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Ain't About the Money begins to play as the lights dim down. As the beat kicks in, blue and white lights begin to flash while a thin layer of smoke comes across the stage and down the ramp. Flames spring up along the set

"Making his way to the ring, from St. Louis, Missouri, weighing in at 200 pounds, he is the WWFG World Heavyweight champion, Drako!!!!"

An opening appears in the stage, and slowly the champion rises up on a platform, dressed in black with a hood covering his head. Black pants covered by a black hooded, sleeveless trenchcoat, and with matching gloves but shirtless underneath as always. The World championship belt is clutched in hand as looks down to the ring for a few moments before he finally begins to walk down the ramp, throwing the championship over his shoulder.

Drako stops at the end of the extremely long ramp and looks around the arena for a few more moments before he turns and walks up the stairs and into the ring, taking the championship back in hand as he does. He walks across the ring and steps onto the bottom rope, one foot on the second rope as he raises the title to the cheering fans. Tonight, pyro shoots off across the top of the arena. He steps down and walks to the opposite side to do the same.

Finally the champ turns back to the center of the ring and removes his coat, handing it to someone on the outside. He turns back to the challenger, glancing briefly at his mentor as well, a man he's far more acquainted with if he's honest. The music dies down and the champ hands the title to the referee

Drako bounces a bit from foot to foot, ready to get into the match. He knows this will be a bit different from his other title defenses as they have a bit more in common than his previous challengers. But he was going to go into it with his goal clear, to prove himself the better wrestler.

Once the bell rings, it's time to go and Dean is wisely not trying to rush in. Drako goes into the tie up only to find Dean catching hold of his arm, attempting to gain early control here. grabbing his wrist twist the arm a bit, and Drako doesn't want to let that go too long. So he reaches out with his free hand, attempting to grab Dean's wrist, then duck and twist under him to pull his arm back into a standing hammerlock

The champ has to give credit where it's due, the challenger came prepared, as he drops down, it throws Drako off just enough as he untwists and frees himself. Just those few moments of being off balance allows Dean to reverse the twist and now Drako is in the hammerlock. The champ slaps his shoulder a couple of times to keep the blood flowing, then attempts a slightly simpler counter, attempting to also drop down but not all the way down, aiming to get under Dean's arms and untwist his own. However, once behind him, instead of another hammerlock, he would attempt to catch him in a standing side headlock

Drako is right at home doing the chain wrestling, as he's showing. Getting to that side headlock was important, but Dean seems to be as good as he'd been reported to be. Wisely, he gets his foot on the back of Drako's right leg, prying Drako's grip loose enough to get the champion in a standing armbar.

JR: Both men are starting off with some straight chain wrestling here and they seem to be going hold for hold. Who has the advantage here, King?

King: hard to say. They're roughly the same size but Dean has a height advantage, which gives him more leverage. Drako has the speed and most importantly the experience advantage. Right now, I think we're seeing that leverage advantage being put to use.

Of course Drako isn't about to give up here. He's down to a knee and stuck in the armbar. Off instinct, he attempts to roll forward to relieve the pressure on his arm and at the same time tries to pull Dean down with an armdrag

JR: Clearly both champion and challenger are feeling each other out. I'd say they're testing each other's pure wrestling ability and they seem to be about even.

King: It's very early, and it might seem even now, but I'm a betting man and I'm not betting against Dean here with Rosario backing him.

Drako gets to his feet after snapping off the arm drag and much like the challenger, hears the cheers of the fans around them. Dean was keeping up with him, and the Soaring Dragon felt sure that this wouldn't be a short night at the office. Good, he was a fighting champion and short fights just weren't as fun. The champion swings his arm to loosen his shoulder up again, ready to go right back into it

Drako goes right into the lockup again and the takedown catches him by surprise. Not a bad idea but Drako isn't an amateur here. Knowing the younger man is going for his ankle, now on his back, Drako attempts to pull his legs in towards his chest, then kick them out to kick Dean off of him

Drako was beginning to push himself up when he spots Dean coming in low again. Reaching up and attempting to use Dean's momentum against him, he attempts to roll him up into a small package pin, more than willing to catch a surprise victory here