Very different to their last match, and not quite as fun, but I thought it was good. They're not in Chicago so it doesn't have the uniqueness of Reborn, though that means they can flip the dynamic and work an entirely different match. In Chicago the Saints were pure babyfaces and worked pure babyface shtick during the shine. This time everybody works more even in the opening stretch, and it's fine enough but I'm never going to be into indie parity stuff as much as someone doing an ode to the Rock 'n' Roll Express. Both teams are coming off another match on the show (both versus the Prophecy), so they play up a Mark Briscoe rib injury as the main crux of the heat segment. I thought this was the best part of the match by far and the Saints were really good working him over. Cabana had some nasty submissions to stretch him out, they were working some fun cheating behind the ref's back, made it look like Mark was going to make that tag before cutting him off right at the last second, it was all good stuff. Thought the finishing run was paced well and the finish itself ruled. Mark breaking up the tiger suplex with a shooting star press was such a cool moment, but of course it only made his own situation worse and ultimately his sacrifice counted for little. He threw the Hail Mary and it got picked off in the end zone. Shit happens sometimes.
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