TJ Perkins vs Brian Kendrick
TJP started off at an incredible pace after Kendrick refused the pre-match handshake. Perkins hit him with a jumping spin kick before hitting a crossbody that knocked Kendrick out of the ring. Perkins followed it up with a Wrecking Ball Dropkick before looking to hit a Detonation Kick.
Perkins then got knocked into the referee and Brian Kendrick took advantage and hit him with the Sliced Bread #2 to pick up an early win.
Brian Kendrick def. TJ Perkins
Kendrick took to the mic after the ring to teach Akira Tozawa lesson #7 – to ever leave his passport lying around – as Kendrick showed us Tozawa’s passport, which Kendrick had found on the locked room floor.
We got a backstage segment with Charli Caruso interviewing Roman Reigns. Reigns said that the only way he pictured the Undertaker was ‘Taker lying flat on his back after being pinned.
This was followed by a backstage segment with Cesaro, Sheamus and Stephanie. Stephanie announced that Cesaro and Sheamus would be in a 4-on-2 handicap match later against Gallows & Anderson and Enzo & Cass.
If Cesaro and Sheamus won, they’d be out of the tag title match at ‘Mania.