We kicked things off tonight with the quarter final clash between K-Hard and GENOCIDE’s Asomugha. Ndamukong made his way to the ring first, noticeable in his absence was his manager Kristoff Sterling. Hardaway then made his way to the ring which really woke up the fans and got them ready for the action that lay ahead.
Hardaway started the match strongly, getting the upper hand over the big man and getting a near fall after a vertical suplex. Hardaway showing he is capable of lifting the War Machine. But unfortunately for K-Hard this only seemed to fire up his opponent who came back at him hard. A suplex of his own, clubbing blows to the back of the head and a side slam saw the tide turn and ended with Asomugha getting a near fall of his own.
Asomugha went for a massive lariat but Hardaway ducked it, leapt up onto the second rope and went for a springboard moonsault. But Asomugha caught him, raised him into the air and dropped him hard from the Gorilla Press Slam. He went for a leg drop but Hardaway rolled out of the way. Hardaway popped up and nailed a big kick to the chest of Asomugha, popping up onto the ropes again and this time nailing the Lionstomp.
Hardaway is fired up now and pulls the big man to his feet. He bounces off the ropes and nails the KTFO~! But Asomugha is still on his feet so Hardaway charges in again this time nailing the Decapitation Lariat! This time Asomugha is down and Hardaway goes for a pin, but there’s a kick-out at two.
K-Hard has all the momentum now and as Asomugha misses another lariat Hardaway takes him down with a neckbreaker. He gets up again but is groggy now and Hardaway spots his opportunity. He hoists the big man up onto his shoulders before pulling off the Angelina’s Crossing for a pinfall victory!
An impressive opening to the show, so much better than the start to yesterday’s show! Hardaway getting an emphatic win and proving he can deal with a bigger opponent, which is handy because he may have to face Kenchi Yamamoto later tonight!