AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Dark Results & Report! (2/9/21)
A Dark dozen before Valentine’s!

You’re gonna love AEW Dark this week!
Before challenging for the AEW TNT Championship, Joey Janela is going to show us, and maybe Jack Evans, why he is a bad, bad boy!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: The Natural Nightmares & Nick Comoroto VS Vary Morales & Jersey Muscle Society; The Natural Nightmares & Comoroto win.
- Tag Careers on the Line: SoCal Uncensored VS Lee Johnson & Aaron Solow; SCU wins and remains a team.
- Brian Cage w/ Hook VS Jake St. Patrick; Cage wins.
- Nyla Rose w/ Vickie Guerrero VS Miranda Alize; Rose wins.
- PAC VS VSK; Pac wins.
- Sonny Kiss VS KC Navarro; Kiss wins.
- Tay Conti VS Alex Gracia; Conti wins.
- Marko Stunt VS Ryan Nemeth; Nemeth wins.
- “Pretty” Peter Avalon & Cezar Bononi VS Shawn Dean & Charlie Bravo; Avalon & Bononi win.
- Preston Vance w/ The Dark Order VS Baron Black; Vance wins.
- Red Velvet w/ Big Swole VS Diamante w/ Ivelisse; Velvet wins.
- Joey Janela w/ Sonny Kiss VS Jack Evans w/ Angelico; Janela wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Six Man Tag: Natural Nightmares & Nick Comoroto VS Vary Morales & Jersey Muscle Society!
Dustin Rhodes and QT Marshall got a big win thanks to the Freak Beast, and they’re teaming together again to see if they can repeat that magic! Will Comoroto prove he can do big things for the Nightmare Family?
The teams sort out and The Natural starts against Tony Vincita. They circle, fans rally up and the two tie up. Dustin headlocks, Vincita powers out but Dustin runs him over. Things speed up, Dustin fakes out Vincita’s hurdle to ROCK him with an uppercut! Dustin then arm-drags Vincita and brings him around to wrench. Tag to QT, the Nightmares whip, body shot and knee smash! Standing moonsault from QT, cover, TWO! QT drags Vincita up and around, bumps him off buckles, and tags in Comoroto. Comoroto wrenches Vincita, yanks the arm, and then yanks again. Comoroto rams shoulders into Vincita, and fans rally as Comoroto knuckle locks.
Comoroto lifts Vincita with one arm, then lets him down to run him over! Comoroto brings Vincita up again, whpis him in and throws an elbow! Tag to Dustin, Comoroto whips Dustin for Dustin to whip Comoroto, and Comoroto corner splashes! Comoroto feeds Vincita to Dustin’s spinning powerslam! Cover, TWO! Dustin keeps his cool, drags Vincita up but Vincita knees low! Tag to Steve Gibki but he runs into an arm-drag! Dustin wrenches, elbow breakers, then tags QT. The Nightmares double wrench and double Russian leg sweep! QT brings Gibki up but Gibki rams QT into the other corner! Morales tags in, throws forearms on QT, then brings QT around to throw haymakers.
Morales whips, QT reverses but Morales goes up and over and rolls to dropkick QT! Morales brings QT back, tags Gibki and Gibki fires off. Gibki tags Vincita, and Jersey Muscle whips QT. QT dodges their double clotheslines to then give double clotheslines! QT tags in Comoroto and Comoroto rallies on Jersey Muscle with Polish Hammers! Comoroto scoops and slams Gibki, then scoop slams Vincita, then another scoop slam for Gibki! Vincita staggers into a scoop and a SPINNING SLAM! Fans fire up for Comoroto but Morales tags in. Morales runs at Comoroto and dropkicks him, but Comoroto barely budges! Comoroto TOSSES Morales at Jersey Muscle!
Comoroto drags Morales back up, tags in Dustin and Dustin goes up. Comoroto military presses Morales for Dustin’s SUPER BULLDOG! Cover, Comoroto and the Nightmares win!
Winners: The Natural Nightmares & Nick Comoroto, by pinfall
Now that was big! Will this powerful trio continue to roll on as AEW heads for Revolution?
Tag Careers on the Line: SoCal Uncensored VS Lee Johnson & Aaron Solow!
Another week, another test to see if Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian still have it as a tag team! Will Big Shotty & The Extra Talented make The Addiction quit before ever reaching the AEW World Tag Team titles?
The teams sort out and Daniels starts with Johnson. Fans rally up as Daniels pats Johnson on the shoulder and the two circle. They tie up, Johnson arm-drags and then waits on Daniels. Daniels gets up, circles with Johnson again and they tie up again. Johnson scoops and slams Daniels, but Daniels is right up. Fans rally more as the two circle again. Daniels and Johnson tie up a third time, Johnson headlocks, but Daniels powers out. Things speed up, Daniels arm-drags and hip tosses, then scoops and slams Johnson! Daniels brings Johnson up, wrenches, tags in Kaz, and SCU double wrench to trip Johnson up for a kick, a clubbing clothesline and double stomps!
Kaz keeps on Johnson with a scoop but Johnson slips out and tags Solow. Solow takes his time getting in to slow things down, and he circle with the Heavy Metal Rebel. They fist bump to show respect, tie up, and Kaz gets around to waistlock and mat slam Solow. Kaz shifts to a facelock, Solow moves around but Kaz holds on. Solow fights up to his feet, wrenches out to hammerlock, but Kaz drops to arm-drag Solow over. Kaz keeps on the arm, fans rally up, and Solow fights up to his feet again. Solow pushes the hold back onto Kaz, but Kaz reaches for ropes. Kaz uses the ropes to flip through then arm-drag Solow again! Kaz hooks Solow but Solow spins through to arm-drag Kaz away!
Kaz goes to a corner, Solow runs in, but Kaz dodges. Solow goes up and leaps to arm-drag and dropkick Kaz down! Fans fire up as Solow grins and goes after Kaz. Solow forearms, whips but Kaz dodges. Kaz holds ropes, elbows Solow then tags in Daniels. Kaz whips Solow, Daniels calf kicks Solow down, cover, TWO! Daniels drags Solow up, whips him to a corner, then runs in to forearm smash! Daniels whips Solow corner to corner, Solow boots him away, then Solow runs to RANA Daniels to the corner! Solow clotheslines, Johnson tags in and they coordinate, back suplex NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Johnson keeps his cool and he brings Daniels up.
Fans rally, Johnson suplexes high and hard then covers, TWO! Johnson brings Daniels back up, tags Solow, and Solow drags Daniels up to suplex. Daniels fights that off, throws hands then suplexes but Solow slips out and shoves Daniels to ropes. Solow leaps but into Daniels’ fireman’s carry! ROLLING SENTON! Tag to Kaz, Daniels slingshots for an elbow drop! Kaz slingshots for a leg drop! Cover, TWO! Kaz keeps his cool and he drags Solow up to CHOP him back down! Kaz scoop slams Solow, springboards and drops another leg! Cover, TWO! Kaz stays between Solow and Johnson, then brings Solow up. Tag to Daniels, SCU whip and leap frog to LARIAT Solow! Back suplex splash! Daniels covers, TWO!
Daniels drags Solow up while fans rally. Solow throws body shots, but Daniels CHOPS him down! Tag to Kaz and Kaz stays between Solow and Johnson again. Kaz CHOPS Solow but Solow throws hands! Kaz CHOPS again, Solow throws another haymaker, then Solow dodges. Kaz dodges, both men run, DOUBLE CROSSBODIES! Both men are down, fans fire up, hot tags to Daniels and Johnson! Big Shotty rallies on the Fallen Angel, then DECKS Kaz! Mule kick and whip, but Daniels reverses! Johnson pops Daniels up to a fireman’s carry, spins and spins, and spins and spins, then lets Daniels down just to dropkick him! Johnson kips up and fires up! BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Cover, TWO!!
Johnson almost had Daniels with one of his favorites, but he keeps his focus as he brings Daniels up. Johnson brings Daniels up and buckle bombs him into Solow’s knees! ROLLING DEATH VALLEY! Solow DOUBLE STOMPS! Johnson covers, TWO!! The combo came close but Johnson keeps cool. Tag to Solow, he and Johnson double suplex but Daniels fights it. Solow and Johnson mug Daniels, double suplex again, but Daniels slips out and tags in Kaz! Kaz shoulders Solow, slingshots over and LARIATS Johnson! Kaz clobbers Solow with elbows and a windmill kick! Johnson falls for it and gets the GUILLOTINE LEG DROP!
Kaz whips Solow to ropes, Solow reverses but Kaz rolls off Solow’s back to BACKSTABBER! Feed to Daniels’ GAMANGIRI, Kaz GERMAN SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO! Solow survives but Kaz keeps on him. Kaz reels Solow in, chicken wings and turns, but Solow shoves free. Solow runs in, is put on the apron, slingshot CUTTER! Cover, Johnson breaks it! Johnson baits Daniels in and dumps him out! Johnson builds speed and DIVES! Direct hit and Daniels hits railing! Johnson is fired up, Solow and Kaz get back up. Kaz brings Solow up but Solow rolls Kaz, TWO!!! Kaz narrowly escapes, but runs into Solow’s SCREW HIGH KICK!
Daniels gets back in, Johnson follows, but Solow throws hands on Daniels and Johnson hits Kaz. Johnson and Solow whip SCU at each other, but Daniels ducks and Kaz leaps to CLOBBER Solow! Daniels ROCKS Johnson, feeds him to Kaz for a BOOT, then the HIGH LOW combo! Solow elbows Daniels away, goes up and leaps, but into Kaz’s arms! Kaz adjusts and Daniels goes up, BEST MELTZER EVER!! Cover, SCU wins!
Winners: SoCal Uncensored, by pinfall (still a tag team)
SCU wins and stays together as a team! But can Daniels & Kaz make it to the AEW World Tag Team Championships before losing it all?
Brian Cage w/ Hook VS Jake St. Patrick!
The Machine is preparing for his Street Fight alongside Absolute Ricky Starks against Darby Allin and Sting! Will JSP only be a speed bump for the Path of Cage?
The bell rings and JSP runs but into a FLAPJACK! Cage SUPERKICKS JSP right back down, and he fist bumps Hook. Cage drags JSP up, tosses him to a corner and runs in to uppercut, enziguri, and GERMAN SUPLEX JSP halfway across the ring! “Who betta?!” Cage slashes the throat, drags JSP up and reels him in to put on out. POWERBOMB, then a double clutch to POWERBOMB again! And a POWER BREAKER!! Then, DRILL CLAW!! Cover, Cage wins!
Winner: Brian Cage, by pinfall
Any one of those high impact moves could’ve done it, but The Machine kept going because he wanted to! Will Cage put Sting and Darby through the same level of pain at Revolution?
The Acclaimed are in therapy.
Anthony Bowens is singing Chris Jericho’s theme song in his sleep! The therapist asks, “What seems to be the problem?” Bowens continues to quote Judas, “What have we become? Now that we’ve betrayed everyone we’ve ever loved! We pushed them all away.” And yet, Max Caster can’t remember the lyrics. Well, the only way to get past this is to get through together. OH! Of course! Picture it: Us, together. Oh wait, this is becoming a parody of Me & My Shadow as performed by MJF and Chris Jericho. “Welcome to the Dinner Day-Bo-Nair.”
“Judas in my mind, and I think I’m gonna yawn. Hey, it’s the Acclaimed with another hit song! So we cuttin’ the sing along short last week, right before I left lil’ Max in the trash heap, beat ‘im badly, with the KO, beat ‘im so quick like he Jose Conseco! The Acclaimed, yo, it ain’t no thang, when we beat Inner Circle, the bell gon’ ring.” Ding ding! (a ding ding)
“Jericho, leadership skills, you are lacking. Got the foundation of your little group cracking. Sammy cares more about his vlog than the crew, Chris. I’m the plug and you should go acoustic. Turn it down to the subtitles. Your confidence is misplaced like your world title. I beat MJF on the big stage, let me give your hand a little kiss, babe. I leave a bitter taste. You two are so narcissistic, you took a camera crew on a dinner date. It’s okay, make jokes, keep singin’. We are the Acclaimed and we keep ya heads ringin’!” Ding ding (a ding ding) That’s a wrap on the rap, but will the Inner Circle make Caster regret talking crap?
Nyla Rose w/ Vickie Guerrero VS Miranda Alize!
The Native Beast is back, and she’s ready for the AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator Tournament! Will she simply make an appetizer out of “Princess Alize” before feasting on the world?
The bell rings and Alize kicks Nyla then runs, wheelbarrows, but the arm-drag is denied! Nyla yanks Alize right up then INVERTED CHOKE SLAMS her! Vickie laughs but Alize dodges Nyla in the corner, only for Nyla to come back and CLOBBER her! Nyla stomps Alize, rains down rights, then runs to SPLASH! Cover, but Nyla lets off because she’s not done with Alize yet. Vickie encourages the violence and Nyla chokes Alize on the ropes! The ref counts, Nyla lets off at 4, and Vickie SLAPS Alize! Nyla drags Alize up, whips her to ropes, but Alize ducks the boot to throw forearms! Alize runs, rolls and ranas but Nyla blocks!
Alize fights out of the bomb to dodge and duck and dropkick a leg out! Alize blows a kiss to run, into a scoop and TOSS! Nyla throws the gloves away to run in and back elbow Alize, then CLOBBER her again! Nyla finally decides to finish this as she brings Alize up for a BEAST BOMB!! Cover, Nyla wins!
Winner: Nyla Rose, by pinfall
Forget an appetizer, that was more like a snack! Will Nyla tear through the tournament bracket even easier?
PAC VS VSK!
The Bastard and his team could not overcome the #BizCliz, but that doesn’t intimidate him, it motivates him! Will he use The Visionary to show him his path back to Kenny Omega and perhaps even the AEW World Championship?
The bell rings and Pac doesn’t seem to take VSK seriously. VSK and Pac tie up, Pac puts VSK in a corner and grinds his forearms into him. The ref counts, Pac lets off and VSK comes out. They circle, tie up, and Pac wrenches to yank on VSK’s arm. Pac drags VSK down, keylocks and cranks on the arm. VSK endures, fights up but Pac wrenches the arm again to a wristlock. VSK rolls, handsprings, wrenches through and has the wristlock now. Pac rolls, shifts, wrenches, and drags VSK down to the mat. Pac stomps VSK on the head, then brings VSK up to bump him off buckles! VSK staggers, Pac bumps him off more buckles, then digs his boot into VSK!
The ref counts, Pac lets off at 4, then he stalks VSK along the ropes. Pac kicks VSK down then stomps away at the ropes! Pac digs his boots into VSK again, the ref counts and Pac stops at 4. Pac “apologizes” and he gives toying kicks. VSK staggers to a corner, fans rally, and Pac runs in to whip VSK corner to corner hard! Pac paces while VSK sits up. Pac kicks VSK around, taunts him, then kicks him again. VSK scowls but Pac kicks him again. VSK throws a forearm, so Pac gets around to waistlock! VSK elbows out, slips under and dropkicks Pac to ropes! Pac is pissed now, but he runs into a fireman’s carry and USHIGOROSHI! VSK runs to basement EuroUpper! Cover, ONE!!
VSK fires up, runs corner to corner, but into a BOOT! Pac drags VSK into the BRUTALIZER!! VSK taps, Pac wins!
Winner: Pac, by submission
VSK was maybe better off not being taken seriously! The Bastard got serious and seriously put the hurt on VSK! Will Pac do the same to the Biz Cliz in the near future?
Sonny Kiss w/ Joey Janela VS KC Navarro!
The Concrete Rose is rolling from how he, Joey Janela and Bear Country dominated last week. Will the road trip to the top continue? Or will the Truly Blessed by an unfortunate speed bump?
As Kiss goes to the ring, Janela goes over to commentary to say, “That’s one of the most succulent asses in the business!” Janela may have spit into Ricky Starks’ mouth from getting that close on his mic… The Bad Boy clearly puts getting the word out over basic hygiene. The bell rings and Kiss circles with Navarro. They tie up but break, then go again. Navarro waistlocks, Kiss switches but Navarro switches back. Kiss reaches down but Navarro leap frogs over. Navarro springboards, Kiss gets under, Navarro rolls but Kiss hurdles. Navarro rolls off Kiss’ back, Kiss blocks the kick to flip then trip Navarro! Leg drop but Navarro avoids it!
Kiss ducks the Penalty Kick, rolls Navarro up again, TWO! Kiss basement dropkicks Navarro down and now hits the leg drop splits! Cover, TWO! Fans rally up while Navarro gets to a corner. Kiss storms over, whips Navarro corner to corner but Navarro reverses. Kiss goes up and out and ROUNDHOUSES Navarro. Kiss then shoulders in, slingshots to sunset flip, TWO! SUPERKICK! Fans fire up after Kiss blasts Navarro. Kiss twerks, only to miss the standing moonsasult! Navarro hurries to hammer away then wrap on the sleeper. Kiss fights up, as Navarro as a backpack and rams him into buckles! Kiss ROCKS Navarro with a back elbow, then ROCKS him with a rolling elbow!
Kiss runs but Navarro dodges, goes Spider-Man and baits Kiss into ropes! Navarro runs and hits a swinging dropkick! Navarro runs back in, tilt-o-whirls to TORNADO DDT! Cover, TWO! Kiss survives and Navarro grows annoyed. Fans rally up, Navarro aims, and runs at Kiss again, into a SUPERKICK! Kiss reels Navarro in for a sidewalk slam into the corner! Kiss hits AXES & OH’S! Fans fire up as Kiss goes up top, but rethinks his plan. Kiss fireman’s carries instead, to hit a SPLITTING TKO! Cover, Kiss wins!
Winner: Sonny Kiss, by pinfall
The Concrete Rose leaves Navarro with a splitting headache, and is moving on up! Will Kiss be in line for a title just like Janela?
Tay Conti VS Alex Gracia!
Both the Brazilian blackbelt and Number 99 are in the AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator, so they might face each other soon enough. Will Tay use the Pink Dream as a way to send a message to both enemies and friends?
The bell rings and Conti offers a handshake. Gracia takes the hand, but then Conti brings her in to wrench and wristlock. Gracia knuckle locks with Conti, but Conti uses that to monkey flip and roll back to a cover! TWO, but Conti has Gracia into a facelock. Gracia gets up, Conti holds tight but Gracia wrenches out. Conti counters to a hip toss, then wrenches to KICK Gracia in the chest! Conti blows a kiss for another KICK! Gracia ducks the third kick, rolls Conti, TWO! Conti gets around, waistlocks, rolls Gracia down and has a HEEL HOOK! Gracia endures, Conti pulls on the leg, but they roll and roll into ropes! They roll more and fall off the apron!
Both women stagger up after that rough landing, but Conti pushes Gracia into the ring. Gracia hobbles, Conti hurries after but Gracia ROCKS her with that right! Conti is on ropes, Gracia builds speed, PINK-1-9! Cover, TWO! Gracia keeps on Conti with a full nelson and leans on the hold. Fans rally, Conti fights up, and breaks free to slips around and hammerlock then DDT!! Gracia shakes out the cobwebs, Conti brings her up, Gracia kicks but Conti blocks to KNEE her back! Conti throws forearms over and over, Gracia shoves her away but Conti CLOBBERS her! Conti rallies with clotheslines then HEEL KICKS Gracia down!
Conti whips Gracia to a corner, runs in and KNEES her again! Kenny Omega would be proud of that one! Conti whips, Gracia reverses but Conti breaks free to BOOT Gracia! Conti wrenches, wraps Gracia up, leg half nelson chinlock! Gracia taps, Conti wins!
Winner: Tay Conti, by submission
The Blackbelt leaves the Pink Dream feeling blue, but will Conti be able to do the same to the US side of the AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator?
Marko Stunt VS Ryan Nemeth!
It seems FTR let Fun-Sized go. Surely Stunt will want payback, but will he send a message to Tully, Cash and Dax through the Hollywood Hunk?
Nemeth gets the mic to “address the elephant in the room right now.” He gets the feeling a lot of people in AEW don’t like him. They don’t like that he’s smart, that he’s handsome, or that he’s famous. They don’t like that he’s known around the world, in TV and film, and is a true Hollywood Hunk. Just get the booing out of your systems now. Fans do, but Nemeth says if the people searched within their hearts and minds, they can see they actually like and adore him. Everyone at ringside, in the back and watching online should all say, “I Love Ryan! We All Love Ryan!” Nemeth thanks us, but then Stunt makes his entrance.
The bell rings, Stunt circles with Nemeth, but Nemeth wants Stunt to say he loves Ryan. Stunt just TAIL WHIPS him! Stunt’s learned some stuff from Luchasaurus! Nemeth wants a time out on the apron but Stunt shoves him off! Stunt then runs and DIVES! Direct hit and then Stunt goes after Nemeth with hammering hands! Stunt shoves Nemeth in the ring, fans fire up, and Stunt gets in. Stunt avoids Nemeth’s elbow drop, to then slingshot elbow drop in return! Cover, TWO! Nemeth staggers up and Stunt runs in at the corner. Nemeth dodges, but then so does Stunt! Stunt ducks to ROCK Nemeth, slingshot roll up and a calf kick! Cover, TWO!
Stunt fires himself up, then goes to a corner and climbs up. Nemeth hurries and trips Stunt up! Stunt flops to the mat, Nemeth brings him up, stalling back suplex with a HARD landing! Nemeth drops a fist, then grins as he looms over Stunt. Nemeth brings Stunt around to hammerlock an arm. Fans chant, “We Hate Ryan!” but Nemeth handstands on the hammerlock, then drops knees on it! Nemeth claws Stunt’s face, the ref counts and Nemeth lets off. Nemeth digs Stunt’s face into the mat, but Stunt throws body shots and uppercuts! Stunt runs into a dropkick! Cover, TWO! Nemeth is annoyed and rains down fists, then brings Stunt up.
Nemeth whips corner to corner hard, then swivels the hips before he runs in and RAMS into Stunt! Nemeth brings Stunt around, swivels a little more, and then a little more, and then again, but Stunt turns the Rude Awakening into a mule kick! But here comes FTR! Or, no, it’s just their music? Nemeth RAMS Stunt into the buckles, RUDE AWAKENING! Cover, Nemeth wins!!
Winner: Ryan Nemeth, by pinfall
Nemeth takes advantage of the fact Stunt #FearsTheRevelation and gets his first win in AEW! Will the Hollywood Hunk continue to win until we all love him? As for Stunt, will he and Jurassic Express look to get some revenge on FTR?
“Pretty” Peter Avalon & Cezar Bononi VS Shawn Dean & Charlie Bravo!
PPA has a new friend in the Brazilian V8 after Bononi physically blasted Big Shotty for winning the Walk-Off. Will Avalon and Bononi prove to be a combination that is both strong and stylish?
The teams sort out and Avalon flexes on Bravo, but Bononi starts. Bononi and Bravo circle, tie up, and Bononi shoves Bravo right to a corner! Bravo brushes that off and circles with Bononi again. They tie up, Bravo gets around to a waistlock but Bononi throws him off! Bravo staggers up, runs in but Bononi scoops and pops Bravo up! Bravo slips off to JAB Bononi! Bravo talks some trash, Bononi choke grips him, and Avalon tags in as Bononi shoves Bravo down! Avalon has Bononi cool off and runs, into an arm-drag! And then another! Bravo hip tosses Avalon then dropkicks him down! Bravo covers, TWO! Bononi was ready but Bravo drags Avalon up to wrench.
Tag to Dean, Bravo whips Avalon in and Dean kicks him! Bravo slides and trips Avalon, then goes up to slingshot leg drop! Dean slingshot elbow drops! Cover, TWO! Dean drags Avalon up, tags in Bravo, and they throw JABS back and forth on Avalon! Bop up, BANG hits! Dean DECKS Bononi for good measure, then Dean and Bravo high-fives and salute. Bravo runs at Avalon, but Bononi moves Avalon out of the way! Bravo tumbles out and hits the floor, then Bononi brings him up to CLOBBER him! Avalon fetches Bravo into the ring, covers, TWO! Avalon drags Bravo up, brings him over and Bononi tags in.
Avalon and Bononi mug Bravo, Bononi stomps a mudhole in, then lets off as the ref counts. Bononi bumps Bravo off buckles, whips him corner to corner then runs in but blocks Bravo’s boot. Bononi CHOPS Bravo, then scoops him for a DRIVER! Cover, TWO! Dean was ready but Bononi drags Bravo up. Avalon tags in, he and Bononi mug Bravo, then Avalon snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Dean is again there but he backs off. Bravo throws body shots, Avalon CLUBS Bravo, tag to Bononi. They mug Bravo more, Bononi brings Bravo around to CLUB him down. Bononi looms over Bravo, taunts him and Dean, but then clamps on to CLUB him again!
Bravo crawls, Bononi stomps him, then drags him up into the corner. Bravo throws hands to fight out of the corner, but Bononi scoops Bravo up! Bravo reaches for Dean but Bononi RAMS Bravo into the corner! Bononi tags Avalon, and scoops Bravo for an INVERTED SLAM! Bononi chinlocks and pulls Bravo back, Avalon runs and basement dropkicks! Cover, TWO! Bravo is still in this but Avalon drags him up to bump him off buckles. Avalon throws body shots, Bravo hits Bononi then hits Avalon! Bravo baits Avalon into a boot, then dodges him! Hot tag to the Captain! Dean rallies on Avalon, whips him to reel him in, OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY!
Bononi runs in but is put in the corner and Dean fires off with kicks! Dean tags Bravo, holds Bononi in, and they both take aim, DOUBLE CANNONBALLS! Dean sets Avalon up, Bravo covers, TWO!! Dean runs at Bononi but is sent out. Dean rocks Bononi but the ref won’t let him in! Bononi FLAPJACKS Bravo, Bononi BLASTS Dean, Avalon hits Marti-KNEES! Cover, Avalon and Bononi win!
Winners: Peter Avalon & Cezar Bononi, by pinfall
Their first time together is triumphant! But they’re going to really be tested on Dynamite! Will Avalon and Bononi be able to take down Big Shotty and his tag partner, Cody Rhodes?
Preston Vance w/ The Dark Order VS Baron Black!
Number 10 keeps winning and keeps rising up the ranks! But will he be in the AEW Top Five after taking on the EmpBruh?
The bell rings and Vance stares down with Baron. They approach, tie up, and are in a deadlock. They break, go again, and Vance pushes Baron to a corner. The ref counts, Vance lets off fast, and lets Baron come out. Fans rally up as Baron and Vance go again. Baron gets around to get a headlock, but Vance powers out. They collide, neither falls, and they stare down again. Things speed up, Vance hurdles but Baron rolls him up! Vance kicks him away to hit a headlock takeover, but Baron headscissors. Vance pops out, roles reverse as Baron headlock takeovers, Vance headscissors and Baron pops out. Fans rally as the two stare down again.
Baron offers a handshake, Vance hesitates, so Baron makes it a fist bump. Vance goes to return it but Baron CHOPS him! Vance sighs and then scoops Baron to SLAM him! Baron gets up and Vance BOOTS him! Baron goes to a corner, Vance brings him around to whip. Baron holds ropes then kicks back. Baron runs, but leaps into Vance’s arms! Vance FALL AWAY SLAMS! Baron staggers to a corner, Vance runs in and corner clotheslines! Vance CHOPS Baron, ROCKS him with a forearm, then lets off. Baron ROCKS Vance with a sucker punch! Baron runs corner to corner, DISCUS CLOTHESLINE! Vance fights the exploder off and CHOPS! Baron CHOPS back! Vance CHOPS!
Vance forearms, CHOPS, then whips, but Baron reverses. Baron runs in but into a boot! Baron blocks the boot to a DRAGON SCREW! Baron holds onto the leg, Vance kicks at Baron to get free. Vance swings, Baron spins him around, uppercuts and CHOPS, then spinning CHOPS! Vance drops to his knee, Baron throws clubbing forearms, and Vance goes to a corner. Baron CHOPS him, Vance goes to another corner, but Vance kicks back. Baron throws haymakers, Vance staggers, and fans rally up. Baron wrenches, whips Vance corner to corner hard, then waits on Vance to get up. Vance clutches his back, Baron ROCKS Vance with a EuroUpper!
Vance throws body shots, Baron CLUBS him then drops a knee on him! Baron stalks Vance to a corner, but Vance turns things around to fire off heavy hands! Vance CHOPS, Baron rakes eyes through the mask! The ref reprimands and counts, Baron stops. Vance ROCKS Baron with a right, whips him to ropes, but Baron reverses to knee low and pulls him into a cobra twist. Vance powers up to hip toss out! Vance swings into Baron’s atomic drop and BACKSTABBER! Cover, TWO!! Vance survives and Baron is seething while fans fire up! Baron pulls the straps down, Vance slowly gets up, and Baron scowls as he drags Vance up.
Baron throws EuroUppers but Vance staggers about. Vance isn’t going down as Baron throws more EuroUppers, but Baron says he will bow down! Vance blocks the uppercut to DECK Baron! Vance runs in, Baron gets around and scoops but Vance slips out. Vance shoves and CLOBBERS Baron! Vance whips Baron to ropes, and back drops him! Baron goes to a corner, Vance runs in, but Baron boots him! Baron runs at Vance but into the SPINEBUSTER! Vance fires up and he drags Baron around. Dead lift into the POWEBOMB! Cover, Vance wins!
Winner: Preston Vance, by pinfall
Number 10 gets another 1-2-3 after a physical fight! Will he continue to fight this hard and head for a title after the Revolution?
Red Velvet w/ Big Swole VS Diamante w/ Ivelisse!
The battle with Shaquille O’Neil and Jade Cargill is coming, and things are only heating up! Will Velvet rise above or be crushed by the Cuban Diamond?
The bell rings, Diamante mocks lil’ Velvet but Velvet says they’re the same height. Diamante shoves Velvet, but Velvet gets around to waistlock. Diamante switches, Velvet pries the hold and switches back. Velvet hooks a leg, Diamante stays up and switches to SLAM Velvet down! Fans boo Diamante, but Velvet dodges to dropkick Diamante down! Fans fire up as Velvet stalks Diamante to a corner for body shots. Velvet lets off as the ref counts, but then throws more hands! Velvet stomps Diamante down, digs her boot in and taunts Ivelisse, but Diamante shoves her away! Velvet rolls back to come back with another dropkick! Velvet runs, ranas, and Diamante ends up on ropes!
Velvet runs but misses the knee attack! Ivelisse is there to taunt Velvet, the ref reprimands her and Swole literally scoots over to back Ivelisse off. But in this distraction, Diamante GERMAN SUPLEXES Velvet across the ring! Diamante scowls as she stomps Velvet, drags her up and bumps her off buckles. Diamante CHOPS Velvet, throws haymakers, then whips Velvet corner to corner hard! Velvet flops down, Diamante runs in, basement dropkick! Diamante drags Velvet to a cover, TWO! Fans rally, Diamante drags Velvet up and RAMS her into the corner! Diamante rams in again and again, then throws elbows.
Diamante stomps Velvet, the ref reprimands and counts but Diamante stops at 4. Diamante runs around the world to basement dropkick but MISS! Velvet and Diamante are down as fans rally up. Velvet gets up, hobbles, but she sees Diamante coming and hits a clothesline! Velvet rallies and CLOBBERS Diamante with an elbow! Velvet stirs it up, takes a taste, and hits a standing moonsault! Cover, TWO! Velvet brings Diamante up, Diamante shoves her away then ducks the roundhouse to elbow Velvet! Diamante cravats, knees and SLICED BREAD! Cover, TWO!! Velvet survives and fans fire up but Diamante scowls.
Diamante drags Velvet up, whips but Velvet reverses. Velvet runs in to SHINING WIZARD! Velvet runs and wheelbarrows, to BULLDOG! Cover, TWO! Velvet is losing her cool but fans rally behind her. Velvet drags Diamante up, whips but Diamante reverses to uppercut! Cover, TWO!! Diamante grows frustrated now, but Ivelisse coaches her up. Swole and the fans rally for Velvet but Diamante mocks the stirring. Diamante mule kicks, hops on but no sunset bomb! Velvet swings but into a back suplex. Velvet lands on her feet, kicks low, HEEL KICK! JUST DESSERTS! Cover, Velvet wins!!
Winner: Red Velvet, by pinfall
Velvet not only beats one half of the AEW Tag Team Tournament winners, but an entrant in the Women’s World Title Eliminator! But will she be able to topple the towering Jade Cargill on Dynamite?
Joey Janela w/ Sonny Kiss VS Jack Evans w/ Angelico!
The Bad Boy is getting a shot at the AEW TNT Championship for Dynamite, but he needs to be ready for the mouthier half of The Hybrid2 tonight! Will Janela shut Evans up? Or will Evans shut Janela down this close to his golden opportunity?
But the moment Janela is on the ramp, Evans springboards to FLYING KICK him down! The ref reprimands but this isn’t a match yet! Evans sees Janela go off the ramp, to then handspring and Sasuke Special! Janela dodges, Evans comes back but Janela pops him up to the ramp! Evans handstands to then MOONSAULT! Direct hit and down goes Janela! Evans drags Janela up, puts him in the ring, and then the bell finally rings. Evans talks trash as he climbs the corner, but Janela shoves him down! Janela climbs, fans fire up and Janela SUPER CROSSBODIES! Janela hits Evans enough, and the Bad Boy fires up!
Janela puts Evans in, paces around and runs at the corner to back elbow! And a running back suplex! Cover, TWO! Fans fire up for Janela as he brings Evans back up. Janela whips Evans corner to corner, Evans goes up and up and over to then show off with handsprings. Janela BOOTS Evans, but Angelico anchors Janela’s foot! Evans handspring ENZIGURIS! Cover, TWO! Evans is annoyed but he throws hands down on Janela. Evans whips Janela corner to corner and JUMP KICKS him down! Cover, TWO! Fans rally while Evans stomps Janela around. Janela throws hands, they brawl, and Evans CLUBS Janela down.
Evans puts Janela under the bottom rope, then talks trash to Kiss. Kiss gets mad, Angelico comes over, Evans has Janela for a ROPE CHANCERY! The ref is busy with Kiss, and Angelico gets a cheap shot in! Evans tells the ref he doesn’t feel safe with Kiss ringside. Evans covers, TWO! Janela is fired up and he throws haymakers on Evans! Janela whips, Evans reverses and flying elbows Janela down! Evans drags Janela to another cover, TWO! Fans fire up for Janela but Evans grinds Janela down with a chinlock. Fans rally, Evans squeezes tight but Janela fights up. Janela throws body shots, gets free, but Evans gets around to swing and IRON OCTOPUS!
Janela endures, Evans pulls harder, but fans rally. Janela gets a second wind, slips out of the hold to CORNER DEATH VALLEY! Evans rises, Janela runs in and BLASTS Evans out of the ring! Janela then builds speed and DIVES! Direct hit and fans are thunderous for Janela! Janela puts Evans in, ducks a roundhouse and fireman’s carries again, for a DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Evans survives but Janela keeps his cool. Janela aims from a corner and goes up as fans fire up. Evans gets up to ROCK Janela first! Evans climbs up, SUPER STEINER! Evans drags Janela to a drop zone, goes up, PHOENIX SPLASH! Cover, TWO!!
Evans got more knee than splash but it still wasn’t enough! Evans drags Janela up, KICKS him, but Janela throws a forearm! They go back and forth, Janela throws forearms but Evans KICKS again! Janela throws more forearms, then spins for a ROLLING ELBOW! Janela runs, Evans handsprings to back elbow hard! Evans runs but Janela SPEARS him into the ropes! Janela whips Evans, Evans holds ropes and boots back! Evans is on the apron, springboards up and over but Janela comes back to SUPERKICK! Janela fires up, runs, but Evans dodges to POISON-RANA! Janela still SUPERKICKS?! Both men are down and fans are thunderous!
A standing count begins and it reaches 5 before either sits up. Evans is up first, he goes to a corner, but Janela follows. Janela ROCKS Evans and Evans stumbles to the apron. Janela hurries over but Evans ROUNDHOUSES back! Evans climbs while Janela is down, 450 ONTO KNEES! Cradle cover, TWO!! Evans survives but Janela drags him up. Evans escapes the package driver to ROUNDHOUSE again! Evans runs, but Janela follows, and he LARIATS Evans down! Fans fire up with Janela again and he drags Evans up. Janela hooks Evans up, brings him up, PACKAGE DRIVER!! Cover, TWO!?!? Evans survives and no one can believe it!
Janela goes to a corner, climbs back up, and leaps for the MACHO ELBOW! Cover, Janela wins!!
Winner: Joey Janela, by pinfall
The Bad Boy waged a war with Evans and came out on top! Will Janela and the Relentless Darby Allin find a way to make this look tame by comparison?
My Thoughts:
A very good AEW Dark, and I personally was relieved that it was only 12 matches and just over 90 minutes. We got a great music video from The Acclaimed to plug their match with #Y2MJF, they are truly rising stars not just in AEW but in wrestling today. I think another rising star is Comoroto. He is a great part of the trios matches he has with the Natural Nightmares, and he even has a combo move with Dustin now with that military press to bulldog. If AEW is still working on Trios Championships, I bet Comoroto becomes an honorary Natural Nightmare to help Dustin and QT go for those.
SCU continues their string of wins in their “tag titles or bust” story, but they got a really good match out of Johnson and Solow. Cezar Bononi and Avalon had a good match of their own, and they are going to have a really good match with Johnson and Cody Rhodes. That match could go either way, because Johnson could take the pin, but so could Avalon. Maybe Shaq and Jade get in on that match to mess Cody up and that’s why he and Johnson lose. Wait, that sounds familiar… Well anyway, it’ll mostly be a way to plug the mixed tag match. Velvet VS Diamante was a good match, and I’m a little surprised Velvet won, but she’ll definitely be building momentum on her end as the underdog element of that mixed tag match.
Vance VS Baron was a very good match and I like that commentary mentioned their past from the indies. Vance has mostly been along for the ride in the Dark Order but it’d be great if he got some story and development of his own. And I liked that Stunt’s loss wasn’t just from being the smaller wrestler, but from how there is story with FTR and Jurassic Express. Though honestly, better story would’ve been if Stunt was scheduled for this match, it didn’t happen because FTR kidnapped him, and Nemeth had a match with someone else, but Dark exists in a space where it is both the same night and not the same night as Dynamite on Wednesday.
Janela VS Evans was an incredible Dark main event, that was fast and furious right from the start. Janela wins big to go into his TNT Championship match but I don’t see him winning against Darby. It is really more Darby needs to win to go strong into the AEW Revolution Street Fight. I’m sure if not for the story with Team Taz and Sting, Darby VS Janela could’ve gone either way because they’re both so wild and reckless. Maybe down the line, Janela comes back around, he and Darby relive some of that Cracker Barrel No Holds Barred match from the early days of Dynamite.
My Score: 8.3/10
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St. Paul is All Elite!
Forces of nature converge as Toni Storm & Thunder Rosa reunite against The Megasus & The Superbad Girl in a powerful tag team match!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Kenny Omega VS Blake Christian w/ Lee Johnson; Omega wins.
- Kyle Fletcher w/ Don Callis VS Brody King; Kyle wins.
- “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs VS Mark Davis w/ Don Callis; Hobbs wins.
- Top Flight w/ AR Fox VS Alex Findley & Devo Knight; Top Flight wins.
- Mark Briscoe VS Konosuke Takeshita w/ Don Callis; Konosuke wins.
- Thunder Rosa & Toni Storm VS Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford; Bayne & Ford win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Kenny Omega VS Blake Christian w/ Lee Johnson!
The AEW International Champion knows he has a Triple Threat waiting for him at Dynasty, so he needs to get himself ready. Will tonight be a tune-up for the Best Bout Machine? Or will he not like the taste of the Vanilla Babyface?
The bell rings and the fans fire up for “KENNY! KENNY!” Omega and Blake circle, feel things out, and tie up. Omega waistlocks, Blake pries at the grip, and Blake wrenches out to wristlock. Omega wrenches back, wristlocks again, but Blake rolls, cartwheels, and slips through to wrench. Blake spins Omega to snapmare, but Omega turns chinlock into armlock. Omega wrenches, then hits a headlock takeover. Blake headscissors, Omega kips free, and Omega hits another takeover. Omega fights off the headscissors, but Blake fights up to his feet. Blake powers up and out, but Omega runs him over! Blake kips up, then pie faces Omega! And flips him off!
St. Paul boos as Blake is anything but a babyface here. Omega shrugs that off and CHOPS Blake! And CHOPS! And CHOPS again! Blake sputters, Omega wrenches and reel shim in, for a BIG back suplex! The fans fire up, Omega runs corner to corner, but Blake dodges! Omega hits buckles hard, then Blake fires shots to the lower back! The fans boo but Blake fires more body blows. Omega fires forearms and haymakers, but Blake knees low! Blake whips, hurdles, then dodges to DROPKICK! Blake kips up, and pulls out a finger gun! Blake licks it, BANG, but Omega ROCKS him first! Omega then brings Blake to a corner, but Blake blocks the buckle bump!
Blake CLAWS Omega’s eyes, then steps out to the apron with him, APRON SPEAR! Omega goes to the floor, Blake builds speed, INVERTED DIVE! Direct hit at the ramp, and Blake high-fives Big Shotty. Blake puts Omega in, then springboards, but Omega gets under! Blake handsprings through, but into a V-TRIGGER! Lee gets on the apron, but Omega DECKS him! The fans fire up, Omega vows to end this! SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX! Blake sputters, but Omega hits another SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX! Blake is dazed but Omega isn’t done! Omega reels Blake in, hooks a leg, AOI SHODOU! The fans fire up and Omega takes out his finger gun!
Omega says BANG, runs in, and V-TRIGGER! Blake sputters, Omega Electric Chair Lifts! Fold for the ONE WINGED ANGEL!! Cover, Omega wins!
Winner: Kenny Omega, by pinfall
The Vanilla Babyface melted from the heat Omega is bringing! Omega picks up his belt but also a mic to say, “What’s going on?” The fans cheer, and Omega says it is unfortunate that he doesn’t get to wrestle every single week like he’d like. But when he gets the chance to come out to St. Paul, and when he promises them that he’ll make it quick, AEW’s fearless leader, Tony Khan, had no choice but to sign the match. But it will be a far different story when it comes to Dynasty! Omega not only has Ricochet, who the fans boo, but he also has the newcomer, though not so new to Omega, in “Speedball” Mike Bailey! The fans cheer that name!
And speaking of, here comes Speedball! The fans fire up as Bailey walks out, mic in hand, and he goes right to the ring. The fans cheer as these two are face to face, and Bailey says, “Kenny Omega…” Omega says, “Speedball.” Bailey congratulates Omega, and Omega says, “Thanks?” Bailey says he wanted to come out here and say that Omega is an inspiration to him. Bailey respects Omega. No, more than that, he admires Omega. As a wrestler, but also as a person, and as a champoin. But Kenny… Come Dynasty, even though Bailey respects Omega, he will not hold anything back.
Bailey won’t pull his punches, and he won’t hesitate for even one second to kick Omega’s head clean off and take that International Championship! Fans are torn on that, but Omega says, “So, by the sounds of it-” Oh no, Ricochet interrupts from the tron. “Do I have you attention? Okay, good, good, good. As much as I would love to be there in person, to smack both of you in your faces for even thinking that you’re going to leave Dynasty with my title… Fortunately for everybody involved in this situation, today is my wedding.” Ricochet models his white suit, and says he is dressed for the best day of his life.
“That is, until April 6th, when I continue to show everybody why Ricochet is Outta This World, and I beat you, Cornball, and I beat you, former Best Bout Machine, and I become the NEW International Champion! Oh, it sounds good, it sounds so good. I can see it now. So go ahead, continue to argue amongst yourselves about the inevitable. That being that after April 6th, Ricochet leaves Dynasty with both the girl and the gold. AHA~!” The One & Only adjusts his collar, but Omega tells him not so fast! Oh, well, he’s gone. But first of all, congratulations are in order. But that’ll be the only thing Omega will congratulate Ricochet on.
Because at Dynasty, make no mistake about it, it’s much like Ricochet said, it isn’t about making friends! Omega has a cat, he doesn’t need any more friends. The fans cheer that! Omega continues to say that as good of a guy as Bailey may be, and as big of a piece of garbage as Ricochet is, they aren’t Omega’s comrades. There is only one thing Omega has time for, there is only one thing Omega has room for, and it’s got to do with the thing on his shoulder, and that is his legacy. So consider yourselves just another stepping stone to solidifying Omega’s legacy. Oh and by the way, welcome to AEW, Bailey.
Unfortunately, while Omega wishes he could talk more, he must bid each and every one of you adieu! So until Dynasty, goodbye, MWAH! And goodnight, BANG! The Cleaner puts both his challengers on notice, but will the numbers spell disaster for him at Dynasty?
The Learning Tree speaks.
Chris Jericho says, “Last Sunday on Collision, I had Gravity’s mask taken from me. Or should I say, taken from us. But that’s okay, because I think it’s time for all the masks to be removed. It’s time to discuss some ugly truths that need to be addressed. Like the fact that you two (Big Bill & Bryan Keith) have been under the branches of The Learning Tree for far too long without using the wisdom that I’ve bestowed upon you. I need to ask you why I have to keep telling you time and time again to prove yourselves, I’m sick of asking! You need to think if it’s worthy for you to still be with Chris Jericho.
“If you think that, then it’s time for you to make some drastic changes, and go prove yourselves to me! Once again, for the last time, PROVE IT!” Bill & Keith quietly walk off, and Jericho turns his attention back to the camera. Bandido got his brother’s mask back, congrats. But it isn’t Gravity’s mask that Jericho wants, it’s Bandido’s! Jericho wants Bandido to feel the disgrace and humiliation that his brother did when Jericho tore that mask off in front of their family! And why would Bandido put up the mask? Jericho knows Bandido wants to be ROH World Champion again, so how about this? Title VS Mask for Dynasty!
Bandido, is it worth risking the humiliation? Is it risking the disgrace? Is it worth making your mother cry again when you lose the mask? Is it worth it? Jericho thinks so. See you at Dynasty. The Nueve is ready to risk it all, but will he be the one to lose it all in just 11 days?
MJF is here!
St. Paul is torn as the Scumbag walks out, mic already in hand. MJF goes to the ring, shows off MVP’s business card, then has them cut his music. MJF says, “Much like Michael Jackson’s legacy is far more important than that talentless hack named Prince…” MJF grins as the fans boo… “My words are far more important than everybody watching on their cheap TV sets in their trailer parks at home, and it’s damn sure more important than each and every one of yours.” The fans boo more, but MJF says, “Let’s play a game, okeh, Minnesota? We’re gonna shut the hell up. You think we can pull that off?” The fans boo, so no.
MJF says that’s what he thought. MJF tells MVP that he’s been looking at the card for two weeks straight. And he would like for them to have a little chit-chat so MJF can give an answer. MJF invites MVP out, and the fans cheer as the head of The Hurt Syndicate makes his way out here! Montel Vontavious Porter likes the fans singing along, “We Hurt~ People!” and chanting “M V P! M V P!” MJF says the thing we can agree on is that MVP is a legend in the sport of professional wrestling. And is that a new cane? That’s gorgeous! The fans cheer that, and MJF tells MVP that after everything with Adam Cole, MJF promised he would never do “friends” in this again.
And MJF has known “Montel” a very long time, and if there is one thing MJF has learned about him, it’s that when MVP clocks in, he doesn’t do friends, either. MVP does business. MJF has been looking at the card for a long time, and he has made a decision. The decision is… MJF would like to be in the business of hurting people. MJF offers a handshake, MVP checks if he means it, and wait! The rest of the Hurt Syndicate is here! The fans fire up as Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin bring their AEW World Tag Team Championships to the ring. Lashley looks MJF right in the eyes while the fans again sing the song, “We Hurt~ People!”
And then Lashley offers a handshake! MJF asks if Lashley means that, and he says up top! But then Lashley explains that he wants the card. What? The card, Max. Hand it over. MJF says okay, here. MJF gives the card back to Lashley, and then Lashley looks to MVP and Shelton. Lashley hands MVP his belt to hold, and then he RIPS UP THE CARD! MJF says okay, does Lashley wanna go? They can do this now! MVP says no, no, they’re cool. MJF asks MVP what’s going on. He thought they were cool. MVP says yeah, they’re cool, they’re cool. He has Lashley stand down, and MJF says okay, they can talk later.
MJF steps out, the fans boo, and even MVP seems a bit unsure why Lashley pulled MJF’s card. MVP says business never sleeps, and that they know they can trust him. But wait! Bryan Keith & Big Bill walk out here? The Bad Apple tells everyone to hold on. “So I guess it is true. Hurt people do in fact hurt people. But don’t worry, we ain’t out here to join your little group therapy session. We got real business to attend to!” Bill takes the mic, but MVP tells him to get his “lil’ b*tch” back on the leash so the men can talk. Bill keeps Keith calm, and he says he sees the Hurt Syndicate standing in the ring with the tag titles, but he doesn’t see a challenger. MVP says, “Me neither!”
Bill wants to tell MVP something. MVP wants to run his mouth? MVP wants to come out here with his cane and his business cards, but Bill can’t tell if he’s American Psycho or Iceberg Slim. Is he a pimp or a businessman? MVP says he’s a bit o’ both, and he’ll make his boys turn The Learning Tree into their b*tches if Bill keeps running his mouth. Bill says all he sees is a chump, and the MVP of being Lashley’s b*tch. No, we established who the b*tch was, but if Bill wants to go on about this… Bill says they should talk over the tag team titles. Bill was once a tag team champion, and he was never pinned nor never submitted for those titles!
Bill’s partner got pinned by Sting, and then Sting ran off and retired before ever granting Bill a rematch. Shelton says they don’t care! Bill says how about this. He and Keith need to prove themselves to Jericho, so Bill will take his rematch, so that The Learning Tree will take those titles! MVP laughs, and says Bill’s a comedian. But since Bill and his “girlfriend” want a shot, they should actually win a match! Then they can talk about an opportunity for the titles. MVP goes to leave, Lashley stares down Bill, and then the Hurt Syndicate heads out. Who will The Redwood have to take down to prove he and the Bad Apple are ready for this fight?
Backstage interview with Thunder Rosa & Toni Storm.
Renee Paquette is with La Mera Mera & the Timeless AEW Women’s World Champion, and brings up tonight’s main event. #ThunderStorm reunites for the first time in three YEARS, and they take on Penelope Ford and Toni’s future challenger, Megan Bayne. Yes, Toni remembers it well. They were so young, so unafraid. Nothing’s really changed. Rosa says no, everything has changed. Toni’s certainly changed! She has a butler now! And let’s not forget, the last time they worked together, Toni knocked Rosa out and tried to erase the face paint off Rosa’s face. Oh, we all make mistakes in the heat of passion.
Well, then make no mistake. Because Rosa wants what she never lost. Toni tells Rosa, “Enough of this gay banter. Megan Bayne, Penelope Ford, you two slop tarts are about to get double teamed like you’ve never dreamed!” Rosa plays along and says yes! Tonight, the games are over! Tonight, they fight! Tonight, you meet the team of… THUNDER TITS! W-What? No, it’s Thunder Storm. Not anymore! Strap yourselves in, girls, it’s gonna be a bumpy night. Well, whatever the team name, will Thunder & Storm strike down The Megasus & Superbad Girl?
Kyle Fletcher w/ Don Callis VS Brody King!
The Protostar may have lost to Will Ospreay at Revolution, but he’s ready to redeem himself and rise back up the ranks. Will the Aussie Arrow shoot down this Hound of Hell? Or will Kyle come to understand why Brody is the King of Death?
Callis doesn’t join commentary, they don’t have the equipment ready, so he just throws Schiavone’s own notes at him. The fans tell Callis off, then they cheer on Brody. Kyle claims he needs a second with his tearaway pants, but then he BOOTS Brody instead! The ref rings the bell, Kyle fires off stomps, but he stops at 4. Kyle soaks up the heat, then OFF COME THE PANTS! Kyle flexes, but Brody stalks up behind him! The fans bark, Callis tells Kyle to turn around. Kyle soaks up more heat, but then he turns around into a CHOP! Brody drags Kyle up, CHOPS him again, and Kyle goes to a corner. Brody fires forearms again and again to sit Kyle down!
Brody digs his boot in, the ref counts, and Brody stops. Kyle flops out of the ring and St. Paul cheers Brody on. Brody paces while he waits on Kyle, and Callis gives Kyle a shoulder rub. Kyle rises, the fans tell Callis off, and Kyle hobbles around the way. Kyle slides in, but Brody drags Kyle up! Brody CHOPS Kyle, brings him around to scoop and SLAM! Then Brody runs to SENTON! Kyle sputters and the fans bark again. Brody drags Kyle back up, eggs him on, so Kyle CHOPS! And CHOPS! But Brody CHOPS and Kyle falls back! Kyle goes to the ropes, Brody stands him up to CHOP again! Brody runs, but Kyle follows! CALF KICK!
Brody sputters against the ropes and Callis cheers. Kyle stomps away at the ropes, but stops as the ref counts. The fans boo but Kyle drags Brody up. Kyle whips, but Brody blocks! Brody then swings, but Kyle dodges. Brody blocks the boot, and he LARIATS Kyle up and out! Kyle flops to the floor and the fans are thunderous! Brody has everyone barking as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Callis is worried for Kyle as Brody storms out and drags him up. Brody whips Kyle hard into barriers, then high-fives the fans. Brody brings Kyle around to whip hard into railing! Kyle is upside-down, Brody high-fives more fans, and then Brody stands on Kyle! Brody flexes, the fans cheer, but the ref reprimands. Brody steps off, then he drags Kyle up. Callis keeps his distance mostly out of fear, and Brody whips Kyle into more railing! Brody holds Kyle up for photo ops, then he CHOPS! Kyle flops up and over into the front row! The ref has Brody give them space while he checks on Kyle. Kyle is okay to continue, but Brody just CHOPS him again!
Kyle ends up in the second row now, and Brody tells him night-night. Kyle manages to sit up, so Brody drags him back to the railing. Brody suplexes Kyle to the floor! Kyle sputters, but Brody puts him back in the ring. Brody climbs to the apron, but Kyle runs in and CALF KICKS him down! Brody stumbles backwards into the desk! Brody hobbles, Callis creeps up, but then Brody barks and scares Callis off. Kyle runs out to CLUB Brody on the back! Kyle puts Brody back in the ring and Dynamite returns to single picture. The fans again tell Callis off, but Kyle taunts Brody. Brody leans against the ropes, Kyle brings him up, but Brody CHOPS!
Kyle sputters, but he KNEES low! Kyle fires knee after knee into Brody, then soaks up the heat. Kyle stands Brody up, but Brody CHOPS again! And again! And again! Kyle BOOTS in return! Kyle whips, but Brody blocks again! So Kyle ROCKS Brody with a forearm! Kyle whips, Brody reverses, but Kyle ducks ‘n’ dodges! Only to run into a BIG BOSS MAN SLAM! The fans fire up while both men are down, and a standing count starts already. Brody rises at 4 of 10, the fans bark, and Kyle sputters back up. Brody LARIATS Kyle back down! And LARIATS him again! And then CHOPS! Kyle rebounds, into a BACKDROP!
The fans fire up as Kyle flounders out of the ring. Brody slashes his throat, builds speed, and DIVES! Direct hit and down goes Kyle! The fans lose their minds, that was literally the biggest tope possible! Brody stands Kyle up, whips him back into barriers, and Kyle takes a seat in the corner. Brody makes sure to position Kyle just right, and CHOPS him again! Brody barks, the fans join in, and Brody gets space. Brody runs in from the ramp, but Kyle jumps at him! Brody caches Kyle with one hand! Brody scoops, but Kyle slips free to POST Brody! And then he RAMS Brody into the barriers! Kyle goes to the apron, takes aim, and he PENALTY KICKS!
Brody staggers and drops to a knee. Kyle goes into the ring and he DIVES! Direct hit and Brody hits barriers hard! The fans fire up while both men are down on the ground! Callis coaches Kyle, St. Paul rallies for Brody, but Brody is dazed while Kyle rolls into the ring. The ring count is already 5 of 10, then 7! Callis wants the count to be faster, but Brody is up at 8! Brody rolls in, but Kyle is up top! Kyle aims and MACHO ELBOWS! Cover, TWO!! Brody survives and the fans fire up! Kyle begs that the count was wrong, but no, that was fair. Kyle drags Brody up, reels him in, but Brody fights the suplex! Brody then hits a CORNER EXPLODER!
Kyle sputters and flounders, and Brody stalks him to the apron. Brody drags Kyle up and reels him in, but Kyle fights the lift! Kyle is free to SUPERKICK! And SUPERKICK! But Brody still fireman’s carries! APRON DEATH VALLEY DRIVER!! Both men fall to the floor, the fans lose their minds, and Dynamite goes picture in picture again.
Kyle checks his arms to make sure they’re working, and Brody also stirs. Callis and the ref argue, but there was nothing illegal about what Brody did. The ring count starts, Callis seems to still complain about stuff, and both men are slowly rising at 5 of 10. Brody stands at 7, rolls in, and Kyle stands at 8! Kyle lunges in at 9! The ref checks with Kyle to make sure he’s still in this, and Kyle nods as he slowly sits up. Kyle shakes out the stars going around his head, and Brody hobbles over to him. Brody stands Kyle up, ROCKS him, and Kyle staggers back to the ropes. Brody eggs Kyle on, and Kyle rises back up.
Kyle winds up to ROCK Brody! Brody ROCKS Kyle, and Kyle drops to a knee! Kyle rises to fire another forearm, but there’s far less behind it. Brody ROCKS Kyle again, Dynamite again returns to single picture, and Brody fires more shots! Kyle fires back, the shots pick up speed, and Kyle fires a flurry! But Brody ROCKS him with just one! Kyle swings, Brody SWATS it, but then Kyle BOOTS and SUPERKICKS! Brody ROLLING ELBOWS! Kyle falls, Brody shakes out the stars, and he drags Kyle up to LARIAT! Brody shouts, “He’s Dead!” Brody reels Kyle in, hoists him up, but Kyle slips free to SUPERKICK a leg out!
Kyle BLINDSIDE SUPERKICKS, then he dragon sleepers! Inverted suplex into the gut wrench! TOMBSTONE!! Cover, TWO?!? Brody survives and shocks Kyle! Callis is furious, the ref defends the count, and St. Paul is all fired up! Kyle seethes now, and he aims from the corner. Kyle runs in, but Brody LARIATS again! The fans fire up while Kyle stumbles around on spaghetti legs! Kyle falls over, goes to a corner, but Brody runs up to SPLASH! Kyle sits down, the fans bark with Brody, but Callis gest on the apron! The ref storms up to Callis while Brody runs in at Kyle, but Mark Davis gets Kyle out of harm’s way!
Brody hits buckles, and Kyle smiles! Aussie Open watches each other’s back, and Kyle hurries to get Brody up! The fans boo but Kyle puts Brody on the top rope! Kyle UPPERCUTS Brody, then climbs up after him. But Brody fights the suplex with body shots! Brody SLAPS Kyle, fireman’s carries him, and now Davis distracts the ref! Kyle CLAWS Brody’s eyes, then slips down to GAMANGIRI! The fans boo as Kyle gets Brody back up, TOP ROPE BRAINBUSTER!!! Cover, Kyle wins!!
Winner: Kyle Fletcher, by pinfall
Dunkzilla gave The Protostar the assist, that’s a win for the Callis Family! But then Kyle goes back for more as he stomps and hammers away on Brody! Davis helps out while Callis directs them, but here comes The Powerhouse! Will Hobbs brings the straps down as he enters from the crowd side! The fans fire up as Hobbs rushes the ring! He fires forearms on Davis, and on Kyle! Hobbs DECKS Davis, he DECKS Kyle, and then Brody LARIATS Kyle up and outta the ring! The fans fire up, and Hobbs wants his fight with Davis NOW! Will the Book of Hobbs punctuate this chapter with a win? Or will the Callis Family quickly go 2-0 on the night?
“Powerhouse” Will Hobbs VS Mark Davis w/ Don Callis!
Dynamite returns as referees, security, and even Christopher Daniels are keeping Hobbs and Davis apart. It seems that AEW officials still need to work out the change in the schedule, they were hoping to do this match a little later. Meanwhile, Callis is finally on commentary to complain that Hobbs was going to assault him, a non-wrestler. Hobbs and Davis storm into the ring, despite the wishes of the refs and Fallen Angel. But fans want to “LET THEM FIGHT! LET THEM FIGHT!” Daniels tries to talk Davis and Hobbs down, but Davis and Hobbs just throw security out of the way! Daniels says fine, let’s do it now!
The bell rings, and the fans fire up as DOUBLE LARIATS collide! And again! And again! “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Davis kicks low, suplexes high and hard, but Hobbs is right up! Hobbs kicks and suplexes Davis high and hard! Davis goes to ropes, the fans rally as Hobbs seethes, and Hobbs ROCKS Davis! And ROCKS him again! Davis KNEES low, then runs, but Hobbs CLOBBERS Davis at the ropes! Davis goes to a corner, Hobbs storms up, but Davis uses the straps to YANK Hobbs into buckles! The ref reprimands, Davis CHOPS, and CHOPS, and CHOPS! Davis scrubs his forearm in Hobbs’ face, then sits him down.
The fans boo but Davis runs side to side, and he SLIDING FOREARMS! Hobbs sputters, Davis drags him up, and Davis reels Hobbs in. But Hobbs BACKDROPS free! The fans fire up and Hobbs snarls again. Hobbs runs corner to corner, but Davis ELBOWS him! Davis runs up, but into the SNAP POWERSLAM! The fans fire up and the straps come down! Hobbs runs up to LARIAT! Hobbs then keeps Davis in the corner for “MEAT!” LARIAT after “MEAT!” LARIAT! Hobbs whips corner to corner, but then reels Davis in, but Davis kinda muffles the spinebuster. Hobbs is annoyed and drags Davis up, but Davis ENZIGIRIS!
Davis runs, but Hobbs gets him for a SPINEBUSTER! Cover, Hobbs wins!
Winner: “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs, by pinfall
Hobbs just handled town bidness, but Callis says of course Hobbs won, he got the jump on everyone coming in from the crowd! Callis’ excuses aside, Hobbs dunked Dunkzilla, and the Callis Family is 1-1 with one more to go! Will Hobbs finally move on from his past? Or will Callis not rest until the Powerhouse is demolished?
Backstage interview with The Patriarchy.
Lexy Nair is with Kip Sabian, Nick Wayne & “Mother Shayna,” but Christian Cage is conspicuous by his absence. Lexy specifically wants to ask Nick this: We’ve seen a big shift in Nick’s attitude both back and forth. He confronted Christian Cage on his excuses about Revolution, but then costs Adam Copeland the title last Wednesday. What is going on with The Patriarchy? Nick says things are starting to make sense to him as to why Christian did what he did at Revolution. But he will wait to speak his thoughts for when he and Christian are face-to-face.
As for last Wednesday, that just goes to show what happens when they’re all on the same page. “And how to properly… I repeat, properly execute a plan.” Nick heads out, Mother Shayna smiles and follows, and Kip… Well, he’s quiet but he still follows the Waynes out. Is The Patriarchy’s Prodigy proving he can be the man of the house?
Backstage interview with Hangman Page.
Renee is with The Cowboy, and notes that last week, he officially entered his name for the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. The winner of that tournament will challenge for the AEW World Championship at All In: Texas. Now, AEW is in St. Paul tonight, site of- Oh, wait, Swerve Strickland storms in! He knows he only just recovered from the busted eardrum, but did he just hear right that Hangman wants in on Swerve’s world title? Hangman says, “B*tch, did I stutter?” Swerve tells Hangman to not dare even try it! Swerve will end him and he knows what Swerve is capable of! Prince Nana has Swerve stand down, Swerve has his own business to handle.
Swerve and Nana leave, and Hangman snarls. Will Hangman not only win the Owen Hart Cup this year, but finally take back the AEW World Championship? And will it be Swerve who meets him in Texas?
Exclusive sit-down interview with Rated FTR.
It was earlier today that Tony Schiavone sat down with Adam Copeland, Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood, and notes that the friendship between these three has been a lot deeper than what we’ve seen on camera. They’re basically next door neighbors, Cope has been responsible for some of FTR’s biggest breaks in their careers. Dax already frowns and shakes his head. Dax apologizes but he wants to interrupt here. He feels that he must address the elephant in the room. Last week, he allowed his emotions to get the better of him. He owes both Adam and Cash an apology for what happened.
Dax just felt that FTR took a break from their goals, their focus, the AEW World Tag Team Championships, for four months, all to help Cope realize his goal of being AEW World Champion. After two tries, it did not happen, which just frustrated Dax. Cope has Dax stop there. The way Dax positioned that, it sounds like Cope is the one who pulled them away from the tag titles. Cope came back to help FTR against the Death Riders after they put bags over FTR’s heads and beat them down. That’s how this all started. It was not Cope’s intention to pull FTR away from anything.
Dax knows, he’s just saying, that’s why he has to apologize. Dax let his emotions get to him, and so he wanted to explain the preface. He just felt that FTR took their eyes off the prize, they were directionless for four months, and it had nothing to do- Cash speaks up now. Cash knows they’ve all let their emotions get the better of them. Cash cannot watch Dax and Cope fight like this while he’s caught in the middle of it. Everyone knows Dax and Cash are best friends, they’ve teamed together for the better part of 11 years. But maybe people don’t know as much about the friendship of Cope and Cash, everything Cope has done for Cash.
Without either of these men, Cash has nothing. When Cash was struggling, nowhere to live, sleeping in his car, Cope gave him a place to live and to be without worry so he could pursue all of this. Cope gave Cash chance after chance, Dax was there for those opportunities, so without either one, Cash doesn’t have this, he isn’t here right now. So he just wants himself and his two best friends to all be on the same page. Dax says t hat’s why he had to apologize. Dax took it too far last week, but he does think that now that they’ve helped Cope realize his goals and done their part, it is time for FTR to get back on theirs.
Dax tells The Hurt Syndicate that the AEW World Tag Team Championships- Cash stops Dax again, and says Cash feels there is still something here. Rated FTR has a lot of life left, and Cash would love if they went after the Trios Championships one more time, to see if they can stop The Death Riders. Cope agrees there. If there’s juice in the tank, then let’s do it. Cope tells The Death Riders, April 6th, Death Riders VS Rated FTR for the Trios Championships. Dax does like the sound of that. #TopGuysOut! Cope adds #RatedFTROut. Cash likes that.
So while Cope could not dethrone Jon Moxley, can he and FTR still free the AEW World Trios Championships? Or will there be no end to the reign of terror?
Swerve Strickland heads to the ring!
St. Paul fires up for “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” Swerve grabs the mic and says, “Everybody knows exactly why I’m here. I’m here to call out Jon Moxley! Not the Death Riders, the AEW World Champion, Jon Moxley. You better get your ass down here right now and look me eye to eye, man to man, if you’ve got the balls to do so!” The fans fire up, the Death Riders’ theme hits, and The Maniac makes his way through the crowd. Swerve keeps his eyes on Moxley as he draws closer. Nana steps out as Moxley steps in, and Swerve tells Moxley, “I’ve been allowing things to go on like this for far too long.”
People have been asking since October as to why Swerve hasn’t been going after his AEW World Championship. Swerve says he likes to give people just enough rope to hang themselves, and that’s Moxley. Swerve tells him, “Look at you. What happened to you? Jon Moxley used to be revered here in AEW! You and the AEW World Championship used to be synonymous with each other. Now look at you. You hide behind Claudio, you hide behind Wheeler Yuta, you hide behind Pac. Hell, you even hide behind Marina Shafir.” The fans start up another chant for “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!”
Swerve says Moxley still has the nerve to say no one else wants to be world champion. But Moxley isn’t even worthy of it himself! And to be honest, Swerve thinks the reason Moxley hides the title in the briefcase is because he can’t even look at it. He can’t even face himself with that on his shoulder any more. Swerve says every time Moxley has a title defense, he narrowly escapes. And last week, he showed the world that. Oh, by the way, how’s Moxley’s back feeling? Moxley smirks, and Swerve says everything about Moxley that he used to be, is standing right here looking at him. The fans cheer Swerve on while Moxley nods.
But CLAUDIO IS BEHIND NANA! The fans freak out, and Moxley smirks. Swerve looks over and sees Claudio! Nana still doesn’t notice, but he starts to sense something’s wrong. Moxley says it’s fine, we’re all chill. And that all sounded great, if you believe it. But this isn’t about Moxley, this is about Swerve. April 6th is really Swerve VS Swerve. It isn’t about Moxley, stop worrying about Moxley. Moxley wants Swerve to ask himself, “Who are you, really? What are you really?” Moxley knows. He listens and watches, hears everything and sees everything, so he knows everything. He knows exactly who and what Swerve is, and he knows what Swerve could be.
And damn, has Moxley had high hopes for Swerve. But he has been disappointed before. On April 6th, Moxley gives Swerve a chance to step in and become everything that he can be. He just has to ask himself one question: “How far am I willing to go?” Not tonight, not just April 6th, but every night. When it is cold and dark and you’re in pain and you’re tired. When the world is baring down on your shoulders and you have no friends left. When everyone else is gone and you have the weight of the entire world on your shoulders. Will you endure? Will you put one foot in front of another? Or will you look for a way out? Will you take others with you?
There are a lot of questions Swerve has to ask himself. Swerve is not what he thinks he is, because he has not suffered enough yet! But he will. “My sport has been taken over by billionaires, Hollywood talent agencies and kids who see the world through an Instagram filter and don’t know their head from their ass! It’s guys like you that give me hope for the future. It’s guys like you that make me think everything I’ve put my mind and my body and my soul through was for a reason.” Fans do seem to like that. Moxley says he won’t give it to Swerve, though. He doesn’t care what kind of “punk ass organization they’re running around here.”
Moxley does not give handouts, so how far is Swerve willing to go? Moxley will go the whole way right now! But that shouldn’t be a problem for Swerve, Swerve is the Most Dangerous Man in AEW, right? Moxley and Swerve circle, but that lets Marina Shafir sneak in! BUT WILLOW APPEARS! Marina has a crowbar, Willow has a pipe, so it is a standoff on the apron! Swerve asks Moxley what’s wrong. Is he finally facing off with someone smarter than him? So let’s get this straight: Moxley wants to talk “unscripted violence” BS? Swerve IS violence! Moxley’s bled pints, Swerve’s bled buckets. Moxley’s been in Texas Death Matches, Swerve’s WON them.
Swerve IS the Most Dangerous Man in AEW! “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” “And in Philadelphia in 11 days, I take back that AEW World Championship, and I continue to lead the Dynasty Era! And while I’m doing that, you can have fun continuing to play Jon Moxley on TV.” Mic drop! The fans fire up again as Swerve and Moxley stare down. It is quite the standoff here, so Moxley has the Death Riders stand down. The clock is ticking, are Moxley’s days as champion numbered? Wait, Marina YANKS Willow down! Marina fires off on Willow, but Willow RAMS Marina into the barriers! Claudio gets Marina out of there, Nana tries to help, but Willow shoves Nana aside!
Willow goes after Marina, even as Claudio carries Marina away! The fans fire up but The Death Riders drag Marina back but fans want to “LET THEM FIGHT! LET THEM FIGHT!” Marina is a Problem, but will the Babe with the Power be a problem solver?
The Opps commandeer a camera!
Been a minute since this has happened, but Katsuyori Shibata films while he follows Samoa Joe & Hook. Joe asks Hook a question: last week, Hook sunk in that Redrum for a little bit of time. Is there anything behind that? Nah, just having fun. Fun? Hook smirks and says c’mon. It was Max Caster, a super annoying guy, it’s fun to choke him out. Joe says aight. Anyway, look who it is! Caster is trying to convince AR Fox & Top Flight to all go solo like he did. Shibata slips around so we can see Joe & Hook walk up behind Caster. Caster talks trash on Anthony Bowens, how Bowens is doing nothing after The Acclaimed broke up.
Wow, really, Caster? What? The fans are literally chanting his name! “Let’s Go, Max! You’re the Best Wrestler Alive!” They don’t believe that for a second. Caster then spots Shibata and asks what’s up. Joe snatches Caster into the COQUINA CLUTCH!! Joe puts Platinum Max right to sleep, and then dusts himself off. And then he tells Hook he gets it now. They shake hands, and Joe says what’s up, hometown boys! The Opps shake hands with Top Flight, and say have a good night. Hook says, “To the death.” Shibata’s text-to-speech says, “I see what you did there.” When Caster wakes up, will he realize he really needs to watch what he says?
Backstage interview with Jay White.
Renee is with the Switchblade and says he took a particular interest in Will Ospreay and Hangman Page entering the Men’s Owen Hart Cup. White has history with both men, so where does he stand on this? White says those are some big names. He thinks we should add his name to that, so what better time than now? Jay White officially declares for the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament! Last year didn’t work out too well, White losing to Hangman for the first time ever, mostly thanks to Hangman’s “buddy,” Christian Cage. And then White ended up injured, out for four months.
But this year, White will win the cup, go on to All In: Texas, and once again have a shot at the AEW World Championship! And if Hangman or #BillyGoat are lucky enough to cross paths with The Switchblade, so be it. But before we get there, there are plenty of other players backstage that would love to differ with him. How about one of the ORIGINAL Collision Cowboys return to Collision this Saturday. If there’s someone who thinks they’re more deserving of a spot than White, show up and state your case to The Switchblade. White aims his finger gun, who will accept this Open Challenge?
Top Flight w/ AR Fox VS Alex Findley & Devo Knight!
Darius & Dante Martin get a hero’s welcome as the hometown boys for Minnesota! But Lio Rush & Action Andretti are ringside, hoping this homecoming is a horrible one. Will Top Flight win one for Minneapolis? Or will they not like the taste of the Royal Flavuh?
The teams sort out, Darius starts against Devo, and the fans fire up with the bell. Darius and Devo circle, Devo waistlocks but Darius switches to SLAM! Darius then hooks Devo, turns him over to a cover, ONE! Darius spins away from Devo’s sweep, then headlocks. Devo powers up and out, Darius CLOBBERS him, and then brings him up to wrench and CHOP! Devo sputters, but Darius whips him to the corner. We see Big Bill & Bryan Keith are watching this backstage, perhaps scouting a team they can beat to then go after the Hurt Business. Darius runs in at Devo but Devo pops Darius up. Dante tags in, Darius CHOPS Devo, and Dante A-LIST LARIATS!
Darius tags back in, snap suplexes Devo down, then kips up to tag Dante. Dante slingshot SENTONS! The fans fire up but here comes Alex! Dante catches Alex and spins him, Top Flight gives him the LARIAT STO COMBO! Dante TOSSES Alex, then drags Devo up. Devo JAWBREAKERS back, then runs up. Dante ducks the lariat to waistlock, but Devo elbows him away. Dante goes to the ropes, Devo runs up, btu Dante ELBOWS him! Tag to Darius, then Dante goes up and over! Dante eggs Devo on, then blocks his shot for a JAWBREAKER of his own! Darius runs up to DECK Devo, then he BLASTS Alex!
Darius fires haymaker after haymaker on Devo, then whips. Devo reverses, but Darius gets under to atomic drop! Not the cleanest, but Darius hurries to BULLDOG HOTSHOT, and GAMANGIRI! The fans fire up for Darius as he steps in, COMPLETE SHOT! Alex hurries in and he breaks the cover! Dante whips Alex, Alex reverses, but then Dante slips outside! Alex hits buckles, Dante goes up and around to GAMANGIRI! Then springboard and CROSSBODY! The fans are fired up again, and Darius CHOPS Devo. Darius whips but Devo reverses. Devo runs up but Darius BOOTS him down! Tag to Dante and Darius SUPERKICKS Devo!
Dante SHOTGUNS Devo into the GERMAN SUPLEX from Darius! Devo flounders, Darius brings him up again. Dante climbs, Darius hits a SHELL SHOCK, then Dante hits the MAMBA SPLASH! Cover, Top Flight wins!
Winners: Top Flight, by pinfall
A great win for the hometown heroes, and BREAKING NEWS from Tony Khan! Top Flight will face Bill & Keith for Collision in Milwaukee, Wisconsin! Will The Redwood & Bad Apple sour things for Top Flight to then have their shot at the Hurt Syndicate? As for The Cru, they bark at Top Flight, still wanting their own fight. Will Darius & Dante give Lio & Action more than they bargained for in the near future?
Will Ospreay speaks.
“Ever since I came into AEW, the game has dramatically changed. It is time for me to move AEW into a new generation. Tony Khan is looking for the best in the world, and there’s only one person that fits that criteria, and it’s me. When you hear, ‘This is where the best wrestles,’ nah, bruv. This is where Billy wrestles. This is about restoring the feeling, and bruv, I AM the feeling!” The Aerial Assassin will return to Dynamite next week in Peoria, Illinois, but how will he sharpen that edge before the Owen Hart Tournament begins?
Mark Briscoe VS Konosuke Takeshita w/ Don Callis!
The Sussex County Chicken fought alongside Will Hobbs against The Don Callis Family last week, but it was the Alpha that ate. Will the NEVER Openweight Champion make sure the Callis Family ends tonight up 2-1? Or will Briscoe #ManUp and have some redemption?
The bell rings and the fans rally for Briscoe. Callis claims he wasn’t going to come out again, but he was listening to Schiavone’s commentary and felt he was struggling so he’s here to help. The fans just tell Callis off again while Briscoe and Konosuke circle. The two feel things out, tie up, and Briscoe headlocks. Konosuke powers up and out, then RAMS shoulders! Briscoe stays up, Konosuke staggers back, but he runs Mark over on the rebound! The fans boo but Konosuke keeps moving. Mark stays low, Konosuke rolls over the dropdown, but then Briscoe runs, dodges, and ducks the boot! Briscoe hits the crane stance, then ducks Konosuke’s haymaker!
REDNECK KUNG-FU UPPERCUT! The fans fire up as Callis talks trash on Briscoe being bald and having missing teeth. Schiavone points out the only difference between Briscoe and Callis are the teeth. Briscoe runs but Konosuke BACKDROPS him, only for Briscoe to land on his feet! Konosuke waistlocks, Briscoe breaks free and PELES! The fans fire up as Briscoe runs up on Konosuke, but Konosuke BOOTS him away! Konosuke goes up, but Briscoe RKF UPPERCUTS! And then he fireman’s carries for a ROLLING DEATH VALLEY! Briscoe hurries up top and the fans cheer, but Konosuke ROCKS Briscoe first!
Konosuke goes up, the fans fire up, and Konosuke hits a SUPERPLEX! Cover, TWO! Briscoe is tougher than that, and the fans rally up, but Konosuke stalks Briscoe to ropes. Konosuke CHOKES Briscoe, but he stops as the ref counts 4. The fans rally for Briscoe but Konosuke stands him up for a forearm! Konosuke then goes corner to corner, and he ROCKS Briscoe again! Konosuke keeps going, but Briscoe follows to ROCK Konosuke! Briscoe runs, and he LARIATS Konosuke up and out! Konosuke staggers and falls, and Briscoe builds speed! But Konosuke is back to BOOT Briscoe down! The fans are torn but Callis applauds.
Konosuke stalks Briscoe to a corner, stomps him again and again, then lets off as the ref counts. Konosuke stands Briscoe up and puts him on the apron. Konosuke goes out, kicks low, and hits an APRON DDT! Briscoe flops to the floor, the fans boo, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Konosuke tells fans to shut up, then he drags Briscoe back into the ring. Konosuke pushes Briscoe to a cover, TWO! Briscoe stays in this but Konosuke stays on him with a chinlock. Briscoe endures, fights up, and fires body shots! Briscoe runs, but into a LARIAT! Konosuke covers again, TWO! Briscoe is tougher than that and goes to a corner. Konosuke storms up and brings Briscoe around. Konosuke reels Briscoe in, but Briscoe BACKDROPS free! Briscoe fires up and he reels Konosuke in, only for Konosuke to trip him! CATAPULT! Briscoe hits buckles, and then the ALPHA ELBOW hits him! Konosuke stands over Briscoe while soaking up cheers and jeers.
Konosuke paces while Briscoe crawls to ropes. Konosuke storms up to ROCK Briscoe, but Briscoe CHOPS back! Konosuke fires a haymaker, Briscoe fires an UPPERCUT! Konosuke CHOPS, but Briscoe fires up! Briscoe CHPOS, Konosuke fires a flurry of forearms! Konosuke DECKS Briscoe and has him back in a corner. Konosuke digs his boots in, then runs corner to corner to KNEE Briscoe in the head! Konosuke goes again, for another KNEE! The ref reprimands but Konosuke drags Briscoe up. Konosuke hoists Briscoe up top, then gets in Briscoe’s face. Konosuke climbs up, brings Briscoe up, but Briscoe fights the suplex!
Dynamite returns to single picture as Briscoe BITES Konosuke’s forehead! Callis is furious but Briscoe spits out whatever he may’ve bitten off! Briscoe shoves Konosuke down, then he MISSILE DROPKICKS! The fans fire up while both men are down! Konosuke and Briscoe rise up, and Briscoe ducks a lariat! Briscoe CHOPS, ROCKS, and repeat! Briscoe keeps up the shots, then whips, only for Konosuke to reverse. Briscoe FLYING FOREARMS! The fans fire up and Briscoe powers up to LARIAT in the corner! Briscoe fires Redneck Palm Strikes, then an UPPERCUT! Konosuke sputters, Briscoe whips, but Konosuke reverses.
Briscoe goes up and out then ROCKS Konosuke! Then he UPPERCUTS again! Briscoe DUMPS Konosuke out, then he builds speed, to WRECK Konosuke with a dropkick! Konosuke hits the barriers, but he hurries back. Briscoe avoids the sweep to then CANNONBALL! The fans fire up, Briscoe goes back into the ring and builds speed. Briscoe DIVES to CANNONBALL TOPE! The fans fire up and high-five Briscoe! Briscoe then hops onto the barriers, the fans cheer more, and Briscoe says BANG BANG! FOLEY ELBOW onto Konosuke! The fans fire up even more as Briscoe puts Konosuke back in the ring.
Briscoe goes up the corner while the fans cheer on “DEM BOYS! DEM BOYS!” Konosuke flounders, Mark reaches the top, and FROGGY-BOW FLOPS as Konosuke moves! GERMAN SUPLEX! Briscoe rises up!? And he LARIATS Konosuke down! Cover, TWO!! Konosuke survives, Callis storms off commentary, and he pounds the apron. The ref warns Callis, but Briscoe hauls Konosuke up. Konosuke fights the underhooks, wrenches out, and he ROCKS Briscoe! Briscoe ROCKS Konosuke! The forearms go back and forth, then Briscoe fires a flurry! Briscoe runs, but into a BOOT! Konosuke runs, but into a clinch! EXPLODER!
The fans fire up as Briscoe has Konosuke again. Konosuke fights with elbows, and he EXPLODERS in return! But Briscoe is up to EXPLODER! Konosuke is up to EXPLODER! Both men stagger to their feet, POWER-DRIVE KNEE OUTTA NOWHERE!! Cover, TWO?!? Briscoe survives, Callis asks what the hell, but Konosuke winds up this time. Briscoe rises, but he ducks the lariat! Briscoe kicks, underhooks, and JAY DRILLER!! Cover, ROPEBREAK!!! Konosuke’s long legs save him by a literal foot! The fans boo but Callis is relieved. Briscoe fires up and vows to end this! Briscoe puts Konosuke up top, “This is Awesome!”
Briscoe CHOPS Konosuke on the back! Briscoe then torture racks Konosuke, but Konosuke fights free! ALPHA ELBOW! And then the elbow pad is off, ROLLING ELBOW! RAGING FIRE!! Cover, KONOSUKE WINS!
Winner: Konosuke Takeshita, by pinfall
The Callis Family ends the night 2-1 as Konosuke powers through! Will the NEVER Openweight Champion continue to establish himself as the Alpha of not just AEW, but of the world?
The Death Riders speak.
Wheeler Yuta says, “Rated FTR wants to challenge us to a World Trios Championship match at Dynasty. Dax & Cash, I already hate your guts. But Cope, you’re the most sinister of all. You tried to rip me away from my family. You tried to manipulate me! My family is much stronger than yours.” Claudio tells Rated FTR, “You guys are pathetic. The going gets tough, you bicker and start throwing hissy fits. Is this Kindergarten?” Pac says, “Gentlemen, it’s your arrogance, it’s your cockiness, that we really find hard to stomach. You see, after everything that you’ve done to us in previous weeks, it is you who has the audacity to challenge us?
“Nah. That’s not how things work around here. At AEW Dynasty, it is we that challenge you! We challenge you to survive the Death Riders.” The Decoder, the Swiss Cyborg & the Bastard have given their answer, will no one stop the Death Riders from building their Dynasty?
Backstage interview with The Hurt Syndicate.
Alicia Atout caches up with MVP, Lashley & Shelton and wants to ask them about MJF. Is he in or is he out? Lashley asks for just a moment, please. Alicia steps aside, and Lashley says MVP told them to take a vacation, and then they see MVP hugging it out with MJF?! What’s that about? MVP wants them to understand. After that performance at Revolution, they earned that time off. MVP doesn’t get time off, he had to come to work, because business never stops, money never sleeps. Now, they’ve been talking about adding a fourth member for some time, and MVP made MJF an offer. What’s the problem?
So MVP likes MJF? Yeah. Okay, but this is MJF. The kid’s got a reputation. Shelton & Lashley don’t like it. MJF is grimy, slimy, and not to be trusted. Everyone says that about him. MVP says yeah, MJF has some reprehensible qualities. And that’s why MVP likes him! Those qualities could be good for their business. Now, they’re the Hurt Syndicate. If they really don’t want MJF in, MVP respects the dynamic, they can revisit this. But right now, let’s focus on the Big Bill situation. Are they all on the same page there? Call it. Let’s hurt people. The Syndicate heads out, but will they accept the Scumbag into the fold? Or will they find someone more suited to their business plans?
BREAKING NEWS for Collision!
With the trios title set for Dynasty, The Death Riders and Rated FTR send one man each for a showdown! Wheeler Yuta takes on Dax Harwood, will The Decoder be chopped down by Dax The Ax? Plus, while The CEO is looking for new challengers, she will step back into the ring for some action. Who will try and stop the Money Train in Milwaukee? Then, Jamie Hayter makes her own in-ring return and takes on Queen Aminata! Will Hayter still hit hard? Or will Aminata redeem herself from losing to Julia Hart?
And then, Jay White’s open challenge has already been answered as Kevin Knight makes his Collision debut! The Jet is ready to fly high in AEW, but will he learn to Breathe with the Switchblade?
BREAKING NEWS for Dynamite!
As AEW rolls into Peoria, Swerve will be rolling into the ring alongside Willow Nightingale as they take on Jon Moxley & Marina Shafir in a Mixed Tag Match! Will the Most Dangerous Man and the Babe with the Power overwhelm the Death Riders? Or will Marina continue to be a Problem?
Thunder Rosa & Toni Storm VS Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford!
La Mera Mera reunites with her old teammate taking on some common enemies. Namely, it’s the towering female titan that wants the world title. Will The Megasus be rolling towards Dynasty, the Superbad Girl along for the ride? Or will they be struck down by the #ThunderStorm?
The fans cheer on “THUNDER TITS! THUNDER TITS!” while the teams sort out. Megan starts against Rosa, and Rosa embraces the new team name. The two circle, approach, and then Rosa dodges to headlock. Megan powers up and out, and she RAMS shoulders with Rosa! Neither falls, but Rosa bobs ‘n’ weaves to CHOP! Rosa whips, Megan reverses, but Rosa dodges! Megan hits buckles, Rosa headlocks, but Megan powers up and out again. Rosa dodges a lariat to fire CHOPS and forearms on repeat! Rosa whips but Megan reverses again, to then scoop and SLAM Rosa down! Rosa scrambles away, tag to Toni!
The fans fire up as Toni eggs Megan on, but Megan stands down to take in Penelope. The fans rally for Toni as she and Ford tie up. Ford headlocks, Toni powers up and out, but Ford runs her over! Things keep moving, Ford rolls over the dropdown to kick low. Ford then goes up and around to arm-drag! Toni gets up, Ford runs up, but Toni blocks that Shining Wizard! Storm slips around to SNAP GERMAN! Ford flops into the corner, tag to Rosa! ThunderStorm works together for a BACKBREAKER LEG DROP COMBO! Then they whip Ford to a corner, and Rosa sends Toni in for a SPLASH!
Toni sets up, and Rosa shouts, “Thunder Tits away!” POETRY IN MOTION! Rosa drags Ford to a cover, TWO! Ford toughs it out but Rosa drags Ford up. Rosa whips, Ford reverses, but Rosa ELBOWS Ford back! The fans continue to cheer on “THUNDER TITS!” while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Ford comes back, Rosa BOOTS her, then Rosa dodges Megan’s cheap shot! Rosa DECKS Megan, but Ford BOOTS Rosa! Cover, TWO! Ford is frustrated but she drags Rosa up to bump off buckles. Ford stomps a mudhole in, then tags Megan. Ford keeps Rosa trapped, Megan RAMS into Rosa, then RAMS her again! Megan picks Rosa up, RAMS her into an open corner, then CHOPS! Rosa drops to her knees but Megan stands her up to KNEE low! Megan whips corner to corner, then runs up to SPLASH! Megan then underhooks for a BUTTERFLY PLEX! Rosa flounders, Megan tags Ford, and Ford stomps Rosa around.
Ford keeps Rosas from Toni, and puts her in a motorcycle stretch. Ford KNEES Rosa in the back, KNEES her again, then goes back to pulling the arms. Rosa endures, Toni rallies the fans, and Rosa fights up. Ford CLUBS Rosa down, then brings her back to the corner. Ford tags Megan, they mug Rosa, then Megan short arm LARIATS! Megan stands Rosa back up, short arm LARIATS again, then stands Rosa up again. Rosa fires body shots, but Megan still LARIATS! Cover, TWO! Rosa stays in this but Megan stays on her. Tag back to Ford, and they double whip Rosa to ropes. Ford hits a BODY BLOW, and then Megan suplexes for a SLAM!
Ford STANDING MOONSAULTS then covers, TWO! Rosa is tougher than that, but Ford puts her back in the corner. Tag back to Megan, the mugging continues, but Rosa fires body shots. Megan KNEES low, then hits a BIG back suplex! Dynamite returns to single picture as Megan clamps onto Rosa with a chinlock. The fans rally, Rosa fights up, and Rosa fires more body shots. Rosa is free, then runs, only for Megan to LARIAT her down! Tag back to Ford and they put Rosas in the corner. Ford sucker punches Toni, the fans boo, but Megan whips Ford in so she can handspring ELBOW Rosa!
Ford holds Rosa in place, Megan runs up and SPLASHES! Ford goes side to side to BOOT! Rosa sputters, Ford licks her on the side of the face. Ford snapmares to a cover, TWO! Rosa survives, Toni rallies the fans again, but Ford facelocks. Rosa fights out and fires forearms! Ford fires back, the fans fire up, and the shots are fast ‘n’ furious! Both women run, and they DOUBLE LARIAT! Both women fall and the fans rally! Rosa and Ford crawl, hot tags to Megan and Toni! The fans really fire up as Toni dodges and LARIATS Megan! But Megan stays up! Toni LARIATS, Megan still stays up! Toni dodges Megan’s lariat to then JAWBREAKER!
Toni HEADBUTTS, then she LARIATS Megan up and out! But Megan lands on her feet to drag Toni out! Megan ROCKS Toni, then runs up, but is sent into steel steps! Toni hurries to the apron, and she TORNADO DDTS to the floor! Toni leaves Megan behind to go into the ring, but Ford runs up! Toni swings on her but Ford goes Matrix! Then CUTTER! Rosa slips in and she KICKS, ROUDNHOUSES, and fireman’s carries! DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! the fns fire up, but Megan is back! Rosa CHOPS, ROCKS and repeat! Rosa whips, Megan reverses and ROCKS Rosa! Megan fireman’s carries, FATE’S DESCENT!!
But Toni is back in to fire forearms and CHOPS of her own! Toni whips, Megan reverses to ROCK Toni! Megan fireman’s carries now! But Toni slips free, waistlocks, only for Megan to fight the suplex! Megan ELBOWS free, Toni staggers to a corner, and Megan runs in! Toni trips Megan up, then runs corner to corner! SWEET HIP MUSIC! The fans are thunderous, but Megan rises up!? Megan just ate that shot for breakfast, and Toni cannot believe it! Ford waistlocks, Megan runs in, but Toni dodges! The BOOT hits Ford! Toni rolls Megan up, TWO!! Megan escapes but Toni is on her with hammering fists!
Toni CLUBS away, then runs, but Megan fireman’s carries! FATE’S DESCENT!! Cover, Megan & Ford win!!
Winners: Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford, by pinfall
What a shocker! The Megasus just pinned the AEW Women’s World Champion! Ford celebrates with Megan, will the AEW Women’s World Championship soon belong to them?
My Thoughts:
A great episode of Dynamite, really jampacked, but also maybe a little too packed? I believe the vast majority of the women’s tag match main event was in the overrun. I know this is all live TV and TNT/TBS lets them have the overrun, but clearly something went way too long if the main event is right before the two hour mark. That aside, still a great main event that also had a great promo from ThunderStorm/Thunder Tits. I knew it’d been a long time since Thunder & Storm were on the same side, but I didn’t realize it’d already been three YEARS. Either way, Megan winning here makes sense, Toni is logically the underdog champion. This is very much Toni’s Rocky VS Drago in Rocky 4, and I’m sure Toni will persevere and win just like Rocky Balboa.
Very good opening match from Omega VS Blake, but of course Omega was winning. I’m unsure why Lee Johnson is suddenly Blake Christian’s pal. Did something happen to the #LEEJ team-up with EJ Nduka? But good promos from Omega, Bailey and Ricochet to hype up their Triple Threat, and we’ve still got the go-homes to go, who knows who wins at Dynasty. Good promo from Jericho to call out Bandido while also talking down to Bill & Keith. I suppose I should’ve foreseen Jericho wanting Title VS Mask as the blowoff, that’s not a bad choice. But then all the more reason Bandido wins the title and sends Jericho off into a spiral where he gets mad at Bill & Keith more.
That said, Bill & Keith confronting The Hurt Syndicate is a bold move. MVP logically gives him the same deal he gave The Outrunners and The Murder Machines, and while Top Flight is good, I would think The Cru costs Dante & Darius their match this Saturday. Good win for Top Flight here in their home state, though it was of course against jobbers. Their segment with Fox, Caster and The Opps was really good stuff, too. I wonder if Caster calls out Joe as if he even stands a chance, all because of his arrogance as the self-proclaimed Best Wrestler Alive. Still waiting on Bowens to return and challenge Caster.
Back to the Hurt Syndicate, I’m intrigued with how they didn’t outright accept nor reject MJF. MVP wants to give MJF a chance, maybe something happens closer to Dynasty, and I’m not even really sure which works out better. Jay White had a good promo to declare for the Owen Hart Cup, and he’ll have a great match against Kevin Knight this Saturday. Swerve confronting Hangman before then confronting Moxley was good stuff. I’m sure I’ve said something like this before, but while Moxley always gets his promos out, he needs to get it out in more concise ways. The fans in St. Paul certainly weren’t in the mood for Moxley to monologue again. But they perfectly had that chess game going, with Claudio checking Nana while Willow checked Marina. That Mixed Tag will be a lot of fun.
Very good promo from Nick Wayne, but here’s hoping TK writes Patriarchy’s story right. Nick Wayne is making it sound like he’s siding with Christian, but since Nick wants to wait to share his thoughts, he must surely be waiting to turn on Christian. It needs to happen, we can’t have Nick going Stockholm Syndrome like Yuta did with Death Riders. Very good promo from Death Riders to call out Rated FTR, and Rated FTR had a very good promo of their own. Dax was rather passive aggressive about not becoming tag champs again while helping Cope fight the Death Riders, so I feel like the trios title causes FTR to turn on Cope.
The Don Callis Family sure did a lot tonight, and gave us three great matches. It makes sense the Callis Family went 2-1. Kyle beating Brody was fine, Kyle needed to rebound. But he didn’t give us an answer on what’s next for him like he promised on Collision. And where was Okada to harp on Brody King losing to him? Maybe that happens on Collision this week. Hobbs being the one loss the DCF took also makes sense, as Hobbs might still be feuding with them to get through all their ranks and build momentum towards a title. Konosuke VS Briscoe was awesome, and a great win for Konosuke given he’s still NEVER Openweight Champion. I wonder if Hobbs and Konosuke also get in on the Owen Hart Cup…
My Score: 8.9/10
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Who wins this three-on-three?
March Madness is in full effect, and Collision is ready to Slam Dunk Sunday! But will the Death Riders’ reign of terror continue? Or can AR Fox & Top Flight finally dethrone them?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- AEW World Trios Championships: The Death Riders VS AR Fox & Top Flight; The Death Riders win and retain the titles.
- Bandido VS Johnny TV; Bandido wins.
- Harley Cameron VS Aminah Belmont; Harley wins.
- Los Titanes del Aire VS La Faccion Ingobernable; Los Titanes win.
PLAY BY PLAY
AEW World Trios Championships: The Death Riders VS AR Fox & Top Flight!
Jon Moxley survived another title defense thanks to Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta & Pac, but now they must defend their own titles. Not only that, but it is against the three men that won that $300,000 Rampage Holiday Bash battle royal back in 2022. Will the Death Riders continue their reign of terror? Or will these high-fliers really cash in here tonight?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and it is time to slam, if you wanna jam!
The trios sort out, and The Decoder starts against Darius Martin. The fans rally up as the bell rings. Yuta and Darius circle, tie up, and Yuta wrenches to a hammerlock. Darius reaches back to headlock, then he chinbars into a cravat. Yuta spins through to trip Darius and has a toehold. Darius endures while fans rally. Darius turns over, reels Yuta in and headlocks back. Yuta brings Darius to his knees, then waistlocks. Darius switches and SLAMS Yuta, then floats to turn Yuta over for a cover. ONE, and Darius avoids a leg sweep to headlock. Yuta powers up and out, Darius goes up and over, then Darius arm-drags Yuta!
Yuta gets up, Darius DROPKICKS him, and Omaha cheers. The fans cheer, Darius CHOPS, then he tags in Dante. Darius whips, Yuta reverses, but Darius rolls off Yuta’s back. Darius SOBATS, Dante sweeps, and Darius DOUBLE STOMPS! Dante covers, ONE, but Dante wrenches to wristlock. Yuta pulls hair to put Dante in the corner, and Claudio tags in. The Swiss Cyborg stomps Dante, the fans boo, but Claudio waistlocks. Dante switches and hops on for a SLEEPER! Claudio powers up and out, but Dante sunset flips! Claudio flails to stay up, and he drags Dante right up to his feet! Dante dodges, and he fires forearms!
Dante fires more shots but Claudio shoves him away. Dante dodges, ROCKS Claudio, but Claudio returns to CLOBBER Dante! The fans are torn but Pac applauds. Claudio fires body shots, then UPPERCUTS. Claudio pie faces Dante, whips corner to corner hard, then runs up, but into a BOOT! Claudio just comes back, blocks a boot, but not the ENZIGIRI! Dante goes up and up and RANA! Not the cleanest but Claudio still tumbles out. Claudio hurries back in, tag to Pac. Pac RAMS Dante, then slingshots up and over. Pac keeps moving, but Dante CLOBBERS him! Tag to Fox and he LARIATS Pac! And goes Matrix to then PELE!
The fans fire up for Fox and he has Pac. Fox whips, Pac reverses, but Fox stops himself. Yuta runs up but Fox TOSSES him! Pac runs up, Fox puts him on the apron and sweeps the legs. Pac is on the apron, Fox builds speed, just to slingshot STOMP Pac on the apron! Then he CANNONBALLS Yuta! But Claudio runs up to BOOT Fox down! The fans boo, Top Flight protests, but Claudio deadlifts Fox into the ring! Pac storms in and stomps Fox around. Pac drags Fox up, bumps him off buckles hard, then tags Claudio. They mug Fox, Claudio ROCKS Fox, and then drags Fox up. Fox tries to power forward but Claudio keeps him back!
Claudio powers Fox back, he tags Yuta in, and they mug Fox more. Yuta stands Fox up to reel him in, and he snap suplexes! Cover, ONE!! Fox stays in this but Yuta stays on him. Fox JAWBREAKERS free, goes Matrix again, hot tag to Darius! Darius CLOBBERS Yuta, BLASTS Pac, then BOOTS Yuta! Darius keeps moving, HOTSHOT BULLDOG DROPKICK COMBO! Then Darius GAMANGIRIS Yuta, steps in and COMPLETE SHOT! Cover, Claudio breaks it! Dante CANNONBALLS Claudio! Pac TOSSES Dante out, the ref reprimands him, but that lets Yuta CLAW Darius’ eyes! The fans boo but Yuta hits a PAIN THRILLER! Cover, TWO!
Yuta is annoyed but he keeps Darius down with a wristlock, and mockingly claps hands, while Collision goes picture in picture.
Yuta drags Darius up, bumps him off buckles, then tags Pac. Pac stomps Darius down, kicks him around, then kicks Darius in the side! Pac stays between Darius and his team, taunts him, but Darius fires body shots. Darius UPPERCUTS, but Pac KICKS him down! Pac taunts the fans, then brings him up. Pac tags Yuta back in, Yuta CHOPS Darius, then Yuta snapmares Darius for a KNEE DROP! Cover, TWO! Yuta clamps onto Darius with a chinlock to keep him down. Darius fights up, fires body shots, and he ROCKS Yuta! Slam Dunk Sunday returns to single picture as Darius runs, but into a DROPKICK!
Yuta tags Pac, then holds Darius down for Pac to drop a leg, brother! Pac looms over Darius, then drags Darius up to DECK him! Pac stomps Darius, CHOKES him on the ropes, but steps off as the ref counts. Claudio gets a cheap shot in! Fox protests but nothing can be done as Pac stands Darius up. Tag to Claudio and the mugging continues. The fans rally for “A R FOX! A R FOX!” Darius fires body shots and a CHOP! Claudio brushes that off, but Darius CHOPS again! And again! Claudio still eggs Darius on, Darius CHOPS! Claudio UPPERCUTS into a hook! Darius tries but Claudio fights the backslide! Claudio spins around, shoves Darius, POP-UP DROPKICK!
Darius and Claudio are both down and the fans fire up! Darius crawls, as does Claudio, but then Claudio grabs a leg. Claudio drags Darius bac, but Darius BOOTS free! Hot tags to Yuta and Dante! Dante rallies on Yuta with forearm after forearm! Dante whips, Yuta reverse, Dante goes out, up, around, and then GAMANGIRISR! Dante springboards to avoid Pac and CROSSBODY Yuta in one move! Dante FLIPS up and over Yuta, then sends Pac into him! Dante SHOTGUNS Pac in the back to send him out, and the fans fire up! Dante builds speed to go up, up, then tags Fox before he CANNONBALLS!
The fans fire up, but here comes Claudio! Dante dodges, Fox PENALTY KICKS! Then Fox goes up the corner to MOONSAULT! Down goes Claudio and the fans fire up again! Fox puts Yuta in, then climbs the corner, for a SWANTON BOMB! Cover, TWO!! Yuta survives but Fox hurries to go back up a corner! But Claudio anchors Fox, but Top Flight YANKS Claudio down! Fox adjusts, but Yuta trips him up now! The fans boo, the ref reprimands Yuta, but then Pac DOUBLE LOW BLOWS Top Flight!! Claudio DOUBLE LARIATS Top Flight, and the Death Riders regroup. The ref reprimands, but the Death Riders don’t listen as they surround Fox.
Omaha is thunderous for Fox as he fights back, 3v1! But Claudio! blocks a kick, and the mugging is on! The ref reprimands, Claudio stands Fox up, and he sends Yuta in, ELBOW! Claudio UPPERCUTS! Pac ELBOWS! Yuta ELBOWS! Repeat! The fans boo as the cycle of violence continues! Then Pac hits a TOMBSTONE!! ROCKET LAUNCHER! Cover, Death Riders win!
Winners: The Death Riders, by pinfall (still AEW World Trios Champions)
Chaos reigns as The Death Riders screwed over their old rivals. Fox & Top Flight regroup and the fans cheer, but THE CRU attacks! Action Andretti & Lio Rush grin as they CLOBBER Darius! They talk trash, and then Dante gets up, only for Action to LARIAT him down! But where’d Fox go? Wait, now Lio & Action undo their chain necklaces, so they can CHOKE Top Flight with them!! The fans boo, more refs rush out here, but The Cru has already choked out Darius & Dante! Will this be the end of this animosity? Or have Lio & Action only put themselves back on Top Flight’s radar?
BREAKING NEWS for April!
Dynamite returns to Boston, but it won’t be Big Business. It’ll be a Spring Breakthru! Get your tickets now so you don’t miss out!
Backstage interview with The Undisputed Kingdom.
Lexy Nair brings up the intense match Adam Cole and Daniel Garcia had, going to Hell and back, all for the TNT Championship. It unfortunately ended in a time limit draw, and some would say a tie is worse than a loss. Cole says he certainly feels that way. He feels sick to his stomach, physically beat up, and the worst part is, he had Garcia beat. “Daniel Garcia, I had you beat for that TNT Championship. The time limit is what saved you. And lemme tell you, the next time we do face each other, there will be no outside interference, there will be no time limit. It will be Adam Cole VS Daniel Garcia, for the TNT Championship, and trust me when I tell you, you’re looking at the next champ!”
Kyle O’Reilly says wow. And speaking of rematches, it has been about a week since their match with FTR. And what’s really bugging him isn’t the loss, it’s the lack of respect. Kyle & Roddy showed a lot of respect. They held out their hands, and what’d FTR do? FTR left Kyle wondering if they really are everything they say they are: The best tag team on Earth that’s ever existed in the time-space continuum! Kyle thinks they’re just insecure. Roddy shouts, “KYYYLE~! No. No, we are not gonna do that. That loss matters. We didn’t go through what we went through to get back together, to lose to the supposed best tag team on the planet.”
Roddy wants FTR to hear this. “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. The third time’s not gonna happen, fellas.” Cole says, “And that is Undisputed.” When and where will we see these epic trilogies happen?
Backstage interview with Kazuchika Okada.
Slam Dunk Sunday returns as Lexy is now with The Rainmaker. We’re not even a quarter into 2025 and Okada has gotten some very significant wins defending the AEW Continental Championship. Okada says yes, at Grand Slam: Australia, he beat Buddy Matthews. At Revolution, he beat Brody King. He put those dogs down. What does that mean? Okada says he means, he put those b*tches to sleep! Is The Rainmaker saying the Hounds of Hell are no more? Or will they come barking back and take a bite out of his belt?
Bandido VS Johnny TV!
The Most Wanted wants his revenge on Chris Jericho, but he was first challenged by the Guru of Greatness for this “big ratings” showdown. Will Bandido mute Johnny and head for The Nueve? Or will he find he’s not #TVReady?
Johnny disrespects Bandido during his entrance by throwing his big studded jacket at him! The fans boo, Johnny grins, but Bandido fires off forearms! The bell rings, Johnny pushes Bandido back, then wrangles him. Johnny rolls Bandido, ONE, but Johnny floats to rain down fists and stomps! Johnny gets his sunglasses off, the fans boo, but Johnny says he is TV Ready. Johnny taunts “cabron” Bandido, then KICKS him in the back. Johnny eggs Bandido on, “How’s my foot taste?” Johnny drags Bandido up for a NECKBREAKER! The fans boo as Johnny shows off the abs. Johnny KICKS Bandido, drags him back up, then fires body shots.
Johnny whips, Bandido ducks ‘n’ dodges, then he CLOBBERS Johnny! The fans fire up as Bandido keeps moving, another big forearm! And another big forearm! Bandido fires up, the fans are with him, and he runs in at the corner. Bandido jumps up to MONKEY FLIP! Johnny flops hard on his face! Johnny gets up in a huff, but runs into a military press! With ONE HAND! Bandido then THROWS Johnny down! Omaha rallies more while Johnny bails out, and Collision goes to single picture.
Bandido build speed, but Johnny slides in and LARIATS! Johnny mocks the clapping, then covers, TWO! Bandido is tougher than that, but Johnny drags him right up. Johnny reels Bandido in, MOONLIGHT DRIVE! Cover, TWO! Bandido is still tougher than that, but Johnny clamps on a dragon sleeper. Bandido endures, even as Johnny hooks a leg and twists him. Bandido fights around, reaches out, but Johnny drags him back! Johnny keeps on the stretch plum style hold, but Bandido still endures. Bandido fights up, fires knees, but Johnny CLUBS Bandido! Johnny INVERTED SUPLEXES, but Bandido lands on the apron!
Bandido blocks a shot, slingshots, but Johnny SHOVES him down! Bandido hits the floor and Johnny goes out after him. Johnny storms up on Bandido, stands him up, and whips him into steel steps! Bandido falls in a heap, Johnny stalks him and taunts him, but Collision goes to break.
Slam Dunk Sunday returns, Johnny runs in at the corner but Bandido BOOTS him away! Bandido then UPPERCUTS, goes up, but Johnny throws him down! Bandido rolls to his feet, runs back in, but Johnny dodges. Johnny runs back in, but Bandido SHOTGUNS him down! The fans fire up, Bandido covers, TWO! Johnny survives that shot but Bandido stays focused. The fans rally, Bandido paces, and Bandido drags Johnny up. Bandido gut wrenches to a Canadian Rack, that then becomes a torture rack! X KNEE! Johnny staggers to the ropes, Bandido says BANG! Bandido runs in, BLACKJACK 21 PLEX!! Bridging cover, Bandido wins!
Winner: Bandido, by pinfall
The Most Wanted was most certainly #TVReady! But he’s not done, as he grabs a mic to call out Jericho! “Come here, and bring my little brother, Gravity’s mask, RIGHT NOOOW!” Bandido waits, and here comes The Learning Tree! The ROH World Champion has “Big Bill” & Bryan Keith behind him, and he is holding onto Gravity’s mask. The fans boo, but Jericho smiles as he holds the mask up. The Learning Tree goes to the ring, and Jericho also has a mic. Jericho steps and says, “You know, Bandido. I wish I could tell you it doesn’t have to be this way, but I think we both know that it does.
“Because even after a generational career, one of the greatest in pro-wrestling history, I still have to remind you, everybody here watching tonight, everybody at home, who’s been fortunate enough to witness the brilliance of the Jericho Era… That you can only take me for granted for so long! That you can only take from me so much until I start taking back.” Jericho can be quite generous, and he can also be very dangerous. Bandido can just ask his family. The fans boo, but Jericho says Bandido’s terrified sister, his disgraced brother, and his weeping mother…! And Jericho is sorry he made Bandido’s mother cry, he really is.
But he had to teach Bandido a lesson! That’s what happens when you try and take the ROH World Championship from Chris Jericho! You understand him? Do you?! The fans boo, but Jericho says if Bandido wants the mask back, he can’t have it. Because Jericho wants Bandido to remember the humiliation that he felt when Jericho took this mask right off his brother. And the only thing worse than taking a luchador’s mask… is putting that mask on! Jericho goes to put Gravity’s mask on! The fans boo as Jericho wears it as his own! His big head doesn’t even fit in it! The fans chant “YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK!” but Jericho tells them to shut up!
Jericho, muffled as his voice is now, tells Bandido that Bandido should just stand there and cry like his mother! Bandido DECKS Jericho instead! But now Bill runs up! Bandido dodges, BOOTS Keith, then dodges again! Bandido goes up, up, but into Bill’s big hand! SKYSCRAPER- NO, Bandido slips free, then dodges Keith! Bandido SNATCHES the mask off Jericho, and gets away clean! The fans fire up as Bandido gets his moral victory! But will he and Jericho go one more round for THE victory?
Megan Bayne speaks.
“I’ve watched others fight for what they believe is theirs: Titles, fame, glory. But none of them possess true power. They worship at the feet of champions, but even those champions don’t understand what it is to be chosen by the heavens. I have arrived here as the embodiment of fate. And when they bow before me, when they worship at my feet, they’ll finally know that the All Elite Goddess has arrived. I am The Megasus, and this is my kingdom now.”
Toni Storm speaks.
“Who died and made you God? Who came down from the mountains and bestowed your power upon my people? Megan Bayne, have you heard the mythology of the one they call Timeless? Hercules doesn’t have my thighs, I have an Oedipal Complex with myself, I can summon the Kraken from my ass, and Pegasus ain’t got s*it on me! I saw my reflection, and my reflection saw me, and we made love until the sun came up. And at Dynasty, I will cut off the head of the mighty Megasus, and I will hold it aloft for the whole world to see, and I will say… ‘By GAWD I’m good.'” Luther applauds in the background, will Toni Storm slay this female titan?
Harley Cameron VS Aminah Belmont!
Though she was rather coy about her- er, Harley-gram’s budding romance with The Beast Mortos, the wild Aussie is getting back in action. Will the Phoenix Princess #FEELTHEWRATH on Slam Dunk Sunday?
The bell rings and the fans rally for Harley. Harley and Aminah tie up, Harley headlocks, but Aminah powers up and out. Aminah drops down, Harley rolls over then bypasses Aminah to LARIAT! The fans cheer, Harley runs and KNEES Aminah low. Then a RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! The fans fire up again and Harley stands Aminah up. Aminah throat chops, then straitjackets for the NECKBREAKER! Harley flounders to a corner, Aminah mocks the fans, then she runs in, but into an ELBOW! Harley runs up, ducks the lariat and ENZIGIRIS! The fans fire up for Harley, she ducks Aminah’s roundhouse to pump handle!
Harley lifts for the PUMP HANDLE SAIDO! The fans fire up with Harley, “FEEL THE WRATH!” And then she dragon sleepers, for HER FINISHING MOVE! Cover, Harley wins!
Winner: Harley Cameron, by pinfall
Aminah certainly did #FEELTHEWRATH, and Harley goes right to commentary for our main event! Will Harley have a good time watching Komander & Hologram officially debut as a team? Or will Dralistico y Mortos make everything tranquilo?
Backstage interview with Don Callis.
Lexy is with cruddy Callis and brings up all that is going on within the Family. We have not seen Kyle Fletcher since the brutal cage match at Revolution, and- Callis stops Lexy there. He says we all know what she’s up to here. She is passive aggressively getting Callis all worked up about the cage match, but here’s the thing. When you have Kyle Fletcher, just 26 years old, and already the future of pro-wrestling, “you have the luxury of putting nights like Revolution in the rearview mirror. What I’ve got planned for Kyle Fletcher, what we’ve got planned, is gonna dwarf anything that your little brain could possibly fathom!”
But one thing she said is right: Everyone wants to see Kyle! So tonight is a little treat. Ladies and gentlemen… The Protostar, the future of wrestling, and the New God of Pro-Wrestling, Kyle BAH GAWD Fletcher! Yes, Kyle indeed steps into frame, and he says there has been a lot of talk and rumors that he was in some hospital bed, licking his wounds, but he is here to set the story straight. Yes, the cage match, the entire rivalry with Ospreay, has changed Kyle. But one thing that has not changed is the fact that he is destined to be the greatest of all time!
So he will be at Dynamite this Wednesday, and he’ll make it very apparent what is next for The Family, and for The Protostar, Kyle Fletcher. Say his full name, baby! Callis and Kyle hug it out, are maybe feeling a little too good, but just what is next for the DCF in AEW?
BREAKING NEWS for Dynamite!
Tony Khan has decided what’s next for Kyle: Brody King! Will the King of Death prove the Hounds of Hell are not done yet? Or will The Protostar use him as a stepping stone to the top? Then, it is some big meaty men slapping meat as “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs takes on Mark Davis. Will Hobbs finally get past the Don Callis Family with this? Plus, after Megan Bayne and Toni Storm each said their piece tonight, we’re getting a tag team match! Megan again teams with Penelope Ford against the reunited #ThunderStorm! Can La Mera Mera get her own revenge while helping Timeless Toni tune up for Dynasty?
And Kenny Omega not only returns, he is back in action against Blake Christian! Will the Best Bout Machine use the Vanilla Babyface as an appetizer for that big International Championship Triple Threat at Dynasty? And last but not least, after Dax Harwood left Cope hanging last week, Tony Schiavone will interview #RatedFTR to get to the bottom of this divide. All this when AEW arrives in St. Paul, Minnesota!
Los Titanes del Aire VS La Faccion Ingobernable!
This one has been a long time coming. Hologram was put on the shelf because of Dralistico, Mortos y Rush, but he was able to reboot, rebuild and refresh in time to help Komander fight back. Can the Titans of the Air fly high over LFI? Or will Dralistico y Mortos stampede over them like rampaging bulls?
The teams sort out, the ref has to keep them back, and then Dralistico starts against Hologram. Harley claims to have no idea who “Harley-gram” really is, but whoever she is, she has a fantastic chest. Wait, Mortos CLOBBERS Komander! The fans boo, but Hologram dodges, and Mortos CLOBBERS Darlistico! Hologram fires hands, Mortos headlocks, but Hologram goes up the ropes! Hologram then flips free, SOBATS, and whips. Hologram ducks under then hurdles over Mortos. Mortos leaps over, runs back up, ARABIAN PRESS and a roll! The fans fire up, Hologram dodges Mortos to then tilt-o-whirl and DEJA VU-
NO, Mortos stops the ride to chicken wing Hologram! But Hologram victory rolls through, TWO! Mortos has it, TWO! Both men stand, Hologram rolls Mortos but Mortos powers through to a cover, ONE! They both stand, Mortos HEADBUTTS Hologram down! The fans fire up, then Mortos runs to sunset flip! Hologram rolls through, Komander tags in, and Komander springboards to SPLASH! Komander bounces off the cover, comes back and tilt-o-whirl RANAAS! Mortos flounders away, Dralistico tags in. Mortos BOOTS Komander, Dralistico springboards but Komander dodges. Komander shoves, then he pops Dralistico up, but Dralistico DROPKICKS!
Dralistico runs back in, ducks ‘n ‘dodges to SHOULDER TACKLE! The fans fire up and Harley says this is “Luchamazing!” Dralistico fires up, runs up, but Komander blocks! Komander kicks Dralistico again and again, then goes up the corner! DOUBLE BOUNCE ARABIAN PRESS ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up as Komander then KICKS, SOBATS, and winds up. Komander runs to jump, spin, and wheelbarrow for the arm-drag! Komander fires up, the fans fire up, but Harley says she has to go now? Harley needs to call her friend. Harley says she forgot, but she’s gotta go, she’ll be back. Harley hops off commentary, who is she going to call?
Komander puts Dralistico on the apron but Dralistico mule kicks Hologram! Dralistico dodges Komander’s tiger feint kick, and Komander ends up on the apron. Mortos runs up, but Komander GAMANGIRIS! Dralistico is there to FLYING RANA Komander to the floor! Mortos TOPE TORNILLOS! Down goes Hologram and the fans fire up! Fans lose their minds, Harley scampers off, and Collision goes picture in picture.
Mortos drags Hologram up, SMACKS him back down, and Dralistico sends Komander into railing! Then Dralistico drags Komander up, RAILING BACKBREAKER! Dralistico shoves Komander back into the ring, then sits him up to go after the mask! The ref reprimands, Dralistico stops, and Dralistico argues with the ref. Dralistico then drags Komander up, brings him around, and whips him to ropes. Dralistico ELBOWS Komander down, tags in Mortos, and Mortos fires up. Mortos NECK TWISTS Komander! Cover, TWO! Komander stays in this, but Mortos clamps onto him again. Mortos YANKS Komander up with his mask to then SLAM him down!
Mortos stands Komander back up to SMACK him down! Komander goes to ropes, Mortos storms up, and Mortos wrenches Komander to tag in Dralistico. Komander tires to fight back but LFI still mugs him. Dralistico CHOPS Komander, then says uno mas! But then Dralistico DECKS Komander! Komander rises up, and Darlistico KICKS the leg out! Dralistico dusts himself off, puts up the ingobernable fist, then looms over Komander. Abrahantes coaches Komander, but Dralistico has him in a modified Half Crab! Komander endures, Dralistico lets go, and the fans rally up. Dralistico stands Komander up, whips him to the corner, then runs up to SPLASH!
Dralistico sits Komander down, goes side to side, and SUPERKICKS! Dralistico taunts Hologram, then soaks up the heat. But wait! “Harley-gram” is here! And suspiciously wearing gear just like Harley’s. Dralistico TOSSES Hologram in just for fun, then stands him up to CHOP! Dralistico runs at Komander in the other corner, but Komander breaks free! Slam Dunk Sunday returns to single picture as Dralistico hits buckles! Hologram runs in and LARIATS! Komander SUPERKICKS! Komander feeds Dralistico to Hologram’s SPANISH FLY! Hologram then helps Komander go up, up, and PHOENIX SPLASH! Cover, Mortos breaks it!
The fans rally, Dralistico and Komander crawl. “This is Awesome!” as we get hot tags to Mortos and Hologram! Hologram dodges Mortos, SOBATS, and KICKS! And HEEL KICKS! Mortos wobbles, Hologram goes up the ropes to QUEBRADA, but into Mortos’ Alabama Lift! Hologram powers through to DESTROYER!! Mortos staggers around, flops out of the ring, and Hologram builds speed! Hologram DIVES, direct hit on Mortos and they go all the way to the ramp! The fans are thunderous and Hologram hurries to get Mortos in the ring. Fans hope these teams “FIGHT FOREVER!” but Komander goes up, CIELITO LINDO!
Hologram is back in, he hooks Mortos up and rolls, GHOST PIN! Dralistico barrels in and breaks it! The fans rally, Harley-gram joins in with Abrahantes, and we get hot tags to Komander and Dralistico! Komander goes up, Dralistico ROCKS him first! Dralistico climbs up after Komander, fires shots, but Komander fires back! They go back and forth, even with CHOPS! Dralistico fires HEADBUTT after HEADBUTT, then brings Komander up! SUPER- NO, Komander slips free and ENZIGIRIS! The fans fire up again as Komander roars! Komander runs and goes up, up, and SUPER POISON-RANAS!! The fans are thunderous again, but Mortos scoops Komander!
Mortos hits the BEAST BREAKER!! Then he runs to FLYING ELBOW! Hologram runs in and goes up, then up to POISON-RANA! But Dralistico FLYING CRUCIFIX DRIVERS!! Komander is back to fire hands with Dralistico, and we get DOUBLE ROUNDHOUSES!! Both men fall, but Komander falls onto Dralistico! Cover, TWO!! Dralistico survives and Omaha is electric! Abrahantes & Harley-gram get that energy building, and Komander has Dralistico. The fans cheer on “A E DUB!” as the forearms fly! Dralistico CHOPS, but Komander CHOPS! The CHOPS go back and forth, but Dralistico SOBATS!
Dralistico CHOPS, CHOPS, CHOPS, then he runs, but Komander follows! Dralistico dodges, springboards, and FLYING DESTROYERS!!! Komander staggers then falls, Dralistico hurries to cover, HOLOGRAM BREAKS IT! The fans are thunderous again as Dralistico runs to SCREW HIGH KICK! Dralistico whips, Hologram reverses, but Dralistico slides out! And he grabs Abrahantes as a hostage! Hologram still DIVES! Direct hit on Dralistico, and a scary landing for Hologram! Mortos storms over to TOSS Abrahantes away! But then he locks eyes with Harley-gram. Harley-gram pets Mortos’ mane, but Dralistico tells Mortos to focus!
Komander runs the tightrope! SALUTE MOONSAULT!! Direct hit on LFI and Omaha is thunderous again! Komander puts Dralistico in, Hologram is back up! Torture rack for the PORTAL BOMB!! And then CIELITO LINDO!! Cover, TITANES WIN!!
Winners: Los Titanes del Aire, by pinfall
A powerful first match as a true duo, and LFI is in retreat! Will Komander & Hologram start to take over AEW? Will “Harley-gram” be along for the ride?
My Thoughts:
A great second part to Slam Dunk Weekend, and again I like just one hour Collision. As they did last night, the title match opened, and it was great stuff. But of course Death Riders retained, a random special episode was not where they’d lose the titles. Plus, The Cru went after Top Flight to restart their rivalry. Very good promo from Okada to talk down to the Hounds, and very good promo from Kyle & Callis to talk themselves up. Kyle VS Brody will be great stuff, but I feel like Okada and Brody can circle back around to a rematch for Dynasty. It’s mostly that Brody won’t take kindly to Okada calling him and Buddy “b*tches” again.
Great match from Bandido VS Johnny, and a very good promo segment with The Learning Tree. Bandido getting the mask back was good stuff, and I bet we’ll get one more ROH World Championship match between Bandido and Jericho. I would hope this time Bandido wins and we can start moving towards a Learning Tree fallout with Bill turning on Jericho. Supercard of Honor isn’t until May, maybe we can build up other names from within the ROH roster to start challenging for the top title. And very good promo from The Undisputed Kingdom to hype up both the eventual Garcia VS Cole 3 and FTR VS Kyle & Roddy 3 matches. Those might even be at Dynasty.
And of course we got story tie-ins of Harley with LFI. Harley got a good win over Aminah, and she of course played a part in Los Titanes winning over LFI. Rush needs to return to have a talk with Mortos, and of course this “Beauty & The Beast Mortos” story is going to keep on going until Harley-gram is exposed as Harley.
My Score: 8.8/10
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