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Strong follows the Code of Honor after the match, and Page shoves Strong and yells at him for following the Code of Honor, and Strong gets ready to hit Page but Whitmer catches his arm. This leads to an argument between Strong and Whitmer until Jacobs steps between them and declares that ROH is the house the Decade built, and they need to do this together. Strong and Whitmer are still staring each other down until Jacobs gets them to shake hands, albeit a very tense handshake.Page holds the ropes for Jacobs and Whitmer, but Strong walks away and leaves on the other side of the ring.
IWGP Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles vs Adam Cole
This is non-title, in case you were wondering. Slow feeling out process as they go to the mat early on, but it picks up with a criss cross that ends with Styles hitting a dropkick square on Cole's chin. AJ catches cole in the calf killer, but Cole gets to the ropes at like light speed to force the break. AJ keeps up the pressure, but he goes to the second rope and Cole pushes him to the floor. AJ really hit hard on the apron going down, and now Cole takes over on the IWGP Champion and starts to work on the leg. Cole goes for the figure four, but AJ kicks him off, so Cole starts to methodically wear AJ down with hard shots and a strong whip into the corner. AJ catches Cole as he springboards off the ropes, and now he begins to make a comeback. Cole blocks the Styles Clash and nails AJ with a fireman's neckbreaker, AJ tries for the springboard deathdrop, but Cole dropkicks AJ coming out, then drags him to the corner and rams his leg into the ringpost before getting the ringpost figure four. Cole gets AJ in the ring and puts him in the figure four right in the middle of the ring. AJ gets free and they wind up out of the apron where AJ vertical suplexes Cole onto the ring apron. OUCH! AJ rolls Cole into the ring and hits a 450 splash, but he didn't hit it clean and looks like he hurt his knee. That won't play well if Cole gets the figure four again. Cole catches AJ with a superkick as he charges in, but AJ tears Cole's head off with a roaring clothesline, but then Cole hits a brainbuster onto the knee for a very close 2. Cole goes for the Canadian Destroyer off the second rope, but AJ blocks, backdrops Cole and rolls through, and hits the Styles Clash. AJ hits his knee coming down on that and loses just enough time making the cover that Cole gets his foot on the ropes at 2.99999999999. AJ goes back to the top, Cole nails him and goes to the top for a super German suplex, AJ fights him off, Cole runs back up and hits it on the second try, then Cole hits the Florida Key for another 2.99999999999. I thought he had him there. Cole is getting a little cute with AJ and seems to be taking a little too much time going for the kill, and they wind up trading forearms in the middle of the ring. AJ gets the advantage there, then Cole fires back, AJ hits an enziguiri, Cole with a superkick, AJ hits the Pelle kick, but he goes down and Cole falls on top for a really close 2.99999999999999999. Cole goes to the second rope and boots AJ in the head while telling him to stay down, AJ hits another Pelle kick and goes to the top for a superplex, and they wind up fighting it out for nearly a minute before AJ hits an unbelievable top rope implant DDT for the win.
Winner: AJ Styles
I said on Stu & Pid that I didn't want to see AJ win, but I take that back because he nearly lost the match on several occasions and had to practically kill Cole to beat him. Match of the Year contender! AJ helps Cole to his feet and extends his hand for the Code of Honor, but Cole spits in his hand and walks off.
INTERMISSION
Michael Bennett and Maria Kannelis come out to the ring and Maria has an announcement of Biblical proportions. She'll start by getting on her knees (crowd likes that one) and she gives a prayer befor informing the fans that Matt...is coming back. Bennett tells everyone not to fall off their seats because he promised one thing to everyone watching that he would show what is underneath Maria's trenchcoat, so he'll be a man of his word, and he hates to share the goods, but he wants to show what's under there and what he gets to look at every night. Bennett opens the tranchcoat and reveals...Jay Briscoe's fake title belt, which Maria covered with pink fluffy stuff and a picutre of herself and Bennett kissing. Bennett declares that it's the title of love, and just like they're going to consummate their marriage, they want to consummate the belt right now. Briscoe runs down to the ring and chases them out, and gets a microphone and tells them that when Jay sees what they did to his belt, it's their AAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
ROH TV Title Match: Jay Lethal vs Cedric Alexander
Cedric nails Lethal with an enziguiri that sends him out to the floor right off the bat, then he takes Lethal out with a dive through the ropes. They head back inside where Cedric keeps up the pressure, but Lethal comes back with some chops and a snap suplex. Now Lethal dumps Cedric out to the floor and takes him out with a dive. Lethal viciously goes to the eyes, then they head inside and the ref takes an errant shot and goes down. Cedric goes to the top and Truth Martini shoves him off since the ref is out, and Cedric hits the floor hard. Truth takes cell phone pictures of Lethal beating Cedric up, and Cedric goes for Truth's neck, but Lethal stops that by running Cedric into the barricade. They go inside where Cedric hits a tornado DDT, then they go toe to toe in the middle of the ring. Cedric hits the Three Amigos, Lethal goes for the Lethal Combination twice but Cedric escapes both times, and he knocks Lethal out with a rolling enziguiri. He goes to the top rope for Overtime, but Lethal catches him coming down in the Koji Clutch. Cedric is able to roll to the ropes, so a back and forth exchange leads to Lethal hitting the Lethal Combination for 2. Lethal goes for a Sharpshooter, but he changes his mind and goes for a superkick. Cedric catches the boot and drops Lethal on his face, superkicks Truth as he goes to the top rope, and catches Lethal with a pinfall attempt for 2. Lethal goes to the top, Cedric follows him up and hits a huge super Frankensteiner, but instead of going for the cover he goes to the top rope for Overtime as Selezia comes out and gets on the ring apron. Cedric shoves Selezia into Lethal, hits a running dropkick that Lethal dodges and ends up connecting with Selezia, and Cedric hits Lethal with the pop up backbreaker. Cedric makes a cover but Lethal gets his foot over the bottom rope. Lethal counters another Lumbar Check with Matt Taven's front bulldog, then he hits the Lethal Injection for 3.
Winner: Jay Lethal
Yeah, didn't get the feeling like this was Cedric's night, but they sure set him up as a potential future champion if he gets Lethal in the ring again. Selezia really stood out with the shots she took tonight.
The ROH World Title is on the line on Page 3!
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