Sammy Guevara (C) vs. Isiah Kassidy
On that note, we hear the familiar sounds of Sammy Guevara’s theme song and out comes “The Spanish God” of the Inner Circle for his latest “Open Challenge” defense of the TNT title.
He settles in the ring where we see his opponent, Isiah Kassidy, already standing. “The Dapper Yapper” Justin Roberts wraps up his pre-match ring introductions and the bell sounds to get this one off-and-running.
The commentators point out that Guevara’s ribs are still taped up, and after he enjoys the early offensive control, we see Kassidy take over and focus his attack on the injured ribs of the TNT champ.
Guevara fights back into the lead a moment or two later and ends up knocking Kassidy out of the ring and out to the floor. He builds up a head of steam and goes flying, launching himself from the ring and splashing onto Kassidy on the floor.
Back in the ring, Guevara continues to dominate the action, taking it to the Private Party member until we see Matt Hardy get involved. While the referee is distracted by the other Private Party member, Marq Quen, Hardy hops on the ring apron and hits his finisher on Guevara.
Sammy bounces from the hard part of the ring apron and lands on the floor, where we see Kassidy follow up on the assist provided by “Big Money” Matt Hardy as Excalibur talks us into a mid-match commercial break.
When we return from the break, we see Guevara fight from underneath and ends up once again taking over on offense. He goes to finish this one off, heading up the top-rope. He settles on the top but before he can come off with his trademark 450 splash, we hear Andrade El Idolo’s theme hit.
Out comes Andrade to provide a distraction, and it helps as Kassidy takes full advantage by knocking Guevara off the top. After the assist from Andrade, Kassidy starts putting together a hell of an offensive run, capped off by a big senton off the top for a close near fall.
Andrade and Hardy are shown arguing at ringside, with Andrade asking why Hardy’s man couldn’t finish him off just now. As the focus resumes on the action in the ring, we see Guevara fight back into competitive form. He decks Kassidy with a pele kick and both guys are now slow to get back to their feet.
Finally, Guevara gets up and knocks Kassidy down before heading to the top and launching himself onto Quen on the floor at ringside. He heads to the ring apron and springboards into the ring, connecting with a cutter for a close near fall. After the Double Fantasy Cutter fails to wrap this one up, Guevara follows up by hitting his GTH for the pin fall victory to retain his TNT title in what was an excellent match.
Winner and STILL TNT Champion: Sammy Guevara
He hits the ring and with the numbers game no longer in Hardy and Andrade’s favor, the high-tail is out of the ring and to the back. Before exiting the ring, Darby does his trademark gesture to Sammy, which prompts Jericho on commentary to question if that was a stamp of approval or a warning from the fellow former TNT Champion.
Results Credit: WrestlingHeadlines.com
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