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 Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:04 am
Nuke looks up at Drako as he tries to grab him, and a smirk comes across his face.
His eyes were glazed, almost rolled back in his head for a moment, but that smile just stayed there.
He was as much of a deadweight in this moment as he was right after the drop, it was going to take energy for Damone to get him up!
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:09 am
Drako continues to fight to bring Nuke back to his feet. Clearly throwing him off the cell from 20 feet in the air wasn't enough. Realizing that Nuke still seems to be out of it but he's still conscious, Drako would attempt to get him to the ropes to lean him against them to remain on his feet
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:18 am
Nuke was hoisted up and pushed against the ropes. Instinctively he reaches behind him to grab them, and keep himself on his feet.
He breaths deep and looks at Drako.
"I.. I always knew it was going to be you.
Thank you."
Nuke would then reach out and aim a hard slap across the face of Drako, followed up by him opening up his arms and walking towards him!
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:23 am
"OOOOHHHHH!"
The crowd lets out a collective sound as Nuke's slap rings throughout the arena and Drako stumbles back. For a moment there, Drako had considered a bit of leniency, an easier way out, but as the Dragon turns around, his face shows only rage.
"You dirty mother..."
Drako steps forward and looks to put the cap on this finally with the Raining Fire
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:30 am
Nuke walked forward, open arms, and right into a kick into the gut.
He doubled over momentarily, before Drako hit the Raining Fire, the stunner sending Fusion bouncing wildly in mid-air and flipping over on the mat before landing on his back, looking up at the cell he just fell from.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:33 am
Drako can finally put this away, surely. The Soaring Dragon drops down and looks to hook both legs for the pin
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:38 am
The ref drops down again, as the entire stadium stands to watch the pinfall.
One!
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Two!
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Three!
Drako's music hits as Nuke lays in the center of the ring, eyes closed, but a smile on his face.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:47 am
Drako finally rolls off the pin after the three count and lays on the mat, finally able to actually take a moment to let himself breathe. He'd won, and his music is blaring over the speakers as the crowd cheers, though if that's for him specifically or both men is debatable.
"Here is your winner, the Soaring Dragon, Drako Damone!"
There's the confirmation, Drako's career would continue from here. Drako takes a moment to get back to his feet, definitely feeling the effects of the match. Granted, probably not as much as Nuke is down there on the mat. As Drako walks around the ring, taking in the scene as he looks out at the crowd, the cell is raised again. Those paramedics might want to check on Nuke at this point when Drako has no reason to prevent it.
Covered in sweat, Drako starts to unwrap his hands and leaves the tape in the ring as he steps out and heads up to the ramp. Halfway up, he turns to look back at the ring and watch to see if Nuke would in fact move again
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 10:54 am
The paramedics had rushed into the ring at the first opportunity, as soon as the bell rang to signal the end of this match.
They checked him over immediately, and tried to keep him down.. but, as Drako left the cell, Nuke had shrugged off a couple of them and had begun a slow roll across the ring and under the bottom rope.
Stumbling as he got to his feet, he caught himself on the cell wall for a moment. Exiting the ring via the part of the cell that they had broken, he made his way to the commentary section and grabbed a microphone, just in time for Drako to turn around on the ramp.
"Drako.. Drako Damone.."
Out of breath and dazed, potentially some broken bones, the paramedics urged him to come and get some help, but he had eyes through the cell purely on Drako.
He began to walk around it with a slight limp, eyes for a moment on the ground in front of him, then back up at Damone.
"I-I .. I have something I need to tell you, something you need to hear, something you deserve to hear."
Nuke let his arm fall to his side as he grunted and pressed forward, inching closer to the ramp, his pain evident in the way he walked.
Eventually, he reached the bottom of the ramp.
Fusion looks up the ramp at Drako and raises the microphone up to his lips. Only two words would escape his mouth, as his eyes went red and he begun to try and hold back the tears.
"Thank you."
Nuke would drop to his knees, the microphone falling and rolling away from him. His body slumped forward as he caught himself on his forearms, his body shaking a little and his back moving up and down, as the adrenaline and release of emotions overtook him.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 11:16 am
Drako had frowned as Nuke said his name over the mic. You never know where things will go when these two are involved. But the message is simple and short, with Nuke collapsing afterwards.
It occurs to the Soaring Dragon that there aren't many left from his starting days, and he'd just seen one forced to ride out into the sunset. No reason for him to be bitter at this point. He's still going on to do more.
With that, he walks down to where Nuke is kneeling and reaches down in offer to help him up, giving a shoulder to lean on to walk out of here
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 11:20 am
Nuke sobbed a little more and tried to catch himself as Drako pulled him up to his feet again.
Fusion looked out at the stadium, many of whom were applauding both men, his eyes red and tired.
With Drako's help he made it up the ramp and to the stage, where he thanked him and turned to face the crowd.. one last time as an active superstar.
Lifting his head high, he raised a fist up in acknowledgement of their support.
A chant broke out across the stadium.
"Thank you Nuke! Thank you Nuke!"
Fusion still needed Damone's head as the two legends walked to the back, Nuke still stumbling and wincing with his leg under his own weight.
The chant continued to ring out, long after the pair had exited through the curtain..
"Thank you Nuke! Thank you Nuke! Thank you Nuke! ..."
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