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- ROH are using the same set that they brought over for Unified last year. Todd Sinclair is there as referee also.
- Homicide vs Davey Richards opened the show. Huge pop for Homicide. He picked up the win after he hit Richards with a Cop Killa. It was one of those openers where they hit every big move they have, which hopefully doesn’t kill the crowd later in the show.
- Sara Del Rey beat Allison Danger after a cradle suplex. Pretty basic match. The only thing that got actual heat rather than patronizing clapping was Del Ray’s kicks.
- Jimmy Rave & Jimmy Jacobs beat Colt Cabana & BJ Whitmer. This started out as a brawl before turning into a wrestling match. Cabana was streets ahead of the others in this one. During the match, Whitmer hit Jacobs with a powerbomb onto the guard rails. Finish came with Jacobs hitting Whitmer with the Contracode for the win.
- Matt Sydal beat Delirious in a 2/3 Falls match. Sydal took the first fall after a low blow to Delirious and a small package. Delirious won the second fall with the Cobra Stretch, making it 1-1. Sydal took the third fall after pushing the referee into the ropes, crotching Delirious who was on the top rope. Sydal then hit a belly-to-belly suplex from the top to win 2-1. Much better than their match at Suffocation which I reviewed on the site this week.
- All floor seating appears to be sold out, and most of the lower tiered seats too. Quite a few empty seats in the upper sections. Still a good crowd, probably around 1,000.
- Jetta and Eden Black (two British based females for those reading who may be unfamiliar with them) cut a promo, challenging Sara Del Ray and Allison Danger to a match tomorrow night. Terrible promo.
- Roderick Strong beat Pac. Really good match. Strong really impressed, and these two were perfect for each other. During the match, Pac was thrown back first against the ring post, and took a back breaker on the ring apron. Pac also hit an insane corkscrew dive into the crowd on Strong. Pac also hit a 450 splash but Strong kicked out, and soon after hit a Gibon Driver to retain the FIP Heavyweight Title.
- Naruki Doi & Shingo beat Jay & Mark Briscoe to become the new ROH Tag Team Champions. Incredible match. All four threw out an amazing amount of cool spots. After the match, the Briscoes speak. Jay challenges Mark to a match, Mark accepts.
The new champions will take on Roderick Strong & Davey Richards on tomorrow night’s show, while Jay Briscoe vs Mark Briscoe will also happen tomorrow night.
- Samoa Joe beat Nigel McGuinness with the choke after earlier hitting a Muscle Buster on the ring apron. Referees came to help McGuinness to the back. Joe demanded a handshake, but Nigel slapped him in the face instead. He hit another Muscle Buster but McGuinness kicked out before finally tapping out. An amazing main event.
After the match, Joe put over both McGuinness and Ring of Honor, but that’s not even beginning to get into this. Truly amazing, and extremely emotional. I’ll have a detailed recap from tonight’s show up on the site tomorrow morning to do this justice.
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