デスマッチ

noun

death match; deathmatch

Primarily used in professional wrestling for a match with few rules and often involving weapons or dangerous stunts.

• 今こん夜やのメインイベントは金かな網あみデスマッチだ。

  Tonight's main event is a steel cage death match.

noun

fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle

Extended figurative use for any extremely intense, do-or-die competition or conflict, not limited to wrestling.

• 選せん挙きょ戦せんはまさにデスマッチの様よう相そうを呈ていしている。

  The election campaign has taken on the appearance of a desperate struggle.