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*** WWE ***
- John Cena Announces His Entry Into The Royal Rumble: This past week, the sixteen time WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena officially announced that he will compete in this year's Royal Rumble.
- The Balor Club Reunites: If you missed RAW this past week, Finn Balor, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson reunited and battled Elias Samson and The Miztourage in a six man tag team match. It's unknown if this was a one night only team up or if The Balor Club is officially back.
- WWE Monday Night RAW Coming Back To Cleveland: It was announced this past week that WWE is bringing RAW back to Cleveland, two weeks before Wrestlemania 34. RAW will be at the Quicken Loans Arena on March 26th.
** 205 Live Recap **
- Akira Tozawa vs. TJ Perkins: The first match of the night saw the return of TJP, who's been out with an injury the past few months. The match closes out with TJP sticking a thumb in Tozawa's eye and then hitting the Detonation Kick to score the pinfall.
- Hideo Itami vs. Jack Gallagher: The second match of the night saw Jack Gallagher getting a rematch against Hideo Itami, who put Gallagher's friend, Brian Kendrick, out with an eye injury. The match goes to a No Contest, after Gallagher tries to attack Itami with his umbrella, before the bell. Itami unloads on Gallagher, but Gallagher reveals a lead pipe that he uses to knock out Itami with.
- Goldust and Cedric Alexander vs. Drew Gulak and Ariya Daivari: The main event of the show saw a rematch from this week's Monday Night RAW. The match closes out with Alexander hitting the Lumbar Check on Gulak and scoring the pinfall.
*** NXT ***
- Candice LeRae Signing: According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Candice LeRae is expected to sign with NXT soon. Candice is currently going through the standard signing process but there's no word yet on when she might be signed.
- Official NXT Takeover: Philadelphia Card: The following has been announced for NXT Takeover: Philadelphia the night before the WWE Royal Rumble.
** "NXT World Championship Match": Andrade "Cien" Almas (c) vs. Johnny Gargano.
** "NXT World Tag Team Championship Match": Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly (c) vs. The Authors of Pain.
** "NXT Women's Championship Match": Ember Moon (c) vs. Shayna Bazsler.
** "Extreme Rules Match": Aleister Black vs. Adam Cole.
** Lars Sullivan vs. Killian Dain.
*** Impact Wrestling ***
** Impact TV Recap **
- "Impact X Division Championship Match": Taiji Ishimori defeated Trevor Lee (c), by pinfall to win the title. Ishimori counters a suplex and hits a handspring kick for the near fall. Lee gets a near fall sit down power bomb. Ishimori knees Lee in the face and hits a 540 Splash on Lee to win the title. After the match, Dezmond Xavier congratulates Ishimori backstage and challenges him.
- "Impact Grand Championship, Triple Threat Match": Ethan Carter (c) defeated Matt Sydal and Fallah Bahh, by split decision to retain the title. Bahh took the first round from the judges. EC3 took round number two from the judges. Sydal hits the Shooting Star Press on EC3 in round number three, however, time expires to end the match before Sydal can get the pinfall. The judges give EC3 the third round and the win to retain the title.
- "Career vs. Career, No Holds Barred Match": Dan Lambert defeated James Storm, by pinfall, ending Storm's Impact career. Storm goes to finish off Lambert, however, KM hits the ring and smashes a beer bottle over Storm's head. Lambert gets a near fall on Storm. KM and Lambert both smash beer bottles over Storm's head, helping Lambert score the pinfall.
- Chandler Park defeated Jon Bolen, by pinfall in his in ring debut. Park gets dominated for most of the match until Joseph Park interferes while the referee is distracted and punches Bolen in the face. Park rolls up Bolen and scores the pinfall.
- "Impact World Heavyweight Championship Match": Eli Drake (c) defeated Alberto El Patron, by pinfall to retain the title. Drake tries to hit El Patron with the title but misses. El Patron drops Drake head first on the title and gets a near fall. The referee gets knocked out allowing Drake to hit El Patron with the title to score the pinfall when the referee woke up.
- "Impact World Tag Team Championship Match": LAX defeated oVe (c), by pinfall to win the titles. oVe gets a near fall powerbomb/blockbuster combo. Jake and Santana meet on the top rope where Santana attempts a splash. Jake counters and hits a midair cutter on Santana. Jake gets hit with the Street Sweeper giving LAX the win and The titles.
*** NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING ***
** Wrestle Kingdom 12 **
- "New Japan Rumble": Japan's version of the Royal Rumble kicked off the show. Mashito Kakihara came out victorious, last eliminating Cheeseburger to take the victory.
- "IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match": The Young Bucks defeated Roppongi 3K (c), by submission to win the tag team titles. The Bucks hit the Meltzer Driver on Yoh and then Matt Jackson makes Yoh tap out to the Sharpshooter.
- "NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship, Gauntlet Match": Chaos (Beretta, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) came out victorious to win the titles.
** Suzuki Gun (Zack Sabre Jr, Taichi and Takahashi Izuka) defeated Michael Elgin and War Machine.
** Chaos defeated Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson, Ryusuke Taguchi and Togi Makabe)
** Chaos defeated The Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Guerillas of Destiny) to win the Gauntlet and the titles.
- Kota Ibushi defeated Cody Rhodes, by pinfall. Ibushi hits the Last Ride power bomb and the straight jacket german suplex. Ibushi then hits a Phoenix Splash and scores the pinfall.
- "IWGP Tag Team Championship Match": EVIL and SANADA defeated The Killer Elite Squad (c), by pinfall, to win the tag team titles. Evil and Sanada hit the Magic Killer on Davey Boy Smith Jr. Sanada hits a moonsault off the top rope to score the pinfall.
- "NEVER Openweight Championship, Haircut Match": Hirooki Goto defeated Minoru Suzuki (c), by pinfall to win the title. Goto hits two straight head butts, a super ushigoroshi off the ropes and two GTR's to score the pinfall. After the match, Suzuki refused to get his head shaved, but eventually returned to the ring and shaved his own head.
- "IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship, Fatal Four Way Match": Will Ospreay defeated Marty Scurll (c), Hiromu Takahashi and Kushida, by pinfall to win the title. Ospreay hits the OsCutter on Scurll to score the pinfall.
- "IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match": Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) defeated Jay "Switchblade" White, by pinfall to retain the title. Tanahashi hits two straight frog splashes on White to score the pinfall.
- "IWGP United States Championship, No DQ Match": Kenny Omega (c) defeated Chris Jericho, by pinfall, to retain the title. Omega hits the One Winged Angel, but Jericho survives by grabbing the ropes. Jericho hits the Code Breaker on Omega, but Omega kicks out at two and a half. Omega hits the One Winged Angel on Jericho on top of a steel chair and scores the pinfall to retain.
- "IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match": Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Tetsuya Naito, by pinfall to retain the title. Naito counters the Rainmaker and hits Destino. Naito attempts another Destino, but Okada counters into a tombstone piledriver. Okada hits the Rainmaker on Naito and scores the pinfall.
** New Year's Dash Recap **
- "Eight Man Tag Team Match": Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Yuji Nagata defeated Ren Narita, Shota Umino, Tetsuhiro Yagi and Tomoyuki Oka, by pinfall, after Kojima hits a lariat on Umino.
- "Ten Man Tag Team Match": El Desperado, Taichi, Taka Michinoku, Takashi Iizuka and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Henare, Hirai Kawato, Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask IV and Togi Makabe, by pinfall after Desperado hit the Pinche Loco on Kawato.
- “Switchblade” Jay White defeated Katsuya Kitamura, by pinfall with the Blade Runner.
- "Six Man Tag Team Match": Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson Nick Jackson defeated Cheeseburger & Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH), by pinfall with an assisted Indytaker on Cheeseburger.
- "Ten Man Tag Team Match": The Bullet Club (Chase Owens, Cody Rhodes, Leo Tonga, Marty Scurll and Yujiro Takahashi defeated Taguchi Japan (David Finlay, Juice Robinson, Kota Ibushi, Kushida and Ryusuke Taguchi), by submission with the American Nightmare from Rhodes on Finlay. After the match, The Bullet Club attack Ibushi, but Kenny Omega makes the surprising save and argues with Cody. Omega and Cody begin shoving each other until Omega grabs a microphone and says he's sick of Bullet Club’s infighting and he had the solution. Omega announces Switchblade Jay White as the newest member of The Bullet Club. White arrives, accepts the Bullet Club t-shirt, but then fakes out The Bullet Club by hitting the Blade Runner on Omega.
- "NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship Match": The Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga and Tonga Roa) defeated Chaos (Beretta, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano) (c), by pinfall with a Gun Stun from Tama on Beretta to win the titles.
- "Eight Man Tag Team Match": Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre, Jr.) defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin and War Machine, by pinfall with Killer Bomb from Smith and Archer onto Hanson. After the match, Suzuki attacks Tanahashi and celebrates with Tanahashi's IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
- "Ten Man Tag Team Match": Los Ingobernables de Japon (Bushi, Evil, Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada and Tetsuya Naito) defeated Chaos (Gedo, Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay and Yoshi Hashi), by pinfall with Destino from Naito on Yoshi Hashi. After the match, LIJ continue to attack and Sanada chokes out Okada with the Skull End.
- Chris Jericho Attacks Tetsuya Naito: Before the show ended, Naito cut a promo to talk about his loss to Kazuchika Okada at Wrestle Kingdom 12. Chris Jericho suddenly hits the ring and attacks Naito from behind and beats him down to end the show.
And that's this week's W3C! Join me every Sunday afternoon as I bring you news, recaps and rumors all around the wrestling world!
Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE brings you the Weekend 3 Count. W3C brings you wrestling news, rumors and recaps from around the wrestling world. You'll find news and recaps involving WWE, NXT, TNA, ROH, Lucha Underground, GFW, NJPW, House of Hardcore and any Indy promotion that I find an interesting story or a cool discovery in. Be sure to check out the W3C every Sunday at @TripleThreatCLE.
*** WWE ***
- WWE Buying TNA Video Library?: This week it was announced that WWE is highly interested in the TNA video library of matches that TNA owns that range from 2002-present. WWE does not want to buy TNA as a company they just want the video tape library, so they can show past TNA matches on the WWE Network. If this were to happen WWE would own the rights to all of the TNA matches from the past and also the TNA name. Dixie Carter and Billy Corgan could then use the money that WWE spends on it and start a new promotion with a different name. Sources have also said that if this deal gets finalized, Dixie Carter will step down and actually leave the wrestling business. Billy Corgan will become sole owner of the company and will have the start up money from selling the TNA video library to the WWE to start his own promotion. Corgan is expected to take the current TNA roster, re-brand and start over fresh with a new promotion name. This is a win-win situation for both WWE and Billy Corgan. WWE could now showcase matches on the WWE Network that involve guys like AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode, Austin Aries and Eric Young that spent a majority of their careers in TNA and are now apart of the WWE banner.
- WWE Network Pricing: If WWE were to gain access to TNA and possibly cut a deal with ROH to show their video library, WWE posted a new WWE Network pricing tier with four different packages to chose from. Everything included would run you $15.
- WWE Title Change: This past Monday on Raw, Sasha Banks defeated Charlotte to become the new WWE RAW Women's Champion. This is now Sasha's second reign as champion.
- Possible Women's Hell In A Cell Match: After Sasha Banks defeated Charlotte on RAW to win the WWE RAW Women's Championship, WWE have kicked around a rematch idea. WWE is currently thinking about having the first ever Women's Hell In A Cell Match at the WWE Hell In A Cell pay per view. The match would be Sasha Banks defending her WWE RAW Women's Championship against Charlotte.
- Emma Return: This past week on RAW, it was announced that Emma has been cleared to wrestle again, after suffering a back injury in May. Emma will be returning to the RAW roster and will now be known as Emmalina.
- Luke Harper Returns: Luke Harper returned to action at Wednesday's WWE live house show event in Santiago, Chile. Harper teamed with WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens, meaning Harper will be apart of RAW when he returns to live TV.
- Bill Goldberg ESPN Interview: Goldberg was on ESPN this week for an interview with Jonathan Coachman. Goldberg talked about his involvement with the up coming WWE2K17 video game, wanting to possibly try to wrestle one more match because his wife and 12 year old son have never seen him wrestle in person, his feelings on his last run in the WWE 13 years ago and wanting to fight Brock Lesnar if he were to return for a match.
- Bill Goldberg News: According to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer, the WWE is very close to making a deal with Bill Goldberg to return. WWE is still highly anticipating a Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar WrestleMania 33 match.
- Jim Ross Comments on Goldberg vs. Lesnar: According to Jim Ross, he mentioned on his recent podcast edition that rumors are saying that Goldberg has signed with the WWE and may possibly be facing Lesnar as early as Survivor Series.
- Tim Wiese Debut: WWE announced that former Werder Bremen goalkeeper Tim Wiese is set to make his WWE debut in November. Wiese made the switch from football to wrestling in late 2014 and has been training for his in-ring debut. Wiese will make his debut in a house show on November 3rd, teaming with Sheamus and Cesaro in a six man tag team match. Wiese is expected to be working with Sheamus and Cesaro quite a bit in the early stages of his career.
- WWE Interested In AlexxisNevaeh: WWE has been showing interest in independent wrestler Alexxis Nevaeh. Alexxis was recently in attendance at a recent New England Pro Wrestling event that also featured NXT GM William Regal and NXT superstar Oney Lorcan. Regal shown interest in Alexxis and got word to the WWE about her. Alexxis is also married to TNA's Eddie Edwards.
- Royal Rumble 2017 News: Last week the WWE announced that the Royal Rumble would take place in The Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, in 2017. This week WWE is rumored to be trying to get The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels and Steve Austin to appear at the Royal Rumble, as all three live in Texas.
*** NXT ***
- 16 Teams Announced For Second Annual Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Tournament Classic: The following 16 tag teams have been announced for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Tournament Classic:
* Sanity
* Drew Gulak and Tony Nese
* HoHo Lun and Bin Wang
* No Way Jose and Rich Swann
* Austin Aries and a mystery partner
* Lince Dorado and Mustafa Ali
* The Authors of Pain
* Tucker Knight and Niko Bogojevic
* TM-61
* The Bollywood Boyz
* Hideo Itami and Kota Ibushi
* Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss
* Bobby Roode and Tye Dillinger
* Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa
* Andrade "Cien" Almas and Cedric Alexander
* The Revival
- Austin Aries' Mystery Partner: There have been rumors circulating this week that Austin Aries' Mystery Partner very well could be former ROH World Heavyweight Champion Roderick Strong. Strong left ROH over the spring, recently signed with the WWE and used to team with Aries in the past.
- NXT Takeover: San Antonio: Triple H recently announced that they are planning another NXT pay per view to take place before the Royal Rumble. The plan is to now hold a NXT pay per view the night before all four of the Big Four WWE pay per views. NXT is also looking into having a pay per view before Money In The Bank as well. WWE is looking to make Money In The Bank a joint show too for RAW and Smackdown Live. NXT's next Takeover will take place in Toronto the night before Survivor Series.
- Tough Enough Winner Released: WWE announced this week that WWE Tough Enough winner Sara Lee has been released. Lee won the $250,000 one year contract with WWE last year and was training to eventually make her NXT debut. Sources have also said that Sara Lee just recently found out that she was pregnant as well.
*** TNA *** - TNA Recap: This week's show was the aftermath of last Sunday's Bound For Glory pay per view, which you can check out the recap of down below.
-- TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley, TNA Grand Champion Aron Rex, TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim, TNA World Tag Team Champion Broken Matt Hardy and TNA X Division Champion DJ Z all enter the ring and everyone states that they are the best in the company right now. Lashley calls everyone losers and second rate title holders. TNA President Billy Corgan arrives with his bodyguard Aiden O'Shea. Corgan says that everyone accept for DJ Z, who already has a match tonight, will defend their titles. Corgan tells Lashley that he'll even let Lashley pick his opponent out of three choices.
-- "Six Man Tag Team, Team X Gold Match": DJ Z, Braxton Sutter and Mandrews vs. Trevor Lee, Andrew Everett and Marshe Rockett: The match closes out with Lee going for a moonsault on DJ Z. DJ Z blocks it by getting his legs up and cracking Lee in the head. Sutter tags in and plants Lee with a power bomb. Mandrews tags in, goes up top and hits a shooting star press on Lee to score the pinfall.
-- Eli Drake's Fact of Life Segment: Drake announces his guest tonight as a man that is a choke artist that blew his opportunity at Bound For Glory. Drake calls out Ethan Carter. Drake says that EC3 wishes he was like Drake. EC3 says his passion to wrestle has been replaced with anger. EC3 threatens to tear Drake limb from limb if he keeps hitting his dummy button while he's talking. Drake says he has a problem with EC3 because he's been handed everything since he came to TNA. Drake says that EC3 isn't even in Drake's league and is on his way down on the TNA food chain. Drake cuts off EC3's microphone and ends the segment.
-- Maria Bennett blames Allie for her loss at Bound For Glory and threatens to fire Allie. Laurel Van Ness suggests keeping Allie as the bag carrier. Sienna gets a shot at Gail Kim tonight and Maria warns Allie not to mess it up.
-- "TNA Knockouts Championship Match": Gail Kim (c) vs. Sienna: The match closes out with Gail countering the AK47 and hits a neck breaker on Sienna. Sienna counters a hurricanrana and drops Gail on her face. Gail dodges a spear and rolls up Sienna for the pinfall to retain the title. After the match, Sienna, Maria Bennett and Laurel Van Ness attack Gail. Sienna hits The Silencer on Gail and then holds her up. Maria orders Allie to slap Gail, but refuses. Maria slaps Gail instead and orders Sienna and Laurel to beat Gail down.
-- TNA World Tag Team Championship, Wolf Creek Cage Match": Broken Matt Hardy and Brother Nero Jeff Hardy (c) vs. The Decay: A Wolf Creek Cage Match is introduced as a cage match filled with weapons. The match closes out with Abyss attempting to handcuff Jeff Hardy to the ropes, but Hardy counters and handcuffs Abyss. Matt Hardy hits the Twist Of Hate on Crazy Steve and begins to climb the cage to escape. Steve crawls to the door as Matt climbs the cage and the race is on for the win. Matt climbs half way out then jumps down the other half just beating Steve to the floor. The Hardy's win and retain the titles.
-- Cody Rhodes cuts a promo. Cody congratulates Gail Kim, The Great War and Bound For Glory in general. Cody talks about the list of wrestlers he made that he wants to wrestle and Mike Bennett was on it. Cody says Bennett shouldn't be on it and his wife Brandi suggested that winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship should be on it instead. Mike and Maria Bennett interrupt. Bennett says he's been trying to get the world title since arriving and has had to earn his way to it. Cody agrees and challenges Bennett to a fight. Cody and Bennett start brawling. Bennett lands a kick, but gets set up in Cross Rhodes. Bennett escapes and retreats.
-- Aiden O'Shea informs Maria Bennett that she will face Gail Kim next week. If Maria loses she will no longer be the leader of the Knockouts.
-- "TNA Grand Championship Match": Aron Rex (c) vs. Baron Dax: Dax won round one with a 10-9 score from the judges. Rex locks Dax in the Royal Arch submission and forces Dax to tap out in round two to retain the championship.
-- Bobby Lashley gets to choose his opponent for his title defense tonight. His choices are Moose, Ethan Carter and Eddie Edwards. Lashley picks Edwards because Lashley says he'll be easy to beat.
-- "TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match": Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Eddie Edwards: The match closes out with Edwards hitting two suicide dives on Lashley. Edwards tries for the third, but misses, kisses the barricade and knocks himself out. Lashley carries Edwards back into the ring and goes for the spear. Edwards comes back to life and nails Lashley charging in with the Boston Knee Party. Edwards covers and scores the upset pinfall to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Edwards celebrates to end the show.
*** Bound For Glory Recap ***
Bound For Glory was live at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida.
-- "TNA X Division Championship Match": DJ Z (c) vs. Trevor Lee: The match closes out with DJ Z countering Lee's finisher and going for the ZDT. Lee counters that with a double foot stomp for a near fall. Lee and DJ Z counter each others moves again until DJ Z finally hits the ZDT, scores the pinfall and retains the championship.
-- "Bound For Gold Battle Royal": The final four comes down to Tyrus, Shera, Godderz and Eli Drake. Drake stops Shera from slamming Tyrus and tosses Shera out for the elimination. Drake almost gets eliminated as he just hangs on to the bottom rope. Tyrus and Godderz try to dump each other outside. Drake pulls himself back into the ring and dumps both Tyrus and Godderz to the floor for the win. Eli Drake wins a future TNA World Heavyweight Championship match.
-- Mike Bennett vs. Moose: The match closes out with Moose hitting a pump kick and tries a springboard. Bennett drops Moose mid air with a cutter and goes to the top rope. Moose catches Bennett after the landing with Go To Hell. Moose then hits the Game Breaker on Bennett and scores the pinfall.
-- "TNA Grand Championship Match": Aron Rex vs. Eddie Edwards: Edwards was chosen as Drew Galloway's replacement. TNA President Billy Corgan also changes the round rules to three five minute rounds. Eddie Edwards takes round one 10-9. Aron Rex takes round two 10-9. TNA suffers some lighting issues during the match that gets a "Pay Your Light Bill" chant from the fans. Both men go the limit and are trading punches with each other when the third and final round ends. The judges decide and announce Aron Rex the winner and the first ever TNA Grand Champion. Rex and Edwards shake hands after the match and Rex promises a rematch for Edwards in the future.
-- Gail Kim's Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony: Christy Hemme, Taryn Terrell, Awesome Kong and Dixie Carter all give their thanks to Gail and honor her as a true leader of the Knockouts Division. A video package highlights Gail's historic career. Gail gives thanks to the fans, Trish Stratus, Lita, Victoria, Molly Holly, Dixie Carter, Jeff Jarrett, her family and everyone that has helped her over the years. Dixie presents Gail with a Rolex watch.
-- "TNA World Tag Team Championship, The Great War Match": The Decay (c) vs. Broken Matt Hardy and Brother Nero Jeff Hardy: The match closes out with Matt dropping Abyss with a Side Effect on a thumb tack covered board. Matt sandwiches Abyss between two barb wired boards. Rosemary stops the pinfall and ends up getting power bombed outside through a table by Reby Hardy. Matt instructs Jeff to climb a ladder, jump and put Crazy Steve through a table to cure his demons forever. Jeff climbs a ladder and hits the Swanton Bomb on Steve right through two tables below. Jeff scores the pinfall and the Hardy's are the new champions.
-- "TNA Knockouts Championship Match": Maria Bennett (c) vs. Gail Kim: Maria tries to pull the "doctor didn't clear me to fight trick" again, but Allie spoils things by revealing Maria's doctor's note, stating Maria is cleared to wrestle. The match closes out with Mike Bennett tossing a brace into the ring, which Maria hits Gail with and gets a near fall. Gail puts Maria in the ring post wrapped figure four. Gail releases the hold, gives Maria two middle fingers, hits Eat Defeat for the win and the championship.
-- Mike Bennett cuts a promo. Bennett says that he is sick of the fans and the company and he's shutting the show down. Cody and Brandi Rhodes arrive, making their TNA debut. Maria shoves Brandi, which Brandi responds back with a high knee on Maria. Rhodes and Bennett start swinging at each other in the middle of the ring. Rhodes hits the Beautiful Disaster kick on Bennett, knocking Bennett outside of the ring. Cody and Brandi make out and celebrate their debut.
-- "TNA World Heavyweight Championship, No Holds Barred Match": Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Ethan Carter: The match closes out with EC3 hitting three German suplexes on Lashley. EC3 hits the One Percenter, but Lashley kicks out at two and a half. EC3 unloads a steel chair shot on Lashley and then sits Lashley on the top rope. Lashley shoves EC3 off the top rope, leaps off and hits a spear on EC3. Lashley covers EC3, scores the pinfall and retains the championship to end the show.
- The TNA Clock Is Still Ticking: It was reported on Wrestling Observer's live podcast this week, that the unknown third party that loaned TNA money for Bound for Glory, also loaned TNA enough money to do a new set of TV tapings this week. The TV tapings will be able to take TNA all the way to the end of the year. As of this writing that will probably be the end of TNA, as WWE is being expected to buy out TNA for their video library.
- Hurricane Matthew Delaying TV Tapings: TNA announced that a few of their TV Taping days had to be postponed this week, due to Hurricane Matthew touching down in Florida this week.
*** RING OF HONOR *** - ROH TV Recap: This week's ROH was taped before the ROH All Star Extravaganza pay per view, some champions may not be the same anymore.
-- "ROH Television Championship Match": Bobby Fish (c) vs. EVIL: The match closes out with Fish trapping EVIL in the knee bar submission and forcing EVIL to tap out to retain the championship.
-- "IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match": Michael Elgin (c) vs. Donovan Dijak: The match closes out with Elgin hitting the Buckle Bomb on Dijak and follows that up with the Elgin Bomb to score the pinfall and retain the championship.
-- "Eight Man Tag Team Match": The Bullet Club (Hangman Adam Page, Yujiro Takahashi and The Young Bucks) vs. Lio Rush, ACH and The Motor City Machine Guns: The match closes out with The Young Bucks hitting the double super kick on Alex Shelley. Page hits the Rite of Passage on Shelley and scores the pinfall.
*** Lucha Underground *** - Lucha Underground TV Recap:
-- Dario Cueto spins his Dial of Doom wheel to find a new challenger for Cueto's brother Matanza. The wheel lands on Prince Puma.
-- Ivelisse vs. Mariposa: The match closes out with Mariposa setting Ivelisse up for the Butterfly Effect. Ivelisse counters out, but gets planted by Mariposa with a Samoan Drop for a near fall. Ivelisse hits a sunset flip power bomb on Mariposa and scores the pinfall. After the match, Marty The Moth and Mariposa attack Ivelisse, beat her down and leave her laid out.
-- Johnny Mundo again demands a Lucha Underground Championship match. Dario Cueto denies the request. Mundo asks for a shot at Sexy Star and the Gift Of The Gods Championship since Mundo's team beat Sexy's team last week. Cueto likes the idea, however, Jack Evans won the match for them so Evans will face Sexy Star. Mundo storms off angry.
-- "Best Of Five Series, Match #2": Cage vs. Texano: The match closes out with Texano landing a vertical suplex into a knee breaker and gets a near fall on Cage. Cage hits an Alabama Slam and then suplexes Texano. Cage hits the Lucha Destroyer on Texano, scores the pinfall and takes the 2-0 lead.
-- Ivelisse is confronted by former NXT superstar Solomon Crowe, now going by the name Jeremiah. Jeremiah apologizes for missing her match and promises to go after those that have hurt her. Ivelisse doesn't want him fighting her battles and wants their personal life left out of her professional life. Ivelisse wants to leave and realizes she has to drive as Jeremiah has been drinking.
-- "Lucha Underground Championship Match": Matanza (c) vs. Prince Puma: The match closes out with Puma hitting a 630 splash on Matanza, but Mil Muertes hits the ring and spears Puma. The referee let's it play out and doesn't call the DQ, after Dario Cueto threatens to fire the referee if he does. Muertes hits a vicious Flatliner on Puma, spiking him head first into the mat. Matanza is up next and hits the Wrath of the Gods on Puma for the pinfall, to retain the championship.
-- Detective Joey Ryan hands Killshot an envelope and says some guy wanted him to deliver it to him. Inside there's a burned note that says "You left me for dead". Killshot is left wondering who it's from as the show ends.
- Kevin Kross Signs: Lucha Underground recently announced that they have officially signed independent wrestler Kevin Kross. Kross will make his Lucha Underground debut in season four, which begins filming at the end of 2016 for a 2017 airing.
*** NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING ***
** King Of Pro Wrestling Final Card **
NJPW will hold it's yearly King Of Pro Wrestling event tonight. I will have the recap for this event on next weeks Weekend 3 Count.
- "Six Man Tag Team Match": Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI and Will Ospreay vs. The Bullet Club (Adam Cole, Bad Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi)
- "Eight Man Tag Team Match": Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Ryusuke Taguchi and Bobby Fish vs. Toru Yano, Jado, Beretta and Rocky Romero
- "Eight Man Tag Team Match": Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Manabu Nakanishi vs. Go Shiozaki, Maybach Taniguchi, Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya
- "IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match": The Young Bucks (c) vs. Ricochet and David Finlay
- "IWGP Tag Team Championship Match": The Briscoes Brothers vs. The Bullet Club (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)
- "Eight Man Tag Team Match": Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin, KUSHIDA and Jay Lethal vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL and BUSHI
- "NEVER Openweight Championship Match": Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs. Kyle O’Reilly
- "Kenny Omega's #1 Contender Spot On The Line": Kenny Omega vs. Hirooki Goto
- "IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match": Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji
*** W3C Wrestler Of The Week ***
This week's Wrestler Of The Week goes to my first tag team pick and recently crowned ROH World Tag Team Champions....The Young Bucks, Matt and Nick Jackson. The Young Bucks have made a huge name for themselves, wrestling around the world in ROH and New Japan Pro Wrestling. The Young Bucks also spent a short time in TNA under the tag team name of Generation Me. The Young Bucks are holding three tag team championships from three different promotions (ROH, NJPW and PWG) at the same time currently. The Young Bucks are also currently members of the most feared faction in New Japan Pro Wrestling, The Bullet Club.
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions (5 times, current)
- NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions (2 times) – with Kenny Omega
- Super Jr. Tag Tournament Winners(2013)
- ROH World Tag Team Champions (2 times, current)
The Young Bucks have also won many titles in different wrestling independent promotions throughout the world.
- Best Of The Young Bucks:
- The Young Bucks vs. The Hardy Boys:
- The Young Bucks vs. Kevin Steen and Super Dragon:
And that's this week's W3C! Join me every Sunday afternoon as I bring you news, recaps and rumors all around the wrestling world!
Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE, brings you the Ring Of Honor 14th Anniversary pay per view. ROH 14th Anniversary took place at the Sam's Town Live in sin city, Las Vegas, Nevada. ROH was in town for two solid nights in Las Vegas with a pay per view and a night of TV tapings. ROH promised to deliver, as all major ROH titles were on the line and we also seen talent from New Japan Pro Wrestling compete as well.
*** ROH 14th Anniversary ***
- "ROH Television Championship, Triple Threat Match": Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Roderick Strong vs. Bobby Fish: The match closes out with Ishii landing a super plex on Fish for a near fall. All three men trade blows until Ishii destroys Fish with a clothesline and Strong follows with a double knee gutbuster and a kick on Ishii and gets a near fall. Fish grabs Strong and applies the Fish Hook submission. Strong fights it and eventually escapes. Ishii is back in and crushes Strong with a clothesline for a near fall. Ishii finally hits a vertical brain buster and scores the pinfall. Winner: Tomohiro Ishii, by pinfall, to retain the ROH Television Championship.
- Adam Page vs. BJ Whitmer: The match closes out with, Whitmer hitting Page with a snap suplex for a near fall. Page is back up and hits a clothesline, but Whitmer comes back and nails a power slam for a near fall. Whitmer sets Page up for an Exploder, but Page counters with an arm drag. Whitmer looks like he's going for an apron piledriver on Page, but Page boots Whitmer off the apron. Page hits a shooting star shoulerblock on Whitmer. Whitmer grabs a steel chair and goes to hit Page with it. The referee grabs the chair and warns Whitmer. As the referee turns his back to get rid of the chair Whitmer low blows Page and scores an inside cradle pinfall. After the match, Page grabs Whitmer and goes for the Rite of Passage. Whitmer fights out and escapes from the ring. Page is furious over Whitmer cheating to win and starts taking out ROH security guards. Winner: BJ Whitmer, by pinfall.
- Hirooki Goto vs. Dalton Castle (w/The Boys): The match closes out with, Castle landing a knee and a suplex on Goto for a near fall. Castle goes for Bangarang, but Goto counters and unloads a series of corner kicks, followed by a near fall suplex on Castle. Castle goes outside, hits a hurricanrana and follows with a missile drop kick back inside the ring on Goto for a near fall. Castle hits a deadlift german suplex into a bridge for a near fall. Goto lands a reverse Ushigoroshi and finishes off Castle with Shouten Kai for the pinfall. Winner: Hirooki Goto, by pinfall.
- Alex Shelley vs. Christopher Daniels (w/Kazarian): The match closes out with, Shelley hitting a suicide dive taking out Daniels and Kaz. Daniels lands a low blow, followed by a boot and an STO for a near fall on Shelley. Daniels hits a slingshot split legged moonsault and applies a crossface submission, but Shelley is able to get to the ropes. Daniels distracts the referee as Kaz hits a leg drop on Shelley. Shelley comes back with an enziguri, followed by a body press for a near fall on Daniels. Kaz tries to get involved again, but this time Chris Sabin hits the ring and takes out Kaz. During the distraction Shelley is able to score the pinfall on Daniels. After the match, Shelley and Sabin reform the Motor City Machine Guns and take out Daniels and Kaz. Winner: Alex Shelley, by pinfall.
- The Briscoes vs. Michael Elgin and Hiroshi Tanahashi: The match closes out with, The Briscoes double teaming Elgin, until Elgin grabs Mark and tosses him over the barricade. Elgin forearms Jay and tags Tanahashi. Tanahashi gets double teamed, but fights back, unfortunately to little effect as The Briscoes drop him with a uranage. The Briscoes hit a neckbreaker and an elbow drop on Tanahashi for a near fall. Elgin is in and hits a Death Valley Driver on Mark right on top of Jay. Elgin grabs Tanahashi and reverse power bombs his partner on top of Mark for a near fall. Jay gets taken out with a Sling Blade and Mark gets a High Fly Flow, giving Elgin and Tanahashi the pinfall. Winners: Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin, by pinfall.
- Moose (w/Stokely Hathaway) vs. Okada (w/Gedo): The match closes out with, Okada hitting a flapjack on Moose and a series of forearms. Moose and Okada trade strikes back and forth until Okada hits Moose with a reverse neck breaker for a near fall. Okada continues with a flying elbow drop and a Rainmaker on Moose for another near fall. Moose counters a Okada body press, goes for the Rainmaker, but gets drop kicked twice by Okada. Okada takes advantage and hits his Rainmaker to score the pinfall. After the match, both men show each other respect. Winner: Okada, by pinfall.
- "NJPW NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match": The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega (c) vs. ACH, Matt Sydal & KUSHIDA: The match closes out with, The Young Bucks hitting a super kick on Sydal, then unloading punches on KUSHIDA. KUSHIDA fights back, but eats a trifecta of super kicks by The Bullet Club. The Bullet Club turn their attention toward ACH and Sydal and unload another trifecta of super kicks on them. The Young Bucks hit a swanton and Omega hits a Dragon suplex for a near fall. The Bullet Club with another trifecta of super kicks on Sydal for a near fall, as ACH stops the pinfall. Sydal breaks up the Tiger Special finisher and hits the Spanish Fly on Matt for a near fall. ACH and KUSHIDA hit a 450 moonsault combo, but the pinfall gets broken up. Omega plants KUSHIDA on the floor with a tombstone piledriver. ACH catches a punt to the head and Sydal eats another super kick. The Bullet Club hit The Bullet Club Special and score the pinfall. Winners: The Bullet Club, by pinfall, to retain the NJPW NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship.
- "ROH World Tag Team Championship, No DQ Match": War Machine (c) vs. All Night Xpress: The match closes out with, ANX putting a trash can over Hanson's head and crushing it, dropping Hanson for a near fall. Rowe lands knees right to the face of Kenny King. War Machine set up King and hit Fallout, but King kicks out. They set Titus up for Fallout, outside on the floor, but King nails Hanson with a steel chair and then sends Hanson through a table. ANX hit the One Night Stand on Rowe, but Rowe kicks out on a near fall. Titus sets up a ladder bridged from the ring apron to the barricade on the outside. War Machine puts King right through the bridged ladder and King looks like he's unconscious. Back in the ring, War Machine hit Fallout on Titus, cover and score the pinfall. Winners: War Machine, by pinfall, to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship.
- "ROH World Heavyweight Championship, Triple Threat Match": Jay Lethal (c) (w/Truth Martini and Taeler Hendrix) vs. Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly: The match closes out with, Kyle hitting a drop kick on Cole, sending Cole off a steel chair. Kyle gets hit with the Trifecta and Truth Martini does a Trutharoonie in the ring. Lethal hits the Lethal Combination on Cole for a near fall. Cole is back up and hits a knee breaker on Lethal for a near fall. Kyle is back in and gets a near fall brain buster on Lethal. Kyle applies a Triangle submission on Lethal, but Cole tries to break it up. Kyle grabs Cole and locks him in an Ankle Lock submission, while having Lethal in the Triangle submission. Lethal looks like he's about to pass out, as Cole stops Lethal's arm from dropping to the mat a third time, as the referee checks on Lethal. Kyle locks in an RNC submission on Cole. Lethal finally comes to and hits a double Lethal Injection on Cole and Kyle to score the pinfall. Winner: Jay Lethal, by pinfall, to retain the ROH World Heavyweight Championship.
Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE, brings you a very special Ring Of Honor pay per view recap. Ring Of Honor: Final Battle took place live at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All three major ROH titles were on the line and we'd also find out the next #1 Contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championship and the ROH World Championship. Let's get to the recap.
*** ROH Final Battle Pre-Show ***
- House of Truth Promo: Truth Martini, Donovan Dijack and J. Diesel are in the ring to kick off the show. Truth says he doesn't want to wait for Final Battle to start, he wants a team in the ring right now to face Dijack and Diesel. Two local wrestlers enter the ring. Truth tells A.J. Styles to watch closely and learn what happens when you face the House of Truth.
- Donavon Dijack and J. Diesel defeated the two local wrestlers. After the match, Truth Martini calls A.J. Styles out, but Styles no-shows.
- Cheeseburger defeated Bob Evans.
*** ROH Final Battle 2015 ***
- "#1 Contenders, Triple Threat Match": The Young Bucks vs. The All Night Xpress vs. The Briscoes: The match closes out with The Briscoes hitting a double neck breaker on Kenny King and get a near fall, after Titus breaks up the pinfall. The Briscoes go for the Doomsday Device, but The Young Bucks unload superkicks on everyone. The Bucks hit a super spike Tombstone on Jay Briscoe for a near fall, as Mark Briscoe broke up the pinfall. The Bucks set Mark up for More Bang For Your Buck, but Titus tags himself in and he and King unload on The Briscoes and The Bucks. Titus and King clear the ring and then hit a Super One Night Stand for the pinfall and become the new #1 Contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championship.
Winners: The All Night Xpress, by pinfall, to become #1 Contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championship
- Dalton Castle vs. Silas Young (w/The Boys): At the last ROH pay per view, The Boys were forced to be in Young's corner after Young defeated Castle. The match closes out with The Boys getting involved, Castle accidentally hits one of The Boys and Young hits Castle, after the distraction. Young hits Misery on Castle, covers and scores the pinfall. After the match, Young grabs a microphone and orders Castle to tell everyone that Young is the real man. Castle refuses, so Young unloads stomps on Castle. Young grabs a couple steel chairs and hands them to The Boys. Young tells Castle to call him a man or he'll order The Boys to attack him. Castle grabs the microphone and calls Young a man......but he's a foolish man because The Boys will always be Castle's. The Boys attack Young, beat Young down with steel chair shots and join back with Castle.
Winner: Silas Young, by pinfall
- "#1 Contenders Match": Moose (w/Stokely Hathaway) vs. Michael Elgin: The match closes out with Elgin hitting the Elgin Bomb, but Moose kicks out. Elgin looking frustrated, hits a Buckle Bomb on Moose, but Moose charges out of the corner and hits a spear on Elgin for a near fall. Both men lay on the mat, recouping, until Moose is up and climbs to the top rope. Elgin is up and shoves Moose off the top rope. Elgin lifts Moose and hits the Burning Hammer, covers and scores the pinfall, becoming the new #1 Contender to the ROH World Championship. After the match, Moose goes for a handshake, but Elgin pushes past Moose refusing. Elgin comes to his senses, grabs Moose's arm, raises it and then shakes Moose's hand.
Winner: Michael Elgin, by pinfall, to become #1 Contender to the ROH World Championship
- "Grudge Match": Kyle O’Reilly vs. Adam Cole: The match closes out with O'Reilly working on Cole's shoulder and unloading a series of kicks. O'Reilly locks on a shoulder submission on Cole, but Cole reaches the ropes to break the submission. Cole sends O'Reilly into the corner and then to the mat. Cole has O'Reilly covered and uses the ropes for leverage to score the pinfall. After the match, O'Reilly is furious that the referee missed Cole cheating. O'Reilly attacks Cole and locks him in a shoulder wrench submission. Cole is in serious pain and starts tapping out, but O'Reilly cinches the submission in tighter. ROH officials hit the ring and try to help Cole, but O'Reilly cinches the submission in even tighter. ROH officials finally pull O'Reilly off Cole and force him out of the ring.
Winner: Adam Cole, by pinfall
- "Six Man Tag Team Match": ACH, Matt Sydal and Alex Shelley vs. The Addiction and Chris Sabin: The match closes out with Shelley getting the hot tag and unloads on Kaz and Daniels. ACH is back in, but gets hit with the Kaz Cutter and Au Revoir for a near fall. Matt Sydal goes to the top rope and goes for the Shooting Star Press, but catches knees on the landing. Sydal is back up and planted with a slingshot DDT. Shelley hits a reverse STO on Kaz, but Daniels is back in and hits Shelley with his own STO. ACH tosses Daniels to the floor and then hits suicide Air Jordan out to the floor onto Daniels and Sabin. ACH is back in the ring and hits Midnight Star. Sydal goes to the top rope, hits the Shooting Star Press and scores the pinfall.
Winners: ACH, Matt Sydal and Alex Shelley, by pinfall
- "ROH Television Championship Match": Roderick Strong (c) vs. Bobby Fish: The match closes out with Fish hitting Strong with a spinning wheel kick. Both men go to the top rope and trade blows. Fish hooks Strong and lands a Super Falcon Arrow off the top rope for a near fall. Strong is up and lands blows to Fish. Fish catches Strong in a knee bar and then locks in the Fish Lock submission. Strong can't fight the pain any longer and taps out, however, the referee somehow misses the tap out and doesn't call for the bell. Fish releases the submission, thinking he's won cause he seen and heard Strong tap out. The referee tries to tell Fish he never seen the tap out and the match is still in play. Strong is back up, charges, hits the running knee on Fish, covers and scores the pinfall. Strong retains the ROH Television Championship.
Winner: Roderick Strong, by pinfall, to retain the ROH Television Champion
- Veda Scott and Cedric Alexander Promo: Veda says they weren't invited to Final Battle, but didn't want to miss the show. Veda talked about litigation and working conditions, claimed to have negotiation skills and promises a lot of Cedric and Veda in 2016.
- "ROH World Tag Team Championship Match": The Kingdom (c) (w/Maria Kanellis) vs. War Machine: The announcers let it be known that Michael Bennett is wrestling with a cracked rib. The Kingdom try to get the upper hand quick and attack War Machine with the tag titles. The match closes out with, the fight going out to the floor. Rowe knocks Taven down and then power bombs Bennett into the barricade, aiming for the cracked rib. Bennett laid helpless with his rib injury as Rowe tossed Taven back into the ring. War Machine hits Fallout on Taven and score the pinfall, becoming the new ROH World Tag Team Champions.
Winners: War Machine, by pinfall, to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship
- "ROH World Heavyweight Championship Match": Jay Lethal (c) (w/Truth Martini and Taeler Hendrix) vs. A.J. Styles: Martini gets involved early by distracting Styles and allowing Lethal to take control of the match. The match closes out with, Lethal applying the Koji Clutch submission, but Styles escapes with a Calf Killer. Lethal hits the Lethal Injection, but Styles comes back with the Pele Kick. Styles hits Bloody Sunday on Lethal, but Lethal rebounds back and tosses Styles to the outside, where Styles goes through a table. Styles just beats the countout and gets back in the ring where Lethal hits the Lethal Injection. Lethal covers, but Styles kicks out. Lethal and Styles are up and Styles goes for the Styles Clash. Lethal counters out and hits a cradle piledriver on Styles. Lethal measures up Styles and hits one last Lethal Injection, covers and scores the pinfall, to retain the ROH World Heavyweight Championship, to close out the show.
Winner: Jay Lethal, by pinfall, to retain the ROH World Heavyweight Championship
Wrestling Lockup with Brandon, brought to you by Triple Threat CLE, gives you this month's Ring Of Honor pay per view recap. This past Friday night, ROH invaded the San Antonio Shrine Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas, for the seventh edition of the ROH All Star Extravaganza. All major ROH titles were on the line in the event, including ROH World and Television Champion Jay Lethal, pulling double duty and defending both championships. Let's get to the shows recap.
- Jay Lethal defeated Bobby Fish, by pinfall, to retain the ROH Television Championship: Jay Lethal kicks off the pay per view defending the first of his two titles tonight. Lethal hit the Lethal Injection on Fish at one point in the match, but Fish rolled to the floor to avoid the pinfall. The match closes out with Lethal and Fish going back and forth. Lethal goes for another Lethal Injection, but Fish countered and locked Lethal in a leglock submission. Fish cinches in the leglock and Lethal is about to tap out. Lethal holds on, counters Fish's leglock into a rollup, hooks Fish's tights and scores the pinfall. Jay Lethal retains the ROH Television Championship.
- Silas Young defeated Dalton Castle, by pinfall: This match had a few stipulations. If Castle won, Young became one of Castle's "Boys". If Young won, Castle's "Boys" are no more. The match closes out with Young taking off his knee brace and threatens to use it. The referee takes the knee brace away and Castle gets a near fall on Young with the inverted WhirlyBird. Young tries to grab the knee brace again, but Castle's Boys grab it. The Boys and the referee fight over the knee brace as Young sneaks in and hits a low blow on Castle. Young hits Misery on Castle, covers and scores the pinfall. After the match, Young grabs Castle's Boys, drags them to the back and says it's time to turn them into men.
- The All Night Express (Kenny King and Rhett Titus) defeated The Briscoe Brothers, by pinfall: The match closes out with Jay Briscoe diving onto King on the floor. The Briscoe's double team Titus and place him on the top rope. Titus counters a hurricanrana by Mark Briscoe and hits an elevated Snake Eyes off the turn buckle. Titus and King hit their double team Buff Buster/Power Bomb combo on Mark Briscoe, cover and score the pinfall. After the match, Adam Page arrives and hits a low blow on Jay Briscoe. King and Titus chase Page from the ring.
- Moose defeated Cedric Alexander, by pinfall, in a No DQ Match: The match closes out with Moose getting a near fall, after slamming Cedric on a ladder. Moose stacks a pile of steel chairs in the ring, but Cedric comes back. Cedric hits a series of drop kicks and lariats and goes for a wrench to use. Stokely Hathaway stops it and attacks Cedric. Veda Scott gets involved and she jumps on Hathaway's back. Hathaway backs Scott into the corner and Cedric charges in for a drop kick. Hathaway smacks Cedric with the wrench as he charges in, dropping Cedric in front of a table proped in the corner. Moose charges in and spears Cedric right through the proped table. Moose covers and scores the pinfall.
- ACH defeated Matt Sydal, by pinfall, to take a 2-1 lead in a Best Of Five Series: The match closes out with ACH unloading with several kicks on Sydal and then dives off the top rope with a stomp. Sydal fires back and nails two solid leaping knees to the face of ACH. ACH dodges a Sydal leap from the top rope and gets a near fall with a bodypress off the ropes. ACH hits a brainbuster on Sydal and follows up with the 450 Splash. ACH covers and scores the pinfall, now leading the Best of Five Series 2-1.
- The Kingdom defeated The Addiction and The Young Bucks, by pinfall, to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship, in a Triple Threat Match: The match closes out with Daniels going for Angel's Wings on Nick Jackson, but Jackson rolls through and hits a hurricanrana. Jackson goes on a super kick spree and hits everyone moving. Maria tries to get involved, but Daniels punches her. Maria's husband, Michael Bennett, is pissed, charges at Daniels and takes the referee out in the process. KRD hits the ring and lays out The Addiction. The Young Bucks hit More Bang For Your Buck on Daniels, but Matt Tavern blind tags in. The Young Bucks hit the Meltzer Driver on Kazarian, but Tavern rolls up Matt Jackson from behind and scores the pinfall to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship.
- AJ Styles defeated Adam Cole, Michael Elgin and Roderick Strong, by pinfall, to become the #1 Contender to the ROH World Heavyweight Championship, in a Fatal Four Way Match: The match closes out with all hell breaking loose. All four men trade punches with each other. Elgin hits a Falcon Arrow on Cole and lands a spinning back fist on Strong. Strong lands a double knee gutbuster on Elgrin, a kick to Styles and a Strong Breaker on Cole. Elgrin grabs Styles and hits the turn buckle power bomb. Elgrin takes everyone out until Styles lands a Frankensteiner. Cole hits a Destroyer, but Styles breaks up the pinfall. Cole and Styles go face to face and trade blows. Styles hits Bloody Sunday and follows with the Styles Clash. Styles covers Cole and scores the pinfall to become #1 Contender to the ROH World Heavyweight Championship.
- Jay Lethal defeated Kyle O'Reilly, by pinfall, to retain the ROH World Heavyweight Championship: Lethal entered into his second title defense of the evening. The match closes out with O'Reilly countering the Lethal Injection with an armbar submission. Lethal counters and tries to steal a rollup with a handful of tights. O'Reilly hits a brainbuster on Lethal for a near fall and kicks Truth Martini off the apron. O’Reilly locks on a triangle submission, but Martini pulls the referee out of the ring. Nigel McGuinness comes out and ejects Truth Martini from ringside. O’Reilly accidentally kicks the referee, knocking him out. Lethal hits the Lethal Injection, then grabs the title belt. Bobby Fish hits the ring and saves O'Reilly. Donavon Dijak hits the ring and attacks Fish. Adam Cole hits the ring and takes out Dijak. Cole then turns on O'Reilly and hits a super kick on him. Lethal hits the Lethal Injection on O'Reilly, covers and scores the pinfall to retain the ROH World Heavyweight Championship. After the match, The Kingdom come out to the ring and beat down O'Reilly to close out the show.
