AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (12/11/19)
Will The Elite survive the night?
The penultimate Dynamite of 2019!
As AEW rolls into Texas, Santana and Ortiz are looking for a Street Fight! Will they and The Young Bucks go to new extremes to settle the score? Plus, Cody has fallen into MJF’s trap! Will he escape in one piece?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Jon Moxley VS Alex Reynolds w/ John Silver; Moxley wins.
- Cody Rhodes & QT Marshall VS The Butcher & The Blade w/ The Bunny; The Butcher & The Blade win.
- Big Swole VS Emi Sakura; Swole wins.
- Hangman Page & Kenny Omega VS Shawn Spears & Kip Sabian w/ Penelope Ford; Page & Omega win.
- Luchasaurus VS Sammy Guevara; Luchasaurus wins.
- AEW World Tag Team Championships #1 Contenders Texas Street Fight: The Young Bucks VS Proud ‘n’ Powerful; The Young Bucks win and will challenge SoCal Uncensored for the titles next week.
PLAY BY PLAY
Jon Moxley VS Alex Reynolds w/ John Silver!
The Maniac opens the night! Will this be as quick as his win over Michael Nakazawa?
The bell rings and Moxley KNEES Reynolds down! Underhooks, PARADIGM SHIFT! Cover, Moxley wins!!
Winner: Jon Moxley, by pinfall
QUICKER! Moxley dumps Reynolds out but tag partner John Silver hops in, only to get his own PARADIGM SHIFT! Moxley could’ve just won two matches with that. If this doesn’t concern Le Champion’s chances of holding onto the championship, what will?
But speaking of, here comes Chris Jericho! And the Inner Circle is in tow to boot! Moxley shows no fear as all five men head down the ramp and surround the ring. Ortiz is at the ramp, Sammy Guevara takes camera side, Santana takes opposite Ortiz, and Jake Hager takes opposite Sammy. Jericho has a mic in one hand and then something else in the other. Jericho wants Moxley to take it easy as he enters the ring. Fans want to Moxley “f him up,” but Jericho tells them to “watch your language!” Jericho then tells Moxley that if they were going to attack, they would’ve already. This is just a chat between two gentlemen. The Inner Circle is impressed with Moxley, who has become a top guy for sure.
But there is a long history here, right? Jericho remembers over a decade ago, Moxley asked him for some advice. The leather jacket, Kurt Cobain bowl cut. Moxley wanted to know how to become a star, and he did just that. And then they became “adversaries.” They beat the “living sh*t out of each other.” Moxley threw Jericho onto thumbtacks, tore up his property, Jericho retaliated with a potted plant and put him in the hospital, but that taught Moxley how to become a main eventer, a champion. Years later, when Moxley needed to reignite his passion for this business, he called Jericho. Jericho helped Moxley through those waters and into AEW. Fans do appreciate that.
Moxley repaid Jericho by attacking him at All Out, and that’s fine! That’s okay! It showed us Moxley still had that chip on his shoulder and that he was still a winner. But Moxley has only started to realize his importance and only started to harness that power. Once again, Moxley needs Jericho. Can Moxley imagine–shut up, fans–what it would be like if Hager, Santana, Ortiz, Guevara, Jericho and Moxley were together? That is why Jericho wants to ask Moxley to join the Inner Circle! Fans say, “NO! NO!” but Jericho does offer Moxley a T-shirt. Moxley doesn’t have to answer here, he can talk it over with his lovely wife and mother during the holidays. They’ll be waiting in the New Year. Le Champion and Mr. Unscripted Violence taking over AEW is “a true paradigm shift.” Think hard, choose wisely, and when Moxley’s ready, they’ll be waiting.
Jericho puts the shirt on Moxley’s shoulder, and the Inner Circle takes their leave. What will Moxley’s answer be? “We’ll be waiting for you, brother.”
AEW reviews what led to tonight’s Texas Street Fight.
Santana threw trash cans over but he also threw down the challenge. The games were over, and Proud ‘n’ Powerful promised to take Matt and Nick Jackson down the block! Texas Street Fight, “let’s get it! Get with it or get run down!” AEW’s Excalibur says PNP has no idea what they’ve just done. Excalibur has known the Bucks and called Bucks matches for 14 years, seeing them do “some of the craziest sh*t both inside and outside of a professional wrestling ring.” Having no rules only makes them go crazier. Guerrilla warfare tag team matches are practically their specialty. And this Texas Street Fight is going to be something special. Who walks out of Garland and who is stretchered out?
Cody Rhodes & QT Marshall VS The Butcher & The Blade w/ The Bunny!
As MJF revealed online, he was the mastermind behind bringing Braxton Sutter and Andy Williams out of the shadows and into the light of Dynamite! With Allie’s dark side showing itself and being in the corner of this devious duo, will they “cut the head of the snake” that is the American Nightmare? Or will God’s Gift to Wrestling help save Cody’s skin?
The teams sort out and QT starts against The Blade. QT is nervous, so Cody tags in quick. Cody circles with Williams and tie up. They go around, Cody puts Williams in a corner but Williams turns it around. Williams lets up, Cody dodges his sucker punch and dropkicks him into the corner! Cody climbs up to rain down right hands, all the way up to 5. Cody wants the elbow but Williams pushes him away and kicks low. Williams headlocks, Cody powers out but Williams runs Cody over. Things speed up, Cody hurdles and hits the spinning powerslam! Cover, ONE, and Williams gets away. Fans boo as Blade tags in Butcher! QT says he can take on Sutter, and fans believe in him! Tag to QT, and QT ties up with Sutter.
Sutter powers QT to a corner, but QT keeps his confidence. QT runs but gets run over, but he comes back with an uppercut! QT whips but Sutter reverses. QT dodges, but Allie takes a swipe! Tag to Williams, and Williams FLIES to wipe QT out! The Bunny blows a kiss before Williams puts QT in the ring. AEW goes to picture in picture as Williams runs into QT’s elbow. QT tags Cody, and Cody waistlocks to a headlock on Williams. Williams powers out, Cody dodges, slides out, and gets himself a bottle of water to take a sip. Sutter protests, but this keeps the ref from seeing Cody SPIT the water in Williams’s face! Cody gets in and spins Williams around, but Williams snapmares free of the dragon sleeper. Cody comes back with a bulldog! Tag to QT, Cody wrenches and QT drops ax handles on the arm!
QT throws hands on Williams then whips. Sutter tags in and Williams dodges and denies the dropkick! Sutter dead lift gut wrenches, Williams dropkick kickstarts the suplex! Williams hits COdy for good measure as Sutter covers, TWO! Sutter drags QT up, whips him in to the corner hard, and then drags QT into the corner. The Butcher CHOPS QT then tags the Blade. Blade CHOPS QT just as hard! Snapmare and a swift kick to the back! Williams circles QT, brings him up, and whips him to ropes for a LARIAT! Williams toys with QT and brings him up again, tag to Sutter. Leg drop side walk slam combo! Cover, TWO! QT shows he’s tough but Sutter toys with him again. Stutter throws haymakers and stomps then tags Williams back in.
Williams stalks QT on the ropes, taunts Cody, then stomps QT down. AEW returns to single picture as Williams bites QT! Williams throws QT out hard, but the ref keeps Cody back. Allie gets cheap shots in! Williams goes out to fetch and CHOP QT again! Williams stays between QT and Cody, then brings him up, only to get a jawbreaker! QT crawls but Williams catches him first, QT enziguris! QT goes the wrong way, Sutter runs over but QT dumps him out! Cody reaches, but Sutter trips him up! Williams BOOTS QT in the corner, Sutter CHOPS and whips QT into Sutter’s BIG back drop! Cover, TWO!! QT survives but The Butcher locks on a high armlock. QT endures as fans rally up. QT throws body shots but Sutter clubs him back. Sutter whips, QT handsprings?! And ENZIGURIS!
Fans rally, Sutter tags Williams, but QT dodges the Blade’s splash! QT crawls and tags in Cody! Fans go wild as Cody rallies on the Butcher and the Blade! Boots and clotheslines, Rhodes Uppercut! Williams ducks a lariat and back suplexes, but Cody lands on his feet to DISASTER KICK Sutter! Cody boots Williams, climbs up top, SUPER CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO!! Williams survives but Cody grits his teeth. Fans rally up and Cody talks off the weight belt to toss it to the fans! A man almost falls just reaching out for it! Cody aims at Williams, goes up, TRIANGLE CUTTER! Cover, TWO!! Cody drags Williams around, “WOO~!” Figure Four denied, Cody is on the ropes and Allie claws Cody’s face! But QT tags in!
QT gets Cody clear of Williams’s attack, pop-up FAST BALL! That right hand rocks Williams, and QT hits a SASUKE SPECIAL!? It wasn’t the cleanest, but it did what it had to! QT puts Williams in, Cody hits a Rhodes Pele! QT grabs Williams now, CROSS RHODES?! Cody is rather shocked to see that! Cody also gets an assist from QT to DIVE out onto Sutter! QT drags Williams to the drop zone, goes up top, and CORKSCREW SENTONS! Cover, TWO!?! Williams survives and QT can’t believe it! Time is running out and Sutter trips up Cody on the apron! And now, The Butcher and The Blade have QT all alone. But QT throws hands and CHOPS on them! Fans are all fired up but Sutter shoves QT into a STUNNER! LARIAT follows up! And to end it, suplex to knees, the Chopping Block! Cover, Butcher and Blade win!
Winners: The Butcher & The Blade, Williams by pinfall
QT shocked everyone putting up that good of a fight, but it wasn’t good enough. While they didn’t chop down Cody, is this only the beginning of what MJF’s muscle will do to him?
Wait, what is Darby Allin doing barging down the ramp? Darby goes to Cody, and offers him a hand? Cody takes it, and he might have a new ally in this fight! Will the Undead Daredevil be just the thing for Cody to thwart MJF?
While AEW is picture in picture, Cody shows respect to QT, and so does the crowd. Is this just the beginning for QT to get back on track in his career?
The Inner Circle prepares for the Texas Street Fight.
Santana straps up his gloves while Ortiz and Sammy Guevara test out cookie sheets and trash can lids for optimal damage dealt. Naturally, trash cans are a given choice. Santana is ice cold while Ortiz is fired up.
The Young Bucks also prepare.
Brandon Cutler gets them their jackets and wishes them luck. They huddle up, will Matt and Nick Jackson be able to survive what the Proud ‘n’ Powerful have in store for them?
MJF is here!
Maxwell Jacob Friedman has Wardlow in tow as he heads to the ring. “Cut my music!” MJF tells the “cord boy” security guard to get in the ring. MJF asks him about how he was laughing when Cody mocked MJF’s version of the Cross Rhodes. Was that not the case? Well all is forgiven, because all he has to do is… #KissTheRing. He does! And then Wardlow stands in his way, and MJF gives the man his #DoubleCross Cross Rhodes! That looked “pretty damn good” to MJF! What do the white trash hicks in Texas think? They boo.
MJF moves on to address Cody Rhodes. Fans curse so loud, the censors have to mute audio for a moment. MJF says that Cody is “without a shadow of a doubt, one of the greatest wrestlers in this generation. And with a microphone,” Cody is “absolutely untouchable.” With the exception of one man. Of all the people to talk about, Cody talked about that one man? To quote a legend, “You do not throw rocks at a man with a machine gun. And when my mouth opens, these bullets don’t miss.” MJF heard about that “business proposal,” it was cute. But he doesn’t need that crap truck or his money. Unlike the audience here, MJF has money to last a lifetime. What MJF wants is for Cody to suffer.
Though one line that hurt was the “knock-off Chris Jericho” comment. Fans thought that was funny, huh? What an amazing diss! Cody must’ve stayed up late working hard on that one. Is it because of the scarf? The “fake” one? Well let’s go with that word! Because when MJF thinks of “fake,” he thinks of Cody. The platinum blonde hair that looks like cat piss. Those Gary Busey teeth you could land a helicopter on. All those times Cody claims to care about the fans. But what is very real, is that “sh*tty little lisp!” Suffering succotash, did MJF offend him? Is Cody going to fire MJF? How about they fire MJF? Oh wait, he won’t! The one thing Cody wants most is to get after MJF. Plus, he’d be letting down the fans he claims to care about. What fans want is to see this fight! Fans want to see MJF VS Cody, right?! “YES! YES!” Guess what?! “YOU’RE ON!!”
But… There are some stipulations. MJF will tell Cody those stipulations, but not here in “Honkyville, USA.” Fans boo but MJF just mocks them back as they call him “a**hole.” MJF says we learn these stipulations in Jacksonville, the New Year’s Dynamite episode. And really listen closely. Cody must be foaming at the mouth, but remember this: “I’m in control now, not you. Because I’m better than you, and you know it!” MJF puts the mic down and soaks up the heat as he heads out with Wardlow. What will MJF make Cody do in the year 2020?
Alex Reynolds sulks in his hotel room.
He is still singing from the loss he and John Silver suffered on AEW Dark. But the commercial on the hotel cable, the man in it looks familiar… “Tired of losing all the time? Join our Loyalty Program.” Go to www.JoinDarkOrder.com and find out how. Reynolds figures there’s no harm in checking it out. “Aren’t you tired of being a jobber yet, Alex?” W-What…? Maybe he imagined that. “Hey.” Knock knock, he’s talking to you. Whoa, what?! Really? Yes, Alex. The Dark Order has been watching the Beaver Boys with great interest. It isn’t going how they thought it would, huh? Well, no, but- Enough excuses, Alex! Stop losing, start winning. There is strength in numbers. All you have to do is #JoinDarkOrder. Evil Uno!?
In need of a late night snack? Choose something from their After Dark menu. John Silver returns, and Alex is still talking to the TV. Who is he talking to? “I dunno, man. I dunno.” Is Alex Reynolds ready to join the Dark Order? Are you?
Big Swole VS Emi Sakura!
Aerial Monroe is officially All Elite now, and she looks to prove herself worthy of that signing. Can she win big on a big name in the joshi veteran? Or will Sakura solidify her spot in the top five?
The bell rings and fans rally for “Swole! Swole!” Emi tunes it out but Swole wants a test of strength. Emi checks her biceps then ties up with Swole. They go shoulder to shoulder and Swole bends Emi back with one arm! But Emi fights her way up, only for Swole to whip. Emi reverses, Swole goes up and over and throws a forearm. Swole snapmares and cartwheels with Emi, but fakes her out on the mule kick. Emi puts her guard down, mule KICK! Cover, TWO! Swole keeps on Emi but Emi ear claps! Emi wrenches the hair to snapmare with the dreads! Emi laughs as she tosses Swole by her hair again!
The ref reprimands Emi for pulling hair, but Emi goes to pull his hair! Except he is bald. Emi apologizes, but Swole comes back with kicks. Don’t touch the hair or get bopped in the mouth. Emi grabs hair so BOP! Swole whips but Emi drop toeholds and claws Swole’s back! Emi hooks the legs, fans rally for Swole but Emi grabs the arms. Emi sings, and pulls Swole up into the Romero Special surfboard! And then rolling surfboard! Then a chinlock while elevated, and a toss! Fans cheer, Emi can still hit the high notes. Emi brings Swole up and wrenches and CHOPS her off her feet! AEW goes picture in picture as Emi drags Swole back up, to CHOP down again!
Emi keeps bringing Swole up to CHOP her down again, and then pulls hair to get the grounded cobra twist. Emi uses a braid as her new Freddy Mercury mustache. Emi then clamps on the chinlock and clubs Swole down. Emi drags Swole to a corner and CHOPS her again! And then a little boom boom CHOP! Boom boom CHOP! We will, we will, CHOP you! But then Swole clobbers Emi in return! Emi comes back and whips but Swole stops herself to throw forearms. Swole whips Emi to a corner, then LARIATS Emi down on the rebound! Both women are down but fans fire up. A standing count begins and Swole sits up in a daze. Emi follows, and catches Swole’s clothesline to a COMPLETE SHOT! Swole is down as AEW goes to break.
AEW returns and Swole punches away on Emi. Emi ducks the roundhouse and jumps over the sweep, but the headbutt hits! Both women stagger, Swole runs in corner to corner for the uppercut! Swole keeps moving, wheelbarrow to COMPLETE SHOT! And a big running uppercut! Cover, TWO!! Emi barely escapes and Swole can’t believe it! Swole drags Emi back up, suplexes, but Emi blocks to get a dragon sleeper, Twist ‘n’ Shout! Boom boom clap, boom boom clap, Emi is tuning up the band. Emi runs in corner to corner, crossbody in the corner! Underhooks, Tiger BACKBREAKER! Swole writhes but Emi isn’t done with her. Emi has her mic stand but the referee stops her from using it. The two fight over the stand, Swole gets Emi in a waistlock. Emi standing switches and uses the stand as part of the cobra twist!
Emi sings but the referee takes the stand away. Emi lets Swole go to argue and pout at the ref, but Swole runs over. Emi blocks Swole’s kick, but Swole snatches the mic stand, and as Emi throws her leg down, Swole does the splits! And breaks it down like James Brown! Swole feels good, and then she dodges Emi to SPEAR Emi down! Fans fire up with Swole as she runs corner to corner, but Emi puts her on the apron. Swole enziguris back! And then slingshots, but into a draping underhooks! Another backbreaker! Emi goes up top, Vader Elbow! Cover, TWO!! Swole survives and Emi grows frustrated. Emi puts Swole back in the drop zone and climbs up higher, for a MOONSAULT! But it FLOPS! Swole misses her boot but fires forearms and an uppercut! Emi fights back with a strike fest and a CHOP! Emi runs, into a BOOT! Cover, TWO!?!
Fans are loving this match but Swole works on a new plan. Time is running down but Swole waistlocks to wristlock, ripcord but the discus misses. Back elbow from Emi, cover, TWO! Emi aims, runs in, but Swole spins her out, DIRTY DANCING DISCUS! Cover, Swole wins!!
Winner: Big Swole, by pinfall
Swole gets that big win! The #3 contender loses, but the #1 contender, Hikaru Shida, likes what she sees. The race towards Riho and the AEW Women’s World Championship is still on, will Swole get herself into that scene?
Backstage interview with PAC.
The Bastard is not in a good mood, but when isn’t he? “I came to this company for one reason: opportunity.” Yet he has faced nothing but injustice. He has put up dominating performance after dominating performance, yet has gotten “pittance” in return. AEW will answer for this! “Give me my rubber match or I promise I will not be held accountable for what I do next.” Pac wants another fight with Kenny Omega! When and where will he get it?
Hangman Page & Kenny Omega VS Shawn Spears & Kip Sabian w/ Penelope Ford!
Despite leaving The Elite, the Problem Solver once again tags with the Best Bout Machine, and they’re up against one bad Chair Man, and a Superbad boy. Will Page and Omega continue to be an elite combination? Or has Spears found #PERFECT10N in a tag team partner?
The teams sort out and Spears starts with Hangman. They circle as fans chant “Cowboy Sh*t!” but then Spears tags out to Sabian. Sabian and Hangman circle but Spears takes swipes. So does Penelope! Sabian uses that opening to attack from behind! Sabian clubs and forearms Hangman against ropes, then wrenches to whip. Hangman reverses, Sabian ducks and hurdles and somersaults, but Hangman handsprings to BOOT Sabian down! Spears runs in but gets thrown right out! Tag to Omega and fans fire up! Omega asks they hush, so they can hear the CHOP! Hangman CHOPS, Omega CHOPS, Sabian is stuck in a CHOP cycle! He covers up but gets a CHOP to the back! Double HADOUKEN Chops! Sabian flops to the mat and Omega wants double high fives. Hangman leaves Omega hanging.
Omega drags Sabian up, running backbreaker! Cover, TWO! Omega tags Hangman back in and brings Sabian around to whip corner to corner. Hangman whips Sabian back the other way, then sends Omega in for a back elbow. Spears drags Omega out and Sabian dodges Hangman to fire off hands back! Spears gets in, but Hangman dodges him to clotheslines Sabian! And clothesline Spears! Hangman fireman’s carries Sabian but drops him as he kicks Spears. Dropsault! Cover as AEW goes picture in picture, TWO! Sabian barely escapes but Hangman keeps his cool.
Hangman has the fans fire up as he circles Sabian. Sabian crawls to a corner but Hangman brings him up for a CHOP. Hangman runs in but is put on the apron. He hits Sabian away but Penelope interferes! The ref reprimands the Superbad Girl, but he doesn’t see Spears trip Hangman up! Hangman gets stuck, Sabian drags him out on the top rope, ANARCHY SUPLEX! Cover, TWO! Tag to Spears and they mug Hangman. Spears bumps Hangman off buckles then stomps a mudhole in. Spears grinds in his boot but backs off, to go after him more! Neckbreaker! Cover, TWO! Spears mocks the finger guns of Omega before he stomps Hangman more.
Spears drags Hangman up to CHOP him tot he corner. Tag to Sabian, and Sabian kicks Hangman hard in the ribs. Sabian keeps on Hangman and gives him a CHOP back! Tag to Spears, Sabian holds Hangman in place for Spears to throw hands. Spears elbows Hangman in the back of the neck, but Hangman hits back! Hangman swings into a backbreaker! Cover, TWO! Spears argues with the ref but the count was fair. Spears drags Hangman up and taunts Omega as AEW returns to single picture. Hangman escapes the back suplex, elbows Sabian away and boots Spears. Sabian trips Hangman and drags him out, but Hangman dodges to get back in the ring. Hangman dodges Spears, hto tag to Omega!
Omega dodges Sabian to Polish Hammer! And again for Spears! Sabian kicks low, he and Spears double whip, but Omega slips past them to dropkick both their legs out! And then, DOUBLE KOTARO KRUSHERS! Fans fire up as the Terminator Drum begins. Omega rises, builds speed, but Penelope blocks his path. Deja vu from Dark, anyone? Spears gets in, BACKSTABBER! Spears bails out, Sabian springboards, missile dropkick! Cover, TWO!! Sabian grows frustrated, but fans rally up for Omega. Omega CHOPS Sabian and again! Omega whips but Sabian huricanrana counters. Omega bails out but comes back despite in a daze. Fans want to see some “Cowboy Sh*t!” but Sabian runs at Omega. Omega puts him on the apron but Sabian enziguris back! Omega wobbles, Sabian aims at Hangman but misses his running kick. Penelope gets an apron huricanrana!
Sabian triangle TORNADO DDT’S! Cover, TWO!! Fans rally up again, and Spears comes in to distract the ref. Sabian hits a corner enziguri, the ref is so distracted that he doesn’t see Penelope handspring back elbow! And she feeds Omega to Sabian’s PERFECT PLEX! Cover, TWO!! Omega survives the Superbad screw job, also like Dark! Sabian grits his teeth as he drags Omega up into a torture rack. Omega slips out and lands on his feet, blocks Sabian’s knee to give a knee in V-TRIGGER form! Full nelson but Sabian breaks out to PELE! Omega rebounds to V-TRIGGER again! Both men are down and a standing count begins as fans fire up! The count passes 5 as both men crawl. Hangman finally rises back to the apron! Wait, the lights go out?! What’s going on here?!
The lights come back up and… Someone has tied Tully Blanchard up in a chair? Those goggles… It’s JOEY JANELA! The Bad Boy has Tully as a hostage, and Spears comes running! Only to get a forearm from Janela! Spears fights Janela off and frees Tully, but Janela forearms back! Sabian is left alone, and Omega gets the full nelson! SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX! Omega blows a kiss as he takes aim. Fans fire up as Omega says BANG! Omega runs, V-TRIGGER to the back! Hangman tags in as Sabian staggers up, BUCKSHOT! Cover, Page and Omega win!
Winners: Hangman Page & Kenny Omega, Page by pinfall
A win is a win, and Omega doesn’t seem to mind. Hangman looks deadly serious, will he take that dead shot aim towards a career-defining opportunity?
Brandi Rhodes speaks.
“Go on, mock me. Post about me. But what does AEW actually look like without me? A kids’ gymnastics meet?” Take the Women’s Champion, Riho, for example. Has Riho somehow gotten so small that we can’t see her anymore? We haven’t seen her around to do anything, much less defend that title. Perhaps Riho is just hiding. And then the favorite doctor, Britt Baker. Take a shot every time she mentions her boyfriend, and you’ll be down for the count quicker than Leva Bates. Not to be a hypocrite, Brandi does reference Cody often, but they’ve been married 7 years. Baker is just a groupie!
Kris Statlander still has a place in the Nightmare Collective, and Brandi isn’t the only one willing to greet her with open arms. Brandi, Awesome Kong, newest recruit, Melanie Cruise, “the family is almost complete.” They’re just waiting for the alien to come home. But who is this new face? “No, not yet.” We do not get to see the other newest recruit’s face. Will Statlander accept the offer? Who is this mysterious man? And who else will find themselves confronted by the Collective?
Chris Jericho joins commentary!
He tells Excalibur and Tony Schiavone to leave so that he and Jake Hager have a place to sit. They join good ol’ JR and Jericho defends that he does know what “lexicon” means. It means “a list of names,” and it stems from the Greek lexus, which itself means “words.” Excalibur can shut up now. The only man on commentary that matters is Jim Ross!
Luchasaurus w/ Jurassic Express VS Sammy Guevara!
The man-dino and the Spanish God face off 1v1 for the first time! Will Jurassic Express score a big win over the Inner Circle?
AEW returns and Sammy stops vlogging so that this match can begin. Jericho knows Luchasaurus isn’t really a dinosaur, no matter what anyone says. The bell rings, and fans duel. Sammy SLAPS Luchasaurus, but Luchasaurus TOSSES Sammy! Sammy gets out of the corner and dropkicks, then rams in a shoulder. Big enziguri and springboard, but Luchasaurus gets under. Sammy dodges and doges, but runs into a choke grip! Luchasaurus lifts, Sammy huricanranas but it’s blocked! Luchasaurus fireman’s carries and throws Sammy, but Sammy lands on his feet. Sammy dodges in the corner and rams shoulders in again. Sammy kicks and forearms Luchasaurus then heads up top. Luchasaurus BOOTS him down from the top!
Fans fire up as Luchasaurus fetches Sammy and CHOPS! Sammy wants a time-out but there’s no such thing. Luchasaurus has Sammy in a half straitjacket to restrain him, but Sammy fights out with his other arm. Luchasaurus HEADBUTTS Sammy then SLAMS him on the apron! Sammy flops down and Luchasaurus refreshes the count. AEW goes picture in picture as Luchasaurus fireman’s carries and brings Sammy around the way. Luchasaurus tosses Sammy into the ring, and makes sure Jericho is watching. Luchasaurus gets in, but Sammy enziguris him at the ropes! And then runs to knee him down! Triangle dropkick a la Jericho himself! Sammy builds speed to FLY! The tornillo tope conjilo hits!
Sammy drags Luchasaurus around and then gets on the apron. SHOOTING STAR! A risky move on the floor but both men seem okay to continue. Luchasaurus gets into the ring, and Sammy fetches his phone. Time to vlog again! Sammy back hands and even hits Luchasaurus with the phone hand. The ref reprimands Sammy but Luchasaurus roars! Luchasaurus blocks the punch to knee, back kick and knee Sammy down! Then a dead lift wheelbarrow suplex! Somersault SPIKE-RANA! Sammy stirs but Luchasaurus prepares the hand. Choke grip and lift, but Sammy flips out to heel kick! And jumping knee! AEW returns to single picture as Sammy ducks a kick to enziguri back! Sammy runs, dodges, SUPERKICK! Luchasaurus whips Sammy, pops him up, but gets a DDT for it!
Sammy drags himself up as fans rally up. Sammy gets to a corner, heads up top but slowly, and he says a prayer before he MOONSAULTS! Luchasaurus moves, but Sammy lands on his feet! Sammy standing moonsaults but Luchassaurus evades again. Sammy again lands on his feet, and standing Shooting Stars! Into Luchasaurus’s grip! Luchasaurus brings Sammy up, Sammy slips out, but Luchasaurus kicks his clothesline away. Question mark roundhouse! TAIL WHIP! Choke grip, gut wrench, FACEBUSTER! Cover, Luchasaurus wins!
Winner: Luchasaurus, by pinfall
The Inner Circle attacks! Jericho and Jake Hager beat Luchasaurus down but Jungle Boy attacks Jericho! JB takes the fight to Le Champion a week early! Jericho throws JB out but JB skins the cat, to HURICANRANA! Cover, JB “wins”! Jurassic Express bails out and leaves the Inner Circle seething! That quick pin is all it takes! Will JB earn the biggest win in his young career?
Jericho throws a tantrum, again. “That didn’t count! That didn’t count!” He vows it won’t happen next week, but can Jericho be so sure?
AEW announces their next Pay-Per-View!
February 29th, 2020, AEW uses the leap year to bring the world AEW Revolution! Chicago is where the revolution started, so it is only fitting AEW returns there once again!
BREAKING NEWS!
Lots of matches have been made for the last episode of 2019! Page and Omega continue to team together as they go up against the Lucha Brothers! Will Hangman and the Best Bout Machine continue to work together well? Or will they lose to Cero Miedo? Then Britt Baker and Kris Statlander have a #1 Contender’s Match next week! The winner moves on to face Riho on New Year’s Day!
AEW World Tag Team Championships #1 Contenders Texas Street Fight: The Young Bucks VS Proud ‘n’ Powerful!
As if such a match between two teams with as heated a grudge as they have wasn’t enough, the stakes are raised when this is to determine who faces SoCal Uncensored next week! Who survives to then go for the gold?
But Santana and Ortiz don’t even wait for a bell or their own entrance music, they attack as the confetti cannons go off! They and Sammy Guevara stomp and beat down the Bucks! But Brandon Cutler comes out to even the numbers! He gets beat down for it, and Sammy uses the sock-and-baseball blackjack to smack the Bucks around. That’s because PNP take Cutler and DOUBLE POWERBOMB him though the stage! You would think AEW would look into redesigning the stage… But either way, Sammy, Santana and Ortiz beat the Bucks down more, and send Matt FLYING off onto security!
Ortiz brings out a table and Sammy helps him set it up! Santana keeps Nick down by standing on Nick’s head. This match is underway by default, and it is falls count anywhere on top of everything else. And the Inner Circle wants to do some serious damage. Santana climbs up girders but Matt yanks him off! SUPERKICK for Ortiz! SUPERKICK for Sammy! Matt brings Sammy around to gut wrench, Nick uses the stage for elevation, FULL METAL INDIETAKER! Ortiz returns to get DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Ortiz is on the table now, and now Nick climbs up! Nick is on top of the entry way, fans are freaking out, SUPER SWANTON through the table!! Cover, TWO!! Ortiz survives, and fans are still losing their minds.
Matt sees Santana and runs down to clothesline! Nick follows, alley-oop dropkick! SoCal Uncensored watches in the front row to watch this up close, and with popcorn. Mat turns around to get a BOOT from Santana! Santana talks smack to SCU’s Scorpio Sky and Frankie Kazarian, but Matt turns Santana around for haymakers. Matt and Santana brawl around the way and into the ring while Nick selects tables. Matt bumps Santana on buckles and Nick joins in. They have their pick of the equipment, and they both lift Santana up in a crucifix. Santana slips out, Ortiz can be spotted hobbling down the ramp, but the “mad ball” sock just misses reaching Santana! Santana fights his way through the Bucks to get to it, and starts SMACKING away!
Ortiz puts a trash can lid, the trash can itself, a kendo stick and more into the ring. PNP puts the can around Nick and Ortiz SMACKS it with the mad ball! Santana SMACKS it with the kendo stick! SMACK, SMACK, SMACK! Wait, Matt comes in wearing a Dallas Cowboys football helmet? The helmet hurts Santana’s hand when he punches! And it protects from the mad ball! But Santana kicks low, the helmet doesn’t protect that. PNP double whips, but Matt SPEARS them both! Fans fire up for that sack! Matt uses the helmet as a weapon now, but it gets taken away and used on him! Santana being from New York, he SPITS on the Cowboys helmet then throws it down. But he turns around into the Northern Lights! Locomotion! Northern Lights out and over through a table! Matt runs at Ortiz but is tossed out, through a table! Ortiz DIVES at Nick, and they go through a table! Wreckage everywhere and fans are loving “A E DUB! A E DUB!” as AEW goes picture in picture.
Ortiz is up first, and has a kendo stick! He SMACKS away on Nick’s back! Then he SMACKS Matt’s back! Ortiz moves table wreckage out of the way before putting Matt in the ring. Santana can be seen stirring while Ortiz sets up a new table. Ortiz gets up on the apron and drags Matt over. Ortiz claws Matt’s back, then hops up to lift. Matt resists the suplex and punches Ortiz down. Santana returns, O’Connor roll, and he dodges while Ortiz SPINE BUSTERS Matt down! Leap frog senton! LIONSAULT! They must’ve gotten that one from Jericho. Cover, TWO!! Matt survives but Nick returns to be tossed right into buckles! Ortiz SMACKS Nick with the trash can lid, then SMACKS Matt with it! Santana uses the cookie sheet to jab and SMACK Nick, too.
PNP puts Nick on the top rope, climbs up to join him, but Matt SMACKS them both with the trash can! AEW returns to single picture and Santana takes a tumble. Nick shoves Ortiz down, and Matt BASHES him with the can! The can is placed on Ortiz, Matt climbs up and LEAPS out onto Santana! Nick adjusts, aims at Ortiz, FULL METAL 450!! Cover, but Hager yanks the ref out! No disqualifications, but not cool. Nick goes out to the apron, but Hager baits him in, the Penalty Kick hits the referee! It’s a hard Knox life, isn’t it? Hager trips Nick up, too! But here comes DUSTIN RHODES! Dustin clobbers and clubs Hager! Hager brawls with Dustin on the ramp, and they spill over to behind commentary.
The Bucks have Ortiz, buckle bomb enziguri combo! Matt brings Santana up for Nick to cookie sheet SMASH! Fans fire up as Matt brings Ortiz up and Nick climbs. Fireman’s carry, rolling senton! More Bang, for your BUCK! Cover, but there’s no ref to count! The Bucks would’ve won by now! Here comes Aubrey to count, TWO!! If only she was faster on her running! But the Bucks drag Ortiz up, gut wrench, but Santana dropkicks Nick through the table! Matt fires off haymakers to fight PNP off, fans fire up with him, but that superkick is blocked! Charlie horse! Ortiz has the already wrecked can and sets it down. Ortiz brings Matt up, Santana climbs up, STREET SWEEPER onto the can! Cover, but Nick has to yank Aubrey out! All is fair in love and street fights.
Ortiz protests but Santana focuses on bringing in new equipment. He gets a few steel chairs, then puts Nick in. Ortiz uses the mad ball to beat Nick down again and again, then Santana gets a table. Ortiz sits the chairs up near a corner, then brings Nick over. Another lift, but Nick fights back! Santana is up top, but Matt shoves Santana down, through a table! Nick Shining Wizards, roundhouses, forearms and bulldogs on the chairs! Matt gets in, the Bucks DOUBLE SUPERKICK Ortiz down! Matt grabs a chair and fans fire up for the FULL METAL SUPERKICK! The chairs are put down and the Bucks vow to end it! Gut wrench, Nick springboards, FULL METAL MELTZER!! Cover, The Bucks win!
Winners: The Young Bucks, Matt Jackson by pinfall; NEW #1 Contenders to the AEW World Tag Team Championships
Brutal to say the least, but these were the lengths both teams were willing to go to in order to settle their score. But now the Bucks are headed for a shot at the tag team titles! SCU join the Bucks in the ring to congratulate them, but also to hold the belts up. Will Corpus Christi be the site of a golden classic?
My Thoughts:
Man what a great episode, and it was basically a go-home to the 12/18/19 episode. So much of this was for the forwarding of story, and it was all really good, pretty much no complaints. Moxley getting another super fast win was pretty great, and it even feeds into Reynolds’s vignette with the Dark Order spokesperson. The Inner Circle trying to recruit Moxley is a pretty great move, and a classic one at that. The Heels don’t want to fight Moxley, so they’ll make him one of the team. But I’m pretty sure Moxley won’t actually join them, and I bet we get an answer next week as opposed to waiting until New Year’s Day. He might even help Jungle Boy win. Luchasaurus VS Sammy Guevara was a pretty fun match, and of course a brawl breaks out. JB gets an unofficial pin, and only gets 10 minutes with Jericho next week, not a second more. Again, I would love if Moxley helps JB win, though that would mean JB gets a claim to the title in his own right. We’ll have to wait and see.
Cody & QT VS Butcher & Blade was a great tag match, and a great showing for QT as he gets back into wrestling full time. QT comes out of this looking like a hero, even though he does lose. MJF made them his mercenaries, I wonder if we see them more closely involved with him later on. MJF himself has a pretty good promo segment, but it really just sets up for stuff after the holidays. I wonder if MJF is going to make Cody have to fight Wardlow, Sutter and Williams in a gauntlet match in order to get at him. Cody also has Darby Allin on his side now, so maybe Allin keeps an eye on whoever is ringside so they don’t screw Cody over. I like what’s developing for Omega and Hangman as a team, despite Hangman saying he’s not in The Elite anymore. Taking the final moment suggests there could be tension between Omega and Hangman in the near future, and a match between them would be a great element to Hangman’s story.
PAC also wants after Omega, and I do see his point of being cheated opportunities. He was #1 contender for a moment, but mostly because of story demands, Pac didn’t get his shot before being moved down a spot. Pac VS Omega III will be another great match, and that should be a contender’s match to face whoever comes out of the more than likely Jericho VS Moxley title match. I’m also surprised at certain choices for contender’s matches. Big Swole VS Emi Sakura was a great match, and a big win for the newest signee. Swole takes down the #3 woman, but I’m surprised Kris Statlander is getting a shot. I suppose this implies that the new rankings will not have Hikaru Shida as #1, and Britt Baker moves up in her place. Of course, both women and Riho being named by Brandi Rhodes in her new promo probably means something, too, so be watching for Brandi and Awesome Kong to have something to do during that match.
The main event tag match was insane, and absolutely fitting of being a #1 contender’s match. All of that stuff was incredible, from start to finish, even getting others involved because obviously that’s the move to play. The Bucks winning was not that surprising, they have a lot of experience with SoCal Uncensored, especially from ROH. Their match next week is going to be great, and will just up the hype for the last AEW of 2019 even more.
My Score: 9.2/10
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AEW begins its own March Madness! House of Black or The Infantry, who wins to face FTR in the quarterfinal round?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Bryan Danielson VS Katsuyori Shibata; Bryan wins.
- AEW TBS Championship House Rules: Julia Hart VS Trish Adora; Julia wins, retains the title, and Adora is banned from ringside in the tag team tournament match.
- Daniel Garcia VS Lee Moriarty w/ Shane Taylor; Garcia wins.
- PAC VS Aaron Solo; Pac wins.
- Claudio Castagnoli VS Lance Archer; Claudio wins, by disqualification.
- Kyle O’Reilly VS Bryan Keith; Kyle wins.
- AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament Wild Card: The House of Black VS The Infantry; The Infantry wins and advances to the quarterfinals.
PLAY BY PLAY
Bryan Danielson VS Katsuyori Shibata!
A massive dream match worthy of a main event spot opens the night! Bryan is going after Will Ospreay at Dynasty, but will he make it through the Wrestler? Or will Shibata slay the American Dragon?
The bell rings and the fans fire up already as the two circle. Bryan and Shibata feel things out, knuckle lock then clinch. They move around, Shibata tries to wrangle Bryan but Bryan stays up, and the two reset. They knuckle lock again, go shoulder to shoulder, then use their heads to push the other around. Shibata waistlocks but Bryan wrenches to a double wristlock. Bryan hits a takedown to a cover, ONE! Bryan wrenches and hammerlocks but Shibata slips around, spins Bryan to snapmare, but Bryan slips out to hammerlock. Bryan keeps on the arm, then bridges over! Shibata endures, so Bryan moves around.
Bryan keeps on the hammerlock but Shibata fights up. Shibata wrenches to wristlock and fans cheer the technical exchange. Bryan rolls, bridges, and then slips through to wrangle Shibata. Shibata rolls, kips up, and WRINGS Bryan out! Bryan goes to a corner and the fans cheer. Bryan and Shibata reset again, feel things out, and Shibata gives testing kicks. Bryan gives those back, then they knuckle lock again. Bryan kicks, kicks, but Shibata kicks back! They kick and kick and kick, and then Bryan drops back to drop toehold and ANKLE LOCK! Shibata endures, Bryan shifts to hook the legs up, and then goes for the arms!
Shibata resists, but Bryan still pulls! Up, up and a DOUBLE STOMP on the knees! Bryan then isolates an arm to STOMP it! Bryan KICKS Shibata in the back, drags him from ropes and steps over to then wrench and wristlock. Bryan twists the wrist, wrenches, and ELBOW BREAKERS! Bryan wrenches again, but Shibata fires forearms! Bryan wrenches through to ELBOW BREAKER again! But Shibata fires more forearms! Bryan wrenches one more time, for one more ELBOW BREAKER! But Shibata ROCKS Bryan with forearm after forearm! Then he kicks and kicks and kicks, but Bryan shakes his head! So Shibata ROCKS him again!
Shibata fires forearm after forearm, but Bryan wrenches to ELBOW BREAKER! Then BUTTERFLY SUPLEX, into an ARMBAR! Shibata kicks, clasps hands, rolls around and he ties Bryan’s legs up for the BOW ‘N’ ARROW! Bryan endures, the fans rally, and Bryan powers out to an ANKLE LOCK! Bryan ties Shibata up now for a BOW ‘N’ ARROW! Shibata endures, pops free to a cover, TWO! Shibata keeps on Bryan with a double wristlock! Bryan fights his way to a corner, the ref counts and teh fans cheer. Shibata lets go and Bryan slolwy backs up. Bryan then gets in Shibata’s face but Shibata stays cool.
Bryan shoves Shibata to egg him on! Shibata shoves back, the fans fire up, and Bryan shoves again. Shibata shoves, so Bryan CHOPS! Shibata nods and CHOPS! Bryan’s chest is already red but he CHOPS again! Shibata CHOPS again! Bryan fakes the chop to get a single leg takedown! Bryan stomps the bad leg, isolates the arm and STOMPS it again! The fans rally and duel as Bryan wrenches Shibata to a wristlock. Bryan arm-drags Shibata and Shibata goes to the apron! Bryan storms up, brings Shibata up, but Shibata fights the suplex! Shibata suplexes Bryan up and out to the floor! Bryan staggers up, Shibata aims from the apron, PENALTY KICK!
Fans fire up as Bryan falls over! Shibata dusts himself off and Collision goes picture in picture.
The ring count is climbing but Shibata steps inside. Bryan sits up at 5 of 10 while Shibata sits down cross-legged. Bryan rises at about 7, but slides in at 8! Shibata stomps Bryan down, then drags him around so he can isolate an arm. Shibata STOMPS the arm, returning the favor from earlier! Shibata then isolates the arm again, for another STOMP! Bryan clutches the elbow but Shibata KICKS him in the back! Shibata grabs the arm, wrenches it to then grinds it against a knee! Shibata CLUBS the arm, pulls on the arm, then wristlocks. Bryan endures, but Shibata KICKS him! And KICKS him! And KICKS him again!
Bryan bails out of the ring, the ring count starts, but Shibata storms after Bryan. Shibata whips Bryan, but Bryan stops himself! So Shibata BOOTS him against railing! Shibata then runs to BOOT Bryan again! Shibata whips Bryan, but Bryan reverses this time, and Shibata hits the LED board! Bryan make Shibata take a seat, to KICK him! Bryan then gets space so he can run in, and DROPKICK Shibata into the LED! The fans fire up with Bryan but the ref wants this back in the ring. Bryan pushes Shibata in, climbs up a corner, and Collision returns to single picture in time for the MISSILE DROPKICK!
The fans fire up as Shibata ends up in a corner. Bryan runs in, to DROPKICK! But Shibata follows to BOOT! Shibata rains down forearms, runs corner to corner, but Bryan follows to DROPKICK! Bryan CHOPS, and KICKS, and repeat! “WOO~! YES! WOO~! YES!” Shibata eggs Bryan on!? So Bryan CHOPS and KICKS again! Shibata turns things around to rain down forearms! Bryan roars but Shibata JABS and CHOPS! JAB, CHOP, repeat! Shibata rains down more forearms, then lets off to go corner to corner! HYDRAULIC DROPKICK! Fans fire up for Shibata’s signature and Bryan is dazed!
Shibata hauls Bryan up to HALF HATCH! Cover, TWO! Shibata stalks Bryan, clamps on a chinlock, and the fans rally up. Bryan fights up to pry at the arm, the fans duel, but Bryan slips around to a waistlock. Shibata switches, Bryan wrenches to switch, but Shibata drop toeholds to the ANKLE LOCK! Shibata drags Bryan back but Bryan rolls to get the ANKLE LOCK! The fans fi reup as Shibata rolls to ANKLE LOCK back! Bryan rolls, ANKLE LOCKS, but Shibata stands, into a LEG TRAP GERMAN!! But Shibata rises up!? Bryan ROLLING- STO from Shibata!! The fans are thunderous while both men are down!
A standing count starts, fans chant for “A E DUB!” making this the opener! Some want them to “FIGHT FOREVER!” but this has to end somehow. Both men stand at 5 of 10, and Bryan fires Muay Thai knees! But Shibata gives those back! Bryan gives more knees, but Shibata blocks and fireman’s carries! DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Bryan survives but Shibata keeps his cool. Shibata stomps around to get the legs working, and then he brings Bryan up. “This is Awesome!” as Shibata gives HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! The BCC special is being used on Bryan! Shibata adds a few more, then brings Bryan around.
Shibata ripcords but Bryan ducks the lariat! Bryan runs from the corner, BUSAIKU KNEE!! Cover, TWO?!? Shibata survives but Bryan doesn’t hesitate! Omoplata, LEBELL LOCK!! Shibata endures, the fans duel, and Bryan pulls on the hold! Shibata reaches but Bryan gets that arm! It’s almost a Rings of Saturn, but Shibata keeps kicking around! ROPEBREAK!! The fans fire up as Bryan lets off. Shibata sits up, into a KICK! Shibata wags his finger?! Bryan KICKS! And KICKS! Shibata shakes his head, then sits cross-legged! The fans fire up as Bryan KICKS again, and again, and then PENALTY KICKS!
Shibata rolls back to stand up! BOOT!! Bryan BOOTS in return! Shibata runs to BOOT again! Bryan rebounds to BOOT again! BOOT for BOOT, neither man is backing down, except to get speed! Shibata LCUBS and Kawada Kicks! He CLUBS Bryan again, the fans fire up with him, and now Shibata KICKS Bryan! Bryan shakes his head as he sits back up! Shibata KICKS and KICKS, but then Bryan crosses his legs! The fans fire up as Bryan copies Shibata, so Shibata sits with him! They stare down and they start throwing CHOPS! CHOP for CHOP, then both men stand! The CHOPS keep going and the fans love it!
Shibata and Bryan CHOP at the same time! Then Bryan KICKS the arm! And BUZZSAWS Shibata down!! The fans are thunderous again as Bryan aims from a corner! “YES! YES! YES!” Shibata rises, into the BUSAIKU- NO! Shibata gets around, ripcord PALM STRIKE!! Shibata then clamps on, IRON OCTOPUS!! Bryan endures the Inoki favorite, and ends up on the ground! SPLADLE, but Bryan has a ROPEBREAK by a toe! So Shibata runs, PENALTY- NO, Bryan rolls him up! TWO!! Bryan shoots in, Shibata sits on him, TWO!! Bryan sunset flips, TWO! Shibata jackknife bridges, ONE and Bryan has the arm! LEBELL LOCK!!!
Shibata fights around, pushes back toa cover, TWO! Bryan ghost pins deep, BRYAN WINS!!
Winner: Bryan Danielson, by pinfall
It was a fast and furious finish and Ottawa gives this a standing ovation! In the end, Bryan takes the win, but he does show Shibata respect by offering a handshake. Shibata takes the handshake and the fans cheer as they even hug it out. Even though he lost, will Shibata’s return to AEW bring him to another title opportunity? Will this momentum help Bryan be more than ready for Ospreay?
AEW TBS Championship House Rules: Julia Hart VS Trish Adora!
The Princess of the Black Throne may have Willow Nightingale chasing after her, but she’s still going to be a fighting champion. But will Julia regret gambling with her gold? Or will the AfroPunk making this about tonight’s wild card match be just the mind game she needs to win?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if the House starts tonight strong!
The bell rings and the fans rally as Julia just stares at Adora. Adora is already feeling out the grapple, but then Julia avoids her. Adora resets, Julia gets around again but to waistlock. Julia then spins Adora around but Adora shoves her away. Adora wrenches, WRINGS Julia out, then steps over for the deep motorcycle stretch! The fans rally as Julia endures, even as Adora does the splits! Adora smiles as she then pushes Julia to a cover, TWO! Julia gets up but Adora Alabama Lifts! Adora puts Julia in the Air Raid stretch! Julia endures, flails, but then powers her way to headscissors! Julia CLUBS Adora but Adora pops free.
Adora storms up again to whip and RAM Julia down! Julia bails out, the fans rally, and Adora storms out after her. Adora whips, Julia reverses, but Adora stops from hitting the apron. Adora elbows Julia, then scoops, but Julia fights free! Julia pulls hair to then RAM and SMACK Adora off the steel steps in one move! Julia then brings Adora back, to SMACK her off the steps! Adora falls, but Julia drags her back up to whip into barriers! Adora is down in a slump and Collision goes picture in picture.
Julia stands on the steps to soak up cheers and jeers, then she hauls Adora up. Adora throws body shots but Julia CLUBS her for it. Julia then puts Adora back in the ring, stalks her, and KICKS her in the back! Julia CLUBS away on Adora, then cravats to bump her off buckles. Julia fires body shots, the ref counts, and Julia lets off to dig her boot in. The ref counts, Julia lets off, and then Julia CHOKES Adora on the ropes! The ref counts as Julia adds a headscissor to the situation, but Julia lets off at 4. Julia stalks Adora to CHOP her in a corner. Adora ROCKS and CHOPS in return! Julia ROCKS Adora, then CHOPS again!
Julia fires fists, lets off as the ref counts, but then Adora turns things around to CHOP! Adora CHOPS again, and Collision goes to break.
Collision returns as Julia has a SLEEPER on! Adora endures as Julia leans on her, then fights up to throw body shots. Adora is free, and she ROCKS Julia with forearm after forearm! Adora salutes, but Julia ducks the chop, only for Adora to DOUBLE AX HANDLE her! Adora BOOTS Julia back down, then storms back up. Adora scoops to SHOULDER BREAKER, then covers, TWO! Julia toughs it out but Adora keeps on her. Adora has the fulln elson, but Julia RAMS Adora into the buckles! Julia is free, but Adora runs up! Julia dodges the boot, Adora comes back but Julia dodges the splash! Julia runs to clothesline!
Julia goes side to side to back body block! Julia then brings Adora out to STO, and then turn Adora over! HART- NO, Adora throws Julia to a cover! TWO, and Julia SUPER- NO, Adora blocks to BASEMENT GERMAN! Bridging cover, TWO! Adora is frustrated but the fans fire up. Adora runs, but Julia avoids the senton! Ghost pin! TWO!! Adora escapes but just barely! Julia seethes, she storms up on Adora, but Adora shoves her away. Adora runs up but into BOOTS! Julia hobbles around, gets angry, and she SUPERKICKS Adora down! Julia goes up the corner, the fans fire up, and Julia MOONSAULTS! Cover, Julia wins!
Winner: Julia Hart, by pinfall (still AEW TBS Champion)
The Princess keeps her throne, and now she keeps Adora from reinforcing the Infantry later tonight. Will Captain Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo be able to survive when Brody King & Buddy Matthews have Julia tipping the scales in their favor?
BREAKING NEWS for Rampage!
Not only is it live on Wednesday night after Dynamite, but Julia hart will be back in action as she and Skye Blue take on Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale in a Street Fight! Will Stokely Hathaway not need to tempt Kris & Willow with steel chains when anything and everything is legal?
Backstage interview with The Outcasts.
Lexi Nair is with Harley Cameron & Zak Knight and says last night, we saw things come to a head with Angelo Parker. Parker challenged Zak to a match tonight, what does he say? What does Zak say? Parker wants Zak in a match? Next joke, pal. Zak will give Parker that fight, but not here in Canada! Zak’s not giving Parker a homefield advantage, bruh! Harley says what pathetic country even is this? Do Canadians even realize that it’s Zak’s queen on their money? And what does Parker even have to offer? Poutine? Ice? Moose? Maple syrup? Syrup on moose? Zak has Harley calm down so they can get to the point.
If Parker wants to Zak, Zak will give him a fight but on his terms! Let’s be having ya! If not tonight, then just when and where is Zak going to fight Cool Hand Ange?
Daniel Garcia VS Lee Moriarty w/ Shane Taylor!
The Dragonslayer and #TAIGASTYLE have a lot in common, from being great young technical wrestlers with gritty grapples and stinging strikes in their arsenals, but also in being two of the names the Blackpool Combat Club once named as prospects for their mission of molding the future. Both men want to prove they ARE the future, so who steps over the other to lead the way?
The bell rings and the two rush up! Garcia dodges a boot, Lee dodges a chop, then Lee arm-drags Garcia but Garcia headscissors. Lee pops free, Garcia sweeps and covers, ONE! Lee sweeps but Garcia avoids the basement dropkick! Garcia headlocks for the takeover, Lee headscissors, but Garcia moves around. Garcia hops around, pops free, and he does his dance! The fans fire up but Lee scowls. Lee takes a swing but Garcia dodges to CHOP! And CHOP! Garcia whips, Lee reverses, but then Garcia goes up and over! Garcia comes back, fakes a punch to kick out a leg! Garcia runs to basement dropkick hard!
Lee tumbles out of the ring, the fans fire up but Shane coaches Lee up. The fans rally as Garcia goes out and fetches Lee. Garcia puts Lee in, but Shane gets in Garcia’s face! The fans boo but Lee DIVES to take Garcia out! Lee poses but fans boo. Lee stands on Garcia, soaks up the heat, and then drags Garcia up. Lee puts Garcia in the ring, runs up and sweeps the legs to basement dropkick in return! Cover, TWO! Garcia kicks at Lee so Lee stomps him down. Lee stalks Garcia to a corner, CHOKES him, but the ref counts. Lee lets off at 4, then argues with the ref. Shane gets a cheap shot! The fans boo, especially as Lee mocks the dance!
Lee stomps Garcia, stands him up, but Garcia fires forearms! Lee catches one to BELLY2BELLY! Then Lee twists the arm and bends the fingers! Lee powers Garcia’s arm into itself! Garcia endures and fights up, and the fans rally behind him. Garcia throws body shots, shoves Lee, then bobs ‘n’ weaves to then fire off hands from all sides! The fans fire up as Garcia puts Lee in a corner and stomps away! The ref counts, Garcia stands on Lee but he lets off at 4. Garcia goes corner to corner but blocks a kick! Garcia spins Lee to CHOP BLOCK! Garcia then GROUND DRAGON SCREWS the leg, then JAMS it up!
The fans fire up and Garcia watches Lee rise. Garcia choke grips, Lee breaks free, but Garcia SLAPS him! And SAIDOS! Cover, TWO! Lee is still in this and Shane coaches him up, but Garcia grits his teeth. Garcia storms around, grabs the legs, and he turns Lee, but Lee flips through to cover! TWO!! Lee ENZIGIRIS Garcia and Garcia goes to a corner! Lee fires up, runs in, but the bad leg slows him down! Garcia reels Lee in! Lee fights the lift to back drop, but Garcia sunset flips! Lee rolls through, avoids the dropkick, and DOUBLE STOMPS at the same time! Lee then reels Garcia in, to suplex, only for Garcia to slip free!
Garcia drags Lee down, into the HEEL HOOK!! Lee endures, reaches out, but he can’t get anywhere! Lee TAPS, Garcia wins!
Winner: Daniel Garcia, by submission
Taiga Style could not survive Red Death, and Daddy Magic joins in from commentary to celebrate the win! Will Garcia use this to get back up towards a title opportunity? Will Garcia be able to build his Dynasty?
Medical update on Darby Allin.
The match with Jay White, and the following beating by Bullet Club Gold, has left Darby with a broken foot. The Relentless One won’t even get to go to Mount Everest like he wanted, will the Switchblade & Gunns pay for delaying Darby’s dreams?
PAC VS Aaron Solo!
The Bastard is back, but he’s already on his heels as he lost the Six Man Tag on Big Business Dynamite. Will he rebound and be chasing down The Young Bucks soon enough?
The bell rings and Pac seems to think little of Solo. They tie up, Pac powers Solo to ropes, then lets off slowly. Pac then swings, but Solo dodges to SCREW HIGH KICK! Pac swings but into an EXPLODER! Pac bails out, and Solo FLIES out onto him! Solo hurries to get Pac up and in, covers, ONE!! Solo keeps on Pac but Pac CHOKES Solo into a corner! The ref counts, Pac lets off, and then Pac BOOTS him! Pac stomps away on Solo, digs his boots in, but the ref counts. Pac lets off with a shout and the fans fire up with him! The fans chant “Welcome Back!” and Pac stomps Solo. Pac embraces the cheers, then he stomps Solo some more.
Pac paces around Solo, KNEES him down, and the fans chant “He’s a Bastard!” Pac likes that, and he brings Solo up. Pac gets in Solo’s face to egg him on, then he SOBATS! KICKS! And SOBATS again! Pac runs, to SHOTGUN BOOT! Solo is dazed but the fans fire up. Pac then goes up a corner, watching Solo like a hawk. Solo stands, into the MISSILE DROPKICK! Pac kips up and the fans fire up again! Solo goes to a corner, Pac runs corner to corner and he UPPERCUTS! Solo flops into a drop zone, then Pac goes back up the corner. The fans fire up as Pac takes aim, for the BLACK ARROW! And then the BRUTALIZER!! Solo is OUT, Pac wins!
Winner: Pac, by submission
Pac holds on a little longer, but then lets off of Solo to have his hand raised. Pac then gets as mic to say, “Tony, Tony, Tony…! I told ya, The Bastard’s back! And I am looking for trouble. But y’see, this, THIS…! Well, it’s not exactly what I had in mind. So I’ll say this again. Tony Khan, I am looking for trouble! So find me some, or I will find it myself.” The fans fire up hearing that. Just what kind of trouble does The Bastard want to get into?
Bryan Danielson speaks.
He sits cross-legged, almost meditative, as he says, “Gratitude. Gratitude. I am so thankful I was able to wrestle Shibata tonight. Y’know, both of us were told years ago that we’d never be able to wrestle again, and here we are. Here we are in Ottawa, and we go out and we fought like hell!” Bryan looks up to the sky and says he isn’t sure who he has to thank for that, but he thanks them for that. And he is also grateful that he has a match with Will Ospreay coming up at Dynasty. Bryan watched what Ospreay had to say on Dynamite. How Ospreay’s followed Bryan’s career since he was a kid, and has tried to emulate Bryan.
But then Ospreay said this: When Ospreay gets in the ring, it’s live or die, and he doesn’t plan on dying just yet. What that tells Bryan is that Ospreay has followed Bryan, emulated Bryan, but he can’t walk in Bryan’s shoes. Ospreay has never been able to walk in Bryan’s shoes, or Shibata’s shoes, because they were told that they’d never wrestle again! They’ve been on death’s door because of this! Because of how much they love this! They have been on death’s door!! “So say what you want about what you’re willing to do. Because I know what I’m willing to do. And I don’t think you’re ready for that yet.” Is the American Dragon going to breathe more fire than the #BillyGoat can handle?
Claudio Castagnoli VS Lance Archer!
Like the rest of the Blackpool Combat Club, the Swiss Superman loves when it gets violent, but so does the Murderhawk Monster! Who will prove they can withstand more than the other on this violent Collision?
The bell rings and the fans rally as these two step up. Archer pie faces Claudio, Claudio shoves Archer. They tie up, go around, and they go along ropes. Then they go back to center and they break. The fans cheer, Archer headlocks, but Claudio powers out. Archer RAMS Claudio but Claudio stays up. Archer dares Claudio to do something. Claudio says fans want meat, here’s meat! Claudio RAMS Archer, Archer RAMS Claudio, repeat! The fans chant “MEAT!” with each collision! Archer kicks low, then scoops and SLAMS Claudio! But Claudio’s right up! Claudio scoops and SLAMS Archer! But Archer’s right up!
The fans fire up as these two circle again, and Archer eggs Claudio on. Claudio fires a forearm, but Archer grins. Archer ROCKS Claudio, but Claudio powers up to ROCK Archer! The forearms go back and forth, then Claudio rebounds to LARIAT! Archer stays up, and he LARIATS! Claudio LARIATS, Archer BOOTS, and then Claudio BOOTS! Claudio UPPERCUTS, UPPERCUTS, and UPPERCUTS! Claudio UPPERCUTS again then fires body shots! Claudio clotheslines but Archer doesn’t go out! Claudio runs, blocks a boot, and then he clotheslines Archer up and out! The fans fire up for Claudio as he then goes out the side.
Claudio runs in around the way, but Archer grabs him first! APRON CHOKE- NO, Claudio lands safe to BOOT back! Then Claudio leaps, but Archer dodges! Archer goes up to CANONBALL! The fans fire up with Archer and he looms over Claudio as Collision goes picture in picture.
Archer drags Claudio up to whip him hard into the LED! Archer CHOPS Claudio, then brings him around, Claudio throws elbows, CHOPS, and then he stalks Archer. Archer mule kicks, then sends Claudio into the railing! Archer digs his knee into Claudio, the ref reprimands and counts, and Archer lets off at 4. Archer backs the ref down, then goes back for Claudio. Claudio ROCKS Archer! And UPPERCUTS! But Archer SMACKS Claudio off the steps! Archer fires haymakers, follows Claudio back into the ring, and storms up to knee low! Archer scoops Claudio to SLAM him down! Then Archer stands Claudio up for a SLEEPER!
Claudio fights around, reaches out, but Archer leans on him. Claudio drops to a knee, but Archer gives crossface forearms! Archer looms over Claudio, mocks the cannon arms, then clamps on the chinlock. Archer even fishhooks Claudio’s face! The ref reprimands, Archer lets off, and then cording holds while digging a forearm into Claudio’s face. Claudio endures, fights up, but Archer goes back to the chinlock. Claudio stands, throws body shots, but Archer CLUBS him again. Archer swings, Claudio blocks and UPPERCUTS! Collision returns to single picture as the UPPERCUTS keep going! Claudio whips, Archer reverses and BOOTS!
Archer ripcords Claudio, for the HELLICOASTER! Cover, TWO! Claudio stays in this but Archer is amused. Archer stalks Claudio and says isn’t he supposed to be BCC or something? Archer CLUBS Claudio, drags him up by an ear, and then knees low! Archer reels Claudio in, but Claudio suplexes first! The fans fire up as Archer goes to a corner. Claudio pounds the mat, runs in and UPPERCUTS! Claudio keeps moving, but Archer LARIATS! The fans are torn as Archer grins and brings Claudio back up. Archer knuckle locks, CLUBS Claudio, then climbs up the corner. Archer tightrope walks, but Claudio YANKS him down into an UPPERCUT! Cover, TWO!!
Archer survives but Claudio has the legs! The fans fire up, but Archer kicks at Claudio. Claudio DOUBLE STOMPS him! Archer bails out, Claudio pursues, and Claudio runs in to UPPERCUT! Archer staggers around, Claudio puts him in, and then Claudio hurries up top. But Archer STEP-UP KNEES! Claudio flops down to the mat and Archer takes aim! The fans are torn as Archer choke grips, for the CHOKE SLAM! Cover, TWO!! Claudio survives again but Archer seethes. Archer puts Claudio up top, UPPERCUTS, then lifts Claudio for the- NO, Claudio slips free! Archer elbows Claudio, but Claudio fireman’s carries! DEATH VALLEY DRIVER!!
Archer flounders and crawls to ropes, but the fans fire up again as Claudio runs in! UPPERCUT! And UPPERCUT after UPPERCUT from all sides! Claudio hoists Archer up top, UPPERCUTS again, then cravats for a SUPER CUTTER!! Cover, TWO!! Archer survives but Claudio keeps on him. Claudio reels Archer in, Gotch holds, but Archer back drops free! Claudio stands, ducks ‘n ‘dodges, and springboards to UPPERCUT! Cover, TWO! Archer survives but Claudio hears the fans calling for it! Claudio says okay, and he grabs Archer’s legs! GIANT SWING!! But The Righteous attack!!
Winner: Claudio Castagnoli, by disqualification
The fans boo a Dutch & Vincent beat Claudio down! The Righteous is helping their monster, but Bryan runs out to help his friend! But The Righteous & Archer mug Bryan! AUTUMN SUNSHINE!! Archer digs his knee into Claudio, The Righteous stand over Bryan, but SHIBATA runs out here! With a chair! The Wrestler runs The Righteous outta there! The fans fire up, but will Archer & The Righteous regret angering the Blackpool Combat Club?
Backstage interview with Angelo Parker & Ruby Soho.
Lexi Nair is with Cool Hand Ange & The Runaway, and she brings up Zak rejecting Parker’s challenge for tonight. What does he have to say in response? Parker isn’t even sure what to think right now. Ottawa is an hour and a half from where he grew up, this is a second home to him! Parker’s mom and friends are in the crowd, they were ready to watch him fight! He was ready to fight! Zak’s been asking for a fight for weeks! Ruby wants Parker to relax, but Parker asks how can he relax?! The Outcasts are cowards! If Zak doesn’t want a match, then he’ll get a fight because Parker’s gonna find him and give him a fight!
Ruby tells Parker to look her in the eyes. This is what The Outcasts want. They’re baiting Parker into a trap, just like Ruby knew they would. If Parker’s gonna go looking for a fight, he has to do it without her. Parker asks what that means. But then he admits, she’s right. He apologizes for getting carried away. He will leave it at this for tonight, and the two head out. Can Ruby & Parker stay united against The Outcasts? Or will Saraya tear them apart without having to plot and scheme?
Kyle O’Reilly VS Bryan Keith!
Finally, after two YEARS of being away, two YEARS of resting and recovering, Kyle O’Reilly returns to action! But he said himself that he wants to do this alone, so will AEW finally see what KOR can do on his own?
The bell rings and the fans rally for Kyle. The two circle, the fans chant “Welcome Back!” and Kyle ties up with Keith. They go around, and around, then Keith headlocks. Kyle fights up but can’t power out as Keith holds tight. Kyle throws Keith away and the fans cheer. Keith smirks as he and Kyle reset. They circle again, tie up, and then Kyle goes for an arm. Kyle wrenches, wristlocks, but Keith fights up to clinch. Keith turns Kyle around, grinds an arm and hammerlocks it. They go around and Kyle slips through to back drop! Keith sunset flips but Kyle drops into an ARMBAR! Keith stacks Kyle, TWO!
Kyle stands but Keith runs him over! Keith keeps moving, Kyle drops then bails out to check his neck and shoulder. Medically cleared isn’t always indicative of a true 100% bill of health, Kyle wants to make sure everything checks out. Kyle then storms back in, and he circles with Keith. They knuckle lock, but Keith CHOPS! Kyle fires a forearm! Keith fires a forearm back! The forearms fly, then Keith CHOPS! Kyle SLAPS, Keith forearms, and forearms, then headlocks. Kyle powers up and out, drops but Keith avoids the hurdle to SOBAT! Kyle sputters, Keith runs, but into a JUMP KNEE! Kyle runs, fakes Keith out, then SLAPS him!
The fans fire up and Kyle stands Keith up to fire off strikes. Kyle whips, KNEES low, then reels Keith in, only for Keith to turn the cobra twist around onto Kyle! Kyle fights out to a facelock, but Keith wrenches out of the guillotine to HOOK KICK! The fans rally for Kyle as Keith waistlocks. Kyle wrenches, Keith switches, but Kyle switches, only for Keith to DDT! Cover, TWO! Kyle is still in this but he clutches the neck and shoulder. The fans still rally for Kyle as Collision goes picture in picture.
Keith huffs and puffs around, stands Kyle up, and KICKS him back down! Kyle sits up, but he has his leg guard ready. Kyle kicks at Keith, Keith rolls Kyle and drops a knee! Cover, TWO! Kyle goes to a corner, but Keith TOSSES him out! Kyle slowly rises from the floor, but Keith goes out after him. Keith CHOPS Kyle, KICKS him, then refreshes the ring count. Kyle BOOTS Keith back, then KICKS him against the apron! Keith KICKS Kyle down! Keith snarls as he looms over Kyle. Keith puts Kyle in the ring, stomps him, then CHOPS! Keith whips corner to corner hard and Kyle bounces off buckles! Kyle writhes and Keith just watches as Collision goes to break.
Collision returns as Keith has Kyle down in a cravat neck wrench. Kyle endures, fights up, and throws body shots. Kyle spins Keith to then JAWBREAKER! Keith runs up to BOOT Kyle! Keith runs, but Kyle kitchen sink knees him down! Kyle then drags Keith up, but Keith sputters. The ref has Kyle hold on so he can check Keith. Keith seems alright, so Kyle fires Muay Thai knees, kicks, CHOPS, and a LEG SWEEP! Keith flounders while the fans fire up behind Kyle. Kyle runs corner to corner to forearm smash! Kyle wrenches to an ELBOW BREAKER, then SAIDO BOMB! HEEL HOOK!! Keith flails, rolls, and has the ROPEBREAK!
Kyle lets go quickly, and he waits on Keith to stand. Kyle KICKS the leg! Keith hobbles around, but he avoids the next kick to ROCK Kyle! Keith fireman’s carries, but Kyle fights around, KNEES the arm, and hammerlocks it, to then hop on for a GUILLOTINE! Keith fights, pushes Kyle down, but Kyle makes it a TRIANGLE HOLD! Keith tries to stack Kyle, so Kyle sits Keith down and lets off, to PENALTY KICK! The fans fire up as Kyle climbs a corner! But Keith rises like a Deadman! And RISING HEADBUTTS Kyle down!! The fans boo while Kyle flounders and stands up. Keith storms up to underhook, but Kyle fights that!
Kyle has a leg, but Keith knees free! Then he KNEES Kyle down!! Keith pushes Kyle to a cover, TWO!!! Kyle survives and the fans fire up! Keith snarls, he reels Kyle in and underhooks, TIGER DRIVER!! Cover, TWO!!! Kyle survives again and the fans fire up again! Keith runs in at the corner to GAMANGIRI! Then he goes up, reels Kyle in, but Kyle wrenches out to WRING Keith off the corner! Kyle storms up, AX AND SMASH! But Keith PELES! Both men slowly stagger to their feet, bump into each other, and snap out of their daze! Kyle blocks a kick! Keith blocks a kick! DOUBLE ROUNDHOUSES rock both men! Kyle yoyos in the ropes to LARIAT!!
The fans are thunderous as Kyle is all fired up! Kyle reels Keith in, suplexes, and BRAINBUSTERS!! COver, TWO!!! But Kyle has the ARMBAR!!! Keith taps, Kyle wins!!
Winner: Kyle O’Reilly, by submission
#Arm-ageddon strikes, and the Undisputed Kingdom show up to celebrate with Kyle! They even hoist Kyle on their shoulders! The fans are happy to have Kyle back, the Kingdom is happy to have Kyle back, will Kyle prove he is truly back and go for some gold?
Backstage interview with Deonna Purrazzo & Thunder Rosa.
Lexi is with The Virtuosa and La Mera Mera, and notes that next Wednesday, Dynamite in Toronto, they are going to have a match with Toni Storm & Mariah May. These two have never teamed together, so- Deonna stops Lexi there and says that the saying goes, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Deonna and Rosa may not have been a team, but they’ve fought each other, so Deonna knows she can trust Rosa. And what really bothers Deonna is that at Revolution, Toni tapped out. If not for Toni’s butler or her cosplaying sidekick, Deonna would be here the AEW Women’s World Champion.
Rosa says it’d also be with the title Rosa never loss. So “Antonia” and “Maria,” if you want drama, oh baby, they’ll give you drama. Next week, these two stop all the games, all the jokes, and all the “Tonitania.” They have a mission, and that means it’s TV time! Will this dynamic duo be just the thing to snap “Timeless” Toni back to reality?
AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament Wild Card: The House of Black w/ Julia Hart VS The Infantry!
The brackets were made just last night on Rampage, and the wild card round begins with a Collision! Will Brody King & Buddy Matthews bring glory to the House of Black? Or will Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo march right into the quarterfinals?
The teams sort out, but Brody & Buddy CLOBBER The Infantry from behind! Then they go out to RAM both men into railing! Julia watches happily as Brody runs Dean along to TOSS into more railing! Dean takes a tumble, Buddy THROWS Bravo into more railing! The fans hoot and bark, Buddy sits Bravo in a corner while Brody sits Dean up. Brody CHOPS Dean, he and Buddy both bark, and then they both run in! BOOT for Bravo, CROSSBODY for Dean! The Infantry sputters, Brody rolls into the ring, and the ref checks The Infantry. This isn’t even a match yet, will it be able to even start?
The House waits patiently, and Bravo somehow stands up. Bravo staggers into the ring, he says he wants this, and Dean says hell yeah! The bell rings, but then Brody SPLASHES Bravo in the corner! Buddy runs up to BOOT Dean down! The ref reprimands but the House and the fans bark. Brody roars then runs, CANNONBALL! Cover, DEAN BREAKS IT! Buddy drags Captain Dean up to TOSS him out, then PENALTY KICKS from the apron! The fans fire up for The House as Collision goes picture in picture.
Brody CHOPS Bravo down, then kicks him around. Brody DECKS Bravo, then stands him up to CHOP him back down! Tag to Buddy, then Brody digs his boots in! Brody lets off so Buddy can DOUBLE STOMP Bravo in the corner! Tag back to Brody, CATAPULT into a CHOP! Bravo then falls back against Buddy’s knees, and Brody adds an ELBOW DROP! Brody looms over Bravo, scuffs him, then drags him back up. Brody puts Bravo in the corner, CHOPS him back down, then tags Buddy. Buddy drags Bravo up, snapmares him, and KICKS him in the back! Bravo reaches out for Dean but Buddy drags him back.
Buddy ROCKS Bravo with a shot in the back, then snapmares for another KICK! Bravo writhes while Buddy mocks Dean. Buddy back suplexes Bravo, btu Bravo lands out! Buddy ELBOWS Bravo, taunts Dean, then BOOTS him down! Bravo runs up, Buddy goes up an dover, but Bravo dodges the splash! Buddy staggers, takes a swing, but Bravo bobs ‘n’ weaves to ROCK Buddy with the Carlie Crossover! Collision returns to single picture, Bravo hurries for his corner, but Buddy catches him! Buddy back drops Bravo but Bravo sunset flips! Buddy rolls through, Buddy ducks the Penalty Kick to roll Buddy up! TWO, hot tag to Dean!
Dean GAMANGIRIS Buddy, goes up, but slips off the top! Dean hurries to his feet, dodges Buddy’s lariat, and hits a BIG back suplex! Dean gets Buddy up, whips him, but Buddy reverses to put Dean in the House’s corner. But Dean ELBOWS Brody away! Buddy runs in, blocks Dean’s boot, but Dean ENZIGIRIS! Dean hurries to his feet, Brody tags in, but Dean whips. Buddy reverses, ducks the lariat, and waistlocks. Brody runs up, Dean BOOTS him, and he backs Buddy down at the same time! Dean fires elbows on Buddy, runs to ELBOW Brody, then SPLASHES Buddy! Brody dodges Dean’s splash to LARIAT!!
The fans fire up for The House as they loom over Dean. Bravo returns, Buddy dodges him, and Bravo sees Brody. Bravo fires up, throws a forearm, but Brody doesn’t budge! Brody shouts at Bravo, Bravo runs away but into Buddy’s POP-UP KNEE! The House drags Dean up, and sends him into DANTE’S INFERNO!! Cover, BRAVO BREAKS IT!! Bravo saves Dean, but Brody just laughs. Brody tags Buddy back in, and each man looms over The Infantry. They drag Bravo up first, TOSS him out, but Bravo is on the apron! Buddy runs up but Bravo ROCKS him! Brody runs up, Bravo DUMPS him out! Bravo ROCKS Buddy again!
Bravo kicks Brody, but Buddy KNEES Bravo down! Brody catches Bravo to DEATH VALLEY on the desk! The desk stays up, so Buddy hauls Bravo up as Brody clears it off! The fans fire up for “TABLE! TABLE!” Buddy puts Bravo up there for Brody, and Brody PILEDRIVERS onto the desk!! The desk is still up somehow!! Buddy runs in at Dean, CURB STOMP!! Cover, but Buddy lets off!? The House is toying with The Infantry! Julia whispers something to Buddy and he likes that idea. The ref argues with Julia, but wait! MARK BRISCOE is here, and he CHUCKS a chair at Buddy!! Adora may’ve been banned but no one said anything about Briscoe!
Buddy falls, Mark hurries to taunt Brody and lead him on a wild goose chase! Or in this case, a chicken chase! Dean flounders his way to a cover, INFANTRY WINS!!!
Winners: The Infantry, by pinfall (advances to the quarterfinals)
Julia is shocked! She and Brody took their eyes off the ball, and now they’re out of the tournament! Malakai Black storms his way out here, furious over what just happened! Briscoe says that’s what they get, though! Will the Dark Father have to handle this himself now? As for The Infantry, can Dean & Bravo regroup and be ready for FTR?
Adam “Edge” Copeland is here!
Ottawa fires up as the Rated R Superstar is here, and he has that mystery case with him! He showed Christian Cage what was in it last week and it was like Captain Charisma saw a ghost! Edge already has a chair and mic waiting for him in the ring, so he sets the case down to pick up the mic. The fans cheer him on, and Edge says, “The last time that I performed here in Ottawa, I didn’t know if I’d ever perform here again, I really didn’t. But I gotta tell ya, when I walked into this arena today, all of the memories came flooding back. Because Ottawa, you and I share a lot of history. That reaction just gave me one more memory, so thank you.”
The fans cheer again, and Edge says on that note, he wasn’t sure he’d ever compete in Toronto again. The fans boo and Edge says yeah, he knows, but c’mon, that’s his hometown. But hey, this Wednesday, it is fitting that he faces a guy who for 40 years, Edge thought was his best friend. Edge takes a seat, and he tells Christian Cage, because he isn’t even gonna think of him as “Jay” anymore, that guy’s dead. Who knows what Christian has become. Actually, no, Edge does know, it’s “Christian Cage.” Christian bought into it all, his ego is out of control. The thing is, they were best friends before they ever even got into wrestling.
Sure, this business, this sport, cemented the friendship, but they were friends before ever becoming wrestlers. So Edge had thought they’d be friends long after. Sitting on their deck, sipping scotch, watching hockey, reminiscing about chasing their dreams. But not just chasing but crushing it! They did that! The fans cheer in agreement there. Edge chuckles and says fast-forward to now. Again, they’d talked about coming to AEW, and Christian was on board! Edge came here, he wanted to retire alongside Christian. Edge didn’t come here to take away Christian’s spot, to take his shine, to take the things Christian worked for and deserved.
Edge didn’t come here to do any of that, regardless of what Christian thinks, of what “that human goiter,” Nigel McGuiness has to say. But okay, that’s fine. Christian wanted to change that, right? At Worlds End, Edge failed. He isn’t used to repeated failures, they don’t exist in his world, so he picked himself up, dusted himself off, and he moved forward, and he is stronger for it. Edge decided to get to work, earn his shot, and he did the Cope Open. Edge earned his shot, and then what did Christian do? He and the Patriarchy took Edge out with a Con-Chair-to. The fans boo but Edge says that is the move he and Christian created, so maybe it was fitting.
But when Edge was out on the shelf after that, he got a phone call. A phone call from a man who in the past has had to remind Edge of who he is. That man called again and reminded Edge just who Edge is, and he decided to take a few cues from that man, another wrestling sociopath. That guy invented “Barbie,” invented “Janice,” and so Edge decided to invent… SPIKE! Edge opens up the box, and pulls out a black two-by-four with so many nails in it! Spike here is hungry and wants to take a bite outta Christian’s bony ass! The fans like the sound of that! Edge says that phone call from Mrs. Foley’s baby boy worked, Edge remembered!
Edge remembered who he is! He has kept it bottled up but he IS the Rated R Superstar, a man with dark caves in his head that Christian doesn’t and has never navigated! But be thankful for that. Though maybe not, because after this Wednesday, Christian will be in the hospital. Spike and Edge are gonna change Christian. They will take away Christian’s pride, his ego, and his manhood! This Wednesday, two kilometers from where they trained at Sonny’s Gym, Edge will make Christian say two words that will make it impossible to look his daughter in the eyes! Spike and Edge take away Christian’s pride, and make him those two words, “I QUIT!”
FORTY YEARS after this all started in their hometown, it ENDS!! The fans are fire dup, Edge looks Spike over, and you can bet Spike’s gonna get some serious screen time on Dynamite! But will Spike help Edge rip the TNT Championship away from Christian along with his pride and ego?
My Thoughts:
A great Collision here, lots of good story as well as great action. For one, Edge’s promo to close the night was great stuff, and I guess we should’ve figured “Spike” was the name of whatever was in the box. It’s a lot more menacing than what I was expecting last week, but not quite as menacing as Edge was making it sound. But win or lose, Edge is going to rely on Spike quite a bit in that match. Really good promos from Harley & Zak and Parker & Ruby. I am thinking there’s still a Mixed Tag in the near future, and that will somehow relate to Zak’s conditions.
Great tie in of the TBS Championship and the tag tournament wild card match. Adora’s stipulation basically kept this to just the House Rules of no ropebreaks and the 20 count on the outside, but of course Julia won either way. And then quite the plot twist with Mark Briscoe helping The Infantry win to screw over The House of Black. Sadly, it was also obvious Infantry was gonna win because they were the ones to get in FTR’s face, meaning they were gonna meet in the tournament. FTR will beat Infantry and move on to the semifinals, and maybe we get Mark VS Malakai 1v1 in a blowoff grudge match.
Great match from Garcia VS Moriarty to mostly give both guys solid TV time, and really good match from Pac VS Solo that Pac was of course winning. Pac had a good promo after, and while he keeps naming Tony Khan, Pac’s real target(s) should be The Elite. The Bucks are in the tag tournament, they can probably make sure security keeps Pac far away from them so Pac can’t do to them what Mark just did to the House of Black. But mostly, Pac’s probably getting his shot at Kazuchika Okada (and the AEW Continental Championship) after this Wednesday, going into Dynasty in April.
Great match from Kyle VS Keith, especially as Kyle’s first match back in literal years. Kyle of course won, and it was a good detail that The Undisputed Kingdom celebrated with him after honoring his request to do things alone. That will change at some point, though, as clearly The Kingdom isn’t the best at being friends. And then an awesome, almost PPV level match out of Bryan VS Shibata. Bryan also had a great promo to call out Ospreay, and then Claudio VS Archer was really good. It seems the BCC is starting a story with The Righteous now, which will be a big help to The Righteous as they haven’t really gotten to do anything since moving from ROH to AEW. Plus, they love violent matches, BCC loves violent matches, this is going to be some wild stuff.
My Score: 8.8/10
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It’s a Freshly Squeezed Friday!
As the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament prepares for bracketology, Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta are back in action!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta w/ Chuck Taylor VS Evil Uno & John Silver; Cassidy & Trent win.
- Toni Storm & Mariah May w/ Luther VS Kayla Sparks & Little Mean Kathleen; Storm & Mariah win.
- Konosuke Takeshita w/ Don Callis VS Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes; Takeshita wins.
- Six Man Tag: The Undisputed Kingdom VS Top Flight; The Undisputed Kingdom wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta w/ Chuck Taylor VS Evil Uno & John Silver!
Best Friends won big last week against Kip Sabian & The Butcher, and they won again just last night on ROH. They’re looking to make it 3-0 going into the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament, will they have some Freshly Squeezed momentum going into the brackets? Or will the Dark Order not be left out of the title conversation?
The teams sort out and Cassidy starts against Uno. Cassidy puts his hands up, but Uno stops him! Uno offers a handshake, the fans boo, but Cassidy takes it. So Uno makes it a headlock! Cassidy powers out, RAMS Uno, but Uno runs Cassidy over! Uno gloats but Cassidy kips up! Cassidy puts his hands- NO, Uno stops that to arm-drag Cassidy! Cassidy ducks ‘n’ dodges and arm-drags in return, then wheelbarrows to victory roll! TWO, and Uno shows punch but Cassidy says wait! Hands up, and then- No, Silver gets in to put his hands in Cassidy’s pockets! Fans cheer, but Cassidy BOOTS Uno away! Cassidy powers Silver’s hands out of the pockets!
Cassidy shifts the grip to turn Silver around but Silver ROCKS him! Silver whips, Trent tags in, Cassidy dodges Silver to then atomic drop! Trent & Cassidy runs together to DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLE! The fans fire up as Best Friends flex, but Uno returns! Best Friends dodge Uno to DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLE him! The fans fire up again as the flexing continues. Trent and Cassidy then coordinate, but Dark Order stops the hug! The fans boo, but Uno whips Trent and Silver whips Cassidy. Best Friends reverse, Uno and Silver stop from colliding, but then Trent & Cassidy make them hug!
The fans cheer but Dark Order doesn’t know what’s happening! They rush Best Friends, but they’re sent up and out! Cassidy and Trent coordinate, Chuckie T slides in, but the ref wants Chuck to get out. Too late, the ref’s part of the hug! You GOT to give the people what they want! Uno returns but Trent drop toeholds him! Trent floats to a facelock and grinds Uno down. The fans rally for Chuck but Trent knees low. Trent CHOPS Uno, then hauls him up to hit a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Trent tags Cassidy, Cassidy goes up a corner, and the fans fire up, only for Silver to lift Cassidy off the corner! Silver DROPS Cassidy!
Silver says he’s freakin’ jacked, but Trent whips him to STANDING METEORA! Uno blocks Trent’s kick, hands it to the ref, and hits the NECKBREAKER! Cassidy returns, tilt-o-whirls, but Uno stops it! Uno suplexes, into STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Cassidy powers up, but Uno throws his vest at Cassidy! Then UPPERCUTS! Then SOMETHING EVIL! Cover, TWO!! Cassidy survives and Uno is frustrated. Uno storms over to Cassidy, CHOKES him on ropes, and the ref counts while Rampage goes picture in picture.
Uno lets off as the ref counts, and Cassidy sputters. Silver CHOKES Cassidy now! Uno hurries to hide that by digging his knee into Cassidy, and then Uno puts his vest back on. Uno reels Cassidy into a COBRA TWIST! Cassidy endures, fights his way forward one step at a time, but Uno turns things around! Cassidy hip tosses free! Silver tags in and BLASTS Trent! Cassidy dodges Silver but finds he’s alone! Cassidy BOOTS Silver, BOOTS Uno, repeat! And repeat! And repeat! Trent’s still not back as Rampage returns to single picture, so Cassidy “unleashes” the kicks! Then he stomps and stomps and stomps!
The fans fire up and Cassidy powers up! To tag Trent! Trent runs up to DOUBLE LARIAT! Trent GERMAN SUPLEXES Silver, GERMAN SUPLEXES again, but then Uno runs up! Trent gets Uno for the GERMAN SUPLEX! Silver runs up, into a HALF ‘N’ HALF! Cover, TWO! The fans rally up behind Trent as he brings Silver up. Trent fire a forearm but Silver gives it back! They go back and forth, then Trent slips around to backslide! Silver rolls through to kick, KICK, SUPERKICK and deadlift- NO, Trent slips free of the suplex to Alabama Lift. But Uno BOOTS Trent into Silver’s sunset flip! Cover, Cassidy breaks it!
The fans fire up, but Silver whips Cassidy to a corner. Cassidy tumbles up and out, but Silver BLASTS him down! Silver goes to the apron to SUPERKICK Chuck! CANNONBALL on Cassidy! But Trent SPEARS Silver! Uno’s up top to SUPER CANNONBALL Trent!! But Cassidy DIVES to TORNADO DDT to the floor!! The fans fire up, “This is Awesome!” as Cassidy puts Uno in! Cassidy climbs, aims, DEEP- NO, Uno stops the DDT to shove and BACKBREAKER! Trent is back and he ROCKS Uno! And CHOPS Uno! Trent CHOPS again, but Silver is in! Trent runs up, but Silver dodges to GAMANGIRI!
Silver feeds Trent to Uno, it’s a remix of the Wombo Combo! And then END OF DAYS!! Cover, Cassidy barrels in to break it! The fans fire up again but Silver storms up on Cassidy. Silver fires forearms, whips, but Cassidy skins the cat! Cassidy ORANGE PUNCHES Silver into Trent’s Alabama Lift! ORANGE PUNCH for Uno, STRONG ZERO for Silver! Cover, Best Friends win!
Winners: Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta, by pinfall
It’s a Strong Zero in the 3-0 start to Orange & Trent teaming up towards the tournament! Will they make it all the way through to the finals and establish their Dynasty?
The Righteous speaks.
Vincent says, “Sometimes, you need to die a little in order to bloom again.” Dutch says, “You plant a seed in the ground for a beautiful garden to grow. But once it’s stepped and buried, left to die, new seed can be planted. Same goes for the mind.” Vinnie says someone will always say you weren’t right, that you did it wrong. But in their world, The Righteous have never made a bad move, man. The grave is just the door to rebirth. When people try to bury you, remind yourself that you are a seed. Death walks. Dig what they’re saying? Speaking of, they just dug up a special package with their names on it. Just what are The Righteous about to unleash upon AEW?
The Outcasts are backstage.
Saraya is sick and tired of this, and she tells the cameraman to follow her and Harley. Saraya’s brother, Zak, wants a fight, so he’s gonna get a fight. Harley fires up Zak, and points out some randos. Zak TOSSES one against a wall! The other guy gets in Zak’s face, so Zak says “Make me have at ya!” The guy swings on Zak, Zak ducks, and then BLACKJACKS the guy down! Zak is snarling, but then Saraya points out ANGELO PARKER is here! Cool Hand Ange says, “I’ll be having ya!” They brawl, Parker ducks the blackjack, and security rushes in! Things are only getting more intense, what will it take to put this to bed?
Toni Storm & Mariah May w/ Luther VS Kayla Sparks & Little Mean Kathleen!
The AEW Women’s World Champion and the Toni Award Winning protege are finally teaming together in another dream come true for Mariah May. But before the match begins, “Timeless” Toni gets the mic to say please, please be seated. She is “Timeless” Toni Storm, your AEW Women’s World Champion! The fans cheer, and Toni introduces her protege. Now, tonight, they will be performing a very special tag team match, so please enjoy the show, and turn off all cellular devices. And as for Deonna Purrazzo…! If you and your little mystery partner want to get a closer look, then watch this!
Storm CLOBBERS Kayla Sparks while Mariah throws LMK down by her hair! Storm stomps away on LMK, the fans rally for “TONI! TONI!” as she whips LMK to ropes. Storm then BOOTS LMK down, and Mariah basement dropkicks! They pose together and the fans fire up. Storm then stomps LMK in a corner, RAMS into her again and again, then TOSSES her by her hair! Storm POINT BLANK HIPS LMK again and again! Storm swivels the hips to then HIP ATTACK again! Storm BLASTS Kayla, too, then tags in Mariah. Mariah ROCKS LMK with a forearm, stands her against ropes and puts some stank on the CHOP!
Mariah whips LMK, scoops her, and spins around and around and around for the SIDEWALK SLAM! The fans fire up as Mariah rocks out! Mariah drags LMK up, LMK throws body shots but Mariah CLUBS her down! Mariah KNEES LMK down, tags Storm, and Storm stalks LMK. The fans rally as Storm waistlocks and deadlifts LMK for a GERMAN SUPLEX! LMK manages to tag Kayla, but Storm dodges her to GERMAN SUPLEX! Storm then drags Kayla up, bumps her off buckles, runs to BOOT LMK, then she BOOTS Kayla down! Another bump off buckles, Storm goes corner to corner, SWEET HIP MUSIC!
Mariah tags in, and she gives her version of the SWEET HIP MUSIC! The fans fire up and Mariah is so happy! She tags Storm, Storm gets Kayla up, STORM ZERO! Tag back to Mariah, Storm HIPO ATTACKS LMK! Mariah covers, she and Toni win!
Winners: Toni Storm & Mariah May, by pinfall
The leading lady and her best supporting actress win hands down tonight, but wait! Here comes Deonna! The Virtuosa then presents her partner, THUNDER ROSA! La Mera Mera has been wanting after big targets since her return, she and Deonna storm down to the ring! Mariah & Toni exit stage right, then hurry to the ramp! Deonna gets a mic to laugh at Toni and say, “That’s what I thought. I guess we’ll see you two next week. Bye.” The AEW Women’s World Champion has some major competition coming for her title, will she make it through still in control?
AEW hears from Queen Aminata.
“Being from Guinea, West Africa, growing up, I didn’t have a role model in sport. And I said, ‘I’ll become one. I’ll be the role model that I always wanted.’ Although I haven’t been in AEW recently, Your Queen has been juicily killing it. I am undefeated in ROH. In my way to the ROH Women’s TV Championship stands Red Velvet.” Queen Aminata tells Velvet that she is amazing, but come next Thursday, you will not stand between that title and Aminata. Aminata vows to win the title not just for herself, but for all the juicy people. And the people back home will see why she is the one, the only African Woman wrestler!
AEW announces the World Tag Team Championship Tournament Bracket!
We start with The Young Bucks VS Private Party, a revisit from the inaugural tag team tournament! Then, Ricky Starks & “Big Bill” Morrissey return in hopes of reclaiming these titles, taking on Top Flight’s Darius & Dante Martin. There are two wild card match-ups, as well! The first is Best Friends VS the Don Callis Family’s Will Hobbs & Kyle Fletcher, the other is The House of Black’s Brody King & Buddy Matthews VS The Infantry! The winner of Best Friends VS Hobbs & Fletcher will face The Undisputed Kingdom’s Matt Taven & Mike Bennett, while the winner of House of Black VS Infantry faces FTR! The wild card round is tomorrow night on Collision!
This will all culminate on Sunday, April 21st in St. Louis for AEW Dynasty! With so many top tier teams in this tournament, who will break the bracket and break through as the NEW AEW World Tag Team Champions?
Konosuke Takeshita w/ Don Callis VS Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes!
The Alpha may have lost to Will Ospreay at Revolution, but Don Callis says that the family is still strong. Will Konosuke prove it by taking down the AAA World Cruiserweight Champion? Or will the Commander of the Ropes shock the world with perhaps his biggest win in AEW yet?
The bell rings and and Konosuke rushes right up! Komander dodges, dodges again, but Konosuke still runs him over. Komander kips up, then kicks, but Konosuke blocks to headlock. Komander powers up but can’t power out as Konosuke holds on tight. Callis applauds but the fans rally for Komander. Komander fights up, throws body shots and powers out. Things speed up, Komander leaps but into a fireman’s carry! Konosuke SLAMS Komander down, runs, but Komander avoids the boot! Victory roll, KNEE DROP, and then LIONSAULT! Cover, ONE!! Konosuke is still in this but Jericho on commentary warns people to stop using his move.
Komander CLUBS Konosuke, KICKS him, CHOPS him, and forearms! Konosuke doesn’t budge! Konosuke winds up, Komander dodges to SOBAT! Komander runs, into a BOOT! The fans boo but Callis sings Konosuke’s praises. Konosuke runs up at Komander, and he fakes out the low bridge to SHOTGUN BOOT Komander down! Konosuke gets Komander back in, drags Komander back up, and ROCKS him to a corner. The fans rally, Konosuke stomps Komander but the ref counts. Konosuke digs his boot in, but he steps away at 4. Konosuke drags Komander up, whips corner to corner, but Komander goes up and up and leaps!
Konosuke gets under but Komander handsprings! Komander dodges Konosuke, waistlocks, but Konosuke switches, GERMAN SUPLEX and Komander lands on his stomach! Callis talks trash to Abrahantes while Rampage goes picture in picture.
Konosuke takes his time walking back over to Komander, and then drags him up. Konosuke snapmares Komander, pulls at the mask, but the ref reprimands! Konsouke shifts to a chinlock and he grinds Komander down into the mat. Komander endures, fights up, but Konosuke shifts to a dragon sleeper, before he CLUBS Komander down! Konosuke soaks up the heat by simply relaxing in a corner before going back for Komander. Konosuke drags Komander, reels him in, but Komander fights off the back suplex! Komander goes to run but Konosuke reels him back in, for the back suplex! But Komander lands out of it!
Komander shoves Konosuke to a corner, but runs into an ELBOW! Konosuke then goes up, BOOTS Komander and reels him in. Konosuke threatens to do what he did to Ospreay at Revolution! Konosuke drags Komander up but Komander throws hands! Konosuke HEADBUTTS Komander down! Konosuke then drags Komander back up, suplexes, but Komander makes it a SUPER STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Komander fires up as Rampage goes to break!
Rampage returns as Konosuke ends up outside the ring. Komander goes up the corner, tightrope walks, and ASAI MOONSAULTS! Direct hit and the fans fire up with Komander! The fans chant for “A E DUB!” as Komander puts Konosuke in. Springboard SPIKE-RANA! Cover, TWO!! Konosuke survives and goes to a corner. Komander runs corner to corner but Konosuke pops him up to TOSS him away! Konosuke aims, but Komander dodges the knee! Komander springboards to TORNILLO but into BLUE THUNDER!! Cover, TWO?!? Komander survives and shocks everyone! Konosuke snarls and the fans rally as he brings Komander up.
Komander fires shots but Konosuke DECKS Komander for it! Konosuke then hauls Komander up, but Komander SUNSET BOMBS!! Cover, TWO!! Callis almost got in the ring over that one! Komander hurries to a corner while Konosuke is down! Callis shouts for Konosuke to get up, “This is Awesome!” as Komander climbs! But Konosuke HEADBUTTS Komander down! Konosuke goes up, lifts Komander, but Komander slips free of the suplex to then 619 the legs out! Konosuke hits buckles, Komander springboards again, FLYING DESTROYER!!! The fans are losing their minds and so is Callis!
Komander goes up the corner again, tightrope walks, CIELITO LINDO onto knees!! Konosuke saves himself, then POP-UP POWERBOMBS! Then flip through to POWER DRIVE KNEE!! Konosuke’s not done, he deadlifts for a SPINNING FALCON ARROW!! Cover, Konosuke wins!
Winner: Konosuke Takeshita, by pinfall
The Alpha is not the Alpha because he is undefeated, but because he is undeterred! Konosuke rebounds after the loss to Ospreay, will Konosuke look to finally grab up some gold?
Serena Deeb speaks.
“After 15 months on the shelf, going through every test imaginable, to my spirit, to my body, to my mind, and proving to myself in the process what I knew before but reminding myself that I am absolutely undeniably unbreakable. When I walked back in this locker room, I watched the demeanor of every single woman change and then some, because they know the game just changed. I made my intensions very clear from the start: The Professor of Professional Wrestling, Serena Deeb is back! And I will become champion!” The Professor has her plan, the only questions left are when and where will she get her opportunity?
PROGRAMMING NOTE for Rampage next week!
With NCAA’s March Madness starting up, Rampage will NOT be on Friday night but on Wednesday, back-to-back with Dynamite on TBS! Three hours of AEW, will you be able to handle it?
BREAKING NEWS for Collision!
On top of the wild card round in the AEW Tag Team Championship Tournament beginning, we get another incredible dream match as Bryan Danielson takes on KATSUYORI SHIBATA! Will the Wrestler be able to slay the American Dragon? Plus, while The Infantry is in the tag tournament, Trish Adora goes for gold of her own as she takes on Julia Hart in a TBS Championship House Rules match! What stipulation will the AfroPunk come up with? Will it help her against the Princess of the Black Throne? Or will the House Always Win?
Mark Henry welcomes us back to Rampage.
“Action Andretti & Top Flight soar into the Undisputed Kingdom.” With the brackets now decided, this trios match means more than just getting a win. This main event is also a rivalry renewed from the epic battles over the ROH World Tag Team Championships. Will Roderick Strong help Matt Taven & Mike Bennett have momentum going into the tournament? Or will Action Andretti help Darius & Dante make this a Sight to See? It looks like there’s been enough talk. It’s TIME for the main event!
Six Man Tag: The Undisputed Kingdom VS Top Flight!
The trios sort out and Action starts against Roddy. Roddy kicks Action hard and low, then RAMS him into the Kingdom’s corner! Roddy stomps away, the fans boo but Roddy tags Bennett. Bennett stomps Action, digs his boots in, but lets off as the ref counts. Tag to Taven, and Taven gets his stomps in! The ref counts, Taven argues with him, but then Taven brings Action up to bump off buckles. Taven whips, Action reverses but Taven goes up and over. Action slides to a stop, hurdles Taven, but Taven DROPKICKS Action! Action gets away while Taven gloats, “IIIII’M Matt Taven!” Dante tags in, and he FLYING CANNONBALLS!
The fans fire up and Dante runs at the corner to forearm smash Taven! Dante whips corner to corner, Taven stops himself and rolls under to then GAMANGIRI! Taven back suplexes, Dante lands out to roll Taven up, TWO! Taven runs up, Dante drop toeholds him into buckles, then goes up and out to KICK Taven in! Dante stares The Kingdom down, then he slingshots in, but Taven FLAPJACKS him down! Tag to Bennett, The Kingdom double whip Dante to dropkick a leg out, and Taven drops an- NO, Dante avoids the ax handle to BUZZSAW Taven! Dante dodges Bennett to SUPERKICK him down! Taven kicks, Dante blocks and JUMP KNEES!
Tag to Darius and he runs up to clothesline Taven out of the ring! Bennet turns up, Darius TOSSES him out then sets up so Dante can POETRY IN MOTION Bennett off the apron! The fans fire up and Darius goes out to fetch Bennett. Darius pushes Bennett to a cover, ONE! Bennett toughs it out but Darius wrenches. Bennett kicks low, CHOPS, but Darius CHOPS back! The CHOPS go back and forth, faster and faster, and Darius gest the edge as he CHOPS, CHOPS and CHOPS! Darius runs, but Taven trips him up! Bennett ROLLING ELBOWS Darius, then tags in Roddy! Roddy CHOPS Darius right off his feet!
Roddy shouts, “Who do you think you are?!” Then he SLAPS Darius! And DECKS him with a forearm! Roddy fires more forearms but Darius hits back. Darius headlocks, Roddy powers out and leaps, but into an atomic drop! Darius DROPKICKS Roddy then tags Action! Action gets around Roddy, but Roddy fights the backslide! Roddy turns it around to backslide but Action flips through! Action knuckle locks, props Roddy up, then springs up to sunset flip! TWO! Roddy runs up, Action ducks ‘n’ dodges to tilt-o-whirl RANA! Roddy stands back up, into a wrench and BACKBREAKER to NECKBREAKER!
Action keeps moving, he RUNNING SHOOTING STARS! Cover, The Kingdom break it! They also BLAST Top Flight away! They double whip Action but he handsprings to DOUBLE BACK ELBOW! Roddy runs up, Action dodges, but Roddy ducks the roundhouse. The ENZIGIRI still hits! Darius joins in, he and Action secret handshake and then Dante joins in. They say it’s time to take flight! They build speed, and then Darius DIVES onto Bennett, Dante DIVES onto Roddy and Action FLIES onto Taven! The fans fire up for the hattrick and Rampage goes picture in picture.
Top Flight puts Roddy in, Action tags Darius and they snapmare Roddy for a KICK and basement dropkick! Cover, TWO! Darius brings Roddy up to CHOP, then CLUBS him to the corner. Darius fires forearms, then an UPPERCUT! Darius whips Roddy to ropes, but Roddy stops himself and BOOTS back! Tag to Bennett and he runs up, only for Darius to duck and CHOP! Bennett CHOPS, Darius CHOPS, repeat! The CHOPS go back and forth, then Darius headlocks. Bennett powers out the back, headlocks in return, but Darius powers out. Bennett goes up and over in the corner, then headlocks. Taven tags in as Darius powers out.
Taven hurdles over Darius and Bennett ROCKS Darius with a forearm! Taven then hits a BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Bennett BLASTS Action & Dante while Taven covers, TWO! Darius survives but Taven pushes him around. Taven stomps Darius, stands him up to CHOP in the corner, then CHOP again! Taven tags Roddy, they mug Darius, and Roddy brings Darius around. Roddy scoops Darius for a BACKBREAKER! Darius writhes, Roddy tags Bennett, and Bennett stomps Darius at ropes. Bennett ROCKS Darius, stomps him and CHOPS him, then ROCKS him again. Tag to Taven and he brings Darius around, only for Darius to throw body shots.
Taven knees low, whips Darius to ropes, but Darius reverses. Taven still catches Darius for a ROLLING NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Darius stay sin this but Taven keep shim down by anchoring a leg. Taven drags Darius back, tags Roddy, and Roddy drops an elbow on Darius’s back! Roddy taunts Dante, the ref has to keep Dante back, and this just allows the Kingdom to stomp away on Darius! Bennett tags in, snapmares Darius, and KNEES him in the back! And KNEES him again and again and again! Bennett pulls Darius with a chinlock, tags Taven, and The Kingdom mugs Darius again.
Taven tags Roddy but Darius fights back. Rampage returns to single picture as Roddy knees Darius low, feeds him to Taven’s coop, and Taven hits a BACKBREAKER! Then feed to Roddy for an atomic SLAM! Taven runs up the ropes to LIONSAULT FLOP! Jericho says he can’t believe someone else is using his move, but Roddy whips Darius to a corner. Darius TIGER WALL KICKS! The fans fire up as Darius crawls, as does Roddy! Hot tags to Bennett and Dante! The fans fire up as Dante dodges Bennett, ROCKS Taven, then fires off on Bennett! Dante whips, Bennett reverses but Dante ELBOWS Taven first.
Dante tosses Taven out, dodges Bennett and then goes up and around the corner! SUPERKICK for Taven, GAMANGIRI for Bennett! Dante springboards to CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up with Dante and he brings Bennett up. Bennett shoves Dante back but Dante BOOTS him! Dante then goes up and over and Darius GAMANGIRIS! SUPERKICK to COMPLETE SHOT! Tag to Action and he springboards for the 450 SPLASH! Cover, Taven storms up, but Action moves so the elbow drop hits Bennett! Taven feels a fool, Action CHOPS him! And CHOPS again! Action whips, Taven reverses but Action springboards, into a HEEL KICK!
Taven coordinates with Bennett, Bennett gets Action up and Taven climbs. But Action RAMS Bennett into Taven! Action then back drops Bennett but Bennett sunset flips! Action rolls through to jackknife bridge, TWO! Action BOOTS Bennett, Taven leaps, into a SUPERKICK! Roddy storms in, but into a SUPERKICK! The fans fire up as Darius helps Action get Bennett up. But Roddy STRONG KNEES Darius! And STRONG KNEES Action! Bennett & Taven reset, THY KINGDOM COME!! And then END OF HEARTACHE!! Cover, Undisputed Kingdom wins!
Winners: The Undisputed Kingdom, by pinfall
The AEW International Champion caps it off for himself and the ROH World Tag Team Championships! Will Taven & Bennett blaze a trail through the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament to add even more belts to the collection?
My Thoughts:
A great Rampage, great stuff going into the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament. Of course the EVPs treat themselves as the number one seed, but I also like that they’re taking on Private Party to start. The Bucks are surely winning that to avenge the huge upset from the early days of AEW. Hobbs & Fletcher for Don Callis Family is an interesting move but they’re going to have a great match with Best Friends. Cassidy & Trent VS Dark Order was a great match here tonight, and there’s a chance Cassidy & Trent make it to the quarterfinals but certainly not past The Bucks in the semifinals. And given how those brackets are made, it is very likely we get Bucks VS FTR at Dynasty.
Great tag team debut for Storm & Mariah, and I was oddly not expecting Thunder Rosa to be Deonna’s teammate. A great choice all the same, Rosa can use helping Deonna as a shortcut back to the top title. Great promos from Aminata and Deeb, especially with Aminata plugging the ROH Women’s Television Championship Tournament. Serena seems to be in a holding pattern, she’ll surely get a shot at one of the titles once we’re past Dynasty and the stories we’ve got like Storm VS Deonna and Julia VS Willow.
Awesome match from Konosuke VS Komander, and it was even funny Jericho finally got upset seeing other people use the Lionsault. Great win for Konosuke, he should also get in on a title scene but they’re all accounted for right now. And great Six Man Tag for the main event, but Undisputed Kingdom getting the win makes some sense. They’re gonna be waiting for a wild card in the next round, the “go-home math,” if that’s applicable so far out from their tournament match, indicates Kingdom will lose to Cassidy & Trent as a partial revenge on Roddy for taking the International title. Plus, Taven & Bennett have the ROH tag titles, they need to worry about defending those at Supercard of Honor or something.
My Score: 8.8/10
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