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They do a basic feeling out process, but Page makes the mistake of pulling off Fox's do-rag, then putting it on to mock Fox. Fox hits a couple of clotheslines that Page no-sells, so Fox does a flippy-dippy enziguiri that drives Page into the corner, then Fox knocks Page to the outside with a springboard clothesline. Fox takes Page out with a series of dives through the ropes, then hits the kick flip to complete the sequence. Fox slings Page over the ring apron and hits the Ass Destroying Legdrop, but gets too cute going for Sliced Bread #2 on the floor and gives Page an opening to hit a spinebuster onto the apron and then a hanging DDT off the guardrail. Now THAT is how you turn the momentum! Page rolls Fox inside and covers for 2, then begins dishing out some hard hitting offense and plants Fox with a curtain call for 2. Fox connects with a springboard Ace Crusher, and Page rolls out to the floor to try and take a moment to catch his bearings. Fox doesn't give him much time for that, taking him out with a huge somersault dive and then rolling Page back inside. Fox with a Yakuza kick in the corner and then connects with a Swanton for 2. Page managesto get ahold of Fox and gives him a lawn dart into the corner, and then hits the Claudio Castagnoli spinning facebuster for 2. Page backdrops Fox to the apron, Fox comes in with a springboard codebreaker for 2. Another codebreaker puts Page back on the ring apron and Fox goes for another Ass Destroying Legdrop, but Page nails him before he gets to complete the move and plants him with a Tower of London onto the ring apron. Page quckly rolls Fox in and covers for 2, but makes the mistake of going to the top rope and gets caught with Lo Mein Pain. Fox follows that up with a 450 splash that finishes Page.
Winner: AR Fox
Match was okay, but Fox is still way too spot-oriented for me to really enjoy watching, largely because he still telegraphs nearly everything he does from a mile away and his opponents clearly have to get themselves into position to take his moves. Page gets a microphone and says that Johnny Gargano endorsed him, and he wants to be just like Gargano, and he is so sorry he let him down. This brings Gargano out to the ring to tell Page to shut up because he believes in Page. He says Page didn't let him or anyone else down, and that's all anyone here wants from him. Page showed he belongs in thiss ring, and things will be okay, but now he wants to talk about the match he spent all six years in this company building to: the unification match with Drew Galloway tomorrow. Gargano tells Drew that if he thinks he's planning to waste six years of his life, and after all the things he put himself through and the injuries he suffered, and the fact that he loves what he does, Galloway is going to have to kill him to beat him tomorrow, and as long as his heart is still beating, he's walking out of that ring with both titles.
Chris Hero vs Biff Busick
They don't bother with any kind of wrestling pretense here, and they start off just trading shots in the middle of the ring. Hero nails Busick with a Yakuza kick and then a diving boot to take control. Busick blocks another boot and drills Hero with a couple of European uppercuts, but Hero hammers back with hard forearms than knock Busick back on his butt. A straight jab puts Busick flat on his back and Hero covers for 2, then hits a Saito suplex and makes a casual cover for 2. Busick hammers back on Hero, but Hero shrugs all of Busick's offense off and Yakuza kicks Busick out to the floor. Hero goes out after Busick and nails him so hard he actually knocks Busick THROUGH the barricade, then gets back in the ring and repeatedly boots Busick in the head as he tries to get back in the ring. Busick dodges a final kick and German suplexes Hero into next week. Hero isn't amused, and he just beats Busick's face in with repeated forearms in the corner. Hero connects with another hard forearm that knocks Busick flat on his back, and he barely beats the count getting back to his feet. Hero with another backdrop suplex for 2, but Busick catches a couple of running Blockbusters on Hero to slow the veteran down. Now Hero tries to escape to the floor and it's Busick going after him. Busick uppercuts Hero so hard that Hero knocks a piece of the guardrail loose as he crashes backward. Hero and Busick continue to hammer each other on the floor, then Busick dumps Hero back into the ring and goes for a rear naked choke, Hero counters that to a rollup for 2 and then connects with a big boot. Hero goes back out to the apron, but Busick drags Hero back in over the top and gets a rear naked choke. Hero rolls to the ropes to force a break and then rolls out to the floor. Busick dives over the ropes, but instead of wiping Hero out, he grabs onto him and gets the choke again. Hero desperately tried to break the choke by ramming Busick backward into every hard surface he can find, but Busick still has the hold cinched in. Hero comes back inside and drops backward, then plants Busick in the mat with a piledriver and covers for 2. Now Hero is getting arrogant an starts slapping Busick around before going for the deathblow. Busick blocks, hits a pair of half nelson suplexes, and turns Hero inside out with a lariat for 2. Hero is desperately holding onto the ropes to avoid getting tossed around by Busick again, but Busick hits a top rope belly to back suplex and makes a quick cover, but only gets 2. Busick goes to the choke, Hero gets out and hits the roaring elbow, Busick gets the choke again, Hero breaks out of the hold and hits the deathblow, but Busick is out at 2. Hero with another pair of roaring elbows, but Busick kicks out of a pinfall attempt at 1. Hero is in shock at this point, connects with another roaring elbow, a Tombstone, and finally covers Busick for 3.
Winner: Chris Hero
Well damn, that was a war! This was just a fight to the finish and even though he lost, Busick took everything Hero had multiple times before he went down, and he nearly put Hero away himself several times along the way. The streak of great matches tonight continues!
EVOLVE 40 concludes on Page 3!
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