AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (6/22/22)
Dynamite knocks on the door.
The AEW X NJPW crossover continues!
Before opening the Forbidden Door, AEW and NJPW meet in Milwaukee! Can Jon Moxley and Hiroshi Tanahashi work together before fighting each other?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: Orange Cassidy & Roppongi Vice VS The United Empire; Cassidy & RPG Vice wins.
- AEW All-Atlantic Championship Qualifier: Malakai Black VS Penta Oscuro; Malakai wins and advances to The Forbidden Door.
- Hangman Page VS Silas Young; Hangman wins.
- Toni Storm VS Marina Shafir w/ Nyla Rose; Storm wins.
- Jon Moxley & Hiroshi Tanahashi VS Chris Jericho & Lance Archer; Moxley & Tanahashi win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Bryan Danielson is here!
Milwaukee fires up for the American Dragon’s return! Bryan has been out of action for a few weeks but he is still standing, and Tony Schiavone is in the ring to give him a formal introduction. And Schiavone also adds the big week for AEW! This Sunday, The Forbidden Door, and next Wednesday, BLOOD & GUTS! Schiavone says it’s great to have Bryan back for such a big week, and hands the mic over. Bryan says that he’s not giving it back. “This week is a great week to be an AEW fan. This week is a great week to be a professional wrestling fan!”
Fans cheer all that, and Bryan says again, Sunday is Forbidden Door, “an inter-promotional PPV with the two BEST pro-wrestling companies in the WORLD! You are going to see some excellent professional wrestling. And a week from today, on Dynamite, you get nearly the complete opposite with the bloody spectacle that is Blood & Guts!” Fans like the sound of that, and even chant, “Blood and Guts!” Bryan tells Milwaukee that he loves how they’re just excited for that violence as he is. And Bryan was expecting to be part of both those events. Chris Jericho had paid the self-proclaimed best technical wrestler in the world, Zack Sabre Jr., to challenge Bryan to a match.
ZSJ claims he was going to prove he is a better technical wrestler than Bryan Danielson. But Bryan was not only excited to prove that wasn’t true, but also to crush ZSJ’s throat. Bryan was excited to get into Blood & Guts to get revenge on Jericho and his “flaccid crew of cocksmen” for what they did at Double or Nothing. But unfortunately, Bryan has some good news and some bad news. Fans dread the bad news as Bryan begins. “Because of what Chris Jericho and Jake Hager did at Anarchy in the Arena, I am not cleared to compete, either at Forbidden Door or at Blood & Guts.”
But then Bryan has the good news! “Lest anybody be concerned about my overall health, you can tell that my mind is working at full, 100% capacity, I can jump into the ring, I can read 500 words a minute, I can run two miles and I won’t even break a sweat! So don’t worry about me coming back! I broke my neck, separated my shoulder, detached my retina, and there’s not a man in this world who can wrestle in this ring like I do right now!” Fans cheer that! “And that’s not even the good news! Here’s the good news! Eddie Kingston has gone on record to say that I’m a judgmental prick. Guess what? You’re damn right I am!
“And because I’m a judgmental prick, I have really, really high standards. So you know that when I promise you that something is going to be amazing, you know it’s going to be amazing. I have found… the one person I trust to take my place at Forbidden Door. The one person I trust to take my place at Blood & Guts. The one person I know in the entire world who will take it to ZSJ from a technical level, and then go and kick Chris Jericho’s head in at Blood & Guts! I have found that one person, and you are all going to be astounded by what he does in AEW!” But who is it? Who who who? Bryan points out he came out the “bad guy” tunnel, he’s not telling!
But do you know what? He won’t tell ZSJ either! So tune in this Sunday and you’ll see the greatest technical match of your lives! Fans are upset but Bryan wants to hear from them who is the best technical wrestler in the world! But wait! Zack Sabre Jr. is HERE! And the Submission Master eggs on Bryan “Dickhead” to give him something. Who is it that meets ZSJ in Chicago for the greatest technical showdown in wrestling? Will ZSJ be able to make him #JustTapOut?
Jon Moxley speaks.
“Sometimes it’s business, and sometimes it’s personal. But in a week’s time at Blood & Guts, it will most definitely be personal, Jericho Appreciation Society. What an ego trip. They blinded my best friend with fireball, and put my partner on the shelf, and last week, they came after me. In Vegas, we found out those guys can fight, and next week, we find out of this guys can survive. Because they’ll be locked in there with dogs who don’t know how to do anything else. Santana & Ortiz survived the streets of New York City. Eddie Kingston survived grinding in this business for 17 years! Wheeler survived everything we could throw at him. And me? I’ve been around the block a time or two.
“God, I hate Chris Jericho. Men like that, driven by money, fame, ego. We’ll find out just how much they’re wiling to suffer, just how much they’re willing to endure next week, inside that bloody steel cage. But before that, this Sunday, there’s a little matter of, oh, maybe the biggest match in my entire life, for the AEW World Championship against maybe the greatest wrestler who ever lived in Hiroshi Tanahashi.” This means more to Moxley than Tanahashi can imagine. These last three years of transforming into a better man and a father, this Sunday, Moxley will transform into what he always knew he could be after stepping into the ring with The Ace.
Tonight, Moxley and Tanahashi handle business. Then Sunday, it’s personal. Once the bell rings, Moxley has no respect for anyone. Will the Maniac be able to handle business so that he can finally get back to the top?
Six Man Tag: Orange Cassidy & Roppongi Vice VS The United Empire!
Chaos’ AEW branch assembles to take on the Commonwealth Kingpin and the Aussie Open! Freshly Squeezed is challenging Will Ospreay for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship while Rocky Romero & #JustTrent are part of a MASSIVE Triple Threat Tag Team Championship battle! Will Chaos have all the momentum going into that monumental PPV? Or will Ospreay, Fletcher & Davis conquer them here for the glory of the Empire?
The trios sort out and Rocky starts against Fletcher but the fans are fired up for Ospreay. Ospreay tells them to quit it, he doesn’t need their cheers. Rocky and Fletcher tie up, Fletcher waistlocks but Rocky elbows out and headlocks. Fletcher lifts Rocky, throws him, but Rocky dodges the haymaker to headlock again. Fletcher powers out, they RAM shoulders, but neither moves. So Rocky KICKS a leg! Rocky runs, slides, sobats and UPPERCUTS! Tag to Trent and fans fire up as RPG Vice double whip to double body shot. They both run, KNEE and LARIAT! Fans fire up but Fletcher flounders away to tag Mark Davis in.
Trent and Davis circle, Davis shoots in to get a leg but Trent kicks him away. Trent avoids a boot and CHOPS Davis, then forearms and CHOPS again! Davis BOOTS Trent down! Davis huffs and puffs and brings Trent up, only for Trent to get around and GERMAN SUPLEX him! Davis flounders up, Cassidy wants in? Fans fire up as Trent tags in Freshly Squeezed! Cassidy dodges Davis, waistlocks, but Davis switches and shoves Cassidy to a corner. Davis runs in but Cassidy tells him to hold on. Cassidy holds up his hands, and puts his hands in his pockets! Then he dodges Davis and SHOTGUN dropkicks him down! No hands kip-up!
Rocky tags in, then tags Trent. Rocky whips Cassidy so Cassidy can whip Rocky in for a clothesline! Rocky goes corner to corner while Cassidy winds up, another clothesline! Cassidy is finally back at the corner, and he just feeds Davis to RPG Vice’s DOUBLE LARIAT! Ospreay gets in but Trent back drops him! Chaos flexes, then Cassidy DECKS Davis! Chaos coordinates, Cassidy and Rocky build speed, and they DOUBLE DIVE, but into the arms of Aussie Open! Ospreay drags Trent out to DECK him! Aussie Open meet to SANDWICH Cassidy and Rocky! Then the Empire gets Chaos up, DOUBLE APRON BACK SUPLEX and an APRON POWERBOMB!!
Dynamite is picture in picture as the Empire gloats and Chaos writhes on the floor. Fletcher puts Trent in for Davis and Davis drags Trent up to scoop and SLAM! Davis drops a SENTON! Then a kneeling cover, ONE! Davis kicks Trent around, drags him over, and Ospreay tags in. The Empire mugs Trent, Ospreay CHOPS Trent down, then KNEES and ELBOWS and CLUBS him while he’s down! Ospreay soaks up the cheers and jeers and he drags Trent back up. Ospreay CHOPS Trent, then CHOPS him again! Ospreay then reels Trent in for the SPIN-OUT BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO!
Ospreay drags Trent over, tags in Fletcher, and Fletcher stomps Trent. Fletcher stomps Trent’s leg then steps through to have a HALF CRAB! Trent endures, reaches out, and gets the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Fletcher lets go at 4, then tags in Davis. Davis stomps Trent now, paces around him, then brings him up to ROCK him with a forearm. Tag to Fletcher, and Fletcher whips Davis for Davis to whip Fletcher for Fletcher to whip Davis, but Trent BOOTS Davis away! Trent then catches Fletcher for a HALF ‘N’ HALF! Fans fire up as Dynamite returns to single picture! Trent crawls past Aussie Open, hot tag to Cassidy!
Cassidy… well, he gets in, and he “kicks” away on Aussie Open’s legs. Aussie Open barely even notices, but then they turn around. Cassidy avoids the double clotheslines to DOUBLE RANA! Fans fire up and Cassidy knuckle locks Fletcher, dodges Davis, and goes up top to FLYING RANA Davis! Cassidy runs, ducks and dodges Fletcher to tilt-o-whirl DDT! And kip up! Fans fire up again and Cassidy stares Ospreay down! Fans chant “Freshly Squeezed!” as Cassidy raises his hands, and eggs Ospreay on! Ospreay tags in and rushes over, but Cassidy moves and Rocky FLYING RANAS! Trent clotheslines Ospreay out hard!
Chaos builds speed, now they DOUBLE DIVE and PLANCHA! All three targets are hit and fans are thunderous! Trent puts Ospreay in and brings him up while fans fire up for “A E DUB!” Trent hangs Ospreay out to dry, Rocky missile dropkicks Ospreay down, and Trent adds a SLIDING BOOT! Cassidy is up top, FALLING SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Cassidy throws off the elbow pad, and fans fire up as he takes aim. Ospreay avoids the Orange Punch to CHOP! Ospreay whips, Cassidy tilt-o-whirls but Ospreay blocks the DDT to suplex! Cassidy slips out, waistlocks, but Ospreay switches. Cassidy elbows free, runs, but into the tiger wall kick and ENZIGURI!
Ospreay gets Cassidy up, but STUN-DOG MILLIONAIRE! Fans are thunderous again while both men are down! Cassidy flounders, Ospreay stirs, hot tags to Davis and Rocky! Rocky dodges Davis’ boot to run, and RANA! Rocky CHOPS Davis, CHOPS again, but Davis CHOPS Rocky off his feet! Tag to Fletcher, Aussie Open puts Rocky in a corner and they whip cycle for the BIG forearm! GAMANGIRI from Fletcher, then feed to the double underhooks! Davis lifts Rocky in a BUTTERFLY feed to Fletcher’s POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO!! Rocky survives and Milwaukee is thunderous again! Tag to Davis and Aussie Open gets Rocky back up.
Fans chant “This is Awesome!” as Davis fireman’s carries Rocky, pop-up to the- NO! Rocky blocks Fletcher’s roundhouse and sends it into Davis! Then Rocky hits SLICED BREAD on Fletcher! Davis ENZIGURIS Rocky, Cassidy CROSSBODIES Davis! PIP PIP CHEERIO from Ospreay! Trent dodges Ospreay to LARIAT him inside-out! Fletcher SUPERKICKS Trent, runs, but into DOUBLE JUMP KNEES! Trent goes back to the corner, tags in, and fans fire up again. Trent Alabama Lifts, but Davis trips Rocky on the apron! Ospreay gets in to ROUNDHOUSE Trent into a DESTROYER from Fletcher! Davis YANKS Trent by his legs into a PILEDRIVER!! Cover, Cassidy breaks it!!
Fans are thunderous again but Ospreay throws Cassidy out. Ospreay builds speed, handsprings and SASUKE SPECIALS, but Cassidy moves! Ospreay lands on his feet to see Cassidy give him a thumbs up. And then Rocky SUPER CROSSBODIES Ospreay down! Davis tags Fletcher in, Aussie Open gets Trent up! But Trent fights free, kick and TORNADO DDT! Hot tag to Cassidy! Fletcher flounders into the ORANGE PUNCH!! Cover, Chaos wins!
Winners: Orange Cassidy & Roppongi Vice, by pinfall
Talk about chaos! A hectic finish sees Freshly Squeezed and friends standing tall! But wait, here comes the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb! They help the Empire regroup, and then the five of them get on the apron. Fans chant for them, and so here comes FTR! Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler may be RPG Vice’s opponents this Sunday, but they aren’t going to let NJPW wrestlers just do what they want in AEW! Who will reign supreme in tag team wrestling when both IWGP Heavyweight and ROH World Tag Team Championships are on the line?
Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh speak.
Sonjay says he is so happy, he just ordered a bunch of new pencils. He is so happy because Satnam’s in-ring debut went amazingly! Big wins for Jay Lethal left and right, too, and that means it is time for a celebration! They’re going to India! But Lethal says the biggest celebration is yet to come. Lethal is going to become the NEW ROH World Television Champion, but that only happens if Samoa Joe can get back to work. How long has he been gone? Satnam says it’s been a month! Yes, that means Joe is almost out of time.
So as Lethal sees it, Joe has two options: tape up the shoulder and come back to work to defend his title; or he just vacates the title so it goes to its rightful owner, the longest reigning ROH World TV Champion, Jay Lethal! The clock is ticking, Joe! What will the Samoan Submission Specialist choose to do with his title?
Tony Schiavone is back in the ring.
Dynamite returns and Schiavone brings up how last week’s episode had a shocking end! This man has so much to answer for, it’s Captain Charisma, Christian Cage! Fans boo as the living legend makes his way out, having betrayed Jungle Boy after losing the AEW World Tag Team Championships, hitting both a Killswitch and a Con-Chair-To. Christian joins Schiavone in the ring, and Schiavone brings up the “chairshot heard around the world.” Christian was a mentor to Jurassic Express, so why did he do what he did? Fans boo, and Christian says that he could stand here all night until they shut up, it’s up to Milwaukee.
Fans keep booing but Christian says the people here aren’t very smart so he’ll give them another chance. It is rude to make him talk over them, so maybe some decorum. SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTHS! Christian answers the question by saying, “You didn’t think I was gonna let Jungle Boy eliminate me from the Casino Battle Royal last year and get away with it, now did you?” This is all because of that? That’s petty! Maybe, but here’s the thing: what’s more bothersome to Christian than losing a Casino Battle Royal was the reaction of each and every fan when it happened. “I am a legend in this business, and I deserve more respect than to be cheered when I get eliminated from a battle royal, do you understand me?”
Fans boo more but Christian says JB also cost him a massive winning bonus that night, and the fast track to the world title. So yeah, it pissed him off. But it got Christian thinking. If fans liked JB so much, Christian should to a little background check on him. Fans tell Christian to STFU but Christian says that despite his better judgement, he went on social media and look into the kid. “Man, what a cesspool social media has become, especially considering the wrestling corner of social media.” There are losers just like these fans here, tweeting away like their opinions matter or that they know anything about this business. You know NOTHING about Christian’s business!
Christian doesn’t need anyone’s comments about who he should be wrestling, what title he should be going for, or who he should be aligned with. He is one of the best to ever step foot in this ring, so he knows better than us, thank you. It’d be like if Christian pulled up to the drive-thru and told one of you idiots how to do your job! Schiavone wants to move to another subject but Christian says he’s not done yet. And if Schiavone interrupts again, he’s pulling that earring out of Schiavone’s head! Christian says JB cost him a lot of money, so Christian had to recoup it.
So in his research, Christian found that JB is actually pretty talented, so he hitched his wagon to that train and ride it until it went dry. Christian thought it was going to go for a long time, and he was making some easy money just giving JB those pep talks, standing beside him and in his corner, doing minimal work while cashing in big fat checks! You think Christian came back to elevate the younger talent? You think he’s here to help the next generation? No, that’s BS! He’s here to make money! Others out here complain about their paychecks, this and that, well here’s some advice, and since the fans are all too poor, it’ll be free. And this is for anyone in AEW, too.
“You wanna earn my paycheck? Here’s the deal. Try having a match that people actually talk about more than a week after it happens. Can you do that? I’m talking the type of match that parents sit their kids down and make them watch it over and over again. The type of match that changes the industry. The type of match they name PPVs after. Do that, and then you can be on my pay grade. Until then, eat my crumbs and enjoy it!” As for JB, Christian said he was gonna recoup that money, and JB does have the talent. JB just doesn’t have the brains. JB just doesn’t have the killer instinct. And somewhere along the way, Christian saw it happening.
The final nail in the coffin is that the one time Christian doesn’t give JB some pre-match advice, the one time he doesn’t walk down to the ring with them, JB loses the tag team championships. The gravy train ran dry, so as the old saying goes, “If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself.” Christian is going to take control, get his hands dirty, and that pisses him off! Schiavone cuts Christian off here, because he wants to bring up what everyone was talking about on social media, and that is what Christian told JB’s mom and sister after the show. Christian went right up to them and said they raised JB as a POS!
Why would he do that to them?! Christian says he was just giving JB’s mom the chance to apologize for giving birth to JB, but instead she flipped Christian off. But here’s why she’s really mad: she saw her knight in shining armor go off into the sunset. She was a little sweet on Christian here, and wanted him to be JB’s new father. JB did look up to Christian like a father figure, but here’s the thing: Christian never wanted to be a father figure, JB has no father, because his father is dead. But that’s a good thing, because he’d be embarrassed to see how his son turned out! To see his son crumpled like a ball of paper at Christian’s feet, unable to get up and fight back!
Fans boo even harder as Christian tells JB, “Enjoy your early retirement at 25! Stay gone!” But wait! Here comes Luchasaurus! Christian says he’s been meaning to talk to Luchasaurus about this! Luchasaurus won’t listen to Christian, he just chokes him in the corner! Christian says that hurts, they need to talk but not in front of the people! Remember what happened to Marko! What?! Christian asks Luchasaurus let go, but bringing up Marko only angers him more! Christian then says Luchasaurus is like a son to him! Fans laugh at that but Luchasaurus actually lets him go. Christian says they need to talk but in private. Christian whispers something to Luchasaurus, and then hugs him?
Fans boo, but somehow, Christian has convinced Luchasaurus to show him mercy. They go to the back, just what has Captain Charisma got to say to Luchasaurus?
The Cutler Cam is live.
The Young Bucks and Kyle O’Reilly are impressed, Brandon’s finally doing his job right. But take a look at the AEW World Tag Team Championships. They’re back on the best tag team in the world! The Tag Division is number one again, and all is right with the world. The Bucks are back on top, as the first-ever TWO-TIME, TWO-TIME AEW World Tag Team Champions. Now you might be asking, “Young Bucks, are you gonna be on the Forbidden Door PPV this Sunday?” Well, geez, since they’re the original locksmiths that created the key that opened that damn door in the first place, yes, they’ll be there!
Matt asks Kyle how he’s feeling, and Kyle is pretty far from okay! Darby Allin takes out Fish, and then The Man Called Sting should be in jail for what he did to Kyle! That was completely unprovoked! If Kyle’s hands weren’t classified as lethal weapons, he’d sue Sting’s ass. But Forbidden Door, there’s Bullet Club’s Hikuleo, El Phantasmo, and oh yes, the greatest tag team of any generation, the Young Bucks, to take on Sting and all his cronies! Bucks back in the Bullet Club, one night only! They’re gonna Superkick the Forbidden Door down, because it’s SHOWTIME, folks! WOOOO~! CACAW~! Now cut it, Brandon!
AEW All-Atlantic Championship Qualifier: Malakai Black VS Penta Oscuro!
The Forbidden Door is open for one more as this new championship will be granted to the victor of the Fatal 4! The Bastard, PAC. The Redeemer, Miro. And the Stone Pitbull, Tomohiro Ishii. They all are heading to Chicago, but will it be the House of Black’s Dark Father, or the Man with No Fear that takes the final golden ticket?
The bell rings and fans chant for “CERO MIEDO!” Penta gets in Malakai’s face and tells him to listen! “CERO! MIEDO!” Penta pie faces Malakai, but then narrowly avoids the Black Mass! They brawl, Malakai knees low and runs, but into a SUPERKICK! Malakai bails out and Penta builds speed, but Malakai gets back in to CLOBBER Penta with an elbow! Penta bails out, Malakai goes to the corner. Malakai goes up and out, but Penta trips Malakai up! Penta gets back in the ring and builds speed, to FLY! Direct hit at the ramp and fans fire up! Penta hobbles over to get Malakai back in the ring, and then brings him around.
Fans fire up and duel as Penta reels Malakai in, but Malakai trips Penta! Malakai rolls Penta to his feet to ROCK him in the back! Penta drops to his knees but Malakai drags him back up to throw another forearm in the back. Malakai whips corner to corner but Penta reverses. Malakai goes up and over, but then so does Penta, to BACKSTABBER! Both men are down but Penta crawls to the cover, TWO! Penta gets Malakai’s arm but Malakai rolls him up, TWO! SLINGBLADE! Malakai bails out again, fans fire up, and Penta slingshots. Malakai moves so Penta lands safe on the apron, only for Malakai to sweep the legs!
Penta crashes down, Malakai RAMS him into the railing, and then KICKS him! Malakai POSTS Penta, then RAMS him into more railing while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Penta writhes, but Malakai refreshes the ring count and comes back to put Penta in the ring. Malakai stomps Penta, turns him over, then stomps away on his back! Malakai even drops a knee! Penta crawls to ropes and then the corner, but Malakai brings him up. Malakai RAMS into Penta’s back, brings him around and wrenches to tuck the arm for an OCTOPUS STRETCH! Penta endures but Malakai throws elbows into his ribs! Penta fights, Malakai shifts to have a chinlock, but Penta throws body shots. But Malakai tucks Penta back in for another Octopus! Penta endures, arm-drags free, but Malakai KICKS him in the chest!
Penta ends up in a corner, Malakai runs in but Penta elbows him away. Penta superkicks but Malakai blocks, only to rush into Penta’s OVERHEAD Belly2Belly into the corner! Malakai flounders, Penta gets space and he runs in, but Malakai BOOTS him! Malakai QUEBRADAS but flops as Penta moves! Penta springboards to SLINGBLADE! Both men are down and a standing count begins while Dynamite returns to single picture. Fans rally and duel, Malakai stands first and he hobbles over to Penta. Malakai drags Penta up, waistlocks, but Penta elbows free. Malakai shoves Penta but Penta LARIATS! And then again!
Penta runs, wheelbarrows, victory roll and Penta goes up top for a CROSSBODY SPLASH! Malakai flounders to the apron, Penta goes out after him. Penta brings Malakai around, CHOPS him, and reels him in. Fans fire up as Penta tucks Malakai’s arms, but the back doesn’t allow Penta to lift! Malakai gets free and BOOTS Penta to the post! Malakai then drags Penta up to spin, but Penta ducks the heel kick to GAMANGIRI! Malakai wobbles, Penta reels him in and tucks the arms! Fans fire up for the lift, but Malakai slips back into the ring! ROUNDHOUSE, and then Malakai runs. Penta somersaults for a STUNNER! Cover, TWO!!
Fans fire up while both men are down again. Malakai gets himself to ropes, fans rally up, and Penta storms over. Penta hoists Malakai up top, CHOPS him, then climbs up after him. Malakai resists the lift then trips Penta up! Penta falls to the mat, Malakai goes back up top. COUP DE- NO, Penta avoids the double stomps, but Malakai blocks the kick to JUMP KNEE! Penta flops out of the ring, Malakai goes to the corner, ASAI MOONSAULT! Direct hit and fans fire up! Malakai gets Penta up and in again, then goes back up the corner! Penta rolls away, but Malakai still jumps, COUP DE GRACE! Cover, TWO!!
Penta survives and grits his teeth but Malakai brings him up. Penta shoves Malakai to the corner, but Malakai ROUNDHOUSES back! Malakai goes up again, but Penta GAMANGIRIS him first! Penta stretches his back, gets up top to get Malakai, and he tucks the arms! SUPER FEAR FACTOR!!! But Malakai rolls away and Penta can’t cover! Fans fire up while losing their minds, and Penta crawls to the far side. Penta grabs at Malakai, drags himself to the cover, ROPEBREAK!!! Malakai survives by mere inches and Penta can’t believe it! Fans chant, “This is Awesome!” as Penta gets Malakai back up and brings him around. Pump handle and half nelson, but the back gives up!
Malakai stands again, blocks Penta’s superkick, BLACK MASS!!! Cover, Malakai wins!!
Winner: Malakai Black, by pinfall (advances to The Forbidden Door)
But here comes PAC! The Bastard stares Malakai down, but then MIRO is on the tron! “My God. A week after I called you out, the All-Atlantic title came in. Is this your apology to me? All I wanted was my God, my gold, and my gorgeous wife. But you couldn’t help but test me, could you? Good. Because I will walk through The Forbidden Door, dragging all the Bastards and the Pagans with me, and I will redeem them all!! So to Malakai, Pac and Ishii, this Sunday at Forbidden Door, when I send you to meet your maker, you tell that coward The Redeemer wants to talk.” Miro is ready, Pac is ready, and Malakai will have to be ready, because only ONE can hold the gold!
Wardlow speaks.
“I always get what I want. And if I don’t, I take it. And the only thing I want is the TNT title. I’ve been waiting three years for this opportunity. I don’t take orders anymore. I told you, I’m coming for everything I want and everything I deserve. Scorpio Sky, when you’re healed and ready, I will gladly welcome you into Wardlow’s World!” When and where will the Face of TNT finally face the Maestro of Mayhem?
Adam Cole is here!
The Panama City Playboy, the “King of Harts,” and the #4 ranked singles wrestler in the AEW Men’s Division is joining commentary once again, because guess who is in the next match!
Hangman Page VS Silas Young!
The Cowboy still wants to start sh*t with NJPW’s IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, even if is Jay White now. But the ROH’s Last Real Man is making his AEW debut in a rather surprising crossover! Will Milwaukee’s own take the fight to Hangman? Or will Hangman prove he is worthy of something on Forbidden Door’s card?
The bell rings and fans fire up as the two tie up. Hangman wrenches an arm but Silas rolls, kips up, cartwheels and wrenches back. Hangman rolls, kips up, wrenches, hammerlocks, snapmares and the two stand off as fans applaud. Silas mockingly applauds as he and Hangman reset. They approach, Silas knees low and CLUBS Hangman. Silas headlocks, Hangman powers out to get his own headlock and a takeover. Silas headscissors, Hangman kips free, but Silas sweeps the legs! Cover, ONE, and Hangman sweeps, covers, ONE as Silas goes Matrix! Silas Oklahoma Rolls Hangman, ONE, and Hangman avoids a sweep to BOOT Silas down!
Fans fire up and Cole is annoyed that Hangman has the advantage. Silas gets to a corner, Hangman storms over and CHOPS! Hangman says one more and he CHOPS Silas again! Silas turns things around to CHOP Hangman! Hangman gets in Silas’ face, so Silas CHOPS again! Hangman CHOPS Silas down! Silas gets to ropes, Hangman whips but Silas reverses and rakes the eyes! Cole says that’s just getting a tactical advantage. Silas whips, Hangman reverses and sends Silas out hard! Hangman then aims and PLANCHAS, but Silas moves! Silas kicks low, puts Hangman back in, but Hangman swings right around to LARIAT Silas down!
Fans fire up while Hangman goes up the corner. Cole says Hangman is making a mistake, but Hangman hits the ARIHARA MOONSAULT! Direct hit and Silas goes down, and Hangman smirks at Cole as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Hangman brings Silas up and into the ring, then aims from the apron. Silas staggers up, but he spots Hangman aiming for him and bails right out! No Buckshot yet, but Hangman gets in to storm over to the far side. Hangman brings Silas up, but Silas deadweights him. Hangman is annoyed and keeps trying, but Silas HOTSHOTS Hangman down! Then slingshot STOMPS, then JUMP STOMPS! Silas mockingly applauds, then he runs to SENTON! Cover, TWO! Silas wants a faster count but he kicks Hangman around. Silas throws hands on Hangman in the corner, then bumps him off buckles. Silas whips corner to corner hard, and Hangman tumbles off the buckles!
Silas drags Hangman back up, but Hangman blocks the suplex. Silas RAMS Hangman into the corner, again again, then gets space. Silas runs in, but Hangman dodges and Silas hits buckles! Hangman brings Silas into a cradle, TWO! Silas kicks Hangman low and has him in the corner again. Silas brings Hangman out to snap suplex! Cover, TWO! Silas clamps on a rear bearhug and squeezes tight! Hangman fights up, throws elbows, but Silas kicks low again. Silas suplexes to put Hangman on ropes, MAGIC SCREW! Cover, TWO! Silas goes to the corner and climbs up, but Hangman ROCKS him first!
Dynamite returns to single picture as Hangman climbs up top. Fans rally as Hangman brings Silas up, for the SUPERPLEX! Fans fire up and a standing count begins. Hangman sits up and gets to ropes, then he goes after Silas. They’re standing at 5 and the haymakers start flying! Silas kicks but Hangman blocks to flip him, but Silas lands on his feet! Silas then gets around and hooks the arms, but Hangman holds off the backslide. Hangman spins Silas around and scoops him, for a FALL AWAY SLAM! Hangman kips up and fans fire up! Silas is in the corner, Hangman runs corner to corner, and clotheslines!
Hangman fireman’s carries but Silas slips off to shove Hangman into the corner. Silas runs in but is put on the apron. Hangman runs side to side and Silas tries to keep up, but he get a TRIANGLE JUMP LARIAT! Silas goes to the floor, Hangman PLANCHAS Silas down! Hangman puts Silas back in, goes up top, and FLYING LARIATS! Cover, TWO! Silas is still in this and Cole claims he’s focused, not upset. Cole is convinced Silas will turn this around and the fans duel as Hangman brings Silas up. Silas gets around to BACKBREAKER, and LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Fans fire up as Silas fireman’s carries, for the ROLLING SENTON!
Silas gets up the corner, headstand and ARABIAN- NO, Hangman avoids the press, waistlocks, and GERMAN SUPLEXES! Then LARIATS! Hangman goes to the apron and fans fire up as the elbow pad comes off. Silas stands up, into the BUCKSHOT! Cover, Hangman wins!
Winner: Hangman Page, by pinfall
Cole is furious and has them shut the music off! “Boys and girls, who’s ready for Storytime with Adam Cole, Baybay?” Wait, JAY WHITE is here! Cole looks confused as to why The Switchblade is here, and White tells Cole, “First off, let me apologize for coming out here and interrupting Storytime with Adam Cole. But I feel like I owe you an explanation. Over the last week, I’ve been giving it a lot of thought, and as the Catalyst of Professional Wrestling, I’m responsible for all of this. That means I’m responsible for making Forbidden Door as big as it can be.
“And as much as I would love to make it about Bullet Club and the Undisputed Elite, and do a favor for a good friend… My opponent at Forbidden Door still can’t be you. Because, Adam, you lost to him.” Hangman shrugs because that’s true. And then White adds, “Twice.” Ow… White tells Hangman that he and Milwaukee and the world all are just dying to know who White will face at Forbidden Door for his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. White goes to the ring, and he can tell Hangman it won’t be him either. Hangman then slaps the mic out of White’s hand! White swings on Hangman but Hangman dodges to fire off haymakers!
Cole rushes the ring, Hangman DECKS him, then fires off on White! Hangman whips White but White reverses to send Hangman to the apron! But bad move, Hangman loads up! Cole LOW BLOWS Hangman!! Cole then pushes Hangman in and White fires off hands! Cole grabs the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, and he aims at White?! White lets off on Hangman, and sees Cole! Cole claims he wants to hit Hangman with the belt, and White believes him, so White drags Hangman up. But then, that coin drop! IT’S OKADA!! Milwaukee explodes as Kazuchika Okada, the Rainmaker, is here!
Okada rushes the ring, White and Cole stand their ground, and the fight is on! Fans lose their minds as Okada fights Cole and White, and then Hangman gets back up! Adam has Adam and Okada has White as they fire off in opposite corners! Then Okada and Hangman stare at each other. Cole comes in, Hangman DECKS him! White rushes in, Okada gets around, ripcord, but White avoids the Rainmaker lariat! White and Cole bail out, IWGP World title on White’s shoulder. Fans are thunderous for Okada, but what does all this mean for Forbidden Door and NJPW’s top title?
Backstage interview with Jade Cargill & The Baddies.
Tony Schiavone is with the undefeated TBS Champion, as well as Keira Hogan and Stokely Hathaway. Schiavone says there is an injury to Red Velvet, and Jade says we can either all sit here and cry about that, or we can understand that the show must go on. Jade is STILL undefeated, and Kiera says Kris Statlander’s “alien looking ass” must think this is real funny since Velvet isn’t here because of her. But the joke is on Kris. Stokely has breaking news, drum roll please! Tony, drum roll! Bddddddt… Stokely says they’re looking for a NEW Baddie! If you want in, all you gotta do is follow these instructions.
First: Use #BaddieSearch in a post. Second: In 140 characters or less, tell them why you should be a Baddie. Or you could keep it one hundy, haha! Not everyone can grace the stage like they can, and you have to be a top notch bitch. And third: “Please, mah sisters in Christ, keep the photos PG.” Schiavone thanks them for their time, but Jade tells him to cut the sh*t. Didn’t we just say to keep it PG? But who will rise above in the #BaddieSearch and stand alongside #ThatBitch?
Athena and Kris Statlander respond!
They’re with Schiavone now, and after what The Baddies just said, O M G, they want to be Baddies, too! They can be sExY~! “You, too, can get the opportunity to stand next to Jade and find out what she smells like~!” Or, they could have the opportunity to be a tOp nOtCh bItCh~! But in all seriousness, it is very unfortunate to hear about Red Velvet. And as sad as that is, Jade must be frontin’ if she thinks Athena & Statlander are backing down. Athena says, “It doesn’t matter if you get one Baddie, two Baddies, hell, twenty Baddies. We are going to thwart each and every one of those hussies that’s set forth in our path.”
Statlander adds, “Absolutely no one can get in our way. Stokely certainly learned that lesson last week.” Oh, y’mean when Statlander smacked him in the back of the head? BOP! Exactly. So they can do their #BaddieSearch, because they’ve got the babe with the power, Willow Nightingale! And Jade, cut the sh*t! Will the Baddies be in bad shape after this trio is through with them?
Toni Storm VS Marina Shafir w/ Nyla Rose!
The Lightning From Down Under has an AEW Women’s World Championship match with Thunder Rosa this Sunday, but there’s only one problem: The Problem stands in her way! Will Storm be able to strike down Shafir? Or will she be stumbling her way into the Forbidden Door?
It is of note that the Native Beast is in Shafir’s corner after the two bonded over brutally beating opponents together on Dark: Elevation. Will Shafir soon be a Vicious Vixen like Nyla and Vickie Guerrero?
The bell rings and the two approach. Shafir BOOTS Storm down and Storm gets to a corner. Shafir storms up on Storm but Storm boots her back. Shafir laughs it off and circles with Storm. They tie up, Shafir gets a leg but Storm stays up. Fans rally, Storm hits a half hatch takeover to a cover, ONE and Shafir gets a faceclock. Shafir mounts and gets an arm to roll Storm! Storm flails, reaches out, and gets the ROPEBREAK! Shafir lets off but stares Storm down. Storm kicks at Shafir, then stands up. Shafir is after a leg again, tries a throw, but Storm clamps on. Shafir powers through for the takedown!
Storm keeps her shoulders up but Shafir shifts to get a foot. Storm rolls, reels Shafir in and headlocks. Shafir powers out but Storm redirects herself and dropkicks Shafir down! Fans fire up and Shafir gets to a corner. Storm stomps and whips, but Shafir reverses to sweep the legs! Shafir stares Storm down, then things speed up. Storm follows Shafir but Shafir KICKS her down! Storm goes to the apron and Shafir kicks her to the floor! The ref keeps Shafir from pursuing, so Nyla drops a SENTON on Storm! Fans boo as the Native Beast gets away with that one, and Shafir fetches Storm as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Shafir brings Storm up and into the ring, and has her in a corner. Shafir walks into Storm’s kicks but she grabs the legs to kick away on them! Shafir digs her boots in at the ropes but lets off as the ref counts. Shafir paces, stalks Storm along the ropes, then brings her up for a cravat into the ropes! The ref reprimands, Shafir snapmares Storm and shifts to a chinlock. Storm endures, fights up, reaches out, but Shafir throws in knee after knee! Shafir then trips Storm and waistlocks to deadlift GERMAN SUPLEX! Storm sits up in a daze but Shafir drags her into a half nelson and wristlock combo.
Storm endures, fights up again, throws body shots, but Shafir trips Storm again and hard! Nyla applauds and Shafir covers, TWO! Shafir smirks as she drags Storma round. Storm kicks her away, Shafir cartwheels back and gets the arms for a straitjacket stretch! Storm endures again as Shafir even fishhooks her face! The ref reprimands, Shafir keeps on the straitjacket, but Storm still endures. Storm powers up as Dynamite returns to single picture, and she kicks free! Storm throws forearms, but Shafir shoves her and eggs her on! Storm throws more forearms, Shafir throws them back! Shafir chicken wings Storm to HEADBUTT her in the back!
Shafir spins Storm around again but Storm breaks free to HEADBUTT Shafir down! Shafir staggers up, Storm runs, but into a BOOT! Storm bails out of the ring and Shafir watches her. Shafir goes out, KICKS Storm around, then bumps her off the apron. Storm staggers around the way but Shafir pursues. SAYANAGI! Shafir drags Storm up again, shoves her into steel steps, but Storm avoids the boot! Shafir hobbles, Storm uses the steps for a TORNADO DDT to the floor! Storm hurries to put Shafir in, and she fires off clubbing forearms! Shafir wants the sayanagi but Storm blocks to GERMAN SUPLEX! Fans rally up as Storm fires up!
Storm runs at Shafir corner to corner, HIP ATTACK! Storm grabs at Shafir but so does Nyla. The ref reprimands and Nyla backs off. Storm gets Shafir up, but Shafir wrenches, pump handles, and lifts, only for Storm to slip out and roll Shafir up! With a bridge! STORM WINS!
Winner: Toni Storm, by pinfall
Storm solves the Problem, but Nyla CLOBBERS her! Nyla stomps Storm and Shafir joins in! They mug Storm, but here comes THUNDER ROSA! The champion gets in, dodges Nyla and SHOTGUNS Shafir! Nyla is after Rosa, but Rosa elbows her away and Storm CHOP BLOCKS Nyla’s leg! Rosa tops it off with an ENZIGURI! Storm grabs the belt to CLOBBER Nyla with it! Fans fire up but Rosa noticed that. Storm looks at the belt, then looks at Rosa. Storm hands the belt back to Rosa, but will Storm take it for her own this Sunday?
Darby Allin and Sting speak.
The Relentless One calls out The Undisputed Elite, saying they saw what these two did to Bobby Fish. “Kyle, you say you’re not medically cleared. I don’t believe that for one second. I just think you’re too afraid to show up this Sunday for Forbidden Door. So what do we have here? The Young Bucks and two members of Bullet Club, El Phantasmo and Hikuleo VS me and Sting. You think we’re gonna come alone? Oh, no. We’ve got two members of our own. You wanna get crazy? We can get crazy. Shingo and Hiromu! And one by one, Undisputed Elite, we’re gonna take you guys out. And it continues this Sunday at Forbidden Door.”
The Icon says, “We’re gonna keep kicking bodies all the way down the freakin’ hill! Until there’s nobody left. Two down, three, four more to go, it doesn’t matter to us. At Forbidden Door, it’s gonna be showtime.” A star-studded 8 Man Tag has been set! Will the Bucks, ELP and the Young Gun be able to make Chicago Too Sweet? Or will Darby & Sting tranquilo with Los Ingobernables de Japon?
AEW has Rampage set!
The Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil, Hook, is ready to take on whoever NJPW’s LA Dojo sends, and they’re sending Dylan Barrales, aka The DKC! Then, before the Forbidden Door Winners Take All Tag Title match, FTR’s Cash Wheeler and The United Empire’s Jeff Cobb face off 1v1! Will Cash be able to survive the “Imperial Unit?” Or will he go on a Tour of the Islands in Milwaukee?
Plus, Serena Deeb & Mercedes Martinez have been teaming up on Dark and Elevation, and their team will make its television debut! And to settle some old scores, Andrade El Idolo takes on Rey Fenix in a match of lucha libre superstars! Speaking of which…
AEW hears from Rey Fenix, Alex Abrahantes and Andrade.
Fenix asks Alex if he remembers a couple weeks ago, when Andrade took away Fenix’s opportunity to be the Interim AEW World Champion. Yes, that dastardly low blow in the battle royal! But El Idolo can’t believe Fenix is still crying about that. Andrade has other things to do. He has a wife now! But Fenix tells Andrade that when he showed up, he wanted the Lucha Brothers to work for him, but y’know what? Death Triangle works for nobody! So one more time, 1v1, on Rampage! Andrade says he is tranquilo, but he’ll see Fenix this Friday. Who comes out the better man when these two throw down?
The Forbidden Door just keeps getting bigger!
First, for the Buy-In: The Acclaimed & Gunn Club have been running strong, and now Max Caster and all three Gunns, from Austin to Colten to “Daddy Ass” himself, Billy Gunn, team up against more of the LA Dojo’s finest! The DKC, Kevin Knight, Alex Coughlin and Yuya Uemura go on an excursion of sorts, will they return home as conquering heroes?
And then, after what we saw from Jay White, Adam Cole, Hangman Page and Kazuchika Okada, the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship won’t be defended against one but THREE opponents! It will be a Fatal 4 Way, White VS Cole VS Hangman VS Okada! Will the Switchblade Era survive such a challenge? Or will the Windy City bring about the winds of change?
Jon Moxley & Hiroshi Tanahashi VS Chris Jericho & Lance Archer w/ SamTay!
Before battling for the Interim AEW World Championship as opponents, one of the best in AEW and one of the best in NJPW team together to take on some common enemies! Will the Maniac and The Ace stand tall against the Wizard and the Murderhawk Monster? Or will Jericho having The Spanish God and Brazilian Goddess in his corner be a factor?
Dynamite returns and Archer makes his entrance. William Regal has joined commentary to watch this one in person. Tanahashi makes his entrance from the stage, followed by Moxley’s entrance from the crowd. Moxley flips off SamTay before he joins Tanahashi at the ramp. They talk game plan, and then they rush the ring! The brawl is on and fans fire up! Moxley throws hands with Jericho while Archer knees and CLUBS Tanahashi! Archer bumps Tanahashi off buckles but Moxley tosses Jericho out. The ref rings the bell once it’s just Tanahashi and Archer, but Jericho hits Moxley back on the outside with forearms!
Jericho punches Moxley into having a seat in the corner, but Moxley kicks back and rams Jericho into railing. Tanahashi throws forearms on Archer but Archer eggs Tanahashi on! Tanahashi throws hands, Archer hits back, and fans count along as Moxley rains down fists on Jericho! Moxley tops it off with an elbow as the tenth hit, and Tanahashi starts backing Archer down with a strike fest! Fans are fired up as Moxley whips Jericho into more railing! Tanahashi runs and dropkicks Archer’s legs out! Archer hobbles, Tanahashi runs again, but into a full nelson SLAM! Archer drags Tanahashi up, tags Jericho, and they mug the Ace.
Jericho soaks up the heat, then brings Tanahashi up to CHOP! And forearm, and forearm again! Jericho throws haymakers in the corner, the ref reprimands, but Jericho keeps throwing hands. Tanahashi blocks a punch to give counter punches! Tanahashi backs Jericho down, throws shots in the corner, then whips corner to corner. Jericho reverses, Tanahashi bounces off buckles, and Jericho runs in, only for Tanahashi to send his bulldog into buckles! Jericho is stuck, Tanahashi runs corner to corner to SPLASH Jericho down! Fans fire up as Jericho falls back and Tanahashi wobbles. Tanahashi gets Jericho up, wrenches, and tags Moxley.
Moxley and Tanahashi mug Jericho, then Moxley snapmares Jericho for HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! Fans fire up as Moxley goes way past ten this time! Moxley even BITES Jericho on the forehead! SamTay protest and the ref reprimands, but Moxley lets off. Moxley taunts Archer then clotheslines Jericho out of the ring! Moxley goes out after Jericho to ROCK him with haymakers! Moxley bumps Jericho off the apron, then whips him into the timekeeper’s table! Moxley CLAWS Jericho’s back, then bends him back with a crossface! Moxley tells Jericho this is just a sampler of Blood & Guts!
Moxley puts Jericho in the ring, but Archer gets in. The ref tells Archer to get out, but this is just so Sammy can grab at Moxley! Moxley kicks Sammy away but then Jericho TRIANGLE JUMP DROPKICKS Moxley down! Jericho drags Moxley in, and then ROPE GUILLOTINES him! Jericho tags Archer in, they mug Moxley, and Archer slaps Moxley around. Moxley fires off forearms, Archer just eggs him on, so Moxley runs. But Archer goes the other way, and DERAILS Moxley! Archer fires up and fans are torn as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Archer DECKS Tanahashi, the ref reprimands, but Archer stands on Moxley’s head! The ref reprimands and counts, Archer lets off and he throws Moxley out. Archer then goes to the apron, to CANNONBALL! Direct hit and down goes Moxley! Fans boo and give thumbs down but Archer just soaks it all in. Archer puts Moxley back in the ring, tags Jericho back in, and Jericho looms over Moxley. Moxley reaches out as Tanahashi gets back on the apron, but Jericho slaps Moxley around. Jericho brings Moxley up for a back suplex! Cocky cover, TWO! Jericho drags Moxley up and throws him back out, and Moxley is swinging wild as he staggers.
Jericho gets in Tanahashi’s face and the ref is busy with them, so Sammy cheap shots Moxley! Archer adds on, then holds Moxley’s arms back so Tay can get a shot in! SamTay sneak away and Archer tells fans to give him some space. Archer puts Moxley in for Jericho and Jericho covers, TWO! Jericho drags Moxley back up, brings him around and suplexes high and hard! Jericho flexes while Moxley writhes and Jericho drags him away. Tag to Archer, they mug Moxley again, and then Archer puts Moxley in a corner. Archer CHOPS Moxley down, then clamps on a chinlock. Archer twists Moxley’s head and claws at his eyes, but the ref reprimands.
Archer lets Moxley go, then mockingly applauds. Fans rally up, Archer stands Moxley up, and Moxley throws haymakers! Archer knees low and Moxley falls down! Archer brings Moxley up to bump off buckles, then he tags Jericho. They mug Moxley more, the ref counts, and Archer stops at 4. Jericho snamares Moxley and KICKS him in the back. Jericho soaks up the heat as Dynamite returns to single picture, and he even encourages the fans to get louder. Fans rally for Moxley but Jericho SLAPS him! And SLAPS him again! Moxley CHOPS Jericho! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Moxley fires up, runs, but into a throat chop!
Jericho runs, springboards, LIONSAULT onto knees! Fans fire up while both men are down! Moxley and Jericho crawl for their corners, hot tag to Tanahashi! Tanahashi fires off on Jericho, whips him to ropes, but Jericho reverses. Tanahashi FLYING FOREARMS! Tanahashi DECKS Archer for earlier, then he back elbows Jericho. Tanahashi goes up to CROSSBODY! Fans fire up with the air guitar! Tanahashi scoops Jericho to SLAM him, then he goes up the corner. SUNSET SENTON! Cover, TWO! Jericho survives but Tanahashi fires up. Fans fire up with him and Tanahashi runs, SLING-
NO, Jericho spins Tanahashi around to underhook the arms! But Tanahashi back drops free! Jericho rolls Tanahashi and wants the legs! Fans fire up, Tanahashi drags Jericho into a cradle, TWO!! Jericho escapes, dodges the haymaker and hits a CODE BREAKER! Cover, Moxley breaks it! Archer gets in to throw Moxley out, then goes out after him, only for Moxley to get right back in! Moxley DIVES and takes Archer down! Fans fire up while Jericho slowly rises in the ring. Tanahashi also gets up, and they throw forearms back and forth on their knees. Fans rally as the forearms go back and forth, even as they stand up.
Tanahashi gets the edge, whips Jericho to ropes, but Jericho KICK him back! Jericho spins but Tanahashi ducks the Judas Effect! Tanahashi steals the CODE BREAKER! Tanahashi hurries up the corner and fans fire up! Jericho stands, for the HIGH FLY ATTACK! But Jericho rolls through it to have the legs! WALLS OF JERICHO!! Tanahashi endures, Archer CLOBBERS Moxley, and fans are thunderous! Tanahashi reaches, but Jericho is sitting on this deep! Moxley manages to get in to give Jericho a CUTTER! Archer gets in to BOOT Moxley! Archer then hauls Tanahashi up, reels him in, but Tanahashi avoids lariat to SLINGBLADE!
All four men are down and fans are thunderous again! Moxley makes his way back to his corner as fans rally. Sammy coaches Jericho, but Tanahashi stirs. Jericho flops out of the ring but gets back in. Hot tag to Moxley, hot tag to Archer! Moxley LARIATS, Archer stays up! Moxley LARIATS again but Archer just eggs him on! Moxley runs but Archer follows this time, to ROCK Moxley at the ropes! Archer runs but now Moxley follows, Moxley ROCKS Archer at the ropes! Moxley runs, but into the scoop! Inverted Crucifix, but Moxley slips off! Kick and PARADIGM SHIFT!! Tag to Tanahashi and he’s right up top! HIGH FLY FLOW!! Cover, Mox & Tana win!!
Winners: Jon Moxley & Hiroshi Tanahashi, by pinfall
They held it together and won together! But now, this Sunday, the Maniac and the Once in a Century Talent will meet as opponents. Who will walk out the Forbidden Door our Interim AEW World Champion?
As for Jericho, EDDIE KINGSTON attacks him! The Mad King throws hands on Jericho, but Sammy leaps at him! Kingston fights Sammy off but now Jericho comes back! Moxley isn’t sure if he should go help, but WHEELER YUTA appears! Yuta helps Kingston fight off Le Sex Gods! Yuta sends Jericho into railing, Kingston brings Sammy all the way around the send into railing by the timekeeper’s area! Kingston gets a chair, dodges Sammy’s jump knee, and SMACKS Sammy in the head! Yuta stomps Sammy down, but MINORU SUZUKI is here! The Meanest Man in the World strolls on out and Milwaukee is going nuts!
Kingston is stunned, but Yuta goes after Suzuki and they brawl on the ramp! Suzuki knees low, CLUBS Yuta, Jericho and Kingston are brawling again! Wait, is that SHOTA UMINO!? The Shooter is helping the Decoder go after the Murder Grandpa! Sammy goes after Umino, and this entire time, Tanahashi and Moxley have just been staring down! Referees rush out to stop the madness but Suzuki knocks Yuta down and has a chair! Archer helps hold Yuta down for the SMACK to the back! And then the rest of the Jericho Appreciation Society rushes out to help Jericho! Angelo Parker & Matt Menard help him mug Umino!
Kingston rushes over with a chair and that gets Parker & Menard to let off. Sammy is still after Umino, so Santana & Ortiz rush out! Proud ‘n’ Powerful get after Sammy and Jericho, then Jake Hager and Daniel Garcia appear to go after Umino! Suzuki and Archer blast Yuta with a fan’s popcorn bucket!! Security rushes out but now they’re part of the fight! And still the Ace and Maniac stare down! Is this chaos just a sampler of what’s going to happen inside the double steel cage that is Blood & Guts?
My Thoughts:
An awesome Dynamite, especially with it as a double go-home. And unlike WWE go-homes, they don’t shove in a bunch of recap packages, they just let a lot of the on-screen talent tell you what happened last week. Like with Christian’s promo to explain why he did what he did. It seems odd that he started helping Jungle Boy because of a grudge, but him basically riding JB’s coattails to get easy money does make sense. That jab about JB’s late father, Luke Perry, was major Heel heat, holy crap. And Christian managing to stop Luchasaurus from just choke slamming him to hell was surprising. But who knows, maybe Christian manipulates Luchasaurus into turning on JB.
Great opening promo tonight from Bryan Danielson, even though he did announce he’ll be out of action for some time. But I do like that they’re managing to use this to add a fourth man to Blackpool Combat Club who will face ZSJ, and apparently be the sixth man on the BCC side in Blood & Guts. And it has to be six, because Moxley names himself, Eddie, Santana, Ortiz and Yuta in the match. This could be anyone, and I will love seeing whoever it is taking on ZSJ and joining BCC in one fell swoop for a huge debut in AEW. Lethal, Sonjay & Singh have a good promo, and you know Samoa Joe’s response will be an ROH World TV Championship match, probably on TV.
The Six Man Tag match was great stuff, but Cassidy & Roppongi Vice winning surely means Ospreay retains the US Championship (that he doesn’t even have because Juice Robinson is holding the belt hostage) and RPG Vice is taking the pin so FTR or United Empire can win without the other being weakened. Then FTR and United Empire can do a more dedicated program for the Summer, perhaps having FTR even show up on New Japan Strong. Good promos from Bucks & Kyle as well as Darby & Sting to set up a really fun 8 Man Tag. I like that Shingo & Hiromu are joining Darby & Sting, and I have a feeling Sting’s team wins, Hikuleo surely taking the pin.
Wardlow has a good promo to keep up the hype for his TNT Championship match. Great AEW All-Atlantic Championship Qualifier from Malakai VS Penta, but I knew Malakai was going to win so that the Fatal 4 won’t have two parts of Death Triangle. And great promo from Miro to call out his opponents and pretty much solidify the fact that he is winning that title. Very good promos from The Baddies to let us know they’re adding a new member, and great response promo from Kris & Athena to poke fun at them, and at the WWE “be sexy for TV time” stuff Athena brought up in her shoot interview.
Them shifting from Anna Jay to Willow Nightingale in the Six Woman Tag is fine, plans clearly head to change after Velvet got hurt. I just hope this new Baddie is a new star getting some time, not a swerve like Anna turning Heel or Willow turning on Kris and Athena. Great match from Storm VS Shafir, that was way better than just the usual tune-up stuff before a big match. Also, Nyla and Shafir sticking together as a duo makes me wonder why Vickie Guerrero’s Vicious Vixens stable hasn’t grown yet. Vickie really should try to get more women on her team, especially since there’s two women’s titles now.
Good promos from Fenix and Andrade to set up a Rampage match, and that will be awesome stuff. Hangman VS Silas was great stuff for Silas to make an AEW debut with. But Hangman wins, and we get great surprises with White and Okada showing up. A great little brawl, and a tease of Cole turning on White, and a Fatal 4 Way for the IWGP World title is awesome! This could be a way for Okada to win the belt back without pinning White, or vice-versa, White retaining without pinning Okada. It also gives us all the combinations we expected, like White VS Cole, White VS Hangman, Okada VS Cole and Okada VS Hangman, all in one amazing match.
And of course, what a great main event tag match and ending segment. Moxley and Tanahashi didn’t need to do team moves, they just needed to work together, and just as I anticipated last week, they win so that they both have momentum going into Forbidden Door. And I love that they kept staring at each other, ignoring everything going on outside the ring. That brawl was a great way to send things off before the Six Man Tag at Forbidden Door and Blood & Guts next week, this is going to be an awesome week for AEW.
My Score: 8.9/10
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Who will be the Face of TNT?
Mark Briscoe still battles with the Don Callis Family as Hechicero comes for the AEW TNT Championship in Arlington, Texas!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: PAC, Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia VS Team SkyFlight; Pac, Yuta & Garcia win.
- Brody King VS Barrett Brown; Brody wins.
- EL CLØN VS Komander; Clon wins.
- Mina Shirakawa VS Lady Frost; Mina wins.
- AEW TNT Championship: Mark Briscoe VS Hechicero; Briscoe wins and retains the title.
- Six Woman Tag: Kris Statlander & The Babes of Wrath VS Hyan, Maya World & VertVixen; Statlander & The Babes win.
- Six Man Tag: Anthony Bowens & #JetSpeed VS The Demand; The Demand wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Six Man Tag: PAC, Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia w/ Marina Shafir VS Team SkyFlight!
The Bastard gave Darby Allin the rematch he wanted to avoid losing a leg. But now he’s just pissed, so he, The Decoder & RedDeath are looking to take it out on Scorpio Sky & Top Flight. Will the Death Riders build momentum through a Collision? Or will SkyFlight prove themselves against three former champions?
The fans are already telling off Yuta while Jon Moxley joins commentary. The teams sort out and Scorpio starts against Yuta. The fans taunt Yuta again as he and Scorpio circle. The tow tie up, Yuta wrenches to hammerlock, then he spins Scorpio to a cravat and snapmare. The fans boo as Yuta has the headlock, but Scorpio fights up. Yuta wrenches and wristlocks, but Scorpio rolls, rolls, and rolls to spin and wrangle Yuta to the mat. The fans cheer, but Yuta fights up and ROCKS Scorpio! Yuta whips, but Scorpio ducks a lariat to wrench and backslide, ONE! Yuta Oklahoma Rolls, ONE! Scorpio has it back, TWO!
Scorpio headlocks, Yuta powers up and out, but Scorpio RUNS Yuta over! Cover, ONE, and Yuta sweeps to cover! ONE, Scorpio runs and Darius tags in! Darius goes up while Scorpio wrenches an arm, FLYING AX HANDLE! The fans cheer as Air Wolfe wrenches Yuta, but Yuta ROCKS him, ROCKS him again, then brings him over. Yuta bumps Darius off buckles, tags Garcia in, and the fans boo as these two mug Darius. They wheelbarrow, but Darius fights free! Darius arm-drags Yuta away, but Garcia headlocks. Darius powers up and out, but Garcia RAMS Darius! Darius rolls over the drop down, then hurdles to UPPERCUT!
The fans fire up and Moxley admits, that was good. Darius runs to SPLASH Garcia in a corner, then he goes back in for an UPPERCUT! The fans rally but Garcia YANKS Darius into buckles! Garcia drags Darius up to CHOP! Garcia whips, Darius goes up and over, then Darius arm-drags! The fans rally again, and Darius drags Garcia up to wrench. Tag to Dante, they whip, but Garcia reverses. Garcia jumps, but into an atomic drop and BULLDOG KNEE SMASH! Cover, TWO! Angel Dorado wrenches Garcia, tags Scorpio, and he goes up to AX HANDLE! Scorpio wrenches Garcia, wristlocks, but Garcia endures. Pac BLASTS Top Flight just because!
The fans boo, but Garcia puts Scorpio in the corner. Tag to Pac and Pac BOOTS Scorpio! Pac stomps a mudhole away, digs his boots in, but backs off as the ref counts 4. Pac drags Scorpio up, bumps him off buckles, then tags Yuta. They mug Scorpio now while the fans boo. Yuta says he has ’til 5 and the fans boo more. Tag to Garcia, he stomps away on Scorpio, then stops at 4. Garcia brings Scorpio up, ROCKS him, but Scorpio fires body shots. Garcia CLUBS Scorpio, Scorpio ROCKS Garcia, repeat! Scorpio eggs Garcia on and the forearms start flying! Scorpio CLAWS Garcia’s eyes! The ref reprimands but the fans cheer Garcia getting a taste of his own medicine!
Scorpio whips, Garcia reverses, but Scorpio BOOTS Garcia away. Scorpio rolls to hot tag Dante! The fans fire up as Dante fires forearms! Garcia shoves, blocks a kick, but not the ENZIGIRI! Dante then dodges to springboard and SHOTGUN! Dante kip sup, the fans fire up, and Dante whips corner to corner. Garcia reverses, but Dante slips out, up, around, but Pac stops him! Garcia gets Dante for a SAIDO! Tag to Yuta and the mugging continues! The fans boo, Yuta CHOKES Dante while the ref stops Scorpio & Darius, and Collision goes picture in picture.
Yuta taunts the fans, then he drags Dante up. Dante fires body shots, but Yuta THROWS Dante down by his hair! Tag to Pac, they mug Dante again, then Pac stomps Dante around. Pac drags Dante around just to KICK him! Pac wrenches and whips Dante into the corner hard, and Dante falls from hitting buckles! Pac covers, TWO! Pac keeps Dante back from Darius & Scorpio, then drags him around. Pac bumps Dante off buckles, tags Garcia, and Garcia stomps Dante. Garcia climbs up to rain down fists! Garcia goes to nine, puts up his dukes, but then hops down. No dancing for the fans! Garcia stands Dante up, but Dante fires hands!
Garcia KNEES Dante, KNEES him again, then CHOKES him on the ropes! Garcia high-fives Marina, then drags Dante over to bump him off buckles. Pac tags in and fires off forearm. Pac bumps Dante back off buckles, then he THROWS Dante out! Pac distracts the ref for Yuta & Garcia to mug Dante! The ref has to keep Darius & Scorpio back, and Pac WRECKS Dante with a dropkick! Collision returns to single picture, the fans blame the ref for these shenanigans, but Pac covers Dante, TWO! Moxley says that was precision teamwork. Pac steps on Dante’s leg, taunts SkyFlight, then stomps Dante!
Pac bumps Dante off buckles, tags Yuta, and they mug Dante again. The fans boo but Yuta suplexes Dante to hold him up. Yuta SLAMS Dante down, covers, TWO! Dante toughs it out but Marina protests the count. Yuta clamps on a chinlock but the fans rally up. Dante rises, fires body shots, and JAWBREAKERS! Yuta swings but Dante blocks to fire forearms! The fans fire up for Dante but Yuta KNEES low. Yuta headlocks, but Dante hits a BIG back suplex! Both men crawl, Garcia tags in! He BLASTS SkyFlight! The fans boo, but Garcia picks Dante up. Yuta is up top for the FLYING HART ATTACK! Cover, TWO! Garcia drags Dante to tag Pac!
Pac SOBATS Dante, FRONT KICKS, then SOBATS! Pac runs, but Dante follows! Pac dodges, but Dante DROPKICKS! The fans fire up while Dante and Pac are down! Dante crawls, reaches out, hot tags to Yuta and Darius! The fans fire up as Darius dodges Yuta to BLAST Garcia! Then he BOOTS Yuta, goes up, and leaps over! Handspring, run, and a dodge to sling Yuta for the SPANISH FLY! Then a DIVE onto Garcia! The fans fire up again as Darius BOOTS Yuta, then hits the GET OVER HERE! Darius suplexes but Marina gets on the apron! Darius still hits the FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, but Pac STOMPS it apart!
Zayda gets in Marina’s face! Admirable but maybe a mistake… Pac runs up on Darius but Darius puts him out! Scorpio KNEES Pac down! Then he and Dante build speed to DOUBLE FLY! Down go Pac and Garcia! The fans fire up as Darius has Yuta again, but Marina tries it again! So Zayda gets in Marina’s face again! Marina SPITS at Zayda! Zayda is pissed now! But Yuta waistlocks Darius! Darius switches and SHOVES Yuta into Marina! O’Conner Roll, TWO!! Darius TOSSES Yuta, to then SLINGSHOT him into Dante’s CUTTER! Cover, Garcia breaks it! The fans fire up as Scorpio whips but Garcia reverses to TOSS Scorpio!
Pac CLOBBERS Dante into railing! Darius runs, but Marina swipes at him! The fans boo, but Yuta LOW BLOWS Darius in the distraction! Tag to Garcia, and the cycle of violence starts up as Pac UPPERCUTS! Yuta ELBOWS! Garcia LARIATS! REPEAT! Then they run the ropes crisscross just to show off while Darius is in a SLEEPER! Yuta PLANCHAS Scorpio, and Pac finally LARIATS Darius!! BRUTALIZER!! Darius QUITS, Death Riders win!
Winners: The Death Riders, by submission
The Bastard shouts for Darby Allin! Remember what happened on Wednesday! Darby, you asked for this, so you’ve done this to yourself! Pac is ready to inflict Maximum Carnage on Darby, but will Darby prove he is relentless? As for Marina and Zayda, they get into trash talking, and the fans cheer Zayda on. Mox says this is a shame, Zayda’s just a kid. Marina BOOTS Zayda into Megan Bayne’s arms! The Megasus hits a RUNNING POWERBOMB! The Real Deal just got dominated for real! Will the entire AEW Women’s Division have to #BowDown to the Mega Problems?
Backstage interview with The Conglomeration.
Lexy Nair is with Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, and the AEW TNT Champion, Mark Briscoe, but before she can start, Roddy shouts, “LEXYYYY~! I am not in the Conglomeration. But what I am is not done with you yet, Death Riders.” Briscoe says yeah, matter of fact, the Death Riders AND the Don Callis Family, it don’t matter which faction it is! If you wanna conglomerate, it is 2026, just come get it! Cuz he’ll tell ya now, he won’t keep anybody waiting! The Word of the Day is MOMENTUM! The Conglomeration has all the momentum going into 2026!
Their girl, Willow, brought even more gold to the fold with that TBS Championship! The Babes of Wrath at the AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions! Briscoe is TNT Champion, which brings us to tonight! Hechicero, you a bad man, Briscoe knows what you can do, but it don’t matter! They got momentum, baby! Briscoe is coming for ya, Hechi! And Briscoe knows the Don Callis Family is lurking, but it don’t matter, because as the saying goes, when two or more conglomerate in the same place, then you have a full conglomeration! Cassidy says yes, that’s it. So The Conglomeration is about to take over the nation! LET’S GO, TEXAS! RARARARARA!
Briscoe is all fired up as he heads out, but will he still be the Face of TNT? Or will the Alchemist of Lucha Libre have just the spell to cook the Sussex County Chicken?
Brody King VS Barrett Brown!
It seems the Death Riders won a little too fast for our two hour bare minimum broadcast, so that gives the King of Death an opportunity to shine. Will Brody’s brand of violence bring home the bacon? Or will he get caught off guard by-
OH, well Barrett DIVES out at Brody! But Brody catches him! APRON CHOKE SLAM! The fans fire up and bark for Brody as he steps into the ring. The bell rings, Brody runs in and SPLASHES Barrett! Barrett flops down, the fans bark again, and Brody CANNONBALLS! Brody drags Barrett up, reels him in and GONZO BOMB! Cover, Brody wins!
Winner: Brody King, by pinfall
Well, that didn’t take all that long, either! Brody high-fives the fans, and his amigo, Bandido, is here to celebrate! Will the Outlaw win the AEW World Championship this Wednesday in Phoenix? Or will that Scumbag, MJF, find a way to survive in the desert?
Josh Alexander walks ‘n’ talks.
“I know what everybody is wondering: Where is the great Don Callis right now? Well, he has flown back to Tokyo to celebrate Okada’s monumental victory at WrestleKingdom. And both of them will be watching live tonight! Tonight, when El Clon is yet again victorious on Collision. Tonight, when Hechicero brings that TNT Championship back to the Don Callis Family where it belongs!” And yes, Lance Archer is beating up local enhancement talent just for fun while Alexander drags along another. The Walking Weapon tells JetSpeed they should’ve stayed down where Mark Davis & Jake Doyle left them.
But now, they will learn a lesson, and Alexander has faith in their friends, The Demand, in teaching them that lesson tonight. Archer LAWN DARTS a guy into another, then says, “Everybody dies!” The Don Callis Family destroys everyone in their way, but will they do that to Komander and Mark Briscoe tonight? Or can Conglomeration and Conglomeration adjacent survive the Collision?
EL CLØN VS Komander!
The bell rings and the fans already chant, “LUCHA! LUCHA!” Komander and Clon step up, and Clon eggs Komander on. The fans rally for Komander, he runs up, but Clon slips around to waistlock. Komander switches, Clon switches and he SLAMS Komander down! Clon flips Komander over, yanks him up, but Komander arm-drags, only for Clon to reel him in, ghost pin! TWO, Clon rolls Komander but Komander arm-drags, rolls, inverted backslide! TWO and Clon has it now, TWO! Komander has it, TWO! Both men stand and the fans cheer. Komander runs up, tilt-o-whirl arm-drag, and roll into a DRAGON’S LAIR, TWO!
Clon rolls Komander to a high stack, TWO! A roll and Clon has it again, TWO! Clon handsprings to kip up smooth and the fans cheer. The fans rally and duel while Komander catches his breath. Komander and Clon run, Komander drops then hurdles, but into a fireman’s carry! Clon tosses Komander for a HACKY SACK KICK, then a whip to the corner! LARIAT, FOREARM, SOBAT! And repeat! Clon adds a GAMANGIRI, then he TIGER WALL SAULTS! Cover, TWO! The fans rally up and Clon steps on Komander. Clon stalks Komander, ROCKS him with forearms, then stalks him to a corner. Komander shoves Clon but Clon BOOTS him!
Clon whips Komander to ropes, but Komander rolls under, tilt-o-whirls, then RANAS! The fans fire up as Clon tumlbes to ropes! Komander runs up, whips, but Clon reverses! Komander reverses, knuckle locks, and he CHOPS! Komander goes up, ARABIAN PRESS IMPLODER ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up as Clon ends up in a corner. Komander runs up, Clon puts him on the apron, but Komander GAMANGIRIS! And GAMANGIRIS again! The fans fire up as Komander climbs, then TORNILLO RANAS! The fans are thunderous for the innovation we’re seeing from both men! Komander then salutes and builds speed to DIVE!
But Clon catches and TOSSES Komander to the ramp!! The fans are torn, but Collision goes picture in picture.
Clon drags Komander up to suplex, and then SLAMS him on the ramp! The ref checks Komander but he’s still in this. Clon rolls into the ring just to refresh the count. Clon drags Komander, kicks him, then throws him into steel steps! Komander flounders as he clutches his knee, but Clon steps on him. Clon stands on Komander even, but stops as the ref counts. Clon puts Komander in the ring, clamps on a GROUND COBRA TWIST, and he pulls Komander’s leg. He RIPS at the mask! The ref counts, Clon stops at 4, and Clon paces while Collision goes to break.
Collision returns and Clon has Komander on the ropes. Clon winds up to CHOP! Komander is stinging and the fans fire up while Clon stalks him. Clon whips, Komander ducks ‘n’ rolls, then he DROPKICKS a leg! Clon hobbles, but he spins Komander around. Clon ducks a kick but not the SOBAT and DDT! The fans fire up while both men are down! Komander rises while Clon crawls, and Komander runs up to CHOP! The fans fire up as Clon seethes. Clon TOSSES Komander to the corner but Komander BOOTS Clon, then CHOPS, CHOPS, and SUPERKICKS! The fans fire up as Clon goes to a corner. Komander runs in, but Clon ducks under!
Komander goes up, up, flips away and handsprings, perhaps showing off that the knee is alright. The fans fire up, Clon runs in, but Komander dodges to then whip Clon back to the corner. Komander LRIATS, keeps moving, but Clon follows! Clon jumps up, knuckle locks and MONKEY FLIPS! Then he rolls back, but Komander uses that to leap up and POISON-RANA! Cover, TWO!! The fans fire up, “Esta Lucha! <This is Lucha!>” Komander runs, but is caught into a half nelson and leg hook! But Komander fights whatever Clon is trying to then run again. Tilt-o-whirl, and Komander lands out of the slam! Komander goes up the corner, MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO!!
Clon bails out and the fans rally for “LUCHA! LUCHA!” Komander goes to the far side, climbs up the corner, and the fans fire up for his tightrope walk! All 20 feet, but Clon moves! Komander hops down and changes his plans, ESCALARA MOONSAULT! Down goes Clon and the fans are thunderous again! Komander stalks Clon around the way, puts him in the ring, and fans cheer “A E DUB!” for making this match happen. Komander goes up, tightrope walks again, CIELITO- NO, Clon moves! And goes up and over, handsprings, then MATRIX PELE! Clon aims, scoops Komander LUMBAR CHECK! Komander writhes but Clon drags him back up.
Clon torture racks for the PORTAL- DESTROYER!! Komander covers, TWO!! Komander knows that move because Hologram is his amigo, but Clon survives the counter! Komander rises, the fans rally again, “This is Awesome!” Komander shouts out Hologram to then torture rack. Clone slips free, but Komander SOBATS! Komander runs, DEST- NO, Clon pops free, half nelson and leg hook, MADE WITH MALWARE!! Cover, TWO?!?! But Clon just torture racks again! PORTAL BOMB!!! Cover, Clon wins!
Winner: EL CLØN, by pinfall
An instant classic for these two, but it is the corrupted copy of Hologram that comes out on top! Will Clon to be as unstoppable as the original? Will the same go for The Don Callis Family in 2026?
Mina Shirakawa VS Lady Frost!
The Fighting Gravure Idol tried to save Toni Storm from Marina Shafir, but she got knocked out rather easily. Can Mina redeem herself here tonight? Or will all that heat be cooled off by the Coldest Wrestler You Know?
Wait, a ringside staff member says someone sent these three little bouquets to Mina. Mina is thankful to have them, though she’s not sure who they’re from. And then Frost SUPERKICKS Mina down! The fans boo, is Frost just jealous? The bell rings and Frost kicks the flowers out of the ring to then BOOT Mina to a corner. Frost CHOPS Mina, says she’s ice cold, and then winds up, just to stomp a mudhole! The ref reprimands and the fans rally for Mina, but Frost stands her up. Mina blocks the kick to DRAGON SCREW! Mina drags Frost around, has the leg, and SMASHES the knee again and again!
The fans fire up and Mina steps through, but Frost kicks her away,. Frost runs up, Mina blocks a kick, HOTSHOT and then leg sweep! Mina slingshots for the TORNILLO SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Mina stays fired up and does a gator chomp. Mina runs up, but Frost ELBOWS her away! Frost BOOTS Mina, puts her in the corner, and GAMANGIRIS! Frost then sits Mina down to go corner to corner and back again, SNOWBALL SENTON! The fans fire up while Frost puts Mina in the drop zone, then she climbs up. But Mina KICKS the legs out! Mina then drags Frost from the corner, but Frost elbows free! SUPERKICK!
Frost runs, handsprings, but into the ROLLING ELBOW! Then DREAMSMASHER ELBOW! BLINDSIDE BUZZSAW! URAKEN!! Mina then steps through, FIGURE FOUR! Frost endures, even as Mina thrashes around! Frost CLUBS at the leg, but Mina bridges to put on pressure! Frost TAPS, Mina wins!
Winner: Mina Shirakawa, by submission
Winter might be getting colder but Mina is just getting hotter! She still wonders about the flowers, but will this secret admirer take Mina away from Toni Storm?
Mercedes Mone throws a fit.
The CEO is still a mess from being thrown into and onto cake, and she says Willow Nightingale can smile and laugh and play hero, but heroes don’t build divisions, ICONS do! Over 500 DAYS as TBS Champion, and not because Mone was lucky, but because she was undeniable! She was the greatest! PWI’s number one wrestler of the year, and Sports Illustrated’s number one wrestler. It doesn’t matter what year it is, Mone will always be the greatest. Ever since Mone arrived in AEW, she has been nothing but disrespect! She is so sick and tired of it! Time to show you b*tches a lesson! She is taking a break from AEW to show just why and how SHE elevated this place!
Good luck without her! Because in return, she’ll collect more than just titles. Mone laughs while spilling pearls, will AEW flounder without the Money Train?
AEW TNT Championship: Mark Briscoe VS Hechicero!
The Sussex County Chicken put the Don Callis Family on notice, and now the moment of truth has come! Will Briscoe show Hechicero how to #ManUp? Or will the Alchemist of Lucha Libre make gold out of blood, sweat and tears?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is really the Face of TNT!
The bell rings and the two circle. Hechi slides then dazzles with his magic. Hechi has his leg guard up, but Briscoe rolls past to do a chicken dance. They feel things out, tie up, and Hechi drop toeholds. Hechi traps the leg, traps an arm, but Mark makes it a high stack, TWO! Hechi floats to a headlock and his body blocks Briscoe from the ropes. Briscoe pushes through to the ROPEBREAK, and the ref counts. Hechi lets go of the headlock while the fans duel, but he traps the arm to TWIST it! The fans are torn again but Hechi and Briscoe reset. They tie up, Hechi waistlocks, but Briscoe wrenches out to arm-drag Hechi down.
Hechi headscissors, Briscoe kips free, and the two reset. The two tie up, Hechi wrenches and cranks the arm, then spins Briscoe to snapmare, but Briscoe handsprings through! The fans fire up for that! The two go again, Hechi trips Briscoe and jackknife rolls to then hammerlock and headlock. Briscoe endures, fights around, and the fans rally. Briscoe fights up, but Hechi makes it a BACKBREAKER! The fans duel as Hechi puts Briscoe on ropes. Hechi KNEES then whips Briscoe to ropes, then BACKDROPS! But Briscoe lands on his feet! The fans fire up while Hechi is frustrated. Hechi and Briscoe reset and tie up again.
Hechi trips Briscoe, then runs, but he KICKS Briscoe in the dropdown! Hechi then drags Briscoe up, hammerlocks and clinches for a swing into the EL CONJURO BACKBREAKER! Hechi stalks Briscoe to a corner, then CHOPS! And JABS! And JABS! Hechi whips corner to corner but Briscoe goes up and over. Briscoe ROCKS Hechi, UPPERCUTS him, then HOTSHOTS him out of the ring! The fans fire up and Briscoe CHOPS! And UPPERCUTS! And repeat! The fans fire up with Briscoe and he fetches as chair into the ring. But Hechi anchors Briscoe on the apron! Briscoe CHOPS Hechi away, then BLOCKBUSTERS to the floor!
The fans fire up again, Briscoe high-fives fans, and Briscoe returns to the ring. The fans cheer on “A E DUB!” while Briscoe claps with the chair. Briscoe sets the chair up, builds speed, but Hechi swats the chair away! The fans boo, but Briscoe WRECKS Hechi with a dropkick! Briscoe says BANG BANG and he FOLEY ELBOW DROPS, but into an ARMBAR!! Hechi takes advantage of Briscoe’s own move to torture that arm! The fans are torn, the ref reprimands, but Hechi stops at 4. Hechi then POSTS Briscoe shoulder first! The fans duel, but Hechi chicken wings Briscoe to POST him again! Briscoe writhes while Collision goes picture in picture.
Hechi brings the chair out of the ring, then aims at Briscoe! Hechi JAMS Briscoe up! The ref reprimands but he lets this match continue? Hechi puts Briscoe in the corner to HOTSHOT the bad arm! Hechi ROCKS and HEADBUTTS Briscoe, then climbs up to rain down fists! Hechi goes to nine, then winds up for an ELBOW as the tenth! Briscoe staggers away and flops into the corner. Hechi signals he will be champion, btu Briscoe CHOPS! And CHOPS! Hechi blocks one to CALF KICK Briscoe down! Hechi again marvels with his magic, again vows to be champion, then goes back to Briscoe to stand on Briscoe’s face!
The ref reprimands, Hechi steps off at 4, but Briscoe RAMS him! And RAMS again! Hechi CLUBS away on Briscoe, then wraps on a DOUBLE WRISTLOCK! Briscoe endures what is basically a Kimura as Hechi puts on the pressure. Briscoe has a ROPEBREAK by a foot! Hechi lets go but he taunts Briscoe. Hechi ROCKS Briscoe, but Briscoe eggs him on. Hechi CHOPS, Briscoe CHOPS, then Hechi KICKS, and KICKS, and stomps Briscoe down! Hechi wraps the arm around ropes to HOTSHOT again! Hechi keeps on that arm but the ref counts as Collision returns to single picture. Hechi stops at 4, but then he smothers Briscoe in the buckles!
The ref counts, the fans duel, but Briscoe fires elbows. Briscoe runs, Hechi follows, sunset flip! Then a roll to the ARMBAR!! Briscoe endures, fights, ROPEBREAK by a fingertip! Hechi lets go in frustration but the fans continue to duel. Hechi CLUBS the bad arm, then he eggs Briscoe on. Briscoe CHOPS but that was from the bad hand! Hechi CLUBS Briscoe, Briscoe fires backhands from the left! Hechi wobbles, Briscoe winds up, but Hechi ducks the lariat! Hechii waistlocks, Briscoe breaks free, but Hechi blocks the Pele! REVERSE MONKEY FLIP, into the ARMBAR!! Briscoe flails, fights, and we hit the ten minute mark!
Hechi has the leg! KNEEBAR!! Briscoe uses the free leg for the ROPEBREAK!! Hechi lets go in frustration again but the fans continue to duel. Hechi runs, but Briscoe DUMPS Hechi out! Briscoe goes after Hechi, but Hechi HEADSCISSORS Briscoe out into the SLEEPER! But Briscoe carries Hechi for a BACKPACK SENTON on the ramp! Briscoe staggers away while the fans rally up again. Hechi writhes and crawls, but Briscoe has his chair! Briscoe sets it up, builds speed, and the Chicken FLIES! Down goes Hechi and the fans fire up! Briscoe drags Hechi up and into the ring while the fans cheer for “DEM BOYS!”
Briscoe ducks ‘n’ dodges to FLYING FOREARM! The fans rally for Briscoe as he rises again. Hechi is in the corner, Briscoe runs up, GAMANGIRI! Briscoe then brings Hechi up, FISHERMAN BUSTER! Cover, TWO! Hechi survives but Briscoe fires up with the fans. Briscoe calls his shot, underhooks Hechi, but the bad arm won’t let him lift! Hechi ELBOWS Briscoe, runs, and HEADSCISSOR GUILLOTINE! Cover, TWO!! Briscoe survives and he goes to a corner, but Hechi is right after him! The fans duel as Hechi reels Briscoe in, and underhooks the arms!? Hechi lifts and steals the JAY DRILLER! Then the CROSSFACE!!
Briscoe endures, scoots back, ROPEBREAK! Hechi is furious but the fans fire up again! Hechi runs in, STEP-UP KNEE! The fans fire up again, and Hechi puts Briscoe up top. Hechi climbs, HEADBUTTS Briscoe, then fires hands. KIMURA! Briscoe BITES Hechi’s side! And BITES through the mask! Then a HEADBUTT! Hechi falls, Briscoe adjusts, FROGGY-BOW!! Cover, but Hechi snatches him to a ghost pin! TWO!! Both men hurry to their feet, Hechi runs in but Briscoe dodges! Hechi tumbles, Briscoe underhooks, JAY DRILLER!! Cover, Briscoe wins!!
Winner: Mark Briscoe, by pinfall (still AEW TNT Champion)
Briscoe said it himself that The Conglomeration would reign and retain, and he just did it himself! Cassidy and Roddy are here to celebrate, even though Roddy claims he’s not Conglomeration. Will things still go their way as Willow Nightingale, Harley Cameron & Kris Statlander prepare for their own fight later tonight?
Backstage interview with Eddie Kingston, Ortiz, and the Grizzled Young Veterans.
Lexy Nair is with The Mad King, #Monkey, Zack Gibson and James Drake, and thanks them for agreeing to the No Physicality clause. Now, thigs have been brewing here, but it will come to a head on next week’s Maximum Carnage edition of Collision as they go 2v2. Eddie wants to say something but Gibson interrupts. For 20 YEARS, he and Drake have had to do everything by the book just to get every single opportunity they’ve had along the way. But for someone like Eddie here, he walks the way he wants, he talks the way he wants, and he breaks every single rule that there is, yet he keeps on being rewarded.
Eddie says it’s because he wins matches. Gibson says yes, Eddie and Ortiz are great wrestlers, but the way they go about business makes Gibson sick! Drake says next week, lads, they make an example out of you. They will end the way Eddie conducts business. The worst part about this is, Eddie’s dragging Ortiz down with him, as he always does! Eddie says please, Ortiz is glad to go down in a blaze of glory with Eddie. Let it all burn! But look, if GYV wants to make it personal over how they do business, that’s fine. But you reap what you sow. And they don’t sow, they just reap! Let that marinate. Eddie & Ortiz head out, will they leave GYV out in the cold next week?
Six Woman Tag: Kris Statlander & The Babes of Wrath VS Hyan, Maya World & VertVixen!
The Galaxy’s Greatest is once again friends with Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron, and they’ve got ALL the gold in the AEW Women’s Division! But that means they also have the entire AEW Women’s Division gunning for them. Will Kris, Willow & Harley be ready for the Triangle of Madness at Maximum Carnage? Or will the Renaissance Woman, #ThatGirl and The Gamer prove they’re ready to level up?
The trios sort out, and The Cosmic Killer starts against Maya. They circle, tie up, and Maya rolls Kris. Kris rolls through, Maya ducks a kick to roll Kris again, ONE! Kris waistlocks, Maya fights free then runs, but Kris RUNS her over! The fans cheer as Kris flexes, but Hyan tags in. Kris slips around Hyan to SLAM her down, then facelock. Kris drags Hyan up but Hyan wrenches out to ROCK her! Kris trips Hyan to then CATAPULT her into buckles! Kris then brings Hyan around, hits a BIG back suplex, then tags in Harley. The fans rally as Harley runs, tilt-o-whirls with Kris and SPLASHES! Cover, TWO!
Harley brings Hyan up, but Hyan kicks low. Hyan whips, Harley reverses, but Hyan gator rolls the dropdown into a GOURD- NO, Harley lands out to ROUNDHOUSE! Hyan staggers, Vert tags in, and Vert runs up! Harley ducks ‘n’ dodges to SLINGBLADE! Cover, ONE! Harley drags Vert over, tag to Willow, and the fans rally as the Babes of Wrath double whip to DOUBLE SIDEWALK SLAM! Cover, TWO! Willow stalks Vert to a corner, LARIATS, then whips corner to corner. Willow runs in, Vert dodges, and Vert ROCKS Willow! The fans rally as Vert whips, but Willow cartwheels to ENZIGIRI! Cover, TWO!
Willow drags Vert away from her corner, tags in Kris, and Kris tags in Harley. Willow snapmares Vert to then basement BOOT! Kris runs to SLIDING LARIAT! Harley tags Willow before she SPLASHES Vert! Willow SENTONS! Tag to Kris for her to run again, and she BLINDSIDE METEORAS! The fans fire up and Kris covers, TWO! Vert toughs it out but Kris stays on her as Collision goes picture in picture.
Kris CHOPS Vert, then CHOPS again! Kris brings Vert around but Vert JAWBREAKERS free! Hot tag to Maya! But Kris catches the crossbody to BACKBREAKER! Kris drags Maya up, tags Willow back in, and Willow suplexes Maya to hold her up before the SLAM! Cover, TWO! Willow drags Maya up, tags Kris, and Kris suplexes Maya. Kris holds Maya up a little longer before the SLAM! Cover, TWO! Kris drags Maya up, tag to Harley, but Maya blocks the suplex! Maya ROCKS Harley, puts her in the corner, tag to Vert! Vert stomps a mudhole into Harley! The ref counts, Vert steps off, and she brings Harley back up. Vert tags Hyan, Hyan adds on, but Collision goes to break.
Collision returns and Maya keeps Harley from the corner. Harley still reaches out, fights her way forward, but Vert & Hyan BLAST Kris & Willow! Maya ROLLING ELBOWS Harley! The fans boo but Maya whips Harley to the corner. ELBOW in the corner, tag to Hyan. Tag to Vert and Hyan runs side to side, BOOT WASH! Vert goes up, Hyan snapmares Harley, and Vert MISSILE DROPKICKS! Cover, Willow breaks it! The fans fire up as Hyan runs in. Willow swings, Hyan dodges, and Maya slips in, DOUBLE ROLLING ELBOWS! They TOSS Willow, but Kris runs up! Kris DOUBLE RANAS! The fans fire up with Kris, but Vert BOOTS Kris down!
The fans are torn but Vert grins. Vert runs up on Harley, brings her around, but Harley wrenches out! Harley blocks a boot, but Vert KNEES first! Harley SUPERKICKS in return! Both women stagger, hot tag to Willow! Willow rallies with LARIAT after LARIAT! Willow powers up, the fans are with er, and Willow runs to BACK BODY BLOCK, then LARIAT! Snapmare and BOOT! Harley hops onto Willow for the BACKPACK DOUBLE SENTON! The fans fire up again, and Willow LARIATS Hyan! And SPINEBUSTER for Maya! Tag to Kris and they each run in, SPLASH and BOOT! Then they trade, UPPERCUT and LARIAT!
Then they send Hyan and Maya into each other for Harley’s DOUBLE CROSSBODY! The fans fire up while Willow feeds Vert to Kris. Vert slips free of the scoop, but Kris dodges the boot to handspring and SUPERKICK! Kris reels Vert in, tuck and STATURDAY NIGHT FEVER!! Cover, Kris & The Babes win!
Winners: Kris Statlander & The Babes of Wrath, by pinfall
First time back together and it was like they never missed a beat! But Harley gets a mic to say, “Ladies and gentlemen of Texas, I am more than excited to announce that my parents are back together! Now, guys, let us clink belts in solidarity! C’mon!” They wind up, but then Thekla interrupts with, “Enough, enough, enough! Please, enough! Enough with the love and enough with the happiness already!” The Toxic Spider crouches on commentary as she tells the fans of AEW, “These are your champions? These are the women that you love?” The fans cheer that! “Well, that makes me sick! Now listen, that fake friendship of yours does nothing for me.
“And I’m lucky. I don’t need friends, cuz I have my sisters. And at Maximum Carnage, you, one after another, are going to learn what it means to get TOXIC!” Kris says we can all stand on things and look cool, Thekla. Kris even climbs onto the corner to make her point. But trust her, she gets it: Thekla has the sisters. But next week, they’ll all call her #BigStatDaddy! The battlelines have been drawn, but will these golden Babes stand tall in Phoenix? Or will the Triangle of Madness catch them all in their web?
Don Callis speaks.
“The Don Callis Family doesn’t make history, we write the history. And we’ve done it again this past week in Tokyo, Japan, in front of over 50 THOUSANDS fans, the great one himself, The Rainmaker, Kazuchika Okada, slayed The Ace. Oh yeah, the AEW International Champion, Okada, put Hiroshi Tanahashi down! It is a great day to-” Kyle Fletcher steps in, and he knows WrestleKingdom 20 was a big night for The DCF, but with that out of the way, they need to talk. Someone needs to say something to Okada. Callis isn’t following. What? Did Callis not see at World’s End?
Okada not only stabbed Takeshita in the head with a screwdriver, it was KYLE’S screwdriver! The one Kyle had in case Kyle needed it against Moxley! Okada screwed them both! Callis wants Kyle to pause for a second. If he looks at this through the light of day, Kyle will see what Callis sees, which is the only one who got screwed at World’s End was Okada! Okada walked in there with the Continental Championship, and walked out without it! Kyle, on the other hand, Callis didn’t want him in the Continental Classic! He wanted Kyle focused on the TNT Championship! Kyle lost said title, so he went into the C2 to show what he could do, and he did fantastic.
But in the end, Kyle doesn’t need to worry about Okada or the Continental Championship. They should worry about the TNT Championship. Remember when they said Kyle would be the greatest TNT Champion? Well, Briscoe caught him on one, that makes their record 3-3. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that game seven is coming, and the family wants Kyle to take the title back to fulfill his destiny. That is what Callis feels is a great use of all this energy. Callis pats Kyle on the shoulder and heads out, but is The Jackal going to stay woefully and willfully ignorant? Or is someone going to force his hand soon enough?
Bandido speaks.
“MJF, you call yourself, ‘The Devil.’ But he devil only succeeds when good men are afraid. And I am NOT afraid of you! I come from falling down, from being told I wasn’t enough, and still here I am. You hide behind money, words, and shortcuts. Everything I have earned, I have earned it the hard way. Because it doesn’t matter how you live or where you come from, it matters what is your heart. At Maximum Carnage, there will be no excuses, just two men and one truth. And the truth is, when the bell rings, your reign ends. I will be AEW World Champion!” The Most Wanted is ready for his shootout with The Scumbag, but will MJF find a way to hold onto his #TripleB?
Six Man Tag: Anthony Bowens & #JetSpeed VS The Demand!
It was meant to be Jack Perry, Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey VS Ricochet, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona on Dynamite, but The Don Callis Family made sure something happened to JetSpeed beforehand. But now that the Pride of Professional Wrestling is joining them, will Knight & Bailey be able to get some revenge? Or will The One & Only AEW National Champion slam the Gates of Agony closed on them?
JetSpeed doesn’t even wait for Bowens, they slide into the ring, dodge GOA, and CLOBBER Ricochet together! Kuan & Liona drag JetSpeed back in, Ricochet gets up and they mug JetSpeed 3v2! But here comes the 5 Tool Player! He runs up to ROCK Kaun, then jumps in to DUMP Liona! Ricochet CLUBS Bowens, whips, but Bowens grabs ropes. Bowens BOOTS Ricochet, Bailey LIGHTNING KICKS, then Knight FLYING LARIATS! The fans fire up as the bell rings, and JetSpeed double whips Ricochet to Bowens! Bowens BACKDROPS Ricochet outta the ring and onto The Gates! The fans fire up as The Demand all falls!
Bailey and Knight look to Bowens, and they wanna do it! They TRIPLE SCISSOR~! Then Bailey and Bowens DOUBLE PLANCHA onto Ricochet and Kaun! Knight can’t, the bad arm holds him back. He instead goes out to fire shots on Liona and RAM him into the apron! Kaun kicks Bailey to then RUNNING BRAINBUSTER on the floor! Liona RAMS Kevin into the railing, then POSTS him! Ricochet puts Bowens in the ring, but Bowens CHOPS him in return! The fans rally while Ricochet is stinging. Bowens ROCKS Ricochet again and again, then whips. Ricochet reverses but Bowens KICKS Ricochet away!
Bowens senses Kaun and takes a swing, but Kaun slips away. Ricochet KNEES Bowens in the back and sends him into ropes! Bowens is down, Ricochet tags Liona, and Liona tags Kaun. They double whip Bowens corner to corner, then Ricochet runs to JUMP KICK! ENZIGIRI! Kaun SHOTGUNS Bowens and Liona HIP ATTACKS! Ricochet SWINGING DROPKICKS! Cover, TWO! Kaun snarls, drags Bowens up, and brings him around for a CHOP! Kaun rains down fists in the corner, then suplexes. Bowens lands out, hot tag to Bailey! Bailey blocks a shot to ROCK Kaun! Bailey SMACKS Kaun off buckles, goes up the corner, and MISSILE DROPKICKS!
The fans fire up as Bailey kips up! Tag to Knight, JetSpeed DOUBLE BOOT Liona & Ricochet down, then they run up on Kaun. Kaun ELBOWS Knight, BOOTS Bailey, but Knight jumps into the UPPER ROOM! Bailey FLIES out onto Liona! Knight hits the U F O SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Kaun is still in this but Knight keeps on him. Knight UPPERCUTS with the good arm, but Kaun KICKS the bad arm! Knight goes back up, Kaun shoves him down, but Knight climbs up! Kaun slips out to trip Knight up, then he goes up for a scoop! TOP ROPE BACKBREAKER! Knight falls to the apron while the fans boo, but Liona adds an APRON SENTON!
Knight coughs and sputters while he dangles off the apron, and Ricochet mocks his pain while Collision goes picture in picture.
Ricochet and The Demand soak up the heat, then they drag Knight back in. Kaun eggs the fans on, then tags Ricochet. Ricochet takes his time revving up on the apron while Kaun scoops and SLAMS Knight. Ricochet then KNEE-BOARD SENTONS! Ricochet shines his bald head to taunt the fans, then he stomps Knight. Ricochet drags Knight over, stands on Knight’s hair and pulls the arms! The ref counts, Ricochet steps off, and Ricochet stomps Knight. Ricochet drags Knight up to put him in a corner. Knight fights but Liona tags in. The Demand mugs Knight, then scoops to SLAM him! FALLING HEADBUTT! Cover, TWO!
Liona argues the count with the ref, but Bowens rallies the fans. Liona drags Knight up, wrenches him, but Knight fires body shots. Liona YANKS Knight down, then tags Kaun. The Gates mug Knight, focusing on the bad arm. Kaun covers, TWO! Kaun SENTONS the bad arm, covers, TWO! Kaun smothers Knight, CLUBS and KNEES him in the side again and again, then mockingly applauds. Kaun kicks Knight around, taunts him, but Knight stands to CHOP! Kaun CHOPS back! Knight staggers to The Demand’s corner and Kaun runs in, but Knight BOOTS him away! Knight fights free while Collision returns to single picture.
The fans fire up, Knight HOTSHOTS Liona, and he ROCKS Kaun! And ROCKS him again and again! The fans fire up, but Kaun KNEES low! Kaun whips, Knight reverses, and Knight DROPKICKS! The fans fire up as Knight crawls, but Ricochet and Liona YANK Bailey and Bowens down! The fans boo, but Bowens is sent into railing! Bailey is sent into steel steps! Kaun has Knight for the URENAGE BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Knight survives, Kaun snarls, but the fans rally up. Knight goes to the corner, Kaun runs in, but Knight dodges! Kaun hits buckles, staggers, but Knight ducks a lariat! Kaun avoids a lariat, and DOUBLE CROSSBODIES collide!
The fans fire up as both men crawl, but Kaun anchors Knight! Kaun drags Knight back, but Knight gets loose! Hot tags to Bowens and Ricochet! The fans fire up as Bowens fires off hands on Kaun and Ricochet, and even the Rock, Paper, Scissors, SUPERKICK for Liona! Bowens fires up, but Kaun runs up! Bowens sends him into Liona! Then FAMOUSER for Kaun! Bowens ducks Ricochet’s lariat to torture rack and INVERTED ANGLE SLAM! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up and Bowens runs, but Ricochet ducks to roll Bowens up! TWO, and Bowens runs in, but Ricochet sends him into buckles! Tag to Liona but Ricochet adds a TIGER FEINT first!
Ricochet then FLYING LARIATS Bailey! Ricochet keeps moving, and he FOSBURY FLOPS JetSpeed! Liona LARIATS Bowens in the corner, then feeds him to a DOUBLE HIP TOSS! They then send Ricochet back to Liona, WHEELBARROW BULLDOG COMBO! URENAGE to LIONSAULT! Liona covers, TWO!! Bowens survives the onslaught and Lions argues with the ref again. Liona tags Ricochet back in, Ricochet aims at Bowens, and he loads up, SPIRIT- NO, Bowens slips around to waistlock! JetSpeed is back, DOUBLE SUPERKICKS for Ricochet! Bowens hits THE ARRIVAL! Cover, but The Gates break it!
The Gates send Bailey to a corner, Kaun sends Liona in, but Bailey dodges! Liona hits buckles, Kaun LARIATS Bailey out! Knight SATELLITE DDTS Kaun! Ricochet is back up, Bowens runs in, but he blocks boots to put Ricochet in the ropes! ENZIGIRI and then the SIDEWINDER! The fans fire up for Bowens and he goes up! But Kaun is after him! Bowens kicks Kaun, but Liona is up! Bailey DROPKICKS Liona! Ricochet back suplexes Bailey, Bailey lands out, and then Bailey dodges Ricochet to go up, up, and TRIANGLE JUMP MOONSAULT! Bowens then SUPER CROSSBODIES Liona! Ricochet turns around, FLYING LARIAT from Knight!
Bowens runs in, PENALTY KICK!! Cover, TWO!! Ricochet survives and the fans fire up again! The fans cheer “This is Awesome!” “A E DUB!” Bowens winds up, MOLLY- POUNCE from Liona!! But Knight SUPERKICKS Liona! Bailey SUPERKICKS Liona! SATELLITE- NO, Liona just throws Night away! Kaun is back, he ducks the thrust kick, and Liona HEADBUTTS Bailey! Kaun si given both of JetSpeed, DOUBLE BIG ENDING! Then JetSpeed flops out of the ring. But Bwoens sends Liona into the steps! Bowens wrenches Kaun, turns him, NECKBREAKER! But Ricochet has Bowens! Bowens victory rolls thorugh, TWO!
Both men stand, Bowens SUPERKICKS Ricochet! Bowens brings Ricochet up, winds up, but the ref is used as a shield! Ricochet then ducks, O’Conner Roll with tights, TWO! Bowens has it, TWO! Ricochet runs up, FLAPJACK onto ropes! Kaun sneaks the tag, MOLLYWHOP on Ricochet!! But Ricochet isn’t legal! Kaun runs up on Bowens, LARIAT!! Then Kaun and Liona get Bowens up, whip, and CLOSE THE GATES!! Cover, The Demand wins!
Winners: The Demand, by pinfall
Ricochet is half-conscious, but Liona helps him stand so they can celebrate. Then The Demand beats up on Bowens for pushing them this far! The fans boo, but MAX CASTER is here! But he says keep going? He’s NOT here to save Bowens? The fans cheer on The Best Wrestler Alive, but JetSpeed gets back up! Caster gets in and he starts helping! Was that all just a distraction then? The former Acclaimed beat up on Kaun, but now the Don Callis family rushes out here! They beat up on JetSpeed, Caster & Bowens, but then wait! The Conglomeration is rushing out here! Komander, Roddy, Briscoe, and Cassidy all fight the DCF!
The fans are thunderous, and now The Conglomeration and friends all stand tall! Will this build into an all out war of 8v8?
My Thoughts:
A great Collision to be one last go-home to Maximum Carnage, but also to set up things for more. Very good Six Man Tag to open, but I think there was a botch on when Marina was supposed to distract and get into it with Zayda. But either way, I figured Death Riders would win. Good stuff with Marina sending Zayda into Megan, too, but with Leila Grey out, I don’t know who Zayda could get as a tag partner against them. Pac VS Darby will be really good, and I would think Darby wins out. Though maybe Zayda asks Toni & Mina for help given the feud building between Mega Problems and Love Bombs. Mina VS Frost was a good match, but not sure why we’re throwing a “secret admirer” into this.
Good filler match for Brody King, and good promo from Bandido later. But as I said on Dynamite, pretty sure MJF wins, even if he has to cheat hardcore to do it. Maybe Brody gets a (non-title) match against MJF to go for revenge but also to try and earn a match. After all, we gotta stretch things to March, so while Hangman, Swerve and Samoa Joe sort out who gets that match, other guys like Brody can get a chance. Great promo from Mercedes Mone to write herself off from AEW for awhile. Not sure what project she might be part of in “Hollywood,” but it’d make sense if she needed time off to do that instead.
Very good promo from Josh Alexander as we get another moment of The Don Callis Family just roughing up randos. But I don’t think Don Callis was really in Japan, because they really screwed up the “live from Tokyo” promo he did. Japan is 14 hours ahead of the US East Coast, so 8PM to 10PM for Collision is 10AM to noon in Japan. Kayfabe is dead because people can’t do math. But all that aside, Kyle confronting Callis about Okada’s behavior is good stuff, and I would definitely love to see a Don Callis Family Civil War. Kyle can join Konosuke on one side, Okada will lead the other with Callis supporting him.
Awesome match from Clon VS Komander, so many times I had to replay things so I could be sure about what I saw. Great win for Clon, I’m sure he’ll build a winstreak comparable to Hologram’s so that when Hologram returns, Clon VS Hologram will be Streak VS Streak. Great promo from The Conglomeration, and great match from Briscoe VS Hechi. Briscoe winning was obviously going to happen, but Callis also talking “game seven” of Kyle VS Briscoe is itself a great TNT Championship idea, maybe for Revolution. Maybe Briscoe keeps battling other members of the DCF before then, like Josh Alexander and Lance Archer.
Then we got two great trios matches as an unofficial double main event. Very good showing for Maya, Hyan and the returning VertVixen, but of course our three women’s champions win. Good promo from Thekla, and not sure if Kris needed to respond, but it was a good response. The Triangle of Madness probably cheats to win and earn their way to title matches, and maybe we get both title matches (Kris VS Thekla for the world title, Babes of Wrath VS Sisters of Sin for the tag titles) on a special edition episode. And great stuff from Bowens & JetSpeed VS The Demand, but I figured The Demand would win.
Their beatdown of Bowens of course brought out Caster, though I do appreciate Caster pretended he was here to cheer The Demand on. We’re just a little bit closer to The Acclaimed truly reuniting, and maybe they pull it off by Revolution so they can challenge FTR for the tag titles. And even then, great ending with like 15 or 16 guys all fighting out there. They could do a massive team match or a team battle royal, just something to get all this faction fighting done in a big way. I still wonder about that Stadium Stampede involving Kenny Omega & The Elite, too.
My Score: 8.9/10
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Jim Ross returns to AEW Dynamite in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it’ll be LIGHTS OUT as Hangman & Swerve battle The Opps!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- AEW Continental Championship Eliminator: Jon Moxley VS Shelton Benjamin; Moxley wins and denies Shelton a title opportunity.
- Six Man Tag: “Jungle” Jack Perry &
#JetSpeed??? VS The Demand; Jack & The Young Bucks win. - Bandido VS Sammy Guevara; Bandido wins.
- Toni Storm VS Marina Shafir; Toni wins, by disqualification.
- Lights Out Tag Match: Hangman Page & Swerve Strickland VS “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs & Hook; Hangman & Swerve win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Jim Ross returns!
Tulsa, Oklahoma cheers on their her, Good Ol’ JR! Bah gawd, he beat cancer, and there’s no better way to celebrate that victory than with AEW!
BREAKING NEWS on a backstage incident!
Renee Paquette lets us know that JetSpeed were viciously attacked, and they won’t be medically cleared to compete tonight! There’s a question mark as to what this means for that match, but there’s no question whodunnit as in step The Demand and Don Callis! They mockingly asks what happened and voice their pity, but Renee brings up the bounty that they all put out on JetSpeed just last weekend. Ricochet says he has no idea where that is coming from. He said that if someone were to hurt JetSpeed, they’d be paid a large sum of money. Uh, that’s the literal definition of a bounty. No, no, it’s more like a gentlemen’s agreement!
But Callis says no matter what you call it, someone or something just got very rich. And it’s JAKE SOMETHING DOYLE! This man’s an animal, and so is Mark Davis! They’re gonna kill people! You ready for this? This is gonna be great! Ricochet says yeah, that’s good stuff. But now that Something happened to Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey, who will “Jungle” Jack Perry have to help him against Ricochet & The Gates of Agony?
AEW Continental Championship Eliminator: Jon Moxley VS Shelton Benjamin!
The Maniac knows that it is Death Riders Against The World, and it would seem The Hurt Syndicate wants their turn next. Will the Standard of Excellence measure up to the high bar Moxley sets? Or will Moxley show Shelton how to really hurt people?
Continental Rules compel MVP to join commentary in order for him to be out here, but he doesn’t mind. The bell rings and we’re on the clock. The fans cheer as Moxley and Shelton stare down. They slowly circle, and then Shelton offers a handshake. The fans cheer that, but Moxley does not give it. The two tie up, and Shelton THROWS Moxley overhead! And then Shelton GERMAN SUPLEXES Moxley! Shelton runs corner to corner, Moxley dodges and has the SLEEPER! Shelton fights around, trips Moxley, and has the toehold. Moxley kicks free, dodges a lariat, then fires forearms. Shelton fires back!
The fans rally as the shots go back and forth. Moxley BOOTS Shelton, but Shelton kicks back. Moxley blocks the kick, and narrowly ducks the Dragon Whip! The fans cheer as Moxley backs off to a corner. Moxley nods and resets with Shelton. The fans duel as the two circle, they go forehead to forehead, then Moxley pie faces Shelton. Shelton shoots around to GERMAN SUPLEX! Moxley goes to a corner, but Shelton fires body shots and stomps. The fans rally, but Shelton KNEES Moxley down. Shelton digs his knee in, stops as the ref counts 4, and Moxley drags himself up. Moxley CHOPS, but Shelton shakes his head.
Moxley CHOPS, Shelton still shakes his head, but then Moxley CHOPS again! Shelton ROCKS Moxley with a forearm! Moxley goes back to a corner, Shelton CHOPS him in return. The fans cheer while Shelton follows Moxley to a corner. Shelton RAMS into Moxley, then ROCKS him! The ref counts. Shelton whips corner to corner, but Moxley BOOTS back! Moxley LARIATS Shelton up and out! The fans fire up and Moxley storms out after Shelton. Moxley puts Shelton against barriers to fire forearms! The fans rally up as Moxley whips, but Shelton stomps himself! Shelton kicks Moxley and whips him into railing!
The fans continue to rally as Shelton storms up on Moxley. Shelton ROCKS Moxley, then LARIATS him over railing! Moxley is in the front row as the fans fire up! The ref wants this back in the ring but Shelton pursues! Shelton fires hands on Moxley, then HEADBUTTS him! Moxley kicks and CLUBS Shelton in return, then returns that HEADBUTT! The fans rally more as Moxley brings Shelton around. Shelton fires forearms, then stalks Moxley around the way. The fans cheer on “A E DUB!” for making this the opener! Moxley fires hands, then a ROLLING ELBOW! Moxley headlocks Shelton and brings him along.
The fans cheer as Moxley headlock punches Shelton. The ref reprimands, he wants this in the ring. The ref is even forgoing the ring count to make sure there’s a definitive finish. Moxley goes back to ringside, but Shelton uses the barrier to FLYING LARIAT! Both men are down and the fans fire up again! Shelton drags Moxley up and puts him in the ring, but Moxley goes out the side. Shelton pursues, and he CLOBBERS Moxley! Shelton then GERMAN SUPELXES Moxley on the floor! The fans fire up and the two go forehead to forehead. There’s finally a ring count, but only 3 of 10 as Moxley hammerlocks Shelton’s arm.
Moxley RAMS Shelton into steel steps! We hit 6 of 10, Moxley rolls in at 7. The fans cheer as Shelton rolls in at 8, but Moxley is on that bad arm. Shelton endures, Moxley says this is a big arm. The fans rally up, Shelton fires body shots, and then Shelton runs, but Moxley ducks! DOUBLE LARIATS take both men down! The fans fire up again while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
A standing count begins, but Moxley sits up at 3 of 10. Both men go forehead to forehead again, and they rise at 5. The forearms go back and forth, then Shelton KNEES low! But Moxley KNEES low in return! Moxley eggs Shelton on, but Shelton winds up to ROCK Moxley! Shelton ROCKS Moxley again, and again, but Moxley wrenches to double wristlock takedown! Shelton fights off the Kimura, but Moxley shifts to an ARMBAR! Shelton clasps hands, fights around, and makes it to the ROPEBREAK! Moxley lets go to stand and ROCK Shelton again. And again! Shelton tumbles to the apron, Moxley builds speed, and Moxley SHOTGUNS Shelton down!
Moxley flexes while fans applaud, and MVP coaches Shelton from commentary. Shelton shakes out his arms while he sits back up, and Moxley waits on him. The ring count is 5 of 10, but Shelton rolls in at 7. Moxley walks over to Shelton, brings him up, and steps over to HIP DROP the arm! Shelton writhes but Moxley grabs the arm for another double wristlock. Dynamite returns to single picture as Shelton endures, so Moxley YANKS the arm! The fans rally as Moxley goes up the corner, and we’re past 10 minutes. Shelton jumps up to get Moxley, SUPER ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up while both men are down and MVP says THAT is the Standard of Excellence!
The fans rally as another standing count begins. Both men rise at 5, and they fire forearms again! Shelton kicks, CHOPS, KICKS, and ROCKS Moxley, but Moxley pokes Shelton in the eyes! Moxley runs, but Shelton SPLASHES at the corner! The fans fire up again as Shelton reloads, runs back in, but Moxley dodges! Moxley shoots around, SLEEPER! Shelton fights that hold, wrenches it open, and kicks. Moxley blocks, but the DRAGON WHIP clips him! Moxley goes to a corner, runs back in, LARIAT into PAYDIRT! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Moxley and Shelton stir as the standing count begins again.
Moxley and Shelton sit up at 4 of 10, and Moxley drags Shelton around. Moxley reels Shelton in, but Shelton fights the lift! Shelton slips around, and he GERMAN SUPLEXES again! Moxley staggers to his feet, but into another GERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up as Shelton gets Moxley again, GERMAN SUPLEX! Tulsa is becoming Suplex City as Shelton gets Moxley again! GERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up, and Shelton gets Moxley again! GERMAN SUPLEX! Shelton drags Moxley to a cover, TWO! Moxley survives and Shelton grows frustrated, but time is still on his side. Moxley goes to the ropes, Shelton shakes out the stars, and both stand.
Shelton gets in Moxley’s face, but Moxley SLAPS him! And flips him off! Shelton ROUNDHOUSES Moxley, then runs, but into a CUTTER! Cover, TWO!! We get the five minute warning and Moxley feels the pressure. Moxley sees Shelton goes to the corner , “This is Awesome!” as Moxley storms up on him. Moxley climbs the corner, rains down fists, and the fans count along! Moxley goes past TEN, to about FIFTEEN! The fans cheer, but then Shelton picks Moxley up! POWERBOMB! High stack, TWO! But into a REGAL STRETCH!! Moxley endures, reaches out, and he pushes around, ROPEBREAK! Shelton lets go and Moxley flounders around.
Shelton runs up, but Moxley DUMPS him out! Moxley then DIVES! Direct hit on Shelton into the barriers! The fans fire up again and Moxley hurries to get up. Moxley gets Shelton in the ring, goes to a corner, and he nods as he takes aim. Moxley runs, PAYDIRT again!! Cover, TWO!! Moxley survives but Shelton puts him on the apron. Shelton climbs a corner, brings Moxley up to join him, and the fans duel as the two fire shots! Moxley fires a flurry and knocks Shelton down! But Shelton avoids the ax handle! Mule kick to the leg! Then a SUPERKICK and Moxley’s down! Cover, TWO!! Moxley survives but time is running out!
The fans rally for “BOTH THESE GUYS!” as Moxley goes to the corner. STEP-UP KNEE for Shelton! Moxley blocks the kick, denies the Dragon Whip, PARADIGM SHIFT!! Cover, TWO?!!? Moxley hurries to facelock GUILLOTINE, then shifts to a SLEEPER! Shelton fights around and we hit the final minute! Shelton rises, ROPEBREAK! Moxley holds on until the ref counts, and Moxley hobbles, but the STEP-UP KNEE hits!! Shelton crawls to a cover, TWO!! Moxley survives but Shelton has the arm! TRIANGLE HOLD!! Shelton squeezes as tight as he can and MVP says they worked on this! Moxley endures, he flails, and he high stacks! MOXLEY WINS!!
Winner: Jon Moxley, by pinfall (denies Shelton Benjamin a title match)
Shelton is shocked and MVP is immediately downcast seeing this. Moxley snatches the golden opportunity away from Shelton in the final seconds of this match, but he shows Shelton the respect he deserves by offering a handshake. Shelton takes it, the fans cheer, and Shelton moves on. If not the Standard of Excellence, then who will earn their shot at the Continental Championship?
Darby Allin arrives backstage.
The Relentless One is fuming as he looks around, in and out of rooms, clearly on the hunt. Will he find The Bastard, Pac, before the night is over? Or will The Bastard find him first?
Six Man Tag: “Jungle” Jack Perry & ??? VS The Demand!
Luchasaurus was taken out of action last week at New Year’s Smash, and now JetSpeed has been sidelined, leaving just one man left on the Don Callis/Ricochet hitlist. But will Jack Perry really be alone in this fight? Or is tonight going to be the death of Tarzan Life? Jack sure thinks so as he goes to the ring, but then wait! THE YOUNG BUCKS are back! The fans cheer for the Superkick Party, but can the Neo Nuevo New Elite stand tall once again?
Jack & The Bucks rush the ring and they dodge The Demand! The bell rings as The Bucks throw hands on Kaun & Liona, and Jack LARIATS Ricochet and himself up and outta the ring! The fans fire up as Jack keeps after Ricochet. GOA shove The Bucks, but they basement DROPKICK the legs! Then Nick runs, Matt gives him the boost, DOUBLE DROPKICK sends GOA tumbling out of the ring! The fans fire up again, Ricochet has someone’s cowboy hat as Matt WRECKS GOA with another dropkick! Matt then holds the ropes down for Nick to FLY! Down go GOA and the fans fire up again! Jack returns the cowboy hat to the fan before he goes up the corner.
The Bucks set up The Demand and the fans fire up for Jack’s ARIHARA MOONSAULT! Jack then chases Ricohet into the ring, ducks ‘n’ dodges, and SPEARS! Jack rains down fists, then he whips Ricochet to a corner. Jack runs up, LARIATS, and Matt LARIATS! Nick SHINING WIZARDS, then GAMANGIRIS, ROCKS, and feeds Ricochet to a double hip toss FACEBUSTER! Then they coordinate, TRIPLE BASEMENT DROPKICKS! The fans fire up for Jack & The Bucks, and Jack brings Ricochet around. Jack CLUBS Ricochet, tags Nick, and Jack scoops to BACKBREAKER! Nick slingshots to add the LEG DROP!
Nick tags Matt, Matt tags Jack, and they set Ricochet up again. Feed to a HANGING HEADSCISSORS! The fans cheer, Matt winds up, mule kick to the gut! Then a wheelbarrow and VICTORY FACEBUSTER! Jack adds a RUNNING DDT! Cover, Kaun breaks it! The fans boo but The GOA runs up, only for Th eBucks to DUMP them out! Then The Bucks DIVE to take GOA out again! Jack bumps Ricochet off buckles, ROCKS him, and CHOPS him! Jack puts Ricochet in the ropes, Matt has Kaun draped from the apron, and they all coordinate. Nick DRAPING SWANTONS Kaun to the floor while Jack DRAPING DDTS Ricochet in the ring!
The fans fire up again, Jack covers Ricochet, TWO! Ricochet shows that toughness, but Jack SLAPS his bald head! Jack whips, Ricochet reverses, but Jack BOOTS Ricochet! But then Ricochet distracts the ref for Kaun to trip Jack up! Ricochet DUMPS Jack out, tags Liona, and Kaun sends Jack into railing! And apron! And repeat! Then more railing! Ricochet CANNONBALLS onto The Bucks, Liona runs up to POUNCE Jack into the timekeeper’s area! The Demand stands tall and cheers themselves on while the fans boo, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
The ring count climbs while The Demand soaks up the heat and talks trash. Ricochet taunts Jack about the count climbing, then plays it up as Jack hobbles. Jack rolls in at 8, but Lion SPLASHES right on him! Cover, TWO! Jack survives, but Liona drags him up to BODY BLOW! Tag to Kaun, and Kaun CHOPS Jack! Kaun pushes Jack down to a cover, TWO! Kaun stomps Jack down, drags him over, and scoops to SLAM! Tag to Ricochet for the KNEE-BOARD SENTON! Ricochet then pushes Jack back down, stands on his hair, and pulls his arms! The ref reprimands and counts, Ricochet stops at 4, then tags Liona.
Liona BLASTS The Bucks while Ricochet & Kaun double whip Jack to a corner. Ricochet JUMP KICKS, ROUNDHOUSES, and that sends Jack into a SHOTGUN! Jack is back in the corner, and Liona HIP ATTACKS! Ricochet adds the SWINGING DROPKICK! Liona snapmares Jack to a cover, TWO! Jack survives again and The Bucks rally the fans. Liona tags Ricochet, they mug Jack, then Ricochet clamps on a chinlock. Jack endures while Dynamite returns to single picture. The fans rally as Jack fights up and fires body shots, but Ricochet CLUBS him down! Ricochet brings Jack around to whip and- COMEBACKER from Jack!
The fans fire up while both men are down. Jack and Ricochet crawl, hot tag to Nick! The fans fire up as Nick throws hands on Ricochet, on Kaun, and on Liona! Ricochet kicks low, he and Kaun double whip, then DOUBLE HIP TOSS, but Nick lands out! Nick gives Ricochet & Kaun a meeting of the minds! Then Nick knuckle locks Ricochet, hurdles Kaun, and mule kicks Kaun before he goes up, up, “LUCHA LIBRE~” FLYING ARM-DRAG! Ricochet tumbles and the fans fire up again! Nick tags Matt, but Liona CLOBBERS them both! The fans boo as Liona SMACKS Matt off buckles, Kaun has Nick, and they whip The Bucks at each other.
The Bucks dosido and duck lariats! The Gates crash into each other, then The Bucks DOUBLE SUPERKICK! The Gates fall, The Bucks go up, and they coordinate, MACHO ELBOW for Liona and SWANTON for Kaun! The fans fire up as Matt then sends Nick to a corner to go up, out, and PENALTY KICK Liona! Matt slingshots to then CUTTER to the floor! Nick RAMS Ricochet, slingshot and DESTROYER! Matt hurries back in, Jack sets up on the apron while Matt puts Ricochet on ropes. Jack ASAI MOONSAULTS The Gates while Nick DOUBLE STOMPS Ricochet into the POWERBOMB from Matt! Cover, TWO!!
Ricochet survives and the fans can’t believe it, but The Elite reset. Tag to Jack, Jack climbs with Nick, “This is Awesome!” as Matt scoops Ricochet. But Ricochet slips free to SHOVE Matt into them! Then Ricochet tags Liona for him to SPLASH Nick in the corner! Liona fireman’s carries Nick, then adds Matt to the stack! And then Kaun CLUBS Jack to add Jack to the stack?! TRIPLE SAMOAN DROP!! The fans go nuts seeing Liona’s incredible strength! Liona drags Jack up with a waistlock, tags Kaun, and Kaun tags Ricochet. The Gates set up, and Kaun puts Jack up top. Kaun CHOPS Jack, climbs up, and SUPER DUPER PLEX for the Power!
Liona DIVING HEADBUTTS for the Glory! Kaun PLANCHAS onto The Bucks while Ricochet springboards in, 450 SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Jack survives the onslaught and Ricochet is shocked! The fans rally up but Ricochet dragon sleepers. VERTI- NO, Jack slips up and out! Jack waistocks, Ricochet switches, GERMAN SUPLEX, but Jack lands out! Jack runs up but Ricochet dodges! Jack TIGER WALL FLIPS to GERMAN SUPLEX!! But Kaun SPLASHES Jack in the corner, and RUNNING BRAINBUSTER! Kaun blocks a Superkick from Matt and Liona HEADBUTTS him! Nick leaps in, but into a HEADBUTT! But Jack SUPERKICKS Kaun!
Liona grabs at Jack, Jack SUPERKICKS him, but Liona doesn’t budge! Jack SLAPS and CHOPS away, but Liona just snarls! Jack runs, wheelbarrows, but into a CUTTER from Kaun! Ricochet has Jack again, VERTIGO!! Cover, THE BUCKS BREAK IT! The Gates TOSS The Bucks, the fans hope these teams “FIGHT FOREVER!” But Ricochet locks ‘n’ loads, takes aim, SPIRIT- NO, Jack ducks, but the V-TRIGGER finds him! Ricochet lifts, POWER POWER- POISON RANA!! Then The Bucks DOUBLE SUPERKICK Ricochet! They DOUBLE SUPERKICK Kaun! SUPERKICK for Liona! ANOTHER SUPERKICK for Liona! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS for Liona!!
Liona wobbles, but Jack joins in, TRIPLE SUPERKICKS!! The fans are thunderous as Matt hoists Ricochet up in an Electric Chair! Jack gets the assist to go up, up, and then Nick ESCALARAS to take out The Gates! ELITE DOOMSDAY on Ricochet! Then B T E TRIGGER!! Into The GLASS BREAKER KNEE!! Cover, The Elite wins!!
Winners: Jack Perry & The Young Bucks, by pinfall
The fans wave their hands for Tarzan Life, but wait! MARK DAVIS & JAKE DOYLE ATTACK! The fans boo as the Don Callis Family strikes! COUNT TO OUOCH for Nick! HAYMAKER for Matt! Then Liona THROWS Jack into the crowd! Jake Something rips his shirt off, just to CHOKE Matt with it! The Jackal is loving this as The Demand mugs Jack! Lance Archer & CLØN are here, too, taunting The Bucks as they continue to suffer! But wait! Injured as they are, Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey rush out here, armed with sticks! They CLOBBER Clon & Archer! The fans fire up as Bailey brings his hockey stick, and Knight has just a piece of wood with barbed wire on it!
But as soon as JetSpeed gets in the ring to go after Davis & Doyle, the lights go out!? And when the lights come back on, IT’S EL IDOLO!! Andrade is back in AEW and he CLOBBERS Knight! And he LOW BLOWS Bailey into THE MESSAGE!! We saw Andrade in NJPW to help The United Empire, and now he has returned to AEW to help The Don Callis Family! The fans boo, but Don Callis says good work, gentlemen! The Jackal has El Idolo and Jake Something in the fold, will nothing stop The DCF from taking over AEW?
Oh, and speaking of initials, FTR is here, helping wheel Stokely Hathaway out here. They also like what they see, but will they have to contend with The Family in the near future?
Renee Paquette is in the ring.
Dynamite returns with the table all set, and Renee says, “Ladies and gentlemen, it is my absolute honor to welcome out the human ray of sunshine. She is also the NEW TBS Champion, Willow Nightingale!” The fans cheer as The Babe with the Power is also the Babe with Two Belts! She is joined by her besties, Harley Cameron and Kris Statlander, and these champions all go to the ring to celebrate Willow dethroning Mercedes Mone after 584 DAYS! Renee says Willow is now a double champion, a TWO-TIME AEW TBS Champion, and that has to feel really good to start 2026. Also the lights get screwed up so they put a spotlight on Willow.
Willow says oh yes, she is feeling great, feeling complete. Because this is the first stop in the Double Champ Willow Two Belts Tour, right here in Tulsa, Oklahoma! And Willow knows, when you win the title, that is when the hard work truly begins. You put your head down, you get ready for the next challenger, but she also knows that it is very important to take in the good moments, smell the roses, celebrate when things really matter. So she is here with Renee! She is here with her beautiful, busty, blonde badass babe, Harley Cameron, the other half of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions.
And we’re also here to celebrate a reunion! Because Willow is reunited with her beautiful TBS Championship! That’s pretty sweet, but she’s also been reunited with the AEW Women’s World Champion, the incomparable, the amazing Kris Statlander! The fans cheer as Kris kisses Willow on the cheek. Willow says it’s gonna be a good time! They’ve got some sweets, cuz let’s face it, ya gurl loves cake. Fans chant, “We Want Cake!” and Willow says they gonna get cake. But the one thing Willow loves most of all is the fight, and she says if someone wants to challenge for the TBS title, if they wanna challenge for the tag titles, come get some!
Willow will even do two fights in one night if she has to! That is what pro-wrestling is about! The fans cheer that! Willow says since this is pro-wrestling, we all know somebody in the back wants to crash the party. They don’t want us to have a good time. The fans boo that, but Willow says she’ll invite whoever is waiting. And she knows “Miss Thang” is back there, really wanting to say something, so Mercedes Mone… Come on and join us! The fans are torn on that, but yes, The CEO makes her way to the ring. And she wears a white version of a funeral outfit, at that. Mone goes to the ring, wipes tears from her eyes, and Willow says she is always so fashionable.
And they have so much to celebrate together! Mone had an unstoppable 2025! PWI’s Number One Woman! Sports Illustrated’s Number One Woman! She has gone from country to country, company to company, and racking up those titles. She is now #UltiMone. Willow had to dig deep to get that TBS title back. But Willow is once again the Face of TBS! The fans cheer that! Let’s cut cake and have a great time! Mone takes off her hat, eyes still wet with tears. Willow wants Mone to calm down, but Mone throws a fit by throwing food! She even tips the table over! Kris saves the cake, at least. The fans boo Mone being a party pooper!
Harley tries to cheer Mone up with a party popper, but Mone just SHOVES Harley down! And then she runs up on Willow, but Willow dodges, tripping Mone up in the process, and Mone hits the cake face first! The fans boo but Mone freaks out more! So Willow kicks her, and gut wrenches, BABE WITH THE POWER BOMB onto what’s left of the cake! Well, Mone wanted the spotlight, and now that spotlight is on her humiliation. The fans cheer Willow as she starts a party train, leading Harley, Kris, and even Renee around the ring. But to Willow’s point, who will step up to her, Harley & Kris in hopes of taking those titles for their own?
Mark Briscoe speaks.
The Sussex County Chicken is back home as he says, “First of all, big shoutout to the NEW TBS Champion, Willow. Way to go, girl, good job, you make The Conglomeration look good, I’m proud of ya. Now let’s get to work. It’s 2026, and I’ve been your TNT Champion since November 2025, got one successful title defense. But other than that, I’ve been sitting back enjoying a lot of Continental Classic action. And it’s been absolutely amazing. But now that it’s behind us, back to your regularly scheduled programming. And I’m your TNT Champ, the workhorse champ of professional wrestling. So you know I’ve had some time to rejuvenate, regenerate, recalculate.
“And physically, I’m feeling good, I’m feeling dangerous. But mentally, I ain’t doing so good. You can ask me, ‘Chicken, why you ain’t doing so good? You the champ! You should be happy!’ Well, I tell ya, it’s been too long. I got an itch that needs scratching. I got a dog that needs feeding, it’s just been too long… since I whooped a man’s ass. That being said, I was tickled to death to hear that Hechicero is the next challenger for the TNT title, back where the title reign began, the Don Callis Family, it’s come full circle. Well, y’know, Hechicero, I know you a bad man that can get it done in the ring, but lemme do something real quick if you don’t mind.”
Mark reaches down and he picks up his “magic ball.” Saturday, TNT, Collision, Mark sees it clearly now! He picks up the title and says it ain’t going nowhere! Just like the TBS title that his girl, Willow, has ain’t going nowhere! Just like them Women’s Tag titles ain’t going nowhere! The Conglomeration are all kinds of strapped up! So let him leave you with this: The Word, or Phrase of the Day is… REIGN AND DEFEND! Briscoe is all fired up, but will he get Hechicero to #ManUp? Or will The Alchemist of Lucha Libre soon be the NEW Face of TNT?
The Triangle of Madness speaks.
Thekla mockingly applauds and cheers how Kris Statlander finally found some friends. But is Kris really this insecure? Do words affect her so much that she was compelled to reunite with a woman she actually hates? Julia Hart says, “The lies are written all over your face.” Skye Blue says, “A friend of yours is a victim in wait.” Thekla wonders when Kris will “accidentally” hit Harley in the face again, or hit Willow with a light tube. In fact, let’s find out! How about Kris and her “friends,” congrats on all being champions by the way, and see how long they all last against this. And make no mistake, the Triangle of Madness aren’t three friends. They’re three sisters!
They are bonded by blood, they are the Daughters of Violence, so come on friends, let’s get toxic. And so, for Maximum Carnage next week, we will see this Six Woman Tag! Will the champions of AEW stand tall together in the desert? Or will Thekla, Julia & Skye leave them all out in the cold?
Bandido VS Sammy Guevara!
Before The Most Wanted ROH World Champion faces The Scumbag AEW World Champion in Phoenix, “Everyone’s Favorite Pillar” vows to do something so heinous tonight, that Bandido will be out and Sammy will be in that title match instead! Will Sammy stop at nothing to have his “destiny” fulfilled? Or will The Outlaw have the hot hand going into Maximum Carnage?
The bell rings and the fans all rally behind Bandido. Sammy and Bandido step up, and Bandido offers a Code of Honor handshake. Sammy says okay, but then he just flips Bandido off. The fans boo but Bandido just aims his finger gun! The fans cheer, Sammy and Bandido tie up, and Sammy wrenches. Bandido wrenches and wristlocks back, but Sammy spins, flips, and wrenches to wristlock. Bandido rolls, handsprings, and arm-drags, but Sammy holds on! The fans boo as Sammy wrenches again. The fans rally for Bandido, and Bandido reaches back to cravat and go up and over! Bandido shoves but Sammy rebounds to wheelbarrow.
Bandido back suplexes but Sammy lands out to BOOT Bandido! The fans boo but Sammy soaks it up with a bow. Sammy says bang, runs, but into a drop toehold onto ropes! Bandido runs, but Sammy bails out! The fans boo again but Sammy says he needs a breather! Sammy goes over to commentary to tell them he was just warming up. Bandido waits on Sammy, Sammy goes to the apron, and he HOTSHOTS Bandido to then bump off buckles and GAMANGIRI! Bandido staggers, but he BOOTS Sammy off the apron! The fans fire up, Bandido builds speed, but Sammy steps out of the way! Sammy says he’s too smart but the fans boo again.
Bandido goes to the apron, Sammy turns around, BOOT! Seems Sammy’s not that smart! The fans cheer Bandido on and he fetches Sammy. Sammy SPITS MIST into Bandido’s face! The fans boo but Sammy QUEBRADA TORNADO DDTS to the floor! Sammy lounges on the desk, and even he knows Dynamite is going picture in picture.
Sammy takes his time swaggering and talking trash on Bandido, then he even takes Schiavone’s headset to tell the fans stuff. Sammy then SUPERKICKS Bandido down, finishes talking trash and he gives Schiavone his headset back before he runs to the steel steps. Sammy uses them to get up and FLYING AX HANDLE Bandido! Sammy puts Bandido in the ring, soaks up more heat as he steps inside, and he drags Bandido back up. Sammy snap suplexes, then floats to a cover, TWO! Sammy goes to the corner, climbs up, and takes aim. Sammy builds up the energy, then hops down to SUPERKICK! Cover, TWO!
Bandido toughs it out but Sammy soaks up more heat while talking more trash. Sammy then goes back to Bandido and brings him into a chinlock. Bandido endures, fights up, and fireman’s carries! Sammy flails to fight free, then waistlocks. Bandido fires elbows to get free, then he runs, but into another SUPERKICK! Sammy hurries to cover, TWO! Sammy argues the count but it was fair, so Sammy puts Bandido on the ropes. Sammy CHOKES Bandido, soaks up the heat while he flexes, but hops off at 4. Sammy brings Bandido back up and back around into the chinlock. Bandido endures again and fights back up.
Bandido fires body shots, Sammy CLUBS him down, and Dynamite returns to single picture. Sammy back suplexes, but now Bandido lands out! Sammy avoids a buzzsaw to SUPERKICK! Then he runs to CHOP Bandido down! Sammy then winds it up, and he CHOPS again! Sammy soaks up the heat, runs up again, but Bandido dodges to CHOP! The fans fire up as Bandido CHOPS, CHPOS, and CHOPS! The fans fire up as Bandido winds up, but Sammy ducks the next chop to BODY BLOW! Sammy CHOPS, whips, but Bandido reverses. Sammy reverses back, LARIATS, and runs corner to corner, only for Bandido to follow!
Bandido LARIATS Sammy, runs corner to corner, but Sammy follows to LARIAT! And repeat! And then Bandido fakes Sammy out to duck a lariat and CALF KICK him down! The fans fire up with Bandido, and he aims from the corner. Sammy runs up, but Bandido UPPERCUTS! Then Bandido goes up, TORNILLO! The fans fire up again, and Bandido gorilla presses Sammy! ONE HAND SLAM! Bandido then BOOTS Sammy and Sammy tumbles out, for Bandido to FLY! Down goes Sammy and the fans fire up again! Bandido roars as he rises and the fans cheer him on. Bandido catches his breath, then brings Sammy up.
Bandido puts Sammy in the ring, waits on him to stand, then springboards in. Sammy dodges, CODE- NO, Bandido blocks it, but Sammy still makes it a MONKEY FLIP! Bandido hits the ropes then tumbles to the floor! The fans boo as Sammy sets up at the corner. Sammy wipes the blood from his nose but has a grin on his face as he climbs. Sammy SUPER DUPER SHOOTING STAR ATTACKS! The fans fire up for that, and Sammy shouts he’s gonna be world champion! Sammy puts Bandido in the ring while fans tell him, “You Still Suck!” Sammy waits on Bandido, then torture racks, GO TO HOS- NO! Bandido stops the GTH!
Bandido wants a torture rack, but Sammy just torture racks Bandido again! GO TO- NO, Bandido snatches Sammy to a cradle, TWO! BOOT! Sammy is on the ropes, Bandido deals the hand, but Sammy springboards! FLYING CUTTER!! Cover, TWO!! Bandido survives and Sammy is beside himself! The fans still rally for Bandido as Sammy tries again. Bandido CLAWS Sammy’s eyes, shoves and POP-UP CUTTER! Then a BOOT! Sammy is back on ropes, Bandido deals the hand, BLACKJACK 21 PLEX! Sammy flips Bandido off again before the JUMP KNEE! Then the MASS DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Bandido survives and the fans are fired up!
Sammy is speechless as Bandido still reaches up. “This is Awesome!” but Sammy throws down fists. Sammy drags Bandido up, throws more hands, then says he’s gonna be world champion! Sammy aims, but Bandido blocks the superkick! The fans cheer as Bandido FLIPS Sammy, into a V-TRIGGER!! Sammy is on the ropes, Bandido deals the BLACKJACK 21 PLEX!! Bridging cover, Bandido wins!!
Winner: Bandido, by pinfall
The Dynamite Diamond Ringbearer is victorious, but wait! MJF interrupts the celebration by making his entrance. The fans are torn as The Scumbag gets sparkler rain for his pyro, and Jon Cruz hands him a mic as they go down the ring together. MJF has them cut his music so he can then talk to Bandido. “My God, buddy! That was one heck of a match, my friend! Everybody, give it up for Bandido, huh? Yeah!” The fans do cheer, and MJF says this is one talented little luchador. But to be honest, guys, if anyone knows about lucha libre, it’s MJF! MJF sold out Arena Mexico multiple times, and is the former CMLL World (Light) Heavyweight Champion!
MJF even beat the so-called top star in Mexico, dog-walked him really. What was his name again? Mistico? Who cares. But the bottom line is, ladies and gentlemen, MJF is a lucha legend! If they’re being really honest, and no offense, MJF is a bigger star in Mexico than Bandido will ever be! But MJF’s bar is super high, that’s no shade on Bandido. To be honest, MJF thinks Bandido has a lot of potential. He really does. MJF sees something in Bandido. Bandido is talented. And because MJF respects Bandido’s talent, his culture, and his country, MJF brought out his good friend and translator, Johnathan Cruz, to make sure we don’t get any wires crossed.
MJF has Jon translate into Espanol, and Jon tells “Bandido, Bandido, Bandido…” Congrats on winning big here on AEW Dynamite. But while Bandido is a world champion, he does not compare to MJF! MJF is the world champion of AEW, and was the world champion of CMLL! Bandido has nothing to compare to that. And most important of all, MJF beat the man Bandido never could, the idol of CMLL, Mistico! Jon has Bandido stay calm, and MJF thanks Jon for that. Plus, it is highly professional of Jon to come to a dump like Tulsa to do his job. No one wants to be here, what a mench.
But seriously, Bandi, like MJF said, you’re a good kid and you’ve got moxie. But let’s hope you’re smarter than you look. Because as everyone knows, MJF has six beautiful Dynamite Diamond Rings to his name, yet he’s come out here with not a single one of them on. Bandido shoves off his ring, and the fans tell MJF he’s an “A-HOLE~!” MJF says no, he’d like to think that Bandido is respectful to know that the Dynamite Diamond Ring on his finger doesn’t belong to him, it belongs to MJF. The fans boo, but MJF says with all due respect, please hand that ring over. They can skip the world title match next week, they all know MJF would beat the crap outta Bandido anyway.
The fans keep pouring on the heat, but MJF says if Bandido does the right thing, scout’s honor, MJF will talk with Tony Khan and put Bandido over. In fact, MJF will wrestle Bandido live on PPV… in like five or ten years. That’s a fair build! Translate again, Jon! But Bandido stops Jon from speaking, snatches that mic, and he tells MJF, “Hey, I can speak English, YOU STUPID SON OF A B*TCH!” MJF is amused now, and he says okay, we can all just calm down. LOW BLOW! The fans boo as MJF gets Bandido outta nowhere, then he STEALS the Dynamite Diamond Ring! The fans boo as MJF puts it on his pinkie, and puts Triple B on the mat.
Jon stands Bandido up, MJF winds up, but Bandido ducks! DYNAMITE DIAMOND RING into Jon! MJF panics, but Bandido LOW BLOWS MJF in return! And yes, he takes the ring back! Bandido puts it on his finger, then winds up, BLACKJACK 21 PLEX on Jon Cruz! MJF stumbles and leans on ropes, Bandido says he’s got another one for ya! BLACKJACK 21 PLEX on MJF! The fans fire up as Bandido is dealing out aces! He holds up Triple B, and says he’ll be back for this next week. Will there truly be Maximum Carnage in Phoenix? Or will MJF find a way to keep the title around his waist no matter what?
Brody King speaks.
“When people watch my wrestling, or they listen to my music, they think of violence as a bad thing. Violence puts food on my family’s table. Violence protects my friends and loved ones. Sometimes, violence IS the answer. When you think of big men in this business, you think of a giant monster yelling his head off. That’s not me. I don’t have to scream to get my point across. Whether it’s jumping off a stage or dropping people on their heads, this is me. When I do this, I want everyone whose watching to know, Brody King is coming for the throne.”
Toni Storm VS Marina Shafir!
After helping The Conglomeration handle The Death Riders, things have gotten even more personal between The TIMELESS One and The Problem! But will Toni continue to win in the New Year? Or will Marina force feed her some of Mother’s Milk?
The bell rings and the two circle. They tie up, Marina powers Toni to the ropes but the ref counts. The fans cheer Toni on while Marina lets off, but then Marina trips Toni! Marina scuffs Toni, but Toni gets up in a fury! Marina backs off to the other side, but Toni drags her back in! Marina trips Toni, Toni kicks but Marina cartwheels through to then headlock. Toni fights up, Marina wrenches her and SAYANAGI! The fans rally for Toni but Marina flips her over and ties up the legs. Marina ELBOW DROPS the legs, but Toni fires elbows into Marina. Marina hooks that arm, floats around, and flips Toni back over.
Toni kips up, arm-drags free, but Marina storms back up. Toni ducks the roundhouse, snapmares Marina, snapmares again, then snapmares again! And BOOT! The fans fire up as Toni then builds speed, HIP ATTACK! Marina falls from apron to floor and the fans fire up! Toni slides out, brings Marina up, and CLUBS her against the apron! Then Toni brings Marina around to SMACK off the steel steps! Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia appear ringside but they stay back. Toni puts Marina in, then glares at the Death Riders. She tells them off, but Marina headscissors Toni to drag her into the ring! But Toni makes it a high stack! TWO!!
Toni almost had Marina, but then Marina URENAGES Toni! The fans boo but Marina soaks up that heat while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Marina rains down forearms on Toni, then steps off to walk around. Marina then drags Toni up, whips her to a corner hard, and winds up to KICK! Marina fires forearms against the ropes, then puts Toni in a corner for more! Toni staggers, Marina stalks her, and Marina fires forearms and KNEES into Toni again and again! Marina sits Toni down, then digs her foot in. The ref counts, Garcia & Yuta talk trash, but Marina stops at 4. Marina argues with the ref, then stalks Toni to a corner. Marina CHOPS Toni, then follows her to another corner. Toni winds up to CHOP! But Marina CHOPS Toni down! Cover, TWO!
Marina is annoyed but she clamps onto Toni with a chinlock. Toni has the ROPEBREAK and Luther rallies the fans. Marina drags Toni up to snap suplex! Marina drags Toni by her hair, then KICKS her in the back! Toni writhes, but Marina scuffs her. Toni goes to ropes, Marina puts her in a corner, and Marina CHOPS! Toni is stinging but Marina brings her around to SAYANAGI! Marina drags Toni by a leg, ties up the legs, and pulls her into a BOW ‘N’ ARROW! Toni endures, pops free, and covers, TWO! Toni trips Marina to a cover, ONE! Toni ROCKS Marina, but Marina ROCKS Toni back! Dynamite returns to single picture as the shots keep going!
Toni fires a flurry, but Marina clinches to shout, “Do better!” Marina then kicks Toni low! Marina puts Toni in the ropes, CHOKES her again, but the ref counts. Marina runs and TIGER FEINT SPIKES Toni off the apron! Then she BOOTS Toni back into the ring! The fans rally harder but Marina high stacks, TWO! Marina is annoyed again, and she clamps onto Toni to drag her up. Marina mocks the dancing around Toni and Orange Cassidy were doing, then swings her for a SWEEP! The fans boo but Marina acts like she doesn’t know why. Marina looms over Toni, waistlocks, and then stands Toni up to ripcord and ROCK Toni in the back!
Toni drops to her knees but the fans rally as Marina stands her up again. Marina dances with Toni again, dips her, then winds her to DECK her! The fans boo but Marina brings Toni back up. Marina whips Toni to a corner, but Toni rebounds to SHOTGUN! The fans fire up as Toni hikes up those shorts! But Marina is back up and she BOOTS Toni down! Marina says this is it, but Toni UP KICKS! Toni then winds up to HEADBUTT! BIG PACKAGE!! YUTA YANKS THE REF OUT! The fans boo, but the ref says NOPE! DISQUALIFICATION!
Winner: Toni Storm, by disqualification
Yuta & Garcia suck at cheating and they just cost Marina! Toni turns around, Marina DECKS her!! But here comes Mina! But Marina BOOTS Mina down onto Toni! Deja vu from a week or so ago, but now Luther storms into the ring! Marina stares him down, but Yuta & Garcia say bad move, butler! BUT WAIT! Roderick Strong slides out here! And Orange Cassidy’s music hits! The fans cheer as The Conglomeration hold the Death Riders at bay! Marina leads the way out, but then Claudio Castagnoli jumps in! The Death Riders have him stand down, they did the damage already. Will there be a Mixed Nuts tiebreaker in the near future?
Speaking of mixed company, Orange Cassidy is a gentlemen as he helps both Toni and Mina to their feet. Luther disapproves, but perhaps Mina is starting to warm up to Cassidy. Will 2026 still be as Freshly Squeezed as 2025?
Backstage interview with PAC.
Renee is with The Bastard and says while Pac is a Death Rider, he is also very much his own man. Darby has gotten at least one win on every Death Rider except for Pac, when and where will we see the rematch? Pac says he is not here to oblige Darby. He will be very clear: Pac has wrestled Darby twice, and he has beaten Darby twice. So that relationship is very well established: Pac is the winner, Darby is the loser, period. But then Darby storms in! Darby says he went through Hell for over a year because of The Death Riders, but he’s beaten every single one of them except Pac. Darby wants this rematch.
Pac tells Darby that he does not call the shots. Well, Darby is not taking no for an answer. Pac says believe it or not, Pac doesn’t exist to pander to the likes of Darby. Jog on, bonnie lad, Pac’s not interested. Darby seethes while Pac turns away, so Darby just grabs a fire extinguisher! Darby uses the smoke to BLAST Pac! Pac sputters and coughs, then Darby CLOBBERS him into the garage door! And then CLOBBERS him with his skateboard! And then drags him into the doorway! Darby threatens to break Pac’s ankle if Pac doesn’t give him the rematch! Darby SLAPS Pac, and Pac says okay! He’ll get what he wants!
Yuta & Garcia rush in, Darby slips away into the night! The Relentless One has the match he wants, but will he get the revenge he seeks? Or will Pac make sure the record is 3-0 in his favor?
Lights Out Tag Match: Hangman Page & Swerve Strickland VS “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs & Hook!
To think The Millennial Cowboy and The Realest would still be fighting on the same side. But it if means clearing out Samoa Joe’s pawns, they’ll gladly do it! This fight is unsanctioned and anything goes, who survives the first Dynamite of 2026?
Hangman makes his entrance from the crowd, and he even accepts a drink from a fan. Swerve also enters from the crowd, Prince Nana still vibing to the song. The lights go out, flicker back on, and that means it is on! The brawl begins in the ring, but Hobbs TOSSES Hangman while Swerve TOSSES Hook! Swerve goes out after Hook but Hook KNEES low! Hobbs and Hangman trade forearms, and Hangman ROCKS Hobbs! Hook whips but Swerve reverses, and Hook is sent into railing! Hobbs sends Hangman into barriers, Swerve SHOVES Hook into the apron, then drags him up onto the apron. Swerve fireman’s carries, but Hobbs makes the save!
Hobbs LARIATS Swerve, he mocks the “Whose House” chant, then goes out after Swerve. Hobbs grabs a chair, brings it over to Swerve, and he CHOKES Swerve with it! Hobbs stands Swerve up, takes a swing, but Swerve ducks! Chair hits POST, and Swerve BOOTS Hobbs! Hobbs staggers away, but Hangman finds him with a chair of his own! Hangman JAMS Hobbs up, then puts the chair around Hobbs’ head! Hangman POSTS Hobbs! Hobbs falls, and now Swerve has Hook alone in the corner! Hook tries to crawl away but Swerve drags him back in! Hangman is also there, and he goes up a corner! Swerve drags Hook around the way while Hangman takes aim.
ARIHARA MOONSAULT onto Hobbs! APRON DEATH VALLEY for Hook! The fans fire up for the Most Dangerous Men in AEW as they stand over The Opps, and the lights finally come back on in full. Hangman rolls into the ring, Swerve drags Hook around, and Swerve CHOPS Hook down! Hook sputters, but Swerve digs his boots into Hook! Hangman has the chains at the ready and Swerve brings Hook back around. Swerve puts Hook int he ring, but Hook freaks out! Hook runs away, Hangman chases him, but Hobbs CLOBBERS Hangman! Swerve PLANCHAS Hobbs down for it! The fans fire up, and Swerve goes back up to take aim again.
Swerve aims, but Hook ROCKS Swerve first! Swerve and Hook brawl on the edge, and Swerve just smirks. Swerve BOOTS Hook, then runs up, but into a clinch! T-BONE PLEX on the apron! The fans go nuts while all four men are down, and Dynamite goes picture in picture!
Nana coaches Swerve up but Hobbs & Hook have Hangman. Hobbs HEADBUTTS Hangman again and again, then ROCKS him with a forearm. Hobbs scoops Hangman to SLAM him on the apron! And SLAM him again! And again! Hobbs flips off the fans while he soaks up heat, but Hangman BOOTS him! And BOOTS him again! And BOOTS him into railing! The fans cheer while Hobbs slumps down. Hangman goes looking under the ring, and the fans cheer as he brings out a TABLE! Hangman gets the table in the ring, then steps in to grab at Hook. Hook scurries away, Hobbs hurries in, but Hangman gets Hook back in the ring.
Hobbs CLUBS away on Hangman, then he BLASTS Swerve off the apron! Hobbs drags Hangman in, and he suplexes Hangman high and hard! Hook props the table up in a corner, then helps Hobbs with Hangman. They mug Hangman in a corner, and Hobbs HAMMERS away! Then Hook digs his boots in while Hobbs taunts the fans. Dynamite returns to single picture once more as The Opps double whip Hangman corner to corner. Hangman stops short of the table, then ROCKS Hook! And ROCKS Hobbs! And repeat! Hook flounders, Hangman BOOTS Hobbs! Hangman runs up on Hook, but Hook slips around and clinches, EXPLODER through the table!! Cover, TWO!!
The fans fire up as Hangman survives, but Hook goes out to snatch a chair. Hook brings that chair to the ring and wedges it into a corner. Hobbs RAMS Hangman into buckles, then goes corner to corner, but Hangman slips free! Hangman RAMS Hobbs into that chair! Hook fires hands but Hangman slips under to SLEEPER! Swerve hands Hangman the STAPLER! Hangman STAPLES Hook’s arm! And his shoulder! And his chest! Hook is stinging in pain, but he gets a POP-UP POWERBOMB! The fans fire up as Hangman then goes for Hobbs! Hobbs blocks the stapler to LARIAT Hangman! But Swerve gets in, only for Hobbs to kick low!
Hobbs suplexes Swerve, but Swerve has the stapler! STAPLE after STAPLE to the chest! Hobbs lets Swerve down, but then suplexes through the pain! Swerve gives more staples but Hobbs’ meaty chest is tougher than that! Swerve slips free of the suplex, and Hangman has a piece of table! SMACK to Hobbs’ head! Then STAPLES TO THE NUTS!! No one is tough enough to take that! ROLLING ELBOW and down goes Hobbs!! The fans are thunderous, and Swerve coordinates with Hangman. The fans tell them they’re both sick, but Swerve & Hangman double down by bringing out… a PALETTE OF CINDER BLOCKS!!
The fans fire up as we get another reference to the shared and very violent past between these two! Hangman & Swerve get those blocks in the ring, though they get stuck on the skirt. The fans rally as Hangman drags Hook over, but Hook scrambles away again! Hobbs JAMS Hangman with a chair, JAMS Swerve with it, then SMACKS Hangman! Swerve avoids the chair, BLASTS Hook, then dodges the chair again! GERMAN SUPLEX on Hobbs! But Hobbs is right back up to CLOBBER Swerve! The fans boo but Hobbs drags Swerve onto the blocks! The fans freak out already as Hobbs aims with the chair!
NANA gets in there, and he snatches the chair! The fans cheer Prince Nana, but now he’s in trouble. Hobbs steps towards Nana, and SPLASHSE the chair into him!! Swerve grabs Hobbs! But Hobbs switches, shoves, and SPINE- NO, Swerve fights that with a GUILLOTINE! Hobbs RAMS Swerve into the corner, runs, but Swerve BOOTS him! Swerve grabs that chair to JAM him up! And SMACK him on the back! And SMACK again! And again! Hobbs drops to his knees, Swerve goes up, and KILL- NO! Hobbs catches Swerve! WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS SLAM on the cinder blocks!!! Cover, HANGMAN BREAKS IT!!
The fans fire up as Hangman now runs to LARIAT! Hobbs stays up, so Hangman ROLLING ELBOWS! Then Alabama- NO, Hobbs HAMMERs the lift! Hobbs puts Hangman on the apron, but Hangman BOOTS him! But Hook YANKS Hangman down! Hangman is furious, but Hook avoids the haymaker, and the Opps Dojo grunts jump Hangman! The fans boo as the grunts do the dirty work! They get Hangman up for Hook to JAM up with a pipe! They put Hangman in for Hook, then mug him some more! The fans boo but now the grunts mug Swerve! The fans call BS but there’s nothing to do under No Disqualification rules.
Hobbs ties Hangman & Swerve up with their own chains! The fans boo as the chains are like collars choking the two of them! Hobbs CHOKES them, but Nana manages to sit up and shout at Hobbs! Hobbs asks what Nana just said. Hobbs steps closer, and Nana THROWS COFFEE AT HIM!! The fans fire up as Hobbs is flailing from the heat! Hook DECKS Nana for it! But Hangman & Swerve stand together quite literally, and they fire off BOOTS on the grunts! Then Swerve FLIPS Hangman up and over so they can start giving out CHAIN LARIATS! Then they BOOT the rest of the grunts! Swerve goes out to BOOT another one!
Hook EXPLODERS Nana just because! But Hook doesn’t realize what’s going on in the ring! Hangman spins Hook around and grabs him by the neck! Hobbs runs up, but Hangman dodges! Hobbs CLOBBERS Hook! The fans fire up and Hobbs panics! Hangman DISCUS LARIATS Hobbs down, then loads up on the apron! BUCKSHOT into a SPINEBUSTER!! Cover, HOUSE CALL for Hobbs!! Swerve hurries to the corner and the fans fire up again! Swerve rises up, lines it up, but then he reconsiders. Swerve aims and SUPER KILL STOMPS onto the grunts!! Hangman then has Hobbs, and Alabama Lifts! And Swerve goes back up!!
KILL SHOT DEADEYE COMBO on the cinderblocks!!! Hangman roars and the fans are losing their minds! Hook is also freaking out, but he storms in and SHOVES Hangman into Swerve! Roll up with tights, TWO! REDRUM, but Hangman RAMS Hook into buckles! Hook desperately grabs the pipe, but Hangman grabs it from him! Swerve HEADBUTTS Hook down! The fans fire up again as Hangman brings the chain back in. Hangman wraps it around his arm, and he FULL METAL ROLLING ELBOWS Hook back down! Hangman still isn’t done with Hook, he wraps the chain around Hook’s head and neck!
Hangman sits Hook up, Swerve asks, “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” FULL METAL HOUSE CALL!! Hook sputters, but this isn’t enough for their revenge! The fans are thunderous as Swerve sets Hook back up for the FULL METAL BUCKSHOT!! And then, Hangman HANGS HOOK!!! Hook coughs and sputters, but he TAPS!! Hangman & Swerve win!!
Winners: Hangman Page & Swerve Strickland, by submission
The Opps tried to stack the deck, but you never play games with men as dangerous as Hangman & Swerve! Will nothing stop them from tearing down Samoa Joe on their road back to the AEW World Championship?
My Thoughts:
A great episode for Dynamite that wasn’t just a go-home episode to Maximum Carnage next week but a great episode on its own. They really pushed the overrun but I wonder if that’s because of MJF and Jon Cruz talking as much as they did. Bandido had an awesome match with Sammy, and then he stands tall over MJF & Cruz, so yeah, MJF is going to retain the title for Maximum Carnage. I really hope MJF doesn’t steal the diamond ring, him having that as a weapon is a really tired gimmick.
Great Continental Title Eliminator, and while I was expecting them to use up the time limit, pushing it as close as they did was great stuff. Eagle eyed fans pointed out that Shelton was already teary eyed when he made his entrance, hopefully all is well in the Benjamin family, but I could understand if this was after unfortunate news. Toni VS Marina was a great match, and with such a blatant disqualification finish, I feel like we are definitely getting one more Mixed Nuts something type of match to settle things. Everyone wants more Roddy and Marina, and you GOT to give the people what they want. Also, I like the interesting triangle being made of Toni, Mina & Cassidy.
Great “celebration” of Willow’s win, though the AEW production team still really needs to get their act together. Mone being sent into a cake and then SLAMMED onto the cake needed to be fully lit by the house lights. But good promo from Triangle of Madness, there’s the very Six Woman Tag I predicted, thereby leading to Thekla VS Kris and Julia & Skye VS Willow & Harley. The Don Callis Family brings in even more members, and interesting move to kayfabe hurt JetSpeed to give The Bucks their return moment. Awesome Six Man Tag for it, and with how Jake Something Doyle and Andrade El Idolo are getting in on this story, could we see a massive 6v6? Y’know what? Kenny, Bucks, Jack & JetSpeed VS Andrade, Mark Davis, Jake Something & The Demand, Stadium Stampede!
Darby threatening Pac to get his rematch was an interesting move, and certainly for it being all in one night. Why not have Death Riders back Darby off tonight, then Darby tries again on Collision or next week at Maximum Carnage? Or are they going to put Darby VS PAC on Maximum Carnage? Well, they could still have Darby chase Pac down for Collision and fill time on that show, but whatever. And then awesome Lights Out Tag, though they kinda took “lights out” literally for that first part. But naturally, a bunch of Opps randos attacked only to be dealt with, and that makes the win for Hangman & Swerve even better. Nice use of the stapler, the stunt cinder blocks, and the chain choking spot, but there have been wilder Lights Out matches.
My Score: 8.9/10
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