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When the reserved ticket holders arrived, it was announced that Eddie
Kingston and Jigsaw were stuck behind a huge accident on the PA turnpike. If
they didn't arrive on time, Hallowicked would take Jig's spot in the 6way and
Eddie would face Jig after the intermission. Which did happen.
In the preshow:
*Kyle OReilly def. Adam Cole.
*Jon Moxley def. BBoy. BBoy had a big following from the CZW fans in attendance
who were pissed he took the loss.
After 45-50 minutes, the main show started.
*The 6way titled "Generation New" featuring Hallowicked, Johnny Gargano, the
Young Bucks, Gran Akuma, and Lince Dorado was first. Gran Akuma won by pinning
Johnny Gargano with a modified Oklahoma Roll. Lot of flippy, acrobatic action.
*"Redemption" pitted BxB Hulk against Brian Kendrick. Hulk won. After the match,
ring announcer Kevin Hervey tried to hurry Kendrick out of the ring, which led
to Kendrick cutting an promo about he was an artist and that he didn't wrestle
for the fans, but for himself. When the refs and preshow wrestlers came out to
stop him, Jon Moxley grabbed the mic and told Kendrick that he understood what
he was saying and they attacked the wrestlers and students (and maybe a plant).
A few people around me thought it was total shoot.
*Salute to Skayde had Jorge "Skayde" Rivera take on his students, CIMA, Super
Crazy, and Lightning Mike Quackenbush. Four faces with CIMA and Super Crazy
doing the occasional heel spot. CIMA pinned Skayde to advance.
Next Level: Yamato pinned Davey Richards after they hit each other with
everything. This match was insane and has to be seen. Tons of back and forth,
hard-hitting, intense action. Not knowing how big Yamato is in Japan, I would
say Davey made Yamato a star the same way Nigel McGuinness made Tyler Black at
ROH Take No Prisoners 2 years ago.
So the finals were announced to be Gran Akuma vs. Yamato vs. BxB Hulk vs. Cima.
Intermission.
Jigsaw defeated Eddie Kingston with a double stomp off the top.
Then they took a mini-break for CHIKARA's students (who were working as staff)
to adjust the ring ropes. The one student didn't understand the concept of
righty-tighty/lefty-loosy and loosened the top rope til it sagged. Mike Kehner
and Bryce Remsburg got someone else to fix it.
Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi def. Shingo and Dragon Kid. One great spot has
Yoshino put Shingo in an octopus stretch while Dragon Kid put Doi in one of his
own and then Kid and Yoshino started punching each other. And then there were
ten other even more insane doubleteam combos after that. At one point, the only
person sitting was the ref, Mike Kehner, who needed to rest on the bottom
turnbuckle. The Arena got really loud with the Dragon Gate chants. Yoshino
forced Dragon Kid to submit to a crossed arm lock. After the match, the Young
Bucks came out to challenge Yoshino and Doi.
Before the main event, each competitor got the big introduction. Most got
streamers. Yamato pinned Cima after Akuma kicked CIMA in the junk. It happened a
lot earlier in the match than a lot of people expected. BxB pinned Akuma with a
version of the Here It Is Driver. BxB pinned Yamato with EVO to become the first
Open the Freedom Gate champion. After the match, Davey Richards came down and
attacked Hulk with Yamato joining in. Dragon Kid ran down to run them off. So
either we have our next title match set or at least the top three challengers.
