The opening contest started with Mark Haskins taking on The Anti Fun Police team of No Fun Dunne & HT Drake in a handicap match. I have to admit i was very intrigued how this match was going to work out as i’ve never seen the pairing of Drake & Dunne until this.

There were a few moments that seemed like miscommunications but for a duo that are i assume teaming for the first time there would be. Haskins was supposedly meant to be in the role of “underdog” due to the numerical disadvantage of facing two opponents on his own but he held his own in the match and would show why he has recently signed a contract with Ring of Honor.

Haskins would eventually be victorious in this match due to a disqualification but even though it was storyline driven it was quite a confusing match overall. I’m certainly intrigued to see where they move forward with this though given the basis of The Anti Fun Police wanting to gain the Hardcore title and rebrand it the No Fun title.

The second contest of the show sees Omari taking on “The Professional” Nathan Cruz. This has been built up over weeks where Cruz is more or less unhappy with what he calls the “flavour of the month” wrestlers.

This match was very much a contrast in styles as Omari is more a fast paced and sometimes high flying athlete compared to the more methodical Nathan Cruz who will take his time and target an area of the body to cause as much pain.

We could also see this match being classed as a bit of a grudge match and i have to tip my hat off to Defiant who allowed it to have a fairly decent amount of time to go ahead. Cruz would ultimately fall short after attempting to cheat saw him rolled up by Omari who gained the victory.

It was a very well put together match and could have easily been the main event. Credit once again to Defiant where its due.

The main event saw the very unorthodox, Lucky Kid taking on a powerful brawler in, Jon “Bad Bones” Klinger. Very much similar to the Cruz & Omari match you could tell there was a contrast in style between the two fighters with Kid reliant on his speed and unhinged personality to try and overcome the pure strength of Klinger.

Again much similar to the previous match, this one was allowed plenty of time to make it worthy of being the main event of the episode and saw both men have control at numerous times with Klinger being the main man in control of the match.

Klinger would eventually pick up the victory after hitting a diving elbow drop after his regular signature move of the codebreaker wasn’t able to put away Lucky Kid.

I have to give credit once again to Defiant because of not only have they been able to work around the unfortunate problem of Ilja Dragunov being unable to appear for them, they’ve done it in a respectful fashion.

My final shout out has to go to Jamie Kennedy & Dave Bradshaw who are a terrific pairing on commentary and deserve all the praise for their work behind the booth; both men are able to catch you up to speed with what has happened prior if you’re catching up on episodes and do well to inform you of the action happening in the ring too.