Ilja Dragunov def. Tyson T-BoneDragunov shockingly lost to Kassius Ohno two weeks ago on NXT UK, so I liked that he showed more aggression than usual in this outing. In other words, T-Bone never stood a chance. Dragunov mostly dominated T-Bone and got all of his offense in before putting him away in decisive fashion. I'm curious if Dragunov will eventually avenge his loss to Ohno or if it was merely a one-off. Joseph Conners def. Oliver CarterCarter's NXT UK debut has been hyped up for a few weeks now, but I would have waited until after TakeOver this weekend to have him wrestle his first match for the brand. He had a decent performance but didn't blow me away in any way. Worse yet, he lost to Joseph Conners of all people, who has been a jobber to the stars for some time now. It's going to be difficult for Carter to rebound from this.
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ROH World Champion Matt Taven def. Alex Shelley(From my Summer Supercard review...) I'm happy Shelley is back in the business of professional wrestling and is finally getting a chance to shine in singles competition, but I don't think many fans actually bought into the possibility of him becoming the champion. ROH didn't give themselves enough time to build up Shelley as a viable threat to the title, but to his credit, Shelley had a great performance against Taven and came close to capturing the gold down the stretch. Taven retaining his title in clean fashion made total sense. Now, he turns his focus to Rush, who emerged afterward as the newest championship contender. It's clear the Taven as world champ experiment isn't working, so I'd pull the trigger on Rush taking the title sooner rather than later. Overall ShowThis edition of ROH TV followed the same formula that it has for the past month or so with highlight videos from Mass Hysteria (which is old news at this point) and Summer Supercard (which at least aired relatively recently). Taven vs. Shelley was the only match that aired in full, but it's good enough to check out if you haven't already. If you have, then there's no reason to tune into this show. There was some hype for the ROH at Center Stage and Honor for All events that aired this weekend on HonorClub. I plan on watching and covering those sometime this week.
Ariya Daivari def. KAlistoI love Nigel McGuinness on commentary, but he was way too excited for this. Based off how he called the finish, you'd think it was the main event of WrestleMania. I appreciate the enthusiasm, but it was a bit too much here. Kalisto put in an excellent performance, but Daivari was boring as always. It didn't help that this lasted way longer than it should have. With Daivari's victory, he continues to successfully play mind games with The Lucha House Party. Humberto Carrillo def. Oney Lorcan in a WWE Cruiserweight Championship No. 1 Contender's MatchThe commentators acknowledged how Carrillo lost to Lorcan when they first went one-on-one five months ago and that this was his chance at redemption. Although both guys are babyfaces (and the crowd unfortunately wasn't engaged in the action much at all), this was an incredibly entertaining outing. Lorcan already got two shots at the WWE Cruiserweight Championship and failed, so Carrillo advancing to Clash of Champions to compete for the gold makes perfect sense, not to mention how he has history with Drew Gulak from earlier this year.
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