harass John then he would be subject to intervention on the part of Ryan in the form of a running enziguri, but either way John would relent on the hold and back away from Daisuke. But still he dragged her closer to where he wanted her, so at least there had been that. A setback, but not the end of things. Not by far in the eyes of Britain's finest.

Sion did indeed step in, which John's gesture made Sion respond with a similar one and told him "Yeah same here," though he thought of moving in anyway but decided against that and reversed his direction and headed back out once he saw John letting go of the initial move. Part of him wanted to do something John anyway as Daisuke was being dragged away, but decided against it.

While Lita and Lina continued to watch the action from where they were, Kei took in the action from somewhere else, evaluating both sides equally. Part of her seemed a little disappointed that things didn't break out into a four person melee, but she also knew that there was a time and place for everything, and it did seem a little too soon for that.

Ryan had an inkling that sooner or later things could break out, it was usually just a matter of when. Was it a problem? Not really, it was one of those things you just got used to after it happened. All that mattered was what occurred after it, Mr Knight looked at Sion and then back at the two fighters already in the ring.

John knew that he was treading on thin ice, but the prize.....The exchanges had taken it's told on the master of creation, he knew that he needed to make his moves back to the corner of the tag champions. But if he could drag Daisuke back to that corner, it could be something that would turn the match's favour to that of Britain's finest. John would try to get behind Daisuke once again, and try to get her into a standing full nelson.

If John was able to do that the artist would try to shuffle backwards to his corner, where Ryan would quickly slap his back to signify a tag. With Mr Knight being considered the legal partner of the tag champs, he would seek to capitalise on his partner's move by grabbing Daisuke and going for a running bulldog! John had done enough, time to back out and catch one's breath.