Six-person Gauntlet match: Moose vs Daga vs Rich Swann vs Michael Elgin vs Brian Cage vs Tessa Blanchard (Part 2)
Michael Elgin was next up, thinking that Swann was easy pickings after taking so much punishment. Swann avoided a shoulder block, dumping Elgin outside. A springboard shoulder tackle took Swann to the other side of the ring as we went to commercial.
Back from the break, Elgin caught Swann in the handspring cutter, attempting a counter with the Burning Hammer. Swann flipped out and the two traded kicks. Elgin planted Swann with a Sky-High sitout spinebuster. Swann kicked out at two. \
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Swann escaped a top rope belly-to-belly, slipping through Elgin's legs. A springboard schoolboy bomb bounced Elgin halfway across the ring. Swann was caught going for a tilt-a-whirl headscissors, getting launched into the corner with a buckle bomb. He rebounded with a jackknife pin. Elgin broke out and trapped him in a crossface.
Swann was able to escape and make it to the apron, where he was spiked on his head with a release dragon suplex. Swann was dumped inside the ring, seemingly lifeless. However, a top rope corkscrew senton from Big Mike was avoided. Swann followed up with a Frog Splash, with Elgin rolling away this time.
Elgin rushed in for a clothesline. Swann avoided it. Both men blocked stikes, before Swann connected with a step up kick to the jaw. Elgin responded with a kicking combination, followed by a snap dragon suplex and a rebounding lariat. Swann just barely kicked out.
Swann was dragged to the top for a superplex, which connected. A float-over was reversed with a hurricanrana. A spinning back kick sandwiched by two reverse ranas gave Swann a two-and-a-half count.
Elgin met Swann on the turnbuckle again, this time bringing the former X-Division Champion down with a super Falcon Arrow. Swann kicked out and avoided the Burning Hammer. Escaping a backdrop, Swann stunned Elgin with a superkick. Elgin rebounded with a lariat.
In the corner, Elgin was battering Swann to the point where blood was spouting from his mouth. Elgin fought off the ref who tried to further damage Swann, leading to a DQ.
Results: Rich Swann advances
Grade: A
Following the match, Elgin rocked Swann with a back elbow and an Elgin Bomb. Blood was bubbling from the mouth and nose of Swann, who was struggling to breathe.