*The Bell Rings*
Neither Riona or Austin moves from their respective corner as the bell sounds and the Aekea fans cheer for the match finally getting underway. This rematch has been long awaited and both Azure and Riona know how much of an impact this could have on their BTWF careers as they slowly begin to circle around the ring while the crowd in Aekea claps along, waiting for the first lock up of this match. Upon making a full circle around the ring Austin and Riona come together in the center of the ring into an old school collar and elbow tie-up. At first neither one gains any ground on the other as they struggle in it for a few moments, but as Riona feels Azure gaining the upper hand in strength she decides against furthering this lock and breaks out before stepping backwards slightly and starting to circle again while Azure does the same. They are closer to each other in this circle than the last and make two rotations around the ring in the same time one took last time before they come together once more in a collar and elbow tie-up. The result seems to be the same as last time at first, but suddenly Riona breaks free from the lock up and places her arm around the neck of Azure to place him in a Side Headlock. Austin doesn't seem even a bit worried as he is placed into this maneuver and is quick to slip his head free of Riona's grasp and place her into a Side Headlock of his own right after doing so. While Austin may be known better for using this move Riona is no stranger to it either and uses her strength to push Austin forward into the ropes and slip her head out of his grasp after only a few seconds in the hold. As Austin goes forward at the ropes he wastes little time in turning around so his back is facing them and rebounding back at Riona who he goes to hit with a Lariat, but Riona ducks this and lets Azure go towards the opposite set of ropes as she dashes forward at the set Austin just came from. When Azure connects with the other set of ropes at about the same time Riona connects with the ones he came off of Austin suddenly places his arms on the outside of the top rope and eases himself to a stop using the ropes while Riona starts to come at him.
Thinking quickly like she normally does Riona bends down while running and rolls forward and back onto her feet where she stops in the middle of the ring so as to not fall into Austin's trap. Austin isn't going to waste time playing games with Riona as she does this though and swiftly runs off the ropes to try and hit Riona with a Lariat once again as she stands up, but Riona has this scouted and ducks under Austin's right arm before hooking it with her left and then hooking his left with her right as she stands up behind him and tries to hit Azure with a Backslide Pin which is something he would normally go for. Since he does know this move so well a counter to it is easy to find for Austin who uses his strength to make sure Riona can't pull him down into a pin as she goes down to her knees before he unlocks his left arm from her right and spins around so he is on her left side while she is still sitting on her knees before grabbing her left arm with both hands and twisting it with a wristlock. Of course Austin knows that Riona may be able to get up from this position and only keeps the wrist lock on for a few moments before bending Riona's arm at the elbow and placing her in a Keylock which he keeps locked with his right arm while he positions himself back behind her and puts her into a Dragon Sleeper as well. Riona seems to be in a lot of pain with both these holds being applied at once by Austin who is now in firm control of this match for the first time. The biggest problem Riona faces isn't passing out or tapping out from this early hold though, but the fact rope breaks are limited in this match and she is stuck in the middle of the ring on her knees anyway. Azure can see this as well and would really like nothing more than to make Riona tap early in this match just so he has an early fall on her that he can fall back on later in the match. While Grey Fox annoys Riona about giving up which she obviously isn't going to do Austin sees that he can't really focus on these two holds at the same time and releases the Keylock he has held in before falling backwards and placing Riona in a Body Scissors while keeping the Dragon Sleeper he has on her locked in, gaining the approval and cheers of this Aekea crowd in the process.
While the admiration of true wrestling fans may be something Austin isn't necessarily fond of he doesn't mind it and it actually adds to his enjoyment of putting Riona in such a painful hold which is dually effective on her midsection thanks to being stretched from the Dragon Sleeper and having her ribs pushed in and her breathing slowed by the body scissors Austin keeps applied expertly. Azure even goes so far as to use his free left arm by placing it on his left leg and pushing the leg to get a tighter grip yet with the body scissors which only serves to hurt Riona more. Riona knows that if she doesn't escape from this hold quickly she is going to end up in a lot of trouble as the match progresses, but thanks to having been on her knees when it was placed in she doesn't have a lot of options to enhance her mobility and free herself. The only thing she can do for the time being is to use her arms which are free and push them between Azure's legs and her abdomen so she can breathe slightly easier and start to break the body scissors which Austin has expertly applied. With things looking bad the Riona fans in Aekea start a "let's go Langly" chant that is met with an "Austin Azure" chant from fans of Austin in the crowd. The dueling chants continue as Riona suddenly is able to break the body scissors and begins to elbow Austin in the ribs furiously to free herself from his grasp. Finally, Austin lets go and Riona sits back on her knees as Austin pushes himself back away from Riona with his arms before standing back up to his feet. Riona stands up to her feet as well and is glad to be out of that hold, but takes too much time to try and recover from it as she finds out when she has her shoulders grabbed from behind by Austin who plants a knee right to her lower back. From here Austin turns Riona around so she is facing him before he bends her over and places his arms around her abdomen and waist in a Gutwrench position. While she may be hurting Riona isn't going to spend this entire match being beaten up and she shows Austin this by grabbing his arms and breaking his grasp on her before hitting Austin with a quick Double Leg Takedown.
With Austin's left leg still held Riona stands back up to her feet and places him into a Toehold which, surprisingly enough, gets some cheering from the Aekea crowd who has been eating up this technical action thus far. Azure isn't afraid to show his disdain for being in such a simple hold and goes for a couple of kicks to Riona with his right leg, but "The Prodigy" doesn't let a single one touch her as she keeps the Toehold applied and then turns it into a Spinning Toehold to torque Austin's leg even more. After a couple times spinning around with the hold in Riona stops and keeps Azure's leg held as it is with his knee bent around her leg while she continues holding his foot. A now very annoyed Austin looks up for a moment as he notices how near to the ropes he is, but then he realizes that Riona wants him to go for a rope break from this slightly effective, but mostly annoying hold. Azure just smirks and yells at Riona that she will have to do better than that before placing his right leg onto Riona's back and pushing her off of him towards the ropes opposite of the ones he had thought for a moment about grabbing. Riona stops herself with the ropes as she meets them and turns around without any haste, knowing that Azure won't be getting up too quickly after his leg was just stretched and she is right although Austin does get up semi-quickly which Riona sees upon turning around. Once he is up however, Austin shakes his left leg out a bit which shows Riona that the hold did some damage, although by the way Austin looks it is obvious he won't admit it did. Once Austin is ready to go once more he and Riona start to slowly circle around the ring which gets more clapping from the crowd and after a full circle and half of one Azure and Riona come towards the middle of the ring, this time each looking for a knucklelock. As their hands meet both pull back slightly and then place their palms into the others' again to get ready to go into the knucklelock, but Austin suddenly pulls out and shakes his head at Riona. The Prodigy" doesn't seem to know what Austin's problem is as she backs away from the center of the ring slightly as well and they start to circle around the ring once more, but she has a feeling it is just another mind game Austin is playing.
When the two are done circling around the ring again they go right back into the center of the ring to start another knucklelock. This time it actually gets going and Azure and Riona start to struggle in it a bit for dominance, but just like last time Austin doesn't waste much time before breaking free of Riona's grasp and backing away from her, this time into the nearest corner. Riona now looks like she is getting a bit angry and doesn't back away like last time, but instead goes right towards Austin in the corner who quickly slips his left leg over the second rope before moving himself onto the ring apron and jumping down onto the floor. This gets some jeering from the Aekea crowd, but Austin just yells at them he is taking one of his time outs. This time out will be limited by Grey Fox however, who starts the 20 count right away. 1...2...3...4...5...Austin looks up at Riona who is waiting in the center of the ring for him with a smile and tells her to move back away a bit more so he can come back into the ring. 6...7...8...9...10...11...Riona tells Azure that she won't and he can lose his first fall out there for all she cares. By now Austin would have been counted out already in a normal BTWF match, but thanks to the rules in this one which he is using to their fullest he still has a bit longer to use out on the floor. 12...13...14...15...16...Finally, Austin decides that he has had a nice breather and slides back into the ring where Riona just waits for him instead of charging at him like a fool. When Azure gets to his feet he can tell Riona is upset and likes that fact as he comes near her in the middle of the ring and raises a hand in the air to show he is willing to go for a knucklelock now. Riona smiles at this and goes to raise her hand into the air, but doesn't all the way as it is to trick Azure so she can hit him with a Single Leg Takedown which she does. Of course the leg Riona picked off was the left leg she had worked on earlier and a surprised Austin quickly pushes himself backwards and grabs onto the bottom rope, not realizing his mistake until after he has made it. Austin quickly lets go of the ropes, but it is too late as Riona is being told to let Azure go by Fox who then tells Austin he has used one of his rope breaks when he makes it to his feet.
Austin argues that he was only using the ropes to pull himself up to his feet, but Grey Fox will have none of it and tells Azure that if he wants to continue the discussion then he will be losing his second rope break as well. The "Wrestling G.O.D." sighs before looking back up at Riona and muttering that he won't need it anyway as he falls back onto the ropes slightly before circling around the ring once more, Riona following his lead. Not much time is wasted now as Austin and Riona circle faster than they have been and come right into a collar and elbow tie-up when they approach the middle of the ring. Riona looks to take the quick advantage in this lock up as she hits a couple of kicks to the left leg of Austin to distract him and further her goal of taking out his base, but after the third kick from Riona Austin suddenly breaks the lock and falls to his knees so his side is facing Riona. Swiftly Austin is able to place Riona into a DVD position to go for a Fireman's Carry, but instead of doing this he stands back to his feet once he has Riona on his shoulders. Riona isn't going to let Austin complete whatever it is he is going for though and tries to hook his arms for a Crucifix Bomb, but before she can accomplish this Austin suddenly lifts Riona up over his head and plants her right on his knee with a Gutbuster. "The Prodigy" clutches her midsection after being draped across the right knee of Austin and while she is doing this Azure suddenly kneels down and hooks her legs for a pin, 1...2...Riona kicks out. Austin doesn't seem surprised at this result at all, but knows he now has control of the match again like he had hoped as he stands back to his feet and grabs Riona by the right arm to pull her up to hers. Once Riona is on her feet Azure is quick in whipping her into the nearest corner which she slams into back first and slumps down in slightly. Some of the Riona fans in the crowd find it fit to boo Austin as he is doing this and after whipping Riona into the corner Azure yells at them, telling them to shut up and watch this, as he runs into the corner and nails Riona directly in the abdomen with a Running Dropkick. As she is hit with this move Riona falls down to her bottom in the corner and holds her stomach with both arms, feeling the damage that has been done so far take it's toll.
Meanwhile Austin rolls back to his feet after the dropkick and shakes out his left leg slightly as he poses for the crowd and tells everyone that fall one will most definitely go to him. In fact he doesn't even follow up on the last move he hit Riona with and instead just stands in the middle of the ring waiting as Riona pulls herself back to her feet using the ropes. When Riona gets to a vertical base Austin changes his tone a bit and decides that it would be unwise to let this advantage he has slip away. With his usual quick speed Austin rushes into the corner once more, this time looking to place his shoulder right into the gut of Riona, but as Austin gets to the corner Riona steps out of the way leaving Azure to slam into the ring post, or at least he would've. Austin expected such a move from Riona and suddenly grabs the top rope in the corner while placing his right leg onto the bottom rope to stop himself from nailing the corner to the dismay of the Riona fans. As these fans jeer Austin he just laughs at them and even goes so far as to jump up on the second rope in the corner and yell at some fans, but while he is doing this Riona comes up behind him and suddenly places Azure into an Electric Chair position. As Riona backs away from the corner towards the middle of the ring with Austin held on her shoulders Austin shouts at her, asking what the hell she is doing, but instead of being willing to find out Azure suddenly flips backwards off Riona's shoulders as she stops in the center of the ring. Riona whirls around quickly when Austin does this, but ends up finding herself right in position for the UNSUNG GENERATIONS! A couple of quick elbows to the head from Riona stop Azure from hitting this move and when Austin releases her Riona knees him in the gut before placing him into a front facelock. Coming right off of placing Austin in the front facelock Riona starts to turn around with his head still held to go for the Bomb Dropper, but as she does so Austin suddenly shoves her off into the ropes and falls forward before rolling to the outside of the ring while Riona stops herself with the ropes and turns around. 1...2...3...4...While Austin takes yet another breather on the outside of the ring Riona wonders if she should play his game or stay in the ring and finally decides to go outside as well.
1...2...3...4...5...The count is restarted as Riona slides to the floor right near where Austin is standing, but before she can do anything Azure quickly lashes out at her with a kick to the gut and places her into a front facelock. 6...7...8...9...With Riona now in a front facelock Austin tells the fans in the front couple of rows to move out of the way as he intends to suplex Riona into the crowd. 10...11...12...13...The fans move out of the way and Austin turns so his back is facing the guard rail before he lifts Riona up to hit a Vertical Suplex into the crowd, but Azure suddenly lets Riona down onto her feet and grabs her by the head before throwing her back into the ring and getting heavily booed by the fans for deceiving them. 14...15...Austin jumps back up onto the ring apron and slides his foot between the middle and bottom rope to push Riona into the ring a little further before turning his head back to the crowd and telling them they get what they deserve. This gets more jeers, but the Tornado Plancha Austin hits on Riona by going over the top rope into the ring doesn't and Austin quickly follows with a cover, 1...2...Riona kicks out. Once again this is expected by Azure, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want to beat Riona as soon as possible and quickly after he hears he only got a two from Grey Fox Austin jumps back up to his feet before backing up slightly to climb up onto the second rope so his back is facing the crowd before he dives off and onto Riona with an Elbow Drop to the gut before going for another cover, 1...2...Riona kicks out. Keeping his cool after hearing once again that he only got a two count Austin stands back to his feet once more before grabbing Riona by the head and sitting her up. Austin doesn't pick Riona the rest of the way up however, and places her into an Abdominal Stretch while she is still sitting down to further work on the midsection which seems to, in Austin's eyes, have a big target painted on it. While Riona sits trapped in the Abdominal Stretch by Azure she thinks about what has happened, and what she wants to happen, in this match while knowing that what she wants to happen won't come to be if she continues to take a beating like she has been. Knowing she has a limit on rope breaks doesn't help either and it is obvious Azure wants her to use a rope break now by how close they are to the ropes and Riona decides to give him what he wants just this once since she still has two rope breaks to use after and she can save her abdomen by doing so.
The "Wrestling G.O.D." has a grin from ear to ear as Riona suddenly starts struggling to and grabs the bottom rope to use the first of her three rope breaks for this fall. Even once Riona has the ropes though Austin is still a pain for Grey Fox to get off her and Fox ends up using a count to do so. 1...2...3...4...Austin lets go of this hold and stands to his feet just before the five count and holds his palm out at Fox with all his fingers extended to remind Grey that Azure does indeed have a count of five to work with. Grey is the one who has to do the reminding once Austin is up however because while Riona is still holding the ropes trying to gain her breath Austin grabs Riona by the head to haul her to her feet. Grey backs Austin away from Riona quickly and allows Riona to pull herself up to her feet using the ropes which annoys Azure since his advantage is taken away by having to wait for Riona to recover. Austin doesn't even wait a second when Riona gets up though and comes right at her as she turns around from the ropes, grabbing her by the head and hair while moving her towards the center of the ring. Riona isn't going to take this from Austin any longer and when they arrive at the middle of the ring Riona suddenly pushes Austin's arms away from her head and slams Azure in the face with a quick forearm before kneeing him in the stomach and placing Austin into a standing head scissors. Both Austin and Riona know that at this stage in the game Riona isn't going to be able to pick up Azure and as Austin waits for an attempt at it Riona suddenly steps over Austin with her left leg as she grabs Austin's left arm and places herself so she has a leg on each side of Azure's left arm. Thinking quickly Austin goes to try and break out of the hold, but Riona stops him by using her right leg to lift backwards and nail Azure in the face with a couple of times before she goes down to one knee and makes Azure drop to his knees as well because of the pain Riona is inflicting on him with this Modified Wakigatame Armbar. While Riona continues to apply pressure on Austin's left arm the "Wrestling G.O.D." begins to figure out what he is going to do to get out of the hold as well as wishing he hadn't used one of his all important rope breaks already.
Grey Fox continues asking Austin if he is willing to give up, but Azure doesn't want to have the task of coming back from being a fall down in a match that could possibly be decided in the first fall thanks to the momentum that person will have going for the rest of the match. After about the third time Austin is asked this by Grey Austin sees that due to Grey's position he might have a way out of this and suddenly tells Grey to look behind him, pointing at some random fan who is standing up in the crowd. Normally Grey wouldn't do this for Austin, but without any members of EP at ringside he gives Azure the benefit of the doubt which proves to be a mistake, for as soon as Fox turns away Austin reaches his free right arm up and grabs a fistful of Riona's hair which he pulls. Grey quickly turns back around as he hears Riona yell at Azure to stop, but when Fox does he only sees the same scene he saw last time. Fox asks Riona what happened and Riona tells him, but Azure says that she is lying and that he is the one in the submission hold right now. Neither one seems too convincing to Grey so he lets it go and asks Azure once again if he will give up, but Riona breaks the hold before Austin can answer and steps over Austin's arm, which she still has held, as she stands to her feet. Riona is now is to the left of Austin's back with his left arm in a wristlock while he is stuck on his knees and she seems to be enjoying having control in this match finally. Azure doesn't want that to be the case though and he starts to push himself to his feet after a few moments. When he does get up Riona answers by taking Austin's left arm back into a Hammerlock to once again trap Azure in a position where he has to be the one thinking of a counter and where he is the one in trouble. Luckily for Austin this is what he is best at doing and with relative ease he is able to duck under the arm of Riona to place himself behind her with a Hammerlock in on her instead. Azure quickly breaks this Hammerlock however, and then places Riona into a waistlock, but so his arms are locked around her midsection, and goes to hit Riona with a Release German Suplex that connects.
Normally a German Suplex like this wouldn't have a ton of effect on Riona with how low impact this match has been, but thanks to it aiming at her wounded midsection it has her clutching her stomach with her hands as she hits the ground. Meanwhile Austin gets back up to his feet and shakes his left arm out which he is annoyed Riona was trying to work on. If Riona could manage to take out both limbs on his left side Austin would be having a hell of a time staying in this fight, but luckily his left leg isn't hurting much at all anymore. After this little bit of rest and self-reflection from Austin he goes back over to where Riona is clutching her midsection and pulls her up by the hair which Grey warns Austin about doing, but Azure doesn't care as he keeps Riona bent over and places her in a Gutwrench position before lifting her up and nailing Riona with a beautiful Gutwrench Suplex and going for a quick cover, 1...2...2.5 count. Riona continues to show she won't go down for even a fall without good reason, but Austin knows that it is only a matter of time before he can break her down enough to give her a reason. Once Austin has made it back up to his feet he pulls Riona back up again as well and keeps her held by the hair with his left arm as he keeps her bent down so Riona's side is facing Austin and nailing her with several knees to the gut before Austin pushes Riona down to the ground and places her in her own PAINKILLER! Riona cringes in pain and even knowing this move well isn't going to help her right now because she knows this move is really effective on the midsection which Azure has made sure to do a lot of damage to on her. Now it seems would be the perfect time to cash in on another of her rope breaks and Riona starts to push herself to her right side to do so, but Austin doesn't want her to use a rope break this time around but instead to tap out and give him the ever important first fall in this match. Riona is reluctant enough about going to the ropes, but there is no way she is going to allow herself to give up to Austin and she makes that clear by giving Grey Fox an emphatic "no" when he asks Riona if she wants to give up. Still it might not be too bad of an idea since this match is two out of three falls and as Riona's hand raises in the air the arena grows silent waiting to see if she will or if she won't tap. With the last strength she can muster at the moment Riona forces herself nearer to the ropes and places her hand out, but it falls short and she is forced to ta-NO! Riona somehow gets her foot on the bottom rope and the match stays at no falls each, but with Riona losing another rope break!
Austin is surprised when Grey Fox tells him to break the hold as well as reluctant about doing so. 1...2...3...4...A count has to be applied just to get Azure off Riona which he does before five and backs away from Riona towards the opposite set of ropes after doing so. Grey kneels down and tells Riona that she has used two of her rope breaks now while Riona pushes herself onto her knees and uses her left arm to hold her stomach. Being the good ref he is Fox asks Riona if she is good enough to keep going in this match and Riona nods to him as she uses the ropes to pull herself up to her feet before walking towards the middle of the ring. The "Wrestling G.O.D." follows Riona's lead in going to the middle of the ring and when the two arrive there they go into another quick lock up. It is quite clear Riona is struggling to keep up with Austin in this lock up thanks to her midsection, but Azure takes some pity on her and doesn't immediately go into his next move. Of course the only reason he does this is to taunt Riona by talking trash to her. Thanks to this Riona is able to catch Austin off guard and when she sees her chance she breaks the lock up quickly before circling around Azure and placing him into a waistlock. Even after being caught with this Austin keeps taunting Riona, telling her that she will have to do better than that, before he breaks the hold she has around his waist and does a standing switch to position himself behind her and place Riona in a waistlock. Now Riona is once again in trouble, but sees Azure being lazy once more and capitalizes on this by breaking the hold he has on her and doing a standing switch of her own to place Austin in a waistlock once more. Now Azure is beginning to get annoyed by Riona and before Riona can go to pick Austin up in the waistlock Azure suddenly starts walking backwards and ends up pinning Riona up on the ropes which they have been getting ever closer too. Still, Riona won't let go of the hold and to Austin's surprise Grey Fox suddenly begins to count to get Riona to break the hold. 1...2...3...Riona lets go, wondering what the deal is as does Austin who steps away from Riona and turns around before backing up towards the opposite ropes.
As Fox approaches Austin after this the "Wrestling G.O.D." doesn't even need to know what is going to come out of his mouth next because it quickly dawns on him that Grey just made Austin use a rope break to get out of that hold. Azure quickly begins to argue this, but Fox points out that it was Austin who pushed Riona back into the ropes to get her to break the hold and that counts as a rope break. Since the referee's decision is final there is nothing Azure can do and this first fall is now down to one rope break remaining for each of the competitors as they start to circle around the ring like they have quite a few times before in this match. The frustration of losing two of his rope breaks in stupid ways can be seen in Austin's eyes, but he does his best to calm that anger while the Aekea fans clap along and Austin and Riona go into a knucklelock as they come into the middle of the ring this time. Almost immediately after they hook up in this hold Riona tests the strength of Austin's left arm by leaning most of her body weight onto it as well as pushing it back with her right arm, but Azure doesn't seem in too much pain as she does this. Really Austin's arm does still hurt, but he is more worried about other things as well as what he is planning to do in this lock which he quickly goes to work on by falling to his back while Riona keeps trying to put pressure on his left arm. Riona doesn't even have time to react to what happens next as Azure lifts his legs up and wraps them around the midsection of Riona to place her in a Body Scissors while keeping the knucklelock held. 1...2...Austin forgets about his shoulders being down to do this and quickly lifts one up as he hears Fox counting to keep himself in this fall. Riona looks disappointed when Azure does this, but is very worried about her abdomen which is in a lot of pain right now and making Riona falter while trying to think of a strategy to get out of this hold. After a little longer in the hold Riona comes up with the plan she was looking for and starts to twist Austin's wrists in the knucklelock. Since Azure isn't paying much attention to this any longer the pain surprises him and he suddenly lets go of Riona's hands. Swiftly after breaking away from Austin's grip Riona places her arms to her sides and shoves them between her sides and Azure's legs to break free of the Body Scissors.
When she has her arms lodged between her sides and Azure's legs she kneels down and pushes them through further until Riona is able to set Austin's legs up on her shoulders and suddenly leans forward to pin Austin, 1...2...Azure kicks out. Riona rolls backwards after being pushed off of Austin and is back to her feet quickly while Austin begins to sit up on his knees. When she notices how far behind Austin is in getting to his feet Riona suddenly rushes forward at Azure who is up on his knees and goes to hit him with a SHINING WIZ-NO! Azure swiftly places his arms up in an X in front of his face to block the knee from Riona who stumbles backwards after this. "The Prodigy" thinks twice about charging at Austin again as he quickly springs to his feet after blocking the Wizard attempt from Riona and again in this match there is a standoff. The two wrestlers meet the gaze of the other and Riona starts to back away from Austin as they begin to circle around the ring as usual in this match. Both are starting to show signs of being anxious to win this fall so they can take a bit of a rest and not have to go all out in the second fall to win. Not to mention the match is drawing closer and closer to having gone 1/3 of the time limit already. Finally, as they approach having come a full two revolutions around the ring they come towards the center of the ring into another lock up. It doesn't take very long in this lock up for Riona to once again notice the pain in her midsection and when it starts to really effect her she breaks out and drops to her knees before using her arm to sweep Austin off his feet before quickly covering him, 1...2...Austin kicks out. Both wrestlers get up to their feet quickly and Austin charges at Riona to try and regain his advantage in this match, only to end up getting an Arm Drag from Riona. Once more both wrestlers are back to their feet in a hurry and this time it is Riona who charges at Austin, but when she gets to him she is caught with a kick to the gut before Azure places her into a standing head scissors. Azure lifts Riona up onto his shoulders out of the standing head scissors and moves forward towards the middle of the ring, but before he can do anything Riona rolls forward off his shoulders to hit him with a Sunset Flip.
When Riona does this however, Austin is able to keep his balance and stay on his feet as Riona hits the ground back first. Suddenly while Riona is still trying to pull Austin down the "Wrestling G.O.D." goes down to his knees to pin Riona, but somehow Riona is able to slip out from under him and stand back up to her feet before turning around and hooking Austin's arms behind his back. Riona then pushes Austin down onto the ground and flips forward to place Austin in his own SHATTERED DESTINY! The pain of this hold should be well known to Austin, but usually he isn't the one who gets to experience it and he flails around trying to escape from it. When Austin thinks of going to the ropes however, he shoots down his own idea because he knows that he may need that last rope break if this fall keeps going and starts to push himself forward on his feet to bridge out of the hold! Riona is shocked when Azure is able to break the hold and knows he learned it from her as well as the next move he does which is place her in an inverted facelock out of the hold and go to hit Riona with her own BOMB DROPPER ReMIX!! Before Austin can get this move going though Riona sees it is time to take a page from his playbook and spins around in the inverted facelock so she is now in a front facelock before breaking out of that and going to hit Austin with his own UNSUNG GENERATIONS!! Austin had expected as much and swiftly knees Riona in the gut to stop this cold before placing her in position to, and hitting another Gutwrench Suplex. Instead of going for another cover right away though Austin stands back up to his feet and sees that Riona can be hit from the top. This leads to Azure going to the near corner and climbing up it, something that gets many cheers from the Aekea crowd like the counters before it had. Once Austin has made it up top he turns back towards the ring and goes to hit Riona with a 450! All Austin ends up getting however are knees from Riona and he holds his back as he sits on the opposite side of Riona from where he was when he went for the 450. While Azure is still focused on his back Riona sits up behind him and stands back to her feet before grabbing Austin by the hair and hauling him into his feet to place him in a waistlock.
The "Wrestling G.O.D." isn't going to let Riona do whatever she is planning, knowing full well any move could end the first fall now, and backs up into the corner with Riona still holding him in the waistlock. When Riona hits the corner her grip on Austin loosens and Azure is able to use this opportunity to roll forward away from her and get back to his feet in the middle of the ring. Once he is back up Azure turns to face the corner once more and sees Riona is still in the corner, holding her stomach which Austin must have hit on his way out. Ever the opportunist Austin charges back into the corner at Riona only to get a boot to the gut which stops him in his tracks. After doing this Riona places Austin in a front facelock before jumping up onto the second rope in the corner and hitting Azure with the Whiplash! As Austin's head smashes into the ground from this move Riona crawls over onto him for another cover, 1...2...2.6 count. "The Prodigy" just can't seem to put Austin down for good in this fall and decides as she gets up onto her knees of another way to try which is pushing Austin over onto his stomach from his back and placing him in the PAINKILLER!! Now Riona has her own submission on and knows how to put it on even better than Austin which makes it much tougher for Azure who needs to get out to avoid needing to tap. Even with the pain rushing through his body Austin tries to keep a clear head and starts to push himself towards the ropes like Riona had done when he placed her in this move earlier. The difference now is that Riona is determined to end the first fall right here and now and gives it everything she has, even making herself cringe in pain thanks to her midsection still hurting. As Austin inches closer and closer to the ropes he can feel the pain intensify and may be on the verge of giving it up at anytime, but he knows that going down one fall is the absolute last thing he wants to do along with giving Riona the satisfaction of making him give up. With little time left to spare seemingly Austin reaches out towards the ropes and with a last desperation effort lunges towards them, causing himself more pain, but allowing himself to grab onto the bottom rope with his right hand to avoid tapping out.
Riona sees Austin grab the ropes at the last second before he would tap and quickly lets go of the hold, not having accomplished what she wanted to, but having accomplished enough. Now Riona is the only one with a rope break left in this fall and she only has one of her original three. Grey Fox tells Austin he has no rope breaks remaining as he clutches the bottom rope seemingly for his life, but Azure doesn't even hear him and is just glad to be out of that hold. Fox keeps Riona back away from Austin who slowly releases the bottom rope and stands up to his feet, rubbing his neck and midsection a bit when he gets there. As soon as Austin comes away from the ropes though Riona charges at him showing her determination to beat him in this fall and Azure quickly hits her in the gut with a kick before placing her in a standing head scissors to try and finish it with the AZURE DRI-NO! Riona shakes her arms free from Austin as he tries to hook them and slips out from the standing head scissors before slamming Austin in the face with a forearm and grabbing him by the wrist as he stumbles back into the ropes before whipping him across the ring into the other set of ropes. When Azure hits the opposite set of ropes however, he doesn't rebound off them like Riona would expect and instead hooks his arms on the top rope to keep him from going back at Riona. This annoys "The Prodigy" but she quickly charges at Azure after he does this to try and catch him off guard once more. At the very last second Austin is able to step to the side and leaves Riona going chest first into the ropes. Luckily for her she is able to roll backwards off the ropes and to her knees, but when she does this Austin suddenly runs at her to go for a move she had tried earlier, the SHINING WIZAR-NO! Azure misses the knee thanks to Riona moving her head and she catches Austin on her shoulders before letting him hang down as she stands up. Riona then steps over Austin's arms and the Aekea crowd starts cheering wildly as Riona hits Austin with the DEVOLUTION!!! After nailing this move on Austin Riona quickly covers him and the crowd counts along, 1...2...3!
Victor Cross: "And here is your winner of the first fall, Riona Langly!"
Pretty much everyone in the Aekea Civic Center is on their feet and clapping for that great effort at the end of fall one by both wrestlers. While the crowd shows their appreciation Victor announces a thirty second rest period which both Austin and Riona are going to use to their fullest. Also, as both wrestlers haul themselves to their feet, Azure much slower than Riona, referee Jackie Kiddo comes out from the back to take Grey Fox's place in the second fall so the officials can stay fresh in what has already been a very long match. Now with the referee switched and both wrestlers up in opposite corners the match continues.
After taking that Devolution Austin is having a tough time regaining his senses and also doesn't seem to know just where exactly he is. Riona on the other hand knows exactly what is going on and already has in mind her next series of moves that she hopes will put Azure down before a third fall is even needed. With both wrestlers still needing to gain their breath they circle slowly around the ring to start this fall which, as both of them remember, only has two rope breaks that can be used instead of three like that last. These two make sure to keep that in the back of their mind as they make a full circle around the ring and start to speed up some for another half a circle before coming together in a collar and elbow tie-up in the middle of the ring. Just like she had in mind Riona swiftly breaks free from this hold and places Austin into a Side Headlock to go right back to work on his neck that was wounded in a big way from that Devolution that ended the first fall. The pressure Riona places on Austin's neck in this hold quickly wakes the "Wrestling G.O.D." out of his daze and keeps him focused on the match which he now has to win two straight falls in to come out the victor. Before that even Azure knows he has to get out of this Side Headlock which Riona keeps applied as she drops to her knees to torque the neck of Austin even more. With control seeming to be in her court Riona keeps going at the neck of Austin like a shark smelling blood, but a couple of forearms to the back from Austin make her loosen her grip some which allows Austin to slip out of the hold. Riona is still on her knees as Azure gets free of the headlock and is on his feet so Austin quickly places both his hands on the back of Riona's head and shoves her down, trying to make Riona smack her face on the ground. The results of this are unexpected as Riona uses the momentum gained from this push by Austin to roll forward and to her feet before standing back up and turning around to face Austin who looks stunned while the Aekea crowd cheers loudly for this athleticism by Riona. A quick lock up ensues once Riona has listened to enough of the approval shown by the fans and once more Austin and Riona seem to be at a dead lock in the center of the ring.
Now Austin looks to be getting a little more serious as he and Riona battle it out in this hold and he shows this seriousness by giving Riona a hard knee to the gut to get her to break the hold before Azure hooks Riona's arms while she is still bent over and nails her with a Double Underhook DDT. This seems like an odd move for Austin to be using given how he has already put a large dent in the defense of Riona's midsection, but the reasoning behind it is shown slightly more as after hitting this move Austin rolls Riona onto her back before standing back up and lifting her upper body off the ground long enough to place her in a Head Scissors. Thanks to being well educated in wrestling the Aekea crowd can tell Austin is doing this to set up for the Shattered Destiny later on thanks to one of the prime targets for the move being the neck. Riona doesn't have time to think of such things while her head and neck are being squeezed by this move which is making it tough to breathe as well as making her head and neck just plain hurt. Even so Riona is no rookie to the game and knows her next move without really having to think it through as she starts to turn to her left side to make Austin turn over. Azure just laughs at this attempt by Riona and pushes to his right, not allowing Riona to turn him over, while taunting Riona and telling her that she just isn't good enough in the long run. "The Prodigy" doesn't argue this with words, but opts instead to do it with actions as she swiftly shifts her body weight to the right and ends up taking Austin over onto his knees. The problem is that Riona is still stuck in the hold while being on her hands and knees as well, but she gets to work on this quickly by slipping free from the hold and then placing Austin into a waistlock as she gets to her feet, dragging him along as well. Once up Riona quickly leans backwards and goes to hit Austin with a Release German Suplex. Somehow Austin is able to flip through this however, and he lands on his feet behind Riona who quickly gets up to her feet before she is knocked back down onto her front from a Lariat to the back of the head by Austin! The fans in the Aekea Civic Center cheer Austin for this great counter, but Azure is less concerned with them and more concerned with Riona as he stands over her trying to hook her arms.
Riona knows full well what will happen to her if she allows Austin to hook her arms in this position and continues to struggle to keep out of Austin's grip before finally pulling both her arms away from him and crawling backwards under Austin. "The Prodigy" is able to sit up to her knees before Austin turns around to face her and thinking quickly Riona grabs both of Azure's legs and, with her arms behind his knees, pulls him off his feet as she stands up. From here Riona gets a better grip on Austin's legs and places them under her arms before turning him over onto his stomach for what appears to be a Boston Crab, but once she has Austin over Riona lets go of his right leg and hooks her legs around his left before placing Azure in an STF! Once more the fans in Aekea cheer Riona for her great wrestling abilities as well as being able to select a hold in a hurry that will target the area Riona has injured the most on Austin. That area is of course his neck which Azure finds in great pain as he lies on the ground stuck in the STF. As much as Austin doesn't want to he knows he will have to use his first rope break of this fall here and as he slowly crawls towards the ropes he finds himself getting more desperate to reach them with each passing second. Finally, after being in the STF for much longer than he would have liked to be in it Austin makes it to the ropes and grabs the bottom one with his right hand as Jackie Kiddo starts a count for Riona to release the hold. 1...2...Riona releases the hold as she is told, not bothering to take the extra time like some people might. She then backs away from Austin and ends up near the center of the ring as Azure pulls himself up using the ropes, not happy that he had to use that rope break already, but also upset that he has not been able to figure out a way to even almost put away Riona so far in this entire match. Austin begins to think that the Shattered Destiny may be the only way he can possibly defeat Riona and keeps this at the forefront of his mind as he gets back up onto his feet and turns to face Riona who doesn't seem to be paying much attention to him. This gives Austin an idea which he is goes to capitalize on quickly as he charges at Riona, but when he gets to her he realizes the trap he has fallen into as Riona side steps him and grabs his right arm before placing him into a Crossface!
Riona could have just as easily placed Austin in the Painkiller probably, but she has her reasons for picking the Crossface and the biggest of those is that it may be even better at focusing on the neck than the Painkiller which tends to harm the muscles in someone's midsection more than the ones in their neck. Either way this choice seems to be working fine as Austin begins flailing his free right arm in the hold, expressing the pain he has by doing so. It also is a sign of the frustration Austin has right now at being outsmarted by Riona once again and possibly having to use his last rope break of this fall, and possibly this match if he does in fact use that rope break. Azure knows this all too well, but doesn't take the time to think about it and instead decides he is just going to have to break out of this hold which he starts to do by slipping his left arm out from the vice Riona's legs have it in. Once he has done this Austin brings both his arms up to his face and grabs Riona's wrists before pulling on them and, after a bit of a struggle, making her break the Crossface. Azure doesn't stop here though and keeps Riona's right arm held as he crawls backwards and places Riona in a Hammerlock as she gets to a sitting position. Just because she is now in a Hammerlock from Austin isn't going to stop Riona from getting to her feet which she starts to do, making Austin follow her and get to his while he keeps the Hammerlock he has applied locked in. Once Riona is up to her feet she goes to elbow Austin in the head with her free left arm, but Austin avoids the elbow and keeps the Hammerlock in before hitting Riona with the Nightfall! Austin doesn't follow this up with a pin like some Aekea fans might guess, but instead turns Riona onto her stomach on the ground to place Riona in the Rings of Saturn! While this isn't one of his favorite submission holds Austin knows exactly why he is using it and that is to work on the neck and upper body of Riona to get her ready for the Shattered Destiny down the line which Azure still thinks may be his last chance in this match. While Austin contemplates his plan Riona is busy trying to find her way out of this hold without using one of her two very valuable rope breaks she has available this fall.
Without many other options left open to her Riona decides it would be best to break down and use one rope break which she starts to move her legs to the side to do. Even knowing full well that Riona is trying to use the ropes Austin doesn't loosen his grip on her a bit and actually tries to apply more pressure on Riona to try and get her to tap, or at the very least soften her up for later. After what seems like close to an eternity for her Riona is able to stick her foot on the bottom rope to get Fox to make Austin break the hold. 1...2...3...4....Austin uses the count to it's fullest as usual and breaks the hold just before five before standing back to his feet and hauling Riona back up as well by her head thanks to being able to pull her off the ropes so she cannot use them for protection. Now that Austin has Riona back up to her feet he places her into a standing head scissors before yelling at the Aekea fans that "This is OLD SCHOOL!" and lifting Riona up to hit her with a Piledriver! While this move may seem unspectacular in the wrestling world of today it is effective and the Aekea fans cheer for this fact as well as how Austin is showing great ring presence in this match. This time Azure opts to pin Riona after hitting her with the Piledriver and allowing her to flop over onto her back, 1...2...2.5 count. Still not enough like Austin figured and he gets up to his feet slowly with Riona in tow to keep his energy conserved as much as possible since he is still hoping for a third fall in this match. This time around when Austin gets to his feet with Riona he places "The Prodigy" in a front facelock and a smirk comes across his face, showing that a big move is coming up. The fans in Aekea applaud this and wait tensely to see what Austin is going to pull off as he lifts Riona into the air for a BRAINBUS-NO! Riona is able to float over Azure as he lifts her into the air and lands on her feet behind him. With a quickness unseen by her for the past few minutes Riona hooks Azure into a Full Nelson and tries to hit him with a Dragon Suplex, but Austin isn't going to allow this and lowers his base to block the move. When Riona admits defeat at being able to lift Azure for this suplex Austin sees his chance and lifts his knee into the air to place his hands on it and jerk it down so he can break free of the Full Nelson, but as soon as he does Riona places him into another Full Nelson.
This hold is really starting to grow on Austin's nerves and hurts his neck as well, but he has to wait for Riona's second attempt at hitting him with a Dragon Suplex which goes a little better than the last, but Austin is still able to bend down with his knees and lower his base to make it impossible for Riona to lift him in this hold. Riona isn't going to give up that easily, but ends up having to as Austin once again breaks out of the Full Nelson using his knee and goes to turn around. Azure finds himself unable to do this though as he is suddenly slammed in the back of the neck with a forearm from Riona who follows up on this by hitting Austin with several chops to the back of the neck which she sees are very effective on the still injured neck of Azure. With Austin reeling now Riona tries her hand again at a suplex, but this time around it isn't a Full Nelson one. Instead Riona hooks Azure's arms behind his back to set him up for an hit him with a TIGER SUPLEX! Riona makes sure to bridge this move as well for a cover, 1...2...2.7 count! Austin is somehow able to kick out, but even when he does so he notices how badly his neck is now hurting from the punishment it has taken so far in the match. Another thing Austin notices though is Riona who slowly gets up off the ground holding her stomach which she couldn't help but re-aggravate with that Tiger Suplex. Even knowing this there is nothing Austin can do at the moment as he is having a hard enough time just dealing with the pain he is feeling and is now being pulled to his feet by the hair compliments of Riona. Once Riona has Azure on his feet she signals that this next move will be the end of Austin to the Aekea crowd before turning Azure around so he is facing away from her and hooking his arms behind his back once more to go for yet another TIGER SUPLEX! Before Riona can get this move off however, Azure begins to fight out of Riona's grasp and is able to get out before turning around, only to get slammed in the face by yet another forearm from Riona who then hits Austin with a Roundhouse Kick that connects with the side of his head and takes him down to the mat. Riona falls to the mat after Azure and goes for another pin attempt to at least wear Austin out some, 1...2...Azure kicks out.
Keeping the advantage in this match is apparently the most important thing to Riona as she gets back to her feet and the easiest way to do this may be a way that she isn't too comfortable with. Still, a high impact move could likely weaken Austin enough to take him out, so Riona grabs the right arm and leg of Austin who looks to be pretty much out of it on the ground and drags him towards the nearest corner so he is in position to be hit from the top. Riona then turns away from Austin and begins to climb the turnbuckles into the corner until she has made it to the top and turns back around to face the ring while the Aekea crowd looks on intently, most not having seen too much of Riona's aerial offense before. "The Prodigy" pats her right elbow a couple of times as she looks down at Austin before jumping off to nail him with a Diving Elbow Drop! At the very last second Azure swiftly moves to avoid this move, showing that he has just been lying in wait for Riona to screw up. In a match that has gone this long already slamming elbow first into the ground from the top rope is for sure a screw up and Riona does just that as she lands, but she also ends up getting an unexpected surprise as Austin rolls back towards her after she lands and sits up before placing Riona in the ANACONDA VICE!! Riona doesn't even seem to know what is happening at first, but immediately feels the pain flowing through her right arm and neck while Austin keeps this hold applied expertly. It seems that even though Austin just debuted this hold recently he has been practicing a lot to get it ready for use and has the ability to use it to his advantage whenever it is necessary. This surprise factor ends up working to Austin's advantage even more than he would have guessed it would as Riona doesn't waste any time in getting to, and grabbing the nearest bottom rope with her left hand to not only get Jackie Kiddo to break the hold, but also use her last very important rope break in this fall. 1...2...3...4...Just like always Austin waits until the five to release the hold, but when he does and stands to his feet all the worry that had washed over his complexion as of late seemingly fades away as he looks more confident than ever in his ability to win this match. This, combined with the fact Riona uses a good amount of time getting to her feet thanks to the pain she is feeling, makes many of the Azure fans in Aekea cheer while the Riona fans boo.
The "Wrestling G.O.D." waits patiently for Riona to get to her feet, but when she has Austin comes back from the center of the ring towards her and grabs her by the wrist as she turns away from facing the ropes to whip Riona across the ring into the opposite set of ropes. While Riona heads towards these ropes Azure waits for a few moments until he starts to run forward as well and catches Riona with a nasty knee to the gut after she rebounds off the guts and comes back towards the middle of the ring. Riona doesn't flip over Azure's knee from the impact of this however and instead is left standing up but bent over which was probably planned by Austin who quickly places Riona into a front facelock and gets ready for what he believes will be the end of this fall as he lifts her up for a BRAINBUSTER! Knowing already this might not be enough Azure gets back to his feet as quickly as possible afterwards and grabs Riona by the head while she is still on the ground before pulling her slightly more towards the center of the squared circle and flips her over. The Aekea Civic Center erupts in cheering and booing at the same time as Austin positions himself so he is standing over Riona with her arms held behind her back. Austin smirks to the crowd and bends down to flip over Riona, but then stops and comes back up, teasing the crowd a bit before yelling "SHATTERED DESTINY!" Now Austin flips over Riona to apply the Shattered Destiny that has made many competitors in the BTWF tap out in a matter of moments and Riona will be no different here. Riona kicks her legs in this hold as the pain from it flows through her neck and arms, but she has never tapped out before and is determined not to start now. Without any rope breaks to go on however, it seems Riona will have no choice and Jackie Kiddo asks Riona if she will tap out, but Riona continues to fight and tells Jackie "no." As Riona cringes in pain Jackie decides another try at asking if Riona will tap might not be a bad idea, but when she does Austin suddenly release the hold and falls onto his back in front of Riona, holding his neck in pain. While she may be hurt Riona shows a bit of a smirk as she lays face down on the ground, knowing Austin didn't want to relinquish the hold but was in too much pain thanks to his neck not to release the hold.
With all the quickness of the postal service Austin starts to will himself to his feet while keeping a tight hold on his neck which has really started to hurt him thanks to the Shattered Destiny needing a strong and unhurt neck to apply. Riona doesn't even seem to be trying to find a way to her feet as Austin does, knowing that he'll end up getting her back up on her feet anyway and being really hurt herself. This guess by Riona is right on as Austin goes over to her once he is up and grabs her by the hair before yanking Riona to her feet. Just as soon as he does this Riona decides now is the last chance she has to put Austin out of this match in this fall and slams him in the face with yet another forearm from her right arm, but when she does this the pain that has started to go dormant in the arm shoots right back through it and Riona quickly jerks her arm back away from Austin as he spins around and comes back at her with a Roaring Elbow! This hard shot plants Riona right on her bottom and leaves her holding her chin instead of her arm as Austin circles around her and grabs her by the head and neck to bring Riona to her feet once more. This time when he has Riona up though Austin quickly grabs her by the right arm and turns so his back is facing the nearest corner to then whip Riona into the corner hard so she nails chest and midsection first. When she slams into the corner Riona immediately crumples up and falls to her knees while holding her stomach which is exactly what Austin wanted to see. Another smile finds its way onto the face of Austin as he slowly walks over to the corner in such a way as to rest while still showing the confidence that is rising to the surface in him. The arrogance which Azure has tried to hold back in this match rapidly starts to come out and shows more and more as he makes it to the corner and grabs Riona by the hair before lifting her up. Once Riona is back to a vertical base Austin changes his hold on Riona so he can lift her up and place her legs on the top rope in the corner before letting her hang down to place her in a Tree of Woe. Unlike what most people might think of what to do next Austin steps through the ropes next to him and goes out onto the ring apron before climbing up the outside of the corner to place himself on the top. Riona knows Austin has something bad planned and tries to lift her upper body up to unhook her legs from the top, but as she does this Austin jumps off the top and nails Riona with a TOP ROPE DOUBLE STOMP!!!
For a moment the crowd in Aekea is silent, but once that moment has passed the Aekea Civic Center explodes with cheers of "Austin Azure" that make the crowd sound like they are 10,000+ people instead of the 1,000+ people they actually are. Riona hangs lifeless in the Tree of Woe while Austin stands in the middle of the ring with his arms across his chest in an X, absorbing all the cheers from the crowd with a delight he usually wouldn't express if he was in somewhere like Barton. This showboating comes to an end after a few moments as he goes back over to Riona and pulls her out of the Tree of Woe into the middle of the ring to end this fall, 1...2...2.9...RIONA KICKS OUT! The Riona fans in the crowd are the ones who erupt in cheering this time around as Austin sits up to his knees with a look of shock on his face which only deepens when he sees Jackie Kiddo holding up only two fingers. Azure doesn't pout over this though and quickly stands back up to his feet, hauling Riona with him, before placing Riona into a reverse standing head scissors and calling for the Azure Driver I! Before Austin is able to turn around to set this move up full Riona slips out of his grip and the reverse standing head scissors before slamming him across the back of the neck with a shot from her right arm which only leaves Riona backing away from Austin and clutching her midsection with her hurting right arm. Austin rubs the back of his neck for a moment before turning around to finish Riona off once and for all, but when he does he ends up on the receiving end of the Reality Check! This surprise Super Kick catches Azure completely off guard and lays him out in the center of the mat, but Riona isn't able to capitalize on this as she collapses to her knees and curls up almost like a ball, holding her stomach and right arm. With both competitors down on the ground in this match Jackie decides it would be best to apply a count which she starts to do while the Aekea crowd tries to will both wrestlers back to their feet. 1...2...3...4...5...Riona sits up on her knees and turns towards the ropes to pull herself up. 6...7...8...Austin starts to get to his feet in a slight hurry as he hears the count nearing ten. 9...9.5...just before 10 both Riona and Austin make it up to their feet to a large ovation from the crowd who didn't want this great wrestling contest to end like that.
Knowing that she can't handle another fall in this match very well Riona rushes at Austin as soon as Jackie stops counting and only ends up getting a kick to the gut for her troubles. Upon hitting Riona with this kick Austin quickly pushes her down to the ground so Riona is face down on the mat before falling to the ground as well and placing Riona in her own PAINKILLER once more in this match! Now the already hot Aekea crowd just begins to get hotter and hotter as Austin applies the most pressure he can to Riona in this hold which makes her midsection hurt as bad as it did just after she was hit with the Top Rope Double Stomp from Austin earlier. Not to mention the Painkiller hurts her neck as well and Riona starts to slide backwards instinctively towards the ropes which she is able to place her foot on after too long. When Jackie doesn't even lift a finger to count for Austin to break the hold however, it hits Riona that she has already used her two rope breaks already and she doesn't know what she can possibly do now. Being absolutely determined though Riona grabs Austin's hands which are placed across her face and, with all the strength she can possibly manage to put out at this moment, breaks the hold Austin has on her. The Aekea crowd cheers loudly for Riona being able to break the Painkiller, but she isn't out of trouble yet as Azure gets up, looking very angry at the fact Riona didn't tap out. A swiftness brought about by this anger and the adrenaline that is rushing through his veins allows Austin to rip Riona up off the canvas and back to her feet using her hair before he sets her in a standing head scissors to finish this fall off. Before Austin is able to hook Riona's arms though Riona quickly grabs the backs of Austin's knees and sweeps him off his feet to his back before grabbing Azure's legs under her arms and flipping forward to pin Austin, 1...2...2.9...AUSTIN JUST KICKS OUT! Riona lands on Austin when he kicks out and suddenly Austin grabs her around the waist and bridges up to his feet with Riona. Austin then spins around with Riona still held before placing her in a standing head scissors and hooking her arms to hit Riona with the AZURE DRIVER II!!! Using the strength left floating around in his body Austin flops over on top of Riona after this for a cover, 1...2...2.9...3!
Victor Cross: "And here is your winner of the second fall, Austin Azure!"
This fall ends similarly to the last fall with everyone on their feet inside the Aekea Civic Center, not even having left them since that Top Rope Double Stomp by Austin while Riona was in the Tree of Woe. While Austin gets to his feet and Riona struggles to crawl to the ropes to get to hers Grey Fox comes out from the back to take control of the final fall in this match and give Jackie the rest of the night off. The competitors can only wish they were being replaced to keep fresh, but this is wrestling and in a one on one match there is no one to take your place. Each of them know this well and when they are up to their feet in opposite corners Grey Fox signals to them to start the third fall.
Seen as how they aren't far off from the sixty minute mark now people would think both wrestlers would come out slowly in this fall like the last two, but it is clear they aren't going to conserve anything now as both Austin and Riona come directly to the center of the ring from their corners and go into a lock up to start this fall. Neither have the intention of keeping this locked in, but Azure is able to make the first move to place Riona in a Side Headlock that is quickly followed by a Side Headlock Takedown thanks to Austin being fresher than Riona at this point in the match. Even if her neck and pretty much ever other part on her body is hurting Riona won't back down and swiftly brings her legs up while on the ground in Austin's Side Headlock to place Azure into a Head Scissors that will hopefully leave Riona with a bit of resting time. Now with Austin on his hands and knees in a Head Scissors while Riona sits on her bottom "The Prodigy" takes a moment to rest and regain her breath while trying to apply pressure to Azure's head and neck so he doesn't have this luxury. Having been in this same hold from Riona before Austin knows that he is going to have to think of a new way to break out of it which he is able to quickly do before going to put this plan into action. Using his arms Austin grabs Riona around the legs and before she can tell what is going on Riona is being rolled over so she is on her stomach and Austin is on her back where he wraps his legs around Riona's legs. Once Austin has managed to do this he quickly rolls back over, being helped some by Riona who doesn't know this is helping him, and places his hands on the knees of Riona before pushing her legs apart and lifting his head out of the Head Scissors. Of course Azure isn't going to just stop at that and soon after breaking free of Riona's grasp he places his hands on the back of her head while both are sitting down and pulls forward so as to stretch her no doubt hurting neck muscles as well as some of the muscles in her midsection. The pain from this clouds Riona's ability to think for a few moments, but once that mental fog has cleared away Riona realizes it isn't that tough to get out of this hold and brings her arms up off the ground from where she was using them to brace herself before placing them between Austin's arms and pushing them apart to break the hold.
The ever arrogant Austin just laughs at Riona doing this and then breaks his hold he has on Riona's legs before rolling backwards to his feet, something Riona does as well once Azure has broken his hold. As soon as both stand back up to their feet they go into another lock up seen as how they are close to the middle of the ring and the Aekea crowd cheers them on louder and louder thanks to all this great wrestling action they have been receiving. While they are locked up this time the still standing Aekea fans start another dueling chant, this one being "let's go Austin" which is followed by another "let's go Langly" chant. The crowd continues to battle it out by voicing who they want to win as Riona suddenly breaks the lock between her and Austin before placing her hands on the back of Austin's neck and jumping up so her knees connect with his abdomen. Riona falls back after doing this to try and hit Azure with a Monkey Flip, but as expected from someone as athletic as Austin he is able to flip through it and land on his feet where he places his arms across his chest in an X once more which gets a mix of cheers and boos from this 50/50 crowd. The problem for Austin is that Riona figured he would be able to do this too and is quickly back up to her feet where she places Austin into a Full Nelson as he brings his arms back away from his chest. When he is brought into this hold Azure just laughs and asks Riona if she ever learns which Riona is quick to respond to by jumping up to wrap her legs around Austin's and falling backwards to place the "Wrestling G.O.D." into a Leg Scissors Full Nelson! Now the Riona fans in the crowd are the ones left cheering as Austin seems to have fallen right into the trap of "The Prodigy" who isn't going to give him any sort of a break while in this hold. The only thing Riona seems to have forgotten about this hold is that she is on her back which is much less ideal than her side which is shown by Grey Fox falling to his knees and counting, 1...2...Riona figures out just in time what is going on and releases the Full Nelson on Azure to lift her shoulder up off the mat. When she does this however, Austin sits up while still on Riona and grabs her legs to break the hold before he is able to stand up. Austin keeps Riona's legs held when he does this though and turns Riona into a Reverse Boston Crab!
Just like it has been for most of this match the cheering seems non-stop, but really it is just shifting from one side to the other and now it is on Austin's side as he keeps Riona held in the Reverse Boston Crab which is a great hold to go right back to work on her midsection with. Even with the ropes right in front of her Riona won't go to them, knowing full well she only has one rope break in this fall, and she starts to think up ways to get out of this hold with the least amount of damage to her, but before she can Austin bends down with her legs still held under his arms and grabs Riona's arms with his hands. Azure then stands back up with Riona held and now has her in an even worse predicament so she is hanging by her arms while still in the Reverse Boston Crab. Of course a master of submissions that will torture you until you tap like Austin isn't going to stop at this and after a few moments to make sure he can do it Austin sits down on Riona and places her in a Chinlock with his hands while keeping her legs under his arms! This not only stretches the midsection of Riona more, but it also uses less energy from Austin who might have rather stayed with hanging Riona by her arms if it weren't for that fact. Now Riona is in real trouble and Austin just seems to be urging her to use the ropes by moving forward slightly with her still in this hold. When Riona reaches her arms into the air however, it isn't to go for the ropes, but instead to grab Austin's hands that are on her chin and rip at them with her finger nails to make Austin release her from this Reverse Boston Crab/Chinlock combo. Azure does let go of the Chinlock thanks to this, but after he does this he stands back to his feet and keeps Riona's legs held before pulling her back towards the center of the ring. Azure then lets Riona's legs drop to the ground after doing this, but only for a moment. In this moment though Riona is able to roll off her stomach and to her back while Austin tries to grab her legs again before she shoves Azure away from her using her legs and gets back to her feet as he collides back first with the far set of ropes. As soon as Riona is back up to her feet she sees Azure rebounding off the ropes and coming back at her which Riona responds with by hitting Austin with a Drop Toe Hold that leaves Austin slamming into the second rope neck first as he makes it to Riona.
"The Prodigy" knows that unfortunately she can't use the ropes against Austin in this fall until she gets rid of his last rope break, but that doesn't stop her from running into the far ropes which Austin just came off of and back at Azure to hit him with a knee to the back of the neck. This doesn't come to pass however, and Riona ends up nailing her knee on the ropes and staggering backwards as Austin pushes himself off the ropes and rolls backwards out of the way to leave Riona the displeasure of slamming into them. Still, Riona seems to be fine once she has regained her balance in the center of the ring, but doesn't even see Austin coming off the ropes to her left until she turns to figure out where he is. By this time it is too late and Austin goes to knock Riona's head off with a LARI-NO! Riona raises her right arm into the air and hooks it with Azure's to block the Lariat, but when she does the pain returns to it after being gone thanks to Riona not having to use it in an impact situation like that. When Riona bends down clutching her arm Austin sees his chance and runs backwards at the ropes to rebound off them again, but once again he is unable to hit Riona with the Lariat as she quickly ducks it and leaves Austin running towards the opposite set of ropes as Riona dashes under his arm into the ropes he just came off of. Riona is going noticeably slower than Azure is and the "Wrestling G.O.D." wonders just what she is doing as he comes back towards her while she is just getting to the ropes. Suddenly Riona jumps up onto the second rope once she has made it to them before jumping off them into a back flip which uses to catch Azure's head with her left arm to go for what seems to be a Moonsault DDT. Instead though Riona calls for and goes to hit Austin with the BOMB DROPPER Re-NO! While he is set in the inverted facelock Austin is able to break free and grab Riona around the head and neck before spinning around to place her in an inverted facelock of his own. Azure then lifts Riona and moves forward slightly before letting Riona drop so her legs are on the top rope of the set of ropes she just came off of and her chin is place on Austin's shoulder before Austin hits her with an ACE CRUSH-NO!
Luckily for Riona Austin didn't move forward enough and she is able to slip away from his grasp to land safely on the ring apron which may actually end up being a more dangerous spot as Azure turns around to face Riona quickly. "The Prodigy" doesn't let Austin get near her when he turns around and quickly hits him with a forearm from her left arm to keep Azure away, but being as relentless as he has been in this match Riona knows that it won't buy her much time. It doesn't really buy her any time as Austin comes right back with a hard right forearm to the side of Riona's head before placing her into a front facelock and going to hit her with a Vertical Suplex into the ring. Riona doesn't want to take any chances of being beaten and swiftly nails Austin with a knee to the head when he lifts her into the air so Azure sets her back down on the ring apron where Riona then tries to pull Austin up off his feet and hit him with a Vertical Suplex to the floor! Azure knows if he is hit with this he would probably end up being counted out so he quickly hooks his legs in the ropes as Riona tries to lift him off his feet. Once she knows her attempt has failed Riona sets Austin back down on the ground and suddenly Austin pushes forward over the ropes to grab Riona's leg with his free left arm. Upon hooking this leg Austin lifts Riona up onto his shoulders and turns around before moving towards the center of the ring with Riona set up for the Tundra Drop '04! Riona isn't done just yet and shows this by hitting Austin in the head and neck several times while up on his shoulders before Azure finally lets Riona fall off behind him. Austin rubs the back of his neck and head that were getting pounded on and still hurt as Riona gets back to her feet and comes up behind Azure to hook his arms behind his back and shove him down to the ground before flipping over him and placing Austin in his own SHATTERED DESTINY!! Keeping a calm head and his wits about him Austin swiftly starts to break out of this poorly applied version of the Shattered Destiny by pushing forward on his feet and bridging out of it. The reason it is poorly done of course is because Riona's neck is in bad shape and before long Austin is able to pull himself out. Now being on his feet Azure has a sure fire way in mind to beat Riona who is on her bottom and with Riona still sitting down Austin hooks his left arm across Riona's head and face while pulling it to the side and grabbing the injured right arm of Riona to place her in the STRETCH PLUM!!!
For being such a small building the sound emanating from the Aekea Civic Center is deafening and for good reason as Riona is in a bad submission right now that has the potential to make her tap out at any second. Riona knows this as well as anyone, but she is more determined not to tap out to Austin than she is determined to win this match at the moment. Austin senses this and CRANKS the Stretch Plum even harder to try and force Riona to tap out, but she refuses to and keeps almost yelling "no" at Grey Fox when he asks her if she will give up. No one has left their feet since sometime in the second fall here in Aekea and now Riona fans start a "please don't tap" chant to show their support of Riona who won't give up no matter how hard Austin cranks the Stretch Plum. The Austin fans try to take over this chant by chanting "please just tap" at Riona, but this doesn't last long as the Riona fans voice their "please don't tap" chant with all the lung capacity they can muster between them as Riona continues to refuse to give up. Finally, Azure releases the hold and stands to his feet, letting Riona flop over onto the mat before he covers her, 1...2...2.9...RIONA KICKS OUT! Azure pounds his fists on the ground and asks Grey Fox what that count was as he sits back up to his knees and yells "BULLSHIT" at Fox when he hears it was only a two count. Austin will not be denied in this match now though as he stands back to his feet with Riona in tow and once both are back to their feet Austin sets Riona up for the UNSUNG GENER-NO! With what little strength she can muster Riona elbows Austin in the side of the head a couple of times which annoy Azure enough to make him let go of the hold he has on Riona before leaving an out on her feet Riona standing in the middle of the ring and charging backwards at the ropes to come off at Riona with a LARIA-NO! Riona grabs Austin's arm as he does this and takes him to the ground with her before Riona locks Austin into the PAINKILLER!! Austin cries out in pain as this hold is applied and the muscles in his neck are once again stretched beyond their limits and seem to be on the very verge of snapping. "The Prodigy" yells at Austin to tap while he is in this hold, but Azure will do no such thing and suddenly he breaks free only to counter into an ANACONDA VICE!!!!
Azure manages to get Riona's right arm as he applies the Anaconda Vice on her which is a move she won't likely be able to get out of and could very well tap to. Knowing she only has one rope break in this fall makes the decision to use it all the tougher for Riona, but after only a few moments in this hold she decides it is better to use the rope break now than to tap out and regret not using it later. When Riona grabs the bottom rope and Grey Fox has acknowledged the fact she did Austin breaks the Anaconda Vice instead of keeping it in for the extra time, now being confident that he can beat Riona as he backs away from her and rubs his neck as well as rotating it a bit to try and rid himself of the pain it is in. Using the ropes to pull herself to her feet Riona also seems to be in a lot of pain and also is trying to rest as much as possible by getting up slowly, but even going slowly doesn't make it so she is up to her feet way too soon and turning to see Austin who looks ready to finish this thing as he comes at her, knowing she can't use the ropes after this point as she lets go of them to face him. With a slight bit of desperation Riona slams Austin with a kick to the gut, but Austin only bends down slightly for a moment before slamming Riona with an elbow to the face and grabbing her by the wrist and pulling her along the ropes into the near corner. Once Austin has Riona positioned here he walks backwards a bit before using his weight and strength to whip Riona out of this corner and make her go speedily into the far corner which Riona hits chest first thanks to the fact she doesn't have the energy left to turn around. Once Riona hits the corner Austin makes his way towards her at a slow pace, knowing that he has this in the bag and upon arriving where Riona is slumped over in the corner Austin lifts her up and sets her on the top so her legs are on the outside of the ropes. The Aekea fans who have quieted down slightly now go right back to their loud cheering as Austin climbs up the ropes and pulls Riona to her feet on the top once he has made it there. With both wrestlers on the standing on the top in the corner Austin hooks Riona's arms behind her back before going for a move BTWF fans have seen before as he drops down to hook his legs on the top rope while flipping Riona over him to apply a MODIFIED SHATTERED DESTIN-NOOO!!! The Aekea Civic Center almost explodes from the noise of the crowd cheering as Riona lands on her feet and has broken free of Austin's hold before grabbing Azure who is hanging down from the ropes in an inverted facelock with her right arm before pulling him backwards off the ropes and hitting Austin with the BOMB DROPPER ReMIX!!! Another near explosion of cheering is heard for this move as Riona rolls onto Austin for the cover, 1...2...2.9...FOOT ON THE ROPES!!
Chants of "AUSTIN AZURE" reign supreme inside the Aekea Civic Center as the "Wrestling G.O.D." places his foot on the bottom rope to use his final rope break in this match as well as save himself from being beaten in the match. As Riona pushes herself up off the ground she can't seem to believe the Bomb Dropper ReMix failed against Austin like it did in their first match since this match has taken so much more time and energy out of both individuals. Even with these thoughts of self-doubt coming over her Riona knows that the ReMix had to have taken a lot out of Austin who she slowly pulls up to his feet by the hair and places him in the corner so he is facing her. Riona nails the seemingly unconscious Azure with a couple of hard left elbows to the head as she tries to think of what else might possibly put Austin away before it dawns on her she can now use the ropes for whatever insane hold she can think of. Knowing this Riona grabs Austin by the hair before bringing him so he is facing the ropes and keeping them there while Riona goes through the ropes out onto the ring apron before grabbing Austin again and placing him into a front facelock with vile intentions in mind. Before these intentions can come to light however, Austin suddenly fights free of this front facelock from Riona and places her into his own front facelock before hooking her leg and lifting Riona onto his shoulders just like last time. When Austin turns towards the middle of the ring and walks forward this time though he suddenly drops to one knee and lets Riona fall forward off his shoulders to hit her with a Gutbuster. As Riona sits up on her knees holding her stomach Austin stands back up to his feet and yells at the Aekea crowd that this match is over before grabbing Riona by the head and pulling her back to her feet for the UNSUNG GENERATI-NO! Riona fights out with a few elbows to the head of Austin before using the energy she has left to run backwards into the ropes and go to hit Austin with a Lariat, but Austin easily stops her as she comes back with a knee to the gut before once again placing her in position for an hitting the UNSUNG GENERATIONS!!! The crowd lets out another deafening roar of approval as Austin hits the move and covers Riona, 1...2...2.5...2.9...RIONA KICKS OUT!!!
This time chants of "Langly, Langly, Langly" come from the Aekea crowd who doesn't seem to have a clue who they actually want to win in this match. Austin knows who he wants to win though and it sure isn't Riona who he cannot believe kicked out of the Unsung Generations. The noise from the crowd doesn't help Austin concentrate either as he sits up on his knees wondering what he can possibly do next and finally the "Wrestling G.O.D." snaps as he stands up and tells the crowd to shut the hell up. Looking down at Riona for a moment after this the frustration on Azure's face suddenly turns to a smile as he bends down and picks Riona up off the ground by her head before bringing her over to the nearest corner. Austin keeps Riona down on the ground in front of the turnbuckle as he goes out onto the ring apron and starts to climb up the outside of the turnbuckles to the top which excites the Aekea crowd who still cheers for Austin even if he doesn't want the cheering. Once he is up on the top Austin grabs Riona by the head and starts to pull her up the turnbuckles as well so he gets her onto the second turnbuckles before he sets her into a standing head scissors and hooks her arms, but Riona won't be stopped this easily and shakes her arms free of Austin's grasp before standing back up out of the standing head scissors and hitting Austin with a couple of hard forearms to the face with her left arm. Azure starts to lose his balance so to save himself from falling to the ground below he backs off the top turnbuckle and stands on the outside of the middle set of ropes as Riona starts to climb up to the top. "The Prodigy" hits Austin with yet another hard forearm to the head once she has been able to get up on the top rope before grabbing Austin in a front facelock and starting to pull him back up on the top rope with her. The tension in the Aekea Civic Center could hardly be hanging in the air at any heavier of a weight than it is now as Austin and Riona battle it on the top while the fans cheer or boo as their favorite gets the advantage. Finally, after hitting Austin with some clubbing blows to the back with her good left arm, which is also the one she intends to lift Austin with, Riona starts to lift Austin up for a TOP ROPE BRAINBUSTE-NOOO!!!
Knowing full well he can't survive a huge move like that Austin shoots his knee out and makes it connect with Riona's face so she sets the "Wrestling G.O.D." back on the top rope, but Austin knows he is still in danger as Riona keeps the front facelock held. With a sense of urgency all about him Austin struggles to slip his head out of this front facelock and when he finally does he nails Riona with a stiff forearm to the face that almost knocks Riona backwards off the turnbuckle thanks to the intensity of it. In fact Austin seems more intense than he ever has before as he fights for the biggest win of his career. This is shown by the vicious knees to the gut Azure lashes out at Riona with while the two are still standing on the top and after three of this Austin finally sets Riona into another standing head scissors before hooking her arms to go for THE B-NOOOO!!! Riona starts to fight out again, but suddenly Austin lets go of Riona's arms and starts pummeling her back with clubbing shots from his forearm that make loud thuds as they connect before Austin hooks Riona's arms again and hits her with THE BTY!!!! The Aekea crowd that has been waiting in anticipation lets out an ear splitting cheer as Austin nails The BTY and flips Riona over for the cover, 1...2...2.9...3!!!
*The Bell Rings*
Victor Cross: "And here is your winner of the third fall and the match, AUSTIN AZURE!"
*The Aekea crowd continues to cheer uncontrollably for what they just witnessed and give Austin and Riona a standing ovation although pretty much everyone has stayed on their feet for the entire final fall plus some of this match. In a place such as this where workrate is so important to the fans this match will probably reign supreme on every one of these people's MOTY voting ballots, but that is not why Austin Azure will remember this match. As he pushes himself into the nearest corner so he is in a sitting position and his hand is raised by Grey Fox Austin sees why he will remember this match. That reason being that he was able to beat Riona Langly in a match almost tailor made to her specialty. Not to mention that once the higher-ups see this match he may have some kind of title shot waiting, but Austin doesn't care about belts right now. He only cares that he was the victor and that he has proven to the world that he is the undisputed best technical wrestler in the BTWF. Austin lets all of this soak in as he sits in the corner he just took Riona off of with The BTY and is handed a towel to wipe the sweat that has been pouring down his body off. The "Wrestling G.O.D." is also handed a bottle of water which he drinks greedily as the fans in Aekea chant "thank you" to Austin and Riona for their match tonight. Riona is also given a bottle of water as she finally pulls herself to her hands and knees in the center of the ring. While she makes sure to drink some to keep hydrated Riona isn't in any mood to celebrate as she just lost to someone who she never wanted to. Someone who she despises, but respects slightly after this match. Seeing Austin smirking at her from his corner Riona tells him that he still didn't make her tap out and Azure just replies with "I know", but keeps smiling anyway. After a few more moments of resting and while the Aekea crowd continues to cheer both competitors both Austin and Riona finally get to their feet and Riona leaves to the back while Azure takes a few moments to celebrate. While he may not especially like this crowd he isn't going to let a chance like this slip and holds his arms in front of his chest in an X once more while his towel is situated on his neck before deciding it is best to now get to the back seen as how another member of Empty Promises has a match coming up next.*