Ryan Knight vs Jackie "Jack The Ripper" Rose - Bloody Hell

Many would consider Ryan to be someone that didn't back down, even if his odds were a million to one Ryan was the sort that would take the challenge. He wasn't running here, despite him backing around the corner. This was a simple strategic retreat, a chance to catch a breather. Ryan was no fool however, Jackie was the sort that clearly had a lust for violence in spades. John hadn't lied about that little detail, no doubt she could have easily unnerved newcomers like herself.

Not so unalike to what the Rebelling Paragon had himself would do nowadays, it felt so good to be so bad these days. Ryan knew that he'd not get much of a reprieve at any rate, but that was fine. He was biding his time, the Paragon grunted as he felt the paint shooting through his head. It only served to make Ryan want payback all the more......

Sure enough Jackie took the bait and followed, Ryan clutched his head and seethed. The pain from his head was making the eye injury he'd suffered shoot up again, it came and went due to the nerves. But here it made Ryan feel less focused, but his mind was howling that he had to keep going and deliver revenge onto the Ripper. He stopped after rounding the ring corner, waiting for that mane of white hair of Jackie's to appear. It did, the wince turned to a smirk. Ryan would lunge out with his hands and grab her by the ear and hair and then bodily toss her right into a sort of Irish whip into the ring post that was behind them. Where a nice set of steel steps were waiting to catch the Ripper!

Yes, that would work. Ryan had thought that out both ahead and in the spur of the moment. For all of Jackie's brutality and bloodlust she was clearly still a rookie, wet behind the ears as it were. The Rebelling Paragon was a former title holder and spent time in the indies as well to hone his craft, the once noble lad had now been using his practised talent to fight in a dishonourable manner. Yet one couldn't deny its effectiveness as Ryan had in one swift motion looked for a moment to play dirty and seized it and left the Ripper crashed in a heap against the nearby steel steps, to think that Ryan would have never deigned to perform in such a way. But now he had the advantage, the pain ringing in his head from his damaged eye served as validation in his mind........

Ryan took a moment to lean on the ring apron, a smirk on his lips at his handiwork. Several of the crowd in the front row were booing him loudly, which prompted the Rebelling Paragon to chuckle at them. Those fools, they never really rooted much for the leader of the Warriors Without Borders to begin with. The guy decided to pay them no further heed, for they were unworthy in comparison to the one who'd bring chaos to Tension. Speaking of chaos.......

Mr Knight would turn around and crouch down and lift up the apron, this was anything goes. So here Ryan goes he reasoned, perfect. There was a bunch of things laying under there, your typical steel chair. Bunch of those, good. Table, nah. Too impractical at the moment. Kendo stick, yeah that'll work too. Ryan got some stuff shuffled out of there, grabbing himself a kendo stick and making to walk towards Jackie. "C'mon......I know your not done Ripper, time to sting that skin....." he muttered as he'd take a swing at her right thigh. Intent on delivering a harsh stinging swing to her exposed skin from Jackie's outfit!

Ryan up until this point hadn't messed around too much, focused as he was on making the Ripper suffer. Not just to make Jackie into an example but also to earn revenge for his fellow Mr Carnaby, he didn't speak of the match save for her being very, very stiff and brutal. Good. Ryan would teach her what would occur when those who crossed his employee wrong. The setting an example was occurring here right now as Ryan swung his kendo stick into the exposed skin of Jackie, to make it nice and red and show that Ryan was now more than willing to deliver some capital punishment as he smacked her hard with the loud slapping noise reverberating nearby to the fans.

However it seemed that Jackie was brought back to her senses, as she groaned aloud. The Ripper got on the move and managed to use the fact that Ryan had gotten himself some weapons rolled around from under the ring, she shifted around quickly and grabbed hold of another kendo stick. Ryan, intent on instilling Jackie to be an example had left his guard down a bit. Enough for the Ripper to swing her own stick right into Ryan's midriff. Earning a very loud yell from him as the stinging sensation shined through there.

It made the Rebelling Paragon retreat a bit, snarling at Jackie he'd hold his kendo stick with one hand and enter a duelling stance. "Heh heh, I did fencing by the way.........could have gone pro if I didn't take up wrestling. En garde Ripper......." he muttered at her as he flourished his stick a bit to emphasise this fact......

Ryan had to say, out of all his wrestling matches he'd never gotten into a sword fight with someone. That wasn't to say he hadn't practised for one, fencing had been an interest of his. The lad had won his fair share of tournaments in the past, but had decided to follow a path in wrestling instead. However kendo sticks were a weapon used within wrestling, so of course the Rebelling Paragon made to practise with one from time to time too. More to simply smack it on an opponent who was helpless and to further instil suffering and pain onto them in his path of conquest, Ryan found this situation quite bemusing actually. It seemed that Jackie wasn't finding it humorous however, because she charged towards Mr Knight intent on bringing the pain to him. Go time.

Mr Knight gripped his kendo stick tightly, but kept the rest of his body fluid. As he expected the Ripper seemed to have no experience in swordfighting, she jumped upwards. First of all that made your movement an absolute commitment, can't stop in midair and can't adjust yourself mid trajectory. Followed by a simple downward slash, very good as an ending strike once you breach an opponent's guard and no doubt lethal with Jackie's frame behind it. But she'd done nothing of the sort.

Ryan simply just stepped lightly to one side, letting the stick fly down harmlessly past him with a faint whooshing noise. Before quickly stepping in, past Jackie's guard. From here he slammed the pommel of his kendo stick smack bang in the middle of her forehead to stun her, followed by him placing it just below her chin and yelling "Too obvious! Did you not see the opening that I gave you?! Do better!" before giving her a light shove backwards......

This was something that Ryan missed, owning his opponent in a sword fight. Sure he'd sparred with John in the past but the artist was about as trained with a blade as Jackie seemed to be, that was to say not really. The Rebelling Paragon would deftly evade Jackie's clumsy swordplay and deliver a swift jab with the pommel of his kendo stick and delivered a mocking jab at the same time to boot, the crowd were getting a reminder that Ryan was not only a skilled wrestler but also adept with a blade. More so now that he used his skill only for his own gain and interests, he was making Jackie very much appear the rookie that she actually was. Perhaps in future Ryan would do this again as a match in and of itself, for now though he focused on simply destroying this false Ripper.......

Jackie was angered by Ryan's demeaning blow it seemed and she responded by taking some side swipes and a stab at him, again her bladework was sloppy. Unrefined, Ryan dodged with nonchalance. She put all her effort into swinging for the fences and the Rebelling Paragon simply shifted his footwork to accommodate her, eventually Jackie seemed to have gotten the memo and decided to simply go back to what she knew best. Which was unarmed attacks and strikes, Ryan had seemingly gotten a bit lulled into a false sense of mind there. As he'd be caught clean by the attack as he dodged backwards against the stab.

That hit made him realise what had actually happened there, Ryan would have mentally cursed himself there. Was he not focused on the shooting pain through his jaw there, the Rebel was sent staggering backwards and finally fell to the floor with his kendo stick scuttling off to the side he'd subconsciously let go of it. Mr Knight groaned quietly as his hand clutched his forehead in an effort to subside the pain shooting through his skull..........