Andrade "Cien" Almas def. Oney LorcanAlmas and Lorcan had a pair of matches late last year and earlier this year, but this was easily the best of the bunch. Although Almas has been directionless since TakeOver: San Antonio and Lorcan is a glorified enhancement talent, both of them are exceptional wrestlers and they had really fun chemistry together here. I was glad they were given the time to showcase their skills, and this was definitely the most lively the UCF crowd has been for this entire taping. That alone was an impressive accomplishment by Almas and Lorcan. NXT Women's Champion Asuka def. Priscilla Zungia (NOn-title)Zungia looks a lot like that chick who debuted as part of LAX on Impact Wrestling last week. I wonder if it's the same girl? Either way, this wasn't much different than any other Asuka squash match aside from how she took her time dismantling her opponent and appeared to enjoy inflicting pain on her. That leads me to believe Asuka getting cocky at TakeOver: Orlando will be what costs her the NXT Women's Championship against Ember Moon.
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Silas Young and The Beer City Bruiser def. Cheeseburger and Will FerraraWhile this wasn't the most exciting opener, it was a well-wrestled matchup that effectively established Young and Bruiser as a threat to the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. Cheeseburger and Ferrara sold well for the hard-hitting tandem and were able to score some offense as well. There hasn't been much buzz surrounding the six-man tag titles thus far, but I am interested to see who Young and Bruiser will recruit to be their partner at Supercard of Honor. Josh "The Goods" Woods def. Chris LeRusso in a Top Prospect Tournament Round 1 MatchAside from the 15 second interviews they receive, there isn't much to base these top prospects off of other than their in-ring ability. Both guys are decent enough from what I could tell in this match, but this was pretty basic stuff and they didn't do the best job of getting the crowd engaged in the action. Of the two, however, Woods did stand out to me more because he plays a badass and looks the part. The knockout finish was something different for Ring of Honor, so I appreciated that.
Tony Nese def. TJ PerkinsThese two seemed to be have some semblance of a feud a few months ago, but they never followed up on it on either Raw or 205 Live and I quickly lost interest. It was nice for them to receive a good chunk of time for a change, but while it was a well-wrestled match, it lacked importance and therefore the crowd couldn't have cared less. It didn't help that Neville and Perkins lost their respective Raw matches on Monday night, either. Akira Tozawa def. Alex ReynoldsDamn, it didn't take Tozawa long at all to get his passport back. It was almost as if he never left the country to begin with... okay, I kid, I kid. The match literally lasted all of five seconds, if that, so there's nothing I can really say about that other than it was kept short and sweet. The feud between Tozawa and The Brian Kendrick progressed with Kendrick once again outsmarting Tozawa, so I liked how that was handled.
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