The show begins with an intro recapping the events that happened at the top of the hour on last week's show, with the Bullet Club trading words with Jay Lethal before Los Igonerables De Japon appeared at the aide of the former Ring Of Honor World Champion. The match heavily announced between the 6 men happened at the top of the hour, as the two top wrestlers in ROH had each of NJPW's biggest heel factions on their side. At the midpoint in the match however,Tetsuya Naito and EVIL walked away from Jay Lethal due to miscommunication, leaving him secluded with the non-existent leniency of Adam Cole, Yujiro Takahashi and "Hangman" Adam Page. Michael Elgin and Kyle O'Reilly made their presences felt later on in the match just in time for a decisive victory, but the newfound hatred Lethal has for Naito is not salvageable, as that fire burns bright in his heart.
Rating: 4/5
From there we cut to a promo from the Addiction regarding their Ladder War against the Motor City Machine Guns and the Young Bucks on September 30th at All-Star Extravaganza (Which I will cover in full on this site, cheap plug), and if I'm gonna be honest, it's one of the better promos this team has had. they showed more passion and had conviction in their tone. Made me more excited for that match than I already was, so it completed its objective.
Rating:3.9/5
All-Star Extravaganza's hype package plays highlighting the Six-Man Tag Team Tournament starting at the PPV when Jay Lethal cuts off the feed and unleashes a scathing promo at ringside on Naito. Acting matchmaker Nigel McGuinness takes the mic and makes the match between Lethal and Tetsuya Naito official for 9/30, but stares a hole in the "Greatest First Generation Wrestler" and warns him to remember what happened last time he begged for a match. Great storytelling!
Rating: 3.5/5
Our main event is now underway, as Katsuyori Shibata challenges Bobby Fish for the Ring Of Honor World Television Championship! Again, for the sake of the reader, I'm refusing to spoil too much, as this match was an absolute work of art. These two phenomenal wrestlers displaying what can only be described as God-Given talent for 30 straight minutes in a ring where many amazing matches have taken place. Technical wrestling in it's finest hour was conveyed to this audience at Sam's Town in the most breathtaking of ways. The biggest shock of all, the most overwhelming surprise was who took the victory, but this masterpiece is way too incredible to put into words, let alone try to spoil for the audience that may be reading this. Match Of The Year candidate most certainly.
Rating: 5/5
Well, I hate to conclude this review, but all good things must come to an end. Tomorrow, I will review the September 15th edition of Impact Wrestling if I can. Until then,this is Cameron Mcdonley saying goodbye everybody!
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