 Impact World Tag Team Champions Heath and Rhino vs. NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions The Motor City Machine Guns Ended in a No Contest (NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship Was Not Defended)Even with the babyface vs. babyface dynamic, this was shaping up to be a real fun match up until the non-finish due to the interference from The Major Players. I should've seen that coming since Heath and Rhino beat them at Over Drive, but what we got before they interrupted was pretty good. Then again, that should come as no surprise given Motor City Machine Guns were involved. This will likely set up a three-way tag title match, presumably at Hard to Kill.
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 Samoan SWAT Team (Lance Anoa'i and Juicy Finau) def. Mark Davidson and Angel FashionDavidson and Fashion represented Puerto Rico here. I'm not familiar with either guy, and they didn't have much time to impress because this was kept short and sweet and was basically booked like a squash for Samoan SWAT Team. However, I'm not complaining because they have momentum right now and I'm all for them racking up wins. Willie Mack sat in on commentary and went face-to-face with Jacob Fatu afterward, so they'll go one-on-one next week.
 NXT Women's Tag Team Champion Katana Chance def. TaminaWhat a weird choice to showcase Chance on her own. Don't get me wrong, she's good and has improved a lot over the years, but tag team wrestling has been strong suit as of late alongside Kayden Carter in NXT. To call her up by herself at any point in the near future would be very dumb. On the bright side, she and Tamina had a perfectly passable match. Tamina has had far worse matches on Main Event in recent memory, so this was a pleasant surprise. The crowd didn't really care, of course, but I thought it was fine.
 Ricky Starks Won the Dynamite Diamond Battle Royale to Challenge MJF for the Dynamite Diamond RingStarks was already set to challenge MJF for the AEW World Championship at Winter Is Coming next week, but by virtue of his victory here, I believe the bout will now be contest for both the title and the Dynamite Diamond Ring. No, the ring doesn't really mean anything, but it does raise the stakes for their upcoming clash. It was smart to open the show with the Battle Royale because the crowd was into it and they told a few stories. Even better was the post-match verbal exchange between MJF and Starks. I'm really happy they had a chance to rip it up on the mic because this was stellar stuff and Starks came across like a total star. I know he isn't winning the title, but even a strong showing in defeat could do wonders for him.
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