Tonight, Hangman Page faces Kyle Fletcher for the chance to meet Will Ospreay in the finals of the Men’s Owen Hart Memorial Tournament! Will we see a revisiting of the blood feud between former United Empire teammates from last year, or will Hangman and Ospreay have the ultimate “Look at us now” moment years after their paths first crossed in New Japan?
Match One: Mark Briscoe, Kevin Knight, “Speedball” Mike Bailey and International Champion Kenny Omega vs. Ricochet, The Young Bucks and Continental Champion Okada Kazuchika
Okada and Omega with a staredown, they then start the match as the first two legal men, Nick Jackson in, bad guys attack the opposing corner, beat down Kenny, ref restores order, Kenny with a chop, Nick with an eye poke, chop, top rope arm drag, arm wrench, arm breaker, hands him off to Matt for arm breakers, Okada in, arm wrench, elbow to the arm, hands him to Matt again for arm breakers, Ricochet in, springboard foot stomp to the arm, arm breaker, hands him to Matt yet again for arm breakers, Kenny with an arm wrench, hands him to Matthew, who’s not looking and hits arm breakers, Ricochet with a shove, Matthew with a slap to the top of the head, Kenny with an atomic drop, Ricochet crashes into Matthew, Speedball in, Speedball and Kenny clean house, Knight in, double team to Ricochet, double hip toss, dropkicks, Briscoe in, knocks Ricochet around, Ricochet with a jaw breaker, Nicholas in, trading shots, Briscoe with a running boot, superkick, kicks Matthew off the apron, Nicholas and Bailey swat at each other, everyone takes turns missing elbows on each other, the whole thing erupts in a brawl, good guys take control on the floor, Briscoe with a ten-punch to Nicholas in the ring, suplex, Speedball in, kicks, Okada in, trading shots, Okada with a flapjack, cover for two, Ricochet in, stomps, tussle, Knight and Matthew run in, Ricochet and Matthew with a Northern Lights train, Ricochet ends his in a brainbuster, Nicholas in, suplex, blocked, Nicholas with a punch to the back, Matthew in, brainbuster, blocked, Ricochet in, brainbuster, blocked with a knee, Okada in, tackles Bailey, goes for a brainbuster, blocked by the rest of Bailey’s team, a short brawl breaks out, the bad guys go for 4×4 brainbusters, reversed into suplexes, the good guys hit quadrophonic suicide dives, Knight and Okada end up in the ring, Knight with a diving clothesline, Bailey with a missile dropkick to Okada, Nicholas in, Knight knocks him around, knee lift, Nicholas with a boot from the corner, Knight with a hurricanrana for two, Nicholas with a jaw breaker, Knight with a body slam, splash, Nicholas gets boots in, Ricochet clears the opposing corner, Matthew in, Bucks go for a double team back suplex, blocked, Omega in, cleans house, gets distracted by Okada but resumes cleaning house on the Bucks until Okada and Nicholas hold his legs for a Matthew superkick, Bailey tries to intervene, also eats a superkick, Nicholas and Ricochet with stereo aided splashes, Matthew with a beatdown in the corner, Okada in, trio kicks to Omega in the corner, Ricochet in, Kokeshi for two, bow and arrow hold, Matthew in, ten punch, head bite, Omega with a boot, fights his way out, the enemy team pulls his teammates off the apron as he goes to tag them, Matthew with a DDT, Ricochet in, misses a springboard 450, Kenny with a clothesline, Matthew in, Briscoe in, Briscoe cleans house, his team comes in when he starts running out of momentum, full brawl breaks out, Briscoe hits Okada with a fisherman buster for two, shoulder breaker, goes up top, elbow drop, flips off the fans, flips off Kenny, Bailey kicks his finger then kicks his head, duels with the Bucks until Nicholas superkicks him, Knight kicks both Bucks, everyone tees off on each other, Kenny comes in, staredown with Okada, trading forearms, Kenny gets the better of it, Okada with a European uppercut, whip, misses a dropkick, Kenny goes for One Winged Angel, blocked, hits a snap dragon instead, goes for a V-Trigger, reversed with a dropkick, Okada misses Rainmaker but Bucks hit stereo superkicks, bad guys with slams, hit a pair of splash/tombstone combos, Okada covers Briscoe for two, brief tussle, Briscoe hits a Jay Driller for two as Ricochet breaks the count, drops Briscoe across the top rope, goes up top, Bailey knocks him off, electric chair for Knight to dropkick Ricochet into both Bucks, Kenny with a suicide dive to the Bucks, Briscoe with a DVD to Okada, goes up top, Ricochet shoves him off, Okada hits a Rainmaker for three.
Winners: Okada Kazuchika, The Young Bucks and Ricochet
That match ran damn near a half an hour, and I am not complaining.
Backstage, The Hurt Syndicate beat down a crowd of admirers for the fun of it. MVP then tries to talk Lashley into letting MJF in the group, and appears to possibly succeed.
Match Two: Trios Champions The Opps vs. Nick Comorato, Rhett Titus and a Third Dude (non-title)
Joe and Titus start, lockup, Joe wrenches the arm, Rhett with a chop, Joe with a chop, punches, punches in the corner, stomps, foot choke, whip, elbow, pele kick, Shibata in, chops, snapmare, Comorato in, trading chops, Comorato with a knee, whip, Shibata with a running boot, third dude in, Shibata with a knee, snapmare, kick to the back, toss to the corner, Hobbs in, knees, toss to the corner, third dude with a boot, Hobbs responds with a powerslam, avalanche, clotheslines, spinebuster for three.
Winners: The Opps
Interestingly, Hobbs is now being billed as a full member of The Opps.
Death Riders attack after the bell. Joe locks Moxley in the Coquina Clutch, Claudio gets his attention by threatening to hit Shibata with a Neutralizer onto an upturned chair, which he then does. Joe gets a mic, accuses Mox of not being able to back up the way he acts, then says their match next week should be inside a cage.
Renee asks Mercedes Mone about her ongoing quest to be a global champion. She says she’s already achieved it. Renee asks about the Owen finals, she says it’s in the bag. Renee asks about Hayter’s superior size and strength, Mone says she’s still undefeated, which is unrivaled.
After a commercial, Renee asks Nick Wayne about leaving for BOSJ next week. Christian starts to say that the question should be directed to him, Jay Lethal interjects and challenges Wayne to a match. Wayne starts to say he’s not sure he’s ready, but Christian accepts on his behalf.
Match Three: Eliminator Match: AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm vs. Yamashita Miyu
Handshake, lockup, Miyu with an arm wrench, trading position a couple times, Miyu with kicks, knee in the ropes, another, whip, Storm with a Thesz Press, punches, backbreaker, snap suplex, goes up top, Miyu kicks her off, goes for a kick from the apron, Storm trips her, misses a running hip attack into the ring post, Miyu with kicks to her ass, Luther scolds her, Miyu kicks Luther, kick for Storm, tosses her into the barricade, sets her up in the ringside chair, running knee, roundhouse kicks across the barricade, Storm reverses position and hits chops, rolls Storm into the ring, fireman’s carry, reversed into a sleeper, Miyu elbows her way out, arm drag, cover for two, Storm with mixed strikes, Miyu with a forearm to the gut, whip to the corner, knee, springboard kick, punches, crevat, knees, snapmare, locks in what almost looks like an Anaconda Vice, repeated covers for one while keeping the hold locked in, Storm tries to escape with an elbow, Miyu with knees, toss to the corner, kick, goes for a springboard kick, misses, trading forearms, Storm gets the better of it, Yamashita hulks up, rear waistlock, blocked with an elbow, Yamashita with a trio of roundhouse kicks, last one blocked, Storm with a German, Miyu with a kick, slowly covers for two, Storm with a choke bomb for two, fisherman suplex for two, Miyu with a DVD, knee, Storm with a German, running hip attack in the corner, Storm Zero for three.
Winner: Toni Storm
Mercedes Mone comes out and says she’s coming for Storm. Jamie Hayter then comes out and punches Mone, goes for Hayterade, Mone runs off.
Don Callis touts the success the Family had last week, and says it continues tonight and at Double or Nothing.
The Hurt Syndicate come out, MVP talks about the ongoing process of adding a third member. He then says they’re going to have one more vote, and invites MJF to the ring. MJF comes out, talks about how much he loves each member, although he also asks Lashley if he had a good ride in. MVP gives the thumbs up, Shelton Benjamin gives the thumbs up, Lashley milks it for a bit, but then gives another thumbs down. MJF says he’s sick of Lashley’s shit, and asks what he wants. Then he calls him a “big bald son of a bitch”. Lashley goes after MJF, then says he can impress him if he hurts someone.
Stokely Hathaway explains that he’s here to help FTR reach their old heights.
Match Four: ROH Television Championship: Nick Wayne (c) vs. Jay Lethal
Christian interrupts Wayne’s entrance to make him entrance to Christian’s own music.
Jockeying for position, Wayne with shots, chop in the corner, stomp, chop, chop, Lethal with a chop, Wayne with a stomp, whip to the corner, reversed, Lethal with a pair of arm drags, hip toss, dropkick, dropkick on the floor, Wayne with a hurricanrana, breaks the count, tosses Lethal into the steps, toss into the barricade, body slam, Lethal with elbows, Wayne with a chinlock, Lethal escapes with a jaw breaker, Wayne locks the hold right back in, Lethal escapes with a back suplex, Wayne with an eye wrench, stomps in the corner, whip, whip again, Lethal with a rollup for two, another, Lethal combination for two, goes up top, trading punches, Wayne goes for a superplex, blocked, Lethal knocks Wayne down, elbow drop, reversed into a backslide for two, Lethal with a dragon screw, Wayne with a rollup for two, Lethal goes for Lethal Injection, reversed into a rollup for two, Lethal with a fireman’s carry, blocked, Wayne tosses him into the turnbuckle, roundhouse kick, fisherman suplex for three.
Winner and STILL ROH Television Champion: Nick Wayne
Christian affixes the belt to Wayne’s waist.
Mox vs. Joe has now officially been made a cage match.
Main Event: Owen Hart Memorial Tournament: Semi-Final: Hangman Page vs. Kyle Fletcher
Lockup, Fletcher gets Hangman to the corner, break, lockup, Fletcher with an arm wrench, Page with a snapmare, chop, Fletcher bails, slowly climbs in the ring, rear waistlock, reversed into a hammerlock, Fletcher with an elbow, side headlock, Page with a trip, slap to the ass, forearms, toss to the corner, punches, jockeying for position, Page with a boot, calls for a Buckshot Lariat, Fletcher bails, Page clotheslines him into the timekeeper’s area, toss into the barricade, breaks the count, toss into a different part of the barricade, rolls Fletcher into the ring, Fletcher rolls out the other side, Fletcher with a superkick, toss into the barricade, reversed, both men back in the ring, Fletcher with stomps in the corner, Page with chops, Fletcher with a knee, mounted punches, roundhouse kicks, Page hulks up, forearms, whip, blocked, Fletcher with a boot, Page with a boot, Dead Eye, reversed into a powerbomb, blocked, Page with a lariat, Fletcher with a chop, Page with chops, lariat, fireman’s carry, blocked with elbows, Page with an elbow, DVD for two, clotheslines in the corner, whip, Fletcher floats over, Page with a fallaway slam, kips up, springboard clothesline, goes up top, Fletcher grabs his leg, Page kicks him away, boot, blocked, Fletcher with a kick, superkick, brainbuster on the apron, both men end up on the barricade, Page trips him, moonsault into a tombstone, both men beat the subsequent count at 9, Page with a punch, Fletcher goes for a punch but collapses, then they trade punches, Page with punches in the corner, Fletcher with a superkick, sets Page up top, superplex, blocked, Page floats over and drops Fletcher on the turnbuckle, Page hits a superplex of his own, trading forearms, Page gets the better of it, Fletcher with a kick to the head, Hangman with a punch, Fletcher with a snap half and half, Page with a pop-up powerbomb for two, Dead Eye, blocked, tries to hit an elbow instead, reversed into a kick, Page hits Dead Eye for two, goes up top, moonsault, blocked with knees, Fletcher hits a Last Ride for two, running boot in the corner, brainbuster, reversed into a rollup, Page rolls to the apron, boot, Fletcher catches him with a kick, tussling on the apron, Page hits Dead Eye, goes up top, moonsault to the floor, rolls Fletcher into the ring, goes for a Buckshot Lariat, Fletcher shoves the referee and hits Page with a low blow, brainbuster for two, boot in the corner, sets Page up top, Page with lariats, eventually knocks Fletcher down, Buckshot Lariat from the top rope, regular Buckshot Lariat for three.
Winner: Hangman Page
Page attempts to catch his bearings as Dynamite goes off the air.
