This one starts as a brawl! Driver wins with the fists, but gets tossed to the floor and Arcadian hits a hilo from the ring. He whips Driver into the guardrail. Arcadian hits several chops and punches before whipping Driver into the rail again. Back inside and Arcadian flies in with a crossbody for two. He starts pummeling Driver again. Arcadian keeps beating Driver down and stomps a mudhole in him. Driver tries gutwrench suplex but eats a dropkick. Driver goes to the apron and snaps Arcadian’s throat off the top rope, but runs into the springboard enziguri!
Arcadian tries the tornado DDT but Driver counters to a sick backbreaker and then drops a senton on Arcadian’s back. They trade punches but Driver ends that with an Exploder suplex. Aaron tries to fight back but a stiff forearm knocks him down. Driver hits the diving European uppercut on a seated Arcadian. Driver is enjoying himself tonight.
Arcadian is still trying to get up, but Driver won’t slow down. He starts mockingly cheering Arcadian on, and Arcadian finally gets a flurry of strikes, and he pops right back up off a shoulder block and hits a clothesline. And another one. Driver blocks the corner yakuza kick, but runs right into the superkick, which gets a two count.
Driver counters the tornado DDT again but gets crotched. Driver wants a Piledriver on the apron but gets back body dropped to the floor. Arcadian glides through the second and third ropes and plants Driver with a tornado DDT on the floor!! Back inside, he hits a moonsault for 2!
Arcadian wants the brainbuster, pumphandle backbreaker by Driver, but only 2! Throat Slash? No, Arcadian fights it off! Gutwrench suplex gets 2 for Driver! Arcadian gets back to his feet and they trade strikes, Driver wins, Driver hits a corner clothesline, SECHS DEUTSCHEN SUPLEXIEN!! Driver looks to go for the Throat Slash again, but Arcadian escapes. RUNNING CORNER YAKUZA KICK from Arcadian!
Brainbuster? Countered, New York Nightmare countered, Driver runs into a kick, counters a Constellation Killer to a Package Piledriver! 1…2…NO! “This is Awesome!” chants from the crowd. Both men down and take a long time to get back to their feet. They eventually hook up again… Driver reverses a whip, nails a flying knee in the corner and goes for the Throat Slash again but Arcadian gets out AGAIN. SUPERKICK! CONSTELLATION KILLER!!! THREE COUNT!
Your winner, Aaron Arcadian!
A close match that one, Driver puts on a good show but Arcadian caught him with some killer moves at the end there. Will that see him move further up the card again next time out?