Tension in Ueno: Tag Team Championship Ladder Match- United Kingdom Elite (c) vs WhiteGale

Ryan knew that this was going to be a battle through and through, and trusted in himself and John's ability to withstand very considerable punishment. That was one pro in the UK Elite's corner, they were very accustomed to the rigours of war. It enabled them to compensate for the fact they weren't the fastest around, but still speed was a factor as the enemy was making clear.

Mr Knight promptly got back to his vertical space, only to be on the receiving end of Sion's back suplex. Ryan was a rather big Brit, doing something like this was no easy task. Nevertheless thanks to Mr Knight's background in grappling he quickly realised what was happening and thus braced himself for impact, the ring took the brunt of it. But the attack nevertheless rattled the rich Brit for the moment.

Meanwhile John was relieved that Daisuke backed off, submissions were something that the young man was often quite capable of dealing with. Both on himself and against others, but Sion was intent on trying to press the advantage. The artist just barely had enough time to bring his arms up to cover his chest in response to Sion's attack, but he succeeded and staggered back to the corner. Things weren't looking too good, Mr Knight held one hand on his back as began to move on his side. The silent decision was made, quickly slip out the ring and try to regroup. Besides, that might let the ladders get some usage. Might as well be sooner rather than later.

As Daisuke moved in, John retreated to the outside. She didn't like that but she decided to follow suit and join him out there. She aimed to stay behind him before moving in with some speed, looking to catch him by surprised with and force him down to the floor with a bulldog-like maneuver. Of course she knew there were ladders near by, but that wasn't the only option she had. The way John came out of the ring he wasn't too far away from Lita, though not close enough for her to do anything. Still Lita moved back a few steps, in the event he were to head in his direction.

Sion felt Daisuke and John leaving the ring, making it just him and Ryan in there for the time being. As he went to pick Ryan up he took a quick look to see where the other exactly were before positioning himself near the ropes before setting Ryan for a slingshot suplex.

Ryan and John knew that Sion and Daisuke were getting the lead here, and the more worn down that the tag champs were the lower the odds of success. The match would only end when the belts were grabbed after climbing up to them, but that was going to require some significant effort. Which was why John had considered taking things outside, but Daisuke wasn't intent on letting the master of creation escape unscathed. And the woman blindsided the young man, John had sensed someone close by and turned in time to face Daisuke. Though he was still taken aback and sent to the floor, there was a thin mat on the floor that only did a bit to lessen the impact.

"Argh!......" John hissed out in gritted teeth as the numbing sensation shot up his back, though he wasn't going to try and take this lying down! So to speak, Mr Carnaby would try and get a leg right under Daisuke and deliver a harsh kick to get the enemy away from him. "Sod....Off!" the artist shouted with a groan. Daisuke's persistence might have been admirable from John's eyes, but not in this situation and not in this match and not when

Elsewhere with Ryan he was reeling from Sion's suplex, but powerhousing like that was something he was rather familiar with. Mr Knight was in the process of trying to recover to his feet but the enemy was intent on trying to grapple with the paragon of Britain, this time however it might be a case of once bitten and twice shy. Ryan was at a close enough position and good enough vertical base to get his enemy into position to drop Mr Sion down with a DDT with authority! Hopefully giving Ryan enough time to roll out the ring afterwards to get some distance.

It was only a matter of time before things would heat up and the hardware brought in to play, but it was a bit sooner than Daisuke and co. would have thought. One of her team's fans heard John's reaction to Daisuke introducing him to the floor and stood up, waving Daisuke over. Daisuke wasn't sure what was going on but she saw the fan holding up their chair. If this was any other type of match most likely she would decline the offer, but given the situation and considering it would all be legal she would gladly accepted it. Grabbing hold of it she thanked the person and took aim before swinging it towards John's back.

As for Sion he was about to go for what he had in mind, but it was Ryan who got the better of him this time around and the end result would give Ryan the time he wanted to powder out. A couple of seconds after Ryan was on the outside Sion turned his head and saw where Ryan was, and decided to join him. Lina was about to call out to Sion when she saw both John and Ryan out there, not wanting Daisuke to get ganged up on as she was starting to bring the toys into play, but didn't as she saw Sion about to follow. The ddt itself did impress Lina however with how Ryan executed it.

John was thinking that he had bought himself some time there, he knew that Daisuke was going to be relentless as much as she could be. Which had led to the young man drawing a bit of a parallel between Daisuke and Lucy, and that made it two women who proved to be a thorn in the side of the artist for quite some time. Mr Carnaby made to try and get some breathing room as he made to get back up and move away, only to get hit in the back for his troubles. But it wasn't a punch, it was a smack with a steel chair!

"guh......." John muttered out, that strike was something he hadn't been prepared for. And it took the wind right out of his sails in response to the impact, the master of creation fell back to his knees with his face contorted into a wince as his body processed what happened.

The noise had caught the attention of Britain's paragon, who was now outside the ring also. And he sought to try and nip in, the least he could do for his partner. With that in mind Mr Knight planned to quickly rush around the corner and to Daisuke, where he's promptly jump and spin in the air for a mid-air kick. And if he could smack the chair right into the blonde girl from Canada all the better, a van-daminator was what Ryan had in mind to try and get some damage in on Daisuke.

By the time Ryan caught up with Daisuke she was finishing up a second chair strike to the same area she struck a few seconds prior. She then turned around to take a look to see where Sion was, but instead saw saw Ryan about to catch her off guard and kick the chair into to her face. Even though she gave a couple of good ones to John, she too wasn't enjoying the taste of the steel.

Both Lita and Lina were keeping their distance from the action, even though rule wise technically nothing could stop them if they felt like physically getting involved. The sight of Daisuke getting the chair kicked at her wasn't a good one. As Lina made a tiny cringe look she didn't notice Sion sneaking up behind Ryan. After Ryan completed his attack on Daisuke Sion looked to wrap his arms around Ryan from behind and execute a german suplex, looking to ram Ryan's into the ring steps as they weren't far from it. If Sion was able to send Ryan into the steps Lina would cringe at that too.

Ryan wasn't normally one to be this violent, sure he had no qualms about swinging his opponents around and slamming them about. But weapons wasn't something he usually dabbled in, wasn't something he liked. Still though Mr Knight knew that there was no way to go about this fight without having stuff involved, after all a ladder was needed to gain the victory. Might as well go in and try and get a good shot in, which was quite clear by Mr Knight kicking that chair into Daisuke. That ought to take her out for a little bit, though Daisuke had managed to get in another shot on John.

The master of creation who had been on his knees had now been sent to the floor, the artist had given a heavy grunt which was followed by a groan as he reached his left arm to try and numb the pain. Though admittedly that wasn't very successful, and he simply chose to try and recover for now. Mr Knight didn't have much time to enjoy his success or press it however, because Sion was nimble in delivering a counterattack.

As the next thing that Ryan knew he felt the arms of his opponent wrap around him, and the movements of Mr Knight earlier meant he wasn't ready for to try and ground himself against a grapple attempt. So Sion sent him backwards, crashing straight into the stairs behind them. There was a very loud crashing noise as the Brit was smashed. The steel steps moved a little as the 200 plus pound frame of Ryan plowed into it, Mr Knight wasn't KO'd due to the position of his body. But it left him reeling, he wordlessly slumped a little so that his head rested near the corner as he winced at what just happened.

Ryan's landing could have been much worse, but it still didn't look pretty. As he got up he noticed for a second that John was still down, as was Daisuke too who was favouring her face from the chair being kicked into it. Luckily for her though she wasn't bleed from the way she took it, but still felt it much so. Turning his attention back to Ryan, Sion looked to continue where he left off. Part of him thought of going for the ladder, but had a feeling it would more than take to keep Ryan down long enough to make a legit move for it. Wanting to do a little more first he went to pick him up again, and in the process knock over the steps that he sent Ryan into just seconds prior. He would set Ryan up and position themselves so Sion could execute a snap suplex, looking to introduce his back to what is now the top edge of the steps while trying not to slam the back of his own head against what was the flat bottom of the steps in the process. Sion knew how tough Ryan was and while he tried to keep things simple at the start he knew he'd have to start bring the heavy heat at some point. If Ryan wasn't able to counter the move attempt and Sion send him into the steps again he would then make a move for the closest ladder to him and look to slide it inside the ring.

As for Daisuke, she was trying to shake off what Ryan did to her face not long ago. When she got enough feeling in her face back to uncover her face again she would look to grab one of John's legs and pull him back a couple of feet, flipping him over if he was facing up, before lifting it up and driving his knee towards the floor. Given how one would have to climb the ladder to win she figured it may be time to start working on the legs since they're needed to keep balance up there.

Ryan was considering himself lucky, well only a little. If his neck had stuck out a bit more then chances were he'd have been unable to feel anything from below the neck, but aside from that there was nothing remotely good about his current situation. Mr Knight was currently trying to catch his breath and try to get himself back into the fight, but Sion had other plans. In Ryan stunned state he was more or less a big slab of a human that couldn't really do much aside from try to recuperate, as such the British paragon wasn't able to offer much resistance to his opponent's next move.

"Guah!" Ryan let out a rather shocked gasp as Sion's snap suplex, sending the paragon of Britain right on top of the cold steel steps. The ring's canvas would have certainly been a more acceptable place to land in response to a move like this, Mr Knight could only let out a groan as he closed his eyes to avoid gazing too deeply into the lights above the ring. His arms drooped down as he lay there as if out cold on a sort of sacrificial altar.

John wasn't having much better luck, granted the pain in his back was subsiding. But Daisuke moved him backwards, and promptly slammed one of the artist's leg. Mr Carnaby let out a loud yelp of pain, the mat doing little to try and make the impact lesser. Nothing was busted, but it John's knee was feeling a bit numb and he clutched it briefly before moving himself to the railing. To try and get some verticality, it was quite clear that things weren't going very well for the tag champs. John knew it and Ryan did, and with Sion planning to get a ladder set up. Was it going to conclude this early?....

As John moved towards the railing Daisuke saw Sion going for the ladder and setting it up inside the ring. She took a quick look at Ryan's whereabouts and saw the end result of Sion's handiwork. Turning her attention back to John she saw him trying to pull himself up with the railing and pressed herself against him in an attempt to pin him there so Sion could could have an uninterrupted path to the belts.

After setting it up Sion began to climb. Lina and Lita saw this and there was temptation on both their parts help Daisuke with keeping John from breaking free as well as keep Ryan where he was. While technically nothing was stopping them from doing that they decided not to, knowing Daisuke and Sion wouldn't want to win that way. With both of Sion's feet leaving the ground Lina began to sweat a little as Sion moved upward.