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Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (11/17/21)

It’s National Cowboy Sh*t Day!

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AEW Dynamite 2021

AEW enters a new era while a Cowboy comes home!

At Full Gear, Hangman Adam Page FINALLY became AEW World Champion! What will be the first act of the Cowboy Shit Era?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Bryan Danielson VS Evil Uno; Danielson wins.
  • The Butcher & The Blade w/ The Bunny & Matt Hardy VS Orange Cassidy & Tomohiro Ishii w/ Rocky Romero; Cassidy & Ishii win.
  • AEW TBS Championship Tournament Quarterfinals: Hikaru Shida VS Nyla Rose w/ Vickie Guerrero; Nyla wins and advances to the semifinals.
  • The Acclaimed VS Dante Martin & Lio Rush; Martin & Rush win.
  • AEW TNT Championship: Sammy Guevara VS Jay Lethal; Guevara wins and retains the title.

PLAY BY PLAY

The Elite speak backstage.

Brandon, we good? Yeah, they’re live. Ok shut up. Kenny Omega hasn’t watched his match back yet, and people are already asking, “When’s the rematch gonna be? When’re you gonna get your belt back, Kenny?” Omega lost, The Elite lost the night. Honestly, he’s disgusted. Not in Hanger, he won and so Omega congratulates him. But there’s things Omega has to fix, has to change, and he can’t do it here. If he can count on them to hold down the fort while he’s gone… Adam Cole says, “Don’t you worry about it, Cleaner. I got this.” Sorry, Omega was talking to the Bucks, but- Oh, no, right, sorry. Matt Jackson says they all will hold down the fort.

Cut it. Cut it, Brandon. He doesn’t right away but one thing is clear, Kenny Omega is stepping away to sort himself out. Will the Super Kliq be able to keep going without him?

 

The Dark Order is in the ring!

They’re here in Virginia to declare it National Cowboy Sh*t Day! And so introducing the NEW AEW WORLD CHAMPION, Hangman Adam Page!! Hangman walks out and his home state goes nuts as he’s wearing a “Virginia is for lovers” shirt and the world title! Hangman joins his friends in the ring and gets a few hugs before he gets the mic. Fans chant “You Deserve It!” and Hangman says he will stop them right there. He didn’t deserve it, he EARNED IT. Fans cheer that even more! “You Earned It! You Earned It!” Now, Hangman is usually a little shy, a little more reserved, and doesn’t really flap his gums, but he’s world champion so he’ll do whatever the hell he wants.

“Look, I’m still just a man with a job and a boss to answer to. And I told you all in our very first press conference that that boss was you. So if my boss will allow, I would love to stay in this ring and celebrate National Cowboy Sh*t Day with you.” Fans love the sound of that! Hangman knows that his championship carries a lot of weight. He knows it means a lot of responsibility. After Full Gear, Hangman knows that means up next is the American Dragon, Bryan Danielson. And speaking of, here he comes! Bryan applauds for Hangman, then gets a mic to say, “I came out to essentially say one thing: Congratulations, Hangman Adam Page!”

The two shake hands, and Bryan continues with, “I’m not gonna lie, I’m super excited for this match for the AEW World Championship. But… To be fair, I’m a little surprised and disappointed that it’s not Kenny Omega standing across the ring from me right now.” Hangman says that’s right, cuz he beat Omega’s ass at Full Gear. And he managed to do it in less than 30 minutes. Bryan smiles and fans chant for “Cowboy Sh*t” again as Bryan says he isn’t here to start beef. He didn’t want that for them. But to be fair, Hangman won’t be wrestling someone dressed as a Ghostbuster on Halloween. Bryan is coming to kick some ass.

And if fans want some Cowboy Sh*t, well that apparently doesn’t involve wrestling. Bryan’s been wrestling every week, Hangman’s the one flapping his gums. But hey, some people celebrate like that. When Bryan won a world title at WrestleMania, he wrestled the very next day! The very next day! But of course Virginia boos hard work! Well, if Bryan wants to wrestle for the title, then why not do it right here in Virginia? Bryan asks if fans want to see him and Hangman wrestle tonight. They chant ‘YES! YES! YES!” but Bryan says the thing is, he’d normally be up for it. However, he’s ready to wrestle, but Hangman has his cowboy boots and jeans, as well as a horrible leather jacket,

When Bryan got here, everyone told him that Hangman Adam Page has a long list of excuses as to why he’s failed in his career. Bryan doesn’t want to beat Hangman for Hangman to have the excuse that he’s not ready. Alright, then. The match won’t be tonight. But look, Hangman knows Virginia is for lovers, but he’ll still fight. They get forehead to forehead but the Dark Order keeps this from turning into a brawl! Bryan gets his mic and says Hangman has his little friends stopping him, he doesn’t want to fight! That riles Hangman up more and fans want to “Let Them Fight!” But Bryan says the Dark Order knows Bryan would kick his ass, they’d never let him go.

But then Hangman gets loose and tackles Bryan! Bryan scrambles out of the ring and the celebration has been cut short. But it’s fine that Bryan’s already out here, his match with Evil Uno will be next!

 

Bryan Danielson VS Evil Uno!

AEW returns, it seems the rest of the Dark Order went with Hangman to the back, this is truly 1v1 between the American Dragon and Player One! The bell rings, Uno and Bryan circle. They tie up, Bryan waistlocks, drops, trips Uno then turns him to a HALF CRAB! Uno crawls to the ropebreak. The fans chant for “UNO SH*T!” as Bryan lets off the hold at 4. Bryan and Uno reset, knuckle lock, and Bryan drops to roll, wrench and wrangle Uno with the wristlock. Bryan twists the arm, brings Uno up to headlock but Uno powers out. Bryan rams Uno but Uno rebounds to run Bryan over! Things speed up, Bryan gets caught with an atomic drop!

Uno sweeps the legs and stomps the hands! Then he Oklahoma Rolls, TWO! Bryan gets up but Uno CHOPS! Bryan frowns and SLAPS Uno! Bryan sits Uno up to KICK him down! And CHOPS him to ropes! Bryan bumps Uno off buckles, CHOPS him again, then KICKS and KICKS, then chancery suplexes! Fans boo but Bryan soaks up the heat. Bryan has a cocky cover even, ONE! Uno gets up, Bryan EuroUppers! Uno CHOPS, eggs Bryan on then CHOPS him again. Bryan EuroUppers then stomps Uno to a corner! Bryan fires off KICK after KICK in the corner, they’re “NO! NO! NO!” kicks! Bryan lets off at 4, then waits on Uno to get up.

Uno stands, and he eggs Bryan on! Bryan pie faces him instead, but Uno just gets back in his face. Bryan still pie faces, so Uno SLAPS him back! Uno CHOPS, forearms, CHOPS, repeat, over and over in the corner a la Moxley or something! Fans fire up as Uno lets off at 4, but Bryan dodges! Uno dodges, RANAS, and then swings. Bryan dodges to KICK! And KICK, but Uno blocks to spin Bryan to a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Uno keeps focus and fans rally up. Bryan gets up, Uno KICKS him! And BOOTS him! And SLAPS him! Both men spin and Bryan hits a ROLLING ELBOW! Uno flounders to a corner, Bryan says, “You wanna disrespect me?” Bryan SLAPS away from all sides!

Fans boo but Bryan soaks up the heat as he goes corner to corner, and he dropkicks Uno! And then goes corner to corner again to dropkick again! Bryan soaks up more heat as he goes a third time, but Uno BOOTS Bryan! Uno goes out and fans fire up as he climbs! SWANTON onto knees! Bryan aims from the corner, BUSAIKU KNEE! But Bryan isn’t done here! He’s going to use Uno to send a message to Hangman as he gives him DANIELSON STOMPS! Then he drags Uno into the TRIANGLE HOLD! Uno taps out, Bryan wins!

Winner: Bryan Danielson, by submission

No hands, either! Bryan holds on a little longer before he lets go, and the message is clear. Will Bryan look to make Hangman a one-and-done champion?

Tony Schiavone interviews Bryan in the ring about how “testy” things got. The fans are letting Bryan hear it, but he says, “You know what? I came out here to congratulate Hangman Adam Page. And because of his behavior, I ended up kicking his head in,” in reference to Uno. So it doesn’t matter when it will be, but until Bryan fights Hangman Page, he’ll take every member of the Dark Order and kick all their heads in! And next week, they’re going to be in Chicago, and Bryan hears there’s a Dark Order member from there. So guess what, Colt Cabana? If you’ve got any nuts, Bryan’s kicking your head in next week!

 

AEW shares MJF’s words from after Full Gear.

“What do I got to say? SO MUCH! Right now, look what I’m covered in.” It’s not just face paint, it’s Darby Allin’s shame. All MJF keeps hearing is how great a pro-wrestler Darby is! And how great a pro-wrestler Bryan is! And how great a pro-wrestler Eddie Kingston, CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Malakai Black, Pentagon! Keep naming ’em, but guess what? MJF made us all look like idiots! People keep saying he’s “only good on the stick,” that he doesn’t have it bell to bell. SCREW THAT! AND SCREW YOU, TOO! See this swelling? MJF has no idea what’s going on inside his knee, but in his mind, he feels nothing but success!

Tonight, he proved us all wrong! He got all the cute little mark chants, but he enjoyed every single second of it because while they viscerally hate MJF”s guts, they have no choice but to admit just how damn good MJF really is! Darby got beat with a headlock takeover. And right about now, MJF is excited to go to Norfolk, Virginia. “Who knows what’s next on the horizon for one of the best wrestlers the world?” MJF says as he makes a belt gesture. “Who knows what’s next for the man with the best right hand in all of professional wrestling?” MJF says as he has the pinkie ring on. He is Maxwell Jacob Friedman, and he’s better than you, and now you have to admit it!

 

Backstage interview with Eddie Kingston.

Schiavone notes the “classic” against CM Punk, but before Kingston can say anything, Daniel Garcia & 2point0 walk over to gloat. “Sad Boy Eddie Kingston,” is he complaining yet? The little prick! But you know he will, because it’s typical of him! They’re sick and tired of the sad story. But the real sad story is that Kingston did not last as long with Punk as “our son,” Daniel Garcia. Kingston says one, just shut up, blockhead and friend. Two, Garcia is letting two grown men call him their son? Kingston doesn’t respect Garcia for that. Be a man, stand on your own.

Yeah, Kingston knows Garcia’s from Buffalo. He knows where he’s from and what they gotta do. Punk wanted to wrestle, Kingston’s gonna fight! 2point0 gets Garcia out of there, and Kingston begs to God that this one time, they only need this one promo to set up something. Kingston’s going to catering!

 

The Butcher & The Blade w/ The Bunny & Matt Hardy VS Orange Cassidy & Tomohiro Ishii w/ Best Friends!

The Hardy Family Office has loved wreaking havoc and causing chaos for Freshly Squeezed and his Best Friends, but now they’re calling in some reinforcements from NJPW! The NEW NEVER Openweight Champion, Chaos’ Stone Pitbull, is here to back Cassidy up, will they take a bite out of Big Money Matt’s bottom line?

The teams sort out and Ishii starts with The Butcher. Fans rally up and Ishii dares Butcher to do something. Butcher just tags Blade. Blade gets in Ishii’s face and talks trash, then he throws a forearm. Ishii stays put! Blade throws more forearms but dodges Ishii’s to hit again! Blade runs but Ishii tanks the shoulder to DECK Blade! Ishii bumps Blade off buckles, then he tags Cassidy in. They double whip, and Ishii runs Blade over! Ishii looks at Cassidy, obviously expecting him to make that a double. Ishii then tells Cassidy to run the ropes. Cassidy does, for a falling SPLASH! Cover, ONE! Cassidy says it was that close. Um…

Cassidy brings Blade up but Blade knees low and RAMS Cassidy into a corner! Blade rams his shoulder in, then talks trash to Ishii. But Cassidy puts his hands in his pockets! He unleashes the “devastating” shin kicks! He dodges Blade’s clothesline, leaps over then SHOTGUN dropkicks! Butcher tags in as Cassidy kips up! Blade runs in, Cassidy dodges, Blade slides out and eggs Cassidy on. Cassidy puts his sunglasses on, but turns around into Butcher’s shoulder! Butcher hits Ishii but Ishii doesn’t budge! Butcher drags Cassidy up for a suplex TOSS! Butcher drags Cassidy up and bumps him off buckles. Tag to Blade and Blade CHOPS Cassidy!

Blade follows Cassidy to the other corner, stomps him and whips him out of the ring. Blade distracts the ref so Bunny can stomp Cassidy down! And Hardy DECKS Cassidy, too! AEW goes picture in picture as Hardy gets away with one.

Butcher drags Cassidy up, puts him in the ring, Blade covers, TWO! Blade drags Cassidy up to scoop, tag in Butcher, and they combine for the LEG DROP SIDEWALK SLAM! Cover, TWO! Cassidy is still in this but Butcher jams his knees into him. Butcher drags Cassidy up, tags in Blade, and they mug Cassidy in the corner. Butcher CHOPS Cassidy then exits. Ishii protests but the ref keeps him back. Blade tags Butcher back in and stomps Cassidy on his way out. Butcher taunts Ishii, then chokes Cassidy on the ropes! The ref counts, Butcher lets off, but the ref keeps Hardy back. Butcher drags Cassidy up to DECK him!

Butcher stares Ishii down, drags Cassidy back up, then whips him to the corner hard! Blade tags in, he digs his knee into Cassidy at the ropes. The ref counts, Blade lets off, the ref still watches Hardy. Blade goes to the apron to stomp Cassidy and stand on his head again. Tag to Butcher, he stomps Cassidy down as AEW returns to single picture. Tag back to Blade, they double whip Cassidy, but he tumbles up and out then dodges Blade and shoves Butcher out! Blade gets in to whip Cassidy to the corner but Cassidy goes up and over, and strolls tot he tag! Ishii runs in but Blade forearms! Ishii roars, forearms back, whips Blade but Blade reverses, only Ishii to come back with a shoulder!

Fans rally for Ishii as he CHOPS Blade in the corner! And again! And again! And again! Ishii whips corner to corner, Blade comes back but into a SAIDO! Cover, TWO! Ishii drags Blade up, suplexes, but Blade slips out to tag Butcher! Fans fire up to see the big men stare down forehead to forehead! Butcher forearms, Ishii forearms back, repeat! Butcher gets the edge, whips to the corner, and clotheslines! Ishii sputters, Butcher CHOPS him! And CHOPS him! And CHOPS him! Butcher stands Ishii up and CHOPS again! Ishii gets mad! Butcher CHOPS, Ishii just stares at him. Butcher throws forearms but Ishii leans into them! He’s backing Butcher down to the other corner!

Butcher keeps trying but Ishii ROCKS him with an elbow! Ishii gets Butcher up top, climbs up to join him, and lift shim for a SUPERPLEX! Cover, Blade breaks it! The ref reprimands but Butcher tags Blade in and Blade gets Ishii up. Ishii blocks the whip to put Blade in the corner! Clothesline, then a tag to Cassidy! Cassidy goes up top, CROSSBODY but both mercenaries catch him! They use Cassidy to RAM Ishii, then Butcher suplexes, only to get STUN-DOG MILLIONAIRE! Cassidy runs, tilt-o-whirls and dropkicks Butcher at the same time before he DDT’s Blade! Cover, TWO!! Blade survives but Cassidy takes off the armband!

Hardy freaks out but fans fire up! Cassidy glares at Hardy, takes aim on Blade, but Butcher gets in to intercept with a SIDE SLAM! Blade gets Cassidy up, DRAG THE LAKE!! Cover, but Ishii breaks it!! Ishii DECKS Butcher, gets Cassidy over to the corner and tags himself in! Ishii swings, Blade waistlocks! Butcher gets in but both Ishii and Blade duck! Ishii DECKS Blade, blocks a clothesline and fires off elbows on Butcher! Ishii CHOPS Butcher to a corner, CHOPS and forearms on repeat! Hardy distracts as he shouts for Ishii to stop this! Bunny also distracts the ref, Butcher goes for Ishii but gets a GERMAN SUPLEX!

Blade has the brass knuckles! But Rocky Romero drags Blade out! Hardy RAMS Rocky, Cassidy CROSSBODIES from the top!! Direct hit on Hardy and Blade! Cassidy puts Blade in for Ishii’s LARIAT!! And then the BRAINBUSTER!! Cover, Ishii & Cassidy win!

Winners: Orange Cassidy & Tomohiro Ishii, by pinfall

Chaos gets its first win in AEW! Will more of NJPW look to take a step through the forbidden door soon?

 

Backstage interview with Andrade El Idolo & FTR.

Schiavone is sure they’re all disappointed that they lost at Full Gear. Seriously, that is his question? Andrade tells Jose to get some balls! But Cody, Pac. Andrade proved that he is the better wrestler than them. He has beaten them both clean. But now, he will show them his bad side. Cash Wheeler says it’s safe to say FTR is frustrated, because they should’ve made history. But Cash wasn’t legal in that finish, they were robbed! So if Pac and Cody are going to stick their nose in FTR business, and if the Lucha Bros want to cheat them, then maybe we add Malakai Black to this, and we have an 8 Man Tag! They will even waive their fee on this one, they’ll do this for free!

Tully Blanchard tells Arn that if he wants to stick his nose in somewhere, Tully ain’t Jose. He’s got one more in him! HEUVOS! BIG ones. Will El Idolo y The Pinnacle get their payback on the American Nightmare, the British Bastard, and the AEW World Tag Team Champions?

 

Tay Conti speaks.

“Even when I lose, I win. And I did not fail against Britt. I learned. And now, I’m not starting from scratch, I’m starting from experience. And let me tell you something else. Next time I have a title shot, I’m coming out of it as your new champion.” But how long will the Brazilian Blackbelt Beauty have to wait for her next chance at the gold?

 

Backstage interview with Britt Baker.

Schiavone of course talks with The Doctor, and still AEW Women’s World Champion. Britt says she is honestly “getting a little exhausted carrying this women’s division.” So as your Role Model, she directs the spotlight to our future AEW TBS Champion, Jamie Hayter. Wait, she’s got a tough match against Thunder Rosa. No no no no. Do NOT say that name on DMD TV, got it? But no, since you said it, let’s put it out there. Thunder Rosa is on her way to being completely irrelevant on Hayter’s rise to gold. Yours Truly, Dr. Britt Baker, DMD. But will Britt have to eat those words when La Mera Mera gets her hands on Hayter?

 

AEW TBS Championship Tournament Quarterfinals: Hikaru Shida VS Nyla Rose w/ Vickie Guerrero!

The Full Metal Warrior and the Native Beast have battled for a belt before, but only one of them can move one step closer to this newly minted title. After what Serena Deeb did to her, is Shida at 100%? Or is she already at a huge disadvantage against the Vicious Vixen?

The bell rings and the hands start flying! Nyla kicks Shida’s bad leg, but Shida dodges and runs. Nyla catches the knee attack to throw Shida to a corner. Shida dodges to fire off forearms! Nyla turns things around for body shots! Nyla puts the bad leg on ropes but Shida kicks with the good leg! Shida bumps Nyla, runs in and KNEES her down! Shida goes up top, missile dropkick! Cover, TWO! Shida gets Nyla up but Nyla blocks the suplex to get the leg! SHIN- NO! Shida makes it a crossbody! Shida runs, SLIDING FOREARM! Shida gets Nyla up fast, but Nyla suplexes her instead! Fans boo but Nyla storms after Shida. Shida BOOTS, QUESTION MARK KICKS, but Nyla bails out!

Fans rally for Shida, Vickie coaches Nyla up. Shida waits on Nyla, but Nyla takes her time. Shida goes out but Nyla gets back in. Now Nyla waits on Shida, so Shida takes her time. Shida gets in the side, Nyla drops an elbow on her! Nyla stands on Shida at the ropes, but lets off as the ref counts. Nyla bumps Shida off buckles, RAMS her with shoulders and says she’s gonna be the next champ! BIG EuroUpper, and then she snapmares Shida down. Nyla KICKS Shida in the back, paces around, and she stands on Shida’s bad leg! Nyla stomps the leg, then wraps it around the ropes to pull! The ref counts, Nyla lets off at 3, then drags Shida up to choke her on the ropes!

The ref counts again as fans boo, but Nyla lets off at 4. Shida sputters, Nyla drags Shida up and puts her on other ropes to choke her again. The ref counts, Nyla stops at 4, but Vickie uses Shida’s own kendo stick to choke her! Fans boo, Vickie gets away with it, and Nyla drags Shida up to scoop and SLAM! Nyla stands on the bad leg, then drags her up to get the leg. CORNER SHIN BREAKER! Shida clutches her knee, flops out of the ring, but fans chant, “SHUT UP, VICKIE!” Nyla goes out and whips Shida, but Shida reverses to send Nyla crashing into railing! The ring count climbs but Shida gets the chair! Shida sets it up, fires up, but Nyla CLOBBERS her first!

Nyla drags Shida up and makes her take a seat in the chair. Nyla CLUBS Shida, then goes up to the apron. Nyla aims, for a FLYING CANNONBALL onto the chair! Shida got out of the way just in time! Shida puts Nyla in, and then she snatches the kendo stick from Vickie! Vickie runs but trips, so Shida SMACKS her at the ramp! Fans fire up with Shida and she gets to the corner! Shida climbs, Nyla intercepts with a ROCKET LAUNCHER! Shida rolls away, Nyla clutches her back, and AEW goes picture in picture.

Nyla drags Shida up, clamps on and has a neck wrench with a shoulder claw! Nyla stands right over Shida as she endures it all! Nyla’s back bothers her so she can’t hold it forever. She CLUBS Shida more, drags her up and suplexes! Cover, TWO! Nyla drags Shida by the bad leg to SMASH the knee on the mat! Vickie grits her teeth as she rises up and coaches Nyla. Nyla puts on a camel clutch and pulls Shida way back! Shida endures, Vickie screams, but Shida crawls over and gets the ROPEBREAK! Nyla lets go, clutching her own back. Shida gets up, Nyla runs in, but Shida dumps her out! Nyla ends up back where the chair wreckage is!

Shida goes out, CLUBS Nyla on her back, then whips her into more railing! Shida gets in the ring and then climbs up! Nyla crawls over, Shida gets the fans fired up, and she CROSSBODIES Nyla down! Shida gets Nyla back in the ring and fires up as AEW returns to single picture. But the ref misses SERENA DEEB attacking from the crowd!! The chop block takes Shida down! Nyla drags Shida up the ropes, CLUBS and KNEES her, then goes to the corner! Nyla climbs up, for the GUILLOTINE KNEE DROP! Cover, TWO!! Shida survives the Serena Screwjob! Nyla drags Shida up, but Shida clubs away on Nyla’s leg! Nyla CLUBS the bad leg, gets Shida up, but Shida fights the bomb!

Shida has the seated senton to the TRIANGLE HOLD!! Nyla endures, fights around, but Shida rolls her from the ropes! Nyla fights up, dead lifts, and POWERBOMBS! Then the BACK SENTON to the leg! Vickie is shrieking for Nyla to end this, and Nyla goes up top! SUPER SENTON misses! Nyla flops around, Shida jackknife bridges, TWO?!?! So close and yet so far! But Shida takes aim, KATA_ NO! Nyla blocks to the STRETCH MUFFLER!! Shida is hanging in the air, she taps out! Nyla wins!!

Winner: Nyla Rose, by submission (advances to the semifinals)

Perhaps Serena’s screwjob worked out after all! The Native Beast moves on, waiting for the winner of Statlander VS Soho, but will Shida get her revenge on Serena for this?

 

Malakai Black speaks.

“The definition of a nightmare is to have an unpleasant or frightening dream, in a place where natural law doesn’t apply. So in Chicago, the four of us are going to haunt the four of you. We will cast you out. And I will make it so that the very air that you breathe will turn toxic and corrupt your lungs. And when you’re laying on the ground, gasping for air, you will realize what small part you have played in the massive equation that now seems to unfold in front of you. Deep breaths, my friends, while oxygen is still on your side.” Will Malakai look to suffocate the American Nightmare next week?

 

MJF, Shawn Spears & Wardlow walk out to the ring.

The Pinnacle are all in suits and MJF of course has the mic. “Cut my music, cut my music.” He then hands the mic to Spears, and he tells Virginia that Maxwell here, who could defeat any one of their heroes with a simple headlock takeover, would appreciate absolute silence at this time. They don’t give it to him and they boo. This is why Spears is a great friend and accountabilibuddy. But “Norfunk, Virginia,” he needs to explain something to the bumpkins. They are looking at the guy that checks all the boxes inside the ring and on the microphone. MJF is easily the most completely pro-wrestler on the planet.

He is the man who will start a bidding war in the year 2024. MJF is the past, the present, and the future of pro-wrestling. And more over, he could take their hometown horse and send him straight to the glue factory. Hell, he could take a big cowboy sh*t right on his title reign. But the rankings don’t tell us that story, do they? Because the rankings don’t tell you the truth! Even though the fans hate him so much, deep down, they know he deserves to be the next AEW World Champion! NOBODY in that locker room is nearly as good as MJF. NOBODY in that locker room is on MJF’s level. But here comes THE BEST IN THE WORLD, CM PUNK!

Fans go nuts to see Punk walk out and go to the ring to join MJF and his guys. MJF chews his gum, frowns as he looks around, and fans lose their minds already. “No no no, no no no. No.” Fans tell MJF to STFU already. Okay, okay. MJF introduces himself and holds out a hand, but Punk leaves him hanging! Punk grins and maybe even laughs as he leaves and goes back up the ramp! Is Punk going to prove he can outdo MJF without even saying a word?

 

Backstage interview with Darby Allin.

His match with MJF, many feel, was match of the night at Full Gear, even if it didn’t go Darby’s way. Darby tells “Max” that he still did not break Darby mentally. Darby doesn’t know when and where, but they will have a rematch. As for now, Darby is taking time off. He wants the biggest and the baddest in AEW, but then the Gunn Club walks over. Billy couldn’t help but hear that. So challenge accepted! Billy is the biggest and the baddest, so just say when. Colt tells Darby not to forget his skateboard, and Austin taunts Darby with, “I like turtles.” Darby smirks, because screw it, let’s do it. Will Darby give Billy Gun his first loss in AEW?

 

The Super Kliq speaks, again.

Brandon, you idiot. But Cole is so sick and tired of Jungle Boy, of Luchasaurus and of Christian Cage! Full Gear was the first night of their careers, and maybe even of their lives! Jungle Boy thinks he’s a Jungle Man now? So tough, trying to end Matt’s life on TV! His kids watching at home with popcorn! And he isn’t cleared, nor is Nick. But you heard them. The Elite, especially them, will be stronger than ever! In two nights’ time, AEW Rampage, it will be Jungle Boy & Luchasaurs VS Adam Cole and one of his best friends in the entire world, Bobby Fish!

The Infamous One steps in to say one guy tries to look like Tarzan while the other is a grown man dressing up as a dinosaur! Enough is enough! Time to put an end to the Jurassic joke once and for all. And that, is Un- no, you can’t say that here… Cut, Brandon, cut.

 

The Acclaimed VS Dante Martin & Lio Rush!

Max Caster & Anthony Bowens tried to recruit Angel Dorado to make their duo a trio, but they weren’t exactly nice about it. But speaking of not being nice, Platinum Max has another rap! “Dante’s fightin’ the Acclaimed again. He’s got more partners than Pete Davidson. You can’t make a choice. You a little bitch, put some bass in your voice! And yo, Lio, you a amateur. And I think you’re better off as a manager. We leavin’ y’all hurtin’. Funny, we’re in Virginia, and both of y’all’re virgins!” Isn’t Lio married?

Anthony tells Norfolk the Acclaimed have arrived, but Lio & Dante DOUBLE DIVE! There’s some words to ya mother! But will Lio & Dante keep their tag team momentum rolling against the fourth ranked team in the division?

Dante puts Bowens in, the bell rings and Dante runs. Bowens dodges, Dante uses the ropes to flip up and over! Lio KICKS Bowens in the ropes, Dante bumps him off buckles to uppercut! Tag to Lio, they double whip Bowens to leap frog and redirect, to then juke and whip and trip, basement dropkick! Cover, TWO! Lio says it’s time, and he brings Bowens up to wrench. Tag to Dante, he climbs up and double stomps the arm! Dante drags Bowens up to throw forearms, but Bowens turns things around to CHOP! And CHOP! And CHOP! Dante CHOPS back! Dante brings Bowens around, whips, but Bowens reverses and Caster trips Dante up, out and RAMS him into railing!

Bowens goes out, he and Caster double suplex Dante to the floor! Bowens puts Dante in, drags him back and tags in Caster. Caster goes up to jump and STOMP Dante in the chest! Caster brings Dante up, Dante throws shots but Caster knees low. Cater whips to CLOBBER Dante! And then stomp him, then rain down fists! Lio coaches Dante, Caster taunts but Dante kicks back! Bowens tags in as Caster anchors Dante, and Bowens stomps away. Bowens rains down rights, fans rally up and Dante throws body shots in return. Bowens ROCKS Dante, puts him in the corner and tags Caster in. The Acclaimed mug Dante, then Caster turns him for a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO!

Caster tries again, TWO! A third try, TWO! Caster is annoyed, he stomps Dante as AEW goes picture in picture.

Caster drags Dante up, Dante throws body shots and kicks, but Caster trips him! Caster rolls Dante to BOOT at the ropes! Caster puts Dante in the corner, tags in Bowens, and the Acclaimed mug Dante more. Bowens brings Dante around to suplex high and hard! Cover, TWO! Bowens keeps on Dante with a cravat and he grinds Dante down. Dante throws body shots, Bowens facelocks, but Dante powers his way over! Bowens knees low then DECKS Lio! Bowens bumps Dante off buckles, tags Caster, and then RUSSIAN LEG SWEEPS, for Caster to drop an ax handle! Cover, TWO! Caster stays between Dante and Lio with a facelock as AEW goes to break.

AEW returns and The Acclaimed whip Dante to their corner. But Dante BOOTS Bowens, KICKS Caster down, then uses them as steps to leap and hot tag Lio! The Man of the Hour uses Bowens as a step to RANA Caster into ropes! Lio goes up and over Bowens, Bowens whips but Lio reverses then follows, ducks down, rolls Bowens up, SPINNING ROUNDHOUSE! Fans fire up with Lio as he handspring kicks Caster down! Bowens back suplexes but Lio lands on his feet for fast hands and the SUPER FOREARM! Bowens staggers into a body shot and SCISSOR KICK! Cover, TWO! Bowens survives the speed assault but Lio keeps his cool.

Fans rally up as Lio thinks what to do. Lio calls to Dante, but he goes up top. Lio leaps but Bowens moves! Lio rolls through but into a throat chop! Lio BOOTS Caster for that, then ducks Bowens! Dante GAMANGIRIS Bowens away, then triangle jumps! Caster avoids the #Nosedive but Lio kicks and HEEL KICKS Caster down! Bowens elbows, JABS, CHOPS and SUPERKICKS for a Five Tool Strike Fest! But Dante hits a HUGE MISSILE DROPKICK! All four men are down and fans are thunderous! A standing count begins, reaches 5 of 10, but Lio sits up first. He calls to Dante, facelocks Bowens, but Bowens BACK DROPS Lio away!

Bowens runs in but Lio sends him into the corner! Caster tags in, runs in and DECKS Dante! Caster brings Lio up, blocks a kick, flips Lio but Lio lands on his feet, but Caster LARIATS! Tag to Bowens, CLAIM TO FAME! Cover, Dante breaks it! “This is awesome!” as Caster rocks and whips Dante, only to get a springboard SHOTGUN! Dante runs in but Bowens dodges to put Dante in the ropes and ENZIGURI! Dante resists the rope DDT to enziguri! NOSEDIVE!! He sets Bowens up for Lio’s FROG SPLASH!! Cover, Lio & Dante win!!

Winners: Lio Rush & Dante Martin, by pinfall

Another HUGE win for this fast & furious duo, but here comes Team Taz! Ricky Starks has a mic but so does Taz himself. Taz congratulates Lio & Dante on the win. But Lio, great to see you back at work. His condolences to the family, but a lot of folks are a little uncomfortable with how they offered a contract to Dante while Lio was gone. But Lio of all people knows business. He prides himself on that, but Taz is a businessman, too. His team are all businessmen. So Dante, you have a golden opportunity. The team is patient, waited a long time just to get Will Hobbs, and in fact, the one year anniversary of Hobbs in Team Taz is coming up! Thanks for the applause.

But here’s the thing. Hobbs has accomplished a lot with his great support staff. So here’s the deal, Dante. If you choose to go with Team Taz, that will be the start to a hall of fame worthy career. Or just a mediocre one with Lio. The choice is his. Dante is still on the clock, but will he stick with what’s working for him in #LBOLio?

 

Christian Cage & Jurassic Express speak.

Captain Charisma wants to get this straight. At Full Gear, it was the worst night of the Super Kliq’s career. Funny, watching Jungle Boy slam that chair on Matt’s head was personally one of the greatest moments of Christian’s career. And now, they want redemption? Well obviously, Cole has never hold the saying, “Never bring a Fish to a fist fight.” JB says, “So what? You guys are gonna try and end us on Friday night?” Fish and Cole had their chances last week, but they couldn’t do it. The scruff might be off JB’s chin, but the changes inside are here to stay. Hit them with chairs, put them through tables. Hell, JB will eat thumbtacks for breakfast, he doesn’t care. Because they are better than ever! They’ll see Fish & Cole on Rampage!

 

AEW looks closer at Cargill VS Velvet.

Red Velvet says she and Jade have a lot of history already. Velvet was Cargill’s first match in that Mixed Tag with Shaq and Cody. Yes, Cargill beat Velvet twice before, but Velvet’s been scouting. Everything Cargill does wrong, Velvet will do right. After Rampage last week, Cargill said, “You think you did something tonight?” Going after Cargill, throwing cake in Sterling’s face. Velvet messed up is what she did. This is Cargill’s anniversary, and Velvet’s gonna get her ass whooped on #ThatBitchShow! Velvet is done playing games, Cargill is lucky to have a bye. Now, her ass is Velvet’s! Who moves on to the semifinals this Friday?

 

The Lucha Brothers speak.

Alex Abrahantes translates for Penta, “FTR, stop your crying. On more than one occasion, you tried to cheat to win. But you’re so pathetic and you suck so bad, that you couldn’t even get the job done.” Fenix says in Chicago, that 8 Man Tag match, the Death Triangle and Cody Rhodes have something special for him. Y’know why? Because they are the best four man team in the UNIVERSE! They are the Lucha Brothers, and they have CERO MIEDO!!

 

AEW TNT Championship: Sammy Guevara VS Jay Lethal!

The Spanish God and the Inner Circle were victorious at Full Gear, but there’s no time to rest! Sammy welcomes this new addition to the AEW roster, but will this lethal challenge be Sammy’s last?

The introductions are made, the title is raised, and we see if Lethal steps in through the open door and walks out with gold!

Fans rally as Lethal and Sammy stare down. They circle, tie up, and go around. Sammy waistlocks, Lethal elbows but Sammy hops up and over to go up and over in the corner. Lethal dodges, handsprings, but into a torture rack! Lethal slips off, trips and “WOO~” but Sammy makes it a cradle! TWO, La Magistrol blocked! TWO, and Sammy Oklahoma Rolls, TWO! Lethal sweeps legs, covers, ONE! Another sweep but Sammy fisherman bridges! TWO and the two stand off! Fans cheer as they talk a little trash, then reset. They circle, tie up, and Sammy headlocks. “This is Wrestling!” as Lethal powers out to whip, then he hip tosses and handsprings to basement dropkick! Cover, ONE!!

Sammy gets up but Lethal is on him with a scoop and BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Sammy clutches the bandaged ribs, but Lethal drags him up to CLUB those bad ribs! Lethal suplexes but Sammy blocks! Sammy throws body shots, Lethal hits back to whip and kitchen sink knee! Fans duel, Lethal drags Sammy up to suplex, but Sammy wrenches out! Only to get a LETHAL COMBINATION! Sammy bails out, Lethal builds speed but Sammy gets in to KNEE Lethal down! Lethal bails out, Sammy FLIES out after him! Direct hit into the railing but it was double-edged for Sammy’s ribs! Fans are still fired up for “A E DUB! A E DUB!” as Sammy climbs.

SHOOTING STAR onto knees!! Lethal saves himself and both men are down as AEW goes picture in picture.

A standing count begins, the two men stir but Lethal sits up first at 4. Lethal gets to ropes, Sammy goes out to the apron then to the floor. Lethal sees him out there and waits as the ring count climbs now. Sammy is still down at 4 so Lethal goes out after him. Lethal can’t win the title on a count-out but Sammy pushes him away and crawls. The ref checks, Lethal wants after Sammy but he gives them space. The medic, Doc Samson, even comes in to check on Sammy. Sammy’s ribs could be worse than thought. Lethal gets impatient, he wants to know what the status of this match is. Sammy sits up, but does need help standing. Lethal holds the ropes open but is Sammy able to continue?

AEW returns to single picture, Sammy tells the doc and the ref to shut up, he wants to fight! Sammy is in the ring, he eggs Lethal on! The ref has no choice but to let this continue, Sammy pie faces Lethal! And flips Lethal off! SO the hand start flying! Fans are fired up as Lethal stomps Sammy down! Lethal drags Sammy up, whips him and FLAPJACKS Sammy high and hard! Lethal calls for it, handsprings, but Sammy blocks the cutter to spin Lethal, STANDING SPANISH FLY!! Both men are down again and Lethal rolls out to the floor. Sammy grits his teeth as fans rally up, and he builds speed, but he has to avoid a boot!

Lethal whips Sammy out, builds speed and DIVES, but Sammy blocks enough of it to suplex and BRAINBUSTER to the floor! Fans are fired up as both men are down on the outside! The ref checks on both men, “This is Awesome!” as Sammy gets up and leans on the timekeeper’s table. Lethal staggers over but Sammy elbows him then fires off forearms! Lethal pushes Sammy back but Sammy KNEES Lethal down! Lethal ends up on the timekeeper’s table, and Sammy fires himself up! Sammy goes up and fans are thunderous as he says he’s LOCO! SWANTON through the table, but Lethal got out of the way!! Fans lose their minds as Sammy is down in the wreckage!

Lethal drags Sammy up and into the ring! Sammy is down, Lethal climbs and fans fire up again! HAIL TO THE KING!! But Sammy makes it a ghost pin!? TWO!! Lethal gets Sammy up, but Sammy slips out of the bomb. Lethal blocks the kick and goes around to LARIAT, but Sammy lands on his feet!? SUPERKICK! Lethal CHOP BLOCKS the legs! Dragon sleeper with a fisherman, FLIPPING FACEBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! But Lethal has the leg! FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCK! Sammy endures, drags himself and Lethal over, only for Lethal to drag him and Sammy away from ropes! Sammy’s shoulders are down, it’s a cover! TWO!

Sammy crawls again, Lethal wrenches back on the foot! Sammy still gets the ROPEBREAK! Lethal lets go in frustration, and fans hope they “FIGHT FOREVER!” However, the show has to end some time so Lethal gets Sammy up and into a cobra twist! Sammy goes around with him, torture racks but the ribs don’t hold! Lethal spins, into a KNEE! Sammy tries again, but still can’t! Lethal full nelson SUPLEXES, but Sammy lands on his feet for another KNEE! Sammy grits his teeth, runs, and KNEES Lethal down again!! Sammy slashes his throat and roars, and he gets the torture rack! G T H!! Cover, Sammy wins!!!

Winner: Sammy Guevara, by pinfall (still AEW TNT Champion)

Somehow, someway, Sammy powers through to take Lethal down! He is still golden, and the Inner Circle appears to celebrate with him! Sammy shows Lethal respect, will these two look to go another round down the line? Who will be next up for this tough as nails TNT Champion?


My Thoughts:

A great post PPV episode! Right away, great stuff from The Elite with them semi-kayfabing Omega stepping away for his real-life recovery. The Super Kliq calling out Christian & Jurassic Express was nice, but I feel like they should focus more on the story brewing between them and Hangman. Though, I did like Fish getting in this and wanting to use Undisputed Era catchphrase only to get cut off. Cole & Fish VS Jurassic Express is going to be great stuff, could go either way. We got a great opening segment with Bryan going out there to sorta crash the Cowboy Shit celebration, and Bryan was at least in character being Heel to Hangman and the Dark Order. That was some great stuff, as was Bryan VS Uno, and Bryan is going to have a great series of matches with the other members.

MJF had a really good post Full Gear promo, and his segment with Punk was great for how Punk just dissed him completely! But this is a tough one to call because neither one has lost. Punk surely gets cheated like Darby did, because MJF’s first loss in AEW can’t just happen just because it’s Punk. If anything, Punk being cheated elevates things and Punk takes on MJF again and gives MJF his first loss. Darby himself had a decent moment with the Gunn Club, I have a feeling Sting gets involved to hold the Gunn sons at bay. Maybe we get a tag match, Darby & Sting VS Austin & Colt, that ends the #Gunndefeated streak.

Kingston had a great moment with 2point0 and Garcia, and I also hope this is a one time thing, they just get in the ring on like Dynamite next week for Thanksgiving. We got a great tag match from Butcher & Blade VS Cassidy & Ishii. Ishii naturally gets the win, he’s great. Great promos from Andrade, FTR, the Lucha Brothers, and of course Malakai Black. That 8 Man is going to be nuts, too hard to call right now. Britt has a good promo to plug Hayter VS Rosa, I have a feeling Britt cheats Rosa, Rosa goes after her for the top title so that Hayter can take the loss in the tournament to winner of Cargill VS Velvet, which also got a good vignette to plug that.

Nyla VS Shida was great stuff, but wow, I didn’t think Serena would keep her grudge this long. Nyla is facing a Face either way with Statlander VS Soho, I’m thinking Nyla faces Soho to put her over. We got a great tag match out of Dante & Lio VS The Acclaimed, and naturally the Faces win to then have Team Taz walk out and remind us about the offer. Pretty sure Dante stays with Lio, we get Lio & Dante VS Hobbs & Starks. Dante VS Starks for the FTW Championship would be awesome to see, even if Dante doesn’t win. The TNT Championship was awesome stuff, Lethal got a great debut but Sammy winning makes sense to keep this reign going.

My Score: 9.2/10

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Mitchell’s AEW Collision Results & Report! (5/8/25)

Collision on a Thursday?!

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Will Dax & Cash learn to Fear The Red Death?

FTR put the blame on Daniel Garcia for how things went down between them, but now Garcia plans on taking one of the Top Guys out!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • Ricochet VS Angelico w/ Serpentico; Ricochet wins.
  • 8 Man Tag: The Don Callis Family VS The Outrunners, Bandido & AR Fox; The Don Callis Family wins.
  • Anthony Bowens w/ Billy Gunn VS Lee Johnson w/ Blake Christian; Bowens wins.
  • Willow Nightingale VS Kris Statlander; wins.
  • “Speedball” Mike Bailey VS Dralistico; wins.
  • Konosuke Takeshita & Josh Alexander VS The Dark Order; win(s).
  • Daniel Garcia VS Dax Harwood w/ Cash Wheeler & Stokely Hathaway; wins.

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Toni Storm is here!

Or rather, she’s still here given just last night, the TIMELESS AEW Women’s World Champion won a Fatal 4 Way Eliminator. And now she’s in the special box seat “balcony” with mic in hand. Detroit cheers and she blows kisses before saying, “So many men have taken a shot at me in here, I’m feeling like Abraham Lincoln. I will never forget my first. It was messy, it was sweaty, and painful. But I only wanted more. Once a month, once a week, twice a week, I was hooked. But then, it only became more risky. One at a time, then two at a time. And three at a time! Incorporating random objects, all the while being watched by perverts.”

The fans cheer being perverts but then Toni says, “One day, it will not end well for me. It will break my body and soil my soul. But in the end, I know it’s what I was born to do. And if you think I was referring to sexual intercourse, then get your minds out of the gutter!” Toni takes a moment before she continues, “Because the best bang could not compare to fighting for this!” She holds up the title and the fans cheer more! “I am not waiting for a Hayter or a CEO. So next week, line up the next batch of slop tarts, because baby wants to binge!” The fans also like the sound of that! Toni says spit on it and sit on it, and let’s get TIMELESS~!

The fans applaud and Toni takes a bow. Beach Break just got that much bigger, but who will take their shot at The Tramp that is The Champ?

 

Backstage interview with Paragon.

Lexy Nair is with Adam Cole, Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly to ask them about the 2 Out of 3 Falls last Saturday. Roddy says that to say they’re disappointed is an understatement. He and Kyle are one of the best teams on this planet, and they thought it’d be like riding a bike. But it has been a bit more difficult than they thought. Kyle agrees that they’re frustrated and disappointed, but what they aren’t doing is taking anything away from themselves. They’re the Paragon and they’re still one of the best tag teams out there. And any other day, any other time, 99 out of 100, Kyle & Roddy win that match.

Cole agrees, and he knows that was tough last week. But they are one of the best teams in the world. There will be plenty of chances to prove that this year. But in step the Grizzled Young Veterans and Zack Gibson says say that again. He can’t believe Paragon has the nerve to stand here sulking and complaining. Honestly, this three are three of the best ever. The problem is, they’ve gone soft! They’ve forgotten what it is to fight for their sport. So any time they’re ready, GYV will remind them what that’s like. Kyle & Roddy say why not. GYV will be the first time that gets stomped on Paragon’s way back to the top!

GYV laugh that off then take their leave. But when and where will Liverpool’s Number One & Mr. Mayhem take on the Savior of the Backbreaker & the Violent Artist?

 

Ricochet VS Angelico w/ Serpentico!

The One & Only just got a big win last night alongside the Young Bucks, but now he looks to get a win on his own. Will Ricochet make Detroit #OuttaThisWorld two nights in a row? Or will tonight belong to Spanish Announce Project’s South African Stud?

The bell rings and the fans rally as Angelico and Ricochet circle. They feel things out, circle more, then Angelico leaves Ricochet hanging by smoothing his hair. Ricochet says ha ha, more bald jokes. Ricochet waistlocks, the fans chant, “He Has Hair!” but Ricochet hammerlocks and snapmares to then ghost pin, TWO! Ricochet taunts Angelico that this is professional wrestling, not modeling. Angelico trips Ricochet to cover, ONE! Angelico has a cording hold and he keeps Ricochet from the ropes. Ricochet wrenches, but Angelico gets the cording hold back! Ricochet endures, reaches out, but Angelico arm-drags him to the mat!

The fans cheer more, but Ricochet kips up. Angelico wrangles him back down! Ricochet claws at Angelico but Angelico polishes the bald head! The fans cheer and Angelico keeps on the arm. Ricochet fights up again, but Angelico wrangles him back down! Angelico gives Ricochet more polish, then stands him up to wrench and cording hold. Ricochet throws a body shot, flips up and over, but Angelico switches arms for a modified Cobra Twist! Angelico holds up his hand and the fans cheer, but Ricochet fights free and bails out. The fans boo but then Angelico sneaks up to clamp on shoulder claws!

Ricochet fights back, and he THROWS Angelico to the floor! Ricochet skins the cat, then TORNILLO PLANCHAS! Ricochet takes down Angelico, taunts Serpentico, then goes storming off to grab a chair! Ricochet chases off #SNAKEMAN, and Collision goes picture in picture.

Ricochet gets up on the barrier to soak up more heat, and he even flicks sweat off his bald head! Ricochet puts Angelico in the ring, stalks him to ropes, then CHOKES him! The ref counts, Ricochet backs off, and Serpentico coaches Angelico. Angelico sputters but Ricochet brings him up for a snapmare. Ricochet digs his knee into Angelico’s back as part of the chinlock. Angelico endures, fights up, and fires body shots. Angelico is free, runs the ropes, but Ricochet DROPKICKS him down! Ricochet taunts the fans, covers Angelico, TWO! Angelico is tougher than that but Ricochet covers again, ONE! And again, ONE! And again, ONE!!

Ricochet throws a fit and SLAPS Angelico down before arguing with the ref. The ref defends the count, so Ricochet just stomps away on Angelico’s back! Ricochet taunts the fans, goes back to stomp Angelico and kick him around, then he kicks Angelico to the ropes. Angelico rises to BODY BLOW! And JAB! Ricochet staggers back, Angelico fires more shots! Angelico runs, KICKS the backdrop away, then runs again, only for Ricochet to FLAPJACK him off ropes and JUMPING NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Angelico survives and Collision returns to single picture. Ricochet storms his way to a corner while the fans boo.

Ricochet aims and 450- NO, he has to bail out as Angelico moves! Ricochet comes back but Angelico dodges again, Ricochet hits only buckles! Angelico swings, Ricochet dodges and shoves to TIGER WALL KICK! And SOBAT! KNEE! But Angelico KNEES in return! Ricochet rebounds to V-TRIGGER! ROLLING- NO, Angelico clinches for a LIFTING FLATLINER! The fans fire up while both men are down! A standing count starts, Ricochet and Angelico stir, and they rise at 5 of 10. Angelico counters a punch and then fires haymakers! Angelico whips, Ricochet reverses, but then Ricochet catches the leap!

Angelico fights Ricochet’s clinch with elbows, then whips, but Ricochet reverses, Angelico LEAPING LARIATS! And LEAPING LARIATS again! The fans fire up and Angelico storms up to Ricochet. Angelico whips, Ricochet reverses, but Angelico reverses back! COBRA TWIST, and the HEAD SLAPS! The fans fire up as Angelico just takes Ricochet to task! Ricochet sputters and staggers around, Angelico kicks and Canadian Racks! YOYO SLAM, into a hammerlock and HALF CRAB! Ricochet endures, reaches out, but Angelico gets the other arm! Ricochet kicks with his free leg and has the ROPEBREAK! The fans boo but Angelico lets go.

Ricochet goes to the apron, Angelico storms up, but Ricochet HOTSHOTS him! And then FLICKS the ropes at Angelico to hit down low! Ricochet then springboards and FLYING LARIATS! The fans boo but Ricochet runs for a STANDING SHOOTING STAR! Cover, TWO! Ricochet just keeps going, dragon sleeper for the VERTIGO!! Ricochet rolls back, locks ‘n’ loads, and SPIRIT GUN!! Cover, Ricochet wins!

Winner: Ricochet, by pinfall

Ricochet made sure Angelico was done before he got the 1-2-3, and now he gets the mic. “Go ahead. C’mon, I can’t hear you! I can’t hear you!” The fans boo and taunt him more and Ricochet says he welcomes it all! Their boos mean NOTHING to him, because he sees what they cheer for. And c’mon, if you cheer for the Detroit Lions, that means you’re dumb as hell. If you were smart, if you had any amount of common sense, you’d be cheering for him! The fans keep taunting him with “They’re Not Bald!” But Ricochet says the Eagles won the Super Bowl, what’re they talking about? They should be cheering him, because he’s been here less than a year and he’s beaten most of the favorites!

Brody King, Will Ospreay, Mike Bailey, Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe, Swerve Strickland, and even Kenny Omega! All of them are AEW legends, and Ricochet beat them all! But wait, speaking of legends… Ricochet points out the living legend, Zach Gowen! Ricochet remembers growing up, watching wrestling, he was a huge fan of Zach Gowen. Huge fan. He remembers when big Brock would beat him up and down the arena, that was awesome. But the thing is, Daddy Gowen used to be on this side of the barriers, but now he’s on the other side of them. What happened, Zach? Doesn’t have a leg in the fight anymore?

Ricochet laughs at his own offensive joke, and then asks where that fire is now. He pushes Zach around, security rushes in and Ricochet says he wasn’t doing anything! They’re just talking! Then he BOPS each and every guard! They like that? Ricochet THROWS one guy into railing! Ricochet does his own commentary as he sends another one into the steel steps! Then he puts the third one in the ring, and says Zach might like this. The fans boo but now Ricochet brings out THE SCISSORS! Ricochet cuts this guy’s hair up! But Zach jumps into the ring!! The fans cheer as Zach snatches the scissors from Ricochet!

The fans cheer as Zach asks what is wrong with Ricochet! Ricochet says sorry, sorry! But then he KICKS Zach’s leg out! And then SPIRIT GUN!! The fans boo even more but Ricochet isn’t done with Zach. He takes Zach’s prosthetic leg away! The fans boo as loud as they can as Ricochet leaves with the leg! Ricochet isn’t just humiliating Zach Gowen, he’s committing a crime! Ricochet holds the leg up as a trophy, then mockingly limps with it. Will anyone ever humble the ego that is #OuttaThisWorld?

 

8 Man Tag: The Don Callis Family VS The Outrunners, Bandido & AR Fox!

Don Callis himself dared Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd to find a friend so they could settle things with Roppongi Vice and the Family, but the Outrunners did better than that! They found TWO friends! Will the Most Wanted ROH World Champion and the Whole Fox’n Show help the Youngest Men Alive humble Callis’ cronies? Or will Trent Beretta, Rocky Romero, Lance Archer & Kyle Fletcher use them to take out all of their frustrations?

Callis of course joins commentary while the teams sort out. Callis calls tonight “Don Callis Championship Wrestling,” and says Detroit boos him and his Family because it is a city of losers. Kyle Fletcher starts against Bandido and the fans fire up. Kyle and Bandido circle, the fans rally up more, and they tie up. They go around, Kyle puts Bandido on the ropes. The fans rally for Bandido and he dodges the chop to CHOP! Kyle swings, Bandido dodges and headlocks. Kyle powers up and out, Bandido RAMS him, but Kyle rebounds to RUN Bandido over! Kyle flexes, the fans boo, but then Turbo flexes and the fans cheer.

So Kyle BOOTS Turbo off the apron! Kyle runs, Bandido dodges, hurdles, but Kyle leaps over. The fans tell Callis off while things keep moving. Bandido slips around to tilt-o-whirl RANA! And then DROPKICK! Kyle falls against ropes, Trent tags in, and Trent CLOBBERS Bandido! The fans boo, Trent rains down fists, and the ref reprimands. Trent stops to tag in Rocky. Roppongi Vice mugs Bandido, then they DOUBLE BACK SUPLEX! But Bandido lands out, tags AR Fox, and Fox BOOTS Rocky! And BOOTS Trent! Fox goes up, up, and CANNONBALLS! The fans fire up but here comes the Murderhawk Monster!

Archer scoops Fox into the crucifix lift! But Fox slips free, goes Matrix to dodge, and he ENZIGIRIS! Archer tumbles out, Fox whips Rocky to the corner, Rocky runs into Turbo’s BOOT! Truth adds a HAYMAKER, then Fox tags Turbo. Turbo brings Rocky around to wrench and wristlock. Truth tags in as they whip and atomic drop, UPPERCUT HART ATTACK! Trent is back, but he runs into a DOUBLE HIP TOSS! The fans fire up with The Outrunner as they run at the corners! BACK ELBOWS in stereo for RPG Vice! Then Outrunners trade, more ELBOWS in stereo! Then a feed to the BULLDOG LARIAT COMBO! The fans fire up while The Outrunners wind it up!

“Turbo Floyd! You-” Well, Trent gets Rocky out of there, they do NOT give the people what they want. Archer is back and he double choke grips! DOUBLE CHOKE SLAM!! Archer BLASTS Fox & Bandido off the corner, Kyle is there to beat them up, and the fans boo as Archer stomps away on Truth! Archer stands on Truth in the corner and laughs while Collision goes picture in picture.

Archer stalks Truth tot he Callis corner. Rocky tags Archer in and they mug Truth. Archer bumps Truth off buckles, then whips him corner to corner hard! Truth falls to the mat, Archer puts him back in the corner, and Archer looms over him. Truth rises up to fire CHOPS, but archer eggs him on! Truth fires haymakers, then runs, only for Archer to DECK him! Tag to Trent and Trent stalks Truth while Archer TOSESS Turbo! Trent CHOKES Truth, CHOPS him, then talks trash. Trent winds up to CHOP again! Trent brings Truth over to bump off buckles, then he tags in Rocky. RPG Vice mugs Truth, whips him to a corner, and Kyle joins in.

Rocky runs up to ELBOW Truth, then Trent adds an ELBOW of his own! Kyle runs to forearm SMASH! Archer runs in and ELBOWS Truth down! Rocky covers, TWO! Truth survives the onslaught, but Rocky wrenches an arm. Tag to Kyle and Kyle KICKS then arm! Kyle mocks Truth reaching out for his corner, then stomps Truth down. Kyle stalks Truth to the ropes, mockingly holds Truth’s hand out, then scoops and SLAMS him in a snap! Kyle taunts Bandido, then he brings Truth up. Truth fires hands, but Kyle scoops and SLAMS again! Collision returns to single picture and he BLASTS Truth’s corner! Bandido avoids the shot and shouts at Kyle!

Kyle taunts Bandido, but Truth fires hands! The fans fire up but Kyle BOOTS Truth! Kyle suplexes, but Truth counters with a cradle! TWO, and Kyle is up, only for Truth to juke! Hot tag to Bandido! Kyle kicks but Bandido deflects and waistlocks. Kyle switches, shoves and runs up, but Bandido SUPERKICKS! Bandido goes up, up, and TORNILLOS! Down goes Kyle and he bails out! RPG Vice attack Bandido from behind! RPG Vice double whip, Bandido grabs ropes and he BOOTS them back! The Outrunners are in and they stereo ATOMIC DROP! RPG Vice tumble up and out of the ring! Archer runs in, Bandido holds the ropes down, but Archer doesn’t fall for it!

Archer ROCKS Bandido, but the Outrunners DUMP him out! The fans fire up as the Callis Family regroups by the ramp. Fox returns, and he coordinates with Bandido! Whip and pop-up, SUPER CANNONBALL!! The fans fire up as Fox hits a strike! And then The Outrunners form a staircase! Bandido runs to step, step, and ESCALARA CONJILO!! The fans are thunderous as Bandido puts Kyle in! The Outrunners set Kyle up and then wind it up! “Turbo Floyd! You sonova b*tch!” HANDSHAKE DOUBLE ELBOW DROP! Fox adds a SWANTON BOMB! Bandido adds a FROG SPLASH!! Cover, The Family breaks it!

The fans boo but The Outrunners brawl with the Family! Things tumble out of the ring, but Bandido aims at Kyle on the ropes! Bandido deals the hand, BLACKJACK- NO, Kyle switches through! DRAGON SUPLEX, but Bandido lands out! Bandido ducks ‘n’ dodges and tilt-o-whirls, but Kyle stops the DDT to MICHINOKU DRIVER!! The fans are thunderous while both men are down! Kyle and Bandido crawl, hot tags to Fox and Trent! Fox RAMS Trent, goes up, up, and leaps over Trent to somersault and CANNONBALL Kyle! Then Fox wrenches Trent, catches the leg, and FISHERMAN BUSTERS! Archer grabs Fox, shoves him back, but Fox returns to DRAPING DDT!

Fox sees Rocky, Rocky kicks first, then Rocky whips. Fox reverses, Rocky is in the corner, Fox hits an A-LIST LARIAT! Kyle runs up but Fox ELBOWS him away! Fox skins the cat to DROPKICK Rocky and then backwards roll, CUTTER for Kyle! Then Fox avoids Rocky to hit a CUTTER!! The fans are electric and Fox has Kyle on the ropes! Fox builds speed, but Trent anchors his foot! Kyle hits a CALF KICK! The Outrunners BLAST Trent, but Archer CROSSBODIES The Outrunners! Bandido springboards in but Kyle catches him! Kyle calls to the boys, RPG Vice hit a DOUBLE JUMP KNEE! The fans boo but Fox is up!

Fox dodges RPG Vice, BOOTS Kyle, then DOUBLE CUTTER RPG Vice! The fans are thunderous again as Fox goes up, up, but Kyle distracts the ref! Archer grabs Fox, and he SUPER CHOKE SLAMS him down! RPG Vice then sits Fox up, wrenches and double pump handle! JACKAL DRIVER!! Cover, Don Callis Family wins!

Winners: The Don Callis Family, by pinfall

Trent shouts that no one will ever disrespect them again! Will Callis’ pack of jackals devour anyone and everyone that stands in their way?

 

BREAKING NEWS for Beach Break!

After the assault and humiliation that we saw earlier tonight, Zach Gowen is going to make his return to wrestling! Will Zach get revenge on Ricochet for taking things too far?

 

Jon Moxley speaks.

“So, we’re through the obligatory preamble, casualties on both sides. Last night, you took out my number one lieutenant. Now I could vow revenge and talk about all the things I’m gonna do to Samoa Joe once I get him inside that steel cage. But that would be rather rote, and probably mostly untrue. What do we know? The consensus is Samoa Joe is gonna kick my ass. And yeah, there’s nobody on the planet better at getting their ass kicked than me. The question isn’t whether Joe will beat me up. The question is, how long can he do it? Five, eight minutes? Ten? 20? 25? I’ve got all night.

“I know you don’t think very much of me, Joe, but you are one of the guys that I have genuine respect for. You are the embodiment of a champion. But you’re not the AEW World Champion, I am. And I know that no matter what happens to me inside that steel cage in Chicago, no matter what Hell is put on me, no matter what I am put through in that steel cage, I know I have been through worse. I have been through the kind of Hell, I have weathered the kind of storms, I have faced down the kinds of demons that would keep these kids up at night. So I don’t need to be feared or respected by you or anybody else. I just need you to show up.

“I don’t get along with the rest of the world because I am not like the rest of the world. And believe it or not, next week, there is nowhere else in the world I would rather be than locked inside a steel cage in Chicago with the AEW World Championship hanging in the balance, with the baddest man in pro-wrestling, Samoa Joe. I didn’t build my foundation on sand. When the storm comes through, the only thing that matters is who is the last man standing.” The Maniac has issued his ultimatum, will he ultimately be the baddest man in AEW?

 

Anthony Bowens w/ Billy Gunn VS Lee Johnson w/ Blake Christian!

The Pride of Pro-Wrestling is ready to prove he’s worthy of all the opportunities before him, but that means having others step to the plate. #BigShotty thinks he can get a hit off the 5 Tool Player, but will he be able to go yard? Or will he just get Molly Whopped and sent back to the dugout?

The bell rings and the fans rally behind Bowens. Bowens and Lee tie up, Bowens wrenches and wristlocks, but Lee wrenches back. Bowens slips through, wrenches and hammerlocks, then he spins and snapmares Lee to an Oklahoma Roll! TWO, and Bowens tries a cradle, TWO! Lee is up to headlock back, but Bowens powers up and out. Lee goes up and over, baits Bowens into a waistlock, but Bowens switches. Lee switches, then he shoves Bowens! “You’re nothing!” The fans boo and Bowens scowls. Lee talks more trash, but Bowens CHOPS Lee off his feet! Bowens stalks Lee to a corner, CHOPS again, and the fans “WOO~!”

Bowens CHPOS again, and again, and again! Bowens then stomps a mudhole into Lee! The ref counts, Bowens steps off at 4, and Bowens apologizes. Lee bails out, Bowens pursues, and Lee tries to apologize. But then Lee bumps into Daddy Ass! Lee looks and sees Billy, apologizes to him now, but Bowens ROCKS Lee! Bowens whips Lee hard into barriers and the fans fire up! Bowens puts Lee in the ring, but Lee kicks low! Lee eggs Bowens on, whips, but Bowens hurdles and mule kicks! Front kicks! FAMOUSER! The fans fire up and Bowens wrenches to lift Lee, SWING OUT FACEBUSTER! Cover, ONE?!?

Billy is annoyed, but then Blake gets on the apron! Bowens backs the Vanilla Babyface off, but then he dodges Lee’s sneak attack! Bowens fireman’s carries, Lee slips free and shoves Bowens to ropes. Billy wants after Blake but the ref keeps him back. Bowens ELBOWS Lee away, but Blake swipes at him! Lee then DUMPS Bowens out! Bowens staggers up, Lee FLIES, and he gets just enough of Bowens to take him down! Then Lee and Blake mock the scissor fingers! The fans boo but Lee puts Bowens in the ring. Lee reels Bowens in, suplexes, but Bowens slips free! Bowens shoves Lee away, runs up, and he blocks the boot! But not the ENZIGIRI!

Lee SUPERKICKS Bowens, runs, but into the Rock, Paper, Scissors, SUPERKICK! The fans fire up and Bowens shows them how it’s done! He puts up the scissors, then shouts for his shot! But Blake gets on the apron! Bowens grabs Blake, Lee rolls Bowens up with tights, TWO!! MOLLY WHOP!! Cover, Bowens wins!

Winner: Anthony Bowens, by pinfall

Blake tried to tip the scales, but then he also storms into the ring! Billy gets in Blake’s way and Blake backs up. Blake  “apologizes,” but then he takes a swing! Billy stops that and TOSSES Blake out! Billy says “SUCK IT!” Bowens grabs a mic to tell Detroit, “What you just saw was the Pride of Professional Wrestling! The perfect combination of power, athleticism, intelligence, the look, and The It Factor. And I am in a really good mood, so y’know what? Billy, throw ’em up! Detroit, throw ’em up! And make some noise!” And they SCISSOR FINGER~! For old time’s sake, Bowens embraces the old gimmick. But will nothing stop Bowens from making himself a contender?

 

The Gates of Agony are here!

Detroit cheers as Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona walk out to the ring, but they grab mics so they can talk. Kaun calls out Bryan Keith & Big Bill. “You think you’re gonna walk through these Gates unscathed, unburned, and redeem yourselves in the eyes of Chris Jericho?” The fans boo and Kaun says, “Hell no, Paradise has to be earned. And these Gates right here? They’re gonna stop you in your tracks.” Liona says, “And this time, we’re not doing it in a parking lot! Y’know why? Because we’re in Detroit! Why not do this right here, right now!?” The fans cheer and Liona tells Big Bill & Bryan Keith, you heard the people! Get out here and fight!

The shirts come off, and here come the Redwood & Bad Apple! They go right to the ring and the brawl is on! The fans fire up as Bill has Kaun and Keith has Liona! Bill hammers away on Kaun in a corner, Liona ROCKS Keith, but Keith roars! Keith runs, only for Liona to LARIAT him down! Bill BOOTS Liona down! Bill goes out after Liona, but then Keith LARIATS Kaun and himself up and out of the ring! Bill and Liona brawl, Linoa shoves Bill into railing and CLUBS him! Keith and Kaun brawl on the floor, Liona SMACKS Bill off steel steps! Liona fires up, the fans are torn, and Liona runs in, only for Bill to send him into railing! In fact, Liona goes over the railing!

Keith staggers but Kaun keeps after him. Kaun brings Keith to the ramp but Keith elbows free! Keith runs but Kaun fireman’s carries! SAMOAN DROP down through tables!! Fans lose their minds, and somehow Liona is up! Liona and Bill now brawl on the stage, even as security and producer Kevin Matthews try to stop this! But there’s no stopping it, and Bill BOOTS Liona! Liona wobbles, but then he roars! Liona SPEARS Bill off the stage and down through tables!! The fans lose their minds all over again! The Gates and the Branches are down around ringside, is the Learning Tree impressed watching this at home?

 

AEW hears from Anna Jay & Harley Cameron, as well as Penelope Ford & Megan Bayne.

The Queenslayer says, “Megan, you really like to pick fights, huh? I don’t care how big you are, how hard you hit, I will wrap my arms around you and make you sleep!” The Superbad Girl says Anna has been gone a long time, and the Megasus says things have changed. There is a new animal in this jungle, and having a pure heart, fat ass and good friends isn’t gonna cut it. But the wild Aussie tells the Megasus, “I bet your back is blown out after the fight that I brought last night!” Anna says don’t say it like. Ford tells Harley to stop hiding behind Anna’s fat ass already. Ford & Megan want them to fight and learn that mercy is the one thing they never mastered.

Harley shouts that she and Anna will SLAY THE MEGASUS, and all will FEEL THE WRATH! And so BREAKING NEWS for Beach Break Collision! Anna Jay VS Megan Bayne will happen next Saturday when Collision returns to TNT!

 

Willow Nightingale VS Kris Statlander!

Former friends, bitter enemies, and now maybe somewhere in between, the Babe with the Power and the Galaxy’s Greatest will battle 1v1 once more! But will we truly see she’s a #BornAgainKristen when this fight helps her make amends with Willow? Or will nothing Kris does matter, and Willow will smile anyway?

 

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Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (5/7/25)

Time to raise the stakes!

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Show no fear!

To prepare for his AEW World Championship Steel Cage match with Jon Moxley, Samoa Joe faces Claudio Castagnoli! But will it really just be Claudio out there?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

  • AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Fatal 4 Way: Toni Storm VS Penelope Ford VS Thunder Rosa  VS Anna Jay; Toni wins and denies all three a title match.
  • ROH World Television Championship Mystery Opponent: Nick Wayne w/ The Patriarchy VS Rhino; Nick wins and retains the title.
  • Six Man Tag: Ricochet & The Young Bucks VS Swerve Strickland, Mark Briscoe & “Speedball” Mike Bailey; Ricochet & The Bucks win.
  • AEW Continental Championship Eliminator: Kazuchika Okada VS Kevin Knight; Okada wins and denies Knight a title match.
  • Samoa Joe VS Claudio Castagnoli; Joe wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Hangman Page is here!

Motor City fires up for that #CowboySh*t as the Men’s Owen Hart Cup finalist makes his way out to the ring. Hangman grabs a mic and says, “I don’t know that I’ve ever understood, after everything that I’ve done, why even one of you would cheer for me, but…” The fans cheer and chant for “COWBOY SH*T!” and Hangman continues, “I just want to let you know that it does make a difference, so thank you.” The fans applaud and Hangman says he probably shouldn’t have to say it, but the past two years for him have been “some kind of special Hell.” And after what happened to his family, he wanted revenge, he wanted justice, and he’d found it!

Hangman took from another man his only hopes and dreams, and Hangman nearly killed him! And after their steel cage match, Hangman stood at the top of the ramp and thought he’d finally feel some kind of joy, some kind of closure, to an awful chapter of his life. But he felt nothing. Hangman thought that maybe if he went and finished the job, he’d have his closure, but he couldn’t do it! The fans now chant, “Tell Us Why! Tell Us Why!” Hangman says he doesn’t know why. But since he couldn’t find that closure, he took that anger, bottled it up, and he unleashed it on anyone who got in his way, because he thought that’d give him catharsis! But all it did was tear down everyone around him!

“So I had to make a decision. Swerve Strickland…” The fans chant for “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” Hangman tells Swerve that he will never forgive what Swerve did to him. And he will probably never forget. But for Hangman, he will have to put it behind him. Hangman made his decision to enter this year’s Owen Hart Cup, and he defeated Josh Alexander in the first round, and then in front of his friends and family, Hangman defeated Kyle Fletcher in the second. And finally, at Double or Nothing, for a chance at the AEW World Championship, Hangman wrestles who everyone says is the BEST wrestler in the world, Will Ospreay.

The fans cheer, and then here comes Ospreay! Detroit fires up even more as the Aerial Assassin walks to the ring to be face-to-face with the Cowboy. The fans are losing their minds just from these two staring down! There’s also a “Happy Birthday!” chant for Ospreay. Ospreay apologizes for interrupting Hangman’s “therapy session,” but isn’t it a bit strange the amount of promotions they’ve both been part of, and this is the first time they’ve even spoken to one another? Just for Ospreay, it is a pleasure to meet The Hangman. And in that same breath, Ospreay wants to apologize, he sees Hangman’s been through a lot.

Ospreay’s seen it with his own eyes, and he’s seen it through the fans’ eyes. “We have watched your journey, my man. I understand how much this match means to you. I get it. I’ve seen it. We’ve all seen it. One of my favorite moments in wrestling, mate, one of my favorite moments is when you took these misfits known as The Dark Order, and you showed ’em leadership, and you showed ’em what it takes to be a cowboy, bruv.” The fans cheer that! Ospreay says from there, how Hangman rode that support and became THE AEW World Champion, “mate, it was perfect!” The fans also cheer that.

But Ospreay continues, “It’s just, after you lost it, everything changed, didn’t it? I understand. I get it. You’ve had a rough couple o’ years. I spotted something last week. Last week, after you beat Kyle Fletcher, I and these people saw something we ain’t seen from you in a long time. You smiled again.” The fans cheer that, too! Ospreay says we hadn’t seen that from The Cowboy in a long time. And while everyone here, including Ospreay, really wants Hangman to beat those demons and go reclaim his spot as the “main character” of AEW, Ospreay has a problem with that. At Double or Nothing, Ospreay is not losing.

See, while Hangman has been finding himself, he’s been tearing this place apart! Does Ospreay even need to mention Jeff Jarrett, Christopher Daniels, or even one of Ospreay’s best friends, Swerve Strickland? See, Ospreay has been doing all of Hangman’s jobs! Has Hangman been doing media? NOPE, Ospreay’s been doing it! Has Hangman been doing meet ‘n’ greets? NOPE, Ospreay’s been doing it! Has Hangman been taking photos with kids and their families? NOPE, Ospreay’s been doing it! And the best bit of it is, when they ring the bell, Ospreay is the one showing AEW is where the best wrestle! OSPREAY, NOT HANGMAN!

And what? All because Hangman is smiling again, all because Hangman’s found himself, he thinks he can just take that spot back? That don’t mean Cowboy Sh*t to Ospreay, bruv! The fans are torn, but Ospreay says all of this, he understands it is about Hangman’s redemption, but it is far too little and far too late! This is not about Hangman’s redemption, this is about Ospreay’s ascension! Ospreay and Hangman get up in each other’s face, but then The Don Callis Family shows up! With Josh Alexander, Lance Archer, Konosuke Takeshita, Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta at his back, Don Callis has a mic to say, “Y’know, Ospreay…!”

The fans boo a lot but Callis continues with how every day, Ospreay shows us just how stupid he is! The dumbest day of Ospreay’s life was when he left the Don Callis Family! The fans tell Callis off but Callis says just to prove how stupid Ospreay is, does Ospreay even know what is standing in the ring with him? Does he even know what that is next to him!? Callis will tell ya! “That is a violent, mentally unstable sociopath who put his mentor in the retirement home and he can’t walk!” The fans boo, Hangman is riled up but Ospreay has Hangman stand down. The fans again tell Callis off.

Ospreay says he’s already had enough of Callis’ talking! Why not do us a favor, Callis, and bring any two of your guys down to the ring right now so Ospreay and Hangman can- But then Hangman brushes Ospreay’s hand away. Callis says he sees what’s going on here. But y’know what? Hangman and Ospreay can’t even get through a segment together without wanting to kill one another! This is the first good idea Ospreay’s ever had! Callis will take any two members of his family to put against Ospreay & Hangman, so long as Hangman doesn’t have another mental breakdown before next week!

The fans boo more and they tell Callis to STFU. Ospreay and Hangman stare down as the Callis Family leaves, but what hand will be dealt this close to Double or Nothing?

 

FTR visit commentary…?

Cash Wheeler, Dax Harwood & Stokely Hathaway just walk over, and #BigStoke has the mic to tell Tony Schiavone, “Lemme ask you a question.” The fans boo but Stoke asks Schiavone if he has an issue with FTR. Does Nigel McGuinness have an issue with FTR? Because if Stoke recalls correctly, FTR issued an apology. But week after week after week after week, Schiavone has something negative to say about them, and more importantly, something negative to say about Stokely! The fans boo but Stokely says last Saturday Night Collision, Schiavone said Stoke was a snake in the grass! A snake in the grass…!

But y’know what Schiavone is? He’s a decrepit, pale, pasty piece of- Schiavone stops Stokely there and says that’s enough. The fans cheer for Tony, and Tony stands to ask Stokely & FTR to politely leave. But Stokely SHOVES Schiavone! Schiavone gets back up but FTR stand in the way. Cash tells Tony to relax! He’s so tense! Loosen up a bit. This isn’t even about Schiavone. Daniel Garcia says he wants answers, but why did FTR do what they did to him? He gave them no choice! Garcia made that decision himself. FTR saw themselves as father figures to Garcia, and Garcia turned his back on them!

So like Cash’s father taught him, sometimes you learn lessons the hard way! Tomorrow night, Thursday Night Collision, here in Detroit, Cash promises Garcia that it’ll hurt them a lot more than it will Garcia… emotionally. The fans boo, but Dax smirks as he says, “Tony… Tell Nigel we’ll see him tomorrow night. Top Guys, out.” FTR leave, but will they survive their Collision with Red Death?

 

Harley Cameron and Anna Jay talk backstage.

The wild Aussie tells the Queenslayer that tonight, Anna goes into battle and comes out with a title match! Don’t think about anything else! Anna says Harley’s had her fat ass’s back out there, and she’ll have her fat ass again tonight, right? With both hands! Harley has the T, Anna has the A! Tenacity and aggression! Uh, yeah, and the other kind. Those, too! So Toni Storm, Thunder Rosa, Penelope Ford, “Who wants to get choked out!?” YEAH! That was definitely the closing line! Giddy-up! Anna hops onto Harley and they head to gorilla! Will Anna prove she’s the Star of the Show? Or will Dynamite still be Timeless?

AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Fatal 4 Way: Toni Storm VS Penelope Ford VS Thunder Rosa  VS Anna Jay!

The bell rings and Anna goes right at Ford, still wanting to settle scores from the past few weeks! Rosa and Toni stay back a moment, still allied as ThunderStorm/ThunderTits. Ford and Anna go to the outside, and Anna sends Ford into railing! The fans fire up, and now the friendly rivals tie up. Toni headlocks, Rosa powers up and out, but Toni runs her over! Things keep moving, Rosa ducks ‘n’ dodges to tilt-o-whirl RANA! Rosa DROPKICKS Toni, Ford sends Anna into steel steps, and Rosa runs to DROPKICK Toni against ropes! Cover, TWO! Ford gets in there to whip Rosa, but Rosa dodges, arm-drags, and lateral presses! TWO!

Ford is up but Rosa scoops her for a SLAM! Rosa then rallies the fans, runs the ropes, but Ford avoids the splash Rosa belly flops and Ford runs up to wheelbarrow! Victory roll, but Rosa rolls into the ropes! Ford runs to DROPKICK Rosa! Cover, Anna breaks it! Anna pushes Ford into the ropes, stands her up, and ROCKS her! Anna runs up, avoids the shoulder from Ford, and KNEES her in the ropes! And LEG LARIATS, then HOTSHOT NECKBREAKERS! Anna drags Ford to a cover, Toni breaks it! The fans cheer and Toni fires forearms on Anna! Toni ROCKS Anna, reels her in, FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, Ford LOW BLOWS Toni!

The Superbad Girl is naturally the first to use the No Disqualification rules and the fans boo. Toni tumbles out, Ford throws Anna out to join her, and then Ford ASAI MOONSAULTS! Direct hit and the fans fire up, but now Rosa climbs! Ford has Toni & Anna, Rosa SUPER CROSSBODIES onto them all! La Mera Mera wipes out all three weras and the fans are thunderous! Rosa rises again as Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Rosa stomps Anna, drags her up, and SMACKS her off steel steps! Toni stands, she and Rosa call truce, and Rosa drags Ford up while Toni goes for Anna. Ford fires forearms on Rosa, Toni sends Anna into barriers, and Ford CHOPS Rosa. Toni CHOPS Anna! Toni then kicks Ford, CLUBS her down, and Rosa helps out. ThunderStorm mugs Ford, then puts her in the ring. They drag Anna up, scoop for the BACKBREAKER and LEG DROP! Rosa covers but Toni stops her! Toni covers, but Rosa stops her! They argue, Toni kicks low, and then Toni TOSSES Rosa! Toni goes back for Ford, headscissor squeeze!

Ford endures but Rosa returns. Toni apologizes but Rosa grabs her for a headscissor squeeze! Now Toni endures, but Anna is back! Anna grabs Ford’s legs, powers up, and she turns the chain over! Ford endures multiple submissions, but Toni is still stuck between Rosa’s legs! Anna can’t hold on any longer, she lets go and everyone is separated! Anna and Rosa stand to fire forearms while Ford and Toni go to corners. Anna ROCKS Rosa, Rosa ROCKS Anna, and then they both fire up! They both run, and DOUBLE FOREARMS knock them both down! Toni rises, but so does Ford, and now they start trading shots!

Dynamite returns to single picture, the fans cheer Toni and boo Ford. Toni gets the edge and the fans fire up! But Ford takes a swing! Only for Toni to catch her in a GERMAN SUPLEX! Rosa returns to KNEE Toni down! Anna rises but Rosa is on her first! Rosa CHOPS, then whips, but Anna grabs ropes! Anna ELBOWS Rosa back, then BOOTS her! Rosa falls, the fans rally and Anna covers, TWO! Anna snarls, but then Ford yanks Anna down! They brawl on the outside, Anna ROCKS Ford and snap suplexes her to the floor! Anna rises, but she has to duck Rosa’s dropkick! Rosa and Anna brawl outside, and Rosa DDTS Anna to the floor!

The fans fire up and Toni is back. ThunderStorm regroups, but Ford is up top! ARIHARA MOONSAULT!! Ford wipes out the ThunderStorm and the Star, and Detroit cheers because that was legit! Ford puts Anna in, Anna goes away to a corner, and “This is Awesome!” as Ford handsprings in! Anna dodges, then runs up to LEG LARIAT! Toni runs to SPLASH them both! Ford & Anna sit down, Toni keeps moving, and she says kiss this! SWEET HIP MUSIC for two! Then she sets up for Rosa! Rosa runs up, THUNDER IN MOTION DROPKICK! Ford takes the shot, then ThunderStorm reels her in!

Ford fights the suplexes, and here comes Megan Bayne! It was only a matter of time before The Megasus made her presence known. Megan storms into the ring, Rosa runs up, but Megan BOOTS Rosa down! Then she LARIATS Toni! The fans boo as Megan eggs Rosa on. Rosa rises, into the FLYING LARIAT! Megan smirks, but Anna is up! The fans fire up as Anna steps to Megan, but then Megan dodges a shot to fireman’s carry! Anna slips free and fires forearms! The fans fire up, but Ford CLUBS Anna! Anna gest mad and DECKS Ford! But then Megan LARIATS Anna! Megan hauls Anna up, reels her in, and lifts her up, BAYNE BOMB!

BUT HERE COMES HARLEY! And she has a lead pipe! She dodges Megan, LARIATS Megan up and out, abut then Megan drags her out! Harley dodges and JAMS Megan up! And CLUBS her on the back! Harley keeps after Megan with that equalizer and the fans are thunderous! Harley runs Megan off to the back, only for Ford to have Anna in the MUTA LOCK!! But Toni runs up to LOW BLOW Ford in return! The fans fire up as Toni now locks on the T C M!! Ford TAPS, Toni wins!!

Winner: Toni Storm, by submission (denies her opponents a title opportunity)

Toni’s Classic Move gets the job done, and Rosa shows respect with the secret handshake and chest bump. The Timeless AEW Women’s Champion is 12-0, but will she be ready for whoever comes out of Arizona as the Queen of Harts?

 

CRU appears ringside.

As Dynamite returns from break, Lio Rush & Action Andretti decide they want to watch the show in person.

The Hurt Syndicate is here!

Detroit fires up as Montel Vontavious Porter, Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin make their entrance. The fans sing, “We Hurt~ People!” as MVP & the AEW World Tag Team Champions go to the ring. MVP has the mic and says, “Attention AEW viewing audience. This is an official announcement from the Hurt Syndicate. Standing to my right is the Standard of Excellence, Shelton Benjamin. And to my left is the All Mighty, Bobby Lashley. The Hurt Syndicate are the AEW World Tag Team Champions. But I have a question. This is AEW, right? This is where the best wrestle, right? Well, where are all the best tag teams stepping up to challenge us for the tag team championships?

“Who is gonna take the tag team titles off of these two gentlemen? We like to hurt people, but who’s gonna hurt us? I wanna know! Is there anybody that has what it takes to step up and take the titles from the Hurt-” Wait! Top Flight is here! Darius & Dante Martin have mics, and Darius tells MVP, “Look, look, look, look, look. I’ma be real. Top Flight, we’ve been a little down on our luck lately. Which is exactly why we can’t look at this challenge and not see it as an opportunity. Teams like CRU are afraid to step up because you hurt people.” MVP says, “That’s what we do. Would you like to be next?” CRU talks trash even though they’re several rows back…

Darius says that’s fine, they’ve been hurt before. They get up every single time! MVP respects that. Darius says you’re looking at a team that just won’t die! Hurt Syndicate can try their best. And they know they’re the underdogs. They know no one’s gonna put money on them. But guess what? They have proven before that they can get in the ring with championship caliber teams and hold their own. And Dante knows they can do it again. So Motor City! Y’all wanna see a miracle? The fans are torn, but then MJF CLOBBERS DARIUS! And he DECKS Dante! The fans are torn but the Scumbag is ready to show Lashley how he can hurt people!

MJF rains down fists on Darius, stands him up, and POSTS him! MJF drags Dante up, and Dante’s already a bit busted open. MJF throws hands on Dante to work on that wound, then he storms over and BITES Darius’s face!! The fans chant “We Hurt~ People!” as MJF stands Dante up. MJF tells Lashley to look at the blood! MJF reels Dante in, and hits an APRON POWERBOMB! MJF storms up to the apron, blood staining his tank top, and he steps to Lashley. The fans fire up as MVP hands MJF a mic. “I! HURT! PEOPLE!!” The fans cheer that, but Lashley is stoic. Lashley takes the mic from MJF, then looks to MVP.

The fans again sing, “We Hurt~ People!” Lashley sees what MJF has done, and he smiles. “I’ll have an answer for you next week.” The fans boo, but MJF takes what he can get. Will the All Mighty accept the Devil of AEW into the fold?

 

The Elite speak.

Nicholas Jackson does not appreciate Excalibur cueing them up, and tells the commentary team to have more enthusiasm when you’re pitching to your Founding Fathers! Matthew says they should all have enthusiasm right now because it is a huge night for The Elite! We have the Rainmaker in singles action! Kazuchika Okada tells Kevin Knight that tonight, Okada makes him a b*tch! And of course, their new trios partner, Ricochet. But Matt has to ask, this match was Ricochet’s idea. Why is Ricochet so eager to team with the #YoungBizzles? Ricochet says he knows The Bucks have a little Swerve problem. And Ricochet has already beaten Swerve twice.

That means Ricochet has Swerve’s number! And Ricochet has already beaten “Speedball” Mike Bailey and Mark Briscoe, and so if they just follow his lead tonight, he promises to take them to victory! The Bucks like the sound of that, and they all fist bump. They tell him they’ll see him out there, and Ricochet says, “See you, Bosses!” Ricochet heads out, The Bucks go to their office, but wait! The Death Riders are there…! Is there something The Bucks can help them with? The Bucks step inside, Marina Shafir closes the door. What business will The Maniac AEW World Heavyweight Champion have with the EVPs?

 

ROH World Television Championship Mystery Opponent: Nick Wayne w/ The Patriarchy VS ???

Right as The Prodigy is about to take off for Japan and the NJPW Best of the Super Juniors tournament, it would seem the “Sins of the Father” will be visited upon him. Someone from Christian Cage’s past wants after this title, but that’s a long list of enemies. Will Nick be able to pass this new test of his faith? Or will he be flying to Japan with much lighter luggage?

AEW returns and the challenger is revealed: IT’S RHINO!! The fans go wild as the manbeast from Michigan is here! The belt is raised, the bell rings, and Detroit is already fired up as Rhino and Nick circle. The two tie up, Rhino SHOVES Nick down, and the fans fire up! Nick bails out and is already frustrated, but Christian coaches him up. Nick goes back into the ring, circles with Rhino, then dodges. Nick kicks low, throws hands, then runs, but Rhino runs him over! The fans fire up as Rhino whips Nick to a corner. Rhino runs up, Nick BOOTS him, then Nick goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK! Nick flexes but the fans boo.

Nick storms up to stomp Rhino in the corner but the ref counts. Nick digs his boots in while the fans rally behind Rhino. The ref has Nick back off, but then Nick clamps on a chinlock. The fans boo but Rhino endures and fights up. The fans rally as Rhino fires body shots, but Nick throws him down by his hair! The ref reprimands but Nick picks out the strands on his fingers. Nick soaks up the heat, then STANDING MOONSAULTS, only to FLOP as Rhino moves! The fans rally and Rhino rises up. Rhino fires haymakers on Nick, then whips and LARIATS Nick down! Nick gets up but Rhino ELBOWS him down!

Rhino whips Nick to a corner, runs in and RAMS him! Then Rhino clinches for a BELLY2BELLY! The fans fire up but Christian is worried. At least, he acts worried. Kip Sabian distracts the ref and Christian goes after Rhino! The fans boo but Rhino avoids being tripped up. Nick runs in, Rhino still hits him with a SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Nick survives and Rhino is annoyed but the fans rally up. Rhino goes to a corner, takes aim, and Nick rises up. Rhino runs up but is sent into buckles! Nick then chicken wings, KILLSWITCH! Cover, NICK WINS!

Winner: Nick Wayne, by pinfall (still ROH World Television Champion)

Rhino had to deal with distractions and Nick comes out on top! Christian snatches the belt from the ref to personally hand it to Nick, but not without “explaining” he was doing this for Nick’s own good. The fans call BS, especially as Christian lingers with the belt. Nick asks for it back, Christian just drops it on the floor! Will Nick’s time in NJPW for the BOSJ be much needed time away from his jealous father?

 

Rush speaks.

El Toro Blanco tells Kevin Knight, “You cost me $100,000, and now you owe me that money! And you will pay with blood! Just remember: When you mess with the bull… you get the horns!” Rush has put Knight on notice, but will Knight focus more on earning a golden ticket to the Continental Championship?

 

Six Man Tag: Ricochet & The Young Bucks VS Swerve Strickland, Mark Briscoe & “Speedball” Mike Bailey!

Well, if we’re talking about being “robbed” of $100,000, then The One & Only knows what that is like when he lost that big money 8 Man a few weeks ago. Ricochet has since then avenged himself of that loss, much like he has with Swerve’s House. But will Ricochet & The EVPs make tonight #OuttaThisWorld? Or will The Most Dangerous Man help the Sussex County Chicken & Speedball be like Swerve’s new track and go #OuttaControl?

The trios sort out and fans cheer on “Whose House?” as Swerve steps up against Ricochet. Ricochet taunts Swerve and his team that he’s got their numbers, but then Swerve points out how The Bucks seem to be inching away. Ricochet turns around and sees that, and asks what they’re doing! The Bucks say Ricochet’s got this, right? Ricochet argues with them, they push him back, and Swerve DECKS Ricochet! And then DECKS him again! And again, and again! Swerve kicks low, fires more hands in the corner, then stomps away! The fans fire up, Swerve HAMMERS Ricochet, but the ref counts.

Swerve lets off of Ricochet, then fireman’s carries for a SNAKE EYES! Swerve runs and BOOTS Ricochet down! Swerve scares The Bucks off, then goes back for Ricochet. Tag to Briscoe and then Briscoe tags Bailey. The Bucks are warry of them, too, and then Swerve has Bailey hop up onto his shoulders in a Chair Lift. Then Swerve THROWS Bailey at Ricochet to RANA! Briscoe adds a SLIDING LARIAT! Bailey covers, TWO! Ricochet stays in this, but Bailey SLAPS him on his bald head! The fans fire up for that! Bailey drags Ricochet up, whips, but Ricochet reverses. Bailey grabs ropes, Nick runs up, but Bailey DECKS him!

Ricochet runs up but into an ELBOW! Matt grabs Bailey’s foot, Bailey kicks free, but Ricochet CLOBBERS Bailey from behind! The fans boo but Swerve runs in! Ricochet gets Swerve for a JAWBREAKER! Ricochet then whips Swerve into a DOUBLE GAMANGIRI from The Bucks! Briscoe runs up but Ricochet KNEES him! The Bucks coordinate, ALLEY-OOP DROPKICK! The fans boo more but Ricochet & The Bucks set everyone up at the ropes! DOUBLE SLINGSHOT SENTONS from The Bucks to Swerve and Briscoe, Ricochet KNEE-BOARD SENTONS Bailey! Then The One & Only poses with The Bucks while the fans boo.

But uh, Swerve’s team stands up! The Elite turn around, see punches coming and run away! The fans fire up but Ricochet & The Bucks huddle up. They talk strategy, go to the apron, but then The Bucks leave Ricochet alone like before. Bailey BOOTS Ricochet and he falls onto The Bucks! The Bucks scramble up to their feet, as does Ricochet, but Bailey SUPERKICKS Ricochet! Swerve’s team all take aim, DOUBLE PLANCHA for The Bucks while Bailey ASAI MOONSAULTS onto Ricochet! The fans are thunderous for all this high flying, and Swerve’s team keeps after The Elite with punches. Briscoe even BITES Matt’s forehead!

The ref reprimands, Bailey puts Ricochet in the ring and whips him corner to corner hard! Tag to Briscoe and he winds up. “This is Awesome!” as Briscoe REDNECK KUNG-FU UPPERCUTS! Ricochet wobbles, Bailey adds a CANADIAN TAE KWAN DO UPPERCUT! They’re very similar. Then Bailey & Briscoe DOUBLE UPPERCUT Ricochet down! The fans fire up more, and Briscoe brings Ricochet around, only for Ricochet to TOSS Briscoe out! Nick PENALTY KICKS Briscoe! Swerve runs up, but Ricochet sends him into a shoulder RAM from Nick! Nick then hits a slingshot FACEBUSTER! And a cartwheel MOONSAULT onto Briscoe!

Ricochet hits a GERMAN SUPLEX on Swerve! Matt intercepts Bailey, ROCKS him, then drags him out along the ropes! Nick goes up, DRPAING DOUBLE STOMP SLINGSHOT BOMB COMBO!! Nick ESCALARAS onto Swerve! Ricochet springboard 450 SPLASHES onto Bailey!! Detroit can’t help but be fired up for all this, and Dynamite goes picture in picture!

The Bucks & Ricochet soak up cheers and jeers, then they focus on Briscoe. They double whip him corner to corner, and Nick runs up to LARIAT! Matt adds his own LARIAT, and then Ricochet adds another LARIAT! Ricochet snapmares Briscoe so they can TRIPLE BASEMENT DROPKICK! Ricochet winds it up, and then just like last time, The Bucks lend Ricochet their hair for the photo op. It doesn’t really work as well this time, it just gives Ricochet a big runway and two long curtains on the side… The Bucks then go to the corner and Ricochet whips Briscoe in. Briscoe hits buckles hard then slumps down.

Matt tags in and he stands Briscoe up. Briscoe fires body shots and backs Matt down, but Matt scoops to BACKBREAKER! Nick tags in and adds the LEG DROP! Nick taunts Briscoe’s team, Ricochet taunts the fans, and Nick drags Briscoe back up. Nick scrapes his soles off Briscoe’s face, then stalks him to a corner. Nick CHOKES Briscoe with a boot, stops as the ref counts, and then whips Briscoe corner to corner. Nick runs in and SHINING WIZARDS! Briscoe sits down but Nick stands him up to reel him in. Nick suplexes, Briscoe slips free, and RUSSIAN LEG SWEEPS! Both men are down and the fans rally up!

Briscoe and Nick crawl, but then Matt BLASTS Swerve & Bailey! Nick tags Ricochet and Ricochet stomps away on Briscoe! Ricochet soaks up heat, then stalks Briscoe to a corner. Briscoe CHOPS him first! And CHOPS him again! Ricochet CLAWS Briscoe’s eyes! The ref reprimands, Ricochet stops, only for Ricochet to CHOKE Briscoe on the ropes! The ref counts and Ricochet stops again while Dynamite returns to single picture. The fans rally but Ricochet reels Briscoe in. Briscoe fights the lift, so Ricochet CLUBS him and KNEES him for it! Ricochet talks trash, runs the ropes, but Briscoe ducks ‘n’ dodges!

Ricochet BACKDROPS Briscoe on return but Briscoe lands on his feet! Briscoe reaches out but Ricochet waistlocks! Briscoe breaks free and PELES Ricochet! The fans fire up as Ricochet falls! Both men crawl, hot tags to Bailey and Matt! Detroit fires up as Speedball BOOTS Matt and fires LIGHTNING KICKS on Nick! ENZIGIRI sends Nick down, then a SOBAT rocks Matt! AX KICK and BUZZSAW! The fans fire up as Bailey takes aim, STANDING SHOOTING STAR! Cover, TWO! Matt stays in this but Bailey stays fired up! Bailey brings Matt up, hits a FALCON ARROW into the drop zone, then he goes up the corner!

Nick hurries over to anchor Bailey but Bailey BOOTS him away! Matt bails out, so Bailey FLYING RANAS Nick onto Matt! The fans fire up as The Bucks both fall down! Bailey puts Matt back in, hurries back up, and the fans cheer “A E DUB!” for making this match happen! Bailey is up top, and he ULTIMATE- NO, he has to bail out as Matt moves! Bailey turns around as Matt runs in, but into a SPANISH FLY! Cover, Ricochet breaks it! The fans boo but Swerve storms in! Ricochet ROCKS Swerve, but Swerve BOOTS Ricochet! Both men block a boot, then they see Briscoe and Nick running in! Both men let the other go so they can each go Matrix!

Swerve and Ricochet each kip up, Ricochet CHOPS Briscoe while Swerve BOOTS Nick! Then Ricochet dodges Swerve to DOUBLE STOMP! Briscoe clinches for an EXPLODER! Then he gives Nick an EXPLODER! The fans fire up but Matt feints the superkick to DDT! But Bailey is up top again, and he MISSILE DROPKICKS Matt! Ricochet STANDING SHOOTING STARS Bailey! But a HOUSE CALL connects on Ricochet! Nick gives Swerve a DESTROYER!! Only for Swerve to go Super Saiyan! HOUSE CALL!! All six men are down and Detroit is electric! Everyone else bails out except Bailey, and he crawls his way to the corner!

The Bucks hurry and they anchor Bailey! Nick then BLASTS Swerve! The Bucks aim at Bailey, but Bailey HEEL KICKS the Superkicks away!! Nick blocks Bailey’s kick, but then Bailey blocks Matt’s kick! Bailey hands Matt’s foot to Nick, Matt goes Matrix to avoid Bailey’s kick! Bailey BOOTS Nick! Then he dodges Matt, hot tag to Swerve! Swerve LARIATS Matt! And UPPERCUTS Nick! Roll and UP KICK for Matt! Then another UPPERCUT for Nick! Swerve snapmares Nick and goes up, FALLING UPPERCUT! Hit that Griddy! Ricochet runs up but Swerve TOSSES him out! More Griddy! HIP TOSS for Matt, then a gator roll!

Swerve suplexes but Nick makes the save! The Bucks reel Swerve in, but Swerve DOUBLE SUPLEXES! Ricochet FLYING- NO! Swerve stops the rana to pop and POWERSLAM! The fans are electric as the Most Dangerous Man stands tall! And he blocks Matt’s superkick to slip around and BACKBREAKER! Briscoe is back, Swerve feeds Matt to his fireman’s carry! ROLLING DEATH VALLEY! Briscoe then whips Bailey in, PENALTY KICK! And MOONSAULT KNEE DROP! Briscoe goes up while Bailey WRECKS Ricochet with a dropkick! FROGGY-BOW for Matt!! Cover, NICK BREAKS IT! Briscoe CHOPS and TOSSES Nick, then goes to the apron!

Swerve goes up, Briscoe says BANG BANG, but Ricochet anchors Swerve’s foot! Swerve hops down to DECK Ricochet, and then Briscoe adjusts to BLOCKBUSTER Nick! Bailey GOLDEN TRIANGLE MOONSAULTS Ricochet! Swerve jumps in but Matt catches him to a cradle!! ELITE WINS!!

Winners: Ricochet & The Young Bucks, by pinfall

Swerve is as shocked as anyone! After all the chaos, it was a technical move that ends this! Ricochet brags that he still has Swerve’s number! Will nothing stop The One & Only from being as elite as The Elite? The, THE Elite?

 

Backstage interview with Will Ospreay.

Renee Paquette is now with The Aerial Assassin to bring up the tag match of Ospreay & Hangman VS Don Callis Family. We saw how tense it was out there earlier tonight, and they’re so close to the Owen Hart Cup finals at Double or Nothing. How will this shake out next week? Ospreay hopes to God that- MJF interrupts… MJF asks “Billy Boy” how he’s doing, but then says it doesn’t matter, he doesn’t really care. MJF just wants to do a shameless plug real quick: Go to ShopAEW.com to get yourself a beautiful replica Dynamite Diamond Ring today! Make him richer while you get poorer! Ospreay asks what MJF even wants.

MJF says, “What I want? Will, what is up with all this hostility, my man? I’m a fan. I came over here simply to tell you I hope you win this whole entire Owen Hart Cup tournament. Truly. And do you wanna know why? I know you’re a little bit slow, so I’ll explain the whole thought process to ya. I want you to go to All In: Texas, and I want you to win my AEW World Championship. So that way, when I wrestle you, I’m gonna get another easy dub. Taking the belt off you will be like taking candy from a lil’ Bri’ish baby.” Ospreay says, “Aww. That’s adorable, mate. Thank you so much. But if it was gonna be that easy, why weren’t you in the Owen Hart Tournament?”

Ospreay says MJF can work hard, right? And he could’ve easily talked with Tony Khan. MJF is in TK’s pocket, right? Oh, right, it’s maybe because there’s some little bit of fear that stepping into the ring with Ospreay again will go down like it did last time: Ospreay picking MJF up, dumping him on his head, and losing power in his arms. MJF chuckles and says okay. Understand something. Ospreay is clearly the reason there are instructions on shampoo bottles. MJF will explain this: MJF hopes they do wrestle again. Because if they do, Ospreay finds out yet again that ain’t nobody on the level of the Devil!

MJF turns to leave, but Ospreay yanks him back in! Ospreay says that’s where MJF is wrong. Ospreay IS on that level, because he is on another level! The Assassin puts the Scumbag on notice, then apologizes to Renee. Will we see MJF and Ospreay go another round somewhere down the line? Or will Hangman throw a wrench into both of their plans?

 

Sit-down interview with Jamie Hayter.

Dynamite returns as Renee is now with one half of the Women’s Owen Hart Cup Finals. Renee says we’re just two-and-a-half weeks away from Double or Nothing, Hayter VS Mone in that tournament finals. The winner then goes on to All In: Texas for a shot at the AEW Women’s World Championship. Renee wants Hayter talk about what this opportunity means to her. Hayter says what this means to her surely means more than what it does to Mercedes, that’s for true. Mone was talking with Renee last week about “Scooby-Doo characters” and her legacy. Pfft! Utter nonsense. Hayter will be damned if Owen Hart’s legacy is represented by Mercedes Mone.

Mone is virtually the antithesis of what Owen stood for! Hayter doesn’t even care about all that, though, because she wants to get to know the real Mercedes Mone. The woman behind the hype. Not the catchphrases, not the brand, not the cheap, egotistical, obnoxious woman that we know today. Renee says regardless of personal feels for Mone, there is no denying what Mone has accomplished throughout her career. Renee notes her talk last week, Mone said Hayter reminded her a lot of Mone. Hayter stifles a laugh and says that’s an insult. They’re not anything alike! Hayter doesn’t claim to be the best or worst, she’s not claiming to be this or that.

Hayter simply reciprocates actions and energy. Mone runs away like she owes Hayter money! Hayter doesn’t have Mone’s resumé, her accolades, her match catalogue or her “star power.” But what Hayter has is integrity, grit, truth, and more of a reason to hurt Mone! This isn’t even about gold or glory now. This is about showing Mone that she is NOT untouchable. Mone cannot just walk around here, do what she wants, say what she wants, like she’s the second coming. Renee does bring up Hayter’s time away with her back injury. Hayter says there’s no need to talk about that. It is irrelevant. She is fine, good to go.

The point is, Mone is looking past Hayter, and that is fine. But then Mone rushes in and attacks! Hayter is ready, and Hayter chases Mone down the hall! So far, it’s going how Hayter said! But will it be that easy for Hayter to punch her ticket to Texas? Or will The CEO find a way to get ahead?

Wait, wait, wait, they’re coming out to ringside! They’re brawling in the special box seats! Hayter CHOKES Mone, but Mone slips away, and safely to the floor! Mone keeps running, Hayter pursues, and they brawl again! Mone still tries to flee, and she KICKS Hayter away! Mone goes to the stage, Hayter pursues, and then Hayter blocks a haymaker! Mone dodges the Hayterade and runs away into the night! Hayter says there she goes, running away again. Hayter stands by the cup, but Mone returns to CLOBBER her! The fans boo as Mone puts on the STATEMENT MAKER!! Mone shouts Hayter will NEVER have what she has!!

Refs rush out here to stop Mone, but Mone only stops once she’s pulled Hayter way back! The fans boo as The CEO now stands by the cup. Will nothing stop the Money Train from railroading Hayter?

 

Backstage interview with Willow Nightingale.

Alicia Atout is with the Babe with the Power and says the last few months for her have been really busy. It includes some great success, even in Japan. But here in AEW, it seems Willow still has a lot to settle with the Death Riders. Willow says yeah, she does. And luckily, she isn’t alone. The list of people who wanna end the Death Riders just keeps getting longer and longer, and Willow can appreciate that. But she also wants to be the first one to just shove her fist into Marina’s face! A hand reaches out, Willow gets spooked, but it’s Kris Statlander! Kris tells Willow that if Willow doesn’t wanna talk in the back, then they’ll have to have it out on camera.

Willow says she doesn’t think there’s anything that needs to be said. She heard Kris, she gets where Kris is at, and she gets Kris was sorry. So like, what? Kris is now disappointed she lost in The Owen? Last year, Willow could’ve won The Owen, and it’s all because of Kris. Kris doesn’t want Willow going there, but Willow says this conversation is over anyway. Kris goes to leave but then Willow reconsiders. She says if Kris wants to meet in the middle of the ring… Then how about tomorrow night, Thursday Night Collision, here in Detroit, Willow knows a whole bunch of sickos would love to see it! So what does Kris say?

Willow offers a handshake, Kris accepts the handshake, and Kris says if there’s nothing more to be said, then see her there. Kris does leave, and Willow smiles. Will these former besties get out all the tension between them when they go 1v1 on Collision?

 

AEW Continental Championship Eliminator: Kazuchika Okada VS Kevin Knight!

The Rainmaker told The Jet that he’s going to humble him, but jets are know to still fly through the rain. Will Okada cross another name off the list of contenders? Or will Kevin be feeling #2Flyy as he also prepares for Best of the Super Juniors?

Wait, Rush attacks Knight during his entrance! The fans boo but El Toro Blanco is making good on his warning! Dralistico is also here so La Faccion Ingobernable mugs Dralistico! Security rushes out, Dralistico fires hands on them, and Rush stands Knight up. Rush tells Knight that he said he’d pay! Knight is sent into the steel steps! And then into railing! And then railing again! Security steps in but Rush still CHOKES Knight! But Bailey rushes out here to SUPERKICK Dralistico! Bailey dares Rush to fight him now but Rush shoves Knight down. Rush tells Bailey he’ll be next. LFI falls back, but what about Knight’s opportunity with Okada?

Okada is nonchalant about all this as Knight says no, he doesn’t want to give this up. Bailey helps Knight with his jacket, and Knight manages to roll into the ring, so the match IS on. But now Bailey has to leave ringside per Continental Rules, so he wishes his friend good luck. The bell rings, and Okada runs up to ELBOW Knight! Okada kicks Knight low and hits a DDT! Cover, TWO! Knight is still in this and the fans fire up! Okada is amused, and he drags Knight up to Alabama Lift. Knight sunset flips through, TWO! Okada and Knight stand up and Knight fires a forearm! But Okada DECKS Knight!

Okada whips Knight to ropes, and then FLAPJACKS! Cover, TWO! Knight stays in this and now Okada’s annoyed. Knight goes to a corner but Okada storms up on him. The fans duel as Okada kicks at Knight. Okada drags Knight up, gut wrenches, but Knight fights free! Knight ROCKS Okada with forearm after forearm! Knight UPPERCUTS, the fans fire up, and both men go to corners. Knight runs in but Okada puts him up top! Okada DROPKICKS Knight down to the apron and then Knight falls to the floor! Knight writhes and Okada just waits inside while Dynamite goes picture in picture.

The ref checks Knight but Knight refuses to let this stop the match. Okada goes out after Knight, brings him up, and RAMS him into the railing! Okada laughs at the fans, especially a little girl in the second row. Okada drags Knight up, RAMS him into the railing again, and then laughs at the little girl again! The little girl gets upset and hides behind her mom while Okada goes back to the ring. Okada waits as the ring count climbs. Knight crawls towards ringside at 5 of 10, drags himself up at 7, and rolls in at 8. Okada is right on Knight with a turn and NECKBREAKER! Okada lets Knight writhe a bit before standing over him.

Okada SLAPS Knight! Knight glares up at Okada, but Okada SLAPS him again! Knight rises, Okada SLAPS him again! Knight comes back to CHOP Okada! Okada brushes that off, so Knight CHOPS again! Knight fires a forearm, Okada fires back, and Knight wobbles! Okada ROCKS Knight and puts him in a corner. Okada digs his boot into Knight’s neck, and practically pushes him out of the ring! The ref reprimands but Okada backs off. Knight sputters on the apron, Okada goes back to bring him in, but Knight fires body shots! Okada UPPERCUTS Knight and Knight falls back down! Okada stands Knight up to whip corner to corner.

Knight goes up, up, and FLYING LARIATS! Both men are down and Dynamite returns to single picture. The fans rally for both men as they rise, and Knight roars! Knight runs and SPLASHES Okada in a corner! Knight stomps and UPPERCUTS on repeat! Then Knight stomps a mudhole into Okada! The ref counts, then backs Knight down. The fans boo, but Okada pokes Knight in the eyes! The fans boo more, but Okada whips Knight. Knight reverses to SKY2HIGH! Cover, TWO!! Okada survives and Knight is frustrated. The fans rally, Knight rises again while Okada goes to a corner. Knight runs in, but Okada BOOTS him!

Okada goes up, but Knight jumps up to the UPPER ROOM! The fans fire up as Knight somersaults and UFO SPLASHES! Cover, TWO! Okada stays in this, proof of his championship caliber toughness. But Knight roars, runs up, only for Okada to fight the Satellite DDT into a REVERSE NECKBREAKER! Okada drags Knight up, scoops and SLAMS, then he goes to the corner! Standard formula says MACHO ELBOW! The fans fire up as Okada stands, and Okada winds up the… MIDDLE FINGER~! The fans are torn, and Okada oddly censors his own middle finger for some of the fans. Okada drags Knight up, ripcords, but Knight reels him in for a cradle! TWO!!

Okada is up, Knight has him for a backslide! TWO! Okada is back up, he spins Knight, but Knight hurdles the lariat! Then Knight PELES! Okada falls and the fans fire up again! Knight hurries to a corner and he climbs up! MOTHERSHIP SPLASH onto knees!! Knight sputters as Okada saves himself! Okada grits his teeth, drags Knight up to whip, but Knight avoids the dropkick! Knight runs, but Okada BOOTS him! Both men roar and the fans fire up! Okada UPPERCUTS, whips, but Knight reverses and DROPKICKS! Both men are down again, but Knight still rises! The fans are thunderous as Knight goes to the corner!

Knight springboards in, but into an ANTIAIR DROPKICK!! Ripcord and RAINMAKER!!! Cover, Okada wins!

Winner: Kazuchika Okada, by pinfall (denies Knight a title match)

Give the assist to Rush, but The Rainmaker still gets the job done. Wait, now he drags Knight up for another RAINMAKER!!! The fans boo as Okada shows no mercy! RAINMAKER again!!! And then another ripcord, but Knight falls! And then here comes Bailey! Speedball runs Okada off, but Okada still has a smug smile. Knight has to catch a flight to Japan, but will Bailey make sure Okada pays for his arrogance?

 

The Don Callis Family speaks.

Don Callis himself says, “The Outrunners tried to challenge RPG Vice? Who do you two idiots think you are? Y’know, I was wrestling in the ’80s, I knew a lot of dirtbags like you! So why don’t you get yourselves a couple of other stupid idiots to be your partner, and you can take on the Don Callis Family, and I will kick your ass all the way back to Tennessee like it’s 1983!!” Wait, did he say he will? Well, will Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd find someone willing to take on

 

BREAKING NEWS for Collision!

It has been decided that Dax Harwood will take on Daniel Garcia in response to his challenge last week. Will Dax the Ax make good on FTR’s word to make this one hurt? Plus, after the confrontation we saw between them, Bailey will take on Dralistico as payback for what LFI did to Knight! Will Speedball strike out the Prince of Silver? And speaking of baseball terminology, the 5 Tool Player is about to throw some heaters at “Big Shotty” Lee Johnson for stepping to the plate last week. Will Bowens make sure to #MollyWhopp Lee back to the dugout?

 

BREAKING NEWS for Beach Break!

The Don Callis Family has decided: Konosuke Takeshita & Josh Alexander will take on Hangman Page & Will Ospreay! Can Cowboy and Assassin coexist? Or will the Owen Hart Cup Finalists fall to The Alpha & The Walking Weapon?

 

Backstage interview with The Hurt Syndicate.

Alicia catches MVP, Lashley & Shelton on their way out, and brings up Lashley telling everyone that we have to wait until next week to find out if MJF is officially getting the thumbs up. Can’t he just let us know now where things stand now? Lashley says he is very protective of the Syndicate, but apparent legal counsel advises him to say no more. The answer will be made public next week. MVP introduces longtime legal counsel to the Hurt Syndicate, Harrison Landow. And well, when he speaks, they listen. See you next week. The Syndicate heads out, but will MJF’s attack on Top Flight have been in vain?

 

Samoa Joe VS Claudio Castagnoli!

The Samoan Submission Specialist and The Opps have been putting The Death Riders on the defensive, and Joe himself has accused Jon Moxley of no longer having the guts to fight a real fight. Moxley took offense to that remark last week, but he will still let his Swiss Cyborg handle things first. Will Claudio soften Joe up for Moxley and that Steel Cage title match? Or will Joe prove it is the Death Riders who are soft?

The fans already sing, “Joe is gonna kill~ you!” but Claudio takes his time entering the ring. The bell sounds, the fans rally up, and the two circle. They tie up, go around, and Joe powers Claudio back. Claudio turns things around to put Joe in the corner, then he grinds his forearms in. The ref counts, but he has to get in there to back Claudio off. Claudio eggs Joe on, the two circle, and they feel things out. They tie up, Joe powers Claudio back, and they end up on the ropes. They go around, end up in a corner again, with Joe in control. The ref counts, he backs Joe off, but Claudio throat chops! The ref reprimands and fans boo but Claudio goes after Joe!

Claudio fires fast hands from all sides and the ref counts. Claudio UPPERCUTS again and again until the ref reaches 4. The ref backs Claudio off, but Claudio jukes him, only for Joe to dodge Claudio! COQUINA CLUTCH!! Joe has Claudio by the head, but Claudio steps through the ropes! The ref counts, Joe lets go at 4, but then Joe LARIATS Claudio down! Joe goes out to then whip Claudio into barriers! Joe storms up, whips him again, and Claudio hits railing hard! The fans fire up and Joe SMACKS Claudio off the top of barriers! Joe CHOPS Claudio, refreshes the ring count, but Claudio scoops to SNAKE EYES off the barriers!

Joe sputters and falls while fans boo, but Claudio RAMS Joe into barriers! Claudio UPPERCUTS Joe, then gets space. Claudio runs back in, but into the URENAGE to the floor! The fans fire up while Claudio writhes. Joe aims at Claudio, runs in and BOOTS Claudio! The fans fire up and Joe brings Claudio into the ring. Joe stalks Claudio but Claudio goes to the apron. Claudio then RAMS into Joe, RAMS him again, and UPPERCUTS! Claudio JABS, CHOPS, and JABS again! Claudio CHOSP, but now Joe is getting mad! The fans rally as Claudio UPPERCUTS and CHOPS, but Joe CHOPS, CHOPS, and CHOPS!

The fans “WOO~” with every CHOP, then Joe whips corner to corner. Joe runs up and ELBOWS! And PELES! Claudio sits down, the fans fire up, and Joe snarls. Joe has Detroit behind him as he hoists Claudio up top. Joe CHOPS again, then tucks Claudio in! Claudio fights that by CLAWING Joe’s eyes! The ref reprimands, Claudio stops, but then Claudio jumps down to HOTSHOT Joe’s arm! Joe falls back, Claudio hurries in, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Claudio stomps Joe down, then paces around. Claudio HIP DROPS Joe, then clamps on a chinlock stretch! Joe endures, even as Claudio pulls on the hold. Joe fights to his feet, but Claudio wrangles him back down! Claudio grinds Joe down with the side headlock, then adds an arm for a straitjacket! Joe endures, fights up, and HEADBUTTS free! Joe ROCKS Claudio, CHOPS him, then runs, only for Claudio to BOOT him down! Claudio goes to a corner, goes along the ropes, and then SPRINGBOARD ELBOW DROPS! Cover, TWO! Joe survives and Claudio is furious, but the ref defends the count.

Claudio pushes Joe back down, runs and DOUBLE STOMPS! Cover, TWO! Claudio is frustrated but this is why Joe is a former AEW World Champion, and why he dethroned the Death Riders as AEW World Trios Champions. Claudio drags Joe back around to DOUBLE STOMP! And DOUBLE STOMP! And DOUBLE STOMP again! Claudio then clamps on with a COBRA CLUTCH! Joe endures and the fans rally up. Joe stands, but Claudio fires knees down low! Joe drops to his knees and Claudio squeezes tighter! Joe still endures but Claudio grinds him down to the mat! The ref checks but Joe is still in this.

Joe rises up, Claudio wrangles him again, but he also smothers Joe! The ref reprimands, Claudio lets go and “apologizes,” mockingly asking for clarification on what was wrong. Claudio then clamps back on with the Cobra Clutch as Dynamite returns to single picture. The fans chant at Claudio, “You Suck!” Joe fights up but Claudio throws knees! Claudio goes back to the Cobra Clutch and thrashes Joe around! Joe endures, the fans rally, and Joe fires hands! But Claudio fires more knees! Claudio runs, but into a SNAP POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO! Joe whips Claudio to a corner, then reels him in for an atomic drop!

Joe runs to BOOT Claudio down, then SENTONS! Cover, TWO! Claudio stays in this but Joe stays focused. The fans rally behind Joe and he brings Claudio up. Joe fireman’s carries but Claudio slips free, and he shoves Joe at the ref! Joe stops short, but then Claudio pokes Joe in the eyes again! Claudio runs, runs, and runs to LARIAT! Cover, TWO!! Joe survives and Claudio grows frustrated. Claudio drags Joe up, reels him in, but Joe BACKDROPS free! Claudio lands on his feet! Claudio dodges Joe, springboards and FLYING UPPERCUTS! Claudio snarls while fans are torn, and Claudio calls for it! Claudio grabs the legs, but Joe kicks free!

Claudio staggers, Joe turns him around and reels him in by his tights! COQUINA CLUTCH!!! CLAUDIO TAPS, JOE WINS!!

Winner: Samoa Joe, by submission

The Swiss Cyborg got caught, but here comes reinforcements! Joe dares the Death Riders to make a move, so Wheeler Yuta jumps the barriers! Marina and Moxley follow, they’re flanking the ring! But WILL HOBBS is here! And the Powerhouse is armed with a chair! The fans fire up as The Opps have the numbers and the “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Moxley backs away, but Hobbs tells him, “Watch this!” Claudio stands up, into a CHAIR SHOT! Claudio falls and the fans want “One More Time!” Joe says okay, and Hobbs SMACKS Claudio again! Moxley seethes but he is still standing at the barriers.

Joe sets the chair down, drags Claudio over, and Joe gives Moxley one more chance to do something. Moxley doesn’t move, so Joe hits a FULL METAL GOURD BUSTER!! Joe avenges Hook and Shibata, but will Joe save all of AEW from Moxley’s reign of terror? Or will The Maniac find a way to survive Beach Break in the Windy City?


My Thoughts:

A great episode of Dynamite here, but not without odd choices. CRU continue to be chihuahuas barking at bigger dogs, and then oddly enough, Top Flight kinda do the same thinking they’ll get at Hurt Syndicate for the titles. MJF going after them to “hurt people” made for a fitting move in that moment, but then Lashley making us wait and them bringing in some lawyer for the Syndicate is disappointing. Are they really dragging this out for Double or Nothing? Why not give us the “moment of truth” tonight, then next week has some sort of official “swearing in,” and then we get shenanigans that give us a Double or Nothing match. I feel like TK’s sense of pacing continues to be a problem…

Good promo from FTR and Stokely to call out Schiavone & Nigel as well as Garcia, and Dax VS Garcia will be great stuff. I still sense Adam Copeland returns to join Garcia and settle things with FTR. Good promo from Willow to call out Marina and the Death Riders, and I like the segue back into the Willow-Kris story. They’ll have a great match tomorrow, but I don’t know what’ll happen with it if Willow is to also still feud with Marina. Unless newly released Shayna Baszler shows up to team with Marina, Kris & Willow getting on the same page doesn’t seem likely. Side note, Shayna and Marina should be part of the ROH Women’s Pure Championship tournament.

Great promo from Hangman and Ospreay to open the show, looking back on continuity and even getting a bit meta with the “main character of AEW” stuff thrown around. But of course The Don Callis Family wants after them and all their other enemies. Konosuke & Alexander VS Ospreay & Hangman will be awesome stuff for next week, but I feel like Alexander takes the loss so Ospreay and Hangman both head for Double or Nothing with momentum. Then with Roppongi Vice and I assume Lance Archer facing The Outrunners, I feel like my idea of Brody King teaming with Truth & Turbo is going to become a reality. It just makes sense given Brody had that brawl with Archer last week.

Great promo from Harley and Anna before the Fatal 4, and then a great Fatal 4 match. Ford was a touch off on those pinfall breaks but that was a minor thing. Naturally, Megan got involved, which cued Harley to do the same, and clearly we’ll get Megan & Ford VS Harley & Anna in a great tag match. Toni winning out is fine, but it just seems odd they did this at all. I still hope Athena steps up so we can have Champion VS Champion at Double or Nothing to go double or nothing on titles. And then with how Hayter VS Mone is going, there’s still a chance we can go all in at All In with Mone putting up at least the TBS title against both the AEW & ROH Women’s titles.

But given the great interview promo from Hayter and the obvious ambush from Mone, there’s also still a chance Hayter VS Storm happens as a rematch from long ago. Then Mone and Athena can still go title for title in Texas as TBS Championship VS ROH Women’s World Championship. Very good stuff with that open challenge for the ROH World TV title, and it was great for Rhino to be in his hometown. But naturally, whoever was showing up would be cheated out of the win. Nick Wayne is going to bring that title with him to Japan, I just wonder if he’s bringing The Patriarchy with him. At the very least, Christian should keep AEW viewers up to date with every little win or loss Nick has in the BOSJ like the overbearing and jealous father he is.

Great promo from The Elite & Ricochet to hype up their matches, and what an intriguing move to have The Death Riders meet The Bucks in their office. Though, they didn’t light the scene very well, I only knew it was The Death Riders from Claudio’s bald head and white shirt. And then of course when it was Marina closing the door. But we got an awesome Six Man Tag of Ricochet & Bucks VS Swerve, Briscoe & Bailey. Rather surprising win for the Heels but I suppose that ups the animosity between The Elite and Swerve. Also, good promo from Rush followed by a pretty good ambush on Knight. Okada VS Knight was a great match but I figured Okada would win. Bailey is clearly going to get an eliminator next, and that’ll be awesome, too.

And of course, a great main event of Joe VS Claudio. Great win for Joe, and naturally the Death Riders would rush out there. Great counter with Hobbs showing up, and it works that The Opps “take out” Claudio. With Pac out from an actual injury and then Hook and Shibata kayfabe sidelined from what Death Riders did to them, things are a bit more even now. But even then, Yuta & Marina can still interfere, Hobbs & Willow can still counter, only for Moxley to still somehow win against Joe because I don’t think Beach Break is where a title change this big is going to happen. It still feels like Double or Nothing gives us Anarchy in the Arena 2025, Death Riders making a deal with The Elite to take on The Opps, Swerve, and Kenny Omega, who was conspicuous by his absence tonight.

My Score: 8.8/10

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