Prince Nana is with Steve and Kevin for the Top Prospect Tournament Matches.
Match Number One: Andrew Everett versus The Romantic Touch in a Top Prospect Tournament First Round Match
Romantic Touch kisses Everett’s hand on the handshake and then he kicks Everett. Touch with punches followed by an Irish whip but Everett flips over Touch. Touch sends Everett to the apron and Everett with a shoulder and he flips back into the ring and he drop kicks Touch to the floor. Everett with a Fosbury Flop onto Touch.
Everett rolls Touch back into the ring and he goes up top. Everett with a head scissors take down followed by a kick to the leg and a standing moonsault for a near fall. Everett with chops. Touch with an Irish whip but he misses a charge into te corner. Touch with a back elbow from the turnbuckles.
Touch gyrates before hitting a monkey flip and Touch gets a near fall. Touch gets another near fall. Touch chops Everett. Everett with a kick and he goes to the apron and then he hits a springboard cross body for a near fall. Everett with a suplex but misses a springboard shooting star press.
Touch with a drop kick for a near fall. Touch with a European uppercut while Veda Scott tries to expose Touch from the announce table. Touch with a chin lock but Everett with elbows. Touch pulls Everett to the mat. Touch gestures to Veda and then he sets for a suplex but Everett gets the three count with an inside cradle.
Winner: Andrew Everett
We take a look back at Final Battle when The Decade was formed when Roderick Strong, Jimmy Jacobs, and BJ Whitmer attacked Eddie Edwards.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Jay Briscoe makes his way to the ring with his unrecognized title belt.
Jay says that if you haven’t heard, he has an offer on the table for Adam Cole. The problem is that he hasn’t gotten an answer from Adam Cole. He told Adam that he could leave his belt at home and he will put the Real World Championship on the line.
Jay says that he is tired of waiting and he tells Adam to bring his sweet ass to the ring.
Adam Cole says that Jay expects him to walk down this ramp, come into the ring, and face him one on one for what Jay claims is the ‘Real’ World Championship. Adam says that he will paint this as crystal clear as possible so even a dumb redneck like Jay can understand.
Jay is not the ‘real’ World Champion. Adam Cole is the real World Champion. Jay’s belt did not grow legs, walk to him, and talk to him. Jay’s belt is a toy and a prop to hide behind the shame and embarrassment that Jay is no longer the face of Ring of Honor. Adam says that he is the face of Ring of Honor.
Jay has done such a good job of convincing himself that he is the ‘real’ champion that the fans think that is true. Adam says that because of that, he will never care what the people think about him, other than Matt Hardy.
Adam says that he will put this all to rest. Will he face Jay for the ‘Real’ Ring of Honor World Championship. He will tell Jay next week.
Adam drops the mic and leaves the ring.
Match Number Two: Cheeseburger versus Hanson in a Top Prospect Tournament First Round Match
Cheeseburger goes to the ring as soon as the bell rings and he looks winded. Hanson sends Cheeseburger into the corner and then he avoids a splash into the corner. Cheeseburger with a side head lock and he cannot take Hanson down to the mat. Hanson kicks Cheeseburger in the head. Hanson with a knee to the midsection that lifts him off the mat.
Cheeseburger with a jawbreaker and he tries for a sunset flip but Hanson does not go over. Hanson with a suplex and then Hanson with crossfaces. Hanson with Snake Eyes but Cheeseburger with an elbow. Cheeseburger with a drop kick to the knee but Hanson with a spinning heel kick for the three count.
Winner: Hanson
We go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Adam Page versus Mark Briscoe
Before the match starts, The Decade (BJ Whitmer, Jimmy Jacobs, and Roderick Strong) makes their way to ringside to watch the next match.
Jimmy gets a mic and he says that he is sorry to interrupt but they have been in the company for ten years so they can interrupt whenever they want. The Decade have been the cornerstone of this company for over ten years. They are unappreciated by the fans and the boys in the back, but not by Mark Briscoe. Mark has been here since day one.
Jimmy says that he hasn’t forgotten. They see guys like Chris Hero and AJ Styles leave for greener pastures and then waltz back into the company. Mark belongs with them. Mark belongs with The Decade. He shouldn’t be wrestling some guy who is going to use this company as a stepping stone, like Adam Page.
Jacobs slaps Page and then Strong and Whitmer attack Page. Briscoe fights off Whitmer, Jacobs, and Strong.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Three (Take Two): Jimmy Jacobs and BJ Whitmer (with Roderick Strong) versus Adam Page and Mark Briscoe
The match is joined in progress with Jacobs working over Page with punches while Briscoe punches Whitmer. Jacobs rakes Briscoe’s eyes and Whitmer sends Briscoe to the floor. Page with a reverse atomic drop and flying leg lariat to Jacobs. Whitmer trips Page and Jacobs hits a DDT. Whitmer tags in and he kicks Page in the back.
Whitmer with a punch and back elbow for a near fall. Whitmer tags Jacobs back in. Whitmer with an Irish whip and Jacobs runs into a boot and then Jacobs hits an assisted spear for a near fall. Jacobs with a front face lock and he tags Whitmer back in. Whitmer with an elbow to the back of the neck. Whitmer and Page exchange chops. Whitmer with a punch and chops.
Page with a kick and chops but Whitmer with a knee and he sends Page to the apron. Page with a shoulder and he tags in Briscoe. Briscoe with punches and Whitmer punches back. They go back and forth in the center in the ring. Mark with chops to Whitmer. Whitmer with a knee but Briscoe clotheslines Whitmer over the top rope to the floor.
Jacobs with a knee to the back and Briscoe sends Jacobs to the floor. Page with a running shooting star off the apron onto Whitmer. Briscoe knocks Jacobs off the apron again and then Briscoe with a running elbow drop off the apron onto Whitmer. Briscoe sends Whitmer back into the ring.
Briscoe gets Whitmer on his shoulders and he hits a Death Valley Driver and then eh tsga in Page, but Page misses a move from the turnbuckles and then he knocks Jacobs to the floor. Page with a sweep of the leg and a shooting star press for a near fall. Whitmer sends Page to the apron. Jacobs crotches Page and then Whitmer punches Page and hits a super Exploder but Briscoe breaks up the cover. Jacobs and Briscoe battle in the ring and then Briscoe with chops to Whitmer followed by a jawbreaker and enzuigiri. Briscoe is sent to the floor by Whitmer. Page with a Victory Roll for a near fall. Whitmer with a clothesline and then Jacobs and Whitmer hit a running assisted cutter for the three count.
Winners: BJ Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs
We see footage from last week’s show when Cliff Compton choked Kevin Steen from the crowd after Steen’s victory over Chris Hero. We go to comments from Steen where he says that Compton wants to kill him, but Steen reminds Compton that he brought Kill Steen Kill into the company.
We go to commercial.
We are back with footage from Final Battle when Tommaso Ciampa defeated Matt Taven to become the new Ring of Honor Television Champion.
Jay Lethal has joined Steve and Kevin at the announce table.
Silas brings his strap to the ring with him.
Before the match starts, Matt Taven comes to the ring and he says for nine months, 287 days, he was the longest reigning Television Champion. He took the title to new heights and he took great pride in being the face of this television company. He did it by doing things his way. Then on one night in New York City, things did not go his way. The belt should be his and will be his again.
Matt says that he did not come to the ring to complain. He came to the ring to do something that he did not get to do in New York. Taven offers his hand to Ciampa but Silas attacks Taven.
Taven chases Young around the ring and security sends Taven to the back.
Match Number Four: Tommaso Ciampa versus Silas Young in an ROH Television Title Match
Ciampa goes after Young on the floor but Silas returns to the ring. Young with a baseball slide to Ciampa and he goes to the floor. Young with a forearm to the back and Young sends Ciampa back into the ring. Young kicks Ciampa and punches him. Young with another punch to Ciampa and the referee warns Young.
Ciampa grabs Young by the mustache and then Young with a side head lock take down. Ciampa with a side head lock take down. Ciampa with another side head lock take down. Ciampa with a shoulder tackle and he punches Young in the head. Young rolls to the floor. Ciampa goes back to the floor and he sends Young into the corner of the guardrails. Ciampa with a running knee to Young and then he puts Young in the opposite corner. Ciampa with another running knee to Young’s head against the guardrails. Ciampa goes to the third corner but Young is able to get up before Ciampa can do it again. Young grabs his strap but Ciampa sends him back into the ring. Young kicks the rope when Ciampa returns to the ring and then Young hits a springboard clothesline and we go to commercial.
We are back and Young with an Irish whip and he runs into a boot. Young with a face buster and chop to Ciampa. Ciampa chops back. They go back and forth and then Young with forearms. Ciampa with a flying knee and Irish whip. Young floats over but Ciampa with a boot. Young with a forearm. Young with a back breaker and clothesline combination for a near fall.
Young gets Ciampa on his shoulders but Ciampa escapes and he goes for a belly-to-back suplex but Young lands on his feet. Ciampa goes for the Sicilian Stretch but Young gets to the ropes. Young grabs the strap that was still in the ring and Ciampa moves. Ciampa with a running knee and then Ciampa with a Burning Hammer for a near fall.
Ciampa sets for Project Ciampa but Young backs Ciampa into the turnbuckles. Ciampa with an Irish whip but CIampa misses a charge into the turnbuckles and Ciampa hits the ring post with his shoulder. Silas with a Finlay Slam followed by a delayed headstand into a springboard moonsault for a near fall.
Young grabs the strap again and the referee grabs the strap. Ciampa with a rollup for a near fall. Young picks up the strap but drops it to the mat. Ciampa with an Air Raid Crash for a near fall. Young with a clothesline and he goes for another Finlay Slam but Ciampa with the Sicilian Stretch and Yong taps out.
Winner: Tommaso Ciampa
After the match, Young hits Ciampa from behind on the turnbuckles and Young grabs the strap. Lethal enters the ring and he goes after Young. Matt Taven comes out and he connects with a super kick to Young.
Taven, Lethal, and Ciampa are in the ring and the belt is between them in the ring. Ciampa picks up his title belt and then he holds the belt up as we go to credits.
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