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Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (4/7/21)

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Let them fight on Dynamite!

The Inner Circle is back, Jurassic Express and Bear Country clash, and Darby Allin continues to be a FIGHTING AEW TNT Champion, all in one night!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Hangman Page VS Max Caster w/ Anthony Bowens; Hangman wins.
  • Jurassic Express VS Bear Country; Jurassic Express wins.
  • AEW TNT Championship: Darby Allin w/ Sting VS JD Drake w/ Ryan Nemeth & Cezar Bononi; Darby wins and retains the title.
  • The Bunny w/ The Hardy Family Office VS Tay Conti w/ The Dark Order; Conti wins.
  • Six Man Tag: Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers VS Jon Moxley & The Young Bucks; Omega & The Good Brothers win.

PLAY BY PLAY

The Inner Circle rolls into Daily’s Place!

Chris Jericho in a black Lamborghini, Jake Hager in a Chevy Silverado, Sammy Guevara in a Range Rover, Santana in a Dodge Ram, Ortiz in a Porsche, and motorcycle entourage escorting them in! Y2J, Big Hurt, the Spanish God and the Proud ‘n’ Powerful are returning to AEW in style! But with The Pinnacle somewhere in the building and Mike Tyson expected to return, who’s getting taken out first?!

 

Hangman Page VS Max Caster w/ Anthony Bowens!

Did the Anxious Millennial Cowboy hear Platinum’s new single on AEW Dark last night? Would it change what Hangman’s about to do to Max if it did? Or maybe Max’s improv rap right here will rile him up! “Hangman, you a changed man. Used to be a star, now you fadin’! Platinum, the flyest on the air, catch you slippin’ like Joe Biden on the stairs! So check the thug process. I’m dancin’ with the devil like I’m Lil’ Nas X! And you a one trick pony! Treat me like a breathalyzer and bl-” WHOA~! Bowens stops Caster there, that is a step too far. You can’t say that on TNT, Max! But either way, The Acclaimed have arrived! But then Hangman BOOTS Bowens to get him out of the ring!

Hangman fires off on Caster, the bell rings and Hangman rings Caster’s bell! He bumps Caster off buckles over and over, and over and over, then stops to stomp a mudhole! The ref counts, Hangman lets off, and Hangman walks it dry. Hangman drags Caster up, CHOPS him back to the corner, and then whips him to ropes. Hangman CLOBBERS Caster at the ropes, suplexes but Caster slips out! Caster shoves, Hangman dodges and scoops to FALL AWAY SLAM! Hangman kips up, fans fire up, and Hangman snap suplexes Caster after all! Cover, ONE!! Caster surprises Hangman but he keeps his cool as fans rally up.

Hangman CHOPS Caster to a corner, CHOPS him again, but Caster turns things around to fire off forearms! Hangman shoves Caster to BOOT him down! Hangman drags Caster up, wrenches, hits an elbow breaker then wrings Caster to stomp him down! Then he drops a BIG senton! Cover, TWO! Hangman smirks as Caster bails out and fans rally up. Bowens checks on Caster, Hangman heads over but Caster drags him out. Hangman counter punches then RAMS Caster into railing! Hangman puts Caster in, Bowens gets in Hangman’s face, but Hangman lets him be. Caster dropkicks Hangman as he enters! Caster stomps away at the ropes, catches his breath, then stomps him more!

Caster CLUBS Hangman, whips but Hangman reverses to send Caster out of the ring! Hangman runs to TRIANGLE LARIAT Caster down! And then PLANCHAS! Direct hit and down goes Caster! Hangman drags Caster up, the ref counts but Hangman CHOPS Caster! Hangman refreshes the count, whips Caster but Caster reverses to send Hangman into railing! Caster runs in but is sent onto the railing! Caster’s gonna be rapping in a higher octave! Hangman then climbs the other railing to leap and LARIAT Caster down! Bowens gets in Hangman’s face again, but Hangman shrugs him off. Hangman gets Bowens’ boombox, tosses it aside, and puts Caster in the ring.

Hangman drags Caster to the corner but Bowens threatens him with the boombox! Caster YANKS Hangman into the post! The ref is busy with Caster and Bowens RAMS Hangman into railing! Bowens puts Hangman in, Caster WRINGS him out, and then Caster throws the arm into the mat. Caster drops knees on the arm, covers, TWO! Fans rally and jeer Caster, and Hangman CHOPS! Caster CLUBS the bad arm, drags Hangman down and has a hammerlock crossface! Fans rally as Hangman endures, and Hangman fights up to arm-drag free! Caster returns but Hangman DECKS him! And again! Hangman dodges to SPINEBUSTER Caster down!

Fans fire up as Caster goes to a corner. Hangman goes corner to corner to clothesline! Hangman keeps going, Caster blocks the suplex and elbows Hangman. Caster blocks the boot, too, spins Hangman but Hangman catches Caster for the EXPLODER! Cover, TWO! Both men are down but fans fire up as Caster goes to the apron. Hangman shakes the bad arm out, goes to the apron, drags Caster up, and Alabama lifts! Caster fights for his life, gets free and BOOTS! Hangman forearms, Caster forearms back and they brawl on the edge! Caster CLUBS the bad arm, but runs into an APRON BACK SUPLEX! Fans fire up, Hangman dumps Caster down, and he goes to the apron.

Hangman climbs a corner, but Bowens is there to distract him! Caster gets in to LEAP up, steady himself, and still SUPERPLEX Hangman down! Then he gets the arm, SHANKLY GATES! Hangman endures, crawls his way forward, but Caster sits deep on the hold! Hangman gets the ropebreak with a finger! The ref counts, Caster holds on until 4! Fans rally for Hangman but Caster climbs up top. SPRINBOARD, into a LARIAT! The fans fire up, Hangman Alabama lifts, for- No! Bowens slides the boombox in! The ref obviously sees that, and Hangman picks the boombox up. The ref confiscates it, but Bowens gets Caster his chain!

Caster wraps his fist, Hangman storms over, PLATINUM PUNCH!! Cover, TWO?!?! Caster is shocked but the fans are thunderous! Caster hurries up top, takes aim, MIC DROP FLOPS! Hangman dodges and gets to the apron! Caster staggers up, Hangman slingshots to- No, Bowens anchors him! Hangman mule kicks Bowens, BOOTS Caster, and then ASAI MOONSAULTS Bowens down! Hangman reloads and aims again, BUCKSHOT! Cover, Hangman wins!

Winner: Hangman Page, by pinfall

The Cowboy secures that number one spot in the rankings! And of course, he toasts with some nearby fellow wrestlers! Will Hangman be saying cheers to a championship opportunity soon enough?

 

Tony Schiavone is in the ring.

AEW has great tag teams all around, but here is one of the great teams and the #1 contenders to the AEW World Tag Team Championships, DEATH TRIANGLE! PAC and Rey Fenix won the opportunity in the AEW Revolution Tag Team Battle Royal, but they and Penta El Zero Miedo all stand together with Schiavone. Their shot at the titles are coming, next week on Dynamite! They finally get their shots, but wait! The Best Friends show up? Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor and #JustTrent, with the honorary Best Friend, Kris Statlander, walk out on stage, and Cassidy gets the mic! “Y’know… It’s really nice to see all three of you together in the ring again.”

Footage plays, and it turns out to be a highlight reel of the history between these two trios! Revolution 2020 was when Death Triangle brutalized Cassidy after PAC beat him in a 1v1 match. Then on Dynamite from 5/13/2020 was when Fenix Ryder Kicks Cassidy down just because he could! Chuck says that it may have been awhile, but they still remember! Fenix laughs! These guys are crazy! Penta says it’s crazy how they’ve hold onto those moments! Pac says everyone should relax, because he understands why the Best Friend  are here. They see the writing on the wall, and want a shot at the NEW AEW World Tag Team Champions already! Well they’ve got a lot of work to do because they are FAR from worthy! So jog on and get out of here!

Oh, well, alright. Trent says he was hurt, and now Best Friends are back of the line. They’ll work their way back up, because that’s not a problem when you’re the team with more wins than anyone in this company! But anyway, Pac and Triangle can calm down. The Best Friends are just here to give them a heads up. “The boys are back in town!” Oh, and their new alien friend. Fans fire up as the four put hands in, will the reunited Best Friends be out of this world?

 

Mike Tyson talks with Coach Urban Meyer.

Is Iron Mike giving or getting pointers on how to handle business?

 

The Inner Circle heads to the ring!

Fans again get to sing Judas for Jericho as he and the boys return officially, even though we saw them get payback on The Pinnacle last week. Jericho gets the mic first, and he says Jacksonville sounds great tonight! The Inner Circle has a lot to say after the break! Y2J knows his TV, and AEW does go to commercial!

AEW returns, fans chant for Inner Circle and Jericho says they ARE the Inner Circle, and they are Back in Black, baby! “And it was only one short month ago that we were in this ring and given the beatdown of a lifetime by the Pineapple.” Sammy whispers a correction to Jericho, The Pinnacle. And that beatdown taught them a lot. It gave them hospital stays, it gave them stitches, but it gave them a wake-up call. It revealed to them that they’d made a lot of bad decisions over the last six months, that hurt and insulted a lot of people. For that, Jericho apologizes to those people and to the fans.

But all those decisions were on MJF, aka “My Jerkoff Friend.” And My Jerkoff Friend says he outsmarted the Inner Circle, mostly because he’s smarter than Jericho. And that’s true, Jericho isn’t the smartest in a few areas. High school chemistry, terrible. His teacher even asked after a second failed test, “Are you on dope?” An exact quote! Jericho wasn’t, he just wasn’t good in Chemistry. But who is? What Jericho is smart in is pro-wrestling! That is why he brought My Jerkoff Friend into the Inner circle. Not to take him under his wing, but to keep him under his thumb.

Jericho knows how dangerous My Jerkoff Friend is and how talented he is, and how much personality and potential he has. Jericho wanted to use him for all of that, and suck the life out of him into the Inner Circle. They had it all perfectly planned, and knew that MJF would eventually show his true colors. They were ready to kick MJF’s ass, but they didn’t think he’d be a step ahead. They got outsmarted by a man who can do everything except for put on a spray tan. Last week, MJF was oranger than Cassidy and had more streaks than that toilet bowl Jericho shoved his face into! Jericho can’t wait to swirly him again! Fans chant “Swirly! Swirly!”

MJF is only 25 years old! When Jericho was 25, he was still having wet dreams! But MJF at 25 is at the pinnacle of pro-wrestling. See what he did there? But here’s the thing! MJF, you consider yourself a fine wine, that he’ll get better with age. But he doesn’t want to wait for the aging, he wants it all now! He wants to be better than The GOAT, Chris Jericho, now. Those are big, big shoes to fill, MJF. You gotta go smaller, take baby steps. Be better than Peter Avalon, or Michael Nakazawa, or “that stupid Burberry scarf you’ve been wearing for a few years. It’s tired, it’s old, it’s stale, and it sucks!” Time to change it up, MJF! Plus, Jericho was rocking the scarf look a few years ago, so if you’re better than Jericho, why is he stealing Jericho’s shit?

But Jericho has an old clipboard in the back if MJF wants to add it to the list of things he’s stolen from Jericho! Y’see, MJF isn’t as good as he thinks he is, and he believes his own hype. Jericho sees MJF listening to the critics and the fans online. MJF would bee-line after every match or promo he’s ever had just to check what people thought! That’s called “Being a mark.” But Jericho makes it “being a Max,” because Max is a mark for himself! The true issue is that MJF knows he will never, ever be better than Jericho. He will never be better than Jericho, and you know it. That’s because Jericho is a true fine wine that has aged and fermented and soured.

Speaking of sour, just look at the men My Jerkoff Friend has aligned with! Tully Blanchard! He’s the greatest mind in pro-wrestling history? Really? No, he’s the third-string member of the Four Horsemen, stuck between Ole Anderson and Paul Roma. Then there’s FTR! They would be one of the best tag teams in the world today, but they’re completely interchangeable! Which one is which? It’s like the AEW version of The Jonas Brothers, where you know they’re good, you know they make money, but you don’t know any of their names! Is that Dax? Cash? Ax? Smash? Axel? Slash? “I DON’T KNOW!!”

And then of course, there’s Shawn Spears. Such a great upside, so they say, but Jericho’s never seen it. All Jericho has is the number on his phone from when Spears called him after getting fired from “The Fed” 10 years ago, asking for advice. Spears aligning himself with My Jerkoff Friend is about as good a move as rocking the blonde mohawk in 2021. And then there’s Wardlow! Of of course! A million dollar body with a 13 cent brain, and guess what? He’s so dumb, he has to strip naked to count to 21! Think about it, Jericho’s seen him do it. But compared to the Inner Circle, the NEW Inner Circle that will dominate AEW once more but with the fans all behind them, The Pinnacle is good, can beat the crap out of them, but who cares?! The Inner Circle loves to fight!

The bottom line is, the Inner Circle will shove the faces of The Pinnacle up each other’s asses and form a human centipede, with MJF in the back! “You want blood? You want violence? You got it!!” They’ve been waiting for a match since March 25th of last year! Why play grab ass anymore? You want blood and violence? You get it! May 5th, right here at Daily’s Place, for the first time ever, Pinnacle VS Inner Circle, BLOOD AND GUTS!! The Inner Circle is back in black, and now that they’re back, they will kick the ever living shit out of the Pinnacle! “The worst is yet to come, God help you for it!!” FINALLY, the match the world has wanted to see! Will MJF’s future be nothing but suffering for what he has done?

 

Backstage interview with Christian Cage.

Dasha congratulates Captain Charisma on his victorious AEW in-ring debut. So then, how is he feeling? And what’s next? Christian says last week “was the culmination of an entire year of me scratching, clawing, and grinding in complete solitude for that very moment of stepping through those ropes, kneeling down, kissing that canvas, and taking back what was taken from me seven years ago.” Now he can’t talk about last week without talking about his opponent, Frankie Kazarian. Kaz took him to the deep waters, and pushed him so far down. Christian’s lungs were on fire, and he loved every single second of it!

Fans were in awe of Kaz’s performance, but not Christian, because Christian has always known what Kaz is about. Kaz knows that Christian isn’t like everyone else. When you step into the ring with Christian, you have to bring it up another level. Christian makes others level up! But then Taz interrupts and says for those who don’t know, these two have known each other for a long time. That all said, seven years is a long time. Taz has a team that can help Christian get where he wants to be, so Taz will just get right to his offer: Christian can join Team Taz! They can all help each other, and a guy with Christian’s wealth of knowledge would be a great help.

And before Christian can say too much first, Taz won’t put him on the spot. Christian can sleep on it. Will Captain Charisma choose to join the Path of Rage?

 

Jurassic Express VS Bear Country!

Two forces of nature will collide, but #OneWillFall. Godzilla VS Kong is in theaters, but here is a pretty good teaser right here! Will Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus represent for the reptiles? Or will the burly Boulder & Bronson bring the heat on behalf of warm-blooded beasts everywhere?

The teams sort out, Luchasaurus steps up to Boulder and fans fire up already! Bronson and JB walk over, and Bronson shoves JB right down! Luchasaurus choke grips Bronson, but Boulder shoves Luchasaurus to the corner! JB returns to SHOTGUN dropkick Bronson, then dodges Boulder to set him up for Luchasaurus’ BOOT! Another SHOTGUN, another BOOT and the Bears are out of the ring! JB builds speed to DIVE into Bronson! JB keeps going, and DIVES again! JB keeps it up, and he FLIES, but into the arms of Bear Country! But JB wriggles free as Luchasaurus FLIES in and bowls Bear Country over!

Fans fire up as JB and Luchasaurus regroup. They get Boulder in, Luchasaurus drags Boulder up but Boulder RAMS him into the corner! Bronson tags in, Boulder whips him in and Bronson SPLASHES Luchasaurus in the corner! Bronson fires off hands, Luchasaurus shoves back but Bronson ROCKS him! Tag to Boulder and now Bronson whips Boulder in, but into a boot then KNEE! Bronson runs in, Luchasaurus goes up and over, then handsprings to dodge Boulder! Hot tag to JB! Luchasaurus elbows Bronson, JB leaps but Boulder catches the rana! Luchasaurus is up top, and LEAPS, but he just bounces off Boulder! Boulder keeps JB up to BOMB him!

AEW goes picture in picture as Boulder grits his teeth as he paces around JB and fans rally up. Boulder brings JB up, scoops him and SLAMS him! Boulder makes sure his arms are working, and Luchasaurus seems to be alright after that crash landing. Tag to Bronson, the bears mug JB, and Bronson drags JB up to DECK him! JB gets to a corner, Bronson storms over but JB kicks back from below. Bronson blocks a kick to rain down furious fists! Bronson lets off as the ref counts, and he drags JB up. JB SLAPS Bronson, CHOPS him, but Bronson HEADBUTTS JB down! Cover, TWO! Bronson grows frustrated but he stalks JB and keeps him from Luchasaurus.

Bronson whips JB to CLOBBER him! Tag to Boulder, Bronson stands on JB and then Boulder steps on him! Boulder drags JB up, scoops him, and hits a BACKBREAKER! JB writhes but he still reaches for Luchasaurus. Boulder stands on JB’s head, lets off as the ref counts, then drops a big elbow on the back! Boulder drags JB up, puts him in a corner and whips him corner to corner to then back drop on the rebound! AEW returns to single picture as Boulder drags JB up and tags Bronson in. Bear Country mugs JB, then Bronson whips JB into the corner. JB BOOTS back, fights out and slides under but Boulder tags in!

Bronson keeps JB from Luchasaurus, Bear Country double suplexes, but JB lands on his feet! JB dodges and hot tags Luchasaurus! Luchasaurus rallies with big shoulders, BOOTS Boulder then BOOTS him in the corner! Luchasaurus adds Bronson to the pile to fire off hands! GERMAN SUPLEX for Bronson, then Luchasaurus ducks the running knee to kip up and TAIL WHIP! LARIAT! Fans fire up with Luchasaurus and he waits for Boulder to get up. Boulder turns around into a choke grip! Bronson storms over, into a choke grip! The bears break free but Luchasaurus boots through their double clothesline! ROUNDHOUSE to HEEL KICK!

Luchasaurus runs but is put on the apron. He HEADBUTTS Boulder, climbs up, but Boulder trips him up! Boulder climbs up, but Luchasaurus choke grips! Boulder fights it off! But Luchasaurus still gets the grip! Boulder HEADBUTTS Luchasaurus! Boulder gets a SUPERPLEX! Both men are down but the fans are fired up! Boulder covers, but JB FROG SPLASHES it apart! Bronson drags JB up to throw him out but JB shoulders back in! JB slingshots and spins around to DDT! JB baits Boulder into Luchasaurus’ EXTINCTION LEVEL EVENT! Cover, but Bronson scoops JB for a MICHINOKU DRIVER onto the pin! All four are down and the fans fire up again!

The teams regroup as fans chant “This is Awesome!” Bronson and Boulder combine, head for Luchasaurus, CANNON BEAR!! They drag Luchasaurus to a cover, TWO!! Luchasaurus survives and Boulder can’t believe it! Boulder is frustrated, but he tags Bronson in, and they decide to combine again! Boulder has Bronson on the Electric Chair, but Luchasaurus sits up! JB returns and he dropkicks Boulder’s legs out! Bronson drops into the TAIL WHIP!! Boulder BOOTS Luchasaurus, grabs JB and whips, but JB LARIATS on the return! Luchasaurus pushes Boulder out! Bronson staggers into a choke grip, and the CHOKE SLAM! MESOZOIC MOONSAULT! Cover, Jurassic Express wins!

Winners: Jurassic Express, by pinfall

Who needs Godzilla VS Kong? This was a true clash of alpha titans! Will Jurassic Express now pull into the top spot right behind Death Triangle?

 

AEW hears from QT Marshall.

In reference to Cody Rhodes, “Your mantra should be, ‘Do the work for me.‘ Whether it’s creating this incredible training facility, or carrying your broken down brother through whatever career he had left, ever since the beginning of our ‘friendship,’ all I’ve ever done is do work for you.” QT is sick of the narrative Cody is creating about how he was going out of his way to help QT, but leaving QT dead in the water before he ever got started. Cody wants to doubt QT Marshall’s credentials? Let’s talk about those credentials for a minute. Cody was second fiddle to Ted (DeBiase) Jr, then went hiding behind face paint because even as “Dusty’s kid,” he knew he’d never amount to shit.

But Cody “figured it out” at some point. He got on the indies, surrounded himself with “vanilla midgets,” and felt like the star he knew he’d never be. But QT has surrounded himself with men. Hungry, sick and tired of waiting in the shadows, and that can trust QT and QT can trust back. Because unlike “Bargain Brand Sting,” QT isn’t worried about other people’s success. Aaron Solow, “who will never be known as ‘just somebody’s boyfriend.'” Nick Comoroto, who isn’t just some “body guy.” And Anthony Ogogo, who is a household name in the UK! A mainstream fighter and star! The British follow his career and cheer every punch. Ogogo does Subway commercials for business and knocks people out for fun!

But this ain’t Great Britain, this is “Shitty” America! So all you Yanks are gonna learn soon enough who Ogogo is. QT tells Cody that this is HIS goddamn factory now! Comoroto splashes the Nightmare Factory logo on the wall with blue paint, and this fearsome foursome has left its mark! Will others join them? Or will they simply know not to side with The Prince of Pro-Wrestling?

 

AEW returns with Schiavone on stage.

This never gets old for Tony. Once again on Dynamite, “It’s STIIIIIIIING~!” The snow, the crow and the Icon! A lot to unpack with the TNT Championship coming up, but Jake the Snake interrupts. “This is not the way we do it. You remember! How can you forget? It’s only been what? Seven days?” They start, Snake and Archer interrupt, Sting does nothing and keeps his mouth shut, or maybe just shuts his hole. Where’s his little gerbil friend, by the way? Yes, he’s a gerbil. But they say insanity is doing the same thing over and expecting a different result, and Snake is a crazy son of a bitch so he should know!

But Archer interrupts now and says this is enough. If that’s insanity, then Snake isn’t the only crazy one, Archer’s “one sick son of a bitch!” And Archer is sick and tired of the AEW agenda! Bring Archer in, bring him to the top, but then send him away. He fights Moxley, then goes away. He works main event after main event, then he goes away. He’s done with that! The world will pay attention to the Murderhawk Monster, and Sting will pay attention closely. This is Archer’s time! Archer should be getting the interviews! Sting doesn’t need to talk because this is Archer’s time! But then Sting snatches the mic away!

“Now it’s MY time!” Then say something! He’d say something if Archer would be slow to speak and quick to listening. Zip up and understand that Sting AGREES! Archer is a main event guy, but then he disappears, and Sting doesn’t understand it, either! Snake, what’s wrong with you? What’s that dumbfounded face for? Tell Archer how to do it! Or maybe just shut your hole now. Sting says Archer IS main event material, he has “it,” but Snake needs to actually help him! Help Archer channel this in the right direction and then he will be in that ring on TNT in a main event, maybe even for the world title, without disappearances. Just make it happen! Make it showtime! If you’ve got it in you, go do it!

Sting storms off, but All Ego, Ethan Page, and the Face of the Revolution, Scorpio Sky, are watching from the bleachers. They don’t seem to see it Sting’s way, but what is Archer’s response? Archer storms off, too, with Snake following. With Ethan and Scorpio have their own input on this?

 

Team Taz speaks.

But before Taz himself can say anything, Ricky Starks speaks up and wants to start by saying AEW Dark was great! They got the win thank to Brian Cage! And as the winner, let’s hear from Cage! Taz speaks up and says no, not this time. Starks instigated, he isn’t going to get away with it this week. Will Hobbs wants to say something but Taz already knows what he’ll say. Everyone just needs to chill out, get on the same page. Starks, stop instigating. But they’ve got to be real smart, because they’ve got an offer to a real blue chipper in Christian Cage. That could happen! Starks says absolutely. But will they be able to handle having two Cages on the same team? Or will they end up with no Cages in no time?

 

AEW TNT Championship: Darby Allin w/ Sting VS JD Drake w/ Ryan Nemeth & Cezar Bononi!

The Relentless wants to be a fighting champion, and another rising star answered the call! Will the Blue Collar Badass prove that even a rugged mug like his can be the Face of the Network? Or will the Icon prove to be a superior wingman to the Hollywood Hunk and the Beautiful Brazilian Beefcake?

The introductions are made, the title is raised, and the fighting champion is in for a fight!

Darby and JD stare down as fans fire up and rally. They circle, tie up, and JD puts Darby in a corner. The ref counts, Darby ducks a chop and then ducks again. Darby headlocks, JB powers up to throw him to a corner. Darby boots the chop away, shoves JD but JD goes up and over to CHOP him! Darby bails out, fans fire up, and a ring count begins. JD dares Darby to get back in and Darby is on the apron. Darby pie faces JD then dares him to bring it to the outside. JD takes the bait, Darby gets in then WRECKS JD with a dropkick! Darby runs to DIVE and ram JD into railing! Darby gets up top, Nemeth distracts everyone, and Darby leaps, but JD bounces him off his shoulder!

Nemeth laughs at Darby while JD drags him up, but Sting is there to scare Nemeth away! JD puts Darby in to drop a  BIG back senton! Sting keeps backing Nemeth all they way to the timekeeper’s table and further away! JD ROCKS Darby, Nemeth keeps running, and JD CHOPS away on Darby! Bononi is still in JD’s corner as JD drops knees then covers, ONE!! Darby sputters but JD brings him up. Darby throws body shots but JD scoops and SLAMS to then drop a headbutt! Cover, TWO!, and AEW goes picture in picture.

JD stalks Darby, drags him up, chokes him on the ropes, but lets off as the ref counts. JD waits for Darby to get up, then brings him around to ROCK him with a right! Darby ends up in a corner, JD CHOPS him, then lets him feel it for a moment. Darby gets up, SLAPS JD, but JD SLAPS Darby back! JD whips Darby, LARIATS him inside out, then covers, TWO! Darby survives but JD wraps on a chinlock! JD grinds Darby down into the mat, but Darby fights his way up. Darby throws body shots, but JD back suplexes high and hard! JD drags Darby up the corner with him, but Darby SLAPS JD! And back hands and SLAPS and SLAPS and SLAPS!

Darby climbs up, fires off more SLAPS, then haymakers! JD shoves Darby away and hits a FLYING LEG LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Darby survives, JD grows frustrated, but JD steps on Darby as he goes to the corner. AEW returns to single picture as Darby bails out. JD pursues, stalks Darby, and he brings Darby around but Darby throws body shots! Darby throws a forearm but JD tosses him into ropes to CLOBBER him! JD shouts, “Tonight’s MY night!” Darby crawls, Bononi cheers JD on, and JD refreshes the ring count to then aim at Darby near the railings. JD runs in and CANNONBALLS but only into railing as Darby dodges!

Darby gets to the ring, gets up the corner, and he LEAPS onto both Bononi and JD! Darby gets back in the ring as fans are fired up for “A E DUB!” The ring count is 5 of 10 but JD gets in! Darby clubs away on JD with furious fists, then goes up the corner. JD trips Darby up! JD gets Darby in the Tree of Woe to KICK, CLUB and then sit him up by his chin. Darby SLAPS JD, but JD sits Darby up to CHOP him on the back! Darby is back in the Tree of Woe, JD runs and CANNONBALLS Darby down! JD goes up top fast, VADER BOMB! Cover, TWO!! Darby survives and JD is shocked! Fans fire up, JD drags Darby back to the drop zone and goes back up top. MOONSAULT FLOPS!

Darby is in the corner, he climbs back up but JD ROCKS him first! JD climbs up now, but Darby SLAPS him! JD SLAPS, it’s a SLAP fight up top! But then Darby grabs a hand to BITE it, and hits a SUPER CODE RED!! JD is in a drop zone, Darby goes up top, COFFIN DROP!! Cover, Darby wins!

Winner: Darby Allin, by pinfall (still AEW TNT Champion)

The Relentless is still champion, still Face of the Network, and still on a hot win streak! But then THE BUTCHER clobbers Darby! The Hardy Family Office is here and they mug Darby on behalf of Hardy himself! Bunny Allie says commentary needs to get their stuff off the table because they’re going to use it! But then Sting and the Dark Order are here to run HFO off! Bunny is furious, but she’s gotta face Tay Conti in the ring now! Is she reconsidering given the HFO ran off? Too late! Tay tackles her on the stage and rains down fury! The refs hurry to break this up because this needs to happen in the ring! Will Tay tear into Bunny on behalf of Darby and the Dark Order?

 

AEW returns with a backstage interview with Chris Jericho.

Marvez brings up the huge news that Blood & Guts is happening on May 5th! Jericho tells Alex Marvez he’s more handsome than usual. What’s he doing that’s new? But then MJF blindsides Jericho, and the Pinnacle join in! FTR, Shawn Spears, and Wardlow shove Jericho towards gorilla and then the stage! Where is the Inner Circle!? MJF chokes Jericho with his scarf! FTR gets Jericho up for the MIND BREAKER!! Marvez signals to cameras, and the Inner Circle door has been bolted shut! The Inner Circle literally bust through the door to get free! But the Pinnacle keeps mugging Jericho and they get a table!

Spears brings the table to the apron, Wardlow reels Jericho in, but here comes IRON MIKE TYSON!! Tyson and Jericho may not be friends, but Tyson isn’t going to let a group of thugs brutalize Jericho! Thyson fires off on Spears! He rains down fury like in his prime! FTR saves Spears, the Inner Circle rushes to even things up!! The Pinnacle goes running now, and fans are fired up for Tyson standing with the Inner Circle! Is the Baddest Man on the Planet really on Jericho’s side? They shake hands! Jericho and Tyson let bygones be bygones, and Tyson says “up yours” to MJF! Will Iron Mike help the Inner Circle get ready for Blood & Guts?

 

Schiavone interviews Britt Baker (and Rebel) backstage.

The Doctor has a special announcement, and a small request for Tony Khan. “Tony, give the people what they want already!” A championship match for The Doctor! But she’s ranked fourth, there are others ahead of her. Yeah, let’s talk about those rankings. The win-loss system is UTTER CRAP! Championship opportunities should be based on star power, merchandise sales, and the demographic scores, which Britt is at the top of the food chain. It’s not her fault she had to waste a year putting respect on the women’s division and make history. But like a true Role Model, she will fix the broken system, climb up the rankings, and pretend like it actually matters.

So make sure to tune into Dynamite, Dark and Elevation where you will see The Doctor getting those wins up. Signed yours truly, Britt Baker DMD. Will Britt “expose” the AEW system for what it is?

 

The Bunny w/ The Hardy Family Office VS Tay Conti w/ The Dark Order!

Things may have calmed down from that brawl earlier, but there’s madness just below the surface when it comes to Allie the Bunny. But to counter the HFO being ringside, the Brazilian Blackbelt has not only the Dark Order’s Preston Vance, Evil Uno, Stu Grayson and Negative One, but she has Hikaru Shida with her! Will the Numbers game be in Tay’s favor?

The bell rings and these two fire off forearms! Tay gets the edge, Bunny kicks low and clubs away, then CLAWS Tay on the back! Bunny bumps Tay off buckles, Tay wobbles but Bunny bumps her off more buckles! Fans rally for Tay as Bunny digs her boots in! The ref counts, Bunny lets off and the HFO talk trash. Bunny brings Tay up and talks trash but Tay blocks the kick! Tay clinches for an EXPLODER! Bunny flounders, Tay fires up and runs in to BOOT Bunny down! Then she boot WASHES! Bunny flops out of the ring, Tay goes to the apron and aims. Bunny dodges one kick, blocks the next and trips Tay into the apron! Bunny seethes, but then laughs as she brings Tay around to snap suplex to the floor!

Bunny sees Tay floundering to railing, and run sin to SHOTGUN her into the railing! Tay flops down, the HFO is fired up and Bunny drags Tay up as AEW goes picture in picture.

Bunny bumps Tay off the apron, brings her back around and puts her into the ring. Bunny takes a moment to laugh like a hyena, and then she stomps Tay down. Bunny drags Tay up, talks trash and throws big knees into her! Bunny runs and knee lifts Tay down! Cover, TWO! Bunny gets frustrated already but she drags Tay up. Tay fires back with forearms and then reels Bunny into a cradle! TWO, and Bunny CLOBBERS Tay! Cover, TWO! Bunny is angry again but Tay reaches out for her friends. Bunny drags Tay around, looms over her, and brings her into the cobra camel clutch! Tay endures, Bunny thrashes her around, and AEW goes to break.

AEW returns as Tay throws Bunny around with drop sayanagis! Tay then gets Bunny up for the swinging BACKBREAKER! Bunny crawls to a corner, Tay runs in but the knee hits buckles! Tay hobbles into a SUPERKICK! Cover, TWO!! Shida and the Dark Order cheer Tay on but Bunny slaps some fire into herself. Bunny drags Tay up, brings her around, dragon sleepers but Tay fights free! Tay fires off forearms, Hardy gets on the apron and stands in Tay’s way! But Tay dodges Bunny, Bunny avoids running into Hardy, and Tay gets her for a Gory Especial, to the TAY K O!! Cover, TWO!?! Bunny survives and shocks everyone, especially Tay!

Bunny crawls to the apron, Tay drags her back up, but Bunny hotshots her! Tay staggers away onto ropes, Bunny sucker punches Shida! Bunny gets Shida’s kendo stick but all hell breaks loose between Dark Order and HFO! The ref is busy with that, just as Bunny wanted, and she SMACKS Tay with the kendo stick! Is Allie a bunny or a weasel!? Bunny then climbs up, but Shida snatches the stick away! Tay ROCKS Bunny, climbs up to get her, and hits a SUPERPLEX! Roll through, hammerlock, DD-TAY!! Cover, Tay wins!!

Winner: Tay Conti, by pinfall

The champion helps her #1 contender, because it’s more about respect than anything! Will these friendly rivals become friendly opponents soon enough?

 

AEW sets up next week’s big episode of Dynamite!

After calling Darby out on Elevation and Dark, then being part of the attack on him tonight, Matt Hardy gets his shot at the TNT Championship, in a Falls Count Anywhere match! Will Big Money Matt strike gold in Daily’s Place? Then, as we learned earlier tonight, the Young Bucks will defend the AEW Tag Team Championships against Death Triangle’s PAC & Rey Fenix! The Bastard & Firebird were put on notice by Best Friends, but will the titles be part of the mix? And now that he is firmly part of QT’s cell, Anthony Ogogo finally has his AEW in-ring debut! Is Ogogo gonna knock out whoever is put in his path?

And speaking of “finally,” Red Velvet and Jade Cargill go 1v1 so settle the score! Jade won in the mixed tag, but will she pull off sweet victory all on her own? Or will Velvet get her sweet revenge? In fact…

Red Velvet speaks.

“Jade, I finally figured out what your deal is with me. Why you keep looking for me.” It’s because Jade knows that on the night she beat Velvet on national television, Jade knew then and there that she barely got the job done! Jade calls herself #ThatBitch? Then be #ThatBitchWhoGetsTheJobDone!

 

ONE MORE big match has been made for next week!

After the news of Blood & Guts finally happening, and after Mike Tyson stood alongside the Inner Circle, there’s a huge sampler to whet our appetites! Mike Tyson will be special guest enforcer as Chris Jericho with just Sammy Guevara ringside takes on Dax Hardwood with just Cash Wheeler by his side! That’s right, the rest of the Inner Circle and Pinnacle will be BANNED from ringside during this match to keep this as far as possible! Will Jericho and Tyson rewrite the mistakes of the past together?

 

Six Man Tag: Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers VS Jon Moxley & The Young Bucks!

Did anyone ever imagine the Elite ending up like this? Will there be any going back from this? Or have the bonds between the Best Bout Machine and the Jackson brothers been severed forever?

The trios sort out, Karl Anderson starts with Matt and the fans rally on the Bucks’ side. Callis mocks Matt with how he slapped him and Matt did nothing about it. Matt storms over, Callis backs off, and Omega suddenly wants in. Anderson tags Omega, Omega tries to talk with Matt about this, and Callis scurries to commentary. Omega and Matt tie up, go around, and Omega pulls hair to put Matt on ropes. Matt turns it around, the ref counts, Matt lets off but Omega pie faces. Matt shoves, Omega shoves, things get tense and Matt backs away to tag in Nick. Nick and Omega circle now, and Nick tries to point out this is Callis’ fault.

Omega and Nick tie up, Nick wrenches, Omega wrenches back, but Nick rolls and handsprings to WRING him out! Omega boots Nick away, gets up to headlock but Nick powers out. Omega gets the headlock again, Nick powers out again, but Omega runs him over! Nick gets up and Omega double guns at him. They tie up again, Nick headlocks but Omega powers out. Nick handsprings over, then RANAS Omega out of the ring! Omega paces, gets back in and tags Anderson. The Machine Gun is upset with Nick for teaming with Moxley, then he shoves Nick, but Nick kicks low. Nick whips, Anderson reverses but Nick dodges and springboards to arm-drag then dropkick!

Nick dropkicks Omega as he gets in, but Gallows gets Nick with a choke grip! Nick breaks free, Matt gets in, the Bucks double dropkick Gallows, then Moxley clotheslines Gallows out! Moxley builds speed, TOPE AND DOUBLE PLANCHAS! Fans are thunderous as Moxley and the Bucks regroup and AEW goes picture in picture!

Moxley and the Bucks stand down, Nick fetches Anderson into the ring, and Nick wrenches then tags Matt. Matt goes up to drop ax handles on Anderson’s arm. Matt wrenches the arm again and again and then tags in Moxley. Moxley climbs up to drop an ax handle on the arm. Moxley drags Anderson up to wrench, snapmare and PENALTY KICK! Moxley drags Anderson up, tags Matt in and they mug Anderson. Matt wrenches, Anderson powers Matt to the corner, and he throws hands! Tag to Gallows, the Good Brothers mug Matt, then Gallows ROCKS Matt with uppercuts and haymakers, over and over and over! Gallows backs off to throw ’em up, then drags Matt up for a HEADBUTT!

Omega tags in, he and Gallows hand off the wristlock, and Omega wrenches Matt to CLUB the arm! Omega drags Matt to CLUB the arm again, then wraps the arm around ropes to pull! The ref counts, Omega lets off, and bumps Matt off buckles. Tag to Anderson, Anderson snapmares Matt to a chinlock. Matt endures, Anderson cranks back, and Matt fights up to throw body shots. Anderson ROCKS Matt with an uppercut, then CHOPS him! Anderson keeps Matt from his corner as AEW returns to single picture, and whips him back towards the Biz Cliz corner. Matt dropkicks Gallows down, DECKS Omega, then BOOTS Anderson! Matt swings into a back suplex but lands on his feet! Hot tag to Moxley!

Moxley dodges Anderson, DECKS Omega and hits Gallows, then rallies on Anderson! Moxley clotheslines, whips but Anderson reverses! Anderson runs in to clothesline, but Moxley just shrugs it off! Anderson fires off CHOPS but Moxley just leans into them! Moxley SLAPS Anderson, runs and gets around to SNAP GERMAN! Omega gets in, he gets a SNAP GERMAN! Gallows runs in but he gets a BIG GERMAN! Moxley gets Anderson with a sleeper on the apron but Anderson hotshots him! Gallows tags in, runs and YAKUZA KICKS Moxley down! Gallows drags Moxley up to rain down hands, drops an elbow, and covers, TWO!

Gallows throws headbutts, digs his boots into Moxley, and Omega digs his boots in, too. Fans rally for Moxley but Gallows drags Moxley up by his ears. Gallows throws heavy hands and Moxley flounders into a BUZZSAW! Gallows stalks Moxley to a corner, rains down more fists, then goes corner to corner, but Moxley gets up and in his face! Both men dodge and spin, Moxley kicks low to NECKBREAKER! Fans fire up as Moxley heads for the corner, hot tags to Nick and Anderson! Nick dodges Anderson to BLAST Omega! Nick bobs ‘n’ weaves to forearm, back kick, ROUNDHOUSE and have Anderson in a corner!

Gallows gets in, throws hands then throws Nick, but Nick dodges! ROUNDHOUSE, SHINING WIZARD and forearm smash in the corner, the Nick runs at Anderson. Anderson dodges, Nick hits buckles, but then Nick dodges as Anderson runs in! Anderson gets stuck in the corner, Nick runs at Gallows but is put on the apron! Nick ENZIGURIS back, climbs up and DUMDUM STOMPS, to then somersault for the DRAPING BACKSTABBER! Fans fire up with Nick as he goes to the apron and PENALTY KICKS Gallows down! Nick shoulders into Anderson, then slingshots, into the SPINEBUSTER! Both men are down but crawling, hot tags to Matt and Omega!

Omega stops in his tracks when he sees it’s Matt! Omega wants Matt to calm down and have a match, not a brawl. But then Omega rushes Matt, only to be sent into buckles! Matt hip tosses Omega, arm-drags him around, then whips for a BIG back drop! Omega flounders, Matt fires up and aims, but he fakes the superkick to SPIKE DDT! Omega sits up, Matt paces like a shark, and Matt fires up but still hesitates! Omega wobbles, Matt just can’t hit him with the superkick! Fans are upset, Matt checks on Omega but Omega SLAPS Matt! Omega slaps Matt around, daring him to hit him! Matt tackles him and rains down fists!

Matt lets off, Gallows gets in and YAKUZA KICKS! Nick missile dropkicks Gallows, Moxley clotheslines Gallows and himself out! Anderson BLASTS Nick with a EuroUpper! Matt SUPERKICKS Anderson! Omega gets a SNAP DRAGON on Matt! No hesitation from the Cleaner as he gets Matt back up and full nelson again, for ANOTHER SNAP DRAGON! Matt staggers, Omega aims but runs into Moxley’s LARIAT! Matt gets Omega for the PILEDRIVER!! Cover, TWO!!! “This is Awesome!” but Callis sounds worried. Matt asks if Omega is alright, but he sees Nick is up top. Matt fireman’s carries, MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK!! Cover, Anderson breaks it in time!!

Nick whips Anderson back out, then he goes up and up and ESCALARAS to take the Good Brothers down! Matt is again checking on Matt, but Nick wants him to finish this off. The Bucks get Omega up, they have an arm each, B T E- No, Matt hesitates! Moxley tells them to finish this! Matt knows, and says he can do this. Matt and Nick get Onega up again, B T E Tr- No…!! Matt still can’t bring himself to do it! Moxley tags in and says he’ll do this! But Matt won’t let him, so now Mox sees where this is going. Moxley blows past Matt to hit a PARADIGM SHIFT on Omega!! And then a SECOND PARADIGM SHIFT to make a point!! BULLY CHOKE!! Omega is stuck, sputtering, and then Moxley spins Omega-

NICK SUPERKICKS Moxley?! The MATT SUPERKICKS MOXLEY!! Eddie Kingston storms out to ringside, but the Good Brothers jump him! Moxley’s friend gets stomped down by Omega’s friends, but what does all this make the Bucks? MAGIC KILLER to Kingston on the ramp!! Callis says they should get a stretcher for Kingston. The Good Brothers get Moxley up, MAGIC KILLER! They put Omega on Moxley for the cover, the Biz Cliz wins!

Winners: Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers, by pinfall

Are the Young Bucks still Omega’s friends? Are they still Biz Cliz 4 Life? Omega wants them to prove their loyalties by doing something more to Moxley! Callis whispers something to Matt, and Matt looks to Nick. They DOUBLE SUPERKICK Moxley down! Fans chant, “You Sold Out!” as Matt refuses the Too Sweet, so they can group hug! When will this emotional roller coaster with the Elite end?


My Thoughts:

Another great episode for Dynamite, and they’re clearly making a big deal out of no longer having a Wednesday Night War in their way. We’re getting a big episode next week with some good groundwork paved for it tonight, as well as for several more Wednesdays down the line. The first is that we are getting the tag title match now, but Best Friends are starting up their feud with Death Triangle again, with or without the titles. Given how tonight ended, I don’t know if PAC & Fenix win over these solidly Heel Bucks, but getting trios matches out of Death Triangle and Best Friends would still be awesome to see anyway.

We also got some great promos that put in some worked shoot material. Sting actually telling Archer he should be a top guy was great, because it is just as true as he and Archer said. This was also a good twist because where I thought we were getting Heel Archer going against Sting and/or Darby, this could flip Archer back towards a Face direction, and he’ll be taking on Ethan Page & Scorpio Sky, since they got cameos in the segment. QT’s promo with his unnamed faction was really good, and I am intrigued to see Ogogo finally get in the ring. Jericho’s promo tearing into MJF and The Pinnacle was an all time great, and is definitely going to be AEW’s best for this entire year. The brawl that followed and Tyson being with Inner Circle is great, as will Blood & Guts FINALLY happening!

Britt Baker’s promo was also good worked shoot adjacent, where she points out how AEW’s win loss record stuff doesn’t work. But instead of saying gimmick matches and tournaments and things are the problem, her character wants to make this into the (WWE) popularity system. This will make for a nice detail of her story as she racks up wins against lower level opponents, much like she’s already started with on Dark and Elevation, and then maybe she gets too cocky and lets one get a quick win off her, thereby ruining her run at the top spot. Plus, it feels like there’s a great story already in the works for Tay and Shida.

We got good intertwining of Darby’s story with Hardy and the Dark Order’s story with Hardy, and how Tay can fit into that against Bunny. Darby VS JD was great stuff, and then there was the great segue of the attack by the HFO, and how Tay and Bunny brawled then had their own solid match. Shida VS Tay is going to be big, and at this rate, could go either way because Tay is a hot hand right now. I’m surprised there wasn’t intertwining with Hangman, but given his great match with Caster to lock in as #1, maybe AEW is going to shift him towards the world title soon. I am also surprised Caster is getting the greenlight on his lyrics but I am not complaining, either.

We got an awesome main event with that 3v3, with great story of the Bucks unable to proverbially pull the trigger on Omega. The Bucks might be coming off a bit too wishy-washy, because they did the group Too Sweet but they then get up set at Callis but now they do this because they just can’t bring themselves to hate Omega. I guess the Biz Cliz can roll as a bigger group, with any number of possibilities given the growing partnerships with Impact and NJPW. But for just AEW, is there a chance Moxley and Kingston can get Death Triangle to side with them for just long enough to take on Omega’s group? Kingston may have been manipulating the Lucha Bros just months ago, but they all have common enemies in Omega and The Bucks. Plus, that’s a wild combination there that needs to be in a match together.

My Score: 9.5/10


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Mitchell’s AEW Collision Results & Report! (3/16/24)

Let the tournament begin!

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Who will be the wild cards in this bracket?

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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Mitchell’s AEW Rampage Results & Report! (3/15/24)

Best Friends are on a Rampage!

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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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