Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. vs Saraya
Five years is a long time and we’ll see how much rust Saraya has got.
The crowd chanting Welcome Back as they go through the lockup. Baker tries to lock up the neck early and drops Saraya early. Baker watches Saraya recover from that bump and that just makes her mad. Whip off the rope into a thrust kick and Baker has to take a little walk. Saraya tries a baseball slide but Baker takes the leg, spins her and hits a neckbreaker off the apron. Baker drags her opponent over to taunt Saraya’s brother at ringside.
Baker with another neckbreaker back in the ring. Time for the glove to go on. Saraya has to scouted but eats another neckbreaker. Baker tries a dive to the floor but Saraya plants her into the apron. Diving cross body! Saraya stomping but Baker dives her into the buckles. Saraya with a Night Cap! Kick out! Bakers going for the lockjaw but Saraya gets to the rope quick. Air raid crash to Saraya. Curb stomp! Kick out! Crowd is pretty split between these ladies.
Saraya hits a sunset flip powerbomb! Cradle ddt! Kick out! Saraya has a full Nelson…reverse to the lockjaw! Roll up! Kick out! Thrust kick from Saraya! Running knee for two! Baker with a fisherman’s neckbreaker! Another stomp! Kick out! Out of another fisherman’s neckbreaker…running knee! A pair of cradle DDT’s! Baker stays down for the count!
Winner: Saraya
Wardlow(c) vs Samoa Joe vs Powerhouse Hobbs (for the TNT Championship)
Wardlow decks Hobbs and goes right after Joe, the betrayer. Joe is posted but Hobbs is right back to make the champ eat stairs and apron. Huge delay vertical suplex! Joe wants to tangle but Hobbs bowls him over. Wardlow runs up the ropes and moonsaults down?!? Huge lariat from the champ, who is turning on the fire. Top rope senton but Joe runs in with one of his own! Heavy boots and Joe throwing his weight around. Big senton to Wardlow! Hobbs trapped in a front guillotine. Wardlow with a spear but Hobbs eats a ddt on the way down! Joe coming running…spinebuster from the champ! Kick out! Brawling on the outside but Joe is a cannonball diving through the middle rope. He wants to powebomb Wardlow but Hobbs barrels him right into the barricade. The straps are down! Spine buster! Wardlow kicks out! Reversals abound but Wardlow blasts a powerbomb! And another! It’s time for the Symphony! Joe back in with the title belt! He cracks Wardlow in the back of the head! Coquina Clutch on Hobbs who immediately goes out and we have a new TNT champ!!! Two Belts Joe!
Winner: Samoa Joe
Chris Jericho is in the back with Jake Hager. Chris says that Sammy fighting him was expected because gold was on the line and that’s why he kept him by his side. Orange Cassidy is here and says Tomohiro Ishii wants a shot this Wednesday. Jericho says he still thinks of him as the young boy that got him coffee in Japan. Meanwhile, Jake Hager wants to know what’s in the backpack. It’s the All Atlantic title of course. Does Hager like it? He does? Does he want to fight for it? He sure does. Cool? Cool. This was just lovely. Also Danhausen was there and magically back to goofhausen.
Sting & Darby Allin vs Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett (w/ Sonjay Dutt) (No DQ, No Countout)
Jarret and Lethal are confused by the body bag waiting for them on the ramp. Darby takes out Lethal with a skateboard while Sting waits for Jarret right behind him. Ring the bell. Jarrett is begging off as Sting and Darby beat the heck out of him. Lethal back in it but Sting throws him off the top to the apron. Grosssssss landing. Both teams fighting through the crowd.
Jarret suplexed to the floor. Darby dragging a ladder back to the ramp. Allin off the ladder with a coffin drop…Sutnam Singh catches him out of the air! That was at least a 20ft drop! Singh slams Darby to the apron and head sober to save Lethal. He catches Jay but Sting dives over the railing to the floor! Jarrett meets Darby with a chair. Out of the blue…we decide tags are a thing again? sting waits on the apron for a tag and unloads with some stinger splashes! Scorpion deathlock on Jarrett. Sonjay and Singh are in here.
Huge chokeslam to Sting. Jarrett tries to steal the pin but Sting’s out. I’m still weirded out why we’re doing pins. Jarrett grabs the guitar, almost blasts Lethal…Darby goes for a coffin drop, Jarrett blasts him with the guitar! Darby pops right up! Backhands for everyone!
Slingshot coffin drop! Stings in! Singh is in…Coffin Drop/Scorpion Death Drop combo! Lethal tries the Lethal injection…Sting reverses it to an ugly Scorpion Death Drop. Darby to the top with a coffin drop to get the pin on Lethal!
Winners: Sting & Darby
Coverage concludes on Page 4!
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