The man who vowed to take down Bullet Club one member at a time, El Phantasmo, comes to the ring first. That task might be more difficult now, since BC leader David Finlay has added four more members to the group just tonight, and they flank the entranceway as he makes his ring walk.
ELP wastes no time taking it to his former teammate, flying to the floor and then over the barricade to crash into Finlay. The fans seem to enjoy that quite a bit.
Phantasmo lays in some chops and forearm shots before sliding the champ back into the ring. A springboard cross body and springboard moonsault lead to a two count for the challenger.
Some more fancy rope work has Finlay back on the floor, but when Phantasmo tries to run the ropes, the new Bullet Club recruits menace him into hesitation that Finlay uses to his advantage.
Finlay continues his assault on the outside, shares a Too Sweet salute with the others, then hurls ELP into the post before posing. The champ goes under the ring and gets out a table. He almost regrets it as Phantasmo tries for a move off the apron, but Finlay takes the fight back into the ring for a senton and a near fall.
A hard Irish whip into the corner racks ELP’s back with pain, and Finlay steps on the back of his neck as well. Finlay stays on the attack, grabbing a chinlock and forcing Phantasmo’s face into the mat.
The fans try to rally ELP as he’s hit repeatedly in the back of the head. A dropkick finally buys the challenger a breather, and the fans chant for him again. An atomic drop and a body slam score for Phantasmo, who comes off the middle rope with an elbowdrop.
The Bullet Club recruits get on the apron as a distraction, and Finlay charges into the corner to make him pay. The champ whips out an exploder suplex, but he’s caught rushing into the corner and hung in the tree of woe. ELP’s sliding kick connects, and he covers for another two.
A big springboard tornado DDT is on target, but Finlay kicks out again at two. ELP looks for CRII, but Finlay fights out and sets off an exchange of strikes. Phantasmo twists his foe’s nipples and bounces right back up after a suplex and stomps the champ into a corner.
ELP comes in a little too fast and is catapulted into the turnbuckle, and Finlay scores a couple of near falls in quick succession. Phantasmo replies with a series of kicks, then another two count. But Finlay powers him off the top rope into a Dominator, forcing the challenger to dig down to kick out before the three.
Finlay looks for Oblivion but gets caught with a pair of superkicks, and it’s a longer two count this time. ELP slams the champ down and ends up diving onto all four members of the BC on the outside. He superkicks Gedo too, but he’s now taken too long, so Finlay pushes him off the top rope and then sends him through a table on the floor.
They head back into the ring, where Finlay hits a powerbomb. He does the throat slash gesture and hits Oblivion, and that’s all she wrote for ELP.
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