Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh vs Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Orange Cassidy and Trent Beretta)
Dutt's in his suit here. Jay and Trent go at it to start then do a face off. OC gets in and points to wanting Singh in. Dutt gets in instead, with his suit pants and shirt on and Oc puts his shades on Knox while Jay gives Knox his suit jacket. OC does his usual stupid leg kicks then Singh gets in. OC dropkicks him and he doesn't move then OC is beat up in the corner. Singh crossbodies Jay and Chuck.
OC is stomped as we go to PiP break. We return and OC gets Chuck in . Chuck hits clotheslines on Jay then overhead belly to belly suplexes him. Trent half-nelson suplexes Jay.
Singh takes a 2v1 and is dropkciked in the leg off the apron. The best friends hug then Jay hits a lethal injection on both. OC top rope crossbodies Lethal and spinning ddt's him. Dutt comes in and does OC's leg kicks OC breaks his pencil and Dutt takes an orange punch for the win.
This was comedy crap. Why was Dutt allowed to bring in a pencil?
Singh runs over Trent with a shoulder after then OC takes a lethal injection. Jay pounds on OC and Wardlow comes out to make the save. The heels back off. DO NOT PUT WARDLOW WITH BEST FRIENDS.
Ethan Page vs Leon Ruffin
Leon runs at him and is thrown and speared into the corner. Page hits forearms and Leon tkaes a nice bump off the buckles in the corner when he was thrown in. Leon does his rope evasion move and takes a hard forearm. Stokeley Hathaway and Leila Grey are shown watching then Page hits a razor's edge and wins it.
This was a squash. I didn't have any issues with this and I'm glad to see Ruffin get another gig, because he is good.
Cole Karter was interviewed. QT congratulates him on the first win and says he saw potential in Cole. QT then said he disappeared and was hanging with the wrong crowd. QT asked him to join The Factory and told him to sleep on it. QT then told him to sleep on it, in his own bed, not with the fishes (referencing Tony D killing him in NXT).
Matt Sydal vs Lee Moriarty
Lee grabbed a win last week with his body on the ropes and Sydal took offense to it. Lee mocks him with a peace sign Lee headbutts him off the handshake then euro uppercuts him. Lee dances around and single underhook suplexes him. Sydal jumping knees Lee and spin kicks him. We then go to PiP break. Sydal hits a bunch of high spots during it including a running meteora off the apron. Le throws him int othe rails and facekicks him against the rails.
Lee rolls through a hurricanrana and Lee lariats him. Sydal hits a brazilian kick and a lightning spiral for 2. Stokeley Hathaway comes out and pulls on Sydal's leg on the top rope. Sydal gets crotched up there and Lee does some odd elevated flatliner for 2. Lee puts him in the motor city stretch and wins it. Lee then holds onto it after the match.
This was fine but nothing too special. It followed the story though and further pushed the Lee heel turn and his relationship with Stokeley. Stokeley gives him his card after and he accepts it. They then shake hands.
Britt Baker is with Rebel. She says Thunder Rosa's title reign might be coming to an end. She says she keeps Toni close to her side because she might dethrone her. Britt then says Toni should want Rosa's belt.
Tony Schiavone interviews Claudio Castagnoli in the ring. CC says he doubted himself many times and says the fans never let him down. He said it feels amazing and is an honor to be the ROH champ. He then brings Wheeler Yuta out then Jericho comes down the ramp and complains about the fans cheering for Yuta. He didn't like them chanting that Claudio deserves it and says CC deserves his boot up his @ss. Yuta interrupts him. Jericho asks if Yuta thinks he can beat him and Yuta says he can. Regal and Cesaro say he can. Yuta says he can beat him in a stupid voice. Jericho says he will put his title shot up against Yuta and says he can have the title shot if he beats him.
This was supposed to put over Yuta, but he looked like a real dork out there and I'm not sure why Jericho would put his title shot on the line. I'm also not sure why Yuta would want to fight his stablemate in Moxley.
The Acclaimed due a rap video on the Gunn Club.
Anna Jay and Ruby Soho do a split screen promo. Anna said slamming Ruby's arm in the cardoor was a good decision. Ruby says she is an entitled little sh!t. She said she should leave her friends behind and face her 1v1. Anna says she learned a dark side from Brodie Lee and says she is Anna JAS, not Anna Jay. She said she will choke her out.
Ruby Soho vs Anna Jay
Ruby's arm is in still in a cast here and she shoulders her over. Anna takes a knee to the face early and a back elbow. Ruby headstands on the top rope and Anna superkicks her on the injured arm. Anna then rolls into a head kick on her.
We go to PiP break and return to Anna choking Ruby with her own armcast. Anna superkicks her and is backdropped. They slap each other on their knees and Ruby headbutts her as they are in a knuckle lock. Ruby knees her in the gut and high kicks her. Ruby then hits an STO for 2. Anna hits a gori bomb then superkicks her in the face as she is down. Anna grounded chokes her then Ruby hits a pele type of kick for 2. Ruby misses a top rope senton then Anna sleepers her. Ruby tries to block it and takes crossfaces. Anna then sleepers Ruby with her armcast and wins it.
Anna was okay here as a heel. I'm not real sure how the armcast adds to the choke. It could have been better if Anna had worked on the injured arm instead of going for the sleeper.
Overall thoughts: I really didn't care for the opener and while the Yuta segment wasn't a smash hit, they tried. I thought it was okay overall.
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