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If Smart Mark had actually believed that his client Tony Nese would be in store for an easy win, then he was sorely mistaken when the match kicked off and Luchasaurus came off the blocks. It was clear that now that the big man was running solo he was bringing a different level of tenacity and aggression to the ring and would treat Tony Nese like a human punching bag. Smart Mark would do his best to run distraction and give Nese any advantage, but eventually ‘The Post Modern Phenomenon’ would snap and connect with an awesome Super Kick that would send Sterling off the ring after seemingly having knocked him out cold. Nese would do his best to contain the monster, but it would be all she wrote after he was hit with the Tail Whip before Luchasaurus would connect with the Chokeslam followed by the Standing Moonsault to claim the victory.
Winner: Luchasaurus
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Elite Kingdom join the pre-show panel. OGK show off their newly won trios championships and say they wish Vincent would find his honor again, but they’re moving onto bigger and better things. Bobby Fish says that Cole won the trios straps without him and Kyle, but that’s all right because they want to continue to prove that they own tag team wrestling. They shined at Honor Rising picking up the win for their team and they will do so again against TNA veterans Beer Money and when they do, they’re coming for TNA’s tag belts.
CM Punk backstage interview where he says since coming back to wrestling last year and especially his homecoming to Ring of Honor he’s been on a redemption tour of sorts to prove he’s really the best in the world, but this nat from his past keeps buzzing in his ears for some reason. The man can’t win a match to save his life the last few months while I’ve bested Bobby Lashley, Samoa Joe and as of this evening Kenta. The very best of the best.
He says he wants to put an end to it. He says nothing would be more apropos than to prove he’s better than Seth Rollins, another former Ring of Honor Champion, than beating him on the historic 20th Anniversary of this company. If he’s a “man.”
When he beats Kenta and if Seth has the balls, he’ll fight him like a man at the anniversary show.
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The contest between Beer Money Inc. and reDRagon would be one in which both teams seemed determined to prove that on raw ability they were the better and more competent duo, and it was clear that the fans were very split in who they wanted to come out on top. Both teams would demonstrate why there historically one of the better teams for their respective promotions and the fans were treated to a decent enough contest - although it would become clear that KOR and Fish seemed to have more of a fire in their bellies to help push themselves over the finish line and would claim the victory by working together and hitting James Storm with Chasing the Dragon (Vertical suplex lift by O'Reilly followed by a roundhouse kick to the opponent's back by Fish followed by a brainbuster by O'Reilly) with Bobby Fish blocking Roode’s path allowing Kyle to pin ‘The Cowboy’ for the victory.
Winner: reDRAgon
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Following this match the Good Brothers music plays, reDRagon look for them, but get blindsided.
After a pair of Gunstuns and a Magic Killer Karl Anderson grabs the microphone and asks if they really thought they could put a hit out of the Bullet Club and have it go unanswered? Not in their house. Gallows says it’s awfully brazen to then show up the next night and casually drop a reference to their tag team titles after doing so.
Karl says they might think they’re undisputed, but a rose by any other name still crumbles under the good brothers boots. The Elite aren’t taking them.
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Richards would come into the contest, with a resounding level of confidence, having pinned ROH World Champion Gresham in tag team action on the ROH: Elite go-home show, although wrestling under Pure Rules he was going to have to fight Josh Woods in a very different enviroment to compete within. Mike Tenay would inform the fans that this would only be the second time that Davey Richards had ever competed in a Pure Rules match, with the first dating all the way back to 2011 at ROH Manhattan Mayhem IV, where he had claimed a victory over Christopher Daniels.
Woods would show his understanding and skill within the rules of the match, to force Richards up against the ropes twice within the first few minutes of the contest that would see Davey lose two of his three allotted rope breaks very early into the contest and that would put one half of the American Wolves on the backfoot from then on in. Richards though quickly adapt to the contest and would force Woods to expend a rope break with clear intent after locking Horse Collar (Stretch Muffler), although it would be clear by Woods’ reaction that he was far from pleased by the fact that Richards hade mirrored his own tactic against him. Woods would berate Richards and suggest that Davey didn’t have ‘the balls’ to punch him in the face and would offer him a free hit. The emotions of the situation would suck Richards in as he would connect with a closed fist punch drop Woods down onto the mat, with the referee losing his mind and giving Davey a final warning as well as removing his final rope break away from him as a penalty.
With the pressure now very much on Davey’s shoulders, Richards would offer a really response and would achieve a nearfall by connecting with the Creeping Death (Discus roundhouse kick to a kneeling opponent) that Woods would only survive by brushing his right hand against the bottom rope to enforce a rope break. Woods would seem to seeing stars still and Davey would take advantage of the situation by impressing with an athletic Damage Reflex (Handspring enzuigiri) before deliberately locking in a Sharpshooter with Woods virtually next to the ropes and would just step backwards and force Woods to have expended his final rope break - meaning that neither man could now rely on the ropes to save them.
The contest would end in literally ‘Pure Carnage’ as both men would be fighting on the turnbuckle, when Richards would throw himself and Woods onto the ring apron and spill onto the floor below with a Saito Suplex as the referee would begin their twenty-count with both men laying on the floor at ringside. Woods and Richards would push themselves up to their feet and continue to throw slaps at each other with real intent, before Woods would take control over the situation and throw Richards over his shoulder with waistlock German suplex that would see Davey’s leg colliding into the steel steps. Woods would slide back into the ring, whilst Richards would be visibly limping as he would just manage to crawl back into the ring at the nineteen count. Josh Woods would take complete advantage of the situation though, as he would lock in the Woods Lock that would see Richards tapping out in a matter of seconds.
The two men would adhere to the Code of Honor at the end of the contest, with Richards looking sore and visibly hurt but he would point towards Josh Woods and signal him as being the worthy winner of the contest.
Winner: Josh Woods
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Cody Rhodes enters Hangman’s locker room who looks deep in thought. Cody tells Hangman that no matter what happens tonight they will always be friends and he wants a friendly and clean match.
He wishes him the best of luck out there and he hopes that he gets everything he’s looking for tonight. He just hopes that if loses this match, he’ll come back to the Elite willingly. Because they need a cowboy in this fight. It’s the wild Wild West here.
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There was a complete element of chaos as soon as the match began, and with all six women in the ring there was no one who was going to be given a reprieve under Tornado Tag rules. On the snap Kamille was as brave a Lion as she would go after both Shida and Rosa by slapping both in the face and wanted to take both women on at the same time. It would be clear that it was a creative ploy to allow Ford and Bunny to assault Charlotte, with the pair dragging Flair out of the ring and proceeding to fling Fair up the ring post before stomping down on her. The Bunny would connect with an early BSE, before Penelope would crash Flair down onto the concrete with a Fishermen Supex. Shida would finally realize what was going on and come to Charlotte’s aid, but it was clear that a lot of damage had already been done with Flair visibly struggling to get back to her feet.
For the rest of the match Shida and Rosa would have to deal with a numbers advantage, as the ring-side doctors had determined that Flair had suffered a concussion and ruled her unable to carry on in the contest. This of course would play in favor of the House of Bricks, who would have the extra body advantage that would allow them to slowly but surely grind down before Thunder and Hikaru. The contest would conclude with Kamille and The Bunny bundling Thunder out of the ring, which would allow Penelope to nail Shida with the Superbad Cutter - only for Kamille to slide back into the run and lie on top of Shida for the cover and the victory.
Winners: House of Bricks
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Since Destination-X - Adam Page has been forced to jump through hoops by Roman Reigns in order to ‘earn the right’ to face the Top Dog. Page had claimed victories over Sheamus, Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso and JR Kratos - but ‘Hangman’ had made it clear that his match against Cody would be the last hurdle he would be set. However, it was believed at least on a verbal basis that if Page were to lose to Cody tonight then he would give up on his TNA project and become part of the modern Elite in Ring of Honor.
The match would be interesting in its nature, because Cody would come off as slightly reserved and keep trying to convince Adam to just exit the ring and get counted out with him to join The Elite and it was an extended pitch hidden with a wrestling match. Adam Page though would remain defiant and after he would crunch into Cody with a Discus Elbow Smash, it would appear that Rhodes had decided to take off the gloves and would actually give the match that the fans wanted to see. And the veil of friendship would seem to disappear as the intensity of both men would rise. There would be an exchange of quick pins with no real likelihood of it resulting in a victory, but rather was used as a technique to wear down the other man. Cody would take an opening and attempt to hit Cross Rhodes, but Page would counter and counter by hitting the Dead Eye - that would render Cody down for the count and claim the victory.
Cody would have a sour look on his face, but would proceed to shake hands with Adam and the pair would have an embrace before heading towards the back together, seemingly with no bad blood.
Winner: Adam Page
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Jay White is the back interview where he takes the microphone and welcomes everyone back to the ToJay Show. He says if Suzuki wants a war with him, that’s fine. He’s glad he’s given up trying to win the tag team titles from the good brothers because they’re just too sweet to let that happen.
He says he’s beaten once, tonight he’ll personally pin him again, and if he’s still a gluten for punishment, he’ll meet him one on one to show him what it truly means to breathe with the switchblade. He is the catalyst that sparked these forbidden doors and soon you will recognize him.
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The contest would be contested under ‘Lucha Rules’ which would mean that allowing only two men would be legal at a time, a new entrant could enter the match as soon as another man exitted the ring rather than just tagging themselves into the contest. With three distinct pairings going into the contest, everyone had someone to watch their back - but with motivations of winning title gold these loyalties would no doubt quickly fade. Below some of the more critical moments from the match are described:
- Ridgeway would be keen to make a good impression of himself, on what many could argue as the biggest match to date in his career and he would go straight for Mysterio. Ridgeway would strike Mysterio with an intense Bicycle Knee Strike, but Mysterio would respond like a pro by leaping onto the ropes and springboarding off them and hit the West Coast Pop, with Tony Deppen jumping into the ring to make the save and break up the pin.
- The Lucha Bros would see a window of opportunity present itself and with referees having very relaxed attitudes during Lucha Rules match, the two men would manage to hit a number of two man combination moves that would excite the fans and help earn the pair some ‘battle fame’ as Don Callis would describe, with the most memorable moment taking place when the pair would hit Prince Puma with the Package piledriver/Diving double foot stomp combination
- Tony Deppen and Prince Puma would take their fight outside of the ring, with it seeming that both men seemed really intent on doing some serious damage to the other. The two men would take their fight into the crowd and would end up discovering a ladder and the pair would set it up before proceeding to both climb up it and exchange shots at the top, before Prince Puma would take hold of Deppen and send both of them off the top with The Spanish Fly that would send both men off the top of the ladder and crashing through a stack of crates. The high impact spot would seem to wipe out both men, as the fans in close vicinity would seem to lose their minds in regards to the sheer madness of the moment.
- The first fall would occur in impressive fashion, with Ridgeway working with Fenix and Penta to take out Mysterio once and for good that would see Rey hit with the Pentagon Driver, then the Kakato Otoshi (Ax Kick) from Ridgeway before Fenix would crash down on top of Mysterio with the Springboard 450 Splash. Pentagon, Jr. would bundle Ridgeway to the floor, and shout something at his brother as Fenix would hook Mysterio's legs over and claim the pinfall victory and by doing so would become the new X-Division Champion.
1st Fall: Rey Fenix [X-Division Champion]
- Pentagon would exit the ring and grab the X-Division Championship from the time keeper’s table and hand the title to his brother, before The Lucha Bros would pose on the entrance ramp and embrace before the two men would seem to have decided to be done with the contest and rather than continue in the contest and compete for the GHC National Championship, the two brothers simply head towards the back massively improving everyone’s odd in the match.
- Don West would mention that Prince Puma had got back to his feet, but that Tony Deppen was being placed on a stretcher and was being taken to the nearest medical unit. This would mean that the match was now effectively a Three Way Contest, between Puma, Mysterio and Chris Ridgeway.
- Puma would look vulnerable and Ridgeway and Mysterio would both realize this with Ridgeway drop Puma on his head with a Brainbuster, however Mysterio would seem to change his find and rebound off the ropes and rail Ridgeway with a double footed diving leg drop that would send Chris to collide with the ropes and his body would be draped over the second drop setting himself up for the signature finish as Mystero would charge forward and connect with the 619 sending Ridgeway spilling back into the center of the ring. Mysterio would launch him onto the ropes and springboard off, but with his eyes only on Ridgeway would be caught out as Puma would also have launched himself off the ropes and connected with Rey in mid-air with two Double Knee to Rey’s jaw.
Puma would kick his so-called friend out of the ring, before taking hold of the clearly hurting Ridgeway and lift him up into the nail and seal the victory by connecting with Vertigo (Spinning Michinoku Driver II) rolling lying on top of Ridgeway and claim the second fall.
2nd Fall: Prince Puma [GHC National Champion]
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In the Bullet Club Clubhouse Jay White is addressing the troops. He says he showed them how it’s done on Elite and now they need to finish the job. He says the Bullet Club were the bigger deal in Japan and they certainly won’t be outdone in the states. Even when they’re stepping on their own turf in Impact. They can’t take the tag straps from the good brothers so how can they stop them when they’re completely United. He reminds them it is still their era and they need to show Tama and Evil that Jay’s Bullet Club is still the leading faction. And to that he says one more man proved himself on Impact and that was Juice’s former tag team partner David Finlay. He says he’s proud of him coming to their aid last week and he presents him with a Bullet Club t-shirt and tells him to think about it and he hopes he comes with them to the ring for the big showdown with Suzuki-gun tonight.
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There was no denying that out of all the matches that made up the Bound By Honor card, this was the contest that truly lived up to the title of ‘Dream Match’ and with the fans knowing that with a sixty minute time limit there was absolutely no chance of this match realistically ending in a draw. To make the contest even more spicy, with both combatants having the exact same finisher both men were aware of the setup that went into the maneuver and by that merit also knowing how to counter the move. Below is a description of some of the best moments that would take place during this sensational contest:
- The two men would be intent to outdo the other and feature in a contest of kicks, with their kicks being compared by Don West being similar to an axe cutting down an old oak tree. Punk would focus on using Shoot and Step kicks, whilst KENTA would primarily utilize high kicks to the chest and the tenacity behind both men's kicks swas with the intent of causing real damage to the other. When both men would start to tire, they would start to tire and drop to their knees and instead exchange chest chops and would connect with hit after hit and the echo of each slap would rebound around the KFC YUM! Center. Eventually, both men would fall onto their back in sheer exhaustion and crawl to their respective corner with the fans standing on their feets and give both men a standing ovataion.
- The two men would clearly be aware of their energy levels and would engage in a lot of snap wrestling locking up in ties ins and chain wrestling before breaking off and preventing the other man from gaining any sort of momentum and this strategy would see both men hit the fifteen minute mark. One thing that was clear, was that certain pockets of the crowd seemed to have grown slightly frustrated by the slow nature of the contest - but all of this would be forgotten when KENTA would charge off the ropes and smash into Punk with a Busaiku Knee, but Punk would remain on his feet and still send his foe to the mat with the Pepsi Twist! KENTA though, would be quick off his back and smash Punk in the chins with a number of upkicks as he would push up onto his feet. Punk though would lift KENTA up and attempt to go for the GTS, but KENTA would counter by slipping off his shoulders and instead hit a Bridging Tiger Suplex that would result in a two count before Punk would kick out.
- As the match would continue both men would look to use as many hard hitting moves as possible and not hold back at all, with pinfall and submission attempt left, right and center that would slowly have an effect on both men as they would start to show signs of tiredness, not that this for one second would stop their ferocity. In an interesting exchange the two men would exchange GTS and G2S attempts again and again, with each time their opposite number having a counter for the other until both men would realize they had reached a stalemate and each man would back away from each other. There would seem to be a moment of respect as both men would stare each other down, as chants of ‘CM PUNK’ & ‘KENTA’ would fill the arena.
The match would end at the stroke of the thirty minutes mark with both men fighting in one of the ring corners, with Punk seeming to have an advantage and would look to be setting up the Anaconda Vice with the Bulldog, but KENTA would counter the move and instead Punk would drop himself down onto the mat as the ‘Black Sun’ would vertically leap onto the turnbuckle and look to take out Punk with a Leaping Busaiku Knee only for Punk to catch KENTA and transition him into the fireman’s carry and lay him out with the GO TO SLEEP! Punk would roll KENTA over and look on expectantly as he would claim a three count victory, with his Japanese counterpart seeming to raise his shoulder up a millisecond to late. KENTA would look visibly frustrated, as Punk would exit the ring and climb into the crowd and celebrate his wins with his adoring fans.
Winner: CM Punk
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Josh Alexander stretching in the hallway when his former partner Ethan Page stops by to congratulate him on fulfilling his dream to become world champion and wishes him luck tonight.
SCU laugh offscreen before moving into frame.
Daniels can’t believe this geek is that cesspool’s world champion and he should know, he’s worked there for two decades. Asbestos in the walls.
Alexander says at least he won their world title. He’s been there two decades and never sniffed its leather and he can’t even win one in 2022. He says remind him again how did that Ring of Honor World Title match go last night? He doesn’t see the belt.
Daniels says he’s been Ring of Bonor Champion before, but that punk got lucky last night. He says luck or no luck, though, he’d easily smack those earmuffs off his thick skull and take the TNA title.
Alexander retorts he’d like to see that. He’s got to go and prepare for his own title defense, but he’s not hard to find on Elite if he can’t wait for Impact.
As he’s walking away Scorpio approaches Ethan and gives him a hug. Ethan asks how he’s been? Scorpio says you know how it is being a man of the year. Just handling that SoCal life and making coin. He tells Ethan to think about moving to SoCal. He’d like the climate over there if he catches his drift. He says Ring of Honor don’t seem to know what to do with you as he leaves.
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The contest for the ROH World Tag Team Championships would prove to be quite the tasty tag team encounter, although Don Callis would make an astute point that if this match had featured team in their prime without a clear generational divided, and that neither Edge nor Chrisian carried long standing injuries then this match would be able to reach every greater heights. Nonetheless, the match would prove to be massively entertaining with both sides using a variety of double team maneuvers to try and get the job done which would lead to a match being fast and filled with memorable spots. E&C would pull out moves from their wrestling stocking that would include - Sidewalk slam (Edge) / Falling reverse DDT (Christian) combo, a Stack-suplex and a Double Flapjack. On the other side of things the Briscoe arsenal would see them connect with - Pendulum backbreaker (Jay) / Diving knee drop (Mark) combination, Cut-Throat Driver (Mark) / Diving leg drop (Jay) combination and the Redneck Boogie (Crucifix powerbomb (Mark) / Neckbreaker (Jay) combination) with all these attempts result in near falls.
The match would end in impressive fashion when it looked as if Mark Briscoe was finished when Edge would hit Mark with Edgecution before Christian would follow up with a Frog Splash. Rather than go for the cover though, the two men would make mockery of Briscoe and make ridiculous double poses in the ring that would allow Mark to scrawl towards the corner and tag in his brother. Jay would charge into the ring and catch Christian off guard by tossing him over the ropes and out onto the floor before shouting at his brother to get back up onto his feet and wipe Edge out with the Briscoe Bottom (Double sitout side slam) to claim the victory and successfully retain the belts. As Jay and Mark would savor the victory, the cameras would pick up on Jack Perry exiting his front row seat and jumping the fence to check on the wellbeing of his two mentors.
Winners: Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe)
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Scott D’Amore enters the Elite locker room and says he knows he needs to get control of the Bullet Club and Elite shenanigans and that they’ll be attempting to get a receipt for the Good Brothers, but he can’t have such a huge night ruined when that’s the main event and he can’t sour this relationship with TNA so he says if any members of the or the Kingdom interfere tonight, they’ll be suspended indefinitely without pay. They begin to bitch and moan before Scott replies that the good news is they’ll have a chance to get their hands on the Bullet Club in Tuesday Night Elite’s main event.
He says that’s got to be good enough because he can’t have another gang style hit like they did last night in the parking or during the live main event.
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The battle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship would certainly be one of intrigue and going into the contest it was certain that winning the contest would have a massive influence on the balance of power in TNA. If Alexander retained, it would continue to forge a strong union between TNA & ROH with TNA’s most important champion continuing to be employed by Ring of Honor, but seeming to have a lot of love and loyalty for both companies. On the other hand, a win for Randy would give TNA full control of their grand prize and potentially bring an end to the union once and for all. Below are described are number of the more exciting spots that would take place in the contest:
- Randy Orton would shock everyone within the first few seconds of the match, when he would vault over the ropes and using the momentum would nail Alexander with an RKO whilst he was still completing his ring entrance and with the referee call for the bell would almost claim a pinfall victory in a matter of seconds, if not for Alexander kicking out at the last possible moment.
- Orton would go on to control the contest from that point onwards and would never allow Alexander to really get back into the contest. Whether it was Punt Kick, Suplexes or DDT, it was clear that Randy was determined to control the match for as much as he could and prevent the champion from gaining any sort of rhythm. One thing would become clear, especially after hitting a Rope Hung DDT and that was that Orton wanted the contest to be over as quickly as possible. This frustration would lead to some risky decisions and would attempt to wipe out Josh with a Diving Crossbody, but instead of fully connecting with Alexander would instead take out the referee and cause himself and the match official the most amount of damage in the bump.
- With the referee down, out from the crowd would emerge Seth Rollins with it being clear that whatever he was up to it was with bad intentions and he would proceed to start searching for something under the ring apron as Alexander would be the first of the three men in the ring to get to their feet. At the same time Rollins would pull out a red steel chair from underneath the ring that would come off as a throwback to the Attitude Era and as the camera zoomed in Mike Tenay would note that the chair seemed to be detailed with a cross sigil similar of that belonging to ‘The Game’ Triple H. Seth would leap onto the ring apron and look to take out Alexander with the chair only for CM Punk to emerge into the shot and running along the ring apron and connect with a Push Kick knocking the chair into Rollins’ face before taking hold of his rival and laying him out with the GTS on the ring apron. When Alexander realized what was happening, Punk and Josh would share a moment of respect between each other before Punk would take hold of Rollins and toss him over the ring barricade and into the fans.
Alexander would capitalize on the fact that Randy was still off his feet, but not before stirring the referee. Josh would proceed to pull Randy up to his feet only to spike him down onto the canvas with C4 Spike before flipping Randy Orton and securing the win via pinfall.
Winner: Josh Alexander
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The rivalry between Bullet Club & Suzuki-gun had reached a new level of intensity, with what had begun as a feud between the Good Brothers & ZSJ and Suzuki had grown into something a lot more and in many way it was the Club’s biggest feud taking place, outside of the internal struggle that was taking place between White, Tama and EVIL - with it being clear the fans were in store for a great contest. The manner in which every elimination that took place in the match is described below:
- Scott Norton would be given a chance to shine as an honorary member of the Bullet Club and would actually claim an elimination to his name as he would slam into Nosawa Rongai with a Lariat before picking up and delivering a Powerbomb and transitioning it into a bridging pin [Nosawa Rongai - eliminated]. Norton’s time would last much longer though, as Shelton would connect with a Super Kick before throwing Norton over with the T-Bone Suplex to claim the pinfall [Shelton Benjamin - eliminated] and remove the thirty years plus veteran from the contest.
- There would be a real focal point where The Good Brothers and ZSJ and Taichi would find themselves facing off against each other in various combinations and it was very clear that this was all about showing strength and about showing the other team just exactly what they were capable of with its seem that a match for the title would take place sooner rather than later. Both teams would impress, but it would be Taichi who would be the first to fall as he would pay the price of admission of riding the Magic Killer [Taichi - eliminated], losing his Dangerous Tekkers partner would seem to spur Zack on and he would nail Gallows with a Discus Elbow Smash before forcing Luke to tap by locking him in Barry from Eastenders (Grounded Octopus Hold) [Luke Gallows - Eliminated] before destroying Anderson’s chest with multiple knife edge chops before locking ‘The Machine Gun’ in the Tesco Meal Deal (Head scissors/hammerlock combination) and managing to remove both of the TNA World Tag Team Champions in a matter of minutes [Karl Anderson - eliminated]. With Tenay suggesting that if ever that was a right to challenge for the tag belts, this was surely such a reason.
- One thing that would become apparent that every time that Minoru Suzuki was the legal man, ‘The Switchblade’ Jay White would tag one of his Bullet Club members in instead, with it being evidently clear that he was avoiding a one-on-one run in with the ‘Murder Grampda’. Jay White would put on a great performance though and would really shine and remind the entire Wrestling Community why he was one of the very best in the world right now and would on a streak as he would beat down on both Lance Archer and Shelton Benjamin with an inch of their lives by removing both men from the contest with a Blade Runner apiece [Lance Archer & Shelton Benjamin - eliminated] to put the Bullet Club back in control with an extra man up.
- White would look on the verge of removing ZSJ from the contest, when White had Sabre down on his back and dragging him towards the ring corner with clear intent of tagging in Juice Robinson and allowing his protege to get some retribution on his long standing rival. However, as Juice would reach to tag himself in he would be instead ripped off the ring apron by none other than David Finlay with the two tag team mates breaking out into a massive argument, with Chris Bey clambering down trying to separate both men. Suzuki would try to run in, but the referee would cut him off trying to push him back into his corner with Minoru pushing the referee to distract him further. Suddenly, Tama Tonga would slide into the ring seemingly out of nowhere and would help ZSJ up as the pair would grab hold of White and hit him with the Magic Killer before Tama would exit the ring and Zack would lock Jay in Jim Breaks Armbar (Omoplata stepover scissored armbar) and force the alleged leader of BC to tap out [Jay White eliminated].
- With David Finlay have long since disappeared backstage, Robinson and ZSJ would have a solid run in with each other - although ZSJ was notably the much more fatigued of the pair and so it was much easier for Juice to run circle around him, not that Robinson would ever admit it was as such as he would smash with Pulp Friction (Jumping sitout inverted double underhook facebuster) to finish him over and remove him from the contest [ZSJ - eliminated]. This would leave with Suzuki being the last member of his team and all the responsibility would now weigh very much on his shoulders.
- Suzuki and Bey would have a good interaction, and it was clear that Bey looked great although he would be greatly dismissed by Minoru who in broken English would shout “Young Boy” at Bey at the top of his lungs before working over Bey with hard hitting and brutal slap to Bey midsection and would keep on hitting the flesh only Bey dropped to his knee - only for Minoru to charge forward and crunching Dropkick before locking Bey in the Manji-gatame (Octopus hold) and force him to tap out [Chris Bey - eliminated] leaving just Juice and Minoru left in the contest.
The final portions of the contest would prove to be truly awesome, with despite both men’s energy level on reserved Robinson and Suzuki the pair would end up pushing each other for another ten minutes as they would become drench with their own sweat and had beaten the crap out of each other. The two men would inflict a range of damage upon the other, with Juice hitting Minoru with Left Hand of God (Knockout left-handed jab), Left Hand of God (Knockout left-handed jab) and also attempting to force Suzuki to tap whilst locking in the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Clutch (Back mounted cobra clutch) with Suzuki manage to cling onto the bottom rope to force a rope break. Suzuki was much more interesting in using slaps and hard hitting kicks and punches to wear Juice down, before proceeding to remove a corner turnbuckle that would would distract the match official allowing for Minoru to totally break the rules by dropping to his knee and punching Juice right in the groin before lifting him up and spiking him down hard onto the canvas with the Gotch-Style Piledriver before laying his arm on top of Robinson to claim the three count [Juice Robinson - eliminated] as Suzuki would stand up and look very pleased with himself as Kazi Ni Nare would start to play around the arena as he would he handed a large black flag with Suzuki-gun written up it as he would wave it above his head as the show would come to a conclusion.
Winners: Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, ZSJ, Shelton Benjamin, Lance Archer, Taichi & Nosawa Rongai)
