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The starting of a reving motor caught the ears of the crowd before it tapered off into a wailing guitar solo. On the screen, the familiar silhouette of a man appeared and the crowd began to roar.

The screen briefly went dark before two words in red glowed on the screen.

ERYN REICH

Introducing first...From Weimar Germany, weighing in at 298 lbs...Eryn Reich!"

As the music thundered through the arena, from the back of the arena, the roar of the crowd reached a defeaning pitch as the man himself appeared. Dressed in jeans and unadorned hooded vest, his hands taped up in black athletic tape. He slowly made his way through the crowd to his music, only stopping to hope over the barricades and into the ring..

He stood on the turnbuckle and peeled back his hood to reveal a buzz cut haircut and a fuller goatee. He did away with his vest as he stared, waiting for champion to show.

He kept his eyes firmly on his opponent, not even sparing a look at the prestigious title that Bison held high, a fact that was not missed by the announcers.

" Look at him JR. It's not often we have to see Reign look up to an opponent, but he's not even focusing on the title."

"I expect this is more personal than it is for the title, King. There's a lot of unresolved bad blood between these two. He wants to hurt Bison. That's his main goal. Taking the title, I assume is secondary."

Without taking his eyes off his opponent, Eryn backed into his corner and waited for the bell to ring.

He ignored the ref as the official held the title up for all to see, instead keeping his focus on his larger opponent.

As the bell rang, he stretched his arms and loosened up one last time before he made his way to the center of the ring and to initiate a brief staredown before he raised his hands and offered a lock up.

He did his best to sink his weight into the mat to avoid giving ground, however he was forced back into the corner.

He held up his hands and looked for a clean break.

He got the break that he was looking for and he narrowed his eyes at the champion's taunt. He gave him a small smirk before the smile ran away from his face and he looked to blast Bison with a right hand to the face.

The crowd oooohed at the impact as Eryn made his feelings known to the champion with a certain finger gesture as the challenger egged the champion for more punishment.

The blow hit flush and rocked him back a step or two. He massaged his jaw with his hand as a dangerous light blazed into his eyes.

"oooo, I don't think Bison should have done that."

"Agreed King, looks like that got the challenger good and pissed off."

Reich would look to go back on the offense with a wicked uppercut to the giant's jaw.