Gladiatorial Battle of the Ages

The crowd fall silent as from the darkness of the tunnel the young challenger emerges. Dressed in full Nordic chain-mail, in honor of his Viking ancestry, the gifted warrior steps out into the sunlight, his double-handed Norwegian hammer slung over his left shoulder. His opponent, the world gladiatorial Champion, stands unmoving, his reinforced Harappan armor gleaming, and his sword, bloodied from countless prior victims, glints alongside its razor-like blade. The young contender lifts his hammer high into the air and the crowd explodes into cheers. A gradual chant of "Fight, Fight, Fight" gradually takes over. Both warriors slowly approach each other, holding their weapons ready for combat. Within a few feet of each other they start circling. The crowds chanting reaches fever pitch "FIGHT", they scream in unison. At long last, the greatest warriors of our time finally brought together for one epic battle to the death. The bloodlust and excitement is so thick you couldn't cut it with a knife. Both warriors stop, eye each other, step forwards, slowly extend their arms, carefully shake hands, turn and walk out of the arena...