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Match Number One: Jonathan Gresham versus Alex Coughlin
They shake hands at the start of the match and then they lock up. Gresham with a side head lock take down and Alex with a head scissors. Gresham escapes. Alex with a side head lock take down and Gresham with a head scissors and Alex escapes. They lock up and Alex backs Gresham into the corner but the referee forces them to break. Alex pushes Gresham and then they go to a Greco Roman Knuckle Lock. Gresham with a side head lock take down.
Gresham holds on when Alex tries to send him off the ropes. Gresham with a neck breaker and he gets a near fall. Gresham with a side head lock. Gresham gets a near fall. Gresham works on the wrist and he gets a near fall. Gresham with a crucifix for a near fall. Gresham with a side head lock take down for a near fall. Alex backs Gresham into the ropes and Gresham with a side head lock take down and he gets a near fall.
Gresham with a few more side head lock take downs and he gets a near fall. Alex tries for a head scissors but Gresham blocks it. Alex finally gets the head scissors applied. Gresham escapes and he returns to the side head lock. Alex with a head scissors. Gresham with a head stand and Alex blocks it and gets Gresham on his shoulders. Alex with a gutwrench and then he turns it into a suplex.
Alex with a bear hug and Gresham boxes the ears to escape. Alex returns to the bear hug and Gresham boxes the ears but Alex holds on. Gresham with a side head lock and Alex blocks the take down. Gresham with a lateral press and rollup for a near fall. Alex with a shoulder tackle and then he catches Gresham on a leap frog and applies a bear hug.
Alex with a waist lock. Alex takes Gresham to the mat and Gresham is able to get to the ropes. They go to a Greco Roman Knuckle Lock again and Alex with the advantage and he keeps sending Gresham to his knees before getting a series of near falls. Gresham gains the advantage. Alex goes for a back slide and he gets a near fall. Alex and Gresham alternate near falls in an inside crale and they roll around the ring until Gresham gets a near fall. Gresham with a rana but Alex rolls through and then they go back and forth with near falls.
Gresham with a side head lock take down and Alex with a head scissors. Alex with a side head lock take down and Gresham with a head scissors and Alex tries to escape but Gresham with an inside cradle for the three count.
Winner: Jonathan Gresham
After the match, Gresham offers his hand and Coughlin has some words for him. Gresham offers his hand again and Coughlin shakes it.
Match Number Two: Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, Danny Limelight, Royce Isaacs, and Jorel Nelson versus Rocky Romero, Fred Rosser, Karl Fredericks, DKC, and Ren Narita
Rosser and his teammates enter the ring and go after Team Filthy.
Everyone pairs up and Rosser and Lawlor remain in the ring as the match starts. They exchange forearms and Rosser sends Lawlor into the corner and punches him. Rosser chokes Lawlor with his shirt and throws it at Lawlor. Kratos with a clothesline and Lawlor throws the shirt back at Rosser. Lawlor chokes Rosser and punches him. Team Filthy comes into the ring to pose while Lawlor continues with the punches.
Lawlor with a chop and forearms. Kratos tags in and he punches Rosser. Kratos sends Rosser into the turnbuckles and connects with a forearm. Kratos with an Irish whip and forearm into the corner followed by a discus clothesline. Kratos with a gutwrench suplex for a near fall. Limelight tags in and so does Nelson. Nelson with a knee and Isaacs with a German suplex. Limelight is lifted in the air and hits a double stomp. Isaacs gets a near fall. Rosser fights his way out of the corner and punches Isaacs and follows with a clothesline. Isaacs grabs Rosser’s leg and Lawlor, Nelson, and Limelight knock Rosser’s partners off the apron. Rosser is sent to the floor and Kratos kicks Rosser.
Kratos tries for a dead lift suplex but Rosser blocks it and sends Kratos into the turnbuckles. Rosser clotheslines Nelson and Isaacs and then he sends Limelight into Kratos with a back body drop. Rosser with a boot to Lawlor and a double knee gutbuster on the floor. Rosser gets back into the ring and he tags in Narita. Narita with forearms to Isaacs followed by an Irish whip and knee. Narita with a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. Nelson with a kick to Narita but DKC with a leg lariat to Nelson. DKC with chops to Isaacs and a back fist.
Narita with an overhead belly-to-belly throw for a near fall. Karl tags in and DKC with a clothesline into the corner followed by a back elbow from Narita, Karl with an elbow, and Romero with a running hip into the corner. Karl with an elbow drop and DKC with a forearm for a near fall. Limelight is sent to the floor. Karl with a front face lock to Isaacs but Isaacs with a pop up knee. Limelight tags in and they exchange forearms. Karl with a European uppercut but Limelight with a back heel kick. Karl with a spinebuster to Limelight.
Romero tags in and he chops Limelight and follows with forearms and more chops. Romero with a punch and he sets for a Shiranui but Limelight sends Romero into the turnbuckles and hits a half and half suplex. DKC with a Crucifix Bomb to Limelight. DKC with forearms to Nelson but he misses a round kick. Nelson with a power bomb. Narita with a snap mare and kick. Isaacs with a kick and Saito suplex to Narita. Karl and Isaacs exchange forearms and then he hits a back breaker.
Karl with a knee to Lawlor but Lawlor with an Olympic Slam. Rosser with a spear and punches to Lawlor. Lawlor and Rosser exchange punches . Lawlor with forearms and Rosser with a punch and head butts that stagger Lawlor and send him to the mat. Lawlor begs for mercy and then he sends Rosser into the ropes. Lawlor goes for a head and arm choke but Rosser escapes and hits clotheslines to the back of the head and chest.
Kratos comes up behind and Rosser with kicks and a clothesline that sends Kratos over the top rope to the floor. Lawlor with a rear naked choke and Romero tries to break up the hold. Romero with punches and Lawlor tells Romero something not very nice. Romero with an enzuigiri and clothesline. Limelight kicks Romero and connects with forearms. Romero blocks a tornado DDT from Limelight and hits a Falcon Arrow into a cross arm breaker. Before Limelight can tap out a masked man comes into the ring and hits Romero with a pipe.
Winners: Fred Rosser, Rocky Romero, Ren Narita, DKC, and Karl Fredericks (by disqualification)
After the match, the masked man hits Romero again with the pipe. He takes off his hood and reveals a Black Tiger mask. He hits a tombstone piledriver on Romero. Lawlor holds Rosser while Black Tiger hits Rosser in the back with the pipe and Kratos chokes Rosser with the pipe.
Lawlor takes the mic and he say a piece of s*** like this doesn’t know real fighters when they see them.
Lawlor encourages the crowd to continue to chant “Shut the F*** Up”.
He says the reason you are cheering for me to shut up is because I have the belt, I have the power, and I get to talk. I’m sick and tired of Rocky Romero getting his ass Soundclouded into the ring. He is sick of Darren talking about how far he has come over the last few years. This is nothing that can keep Black Tiger out of the ring. Your past is coming to haunt you and to end you. As for you Darren . . .
The crowd corrects Tom on his name.
Tom says he is going to introduce the next loser against the Strong Openweight Champion at Detonation . . . DARREN.
We go to the back for more comments from Team Filthy.
Kratos says not today Philly. He tells Philly “F*** you”. Tom says he is not alone and he brings in Black Tiger. Tom says the sponsors paid good money to bring in Black Tiger back from the past. Tom says he is sick and tired of Rocky Romero holding people down. Team Filthy has been carrying things. Danny tells Rocky to stay out of their business. Isaacs says it doesn’t matter if it is Rocky or Darren, they are going to take care of business.
Tom tells Darren that he heard his comments. He says that Tom is not man enough to come to his house and beat him up in front of his children. He says he has been looking for the person who will bury him and it is not Darren. You are not going to step to me and do a damn thing. I will still be living and I will still be champion. You won’t be s*** and you will be the same man no one cared about five years ago.
We go to Cleaning and Disinfection Break.
Gabriel Kidd makes his way to the ring.
Kidd takes a mic and he says he will be in Riverside at Detonation. He says he doesn’t have an opponent yet, but for the record, he says that Jonathan Gresham had a very good match tonight against Alex Coughlin. Kidd says he doesn’t know if Gresham will be in Riverside, but he is here tonight and Kidd wants Gresham to come to the ring.
Jonathan Gresham makes his way to the ring.
Kidd says before Gresham says anything, he wants to tell Gresham as a professional wrestler, he has a lot of respect for Gresham. He respects what Gresham has done with the Pure Division in Ring of Honor, but if you think you can outwrestle a British Wrestler, you will have to watch some more Steve Grey tapes. He challenges Gresham to a match in Riverside.
Gresham says that he has no idea who Gabriel is. It is not an insult, it is because he has not been following New Japan. He was impressed with Alex and what he will do. If you are Alex’s training partner, you are as good or better than him. I will accept your challenge. I will leave all of you with this. For so many years, nobody wanted to give me opportunities because of what I look like. I have trained in dojos around the world to become one of the best wrestlers in the world. I have wrestled legends. I have wrestled the best. Come LA, you will step in the ring with the best pure professional wrestler in the world. Gresham wishes Kidd luck.
Gresham and Kidd shake hands.
Kidd says he has one more thing to say. If anyone in this room, it’s been a hard year and a half. If you are going through anything, don’t do it alone. If you need to speak to someone, speak to someone.
Match Number Three: Chris Dickinson, Brody King, and Daniel Garcia versus Bateman, Barrett Brown, and Misterioso
Brown and Dickinson start things off and Brown has some words for Dickinson and pie faces him. Brown with a side head lock and shoulder tackle but Dickinson with a shoulder tackle. Garcia tags in and they hit a double drop toe hold followed by a double drop kick. Brown misses a spinning back fist and Garcia with a snap mare and straitjacket choke followed by a knee to the back and then he stretches Brown over his knees. King tags in and he kicks Brown.
Brown with forearms and King chops Brown to the mat. King with a slam and Bateman with a knee to the back and Bateman drops King on the top rope followed by a drop kick from Brown. Misterioso tags in and hits a head scissors. Misterioso with a series of thrust kicks and hen goes after Garcia and Dickinson on the apron. Misterioso goes for a quebrada but King moves so Misterioso hits a second moonsault for a near fall. Misterioso with a reverse chin lock. Brown tags in and then he tags in Bateman. Bateman with a punch and he gets King up for a slam but King escapes and Brown with a flying boot to Bateman.
Dickinson tags in and he runs through a clothesline and knocks Misterioso off the apron. Brown with a forearm to the back of the head.. Brown with a forearm and Dickinson with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker followed by a suplex. Dickinson with a clothesline to Bateman in the corner and then Dickinson goes up top and hits a missile drop kick for a near fall. Garcia tags in and connects with forearms and a knee. Garcia with an arm wringer and knee to the back of the head. Garcia with European uppercuts and then he connects with a series on Brown. Misterioso would not be left out and Garcia with more European uppercuts. Garcia with a back elbow to Brown followed by a back heel kick to Misterioso and a chop to Brown. Garcia chops Bateman and hits a Saito suplex for a near fall. Garcia sends Brown to the floor and Dickinson tags in and he kicks Bateman. King tags in and King with a reverse atomic drop and Dickinson with a drop kick. King with a Boston Crab and Garcia with a knee to the back of the neck. Misterioso kicks King but King does not release the hold. Dickinson with an STF to Misteroso. Garcia puts Brown in a Sharpshooter but Bateman gets to the ropes.
King goes for a Ganso Bomb but Bateman blocks it and hits a power slam for a near fall. King with a clothesline to Brown. King sends Brown to the floor with Splash Mountain onto everyone. Dickinson with a piledriver to Bateman while Garcia gives a piledriver to Brown. King with a Ganso Bomb to Misterioso for the three count.
Winners: Chris Dickinson, Brody King, and Daniel Garcia
Match Number Four: Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston versus Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki in a Philly Street Fight
Suzuki and Moxley have some words and they they push each other and the referee starts the match. They exchange punches as Kingston and Archer fight on the floor. Archer drops Moxley on the top rope and then hits him with a kendo stick and jams it under the jaw. Archer with more kendo stick shots to the back. Kingston chops Archer. Archer flips Kingston off and Kingston with a thumb to the eye and kendo stick shots. Kingston chokes Archer with the stick. Kingston sends Archer to the floor and he wants Suzuki. Suzuki comes into the ring and it is time for a cho exchange. Kingston tells Suzuki to hit him harder and he does. Kingston wants one more and Suzuki does it and it staggers Kingston. Kingston wants one more. Suzuki with a forearm.
Suzuki gets the kendo stick. He bows and then Kingston wants a time out. Suzuki decides to show some mercy but he doesn’t and hits Kingston. Moxley with punches and he bites Suzuki. Suzuki hits Moxley with a traffic cone and they fight to the back. Kingston and Archer are in the back as well and Kingston bites Archer and they fight onto the loading dock. Suzuki bites Moxley and Moxley uses a shopping cart. Moxley with a sleeper. Archer punches Moxley and holds him. Suzuki chokes Moxley with a cord. Archer lawn darts Moxley into a truck. Suzuki hits Moxley with a trash can lid and then he chokes Moxley with a chair. Kingston throws a cinder block at Archer but misses and it hits the wall. Suzuki, Archer, and Kingston return to the arena. Kingston hits Archer low with a kendo stick. Suzuki hits Kingston with the traffic cone and kendo stick.
Archer chokes Kingston. Suzuki goes for a Gotch Piledriver but Kingston blocks it. Archer chokes Kingston with the kendo stick and Suzuki swings for the fences when he hits Kingston. Suzuki with a cross arm breaker and Archer with an ankle lock. Moxley comes to the ring with a door. Moxley sends Suzuki into the ring post and Moxley with a suicide dive to Archer. Moxley takes a sign and there is a stop sign hidden. He hits Archer with it and then he puts it in the ring. Archer is sent back into the ring and Moxley with the kendo stick and he lifts Archer by the groin area.
Moxley sends Suzuki into the guardrails and Moxley brings the door into the ring and puts it against the turnbuckles. Moxley gets Archer up but Suzuki hits Moxley with the kendo stick. Kingston hits Suzuki and Archer hits Kingston. Moxley drop kicks Archer through the door. Moxley gets the trash can. Archer sets for a double choke slam and then Kingston and Moxley with clotheslines but Archer stays on his feet. Suzuki trips Moxley and Archer with a choke slam to Kingston. Kingston with a series of back fists and a DDT for a near fall.
Kingston chops Suzuki and Suzuki blocks an exploder. Suzuki with a front face lock and punch. Suzuki goes fo the piledriver but Moxley blocks it. Archer sends Moxley to the floor and then he puts Kingston on the turnbuckles. Archer is set to send Kingston to the mat but Suzuki puts the trash can and traffic cone down to help cushion the fall. Archer with Blackout for the three count.
Winners: Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki
After the match, Archer takes the mic.
Archer wants the cameraman to come onto the apron. He tells Eddie this is for all the times you cost me in my championship matches. This is for disrespecting Suzuki-san. I hope you are listening and can hear me. Next week, you’re not making it out of the first round in the Eliminator. Everybody dies. It starts with you and if Jon gets to the finals, I am sticking this up your ass.
Suzuki takes the mic and he tells Kingston he teaches him that Suzuki-Gun ichiban.
Suzuki hits Kingston in the chest with the microphone.
Moxley returns to the ring to check on Kingston.
Kingston has trouble getting back to his feet and he staggers around the ring. Kingston gets the mic and he says ‘F*** You Lance’.
We go to credits.
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