Top 5 Contenders Match:
Super Dragon vs Simon Diamond : Simon Diamond snap suplexes Dragon...with authority! ('With authority', trademark G.Monsoon 1986.) Dragon takes a quick lariat. Hooks the leg for a two count. Dragon blocks a kick from Simon Diamond. Super Dragon strikes Simon. Simon takes a flying neckbreaker from Super Dragon. There's a two count on the pin. Simon walks into a face crusher variation. Hooks the leg for a close fall. Dragon hits a dropkick on Simon Diamond. Simon reverses a waistlock. Brainbuster suplex by Simon Diamond, who apparently is in the mood to bust some brains. Cover for a two count. Simon Diamond plants Dragon with an exploder suplex. Hooks the leg for a close fall. Simon Diamond snap suplexes Dragon...with authority! ('With authority', trademark G.Monsoon 1986.) Simon Diamond uses move #193 (arm-BAR). Dragon blocks the suplex attempt. Driven DDT by Super Dragon. The ring shook violently, instantly making it better at selling than some of the current roster. Back heel kick off the second rope, Simon goes down. Simon Diamond can barely stand. Psycho Driver! 1....2....3. Great match, a ****1\4 rating i think.
WINNER: Super Dragon
William Regal is backstage. He was building up the feud with The Sandman. Good plan.
Top 5 Contenders Match:
D'Lo Brown vs Hardcore Holly : Chanelling the spirit of Misawa, D'Lo Brown uses a forearm to the face. Hardcore counters a sleeper hold by turning it into a jaw breaker. D'Lo gets slammed. Hardcore Holly misses a clothesline...and takes out the referee by mistake. Spear! D'Lo is down and hurt. Pinfall attempt, but the ref is conveniently laid out. D'Lo Brown elbows Hardcore Holly in the face to break a hammerlock. Big clothesline on Hardcore. Nice piledriver on Hardcore. Hooks the leg for a two count. Lifting DDT by D'Lo Brown, looked good. Pinfall attempt gets a 2.9999. Hardcore Holly comes up with a right hand out of nowhere. Massive backbreaker, D'Lo got planted. Early reports indicate that the back was *not* actually broken, so the move's name should actually be backhurter. Hooks the leg for a close fall. D'Lo blocks a punch. D'Lo Brown floors Hardcore Holly...and climbs the turnbuckles. Lo Down!!! 1....2....3!! It's all over. Charlie Haas comes running down the aisle with a chair! D'Lo Brown is just leaving the ring...and Haas scores with a brutal chair shot! D'Lo Brown falls to the floor holding his head. This gets a **3\4 rating. Perfectly Acceptable Wrestling.
WINNER: D'Lo Brown
Bob Sapp is backstage. I'm actually looking forward to this. He talked trash about Mike Rotundo, continuing their feud.
The Hurricane vs Devon Storm (For The Mississippi State Title) : Flying elbow from Devon Storm. Flying reverse elbow by Devon Storm. Cover for a two count. Devon Storm misses a big legdrop after stalling too long. D. Storm walks into a high dropkick from The Hurricane. Legsweep out of Nowhere. Where is Nowhere, and why do moves keep coming out of there? Does it have a factory? There's a two count on the pin. Springboard dropkick from The Hurricane. Nicely done. Hooks the leg for a close fall. Driven DDT by The Hurricane. The ring shook violently, instantly making it better at selling than some of the current roster. Hurricane drops an elbow...but misses. Fate can be so cruel. D. Storm crushes Hurricane with a running senton. There's a two count on the pin. Springboard dropkick from Devon Storm. Nicely done. Cover, but there's a last second kick-out. Spin kick by Devon Storm to the face. Standing leg lariat by Devon Storm on Hurricane. D. Storm drops an elbow...but misses. Fate can be so cruel. Hurricane uses a basement dropkick to the knee. Back heel kick off the second rope, D. Storm goes down. Devon Storm is in trouble. Here it comes - Eye Of The Hurricane. 1....2...3, it's finished. A ****1\2 rating for a great match.
WINNER AND STILL CHAMP: The Hurricane
Nunzio vs Greg Pawluk : Nunzio strikes Pawluk. Hard back suplex on Pawluk. Anyone remember when that was Shawn Michaels's finisher? Super frankensteiner on Pawluk, who hit hard. Tiger suplex on Pawluk, right from out of the Misawa playbook. Nunzio moves in for the kill. Arriverderci! 1....2....3. That was good. **** rating.
WINNER: Nunzio
Eddie Guerrero is backstage. He put himself over, talking about how great he is.
Top 5 Contenders Match:
El Hijo Del Santo vs Simon Dean : Spinning back kick from El Hijo Del Santo. Spinning back kick from El Hijo Del Santo. El Hijo Del Santo hits a rolling kick on Simon. Legsweep out of Nowhere. Where is Nowhere, and why do moves keep coming out of there? Does it have a factory? Simon Dean pulls a mule kick out of nowhere. Simon hits a dropkick on El Hijo Del Santo. Simon crushes Santo with a big legdrop. There's a two count on the pin. El Hijo Del Santo avoids a Simon Dean avalanche. Lightning kick by Santo on Simon. Hooks the leg for a two count. DDT from the top rope by El Hijo Del Santo. That looked brutal. Pin, but Simon is out just before the three count. Simon pushes out of a El Hijo Del Santo hold. Kick from Simon Dean to the leg. Santo counters an arm wringer with an elbow to the side of the head. Driven DDT by El Hijo Del Santo. The ring shook violently, instantly making it better at selling than some of the current roster. El Hijo Del Santo has Simon Dean down on the canvas. Simon Dean gets locked in the La de a Caballo! Submission victory! This was missing something, so it only gets a ****1\2 rating.
WINNER: El Hijo Del Santo
NWA Mid-South Top 5 Contenders:
1. Booker T - 20 pts.
2. El Hijo Del Santo - 20 pts.
3. Simon Dean - 12 pts.
4. D'Lo Brown - 12 pts.
5. AJ Styles - 10 pts.