[2012-06-24-ROH-Best In The World] Adam Cole vs Kyle O'Reilly

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[El McKell]

Never have I seen a match where blood made more of a difference to the crowd reaction than this, they were dead before it and on fire once Cole starts bleeding. Adam Cole as babyface against a heel Kyle O'Reilly seems all backwards but it works when what they're doing is which is the better combat style MMA vs Pro-Wrestling, the idea of pro-wrestling is the babyface as much as Cole. I love the back and forth submissions at the end.

Stylistically this match is like a combination of BattlArts and 2010s PWG 

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