First Round Tournament Match
Hideo Itami vs. Tyler Breeze
They end up brawling on the floor early on and Corey Graves almost says “you can’t win the championship by count-out”, then saves himself awkwardly by saying something about “momentum” and pinfalls. Somebody is paying attention.
Breeze is the first to have control. He hits a neckbreaker as they go to commercial. After the break he’s milking a headlock. Itami comes back with some big knees to the face, and breaks the hold with a nice fisherman’s suplex. Breeze pulls some modified crucifix spinning slam out of nowhere – “that was awesome”. Tyler yells “you don’t get to win” and “you’re not better than me”, so Hideo takes him down with half a dozen dropkicks and kicks. The fans want a GTS, but he hits a running knee strikes for the 1-2-3.
Winner: Hideo Itami
