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That should be the card order, imo.
* Punk opens the show and has a solid 10-min match with Kojima, which would probably be an honor for each guy.
* The Elite come out and have a moment with Punk on the ramp. I’d personally put The BCC over, but it doesn’t matter. Claudio with the Sharpshooter on…let’s say Matt Jackson.
* The Women’s Title goes next. It doesn’t really matter who wins, but I guess Toni retains so…
* You can at least get something out of the four-way if the title switches hands. ZSJ to take it, I hope.
* Miro should be Sting & Darby’s partner and the faces should go over. Earlier you saw Claudio beat the most useless member of the opposing team, this time Miro gets Jericho and actually forces a star to submit.
* Sanada beats Jungle Boy around like a sack of shit for about 10 mins. Maybe some hope spots for Jungle Boy. Sanada over.
* Lawlor defeats Cole. I think that would be the surprise of the night. Lawlor can talk trash about Cole, Tanahashi, CM Punk and even MJF at the press scrum. Cole might actually be interesting if he loses. Lawlor should beat Cole in under 30 mins so he can brag about doing what MJF couldn’t.
* MJF defeats Tanahashi in 36 mins. You want Tanahashi to go the distance Cole did, but even longer than the 5 extra Cole wanted.
* Omega defeats Ospreay to set up a third match in the UK.
* Okada to defeat Danielson.
Kevin Kelly & Nigel McGuinness should handle the bulk of commentary for the night. Kevin Kelly is the New Japan guy anyway. Nigel is his Collision partner, so it just makes sense to give it to them here. I’d have Excalibur join them for The BCC/Elite and the silly four-way. That way he can make the announcing worse and some people who haven’t already clued on that he sucks might realize it. Schiavone can join for the Jericho/Sting stuff. He might be interesting if he’s only got one job. Taz can join for Sanada/Jungle Boy.
Referee for Danielson/Okada is Red Shoes by virtue of a coin toss. He also calls the IWGP World Title match (because why wouldn’t a New Japan ref call that?). Paul Turner calls MJF/Tanahashi and Punk/Kojima. Bryce Remsburg calls Cole/Lawlor and LIJ vs. House of Black, if it happens. I’d slip that in between MJF/Tanahashi and Cole/Lawlor. Audrey Edwards calls the women’s matches. Rick Knox calls the bullshit matches.
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