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

Lucy had given up trying to get out of her room, Ryan had done a real good number in making sure she wasn't going anywhere. She had to admit, her Brother excelled himself in this occasion. Ms Grange knew why Ryan did this, to make sure that if he and John lost it would be due to their own fault. "Him and his stupid pride........" Lucy muttered as she watched on from her VIP booth, still at least she hadn't been sent through a table. There was that, John had avoided being sacrificed.

Inside the ring Mr Knight was looking to avenge his previous situation, and he figured that he'd best start with taking the fight to the enemy once again. Ryan's head was feeling like mush inwardly, but the young man gritted his teeth. And viewed this as him knowing he was still capable of fighting, Sion just got shot out of his boots by the British paragon. Not many could stay standing after a rather large Brit stomped over and into them, if only the Canadian had rebounded off the ropes. Then it would have been a Highlander's Curse, still the attack did it's job.

Ryan staggered back a bit briefly, as tough as he was Mr Knight's head still felt numb. Which meant he wasn't as sharp as he usually was, which meant that he hadn't kept his focus on everything going on in the ring. So he was unprepared for Daisuke's burst of offence, it mirrored his own just now. Severely damaged in the head area, but prepared to give back just as much. The blonde Canadian had grabbed a nearby chair and delivered some punishment with a leaping chair shot.

"SMACK!"

After the steel chair collided with Ryan's head his left leg would step backwards, his right going forward a little. The British paragon would wobble briefly before flopping down back to the mat, he lightly twitched after it. Ryan wasn't KO'd though, his eyes were blinking and his breathing rapid. Though the numbing pain and noise in his ears was now even more constant then ever. Meanwhile John was trying to recover from Sion's bulldog, he had rolled to the side. His nearest arm draped over the steel steps as he gazed up at the bright lights above the squared circle.

With all of the guys down, regardless of from what, Daisuke noticed after drilling the chair into Ryan's face that she was the only one in the ring. With that in mind the first thing that popped in her to head was this would be a good time to pull the belts down. It would be better if Sion was able enough watch her back just in case the opposition recovered before she could get to the top. With their being two ladders in the ring she was able to go for the one that wasn't far from John, but then stopped as she saw both Lita and Lina pointing at the other one. To them it looked closer to Daisuke, plus with Sion smashing John's face against other one it seemed like the less beat up one at the moment.

Daisuke took the suggestion and went to grab that ladder instead and moved it into position. After it's in a spot she's confident with she begins to climb up. Even though it wasn't a high climb each step felt like ten, being reminded of everything her and Sion have been though both good and bad. Reaching up she could feel the lower part of one of the belts. All she had to do was climb up one more rung and she'd be able to pull them both down.

Ryan's endurance was something he liked to consider very impressive, after all he had required it to live up to his moniker. Still though all the repeated encounters with steel in aggressive ways had served it's purpose, leaving the young man currently in a heap. One hand was covering his head, the other was dragging himself somewhere out of habit. Seemingly out of instinct towards the ladder that was nearby, he was near where Sion had been splayed out. Though currently, Ryan wasn't thinking much of anything. His head was too much mush on the inside to come up with anything, not even a snide remark of the pain. All he thought about was simply moving.

John wasn't faring much better, though at least he hadn't gone through the same level of punishment as his boss. He was more coherent, and that meant he was trying to come up with a plan, something. Anything that could let the UK Elite get the win, John rolled onto his belly and near off the ladder under him. And out the corner of his eyes Mr Carnaby saw what the enemy was attempting, climbing the other ladder. Daisuke, that damn persistent git. This was a really, really negative reminder of Lucy right now.

There was no time to contemplate that though, the Canadian was nearly at the best part of the ladder. Where she could grab the leather and unhook the belts! With a bit of a mad look in his eyes John gritted his teeth, sprung up like a newly made zombie. And proceeded to throw himself at the steel ladder, intent on making it go right out from under Daisuke and take her down and away from the precious gold!

As Daisuke finished going up that last step and was about to grab hold of the belts she felt John making contact with the ladder and it beginning to move. She tried to balance it so it wouldn't fall towards the ropes and it looked like she might succeed with that. However whether it her over doing it, not enough if John struck it well enough, the side John struck was reminded of Ryan being suplexed into it earlier, or some combination of those, the ladder came down with a bit more speed than she expected with an added angle to it. As it came down she tried to make a leap for the belts and attempt to just yank them down, though she couldn't get a clean take off and simply fell off. On the plus side her landing was still inside the ring, though it didn't look pretty.

With how close Daisuke was to the win Lina had a look of shock when things literally came tumbling down for Dai. She held her head down on the edge of the canvas for a moment while saying "Oh come on" in frustration. On the plus side she saw Sion coming close to being on the move again and when she managed to get Sion's attention she pointed at John, wanting Sion to make sure what just happened wouldn't happen again. Sion moved towards John and looked to pull him away from the ladder, to the other side of the ring if he could, and put him in the sharpshooter. As Sion looked to apply the move he did it in a way so he would facing the ropes so John couldn't get near them, even though rope breaks meant nothing in this one.

John was being fuelled by desperation, plain and simple. Well there was that and also wanting payback, and finally topped off by the fact that the enemy was almost close to victory. All that mattered was getting Daisuke away from the gold, the ladder had seemed to move in slow motion as the master of creation gave it a mighty shove. And it looked like the blonde Canadian was gonna take a nasty fall down too, an added bonus. Least it left her indisposed for the moment. Still John stumbled after pushing the ladder with all he had, the length of the match had taken it's toll on him.

John was so focused on this though that he'd not considered the other member of the enemy team, as hard as Ryan's kick was he hadn't been able to implement the first half of the Highlander's Curse. Not to mention the spurring on from Sion's teammates meant he'd have been stirred up earlier than usual, and John's faltered position meant he was a prime target to be dragged away from the ladder. And placed into a good ol Canadian sharpshooter! John wasn't expecting it, and the pressure shot up into his legs in no time flat. Mr Carnaby was pounding the mat as a loud hiss escaped his mouth, though he knew tapping out was gonna do jack shit.

Though the loud noises had served to bring Ryan back to his senses, better than he was at least prior. He could see what had happened, John was placed in a hold. Mr Knight gritted his teeth and made to stand up, in an attempt to aid his right hand man. Though John was pointing to something.

The ladder.

Ryan looked at it, the idea in his mind. Perhaps Britain's paragon could capitalise on this, after all Sion was causing pain to Mr Carnaby. But it kept him busy in a pragmatic sense, and Daisuke was coping from her rather nasty fall. Ryan had staggered back to a vertical base, moving to the ladder. Using his upper body strength to prep the big steel steps upright once again, now it was just a matter of climbing. John was taking one for the team at this moment.

The young Brit took a few steps up, and paused. The pain still in his body, though it was fuelled by something. There was a chance of victory for the tag team champs, and Ryan would put his body on the line and risk it for the gold. He took a breath before continuing to heft himself upwards.

Even though Sion heard John not wanting to be in this move any longer he knew that John tapping out didn't mean anything as the match was still officially on. Lina grinned at what she saw and mentioned to Lita "That's both of 'em now." making comment to both members of that team submitting the same move, albeit over the span of two matches. Given that the match was still going on Sion could hold John in place for as long as he wanted to, which Lina encouraged him to do so.

While Sion was keeping John from getting anywhere near the ladder he did not see Ryan trying to do just that. Lina saw this and looked worried as while Daisuke wasn't far away it didn't look like she could get up in time to stop Ryan, or if she could it felt like it would be too close for her liking. As for Sion he had his back turned to the action, unable to see what she was. She ran to the other side of the ring and attempted to get Sion's attention. "Let 'em go, go! go!" Sion heard Lina tell him while gesturing behind Sion on the second and third go. As he let go he looked behind him, wondering what Lina was talking about and he saw exactly what she meant as he saw Ryan closing in on the belts.

Ryan wasn't at the top yet, but Sion had to be quick if he wanted to get back in there. He bolted towards the ladder and when he got close enough to Ryan he would look to grab hold of one his legs and looked to deliver a dragon screw to cause Ryan to fall off the ladder. Though if Ryan tried to resist it he would instead simplify it and try to just yank him straight down on a second attempt.

By the time Sion got close to Ryan, Daisuke managed to crawl close to the ladder. She used the lower rung of it to try to get back to her feet, getting part way there before taking a moment. She did manage to get back to a standing position but she ended up leaning against the ropes a second or two thereafter. She couldn't tell how close to the belts Ryan was nor what Sion was doing, but could tell traffic was near. Taking a moment to gather her senses she turned towards the ladder to see what was going on. She could also make out where John was but had a more square view of where the business around the ladder was.

Ryan's skin had been drenched in sweat at this point in the match, it was a sign of how much the battle had taken it's toll on the young man. Adding to this was the very red back of the paragon of Britain from taking steel to it, but he could sense victory. Ryan was climbing the ladder, preparing to ascend to the top of it. Whereupon he could then unhook the titles and obtain victory for the champs, it all seemed to be in their favour. Granted John was being put in a rather painful submission, but it was keeping Sion preoccupied and Daisuke was down for the moment as well.

It looked as if victory could be near for the tag champs, and they could claim the glory! Only it wasn't going to be that way, not if Sion's ringside pals had anything to say about it. They were shouting at the male Canadian of Ryan's intentions, which made Sion realise that he ought nip it in the bud. John would be released from the sharpshooter, something that normally the master of creation would be relieved for. But he knew what Sion was going to try, given the state of John though the best he could manage at this time was a despairing crawl. He tried not to pay attention to the numbing pain in his lower limbs, key word try.

Ryan looked prepared to begin his rise to the top, and claim the belts. But Sion would be able to make the save for WhiteGale, grabbing one of Mr Knight's legs. Mr Knight briefly wriggled, but the male Canadian would be able to bust out his Dragon screw. Sending the Brit corkscrewing to the mat with a hard impact, the loud thud was followed by a yelp of pain from the tag champ. There went the chance that the UK Elite had for snagging victory, Mr Carnaby balled his fists. That sharpshooter did a number on his legs, but he was still capable of fighting. Ryan meanwhile had taken a rather nasty fall there, not to mention the sudden yanking of his leg with that Dragon screw.

Lita was about to communicate to Daisuke to pull herself back into the fight sooner than how she was currently attempting to get back in it if Lina's attempt to get to Sion wasn't fast enough. Fortunately for them the timing wasn't too late. Could he have realized what was going on with out the mention from his corner? Even with the speed Ryan was moving at it would be hard to say. Even with the vocal crowd a lot was going on around him, and given his familly's background it might have happened, but it would have been too close for comfort. Good thing Lina was there to do her job as it was easier for him to pick her signally out rather than some of the front row fans. For now he managed to get Ryan away from the gold and he wanted to be sure Ryan wouldn't be able to get that close again.

Seeing Daisuke was back up he looked at her and pointed towards Ryan. Daisuke moved quickly towards the fallen Ryan and when she got close enough she would attempt to put him in a crossface. In addition to that Sion looked to grab hold of the leg he pulled down just moments ago and looked to apply an ankle lock. Depending how Ryan was laying after his fall Sion would tell Daisuke to "Shift". While having Ryan where they wanted him, Sion wanted to be sure he see John. He knew he had John in there for quite some time, but depending how deep John could dig at this point in the match Sion wanted to be sure he could see John coming, and not get burned like he almost was before. Of course he would still break his half of the double-hold in time if John managed to run in there, but at least he could see a possible attack coming and give Daisuke a chance to see it to...that is if they even managed to get Ryan to behave and were able to get him locked up the way they were aiming for.

As much as John's legs hurt, the sharpshooter hadn't been applied long enough to cause long term damage. The artist knew this, submission holds was his domain after all in the UK Elite. Sure enough when he took it easy John was finding that he could stand a bit, at least enough to keep fighting. Perhaps it was also being fuelled by the master of creation's will to win, even if his body was hurting. Really bad.

Ryan though was clearly not in a very good situation, he'd taken a nasty fall thanks to Sion's Dragon Screw. Which had just caused considerable damage to the young man's afflicted leg, though the male Canadian was going to try and improve on this opportunity by going on against the paragon of Britain. Daisuke had seemingly recovered from her fall earlier, and was now getting in close to cinch in a crossface on Mr Knight. Shades of their match from Climax last year no doubt, Ryan began screaming in pain using his hands to try and claw at the woman's hands with reckless abandon. The pressure was already causing considerable harm, but tapping out wouldn't be happening. Because Mr Knight knew one thing, there'd be no reprieve found there.

Still it went from bad to worse, because Sion was joining by grabbing one of Ryan's legs and preparing to cinch in an ankle lock. The pain got even more worse, Mr Knight had become a wriggling and writhing mass of flesh as he tried to fend off both holds. Though at least he wouldn't have to wait long for the assistance, in the form of John.

The artist gritted his teeth and prepared to charge forward, Sion caught wind of it and was preparing to come in. But John was going to be pragmatic, and he'd quickly get in close and shoot his right leg up. Intent on delivering a hard kick to the field goal and ruin any chance of Sion having future offspring with a mighty strike!

Lina was liking seeing both Daisuke and Sion work together to weaken Ryan even further, encouraging them both to break him. Daisuke felt Ryan trying to do something about it, though she wouldn't give in. As impressive as the combination was to watch, Lita kept an eye on John, figuring he might have something to say about this. After some time of her friends/stable-mates keeping Ryan at bay and maybe even cripple him, she saw John recovering and closing in. She nor Lina had to say anything as Sion saw him coming, which it was good that Sion and Dai had the sense to apply the two holds in the position that they were.

As Daisuke kept her part applied, Sion let go off his and looked to engage John, though he didn't expect what was to come as Sion got punted downstairs and most likely anyone that saw it could fell it too. Lita and Lina locked on in shock and cringed at the sight this, and after Sion fell over from it let's just say he wasn't too thrilled and was pretty vocal about what he just experienced, then again most would if they felt what he just did. Lita was about to comment that this was the dirtiest thing she's ever seen either Ryan or John do, even though it was legal to do so here, but couldn't put her thoughts to words.

It took a bit for Sion to be able to say anything in reaction that wasn't within five words of a swear word but he managed to let out a "Why?!" More than likely he wouldn't be getting up for a while.

As for Daisuke, she held on to Ryan until the kick caught Sion and her grip loosened as her eyes widened from what she saw and heard.