The post-match saw Benjamin stay down doing an injury angle on the floor, while Charlie Hass cut an extremely pissed off promo. Hass said Benjamin was like a brother to him, and he knows what it’s like to lose a brother.
12. Eddie Edwards beat Andy “Right Leg” Ridge via submission. This was the first match for the 5th taping. Truth Martini was on commentary during this match. Ridge’ chest had nasty marks on it from this match. Edwards won it fairly quickly with a submission.
13. Davey Richards beat Michael Elgin (w/Truth Martini) in a Proving Ground match. Richards had a lot of trouble with Elgin early, and had even more trouble when Elgin dropped Richards on the floor from a high elevation. Richards just barely beat the 20 count back in. Richards kicked Martini in the face while running on the apron late in the match. Richards got the win with two minutes left in the time limit with a sunset flip. Excellent match. Either this match, or the match Richards had against Kyle O’Reilly were the best of the night, take your pick. Rchards was in both of them.
The post-match saw Elgin attack Richards with gusto. Eddie Edwards ran in and tried to make the save for Richards, but Edwards “accidentally”(?) hit Richards in the back of the head with the ROH title belt. BTW, Richards also had an IWGP title belt with him here tonight. Richards got pissed off and took Edwards down, and they started fighting.
Kyle O’Reilly and Tony Kozina ran out trying to break this up, but it was to no avail. It became a full fledged pull apart that lasted quite awhile. Jim Cornette finally got in the ring trying to break it up, but had no luck either. Cornette called for more help from the back. Nigel McGuinness went to ringside trying to calm the situation down, but it has really flared up now between Richards and Edwards going into Final Battle. Whew, that was a lot of wrestling for one night.
