Silver did mic work complaining that Darling had to defend his title, much less defend it before a crowd that forced the concession stand to go get extra hot dogs during intermission.
Lethal controlled Darling early, running him out of the ring following a series of chops. Lethal continued working him over with a series of right hands. He whipped Darling hard into the turnbuckles. Lethal came off the ropes with a double axehandle for a two count. He whipped Darling into the corner. Darling tried to kick off a charge but Lethal caught the boot and drilled him. He nailed him with ten punches in the corner and covered him for a two count after an elbow.
Lethal went to the top but Silver got on the apron. Lethal grabbed him but Darling nailed him with a chop block from behind. Darling began working over Lethal's knee and leg. He used a stepover toehold to try and force a submission. The crowd began chanting for Lethal but Darling drilled him and used the ropes to stomp his knee. Darling pulled Lethal's leg near the ringpost and slammed it into the post. Darling began arguing with the referee, allowing Silver to work over his led. Lethal finally fought back and nailed a flying forearm for a two count.
Lethal nailed a hiptoss into a dropkick for another two count. Darling cut him off and locked on a figure four leglock. Silver grabbed Darling's hands to add to the momentum, but the fans told the referee what was going on, so Silver got tossed from ringside. Darling argued with the referee, alllowing Lethal to recover and nail a superkick for a CLOOOOOSE two count. The crowd was all over the referee, chanting that it was three.
Darling came back to nailed Lethal with a hangman's neckbreaker for a two count. They battled back and forth. Darling went for a superplex but Lethal fought him off. Lethal came off the top with the flying elbow and scored the pin.
Your winner and new FWE Tri-Borough champion, Jay Lethal!
Very good back and forth match From the standpoint of telling a physical story, the best bell to bell match on the show. Darling had a good showing here and Lethal has really turned into an awesome worker over the last year. Good stuff!
Diamond Inc.(with Diamond D) vs. Adrenaline Express, EJ Risk & VSK
Risk and VSK worked over Jason Gotti early. They went back and forth. Joey Ace tagged in and woeked over Risk. Risk came back with a DDT and made the hot tag to VSK. He sent Ace out of the ring and backdropped Gotti. He drilled Gotti with a leaping knee and went for a move but D got on the apron. He dismissed her and went for a backslide for a two count Gotti reversed it for a two count of his own.
Gotti and VSK battled back and forth on the apron. Ace attacked VSK from behind. Gotti went for a spear but VSK moved and Gotti went to the outside, nailing his own partner. Ace and Risk went out of the ring fighting, VSK came off the top with a flying kneedrop for a two count. He and Risk drilled Gotti with a double team.
Your winners, Adrenaline Express!
VSK cut a promo after the match saying that if The Midnight Sensations want to mention them during a promo, they can fight them in March. They said that they aren't hard to find and they'll see the Sensations in March.
This was one of those matches where when things clicked they looked good and when they didn't, it was because they were trying really hard to do a lot. OK overall but had things worked out perfectly, this would have been real good.
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