3 v 1 match SEME vs James Justice

"TWO!" the ref slapped the mat a second time, but James quickly rolled onto his side. He refused to let the pain he felt overpower him, but he knew he was going down soon. He slowly rolled out from under him and began to rise to his hands and knees, trying to rise to his feet, but he placed a hand on his throat, groaning a little.

Ryuu was pleasantly surprised when James broke the pin at two of his volition, and he rolled the opposite way to his knees. It looked like James was having trouble recovering completely though, which gave Ryuu an opening he could exploit. Ryuu was ready when James was fully standing and he grabbed James by the throat with his left hand and started squeezing. He started forcing him backwards towards the ropes, trying to bend his back over to expose his midsection as much as possible. With the length of Ryuu's arms compared to James's, he was relatively free from counter-attack unless James went after the arm itself. And with his free arm, Ryuu made a fist and swung big in order to land a harsh full-strength punch to James's gut.

James stood up slowly and went to face Ryuu, when suddenly, a large muscular hand wrapped around his throat and he gasped for air, unable to breath. He felt himself forced backwards and found himself bent over the top rope. He grabbed at the male's arm and continued gasping for air when his meaty fist came barreling towards his abs. He gasped yet again and shot forward, holding his midsection, he staggered back to the center of the ring, holding his stomach and coughing.

As James was downed again by Ryuu's antics, he stood tall with hands on hips behind him. He had barely even broken a sweat so far, probably wouldn't have if the lights above the ring weren't so hot. James gasped and spluttered and tried to hold himself together after Ryuu's powerful attacks, but Ryuu didn't feel like letting him. He came up behind James and an arm snuck around James's neck, while the other caught James' left arm in a hammer lock. Ryuu's hands then strained and came together to form a sleeper hold combo that left only one of James' arms free. Immediately Ryuu began to flex his large biceps and squeeze on James's neck. Ryuu figured that if he was unconscious, there was no way for him to kick out again.

James just lay there in a fetal position, holding his stomach when he was slowly lifted up. He then felt a pair of strong arms wrap around his neck and trap one of his arms above his head. He gasped for air and used his free hand to try and relieve some of the pressure on his neck, but to no avail. Slowly, he started seeing stars and his eyes fluttered a little. He started seeing stars and his struggles ceased, and he slowly went limp.

Ryuu made sure to keep the hold tight while James futilely struggled, gasping for air and slapping at the arm around his neck. It didn't take too terribly long for James to go limp in his arms, which made Ryuu initially suspicious he was faking again. Ryuu squeezed tighter and thrashed James's head back and forth just to be sure. No sign of resistance from his opponent so far.

Unfortunately the rules of the match meant that he could only win from pin, which meant even if he scored a submission or a knockout, he still had to go for the pin. That could also make things easier though as he finally released James head and let the male flop to the mat unceremoniously. Again Ryuu flipped James onto his back and slid himself over his chest, but this time he made sure to hook both legs for the pin. The majority of Ryuu's torso lie across James's chest as well, which meant a lot of weight and strength to overcome if he was playing possum again.

"Took more like thirty seconds, but who's counting" Ryuu joked quietly, referencing what James had said to him earlier during his submission technique.

James' head was pushed to the side and his eyes remained shut as the much larger male hooked both of his legs. He groaned a little as the ref slid next to them for the count, "One!"

ONE!

James had done little in the way of resist other than groan meekly after the first count. To be sure Ryuu readjusted his grip and pulled on the back of his knees to fold James over just a bit more. In his mind this was a done deal, but they still had to go through the rest of the motions.

TWO!

James screamed and used the last of his strength to kick out, laying on top of Ryuu's chest. He panted softly, "Count it ref!"

TWO!

There went the second count. Almost there, the last count was almost a triviality at this point, James was practically catatonic. The ref's hand was headed for the mat for the third and final count when James sprung to life at the last second with a scream and a surge of energy, breaking the pin just before the hand hit the mat. The ref declared it a kick-out and Ryuu gritted his teeth in annoyance at the male now laying on top of him. That was two times that he'd been denied a pin with James springing back to life. If he was so desperate to stay in the match longer, then Ryuu would oblige.

He shoved James to the side onto his chest and then Ryuu rolled atop him, bracing his forearm against the back of James's head to force his face into the mat. Ryuu pushed up and replaced his forearm with his knee between James's shoulder blades, then landed some slaps across James's back to make him arch up. When he did, Ryuu would grab hold of his wrists till he had both secured. He would then pull back hard on James's arms while digging his knee in roughly to cause as much pain as possible.