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We are in Los Angeles, California and your announcers are Shigeki Kiyono and Hiroshi Tanahashi (in Japanese) or Kevin Kelly and Alex Koslov (in English).

Match Number One: Logan Riegel and Sterling Riegel versus Jordan Clearwater and Kevin Knight

Knight and Logan start things off and Knight with a front face lock and a take down for a near fall. They lock up and Knight with a wrist lock and Logan with a wrist lock of his own. Knight with a hammer lock and Logan lands on his feet on a belly-to-back suplex attempt. Clearwater tags in and Logan with shoulders and Sterling tags in. Logan with an elbow and Sterling with a leg trip and splash for a near fall.

Sterling with a front face lock and Logan tags in and they hit a double suplex. Sterling tags in and they are sent into each other by Jordan and he hits a double clothesline. Knight tags in and connects with chops and a European uppercut. Knight with a drop kick and he gets a near fall. Knight with a slam and he gets a near fall. Knight sends Logan into the turnbuckles and Clearwater tags in. They hit a double back elbow and Clearwater gets a near fall.

Clearwater with a forearm to the back and a suplex for a near fall. Clearwater with a boot to the back and a spinning belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Clearwater with forearms and an Irish whip. Jordan misses a forearm in the corner and Sterling tags in and hits a back elbow on Knight followed by clotheslines to Jordan and Knight. Sterling kicks Knight out of the corner.

Sterling with a leg drop and then he drops Clearwater on the apron. Logan with a suicide dive onto Clearwater on the floor. Knight with a rollup to Sterling for a near fall. Knight with kicks and forearms. Knight with European uppercuts. Sterling with kicks and then he hits an assisted DDT for the three count.

Winners: Logan Riegel and Sterling Riegel

Kevin Kelly is with Brody King.

Kevin asks why does Brody think JR Kratos singled him out. Brody says he respects that Kratos came after the biggest man for a fight but you are not going to make your name off me.

Match Number Two: Brody King versus JR Kratos

They exchange forearms as the bell rings. Kratos with a punch and kick. Kratos slaps King and sends him into the turnbuckles. Kratos with a kick but King with punches and chops. Kratos with a forearm. Kratos with a punch and hot shot. Kratos kicks King in the ribs. Kratos with a hard Irish whip and he slaps King in the corner. King with a punch. Kratos wih kicks and punches followed by an elbow. King with an Irish whip but he misses a splash.

Kratos with a flying boot for a near fall. Kratos chokes King in the ropes. Kratos with an Irish whip and King has a kick blocked. Kratos kicks King in the corner and then he works on the neck by standing on King’s head. Kratos with a chop. King with an Irish whip and clothesline. Kratos misses a boot in the corner and King with a side slam for a near fall.

King with a forearm and Kratos with a punch. King with a forearm and Kratos with a clothesline and both men are down. Kratos with a forearm and King fires back. They go back and forth with forearms and chops. King with the advantage and then Kratos with a punch and knees. Kratos with a forearm into the corner but King with an exploder into the turnbuckles.

King with a cannonball into the corner for a near fall. King with a chop. Kratos catches King on a cross body attempt and he slams King. Kratos with a suplex for a near fall. King kicks Kratos and King with a German suplex. King with a clothesline for a near fall. King signals it is over but Kratosi with a jumping knee. King with elbows and short arm clotheslines and then he hits a clothesline for the three count.

Winner: Brody King

We go to the cleaning and disinfecting break.

Match Number Three: Ren Narita versus Bateman

They lock up and Bateman with a front face lock but Narita escapes. Narita with a kick to the leg. They lock up and Bateman with a wrist lock and take down. Bateman with a hammer lock. Narita with a waist lock and Bateman with a wrist lock. Narita with a reversal. Bateman with a waist lock and Narita escapes. They lock up and Narita backs Bateman into the corner and gives a clean break.

They lock up and Narita with a side head lock. Narita holds on when Bateman tries to send him off the ropes. Narita with a head lock take down. Bateman with a head scissors and Narita with a headstand to escape and he applies a side head lock. Narita with a snap mare and reverse chin lock. Narita turns it into a rear chin lock and a figure four head scissors. Bateman rakes the face and hits Narita in the back of the neck and then connects with a forearm to the back of the neck.

Bateman with a forearm and chop. Bateman with a forearm and Narita fires back. Narita with forearms and kicks that sends Bateman into the ropes. The referee tries to pull Narita off Bateman and Bateman with a forearm to the throat for a near fall. Bateman rakes the face and then connects with an elbow to the head and gets a near fall. Bateman with forearms and chops followed by a snap mare and rear chin lock.

Bateman kicks Narita and Narita wants more. Bateman with chops and forearms. Narita with forearms that force Bateman to the apron. Bateman drops Narita on the top rope. Bateman gets a near fall. Bateman chokes Narita. Bateman with a side slam and forearms. Bateman with chops. Narita with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex and an elbow in the corner. Narita with a butterfly suplex for a near fall. Narita with a side Russian leg sweep and then he works on the legs. Bateman gets to the ropes to force a break.

Narita with kicks to the leg and Bateman with a boot to the head. Bateman slams Narita face first into the mat and gets a near fall. Narita with a waist lock and Bateman with an elbow and clothesline for a near fall. Bateman with a suplex into a driver for a near fall. Bateman throws his elbow pad at Narita and connects with forearms. Narita with forearms as they go back and forth.Narta with a hammer lock into an abdominal stretch but Bateman gets to the ropes.

Narita with a German suplex for a near fall. Narita goes for a Cloverleaf and locks it in. Bateman taps out.

Winner: Ren Narita

After the match, Narita is in the back and says that he won but I’m still not satisfied.

Alex and Kevin talk about Ren Narita’s victory over Bateman and what it means.

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