AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (5/17/23)
Is Jericho stronger than Strong?
The Savior of the Backbreaker takes on Judas!
Chris Jericho says Adam Cole is making AEW unsafe, for Jericho. And while Cole can’t get near Jericho, will Roderick Strong take care of business for him? It’s Jericho VS Strong, FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin VS Lee Moriarty & “Big Bill” Morrissey; Cassidy & Darby win.
- Sammy Guevara VS Exodus Prime; Sammy wins.
- Six Woman Tag: The Outcasts VS Britt Baker, Jamie Hayter & Hikaru Shida; changed to…
- Toni Storm & Ruby Soho w/ Saraya VS Britt Baker & Hikaru Shida; Storm & Soho win.
- Falls Count Anywhere: Chris Jericho VS Roderick Strong; Strong wins.
- “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry VS Rush w/ Jose the Assistant; Jungle Boy wins.
- Ricky Starks VS Jay White w/ Juice Robinson; White wins, by disqualification.
PLAY BY PLAY
Wardlow is here!
Austin, Texas fires up for the TNT Champion and his pyro as he goes to the ring. Wardlow gets the mic as the fans chant “WARD~LOW! WARD~LOW!” Wardlow says, “Last week, Christian made a lot of promises that I really wanna see him follow through with. So here I am. Throw on that tiny little jacket, bring your ass out here, and spit in my face!” Fans fire up, and Wardlow sets the title down. Captain Charisma makes his entrance, Luchasaurus right behind him. Fans boo as the devious duo go to the ring and step up to Wardlow. Wardlow stares Christian down and says Christian ain’t got the balls.
Christian says Wardlow’s time as the champion is almost over. Christian is gonna do what he said he’s gonna do, and he is going to be the next TNT Champion! And there’s nothing Wardlow can do about it. Christian hocks back a loogy, but Wardlow grabs him by the throat! Luchasaurus throws hands on Wardlow and Wardlow throws them right back! Fans fire up as Wardlow gets the edge, and then he CLOBBERS Christian! Wardlow ROCKS Luchasaurus, reels Christian in, but Luchasaurus storms up on him! Wardlow ROCKS Luchasaurus again, but then Christian LOW BLOWS Wardlow! Fans boo as Wardlow falls!
Luchasaurus BOOTS Wardlow down, and Christian tells him to get something. Christian rains down fists on Wardlow, Luchasaurus brings out a LADDER! Luchasaurus puts that in for Christian and Christian picks it up. Christian aims at Wardlow, and RAMS him down! Fans boo as Christian then puts the ladder in a corner. Luchasaurus hauls Wardlow up and CHOKE SLAMS him on the ladder! The ladder bends and breaks, and Christian raises his hand in victory. Fans boo, Christian takes the wrecked ladder and puts it at center. Luchasaurus hauls Wardlow up, and feeds him to the KILLSWITCH onto the ladder!!
Fans boo but Christian picks up the TNT title. Christian grins and then puts the ladder down beside Wardlow. Christian didn’t spit in Wardlow’s face, but will he do a lot worse in order to become champion?
Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin VS Lee Moriarty & “Big Bill” Morrissey!
Freshly Squeezed is still International Champion, and he is joining forces with a man who could become AEW World Champion! Neither man knows how to back down, so will they win going full throttle against The Firm?
The teams sort out and Moriarty starts against Cassidy. Fans rally up, Cassidy and Moriarty circle and tie up. Moriarty gets around to full nelson but Cassidy goes to put his hands in his pockets. Moriarty stops that, spins Cassidy around to UPPERCUT, and then shoves to HEADBUTT low! Moriarty UPPERCUTS again, then shoves, but Cassidy sunset flips! ONE, Moriarty has it, ONE as Cassidy sits back up! ONE, Moriarty, ONE, Cassidy, ONE, repeat! ONE, ONE, ONE! Both men are down in a double cover, ONE as they each get an arm up. ONE as they get the other arm up! TWO as they both sit up!
Fans are thunderous for this opening exchange, and Moriarty SLAPS Cassidy! Moriarty talks trash, Cassidy throws “hard” slaps in return! And again, and again! Moriarty rolls Cassidy but Cassidy WRINGS Moriarty’s arm! And puts his hands in his pockets! Moriarty runs in, Cassidy hurdles then drops to MONKEY FLIP and kip up! Fans fire up and Cassidy tags Darby in. Moriarty tags in Morrissey while fans rally for Darby. Darby and Big Bill circle, tie up, and Morrissey SWINGS Darby around to TOSS him! Fans boo as Morrissey raises his hand triumphantly. Darby comes back, they circle again, and Morrissey calls for a knuckle lock.
Darby approaches, they feel things out, but then Morrissey taunts Darby about the height advantage by holding his hand way, way up high. So Darby SLAPS Morrissey! Fans fire up and Darby taunts Morrissey. Morrissey runs in, Darby dumps him out! Darby takes aim but Moriarty stops the slingshot! Darby dodges Moriarty’s haymaker and tags Cassidy. Darby then dodges and dumps Moriarty out onto Morrissey! And then Darby and Cassidy both build speed, DOUBLE DIVE! They take The Firm out into the railing and fans are thunderous again! Morrissey grits his teeth while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Cassidy waits on Morrissey to return, then runs in! Morrissey catches Cassidy, throws him to the apron, then BOOTS him down! Cassidy hits the floor, Morrissey soaks up the heat, and Morrissey watches Cassidy stand up. Cassidy drags himself into the ring but Morrissey stomps him down! Morrissey stomps a mudhole in, but lets off as the ref counts. Morrissey soaks up more heat from Austin then drags Cassidy back up. Morrissey bumps Cassidy off buckles, tags Moriarty, and Moriarty headbutts Cassidy. Moriarty cravats to throw knees, then snapmares to KICK Cassidy in the back! Moriarty does a dance but only Morrissey likes it.
Moriarty taunts Darby, covers Cassidy, TWO! Moriarty KNEES Cassidy in the back, drags him up and RAMS him into the corner! Tag to Morrissey and Morrissey DECKS Cassidy with a right! Morrissey mocks the fans rallying for Cassidy, then tells them up theirs. Morrissey stomps Cassidy at the ropes, drags Cassidy up and whips him hard into a corner! Cassidy bounces off buckles and Morrissey soaks up more heat. Morrissey swings on Darby but Darby avoids the sucker punch. Morrissey goes back to fishhook Cassidy’s face! The ref reprimands, Morrissey lets off, and fans rally up for Cassidy.
Cassidy drags himself up with the ropes, but Morrissey DECKS him again! Morrissey digs his boots in, mocks the clapping, then lets off at 4. Morrissey continues to mock the fans as Dynamite returns to single picture. Morrissey drags Cassidy up to suplex, but Cassidy throws knees! Morrissey still holds on as he walks around with Cassidy, and Moriarty distracts as Darby makes the tag! The ref didn’t see it so it doesn’t count! The ref stops Darby, Morrissey SLAMS Cassidy down! Fans boo but Morrissey just soaks up all the heat. Morrissey puts his hands in his pockets to mock Cassidy, then he drags Cassidy over.
Tag to Moriarty, the fans chant “REF, YOU SUCK!” Morrissey whips Moriarty in but Cassidy elbows him! Cassidy dodges Morrissey, jumps over Moriarty, but Morrissey reels Cassidy into the corner! Morrissey runs in but only gets buckles! Moriarty intercepts Cassidy with a facelock, but Cassidy powers him back! Moriarty digs his heels in, suplexes, but Cassidy slips out to shove Moriarty into Morrissey! Hot tag to Darby! The Relentless One dodges The Firm to DOUBLE COFFIN SPLASH! The fans are thunderous as Moriarty and Morrissey go to opposite corners. Darby runs in to COFFIN SPLASH Moriarty!
Darby goes corner to corner, he COFFIN SPLASHES Morrissey! And then back to Moriarty! And then back to Morrissey! Morrissey runs in, but is sent into Moriarty! Darby fires off on Moriarty ,runs and rolls to hop on, but Morrissey choke grips Darby! CHOKE- NO, Darby fights free! Darby goes up a corner, Moriarty anchors a foot! Darby fights Moriarty off, leaps at Morrissey, but Morrissey has him for a BOSS MAN SLAM!! Fans fire up as Darby survives! Morrissey hears them rallying up and he tags in Moriarty. The Firm stands Darby up, but Darby BOOTS Moriarty away! And bumps Morrissey!
Darby is free, he slides under Morrissey! Hot tag to Cassidy! Morrissey runs in but Darby drop toeholds him into buckles! Cassidy runs in to tilt-o-whirl and DDT!! And then a kip-up! But the back bothers him! Moriarty rolls Cassidy up, TWO!! Moriarty wrenches and BOW ‘N’ ARROW RACKS Cassidy! SPINNING FACEBUSTER, into the BORDER CITY STRETCH!! Cassidy endures, rolls to a cover, TWO!! Cassidy and Moriarty DOUBLE LARIAT! They both stay up, Moriarty swings again, but into an Alabama Lift! Cassidy brings Moriarty over, tags in Darby, and they put Moriarty up top.
Darby CHOPS Moriarty, then he and Cassidy climb up together. Fans fire up as they DOUBLE SUPERPLEX Moriarty! All three men are down and fans are thunderous! Cassidy and Darby get up, but Big Bill DOUBLE LARIATS them down! Fans boo but Morrissey soaks up the heat. Morrissey drags Cassidy up, suplexes, but into STUN-DOG MILLIONAIRE! Darby hops on for CODE RED!! Moriarty returns, Darby gets around but Moriarty switches, Darby switches, feed to BEACH BREAK! Darby then goes up the corner, Morrissey hurries back, but he gets an ORANGE PUNCH! Darby jumps for the COFFIN DROP!
Darby isn’t done there, headlock takeover and cover, Darby & Cassidy win!
Winners: Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin, by pinfall
And that is a message to MJF! The Relentless One is rolling towards Double or Nothing, will he be the one to win the jackpot?
BREAKING NEWS for Rampage!
Guess what? Another special start time! It will be 6:30 Eastern, 3:30 Pacific this Friday on TNT! Make sure to adjust your schedule and your DVR accordingly so you won’t miss any of the action!
Backstage interview with The Young Bucks.
Matt & Nick Jackson are back, and Alex Marvez asks them for a medical update on Kenny Omega. Matt says physically, Omega’s banged up. Mentally… Wait, the Blackpool Combat Club appears, circling like sharks. The Bucks say okay, hold on, they don’t need to do this right now. But then The Bucks throw their luggage at the BCC! The brawl is on, but Claudio hauls Nick up to RAM him into a Ram! A truck, that is! And then Claudio picks up and TOSSES Nick onto the hood! Meanwhile, Moxley and Yuta mug Matt, bring him over, and SMACK him off the bumper! And then SMACK his bad arm off it!
Yuta asks Matt what’s up! Moxley says the Elite will never win! Understand? “We are the elite in this business! Right here, the only elite in this business.” The BCC leave the Bucks writhing in the parking lot, will this faction warfare ever end?
Backstage interview with Wardlow.
Renee Paquette is with Wardlow in the trainer’s room as he has an icepack on his head. He has everyone hold on, and Arn Anderson storms in. Anderson throws the icepack in frustration and says Wardlow should’ve known. Wardlow says Arn’s right, but what we saw is exactly why Wardlow asked Arn to stay in the back. Arn says you don’t need to protect him, he’s been doing this a long time. Now, Wardlow has seen what Christian will do. The question is, what is Wardlow prepared to do in response? Wardlow says he’s prepared to beat Christian at his own game.
If Christian wants to pull out ladders, let’s pull out ladders! If Christian wants a title match, it’ll be Wardlow VS Christian, Double or Nothing, TNT Championship LADDER MATCH! That is what Wardlow is prepared to do. Will Captain Charisma pay for trying to relive his glory days?
Backstage interview with Orange Cassidy.
Renee is now with the AEW International Champion and says last week, he got jumped by Kyle Fletcher, who clearly wants his shot at the title. Cassidy says there are a lot of people who want a shot. So Kyle, if you want this at Double or Nothing, go find Tony Khan and let him know. Cassidy will fight them all. Is the Freshly Squeezed opening up the door for more than just one challenger? Will he make it through being such a fighting champion?
Sammy Guevara VS Exodus Prime!
Austin, Texas cheers the Spanish God as he returns to his home state. Darby won a match to gain momentum, will Sammy win to keep the pace?
The bell rings and Sammy circles with Exodus. Fans boo Exodus mostly because he’s from Oklahoma. Exodus swings, misses, and Sammy JUMP KNEES! Then torture racks! Then GO TO HOSPITAL! Cover, Sammy wins!!
Winner: Sammy Guevara, by pinfall
Victory: check! Momentum: check! Sammy gets the mic now to speak. “Y’know, Austin, every time I’m here, I remember the old days. I remember wrestling on the independents up and down Texas. And I remember the struggles. I remember the good times, the bad times, the drama. But all of that brought me here and made me who I am today. And I know, trust me, I know I’m not perfect. I made a lot of mistakes. Hell, you guys have watched me grow up in front of you and seen my mistakes firsthand. But sometimes, it takes a few wrong turns to get to the right place! And the right place is Las Vegas, May 28th!”
Fans cheer, and Sammy says he’ll finally shut up the naysayers who said he couldn’t do something because of this or because of that. He’s heard that his whole life, and he never listened to it. He listened to what’s in his heart. The stuff you can’t teach or learn. His heart says that he will be the NEW AEW World Champion!! Sammy drops the mic and the fans fire up! Will the Spanish God ascend to the throne?
Tony Schiavone is in the ring.
He introduces the challengers to the AEW World Tag Team Championships, Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett, along with Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh! Fans boo as Team Triple J heads to the ring, Sonjay holding onto TWO guitars! And they literally have Cash’s & Dax’s names on them. Lethal has a mic to say hold on, we’re not doing it like that, and screw you, Schiavone. But wait! FTR rushes out and they shove Satnam off the stage! Satnam crashes down through a table! And then they go after Lethal & Jarrett! Sonjay has no idea what to do, even though he has guitars. Lethal turns things around and he LASHES Dax with his leather belt! Only for Dax to back drop him!
Lethal gets up, he still brawls with Dax, and Cash has Jarrett in a chair. Cash rains down fists! The fans count along, all the way to TEN! Dax rips Lethal’s shirt AND pants off, but Lethal still fights in his boxers! Cash SMACKS Jarrett with the chair! And again! Dax takes Lethal’s shoes and throw them to the fans! Lethal rakes Dax’s eyes! Lethal whips, Dax reverses and Lethal goes flying over the timekeeper’s table! Cash sends Jarrett into steel steps! FTR then drags Jarrett up to POST him! Fans are thunderous for FTR as they put Jarrett in the ring. FTR mugs Jarrett, then let off to coordinate.
Jarrett slowly rises, but KAREN JARRETT slides in!? Mrs. Double J LOW BLOWS Cash! Dax turns around to see what happened, and then Jarrett hits THE STROKE! Satnam returns and he’s furious! Karen tells Austin to kiss this, and Triple J feeds FTR to Satnam! DOUBLE CHOKE SLAMS!! Sonjay returns and he has the guitars. He hands one to Jarrett and the other to Lethal. Sonjay high-fives Karen, Triple J aims, DOUBLE SMASH HITS!! Though ironically, the wrong guitar hits each of them. Karen grabs the AEW World Tag Team Championships and hand them to her husband and his buddy. Will these five all be celebrating in Las Vegas for Memorial Day Weekend?
Backstage interview with Darby Allin.
Renee congratulates him on the win alongside Orange Cassidy and how he is gaining more momentum towards Double or Nothing. She couldn’t help but notice how he finished it with the headlock takeover. Was that a message to MJF? Absolutely! We’re ten days away from Double or Nothing, and the biggest match of both Darby’s career, Jungle Boy’s career, and even Sammy Guevara’s career. It is no secret how much this match means to Darby. Sammy walks in, and he says that while he and Darby have a “very unique history,” Sammy does respect Darby. Darby may not trust Sammy, but something Darby said a couple weeks ago really stuck with Sammy.
Darby said if Sammy was ever gonna be world champion, he needs to stop being a follower. Well at Double or Nothing, Sammy is not gonna be laying down for Max or make it easy for anyone. Whoever it is, one of them needs to take the title off that prick. Then may the best man win. They fist bump, will the Devil of AEW find himself the loser no matter what?
Toni Storm & Ruby Soho w/ Saraya VS Britt Baker & Hikaru Shida!
Jamie Hayter wasn’t medically cleared to compete tonight, so what was meant to be a trios match has been downgraded to 2v2. But that doesn’t mean this won’t be any less aggressive and spiteful! Will the Lightning From Down Under and the Runaway be able to serve an L to two former AEW Women’s World Champions? Or will the Doctor and the Full Metal Warrior make the Outcasts wish they were back where they came from?
The teams sort out, but then the Outcasts just attack! Soho is after Britt while Storm stomps Shida in the corner! Soho TOSSES Britt, Storm whips Shida to a corner for Soho to give her DEADLY NIGHTSHADE! Soho then joins Storm in saying kiss this, and Storm runs in, into a RANA! Shida kicks Soho, brings her over, and snap suplexes her onto Storm! Saraya protests but her team was the one doing 2v1! Shida has Soho in the corner and climbs up, to rain down fists! Fans count along, and Shida goes all the way to TEN! Shida fires up, the fans are with her and she pushes Soho out. Shida then MISSILE DROPKICKS!
Shida is all fired up, she brings Soho up, but Soho stomps the foot. Shida kicks, Soho blocks and KNEES back! Soho bumps Shida off buckles, tags in Storm, and Storm stomps Shida. Fans rally for Shida as Storm continues to kick her around. Shida fires forearms back but Storm knees low! Storm runs, but Shida ENZIGURIS! Hot tag to Britt! Fans fire up and Britt fires off on Storm! Britt then ripcords to ROLLING ELBOW! And FISHERMAN SCREW! Cover, TWO! Britt keeps on Storm, runs, but Soho distracts so that Saraya can trip Britt! Saraya drags Britt out, Britt fights her off, but Storm HIP ATTACKS her to the floor!
Saraya drags Britt up as the ref is busy with Shida, Soho and Storm, and Saraya fires off knee after knee after knee! Fans boo but Saraya kicks Britt down. Saraya says this is HER house! And look at Britt, she’s pathetic! Saraya claims Britt tried to hit Saraya, and Storm RAMS Britt into railing! Storm puts Britt in the corner, tags Soho, and the Outcasts stomp away as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
The ref counts, Soho lets off, and Soho brings Britt up. Britt ROCKS Soho! Soho throws Britt by her hair! Soho swaggers, pushes Britt over to cover, TWO! Soho sits Britt up, talks some trash, and then puts her on the ropes to CHOKE! The ref counts, Soho lets off at 4, and Storm BOOTS Britt! Saraya pulls Britt’s arms to keep her on the ropes and Storm digs her boot in! They both let off before the ref sees, and Soho drags Britt up. Ruby bumps Britt off buckles, tags Storm, and they both dig their boots in. The ref counts, the Outcasts let off at 4, and Storm RAMS into Britt! And again! And then she TOSSES Britt around!
Storm stomps Britt some more, drags her up and snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Storm drags Britt up, bumps her off buckles, and tags Soho back in. Soho stomps Britt, taunts Shida, but Britt throws a body shot. Soho ROCKS Britt, but Britt rolls Soho up! TWO, and Soho CLOBBERS Britt! Cover, TWO! Soho wraps on a chinlock to squeeze Britt tight. Britt reaches for Shida but Soho keeps her away. The fans rally, Britt fights up, and Britt grabs at Soho. Soho throws Britt down by her hair! Britt kicks at Soho from below but Ruby stands on her hand! Soho dares Britt to reach for Shida, then bumps her off buckles.
Storm tags back in, stomps Britt, and Dynamite returns to single picture. Storm whips Britt to a corner, runs in, but Britt BOOTS her! Britt hits the NECKBREAKER! Fans rally up while both women are down! Storm and Britt crawl, hot tags to Shida and Soho! Fans fire up and Shida fires forearms with Soho! They go back and forth, but Shida gets the flurry! Soho drops to a knee as Shida just keeps hammering away! Fans are thunderous, Shida runs, and she ROLLING ELBOWS Soho down! Storm runs in but Shida DECKS her, too! Saraya gets on the apron, but Shida DECKS her, too!
Saraya falls on Storm, Soho runs in but Shida dumps her out! Fans fire up as Shida climbs the ropes, to CROSSBODY all the Outcasts! Shida fires up, she puts Soho back in the ring and fans are thunderous. RUNNING KNEE! Cover, TWO!! Shida keeps focused, she aims her sword, but Storm runs in again! Shida dodges to QUESTION MARK KICK! Shida gets Soho but Soho wrenches. Shida still reels Soho in, for a FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO!! Soho survives, Shida tags Britt! Britt drags Soho up, to BUTTERFLY SUPLEX! Shida goes up top, to METEORA!! Britt covers, but Storm barrels in to break it!
Shida goes after Storm but Storm tosses her out. Britt sends Soho into Storm, and gets a NECKBREAKER DDT COMBO! Cover on Soho, TWO!!! But into the RINGS OF SATURN! And even without a glove, LOCK- NO, Soho rolls it! TWO!! Britt hurries up, but Soho wrenches to NO FUTURE! Tag to Storm and she DECKS Shida! Storm hauls Britt up, but Britt hits an AIR RAID CRASH! And then a CURB STOMP! Saraya distracts the ref, Britt yells at her, btu Storm gets a spray paint can! SPRAY PAINT TO THE EYES!! STORM ZERO!!! Cover, Outcasts win!!
Winners: The Outcasts, by pinfall
The fact there was no Jamie Hayter helped The Outcasts in more ways than one! Saraya says it’s cuz they’re so smart, but will anyone ever humble them?
Backstage interview with Orange Cassidy.
Renee is again talking with the AEW International Champion, and it was only earlier tonight that Cassidy said anyone who wants a shot can talk to Tony Khan. Well, it seems twenty people went to Tony’s office after that. Twenty, huh? That’s a lot. Well, okay, Cassidy will fight them all. But him, too. So that’s 21. And we’ll be in Vegas, right? Blackjack? So how about this? The Blackjack Battle Royal for the International Championship at Double or Nothing. See you there. Oh, wait, did Renee wanna be in that? No, thanks, she’s fine. The Freshly Squeezed fighting champion is ready to up the ante! Will he still be the champion after doubling down? Or will he bust in the biggest fashion ever?
Tony Khan speaks.
The President, CEO and General Manager of AEW is here in Austin, and says today is one of the greatest days in AEW history. “Today, at WBD Upfronts, it was announced that AEW Saturday Night Collision will premiere on TNT, Saturday, June 17th, at 8 PM Eastern, 7 PM Central. And I’m here to talk a little bit more about Collision. It’s gonna be a hot ticket and a great live event. After that premiere, we’ll be going on the road to Canada, with shows in Toronto the night before Forbidden Door, Hamilton, Regina, and Calgary, followed by a return to the United States at the Prudential Center in Newark. It’s gonna be an amazing tour.
“And as for the premiere, taking place Saturday, June 17th, stay tuned to AEW and next week, I’ll tell you where that event will be taking place for the special Collision premiere. We’re having a huge month, and we’re all excited that you’re going to be a part of it. Thanks, guys, back to you.” HUGE news for AEW’s future, are you going to be ready for the Collision?
Falls Count Anywhere: Chris Jericho VS Roderick Strong!
In typical Chris Jericho fashion, he does something awful to someone, they respond aggressively, and that other person is the problem. There is a restraining order on Adam Cole being present when The Ocho is in the building, but The Savior of the Backbreaker put the same deal on the Jericho Appreciation Society! Can the great sports… enner-tay-ner survive on his own? Or will this undisputed pro-wrestler bring him down a notch?
The fans finish singing Judas for Jericho, and Strong attacks! The bell rings and Strong fires off hands! Strong whips corner to corner, then runs in to SHINING WIZARD in the corner! Strong CHOPS Jericho on the ropes, CHOPS him again, and then goes side to side to forearm! And again! And again! And again! Strong ROCKS Jericho a fourth time in a row! Jericho manages to get his jacket off but Strong CHOPS him again! And CHOPS again! And then fires off forearms and more CHOPS! Jericho CHOPS and CHOPS in return, but Strong CHOPS! It’s a CHOP fight! Fans “WOO” with every CHOP! Strong then CALF KICKS!
Fans fire up and Strong brings Jericho around into a BIG slam! Cover, TWO! Strong catches his breath before he brings Jericho up. Strong ROCKS and CHOPS again! Jericho CHOPS, Strong CHOPS, we’re back on the CHOP fight! Strong gets the edge as he CHOPS Jericho to ropes! Strong whips, Jericho kicks back! Strong goes to ropes, Jericho clotheslines him up and out! Jericho takes a moment for his stinging chest, and Strong gets back up on the apron. Jericho triangle jumps but Strong moves back! Jericho lands safe on the apron, but Strong ROCKS him with a right! And then APRON BACK SUPLEXES!
Jericho flops to the floor, Strong covers, TWO! Jericho is still in this but Strong CLUBS him and CHOPS him! Jericho’s chest is almost as red as Strong’s tights! Strong drags Jericho up, has him against the steps, and then throws forearms. Jericho ROCKS Strong in return! And ROCKS him again! Jericho brings Strong around, he throws a body shot, then SMACKS him off the timekeeper’s table! Jericho then throws water bottles at Strong! Jericho puts Strong in the ring, storms back in after him, and throws more hands. Jericho CHOPS, whips corner to corner, then runs in, but Strong blocks the Code Breaker!
Strong throws Jericho away, then fireman’s carries for a GUT- NO, Jericho gets the legs! Jericho works to turn Strong, and has him in the WALLS OF JERICHO!! The fans fire up while Strong endures! Strong powers up, crawls his way forward, ROPEBREAK! Jericho lets go, the ref tells him he didn’t win, so Jericho just flips off Austin while Strong flops out of the ring, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Strong goes around the corner, Jericho goes out after him, and Jericho RAMS Strong into steel steps! Jericho looms over Strong, soaks up the heat, but does give one lovely young lady a kiss on the hand. Jericho then drags Strong up to ROCK him with a right! And TOSSES him over the railing! Jericho soaks up the cheers and jeers as he climbs up onto the railing, and then AX HANDLES Strong down! Strong crawls towards the bleachers, Jericho pursues, and Strong throws the trash can at Jericho! Strong throws hands, then CHOPS! Jericho CHOPS back, throws the trash can back at Strong, and Strong ends up taking a seat in the bleachers!
Jericho throws hands, Strong kicks back, and they brawl up the stairs. Fans fire up as they get closer to the action, and Jericho throws forearms! Jericho SMACKS Strong with a fan’s sign! Jericho brings Strong up higher, but Strong ROCKS Jericho! Strong CLUBS Jericho, pushes him up further, and then Strong fireman’s carries Jericho. GUTBUSTER on the railing! Fans fire up even more as these two just keep going up! Strong throws knees, brings Jericho along, and they’re almost near the top! Jericho throws forearms, Strong throws them back, they brawl again, and Strong CHOPS! Jericho ROCKS and CHOPS back!
Dynamite returns to single picture as the brawl keeps going back and forth! Strong fireman’s carries again, to GUTBUSTER on more railing! Jericho sputters, Strong covers, TWO!! Jericho survives and the brawling continues up to the top of the stands! Fans fire up as they end up in the pavilion area! Jericho ROCKS Strong, SMACKS him off a counter, and security keeps fans back as Jericho DECKS Strong! Strong crawls, Jericho brings him around to ROCK Strong again! Jericho suplexes Strong through a table!! Fans lose their minds and Jericho covers, TWO!! Strong survives but Jericho drags him up from the wreckage.
Jericho brings Strong along, Strong throws some HAND SANITIZER in his eyes! Strong throws hands, then brings Jericho to the food court! COUNTERTOP BACK SUPLEX! And you think the apron is hard! Strong then brings Jericho further along, they brawl, and Jericho ROCKS Strong! Jericho gets a stanchion! Jericho RAMS Strong down with it! Fans fire up as Jericho CLUBS Strong with the stanchion! Jericho then brings Strong along into a stairway! Strong RAMS Jericho into those railings! And then dumps him over?! Oh, luckily there’s some kind of ledge there. But Strong joins Jericho on that ledge!
Strong CHOPS, Jericho CHOPS, the CHOPS echo through the stairwell! They just keep throwing CHOP after CHOP, but Jericho rakes eyes! Jericho gets space, runs in and CLOBBERS Strong! Cover, TWO!! Strong is still in this but Jericho drags him up to toss him back over the railing. They’re now safe on the ground and they go back to the pavilion. Fans are thunderous as Jericho gets a chair. Jericho flips off the fans, the security has to move fans aside as Strong goes to the ice cream parlor. Jericho runs in, but he gets sporks thrown at him! Strong fires off hands and CHOPS! Jericho staggers to the counter, and Strong hits him with soft serve ice cream in the FACE!
Fans go nuts, and Strong eats some of it, too! Jericho sputters as he has ice cream all over his face and in his hair! Strong throws hands, the cream goes flying, and Strong keeps after Jericho. Jericho ROCKS Strong back, then he grabs a napkin from the trash!? Jericho wipes his face off, then SMACKS Strong with the trash can! They continue on, fans continue to rally and duel, and Jericho CLUBS Strong along. Jericho tells the crowd to stay back, and then he brings Strong up to CLUB him! Jericho eggs Strong on, and they’re going outside?! Fans are going nuts as they’re not outside! Jericho dares Strong to fight him!
Jericho asks if Strong is scared. Is he scared of the Demo God? But wait! ADAM COLE is here! Loophole: the restraining order only applies to when Jericho is inside an arena! Jericho turns around to see Cole, and Cole fires off hands! Cole throws Jericho onto the large potted plant area! Jericho sputters as he gets up, and gets THE BOOM!! Strong then hits his STRONG KNEE!! Cover, Strong wins!!
Winner: Roderick Strong, by pinfall
The Undisputed Duo beat Jericho at his own game! Will this finally end things between them and the JAS? Or is the war only heating up?
AEW mourns the loss of “Superstar” Billy Graham.
“Jungle Boy” Jack Perry VS Rush w/ Jose the Assistant!
Darby Allin won his match, Sammy Guevara won his match, and well, MJF never wrestles on TV. Will Tarzan Life keep pace with the other challengers to the AEW World Championship? Or will El Toro Blanco prove he should’ve been in the title scene instead?
The bell rings and JB offers Rush a handshake. Rush kicks the hand away and fans boo. JB says okay, and he shoves Rush. Rush choke grips and shoves JB right out of the ring! Rush goes out after JB but JB fires hands! Rush CHOPS JB and JB staggers away. Rush then whips JB hard into railing! And then hard into more railing! And then hard into MORE railing! Rush keeps going, he sends JB into the fourth wall! Rush then drags JB up, brings him back around, and RAMS him into more railing again. Jose fetches the bright green cable, Rush RAMS JB into the railing again, and then dribbles him off the side!
Fans boo but Rush grins and soaks up the heat. He talks right to the camera, saying the challengers are perros, and MJF is a *uta! Rush goes back into the ring, but just to refresh the count. Rush then dribbles JB off the railing again, then goes back into the ring to soak up all the heat. Jose takes a fan’s sign while Rush goes back out. Rush digs his fingers into JB’s face, and JB has a cut forming on his forehead. The ref reprimands as Rush smothers JB, and Rush lets off, to RAM JB into more railing! And then he TOSSES JB over railing! Jose has the fan sign that says “RUSH > JUNGLE BOY” while Rush tranquilos in the ring, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Rush waits while JB drags himself up. The ring count starts, Rush goes out after JB and brings a chair. Rush sets the chair up and SMACKS JB off it! And then does it again! And then he pushes JB down, and picks up the chair. Jose distracts the ref, Rush swings, but JB dodges the chair shot! JB CHOPS Rush, Rush DECKS JB! Rush drags JB up, dumps him over the railing, and then brings him back to the ring. Rush soaks up the heat, shows off his physique, and the ref checks JB’s forehead. JB is still in this, so Rush slides back into the ring. Rush digs his boot into JB’s face but lets off as the ref counts.
Rush then HEADBUTTS away on JB, wanting to get that blood pouring more! The ref reprimands but Rush tells him to back off. Rush taunts the fans, then goes back to JB. Rush drags JB up, CHOPS him, and JB falls over! Rush swaggers around, goes back to JB, and JB sputters as he stands back up. Rush revels in it and Dynamite returns to single picture. JB ELBOWS Rush, ROCKS him, CHOPS him, and repeat! JB whips, Rush reverses, but JB COMEBACKERS! But Rush stays up!? Rush kicks JB around, then KICKS JB in the chest! Rush HEADBUTTS JB again, but JB CHOPS! Rush just scowls.
Rush taps JB low and dares him to bring the heat. JB CHOPS, CHOPS, and CHOPS! JB fires off CHOPS, Rush roars, but JB SOBATS! JB runs, but into a JUMP KNEE! But JB DROPKICKS in return! Fans fire up with JB and he goes corner to corner, but into a SUPERKICK! Rush goes up the corner but JB ROCKS him first! JB climbs, throws forearms on Rush, but Rush throws them back! JB adjusts, Rush CHOPS him, and he eggs JB on. JB CHOPS, Rush CHOPS, and again Rush demands more of JB! So JB HEADBUTTS! And HEADBUTTS! And then SUPER STEINERS! Fans fire up as Rush flounders!
JB aims from a corner, but Jose grabs at him! Fans boo, the ref reprimands but Jose plays innocent. Rush runs in, but JB ducks the lariat to trip Rush! JB drags Rush back, SNARE TRAP!! Rush reaches, crawls around, drags JB along, and gets the ROPEBREAK! Jose cheers and JB lets go. Both men go to the apron, and Rush wipes some of JB’s blood onto himself! JB CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Rush CHOPS, JB CHOPS, JB then ducks and he fires palm strike after palm strike! Rush BOOTS! JB staggers, but he comes back, only for Rush to OVERHEAD suplex to the floor!
The fans lose their minds and Rush is scowling. The ref checks JB but he’s somehow still in this. Rush puts JB in the ring, stands on him for the cover, TWO!!! JB isn’t done yet, but Rush drags him up. Rush dares JB to hit him, so JB SLAPS him! Rush DECKS JB! Rush drags JB up, bumps him off buckles, and then stomps away on him! The ref counts, Rush keeps after him, but then the ref pulls Rush back. Rush shoves the ref! The ref and Rush argue, JB rolls Rush up, with the tights!! JB WINS!!
Winner: Jungle Boy, by pinfall
But Rush goes after JB, and then Preston Vance rushes in! The LFI mug JB and they even bring the green cable in! They’re CHOKING JB! But here comes DARBY! Darby slides in to TACKLE Vance! They brawl, Rush gets the cable and goes after Darby with it! LFI mugs Darby again, but here comes SAMMY!! The Spanish God dodges Rush to KNEE him down! And then he SUPERKICKS Vance! Jose gets the SCORPION DEATH DROP! Vance runs back in, but Darby & Sammy dodge to DOUBLE DROPKICK him out! Fans fire up as the Young Pillars all stand tall. There is respect here, just as Sammy said, but only one can be the world champion. Who will win it all at Double or Nothing?
Backstage interview with MJF.
Speaking of the AEW World Champion, he is having a headache, and Renee says we’re a little over a week away from Double or Nothing’s Fatal 4 Way. The champion does not need to be pinned or submitted in the match to lose the title, and as we’re getting closer, how is MJF feeling? MJF slaps the mic out of her hand!! MJF storms off, is this a sign that even The Devil of AEW is afraid?
Backstage interview with Toni Storm.
Renee is with The Lightning From Down Under, and says that Storm has four wins in the last five days, an AEW record! Incredible momentum, to say the least. Storm says that is right, and you know who she doesn’t see setting records like that? The champion, Jamie Hayter! In fact, Storm doesn’t even see Hayter in Austin tonight. “Well guess what, Jamie? I am not the same Toni Storm as before. Oh, no, I am an entirely different animal now. And if you have any guts left at all, you will come to Las Vegas, and you will put the title on the line against ME at Double or Nothing!” Storm throws out the challenge, will Hayter take her up on it?
Ricky Starks VS Jay White w/ Juice Robinson!
This is an absolute main event as THE Absolute takes on King Switch! It has been roughly a month since Jay White started this with Ricky Starks, will it all come to a head here in Austin, Texas?
The bell rings and Starks rushes White! White bails out and wants Starks to stay back. The ref has Starks step back, White gets in and headlocks. Starks powers out, White bails out again, and fans boo. Starks is annoyed with White as White copies Starks’ pose. Starks rushes out, White slides in, and White says okay, he’ll stop playing around. Starks slides in, and White stomps away on him! White CLUBS Starks, Starks throws hands with White and backs him down! The ref counts as Starks stomps away in the corner, but fans fire up as Starks goes hard! Starks finally lets off and White flops out of the ring.
Starks goes out after White but White RAMS him into an apron! White then brings Starks up, but Starks RAMS him into railing! Juice is upset but the fans rally up. Starks brings White up, CHOPS him, and mocks the finger guns. The fans chant “Too Sweet! WOOP WOOP!” Starks glares at Juice but Juice stays back. Starks gets in, but White kicks him low! White CLUBS Starks, UPPERCUTS, and he whips Starks to ropes. White FLAPJACK HOTSHOTS Starks, then covers, TWO! Starks sputters but White drags him up to CHOP! Starks goes to a corner and White brings him out. White CHOPS Starks off his feet!
White stalks Starks, drags him up, and whips him to ropes. Starks reverses and back drops! Fans fire up as Starks strikes his pose properly. Starks stalks White out of the ring, to the ramp, and White CHOPS again! White RAMS Starks into the apron, and again, and then around the way, to CHOP! White aims at the apron but Starks blocks to SMACK White off the apron! Starks throws hands, Juice shouts at him, and that distracts so White can kick low! APRON GOURD BUSTER! Fans duel, “Let’s Go, Switchblade!” “RICKY STARKS!” as White leaves Starks behind and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
White soaks up the cheers and jeers as the ring count climbs. The count reaches 5 of 10 but White wants it faster. Starks slides in at 6, White covers, TWO! White smirks, he stomps Starks down, then drags him back up. Starks kicks, White blocks, and White DRAGON SCREWS the leg! Starks writhes but White soaks up the cheers and jeers again. White stalks Starks to a corner, has the bad leg, but Starks CLUBS him! White RAMS into Starks, and again, and again! The ref counts, White lets off and paces. Starks CHOPS back! And ROCKS White! And ROCKS him again! Starks whips, but White reverses, and Starks bounces off buckles!
White scoops Starks for a SIDEWALK SLAM! Cover, TWO! White is annoyed but he keeps on Starks. White wraps Starks in a bearhug and squeezes tight. Starks fights up, but White CLUBS him on the back and wrangles him back down. White keeps on the bearhug, Starks is fading, and the ref checks. The hand drops once, twice, but Starks revives! Starks fights up, but White CLUBS him on the back! Starks crawls to a corner, White brings him around, and CHOPS him! Dynamite returns to single picture as Starks turns things around to CHOP! Starks throws hands, stomps White, but the ref has him back off.
White knees Starks low! White whips Starks into the corner, but Starks comes back to LARIAT! Fans fire up and Juice coaches White. Fans rally as both men rise, and White runs in, into an atomic drop! Starks runs to SHOTGUN BOOT! White goes to a corner, Starks runs in to back elbow! And then TORNADO- NO, White throws Starks away! White rushes in, into an OVERHEAD Belly2Belly! Fans fire up and Starks air guitars. TORNADO DDT! Cover, TWO! White is still in this and Starks shakes his head. “This is Awesome!” as Starks drags White back up. Starks nods, he underhooks, but White deadweights him.
Starks CLUBS away on White, but White RAMS Starks low! Starks staggers, comes back, but White kicks low to DDT! Both men are down and Juice coaches White up. White and Starks go to opposite corners, and the ref has Juice stay back. White runs in to UPPERCUT Starks! White then hangs Starks out to dry on the ropes! Starks flops down, White drags Starks to a waistlock but Starks elbows free! Starks runs, into an URENAGE! Cover, TWO!! Starks just barely kicks out! White drags Starks back up, aims his finger gun, and then sleeper holds. But Starks fights the suplex with elbows! They’re on the ropes and Starks keeps throwing shots!
Fans fire up as Starks just hammers away! Starks runs in, but White EXPLODERS him up and out!! Starks lands hard, but the ref is watching Juice. Juice says he’s not doing anything! White goes out after Starks, brings him up, and puts him in the ring at 4 of 10. White hurries after Starks, but Starks cradles! TWO!! White hurries up to CHOP! Starks sputters and drops to his knees, and White drags him back up. Starks wrenches out to NECKBREAKER! Fans fire up, Starks builds speed, btu White follows! Starks scoops to NORTHERN LIGHTS BOMB! Cover, TWO!!! White survives again, this is why he’s an IWGP Grand Slam Champion!
Juice is freaking out, fans hope these guys “FIGHT FOREVER!” but this has to end somehow. Starks brings White up, but White slips out. White swings, misses, but he follows Starks. Starks dodges, but Juice swipes! Starks staggers! BLADE- NO, ROLL-UP! TWO!!!! Starks keeps moving, and he SPEARS!!! Fans are thunderous and Starks is feeling it! Canadian Rack, but White rakes the eyes!! The ref reprimands, White lets off and he argues with the ref, to distract from Juice getting in! CHAIR- NO, Starks dodges! Starks kicks Juice, he has the chair, and he SMACKS Juice with it! Then he JAMS White with it!
The ref realizes what’s going on, he tells Starks not to go any further! Starks doesn’t care, he SMACKS White!!
Winner: Jay White, by disqualification
Starks doesn’t care about the loss on the record, he got one on King Switch! Starks aims, but Juice drags White out of there! Juice shouts that he hates Starks, but what will it take for this all the end between Starks and Bullet Club Gold?
Tony Schiavone is back in the ring.
And he says it gives him no pleasure to introduce… Don Callis. Fans boo as Callis makes his way out, security lining the ramp. Footage of what Callis did last week even plays on the tron to remind us that Callis betrayed Kenny Omega. Fans call Callis a POS, and Schiavone points it out to Callis. Callis, why!? Why did you do that!? Callis says everyone wants to hear him talk about why he did what he did to Kenny Omega. But instead, Callis will tell us what Kenny did to Callis. “Make no mistake about it, there’s only one victim in this scenario, and it’s not Kenny!” Fans boo because they don’t believe it.
But Callis says after everything he did for Kenny, from the IWGP World Championship to the dream match of Jericho VS Omega at The Tokyo Dome! Callis’ first night here, “they” won the AEW World Championship! Fans keep booing as Callis says without him, there is NO Kenny Omega! But speaking of, here comes Kenny Omega!! Security moves up to block his path and Kenny says okay, okay. He DECKS guard after guard! But the BCC rushes out to get Kenny like they did the Bucks! They mug Kenny, and security, and Bryan Danielson shouts for them to finish Kenny! PARADIGM SHIFT on the ramp!
The BCC moves on from Kenny to get in the ring. Moxley has the mic to say, “The war is already over, Kenny. You and your little pissant friends can’t touch us! You never could! This is your final, final warning, Kenny: Stay down! We are what everybody else in this business pretends to be! We, this right here, WE are the elite!” But wait, here come the Bucks! They’re not as down and out as everyone thought! They’re hobbling, but they’ve also got a can full of goodies! But even with a trash can lid, a pipe and a 2-by-4 wood beam, this is still 4v3 in the favor of BCC. WAIT! HANGMAN PAGE IS HERE!!
Austin goes nuts to see that the Cowboy, even with an eyepatch over his one eye, stands with The Elite! And Kenny gives him the barbed wire wrapped broom! The band is back together, and they rush the ring! Yuta gets a TRASH CAN SHIELD SMASH from Kenny! Matt hits Claudio with the pipe! Nick hits Moxley with the 2-by-4! And Hangman chases Bryan off! The fans are going nuts for “COWBOY SH*T!” and Kenny gets his trash can lid. Matt CHOKES Yuta with the pipe, then throw shim in! SHIELD SMASH into the corner! The Bucks then drag Yuta up, for a B T E TRIGGER!!
And that’s not all! Hangman is on the apron, the Bucks set Yuta up, for the BUCKSHOT!! The BCC drag Yuta outta there, and Hangman gets the mic! Hangman says, “We are the heart, we are the soul, we are the spirit of this place! WE ARE… THE! ELITE!! So run and hide while you can, because at Double or Nothing, it’s The Elite VS Blackpool Combat Club, ANARCHY IN THE ARENA!!” The BCC wanted a war, and The Elite are giving it to them! Who will survive in Sin City when anything can happen?
My Thoughts:
A great Dynamite here, great build towards Double or Nothing, but not in any of the ways I had expected. For one, a shame we won’t get any Blood & Guts, even though there are feuds fitting for it. And a shame Jamie Hayter couldn’t compete tonight for a Six Woman Tag. But the 2v2 was still a great match, and of course The Outcasts still win. Storm has a good promo to call out Hayter, that will be a really good title match, and that could go either way give Storm has The Outcasts but Hayter has Britt. Likewise, great stuff out of The Elite and BCC, and this was a great moment for Hangman to return. No B&G but Anarchy in the Arena was wild last time, so it’ll be just as wild this time.
Really good main event match from Starks VS White, but of course this isn’t the end of it. White getting the win by disqualification is a great move, because White wins without really winning, and this can escalate the feud now to no less than No Disqualifications. I was just hoping for Shawn Spears to back Starks up a bit more, or maybe we bring in Fred Rosser from NJPW Strong to tie in his feud with Juice. And great opening promo from Wardlow, Christian and Luchasaurus, as well as the follow-up with Arn. Bringing out a ladder in that beatdown of course foreshadowed a ladder match, the one kind of match Christian can beat Wardlow because he won’t even need to beat Wardlow, Luchasaurus can do the damage for him.
Really good stuff out of Triple J and FTR. I had a good laugh at FTR just running out to shove Satnam off the stage for him to fall through a table. Kudos on Satnam for taking that spot, too, that can be risky for anyone, and Satnam’s legitimately a big, tall guy. Quite the surprise seeing Karen Jarrett here to help Triple J get one over on FTR, but I think all this is leading to Triple J losing at Double or Nothing. And great stuff out of the Falls Count Anywhere. I loved that they used the loophole, great way for Cole to get at Jericho and help Strong win. I would think we get Cole & Strong VS members of the JAS, like Menard & Parker, before we get Jericho VS Cole at Double or Nothing.
Great stuff out of the world title story, with every Pillar other than MJF having a match tonight. Darby & Cassidy win a great tag match with Moriarty & Morrissey, and Sammy just squashes Exodus Prime. Great promos from everyone after that, and I did not think we’d get a battle royal for the International Championship. I know it’s Blackjack for 21 people being in it, but I hope this is also their Casino Battle Royal, sending people out at random. This might be how Cassidy loses the title while still looking strong. Sammy and Darby also have a good promo to show respect. JB VS Rush was a great match, too, and I like that Sammy and Darby make the save. MJF is mad now, but there’s a good chance he still finds a way to win in the end.
And of course, Tony Khan’s big announcement. We are getting AEW’s newest weekly wrestling show, Saturday Night Collision. A two hour show that on one hand, helps AEW relieve the pressure on them to feature people on the roster, and on the other, keeps CM Punk and The Elite separated. Assuming there even is a “brand split” like what we see in the WWE, there probably won’t be a draft because that’d be way too much like what WWE does. Though, all pro team sports have drafts, too, so it wouldn’t be ripping WWE off since WWE already ripped off real sports. Maybe it’ll be a lottery rather than a draft so that it looks random. And if you can’t tell, that mystery location for Collision’s premiere is going to be Chicago so that Punk can show up and make Collision feel like a big deal.
My Score: 8.8/10
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Mitchell’s AEW Battle of the Belts Results & Report! (4/13/24)
Rumble, bad man, rumble!
The tenth edition goes the X-tra mile!
Battle of the Belts returns, and to settle the score from Dynamite’s Six Man Tag, Hook puts up his FTW Championship against Shane Taylor!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- FTW Championship: Hook VS Shane Taylor; Hook wins and retains the title.
- AEW International Championship Eliminator: Roderick Strong w/ The Undisputed Kingdom VS Rocky Romero; Strong wins and denies Rocky a title match.
- ROH Women’s World Championship: Athena w/ Billie Starkz VS Red Velvet; Athena wins and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
AEW Collision bleeds over a bit.
Bryan Danielson is still down on the ramp after Konosuke Takeshita’s Brainbuster and the medics check him. The battle with Will Ospreay at Dynasty is still in the books, but what condition will Bryan be in?
Backstage interview with Hook and Katsuyori Shibata.
Lexi Nari is with the FTW Champion and The Wrestler, and notes we saw Hook make the save for Shibata during Collision against Shane Taylor Promotions. At the same time, Hook is about to face Shane Taylor himself with the FTW title on the line. Knowing what Shane’s capable of, what is Hook’s strategy going into that match? Shibata uses his voice-to-text translator say, “Pardon the interruption… Hook, I’ll have your back tonight.” Hook appreciates that, but even knowing what Shane’s capable of, Hook’s got his own way of handling this. Shibata says bet, and Hook gives him the fist bump.
FTW Championship: Hook VS Shane Taylor w/ Anthony Ogogo!
The Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil knows he’s up against a bad, bad man, but this is FTW Rules! Everyone who fights for this title is a bad, bad man, so will Hook prove he’s the baddest? Or will Shane #SendHook back to New York without his gold?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who’s really the biggest badass in AEW!
The bell rings, the two circle, and they feel things out. Shane swings, Hook dodges to fire off fast hands and forearms! The fans fire up behind Hook but Shane shoves him away. Hook ducks the haymaker, waistlocks, but Shane fights with elbows. Shane swings again, but Hook gets under! Shane CLUBS the Camino down, then whips. Hook holds ropes, then DUMPS Shane out! Shane tumbles to the floor, Hook pursues, and Hook SMACKS Shane off railing! Hook SMACKS Shane off steel steps, then has Shane sit in a corner. Hook rains down fists, then lets off to revel in the cheers. Hook throws knees again and again, then CLUBS Shane again.
Shane staggers along railing, but Hook puts him in the ring. The fans cheer again, Hook storms in, but Shane JABS! JABS! And BODY SHOTS! Hook falls, sputters, and the ref has Shane stay back to check. That could’ve been a liver shot but Shane hauls Hook up. Shane CHOPS Hook in the career, and Hook sputters as he goes along ropes. Shane taunts Hook, puts him in a corner, and CHOPS again! Hook staggers to another corner, Shane taunts him, “I thought you were the man!” Shane BODY BLOWS again and Hook coughs. Hook fires hands in return, backs Shane down, then reels Shane in! Shane’s too big for the suplex, though!
Shane shoves Hook, and BODY BLOWS! Hook falls to the mat, but Shane drags him back up. Shane HEADBUTTS Hook, Hook is dazed, and Shane says he thought Hook was a killer. Shane says to bow down to the killer that’s badder! Shane CHOPS Hook, suplexes him, and hangs him out to dry! Hook sputters and falls, Shane soaks up heat, and Battle of the Belts goes picture in picture.
Shane drags Hook up, TOSSES him out, then goes out to bring Hook up. Shane whips Hook hard into steel steps! Hook writhes, Shane storms around, then Shane drags Hook up. Shane makes Hook take a seat in a corner, then runs up to KNEE Hook against railing! Hook falls over, but he’s somehow still conscious! Shane drags Hook up and hangs him out to dry on the railing! Hook sputters and falls to the floor, and Shane talks more trash. Shane drags Hook up, puts him in the ring, and BOTB returns to single picture. Shane has Hook on the apron, for the APRON LEG DROP! Hook sputters more while Shane seethes.
Shane storms in, talks trash on the fans, then soaks up the heat. Shane drags Hook up, puts him in the corner, and BODY SHOTS! BODY SHOT! HAYMAKER! Hook slumps down in the corner but the fans rally up. Shane waits on Hook, Hook says he’s still in this! Shane stands Hook up to BODY SHOT, BODY SHOT and BODY SHOT! Then Shane ROCKS Hook again, again, and AGAIN! Hook flops back down while Shane storms around. The ref checks with Hook, Shane says to call it already! Hook says no, he’s still in this! Shane drags Hook up, tells Hook to quit or he gets send home in a body bag!
The fans boo as Shane whips corner to corner, hard! Hook sputters, Shane runs in, but Hook dodges! Shane hits buckles, Hook hurries to waistlock! Shane fights the grip, then ROCKS Hook! Hook ROCKS Shane back! And ROCKS him again and again! The fans fire up as Hook fires more shots! Hook runs to LARAIT! Shane stays up, Hook LARIATS again! Hook runs, ducks the haymaker, and GERMAN SUPLEXES!! Shane staggers up in a daze, and Hook clinches to EXPLODER!! Hook covers, TWO!! Shane is still tougher than that and Hook is beside himself! Hook runs up in the corner, but into an URENAGE!
Shane drags Hook into the drop zone, goes up the corner, and he SPLASHES down! Cover, TWO?!? Hook survives and shocks Shane! Shane storms around, the fans rally up, and Shane drags Hook up. Shane slaps Hook around, then winds up, but Hook dodges! And dodges! REDRUM!! Shane is caught, he flails around, but then he fights up! Shane RAMS Hook into buckles, but Hook still holds on! Shane RAMS Hook in again, but Hook still has his hooks in! BACKPACK SENTON!! Shane is free, but then Hook springs up, REDRUM!! He even traps the arms!! Shane flails, reaches out, but he’s fading! Shane’s OUT, Hook wins!!
Winner: Hook, by submission (still FTW Champion)
The Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil does it again! He takes damage and finds a way to win! But now, will he have that face to face meeting with Chris Jericho this Wednesday Night Dynamite?
Backstage interview with Rocky Romero.
Lexi is with Azucar as he is just moments away from his Title Eliminator match for the International Championship. However, Lexi wants to know if he knows what’s going on with Best Friends. Rocky says Chuck, Trent and Orange Cassidy are like brothers to him, and yet he has no idea what’s going on there. But right now, he can’t really worry about that, he has to focus on the match with Roderick Strong. When Rocky wins, he’ll be one step closer to fulfilling his destiny of becoming International Champion. Kyle O’Reilly pops in, wishes Rocky luck, and then heads back out. Will Azucar be able to get one over on the Savior of the Backbreaker? Or will he just end up broken?
AEW International Championship Eliminator: Roderick Strong w/ The Undisputed Kingdom VS Rocky Romero!
While Azucar is confident, it was just last night on Rampage that Roddy took offense to him and Kyle O’Reilly even thinking there was a chance this match doesn’t go The Undisputed Kingdom’s way. Will Roddy prove them all wrong by crossing Rocky off the list? Or is this were The Kingdom starts to crumble?
The bell rings and the two circle. The fans are behind Rocky as he and Roddy tie up. Rocky waistlocks, Roddy wrenches to wristlock, but Rocky rolls, wrenches and wristlocks back. Roddy tries to pull hair but Rocky twists the wrist. Roddy pulls on Rocky’s ear to have the headlock and takeover. Rocky fights up, pops out the back, and then steps over. Rocky hooks an arm but Roddy fights off the takedown to hip toss and cover. ONE, but Roddy facelocks. Rocky fights up, pries at the hold, but Roddy holds on tight. Rocky still fights his way out of the hold, wristlocks and wrenches again, then YANKS the arm.
Roddy ROCKS Rocky then CHOPS him! Roddy whips, Rocky slides under then ducks ‘n’ dodges to RANA! The fans fire up as Rocky then wrenches Roddy and goes up a corner. Rocky FLYING KNEE DROPS right on the arm! The fans cheer the Latino Heat and Rocky goes back to the corner. Rocky CHOPS Roddy, Roddy CHOPS back! Rocky CHOPS, Roddy kicks low! Roddy CLUBS Rocky, ROCKS him, then reels Rocky in for a BACKBREAKER! Rocky writhes but Roddy covers, TWO! Roddy and The Kingdom talk trash, Roddy swings but Rocky dodges! Rocky CHOPS and then stomps away on Roddy!
Rocky digs his boot in, lets off as the ref counts, then stands Roddy up. Rocky snapmares and runs to basement dropkick! Roddy flounders, Rocky covers, ONE!! Rocky keeps one eye on The Kingdom, then he brings Roddy around. UPPERCUT and Roddy staggers. Roddy BOOTS, whips, but Rocky goes Spiderman! Rocky then dodges Roddy and sends him tumbling out! Rocky goes out to PENALTY KICK from the apron! Rocky leaps to DIVING STOMP! Roddy writhes, Rocky gives more Latino Heat, and BOTB goes picture in picture.
Rocky tells The Kingdom to back off, and so does the ref. Taven mocks Rocky’s Latino Heat, but Rocky puts Roddy in the ring. Rocky storms up on Roddy to KICK his leg! Roddy hobbles to a corner, Rocky CHOPS him and then follows him. Rocky ROCKS Roddy, ROCKS him again, but Roddy bails out. Rocky goes after Roddy on the apron, but Roddy lifts! Rocky fights that to then elbow Roddy! But Rocky has to watch out for The Kingdom lurking! Roddy BOOTS Rocky, then POSTS him! Rocky falls to the floor, Roddy hops down and he drags Rocky up. Roddy gives Rocky a RAILING BACKBREAKER! Rocky writhes, The Kingdom mocks him more, and Roddy drags Rocky up.
Roddy puts Rocky in the ring, stomps Rocky around, then drags him up to CHOP! Rocky staggers to a corner, Roddy storms up on him, and then DECKS him! Roddy soaks up the heat, then he digs his boots into Rocky! The ref counts, Roddy lets off at 4, but just switches feet! The ref counts more, Roddy steps away, and Rocky sputters along the ropes. Roddy gets Rocky up but Rocky ROCKS him first! And again! Roddy hits back, Rocky CHOPS, and CHOPS! Rocky runs, but Roddy blocks the Rana to make it a POWER BREAKER! Rocky writhes, Roddy covers, TWO! Roddy clamps onto Rocky with a motorcycle stretch!
Rocky endures as Roddy digs knee into Rocky’s back. Rocky fights up, moves around, but Roddy knees him low! Roddy scoops Rocky to RAM him into buckles! Then OKLAHOMA STAMPEDE! Cover, TWO! Rocky is still in this but Roddy stays on Rocky with stomps. Roddy stomps and stomps as BOTB returns to single picture. Roddy goes back to the motorcycle stretch but the fans rally again. Rocky fights up, fights back, and he KICKS Roddy’s leg! And KICKS! Roddy CLUBS Rocky, eggs Rocky on, but Rocky roars! Rocky fires forearms, then UPPERCUTS! Roddy wobbles, Rocky KICKS and KICKS and SOBATS!
Rocky CHOPS, whips, but Roddy reverses. Rocky reverses back to kick, but Roddy ducks the enzigiri! Rocky REWIND HEEL KICKS! Roddy flops out of the ring and the fans fire up! Rocky builds speed, fakes Roddy out and DIVES onto Taven! Then Rocky DIVES onto Roddy! Rocky puts Roddy in, runs up, SLICED BREAD! Cover, TWO!! Roddy survives but Rocky keeps his cool. Rocky fires forearms in the corner, then winds up! The fans fire up as Rocky runs in, clothesline! Another clothesline! But Roddy follows to RAM Rocky, and CHOP him! And CHOP! And CHOP! Roddy whips, Rocky comes back into the SICK KICK! Cover, TWO!
Roddy is frustrated but he hauls Rocky up. Fireman’s carry, but Rocky fights free! Roddy shoves, lifts again, but Rocky pops up to RANA! The fans fire up as Rocky ducks ‘n’ dodges, tilt-o-whirls and DDTS! Cover, TWO! Roddy survives but Rocky stays focused. The fans rally for Rocky as he stalks Roddy. Roddy RAMS Rocky, gets him up top, and then climbs up after him. Rocky fights with fists and a HEADBUTT! Rocky then cravats, SUPER SLICED BREAD!! Cover, TWO!! Roddy survives again and Rocky is beside himself! The Kingdom is also worried, they rally up for Roddy. The fans rally for Rocky as he goes out to the apron.
Rocky climbs but The Kingdom is lurking again. The ref tells them to back off, but Roddy ROCKS Rocky first! Roddy has Rocky up top but Rocky DECKS Roddy! Rocky adjusts, Roddy stands, METE- STRONG KNEE!! Cover, Roddy wins!
Winner: Roderick Strong, by pinfall (denies Rocky Romero a title opportunity)
The Kingdom helps Roddy, whether Roddy will say it that way or not. Kyle is here to celebrate with his friend, but he also checks on his other friend in Rocky. Kyle helps Rocky up to his feet, and wants the fans to give it up for Rocky. But then Wardlow LARIATS Rocky, and The Kingdom stomps away! Kyle has them stop, this isn’t cool! But then Roddy STRONG KNEES Kyle down?!? The fans boo as Roddy tells Kyle that he could do it on his own, but there’s only ONE man that can be International Champion! Kyle made the wrong decision! Roddy’s arrogance just ended his friendship with Kyle, will Kyle make Roddy pay for that?
Backstage interview with Serena Deeb.
Lexi Nair is with the Professor of Professional Wrestling and notes how last week, Serena walked on stage after Yuka Sakazaki’s return victory. Why? Serena says she was sitting in the back, watching that impressive match, and thought to herself that she was watching a great pro-wrestler. Someone that Serena would love to tear it up with. Tonight, the Professor is here on BOTB, but has no championship opportunity. She’s not sweating it, though. Since her return, Serena is undefeated. She checked the rankings, and The Professor is sitting pretty at Number 3! So week by week, she’s climbing her way up to inevitably become champion.
Serena tells Yuka, that was an invitation. To where? Into the Deeb Dojo! Serena will show Yuka that Serena is better, and that she is what she says she is: The Professor of Pro-Wrestling! Serena wants to test herself against the Wrestling Magical Girl, but who will be the one taking a step closer to a title opportunity?
BREAKING NEWS for Dynasty!
After Roddy’s sudden rejection of Kyle O’Reilly, they are now going to battle over the International Championship! It’s the fight neither man wanted, but will Kyle give Roddy payback for what he did with interest?
ROH Women’s World Championship: Athena w/ Billie Starkz VS Red Velvet!
The Fallen Goddess is 49-0 after defeating Hikaru Shida on Supercard of Honor last week, and when she says she’s the Forever Champion, she means that. But will “forever” come to a crashing halt in Kentucky? Or will The Chef be the one getting served an L?
The introductions are made by Lexi Nair, so just a little biased in Athena’s favor. The belt is raised, and here in the main event, we see who is the face of the ROH Women’s Division!
The Code of Honor is upheld, the bell rings and the fans fire up for Athena already. The two circle, tie up, and they go around. They go into a corner, along ropes, then Athena throws Velvet down. Velvet holds on, they roll on the mat with the collar ‘n’ elbow, then they stand up. Athena puts Velvet in a corner, the ref counts, but Athena lets off with a cocky smile. Velvet keeps cool and resets with Athena. They tie up. Velvet wrenches an arm to wristlock, but Athena handsprings and wrenches back. Velvet rolls, kips up, and wrenches back. Velvet headlocks but Athena powers up and out. Velvet runs Athena over, but Athena kips up!
The fans fire up while both women brush themselves off. They reset again, tie up, and Athena headlocks. Velvet powers up and out, but Athena wrenches to whip. Velvet ducks ‘n’ dodges and tilt-o-whirls to RANA, but Athena handsprings through! The fans fire up and Athena cheers herself on. But Velvet DROPKICSK Athena down! Athena gets up, Velvet arm-drags, arm-drags again, and then Velvet cheers herself on. Athena runs up into another arm-drag! Velvet has the armlock but Athena fights up and throws Velvet down by her hair! The fans cheer but the ref reprimands, and things speed up.
Velvet drops, runs up and CALF KICKS Athena down! Athena bails out, Billie there to check on her. Velvet goes to the apron, Athena grabs a leg but Velvet kicks her away. Velvet then ASAI MOONSAULTS land takes Athena down! The fans fire up, Velvet drags Athena up and puts her in the ring, then has her on the apron. Velvet climbs up, brings Athena up, but Athena shoves her back. FLAPJACK off the top buckles! Velvet staggers, Athena reels her back in, APRON BACK SUPLEX! The fans fire up with Athena while BOTB goes picture in picture.
Velvet crawls into the ring but Athena follows her. Athena looms over Velvet, drags her up, then CLUBS her down. Athena stands Velvet up to whip her hard into a corner. Athena revels in the cheers before she runs in and back body blocks! Then Athena goes side to side to forearm SMASH! Athena smiles as Velvet leans against buckles. Athena shoves Velvet down, stomps her around, then drags her back up. Velvet fires body shots, but Athena bumps her off buckles. Velvet avoids the forearm to DOUBLE CHOP! Velvet fires body blows but Athena throws hands! Velvet CHOPS, Athena CHOPS, they CHOP, then Athena CHOPS Velvet off her feet!
The fans cheer while Athena snarls. Athena sits Velvet back up, KICKS her in the back, then KICKS her again! And again! Athena stands Velvet up, bumps her off buckles, then scoops to put Velvet in the Tree of Woe. Athena KICKS away on Velvet’s back, then lets her fall out of the Three. Billie applauds, tells Velvet she should’ve known better, but Velvet swipes at Billie. Billie gets away, cheers Athena on, but Velvet fires hands on Athena! Athena swings back but Velvet bobs ‘n’ weaves! Velvet ROCKS Athena, kicks her legs out, then runs up , into a SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Athena is annoyed but still in control as BOTB goes to break.
BOTB returns once again as Athena hits buckles! Velvet rallies on Athena with clothesline after clothesline! Velvet runs, tilt-o-whirls and RANAS Athena onto ropes! Velvet runs up to DOUBLE KNEE! Velvet shoves Athena down, runs, and tilt-o-whirls again, REVERSE DDT! Cover, TWO! Athena survives and Velvet is frustrated. Athena crawls away, wanting mercy! But Velvet storms up, only for Athena to YANK Velvet into buckles! Athena then fireman’s carries Velvet for the WASTELAND! Roll through and another fireman’s carry, for another WASTELAND! Another roll through, and then Athena mocks the stirrin’ it up motion!
But Velvet pops up to RANA! Cover, TWO!! Athena escapes, Velvet runs up to wheelbarrow, but Athena URENAGES her down! Cover, TWO!! Athena is furious as Velvet survives! Athena goes up a corner, the fans cheer, and Velvet rises. But Velvet ROUNDHOUSES first! Velvet ROCKS Athena, climbs up after her, then CHOPS! Velvet goes to the very top, to SUPER VICTORY THROW! Athena flounders but she ducks the buzzsaw! Roll up, Velvet rolls through! THE SLICE! And then the tilt-o-whirl DDT!! Cover, TWO!!! Athena survives and Velvet is fuming! Velvet pushes Athena around while the fans rally up.
Athena is in the drop zone, so Velvet goes up top. Velvet tells Billie to shut up, but Athena gets out to the apron. The fans boo but Velvet adjusts position, to leap and SUPER CROSSBODY! Athena catches her!? And then brings Velvet around to FALCON ARROW to the floor! The fans fire up as Athena roars, but so does Velvet as she rises! Only for the SUPERKICK to knock her down! Athena has a wild look on her face and Billie cheers on the Overlord. Athena gets Velvet up, THROWS her into the LED board, then THROWS her around again! Athena drags Velvet up and into the ring, storms in after her, and reels her in! Canadian Rack, but Velvet sunset flips it! TWO!!!
Athena escapes, Velvet runs up, ducks ‘n’ dodges then SUPERKICKS! But Athena DECKS Velvet with a forearm! Athena goes up top, Velvet rises in a daze, to get the O-FACE!! Cover, Athena wins!
Winner: Athena, by pinfall (still ROH Women’s World Champion)
And that’s FIFTY and zero! Fifty wins, no losses, and no slowing down as she title belt clinks with Billie. But as is customary on ROH, Athena sets her belt down, and Billie does, too. They drag Velvet up, mock “stir it up,” but Velvet SLAPS Athena! And SLAPS Billie! But then Athena and Billie mug Velvet! The fans boo as Billie picks up her belt, takes aim, but then QUEEN AMINATA is here! Aminata runs down into the ring, dodges Billie to DECK Athena, then HEADBUTT for Billie! That’s payback for cheating in the TV title match! But then Athena runs up, into an Alabama Lift! AIR RAID CRASH!!
Aminata saves Velvet while also making her own impact, will The Queen not be denied her crown? Or will the Fallen Goddess look to make her pay for this insolence?
My Thoughts:
A really good BOTB but uh, after ten of these, we already know nothing really happens on these. Great action and promos like on Collision, but no titles were ever changing hands. And after two hours of Collision, the crowd was of course tired out. Hook of course defeated Shane but it was a really good showing of Hook’s resilience to take all that damage and still win. Really good match from Roddy and Rocky that Roddy of course won, and turns out I was right in thinking they’d fast track Roddy VS Kyle here. That match will be great stuff, but it’d be a shame if Kyle’s first title shot ends up a loss, even with The Kingdom all there to interfere and distract.
Good promo from Serena to make it clear that she’s having a match with Yuka, just in case it wasn’t clear last week. And then a great main event for the ROH Women’s Championship. Red Velvet looked great even in defeat, and natural move for Aminata to show up and go after Athena & Billie. Aminata really has her pick of the two titles at this point, and while payback on Billie for Supercard is an obvious route, why wouldn’t she go right to the source and take down Athena? Athena’s made it to 50-0, and if not when Athena faced Billie, not when she faced Nyla Rose nor when she faced Shida, her first loss should be to pass the torch to Aminata.
Aminata went through the grind, paid her dues, and has got organically over with ROH viewers, so if she isn’t gonna be the historic first Women’s TV Champ, make her the woman that takes down the top woman in ROH.
My Score: 8.6/10
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AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Collision Results & Report! (4/13/24)
The Don Callis Family is out for blood!
Will the Blackpool Combat Club survive this Collision?
Before the Dynasty dream match of Ospreay VS Danielson, the Don Callis Family wants to not just beat the American Dragon, but to destroy him!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: The House of Black VS Dante Martin, Action Andretti & Matt Sydal; The House of Black wins.
- Katsuyori Shibata VS Lee Moriarty; Shibata wins.
- Daniel Garcia VS Angelico w/ Serpentico; Garcia wins.
- AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator: Toni Storm w/ Luther & Mariah May VS AZM w/ Anna Jay; Storm wins and denies AZM a title match.
- Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli VS Will Hobbs & Kyle Fletcher; Bryan & Claudio win.
PLAY BY PLAY
The Blackpool Combat Club speaks.
Bryan Danielson says BIG week for BCC. Jon Moxley is the NEW IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, a huge accomplishment. And on Wednesday, Claudio Castagnoli takes on Will Ospreay, then Bryan faces Ospreay at Dynasty. But there’s tonight first. Claudio says Don Callis gave Kyle Fletcher & Will Hobbs this motivational speech that they don’t even need to beat BCC, they just have to hurt BCC. How weird. But it’s easier to beat them than to hurt them, and what kind of faith does that show Callis has in Ospreay? Not much, it seems. Not sure what Callis is thinking. But Claudio has faith that all three of those guys could beat BCC.
But hurt them? People have been trying to hurt Claudio and Bryan for 20 years. Because they see the spotlight, they see how successful BCC is, and they see BCC all over the world. Bryan couldn’t be stopped by a broken orbital bone nor a broken arm. And Claudio’s been fighting week after week after week, consistently like Swiss clockwork for over 15 YEARS. Because it’s not about the work and the talk here in front of the camera, but the work behind cameras, the stuff you don’t see, that goes into making this look so easy at the level they are at. Bryan agrees there, and tells Don Callis that he wants his guys to hurt them, to hurt Bryan and to hurt Claudio.
Guess what?! That’s not gonna fly tonight! Because Bryan goes out there every single night to hurt people! That’s what BCC does! Violence is their specialty! DCF will not only see that tonight, but on Wednesday and in St. Louis. The American Dragon is all fired up, but will he and the Swiss Superman burn down the Powerhouse and the Protostar?
Six Man Tag: The House of Black VS Dante Martin, Action Andretti & Matt Sydal!
Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews are preparing for the coming war with Adam Copeland, Mark Briscoe & Eddie Kingston, but they’re taking on three men who are much different from Copeland, Briscoe & Kingston. Will grounding high-fliers make the House ready for those brawlers? Or is this where the House will fold?
The trios sort out and the fans bark as Buddy starts against Action. The fans rally as the two circle, feel things out, and tie up. Buddy wrenches an arm to a wristlock, YANKS it and grinds the arm down. Action fights up, Buddy wrenches again, but Action rolls, handsprings and wrenches back. Action wristlocks, but Buddy rolls, handsprings and wrenches again. The fans cheer the technical exchange, and Action rolls, kips up, and wrenches back. Buddy powers Action back to whip, but Action holds onto the wristlock. Action twists the wrist but Buddy spins, headlocks and hits the takeover. Action moves around but Buddy keeps him down.
Action pushes Buddy to a headscissor, but Buddy kips free! Buddy gets around, waistlocks, but Action bucks the O’Conner. Action goes up and over as Buddy runs in, then DROPKICKS! The fans are torn but Action tags Sydal. Buddy TOSSES Action but Sydal schoolboys and bridges! TWO, Buddy knees low! Buddy ROCKS Sydal, CLUBS him, then tags Malakai! But Sydal arm-drags and SOBATS! Sydal KICKS Malakai, tags in Dante, and they coordinate, MONKEY FLIP and SWANTON CANNONBALL! Cover, TWO! Tag to Action, he ROCKS Malakai and whips. Malakai reverses, Dante gives Action the boost up and over!
Dante catches Malakai to a facelock, but Malakai wrenches out to BOOT Action! Malakai blocks Dante’s kick to STO! Action kicks low, whips, but Malakai stops himself to stare Action down. The fans cheer, Malakai dodges a shot and Brody tags in. BOOT to SHOULDER TACKLE! Dante and Sydal run in but they get run over! The fans fire up with Brody, but then Dante and Sydal DOUBLE DROPKICK! Brody returns to DOUBLE LARIAT! The fans bark for Brody, he gets Action up and CHOPS him to a corner. And CHOPS again! Action sputters, Brody whips him to ropes, but Action ducks ‘n’ dodges to go up, but Brody catches him!
Action fights, but Buddy distracts the ref while Malakai jumps in. Brody gets Action in wheelbarrow position, ROUNDHOUSE into the GERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up for The House while Action tumbles out. Buddy tags in and Brody DIVES onto all three opponents! The fans fire up again as Brody roars, and he puts Action in for Buddy. Buddy aims from a corner as Action rises, and Buddy runs in to BOOT in the corner! Snapmare and cover, TWO!! Action survives but Buddy stays focused. Buddy drags Action up, suplexes, but Action knees free! Action waistlocks, Buddy ELBOWS Action then sucker punches Sydal!
Buddy storms up on Action, Action slides under and reaches out! Buddy has a leg, he reels Action in to back suplex, but Action lands on his feet! Action ducks under an elbow, reaches out again, but Buddy has the tights! Action ENZIGIRIS, hot tag to Sydal! JUMP KICK! Sydal ducks ‘n’ dodges to RANA! Buddy tumbles, comes back, but into a WHEEL KICK! Malakai runs up to CLUB Sydal, but Sydal JUMP KNEES back! QUESTION- NO, Malakai blocks the Question Mark Kick to ROUNDHOUSE Sydal! Sydal staggers to ropes, Brody storms in, but Sydal DUMPS Brody out! Buddy runs up, into a BOOT!
Sydal ELBOWS Malakai, runs up, but into a POP UP, POWERBOMB BACKBREAKER COMBO!! The fans fire up and Buddy covers, TWO! Sydal is still in this while Collision goes picture in picture.
Buddy looms over Sydal, drags him up and whips to JUMP KNEE! Sydal tumbles out and Brody tags in. Brody goes after Sydal to whip him hard into railing! Sydal writhes, Brody drags him back up, and Brody whips Sydal hard into more railing! The fans bark for Brody again as he stands Sydal up and CHOPS! Brody puts Sydal in the ring, looms over him, then drags him up. Brody CHOPS Sydal to the corner, tags Buddy, and then Brody scoops Sydal to SLAM him! Buddy slingshot SENTONS right in! Tag to Malakai and Buddy snapmares Sydal for Malakai to PENALTY KICK! Cover, TWO! Malakai drags Sydal down into a KIMURA!
Sydal endures the double wristlock as Malakai twists the elbow! Malakai drags Sydal back, Buddy tags in, and they mug Sydal. Buddy snapmares Sydal to KICK him down! Buddy drags Sydal back up, clamps onto the arm, and Collision returns as Buddy whips Sydal hard into a corner! Buddy BOOTS Dante off the apron for the hell of it! Buddy snapmares Sydal to KNEE him in the back, and KNEE again! Buddy mockingly holds Sydal’s hand out to Action, then KICKS Sydal in the back! And KICKS him again! The fans rally but Buddy drags Sydal right up to an Electric Chair Lift! But Sydal uses that to POISON-RANA!
Buddy flops right out of the ring and the fans rally up! Sydal crawls, The House shouts to Buddy, and the ring count is 5 of 10! Brody hurries to toss Buddy back in, hot tags to Malakai and Dante! Dante fires off on Malakai, then whips. Malakai reverses, runs up, but Dante slips out, goes up and around, then GAMANGIRIS! Dante springboards to CROSSBODY! But Malakai rolls through it to suplex and GOURD- NO, Dante lands out! POP-UP RANA! Dante hurries up a corner while Malakai is down! The fans fire up but Dante has to leap away as Brody rushes over! Dante comes back to SHOTGUN Brody down!
Malakai waistlocks, GERMAN SUPLEX, but Dante lands on his feet! Dante dodges Malakai to PELE! Cover, TWO!! Dante runs and FLIES out onto Brody! Dante hurries back in, the fans fire up, and Dante stalks Malakai, only to get a ROUNDHOUSE! Action hurries to tag in, he torture racks but Malakai lands out! Malakai knees low, whips, but Action ducks ‘n ‘dodges to DIVE onto Buddy! Action snarls but Malakai hits him with a TRIANGLE MOONSAULT! Malakai puts Action in, BOOTS him to ropes, then ROUNDHOUSES! Malakai brings Action over, tags Brody, and then Buddy joins in. The fans bark as the House surrounds Action.
DANTE’S- NO, Sydal and Dante save Action! Then they TRIPLE SUPERKICK in return! And then TRIPLE SUPERKICK! DOUBLE SUPERKICK! TRIPLE SUPERKICK!! The fans fire up but Buddy POP-UP KNEES Dante! Sydal goes up to METEORA! Malakai ROUNDHOUSES Sydal, Action springboards to FLYING LARIAT Malakai! Brody DISCUS LARIATS Action down!! Cover, but Dante MAMBA SPLASHES it apart!! The fans are thunderous for “A E DUB! A E DUB!” “This is Awesome!” as the teams regroup. Sydal BUZZSAWS Brody! Dante SUPERKICKS! Action joins in, TRIPLE KICK! Dante then SENTONS!
Action 450 SPLASHES! Cover, ONE?!?! The fans are barking while Action can’t believe! Tag to Sydal, METE- NO, Brody catches Sydal, throws him back and SPLASHES in a corner! The fans bark more, The House all coordinate, CEREBERUS ATTACK!! Cover, The House wins!
Winners: The House of Black, by pinfall
That was surely a fast ‘n’ furious fight just to open the night, and Malakai wants to make sure Adam Copeland was watching. The House vows that Dynasty will be The End. Will the House soon take the head of the Face of TNT?
Backstage interview with Toni Storm, Mariah May & Luther.
Lexi Nair is with the AEW Women’s World Champion, as well as her protege and her butler, and says we saw a lot on Dynamite. Kissing, champagne, and- “Yes, we did see a lot, didn’t we, darling? Get used to it. Because we saw a Champion’s Champagne Celebration that made an Italian woman curse, and turned Lightning Daffodil into a diddling do-how! And as for the kissing… There has been no greater love than this.” Storm turns to Mariah, but Lexi interrupts by saying she meant the kiss Mariah had with Mina- Mariah cuts Lexi off there. Can’t Lexi see Toni has a lot on her plate right now?
Toni has a title defense on a PPV coming soon, AND a match against AZM tonight. Plus, Anna Jay’s all serious~ right now. Yes, yes, Azumi-san. You want her to kiss your bottom? Well, that makes you and a thousand other perverts! Toni will give AZM a beating so intense, it’ll be featured in a fetish periodical! And the name of that publication? Chin up, tits out, and watch for the shoe…! The leading lady leads the way out, will she send AZM crying back to Stardom?
AEW shares footage from after Dynamite.
Chris Jericho found Taz backstage to talk with him about the Six Man Tag. We all saw what happened, and Jericho just wants to explain himself to Hook. Jericho is just trying to do what’s right for Hook but Hook won’t listen. Hook won’t answer his phone or his texts, but Taz knows his son better than anyone. Can Taz please ask Hook if he’ll talk to Jericho? Taz says he’ll try, a lot of the time he doesn’t really hear from Hook, Hook’s his own man. Of course, of course. Taz says Jericho may have pissed Hook off. And when Hook gets pissed, it’s… Well, Taz will try.
Jericho appreciates that, and as it turns out, this coming Wednesday, Taz will broker a face to face! Will #LionHook still make it work? Or will this Jericho only #SendHook into a stronger rage?
Katsuyori Shibata VS Lee Moriarty w/ Shane Taylor Promotions!
The Wrestler got caught by #TAIGASTYLE all because Lionheart Jericho couldn’t get out of his own way. Will Shibata be able to handle things much better on his own? Or will Moriarty sink his fangs into Shibata one more time?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Lee and Shibata circle, Ogogo joins commentary to say the “skull cracking, jaw jacking Gov’nah is back in AEW.” Shibata and Lee clinch, go around, and Shibata waistlocks. Lee moves around, Shibata finds a lateral press, ONE! Shibata has the legs, goes around to cover, ONE! Lee uses a leg guard, gest Shibata’s leg, but Shibata sits on the toehold. Lee tries to waistlock at the same time but Shibata wristlocks. Lee scrambles to the ROPEBREAK, and fans applaud as Shibata lets off. The two reset, feel things out, and then Lee kicks low. Lee cravats, snapmares, and stomps Shibata!
Lee runs to roll things into a chinlock! Shibata pushes back to a cover, ONE! Lee holds onto the hold but Shibata fights the body scissors. Shibata uses his leg as leverage for breaking the chinlock, then he wrenches an arm. Lee rolls, Shibata wrangles him back down, but Lee fights up again. Lee slips around, wrenches, but Shibata waistlocks. Lee wrenches, wrangles, but Shibata trips Lee. Shibata has Lee’s legs, knees on Lee, but Lee fights free to kick. Shibata steps over and has the FIGURE FOUR! Lee blocks the main leg but Shibata powers through that! The fans rally, Lee drags Shibata along as he reaches out, but Shibata puts on the pressure!
Lee endures, fights and has the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Shibata lets off, but then lee kicks Shibata away. Lee bails out, Ogogo coaches him from commentary, but Shibata goes out to CLUB Lee! Ogogo gets off commentary, gets up in Shibata’s face, and Shane distracts the ref so Ogogo can feint high to BODY BLOW! Lee slips away to the ring and sits cross-legged to mock Shibata! The fans boo while Ogogo rejoins commentary and the ring count begins. Lee mockingly applauds and Ogogo pretends not to know what happened. The count is 8! 9! Shibata springs in at 9.9! But Lee CLOBBERS Shibata, covers, TWO!!
Lee clamps right onto Shibata, steps over, and SNAP LOCKS the short arm scissor while Collision goes picture in picture.
Lee turns Shibata over, keeps the one arm trapped in a hammerlock, then pulls on the other arm. Shibata endures as Lee tortures the fingers and twists the wrist! Lee pushes the arm around for a RECLINER ARMLOCK! Shibata endures, Lee sits up and hooks the arm with a leg. Lee uses that to hook Shibata to a cover, TWO! Shibata escapes but Lee stalks him to ropes. Lee drags Shibata up but Shibata CHOPS! Lee comes back but Shibata ROCKS him! Lee comes back again, ROCKS Shibata, and Shibata falls over! Lee digs his boots in at the ropes, scrapes Shibata out of the ring, then soaks up the heat.
Lee goes out after Shibata, RAMS him into railing, then taunts everyone while Collision goes to break.
Collision returns and Shibata gets back in the ring after having wrecked Lee on the outside. But then Lee wrenches Shibata. Shibata ROCKS Lee, Lee wrenches, repeat! Lee CHOPS Shibata, but Shibata doesn’t budge! Lee CHOPS again, but Shibata eggs him on! Lee CHOPS, CHOPS and CHOPS, but Shibata is leaning into the shots! Shibata backs Lee down even though Lee CHOPS again and again! Shibata eggs Lee on, Ogogo coaches Lee, and the CHOPS keep going. Shibata ROCKS Lee with a forearm! Lee flops in a corner, Shibata fires more forearms on him! Shibata UPPERCUTS, then JABS, then COHPS! JAB CHOP JAB CHOP!
Lee sits down, Shibata COHPS and CHOPS and runs, HYDRAULIC DROPKICK! The fans fire up for Shibata’s signature and STP looks upset! Shibata snap suplexes, covers, TWO! Lee stays in this and both men catch their breaths, but Shibata gets Lee up. Lee switches around to COBRA TWIST! The fans rally as Shibata endures, and Shibata pries at the grip. Shibata switches the Cobra Twist onto Lee! Lee endures now, marches his way forward, and has the ROPEBREAK! But Shibata KNEES Lee low! Shibata reels Lee in to SAIDO! Shibata runs up, but Lee ducks the kick! Lee kicks, Shibata blocks but the KNEE hits!
Lee runs, BOOTS, but Shibata stays up! Shibata fires up and runs, to BOOT Lee! Lee wobbles, roars, and runs to BOOT! Shibata runs to BOOT! Lee rebounds, into a BOOT! Shibata waistlocks, Lee fight sit to switch, facelock and suplex, but Shibata fights out! Lee catches Shibata, wrenches, and THE- NO, Shibata avoids the Fang to SLEEPER! Ripcord PALM STRIKE! Then PENALTY KICK!! Cover, Shibata wins!
Winner: Katsuyori Shibata, by pinfall
Moriarty put up a fight, but it wasn’t enough to win. So Shane Taylor attacks from behind! The fans boo as Shane stomps Shibata at the ropes then talks trash! But here comes HOOK! The Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil won’t let Shane beat up his friend like that! Lee runs up but Hook catches him for an EL CAMINO! Shane stares Hook down, their FTW Championship match set for later tonight on Battle of the Belts. But given that, Shane stands down and STP regroups. They’ll look to handle this later, but it be rumble, bad man, rumble?
Backstage interview with Athena & Billie Starkz.
Lexi Nair is in her Minion In Training Letterman’s jacket as this is an Emergency Minion Empowerment Meeting! She is with the ROH Women’s World Champion AND ROH Women’s Television Champion, and Athena defends her title against Red Velvet in the main event of Battle of the Belts! The main event, ON TNT, LIVE! Athena deserves this because she is that damn good! Billie agrees, but says Red is really good. She made it really far in the Women’s TV Title tournament. Yes, but Billie won that, right? She did! So Athena knows Red Velvet is a top star, Red Velvet is a threat, but Athena is the TOP champion! The BEST champion in wrestling today!
Athena is the Minion Overlord, the Fallen Goddess, the REAL Alpha, the Forever Champion, and tonight, Athena makes an example out of Velvet to show the world what they’ve been missing. Will Athena be the one serving L’s to The Chef tonight?
Backstage interview with The Undisputed Kingdom.
Collision returns as Lexi is now with Roderick Strong, Mike Bennett & Matt Taven and says as of late, they’ve had a lot of success. Would they attribute any of that success to Wardlow? “LEXIII~! How dare you. How dare you give credit to anybody but me.” Roddy is a fighting champion, a giving champion. Do you not see the opportunity Roddy is giving to these gentlemen who do not even deserve it? He is making them earn it because they do not deserve it. How dare she? But hey, Roddy has been doing it on his own, just like Kyle O’Reilly. Kyle inspires Roddy.
But enough about that, let’s talk tonight. Tonight, Roddy puts on a show. What’s the show called? The Beating of a Lifetime! That’s the Kingdom’s favorite show! But will Rocky Romero cancel that show to make it The Azucar Hour?
Daniel Garcia VS Angelico w/ Serpentico!
The Dragonslayer has been getting back up with win after win, and he doesn’t plan on stopping now! Will he turn it up a notch as we get closer and closer to Dynasty? Or will the South African Stud prove he’s still worthy of some opportunities, too?
The bell rings, the fans rally and the two circle. They feel things out, tie up, and Angelico wrenches to a hammerlock. Angelico spins Garcia, wristlocks, but Garcia pries the hold open to wrench back. Angelico spins, slips through, spins Garcia, then slips around again to arm-drag! Garcia gets up fast but Angelico does his own dance. The fans boo but Garcia keeps cool. The two tie up, Garcia waistlocks, spins, snapmares, ghost pin, TWO! Angelico is up but Garcia clinches to to arm-drag! Leg-sweep, cover, ONE! Angelico puts a leg guard up as he calls for a timeout! The fans cheer as Garcia shows sportsmanship and lets Angelico get up.
Angelico and Garcia reset, knuckle lock, then Angelico trips Garcia. Angelico rolls Garcia, whips, but Garcia reverses. Angelico rolls off Garcia’s back, Garcia jumps the leg sweep, but not the EDDY GORDO KICK! Angelico wrenches, steps over, LA MAGISTROL! TWO, but Angelico stomps Garcia around. Angelico drags Garcia by an arm but Garcia kicks him. Angelico stomps Garcia, but Garcia CHOPS! Angelico JABS Garcia, digs his boots in, but lets off as the ref counts. Angelico drags Garcia up, hits a BIG back suplex, then grabs legs. Angelico steps over, but Garcia kicks him away to trip him! Garcia steps through to FIGURE FOUR!
The fans fire up as Angelico endures! Angelico’s shoulders are down, ONE as he sits back up. Garcia puts on the pressure but Angelico turns things over! Garcia endures now, but he fights it back over! Angelico endures again, stays off the mat, and turns things over again! Garcia turns it back! Then Angelico, then Garcia! Angelico has it! Garcia has it! Angelico has it again, Garcia has it back, ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer as the two kick at each other while the hold is undone. They both stand, Garcia kicks but Angelico kicks back. Garcia kicks, Angelico kicks, repeat! Garcia kicks more and more, runs, but the leg bothers him!
Angelico DECKS Garcia! Angelico hauls Garcia up to suplex, but Garcia slips free and kicks! Then TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! The fans fire up while both men are down! Garcia beats his leg into working, the fans rally behind him, and he stands. Garcia counter punches Angelico, then does it again! Garcia then wrenches and BUTTERFLY SUPLEXES! The fans fire up as Garcia runs in at the corner to forearm SMASH! Garcia climbs up, rains down fists, and goes to nine before he puts up his dukes, to DO HIS DANCE! The fans fire up as Garcia hops down and runs corner to corner, HAYMAKER! Garcia runs up again, choke grip!
Angelico breaks free, Garcia CHOPS and SAIDOS! Garcia storms around, gets the legs, KNEEBAR!! Angelico flails, reaches out, but TAPS, Garcia wins!
Winner: Daniel Garcia, by submission
A great fight leads to a great win for Red Death! Will this momentum help Garcia be primed for a title match on the other side of Dynasty?
Pac speaks.
“Kazuchika Okada. Believe it or not, bonny lad, I would like to thank you. Not only for accepting my challenge, but also for walloping me around the head with a big dirty lump of steel. That was very brave of you, wasn’t it, huh? And now, as a result, I have a perpetual headache that serves as motivation to remind everybody of exactly who I am. Now I may not be tall and handsome, I am not a Japanese superstar, I do not own a Ferrari, and I’m certainly not flavor of the month. Okada, you may think you’re God’s gift to professional wrestling, but you’re not! You’re CRAP! And what I am is better than you!
“And next Sunday, at AEW Dynasty, live from St. Louis, Missouri, I am going to relish the opportunity to prove it in front of the entire world. You understand me, hm? Good.” The Bastard is ready, will he violently end The Rainmaker’s reign?
AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator: Toni Storm w/ Luther & Mariah May VS AZM w/ Anna Jay!
The leading lady of AEW knows her next big picture will have “Lightning Daffodil” starring against her, but she has to be careful not to take tonight’s performance too lightly. Will Storm strike down AZM here in Kentucky? Or will the Highspeed Superstar find her way into the Dynasty picture?
The bell rings and the fans rally up already. The two circle, feel things out, and then tie up. Storm throws AZM down then laughs at her, but AZM gets right up. They reset, circle again, and tie up. They go around, Storm puts AZM on ropes, then sits her down! Storm poses and the fans cheer, but AZM is right up to fire forearms! The fans rally, Storm just shrugs those off! AZM runs to RAM Storm but Storm still laughs! AZM runs and RAMS Storm again, Storm chuckles this time. AZM fakes a punch to stomp Storm’s foot! AZM runs, but Storm follows and runs AZM over! The fans cheer but then AZM kips right up!
AZM ducks ‘n’ dodges, trips Storm then keeps moving, PENALTY KICK! Basement dropkick! The fans fire up as AZM kips up again! AZM pushes Storm around, steps on her, and the ref counts. AZM steps away at 4, the fans rally up, and AZM runs to DOUBLE STOMP! Cover, ONE!! Storm toughs it out and the fans rally as AZM goes to the apron. AZM climbs, Storm DECKS her! Storm then runs to HIP ATTACK AZM to the floor! AZM tumbles away to the ramp, but Anna gets Mariah in a QUEENSLAYER SLEEPER! Mariah RAMS Anna into railing! Mariah and Anna fight now, the fans fire up, and AZM gets outta the way!
Storm is flabbergasted as Anna and Mariah brawl their way to the back! Storm fetches AZM but AZM whips her into steel steps! Then AZM pushes Storm around, goes up the apron, and fans fire up for the PENALTY KICK! Storm is dazed but the fans fire up as Collision goes picture in picture.
AZM shoves Storm in, goes up top, then MISSILE DROPKICKS! Storm flounders all the way across the ring! AZM storms over to drag Storm up, but Storm HOTSHOTS her! AZM flounders, Storm stomps her, and then Storm CHOPS AZM down! Storm pushes AZM around, flexes, then brings AZM up. Storm whips AZM, BOOTS AZM down, then flexes again. Storm drags AZM back up, bumps her off buckles, then fires off CHOPS! Storm TOSSES AZM by her hair! The ref reprimands but Storm steps on AZM in the corner! The ref counts, Storm steps away, and she then scuffs AZM against ropes. The ref counts, Storm lets off again.
Storm drags AZM up, scoops, and SIDEWALK SLAMS! Cover, TWO! AZM is still in this but Storm grabs arms to put AZM in a motorcycle stretch. AZM endures, so Storm shifts to a chinlock, but AZM still fights! ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Storm lets go at 4, and she paces around AZM. Storm stomps AZM, drags her up, and Collision returns to single picture as Storm stomps AZM in a corner. Storm pie faces AZM, taunts her, but AZM rises. The fans fire up as AZM fires forearms! Storm ROCKS AZM in return! AZM fires another forearm, Storm ROCKS her again! AZM fires more forearms, then blocks a kick to ROUNDHOUSE!
AZM runs, but Storm HEADBUTTS! But AZM returns to LA MYSTICA! Then BUZZSAW! Both women are down and the fans fire up! AZM sits up first, brings Storm up, and then runs, but Storm CHOKES her! AZM fights free, blocks a kick, LEG TRAP GERMAN! AZM puts Storm in a drop zone while the fans are dueling! AZM goes up top, takes aim, and DIVING DOUBLE STOMPS!! Cover, TWO!! Storm survives and AZM can’t believe it! AZM fires herself back up, reels Storm in, but Storm wrenches out to SKY HIGH! Cover, TWO!! Storm throws a fit then storms around. Storm drags AZM up, waistlocks, but AZM fights!
AZM grabs ropes, Storm drags her back, but AZM arm-drags free! Step over, and AZM SUSHI ROLL! TWO!! Storm escapes, blocks the buzzsaw, then waistlocks to GERMAN SUPLEX!! AZM tumbles and flounders into a corner, and Storm takes aim! She’s ready for her close-up! SWEET HIP MUSIC~! STORM ZERO PILEDRIVER!! Cover, Storm wins!
Winner: Toni Storm, by pinfall (denies AZM a title opportunity)
That was certainly fast and furious, but you can’t beat a classic like Timeless Toni! Mariah returns from backstage with a couple glasses of the bubbly. Mariah and Toni link arms while they drink up, and Storm brings Mariah to her bosom. Storm cuddles Mariah, then shoves her, then drags her back up to bring her away. Will nothing and no one take the spotlight away from the AEW Women’s World Champion?
Backstage interview with Red Velvet.
Lexi Nair is now with The Chef and brings up tonight’s title match with Athena. How is Velvet feeling about such a high profile match? High profile? Red Velvet IS high profile! And she saw what Lexi’s “boss,” Athena had to say, really stirring up the pot. But Athena, you wanna stir it up? They can stir it up? In BOTB’s main event, Red Velvet will knock you out! Red Velvet is not a stranger to main events, title pictures or high profile matches. Tonight, Velvet makes an example out of Athena, and shows everyone why it was a mistake for Athena to step into Velvet’s kitchen! Will The Chef make Athena eat crow while serving up that L?
Mark Briscoe speaks.
“Now House of Black, I’ve been doing this dance with y’all a little while now, and I’m starting to understand how y’all operate. Starting to understand y’all’s M-O. You try to intimidate me. You try to strike fear into the hearts of men. Well I done told you, I fear no man, I fear no evil. And ancient wisdom says the violent take it by force. Now lemme tell you, Eddie Kingston, Adam Copeland, and Mark Briscoe, we some violent men! And at Dynasty, we bringing the violence, babeh! So heed my advice, House of Black! Be afraid, be very afraid!” The Sussex County Chicken is ready for a fight, will he, the Rated R Superstar and Mad King tear down The House of Black once and for all?
Tony Schiavone is on stage.
He says Dynasty is coming, and a big match on that card is the AEW Women’s World title, Timeless Toni Storm VS the former champion, Thunder Rosa! The fans cheer as La Mera Mera makes her way out and joins Schiavone on stage. Schiavone says we saw what happened on Dynamite when Storm hit her with champagne and smudged her face paint. But the fact is, Rosa never lost her title. She has a chance to redeem herself and get the title back. Rosa says that is right. Before that, she wants to address something else. See all these people here? She wants to thank all of them for making this comeback so special for her.
And of course, thank you to everyone watching at home seeing them on TBS, TNT and all over the world! Without you, we wouldn’t have made all these wonderful memories the last five years. Without you, we wouldn’t have made AEW what it is today. The fans cheer that, and Rosa says she is here for a reason. That is to remind people that she doesn’t need help. And she means you, too, Deonna Purrazzo. Rosa wants to remind everyone that she’s done a lot on her own. When she earned her college degree, she earned her US citizenship, she helped a lot of people as a social worker, and won all those matches even before AEW, and especially when she won the AEW title.
But most importantly, Rosa fought so hard here to be in AEW, and she’s still here in AEW, because it is where the best wrestle! And “Antonia,” Rosa thought you believed the same things. What happened to you, homegirl? Weren’t they together in the ring? Weren’t they #ThunderStorm? When did Storm go completely crazy!? Rosa was so proud of being a champion, even though her body couldn’t carry her as far as her passion. Rosa had to heal. Then that day, something died inside of her. But Rosa has a chance, another opportunity, and it is important that Toni knows it will happen in St. Louis.
Rosa wants to humble Toni, to remind her that Rosa didn’t leave because she “couldn’t carry” the weight of that title. At Dynasty, Rosa carries more than that title. She will carry the pride of HER people, of her family, and if she has to break every single bone in her body to uplift and empower the women of this locker room fighting for just one opportunity and respect, because they also believe in AEW… Then Antonia, kiss your little clone goodbye. You made a big mistake on trying to erase Rosa’s mask. You don’t wanna see what’s underneath. You can’t kill what’s already dead! And on Sunday, Rosa comes for Storm, for the title, and to drag Storm’s soul to HELL!!
La Mera Mera is all fired up, and she smears her own face paint to make her point. Will she smash that spotlight and leave the leading lady in the dark?
Deonna Purrazzo speaks.
“Thunder Rosa, if you don’t want my help, that’s fine. I’ll help myself. When I staked my claim at the AEW Women’s World Championship, it wasn’t personal. It’s because frankly, I don’t think Toni Storm embodies what it means to be a world champion. But I do. I’m a workhorse, I’m a thoroughbred, I am the Virtuosa, Deonna Purrazzo. And I could stand here, make excuses about why I’m not the AEW Women’s World Champion right now, or I could do something about it. It seems if I can’t get one Toni Storm, I might as well get the other. So next week, Mariah May VS The Virtuosa, Deonna Purrazzo, and I’m gonna break your arm.”
The message has been sent, will Deonna make sure the leading lady’s understudy won’t make it to Dynasty to support Toni Storm?
BREAKING NEWS for Dynasty!
To raise the stakes on this match, The Young Bucks VS FTR Part 4, it will be a LADDER MATCH! No pinfalls or submissions, only the team that can literally rise above will become the NEW AEW World Tag Team Champions! But is this still playing right into the EVPs’ hands? Or can Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood find a way to come out on top?
The Don Callis Family speaks.
Kyle Fletcher says tonight in the main event, he and Will Hobbs are on a mission for the Don Callis family. That is to protect the golden goose. This Wednesday Night Dynamite, Claudio will end up a cakewalk for Ospreay! And Dynasty, Bryan will be the exact same thing, all thanks to DCF. Hobbs says not to worry about next week, let’s just focus on tonight. Tonight, they got Claudio and Danielson, and tonight the DCF expects a hefty fine. Bryan might as well just expect not to walk out on his own. One last message has been sent, but now it’s time to put up or shut up! Will the Protostar & Powerhouse pulverize the BCC?
Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli VS Will Hobbs & Kyle Fletcher!
The teams sort out but then the DCF just attack! The bell rings, the fans fire up and the brawl is on! Claudio fires off on Hobbs but Kyle TOSSES Bryan out. Hobbs and Claudio fall out of the ring while Kyle stalks Bryan. Kyle ROCKS Bryan, Hobbs HEADBUTTS Claudio! Claudio UPPERCUTS Hobbs, Bryan whips Kyle into railing! Claudio UPPERCUTS again, Bryan sits Kyle in a corner then runs side to side, to DROPKICK against the railing! The fans fire up as Claudio throws more UPPERCUTS to keep Hobbs moving up the ramp! Then Claudio whips Hobbs down the ramp and into the LED apron!
The fans fire up as Bryan CHOPS and KICKS Kyle against railing again and again and again! “YES! YES! YES!” Claudio drags Kyle up for Bryan, and Bryan DROPKICKS Kyle again! The fans fire up and high-five with BCC! Hobbs sits up, into a KICK from Bryan! Claudio keeps Hobbs up so Bryan can KICK again! Claudio puts Hobbs in, storms after him, and Bryan whips Kyle hard into railing! Kyle tumbles up and over into the front row! Hobbs throws hands on Claudio, CLUBS him, but Claudio hits back! They go forearm for forearm, Hobbs ROCKS Claudio! Claudio rebounds to ROCK Hobbs, Hobbs rebounds to ROCK Claudio!
Claudio fires off forearm after forearm, but Hobbs knees low! Hobbs runs, but Claudio scoops! Claudio SLAMS Hobbs, runs, and then DOUBLE STOMPS! The fans fire up, Claudio brings Hobbs up, but Hobbs blocks the suplex! Claudio UPPERCUTS Hobbs, suplexes, and he hangs Hobbs out to dry! Tag to Bryan and he goes up to DIVING KNEE! The fans fire up and Bryan paces. Hobbs sits up, Bryan drags him around by the legs, and then hooks those legs up. Bryan SLAPS Hobbs to go for the arms! Bryan tries but Hobbs is so big, Bryan just STOMPS the knees! Tag to Claudio, and Claudio helps Bryan split the wishbone!
Claudio drags Hobbs up, reels him in, but Hobbs suplexes instead! BIG slam, and the fans fire up while both men are down! Hobbs drags Claudio over, tag to Kyle, and Kyle stomps Claudio down! Kyle puts Claudio in a corner, CHOPS, then ROCKS, then repeat! Kyle whips, Claudio reverses and UPPERCUTS! The fans rally, Claudio climbs up and he rains down fists! The fans count and Claudio goes to nine, then kisses his fist before TEN! But then Kyle TOSSES Claudio up and out! Claudio sees Hobbs storming up, but so does the ref. The ref has Hobbs stop, but then Kyle CLOBBERS Claudio with a kick!
The ref reprimands Kyle, they argue, and that lets Hobbs CLOBBER Claudio after all! The DCF is standing tall while Collision goes picture in picture.
Hobbs soaks up heat, then steps back as Kyle goes out to fetch Claudio. Kyle whips Claudio hard into railing, then taunts Bryan. Kyle drags Claudio up, puts him in the ring, then brings Claudio up. Claudio ROCKS Kyle, but Kyle RAMS him into the corner! Kyle RAMS in again and again, then tags Hobbs. Hobbs CLUBS Claudio from the outside, and CLUBS him again and again. Hobbs storms into the ring, stays between Claudio and Bryan, then fires knees and body shots. Hobbs brings Claudio up for a facelock, but Claudio fights his way forward! Claudio lifts Hobbs one step at a time! Hobbs lets off to BLAST Bryan, then he CLOBBERS Claudio!
Hobbs drags Claudio up, brings him over, tag to Kyle. The DCF mugs Claudio while Collision goes to break.
Collision returns, both Claudio and Kyle are down, and the fans rally up. Kyle clamps onto Claudio with a SLEEPER, and even body scissors! Claudio flails around, Bryan rises back up, but Kyle keeps Claudio away. The fans rally, Claudio rises and has Kyle as a backpack! Kyle thrashes but Claudio steps forward! But then Claudio drops to a knee! Claudio is fading but Bryan coaches Claudio on. Claudio gets a second wind and he rises up again! Claudio powers Kyle around into a gut wrench and SUPLEX! The fans fire up as both men crawl! Kyle grabs a leg to anchor Claudio! Claudio BOOTS Kyle away, hot tag to Bryan!
The fans fire up as Bryan goes up and MISSILE DROPKICKS! Then he DROPKICKS Hobbs off the corner! Bryan UPPERCUTS Kyle, UPPERCUTS again and again, then whips. Kyle reverses, Bryan goes up and over and keeps moving! Duck ‘n’ dodge and LEAPING LARIAT! The fans fire up with Bryan and he goes to a corner. “YES! YES! YES!” Bryan KICKS Kyle, and KICKS, and KICKS! “YES! YES! YES!” Then the BUZZ- NO, Kyle duck sit, shoves, but Bryan WRECKS Hobbs first! Bryan ROUNDHOUSES Kyle, runs and PLANCHAS, but Hobbs catches him! Hobbs SLAMS Bryan on the apron! And SLAMS him again!
Hobbs then pops Bryan around, but Bryan slips free to POST Hobbs! Bryan goes to the apron to FLYING KNEE! But Kyle comes in to BOOT Bryan into security! But Claudio UPPERCUTS Kyle into railing!! The fans are thunderous as Claudio stands up on the timekeeper’s table! The BCC regroups, “This is Awesome!” as Claudio whips Hobbs into railing! Claudio runs up to UPPERCUT Hobbs up and over railing!! But Kyle SMACKS Bryan off the desk! Kyle CLOBBERS Claudio in the crowd! Kyle sends Claudio into railing! But Bryan LEAPS into the fray! Bryan KICKS and KICKS and KICKS Hobbs while Claudio has Kyle, and Collision goes picture in picture!
BCC DUMPS Kyle back to ringside, then they hurry to get him in the ring. Claudio drags Hobbs back over, whips, but Hobbs sends Claudio into railing! Bryan KICKS Kyle, brings him up and whips him corner to corner. Kyle reverses and GAMANGIRIS! Then suplex for the BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Bryan survives and Kyle is fuming! Kyle rains down fists and elbows, then lets off to pace around. Kyle seethes, mocks the fans, then stalks Bryan to a corner. Bryan slips out of the ring but Kyle follows. Kyle CHOPS Bryan against railing! Kyle mocks the fans, Bryan staggers away, but Kyle pursues to CHOP again!
Kyle mocks the fans, Bryan goes into the ring, and Kyle taunts Claudio now. Kyle goes up the steps, and he DIGS his fingers into Bryan’s face! He wants to do Callis’ idea of eye gouging! Collision returns to single picture, and Kyle peels the floor mats away! The fans fire up while the ref reprimands, but Kyle drags Bryan out of the ring. Hobbs makes sure the mats stay outta the way for Kyle to reel Bryan in. The mats aren’t behaving, but then Bryan back drops free! The fans fire up, but then Hobbs RAMS Claudio into railing for good measure! Bryan gets in the ring but he’s isolated! Hobbs gets Kyle up and into the ring at 9!
Kyle mocks the ref’s good counting, then drags Bryan up. Kyle puts Bryan in the corner, hoists him up top, then climbs up after him. Kyle brings Bryan to the very top, but Bryan resists! The fans fire up as Bryan slips under and trips Kyle up! Kyle lands on his Aussie arrow, and the fans rally as Bryan rises! Bryan climbs up after Kyle, but then Hobbs Electric Chair Lifts Bryan! Claudio runs up to UPPERCUT Hobbs! Bryan returns to the corner, Claudio UPPERCUTS then LARIATS! Hobbs stays up, the uppercuts keep going! Hobbs dodges to then LARIAT Claudio and himself outta the ring! Bryan still hits a SUPER BACK SUPLEX!! Bryan crawls to the cover, TWO!!
But into the LEBELL LOCK!! The fans are thunderous as Kyle endures, but Hobbs returns to CLOBBER Bryan! The fans boo but Kyle signals to Hobbs. Hobbs goes to the corner, tags in then storms back in after Bryan. Hobbs scoops Bryan, but Bryan slips free! Bryan shoves Hobbs into Kyle and Kyle falls outta the ring! The fans rally, Claudio rises, and Bryan crawls over, hot tag to Claudio! Claudio fires UPPERCUT after UPPERCUT on Hobbs, but lets off as the ref counts. Then Claudio jukes to UPPERCUT! Kyle gets in, but he gets an UPPERCUT! Claudio fires UPPERCUTS from all sides! Claudio then shrugs and runs in at Hobbs, UPPERCUT!
UPPERCUT for Kyle! UPPERCUT for Hibbs! Claudio LARIATS Kyle up and out! Hobbs staggers and Claudio trips him! The fans fire up for the GIANT SWING! Hobbs goes around and around and around, the fans counting along! Claudio goes to TEN, then he steps through! SHARPSHOOTER! Hobbs endures as Claudio sits deep! But Kyle returns to KICK Claudio! Claudio holds onto Hobbs! Kyle KICKS again, but still not enough! Bryan goes up top, leaps in, into a SUPERKICK! Claudio does let Hobbs go to POP-UP UPPERCUT Kyle! Only for Hobbs to SPINEBUSTER Claudio! Cover, TWO!! The fans again say “This is Awesome!” as it’s still not over!
The teams crawl and regroup, and the fans cheer on “B C C!” The forearms fly, as do CHOP! Bryan CHOPS Kyle, Kyle CHOPS Bryan! Hobbs and Claudio keep throwing forearms while the other two CHOP! Kyle gets the edge with forearms, then so does Hobbs! Kyle whips Bryan, Bryan stops himself, then Bryan DUMPS Kyle out! Bryan dodges Hobbs to then DIVE! Kyle is sent into railing! Claudio gets Hobbs in a fireman’s carry!? DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Hobbs survives and the fans can’t believe it! But Claudio powers back up, waits on Hobbs, and then runs in, to LARIAT! But Hobbs stays up!
Claudio runs, but DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Claudio blocks a lariat to UPPERCUT, run, and LARIAT! Hobbs falls down! Cover, TWO!! But Claudio doesn’t hesitate, he drags Hobbs up. But Kyle RAMS Bryan into railing! Hobbs back drops free, but Claudio lands on his feet! Claudio ducks ‘n’ dodges but Kyle trips him! Hobbs LARIATS Claudio, then scoops him! WORLD’S STRONGEST SLAM!! Cover, BRYAN BREAKS IT! Kyle gets Bryan up to TOSS him, then he tags in, Hobbs goes out to get a chair! Hobbs threatens Bryan, but the ref grab the chair! Bryan KICKS away on Hobbs! “YES! YES! YES!” But Kyle DIVES onto Bryan!
Kyle fires hands, then he clears the desk! Hobbs helps out, time to forget winning and time to start hurting BCC! Kyle feeds Bryan to Hobbs but Bryan slips free of the spinebuster! Claudio runs up to UPPERCUT Hobbs onto the desk! Claudio ELBOWS Kyle, then goes up onto the desk so he can FLYING RANA! Kyle is sent into the apron, then Claudio puts him in the ring! GOTCH NEUTRALIZER!! Cover, BCC wins!!
Winners: Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli, by pinfall
The DCF isn’t done, though, because KONOSUKE TAKESHITA attacks! He and Hobbs brutalize Bryan and Claudio! The mission doesn’t end with the match, and they TOSS Bryan out of the ring! The fans cheer for Moxley but he might not be here after being in Chicago last night. Konosuke suplexes Bryan, BRAINBUSTER on the ramp! Kyle says Bryan should’ve listened, and this is what happens! Claudio gets a chair and he runs off the DCF, but the damage has been done! Will the American Dragon be able to recover in time for Dynasty?
My Thoughts:
Really good Collision, though half of it was a go-home to BOTB X with it being on right after this. Good promos from Athena and Billie, from The Undisputed Kingdom, and Red Velvet, but yeah, no titles are changing hands, even if it is the tenth BOTB special. Good promo from Mark Briscoe to add hype to the coming Six Man Tag, and of course The House of Black won tonight’s Six Man Tag. Good promo from Storm and Mariah ahead of Storm’s match with AZM that Storm of course won, but also good stuff with Anna and Mariah fighting. Good promos from Rosa and Deonna to add to the build, and maybe Rosa beats Storm at Dynasty, but hard to say with a week still to go.
Good promo from Jericho and Taz to set up this whole “meeting” with Hook, and I have a feeling that is where #LionHook really falls apart and we get Jericho VS Hook for the FTW Championship at Dynasty, or maybe Double or Nothing at the latest. Really good match from Shibata and Moriarty, and good save from Hook after to add a little more to the FTW Championship match scheduled for BOTB. Great match from Garcia VS Angelico though it was just for the sake of having a great match. I think I said before but Garcia really should get at a title after Dynasty, just not sure what title that’ll be.
Pac has a good promo to call out Okada, and then quite the big move for the tag title match to now be a ladder match. If feel like that’s just them telegraphing that The Bucks are winning because ladder matches are certainly more their thing than FTR’s. And good promos from both BCC and DCF, though the latter wasn’t needed other than to fill time. We know what Kyle & Hobbs were gonna go for after Callis’ promo, we didn’t need them doubling down on it. And while BCC of course won the match, the DCF then of course attacked after. The math here is a bit of a wash, Claudio surely loses to Ospreay, and then Ospreay and Bryan go in more or less even so it could be anyone’s win at Dynasty.
My Score: 8.7/10
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