Tito plants Gunn rather quickly and Caster has to make a save. Bowens manages to duck around and get over to Gunn though and house is cleaned. An attempt to get over to the corner is cut off as Gunn and Caster are knocked to the floor in a smart move. Bowens fights out of a chinlock but gets knocked back again to keep up the beating. We settle down with Bowens getting caught in the wrong corner and Tito adding a slingshot hilo. A running shoulder drops Haste and Gunn loads up Scissor Me Timbers, which connects for quite the reaction. Caster punches his way out of the corner though and it’s Gunn coming in to quite the reaction. Tito powers Caster down to start and hands it off to Haste. TMDK (Shane Haste/Mikey Nichols/Bad Dude Tito) is challenging. The part with his mom was a nice bonus, making this go according to the logical plan. There is something to be said about a smaller guy striking away with everything he has but not being able to overcome. That went about as it should have, as Luchasaurus is a total monster and Wayne is someone who hasn’t proven himself to be on Luchasaurus’ level. Wayne’s World is easily blocked and the forearm to the back of the head finishes for Luchasaurs at 4:51. That earns him a face first swing into the barricade but Wayne scores with some kicks back inside. A chokeslam sends Wayne to the floor….where he crawls to his mom in the front row. ![]() Luchasaurus pounds away but Wayne is back up with some kicks. Wayne fires off a dropkick to start but gets tossed with a nasty release German suplex. Nigel says this is going to be like Luke Skywalker being dropped into the pin with the Rancor. Barnett says Castagnoli owes him more time though so keep training. Post match Barnett shows respect and says Inoki would be a fan of Castagnoli. Good stuff here and probably something different than anything else you’ll see on the show. Barnett is someone who is a lot better known in mixed martial arts than in wrestling but he’s good enough to hang with someone like Castagnoli. This was a different kind of match as it was more of a grappling exchange between two guys who know what they’re doing in that style. That and a rollup is enough to pin Barnett at 8:20. The Neutralizer is blocked so Castagnoli pulls him into an Octopus Hold on the mat. Barnett makes the rope and grabs a suplex before they strike it out. Castagnoli gets in the swing, setting up some kind of leglock. Back up and they slug it out until Barnett gets a quickly broken abdominal stretch. That’s broken up as well but Castagnoli can’t get the Swing. Castagnoli gets in some elbows (Moxley: “ELBOW HIS D*** HEAD OFF CLAUDIO!”) but Barnett reverses into a dragon screw legwhip. They grapple to start with Barnett powering him down but Castagnoli manages to take over on the mat. Jon Moxley is on commentary and talks about training with Barnett. ![]() It wasn’t a great match or anything close to one, but it was a way to get a lot of people in the ring. Kojima is a star from New Japan and still does well despite having been around forever, while Keith is rarely in the ring anymore for whatever reasons. They didn’t have time to do much here as they had eight people with less than six minutes. The ring is cleared, leaving Kojima to lariat Moriarty for the pin at 5:38. Everything breaks down and Athena hits an O Face on Moriarty, with JR calling it illegal. A DDT gets two with Diamante making the save, earning her a beating from Starkz. It’s off to Moriarty, who gets dropped rather quickly so Kojima can come in to run Moriarty over. Taylor comes in to punch Keith in the face and manages to knock him down. JR wants Athena to go on a tear, apparently not realizing that she’s been on one for the better part of the last year. Keith Lee/Satoshi Kojima/Athena/Billie Starkzįans: “WE WANT BREAD!” Excalibur: “Of course Satoshi Kojima the leader of Bread Club.” JR: “You might want to explain that.” Diamante and Starkz start but it’s quickly off to Athena for a suplex. Zero Hour: Shane Taylor/Lee Moriarty/Diamante/Mercedes Martinez vs. We get Inoki’s signature phrase to wrap it up. Khan introduces the men as Rocky Romero, Katsuyori Shibata and Hiroto/Naroto Inoki, Antonio’s grandsons. Tony Khan is in the ring with some other people, all with the Inoki scarves around their necks. We open with a long video tribute to Antonio Inoki, with wrestlers talking about what he meant to wrestling.
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