Southside Wrestling: Adrenaline Rush Report and Review

After a successful debut at the Circus Tavern earlier this year, Southside Wrestling returned to Essex this past weekend to a packed house. Presenting a stacked card with a combination of British and international talent, Southside delivered a solid show in which Tommy End and Will Ospreay, once again, stole the show.

Stixx vs The Pledge

The first match of the night saw two heavyweights battle in a better than expected contest. Stixx hyped up the crowd before The Pledge, accompanied by the Righteous Army, emerged to a smoke filled ring. Over the past six months, The Righteous Army have been a perpetual thorn in the side of the Heavyweight House of Pain and, at Southside Adrenaline Rush, Stixx received the opportunity to inflict a degree of revenge.

As the bell rang, Stixx immediately sent The Pledge on the defensive following a spear into the turnbuckle as chants of Stixx is gunna kill you echoed around the Circus Tavern. After The Pledge managed to land some offence of his own, Stixx tossed him eight feet in the air off a rebound allowing gravity to drive The Pledge's face first into the canvas. Stixx followed The Pledge to the outside as the brawl drifted around the ring before The Pledge gained the momentum by driving Stixx into the ring post.

The Pledge allowed the fans to distract him with chants of Jimmy's boyfriend before Stixx took advantage with an inverted atomic drop followed by a series of devastating chops in the corner. The Pledge regained the advantage by sending Stixx to the outside and looked to win the match via count-out before Stixx returned to the ring only to be greeted by multiple stomps. Impressively, The Pledge then delivered a blue thunder powerbomb before Stixx connected with a uranagi to secure the victory.

Winner: Stixx

After the match, Stixx signalled his intentions to regain the Southside Wrestling Championship.

Outside of the stiff shots inevitable in any Stixx match, this was a solid opener set at a surprisingly fast paced which the crowd got really into it despite the malfunctioning smoke machine.

Starbux and Tyler Bate vs The Second City Collective

Composed of Ryan Smile, the Southside Money in the Bank holder, Damien Dunne and Pete Dunne, fresh off his return from Chikara's King of Trios tournament, The Second City Collective made their way to the ring as Ryan Smile managed to get into an argument with a fan immediately. Starbux, comprised of Robbie X and Mark Haskins, made their way to the ring before their partner Tyler Bate, also returning from Chikara's King of Trios, joined them.

Annoyed by the popularity of Bate's moustache, Smile demanded Bate's music to be turned off. Pete Dunne and Bate began the match with an exchange of holds before Haskins and Damien Dunne were tagged in. Haskins delivered a flurry of offence before Damien Dunne grabbed Ryan Smile's legs before Smile tagged in. Haskins, too, took the opportunity to make the tag to Robbie X, who began work on Smile's bandaged right shoulder. A series of frequent tags ensured Starbux/Tyler Bate stayed on top before Smile delivered a thumb to the eye before tagging in Damien Dunne.

Smile distracted the referee as both Damien and Pete Dunne double teamed Robbie X before delivering a double belly to back suplex. Once again, Smile distracted the ref but this time Haskins broke up the double team. After Smile dominated Robbie X, an enziguri allowed Robbie X to make the tag to Haskins who immediately attempted the Made in Japan only to be reversed by Smile. Haskins reversed an attempted forearm by Smile into the fujiwara arm bar before Damien Dunne broke the hold. After withstanding a three on one beat down, Haskins managed to apply a boston crab to Damien Dunne and a camel clutch to Pete Dunne AT THE SAME TIME before Smile broke the hold.

As the match broke down, a misdirected rebound handspring ace crusher by Robbie X caught his partner Mark Haskins allowing Ryan Smile to take advantage with a michinoku driver to pick up the victory.

Winner: The Second City Collective

After the match, Robbie X and Haskins argued in the ring before Haskins offered a begrudging handshake to his partner as tensions further grew between the two.

This was a really entertaining, high paced match once it got going. Ryan Smile was the star of the match; his constant whining and confrontations with the crowd were fantastic. In fact, The Second City Collective, as a team, have great chemistry and will hopefully be a permanent fixture in Southside for a long time to come.

As a side note, both Haskins and Bate fair better as singles wrestlers and both men deserve to be showcased as such, particularly Haskins.

Kay Lee Ray (C)vs Toni Storm

Southside Women's Championship Match

Since the company's inception, Southside Wrestling has always promoted the best women's wrestlers from around the UK and around the world.

Adrenaline Rush was no different.

TNA Knockout, Angelina Love, made her Southside debut as the special guest referee for the night's Women's Championship match between two of the best in the UK scene today.

As the match began, Kay Lee Ray went straight to the outside as the smoke machine continued to malfunction. Following Ray's return to the ring, Storm and Ray proceeded to an impressive exchange of holds culminating in Ray once again fleeing to the safety of the outside. Disinterested, Angelina Love didn't even bother to start the count out to the dismay of certain fans. Again, Kay Lee Ray returned to the ring only to be bested by Toni Storm before heading to the outside once again.

This time, Storm followed Kay Lee Ray to the outside before sending the champion on a collision course with the ring post. After tossing Ray back in the ring, Storm delivered a series of stomps in the corner before hiding behind the referee. Taking advantage of the distraction, Ray ragged Storm's hair to gain control. Kay Lee Ray choked Storm with her coat before the referee confiscated the foreign object only for Kay Lee Ray to use her t shirt to choke Storm before Love confiscated the item once again.

Storm emerged on top of striking battle before Ray reversed a fisherman suplex into an arm bar before Storm powered out by lifting Ray up to deliver a powerbomb-after lifting Ray up to the top rope, Toni Storm delivered a muscle buster for a near fall.

A double underhook piledriver attempt was reversed into a roll up by Kay Lee Ray as she grabbed a handful of tights to retain the Southside Women's Title.

Winner: Kay Lee Ray

This was a very good match despite Angelina Love's face making it no secret she would much rather be anywhere else. Kay Lee Ray and Toni Storm are two of the brightest prospects in British wrestling and matches like this only testify to their ability. Both Kay Lee Ray and Toni Storm have incredibly bright futures ahead of them in the wrestling industry.

Jimmy Havoc vs Davey Richards

With one success already in the bag, The Righteous Army looked to make it a second in one of the most highly anticipated matches of the night. TNA Tag Team Champion and one part of The American Wolves, Davey Richards, made his Southside return and received a raucous ovation from the Essex crowd.

Accompanied by the muscle of the Righteous Army, the Southside Speedking Champion, the suicidal suicidal suicidal Jimmy Havoc emerged to vociferous boos. As the bell rang, Havoc immediately fled to the safety of the outside before returning to the ring with a nice exchange of holds to begin. Davey Richards, encouraged by the overwhelming support of the crowd, began work on Havoc's arm looking to take the Acid Rainmaker out of Havoc's arsenal. Richards proceeded to apply a figure four leg lock, wrenching Havoc's legs to the mat to exacerbate he hold.

Jimmy Havoc, selling the leg work- the first wrestler of the night to do so, was placed on the top rope by Richards but managed to block the superplex attempt only to receive a knee to the gut. As Havoc rolled to the outside, a distraction by The Pledge allowed Havoc to reenter the ring and capitalise with a drop kick that sent Richards to the outside. After blocking a kick, Richards sent Havoc crashing face first into the apron. Richards, after blocking an attempted Acid Rainmaker, delivered a bridging german for a near fall. Richards, looking to end the match, connected with a brainbuster but once again the distraction by The Pledge allowed Havoc to capitalise by delivering a shot to the head with his Speedking title to secure the victory much to the derision of the crowd.

Winner: Jimmy Havoc

I don't want to say Davey Richards was taking it easy in this match, but this wasn't the Davey Richards many have become accustomed to on TNA. Jimmy Havoc, as ever, was brilliant once again and never ceases to amaze in his ability to generate heat. Next on Havoc's Southside agenda is a  two on two ladder match for the Speedking Title and the Woman's title at their fifth anniversary show. Havoc will team up with fellow Righteous Army member Kay Lee Ray against the team of Nixon Newell and El Ligero.

Joseph Connors vs Hardcore Holly

Making his Southside Wrestling debut, former two time WWE Tag Team Champion and six time Hardcore Champion, Bob Holly was granted a shot at Joseph Connors Southside Title.

Hardcore Holly received a huge ovation as he emerged from the curtain. Joseph Connors, wearing his beautiful purple smocking jacket and accompanied by Kay Lee Ray, received the exact opposite as the smoke machine went off at the correct time. Disgruntled by the fans cheering for Holly, Connors took umbrage at a number of fans. After Holly grabbed the mic, he asked why Connors brought a sewer rat to the ring as chants of sewer rat broke out and stuck around for most of the match.

The beginning of the match centred around Joseph Connors repeatedly exiting the ring, effectively denying the fans of he match they wanted to see. After numerous teases of a fight, Connors' henchman, The Pledge, emerged from the curtain as Connors attempted to land a few cheap shots before Holly lit Connors up with a series of chops in the corner illuminating the champion's chest. Following a distraction by Pledge, the referee determined enough was enough before sending The Pledge to the back but, for some reason, allowed Kay Lee Ray to stay.

After delivering a series of successful vertical suplexes, Hardcore Holly reversed a vertical suplex into a small package for a near fall. Again, Holly delivered several thunderous chops in the corner followed by a clothesline and a big back body drop. Sensing his moment of glory, Hardcore Holly lifted Connors up for the Alabama Slam but a returning Pledge caused the distraction as Connors reversed into a roll up with a handful of tights to retain the Southside title.

Kay Lee Ray entered the ring post match to talk trash to the Hardcore legend before Holly positioned her for the Alabama Slam. Once again, Pledge caused the distraction allowing Kay Lee Ray to escape before he fell victim to the Alabama Slam.

Winner: Joseph Connors

The Righteous Army's monopoly on the Southside championships was solidified at Adrenaline Rush and they look stronger than ever going into the 5th Anniversary show in Stevenage. Joseph Connors was fantastic here; he worked around Holly's obvious limitations by continually fleeing to the outside as a means of generating heat. Nothing angers a crowd more than being deprived of the match they paid to see and Connors has mastered this to a fine art. In my opinion, Joseph Connors is one of the most underrated wrestlers in the UK today.

Martin Kirby Announcement

Post intermission, Martin Kirby arrived alone as one half of Project Ego. Kirby informed the audience of the tragic circumstances that prevented one of the finest British wrestlers of the past decade, Kris Travis, from being there before stating he would be defending the titles by himself tonight as Travis is irreplaceable.

Pete Dunne, member of The Second City Collective, emerged from the curtain unbeknownst to Kirby before delivering a cheap shot from behind followed by a pump handle driver. Out came Ryan Smile and Damien Dunne as Smile, after delivering a michinoku driver, successfully cashed in his Money in the Bank contract to secure the Southside Tag Team Titles for The Second City Collective.

A post match beat down was broken up by The London Riots as a wild brawl ensued between both teams and a three on three match was scheduled.

Following a lengthy ringside brawl that culminated in The London Riots using Damien Dunne as a weapon to punish Smile, the match began with Kirby and Pete Dunne in the ring. Frequent tags allowed The Second City Collective to work over Kirby before one half of the former tag team champions gained the momentum with an enziguri  before making the hot tag to Rob Lynch, who delivered a series of clotheslines before Pete Dunne grabbed the cricket bat and connected with Damien Dunne instead of Lynch.

The London Riots connected with a double team powerbomb followed by a pop up spear before tagging Martin Kirby who landed the fameasser to pick up the victory underscored by a roar of approval from the crowd.

Winner: Kirby/London Riots

After The Second City Collective went to the back with their tails firmly between their legs, Martin Kirby told the Riots to ensure they regained the tag team tiles from 'those dickheads'.

Now, I'm uncertain whether their is precedent for cashing in for the tag team titles in Southside but the decision strikes me as peculiar. Ryan Smile is insufferable and always manages to generate considerable heat and it seems a shame he will not get the chance to have a run with the most prestigious title on Southside.

El Ligero vs Tommaso Ciampa

El Ligero looked to gain some momentum heading into Southside's 5th anniversary show in October. At Adrenaline Rush, Ligero would face a man that, over the past two weeks, has put on some excellent matches with some of the UK's best.

After a battle to see who could generate the most cheers, Ciampa and El Ligero shook hands before the bell rang. The sportsmanship didn't last too long as Ciampa immediately connected with a fierce knee strike to send El Ligero reeling. Ciampa proceeded to deliver several rapid fire chops to the chest of El Ligero before exposing his knee to deliver another fierce knee to the face. As the crowd chanted for one more, Ciampa flipped them off before delivering an STO assisted by the ropes.

Ligero managed to send Ciampa to the outside before attempting a cross body which Ciampa nonchalantly moved out of the way of. Following a floating suplex into the ring post, Ciampa positioned Ligero on a chair before delivering more chops to the Mexican Sensation's chest. Perhaps looking for a running dropkick, Ciampa ate a superkick before Ligero landed a tope con hilo .

Back in the ring, several elbows were followed up by a drop kick from the top rope. Ligero drove home his advantage with an inverted ddt before meeting a jumping knee by Ciampa- Ligero reversed the Project Ciampa (powerbomb into double knees) into a roll up for a near fall before the two traded blows in the centre of the ring. Ligero attempted the c4l ddt but was caught by Ciampa before delivering an inverted michinoku driver.

On the apron, Ciampa attempted a german suplex which was blocked by Ligero- a brutal forearm smash allowed Ciampa to deliver a death valley driver onto the apron for a near fall. Ligero, after reversing an attempted death valley driver from the top, delivered a powerbomb followed by a frogsplash for a two count. Following a series of shots by each man, Ciampa connected with a big boot that sent Ligero rebounding off the ropes before he delivered a superkick- Ciampa, too, rebounded off the ropes to deliver a spinning lariat before El Ligero kicked out at one!

Ligero flipped off Ciampa before the Sicilian Psychopath connected with a shining wizard followed by Project Ciampa. El Ligero, summoning what little strength he had left, managed to kick out at two!

After re-exposing the knee, Ciampa attempted another shining wizard which Ligero caught and rolled into a pinning predicament for a near fall. El Ligero secured the victory soon after with the c4l ddt to gather momentum heading into the ladder match at the 5th Anniversary show.

Winner: El Ligero

Post match, Ciampa begrudgingly shook the hand of El Ligero.

I really enjoyed this match. It took a while for the majority of the crowd to get into it but both men succeed in pulling the audience into it. Tommaso Ciampa has now been in the UK for over two weeks and, to my knowledge, he is yet to pick up a victory. To me, that suggests Ciampa will be signing to WWE in the near future. Here, yet again, Ciampa put on an excellent showing against one of Britain's best.

Will Ospreay vs Tommy End

In 2015, few in the UK have had a better year than both Will Ospreay and Tommy End. In August, their success in the UK translated into success in the USA as both Ospreay and End had impressive performances in PWG's BOLA.

The Illuminati Assassin, Tommy End was the first to make his way to the ring accompanied by chants of Tommy Fucking End. Will Ospreay, local hero, was next to arrive and was greeted with a huge cheer. Before the match started, Tommy End grabbed the mic to inform the crowd that Ospreay's parents were in the crowd for tonight's show before proceeding to say he is going to kick Ospreay so hard she will feel it in her uterus.

As the match got under way, after some impressive mat wrestling usually not associated with Ospreay, End was sent to the outside by a dropkick before Ospreay landed a beautiful springboard moonsault before landing on his feet to soak in the rabid cheers. Back in the ring, after a series of reversals, Tommy End applied a single leg boston crab before Ospreay reached the ropes. Selling the leg, Ospreay used the ropes to assist him to return to his feet before End delivered several more strikes to the leg that sent Ospreay crumbling to the mat once again. Tommy End delivered a scoopslam which further aggravated Ospreay's leg as it bounced off the ropes.

Despite the audience's best efforts to encourage Ospreay, the middle part of this match featured exemplary limb work by Tommy End; each time Ospreay would return to his feet and attempt to mount any offence, End would cut him off by going right back to work on that leg. Ospreay rolled to the outside to seek respite- End, unrelenting, followed Ospreay to the outside after talking a little trash before delivering a double foot stomp to the chest of Ospreay right in front of the Aerial Assassin's parents. Back in the ring, after withstanding a flurry of forearms, Ospreay spiked End with a reverse rana followed by a swing blade then a standing shooting star press for a near fall.

Looking to keep the larger man down, Ospreay headed up top but missed the Jump Tuck Pray as End rolled out the way. After several knees to the face, End attempted a powerbomb only to be reversed into a stunner by Ospreay followed up by a frankensteiner. End pulled the referee in front of him as Ospreay landed a handspring enziguri that sent the ref reeling to the outside. End attempted a german suplex but Ospreay landed on his feet before connecting with the Essex Destroyer to no avail as the ref was incapacitated. Tommy End landed a devastating brainbuster but Ospreay returned straight to his feet only to be met by a roundhouse kick for another near fall.

After dodging several kicks, Ospreay landed a springboard Essex Destroyer but End managed to kick out this time- Ospreay, sensing his opportunity to secure yet another huge victory, slowly clambered to the top rope before delivering the inverted 450. Unsure whether that would be enough, Ospreay went up top again to deliver the Jump Tuck Pray corkscrew splash to collect yet another impressive victory.

Winner: Will Ospreay

This was a really excellent match in which a more sinister than usual Tommy End displayed a more cerebral approach to the dismantling of Ospreay's leg- yes, somehow, Tommy End has a deeper level of sinister than usual.

Ospreay's selling throughout the match was fantastic and ensured everyone in the crowd was fully behind him. Anybody who believes the white meat babyface is a redundant concept in the 21st century wrestling landscape need look no further than Will Ospreay, he is the perfect babyface.

The ref bump was a little unnecessary considering End didn't pick up the victory but this was a mighty fine match and easily the best of the night. Ospreay can now add Tommy End to an ever growing list of excellent performances. Next up for Ospreay in Southside is a date with The Greatest Man That Ever Lived, Austin Aries, at Southside's 5th anniversary show in another match that has the potential to steal the show as he seemingly does every week.

Final Word: Overall, this was a pretty solid show despite some questionable booking decisions, particularly the fact that Ryan Smile cashed in for the tag titles as opposed to the main title. The Tommy End/Will Ospreay match took the show to a different level and, considering Tommy End's injury, was a really excellent match far and above any thing else on the card. I will reiterate, Joseph Connors is one of the best heels in the UK today and he really deserves a lot more credit than he receives; alongside fellow members of the Righteous Army, Connors is a great villain who always succeeds in earning the ire of the crowd wherever he goes.

Matches of the Week 17/09-24/09

The past week has produced some excellent wrestling. A stacked card at ROH All Star Extravaganza VII managed to surpass incredibly high expectations, RevPro UK delivered two stellar shows with a combination of international and British talent, NJPW continued to provide some of the best wrestling in the world at Destruction in Okayama and WWE delivered a largely solid PPV at Night of Champions.

Honourable mentions this week include Kushida vs Kenny Omega, Mark Haskins vs John Morrison, the Four Corner Survival match to determine the number one contender for the ROH World Title between Styles/Elgin/Strong/Cole and the three team tag match between The Addiction/The Kingdom/Young Bucks.

Serious question; have the Young Bucks ever had a bad match? If so, I haven't seen it yet. There is no tag team in the world at the moment who can surpass them in terms of wresting ability and entertainment value.

Anyway, enough filibuster. Here are this week's matches of the week beginning with two title defences in one night.

Jay Lethal (C) vs Bobby Fish (ROH TV Title match)/Kyle O Reilly (ROH World Title match)

ROH All Star Extravaganza VII

At All Star Extravaganza VII, ROH World and TV champion Jay Lethal defended both titles in one night against one of the best tag teams in the world.

With a reign lasting over a year and a series of impressive performances against the likes of Sydall, Kushida, Jushin Thunder Liger and El Patron, it would be Bobby Fish of reDRagon to challenge Lethal's dominance in a match for the TV title.

In the first match of the night, both men went hold for hold early on before Fish temporarily applied the knee bar before Lethal reached the ropes. Fish continued to work on the leg of the first World and TV champion but a distraction from Truth Martini, Lethal's manager and general hero, allowed Lethal to connect with the Lethal Injection. Showing great ring presence, Fish rolled to the outside before Lethal had the opportunity to attempt the pin.

Lethal proceeded to bounce Fish off the barricades in order to secure a count out victory but was thwarted as Fish returned to the ring on a count of 19. After wresting the momentum from Lethal, Fish, following a back breaker, landed a moonsault for a near fall as the crowd chanted that was three. Lethal, after regaining the momentum with the Lethal Combination, attempted a second Lethal Injection before Fish pulled him back by the trunks. After trading kicks, Lethal again attempted the Lethal Injection but Fish to caught him then rolled through into the knee bar before Lethal rolled the challenger up with a handful of tights to secure the pinfall and retain the ROH TV Title in an impressive opener.

In the night's main event, Lethal faced Kyle O Reilly, a man who has tapped him out on numerous occasions for the ROH World Title. After O Reilly emerged to a raucous ovation, Lethal solemnly limped down to the ring.

Following an initial exchange of holds, O Reilly began work on the arm of Lethal as opposed to continuing to work the already injured leg before a dropkick by the champion allowed him to take a breather. An attempted Lethal Injection was blocked as O Reilly applied a rear naked choke hold before O Reilly delivered the three rolling ddts. Sensing the opportunity to win his first ROH singles title, O Reilly applied a guillotine choke- Lethal reversed the hold into the koji clutch before O Reilly reversed into an ankle lock.

Eventually, the champion escaped the hold to deliver a pop up neck breaker before a german suplex that dropped O Reilly on the head. Lethal, looking to end the match, called for the Lethal Injection but O Reilly caught the Champion and locked in the arm bar. Again, Lethal escaped by a roll up with a handful of tights but O Reilly kicked out, transitioning into an arm bar before Lethal reached the ropes.

After trading several fierce kicks, O Reilly delivered the Nigel lariat followed by a brain buster before stomping the chest of Lethal a la Bryan Danielson. Truth Martini, nuisance as ever, pulled the ref out the ring to prevent the stoppage before Nigel McGuinness, ringside on commentary, escorted Martini out to the back.

Using the ropes to assist him to his feet, a weary Lethal received another blow before the referee got in the way of an O Reilly kick whilst checking on the champion thus sending him down. An exhausted Lethal managed to deliver a Lethal Injection from the top rope before attempting to use the championship as a weapon- O Reilly's partner, Fish, returned to ensure Lethal couldn't cheat to win again before Donovan Dijak rushed to the ring to save Lethal from Chasing the Dragon. After striking Fish with the title, Adam Cole, friend and occasional partner of O Reilly, clothselined Dijak to the outside before setting up Chasing the Dragon only for Cole to turn on his partner by delivering a superkick to O Reilly.

Lethal, unaware of most of the events, delivered the Lethal Injection to secure the victory and retain his ROH World Title.

As a huge fan of both Jay Lethal and Seth Rollins, this past weekend was heaven as both men defended both their title on the same night. For me, I think Lethal's matches against reDRagon were well ahead of Rollins' matches. Perhaps that is due to their respective opponents as much as anything but Lethal shone the brightest. Overall, the pacing, psychology and ring work of Lethal's matches made a lot more sense than Rollins'.

Sure, many ROH disliked the "WWE style" finish in the main event but irrespective of the climax of the show, these were a couple of great matches. Personally, I enjoyed the conclusion of the main event; Adam Cole was born to be a heel and, quite frankly, his performances as a face were somewhat underwhelming. In my mind, the reDRagon/Kingdom rivalry will undoubtedly produce a series of excellent matches which will help both teams in the long run and particularly Kyle O Reilly who is evidently being groomed for a top spot in ROH.

Many commentators, including myself, believed Fish would win the TV title but the events throughout the night provided a logical reason for Fish's loss.

Lethal now moves on to face AJ Styles for the ROH World Title after Styles was victorious in a four corner survival match between Strong, Cole and Elgin for the number one contendership. With the announcement that the ROH World Title will be defended at Wrestle Kingdom X, expect AJ to defeat Lethal for the title and elevate the title to unprecedented levels by defending the title in Japan.

As a side note, I will never get tired of reDRagon catching Lethal off the Lethal Injection and applying a submission hold.

Will Ospreay vs Ricochet

RevPro UK: Live in Southampton

Fans in attendence at RevPro's latest show in Southampton, England, were treated to an international dream match between two of the top five high flyers in professional wrestling today. Both men have had immensely impressive years; Ricochet, or Prince Puma, has excelled in matches against the likes of Zack Sabre Jr, Kushida, Morrison, Mil Meurtes, Matt Sydall and various other high profile names. Likewise, Will Ospreay has unquestionably had the best year of his career to date featuring in incredible matches against the likes of AJ Styles, Matt Sydall, Mark Haskins and Jimmy Havoc.

After donning Ospreay's jacket, Ricochet mocked Ospreay by copying his signature pose. The match got under way as both men block german suplex attempts before Ospreay sent Ricochet to the outside. Ricochet attempted to return with a member of the audience's shoe before the referee returns the shoe to its rightful owner. For some unfathomable reason, many members of the audience began to chant for chant for tables at this point. Both men looked underneath the ring to no avail before returning to the ring. Ospreay and Ricochet proceeded to satiate the members of the audience demanding tables with what they do best; high flying. First, Ricochet flipped out of an attempted head scissor take down before Ospreay flipped out of a head scissor take down attempt by Ricochet before both men dodged a series of kicks.

A roly poly into a ddt was followed up by a corkscrew moonsault to the outside by Ricochet before re-entering the ring with delayed springboard knees before channelling his inner Rock by delivering the people's moonsault for a near fall. Ricochet continued to mount a series of offensive manoeuvres as he caught a diving Ospreay, applying a torture rack submission before bashing Ospreay's head on the turnbuckle. Ospreay, after blocking a vertical suplex, connected with a rebound handspring enziguri that sent Ricochet to the outside before Ospreay delivered a beautiful tope con hilo to ground Ricochet.

Back in the ring, after connecting with a swinging ddt, Ospreay delivered a standing shooting star press. Ospreay and Ricochet proceeded to trade chops in the high rent distract before Ricochet attempted a frankenstiener but Ospreay landed on his feet- Ricochet gains the advantage with a rolling fisherman suplex into a vertical suplex. Ospreay blocked the attempted firemans carry into roundhouse kick combination before both men connected with consecutive reverse ranas as both men fell to the mat to chants of this is awesome.

After a standing meteora, Ricochet landed a shooting star press for an incredibly close fall. Again, Ospreay escaped the fireman's carry/roundhouse kick combination before connecting with the Essex Destroyer for a near fall. Sensing the opportunity to pick up one of the biggest victories in his fledgling career, Ospreay headed to the top rope to deliver an inverted 450 splash to secure the victory in, unsurprisingly, the match of the night.

This was an incredible match. It was everything I could have wanted and more. Not much can be said about Ricochet that hasn't already been said, he was fantastic here again. Already with potential match of the year contenders against the likes of AJ Styles, Mark Haskins and Marty Scurrl, not including any of his BOLA matches, Ospreay added another name to an already impressive list of incredible matches. In my opinion, there is no one at his age who is better in the UK or the rest of the world. The boy is going to be a star on both sides of the Atlantic and it was truly a pleasure to witness this match first hand.

It wouldn't surprise me if we get a rematch between these two at a PWG show down the line. I would estimate 75% of the audience in Southampton didn't know who either of these men were but the fact these two got everyone on their feet chanting that was awesome is testament to their ability as performers.

Kevin Owens vs Ryback (C)

Intercontinental Championship Match

The opener of Night of Champions saw Ryback defend his Intercontinental Championship in the state in which he was crowned Intercontinental Champion just four months previously. As both men arrived, the crowd appeared to be divided until a Fight Owens Fight chant broke out.

This was incredibly well put together match in which Kevin Owens delivered a textbook heel performance more commonly seen in the 1980's than present day WWE.

After recovering from being gorilla pressed to the outside, Owens pushed Ryback into the ring post shoulder first before going to work on Ryback's shoulder. Owens told Ryback to shut up after he complained to the ref about his elbow before proceeding to wrench the arm. Ryback regained some momentum when he delivered a spinebuster before attempting the meat hook clothesline which was blocked by a superkick. Owens applied a fujiwara arm bar before Ryback powered out to deliver an impressive deadlift powerslam for a near fall.

After pulling the straps down, Ryback attempted the Shell Shock but Owens reversed with a rake to the eyes into a roll up to secure his first championship on the main roster.

This was exemplary heel work; the limb manipulation, trash talking and the rake to the eyes to secure the victory was a delightful throwback and something I would like to see more of in WWE, particularly with WWE WHC, Seth Rollins. Sure, I would have liked to have seen Owens grab a handful of tights to secure the victory but this was an imposing performance.

Don't forget Ryback, though. In my opinion, along with his match vs Bray Wyatt a couple of months ago, this ranks among Ryback's best performances- his selling of the arm was both a rarity and refreshing to see. On the rare occasions in WWE someone consistently works over a limb, the work is often forgotten about (See Charlotte vs Nikki).

Inevitably, larger portions of the fans have an overwhelming desire to cheer the despicable actions of Kevin Owens. WWE's combative tactic of Owens walking out mid-match is ingenious in the sense it deprives the fans of what they want to see thus forcing the boos. Although many would argue that the cheering of heels is indicative of WWE's problems of establishing top babyface draws, WWE clearly want people to boo Owens and this is an interesting way of achieving that goal.

Togi Makabe (C) vs Kota Ibushi 

Destruction in Okayama 

NEVER Openweight Match

The renaissance of NJPW over the past few years has not only stemmed from main eventers Tanahashi, Nakamura, Okada and Styles. For the past two years, NJPW have established a solid under card featuring the likes of Naito, Shibata and Ibushi. These wrestlers have demonstrated the potential to step up to the main event scene in the near future and unquestionably will.

The match began with an initial trading of forearms, Ibushi, surprisingly considering his height and size disadvantage, grounded Makabe with a series of kicks before a brawl on the mat ensued. Unsurprisngly, Makabe emerged victorious and sent Ibushi crashing into the barricade. Makabe continued to work the lower back with a series of vertical suplexes before applying a single leg boston crab. An enziguri shifted the momentum before Ibushi delivered a standing moonsault for a near fall.

Following a lengthy battle on the top rope, Ibushi landed on his feet after a german suplex attempt before connecting with a pele kick to Makabe, still positioned on the top rope. Ibushi delivered a beautiful frankensteiner for another near fall. Makabe regained the momentum following a series of stiff shots heard in the cheap seats before bouncing Ibushi off the barricades once again. After locating a table, Makabe positioned it ring side before an attempted powerbomb is reversed by Ibushi somehow managing to land on his feet. An enziguri followed by a springboard over the barricade into a hurricanrana incapacitated Makabe.

Ibushi positioned Makabe on the table before delivering a double foot stomp from the top rope. I don't know what it is about Japanese tables, but they are almost impossible to break and this one was no different. Back in the ring, Ibushi connected with a bridging german from the second rope for yet another near fall. Ibushi attempted a phoenix splash to no avail as both men lay strewn across the ring. After returning to their feet, Makabe and Ibushi exchanged blows before a lariat turned Ibushi inside out.

Makabe, in control, positioned Ibushi up top. after smashing Ibushi head on the ring post several times, Makabe finally connected with a dragon suplex from the top rope followed by a knee drop from the top rope to secure the victory and retain the NEVER Openweight Championship.

This was a spectacular match and what the NEVER Openweight Championship is about; the combination of Makabe's strength and brutality combined beautifully with the speed and agility of Kota Ibushi.

That's it for this week. See you next time for a roundup of the best wrestling matches worldwide.

Matches of the Week 09/03-09/13

This past week has produced some of the best wrestling in a while; ROH returned to form with two excellent championship matches, Chikara hosted their annual, and final, King of Trios tournament, UK based promotion Progress featured an incredible match between Will Ospreay and Mark Haskins as well as the surprise appearance of indy dream Adam Cole/Roddy Strong teaming up to face the Sumerian Death Squad, The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic started to heat up with two good matches between Bull Dempsey/Breeze vs the team of Johnny Gargano/Tomasso Ciampa along with Samoa Joe/Balor vs The Lucha Dragons and TNA contributed a fantastic tag team match between The Wolves and Trevor Lee/Brian Myers. Even Smackdown played host to fun matches between Reigns/Ambrose/Uninjured Uso vs The New Day as well as another strong performance from Seth Rollins solidifying himself further as one of the best in the world in a 15 minute+ match with Ryback.

Unfortunately, many of these matches, at the time of writing, are not available on demand as of yet thus ruling them out of this week's matches of the week. We begin, though, in ROH with a match that would feature in any week's matches of the week.

Jay Lethal (C) vs Roderick Strong

ROH World Championship Match

Available to watch here. 

After fans chanted for five more minutes after their 60 minute time limit draw at Death Before Dishonour, fans were again treated to an excellent contest between two of the very best in the world. An atmosphere absent from Philadelphia since the heyday of ECW underscored arguably the best TV match of the year as the ROH World Champion, Jay Lethal, defended his title against Roddy Strong.

I wont delve too deep into the particulars of this match as it is well worth a watch- the work rate of these two men is just incredible. Understandably, this match was considerably faster than their previous encounter and perhaps just as good. In my mind, this match solidified these two as the best workers ROH currently posses and will lead to further encounters between these two- hell, I could watch a 90 minute time limit draw between these two such is the quality of these matches.

The match ended when Lethal unwrapped his wrist tape to choke out Strong- referee Todd Sinclair spotted this breach of the rules and tossed it to the outside. Meanwhile, while the ref's back was turned, Lethal laid Strong out with the championship belt before Lethal connected with the Lethal Injection only for Strong to kick out at the latest possible opportunity. Lethal then delivered a second Lethal Injection to pick up the victory and retain his ROH World Championship after retaining his ROH TV Title last week against Hansen.

Lethal will pull double duty against both members of reDRagon at All Star Extravaganza VII- first, Lethal will defend the ROH TV Title against Bobby Fish. Then, in the main event, Lethal will defend his ROH World Title against another man who has taken him to a time limit draw in the recent past, Kyle O Reilly. All is not lost for Roddy Strong as he has the opportunity to redeem himself in a fatal four way match against AJ Styles, Adam Cole and Michael Elgin to crown the new number one contender to the ROH World Championship.

Returning to this match, I would argue this match is up their with Cena/Cesaro, Rollins/Neville and Strong/Nakamura for the best televised match of the year. In the face of the bombasticity of Monday night RAW, this match demonstrates that just a simple story in the ring is enough to satisfy fans.

The Wolves vs Trevor Lee and Brian Myers (C)

TNA World Tag Team Title Match

As ever with TNA, many things with the current product make very little sense. Like why is Drew Galloway, a man recently acquired by TNA, fighting to defend the honour of TNA despite only being there for six months. And do they not have anyone more suitable to be challenging EC3 than Matt Hardy? Peculiar booking decisions aside, the actual wrestling has remained remarkably good-in the context of the shitstorm that currently surrounds the product.

This week was no different.

After cashing in the Feast or Fired contract on last week's TNA, Trevor Lee and Brian Myers, representatives of GFW, defended their TNA Tag Team Titles against the team they defeated for the titles last week, The Wolves.

A frenetic pace in the initial stages really set the tone for this match- a brawl around the impact zone ended when The Wolves delivered a falcon arrow sealed with a kick. After Myers pulled Davey Richards to the outside, Trevor Lee delivered his incredible inside out power slam. Team GFW worked over Eddie Edwards for a while with a series of quick tags before a double foot stomp by Trevor Lee misses granted The Wolves an opportunity to get back into the match with a tag to Davey Richards. After delivering a superplex, Richards attempted creeping death to no avail- Edwards makes the tag and delivers a roundhouse kick into a german suplex. After missing a double foot stomp from the top rope, a jumping knee by Trevor Lee allows Myers to deliver an sto on Edwards. a second jumping knee is dodged by Edwards and connects with Myers instead- Edwards delivered a flapjack into a muay thai kick from Richards before The Wolves delivered a powerbomb into a back stabber. The pin was interrupted by Sonjay Dutt, member of the GFW invasion team, by pulling the ref to the outside. Luckily for team TNA, Earl Hebner was on hand to dispatch Dutt with one swift punch almost hitting Dutt's face before Richards delivered a tombstone piledriver punctuated by a kick by Edwards to pick up the victory and bring the TNA Tag Titles back home to TNA.

It is a very peculiar booking decision to hand the titles back to The Wolves after they lost them just last week and having Sonjay Dutt, someone who will be representing team GFW at Lethal Lockdown next week, dispatched by a 65 year old man. As always with TNA, poor booking decisions aside,
this was an entertaining match. At the young age of 21, Trevor Lee is at least ten years from reaching his prime.

Imagine Trevor Lee in his prime!

The guy is incredible now and has years of success in the wrestling business ahead of him, his dead lift suplexes truly are a thing of beauty. The Wolves, too, were better than they have been for a while in this match- various innovative double team manoeuvres illustrated once again that, on their day, The Wolves are one of the best tag teams in the world. In all likelihood, all four men will meet again at Lethal Lockdown next week when TNA battles GFW for control of the company as the invasion angle appears to be wrapping up prematurely.

Team Attack vs United Nations

King of Trios is available to purchase on Chikara's website.

I'll admit, King of Trios 2015 was the first Chikara event I have ever watched. And I loved it. Just look at the names of some of these guys; Max Smashmaster, Oleg the Usurper, The Proletariat Boar of Moldova, Gavin Loudspeaker, El Hijo del Ice Cream and many many more.

At the time of writing, the final night of the tournament is not yet available so I have only been able to watch night one and two. A match that stood out for me, as a major proponent of British Wrestling, was in fact the first tournament match up. Combining a series of comedy spots, high spots and fun wrestling, Team Attack UK, composed of TNA Boot Camp II winner Mark Andrews, Pete Dunne and Flash Morgan Webster, faced The United Nations, composed of Mister Azerbaijan, Juan Francisco de Coronado (of Ecuadorian descent) and The Proletariat Boar of Moldova.

And if the names of the United Nations do not entice you to watch Chikara, I don't know what will.

I'm not going to go into a great amount of depth about this match as the Lucha Libre rules make the matches incredibly difficult to convey with language, I will just detail some of my personal highlights from the match. Pete Dunne and Juan Francisco de Coronado got things under way with a frenetic exchange of holds- Coronado, after gaining some momentum, tags in his partner Mister Azerbaijan, named sexiest man in Azerbaijan for 12 consecutive years. Mister Azerbaijan gives the ladies in attendance what they want by pulling down the straps of his singlet- Pete Dunne reciprocates by pulling his straps down for a big-man-off. The sexiest man in Azerbaijan, unwilling to be out muscled, pulls Pete Dunne's straps back up before delivering an uppercut to Dunne.

Not long after, Mister Azerbaijan found himself in the wrong part of town and on the receiving end some brilliant team work by Attack UK, Mark Andrews applies the bow and arrow submission before catapulting Azerbaijan into a scoop slam by Pete Dunne. A distraction by Prakash Sabar, accomplice of The United Nations, leads to an extended period of punishment for Pete Dunne before a tag to Flash Morgan Webster, the Modfather,  making his Chikara debut. Webster delivered a diving clothesline followed by an inverted senton to Mister Azerbaijan before a misdirected tope con hilo grounds his team mate, Pete Dunne. Mark Andrews lands an incredible tornado ddt on Coronado before missing a shooting star press due to the Proletariat Boar of Moldova pulling Coronado to the outside. Taking advantage of referee's preoccupation with the Proletariat Boar, Prakash Sabar, to the disgust of the crowd, delivers the non-pg bronco buster on Mark Andrews. The Proletariat Boar of Moldova connects with a devastating spear before Mister Azerbaijan spikes mark Andrews with a spinning pump handle piledriver. Mid way through the referee's count, Azerbaijan beckons Coronado over, team captain of the United Nations, to secure the victory which he does.

The unwavering adherence to kayfabe is astonishing and the reason why I enjoyed my introduction to Chikara so much. Sure, the goofy gimmicks aren't for everyone but the commentators really sell the gimmicks of these characters. The world of Chikara is unparalleled in pro wrestling today and completely dismisses any argument that PG wrestling is not entertaining.

In addition to analysis of the Matches of the Week, I will now be including links to other matches in the week that came close to making the list. 

Young Bucks vs The Addiction (ROH 09/09)

Dolph Ziggler vs Kevin Owens (Main Event 09/10)

Ryback vs Seth Rollins (Smackdown 09/10)

Finn Balor/Samoa Joe vs Lucha Dragons (NXT 09/09)

Ciampa/Gargano vs Breeze/Dempsey (NXT 09/09)

Reigns/Ambrose/Uso vs The New Day (Smackdown 09/10)

Matches of the Week 29/08-05/09

Outside the ring, this past week has not been a good one for wrestling; Jimmy Snuka was suspended from his WWE Legends contract after being implicated in the death of his 1983 girlfriend, Bram was released from TNA due to charges of domestic assault and false imprisonment along with the non-fatal shooting outside WWE's Performance Centre in Orlando, Florida. Inside the ring, wrestling hasn't faired much better. An insipid RAW was followed by a tepid Smackdown and TNA continued to fight off their annual invading foe, GFW.

In better wrestling news, PWG held their annual Battle of Los Angles, or Bola, at Reseda, California. As I don't live in California I have absolutely no idea what happened and have to wait for the release of the DVDs in a few weeks time. I anticipate 90% of the matches at BOLA to be better than those named on this week's list but they will have to wait until another time. Instead, this week's matches of the week begin with the rejuvenation of a formerly floundering weekly NXT television show. This week's NXT marked the beginning of the Dusty Rhodes tag team classic; a tournament assembling NXT's finest tag teams to compete in the honour of Dusty Rhodes' name.

Chad Gable & Jason Jordan vs Neville & Solomon Crowe

Earlier in the night, a returning Descension were defeated by the team of Rhyno and Baron Corbin in the first match of the Dusty Rhodes classic. Ready, willing, and Gable, Jason Jordan and Chad Gable make their way to the ring to compete in the Dusty Rhodes tag team classic and main event of the evening. The makeshift team of Solomon Crowe and first time WWE Network NXT Champion Neville make their way to the ring next- a small point of anguish here; I may be wrong but I have not heard of what the winners of the tournament will receive as a prize. At times like this, it is clear what Dario Cueto would do: the winning team competes in a one on one match to determine the number one contender for the NXT Championship. Anyways, unlikely scenarios aside Crowe and Gable get things under way.

After trading various holds, Solomon Crowe gains the upper hand after delivering a flapjack to the former amateur wrester, Gable, before tagging in Neville. Chants of Neville ring around Full Sail before Gable, too, tags in his partner. Jordan immediately attempts a suplex but Neville lands on his feet before cartwheeling across the ring. Again, Jordan attempts a german suplex but Neville lands on his feet. After several forearm blows, Jordan connects with a belly to belly suplex this time as Gable and Jordan work over Neville in the corner. Jason Jordan takes the opportunity to cool down Gable by waving his towel in his direction before Neville makes the tag to Crowe. Solomon Crowe doesn't fair much better as Jordan immediately applies a chin lock- after Crowe escapes thanks to the ropes, Jordan tags in Gable, who applies a bow and arrow submission hold before Crowe reverses into a pinning predicament. Neville, coming in off the hot tag, dodges the offence of Gable before delivering a series of kicks followed by a cross body. An enziguri in the corner places Jordan in position for the Red Arrow but Gable pulls Jordan to the safety of the outside- Neville, meanwhile still positioned on the top rope, redirects a moonsault to the outside that grounds Jordan as a tope con hilo by Crowe grounds Gable. Neville rolls Jordan back into the ring before attempting a springboard elbow- Jordan, impressively, catches Neville before delivering a beautiful belly to belly suplex that sends Neville halfway across the ring back to his corner.

Crowe tags himself in before connecting with several knees in the corner- after rebounding off the ropes for a cross body, Jordan catches Crowe this time before delivering a beautiful belly to belly. Jordan tags in his partner as Gable and Jordan perform an assisted bridging saito suplex for the three count.

This was a really excellent match. Gable and Jordan, as a team, have potential to really make an impact not just in NXT but on the main roster,too. In the mould of Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin, Gable and Jordan will have a great deal of success in WWE, particularly Jason Jordan. Jordan's suplexes were excellent all match and, combined with his look, he has the potential to be one of the few NXT success stories on the main roster.

Chris Mordetzky vs Lashley

Available to watch here. 

Eight years ago, Bobby Lashley was the first man to break out of Chris Masters' Master Lock. Now, under completely different circumstances, Lashley met Chris Mordetzky, formerly Chris Masters, in a match pitting TNA's most muscular mound of flesh against GFW's most muscular mound of flesh.

As the bell rings, both competitors lock up in a stalemate. A shoulder block take down barely makes an impression on Lashley before a clothesline doesn't make an impression on Mordetzky. After a failed "Mordetzky Lock", Mordetzky begins work on Lashley's lower back before applying a chin lock. Powering out the hold, Lashley sends Mordetzky to the outside on a collision course with the barricade. Both men trade blows around the outside before Mordetzky sends Lashley into the ring post- Mordetzky, after rolling the former TNA World Heavyweight Champion back in the ring, delivers a butterfly suplex for a near fall.

A series of forearm blows by Lashley allow him to regain some control before a double clothesline grounds both men. Lashley is the first to his feet and connects with a german suplex before delivering a spear into the turnbuckle. After a beautiful delayed vertical suplex, Lashley attempts a spear but misses- Mordetzky looks to lock in the Mordetzky Lock but Lashley powers out before delivering The Dominator. Lashley successfully connects with the spear this time before members of the GFW locker room come rushing to the aid of Mordetzky resulting in the match ending in a no contest.

This was an enjoyable match between two of the most jacked men in the industry. Insufferable commentary by Josh Matthews and Pope detracted from a good match here, though. According to Pope, "GFW is piggy backing off TNA"- an interesting assessment of the invasion angle considering TNA has barely been able to carry its own weight for in excess of two years now. Anyway, TNA rant aside, this was a perfectly good match that put over Mordetzky as a legitimate threat to Lashley and sets up a bigger mathc between the two in the near future.

Jay Lethal vs Hanson 

Available to watch here.

Few have had a better 2015 than ROH World & Television Champion, Jay Lethal. After defending the ROH Television Championship the most times in ROH, Jay Lethal earned the right to compete against Jay Briscoe at Best in the World in a winner takes both the TV Championship and the World Championship- a match he won and in doing so became the first person to pin Briscoe in over two years. After defeating Lethal in a non title match up several weeks ago, Hanson was granted an opportunity to face Lethal for the ROH Television championship on this week's ROH TV.

Accompanied to the ring, as ever, by Truth Martini, Jay Lethal arrives after Hanson. Surprisingly, Jay Lethal adheres to the code of honour as the match gets under way. After an initial exchange, Hanson tosses Lethal into the corner. Hanson's size advantage allows him to stay on top with several strikes to the back of Lethal's head followed by multiple knees to the gut. An attempted power slam is escaped by Lethal as an enziguri sends Hanson reeling to the outside.

Lethal, after connecting with q trifecta of tope suicidas to the outside, rags Hanson's beard before spiking it on the ropes. A big back body drop allows Hanson to mount some offence- a body slam is followed by multiple stomps to the chest before Lethal escapes a dead lift vertical suplex only to run into a clothesline. An attempted Bronco Buster is blocked by a knee to the groin by Lethal- referee Todd Sinclair determines the blow was unintentional as the match rolls on. Lethal, taking advantage, heads up to the top rope and connects with a diving elbow for a near fall. Lethal, whilst setting up the Lethal Injection, is distracted by Bobby Fish on commentary before Hanson connects with a variation of the Lethal Injection culminating in an elbow. Hanson misses with a lariat before a superkick unbalances the 300+ pound man- Lethal connects with the Lethal Injection but Hanson bounces straight back up. A second Lethal Injection allows Jay Lethal to pick up the victory.

Sure, Lethal has had many matches better than this one this year and so too has Hanson but this was a solid match that was very obviously edited to conform to time constraints. Still, what was shown was very entertaining and one of the better matches from this week.

Genichiro Tenryu & Katsuyori Shibata vs Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Lizuka

Available to watch here

After several years absence, the legendary Genichiro Tenryu returned to NJPW this past week as he prepares for his official retirement match against Kazuchika Okada on the 15th November. Tenryu, on his return, teamed up with Shibata, fresh off a break out performance at the G1 Climax. The team of Tenryu and Shibata teamed up to face Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Lizuka in a good encounter worked around Tenryu's age.

Shibata and Suzuki begin the match and immediately Suzuki taunts Tenryu. After exchanging various holds, Shibata misses with the penalty kick attempted before Suzuki delivers a big boot to Tenryu. Tenryu, angered by the disrespect, tags himself in to a huge roar from the crowd. Suzuki and Tenryu trade chops in the centre of the ring before Suzuki drives the veteran into the corner where Lizuka uses a rope to strangle Tenryu. Suzuki and Lizuka put Tenryu's head in a vice grip between both of their feet before Lizuka is officially tagged in the match for the first time. At this point, the match descends into a brawl across the arena- Lizuka grounds Tenryu with several chair shots before driving a chair into his opponents throat. Meanwhile, Suzuki applies an arm breaker to Shibata whist his arm is placed between a chair.

On returning to the ring, Lizuka strangles Shibata whilst Suzuki distracts the referee. Suzuki, after being tagged in, delivers a series of forearms shots that only appear to galvanise Shibata. Suzuki and Shibata trade multiple fierce forearms strikes whilst somehow managing to stay on their feet-Shibata lands a drop kick allowing him to make the tag to Tenryu. After a series of rapid fire chops in the corner, Tenryu tags Shibata back in as the referee is knocked over. Lizuka takes advantage of the referee's incapacitation by delivering a chair shot to Shibata's back as he rebounded off the ropes. After several forearms and an atomic drop delivered to Shibata, Tenryu comes to his aid with a big lariat to knock Lizuka down. Shibata, after applying the sleeper hold, successfully connects with the Penalty Kick to secure the victory.

After the initial euphoria of seeing Tenryu back in a NJPW ring had worn off, the cold light of day revealed a frail, old man that could not keep up to the pace. Sure, this was the first match in a long time for the former AJPW Triple Crown Champion and it is only natural for a certain amount of ring rust. I do expect him to improve over the coming weeks with more matches. It is going to be interesting to see how Tenryu goes against Okada, a man who wasn't born when Tenryu debuted, on 15th November. I still believe it will be a good match but it will be a test for Okada as much as Tenryu to deliver a worth match up.

Matches of the Week 15/08- 21/08

This week's highly competitive matches of the week are, once again, dominated by the conclusion of NJPW's G1 Climax tournament. Featured this week are the Tanahashi/Nakamura match that ensured the G1 Climax tournament concluded with the match of the tournament and a fantastic match between the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, Kushida, and Ricochet. However, not all the high profile matches from the closing weekend of NJPW's G1 Climax could make the list. Notable exceptions include the Okada/Nakamura match that determined the winner of Block B- Nakamura defeated the IWGP Heavyweight Champion via submission after an excellent match, The Young Bucks put on their best match to date with reDRagon in an unsuccessful attempt to defend the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and a fun tag match between the Bullet Club and Okada, Bennett and Tavern that suggested Styles still has unfinished business with the champion.

Elsewhere, at Evolve 47, Timothy Thatcher put on a wrestling clinic with Zack Sabre Jr along with a highly entertaining match between 'Speedball' Mike Bailey and Chris Hero.

Here are this week's matches of the week.

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura

Available to watch here.

No surprises to begin with. Two of the finest in the world produced an instant classic in the final of this year's G1 Climax. After finishing at the top of Block A, Hiroshi Tanahashi met the winner of Block B, Shinsuke Nakamura, in a match that certainly did not disappoint.

After a serious of grappling exchanges, Tanahashi begins work on the knee looking to negate the Boma Ye. Tanahashi, demonstrating his years of experience, stomps on the left knee of Nakamura before applying a wrench lock. Nakamura reaches the ropes-Nakamura connects with a enziguri that sends Tanahashi to the outside. After landing multiple blows ringside, Nakamura rolls Tanahashi back inside the ring, applying a Japanese choke hold before transitioning into a side headlock. Buoyed by the support of the crowd, Tanahashi breaks free of the hold to deliver a powerslam- Tanahashi heads to the second rope and connects with a 180 splash.

After kicking out of the pin attempt, Nakamura reverses and stomps Tanahashi in the corner in his signature style. Tanahashi grabs Nakamura's leg to prematurely end his stomps- Tanahashi delivers a dragon screw leg whip as Nakamura rolls to the outside. Tanahashi, after heading to the top rope, connects with the High Fly Flow to the outside before rolling Nakamura back in the ring- Tanahashi isn't granted the opportunity to attempt the pin as Nakamura connects with a knee to keep Tanahashi outside.

Nakamura allows Tanahashi to return to the ring on his own accord before trading forearms strikes in the centre of the ring. Attempted cross body by Tanahashi misses- Nakamura takes advantage of his imbalance to deliver a back stabber followed by a half nelson suplex for a near fall.  Nakamura lines up the Boma Ye but Tanahashi delivers a basement dropkick to the knee before another dragon screw leg whip. Tanahashi locks in the Boston crab as Nakamura desperately claws his way to the ropes- Tanahashi follows the submission attempt with a michinoku driver for a near fall. Tanahashi heads up top again looking for the High Fly Flow- Nakamura scrambles out the way at the last second before connecting with a Boma Ye to the back of the head! Nakamura connects with a knee strike from the second rope before looking for a second Boma Ye- Tanahashi reverses, rolling out the way before rolling up Nakamura- kick out at 2. Nakamura, back to his feet, connects with a roundhouse kick before connecting with a second Boma Ye- Tanahashi kicks out at 2!

Nakamura, riddled with doubt, lines up another Boma Ye but Tanahashi reverses with the swingblade. Tanahashi heads to the top rope and connects with the High Fly Flow to a standing Nakamura before delivering a second...1...2... Nakamura kicks out. Dragon suplex attempt by Tanahashi blocked by Nakamura who swings around and connects with a stiff forearm- Nakamura and Tanahashi trade forearm shots in the centre of the ring before Nakamura connects with the Samoan Driver! Tanahashi, somehow, manages to kick out again as both men lay wasted on the ground, Remarkably, Tanahashi rises to his feet the same time as Nakamura before delivering another dragon screw leg whip before attempting a second swingblade but Nakamura reverses into a cross arm breaker! Wisely, Tanahashi keeps his arms tightly locked together to deny Nakamura the opportunity to apply maximum leverage. Tanahashi powers out before Nakamura connects with another Boma Ye. Somehow Tanahashi kicks out at the last available opportunity. Nakamura lifts Tanahashi to the tope rope- Tanahashi regains consciousness before the two trade forearms shots on the top rope. Incredibly, Tanahashi somehow connects with the High Fly Flow whilst the two men are on the top rope. Sensing his opportunity to headline Wrestle Kingdom 10, Tanahashi delivers a second High Fly Flow followed by a third to pick up the victory and head to the main event of NJPW's biggest show of the year.

Holy fucking shit. What a great match this was. Two of the best in the world perform to the best of their abilities and produced an absolute classic. According to Meltzer, Tanahashi now has as many five star matches since 2012 as WWE do in their entire history. Sure, I can understand certain people's frustrations with Tanahashi being victorious here due to his reputation as the Japanese John Cena. However, I feel the comparison is completely reductive and Tanahashi proved once again here why he is one of the very best in the world. When the time comes for considering match of the year contenders, this will undoubtedly be a major part of those discussions.

Ricochet vs Kushida

Two months ago, Kushida defeated Kyle O Reilly to win the Best of Super Juniors tournament thus entitling him to a shot at Kenny Omega's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. At Dominion 7.5, Kushida, after an engrossing match, submitted Kenny Omega with the Hoverboard Lock to be crowned the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion in another break out performance. On 16th August, Kushida made his first IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship defence against a familiar enemy in the form of Ricochet. In their previous encounter, Ricochet defeated Kushida to win the Best of Super Juniors 2014.

As the match begins, Kushida and Ricochet reach a stalemate as they jockey for position early on. A head scissor take down sends Kushida to the outside- Ricochet considers some aerial offence before deciding against it. Instead, Ricochet rebounds of the ropes and handsprings across the ring only for Kushida to connect with a drop kick allowing him to regain control. Kushida begins work on the left arm of Ricochet, looking to enfeeble it in order to ensure the likelihood of success with the Hoverboard Lock later on. Ricochet reverses with a blue thunder bomb as Kushida rolls to the outside again to regain his composure- Ricochet connects with the tope con hilo over the ring post sending Kushida crashing to the floor. After rolling Kushida back in the ring, Ricochet connects with a springboard 450- kick out at 2 by the champion. Kushida successfully lands a dropkick to send Ricochet reeling to the outside- a game of one-upmanship transpires as Kushida connects with a tope con hilo of his own. Kushida's momentum doesn't last long before Ricochet lands a back breaker followed by a standing shooting star press.

Ricochet, lifting the flaccid champion to his legs, attempts a tornado ddt but Kushida holds on to apply the Hoverboard Lock. Ricochet successfully claws his way to the ropes. Back to his feet, Ricochet attempts a diving cross body but Kushida catches him in that Hoverboard Lock. Writhing in pain, Ricochet powers to his feet to deliver a devastating single arm powerbomb-kick out at 2. Kushida and Ricochet trade forearm strikes in the centre of the ring before a spinning heel kick grounds Kushida- Ricochet, dragging Kushida back to his feet, delivers two consecutive northern lights suplexes before hanging on to deliver a ferocious brainbuster! Kushida kicks out at 2 before successfully avoiding a springboard 450. Kushida follows the reversal up with a dragon suplex before heading to the top rope to deliver a moonsault- Ricochet kicks out at 2! Kushida locks in the Hoverboard Lock but somehow Ricochet manages to summon what little remaining strength he has left to power out- Ricochet lifts Kushida up in a fireman's lift before attempting a roundhouse kick, Kushida blocks but Ricochet connects with the meteora. Ricochet, sensing his opportunity, heads to the top rope and connects with a beautiful shooting star press...1...2... the champion kicks out! Ricochet, incredulous, attempts the 630 but there is nobody home! Kushida locks in the Hoverboard lock to make Ricochet tap and successfully defend his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Everyone knew the outcome of this match before it started. However, it is testament to both competitors that they generated such suspense through a series of false finishes and submission holds. After the match, Ricochet made his intentions clear to challenge Kushida once again as he reminded fans both men are currently tied at one victory each.

Timothy Thatcher vs Zack Sabre Jr.

Last month, Timothy Thatcher defeated Drew Galloway to become Evolve and DGUSA Champion.

At Evolve 47, Thatcher makes his first title defence against a man who got the better of him the last time they met. The Evolve match of 2014, at Evolve 34, Thatcher was defeated by Zack Sabre Jr in a technical masterpiece. This time, the Evolve and DGUSA titles are being defended by Thatcher.

As the match gets under way, Thatcher and Sabre alternatively attempt various submission hods which their opponent is equal to. Both Sabre and Thatcher begin the match by targeting the arm in anticipation of their respective arm submission holds. Thatcher changes his tact after the initial exchange to begin work on Sabre's legs. Thatcher connects with a dragon screw leg whip before applying the ankle lock. Sabre Jr successfully scrambles to the ropes in time.

Thatcher, unwilling to grant the challenger an opportunity to regain his composure, delivers a snap suplex before attempting to apply a fujiwara arm bar- again, Zack Sabre Jr blocks by locking his arms together. Returning to their feet, Thatcher and Sabre trade forearm blows in the centre- Sabre Jr encourages Thatcher to hit him harder. Thatcher throws a ferocious uppercut but Sabre caught it and proceeds to lock in the cross arm breaker! Sabre wrenches Thatcher's fingers before breaking the hold to deliver several kicks to the champions weakened arm.

Sabre picks up the champ to deliver a northern lights suplex- Sabre holds on to the arm and locks in the cross arm breaker once again! Thatcher manages to roll Sabre up for a pinning combination but Zack Sabre Jr keeps hold of the arm! Thatcher, somehow, manages to escape the arm breaker but Sabre follows up with two penalty kicks- kick out at 2 by Thatcher. Thatcher heads to the corner to break Sabre's relentless assault- Sabre follows but meets a huge uppercut almost knocking him out. Thatcher delivers a bridging dead lift german- kick out at 2 by the challenger. Thatcher delivers a series of stiff knees in the corner before locking in the fujiwara arm bar once again- Sabre reverses into a cross arm breaker of his own before Thatcher reverses into an ankle lock which Sabre reverses again!Thatcher, equal to the task, breaks free of the hold before applying an ankle lock to make Sabre tap out. Timothy Thatcher retains his Evolve and DGUSA titles in a fantastic match

I understand this match may not be to everyone's taste. But if you are a fan of mat based wrestling this match is highly recommended. Two of the best grapplers in the world produced perhaps their best performance of the year so far. Both men head of to BOLA in a week and i for one wouldn't be disappointed to witness Thatcher vs Sabre again.

Chris Hero vs 'Speedball' Mike Bailey

Not many can claim to have had a better 2015 than Chris Hero. Arguably in the form of his career, Hero has featured in fantastic matches against the likes of Zack Sabre Jr, Tommy End, Drew Gulak and Trevor Lee. At Evolve 47, Hero faced a man he has previous history with in PWG. Over the past couple of years, "Speedball" Mike Bailey's reputation as one of the hottest properties has exponentially grown. Arriving in his karate gear, Speedball bows to the announcer and the referee before Hero makes his entrance.

Chris Hero offers a handshake to the considerably smaller man before patronisingly rubbing his head- Speedball, offended by such a gesture, connects with an enziguri before an unsuccessful attempted roll up. Hero, perhaps underestimating the speed of Mike Bailey, rolls to the outside. Tope suicida attempted by Bailey but Hero dodges before delivering a devastating big boot. Ragging Bailey back to his feet, Hero delivers a series of chops Kobashi would be proud of to illuminate the t shirt tanned torso of Mike Bailey. After rolling Bailey back in the ring, Hero grabs Bailey's black belt to taunt Speedball- Bailey returns to his feet to deliver a series of chops in the corner. Hero connects with a huge knee strike to regain control by sending Bailey crashing to the mat- Hero delivers several chops in the corner- Mike Bailey can barely stand before hitting an enziguri that takes Hero by surprise. Hero misses with a rolling elbow and heads to the outside- Bailey connects with a moonsault to the outside followed by a shot gun dropkick. Bailey, now in control, rolls Hero back into the ring before connecting with the corkscrew shooting star press. Bailey, heading up top, misses with the shooting star press and walks into a huge boot by Hero.

Chris Hero attempts a piledriver but Mike Bailey escapes- Hero unloads with several chops but Bailey doesn't flinch! Hero looks for the tombstone, Bailey reverses into a back body drop. Speedball connects with another moonsault before delivering a fierce shining wizard. Hero, wisely, rolls to the outside- Bailey flies but no one is home! Hero rolls Bailey back into the ring before another tombstone attempt- again reversed by Speedball into a jack knife cradle roll up before delivering the shooting star knees to the back of Hero. A flurry of kicks by Bailey only appears to strengthen Hero's resolve- Hero blocks the kicks before connecting with a rolling elbow. Hero pulls the limp Bailey to his feet before connecting with a ripcord elbow to pick up the victory.

For me, when these two met at PWG Threemendous they produced a marginally better match then they did here. That statement reflects how incredible their match was at PWG, not a reflection on their match here. This was an excellent match and, for my money, was the best from Evolve 47.

ECIII vs PJ Black

After attacking Matt Hardy with the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, TNA's last vestige of hope, ECIII, challenged Jeff Jarrett to send out the best that GFW has to offer. For anyone unfamiliar with GFW, for the past month or so Jeff Jarrett and his promotion Global Force Wrestling have been running roughshod over the TNA locker room. Anyway, PJ Black, formerly known as Justin Gabriel, emerges to accept ECIII's challenge in what resembles a match of missed opportunities for WWE; since leaving NXT, the then equable Derrick Bateman has transformed into the sociopathic egotist and now TNA Champion ECIII. Similarly, Justin Gabriel has embraced a new "Darewolf" persona as he begins to fulfil his potential in a more featured role in GFW as the King of the Mountain Champion.

As the bell rings, it doesn't take long for ECIII to flee to the outside. PJ Black, unwilling to allow ECIII to begin the match on his terms, connects with a tope suicida followed by a corkscrew over the top. PJ Black, granted an opportunity at ECIII's TNA World Heavyweight Championship, seeks to finish the match early but a pinning combination is reversed by ECIII before the champion lands a big back body drop. A spinning heel kick delivered by PJ Black ensures that the TNA Champion doesn't control the pace of the match. PJ Black continues on the offence with a springboard splash- ECIII kicks out at 2. Looking for the 450 splash, PJ Black heads up to the top rope- ECIII follows the King of the Mountain Champion to deliver a superplex- kick out at 2.

After applying a rear chin lock, ECIII is momentarily distracted by the crowd before PJ Black connects with a spinning heel kick. PJ Black connects this time with a moonsault but ECIII kicks out. Black attempts a springboard moonsault but the TNA champ is able to regain his senses and retreat to the corner, attempted school boy by ECIII- kick out at 2- ECIII hangs on to deliver a single arm powerbomb. ECIII looks to end the match with the one percenter but PJ Black reverses into a blue thunder bomb. Using the ropes for assistance, ECIII and PJ Black return to their feet before trading forearm strikes in the centre of the ring. Surprisingly, PJ Black emerges on top- attempted springboard 450 but ECIII spikes the ropes consequently knocking Black off balance. ECIII connects with the one percenter to pick up the victory and retain his TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

For well over a year now, ECIII has been the shining light of TNA. Arguably, ECIII has performed as well as anyone since winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and that continued here, It was nice to see PJ Black in a featured role on television instead of jobbing out on Superstars. Both ECIII and PJ Black are instances of performers being allowed the creative freedom denied by WWE and being much better for it.

RAW Review 10/08/2015

In the absence of The Undertaker and Brock Lesnar, WWE resolved many of the questions surrounding the under card matches at SummerSlam; in total, three new matches were announced for the biggest event of the summer including a four corner survival tag match, a three team diva's elimination tag match and the debut of actor Stephen Amell, aka the Green Arrow, as he teams up with the Red Arrow, Neville, to take on the team of Stardust and King Barrett, for some reason.

This week's RAW review begins with the WWE World Heavyweight Champion:

Seth Rollins, the luckiest man on the planet

If one thing has defined Rollins' reign as champion it has been luck. At Money in The Bank, luck determined it would be Rollins left clutching the WWE World Heavyweight Championship after he and Dean Ambrose came crashing to the mat. At Battleground, luck determined that The Undertaker chose the second before Lesnar was about to pin Rollins to return and exact his revenge on Lesnar. Just last week, Neville accidentally overhooked Rollins' legs to cause a rope break after delivering the Red Arrow. This week was no different as luck saved the WWE World Heavyweight Champion again.

Confident, assured and soaking wet, Rollins began the show with a remainder, in case anyone had forgot, that it was he who delivered the blow to break the face that runs the pace, John Cena, as the fans still chant "you sold out at" at the champion. The WWE World Heavyweight Champion continues to remind the audience that John Cena is yet to respond to his title for title match offer at SummerSlam. Cesaro interrupts the champion and makes his way to the ring to state that he deserves a shot at the WWE WHC. Another former ROH star, Kevin Owens, makes his way to the ring to stake his claim to the WWE WHC. After making a cheap fat joke about Owens, Randy Orton enters the ring to state how he deserves a shot at the title. Out comes HHH to inform the fans that, currently, John Cena is only 50/50 for SummerSlam before scheduling a tripe threat match between Orton, Cesaro and Owens to determine who will face Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the night's main event.

After a solid triple threat match that succeeded in showcasing all three men's strengths, it was Randy Orton who would emerge victorious and go on to face Seth Rollins in the night's main event much to the disappointment of many who wished to see a fresh face in the title picture. The match concluded as Kevin Owens attempted a Pop Up Powerbomb on Cesaro, who jumped over the shoulders of Owens, before Randy Orton delivered a devastating RKO first to Owens then to Cesaro before pinning the Swiss Superman.

For the second time in two weeks, Seth Rollins put his WWE World Heavyweight Championship on the line against a man he has had many encounters with in the past, the Viper Randy Orton. In a match that was destined to end in a no contest, it was Sheamus who did the honours of breaking up the pin attempt after Orton hit an RKO  as the champ attempted the diving nothing from the top rope- a move that has been around for a while, but in recent times has been perfected by Joey Mercury. After the bell rang, Sheamus tossed Orton ringside before delivering a Brogue Kick to Seth Rollins. Sheamus told the referee that he wishes to cash in his Money in the Bank contest before Orton this time came to the aid of Rollins by delivering an RKO to the Celtic Warrior to stand tall to end the show.

Evidently, the reason why Cesaro and Kevin Owens were unsuccessful earlier in the night was due to the fact WWE wanted to further discredit Seth Rollins as champion as Orton had him all but beat before Sheamus cost him the match. The attempted cash in by Sheamus may suggest he might put his briefcase on the line in a match with Orton at SummerSlam- a match that Sheamus should win.

As for Rollins, once again he proves to be the luckiest man in the WWE by first having Sheamus stopping Orton from defeating him before Orton stopped Sheamus from defeating him. Many commentators believe that Rollins' chicken shit shtick has run its course but the fact that Rollins still receives boos for selling out his former Shield brethren is testament to how good he has been over the past year. However, the WWE World Heavyweight Champion remains without an official match at SummerSlam but expect Cena to be at RAW next week to accept Rollins title for title match. I still maintain Rollins will defeat John Cena at SummerSlam but you can never be too sure when the odds are seemingly stacked against Mr Make a Wish.

Four Corner Survival Tag Match announced for SummerSlam

Moments after defeating Los Matadores, The New Day ran in to Renee Young backstage who informed them that they would be facing Prime Time Players at SummerSlam... along with Los Matadores... and Lucha Dragons in a four way tag match. Much to the disappointment of New Day, who asked Renee who will be added to the match next, Doom? Harlem Heat? Xavier Woods managed to put a positive slant on things, claiming that it is just more hands and voices to witness New Day become two time Tag Team Champions.

As anticipated, at SummerSlam all of the teams in the division barring The Ascension will do battle in a fatal four way. Usually multi-man tag matches produce fun, entertaining matches and this shouldn't be any different with an exciting combination of speed and strength. Hopefully, WWE will correct the mistake they made at Money in the Bank when New Day lost the titles. For the first time in a long time, the New Day have made the tag division, severely hampered by injuries, semi-enjoyable through their antics in and out of the ring.

WWE must return the Tag Team titles to their rightful owners at SummerSlam and I fully expect them do so. But they won't pin Prime Time Players. More than likely, I expect that they will pin one of the masked teams in order to continue their feud with Prime Time Players as it appears WWE must want PTP around the titles.

Ryback returns and, unfortunately, the triple threat between Ryback, The Miz and Big Show is still on

This week, Daniel Bryan made his return to Miz TV as Miz reminds everyone how he plucked Bryan from obscurity, WWE's epithet for any other wrestling promotion (see Sting), and mentored him to greatness. Daniel Bryan's music interrupts The Miz' diatribe to the sound of deafening cheers from his home state of Washington- no one on the WWE roster is anywhere near as over as Daniel Bryan is, a fact that was made painfully clear again last night. After Bryan chats about his literary success, The Miz' attention turns to the Intercontinental Champion, Ryback. The Miz comments on how he helped cultivate the attitude of a champion in Daniel Bryan and how Ryback should do the same and surrender his Intercontinental Championship and give it to him. Big Show arrives and cracks babyface jokes before the "please retire" chants kick in. After weeks off with a staph infection in the knee, Ryback made his return to a good reception from the Washington fans. The Big Guy squared up to Big Show before Daniel Bryan tosses Miz back in to the ring. The three men brawl in the ring before Ryback hits two Meat Hook Clotheslines to take down both The Miz and Big Show to stand tall and soak in the Yes chants with Daniel Bryan.

An old adage in wrestling states that, if a wrestler is considered to have mastered the art form, he is so good he could put on a good match with a broomstick. The SummerSlam match between Ryback, The Miz and Big Show is a match between three broomsticks. Despite my personal opinion on Ryback, it is good to see him and, by association the Intercontinental Championship, back on TV after almost a month on the side lines. Although the Intercontinental Championship match at SummerSlam is far from an enthralling prospect, it is good to see the championship back on television.

Stardust? Cody Rhodes? A Crisis of Identity

Just a quick note on Stardust- WWE achieved entirely new levels of meta this week when Michael Cole and the commentary team spoke extensively on how Stardust can not understand that Stephen Amell is an actor on television just like Stardust does not understand he is Cody Rhodes. Of course, the intriguing aspect of this rivalry is the fact that Cody Rhodes, too, is a character played on television.

I anticipate that Amell and Neville will pick up the victory in a match worked around Amell's limited wrestling ability. Will this put an end to Stardust's crisis of identity and see a return of Cody Rhodes? I have absolutely no idea WWE and sometimes that is for the best.

Also, it is truly astounding how Barrett is currently being used. Never before in the history of WWE have they given someone the opportunity to win King of the Ring only to be, a couple of months later, losing in under two minutes.

Current SummerSlam match card:

The Undertaker vs Brock Lesnar

Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose vs Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper

Team B.A.D vs PCB vs Team Bella

Ryback (C) vs The Miz vs Big Show for The Intercontinental Championship

Los Matadores vs The New Day vs Lucha Dragons vs Prime Time Players (C) for the Tag Team Championships

Neville and Green Arrow vs Stardust and King Barrett

In all likelihood, John Cena will appear on RAW next week to accept Seth Rollins' challenge and, after the main event of this week's RAW, it looks like Sheamus and Randy Orton are set to continue their feud so expect a match between these two to be announced with a stipulation. Hopefully, Cesaro/Owens will be added to complete the card in what is lining up to be a fun PPV.