ROH 377 – War Of The Worlds 2015: Night 2 – 13th May 2015
I’m picking up this review more than two months after I watched Night One of this midweek ROH/NJPW double shot. I didn’t have too much against Night 1 at all in truth – it was a decent show with two really outstanding matches. The break was more caused by the general lack of interest I have in the entire Ring Of Honor "package" at the moment. The roster is as decent as it has been in a long time but I really do struggle to see past how predictable and uninspired the product is. Every show has the same pacing and formula, and when there are so many other promotions out there right now – with comparably strong rosters, delivering a style of wrestling that ROH helped to popularise (and now doing it far better than current ROH) – I really have struggled to motivate myself to watch this. But, I’m back and trying to look at ROH with a new attitude. I accept that Sinclair aren’t going to change how they run the company, and I accept that Delirious is either a) awful at his job or b) so bound up by corporate red tape and bureaucracy he has no choice. I can’t promise I’m not going to continue to be fiercely critical of the likes of Cheeseburger or Beer City Bruiser…but I am going to try to be more upbeat. ROH has until Final Battle to restore my faith in their product, otherwise I consider my future!
It was so long since I saw Night One I actually had to look up the results…not that I expect much of what happened yesterday to be ultra-relevant. Adam Cole is back, meaning a rejuvenated Kingdom is at full strength to take on the Bullet Club in the main event. Bobby Fish challenges Jay Briscoe for the World Title (for reasons I forget), whilst New Japan ace Hiroshi Tanahashi faces Roderick Strong in a midcard battle that could steal the show. Kevin Kelly and Steve Corino welcome us back to the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA for more cross-promotional, all NJPW’s top guys are protected, fun.
Takaaki Watanabe vs Adam Page
An interesting match that pits two up-and-comers from rival promotions who have rather been stuck treading water rather than starting to climb the card. It’s hard to deny that Page has really impressed since becoming a full member of The Decade though, which is why it remains a real shame he is persistently shoehorned into meaningless matches way down the card like this. Watanabe is still waiting for a performance which gives him any kind of connection with the ROH fanbase. He started well against Jay Lethal last night, but then sort of petered out. Is tonight his night or can Page sustain some of his recent growth with a win?
Watanabe starts at a much more circumspect pace than he did last night. It isn’t all his fault though, with Page retreating any time he hints at dishing out one of his big impactful suplexes. And it works for him too, as the pop when he finally does plant Page with a German is huge. Colby Corino breaks up the party by tripping Wata from the outside…so the New Japan man marches after him and hits a GERMAN SUPLEX ON THE FLOOR! Corino Jr. is obviously in pain but he has served his purpose and created a distraction for long enough to allow Page to take control of the match. That is until Watanabe muscles his opponent all the way over the top rope! Page flips out of the German suplex on the floor though…and after Colby pings Watanabe’s head off the apron his mentor scores with the SSP OFF THE APRON! Rite Of Passage blocked for Takaaki to land a flipping back superplex for 2. Colby makes his presence felt again and this time sends Wata backwards into the Rite Of Passage – giving Page a win at 09:23
Rating - ** - I thought this was better than Watanabe’s match with Lethal the night before. The pacing was far better here, and for the first time a Ring Of Honor crowd started to really get into him. Perhaps though, that is more to do with the lingering strength of The Decade brand as a heel force in the promotion than it is Watanabe’s wrestling. Page is extremely effective in the problematic ‘young veteran’ character he’s been given – and I thought he worked Colby into his act very professionally too. Constant interference can sometimes have a detrimental impact on how you are perceived by fans (hence Matt Taven’s TV Title run was a real bomb) but he managed it well here.
Watanabe vents his frustration by beating up Colby Corino again.
Michael Elgin vs Kushida
These two had contrasting fortunes the previous evening. Kushida came close to stealing the show in a hell of a contest with Roderick Strong, whilst Michael Elgin produced a spectacular disappointment in his match against Tetsuya Naito. Kushida seems like the perfect opponent for Elgin. The Canadian's plodding, morose, no-nonsense heel act can he quite a buzzkill if the match is just a little bit off – but everything Kushida does is laced with a sense of urgency and fun. He’ll be less concerned with how he gels with Unbreakable as an opponent – he’ll want to pick want to pick up a victory. He is representing New Japan here, and started his weekend with a high profile loss. The office will expect a strong rebound…
Kushida flips Elgin off rather than shake his hand…and is roundly applauded for his refusal to follow the Code Of Honor. Philly follows it up with a rousing ‘f*ck you Elgin’ chant. Apparently Elgin has been ‘amassing quite the streak’ in 2015 (according to Kevin Kelly) – which is news to me as I’m struggling to remember him doing anything too significant. He announces himself on this match at least by catching Kushida in mid-air for a GUARDRAIL POWERBOMB! He smashes into him again with a powerslam seconds later to counter another attempted dive – continuing to cut off any kind of momentum Kushida looks to build. Next Kushi looks for a hurricanrana and gets caught into a slam dunk of a sideslam. The Time Splitter safely escapes a Buckle Bomb, then a pumping dead-lift suplex and smartly looks to counteract Elgin’s strength by snapping the arm in the ropes. He instantly does enough damage to land a moonsault…and tries to snap the arm completely with a cross armbreaker. Tajiri-style handspring kick lands, but Kushida gets snared trying a frankensteiner…and planted with a Death Valley bomb off the ropes! Elgin leaves the ring…only for Kushida to fly out after him with a SOMERSAULT SENTON TO THE FLOOR! Unbreakable fights his way out of a Kimura, and they trade some decidedly average strikes. Elgin has seen one Tajiri kick too many and POWERBOMBS THE SH*T OUT OF KUSHIDA! BACK FIST! ELGIN BOMB! He wins at 14:36
Rating - *** - I enjoyed this. Then again, Kushida is always fun to watch and I’m a bigger fan of grumpy heel Elgin than most. I can't pretend this was the most exciting wrestling match you’ll ever see, and for a second night running it felt like Elgin was sponging all the energy and enthusiasm out of his usually-excitable opponent. BUT the story they were going for worked perfectly here. Kushida kept trying big, bold, flashy moves…and was duly decimated by Elgin every time he did. He went after the arm, giving him a window to hit that big dive to the floor – which in turn nearly afforded him an opportunity to win the match with a Kimura. In the end he tried one spectacular move too many and was smashed into a dozen pieces by the grouchy former ROH Champion.
Kyle O’Reilly vs Tetsuya Naito
On paper this looks like one of the most exciting matches on the entire card. O’Reilly is crisp, precise and technically superb…Naito is fast, confident and traditionally makes a great opponent for guys like Kyle who can reel in his sometimes-aimless style. With New Japan now 0-2 on the night, there is an added element of pressure on Naito too. He at least comes in with some confidence having defeated Michael Elgin at Night One yesterday.
O’Reilly poking Naito in his eyes as he does his goofy pose gets a laugh out of the live audience…but it’s Naito who has the last chuckle as he does the same right back to Kyle when he takes too long to celebrate. Kick to the head by O’Reilly next, only for Naito to retort with a sliding dropkick to the side of the head. Almost five minutes in and these two cannot be separated. Ode to Nigel hammerlock DDT gets 2 for the reDRagon member and signals the start of an attack on Naito’s arm. Within minutes the man from New Japan is supposedly struggling with an arm injury…not that you’d know it as he uses the bad arm to propel himself to the top rope for a flying missile dropkick. Kyle beats him back with strikes and grabs at the bad arm again to hit the rolling butterflies into Arm-ageddon! Naito has no interest in selling any of O’Reilly’s sh*t by the way. He escapes that hold like it was nothing then easily slingshots into a corner dropkick. German suplex by Naito…followed by a dragon suplex to counter the Jawbreaker Lariat. Hanging armbreaker in the ropes by O’Reilly! Axe & Smash…no sold! Heel kick! No sold! JAWBREAKER LARIAT! BRAINBUSTER! ARM-AGEDDON! LEBELL LOCK! And again Naito escapes like it’s the easiest thing in the world. Regalplex blocked with an enziguri then the Gloria Slam for 2. He then starts waving arms around and posing…before scaling the ropes and landing the Stardust Press for the win at 17:54
Rating - *** - Kyle pretty much earned the 3* rating I’ve given this one by himself. Naito might be popular with US fans who don’t get many chances to see him live, but he really hasn’t gone travelled to America this week to do much work. He looked lethargic and uninterested against Elgin yesterday, and here he showed absolutely zero interest in making O’Reilly look good. He sold nothing, postured to the fans, hit a few spots then went to the back presumably looking for a paycheck and his travel arrangements out of Philadelphia. He was awful, but O’Reilly was great and did just about enough to wrestle an actual match whenever Naito wasn’t being ridiculous and/or lazy.
Jushin Liger vs Mark Briscoe vs Shinsuke Nakamura vs Jay Lethal
Nakamura gets an insane pop, and is easily the most over star on the show. In contrast Briscoe and Lethal barely get more than polite applause for their entrances. Jay Lethal has something of a tough challenge awaiting him, standing across the ring from three very popular babyface acts. As reigning TV Champion he’ll know he needs to at least avoid defeat to prevent a seriously high profile contender potentially earning a title shot. I’m sure he wouldn’t fancy defending his precious championship against Nakamura for instance…
Liger and Briscoe start…with Mark almost immediately getting violently back dropped right over the top rope by the veteran. Lethal forces his way in next, keen to renew hostilities with Liger following their awesome little match at WrestleMania weekend this year. He soon scurries back to the ropes as Jushin preps the Shotei. Nakamura prances in and kicks Lethal REALLY hard. He hasn’t done as much homework as Liger though, and falls victim to the hiptoss/dropkick combo. Mark provides one of my favourite moments of the show so far as he tags in and trades off strikes and weird dance moves with Nakamura. The TV Champion misses a quebrada on Naka and is punished with a knee to the midsection – resulting in the first really significant nearfall of the match. He then plants Jay on his face to counter the Lethal Injection as thing start to break down. TOPE HATTRICK by Lethal, into Hail To The King for 2. GERMAN SUPLEX from Mark to Lethal…only for Nak to kick him in the head as he sets up for the Cactus Elbow. BOMAYE on Liger! Nakamura wins at 12:45
Rating - *** - I nearly went 2* on this, but in the spirit of trying to adopt a more positive mindset I was generous. In all fairness, whilst this was undeniably vapid it was also quite entertaining. Nakamura’s presence basically carried the entire match, but it was also enjoyable watching the blossoming heel talents of Jay Lethal interact with his various opponents. I liked that the finish also involved Mark and Lethal brawling to the back, effectively continuing to lay foundations for the much-anticipated Briscoe/Lethal World vs TV Title showdown we are building towards…
Cheeseburger is here to bring ruin the show with his presence…and as if that wasn’t bad enough he can’t even give away some free merch without Brutal Bob assaulting him. It’s embarrassing that this ‘feud’ is getting any kind of airtime…
Roderick Strong vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
But for the brilliance of Styles/Cole, Roddy would have stolen the show last night with his electrifying undercard battle against Kushida. That performance typifies just how good ‘Mr ROH’ has been so far in 2015. This, however, will rank with his MOTYC against Alberto El Patron as one of his toughest tests of the entire year. The ace of New Japan, and one of their most successful performers of all time, is his opponent this evening. Tanahashi was reportedly struggling with injury during the 2014 tour (and still produced a pretty decent match against Mike Bennett against a backdrop of a lot of internet smark hate)…and rumour has it is looking to make up for not being 100% last time by bringing his very best to the United States this year.
Strong looks to be quicker than Tanahashi, and smirks as he proves it by getting the better of their opening exchange. Tana quickly realises he can’t grapple with Mr ROH and instantly switches approach to spring off the ropes into a crossbody block. In response Strong goes right after Tanahashi’s permanently-injured back. He takes him down with the Olympic Slam then goes straight into a battery of backbreakers and strikes to the spine. Tanahashi retaliates with a running elbow…and out of nowhere Strong is POURING blood. Uber-PG ROH must be hating this! Tiger Hattori completely ignores Kevin Kelly and Steve Corino trying to give him a towel to clean Roddy up with and soon gets streaks of Strong’s blood on his own face it flies during another ferocious exchange between the two competitors. Superplex blocked by Tanahashi but he struggles down from the top rope and is clearly struggling with the back now. CRADLE BACKBREAKER by Strong! Todd Sinclair is buzzing around ringside now, having obviously been told by officials to clean Roderick up. An irate Mr ROH towels his forehead then turns to put the New Japan Ace into a STRONGHOLD! Tanahashi escapes! BACK SUPLEX ON THE APRON! Gibson Driver blocked…and Tanahashi dropkicks the leg as Roddy looks for the Sick Kick. DEATH BY RODERICK…COUNTERED TO THE CLOVERLEAF! Roderick somehow escapes that. HIGH FLY FLOW COUNTERED WITH A MID-AIR DROPKICK! BOTH MEN DOWN! SUPERPLEX! DEATH BY RODERICK! SICK KICK! TANAHASHI KICKS OUT! End Of Heartache blocked into a bridging German suplex…except Tana can’t hold the bridge so they both collapse in a heap. The Sling Blade floors a weary Roderick, as he starts to succumb to fatigue and blood-loss. HIGH FLY FLOW! Tanahashi scores the victory at 16:53
Rating - **** - What an absolutely phenomenal double header of performances Roderick Strong has produced in Philadelphia this week. The match with Kushida was slick, polished and frenetic. Perhaps this wasn’t as smooth – but it did deliver drama in spades. I don’t necessarily like it as a fan, but I do see the logic in preventing wrestlers from blading. However, that does mean that on the rare occasions when a wrestler gets cut during a contest it inexorably adds levity to the action. This is the first bout on the show this evening which has been even remotely memorable…and the head wound suffered by Strong kickstarted that. It positioned him even more firmly as an admirable underdog. You had the plucky Ring Of Honor veteran, so long starved of the mainstream spotlight when so many of his early/mid-00’s indy-scene contemporaries have gone onto achieve major honours…going up against one of the biggest names in worldwide pro-wrestling. As soon as Roderick started battling an injury on top of such a major star he was crazily over as a sympathetic babyface. They also had natural chemistry as opponents based on Tana’s back injuries and Roddy’s taste for breaking backs Together they produced what I expect to be one of the most memorable encounters of the entire tour.
The Addiction vs Kazuchika Okada/Gedo
Daniels and Kazarian are the reigning ROH Tag Champions and had only recently turned heel at this point, so they are still getting weird reactions from the fans. Obviously their belts aren’t on the line here, but they’ll know they are very much in the shop window for future bookings and tours with New Japan if they are able to defeat arguably NJPW’s hottest star and their lead booker…
Gedo knows a villain when he sees one, and duly encourages his protégé Okada not to shake hands with his opponents. Watching him run through classic heel tricks on The Addiction, as they try to get over as the heels themselves is a lot of fun. Which is lucky as the vast majority of the first five minutes is spent with him doing that…until the Tag Champions finally manage to lock him down for a few double teams. The Addiction spend the next several minutes working the veteran (even more of a veteran than Daniels and Kaz themselves!) over…which means that by the time we approach the ten minute mark the extent of Okada’s involvement has been a couple of kicks and a lecture from Chris Daniels on how he ‘built’ Ring Of Honor. Red Shoes Ref sees almost as much action as the Rainmaker in fact. Okada finally does get the hot tag and quickly dropkicks the Fallen Angel off the top rope. Reverse Neckbreaker on Kazarian gets 2. Gedo gets another tag, which almost guarantees Addiction are winning this since Okada can’t job but would obviously score the win if Chaos were the scheduled victors. BME misses…but The Addiction hit Total Elimination on Okada. Celebrity Rehab on Gedo, and sure enough it’s Daniels and Frankie who get the win at 11:47
Rating - ** - Okada might be one of the biggest names on the tour, but that doesn’t prevent him from having one of the worst matches on the show this evening. He barely broke a sweat in the main event yesterday, so it was probably predictable that he’d put in almost zero effort in a paltry midcard tag tonight. He wrestled for less than a minute total in this match, which is a real shame considering he was the most over worker in it. Daniels, Kazarian and Gedo brought some workrate, but when your star player sits on the sidelines with his feet up taking a night off you aren’t ever going to accomplish much. And therein lies the problem with these joint ROH/NJPW tours. For the live fans it’s a thrill seeing these big names. But there is no value in any of their matches since they just aren’t interested in working hard, they don’t job, and all of ROH’s home talents are made to look worse for it.
Daniels does the honours and takes the obligatory post-match Rainmaker so fans don’t get pissed off.
Jay Briscoe vs Bobby Fish – ROH World Title Match
I’ve got a bad feeling about this one. Not that I don’t like both talents, but there just isn’t any kind of concrete reason for Fish to get a title shot and I’m not sure how this will get over without fans having any motivation to get interested. Of course, the heat between reDRagon and the Briscoe Brothers goes back a long time. It was Jay and Mark that reDRagon defeated to claim their first ever ROH Tag Championship, and Fish is apparently the last man to score any kind of pinfall victory over Jay – more than three years ago. These guys are in a tough spot on the card, with a potentially heat-less, title match going on after Strong and Tanahashi have stolen the show and after Okada has popped the live crowd, and we all know who is leaving with the belt. Do they have the wherewithal and wrestling skill to pull a metaphorical rabbit out of a hat right now?
Fish is genuinely one of the biggest babyfaces on the show tonight…to the extent that there are portions of the crowd chanting ‘F*ck You Briscoe’. The commentators talk about Jay needing to make this a brawl if he is to be successful and it is clear Bobby thinks that too. He is defensive, he covers up and he evidently looks to survive the first few minutes so that he can make his wrestling skill and martial arts prowess a factor in the contest. It works as he gradually starts landing strikes and working assorted submissions…dispersed amongst rough-house tactics from Briscoe like the turnbuckle flatliner. Fish is carrying a knee injury (I believe that was touched upon during Night One too) which is slowing him down…so quite sensibly he starts attacking the champ’s knee to put them on an even playing field. He scores a nearfall with a turnbuckle exploder, but the real success of that hold was wrapping the injured knee around the buckles. In an AWESOME moment, Bobby swings a kick at the bad leg, Jay jumps it but comes down SELLING THE LEG…only to get kicked from behind and tumble to the floor anyway! Rude Awakening countered to the Samoan Drop for 2! The challenger looks for his avalanche Falcon Arrow, then viciously kicks the leg again when Jay counters it to a top rope gourdbuster. SUPER DRAGON SCREW! Falcon Arrow…FISH HOOK! That submission cranks the pressure on the leg injury and takes Briscoe perilously close to tapping out. Fish misses a diving headbutt and gets dropped on his neck with the Rude Awakening. Can Briscoe get his opponent up for the Jay Driller? JAY DRILLER NAILED…FOR 2! Was the impact weakened due to his injury? Fish is disorientated and crawls for cover…straight into a LEG-SELLING DVD ON THE APRON! LIMPING JAY DRILLER! Briscoe retains at a shockingly great 17:06
Rating - **** - I openly stated how much I was concerned about this one during my introduction, so it should be very clear how shocked I was by this. The hot crowd (which I wasn’t expecting) really helped, but I absolutely loved the story they told as well. I was expecting another plodding, brawl-centric Briscoe ‘tough man’ title defence…and this was anything but. Fish played the cerebral opponent to a caveman brawler perfectly – dodging the early offence then picking holes in his lumbering opponent before he had a chance to respond. And whilst he didn’t always do it perfectly, Jay’s work selling the leg injury was, at times, completely phenomenal. This has to go down as one of Briscoe’s best title defences.
Moose comes out under the encouragement of Veda Scott and gets into Jay’s face, only to be talked down by Stokely Hathaway. Veda sends him back in to take Briscoe out with the Rolling Spear. Tellingly, it is Veda who then poses with the title belt – not Moose. Stokely eventually gives the belt back to Jay, in front of a crowd who doesn’t care and just wants to get to the Young Bucks match…
Adam Cole/Michael Bennett/Matt Taven vs AJ Styles/Young Bucks
It is Bullet Club vs The Kingdom in the main event, and it should be extremely heated. Adam Cole returned to action last night in an MOTYC with AJ Styles and will be looking to avenge that loss tonight. Keen observers will also be looking for signs of friction within his relationship with Bennett and Taven – who appeared to thrive whilst he was out injured and currently hold the IWGP Tag Titles. They also hold a win over the Young Bucks, which is a wrong the Jackson boys will be desperate to right this evening…
The Kingdom have matching gear, matching hoodies and warmly hug in the middle of the ring to erase any doubts over the solidarity of their group. Meanwhile Nick Jackson REALLY wants one of them to ‘suck it’. Styles gets crazy hangtime on a flying crossbody to Taven amidst an exceptionally hot start for the Bullet Club. Adam Cole tries to make friends with the Bucks and points out that they are in Mount Rushmore together in PWG…but AJ cuts that off and boots his opponent from last night in the gut. Bennett and Taven then bicker about whether Cole is better friends with them or the Bucks…and get their answer with TRIPLE SUPERKICKS on the Jacksons! Matt is isolated with The Kingdom, and is in serious trouble after Cole counters an attempted superkick into the Figure 4. Superkick/Spear combo by Cole and Bennett gets 2 (‘but that was Edge’s move!!’ – Bennett). SUPERKICK ON TAVEN! SPRINGBOARD SOMERSAULT PLANCHA TO THE FLOOR BY NICK! TORNADO DDT OFF THE APRON! SPRINGBOARD ELBOW BY STYLES! SPRINGBOARD SOMERSAULT SENTON GETS 2! Mike blocks the Styles Clash then hoists Matt up for a backpack stunner – leaving that particular Young Buck in the path of Cole’s Shining Wizard for 2. TRIPLE SUPERKICK leaves The Kingdom on the cusp of victory. PANAMA CITY DESTROYER! NICK SAVES! PHENOM DDT ON COLE! FOUR-WAY SUPERKICK DUEL BETWEEN EVERYONE ELSE! ALL SIX MEN DOWN! Adam Cole begs for some Mount Rushmore mercy for the second time in the match…and uses Matt’s hesitance to pole him in the eyes. SO MATT BACK DROPS HIM INTO HOLLOW POINT! POP-UP MORE BANG FOR YOUR F*CK! STYLES CLASH! COLE IS DEAD! But Bennett drags the referee out before he can count it! EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER’S ON BENNETT! Taven rescues Maria from a Styles Clash…and in the mayhem the ref misses Bennett give Matt a low blow. SPIKE PILEDRIVER! This time Styles pulls the ref out to prevent a pin! STEREO MOONSAULTS OFF THE APRON BY AJ AND NICK! Cole is the last man standing…and spits in Styles’ face. PELE KICK/EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER’S COMBO NAILED! TRIPLE F*CKING SUPERKICK ON MARIA! HOLY SH*T! Taven somehow stops the Bullet Club delivering a Meltzer Driver to finish it off, before Bennett sneaks in to lay out Matt with one of the IWGP Tag belts. An unconscious Cole lands on top of Matt and gets the win at 18:56
Rating - **** - I know the Young Bucks have a style which some people just don’t like, so regardless of what I say here there will be a proportion of wrestling fans who just won’t like this match. To everyone else, all I can say is that this match was as downright FUN as Ring Of Honor has gotten in a long time. I’m not sure whether they would take this as a compliment or a criticism, but this felt like a PWG match in an ROH ring. The most engaging part about it was that you effectively had two groups of dickheads, trying to out-do each other in the asshole stakes. From Bennett doing WWE moves, to the Young Bucks demanding everyone suck it, to everything Adam Cole did – this worked because you had six giant egos in the ring. There were two huge false finishes which I loved, the BRUTAL Maria Kanellis superkick spot…and heaps of the kind of carnage you’d expect from this group. Had they thrown a better finish on the end – a belt shot after everything that came before it felt very flat – I could potentially have gone even higher on my rating.
Tape Rating - *** - On the face of it, a 3* rating for a totally solid card featuring three standout 4* matches could perhaps seem a tad harsh, but I think that this rating is a fair reflection of what this show has to offer. Yes Strong/Tanahashi, Briscoe/Fish and Bullet Club/Kingdom are extremely good, and yes very little else on the show is actively bad. But to long-time ROH (or even New Japan) viewers, outside of those three matches I don’t see what this show merits. There isn’t much re-watch value in Kyle O’Reilly busting his hump whilst Naito flounces around. The live fans liked it, but is watching Okada get paid to do literally nothing fun to watch on DVD/VOD? Hell, even Tanahashi didn’t exactly bring his working boots – he just happened to be in the ring with Roderick Strong during his career-best year. I think a 3* rating fairly reflects that there are three really strong matches on this 3-hour DVD…but surrounded by a whole lot of decent, but completely unremarkable filler. If you’re torn between which War Of The Worlds 2015 show to get – Night 1 had the better matches (I liked Kushida/Strong and Styles/Cole more than anything on this show), but this was a more consistent top-to-bottom line-up. Take your pick…
Top 3 Matches
3) Jay Briscoe vs Bobby Fish (****)
2) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Roderick Strong (****)
1) Adam Cole/Michael Bennett/Matt Taven vs AJ Styles/Young Bucks (****)
Top 5 War Of The Worlds 2015 Matches
5) Jay Briscoe vs Bobby Fish (**** - Night 2)
4) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Roderick Strong (**** - Night 2)
3) Adam Cole/Michael Bennett/Matt Taven vs AJ Styles/Young Bucks (**** - Night 2)
2) Roderick Strong vs Kushida (**** - Night 1)
1) AJ Styles vs Adam Cole (****1/2 - Night 1)