Busted Open Match: Tommy Dreamer vs. Bully Ray
The match begins with Ray attacking Dreamer on the arena floor and before the bell sounded, Ray grabs a steel chair and he hits Dreamer with it a few times. Ray follows around the arena floor while landing some strikes,, Dreamer fights back and he sends Ray into the ring steps. Dreamer gets Ray back into the ring and he also throws some chairs into the ring as well, Dreamer also brings a replica ECW Title belt into the ring. Dreamer and Ray have a chair duel that is won by Dreamer, Ray falls out of the ring and Dreamer gives chase while hitting him with the title belt. Dreamer gets a chug of some liquid and he spits it into the face of Ray, Dreamer grabs a sode can and he hits Ray in the head with it. Ray picks up Dreamer and he crotches him along the barricade, Ray grabs a beer and he spills it all over an NHL hockey player before pie facing him. Ray grabs the title belt and he whips Dreamer with it before arguing with the hockey player, Ray finds a ladder under the ring and he also finds a step stool. Ray brings the step stool in the ring and he cracks Dreamer in the head with it, Ray climbs the step stool and he misses a splash attempt from it.
Dreamer immediately drops Ray with a DDT before leaving the ring, Dreamer gets back in the ring and he dumps thumb tacks all over the place. Dreamer sets up for a piledriver and Ray defends before landing a back body drop, Ray leaves the ring and he returns with a cheese grater. Dreamer fights back and he cracks ray with a bunch of strikes, Dreamer gets the grater and he accidentally hits the referee to take him out. Dreamer hits Ray in the head with the grater to send him out of the ring, Ray is bleeding and The Good Hands hit the ring to attack Dreamer. Dreamer lays out one of them with a DDT while the other helps Ray, Dreamer gets Ray back in the ring and Ray throws thumb tacks into his eyes. Ray tries sending Dreamer face first into the thumbtacks and he succeeds, Ray goes for an elbow drop and his elbow hits the tacks instead. Dreamer grabs the grater again and Ray blocks him from using it, Ray says something to Dreamer about his daughters and Dreamer stops attacking Ray. Ray then hits Dreamer with a low blow before smashing his arm on the tacks, Ray gets Dreamer out of the ring before sending him into the ring post. The Good Hands revive the referee and the ref sees a bloody Dreamer and he rings the bell.
Winner: Bully Ray
After the match, The Good Hands get a table into the ring and Bully Ray sets it up. Yuya Uemura hits the ring to attack Ray and The Good Hands before Ray takes him out, Ray sets up Tommy Dreamer when the hockey player jumps the barricade before being held back by security. Ray tells security to let him go and he gets into the ring, Ray and the hockey player have a brawl in the ring until The Good Hands attack. Ray then puts the hockey player through the table, Scott D'Amore comes out next and he comes to the ring with members of the locker room to chase Ray and The Good Hands off. Jason Hotch goes to attack D'Amore and D'Amore nails him with a destroyer.
- A video package airs highlighting what led to tonight's main event.
Steve Maclin, Frankie Kazarian & Rich Swann vs. Time Machine (Kushida, Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
The match begins with Shelley going after the arm of Swann, Swann gets free and he does some chain wrestling with Shelley. Swann and Shelley exchange shoulder tackles until Swann goes down, Shelley sets up for an STF and Swann gets to the ropes. Swann recovers and he goes after the arm of Shelley, Sabin and Kazarian are tagged into the match by their respective partners. Kazarian and Sabin go through some chain wrestling until Sabin gets Kazarian down while working over his arm, Kazarian fights back and he gets Sabin in a front headlock. Kushida and Maclin are tagged into the match next, Kushida looks for the takedown and he gets Maclin in a headlock. Kushida gets Maclin down while keeping the headlock on him, Kushida focuses his attack in the arm of Maclin. Kushida goes for a shoulder tackle and Maclin stays on his feet before landing a back elbow strike, Shelley makes a blind tag and he double teams Maclin alongside Kushida. Shelley goes back to attacking the arm of Maclin, Maclin recovers and he drops Shelley throat first on the top rope.
Kazarian tags in and he downs Shelley while working over his arm, Swann tags in and he double teams Shelley alongside Kazarian. Swann keeps Shelley down while landing a Kick Back on him, Shelley fights back and he drops Swann before Time Machine triple teams Swann as Maclin argues with the ref. Maclin hits the ring and he attacks all of his opponents, Kazarian tags in and he battles Shelley before being sent into the top turnbuckle. Shelley sends Swann into Kazarian before they are both hit with a triple drop kick from Time Machine, Kushida tags in and Maclin confronts him before allowing Swann to be triple teamed. Kushida keeps Swann down while applying a surfboard stretch to him, Kushida knocks Swann to the arena floor before landing a baseball slide drop kick. Shelley tags in and he works over the arm of a downed Swann, Shelley hangs Swann upside down in the corner before landing a basement drop kick on him. Sabin tags in and he gets Swann in a modified abdominal stretch before rolling him up for a near fall, Shelley tags back in and he nails Swann with a right to the midsection.
Swann fights back and he takes out all three of his opponents, Kazarian tags in and he immediately starts cleaning house against the opposing team. Kazarian traps Kushida in the corner before nailing him with a back stabber, Kazarian then hits all three opponents with springboard leg drops. Kazarian goes for a chicken wing on Shelley and Shelley defends, Sabin tags in and he double teams Kazarian alongside Shelley. Maclin hits the ring and Sabin nails him with a tornado DDT, Sabin and Shelley double team Kazarian for a near fall. Sabin misses a penalty kick and Kazarian tags Swann into the match, Swann quickly starts cleaning house against the opposing team. Swann hits Sabin with a top rope rana for a near fall, Maclin tags himself in and Kushida tags in a short time later. Sabin hits Maclin with a cutter before Time Machine triple teams Swann, Maclin fights back and Shelley attacks his arm. Kazarian interferes and Shelley attacks his arm as well, Kushida tags in and he hits maclin with a top rope seated senton. Kushida then nails Maclin with a pele kick, Kushida follows up with a running palm strike on Maclin before landing a few kicks to the arm.
Kushida goes for the Hoverboard Lock and Maclin defends before trapping him in the corner, Maclin then hits an upside down Kushida with a corner spear. Kazarian tags in and he tags Swann in as both men hit Kushida with cutters, Swann then hits Kushida with a 450 splash for a near fall. Swann misses a phoenix splash attempt and Time Machine gets everybody from the opposing team into different submission holds. Maclin eventually breaks all the submission attempts up, Time Machine works together to triple team Maclin. Time Machine then goes after Swann with some triple teaming, Maclin and Kazarian return to break up the attack on Swann. Maclin tags in and he meets Kushida on the ropes, Kushida and Sabin then take Kazarian out before Swann gets taken out again. Maclin returns to drop both Shelley and Sabin, Kushida gets Maclin in the Hoverboard Lock and Maclin taps out.
Winners: Time Machine (Kushida, Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
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