We are in Nasvhille, Tennessee and your announcers are Kevin Kelly and Steve Corino.
Match Number One: Mark Briscoe versus Roderick Strong
Mark rolls around the ring before locking up with Strong. Strong with a wrist lock but Mark rolls through and reverses into a wrist lock of his own and then a hammer lock. Strong with a reversal into a side head lock take down. Briscoe with an escape they have a stand off. They lock up and Strong with a wrist lock and Irish whip but Mark floats over. Strong with a rollup into a cover but Briscoe counters with a near fall of his own. Briscoe with a back slide for a near fall.
Strong backs away from Briscoe’s attempts at offense. They lock up and Strong with a side head lock and take down but Briscoe with a head scissors. Strong escapes and Mark with a side head lock. Mark with a shoulder tackle. Strong with a back body drop but Mark lands on his feet and Mark with the crane kick but Strong blocks it. Strong with a kick to Briscoe but Mark with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex and Strong goes to the floor.
Mark with a drop kick through the ropes and we go to commercial.
We are back and both men are down. Mark with palm thrusts to the chest but Strong with an Irish whip and Mark goes to the apron. Mark with a shoulder from the apron and he hits a chop off the turnbuckles followed by a splash in the corner and a clothesline for a near fall. Mark with a kick to Strong and he goes up top. Strong with an enzuigiri to stop Mark.
Strong goes for a superplex and he hits it. Strong gets Briscoe on his shoulders but Mark gets back to the mat and he applies a waist lock and then tries for a uranage. Strong blocks that with elbows. Strong with a kick and enzuigiri but Mark is able to hit the uranage. Mark goes to the apron and he hits a running blockbuster off the apron.
Mark rolls Strong back into the ring and he gets a near fall. Strong rolls to the apron and he pulls Mark to the floor. They fight on the apron and Strong with a kick. Strong sets for a back breaker on the apron but Mark gets back into the ring. Mark knocks Strong off the apron and he goes for another drop kick but Roderick catches him and he drops Mark onto the apron.
Strong gets a near fall. Strong with slaps but Mark punches back. Mark with chops but Strong with a jumping knee and he hits End of Heartache for the three count.
Winner: Roderick Strong
After the match, Roderick gets on the mic and he says that he wants to make it clear. This year you will see the greatest Roderick Strong you have ever seen and he will regain his crown as King of Ring of Honor.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Jay Briscoe says that he will face a member of the Kingdom next week. He talks about the games they are playing, but he knows that he will not be facing Adam Cole. It only matters that he will beat whoever is put in front of him. Even though Nigel says it is a non-title match, he will put the title on the line. He says that he will walk out with the belt and he wants back what is his.
Nigel McGuinness is in the ring and he has an announcement about tonight’s main event. The match between Michael Elgin and Hanson will be a number one contender’s match for the Ring of Honor World Title.
Now he has to talk about Tommaso Ciampa. Nigel asks for Tommaso to come out to the ring so he can tell Tommaso what he has to tell him in front of everyone.
Ciampa makes his way to the ring and he is dressed to wrestle even though his wrestling future is in doubt due to the zero tolerance policy only he has to follow.
Tommaso wants to shake Nigel’s hand and Nigel obliges. Nigel mentions that when they came up with the zero tolerance policy, they did not come up with every contingency. At Final Battle, while you hit a referee, it was by accident. Therefore it would seem disingenuous to fire you and cost your living within this sport for something out of your control. The problem was how to explain it to the higher ups in Ring of Honor. They only heard about a zero tolerance policy and you hit a referee.
Nigel says that he showed the footage to the higher ups and he put his neck on the line. Tommaso is not fired, but the zero tolerance policy is still in effect. Nigel tells Tommaso he owes him one.
Ciampa says if it helps Nigel to sleep at night, then he owes him one. Ciampa says Jay Briscoe owes him one. These people might not be aware, but when Ring of Honor went to England, he had his first one on one match with Jay Briscoe and he pinned Jay on the mat, but apparently whatever doesn’t happen inside the Ring of Honor bubble doesn’t matter.
Nigel says he wants to talk about what happened and what is going to happen. Nigel says Hanson had an impeccable year in 2014 and he won his match at Final Battle so he is deserving. Another person who won at Final Battle is Michael Elgin and he beat you . . .
Ciampa says that Michael Elgin did not beat Tommaso Ciampa at Final Battle, Tommaso Ciampa beat Tommaso Ciampa at Final Battle due to the zero tolerance policy. Tommaso tells Nigel that will never happen again.
Michael Elgin comes out and he calls Tommaso a liar. Michael says real men don’t make excuses and that is what you are doing in the ring. At Final Battle, you didn’t beat yourself, he beat you.
Ciampa asks Michael Elgin what does it feel like that seven months ago in this building, you won the Ring of Honor World Title and you were on top of the world. Seven months later and nobody wants you here.
Elgin tells Tommaso that as he gets into the ring, he wants to know what doesn’t fit and it is Ciampa because him and Nigel are former World Champions. It doesn’t matter what they think, it matters what you do in the ring. He has proven three times that you cannot beat Michael Elgin. If you say Michael Elgin is a shell of his former self, you still couldn’t beat him last month>
Michael says that he doesn’t see any reason why he cannot beat Ciampa, Hanson, or anyone else on the roster. He can beat both of them tonight and we can see who is the best.
Nigel says that they just made his job easy. If everyone wants it, the main event will be Tommaso Ciampa versus Michael Elgin versus Hanson.
We go to commercial.
Maria responds to Jay’s request for his property to be returned. She says that Jay’s property is now her Title of Love. She says Ring of Honor would never let you put your hands on him. She says that she has an entire Kingdom to protect this queen.
We are back and we take a look at the match that Tommaso Ciampa mentioned from the United Kingdom when he had Jay pinned but unfortunately the referee was knocked out by Jay.
Caprice Coleman joins Steve and Kevin on commentary for the Top Prospect Tournament.
Match Number Two: J Diesel (with Truth Martini) versus Will Ferrara in a Top Prospect Tournament First Round Match
They lock up and Diesel backs Will into the corner and he punches Ferrara in the ribs. Will with punches and an uppercut. Ferrara ducks and Diesel goes over the top rope to the floor. Ferrara with a suicide dive onto Diesel. Diesel sends Ferrara into the apron and then he picks up Ferrara and hits a Fallaway slam into the guardrails.
Diesel returns to the ring but he goes to the floor and he connects with a forearm to the back. Diesel drops Ferrara on the apron and they return to the ring. Diesel kicks Ferrara but Will punches back. Diesel sends Ferrara into the turnbuckles and connects with a knee and punches. Diesel with an Irish whip and back breaker for a near fall.
Diesel with a modified cloverleaf with the arm trapped and then he rolls Ferrara over. Will kicks him away and he punches Diesel. Diesel with a forearm and Ferrara gets Diesel on his shoulders for a version of Wasteland and he gets a near fall. Ferrara gets another near fall. Ferrara is sent to the apron and Diesel with a forearm. Diesel hangs Ferrara in the ropes and he connects with a running knee to the head and follows with a boot to the head from the turnbuckles. Diesel with a standing power slam for a near fall. Diesel picks up Ferrara again for another standing power slam and he gets a near fall. Ferrara falls victim to a third standing power slam but he kicks out again>
Ferrara with punches but Diesel slaps him. Ferrara slaps back but Diesel with a knee and he tries for a suplex but Ferrara lands on his feet and he gets a near fall with the Sonic Boom. Ferrara goes up top but Diesel with a running uppercut and he goes for a driver from an electric chair position but Ferrara with a victory roll for the three count.
Winner: Will Ferrara (advances to face the winner of Mikey Webb versus Beer City Bruiser)
After the match, Diesel attacks Ferrara.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Michael Elgin versus Tommaso Ciampa versus Hanson in a Number One Contender Match
Ciampa and Hanson follow the Code of Honor while Elgin does not care so Ciampa and Hanson do the honorable thing of attacking Elgin together as the bell rings to start the match. Ciampa and Hanson with forearms and Elgin goes to the floor. Ciampa and Hanson lock up and Hanson with a clean break. Hanson misses the spin kick and Ciampa with a side head lock. Hanson with a belly-to-back suplex but Ciampa holds on to the head lock.
Ciampa pushes Hanson away and then he kicks Hanson away from the corner. Elgin trips Ciampa and pulls him to the floor but Ciampa punches Elgin and sends him into the ring. Hanson punches Elgin and then Ciampa punches him. Elgin kicks Ciampa and he spits at Hanson. Hanson throws Elgin to the floor. Hanson is clotheslined over the top rope but he lands on his feet and then he pulls Ciampa to the floor.
Hanson punches Ciampa but Ciampa punches back. Hanson picks up Ciampa but Tommaso gets back to his feet. Ciampa with a punch and Hanson with an elbow. Ciampa hip tosses Hanson into the guardrails. Ciampa sends Hanson back into the ring and Elgin grabs his leg. Ciampa kicks Elgin and then he comes off the apron but Elgin catches Ciampa.
Hanson sets for a suicide dive onto Elgin and Ciampa but Elgin throws Ciampa against the ropes and he collides with Hanson and both men go down. Elgin gets a near fall on Hanson. Elgin punches Hanson and he misses a bicycle kick in the corner. Elgin runs Hanson into the turnbuckles and then he hits a Codebreaker off the turnbuckles but he can only get a near fall on Hanson. Elgin sets for a power bomb but Hanson with a double leg take down. Elgin kicks Hanson away and then Hanson with a back body drop and a spinning side slam.
Hanson punches Elgin in the head and chest. Hanson puts Elgin on the turnbuckles and he connects with forearms. Ciampa with a rollup. Ciampa goes for a knee strike but Hanson moves and Hanson puts Ciampa on top of Elgin on the turnbuckles. Hanson with forearms across the chest and Ciampa falls to the mat.
Ciampa with an elbow. Hanson pushes Ciampa towards the corner and Elgin with a boot to Ciampa. Hanson runs into a boot and Elgin with a double stomp. Elgin with a running Death Valley Driver that sends Ciampa into Hanson against the turnbuckles.
Elgin goes up top and hits a frog splash onto Ciampa for a near fall.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Hanson with a cartwheel away from Elgin and Hanson sends Ciampa into the turnbuckles. Elgin with a waist lock but Hanson with a standing switch. Elgin with a standing switch. Ciampa with a forearm to Elgin and Hanson with a power slam to Ciampa for a near fall. Elgin with forearms to Hanson.
Elgin with a forearm to the back of the head and then he gets Hanson on his shoulders. Elgin picks up Ciampa and Hanson gets off Elgin’s shoulders. Hanson with a German suplex to Elgin who ends up hitting a Fallaway slam on Ciampa. Hanson with a power bomb to Elgin for a near fall while Ciampa recovers in the corner. Hanson runs into a boot from Ciampa and Ciampa catches Hanson and hits an Air Raid Crash for a near fall.
Ciampa kicks Hanson and then he pulls down the knee pad. Elgin with a bicycle kick to stop Ciampa and then Ciampa goes over the top rope to the apron when Elgin ducks down. Elgin with a kick and then he goes to the turnbuckles for a flip leg drop to Ciampa. Elgin sets for a clothesline to Hanson and he connects. He does the same to Ciampa. Then it turns into splashes in the corner and Elgin with the Neverending Story to Hanson. Ciampa runs into the corner and Elgin with a uranage.
Elgin puts Hanson on the turnbuckles and he climbs. Elgin with a rana to Hanson which also doubles as a moonsault onto Ciampa for a near fall because Ciampa grabs the rope. Elgin gets a near fall on Hanson. Elgin goes for a power bomb on Hanson but Hanson with a back body drop but Elgin counters into a rollup and then he picks up Hanson for a power bomb. Ciampa with a sunset flip but Elgin rolls through and hits a buckle bomb but Ciampa out of the corner with a clothesline for a near fall.
Elgin falls to the floor and Ciampa with forearms to Hanson. Ciampa slaps Hanson but Hanson gets Ciampa on his shoulders. Hanson with a cartwheel followed by a clothesline for a near fall. Hanson goes up top but Elgin gets on the apron. Hanson punches Elgin and knocks him to the floor. Ciampa gets under Hanson and he hits Project Ciampa but Elgin pulls out the referee to stop the count.
Ciampa goes to the floor and he has something to say to the referee and Elgin. Elgin tells Ciampa it is the referee’s fault. Hanson with a suicide dive and he hits the referee, as well as Ciampa and Elgin.
Hanson punches Elgin but Elgin punches back. Ciampa runs Elgin into the guardrails while Hanson sends Ciampa into the turnbuckles. Elgin sends Hanson into the turnbuckles.
Another referee comes out and he calls for the bell.
No Contest
After the match, Elgin gets a chair and he chases the second referee around the ring. Elgin hits Ciampa with the chair. Hanson gets a chair and Elgin goes into the ring. Officials and security come to the ring to separate all three men. Ciampa backs away because he doesn’t want to be in the principal’s office again.
We go to credits.
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