AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito
Styles attacks during the entrance but Naito avoids a springboard moonsault and hits him with a running dropkick into the barricade. They roll back in the ring and AJ goes after his opponent’s knee. He’s trying to take the high flying game away from Naito and set up the Calf Killer.
Eventually Tetsuya fights back with arm drags. He hits a running senton splash and fires up the crowd. JR puts over Styles as the “greatest star TNA has ever developed”, just as Naito drops him on his head with a neckbreaker from the second rope. He goes to work with rest holds in the middle of the ring, but AJ counters with a neckbreaker that may as well have been a DDT.
They trade positioning for suplexes, which AJ eventually wins. He hits a massive German suplex, but on the second one Naito rolls through for a close count. Enzuigiri connects, followed by a running shoulder tackle. He body slams his opponent and sets up for the Stardust Press, but Styles crotches him in the ropes. Styles tries to suplex him off the ropes, but he lands on his feet instead!
AJ hooks in the Calf Killer now, taking advantage of those early attacks. Naito nearly passes out and the ref almost throws out the match, but he fights back and gets to the ropes. On one leg, he hits an enzuigiri and follows up with a modified STO. He tires to dead-lift press AJ, but settles for a Dragon suplex for a very close two.
Pele Kick out of nowhere. AJ hits Bloody Sunday (modified Brainbuster, finisher of Prince Devitt the former Bullet Club leader). He tries for the Styles Clash, but Naito throws him threw the ropes to save the match. Styles rolls back into the ring at a 19 count, and JR questions why he didn’t take the count-out loss here to retain. He pays for it, as Naito dropkicks him into the bottom rope.
They fight up tot he top turnubuckle and Naito tries for a Frankensteiner, but AJ catches him in the air and hits the Styles Clash from the top rope for the win!!
Winner: AJ Styles
