The show begins with a recap of last week's Decade of Excellence Tournament First Round Match between Mark Briscoe and Christopher Daniels. Daniels wins that match and advances. Daniels cuts a post-match promo talking about his destiny to become Ring of Honor Champion.
He says that people still wonder how he can perform so well at this age, and the reason for his performance is because excellence never expires.
1. Decade of Excellence Tournament First Round Match
Participants: Jay Briscoe vs. BJ Whitmer (w/ Kevin Sullivan and Punishment Martinez)
The match starts off with Jay pushing Whitmer to the ropes and then takes him in a side headlock, but Whitmer manages to stay on his feet. They both start hitting each other with a barrage of uppercuts and chops.
Jay hits Whitmer with a headbutt but gets thumbed in the eye by BJ, finding himself cornered at the turnbuckles. With Jay cornered, Whitmer starts hitting him with chops and kicks. Jay retaliates with a punch and Irish whip, followed by a clothesline.
After a near fall, Jay prepares to hit Whitmer with a forearm smash, but Sullivan, standing on the outside, grabs Jay's ankle, while Whitmer distracts the referee. Jay goes after Sullivan but gets distracted by Martinez, allowing Whitmer to thumb him in the eye, and send him crashing on the guard rails.
After working on Jay's groin coupled with a succession of various moves including a suicide dive to the outside, Jay sends Whitmer back into the ring and hits him with a neck breaker for a near fall. Whitmer hits Jay with a Forearm and German Suplex for a near fall. Jay hits a Death Valley Driver for a near fall. Whitmer spits at Jay, which infuriates him and causes him to kick Whitmer, followed by a European Uppercut.
Whitmer hits him with an exploder for a near fall. Sullivan supplies Whitmer with a Golden Spike but fails to hit Jay with it after Mark Briscoe comes to the ring and hits a suicide dive on Martinez. Jay kicks Whitmer and then proceeds to pick up the win after hitting Whitmer with a Jay-Driller.
Winner: Jay Briscoe
Post-match Segment #1
After tasting defeat at the hands of Jay Briscoe, Whitmer takes the mic and announces that someone has to get sacrificed next week.
2. Tag Team Match
Participants: Silas Young and Beer City Bruiser vs. Alex Reynolds and John Silver
Instead of shaking hands as a part of the Code of Honor, Young and Bruiser kick Reynolds and Silver. Young and Reynolds start the match. Young proceeds to hit Reynolds with a forearm but misses Reynolds, who counters with a Springboard Arm Drag and then a Dropkick.
Silver tags in and hit a double facebuster on Young, with assistance from Reynolds for a near fall. Young hits Silver with a Knee Buster before tagging in Bruiser. Bruiser sends Silver into a corner, but Silver retaliates by hitting with a kick. After an unsuccessful attempt by Silver to suplex Bruiser, Reynolds tags in and they both hit a Double Dropkick on Bruiser, but surprisingly he stays on his feet.
Young makes the tag in and tries to hit Reynolds, but Reynolds avoids him and tags in Silver. Silver hits Young with kicks and forearms and then goes on to hit Bruiser. Later, both Reynolds and Silver start double teaming on Young, wherein they both hit Young with a Lung Blower and German Suplex for a near fall.
Bruiser gets tagged in and then starts hitting both, Reynolds and Silver with a boatload of moves before Bruiser hits a Turnbuckle Splash and Young with a Jackknife on Silver to get the pin.
Winners: Beer City Bruiser and Silas Young
Post-match Segment #2
After the match, Silas says that he's looking for a third man to add to his team. He says he's doing it for the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles. He advances further saying that maybe there is someone who can fit perfectly in his team, and informs Bruiser that he's got a surprise for him.
Out comes Bull James. Young proceeds, by telling Bruiser about Bull James' toughness and his ability to drink humungous quantities of beer. But, Young says that he knows and that Bruiser doesn't consider James to be their third member. So, both of them turn on James and beat him up in the ring.
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3. Six-Man Non-Title Tag Team Match
Participants: The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan, and Vinnie Marseglia) vs. Cheeseburger, Will Ferrara, and Joey Daddiego.
Similarly like the match before, Marseglia attacks Cheeseburger before the Code of Honor ceremony, and Taven and O’Ryan attack, Ferrara, and Daddiego.
Cheeseburger, left in the ring after the attack, avoids getting hit with a Powerbomb. Then along with Daddiego, first hits O’Ryan with head scissors, then allowing Daddiego to dropkick him. Ferrara sends Cheeseburger crashing into Taven. Marseglia charges into the corner but gets caught by Daddiego, who throws him by using a Fallaway Slam.
O’Ryan kicks Ferrara, who tries working himself out of the corner, but O’Ryan blocks him from doing so. O’Ryan hits Ferrara with a Backpack Stunner, while Marseglia hits with a running boot to get a near fall. Taven tags in, but accidently gets speared by O’Ryan. Cheeseburger gets tagged in, and then proceeds to hit Taven with the Kobashi chops.
Taven pushes Cheeseburger away but gets hit with a Superkick. O’Ryan grabs Cheeseburger, and Marseglia takes care of Daddiego, but Ferrara hits Marseglia with a leaping flatliner.
Cheeseburger tries to hit O’Ryan with the Shotie, but misses and O’Ryan uses that opportunity to thumb him in the eye. A blinded Cheeseburger gets with a pump handle tombstone, Swanton Bomb, and a Frog Splash by all the members of The Kingdom before getting pinned for the win.
Winners: The Kingdom
Post-match Segment #3
We recap the video message sent by Broken Matt Hardy to The Young Bucks after their match against The Briscoes at Final Battle.
After the recap, we see the Bucks make their way to the ring. Matt Jackson apologizes to the fans for losing his voice because he screamed with joy after announcing that the Bucks have signed one of the most lucrative contracts in ROH history.
The Bucks pat themselves on the back for defeating The Briscoes and lionize themselves as the best tag team in the history of ROH. The lights in the arena go out, and we see Broken Matt on the screen announcing to the Bucks, that he's coming for them.
Then the lights in the arena switch on, and we see Vangaurd1 make its way to the ring. The Bucks superkick the drone, thus sending a message to Broken Matt.
4. Decade of Excellence Tournament First Round Match
Participants: Colt Cabana vs. Chris Sabin (w/ Alex Shelly)
The match begins with both the participants locking up. Cabana gets Sabin in a wrist lock. Sabin tries to use the arm drag, but Cabana counters it. Cabana goes for a dropkick, misses, but then counters Sabin to get a near fall. Cabana Irish Whips Sabin, but gets hit with a running boot. Sabin proceeds to hit a dropkick to Cabana's knee to get a near fall.
Sabin hits with a cross body to get a near fall. Cabana attempts to chop Sabin in the corner, but misses. Sabin counters and puts Cabana in the corner, and then successfully hits a chop. Cabana puts Sabin in a wristlock but fails. He then gets the referee in the way and punches Sabin sending him to the floor.
After commercials, we see Cabana hit Sabin with an elbow drop to get a near fall. After a few seconds of back and forth, Sabin hits Cabana with a kick, which sends him out of the ring. Sabin rolls Cabana back in the ring and hits with a Tornado DDT to get a near fall. Sabin hits Cabana with the Yakuza Kick, and then places him on the turnbuckles, but Cabana counters it by hitting him with a jumping hip attack for a near fall.
Dalton Castle's Boys come down to the ring to fan Cabana, he swings at one of them but gets hit with a Tornado Small Package by Sabin to secure the win.
Winner: Chris Sabin
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