00:00Weeks ago, Swerve tried to help Kenny Omega, but when the backs were turned, a low blow!
00:05And then, a face-to-face last week, security had to separate, and it got violent Excalibur!
00:11This Wednesday night, live on TBS and HBO Max, Swerve Strickland, Kenny Omega, one-on-one, live from Sacramento, California!
00:22Can't wait for this one!
00:25Reach for the sky, boy!
00:29And we can't wait for this one as well!
00:32There you see the ladder for the TNT Championship!
00:35The newly crowned champion, Kyle Pletcher, will be coming out in a moment, but right now, here's the former champ!
00:42The following contest is a ladder match for the TNT Championship!
00:51Introducing first, the challenger from Sandy Fork, Delaware!
00:56Weigh 229 pounds!
00:59Mark Briscoe!
01:03A very focused Mark Briscoe!
01:06Former TNT champ!
01:09This is the seventh match between he and Kyle Pletcher!
01:14And you know what, everyone loves Mark Briscoe, and there's many reasons to, but
01:21I'm sure there's gonna be a lot of Kyle Pletcher fans here today.
01:34And his opponent, from Sydney, Australia, weighs 249 pounds, he is the reigning and defending TNT champion, the Proto Star,
01:52Kyle Pletcher!
01:59Thank you for listening and not getting involved in my match tonight, but I have to ask, in Sydney this
02:08Saturday, could you please do the same?
02:12I promise, I won't interfere!
02:15Thank you!
02:17We are Proto...
02:21Proto...
02:22Proto...
02:23Proto...
02:23Proto...
02:24Proto...
02:24Proto...
02:24Proto...
02:25Yeah, yeah, yeah!
02:25Nice look, Kyle!
02:26Proto...
02:26And on Fox Sports Australia, Kyle Pletcher said, this is what I've dreamed of my whole life, this
02:34moment, this match, this opportunity in my hometown.
02:38You noticed that Kyle Pletcher, when he was making his way to the ring, did not have the TNT Championship
02:44around his waist.
02:45That is because it hangs high above this ring, the only way to win this battle.
02:52The seventh battle between these two men who have slipped the series right down the middle, is to climb the
02:58ladder and bring that TNT Championship down from the ceiling.
03:06Don Callis has once again joined us on the commentary desk.
03:12Don, you had some not-so-nice things to say about Kyle Pletcher's home country, his hometown, here earlier tonight.
03:22Did this reception that Pletcher received change your mind at all?
03:26Listen, one of the great things that Don Callis' family has done is brought Kyle back to his native Australia,
03:32and we've been welcomed like conquering heroes ever since.
03:36Everywhere I go here in Sydney, by the way, people want to know about Kyle.
03:42Okay, that's a non-answer.
03:44And here we go, the bell sounds.
03:46This is for the TNT Championship.
03:50The TNT Championship, which Kyle Pletcher claimed for a second time this past Wednesday night,
03:56defeating Tommaso Ciampa, who just 11 days prior beat Mark Briscoe to win the title.
04:04Briscoe, in turn, defeated Kyle Pletcher last November at full gear in the brutal no-disqualification match.
04:09Get out of my brain!
04:11Since the loss, it has been Fletcher's state admission to reclaim the title.
04:15Bring it!
04:16Back to the Don Callis family.
04:18He did so.
04:20Did he ever.
04:22But maybe just for a couple more days.
04:26Whoa!
04:30Whoa!
04:31Whoa!
04:32Whoa!
04:32Whoa!
04:33Whoa!
04:34Whoa!
04:34Whoa!
04:40Whoa!
04:42Whoa!
04:44Fletcher the half and half on the outside.
04:47Oh, just like that, momentum is shifted.
04:53Now Fletcher, trying to walk it off here.
04:57Here you see ladders.
04:58We have what, three ladders around the ring?
05:01Yes, we do, and I can see.
05:03Four, five actually.
05:04Five and one of them happens to be in the hands of Kyle Fletcher. Oh, it's Briscoe!
05:11I'll make through the scissor kick through the ropes. Catch him. Fletcher flushing the jaw.
05:14Mistake for Fletcher to bring that ladder towards the ring in that fashion.
05:19And Mark Briscoe now.
05:22Let's make this match so tough, Excalibur.
05:25You have to get your opponent to a position where he cannot prevent you from going up to the ladder.
05:31It's not like a standard professional wrestling match.
05:34You just have to incapacitate your opponent for three seconds.
05:37It has to be long enough for you to set up the ladder, ascend the ladder, and unbuckle that TNT
05:44Championship title belt!
05:46Here's the other thing. Simple physics. Kyle Fletcher's 6'4 and a half.
05:50That makes it closer to the belt that's hanging than Mark Briscoe, who is, you know, 6'1.
05:57Sure. And we get that. However, if you're a man at 6'2. Watch out, he's up top!
06:03Watch this now.
06:05Oh!
06:07Watch her tossing Briscoe into the ropes and Briscoe, man, awkwardly crashing to the floor.
06:14Zero chance that Briscoe could come back after that. That was horrific.
06:18You may be right, Don. That was brutal to watch.
06:22And now, what's Fletcher planning to do now?
06:26I'm going to be watching that tonight in the hotel room over and over again. It was great.
06:31Fletcher.
06:32A moonsault off the ladder onto Mark Briscoe.
06:36Briscoe was trying to get to it. Briscoe had.
06:40Can we talk about how great Kyle Fletcher is instead of, oh, poor Mark Briscoe.
06:45That was incredible.
06:46That was incredible. Absolutely.
06:47Don, I do have to give it to you. Not only does Fletcher have three inches in height on Mark
06:53Briscoe,
06:54I think the wingspan of Kyle Fletcher is a bit greater than Briscoe's as well.
06:59So, numerous advantages for Kyle Fletcher.
07:04Everyone in the Dog Palace family is uniquely genetically gifted.
07:08Long limbs and ectomorphs.
07:12Mark Briscoe put the brakes on before hitting that ladder that's poised on top of the ring, ring post.
07:22Briscoe on the move, but Fletcher, oh, no, Fletcher.
07:25There's a power here.
07:25On Dark Times.
07:26Oh!
07:29That was absolutely brutal to watch.
07:33Brutal to watch.
07:36Mark Briscoe, the referee, checking on Briscoe right now.
07:42That's Kyle Fletcher.
07:43What an athlete.
07:44Look at these people.
07:45They're drinking it up.
07:47Taking a victory lap.
07:48And it's not that often, Tony, that we see Kyle Fletcher get a reception quite like this.
07:55But understandably, in Fletcher's hometown of Sydney, things a bit different here tonight.
08:00I almost feel bad for Mark Briscoe, not quite.
08:05Briscoe, top of his head, all the way down.
08:08Oh, and I think that top of the head may have been busted open.
08:12Yeah, you can see it in Briscoe's hair.
08:16The corner of the ladder caught Briscoe.
08:18Right.
08:21Fletcher making the climb, but Briscoe.
08:23I think Briscoe can't see very well with that play.
08:26Yeah, that's a good point, Don.
08:27And, uh, but he sees well enough to prevent your man from grabbing the belt off.
08:36Oh, Lord.
08:37Oh, Lord is right.
08:39The champion hit hard.
08:42This ladder match continues.
08:43Stay with us in Grand Slam Australia.
08:45Nah, I tell ya.
08:45Nah, I tell ya.
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