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We go to the locker room where Prince Nana is with Tommaso Ciampa and RD Evans. Evans interrupts and he says that in the new era of the Embassy it is not about royalty, but it is about royalties. It is about what the investors want to see. They want to make sure that Tommaso gets some real competition around here.
Ciampa says that he breathes off competition. TJ Perkins talks about being undefeated on television in three matches, but Ciampa reminds Perkins that he has been undefeated since day one. It has been more than a year and he has not lost a match. He says that the title will come to the Embassy, where it belongs.
Match Number One: Tommaso Ciampa with Prince Nana and RD Evans versus TJ Perkins
Ciampa shakes hands but he does not let go. He tries to punch Perkins but Perkins escapes. Perkins with a cross body for a near fall. Perkins avoids Ciampa in the corner but he misses a running boot. Ciampa runs into a boot from Perkins. Ciampa goes to the apron and Perkins hits a springboard drop kick and then he returns Ciampa to the ring.
Perkins puts Ciampa in the tree of woe and Nana distracts Perkins while the referee helps Ciampa out of the tree of woe and Ciampa with a clothesline and a near fall. Ciampa sends Perkins face first into the mat and kicks him in the back. Ciampa with a knee from the apron and chokes him in the ropes.
Ciampa with a knee and Perkins goes into the ropes but Ciampa with a running knee and Perkins goes to the floor. Ciampa gets Perkins up in a wheelbarrow hold and sends Perkins into the guardrails. Ciampa gets a near fall when they return to the ring. Ciampa with elbows to Perkins’ head. Perkins with kicks to the leg but Ciampa with a side head lock take down into a crossface.
Perkins gets back to his feet and he punches Ciampa but Ciampa responds with knees to the head. Perkins wants more and then Perkins blocks a knee and hits a dragon screw leg whip. Ciampa blocks a boot from Perkins but Perkins hits a super kick and a missile drop kick.
Perkins with punches and kicks and then he hits a sit out power bomb but only gets a two count. Perkins gets Ciampa on his shoulders but Ciampa sends Perkins into the corner. Perkins misses a neck breaker and Ciampa hits two running knees into the corner followed by Project Ciampa for the three count.
Winner: Tommaso Ciampa
We are back with a video package on Grizzly Redwood. Grizzly mentions that he was born three months premature and weighed just more than a pound. He talks about all of the things he wasn’t supposed to do. He says that he played baseball, football, and roller hockey in school. He always loved wrestling and he knew what he wanted to do despite people telling him not to do it.
He talks about his first day of training at wrestling school and some people didn’t want him there because he was too small. He says that he is a winner every day.
Match Number Two: Grizzly Redwood versus Devon Storm
Before the match starts, Truth Martini leads Roderick Strong and Michael Elgin to the ring.
Martini tells everyone to shut up. He says that life is full of choices and the choices you make determine your future. He gives Devon Storm two choices. Choice Number One is to accept $500 to allow Michael Elgin to take his place in the match. Choice Number Two is to piss Michael Elgin off.
Storm takes the money and leaves the ring.
Martini tells Grizzly that after this match, he will wish that he died as a child.
Redwood takes the mic and he says that he is not afraid of Elgin.
Match Number Two: Grizzly Redwood versus Michael Elgin with Roderick Strong and Truth Martini
Redwood with forearms and Elgin pushes him down. Elgin with a shoulder tackle and then he sends Grizzly into the turnbuckles. Elgin with a forearm across the chest and he kicks him. Elgin with a slam and then he hits an elbow drop for a near fall. Elgin tries to run Redwood into the turnbuckles but Grizzly escapes. Grizzly with a sleeper but Elgin escapes. Grizzly tries again and Elgin with a snap mare.
Redwood sends Elgin to the floor and Redwood tries for a suicide dive but Elgin catches Redwood and sends Grizzly into the guardrails and Elgin gets a near fall when they return to the ring. Redwood with forearms but they have no effect. Elgin with a forearm. Elgin with a boot to the chest and then Elgin goes to the turnbuckles for a twisting senton but Grizzly moves.
Redwood with a rana that sends Elgin into the turnbuckles and Redwood with an enzuigiri. Redwood tries for the cannonball but Elgin catches him. Elgin sets for a power bomb but Redwood counters with a facebuster. Redwood with a tornado DDT. Redwood tries for another rana but Elgin with a buckle bomb followed by a spinning sit out power bomb for the three count.
Winner: Michael Elgin
We are back with footage from the Kevin Steen/Steve Corino match from Final Battle when Steen earned his chance to return to Ring of Honor.
Kevin Steen says that at one point everyone feels like they are in a cage, and that is how he has felt for the last year. Next week, he will be back on Ring of Honor television on the show that the company loves so much, especially Jim Cornette. Steen says that something is lacking from the show and it is not missing ass kissers, puppets, and dedicated athletes who show sportsmanship so Jim likes them. What it is lacking is unpredictability, chaos, and fear. That will be back thanks to him.
Steen says that Cornette hates him because they are a lot alike. While he might not be 100 years old like Jim, Jim always said what he wanted and did what he wanted without caring who he pissed off. Jim has gotten softer in his old age. Steen says that he will not get soft. Steen says that he will beat Jim’s boy toy champion Davey Richards in 2012 to become the World Champion and call all the shots. It is seven days until everything changes.
We go to comments from Jim Cornette and he says that he said what could happen if Kevin Steen returned to Ring of Honor, everyone said that Jim was out of touch and he was saying that the sky was falling. Cornette says that the sky fell on three people at Final Battle. Steve Corino, Jimmy Jacobs, and El Generico were all injured by Kevin Steen. Cornette wonders what will happen if Steen did that in one night. Cornette says that Steen is a bi-polar egomaniac and a sociopath.
Cornette admits that Steen has a lot of fans and he doesn’t know why but Cornette points out that he is a business man. He doesn’t want to do things at the expense of others health and welfare. Cornette says that he will have a message for Steen that he will probably not like.
We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time to go Inside Ring of Honor.
We start off by talking about the problems between Eddie Edwards and Kyle O’Reilly.
Eddie says that him and Kyle were never best friends, but they never had any problems. Eddie says that the problems started when he won the World Title because Kyle resented the fact that Eddie won before Davey.
Kyle says that he did not have a problem with Eddie winning the World Title before Davey because that is life. His problem was with the way that Eddie acted after he won the title.
Eddie says that the problems grew because Eddie demanded a match against Davey and Kyle would never look at him in the locker room.
Kyle says that Eddie put Davey in an awkward position so Davey had to beat a guy who was like a brother to him.
Eddie says that he had to get out of Davey’s shadow and this was the way to prove it.
Kyle says that being in Davey’s shadow isn’t a bad thing because Eddie got to the top because he was in Davey’s shadow.
Eddie says that after he lost the title to Davey, things blew up with Kyle. Eddie knew that he had to do something different so he set up a training camp with Dan Severn. It showed him who Kyle really was.
Kyle mentions that Eddie knew that Davey was going to train with Severn but Eddie went to Severn behind their backs and it showed where Eddie’s loyalty was.
Eddie talks about how Kyle was waiting at the airport when Davey got back from Japan to tell him to try to score points with Davey.
Kyle says that he wanted to tell Davey that his friend went behind their back and he is loyal to the guy who made him.
Eddie mentions how Kyle is all about loyalty and respect, but where is the loyalty to his tag team partner Adam Cole?
Kyle says that he is trying to be a good friend.
Eddie says that Kyle is jealous that he wasn’t in the American Wolves and he is using his man-crush over Davey to get between Davey and Eddie.
Kyle says that he doesn’t care what anyone else thinks but Davey.
Davey Richards says that it is a lose-lose with him. He has two friends and family members who are in a war and both men feel that they are justified. He says that they fight like brothers. Davey says that he is going to have to worry about the person who has his back and that is Kyle.
Kevin mentions that next week we will have a Television Title Match between Jay Lethal and Mike Bennett with no time limit.
We go to comments from Bennett. He says that he hopes that Jay Lethal doesn’t think that he is going to tuck his tail between his legs and go away. Bennett says that he had the television title won but Lethal jumped him from behind to get the victory. Not only did he beat the former champ, but he was about to beat the current champ but Lethal used an illegal move to win. Bennett says that there is no time limit next week and there is no crooked Todd Sinclair. There is nothing that will keep him from getting what is his.
It is now time to talk about the former Tag Team Champions Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin.
Shelton says that they went to the Ring of Honor officials and after all of the crap they took in New York and the crap they took from the New York fans, they deserve a rematch. Shelton talks about all of the prestige they brought to the tag team division, and Charlie says that all the officials cared about was where was the check for the fine that they issued against Charlie and Shelton and you have to wrestle the Bravados
They want to know what happened to rematch clauses. Charlie says that it is BS that they have to start from the bottom. They will have something to say next week on television.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Cedric Alexander and Caprice Coleman versus Davey Richards and Kyle O’Reilly
Alexander and Ricahrds start things off and they lock up with Alexander working on the arm. Davey with a reversal but Alexander with a drop kick but he misses a standing moonsault when Richards moves out of the way. O’Reilly and Coleman tag in and they lock up and Coleman with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. O’Reilly with a kick to Coleman for a near fall. O’Reilly with a kick to the back and then he sends Coleman into the turnbuckles.
Richards tags back in and he kicks Coleman in the chest and gets a near fall. O’Reilly tags back in and Coleman with a double drop kick and then Coleman goes after Richards even though he is not the legal man in the match. Coleman with an Irish whip to Richards and Coleman with spinning kick into the corner and then Coleman hit an Arabian Press onto O’Reilly on the floor.
Richards with a running boot to Alexander and then Richards tries for a running kick on Coleman but Caprice moves and Coleman with a leg sweep. Alexander hits a plancha onto Richards and O’Reilly.
Alexander tags in and he hits a slingshot senton after a suplex from Coleman. Coleman tags back in and they do the same with Coleman getting a near fall. O’Reilly and Coleman exchange forearms. O’Reilly with a leaping knee and Davey with a kick to the chest after a blind tag and he gets a near fall. We go to commercial.
We are back and O’Reilly sends Coleman into Richards’ boot and Davey tags in. We get an exchange of chops and Kyle tags back in. Coleman with a kick to Kyle and then he sends Davey into Kyle and Coleman with a drop kick to Kyle and all three men are down. Kyle kicks Alexander to the floor to prevent the tag. Kyle misses a kick but Coleman with a kick of his own and he makes the tag.
Alexander with a springboard double drop kick and then he chops O’Reilly. Alexander with forearms but O’Reilly with a kick of his own. Alexander with a leaping enzuigiri and then he hits a running kick into the corner followed by a facebuster for a near fall. Alexander puts Kyle on the top turnbuckle while Davey comes in and hits a baseball slide on Coleman in the corner.
Davey gets Alexander on his shoulders for a double team move but Alexander counters with a reverse rana. Coleman with a leaping rana on O’Reilly and Alexander with a frog splash for a near fall. Coleman sends Davey to the floor and then Coleman gets O’Reilly on his shoulders and Alexander with a kick to the head and then Coleman with a Death Valley Driver onto Alexander’s knees for a near fall.
Richards with the Alarm Clock to Alexander when they try for a double team move. Coleman with a leaping knee to the head. O’Reilly with a super kick. Kyle and Alexander each with clotheslines. O’Reilly misses a roaring forearm and Alexander tries for a kick but Kyle traps the leg. Richards with a kick to the head and then O’Reilly with a Saito Suplex into a bridge for a near fall.
Richards throws Coleman out of the ring and then they get Alexander into the air for what appeared to be a double suplex, but Richards with a kick to the chest and then O’Reilly with a discus clothesline for a near fall.
OReilly with a guillotine choke and Richards kicks Coleman from the apron. Richards goes up top and hits a double stomp while O’Reilly holds on to the guillotine choke and Alexander taps out.
Winners: Kyle O’Reilly and Davey Richards
After the match, Eddie Edwards comes to ringside to applaud the victory by Richards and O’Reilly.
We go to credits.
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