Xia Brookside and Millie McKenzie def. Charlie Morgan and Killer KellyBrookside and McKenzie are incredibly young yet have a ton of potential. They showed off their skills here and had solid showings, along with Kelly and Morgan. Kelly is an excellent performer and has shown promise in the past, whereas I've never seen Morgan before. That said, she had an impressive outing and this was a very well-wrestled match on the whole that had a nice sense of urgency behind it. Eddie Dennis def. Ashton SmithDennis has been beating fools left and right in recent weeks, but Smith was easily his toughest adversary to date. Smith has awesome charisma and can definitely go in the ring, so he complimented the darker Dennis well. They had solid chemistry together and put together a pretty good match. Dennis maintained momentum with the win, but Smith looked credible in defeat.
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Matt Taven def. The Boys in a 2-on-1 Handicap MatchThis was originally supposed to see The Kingdom's TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia battle The Boys, but Taven decided that he could beat them all on his own. Sure enough, that didn't turn out to be the case at all and Taven needed a ton of interference in order to win the match. That was a bit strange/disappointing, but at least this succeeded in getting further heat on Taven and The Kingdom. Zack Sabre Accepted Jonathan Gresham's Final Battle Open ChallengeGresham has been on quite the roll since his ROH World Championship clash with Jay Lethal a while back and it's cool to see him involved in a prominent match at Final Battle. He told Ian Riccaboni in the middle of the ring that he was issuing an open challenge for the pay-per-view, and then soon after, Sabre appeared on the big screen to accept his invitation. Unless I'm mistaken, Sabre has never before wrestled for Ring of Honor, so it will be a monumental matchup and an extremely fun one at that.
Jinder Mahal and Alicia Fox def. Curt Hawkins and Ember Moon in a Quarterfinal MatchWhat's funny is that Mixed Match Challenge Season 2 was originally supposed to see Braun Strowman and Alexa Bliss reunite following their successful alliance last season, but an injury prevented Bliss from competing, so Moon replaced her. Then, Strowman went down with an injury, so Moon was forced to team with the ultimate loser, Curt Hawkins. There was zero chance she and him were winning this thing, so there was absolutely no drama or suspense behind this whatsoever. They tried, but failed. The finish was clever with Hawkins attempting to pin Fox and pick up the victory himself only for it to backfire and lead to Mahal and Fox advancing. Finn Balor and Bayley def. Bobby Lashley and Mickie James in a Quarterfinal MatchThis match benefited from what happened on Monday's Raw, where Lashley took part in a beatdown of Balor alongside Baron Corbin and Drew McIntyre. Thus, they already had established issues with each other (not to mention their series of matches from last month) and their interactions here were fine. Additionally, Bayley and James worked well with each other, so on the whole, this was an enjoyable outing. It was far from must-see, mind you, but it was also better than most matchups you'll see on this show nowadays.
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