Does Fuego finally have the House of Black’s number?

Fuego del Sol is no longer alone, as the Dark Order is by his side against the House of Black! Will AEW’s favorite luchador finally burn down the house?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Six Man Tag: The House of Black VS Fuego Del Sol, Evil Uno & Preston Vance; The House of Black wins.
• Shawn Spears VS Big Damo; Spears wins.
• Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Opening Round: Red Velvet VS Kris Statlander; Statlander wins and advances to the semifinals.
• Jon Moxley & Bryan Danielson w/ William Regal VS Matt Sydal & Dante Martin; Moxley & Bryan win.

PLAY BY PLAY

Six Man Tag: The House of Black VS Fuego Del Sol, Evil Uno & Preston Vance!

Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews have been pushing the Fire of the Sun around, but he’s pushing back! And with the Dark Order backing him up, will Fuego finally get even with them? Or will the House always win?

The trios sort out and Brody starts with Uno. They tie up, Brody puts Uno in a corner but Uno dodges the splash to CHOP. Brody just gets mad! Uno dodges Brody’s chop, headlocks, but Brody powers out. Uno ducks and RANAS! Uno then CHOPS Brody in the corner, runs, but Brody runs him over! Uno gets up but Brody CHOPS him down! Brody brings Uno up, tags in Malakai and the House mugs Uno. Malakai brings Uno around to fire off fast hands and a KICK! Malakai KICKS Uno but Uno forearms and CHOPS back! Malakai forearms, headlocks but Uno powers out. Malakai rams Uno but Uno runs Malaki over!

Uno wrenches, fans duel, Vance tags in. The Dark Order mug Malakai in return, then they double whip! Vance whips Uno in to SPLASH in the corner, then a feed to the OVERHEAD Belly2Belly! Vance drags Malakai to a cover, ONE! Vance drags Malakai up, puts him in the corner, but Malakai BOOTS back! Malakai fights Uno and Fuego off then gets Vance’s leg! HEEL HOOK! Vance powers up to rain down forearms! Vance gets free, blocks a kick and CHOPS! And CHOPS! And then tags- Fuego!? He tagged himself in! But Malakai arm-drags Fuego down! Fuego fight sup, throws haymakers, but Malakai knees low.

Malakai shoves and CLOBBERS Fuego! Malakai drags Fuego up, wrenches and Buddy tags in. Buddy climbs up to DOUBLE STOMP the arm! Buddy wrenches and WRINGS Fuego out! Buddy hooks up the arm then grabs the other to mock “CERO! MIEDO!” DARK ARMBAR!! Fuego writhes and Buddy laughs at his pain. Then Buddy stands on the arm, but Fuego gets free! Tag to Uno! Uno fires off forearms and CHOPS on Buddy, Buddy headlocks but Uno powers out. Malakai tags in, Buddy BOOTS, Malakai sweeps the leg! Brody tags in to SENTON! The House flanks Uno, DOUBLE PENALTY KICKS! Then DOUBLE BOOTS for Vance!

Fans rally as Brody gets Uno up. Brody gets Uno up but Uno fights free! Fuego tags in again! Fuego GAMANGIRIS Brody, but Brody BLASTS Fuego off the apron! Fans fire up while Rampage goes picture in picture.

Brody goes out and CHOPS Fuego against the apron! And CHOPS him again! Brody puts Fuego in the ring, drags Fuego up, and CHOPS Fuego to the corner. Tag to Buddy, he brings Fuego out to CHOP him down! Buddy goes after the bad arm with a top wristlock but Fuego endures. Fans rally, Fuego fights up, but Buddy cranks the bad arm harder! Fuego still endures, still fights up, and he arm-drags free! Fuego kicks, Buddy blocks and duck the enziguri to waistlock. Fuego elbows and elbows until he’s free! Rampage returns to single picture as Buddy blocks another kick. Buddy flips Fuego but he lands on his feet! SPANISH FLY!!

Fans fire up while both men are down! Buddy and Fuego crawl to their corners, hot tags to Malakai and Vance! Vance dodges Buddy, ROCKS Malakai, BOOTS Brody, CLOBBERS Buddy then Malakai! BIG back suplex for Buddy! Brody waistlocks but Vance elbows free! Brody shoves Vance, scoops but Vance slips off to shove and clothesline Brody out! Malakai creeps up, but Vance ducks Black Mass! Vance wheelbarrows Malakai while Uno BOOTS Brody! HOTSHOT GERMAN! Uno then CANNONBALLS the rest of the House! Vance covers, TWO!! Malakai survives and fans fire up as Vance calls for “TEN! TEN! TEN!”

Vance drags Malakai up but Malakai arm-drags free. Malakai ROCKS Vance, blocks a kick to KNEE Vance back, but Vance choke grips! Buddy gets in, but also gets a choke grip! Vance shoves Buddy, but Malakai KNEES Vance and drags him down, HEEL HOOK! Vance endures, reaches out, but Buddy goes after Uno. Uno sends Buddy into railing! Uno gets in, flips Malakai off and stomps him! Fans fire up, Malakai KICKS Uno back! Malakai throws Uno out, but turns around into a DISCUS!! The leg slows Vance down, he and Malakai go to corners. Hot tags to Brody and Uno! Uno ducks and dodges to BOOT!

Brody comes back but Uno dropkicks the legs out! Uno runs, to BOOT Brody again! And again! And again! Three boots but Brody is still up! Uno brings Brody up, reels him in, but Brody back drops free! Vance gets back in but Brody knees him down. Brody throws Vance out, Fuego returns but gets caught! Brody feeds Fuego to Buddy while Malakai ARIHARA MOONSAULTS Vance down! Brody DRAPING DDTs Fuego!! Brody runs in but Uno BOOTS him! Uno ducks one lariat but not the LEFT! Canadian rack, GONZO BOMB!! Cover, the House of Black wins!

Winners: The House of Black, by pinfall

The Numbers could not get it down, but wait! DEATH TRIANGLE makes their way out! Penta Oscuro, Rey Fenix, PAC and even Alex Abrahantes are here, and they unveil a tombstone. The House of Black’s name is on the stone, and the date: DOUBLE OR NOTHING, May 29th!! Will the House finally fall when Death Triangle puts it all on the line?

Backstage interview with Max Caster & The Gunn Club.

Lexi Nair cues up a clip from Dark: Elevation, after the Gunn Club & The Acclaimed were victorious as a quartet. It seems Bowens had a horrible spill on the stairs and now he’s injured! What does the group do now? Yeah, what do they do, father? Yes, Papa, what do they do? Yeah, daddy, what do they do? Billy Gunn moves past Austin to put his arm around Max Caster to say, “Well, son, all factions have to deal with adversity. But what makes a faction great is how they come out on the other side.” Bowens is watching at home, get well soon. And when you get back, get ready! They’ll have a big ol’ scissor party! Will Austin, Colten & Platinum Max keep things going in the Five Tool Player’s absence?

Backstage interview with FTR.

Tony Schiavone brings up the challenge set by Roppongi Vice, Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero, and Cash says that FTR are ROH World Tag Team Champions, as well as fighting champions, so on Dynamite, they have their match! Because FTR also wants to be AEW World Tag Team Champions and IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, so if they beat RPG Vice, that’ll put FTR in line for those titles. Dax knows RPG Vice likes to joke around, but this ain’t a joke to FTR. The titles are how he makes a living and provides for his family. RPG Vice isn’t going to make a joke out of this. If they want a fight, FTR will give them a fight. #TopGuysOut.

Shawn Spears VS ???

The Chair Man vows to be a #GiantKiller when he takes down Wardlow, but he has another big tune-up match. But what giant does he look to take on this week? It’s BIG DAMO! The Belfast Behemoth comes to AEW! Spears knows this man from the past, can he still be a giant killer in the present?

The bell rings and the two circle. Damo rushes Spears but Spears bails out. Damo rushes out but Spears gets back in and BOOTS Damo down! Spears slingshots but fakes Damo out, then SUPERKICKS from the apron! Damo glares and shakes his head! Damo hits Spears with the DIVIDE! Damo puts Spears in but Spears bails out the other side. Damo drags Spears up but Spears ROCKS Damo. Damo grits his teeth, Spears springboards in but Damo dodges! Damo fireman’s carries for the WASTELAND and SENTON! Damo goes up, VADER FLOP as Spears moves! Fans boo but Spears brings down the kneepad! KAMI-GOYE!

Damo stays up but Spears fireman’s carries him! “WARDLOW!!” C4!! Spears covers, Spears wins!

Winner: Shawn Spears, by pinfall

The Chair Man gets a mic and says he is Wardlow’s Kryptonite! He left Wardlow laying in the ring, proof that Wardlow is not Superman. Fans still chant for “WARD~LOW~” but Spears says next week, he won’t be trapped in a cage with Wardlow. Wardlow is going to be locked in a steel cage with Spears, the Giant Killer!

The Undisputed Elite speak.

Brandy Cutler, SHUT YOUR STUPID FACE! But at least he’s doing his job right. And speaking of doing something right, Kyle O’Reilly beat Rey Fenix in the Owen Hart Cup, and he did Adam Cole’s dirty work for him when he took to Sting! Kyle is on fire! Cole finds it is poetic that Cole VS O’Reilly in the finals is about to happen. The two best in the tournament! Kyle knew Cole would like what he did to the Stinger Man. And hopefully Vegas is ready for a little finger poke o’ doom. No, in all seriousness, it’ll be an honor to face his best friend and a great wrestler. Let’s do this!

In other news, the Hardy Boyz have an open schedule, right? The Hardy Boyz, the best tag team of the early 2000s. The Young Bucks, the best tag team of the 2010s and 2020s. Time to give Vegas a show. At Double or Nothing, it is a modern day tag team dream match! Young Bucks VS Hardy Boyz, Matt & Jeff are invited to a massive SUPERKICK PARTY! Now cut it, Brandon, you idiot!

Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Opening Round: Red Velvet w/ The Baddies VS Kris Statlander!

Two great friends are now bitter enemies! They say they no longer need each other, and that’s just fine when only ONE can move on in this tournament! Who meets Ruby Soho in the semifinals?

The bell rings Kris and Velvet tie up. They go around, Kris puts Velvet in a corner, but Velvet goes up the corner. The ref counts, Kris lets off but Velvet SLAPS her! Then kicks her! Kris grabs Velvet to trophy lift her! Fans fire up as Kris carries Velvet out, and uses just ONE ARM! Then Kris DROPS Velvet and fans fire up more! Velvet flounders to a corner but Kris whips her to ropes. Velvet ducks and dodges to tilt-o-whirl and merry-go-round! But Kris stops that to TOSS Velvet away! Velvet flounders out of the ring and fans fire up again. Kris builds speed and slides, but into the apron skirt trap! Velvet fires off on Kris but fans boo.

Chris Jericho says Velvet is the Sports Entertainer of the Week for that one, and Velvet stirs it up for the Baddies. Velvet aims from the apron, LEAPS, but Kris catches her! Kris SLAMS Velvet on the apron, while staring Jade down! The Baddies talk trash while Rampage goes picture in picture.

Kris gets in but Velvet fires off body shots! Velvet talks trash, pie faces, but Kris comes back, things speed up, and Velvet’s jump gets caught! Velvet says they’re still cool, right? Nope! Kris pops Velvet up but Velvet slips off, and then covers up as Kris shows haymaker. Kris hesitates, and Velvet trips her up! Velvet stomps away on the leg, then drops an elbow on the knee! Velvet hits a GROUND DRAGON SCREW! Kris clutches her leg but Velvet slaps her around. Velvet pushes Kris to a cover, ONE! Velvet drags Kris up, and RAMS her into buckles, face first! Velvet talks trash, puts Kris in the corner and digs her boots in while doing the splits!

The ref counts, Velvet lets off at 4 and laughs before she goes out. Velvet SLAMS Kris’ leg on the apron! The Baddies fan Velvet off and clean up her hair, and then Velvet claims something is in her eye. The ref checks, and Kiera Hogan CHOKES Kris! Kiera gets away with that, and Velvet SLAMS Kris’ leg into the post! Velvet gets in the ring, puts Kris’ leg on ropes, and HIP DROPS it! The Baddies applaud and Velvet sets the leg up again. Velvet stands on the leg, mocks the fans cheering Kris on, and Rampage goes to break.

Rampage returns, Kris KNEES Velvet in the corner! Velvet staggers, Kris runs up to O’Conner Roll, CHAOS THEORY! Cover, TWO!! Velvet survives and Kris can’t believe it! Fans rally, Kris drags Velvet up and suplexes, but Velvet knees free! Velvet CHOP BLOCKS the bad leg, then sets Kris up, the FINAL SLICE!! Cover, TWO!! Kris survives and shocks The Baddies! Velvet talks trash on Kris, calling her stupid, then she ROCKS her with a forearm! And another! Kris gets around to hit a BLUE THUNDER BOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Velvet gets to the apron, Kris storms over but Velvet HOTSHOTS her!

Velvet hurries in, runs, and DOUBLE KNEES Kris against ropes! Velvet YANKS Kris back, wheelbarrows, VICTORY FACEBUSTER! Cover, TWO!?! Kris barely kicks out and Velvet is furious! Houston heats up and the Baddies coach Velvet. Kris slowly gets up, and she blocks the kick to LARIAT! Then she hauls Velvet up, gut wrenches, tucks her in, but Velvet rolls her! TWO, Kris has it deep! KRIS WINS!!

Winner: Kris Statlander, by pinfall (advances to the semifinals)

But Kiera attacks! The Baddies beat up Kris! But Ruby Soho leaves commentary to rush in! Ruby DECKS Velvet, and gives Kiera an STO! Velvet gets up to fire hands, and now Jade gets in! The TBS Champion SLAMS Ruby down! The Baddies then get Kris back up, but here comes ANNA JAY! She CLOBBERS Mark Sterling and takes his crutch! The Baddies run away, the Queenslayer was ready to swing on them! Will the Baddies have to watch their backs from now on?

AEW takes a closer look at #Hookhausen VS Nese & Sterling.

Tony Nese is confident as he runs the bleachers. Sterling is still banged up but somehow Nese expects him to keep up. Hook does chin-ups, Danhausen just hangs there. Sterling does weak squats, Danhausen does weak curls. Hook jogs on the treadmill, Danhausen just kinda walks. Nese uses Sterling as a weight, then throws him around with suplexes! Is Nese going to do more damage to Smart Mark than #Hookhausen will? Or will the tough love whoop Sterling into shape?

Dan Lambert & The Men of the Year are in the ring.

Though Scorpio Sky is AEW TNT Champion, he doesn’t have his belt! Ethan Page has the mic to point out that bad things happen when they cross paths with MOTY & ATT! If you don’t believe them, ask the Inner Circle. Not that they exist anymore. But why not just look at one of the most beloved wrestlers on the roster and his girlfriend, and exposed them as the biggest pieces of trash they really are! And speaking of Sammy, talking is not something Scorpio came here to do. Bring your narrow ass out here with the belt, or he will bury you! Just like he did SCU.

Speaking of Sammy, he’s on the tron! Oh, hey, is this what you’re looking for? He holds up the TNT Championship, and says it is beautiful. Sammy pretends to drop it but he would never do that. He’ll carefully set this down. He’d never do anything to hurt the belt. But his friend, the sledgehammer, has different plans. So if Scorpio wants the belt back, they have to give SamTay the match they want. Lambert says, “What part of ‘no’ do you not understand, moron?” Figures. So Sammy SMASHES the belt!! And here’s an old friend of Scorpio’s who wants to join in! Frankie Kazarian tells Sammy to shut up a minute. No wonder no one likes him.

Kaz says here’s some facts. Last week, if not for Ethan Page & Dan Lambert, KAZ would be champion right now. And what Kaz is about to do to the belt is just a precursor of what’s coming for Men of the Year! Kaz starts smashing the belt!! Scorpio is freaking out as Kaz SLAMS the belt on the ground! Sammy says whether they like it or not, the match is happening. BE MAD! Will the mixed tag happen after all?

Backstage interview with Britt Baker and Toni Storm.

Tony Schiavone says The Doctor and the Lightning are meeting 1v1 in the Owen Hart Cup, the winner moving on to the finals. That’s pretty big, Storm. Can you handle that high pressure match? Uh, can Britt handle it without the help of her little friends? Speaking of which, you saw what Storm did to Hayter, and that will happen to Britt. If there is any funny business, any at all, so help her God, Storm will rearrange all of their teeth and become their DMD. Understand? Britt is speechless so she walks away. But will Britt have to admit it is #ToniTime in AEW?

Mark Henry talks with tonight’s main eventers!

He starts with Dante Martin & Matt Sydal requesting this match. What do they hope to get out of this? Dante wants to get one of the biggest wins to date, and to fly tot he top of the AEW Tag Division. Sydal says he’d like to show Blackpool Combat Club what it really means to mentor someone. He doesn’t want beat up Dante and bloody him. He wants to encourage him, show him the way to the top. Peace, love and pro-wrestling. They won’t become violent monsters, they’ll stay true to who they are.

Bryan Danielson says he loves peace, love and pro-wrestling, just not all together. He likes violence in pro-wrestling and it’s proven successful with Wheeler Yuta becoming ROH Pure Champion. You’ll see that violence works here tonight. Moxley adds that he can’t believe Sydal even said, “Peace, love and pro-wrestling.” They’re not just pro-wrestlers, they’re not just competitors and warriors, they are teachers. They teach with pain, torture and the most important lesson you’re about to learn: when you enter the ring with the BCC, abandon all hope. Then there’s been enough talk, it’s time for the main event!

The Baddies speak.

Tony, cut the shit! Get out, they don’t need him! Jade calls out Anna Jay. Since she felt like she can step up tot he plate and get her ass beat again, then at Double or Nothing, come get that ass-whooping! It’s official! TBS Championship, Jade Cargill VS Anna Jay, round two! Will Number 99 be the one in 30-1? Or will she just end up number 31 on #ThatBitchShow?

Jon Moxley & Bryan Danielson w/ William Regal VS Matt Sydal & Dante Martin!

Chris Jericho says the Blackpool Combat Club has issues, but the Maniac & American Dragon get along enough to fight alongside each other just fine. Will they prove to the Jericho Appreciation Society and the high-flying teacher and student that blood, sweat and tears are thicker than water?

The teams sort out and BCC just rush Sydal & Dante! Mox throws Sydal out and Bryan CHOPS Dante! Mox sends Sydal into railing! Bryan uppercuts, KICKS and uppercuts again! Bryan DECKS Dante with an uppercut, then bumps him off buckles. Tag to Mox, he clotheslines Dante again and again! Moxley snapmares, runs and PENALTY KICKS Dante down! Cover, ONE! Moxley drags Dante up for a BIG suplex, covers, TWO! Dante reaches out but Moxley drags him away from Sydal. Moxley anchors the leg, tags Bryan and Bryan stomps Dante down. Bryan brings Dante around, turns him over and locks up the legs to then get the arms.

Dante endures as Bryan rocks him back into the ROMERO SPECIAL! Fans fire up while Dante endures, Bryan sets him down, fish hooks and CLUBS away on him! The ref reprimands, Bryan lets off to cover, TWO! Dante shows his toughness but Bryan tags Moxley. The BCC mugs Dante, Moxley throws more body shots over and over in the corner! Then he digs a knee in! The ref counts, Moxley lets off but then runs back in, but Dante moves and Moxley POSTS himself! Hot tag to Sydal, and he rills Moxley up for a school boy with bridge! TWO, but Sydal SOBATS! And ROUNDHOUSES! And KICKS, then whips.

Moxley reverses, scoops Sydal, but Sydal dragon sleepers for the SLICE! Cover, TWO! STANDING MARIPOSA! Cover, TWO! Moxley gets up, Sydal throws a forearm.  Moxley CHOPS, Sydal CHOPS, repeat! It’s a CHOP fight, but then Moxley throws a forearm. Moxley whips, Sydal reverses, but Moxley catches the leap to HOTSHOT Sydal down! Tag to Bryan, Moxley tosses Sydal out, and Bryan FLYING KNEES! “Who’s the best wrestler?!” Fans fire up for Bryan as Rampage goes picture in picture.

Bryan drags Sydal up and puts him in the ring. Bryan has Sydal’s arm, brings him up, wrenches to an ELBOW BREAKER, then drags Sydal down with a hammerlock. Sydal endures but Bryan digs his knee in while he pulls on the arm! Bryan SNAPS a finger! Tag to Moxley, he drops a knee on the arm! Moxley keeps the hammerlock, scoops Sydal up, and SLAMS Sydal on the bad arm! Cover, TWO, but Moxley keeps on the bad arm for a half straitjacket. Moxley makes it a full straitjacket, and Sydal endures. Dante reaches out, Sydal fights up, goes around, and JAWBREAKERS free! Sydal staggers to a corner, and he BOOTS Moxley!

Sydal goes up, but Moxley ROCKS him! Sydal tumbles to the floor! Moxley goes out after him, and RAMS him into the timekeeper’s area! Moxley then brings Sydal back to scoop and SLAM on the floor! Moxley gets back in and Houston fires up. Sydal slowly gets up as the ring count climbs, and he flounders to the ring. The count is past 5 of 10, now 8, but Sydal hobbles in. Only for Moxley to DECK him! Moxley waits on Sydal to get up, and DECKS him again! Moxley stalks Sydal to ropes, brings him up in the BCC corner, and CHOPS him! Even Dante felt that one. Sydal dodges the haymaker to KICK back!

Sydal KICKS and KICKS but Moxley eggs him on! Moxley then SLAPS Sydal, but Sydal QUESTION MARK KICKS! Both men go down and Houston fires up! Sydal and Moxley crawl for their corners, hot tags to Bryan and Dante as Rampage returns to single picture! Dante springboards up and over Bryan to ROCK Moxley! Dante flips up and over Bryan, elbows him down, then runs to springboard and dropkick! Bryan bails out, Dante FLIES! Direct hit on both Bryan & Moxley with that crossbody! Dante gets Bryan in, and CROSSBODIES again! Cover, Moxley breaks it in time! Sydal goes after Mox and throws him out!

Sydal PLANCHAS, but Moxley catches him for a SLEEPER! Dante goes up top, but Bryan trips him up! Bryan ROCKS Dante with a forearm, climbs up top, and has Dante for a SUPER BUTTERFLY SUPLEX!! And into the LEBELLE LOCK!!! Dante endures, crawls forward, reaches out, but Bryan changes things to a RINGS OF SATURN!! Dante shakes his head, he uses his foot for the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Bryan lets go at 4, and Bryan snarls. Dante sits up, Bryan KICKS him! And again! And again! And again! And the BUZZSAW! Fans are thunderous and Bryan tags Moxley in.

Moxley drags Dante up, lifts him up, and Bryan runs, into a WHEEL KICK from Sydal! Moxley brings Sydal up to back suplex but Sydal lands on his feet! Sydal goes Matrix to dodge, and Dante ROUNDHOUSES Moxley! Then Sydal & Dante DOUBLE ROUNDHOUSE! Moxley wobbles, Sydal gives Dante a boost in the SHOTGUN! Sydal goes up top and aims at Bryan on the apron! APRON METEORA!! Dante aims at Moxley, up, up and NOSEDIVE!! Cover, Bryan breaks it!?! Bryan managed to survive Sydal’s attack and save Moxley! “This is Awesome!” as Moxley and Dante slowly rise. Dante spins Moxley around, but Moxley kicks low!

Dante fights the Paradigm Shift, springboards, but into the SLEEPER! Dante pushes off the corner, cover, TWO!! SUPERKICK! Dante hurries to go back up the corner! MISSILE- POWERBOMB! Moxley rolls Dante through, brings him up, PILEDRIVER!! Cover, TWO!?!? Dante survives and Houston is thunderous! Bryan keeps Sydal out and Moxley rains down elbows! Bryan drags Sydal into a TRIANGLE HOLD! Elbows rain down all over the place!! Moxley then brings Dante up, underhooks, DEATH RIDER!!! Cover, BCC wins!

Winners: Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley, by pinfall

The high-flyers proved they can take a beating, but they couldn’t beat the American Dragon & Maniac! But then Jericho leaves commentary so that he and the rest of the JAS can mug them! It’s 3v1 on Moxley, 2v1 on Bryan, but then Eddie Kingston, Santana & Ortiz run out! It’s a sample of Anarchy in the Arena, how much crazier will this get when it’s the real deal?!

My Thoughts:

A wild episode for Rampage here, with a lot more stuff set up for Double or Nothing. The Six Man Tag was an awesome opener, and we got a great showing out of Fuego, Uno & Vance, even though they were of course losing. Again, I hope Fuego ends up joining Dark Order full time since we’re not getting much out of Dark Order and Hangman. Death Triangle coming out just to use a tombstone to make the Double or Nothing match was good stuff, and that Six Man Tag will be awesome. Real bummer about Bowens, who knew it was so dangerous just walking back to gorilla? But good promo from Acclaimed Gunn Club to pivot, especially with Billy treating Caster as more a son than his real sons.

Spears continuing his “Giant Killer” streak kinda buried the lead that Big Damo is All Elite now. After WWE’s cutting spree from last year, I was wondering where Damo would show up, and it’s great to see him here. But speaking of burying, Spears sure squashed him here. They should’ve had it be Bear Bronson so that Spears could sweep Bear Country. But all this makes me think Wardlow is just going to destroy Spears. Great group promo from Undisputed Elite. I like that Kyle and Cole are totally okay that they’ll be facing each other, and I would love if the match gets chippy, bringing things back to NXT. And of course, Bucks VS Hardys is happening, that’ll be great.

FTR has a very good interview promo, FTR VS RPG Vice for the ROH tag titles is going to be awesome stuff for the go-home Dynamite. Storm’s part of the backstage promo was great stuff, really intense without having to yell. I’m still thinking Britt wins, she and Cole are on parallel paths and could both win these tournaments. Velvet VS Statlander was great stuff, and it was quite the surprise that Statlander won when Baddies were helping Velvet the whole time. But Soho VS Statlander could go either way now since both are Faces. Anna Jay helping them out against the Baddies was great, too, but I guess there really isn’t anyone for Jade to beat up right now. Jade VS Jay II will still be great, though, Jay’s solid in the ring.

The Hookhausen & “Premier Smark” montages were great, that match is going to be a lot of fun. The segment with Men of the Year, Sammy and Kaz was somehow both a lot of fun and yet still very cringe worthy. Sammy leaning into being the obnoxious guy with his obnoxious girlfriend seems to fit him well, but does walk the line of the heat he wants and the go away heat he doesn’t want. But one, yeah, that mixed tag match is finally happening after all the real-life circumstances have delayed it. And two, smashing that TNT belt is probably a way to give Scorpio his own custom one, just as Miro had for his reign.

And of course, a great main event. Sydal’s promo did have a good point, there are different ways to teach the future of pro-wrestling. And we need all those ways, because it’s great to have gritty Faces and clean Faces, so long as none of them are pushover Faces. The match was awesome, Dante gets tons of points for toughing it out like that. But of course BCC wins, this was the duo that works well together. Were this “sports entertainment,” maybe it would’ve been Bryan and Kingston in a “can they coexist?” booking, which ironically would make sense in story for me, but it’s fine that BCC would see ahead and avoid that scenario.

The brawl after was a good way to sign off, but apparently there was a scary mishap. Bryan got his leg stuck between ring and ramp for about 10 minutes, had a bad limp after, but seems to be otherwise okay. Anarchy in the Arena is still on for 5v5, and I’m sure Bryan will be 100% for that.

My Score: 8.7/10