This is it: The biggest independent wrestling show in history. Starrcast has already been in full swing the last few days, and now it's time to see whether the main course of the weekend lives up to the appetizers. Speaking of appetizers, I just watched the latest episode of Being The Elite to get myself hyped up for this show, and I'm fired up! Let's do this.
ALL IN
'** Note: I do not get WGN America. So, Zero Hour gets ZERO COVERAGE from me. **
We get a brief rundown intro by the announce team, and the arena looks awesome!!!! JUSTIN ROBERTS is there! Awesome! The national anthem is sung, and the set behind the singer looks great. The production values are definitely good for this. FLIP WON THE BATTLE ROYAL! He's facing Jay Lethal for the ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP tonight.
1) MJF vs. Matt Cross
I have no idea who the hell these guys are, but I'm going to enjoy this for what it is. Again, the production values of this show are definitely a spot above the norma of what you would see.
MJF shoulder tackles Cross down and taunts the crowd. Cross does a little hotdogging himself seconds later. MJF applauds him, and he goes to shake Cross's hand. He holds up Cross's hand, and he kicks him in the lower torso. MJF fakes a flip and tells the crowd he doesn't have to flip to get over. Leg Scissors takedown by Cross sends MJF to the outside. Sasuke Special DIVE from Cross to MJF on the outside.
MJF is rolled back in. Cross climbs up the top turnbuckle, but MJF rolls away from any attempt of a move. MJF uses the referee as a shield and sends Cross shoulder first into the ringpost. Senton on Cross's arm for a 2 followed by a stomp. Armbar by MJF. Cross chops MJF off, but Cross goes back to work on the arm. Arm-Wrench Powerbomb for a 2. Cross put on the top turnbuckle now. MJF works on the arm up on the top. Cross gets a hurricanrana on MJF sending him down to the mat.
Cross is on offense now. Handspring Elbow into the corner followed by a Springboard Crossbody for a 2. Lost signal for a second. But I get it back as MJF gets a Pendulum PILEDRIVER for a 2 on Cross. Moonsault misses. MJF lands on his feet and hurts a knee. CROSS executes a cutter and a Shooting Star Press off the top for the win.
Winner: Matt Cross.
Match Grade: C+. MJF was impressive here as a guy who needs to definitely grow more as a wrestler. But he's looking good as a young talent. Cross also looked good here as well.
Sean Mooney is interviewing Nick Aldis. Aldis calls his title the "most coveted title of all time." That may have been true 20 years ago, but Cody was right: a part-time wrestler/history teacher was champion before Aldis.
2) Stephen Amell vs. Christopher Daniels
Jerry Lynn is the special guest referee! Awesome. Stephen Amell comes out to the Bullet Club theme with Josh Securra (MAD DOG) from Arrow as well! SCU! Here comes Christopher Daniels with his fellow SCU stablemates. John Mayer is front row as well. The bell rings.
Amell pushes Daniels. Daniels spits at Amell. Full nelson by Daniels, who takes down Amell and walks on Amell's back. Amell chops Daniels. He asks for another one. They are trading chops now. Takedown by Amell who walks on Daniels's back. Daniels takes Amell to the corner and attacks Amell. Amell jumps over Daniels and hits a dropkick. Enziguri and a clothesline over the top to Daniels. They are both outside. Daniels is rammed into the guard rail. And Amell gets a table!!!
Daniels and Amell are on the ring apron. Amell is going for a judo throw off the apron. Daniels avoids it and runs back in the ring. Amell goes on the attack on Daniels. Daniels gets a overhead back suplex on Amell and a kick to the gut. Chants for Arrow and The Fallen Angel so far. Daniels beats on Amell in the corner. Amell rammed shoulder first into the turnbuckle. Front suplex into a gutbuster by Daniels for a 2 count. Amell gets out of a reverse bear hug, but Daniels gets him back down and gets the Arabian moonsault for nothing. He's too busy making fun of the whole thing.
Daniels tries to superplex Amell over the top rope to the outside, but Amell blocks it. And we've lost signal... again. We're back. Amell gets a Falcon Arrow for a 2. Clothesline in the corner. Daniels is sitting in the corner. Amell climbs the opposite corner!!!! VAN TERMINATOR sans chair!!! 1-2-kickout!
Enziguri misses by Amell. Best Moonsault Ever by Daniels grazes Amell, and he only gets a 2. Amell is placed on the top turnbuckle, and Daniels climbs up to superplex Amell. But Amell knocks him down sending Daniels on the table. Amell goes for the elbow drop, but Daniels moves sending Amell through the table!!!!!!
Broken Arrow chant from the audience. Jerry Lynn, instead of counting out both men, throws both men in!!!! He refuses to count them out! Daniels is furious for some reason. Jerry Lynn throws his ref shirt off. Amell gets a rollup for a 2. Daniels attacks Amell. Amell tells Daniels to bring it. He does again, but Lynn gets him off of Amell. Amell flips off Daniels. Angel's Wings reversed into a butterfly pin for a 2 by Amell! Urinage by Daniels. Best Moonsault Ever by Daniels. 1-2-3
Winner: Christopher Daniels
Match Grade: B. Stephen Amell is a great athlete and can wrestle any time as far as I'm concerned. (True story: I'm a big Arrow fan. So I am biased.) Daniels was his usual solid stuff. But it wasn't as if Daniels had to carry Amell in this match as the Green Arrow carried his own weight in this.
Stephen Amell and Daniels shake hands after the match. Amell holds up his arm, and they both get on the turnbuckles to salute the crowd after the match. Cool.
3) Tessa Blanchard vs. Chelsea Green vs. Madison Rayne vs. Britt Baker
Britt Baker comes out to Adam Cole's ROH THEME!!! That's meta (she's dating Adam Cole in real life). Tessa hugs both her father Tully and Magnum TA on her way down to the ring. First to a Finish. The bell rings.
Madison tries to shake everyone's hands. Chelsea's split personality almost doesn't do it, but the other half of her does. But Tessa attacks Madison rather than shake her hand. Lots of rollups in the ring between Britt and Chelsea. Arm drag by Britt. Chelsea blocks another one. Britt and Chelsea fight over an arm drag before Britt finally hits one. Britt hits a lucha hip toss from the top rope to the mat. Tessa clotheslines Green over the top rope. Tessa goes to work on Baker. Baker is in the corner and eats a codebreaker from Tessa. Madison and Tessa are in the ring. Head scissors takedown by Madison to Tessa. Forearm by Tessa to Madison. POWER PRESS by Blanchard throwing Madison over the top onto the other 2 women. Wow. Tessa was going for a dive, but she gets pulled out. Chelsea eventually dives through the ropes onto Tessa.
Tessa is thrown back in. Tessa knocks Chelsea back to the floor. Tessa dives over the top onto two of her opponents, but Rayne flies off the top turnbuckle onto all 3 of her opponents seconds later. Tessa was grabbing her knee after doing the dive. We'll see what happens. Britt rolled in for a 2 count by Madison. Sling Blades by Baker to all three of her opponents. 2 count on Tessa. Rayne gets the Rip Cord (cutter) on Britt for a 2. Blanchard takes back control. She hits a delayed vertical suplex on Madison. Green hits the "Woo Woo Woo" face kick on Blanchard (She dating Ryder?). Tessa hits a Flatliner on Green. DDT by Rayne on Tessa. Green hits a top rope dropkick and can't capitalize.
Cutter off the top rope by Rayne on Baker for a 2. Green gets back in and hits the Unprettier. Superkick by Baker on two of the women. But she only gets a 2 on Rayne. Rollups by Tessa and Green for a 2 each. Each women breaks up a pin attempt by one of the others. Britt Baker eats a neckbreaker by Green for a 2. Britt Baker hits an Unprettier for a 2. Canadian Destroyer by Green gets a 2 ONLY on Blanchard. Standing ovation from the audience. Tessa gets a hammerlock DDT for a 3 which was nearly broken up.
Winner: Tessa Blanchard
Match Grade: B. Good match, but this was a bit of a sloppy mess all things considered. I can't give it more than this. But that being said: It was a good match and on the strong side of the B grade.
All the women hug at the end of the match.
4) NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Nick Aldis (c) vs. Cody
WOW! They're doing this already this early on the show. Brandi is out first. Then Cody gets walked to the ring by DDP, Dreamer, Glacier (?!), a couple other I can't tell, and his dog! Cody also has his blonde hair back. The ovation is deafening for Cody in this show. This has definitely picked up now. Aldis is being accompanied by Jeff Jarrett, Storm, Divari, and others. And he's being booed heavily.
Earl Hebner is the freaking referee!!! This is awesome!
Here we go! The bell rings!!!
The crowd is going nuts and clapping!!! They shake hands. Tie-Up! ALL IN Chants now! Wristlock by Aldis. Headlock sent to the ropes by both men. Both men hotdog to the audience. Hammerlock escaped into a wristlock by Aldis. Cody gets into a side headlock. Shoulder tackle by Aldis. Cody and Aldis exchange chops. Cody gets a dropkick to a running Aldis. Aldis goes out to the floor, but Cody dives through the ropes to Aldis. Cody tries to suplex Aldis on the outside, but Aldis reverses it into a suplex of his own. Aldis rams Cody back first into the ring post and throws him back in the ring.
Aldis with chops in the corner to Cody. Cody thrown hard into the corner. Fisherman Suplex by Aldis for a 2. Headlock by Aldis. Cody gets out but is thrown hard again into the corner. Aldis continues to pound on Cody in the corner. Cody blocks another throw and rams himself into Aldis. Dropdown punch by Cody to Aldis. Double lariat by both men sends each other down. "CODY" chant from the audience.
Superkick by Cody. Cross Rhodes avoided. Double Cross Body by both men. Aldis rolls out in pain. Cody springboards off the top rope only to eat an elbow from Aldis coming down on the floor!!!! Earl Hebner is checking on Cody, and he calls for the X. Oh no. Here comes DDP. Cody is getting up. Divari pushes Page back and has a towel. Divari pushes the referee!! DIAMOND CUTTER TO DIVARI IN THE RING!!! AWESOME!!!! DDP is sent to the back.
Apparently, Cody is going to continue to working the match. Cody is busted open. He's got color. Both men are in the ring. Cody is on his knees and getting attacked by Aldis. Cody gets back up and hits Aldis with a forearm. Snap PowerSlam by Cody for a 2. Cody is getting hyped up. Cody gets pushed into the corner. He catches Aldis with a boot. Moonsault by Cody misses! Aldis puts Cody on the top rope. Rising knee strike. Aldis hits a Fall Away Slam off the corner on Cody. Aldis is now climbing the top rope. Big splash. 1-2-Kickout.
Cody gets Aldis' leg. FIGURE FOUR!!!! Cody is screaming in anger and pain with blood on his face! Awesome. Aldis flips Cody over, and both men get to the ropes eventually. (This is the best NWA Championship match I've watched in 11 years. Ok. That's back when TNA ditched the belt.) We've lost video. We're back. Aldis gets Cody up and hits a powerslam on the outside. Aldis rolls back in the ring. The count is on. Aldis stops the count and goes out to get Cody. He rolls him back in.
Aldis goes to flip over Cody, but Cody catches him. Cody drops him after trying to get a Alabama Slam in. Cody picks him back up and hits the Spinning Alabama Slam on him for a 2. Cody is tuning up the band. Beautiful Disaster Kick misses. POWERBOMB by Aldis for a 2. Texas Cloverleaf by Aldis on Cody. He pulls Cody to the middle of the ring. Cody is trying to power out, but he can't. He tries to power out again, and he gets to the ropes to the roar of the crowd!
Brandi: "You Don't Need to Do This."
Aldis pulls Cody back in the center of the ring. SIT DOWN PILEDRIVER by ALDIS! He puts Cody dead center in the ring and climbs up the ropes. Brandi gets in the ring and begs Aldis not to do it! She lies on top of Cody and EATS AN ELBOW DROP FROM ALDIS! HOLY HELL!!!! He gets a 2 count as the crowd yells "A-Hole" at him.
Aldis slaps a kneeling Cody. Aldis runs off the ropes but he eats a Beautiful Disaster Kick! Cross Rhodes!!! 1-2-KICKOUT!!!! WOW! THIS IS AWESOME!!! Aldis and Cody are exchanging punches now. Cody is going for the VERTEBREAKER! But Cody can't get it. Aldis goes for the Sunset Flip, but CODY SITS IN ON IT! 1-2-3!!! HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE!!! CODY IS THE FIRST EVER SON OF A FORMER NWA WORLD CHAMPION TO WIN THE NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!
Winner: Cody (NEW NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION)
Match Grade: A+. That was incredible from a storyline perspective. They told such a great story throughout the entire match. The match lived up to the hype and then some. When thinking of Cody's career, this may be hard to beat as both top match and top moment.
DDP comes back out and holds up Cody's hand. The other members of Cody's entourage come out to celebrate with him! This is a great moment in wrestling history!
5) Chicago Street Fight
Joey Janela (w/ Penelope Ford) vs. Hangman Page
We see highlights of the "Joey Ryan Murder Mystery" storyline. I've never seen a Janela match. So, this should be interesting.
The bell rings. Big boot by Page. Janela thrown to the outside. Page dives through the ropes at Janela and connects. Janela thrown back in, and HE hits a dive of his own through the ropes. Page is thrown back in, and he hits a boot to send Janaela back down. Page climbs up the top rope and NAILS THE TOP ROPE MOONSAULT DOWN TO THE FLOOR ON JANELA! Janela thrown back in the ring. Page goes under the ring and gets a steel chair. Page is back in and unfolds the chair. Janela eats a rolling elbow from page. FALLAWAY SLAM INTO THE OPEN CHAIR BY PAGE! Ouch!!! But it only gets a 2.
Page is back outside and unveils a literal Cracker Barrel Barrel!!!! I kid you not. (They are a sponsor, after all.) Janela sends Page back first into the Cracker Barrel Barrel and sends Page out into the crowd. Janela climbs a chair and the barrel to perform a flip dive on Page into the crowd. Janela tries to roll the Barrel into Page back in ringside, but Page does a Donkey Kong Mario-type jump over the barrel. Janela sends Page back over the rail, but Page gets Janela with a BUCKSHOT Lariat over the rail!!!! Page is looking for and gets a table! Janela is thrown back in the ring. Page sets up the table on the outside of the ring. Page climbs the top rope, as does Janela. Janela gets Page on his shoulders, gets on the mat, and hits a Death Valley Ram into the Corner for a 2 count.
Janela and Ford get a ladder from under the ring. They reposition the table and use the barrel to hold a ladder up on the ring apron. Page is placed on the lying ladder. Janela goes to the top of the corner. Page races off and catches Janela. He hits a BURNING HAMMER on Janela sending both men into the ladder!!!! Even worse, the ladder lands on the back of Janela's head on the way down! Page throws Janela back in.
Page gets a trash bag and climbs back in the ring. Ford jumps Page before he can use whatever's in the bag. She slaps Page on the ear. Page goes to hit her, but she hits SEVERAL BACK FLIPS and a STUNNER on Page. Page is on the outside, and FORD HITS A FLYING DIVE onto Page OFF THE TOP ROPE! Page is placed on the table, and Janela jumps off the top rope and NAILS AN ELBOW DROP ON PAGE THROUGH THE TABLE! THIS IS AWESOME!!!!
Janela takes Page up the steps and entrance area. Janela runs back as far as he can and nails a running clothesline. He goes down to the floor looking for something. He gets another table, which Ford helps him set up. They're setting up another table. Both are set up right next to each other. Janela goes back to Page and eats a Superkick!!! Page picks up Janela and throws him in a Powerbomb position down to the tables. He only hits one, and HIS HEAD IS THE ONLY THING THAT HITS THE TABLE!!!!
Page drags Janela back to the ring. Page removes the elbow pad. Janela eats a Buckshot Lariat in the ring. RITE OF PASSAGE! 1-2-FORD BREAKS IT UP!!!! She has the bag now. Page grabs it from her. He opens it up. It's boots! The cursed boots! He superkicks Ford!!! SUPERKICK BY JANELA TO PAGE! 1-2-KICKOUT! THIS IS AWESOME! Janela goes under the ring and gets another ladder. He gets ANOTHER table! Table is set up by Janela in the ring. Ladder is also set up. He grabs Page and puts him on the table. He climbs up the ladder! Page gets up and climbs the ladder. Janela knocks him off, but Page gets the phone that he supposedly killed Joey Ryan with, CHOKES JOEY JANELA, AND HITS RITE OF PASSAGE OFF THE LADDER THROUGH THE TABLE ON JANELA! That's it! 1-2-3!
Winner: Hangman Page
Match Grade: A. THAT'S A STREET FIGHT AS IT SHOULD BE. WOW!
The lights go out after the match. Joey Ryan is shown lying on the bed where he supposedly died, and he was shown as being anything but dead. Here comes Joey Ryan. Page is shocked. Joey's doing his usual NSFW routine. (I'm choosing not to give detailed analysis on this.) Page gets caught and does the hip toss gimmick before being carried off.
Jay Lethal gets stopped and is given Macho Man glasses. He gets hit in the shoulder to trigger the Black Machismo.
6) ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Flip Gordon vs. Jay Lethal (c)
Flip Gordon comes out with Brandi Rhodes as his manager. Flip got booked! SHOCK! POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE PLAYS!!!!! HERE COMES BLACK MACHISMO!!!!! And he's with LANNY POFFO!!!! That's awesome!!!! Somewhere in heaven, Randy is having a blast with that! MEGA POWERS HANDSHAKE! HAHA! The bell rings!
Lethal takes Brandi over to his corner ALA RANDY AND ELIZABETH!!! LOL! That's amazing! Flip gets a few arm drags on Lethal. Crossbody by Flip. Flip skins the cat back over the top rope, but Lethal clotheslines him back over to the floor. Lethal climbs up the top rope! Brandi gets in the way again by checking on Flip. He's chasing Brandi back into the ring! Brandi: I'm not Liz!!! He picks her up like Elizabeth. She taps him on the shoulder, and he's Jay Lethal again! Flip is back in and Lethal goes to work. Flip gets a PK kick and a standing moonsault for a 2.
Chop by Flip. Flip is doing his usual cool flips to throw off Lethal. Lethal charges Flip and goes outside. Flip dives through the ropes at Lethal 2 times and nails a third dive over the top rope on Lethal. Lethal rolled back in. Flip climbs the top rope and does a corkscrew flip splash off the top. 2 count. Lethal and Flip reverse a bunch of back suplex attempts, and they start trading near fall rollups. Big boot by Lethal and a spinning kick. But Flip hits a standing moonsault again. Lethal rolls to the apron. Flip goes over to fight Lethal. Lethal rams Gordon's head into the turnbuckle and climbs the top rope, but Lethal gets met with a climbing kick by Gordon. Gordon doesn't connect with a 450. But while landing on his feet, Lethal hits the Lethal Combination for a 2.
Lethal chops Flip back down. Lethal is calling for his finisher. But Gordon gets a rollup instead. Jumping knee into a Falcon Arrow by Flip for a 2 count. Flip chant by the crowd. Big chop by Flip. Gordon goes to hit a springboard, but Lethal catches him and pancakes him back down on the mat. Poffo gets on the apron and smacks Lethal on the shoulder. Black Machismo is back! Bodyslam by Lethal! He climbs up the top rope! HAIL TO THE KING! ELBOW DROP!!! He climbs another corner! HAIL TO THE KING again! He climbs back up again! A 3rd Elbow Drop! 1-2-KICKOUT!!! FLIP IS HULKING UP!!!!!!
Lethal tries to punch him! But Flip is doing his Hogan!!!! YOU! 3 Punches!!!! A BIG BOOT!!!! He does the ear pose!!!! Lethal gets up, but Flip gets a Star Spangled Sling Blade on Lethal! He climbs up the top rope! Lethal avoids a move, but Flip gets a fireman's carry. Samoan Pop. RUNNING Shooting Star Press. TORNADO SPLASH OFF THE TOP ROPE! 1-2-KICKOUT! Flip puts Lethal on the top rope. Flip climbs up. A Hurricanrana is blocked by Lethal. Flip kicks Lethal in the face. Lethal gets a cutter off the top rope! LETHAL INJECTION!!!! 1-2-3!
Winner: Jay Lethal (still ROH World Champion)
Match Grade: B. This was a fun match that had the unenviable task of following the previous two matches. But they did a good job with what they had, and the match was well done. It just didn't reach that insane level as we saw earlier with the other two matches.
Lethal and Flip shake hands and hug after the match. Here comes Bully Ray to beat up on both Flip and Lethal. He's got the chain out and is smacking both men. Lanny gets in the ring and takes a low blow. Bully is looking under the ring and gets ANOTHER table! (DID THIS PLACE BUY OUT ALL OF CHICAGO'S TABLES?!) He unfolds it in the ring. Here comes Colt Cabana. He spears Bully down and starts beating him up. They do A TRIPLE POWERBOMB to Bully, sending him through the table!!!
7) Kenny Omega vs. Penta El Zero (Pentagon Jr.)
The bell rings, and the crowd is going nuts. 10,000 people are playing "Rise of the Terminator." And it's on! Leapfrog into a backroll by Omega, but Penta kicks him in the ribs. Penta gets a backstabber on Omega, sending Omega to the floor. Omega moves out of the way of a dive. A second attempt is met with a running Hurricanrana in the ring by Omega sending Penta outside. Terminator Dive countered by a Sling Blade by Penta. Penta then hits a Senton to the outside to Omega. Kick to the leg of Omega. Chop on the outside to Omega. Both men trade blows on the outside of the ring. Omega thrown into the guard rail and eats a powerslam by Penta.
Both men back in the ring. Penta nails another overhand chop on Omega. Omega responds with a couple of his own. Kick to the leg by Penta. Clothesline into the corner by Penta. Omega gets Penta up. You Can't Escape! Moonsault part is met with knees though. Omega is thrown into the ropes and nails a jumping DDT. Penta rolls to the outside. Springboard Crossbody by Omega on Penta on the outside. Penta is rolled back in the ring. Omega climbs up the top and nails a top rope dropkick. Suplex into the Ushigaroshe by Omega for a 2. Omega is going for V-Trigger, but he eats a superkick. DISCUS ELBOW by Omega! Snap Dragon by Omega!
He goes for One Winged Angel, but Penta gets a backstabber on Omega for 2.8! Penta climbs the top rope. Stomps miss. Lariat by Omega. Death Valley Driver by Omega for a 2. Omega goes back and nails a V-Trigger into the corner. He puts Penta on the top turnbuckle. He climbs up too. But Penta slips out, chops out Omega's knee, and hits a double stomp on Omega's chest for a 2. Package Piledriver blocked! V-Trigger by Omega! Pentagon mocks Omega! V-Trigger! Penta does it again!!!! But Omega powerbombs him and nails a sliding V-Trigger! 1-2-Ropes by Penta!
One Winged Angel avoided. Package Piledriver avoided. Pumphandle Half-Nelson Driver by Penta for a 2.9! Both men are on the apron. Chops by Omega. Omega kicks Penta in the head a couple times. Penta trash talks Omega. He catches Omega and nails the PACKAGE PILEDRIVER ON THE APRON!!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!! They're back in the ring. Double Stomp off the top by Penta on Omega. 2.8 count on Omega.
Penta gets caught with a PACKAGE PILEDRIVER BY OMEGA!!!! 1-2-Kickout! V-TRIGGER!!!!! PENTA blocks One Winged ANGEL. He grabs Omega's arm and nails a sick arm wrench! Package Piledriver again!!!! 1-2-KICKOUT!!! STANDING OVATION! THIS MATCH IS AT THE NEXT LEVEL!!! ALL IN CHANT!
Penta kicks Omega's arm, but he gets hit with a big V-TRIGGER!!! BACKRANA by OMEGA! 1-2. KICKOUT! V-TRIGGER!!!! ONE WINGED ANGEL!!!! 1-2-3!!!!! OMEGA WINS!
Winner: KENNY OMEGA
Match Grade: A+. IS THERE ANY THING THIS MAN CAN NOT DO?! PLEASE DON'T GO WWE, KENNY! THIS WAS PHENOMENAL!
Lights go out in the arena. Omega is back in the ring. Penta gets up and starts attacking Omega. IT'S JERICHO!!!!! CODEBREAKER!!! HOLY CRAP!!!!!! HE'S CROSSED THE LINE IN AMERICA!!!!!!! ANOTHER CODEBREAKER!!!!!! He grabs the mic! "Kenny Omega, I'll see you on the Jericho Cruise!" Jericho goes out through the audience. THAT WAS AWESOME! Jericho comes back to the announce position and pushes Don Callis off from the announce position. Geez.
8) Marty Scurll vs. Kazuchika Okada
THIS IS NEXT?! My God, THIS SHOW IS AWESOME!
The referee is Tiger Hattori from NJPW! YES!
Backstage, Scurll gets told he can't win by the two unseen finger pointers. And Scurll does his finger breaks to both men. WOOP WOOP!
The bell rings. "Let's Go Marty..." "OKADA" dueling chants going on. Okada takes Scurll to the ropes and does his clean break routine. Marty gets Okada in the ropes. Scurll fakes the attack, but he does a double bicep pose. Hammerlock by Scurll now to Okada. Okada gets a wristlock in on Scurll, but Scurll reverses out of it. Scurll runs into Okada, who doesn't move. Again, and nothing happens. Now Scurll tells Okada to do it, and he bulldozes Scurll over. Scurll kicks Okada in the gut, but he can't suplex him over. Okada boots him in the midsection. Marty gives Okada some chops in the corner. Okada reverses and attacks Scurll in the corner. Okada misses a dive on Scurll, but he reverses a suplex by Scurll into one of his own. Uppercut by Scurll. Scurll floats over the top rope and nails a kick to Okada's face on the outside. Dive through the ropes now by Scurll onto Okada.
Chops by Scurll to Okada around ringside. Okada rolled back in the ring, and Scurll follows. More arm work by Scurll on Okada. Flapjack by Okada to Scurll. Neckbreaker by Okada to Scurll. Scurll and Okada go to the outside. DDT on the outside by Okada. Okada rolls Scurll back in the ring and nails a slingshot senton on the way back in. Scurll chops Okada to no effect. Okada knocks him down with one strike. Straight Jacket Headlock by Okada. Scurll powers out and gets Okada in the same position only to nail a backstabber/lungblower on Okada in the move.
Okada gets a big boot on Scurll, but Scurll kicks Okada in the shin in retaliation. Big kick in the corner by Scurll followed by a swinging DDT for a 2. Scurll gets hit with a back elbow by Okada twice followed by a DDT for a 2. Okada asks Marty to get up. Uppercut by Marty. Big Boot by Okada. Brainbuster by Scurll!!! Seconds later, Scurll gets Okada in position for a piledriver, but his back gives out. Marty is getting hyped up, but Okada catches him with the White Noise into the knee. 2 count. Fans are clapping. ]
Okada climbs the ropes, but Marty catches him with an uppercut. Marty climbs up. Marty and Okada are trading blows. Marty refuses to fall back. Scurll gets THE SUPERPLEX on Okada!!!!!! Big shots in the middle now by both men. Rollups exchanged by both men for 2 counts. Okada almost gets caught in one! Scurll gets a powerbomb in! Cover! 1-2 KICKOUT!
Okada gets the running dropkick into the corner on Scurll. He climbs the top rope, and he nails another shotgun dropkick off the top! 1-2-KICKOUT. Scurll is picked up for the tombstone, but he counters into a DDT. He tries his own, but he gets caught in Okada's tombstone. RAINMAKER POSE! He gets Scurll up, but Scurll grabs the fingers! He snaps them!!!! He runs into an Okada dropkick!!! Rainmaker misses! CHICKENWING!!!!! He can't lock it in!!!! Okada rolls over. He gets Scurll up on his back and falls back, pancaking Scurll below. SCURLL CATCHES HIM AGAIN IN THE CHICKENWING!!!! He still can't lock it in! Okada rolls over. 1-2-Kickout. Okada goes for the Rainmaker, but Scurll throws him into the referee. SCURLL DISTRACTS and THEN HITS OKADA WITH THE UMBRELLA! RAINMAKER BY SCURLL!!!! 1-2-KICKOUT!!! STANDING OVATION!!!
CHICKENWING!!! NO!!! RAINMAKER!!!! OKADA CANNOT CAPITALIZE!!! THIS IS INDEED AWESOME!!!!! Scurll tells Okada to bring it. Okada smacks him back down. Marty gets back up and tells Okada to bring it. Okada knocks him down again. Sciurll tells him again to bring it. Again, another knockdown. HE SPITS IN OKADA'S FACE AND SLAPS HIM!!! SPINNING RAINMAKER!!!! ANOTHER RAINMAKER!!! 1-2-3!
Winner: Okada
Match Grade: A. Scurll did indeed belong in this main event-level match. Okada was amazing in this as was Scurll.
They rush quickly to the main event now.
Main Event: Young Bucks and Kota Ibushi vs. Bandido, Rey Fenix, and Rey Mysterio
Mysterio comes out in a Wolverine style outfit. Bell rings.
Bandido and Matt Jackson start us off. Bandido with a springboard back body press on Matt. Bandido with a leg scissors takedown and a dive over the top to the floor on Matt. Nick and Matt double-team Bandido. Fenix gets in with Nick and does some cool flips. Cutter by Fenix. 1-2-Kickout. (They are moving extremely fast, and it's hard to keep up, folks.) Ibushi is tagged in, as is Rey Mysterio. The crowd loses it!
Hurricanrana by Mysterio. Back kick by Ibushi. Both men missed and avoided each other's standard flips and moves. ALL IN CHANT by the crowd. Big kick to a running Mysterio. Ibushi drags Rey back to tag Matt. Matt runs into a boot by Rey and eats a DDT by Rey. Rey tags in Fenix. Superkick by Fenix. Matt hits an Inverted Spanish Fly. Ibushi and Bandido are in. Ibushi gets Bandido with a kick. Standing Moonsault with knees into Bandido for a 2.
Fenix and Bandido eat double Pele kicks. They are moving insanely here. Nick Jackson is on fire. Bulldog/Clothesline combination. Nick does the top rope dive. GOLDEN TRIANGLE BY IBUSHI. Springboard Hurricanrana by Mysterio on Matt followed by a Springboard Plancha to the outside. Fenix follows. Bandido climbs up and does a corkscrew dive off the top rope! (THIS IS UTTER INSANITY! THIS IS SO QUICK!!!)
Ibushi and The Bucks are at the ramp. They have Bandido. Cannonball Run Senton by Nick on Rey Fenix and Bandido by Nick Jackson. Nick Jackson has Bandido in the ring. He tags Matt. Buckle Bomb Kick. Tag to Ibushi. Powerbomb into a German by Ibushi for a 2. Tag to Nick. Triple Superkick misses. Triple Hurricanrana by Bandido. Mysterio is in. Matt gets thrown into the ropes. 6-1-9 blocked!!! He's caught!!!! Rey Fenix kicks Ibushi down to the floor. NICK GETS HURRICANRANA'ED TO THE FLOOR! Rey gets Matt in the rope! They are killing Matt! Dives by Fenix and Bandido on Ibushi and Nick! Rey FROG SPLASH on Matt. 1-2-KICKOUT! They put Matt on the top rope. He shoves off Rey and Fenix. Bandido climbs up and hits a backflip slam on Matt. 1-2- NICK BREAKS IT UP! Bandido Handstands but eats a superkick! SUPERKICK PARTY IS ON! GOLDEN ELITE STYLE MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK FOR A CLOSE 2. MELTZER DRIVER!!! 1-2-3!!!! GOLDEN ELITE WIN!
Winners: GOLDEN ELITE!
MATCH GRADE: A+. The fact that this show ran long may have helped the main event. It moved so quickly that you couldn't catch your breath at all watching this. All 6 men had a tall task in trying to get a main event level match in at around 10 minutes, and they did it.
And just like that, we are off the frigging air. They just barely got that last match in.
Show Grade: A+. That has to be the best event of the year now. They had a tough task in front of them: to live up to the hype. And they more than did so here. They had a couple of production problems with pacing, but that's to be expected when you have a show as front-loaded as this was. All In was ELITE.
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ALL IN
'** Note: I do not get WGN America. So, Zero Hour gets ZERO COVERAGE from me. **
We get a brief rundown intro by the announce team, and the arena looks awesome!!!! JUSTIN ROBERTS is there! Awesome! The national anthem is sung, and the set behind the singer looks great. The production values are definitely good for this. FLIP WON THE BATTLE ROYAL! He's facing Jay Lethal for the ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP tonight.
1) MJF vs. Matt Cross
I have no idea who the hell these guys are, but I'm going to enjoy this for what it is. Again, the production values of this show are definitely a spot above the norma of what you would see.
MJF shoulder tackles Cross down and taunts the crowd. Cross does a little hotdogging himself seconds later. MJF applauds him, and he goes to shake Cross's hand. He holds up Cross's hand, and he kicks him in the lower torso. MJF fakes a flip and tells the crowd he doesn't have to flip to get over. Leg Scissors takedown by Cross sends MJF to the outside. Sasuke Special DIVE from Cross to MJF on the outside.
MJF is rolled back in. Cross climbs up the top turnbuckle, but MJF rolls away from any attempt of a move. MJF uses the referee as a shield and sends Cross shoulder first into the ringpost. Senton on Cross's arm for a 2 followed by a stomp. Armbar by MJF. Cross chops MJF off, but Cross goes back to work on the arm. Arm-Wrench Powerbomb for a 2. Cross put on the top turnbuckle now. MJF works on the arm up on the top. Cross gets a hurricanrana on MJF sending him down to the mat.
Cross is on offense now. Handspring Elbow into the corner followed by a Springboard Crossbody for a 2. Lost signal for a second. But I get it back as MJF gets a Pendulum PILEDRIVER for a 2 on Cross. Moonsault misses. MJF lands on his feet and hurts a knee. CROSS executes a cutter and a Shooting Star Press off the top for the win.
Winner: Matt Cross.
Match Grade: C+. MJF was impressive here as a guy who needs to definitely grow more as a wrestler. But he's looking good as a young talent. Cross also looked good here as well.
Sean Mooney is interviewing Nick Aldis. Aldis calls his title the "most coveted title of all time." That may have been true 20 years ago, but Cody was right: a part-time wrestler/history teacher was champion before Aldis.
2) Stephen Amell vs. Christopher Daniels
Jerry Lynn is the special guest referee! Awesome. Stephen Amell comes out to the Bullet Club theme with Josh Securra (MAD DOG) from Arrow as well! SCU! Here comes Christopher Daniels with his fellow SCU stablemates. John Mayer is front row as well. The bell rings.
Amell pushes Daniels. Daniels spits at Amell. Full nelson by Daniels, who takes down Amell and walks on Amell's back. Amell chops Daniels. He asks for another one. They are trading chops now. Takedown by Amell who walks on Daniels's back. Daniels takes Amell to the corner and attacks Amell. Amell jumps over Daniels and hits a dropkick. Enziguri and a clothesline over the top to Daniels. They are both outside. Daniels is rammed into the guard rail. And Amell gets a table!!!
Daniels and Amell are on the ring apron. Amell is going for a judo throw off the apron. Daniels avoids it and runs back in the ring. Amell goes on the attack on Daniels. Daniels gets a overhead back suplex on Amell and a kick to the gut. Chants for Arrow and The Fallen Angel so far. Daniels beats on Amell in the corner. Amell rammed shoulder first into the turnbuckle. Front suplex into a gutbuster by Daniels for a 2 count. Amell gets out of a reverse bear hug, but Daniels gets him back down and gets the Arabian moonsault for nothing. He's too busy making fun of the whole thing.
Daniels tries to superplex Amell over the top rope to the outside, but Amell blocks it. And we've lost signal... again. We're back. Amell gets a Falcon Arrow for a 2. Clothesline in the corner. Daniels is sitting in the corner. Amell climbs the opposite corner!!!! VAN TERMINATOR sans chair!!! 1-2-kickout!
Enziguri misses by Amell. Best Moonsault Ever by Daniels grazes Amell, and he only gets a 2. Amell is placed on the top turnbuckle, and Daniels climbs up to superplex Amell. But Amell knocks him down sending Daniels on the table. Amell goes for the elbow drop, but Daniels moves sending Amell through the table!!!!!!
Broken Arrow chant from the audience. Jerry Lynn, instead of counting out both men, throws both men in!!!! He refuses to count them out! Daniels is furious for some reason. Jerry Lynn throws his ref shirt off. Amell gets a rollup for a 2. Daniels attacks Amell. Amell tells Daniels to bring it. He does again, but Lynn gets him off of Amell. Amell flips off Daniels. Angel's Wings reversed into a butterfly pin for a 2 by Amell! Urinage by Daniels. Best Moonsault Ever by Daniels. 1-2-3
Winner: Christopher Daniels
Match Grade: B. Stephen Amell is a great athlete and can wrestle any time as far as I'm concerned. (True story: I'm a big Arrow fan. So I am biased.) Daniels was his usual solid stuff. But it wasn't as if Daniels had to carry Amell in this match as the Green Arrow carried his own weight in this.
Stephen Amell and Daniels shake hands after the match. Amell holds up his arm, and they both get on the turnbuckles to salute the crowd after the match. Cool.
3) Tessa Blanchard vs. Chelsea Green vs. Madison Rayne vs. Britt Baker
Britt Baker comes out to Adam Cole's ROH THEME!!! That's meta (she's dating Adam Cole in real life). Tessa hugs both her father Tully and Magnum TA on her way down to the ring. First to a Finish. The bell rings.
Madison tries to shake everyone's hands. Chelsea's split personality almost doesn't do it, but the other half of her does. But Tessa attacks Madison rather than shake her hand. Lots of rollups in the ring between Britt and Chelsea. Arm drag by Britt. Chelsea blocks another one. Britt and Chelsea fight over an arm drag before Britt finally hits one. Britt hits a lucha hip toss from the top rope to the mat. Tessa clotheslines Green over the top rope. Tessa goes to work on Baker. Baker is in the corner and eats a codebreaker from Tessa. Madison and Tessa are in the ring. Head scissors takedown by Madison to Tessa. Forearm by Tessa to Madison. POWER PRESS by Blanchard throwing Madison over the top onto the other 2 women. Wow. Tessa was going for a dive, but she gets pulled out. Chelsea eventually dives through the ropes onto Tessa.
Tessa is thrown back in. Tessa knocks Chelsea back to the floor. Tessa dives over the top onto two of her opponents, but Rayne flies off the top turnbuckle onto all 3 of her opponents seconds later. Tessa was grabbing her knee after doing the dive. We'll see what happens. Britt rolled in for a 2 count by Madison. Sling Blades by Baker to all three of her opponents. 2 count on Tessa. Rayne gets the Rip Cord (cutter) on Britt for a 2. Blanchard takes back control. She hits a delayed vertical suplex on Madison. Green hits the "Woo Woo Woo" face kick on Blanchard (She dating Ryder?). Tessa hits a Flatliner on Green. DDT by Rayne on Tessa. Green hits a top rope dropkick and can't capitalize.
Cutter off the top rope by Rayne on Baker for a 2. Green gets back in and hits the Unprettier. Superkick by Baker on two of the women. But she only gets a 2 on Rayne. Rollups by Tessa and Green for a 2 each. Each women breaks up a pin attempt by one of the others. Britt Baker eats a neckbreaker by Green for a 2. Britt Baker hits an Unprettier for a 2. Canadian Destroyer by Green gets a 2 ONLY on Blanchard. Standing ovation from the audience. Tessa gets a hammerlock DDT for a 3 which was nearly broken up.
Winner: Tessa Blanchard
Match Grade: B. Good match, but this was a bit of a sloppy mess all things considered. I can't give it more than this. But that being said: It was a good match and on the strong side of the B grade.
All the women hug at the end of the match.
4) NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Nick Aldis (c) vs. Cody
WOW! They're doing this already this early on the show. Brandi is out first. Then Cody gets walked to the ring by DDP, Dreamer, Glacier (?!), a couple other I can't tell, and his dog! Cody also has his blonde hair back. The ovation is deafening for Cody in this show. This has definitely picked up now. Aldis is being accompanied by Jeff Jarrett, Storm, Divari, and others. And he's being booed heavily.
Earl Hebner is the freaking referee!!! This is awesome!
Here we go! The bell rings!!!
The crowd is going nuts and clapping!!! They shake hands. Tie-Up! ALL IN Chants now! Wristlock by Aldis. Headlock sent to the ropes by both men. Both men hotdog to the audience. Hammerlock escaped into a wristlock by Aldis. Cody gets into a side headlock. Shoulder tackle by Aldis. Cody and Aldis exchange chops. Cody gets a dropkick to a running Aldis. Aldis goes out to the floor, but Cody dives through the ropes to Aldis. Cody tries to suplex Aldis on the outside, but Aldis reverses it into a suplex of his own. Aldis rams Cody back first into the ring post and throws him back in the ring.
Aldis with chops in the corner to Cody. Cody thrown hard into the corner. Fisherman Suplex by Aldis for a 2. Headlock by Aldis. Cody gets out but is thrown hard again into the corner. Aldis continues to pound on Cody in the corner. Cody blocks another throw and rams himself into Aldis. Dropdown punch by Cody to Aldis. Double lariat by both men sends each other down. "CODY" chant from the audience.
Superkick by Cody. Cross Rhodes avoided. Double Cross Body by both men. Aldis rolls out in pain. Cody springboards off the top rope only to eat an elbow from Aldis coming down on the floor!!!! Earl Hebner is checking on Cody, and he calls for the X. Oh no. Here comes DDP. Cody is getting up. Divari pushes Page back and has a towel. Divari pushes the referee!! DIAMOND CUTTER TO DIVARI IN THE RING!!! AWESOME!!!! DDP is sent to the back.
Apparently, Cody is going to continue to working the match. Cody is busted open. He's got color. Both men are in the ring. Cody is on his knees and getting attacked by Aldis. Cody gets back up and hits Aldis with a forearm. Snap PowerSlam by Cody for a 2. Cody is getting hyped up. Cody gets pushed into the corner. He catches Aldis with a boot. Moonsault by Cody misses! Aldis puts Cody on the top rope. Rising knee strike. Aldis hits a Fall Away Slam off the corner on Cody. Aldis is now climbing the top rope. Big splash. 1-2-Kickout.
Cody gets Aldis' leg. FIGURE FOUR!!!! Cody is screaming in anger and pain with blood on his face! Awesome. Aldis flips Cody over, and both men get to the ropes eventually. (This is the best NWA Championship match I've watched in 11 years. Ok. That's back when TNA ditched the belt.) We've lost video. We're back. Aldis gets Cody up and hits a powerslam on the outside. Aldis rolls back in the ring. The count is on. Aldis stops the count and goes out to get Cody. He rolls him back in.
Aldis goes to flip over Cody, but Cody catches him. Cody drops him after trying to get a Alabama Slam in. Cody picks him back up and hits the Spinning Alabama Slam on him for a 2. Cody is tuning up the band. Beautiful Disaster Kick misses. POWERBOMB by Aldis for a 2. Texas Cloverleaf by Aldis on Cody. He pulls Cody to the middle of the ring. Cody is trying to power out, but he can't. He tries to power out again, and he gets to the ropes to the roar of the crowd!
Brandi: "You Don't Need to Do This."
Aldis pulls Cody back in the center of the ring. SIT DOWN PILEDRIVER by ALDIS! He puts Cody dead center in the ring and climbs up the ropes. Brandi gets in the ring and begs Aldis not to do it! She lies on top of Cody and EATS AN ELBOW DROP FROM ALDIS! HOLY HELL!!!! He gets a 2 count as the crowd yells "A-Hole" at him.
Aldis slaps a kneeling Cody. Aldis runs off the ropes but he eats a Beautiful Disaster Kick! Cross Rhodes!!! 1-2-KICKOUT!!!! WOW! THIS IS AWESOME!!! Aldis and Cody are exchanging punches now. Cody is going for the VERTEBREAKER! But Cody can't get it. Aldis goes for the Sunset Flip, but CODY SITS IN ON IT! 1-2-3!!! HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE!!! CODY IS THE FIRST EVER SON OF A FORMER NWA WORLD CHAMPION TO WIN THE NWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!
Winner: Cody (NEW NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION)
Match Grade: A+. That was incredible from a storyline perspective. They told such a great story throughout the entire match. The match lived up to the hype and then some. When thinking of Cody's career, this may be hard to beat as both top match and top moment.
DDP comes back out and holds up Cody's hand. The other members of Cody's entourage come out to celebrate with him! This is a great moment in wrestling history!
5) Chicago Street Fight
Joey Janela (w/ Penelope Ford) vs. Hangman Page
We see highlights of the "Joey Ryan Murder Mystery" storyline. I've never seen a Janela match. So, this should be interesting.
The bell rings. Big boot by Page. Janela thrown to the outside. Page dives through the ropes at Janela and connects. Janela thrown back in, and HE hits a dive of his own through the ropes. Page is thrown back in, and he hits a boot to send Janaela back down. Page climbs up the top rope and NAILS THE TOP ROPE MOONSAULT DOWN TO THE FLOOR ON JANELA! Janela thrown back in the ring. Page goes under the ring and gets a steel chair. Page is back in and unfolds the chair. Janela eats a rolling elbow from page. FALLAWAY SLAM INTO THE OPEN CHAIR BY PAGE! Ouch!!! But it only gets a 2.
Page is back outside and unveils a literal Cracker Barrel Barrel!!!! I kid you not. (They are a sponsor, after all.) Janela sends Page back first into the Cracker Barrel Barrel and sends Page out into the crowd. Janela climbs a chair and the barrel to perform a flip dive on Page into the crowd. Janela tries to roll the Barrel into Page back in ringside, but Page does a Donkey Kong Mario-type jump over the barrel. Janela sends Page back over the rail, but Page gets Janela with a BUCKSHOT Lariat over the rail!!!! Page is looking for and gets a table! Janela is thrown back in the ring. Page sets up the table on the outside of the ring. Page climbs the top rope, as does Janela. Janela gets Page on his shoulders, gets on the mat, and hits a Death Valley Ram into the Corner for a 2 count.
Janela and Ford get a ladder from under the ring. They reposition the table and use the barrel to hold a ladder up on the ring apron. Page is placed on the lying ladder. Janela goes to the top of the corner. Page races off and catches Janela. He hits a BURNING HAMMER on Janela sending both men into the ladder!!!! Even worse, the ladder lands on the back of Janela's head on the way down! Page throws Janela back in.
Page gets a trash bag and climbs back in the ring. Ford jumps Page before he can use whatever's in the bag. She slaps Page on the ear. Page goes to hit her, but she hits SEVERAL BACK FLIPS and a STUNNER on Page. Page is on the outside, and FORD HITS A FLYING DIVE onto Page OFF THE TOP ROPE! Page is placed on the table, and Janela jumps off the top rope and NAILS AN ELBOW DROP ON PAGE THROUGH THE TABLE! THIS IS AWESOME!!!!
Janela takes Page up the steps and entrance area. Janela runs back as far as he can and nails a running clothesline. He goes down to the floor looking for something. He gets another table, which Ford helps him set up. They're setting up another table. Both are set up right next to each other. Janela goes back to Page and eats a Superkick!!! Page picks up Janela and throws him in a Powerbomb position down to the tables. He only hits one, and HIS HEAD IS THE ONLY THING THAT HITS THE TABLE!!!!
Page drags Janela back to the ring. Page removes the elbow pad. Janela eats a Buckshot Lariat in the ring. RITE OF PASSAGE! 1-2-FORD BREAKS IT UP!!!! She has the bag now. Page grabs it from her. He opens it up. It's boots! The cursed boots! He superkicks Ford!!! SUPERKICK BY JANELA TO PAGE! 1-2-KICKOUT! THIS IS AWESOME! Janela goes under the ring and gets another ladder. He gets ANOTHER table! Table is set up by Janela in the ring. Ladder is also set up. He grabs Page and puts him on the table. He climbs up the ladder! Page gets up and climbs the ladder. Janela knocks him off, but Page gets the phone that he supposedly killed Joey Ryan with, CHOKES JOEY JANELA, AND HITS RITE OF PASSAGE OFF THE LADDER THROUGH THE TABLE ON JANELA! That's it! 1-2-3!
Winner: Hangman Page
Match Grade: A. THAT'S A STREET FIGHT AS IT SHOULD BE. WOW!
The lights go out after the match. Joey Ryan is shown lying on the bed where he supposedly died, and he was shown as being anything but dead. Here comes Joey Ryan. Page is shocked. Joey's doing his usual NSFW routine. (I'm choosing not to give detailed analysis on this.) Page gets caught and does the hip toss gimmick before being carried off.
Jay Lethal gets stopped and is given Macho Man glasses. He gets hit in the shoulder to trigger the Black Machismo.
6) ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Flip Gordon vs. Jay Lethal (c)
Flip Gordon comes out with Brandi Rhodes as his manager. Flip got booked! SHOCK! POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE PLAYS!!!!! HERE COMES BLACK MACHISMO!!!!! And he's with LANNY POFFO!!!! That's awesome!!!! Somewhere in heaven, Randy is having a blast with that! MEGA POWERS HANDSHAKE! HAHA! The bell rings!
Lethal takes Brandi over to his corner ALA RANDY AND ELIZABETH!!! LOL! That's amazing! Flip gets a few arm drags on Lethal. Crossbody by Flip. Flip skins the cat back over the top rope, but Lethal clotheslines him back over to the floor. Lethal climbs up the top rope! Brandi gets in the way again by checking on Flip. He's chasing Brandi back into the ring! Brandi: I'm not Liz!!! He picks her up like Elizabeth. She taps him on the shoulder, and he's Jay Lethal again! Flip is back in and Lethal goes to work. Flip gets a PK kick and a standing moonsault for a 2.
Chop by Flip. Flip is doing his usual cool flips to throw off Lethal. Lethal charges Flip and goes outside. Flip dives through the ropes at Lethal 2 times and nails a third dive over the top rope on Lethal. Lethal rolled back in. Flip climbs the top rope and does a corkscrew flip splash off the top. 2 count. Lethal and Flip reverse a bunch of back suplex attempts, and they start trading near fall rollups. Big boot by Lethal and a spinning kick. But Flip hits a standing moonsault again. Lethal rolls to the apron. Flip goes over to fight Lethal. Lethal rams Gordon's head into the turnbuckle and climbs the top rope, but Lethal gets met with a climbing kick by Gordon. Gordon doesn't connect with a 450. But while landing on his feet, Lethal hits the Lethal Combination for a 2.
Lethal chops Flip back down. Lethal is calling for his finisher. But Gordon gets a rollup instead. Jumping knee into a Falcon Arrow by Flip for a 2 count. Flip chant by the crowd. Big chop by Flip. Gordon goes to hit a springboard, but Lethal catches him and pancakes him back down on the mat. Poffo gets on the apron and smacks Lethal on the shoulder. Black Machismo is back! Bodyslam by Lethal! He climbs up the top rope! HAIL TO THE KING! ELBOW DROP!!! He climbs another corner! HAIL TO THE KING again! He climbs back up again! A 3rd Elbow Drop! 1-2-KICKOUT!!! FLIP IS HULKING UP!!!!!!
Lethal tries to punch him! But Flip is doing his Hogan!!!! YOU! 3 Punches!!!! A BIG BOOT!!!! He does the ear pose!!!! Lethal gets up, but Flip gets a Star Spangled Sling Blade on Lethal! He climbs up the top rope! Lethal avoids a move, but Flip gets a fireman's carry. Samoan Pop. RUNNING Shooting Star Press. TORNADO SPLASH OFF THE TOP ROPE! 1-2-KICKOUT! Flip puts Lethal on the top rope. Flip climbs up. A Hurricanrana is blocked by Lethal. Flip kicks Lethal in the face. Lethal gets a cutter off the top rope! LETHAL INJECTION!!!! 1-2-3!
Winner: Jay Lethal (still ROH World Champion)
Match Grade: B. This was a fun match that had the unenviable task of following the previous two matches. But they did a good job with what they had, and the match was well done. It just didn't reach that insane level as we saw earlier with the other two matches.
Lethal and Flip shake hands and hug after the match. Here comes Bully Ray to beat up on both Flip and Lethal. He's got the chain out and is smacking both men. Lanny gets in the ring and takes a low blow. Bully is looking under the ring and gets ANOTHER table! (DID THIS PLACE BUY OUT ALL OF CHICAGO'S TABLES?!) He unfolds it in the ring. Here comes Colt Cabana. He spears Bully down and starts beating him up. They do A TRIPLE POWERBOMB to Bully, sending him through the table!!!
7) Kenny Omega vs. Penta El Zero (Pentagon Jr.)
The bell rings, and the crowd is going nuts. 10,000 people are playing "Rise of the Terminator." And it's on! Leapfrog into a backroll by Omega, but Penta kicks him in the ribs. Penta gets a backstabber on Omega, sending Omega to the floor. Omega moves out of the way of a dive. A second attempt is met with a running Hurricanrana in the ring by Omega sending Penta outside. Terminator Dive countered by a Sling Blade by Penta. Penta then hits a Senton to the outside to Omega. Kick to the leg of Omega. Chop on the outside to Omega. Both men trade blows on the outside of the ring. Omega thrown into the guard rail and eats a powerslam by Penta.
Both men back in the ring. Penta nails another overhand chop on Omega. Omega responds with a couple of his own. Kick to the leg by Penta. Clothesline into the corner by Penta. Omega gets Penta up. You Can't Escape! Moonsault part is met with knees though. Omega is thrown into the ropes and nails a jumping DDT. Penta rolls to the outside. Springboard Crossbody by Omega on Penta on the outside. Penta is rolled back in the ring. Omega climbs up the top and nails a top rope dropkick. Suplex into the Ushigaroshe by Omega for a 2. Omega is going for V-Trigger, but he eats a superkick. DISCUS ELBOW by Omega! Snap Dragon by Omega!
He goes for One Winged Angel, but Penta gets a backstabber on Omega for 2.8! Penta climbs the top rope. Stomps miss. Lariat by Omega. Death Valley Driver by Omega for a 2. Omega goes back and nails a V-Trigger into the corner. He puts Penta on the top turnbuckle. He climbs up too. But Penta slips out, chops out Omega's knee, and hits a double stomp on Omega's chest for a 2. Package Piledriver blocked! V-Trigger by Omega! Pentagon mocks Omega! V-Trigger! Penta does it again!!!! But Omega powerbombs him and nails a sliding V-Trigger! 1-2-Ropes by Penta!
One Winged Angel avoided. Package Piledriver avoided. Pumphandle Half-Nelson Driver by Penta for a 2.9! Both men are on the apron. Chops by Omega. Omega kicks Penta in the head a couple times. Penta trash talks Omega. He catches Omega and nails the PACKAGE PILEDRIVER ON THE APRON!!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!! They're back in the ring. Double Stomp off the top by Penta on Omega. 2.8 count on Omega.
Penta gets caught with a PACKAGE PILEDRIVER BY OMEGA!!!! 1-2-Kickout! V-TRIGGER!!!!! PENTA blocks One Winged ANGEL. He grabs Omega's arm and nails a sick arm wrench! Package Piledriver again!!!! 1-2-KICKOUT!!! STANDING OVATION! THIS MATCH IS AT THE NEXT LEVEL!!! ALL IN CHANT!
Penta kicks Omega's arm, but he gets hit with a big V-TRIGGER!!! BACKRANA by OMEGA! 1-2. KICKOUT! V-TRIGGER!!!! ONE WINGED ANGEL!!!! 1-2-3!!!!! OMEGA WINS!
Winner: KENNY OMEGA
Match Grade: A+. IS THERE ANY THING THIS MAN CAN NOT DO?! PLEASE DON'T GO WWE, KENNY! THIS WAS PHENOMENAL!
Lights go out in the arena. Omega is back in the ring. Penta gets up and starts attacking Omega. IT'S JERICHO!!!!! CODEBREAKER!!! HOLY CRAP!!!!!! HE'S CROSSED THE LINE IN AMERICA!!!!!!! ANOTHER CODEBREAKER!!!!!! He grabs the mic! "Kenny Omega, I'll see you on the Jericho Cruise!" Jericho goes out through the audience. THAT WAS AWESOME! Jericho comes back to the announce position and pushes Don Callis off from the announce position. Geez.
8) Marty Scurll vs. Kazuchika Okada
THIS IS NEXT?! My God, THIS SHOW IS AWESOME!
The referee is Tiger Hattori from NJPW! YES!
Backstage, Scurll gets told he can't win by the two unseen finger pointers. And Scurll does his finger breaks to both men. WOOP WOOP!
The bell rings. "Let's Go Marty..." "OKADA" dueling chants going on. Okada takes Scurll to the ropes and does his clean break routine. Marty gets Okada in the ropes. Scurll fakes the attack, but he does a double bicep pose. Hammerlock by Scurll now to Okada. Okada gets a wristlock in on Scurll, but Scurll reverses out of it. Scurll runs into Okada, who doesn't move. Again, and nothing happens. Now Scurll tells Okada to do it, and he bulldozes Scurll over. Scurll kicks Okada in the gut, but he can't suplex him over. Okada boots him in the midsection. Marty gives Okada some chops in the corner. Okada reverses and attacks Scurll in the corner. Okada misses a dive on Scurll, but he reverses a suplex by Scurll into one of his own. Uppercut by Scurll. Scurll floats over the top rope and nails a kick to Okada's face on the outside. Dive through the ropes now by Scurll onto Okada.
Chops by Scurll to Okada around ringside. Okada rolled back in the ring, and Scurll follows. More arm work by Scurll on Okada. Flapjack by Okada to Scurll. Neckbreaker by Okada to Scurll. Scurll and Okada go to the outside. DDT on the outside by Okada. Okada rolls Scurll back in the ring and nails a slingshot senton on the way back in. Scurll chops Okada to no effect. Okada knocks him down with one strike. Straight Jacket Headlock by Okada. Scurll powers out and gets Okada in the same position only to nail a backstabber/lungblower on Okada in the move.
Okada gets a big boot on Scurll, but Scurll kicks Okada in the shin in retaliation. Big kick in the corner by Scurll followed by a swinging DDT for a 2. Scurll gets hit with a back elbow by Okada twice followed by a DDT for a 2. Okada asks Marty to get up. Uppercut by Marty. Big Boot by Okada. Brainbuster by Scurll!!! Seconds later, Scurll gets Okada in position for a piledriver, but his back gives out. Marty is getting hyped up, but Okada catches him with the White Noise into the knee. 2 count. Fans are clapping. ]
Okada climbs the ropes, but Marty catches him with an uppercut. Marty climbs up. Marty and Okada are trading blows. Marty refuses to fall back. Scurll gets THE SUPERPLEX on Okada!!!!!! Big shots in the middle now by both men. Rollups exchanged by both men for 2 counts. Okada almost gets caught in one! Scurll gets a powerbomb in! Cover! 1-2 KICKOUT!
Okada gets the running dropkick into the corner on Scurll. He climbs the top rope, and he nails another shotgun dropkick off the top! 1-2-KICKOUT. Scurll is picked up for the tombstone, but he counters into a DDT. He tries his own, but he gets caught in Okada's tombstone. RAINMAKER POSE! He gets Scurll up, but Scurll grabs the fingers! He snaps them!!!! He runs into an Okada dropkick!!! Rainmaker misses! CHICKENWING!!!!! He can't lock it in!!!! Okada rolls over. He gets Scurll up on his back and falls back, pancaking Scurll below. SCURLL CATCHES HIM AGAIN IN THE CHICKENWING!!!! He still can't lock it in! Okada rolls over. 1-2-Kickout. Okada goes for the Rainmaker, but Scurll throws him into the referee. SCURLL DISTRACTS and THEN HITS OKADA WITH THE UMBRELLA! RAINMAKER BY SCURLL!!!! 1-2-KICKOUT!!! STANDING OVATION!!!
CHICKENWING!!! NO!!! RAINMAKER!!!! OKADA CANNOT CAPITALIZE!!! THIS IS INDEED AWESOME!!!!! Scurll tells Okada to bring it. Okada smacks him back down. Marty gets back up and tells Okada to bring it. Okada knocks him down again. Sciurll tells him again to bring it. Again, another knockdown. HE SPITS IN OKADA'S FACE AND SLAPS HIM!!! SPINNING RAINMAKER!!!! ANOTHER RAINMAKER!!! 1-2-3!
Winner: Okada
Match Grade: A. Scurll did indeed belong in this main event-level match. Okada was amazing in this as was Scurll.
They rush quickly to the main event now.
Main Event: Young Bucks and Kota Ibushi vs. Bandido, Rey Fenix, and Rey Mysterio
Mysterio comes out in a Wolverine style outfit. Bell rings.
Bandido and Matt Jackson start us off. Bandido with a springboard back body press on Matt. Bandido with a leg scissors takedown and a dive over the top to the floor on Matt. Nick and Matt double-team Bandido. Fenix gets in with Nick and does some cool flips. Cutter by Fenix. 1-2-Kickout. (They are moving extremely fast, and it's hard to keep up, folks.) Ibushi is tagged in, as is Rey Mysterio. The crowd loses it!
Hurricanrana by Mysterio. Back kick by Ibushi. Both men missed and avoided each other's standard flips and moves. ALL IN CHANT by the crowd. Big kick to a running Mysterio. Ibushi drags Rey back to tag Matt. Matt runs into a boot by Rey and eats a DDT by Rey. Rey tags in Fenix. Superkick by Fenix. Matt hits an Inverted Spanish Fly. Ibushi and Bandido are in. Ibushi gets Bandido with a kick. Standing Moonsault with knees into Bandido for a 2.
Fenix and Bandido eat double Pele kicks. They are moving insanely here. Nick Jackson is on fire. Bulldog/Clothesline combination. Nick does the top rope dive. GOLDEN TRIANGLE BY IBUSHI. Springboard Hurricanrana by Mysterio on Matt followed by a Springboard Plancha to the outside. Fenix follows. Bandido climbs up and does a corkscrew dive off the top rope! (THIS IS UTTER INSANITY! THIS IS SO QUICK!!!)
Ibushi and The Bucks are at the ramp. They have Bandido. Cannonball Run Senton by Nick on Rey Fenix and Bandido by Nick Jackson. Nick Jackson has Bandido in the ring. He tags Matt. Buckle Bomb Kick. Tag to Ibushi. Powerbomb into a German by Ibushi for a 2. Tag to Nick. Triple Superkick misses. Triple Hurricanrana by Bandido. Mysterio is in. Matt gets thrown into the ropes. 6-1-9 blocked!!! He's caught!!!! Rey Fenix kicks Ibushi down to the floor. NICK GETS HURRICANRANA'ED TO THE FLOOR! Rey gets Matt in the rope! They are killing Matt! Dives by Fenix and Bandido on Ibushi and Nick! Rey FROG SPLASH on Matt. 1-2-KICKOUT! They put Matt on the top rope. He shoves off Rey and Fenix. Bandido climbs up and hits a backflip slam on Matt. 1-2- NICK BREAKS IT UP! Bandido Handstands but eats a superkick! SUPERKICK PARTY IS ON! GOLDEN ELITE STYLE MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK FOR A CLOSE 2. MELTZER DRIVER!!! 1-2-3!!!! GOLDEN ELITE WIN!
Winners: GOLDEN ELITE!
MATCH GRADE: A+. The fact that this show ran long may have helped the main event. It moved so quickly that you couldn't catch your breath at all watching this. All 6 men had a tall task in trying to get a main event level match in at around 10 minutes, and they did it.
And just like that, we are off the frigging air. They just barely got that last match in.
Show Grade: A+. That has to be the best event of the year now. They had a tough task in front of them: to live up to the hype. And they more than did so here. They had a couple of production problems with pacing, but that's to be expected when you have a show as front-loaded as this was. All In was ELITE.
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