Submitted by Gregory Vassiles
From MCU Park in Brooklyn, NY
Dark Match:
Will Ferrara wins a prelim.
– Taelor Hendrix gets a Women of Honor intro.
Main Card:
– Adam Cole b. Christopher Daniels
Cole and Daniels had a professional opener. Spot on, but nothing to overshadow the later matches. Daniels is great at this.
– War Machine (Hanson/Ray Rowe) b. Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr./Lance Archer)
War Machine and KES a good mean guy match. Harry was the standout.
– Number One Contender Elimination Gauntlet Match for TV Title Shot: Tomo Watanabe earned the next TV title shot.
Order was as follows: Dalton Castle beats Adam Page, Castle beats Frankie Kazarian, Silas Young beats Castle, Bushwhacker Luke gets counted out, Moose beats Young, Moose beats Donovan Dijak. Cedric Alexander beats Moose, Tomo Watanabe beats Cedric Alexander.
The Elimination match was long, but never boring. Luke did his Rumble Spot, except this time he walked around the bases, of course not in 10 seconds. Dijak did a nice Fosbury Flop.
– Cheeseburger beats Steve Corino in one of those silly baseball park match races.
– The Young Bucks, ACH and Matt Sydal beat Rappongi Vice (Beretta/Rocky Romero) and the Kingdom (Taven & Bennett)
The Bucks match was ok, more comedy than anything else. Maria is a great heel valet; only distracts when it’s right for the match. WWE should have done more with Sydal.
– Hirooki Goto beats Michael Elgin
Goto and Elgin another brutal hard hitting match. Both looked fine.
– The Briscoes beat the reunited Time Splitters (Alex Shelley/Kushida)
Great to see the Time Splitters back, even if just for one match. Shelley looked like he hadn’t missed a beat. There was a great false finish before Jay hit the driller.
– IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada beats Roddy Strong
Okada and Strong had an excellent match. It took 2 pile drivers, a back suplex and the rainmaker for Okada to win. Hopefully they rematch in Japan.
– Shinsuke Nakamura & ROH Champion/TV Champion Jay Lethal beat ReDRagon
The main event was fun; built up tension with Nakamura and Lethal. Apparently that match will happen somewhere. Nakamura is not a big fan of Books of Truth.
Notes:
– Nakamura and Okada did autographs preshow
– Overall a really good show; VOD recommended.