McXal's Reviews

Night Two of the Global Wars Espectacular Tour is arguably the centrepiece of the weekend. It takes place in what is traditionally one of ROH's strongest markets and features the only World Title Match of the tour. That will see Matt Taven defending against CMLL's Volador Jr. Rush meets Barbaro Cavernario in a match sure to excite CMLL fans, Joe Hendry meets Shane Taylor in a TV Title Proving Ground Match, we have an ROH vs CMLL trios bout pitting Lethal, Gresham and Cobb against Caristico, Stuka Jr. and Triton...and more chaos from warring factions Villain Enterprises and Lifeblood. Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman provide commentary from Chicago, IL.

We kick off with the second Top Prospect Tournament semi-final, with the winner of this advancing to meet Dak Draper in the final (at Death Before Dishonor Fallout). Caballero overcame Joe Keys in the first round, whilst Gunn - son of Billy 'Mr Ass' Gunn - defeated a pre-Mecca Brian Johnson.

It doesn't bode well for these two that Riccaboni and Coleman spend most of the entrance period talking about how good Dak Draper is. Gunn starts strongly, and channels his father to hit the hiptoss neckbreaker spot. Caballero retaliates with a big boot, after hot-shotting Austin into the turnbuckles with such force that he gets cut open. Brian Johnson invades commentary to bury Gunn and call himself the 'Top Prospect'. Dante hits a back suplex into the edge of the ring - but when he looks to be on top Gunn starts rattling off jabs and a tilta-whirl slam. He accidentally clobbers the referee in the corner, and Caballero slithers away and picks up his metal hip flask. He spits the contents at Gunn, who ducks meaning the referee gets showered - and misses a visible three-count. Kotaro Crusher version of the Fame Asser nailed, giving Gunn the win at 07:38

Rating - * - The nicest thing I can say about this is that Austin Gunn is uncannily good at hitting all his father's spots, with the exception of the Fame Asser (which looked terrible). Other than that, I never particularly engaged with their work here. Both seemed to want to work heel, neither seemed anything more than generic, the crowd (another small crowd in a big building for ROH) were silent - and other than Austin's Billy Gunn tribute act - the wrestling was totally unremarkable. And to cap it off they finished with a pointless and unnecessary ref bump. 

PJ and CMLL's Okumura have joined forces to fight a common enemy tonight. Silas' mentorship of Woods has lead 'The Goods' down a troubling path. He attacked lucha veterans Okumura and Felino in Atlanta, and caused problems for Black during his singles match with Young in Nashville too. But the tutelage of the Last Real Man is paying dividends too. Woods looks as confident in an ROH ring as we've ever seen, and last night he led the team to victory over Silas' former friends The Bouncers. Speaking of which, Bruiser and Milonas join commentary...

Woods and Okumura start, with the veteran backing his ability to go hold-for-hold with Josh on the canvas. He more than holds his own...but moments later Woods showcases his own ability as he steadfastly refuses to be out-witted or out-paced by the Darewolf. Young doesn't let Josh bask in the glory though, and instead orders him to tag out so he can get a piece of PJ once again. Black out-wrestles Young in their first exchange, so impressively that even Woods applauds him (much to Silas' irritation). He cheap-shots PJ, and starts arguing with Woods...meaning Black is able to escape and make a tag to Okumura. Dead-lift gutwrench suplex from Woods quickly drops him, with Silas quickly following up with the Anarchist Suplex. Killer Combo nailed on Oku, whilst Woods traps Black for the LEG CAPTURE German suplex. He forces Okumura to tap with a crucifix submission at 07:56

Rating - ** - Basic, but short enough that it didn't outstay its welcome. The dynamic between Silas and Woods continues to be entertaining, and really is the hook Josh has been searching for to finally get a foothold on the ROH roster. He has found his niche as the lovably enthusiastic, but slightly dimwitted babyface grappler - and it contrasts so well with the signature surliness of Young. To end on an unkind note, both Black and Okumura really looked their age here. There were points where they both moved incredibly slowly, leaving certain exchanges looking very awkward.

Josh shakes hands after the match, and his smile widens even more as The Bouncers come to the ring, trying to have the post-match toast that Silas Young bailed on in Dearborn. For the second time he refuses a toast...but does take one of Bruiser's beers at least. The idea is that Josh's good nature is rubbing off on Silas.

Like WOH Champion Kelly Klein, Sumie and Jenny are united in their belief that The Allure have no place in Ring Of Honor. They have both suffered hairspray attacks, double-teams, cheap-shots and - like Kelly - have had limited opportunities to get revenge. Love vs Klein for Death Before Dishonor is now official, meaning Angelina is now preparing for one of the biggest WOH Title bouts of 2019...

Sakai and Rose run in through the crowd and attack The Allure from behind - giving us a quick view of the wider arena which is startlingly empty. Leon and Love try to flee, but only succeed in getting themselves thrown about on the outside instead. Diving sidewalk slam from Rose to Leon gets 2. Mandy tries to slow the match down with a surfboard, and Jenny finds herself with nobody to tag after Angelina mangles Sumie against the guardrails. Love has decided she has seen enough - and walks into the ring to blast hairspray into Rose's eyes. Clearly that means The Allure are disqualified at 02:56

Rating - DUD - I do understand that with WWE and AEW signing so many wrestlers, the talent pool of women's wrestlers on the independent scene in the US isn't necessarily as deep as it may once have been. But there are so many outstanding female workers still around. ROH is letting themselves down with their women's division in 2019. It wasn't great in 2018, but at least they were earnest in their attempts to present dear old Sumie as a fighting champion - and gave her a platform to have competitive matches. Since Klein got the belt back from Mayu Iwatani, and The Allure arrived, the WOH division has been a shambles. Almost every match ends in an overbooked non-finish, nothing gets much time, every match disappears into a forgettable fog the moment the final bell rings. This was kept short, so in isolation was hardly terrible. But it just felt like such a typical example of what is so obviously terrible about the state of women's wrestling in ROH. 

Sumie tries to help her partner, but is laid out by Angelina's Botox Injection. The Allure have plans to put Sumie through a table too, only for the lights to go out before they can do so. Maria Manic is here again, once again magically appearing in the ring. Security prevent her from putting Angelina through the table...so Manic grabs one of them and chokeslams him through a table instead.

This is a Proving Ground Match, meaning if Hendry wins or draws he gets a TV Title shot. It is his first ROH singles match on American soil, and as someone who has arrived promising to 'change Ring Of Honor' with his presence, big performances in pressure matches like this are required. Its also his first chance to show American fans what he can do when he isn't squabbling with Dalton Castle. 

Hendry starts the match trying to grapple and trade holds with the champion, which makes perfect sense since it means he isn't getting his head caved in by Taylor's big strikes. Shane gets in his face, and tries to wrestle with him...so Joe backs him in the corner and CHOPS THE SH*T out of him! Taylor is pissed off at that and almost dislocates Joe's shoulder by delivering a violent running tackle. Joe tries a body slam, but can't get Shane up even and gets elbowed across the jaw. The champ dumps Hendry out of the ring like garbage, and when Joe tries to retaliate with a few strikes Shane T tosses him into the guardrails too. Still Hendry won't stay down - and again he tries to throw shots at Taylor only to be sent thundering into the guardrails. Every time Shane thinks he has the match won he is surprised by a volley of strikes from The Prestigious One. All of a sudden the match feels incredibly tense as Taylor tries to knock Joe out cold, but the Scotsman keeps catching him off-guard with chops or uppercuts of his own. Hendry actually takes the champ off his feet with a big lariat too, as we move into the final five minutes of the time limit. Taylor plucks Hendry out of the air and plants him with a flatliner though...then almost dislocates his jaw with more elbow strikes. FREAK OF NATURE by Hendry! Taylor kicks out at 2. Joe has weakened the champion now though, to the extent that he can hang with him as they trade blows. With a minute left in the time limit he bludgeons Taylor with so many shots that the champion collapses. HEADBUTT by Taylor just when you thought he was done! They keep absolutely pasting each other with chops and elbows...and the 15:00 time limit expires!

Rating - *** - This seemed to be an important match for Hendry. He is charismatic, entertaining and talented but as I've discussed - it doesn't yet feel like the ROH audience fully understands his act. This match felt like Joe earning his stripes, and demonstrating his ability as a worker when all the funny songs and catchphrases are stripped away. He intimidated Taylor with his wrestling skill early on, showed his resilience and heart by not giving in when Taylor was absolutely BATTERING him through the middle portion of the match - before showing how tough he is in his own right by standing tall at the end, trading strikes with the dominant TV champion. The match was methodically paced so is probably limited in its appeal, but told a coherent narrative throughout and played a crucial part in establishing the credibility of a new ROH star - which I found admirable. It also set up a Taylor/Hendry TV Title Match for the UK tour - where Joe is considerably more over than he is in the US currently.

The time limit expiry means that Hendry has earned a title match. Taylor gets a microphone and vows that he is 'not done' with Joe. 

ROH really need to stop having The Bouncers arrive 'from the bar' when they run these massive buildings with only a few hundred fans in attendance as it just looks awful. The Tag Titles are not on the line tonight, but The Bouncers (who recently lost to the Briscoes in Lowell) and the CMLL rudos will know that a win tonight puts them right in the championship picture.

The Briscoes and the luchadors attack team up to attack The Bouncers early on, looking to quickly remove the bigger men from the equation. That is until they get distracted fighting among themselves - and are completely squashed by Milonas and Bruiser. Kingpin then picks Bruiser up and THROWS HIM OVER THE TOP at their opponents. Step-up somersault plancha off a chair by Mark! Jay grabs Bucanero and throws him into the crowd. He returns to join Hechicero in hitting a Leap Of Faith into the guardrails. They haul Jay into the ring as well, giving him a corkscrew senton/backbreaker combo. Hechi monkey flips Rey into an ugly plancha...but is stopped from hitting a dive of his own by the sheer size of Milonas. He makes do with a springboard forearm strike on the Brawler for 2. Beer City DDT by Bruiser gets 2. Urinage from Mark to BCB...so Milonas steamrolls both Briscoes with a running crossbody. INSIDE-OUT MOONSAULT TO THE FLOOR by Hechicero! Inside the ring the Briscoes hit the Day One Neckbreaker/Froggy Bow combo to pin Bucanero at 08:51

Rating - ** - A solid scramble match, with a little lucha libre influence sprinkled in. They kept the match moving at a brisk pace, which is no mean feat given the age and/or size of some of the men involved. I liked that the finish involved the Briscoes pinning Bucanero, giving them a measure of revenge for the loss they suffered to Rey and Ultimo Guerrero during the 2017 War Of The Worlds UK Tour.

Vinny Marseglia runs out after the match and lays waste to both Bouncers with a steel chair. Silas Young and Josh Woods make a somewhat belated save, and a smiling Vincent disappears through the crowd. The segment ends with Silas shaking hands with Bruiser, seemingly burying the hatchet between them

These men are former partners, and Riccaboni positions this as a major match for CMLL fans. He reminds us that Rush was teaming with Cavernario in the main event of the CMLL 85th Anniversary - where they defeated Matt Taven and Volador Jr. in a Hair vs Hair Match. But they now bring this partnership/rivalry to the US - with Rush on the final stretch of shows before his World Title shot. He meets the winner of Taven/Volador at Death Before Dishonor.

The speed and intensity of the opening minute here is quite spectacular. Barbaro doesn't back down from Rush at all and rocks him with some big strikes early. Snap German suplex by Rush, followed by the Incineration knee strike to set Cavernario back. He starts brutalising Barbaro...but is surprised when the caveman gets up off the canvas to block the Bull's Horns, then scores with a rebound splash for 2. Springboard suicide dive to the floor nailed! THROUGH THE TURNBUCKLES TOPE SUICIDA! Back in the ring Barbaro tries another springboard splash...but is splattered back to the floor with the jumping forearm by Rush. SOMERSAULT PLANCHA scores for El Toro Blanco. It takes the fight back to the floor and cues Rush up for his signature guardrail rush. Turnbuckle belly to belly scores, followed by the Bull's Horns. Rush wins at 08:42

Rating - ** - For a match billed as a 'main event anywhere in the world', pitting ROH's undefeated Rush against 'one of the most requested' luchadors for ROH to bring in from CMLL, I thought this was a huge disappointment. Not bad, and at times even quite exciting. But there really wasn't much to invest in from an emotional standpoint. It was just two guys with glorious hair hitting spots, without selling a single thing between them. 

It's ROH vs CMLL in trios tag action next, and a first appearance of the Global Wars Tour for the returning Caristico (who missed last night in Dearborn). He leads the CMLL trio which includes the popular, stocky Stuka and Triton, who isn't wearing his obscene trunks from last night. There will be contrasting emotions in the 'Team ROH' camp however. Cobb has a World Title Match in his pocket having won Defy Or Deny at Honor For All. One of the losing men in that match was Jay Lethal, growing more frustrated with each day that passes that he isn't ROH World Champion himself. His relationship with regular partner Gresham is also strained, as he disagrees with some of the controversial, selfish tactics The Octopus has utilised recently...

Triton starts with Gresham, moving so quickly that even Jon struggles to keep pace with him. He springboards off the ropes into a headscissors, forcing Gresh to retreat to the ropes. Caristico and Lethal in next - the luchador easily blocking all of Lethal's trademark offence and laying him out with a springboard crossbody. Cobb and Stuka in next, bashing into each other like battering rams in an intriguing battle between two guys who should not be able to move with the speed and agility that they do. Jeff picks him up for a stalling vertical suplex; holding him in the air even when Triton and Caristico punt him in the stomach. Tilta-whirl backbreakers by Stuka, for all three members of the opposing team! Triton and Caristico fly in with hurricanranas, clearing the ring so the CMLL squad can put the boots to Gresham 3-on-1. Triton hits a running dropkick deep in Gresham's ass for 2...but seconds later Gresh ties them in knots and causes Triton to collide with Caristico. Fallaway slam/Samoan drop combo from Cobb to Triton and Caristico, into a standing moonsault on Stuka for 2. Jeff accidentally clobbers Lethal though, setting up TRIPLE DIVES TO THE FLOOR by the luchadors. Torpedo Splash from Stuka to Lethal, requiring Gresh to dive in and break the pin. Helicopter Toss by Cobb! Satellite DDT by Caristico! Lethal Combination scores! Figure 4 on Stuka, which Triton breaks by POWERBOMBING Gresham into Lethal's face! LARIAT from Cobb to Caristico! Triton flips out of Tour Of The Islands...but eats the Cornette Cutter seconds later. Gresham pins Triton to win at 14:34

Rating - *** - It failed to transcend the 'exhibition match' vibe to become something more special and exciting (like the CMLL trios tag did at Summer Supercard for instance), but nevertheless this was a decent six man, playing to the strengths of all involved. They'd clearly put some thought into the lay-out, as arguably the highlights of the match weren't the big spots or dives - but the neat little moments between characters and personalities. Having Cobb and Stuka trade improbable-for-their-size spots was great fun for instance. Every time Lethal and Caristico were in the ring together it felt like a special occasion. And even amongst all that we still found time for little hints at Gresham's new/bad attitude; a sour facial expression, exasperated body language - subtle stuff but enough to keep that little plot-line going too.

This is a preview of the #1 Contendership Tournament that begins at Death Before Dishonor, since all four men are in the tournament line-up. Marty and Colt are actually opponents in the first round in Las Vegas too. Kenny is working this match with his eye bandaged, which he blames on an 'assault' by a cameraman last night (he collided with a cameraman after winning his match). 

Colt pokes King in the eye to get us started...and Scurll makes it worse by giving him the Apron Superkick. Kenny is back doing his whole 'blind Kenny' routine, and it even draws a chuckle out of me as he hopelessly misses and falls over when trying to attack Dalton. Scurll and Cabana work as a team, stretching Dalton and booting him in the face. Kenny tries to do the same thing seconds later - but is still blind so miss again. Amy Rose is desperately trying to direct King in the direction of the other wrestlers - only for Castle to make his vision worse with a running knee-lift into the face. Moonsault press by Cabana, taking out Marty and Dalton. Kenny's vision continues to hamper him. He stumbles off the top rope so struggles to hit a standing blockbuster on Castle instead...before taking flight and just grazing Scurll on the floor with a corkscrew pescado. He then rips off the bandage to prove it was 'a trap' - a moment which would have worked so much better if he hadn't just botched a load of moves. Royal Flush blocked into the half nelson suplex by Scurll. German suplex from Castle to King, as Colt flies in with a moonsault. Cabana wins at 08:31

Rating - * - I don't think I am the target audience for this match. It was basically a goofball comedy bout, only some of which was particularly funny - and even at just eight minutes went longer than it really should have. Kenny King has played his part in some decent matches in 2019...but not one person watching Ring Of Honor will have been pushing for the return of the 'blind Kenny' gimmick. It was typical of how hilariously terrible that entire angle was, that he blew it in this match by messing up a whole flurry of spots then taking his bandage off to act like he was tricking us. Colt winning is nice for the Chicago crowd, albeit you can barely hear them because there are so few people in such a large space. 

Taven and Volador have extensive history in CMLL. They were partners, who lost their hair together after losing a Lucha de Apuestas against Rush and Barbaro Cavernario at CMLL's 85th Anniversary. Taven held Volador responsible for the loss, and has previously been defeated by Volador in Mexico too. Now with CMLL on tour in Ring Of Honor, Taven wants to settle the score with Volador in his home promotion.

They trade verbal barbs and get into a shoving match whilst we wait for the bell to ring, demonstrating that tensions are already strained between them. Within thirty seconds Taven has countered two of Volador's lucha tricks and has him down on the ground punching him in the face. Volador has to take a big risk early and lands a tope suicida - but comes up gasping for air and clutching his ribs. ELBOW SUICIDA by Taven! Volador hits a crossbody back into the ring and yet again comes up clearly struggling for breath. When he tries to capitalise with a satellite headscissors Matt counters by drilling him chest-first into the canvas too. Just The Tip evaded...only for Taven to counter a monkey flip by pitching him straight over the top rope. AIR TAVEN NAILED - smashing Volador ribs-first into the guardrails too. Aurora Borealis back in gets 2, and the camera picks up that Volador is bleeding from the nose as well now. With the challenger struggling to breathe, Taven puts all of his body weight on top of him, working a chinlock. Superkick by Volador to escape, into a TOPE ATOMICO! It cleans Taven out, but also does significant damage to the already-injured luchador. Volador tries to return to the ring with a super rana...but Taven counters by powerbombing him down for Just The Tip. Lungblower by the challenger...who hesitates before pinning and comes up drenched in sweat and gasping for breath again. Matt goes to the top rope...but Volador meets him with the SPRINGBOARD SUPER RANA! DESTROYER! Taven kicks out! Volador scales the ropes looking for his moonsault - but takes SO long about it. Taven COUNTERS with boots deep into the ribs. Volador tries another top rope dive, so Taven drops him sternum-first over the ropes. HANGING CLIMAX! Taven retains at 11:55

Rating - **** - There is an argument to be made that this is one of Taven's best World Title defences. They told such a tight story here, Taven countering the sh*t out of Volador's lucha spots from the opening seconds of the match and never letting up. It meant Volador was continually forced to take higher and higher risks, despite injuring himself. Taven worked the ribs and midsection well, some of Volador's selling was surprisingly subtle and intelligent - and it all played into a super finishing sequence and a unique, innovated version of The Climax to secure the win. The title was never in doubt, but the quality of the wrestling meant you were sucked into this - even at less than twelve minutes long. For all the criticism he took as World Champion, there really isn't any doubt that Matt Taven put his shoulder to the wheel and grinded out an absolute career-best year from an in-ring performance standpoint. 

Lifeblood come out for their main event trios match against Villain Enterprises. Riccaboni informs us that mystery surrounds the Villains' team as they 'fired' Flip Gordon on their social media platforms earlier in the day. I'd suggest that ROH should have put this on the show if it was quite so important? Within seconds we find out it was a hoax though, because Flip runs out and bashes Tracy Williams with a chair again. Tracy is pissed off, and challenges them to make the main event a Street Fight.

I have a slight issue with this. We literally just had a Lifeblood/Villains Street Fight on television. Why are we now doing the exact same gimmick a few weeks later? Couldn't they at least have renamed it a 'No DQ' or 'Anything Goes' Match? Or do Falls Count Anywhere - just something to make it different? As I've said a couple of times, Ring Of Honor are guilty of going to the well far too many times with these gimmick match main events in 2019 - which is another symptom of a stone-cold, creatively stagnant promotion clutching at anything trying to draw an audience. The Lifeblood/Villains feud has raged since Best In The World when Flip betrayed Lifeblood - with Gordon in particular singling out Williams for repeated cheap-shots. Last time we saw a Street Fight it was Lifeblood who emerged victorious - and that time Villain Enterprises had Marty in the match, not Flip who is still carrying an arm injury. Can VE get some revenge for that no-rules loss in Philadelphia?

The Villains answer the challenge by tossing weaponry into the ring. Lifeblood also leave the ring, and pretty soon the squared circle is full of chairs, signs and trash cans. We get underway with a chair-swinging duel; Gordon the first to drop his chair which makes sense since he has a bad arm. He pulls out his black kendo stick from under the ring, and finds that Williams has a kendo stick as well. Kendo stick legsweep by Hot Sauce! He then ties Flip's bad arm around the cane and applies an armbar! The Villains have a few problems bringing a table into play, but King finally props it up in the corner. Haskins throws a chair in his face before he can use it though. PCO barrels through Haskins and Bandido; punting the masked man through an open chair. Bandido retaliates by dropkicking a chair into his face though. CRISS-CROSS DIVES to the floor by Lifeblood! SOLDIER ROLL THROUGH AN OPEN CHAIR from Haskins to Flip gets 2. Bandido and Haskins stack a huge pile of chairs in the ring - but take so long about it that Gordon recovers and gives Mark a tornado DDT into them! PCO tries to make it worse, but Haskins moves so PCO CANNONBALLS INTO THE CHAIRS! RUNNING DVD THROUGH A TABLE from Brody to Williams! Brody throws middle fingers into the faces of Haskins and Bandido, even as they hammer him with weapons! Lifeblood respond by putting his entire upper body in a garbage can and smashing it with a chair. FROG SPLASH ON A CHAIR from Tracy to King, requiring PCO to break the pin. SUPERKICK ON THE FLOOR from Flip to Bandido. Kinder Surprise on Tracy, but Hot Sauce saddles up Flip and hits a FLYING DDT THROUGH TRASH CAN! PCO ambushes Tracy before he can even pin, then completely buries him under another pile of steel chairs. Haskins rescues his partner from the PCO-Sault, so Brody BACK DROP DRIVERS HASKINS INTO THE CHAIRS! Bandido sets a table up on the floor, positions PCO on the apron then runs for a SUNSET FLIP DESTROYER OFF THE APRON THROUGH THE TABLE! Both guys got absolutely wrecked on that one. Brody opens up four chairs and battles with Tracy on top of them. Flip rescues Brody with a low blow. FLIP-5 THROUGH THE CHAIRS! Gordon pins Williams to win at 16:22

Rating - **** - These two factions are really clicking when it comes to delivering quality matches together. I don't know how many people are particularly invested in the feud or story itself, but at the moment it feels like there is a Lifeblood vs Villains cracker on basically every show. This was well-wrestled in the sense that it felt different enough from the Philly match (although I thought the TV Street Fight was better) and definitely had some of the more spectacular and sinister spots. It also ends with a tangible progression in the feud, as Flip gets a clean victory over his rival Tracy Williams. I do have to note that it is uncomfortable watching ROH send their talent out to work career-shortening stunt matches like this in front of quarter-full arenas and barely audible crowds - particularly here when I think few would argue that we needed to see another Lifeblood/Villains Street Fight so soon after the last one. At the moment it feels like hardcore/gimmick match main events are another crutch Delirious has started leaning on to cover up the deficiencies in ROH's booking...

Tape Rating - ** - As with Night 1 in Dearborn, the only two matches that are really worth going out of your way to see are the two main event matches. However, unlike Dearborn, the rest of the card is far more patchy and inconsistent, and rather than an ROH MOTYC main event, here our headline act is a marginally inferior version of a Street Fight we'd already seen on TV. I am really enjoying the Lifeblood/Villains matches though. Guys like Haskins, Williams, PCO, Brody and Bandido have been some of ROH's best and most reliable workers this year - so putting them all in the ring together repeatedly has of course delivered plenty of great in-ring content. It is actually Taven/Volador which stood out the most to me however. It is a filler title defence, that goes less than twelve minutes, a couple of weeks before a major pay-per-view - which are all grounds for working a half-assed match. So the fact that Taven and Volador pulled out an absolutely captivating sprint - packed with great drama and story-telling in a neat and compact little package - was a wonderful surprise. The undercard beneath the top tier matches only has limited appeal - so if you're scouring Honor Club I wouldn't delve much deeper than the main events...

3) Shane Taylor vs Joe Hendry (***)

2) Flip Gordon/Brody King/PCO vs Tracy Williams/Mark Haskins/Bandido (****)

1) Matt Taven vs Volador Jr. (****)