AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (6/29/22)
BLOOD! AND! GUTS!
Time to settle things the most violent way possible!
AEW brings back Blood & Guts, and only one team can survive! Will the Jericho Appreciation Society learn they’re not as tough as Blackpool Combat Club?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Ethan Page w/ Dan Lambert VS Orange Cassidy w/ Best Friends; Cassidy wins.
- Luchasaurus w/ Christian Cage VS Serpentico; Luchasaurus wins.
- Six Man Tag: Max Caster & Gunn Club VS Danhausen & ???; Danhausen & FTR win.
- AEW TBS Championship Open Challenge: Jade Cargill w/ The Baddies VS Leila Grey; Jade wins and retains the title.
- Blood & Guts: The Jericho Appreciation Society VS Eddie Kingston, Santana, Ortiz & Blackpool Combat Club; Kingston, Santana, Ortiz & The BCC win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Ethan Page w/ Dan Lambert VS Orange Cassidy w/ Best Friends!
All Ego isn’t in any good mood after losing to Miro on the road to the All-Atlantic Championship. Will he take out his anger on Freshly Squeezed and his new theme song? Or will Cassidy, Trent, Chuck and Motor City all rock out tonight?
Lambert has the mic to say, “It’s not the size of the man in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the man! Says the 145 pound dork of a man with his hands in his pockets. I’m surprised you’re strong enough to pull those skinny jeans up. What’re you gonna do with a real-life heavyweight body slamming you all over that ring?” Lambert tells the ref to listen up. The Michigan Athletic Commission has rules and regulations, and since this isn’t an election, we’re gonna follow them! So unless those two idiots, Trent & Chuck, can show you a valid manager’s license, how about the ref does his job and tell them go be Best Friends backstage?
Fans tell Lambert to STFU but Lambert says he’s still right! The Best Friends aren’t officially managers, so they have to leave. At least their tie-dye suits look awesome. Lambert sings “Hey hey hey, good-bye~” while fans call BS but the bell rings all the same. Ethan mocks Cassidy putting hands in pockets, and says Cassidy should just go ahead and get that out of the way. Fans are thunderous for “Freshly Squeezed!” and Cassidy puts his hands up, to put them in the pockets. Ethan rushes in but Cassidy ducks, only for Ethan to throw him down by his hair! Ethan steps on Cassidy and flexes, but Cassidy kips up!
Cassidy dodges Ethan again, rolls and SHOTGUNS Ethan to a corner! Cassidy kips up again and now he flexes! Fans fire up and Cassidy says he’s gonna raise the roof. Cassidy goes to scoop Ethan but Ethan is pretty hefty. Ethan scoops Cassidy easily but Cassidy easily slips off to waistlock. Cassidy shoves Ethan to ropes, things speed up and Cassidy hurdles, but Ethan blocks hip toss to hip toss, only for Cassidy to arm-drag! Ethan bails out, Cassidy builds speed and DIVES! Direct hit and Cassidy puts Ethan in fast! Cassidy goes up, CROSSBODY! Cover, ONE!! Cassidy flexes again and then says he’s gonna raise the roof!
Cassidy goes to scoop but Ethan throws down elbows! Fans boo as Ethan scoops Cassidy again. Cassidy slips off again, shoves Ethan into a corner, then runs, tilt-o-whirl- NO DDT as Ethan shoves Cassidy away then CLOBBERS him with the shoulder tackle! Fans boo but Lambert cheers as Ethan looms over Cassidy. Ethan drags Cassidy up, fans rally for “Freshly Squeezed!” but Ethan puts Cassidy’s hands in his own pockets. Ethan then throws a hard body shot, then taunts the fans. Ethan deadlift suplexes Cassidy, carries him around and then SLAMS him down! Ethan flexes again and grins while fans boo.
Ethan looms over Cassidy again, drags him back up, but Cassidy shoots around to roll him up! TWO, and Ethan BOOTS Cassidy out of the ring! Ethan wants after Cassidy but the ref keeps him back. All to plan as Lambert cracks open a bottle of OJ. Lambert gives Cassidy some sloth kicks of his own, and flexes. Lambert is having a laugh while Ethan lounges and AEW goes picture in picture.
Cassidy gets up, gets in the ring, but Ethan is right on him. Ethan ROCKS Cassidy with a forearm and has him in a corner. Ethan taunts the fans, throws down hands and stomps on Cassidy, but lets off as the ref counts. The ref also warns Lambert to stay back but Ethan drags Cassidy up. Ethan ROCKS Cassidy with another right and Cassidy falls over! Ethan trots around like he won already but it wasn’t a knockout blow. Cassidy slowly sits up at the ropes but Ethan drags Cassidy up. Ethan ROCKS Cassidy, ROCKS him again, and again! Ethan whips Cassidy to ropes to CLOBBER him! Ethan gloats while Cassidy stirs.
Ethan stomps Cassidy on his back, drags him up and bumps him off his boot. Ethan RAMS into Cassidy at the corner, and again, and again. The ref counts, Ethan lets off to reel Cassidy in for a PENDULUM BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Ethan is annoyed but he drags Cassidy up again. Ethan ROCKS Cassidy with a haymaker, then has him in the corner again. Dynamite returns to single picture as Ethan whips corner to corner. Cassidy tumbles up and out then slingshot somersaults around Ethan to run and sunset flip! Ethan stays up, drags Cassidy up, and ROUNDHOUSES him into a suplex and SLAM! Cover, TWO!
Fans fire up as Cassidy is still in this! Ethan drags Cassidy back up, Canadian Rack to a crucifix, but Cassidy reaches for his pockets! Ethan stops Cassidy from reaching all the way, but Cassidy keeps trying! Ethan stops Cassidy again, but third time is the charm! The hands are in pockets and Cassidy lands on his feet! But Ethan ROCKS him with a forearm! Ethan brings Cassidy back in, another crucifix lift, but Cassidy RANAS free! Ethan hits buckles, Cassidy shoves him back into the buckles and then table tops him! Fans fire up and Cassidy feeds off the energy! Cassidy climbs up but Lambert grabs at him! Cassidy kicks Lambert away but Ethan ROCKS Cassidy!
Ethan drags Cassidy off the top in a trophy lift! Fans boo but Ethan hits the POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO!! Cassidy survives and fans fire up while Ethan is furious! Lambert tells him to finish off this grown up 12-year-old! Ethan rains down fists, fans rally for Cassidy, and Ethan drags Cassidy up. Ethan tells the kids to shut up about Cassidy, then he flips them off! Ethan says this is for the kids, then suplexes Cassidy, but he gets STUN-DOG MILLIONAIRE! Fans fire up and so does Cassidy! Cassidy wants to raise the roof, and he goes to scoop, but Ethan switches and shoves, TILT-O-WHIRL DDT!! Cover, TWO!!
Ethan survives but Cassidy throws off his elbow pad! Fans fire up and Cassidy aims, but Lambert creeps onto the apron! Fans boo, the ref warns Lambert, but Cassidy “pushes” Lambert! And “pushes,” and “pushes,” and “pushes!” Fans fire up for the “palm strikes”, Cassidy winds up, and Lambert actually puts up his guard! Cassidy just takes the orange juice from him and takes a swig. Cassidy gives it back, gives a thumbs up, but then dodges Ethan’s sucker punch! Ethan almost hits Lambert, but then he turns around into an ORANGE PUNCH! ORANGE MIST for Lambert! ORANGE PUNCH again! And then, a SLAM!! Cover, Cassidy wins!!
Winner: Orange Cassidy, by pinfall
Now that was fresh! Cassidy gave Ethan and Lambert some Vitamin C, and the Best Friends return to celebrate, with a group hug! GOT to give the people what they want! Will Cassidy rebound from Forbidden Door and head for some gold?
Tony Schiavone is on stage.
“Nothing like being in Detroit, and nothing like Blood & Guts live on Dynamite! And here on TBS, he has a match scheduled coming up, but first, he has something he wants to say. Ladies and gentlemen, here is Christian Cage!” Fans boo Captain Charisma as he makes his entrance after what he did to Jungle Boy at the end of Road Rager. But for having a match in literal minutes, Christian doesn’t look dressed to compete at all! Schiavone isn’t sure what more Christian can say than what he said last week, fans fans boo harder.
Christian says that he was asked by upper management, if fans will give him a second to speak, that he is to come out here and apologize for the things he said about Jungle Boy and his family, namely when he brought up his late father. Christian has never apologized for anything he has said or done his entire career, but that being said, “Jungle Boy I’m sorry your entire family isn’t dead, and they had to witness me end you in that ring two weeks ago on Dynamite! Actually, let me clarify. Everyone in your family, except for your mom, Jungle Boy. Call me.” Fans call Christian an A-Hole and he has the nerve to be sarcastic back to them, “Classy as always, Detroit.”
Christian takes the mic now and says this scumbag city’s only good point is that it’s close to Canada. “Now, you Motor City sweat hogs might be wondering why I’m standing out here in street clothes when I requested a match this week. Well it’s simple. I requested a match but I never said it was for me.” And out comes… LUCHASAURUS?! Christian has turned Luchasaurus into his own personal muscle! Will the wrestling dinosaur destroy all who oppose Captain Charisma?
Luchasaurus w/ Christian Cage VS Serpentico!
The bell rings and SNAKEMAN wants mercy! Luchasaurus isn’t going anywhere, so Serpentico shrugs and runs in, into a HEADBUTT! Luchasaurus drags Serpentico into a wheelbarrow GERMAN SUPLEX! Serpentico flounders and Christian grins. Serpentico staggers up, Luchasaurus scoops him into the JURASSIC FACEBUSTER! Luchasaurus then ties up the legs and puts on his own version of the SNARE TRAP!! Luchasaurus steals Jungle Boy’s signature hold, adding on a nerve hold shoulder claw! Serpentico taps, Luchasaurus wins!
Winner: Luchasaurus, by submission
Christian celebrates with his monster. But then, he says it’s not enough. Luchasaurus drags Serpentico out of the ring! Luchasaurus waits for Serpentico to stand, and he clamps on the choke grip! CHOKE SLAM to the floor! Will Captain Charisma unleash this real-life kaiju on all of AEW?
Backstage interview with Wardlow and Scorpio Sky.
There is a No Physicality Agreement right now as the Maestro of Mayhem is finally face-to-face with the AEW TNT Champion. Scorpio says he understands Wardlow is “feeling himself” right now, after beating up a bunch of security guards. But Scorpio ain’t no security guard, he is the TNT Champion! Last time Wardlow came after him, Scorpio laid him out, pinned him in the ring, no questions asked. Schiavone says that actually, there was some assistance. Wardlow says yes, but it doesn’t matter. No more talk, Wardlow is getting sick of it. “Bring every member of American Top Team, I’ll treat every one of them like they are security guards.”
And when Wardlow is done with them, he’ll beat Scorpio’s ass and take that title home with him, where it belongs. Oh, talking real big with the No Physicality Agreement, huh? Well let’s do it like this! Next week, Scorpio VS Wardlow, TNT Championship. And if Wardlow’s so tough, it’ll be a Street Fight! Wardlow’s all for that! But will it be Wardlow or Scorpio who comes to regret taking the gloves off?
Six Man Tag: Max Caster & Gunn Club VS Danhausen & ???
The Acclaimed and Ass Boys are in Michigan, but it’s rare they make their entrance first. Even so, Caster is ready with a diss track! “Acclaimed and the Gunns, we don’t rap with no undertones. We about to beat the sh*t out of a Juggalo! Danhausen is a lightweight, how you gonna cheer a White guy in whiteface? Embarrass my brothers again, we gon make you drink all the tap water in Flint! We’ll send ya ass to the trash, boys! This is what you get for callin’ them the Ass Boys!” Wait, he always does so… Fans chant it already, and Caster gets the mic to Bowens since Austin & Colten aren’t in the mood.
“DETROOOOOIT! The Acclaimed have arrived!! Scissor me, Daddy Ass~!” The message has been sent, but who has the Very Nice, Very Evil overlord found as his partners? Danhausen has a mic of his own to say, “Alright, well, Danhausen heard the Ass Boys. They had some sort of challenge for Danhausen to find partners or something. And I dunno, I thought I found some people who are pretty good at wrestling. IT’S FTR!! The THREE BELT TOP GUYS, Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood, loaded up with the AAA, ROH and IWGP Tag Team Championships, are here to bring the fight! Will #FTHausen make Caster eat those words he just rapped?
The teams sort out, Austin starts against Cash and fans are fired up. Cash and Austin circle, tie up, and go around. Austin arm-drags Cash away then flexes on the corner. Fans boo but Cash cools off. Cash and Austin tie up again, Cash headlocks but Austin pulls hair and wrenches free to headlock back. Cash powers out, but Austin runs him over! Austin speeds things up, hurdles, then trips Cash! Fans taunt the “ASS~ BOYS~” and it annoys Austin. Austin rushes Cash but Cash sends him into a corner, then back drops him on the rebound. Austin gets up, swings wild, but ends up in a BIG atomic drop!
Cash SPANKS Austin, then arm-drags him down! Austin gets up but Cash tags Dax. FTR mug Austin and then Dax bumps Austin off buckles. Dax CHOPS, CHOPS and snap suplexes! Dax drops a leg, covers, ONE! Dax drags Austin up to tag Cash back in, and then Cash tags Danhausen. Fans fire up as FTR double whip and double drop toehold Austin, for Danhausen to run and drop an elbow! Danhausen covers, ONE! Danhausen drags Austin up, but Austin CHOPS! Austin bumps Danhausen off buckles, tags Colten, and Gunn Club mugs Danhausen. Colten bumps Danhausen off buckles then stomps a mudhole.
Fans rally for Danhausen but Colten whips him corner to corner. Colten runs in but into a BOOT! Danhausen goes up for a FLYING RANA! Danhausen gives Austin a hip toss! Caster gets in but Danhausen hip tosses him! Colten CLOBBERS Danhausen! Fans boo but Colten sits Danhausen up to rain down fists. Colten keeps on Danhausen while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Colten taunts the fans, drags Danhausen over and tags in Caster. They double whip Danhausen hard into the corner and he falls back. Caster looms over Danhausen, stomps him down, then clamps on a cobra clutch onto Danhausen. Danhausen endures, flails and fights up, and he throws body shots! Danhausen is free, but he runs into a BIG elbow from Caster! Caster drops a knee, covers, TWO! Danhausen is still in this but Caster drags him to the corner. Tag to Austin and they stomp Danhausen. Austin tells FTR to “SUCK IT!” while Caster stomps Danhausen. The ref has to keep Dax back as Austin eggs him on, and that allows even Colten to stomp Danhausen.
Austin drags Danhausen up, tags to Colten, and Colten bumps Danhausen off buckles. Colten whips Danhausen corner to corner hard and Danhausen bounces off buckles. Colten drags Danhausen up, puts him back in the Acclaimed Gunn corner, and tags Caster. Caster climbs up, and he drops ax handles on Danhausen. Caster clamps on with a chinlock and grinds Danhausen down. Danhausen endures, fights up, and hits a JAWBREAKER! Dynamite returns to single picture as both men get up. Fans rally but Caster clinches and puts Danhausen back in the corner. Danhausen DECKS Austin but Caster throws body shots on Danhausen.
Danhausen throws body shots back but Caster shoves Danhausen back. Caster rushes in but Danhausen spins him around to a NORTHERN LIGHTS! Both men are down, fans fire up as they crawl, hot tag to Colten and he grabs Danhausen. Colten feeds Danhausen to Caster’s BIG haymaker! Colten then DROPKICKS Danhausen, Austin tags in to cover, but FTR breaks it! Austin protests but fans rally for Danhausen. Austin drags Danhausen up, taunts FTR, and he suplexes. Danhausen slips out, dodges Austin, hot tag to Dax! Dax JABS away then DECKS Austin! Caster rushes in but Dax DECKS him! Colten rushes in but Dax dodges, and Cash DECKS him!
Cash DECKS Colten again, Austin gets up, but FTR get one Ass Boy each, DOUBLE GERMAN SUPLEXES! They both hold on, FTR DOUBLE GERMAN SUPLEX again! And again! Fans fire up as Motor City becomes Suplex City! Cash tells Billy to SUCK IT before he CLOBBERS Colten! Colten bails out, Cash PLANCHAS him down! Dax still has Austin, GERMAN SUPLEX! GERMAN SUPLEX! Five just for Austin, but here comes a sixth! Dax fires up and so do the fans, Dax whips but Austin reverses, only for Dax to reverse back. Austin dodges to run but into a hip toss! Austin handsprings through and hip tosses, only for Dax to resist, QUICK DRAW!
Both men are down from the partially disrupted move, and fans rally up. Danhausen rises! Dax tags him in! Danhausen aims at Austin, for a BOOT! And then a CURSE~! “Good night, Austin!” Fireman’s carry, but Billy gets in! The ref stops him, but Bowens gets in! He can walk on that leg?! Danhausen drops Austin, but he powers up another curse! Bowens swings his crutch, Danhausen dodges, and Austin gets CLOBBERED! Bowens freaks out, Dax drags him out and Danhausen covers Austin! #FTHAUSEN WINS!!
Winners: Danhausen & FTR, by pinfall
FTR destroy the wheelchair since Bowens doesn’t need it anymore! Will FTR continue to establish themselves as the top tag team in the world today? The Acclaimed Gunn Club try to figure out what went wrong, but maybe they were just CURSED! Bowens helps Austin up but Austin shoves him away! Austin’s obviously upset over the crutch shot but Billy tries to keep the peace. Austin gets heated and Billy shoves him down?! Billy is upset with his son over what happened, but what does this mean for the faction?
Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh speak.
Sonjay starts by saying, “Last week, I was happy, Samoa Joe. This week, I’m mad! Because you’re still not at work! And we need to make things official. July 23rd, ROH returns to PPV, Death Before Dishonor! And what we need from you won’t cut it with this pencil. We need you to take this pen, black ink, sign your name on the dotted line, let’s make this official!” Lethal asks, “How long is it going to take? How long’s it gonna take for you to defend that ROH Television Championship against me? Accept the challenge! The ROH Television Championship, let’s put it on the line! The current ROH Television Champion VS the longest reigning ROH Television Champion! Let’s make it official, Joe!” Singh leans in to tell Joe, “Jay is gonna kill you, man.”
AEW TBS Championship Open Challenge: Jade Cargill w/ The Baddies VS Leila Grey!
The UNDEFEATED 33-0 TBS Champion is ready to get yet another win under her belt. Will Leila come to regret accepting this Open Challenge? Or will she shock the world when she dethrones #ThatBitch?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if Grey can get some gold!
Grey and Jade tie up, Jade has a cording hold then CLUBS Grey in the chest. And CLUBS her again! And again, then throws knee after knee! Jade scoops, fireman’s carries, then TOSSES Grey to BOOT her down! Grey flounders, the Baddies of Detroit cheer as Jade dribbles, but runs into BOOTS! Grey leaps, but into Jade’s arms! Jade hits a FALL AWAY SLAM! Jade kips up and fans fire up as she watches Grey crawl. Jade kicks Grey, drags her up, and says she is THAT B- Grey rolls her up! TWO!! Grey fires off forearms, backs Jade down, and fires up! Grey runs in to SHINING WIZARD! Grey hits a BULL- NO, Jade tosses her! Then BOOTS her again!
Jade says Grey is stupid for trying, and then chicken wings the arms. JADED!! Cover, Jade wins!
Winner: Jade Cargill, by pinfall (still AEW TBS Champion)
And now it’s 34-0! Stokely Hathaway gets the mic to say, “So-” But then Jade snatches the mic to say she is tired of all the fans and the women in the back bitchin’ and moanin’! “Now next time, Stokely, get me some real competition.” She shoves the mic back at him, and he says, “Wooooow~! She’s fired up, and I know why. Last night at 11:49 PM, this queen gave an opportunity to every single woman in this locker room. And y’know what happened? You wanna know what happened? Someone who doesn’t even work here, homegirl hasn’t even filled out a W2, even she had the wherewithal to seize the moment.
“Kris Statlander, Athena, you’re not overlooked. You’re just lazy!” But wait! Here comes the Fallen Goddess and Greatest Alien! They rush the ring, Kris CLOBBERS Kiera Hogan while Athena dodges the boot! Athena SHOTGUNS Jade down! Kris storms up to get Jade up and fans fire up as Athena climbs! But Leila Grey SHOVES Athena down!! Leila stomps Kris and Kiera SUPERKICKS Athena! Jade moves Leila aside to stomp Kris! Stokely gets in the ring with them, did Grey just become the newest Baddie on the block? Jade tells her thanks but hell no, and leads her team away. Will Grey use this as motivation to come at #ThatBitch again?
The Young Bucks speak.
Matt Jackson says, “And then there were only two.” Nick Jackson says, “You would think we would be happy, right?” Matt wonders where everyone went. Nick says they reached the Promise Land, AKA win the AEW World Tag Team Championships, not once but twice, Matt adding that they’re the first to ever do it. And yet, they’re still unhappy. All their friends are gone. Bobby Fish isn’t cleared, Kyle O’Reilly isn’t cleared, and now even Adam Cole isn’t cleared. Hell, the cameraman isn’t even Brandon Cutler! This is some intern. Good job, by the way, Fred, just keep it steady.
But the Bucks look around the locker room, and they can’t even find anyone who can relate to them. They literally have no friends left. Except… The titles! They’re the champions for good reason. The first TWO-TIME AEW World Tag Team Champions, and Matt hears that the Forbidden Door might be creaked open just a little bit. He heard Yoshi-Hashi & Hirooki Goto want a shot at the best tag team in the world. “Well, boys, you can get a shot at us this Friday on Rampage. However, you’re not gonna just get a shot at the titles. No no no. You’re gonna have to beat us one time first to prove who the heck you are.”
The Bucks now who #BISHAMON is in Japan, but we need to show the American/AEW audience that they’re the superstars they claim to be. And if Goto-Hashi loses, they can go to HELL. Nice play on words. But Matt never thought he’d miss Brandon. Cut it, Fred, ya idiot! Will the Young Bucks throw a Superkick Party and kick the former IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions back to Japan?
But wait! There’s so much more to Rampage this week!
On top of the AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator, we will see Nyla Rose VS Toni Storm 1v1 for the first time anywhere. And speaking of first times, it will be the first ever ROYAL RAMPAGE MATCH! Frankie Kazarian, John Silver, Orange Cassidy, Rush, Hangman Page, Konosuke Takeshita, Penta Oscuro, Will Hobbs, Ricky Starks, Keith Lee, Swerve Strickland, Darby Allin, The Butcher and The Blade, Dustin Rhodes, Max Caster, Tony Nese, Matt Hardy, Dante Martin and Brody King will compete for the first shot at Jon Moxley and his Interim AEW World Championship! Who wins that 5% chance of becoming a contender?
Jim Ross joins commentary!
Good ol’ JR is here for the main event, and as he knows not everyone is going to be okay after this main event is said and done!
Blood & Guts: The Jericho Appreciation Society VS Eddie Kingston, Santana, Ortiz & Blackpool Combat Club!
This has been building for months, and now it will all be settled in one bloody spectacle! And after winning the man-up advantage at Forbidden Door, will Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Jake Hager, Daniel Garcia, Matthew Menard & Angelo Parker win again and make the entire “AEW Galaxy” APPRECIATE them? Or will the Mad King, the Proud ‘n’ Powerful, the Decoder, the Maniac, and the newest member in the Swiss Cyborg, Claudio Castagnoli, show to everyone why they’re proud to be professional wrestlers, not sports entertainers?
The JAS also make their entrance first. They’re wearing matching red outfits of mesh shirts, suspender strapped tights and red fedoras. Will red be the perfect color to hide all the blood they’re about to lose? We’ll see, after the break.
Dynamite returns as Eddie makes his entrance with Santana & Ortiz. They’ve got the war paint on, and are even bringing weapons to the ring, such as Santana’s barbed wire baseball bat. Then William Regal accompanies Wheeler Yuta and Claudio. Regal joins JR, Taz and Excalibur on commentary, and all that’s left is Jon Moxley’s entrance! The Interim AEW World Champion, head bandaged up from what Hiroshi Tanahashi did to his forehead, makes his way through the crowd as always, and he joins his team. Sammy is already in the ring for the JAS, daring someone to get in with him. The extended BCC sorts out, and CLAUDIO steps up!
Detroit is thunderous already as the doors are closed. Sammy and Claudio stare down from across the double ring, and then rush in! Sammy jumps up but Claudio back drops him! Claudio gets Sammy up, OVERHEAD suplexes him, but Sammy lands on his feet! Sammy rushes back in, Claudio picks him up and RAMS him into a corner! Claudio whips Sammy corner to corner hard, then runs in to EuroUpper! Then he goes back the other way for another EuroUpper! And then again for another EuroUpper! Fans fire up and Claudio drags Sammy up. Sammy shoves Claudio away and undoes the suspender straps.
Sammy puts Claudio in the corner to CHOP him! But Claudio doesn’t flinch. Sammy throws a forearm, Claudio EuroUppers Sammy off his feet! Claudio rips off Sammy’s mesh shirt to CHOP him! Claudio whips Sammy into the gap between rings and Sammy tumbles with the ropes so close together. Claudio stalks Sammy to the JAS ring and Sammy tries to climb! Claudio grabs at Sammy as he clings to the rafters! Claudio chases Sammy, drags him down, but Sammy throws elbows. Claudio drops to bring Sammy down, and Sammy gets crotched on the top rope! Claudio shrugs while Tay Conti complains.
Claudio drags Sammy up, whips him to a corner, but Sammy stops himself. Sammy elbows Claudio back, goes up to springboards away to the BCC side ring! Fans boo while Sammy bows and then flips Claudio off. Claudio storms into the gap but Sammy attacks him! They brawl, Sammy puts Claudio into the corner and fires hands, but fans cuss Sammy out! Claudio shoves and EuroUuppers Sammy! Claudio TOSSES Sammy back into the JAS ring, whips Sammy and pops him up, but Sammy hits a CUTTER! Tay cheers but fans boo as Sammy stands up. Sammy kisses Tay through the cage, and then goes back to the ring, only to turn around into a trip!
Fans fire up, Claudio takes Sammy for a SWING! The countdown is done, Daniel Garcia gets in for the man-up advantage! Garcia watches out for the swinging Sammy, and he CLOBBERS Claudio from behind! Garcia fires off on Claudio, he stomps away and fans boo, but Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Garcia storms back up on Claudio but into EuroUppers! Garcia and Sammy mug Claudio, then Garcia facelocks Claudio while Sammy climbs. The young pillars of the JAS argue about who needs to do what, but Claudio throws body shots and EuroUppers on Garcia! Sammy hurries in but he also gets body shots! Garcia and Sammy are in opposite corners, so Claudio starts up a EuroUpper train! Garcia, then Sammy, then back to Garcia, but Garcia dropkicks the legs out! Sammy then KNEES Claudio down! Garcia and Sammy hug it out and stomp away on Claudio. They double suplex Claudio up and over, then stomp him more.
Sammy CLUBS Claudio to ropes, Garcia helps Sammy double whip to ropes. They double elbow Claudio down, Garcia hits a NECK SNAPPER! Sammy and Garcia get Claudio in a corner and bring him out again, but Claudio blocks the double suplex this time! Claudio DOUBLE SUPLEXES Sammy and Garcia! All three men are down, Garcia crawls away to the BCC ring. Claudio stalks after him, but Sammy hurries to CLOBBER Claudio! Garcia BOOTS Claudio at the ropes, then CHOKES him! And he doesn’t have to stop this time! Garcia talks trash on the BCC while Sammy chokes Claudio now, using the suspender straps he took off earlier!
Garcia takes off his do-rag and CHOKES Claudio with it! They both grind Claudio down at the ropes, taunting BCC the whole time. Dynamite returns to single picture as Sammy puts Claudio in a corner. Sammy and Garcia mug Claudio, but the countdown is almost up! Claudio fights back, and as soon as the door opens, Yuta is inside! Yuta wants after Garcia for the attack on AEW Dark last night but he ROCKS Sammy first! FLYING LARIAT for Sammy! GERMAN SUPLEX for Garcia! Yuta holds on, another GERMAN SUPLEX! Garcia swings wild but can’t get free, another GERMAN SUPLEX!
Yuta isn’t done, he hits a fourth GERMAN SUPLEX! Sammy waistlocks Yuta but Yuta shoves Garcia away to switch with Sammy. A GERMAN SUPLEX for the Spanish God! And then another! Tay gets worried as Yuta sets Sammy up, Claudio runs in, EUROUPPER GERMAN SUPLEX COMBO! Sammy is finally let go and fans fire up with Yuta’s half a dozen German Suplexes! Yuta and Claudio high-five and Claudio drags Garcia from the ropes. Claudio has the do-rag, Yuta has the suspenders, and they use those to CHOKE Garcia and Sammy! Claudio TOSSES Garcia across the ring like that! Yuta lets Sammy go to stomp him down!
Claudio hauls Garcia up to TOSS him into the steel! Yuta TOSSES Sammy into steel! But the countdown is done, and the JAS sends in Rock Hard Jake Hager! Hager rushes in and Yuta leaps at him, but into a SPINEBUSTER! Claudio chases Garcia into the JAS ring, Garcia runs but into a trophy lift! Claudio TOSSES Garcia to the BCC ring while Hager TOSSES Yuta to the JAS ring! Yuta gets hung up a bit on the ropes in the gap, but now Hager and Claudio stare down! Fans fire up, knowing these two have history. Claudio joins Hager in the same ring, and the haymakers start flying! Fans chant “WE THE PEOPLE!” as Hager whips but Claudio dodges!
Claudio springboards, FLYING EUROUPPER! Fans fire up as Claudio stomps and uppercuts Hager in the corner. But Garcia helps Hager while Sammy intercepts Yuta. Hager and Garcia mug Claudio, Yuta scraps with Sammy, but then Hager ROCKS Yuta. Hager has Yuta against the steel then RAMS into him! Hager runs again but Yuta dodges to KICK Hager! Claudio fights off Garcia but Sammy hits him back. Claudio EuroUppers Sammy while Yuta missile dropkicks Hager! Claudio bumps Sammy off buckles, Yuta fires off on Hager. Hager clinches Yuta but Claudio goes after Hager with body shots. Hager picks Claudio up for a SPINEBUSTER!
Sammy and Garcia stomp Yuta while Hager hammers Claudio. But the countdown is ending and the JAS get ready. Fans want to see him, so MOXLEY gets in! And he brings a chair! Moxley CHUCKS the chair at Hager’s head, and it bounces right off to hit the steel! Moxley then fires off on Garcia, kicks Sammy, and he stacks the young pillars in a corner to CLOTHESLINE SANDWICH them! And again! And again! Moxley brings Sammy around for an X-PLEX! Garcia tries to get away but Moxley traps him in the ropes and bends him backwards! With some fishhooks and crossface forearms for good measure!
Fans sing, “F ’em up, Moxley, F ’em up!” Moxley joins Garcia in the gap to rain down hammer fists! Claudio picks up the chair Moxley brought in and sets it down. Claudio gives Hager a BULLDOG onto the chair! Regal is loving this now as Moxley grinds Garcia’s face off steel like a cheese grater! Claudio sits the chair up and Yuta helps him bring Sammy over. They double whip Sammy and Yuta drop toeholds Sammy to SMACK off the seat! Eddie gives Moxley a fork to JAB into Garcia’s forehead!! Yuta stomps away on Hager, Claudio tosses Sammy to the JAS ring, and Hager uses the chair on Hager’s ribs.
Claudio taunts Tay with putting Sammy on the ropes and she shouts, “I HATE YOU!” He doesn’t care, Cesaro STRADDLE CHOKES Sammy on the ropes! Yuta and Moxley join Claudio, and Garcia is bleeding from the forehead. Moxley picks Garcia up for Yuta to run, they hit a HART ATTACK on Red Death! Claudio high-fives his team for that one, and then fetches Sammy. Tay is shrieking as Claudio trophy lifts Sammy, to toss him to Moxley’s CUTTER! Then Claudio drags Sammy around while Yuta climbs up top, and Claudio sets Sammy up for Yuta’s DIVING HEADBUTT! A nice shoutout to Bryan Danielson there.
Yuta keeps on Sammy while Claudio and Moxley go back to Hager. Moxley tells Claudio to fetch Garcia, and Yuta’s already working on the HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS as fans chant for “A E DUB! A E DUB!” Claudio and Moxley join in with their own HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! Fans love the triple hammering, but the countdown is finishing again. JAS sends in “Cool Hand Ange” Parker, but he realizes he’s actually outnumbered right now. He stays on the outside of the ring but ends up cornered that way. Fans tell him “YOU F’D UP!” but he dodges Yuta to regroup with Garcia. That’s not enough, he grabs the chair, but then loses it as he has to scurry away!
Parker goes around a corner but Claudio catches him! Claudio gut wrench suplexes Parker into the ring! Yuta scoops Parker to MICHINOKU DRIVER, and then Moxley gives Parker a EuroUpper! Claudio EuroUppers Parker off his feet! Yuta EuroUppers, and Parker is punch drunk. Moxley EuroUppers Parker and he falls over again. The BCC shrug and Moxley gets a couple push-ups in just so he stays warm. Claudio goes back to fetch Hager and throw EuroUppers. Hager clinches and throws knees in return while Moxley throws the chair into the JAS ring. Yuta keeps on Garcia, but Parker JAMS Moxley with the chair!
Hager TOSSES Claudio into steel, Parker SMACKS Moxley on the back! Garcia, crimson mask at 100%, turns things around on Yuta while Parker RAMS into Moxley at the corner! Hager stands on Claudio, Parker helps Sammy up, and Hager has a chair of his own to SMACK Claudio’s leg! Yuta turns things back on Garcia while Hager smothers Claudio’s face with a chair. Garcia reverses Yuta’s whip to SHOTGUN Yuta into the corner! Moxley DECKS Parker, DECKS Sammy, and brings Sammy back to center. Hager SMACKS Claudio on the back with the chair! And then Hager digs the chair into Claudio’s neck!
The countdown is over, and Parker hurries to block the BCC door! Ortiz powers through and CLOBBERS Parker! Ortiz then CLOBBERS Sammy, CLOBBERS him again, CLOBBERS Hager, CLOBBERS Sammy again, then CLOBBERS Parker! Ortiz CLOBBERS Sammy a third time, then CLOBBERS Parker a third time! Ortiz whips but Sammy reverses, Ortiz comes back but Sammy dodges, so Ortiz CLOBBERS Parker a fourth time! Sammy dodges Ortiz again, but Ortiz comes right back to LARIAT! Fans fire up as Ortiz is a one man wrecking crew, and Dynamite goes picture in picture again.
Ortiz brings Sammy up to drag him up to a POWERBOMB! Yuta helps Moxley in the JAS ring but Parker then TOSSES Ortiz to that side! Hager hauls Claudio up but Claudio throws body shots. Ortiz hits Parker back, Claudio EuroUppers Hager in a corner! Yuta stands on Garcia’s neck, Moxley and Ortiz mug Parker, and Claudio RAMS Sammy into Hager! Ortiz RAMS Parker into steel! Yuta RAMS Garcia into steel! Moxley brings out a black bag! That is always a dangerous sign, and Moxley pours out broken glass! Hager suplexes Claudio while Moxley brings Parker over. PILEDRIVER onto the glass!!
Ortiz SMACKS Garcia with a chair! Ortiz SMACKS Parker with the chair! Parker is bleeding now, but of course he would from that glass to his forehead. Yuta holds Garcia down while Moxley goes after Hager and rakes the eyes! Claudio keeps Sammy down while Moxley ROCKS Hager with a haymaker. Moxley has Hager in a corner, climbs up and digs a piece of glass into Hager’s forehead! The Maniac is truly going nuts in Blood & Guts! Yuta kicks Parker around, Claudio climbs up to rain down fists on Hager from all sides! Claudio EuroUppers Hager, but Garcia kicks Claudio. Garcia and Hager CROTCH Claudio together!
Hager and Garcia shake the rope to really jam up Claudio’s junk but Moxley goes after them. Sammy goes after Moxley and now Moxley gets mugged. Sammy and Garcia double whip Moxley HARD into the steel! Hager ROCKS Claudio while he’s still on the ropes, and Dynamite returns to single picture again. The countdown is finishing as Parker crotches Yuta on ropes, and Sammy does the same to Ortiz. Now “Daddy Magic” gets in with a chair of his own. Menard SMACKS Yuta off the ropes! And he SMACKS Ortiz! And then SMACKS Claudio, and he CLOBBERS Moxley! Menard, Garcia, Sammy and Hager all stomp the Interim AEW World Champion!
Garcia SMACKS Claudio down with the chair, Parker and Menard go to the JAS ring to keep eyes on Yuta and Ortiz. Hager digs his knees into Moxley, Garcia joins Menard and Parker while they hit Ortiz with a DOUBLE DDT! Sammy brings Moxley up to snap suplex Moxley onto a chair! Moxley’s forehead is bleeding again, just like on Sunday. Hager POSTS Claudio, fans chant “We Want Tables!” while Menard CHOKES Moxley! Menard rains down fists, trying to make Moxley’s forehead even bloodier. Menard shoves Moxley through ropes to RAM him into steel! And dig him in, too! And ROCK him!
Claudio fires off EuroUppers on Hager in the gap! Yuta sees Garcia up top and SMACKS him with the chair! Claudio runs side to side but Hager manages to move and Claudio runs right into the wall! Menard throws back elbows on Moxley but Yuta’s CLAWING Sammy’s eyes! Menard spots Ortiz trying to crawl through the gap and intercepts him. Parker CLAWS Yuta’s eyes now! But the countdown is finishing again! And Eddie helps Santana get one of those tables! They put it in, and Ortiz helps bring it in. Santana gets the BAT! Santana dodges Menard, CLOBBERS Garcia, CHOPS Menard, then CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS again!
Santana CHOPS away on Menard in the corner, then brings Menard out to center for a ROLLING- NO, Menard ducks to waistlock. Garcia rushes in but Santana BOOTS him down! Santana then switches to SAIDO Menard down! Hager is digging his knee into Claudio at a corner, Garcia rushes back in at Santana, but Santana gives him an URENAGE! Eddie is watching Jericho from across the way, clearly waiting for The Wizard to finally join this fight. Wait, Santana is clutching his leg. Did he overdo the urenage and hurt himself? Santana falls back while Ortiz digs a chair into Garcia. Yuta, bleeding from his forehead, punches away on Parker’s crimson mask of a face!
Parker uses the cameraman to CLOBBER Yuta, then he RAMS Yuta into the steel! Sammy runs at Claudio but into a POP-UP UPPERCUT! Menard and Ortiz fight over the barbed wire bat, and Jericho looks worried since the time is finally approaching. Menard digs the bat into Ortiz’s face but Moxley has the FORK! Moxley JABS the fork into Menard’s head! And wait, Moxley has BAMBOO SHOOTS?! Moxley JAMS those into Menard’s head now!! Fans tell Moxley he’s a Sick F for that one, but Yuta helps Moxley stomp Menard down. Garcia puts Claudio into the ropes to pull him back, and Ortiz checks on Santana.
Menard is of course bleeding now, but he still throws punches on Moxley. Hager fires off on Ortiz, but Yuta has Parker so that he and Garcia can have some sort of sleeper hold stare down! Sammy gets back up to help Hager mug Ortiz, and Menard has the barbed wire bat! Menard digs that into Moxley’s face! Garcia and Yuta throw Parker and Claudio aside to start firing off SLAPPING palm strikes on each other! Fans fire up as they go faster and faster and faster! And then the countdown is back, and Jericho steps in! Jericho has Floyd to CLUB Claudio! Ortiz dodges and throws haymakers on Jericho! DDT!! Ortiz digs the chair into Jericho!
Parker CLOBBERS Moxley with a chair, Ortiz SMACKS Jericho with a chair, but Sammy climbs up and aims at Ortiz. Sammy leaps to FLYING CUTTER! Yuta gets Sammy with a GERMAN SUPLEX! Santana DECKS Parker, Menard rushes at Yuta but Yuta spins him around, OLYMPIC SLAM! Tay checks on Sammy while Hager hauls Yuta up for a SPINEBUSTER! Claudio spins Hager around to torture rack! RACK BOMB! Garcia roars and BLASTS Claudio with a EuroUpper! But Claudio fires up and comes back to POP-UP UPPERCUT Garcia!! Claudio stomps Garcia, but Jericho hits a CODE BREAKER!
Jericho grins as he’s the only one standing, but he hasn’t counted properly. The countdown is down, and here comes EDDIE!! Fans are thunderous as the Mad King, kendo stick in hand SMACKS Garcia then SMACKS Parker! The bell finally rings, because Blood & Guts can truly start! Which means it can finally end, too! Eddie stalks Jericho, SMACKS Menard, SMACKS Hager, SMACKS Menard more, then SMACKS Hager, too! That kendo stick is breaking, but it stays together so Eddie can go after Jericho! Jericho wants out but there’s no escape! SMACK and SMACK and SMACK from Eddie to Jericho!
Eddie tosses the broken stick, and he pulls out a bottle off… Is that rubbing alcohol? Gasoline? What is it?! Hager CLOBBERS Eddie before anyone can find out! Hager tosses Eddie into the ring, he and Garcia and Parker stomp away while Menard smothers Yuta and Sammy CLUBS Claudio. Ortiz punches Parker, he gets a chair and SMACKS Garcia, “This is Awesome!” as Ortiz fires off on everyone in the JAS! Moxley is after Garcia, Eddie gets his kendo stick back, but Tay manages to get whatever Eddie had and pass it to Jericho! But Ortiz brings the TABLE over! The BCC has the JAS on the floor, and that table makes its way to the gap.
The table is set up, Eddie SMACKS Hager into falling on the table, and Claudio EuroUppers Parker in a corner. Yuta and Moxley give Garcia their own version of DOOMSDAY! Ortiz helps Eddie get Hager up while Claudio BOOTS Menard against steel! Eddie and Ortiz give Hager a DOUBLE POWERBOMB through the table! The BCC regroup, they go after Garcia and Eddie brings Garcia around. Garcia resists but Eddie HEADBUTTS him! Garcia still resists his face touching steel, but Eddie FISHHOOKS his mouth. The BCC gather up more of those black bags, and they pour them out. It’s THUMBTACKS! And a TON of them!
The entire JAS ring has tacks, while Cesaro and Ortiz are tearing up the BCC ring’s mat! They are exposing the wood! They’re truly tearing the house down! Moxley gives Menard an X-PLEX onto the tacks!! Claudio whips Sammy but he reverses to RANA Claudio into the steel! Sammy BOOTS Claudio, BOOTS Eddie then SUPERKICKS him! Wait, how did Parker end up hanging from the girder on the outside of the ring?! It’s like something from a slasher horror movie! Garcia LASHES Yuta with his belt, then TOSSES him off the type while Dynamite goes picture in picture!
Kingston goes after Garcia and JABS at him with the fork! Eddie and Ortiz are after Garcia together while Moxley shoots around Menard to have a SLEEPER! They’re both falling into the tacks while Eddie and Ortiz DOUBLE SUPERPLEX Garcia! Moxley has the BULLY CHOKE on Menard while they’re in the tacks! Jericho finally makes a move, and he squirts the bottle of rubbing alcohol on Moxley’s face! It stings his bloody wound, and then Jericho hits JUDAS EFFECT! Moxley falls onto the tacks!! Jericho snarls and he looms over Moxley, gloating as if he’s won already. Jericho then gathers up a handful of tacks, and DIGS them into Moxley’s forehead!
Jericho paces around, again the only one standing. Jericho drags Moxley up again, TOSSES him into the steel, then fires off hands. But Moxley brings Jericho in to BITE his face! Moxley then kicks, underhooks, but Jericho fights. Jericho LOW BLOWS Moxley! And then hits a DDT onto the tacks! Jericho THRUSTS a chair at Eddie! Jericho soaks up the heat and gets Moxley’s legs. Dynamite returns to single picture as Jericho drags Moxley around in the tacks, before WALLS OF JERICHO!! Moxley endures as he’s being pushed into the tacks, but here comes Eddie! Fans are thunderous as Eddie gathers up tacks, to THROW into Jericho’s face!!
Jericho lets Moxley go as he scrambles away to the BCC ring. Eddie hurries after him, and he throws haymakers! “F HIM UP, EDDIE, F HIM UP!!” Eddie wants to do just that as he whips Jericho into the steel! Eddie hobbles around, gets the barbed wire bat, but Jericho blasts the FIRE EXTINGUISHER at Eddie! Eddie flounders away and Jericho tells Tay to do something. Tay CLOBBERS referee Aubrey Edwards?! All to get the key to the cage?! Tay unlocks the cage door and fans boo, but here comes RUBY SOHO! The Runaway won’t let Tay get away with this! Ruby drags Tay down and fires off fists! The refs try to stop these two but the ladies brawl to the back!
Jericho climbs up the cage! Didn’t he learn from the first Blood & Guts this doesn’t work out well? But Eddie laughs and he follows Jericho up! Jericho and Eddie stand up, and Eddie fires off hands! Eddie BITES Jericho’s ear, Mike Tyson style! URAKEN! Jericho falls down but he is still on the top. Sammy hurries to climb up and help Jericho as Eddie says Jericho’s going off the edge! Sammy CLOBBERS Eddie first! Sammy looks around, trying to figure out what to do next. Fans rally as the three crawl up top and everyone else is regrouping down below. Sammy stands, he digs Eddie’s face into the steel, and fans chant “A E DUB! A E DUB!”
Sammy drags Eddie up but Eddie LOW BLOWS Sammy! Eddie says Sammy F’d up, and down come the straps! Eddie TOSSES Sammy off the edge!! Sammy CRASHES down through the timekeeper’s area!! Fans lose their minds and Eddie grins. But this fight is still going as Dynamite goes picture and picture again!
Eddie looks through the ceiling to check on his team. They’re still in this, too, but medics are checking Sammy. Jericho stands up, Eddie pursues, but Jericho goes to the far side. Jericho warns Eddie, but Eddie doesn’t care, he keeps heading that way. They get forehead to forehead and the forearms start flying! Then they become haymakers, and it’s a hockey fight! Detroit is loving this! Eddie BITES Jericho again, then rips at his shirt. Eddie CHOPS Jericho, Jericho wobbles, and Dynamite goes to break!
Dynamite returns one more time, and Eddie rains down fists on on Jericho. Jericho trips Eddie to rain down fists on him, then get the legs! WALLS OF JERICHO!! Menard RAMS Ortiz into steel on the outside of the cage! The fight is spilling out of the steel, and CLAUDIO climbs! Will Claudio put away his grudge with Eddie to end this with Jericho? BOOT for Jericho, that is a yes! But here comes Menard! Daddy Magic is going to reinforce Jericho now, but Claudio has Jericho’s legs! SWISS SWING on top of the cage! Claudio goes around 10 times, then steps through, but Menard CLUBS Claudio. Menard rains down forearms, then drags Claudio up.
Menard reels Claudio in, Claudio fights the lift, and Eddie has Jericho in the STRETCH PLUM! Claudio trips up Menard, and has a SHARPSHOOTER!! DUAL SUBMISSIONS on top of the cage! Jericho and Menard endure, but MENARD TAPS!! The BCC WINS!!
Winners: Eddie Kingston, Santana, Ortiz & Blackpool Combat Club, by submission
Eddie is confused, he thought he was gonna make Jericho tap. But a win is a win because Claudio finished off Daddy Magic! Eddie is a bit upset by that, but can’t he be happy for the group? Ortiz, Yuta and Moxley are, and even Santana, despite his apparent injury. Will winning take care of the hard feelings? Is the BCC finally through with the JAS?
My Thoughts:
A great Dynamite, especially with it being Blood & Guts. A great opener with Cassidy and Ethan Page, with some Hellish cleverness from Lambert getting Best Friends ejected and putting advantage back to his side. But of course, that didn’t change anything and Cassidy came out the winner. It is also good to see Chuck Taylor is still here, there was concern he was leaving AEW after deleting tweets. But with Cassidy winning, he maintains momentum and could even win his way up to one of the midcard titles. There’s history between Cassidy and PAC, so an All-Atlantic Championship feud that also helps give us some Best Friends VS Death Triangle closure would be a great move.
It was fairly clear, though perhaps a bit mind-boggling, that Luchasaurus was going to turn Heel with Christian Cage’s influence. Luchasaurus looks pretty awesome in all black gear, mask included, and of course he demolished Serpentico. Jungle Boy is apparently actually injured, not just out with the kayfabe injury from the Con-Chair-To, but that will give Luchasaurus plenty of time to shine as a singles guy and as a Heel monster, and we’ll eventually get JB VS Luchasaurus on the way to JB going after Christian.
Wardlow and Scorpio had a good promo interaction to set-up their title match, and a Street Fight is of course setting up interference. I just can’t be sure which way this goes, because Scorpio could use interference to win again, or Wardlow becomes that powerful to win even with interference. When I saw that the Six Man Tag had mystery partners for Danhausen, I just knew it would be FTR. Fans love FTR, fans love Danhausen, this seemed like a natural combination. The Six Man Tag was a lot of fun, and of course #FTHausen wins to keep momentum after Forbidden Door. And while the split in Acclaimed Gunn Club was coming, it happening because of this loss was a small surprise. Billy is siding with the Acclaimed, of course, and I can’t wait to see how this sorts out.
Jade was of course winning her title match tonight, especially because it was Leila Grey, who hasn’t even won one match during her time on Dark and Elevation. But I was hoping that with Grey helping Jade and Kiera, Grey would get a spot as the new Baddie. Instead, Jade snubs Grey, and we’ll still wait to see who subs in. At the same time, I don’t get how that promo from Stokely was supposed to work this in kayfabe. If it’s an Open Challenge, I suppose Grey answered first and that’s it, but then he pokes holes by bringing up how Athena and/or Kris should’ve answered it to get their shot at Jade. Maybe they were just overthinking the logic of their own storytelling, but maybe this story still finds its way to giving one or both Athena and Kris Statlander their title shots.
The Young Bucks had a good promo to help the audience understand that sadly, yes, Adam Cole is hurt after Forbidden Door. But with Fish kayfabe out, and Kyle and Adam more or less legitimately out, this gives the Undisputed Elite a chance to return all together and do who knows what. But Bucks calling out Goto-Hashi, they’re going to have a really good match, but I would think Bucks win because the only ones taking those belts off them are the tag team belt collectors, FTR.
And what a big Rampage we’re having, with that match, Nyla VS Storm, and then the “Royal Rampage,” which I can’t see being like the Royal Rumble with sending one man out at a time. It could just be a huge battle royal, just on Rampage, but who knows. Out of those 20, I would think Hangman doesn’t get this, his story back to the world title needs to be a bit like his journey to the top the first time. He has to scratch and claw, no shortcuts, and I would love if Hangman gets the interim belt right before CM Punk returns so the Undisputed AEW World Championship can be between Hangman and Punk in a Double or Nothing rematch. As for who will/should get this, I’d love if it was Rush for someone completely fresh, or maybe Darby or even Dustin Rhodes for a fan favorite moment.
And of course, Blood & Guts was an epic main event because it was an entire hour. Great stuff from all 12 men, as well as Tay and Ruby Soho. Sadly, Santana got legit hurt from that rough urenage, it could be a torn ACL. It sucks because Santana surely had a lot to do in this match, and it sucks because he and Ortiz could’ve gotten in on some tag title story before the inevitable FTR VS Bucks for all the belts. But even with Santana going down, everything was a bloody as it should’ve been, and what a great way to finish things. Eddie throwing Sammy off was awesome, and explains why the timekeeper’s area got so big.
I almost thought that was a sign JAS was winning, but in the end, it’s BCC. If Bryan had been in this, I bet the finish would be exactly the same with Bryan getting Menard to tap/surrender, and Eddie being annoyed by that. It’s good that Eddie gets over his beef with Claudio, for now, and while Garcia VS Yuta for the ROH Pure Championship is already on the books, there could be a lot of different things the rest of these guys do, such as Claudio getting in on the All-Atlantic Championship and Eddie still settling things with Jericho 1v1 to put the feud to bed.
My Score: 9.3/10
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Winter is Coming, and Samoa Joe defends his AEW World Championship against Eddie Kingston! Will the Mad King finally reign from on high?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament Finals: Timeless Love Bombs VS The Babes of Wrath; The Babes of Wrath win and are the inaugural AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions.
- 2025 Continental Classic Gold League: Kazuchika Okada VS Jack Perry; Okada wins.
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- 2025 Continental Classic Gold League: Kyle Fletcher VS “Speedball” Mike Bailey; Bailey wins.
- AEW World Championship: Samoa Joe VS Eddie Kingston; Joe wins and retains the title.
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AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament Finals: Timeless Love Bombs VS The Babes of Wrath!
Toni Storm said herself that she and Mina Shirakawa were bonded by a bloody and tragic romance with a certain Glamour, and she only sees Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron as a “thrown together team to fill out the bracket.” But that team not only filled out the bracket, they conquered their half to be here in the title match! Will everyone #FeelTheWrath when Willow & Harley take the gold? Or will the Love Bombs leave them out in the cold instead?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see who has what it takes to make history!
The teams sort out, Harley and Mina start, and they tie up. Mina wrenches, wristlocks, but Harley rolls and wrenches back. The fans already cheer “A E DUB!” for making this happen, and Mina rolls to arm-drag Harley! Harley comes back, Mina dodges then runs, but Harley trips her! Mina avoids the Penalty Kick and then slides under a lariat! The fans cheer as Mina shimmies and shakes, but Harley runs up! Mina drops, Harley handsprings then slips around to headlock. Mina powers up and out to send Harley to the corner. Harley headstands, then she BOOTS Mina away. Harley slips outside, rolls Mina up, but Mina rolls through!
Harley grabs Mina to REVERSE MOTORBOAT! The fans cheer, but Mina says if that’s how it’s gonna be! She chest bumps Harley, SOBATS, then whips. Harley ducks ‘n’ dodges and they DOUBLE FACEBUSTER! The fans fire up while both women crawl, hot tags to Toni and Willow! The fans really fire up as these two step up. Toni sniffs Willow, the fans fire up more, and they tie up. Willow headlocks, grinds the hold, but Toni powers up and out. The fans duel as they RAM shoulders! Willow then RUNS Toni over! Willow flexes, but Toni gets up to fire a forearm! Willow says okay, and she fires back! Toni CHOPS! Willow CHOPS!
The fans rally as the forearms go back and forth, faster and faster! Harley steps in, she waistlocks Toni, but Mina gets after Harley! The four brawl, the Babes kick low then whip, but the Love Bombs reverse! The Babes grab ropes to stop, Love Bombs run up but they’re put on the apron. Willow gives Harley a boost to DOUBLE DROPKICK the Love Bombs down! The fans fire up, and then Harley sets Toni & Mina up! Willow CANNONBALLS them both down! The fans fire up and Willow puts Toni in. Willow CLUBS Toni, tags Harley, and Harley runs to wheelbarrow and SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Toni survives and the fans fire up!
Harley bumps Toni off buckles, then CHOPS! Harley whips, Toni ducks ‘n’ dodges, and Mina helps her stop! “I love you~!” Mina helps Toni dodge, then she ROCKS Harley with a right! Toni scoops Harley for a BACKBREAKER! Toni then tags Mina, Mina brings Harley around, and she snap suplexes! Tag to Toni and Toni reels Harley in, for a snap suplex! Tag back to Mina, and Toni scoops Mina for the YOYO SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Harley toughs it out but Mina keeps her from Willow. The fans rally, Harley switches, then ducks a kick! Pump handle and BIG back suplex! Hot tag to Willow! Willow rallies with LARIAT after LARIAT!
Toni gets in, she gets a LARIAT! Then Willow fires CHOP after CHOP on Mina & Toni! The fans fire up, but Mina kicks low! The Love Bombs double whip, but Willow breaks the double lariat to DOUBLE LARIAT back! Then she POUNCES Toni! PERIOD! The fans are thunderous as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Willow bumps Mina off buckles, winds up, and she LARIATS again and again and again! Willow stops at ten to short arm LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Willow drags Mina up, tags Harley, and they double whip Mina to ropes. They then scoop to DOUBLE BACK SUPLEX! Cover, TWO! Mina toughs it out but Harley drags her up. Harley bumps Mina off buckles, tags Willow, and Harley feeds Mina to a forearm! Harley CHOPS! Willow CHOPS! And repeat! Willow scoops Mina to SLAM! Cover, TWO! Willow keeps Mina from Toni, then winds up to ROCK her! Willow snapmares, then she wraps on body scissors to squeeze Mina!
Mina endures, reaches out, but Willow rolls her to a GEDO CLUTCH! TWO, but another roll, TWO! Another roll, and another, and another, and another! Willow rolls Mina again and again and again, finally ends back in a cover, TWO! Mina survives the spin cycle but Willow tags Harley. Harley snapmares Mina, then runs to SHINING WIZARD! Cover, TWO! You’re a wizard, Harley, but you’re not there yet! Harley clamps on with a chinlock and she grinds Mina down. Dynamite returns to single picture as Mina fights up. Mina fires elbows, Willow tags in, and Mina snapmares free. Harley dodges, sends Mina to Willow for teh FOREARM!
Willow drags Mina to a corner, bumps her off buckles, and BACK BODY BLOCKS! And LARIATS! And then she brings Mina around to whip. Mina reverses to TORNADO DDT! The fans fire up while both women crawl, hot tags to Harley and Toni! Toni DROPKICKS Harley! And DROPKICKS Willow! Mongolian Chops for everyone! Toni sends Harley into Willow, then she reels Harley in, snapmare and snapmare and DDT! The fans fire up as Toni poses, and then she does the chicken dance! Because she wants the chicken wing crossface! Willow CLUBS Toni to save Harley, but Mina tags herself in! Mina storms up, but into a kick!
Willow & Harley double whip Mina, but she reverses to send Willow away! Kick for Harley, ELBOW for Willow, then victory roll and step through! Mina then catches Willow, DDT SNAP LOCK COMBO! The fans fire up and Mina drags Harley around. Mina says it’s time, and she steps through for the FIGURE FOUR! “WOO~!” Harley endures, reaches out, but Mina thrashes the hold! Harley fights and she turns it over! But Toni tips things back in Mina’s favor! So Willow gets in and turns things back to Harley’s favor! Toni sets it back, then throws hands with Willow! Willow trips Toni, and ties her up in an INDIAN DEATHLOCK!
The fans fire up as Toni and Willow fire shots! Harley and Mina sit up to do the same! It is a brawl while in leglocks!! The fans are thunderous as the holds are undone and all four women stand. Mina and Willow throw hands now, as do Toni and Harley! Mina pulls hair, but so does Harley! They DOUBLE CHOP Willow and Toni! So Toni and Willow HEADBUTT Harley and Mina! Then they DOUBLE HEADBUTT with each other!! Harley and Mina come back, they SLINGBLADE in return!! The fans are thunderous again as all four women are down! Willow RAMS Toni into one corner, Harley RAMS Mina into the other! And they both climb up!
But Toni slips down and YANKS Willow off the corner! Willow hits buckles, then Toni goes after Harley! Toni YANKS Harley down, and Mina adjusts. The fans fire up for the FLYING SLINGBLADE! Toni then reels Harley in, STORM ZERO!! Cover, but WILLOW BREAKS IT! The fans fire up, Toni TOSSES Willow, and Toni TORNADO- NO, Willow stops the DDT to NORTHERN LIGHTS to the floor! The fans fire up with Willow, but it is Harley and Mina throwing forearms! Harley fires a flurry, hitting more chest than anything! Mina ROLLING ELBOWS, then DREAM SMASHER ELBOWS! Then a BUZZSAW! And another KICK!
Mina aims, URAKEN!! The fans are all fired up, and Mina calls her shot! Mina drags Harley up, dragon sleepers, but Harley slips up and over the driver! HER FINISHING MOVE!! Hot tag to Willow! Willow hauls Mina up, BABE WITH THE POWER BOMB!!! Cover, BABES OF WRATH WIN!!!
Winners: Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron, by pinfall (INAUGURAL AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions)
Just as that fan’s sign says, “I ❤️Women’s Wrestling!” And as strong as Toni & Mina are as a duo, perhaps Willow & Harley are that much stronger! Renee Paquette is here, she hugs the brand new champs, and she has a mic to say, “The Babes of Wrath did it! They made history here tonight! Ladies, a huge congratulations, this is incredible. Harley Cameron, this is the first championship you have won here in AEW. Can you guys put into any words for me what it means to be our first-ever AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions?!” The fans cheer, and Willow says, “Huh. First feeling: tired. That was a hard fight. Harley’s mouth is all bloody. It’s not just lipstick folks.
“But I am proud of myself, of course, but I am so proud of Harley Cameron.” The fans cheer that! Willow continues that it has been a rough year for her, not knowing who is there for her and who is, but Harley always was! The fans chant, “You Deserve It!” Harley says she and Willow first met in the ring in Harley’s second-ever match three years ago, and she can’t believe that they now stand here the FIRST-EVER AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions!! Renee again congratulates them, and Harley says, “What are we?” Willow says, “BABES!” “And what do we have?” “WRATH!” The fans join in chanting, “BABES OF WRATH! BABES OF WRATH!”
Pyro goes off as our new champions raise these belts up high! But then Toni & Mina storm up to them! The fans chant, “Hug It Out! Hut It Out!” Toni & Mina offer handshakes, the champs accept, and then they hug! A new chapter truly begins in AEW, will Willow & Harley set a high bar for what it means to be AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions?
The Opps speak.
Samoa Joe says, “So, Eddie, congratulations. Your time has come. After weeks of asking, now you will see. Eddie, you wanted the real Samoa Joe, the man you looked up to. The crusader of the independents, the person whose footsteps you’ve followed in, Eddie. What you don’t realize, Eddie, is that man has been standing in front of you the entire time. Eddie, this IS the real me! Eddie, I am ruthless by design. Eddie, I do not care about men like you, because you’re in the way of what I have. Eddie, the man that you looked up to, it was a wonderful idea. But the man that’s gonna beat your ass tonight… Oh, Eddie, this is the man who’s going to show you the reality of what this industry is.”
The One True King of Wrestling Television promises to be very real and very dangerous, but will he crush Eddie’s spirit along with his body?
The Death Riders speak.
Jon Moxley shakes it off and says, “Damn. I am feeling alive. Synapses are firing, electric sparks are sparking in my fingertips. Circumstances aren’t ideal. My back is increasingly against the wall in this Continental Classic, time is running out. But I have proven over and over again, if there is one grain of sand left in the hourglass, I can still score, and I can score big. So go ahead, count me out. Go ahead. If you need circumstances to be ideal to try, maybe you just suck. You know people pay money for this? Take some pride in your work. I have to try. For them. For them! There’s a principle that we believe in. If they are not willing to work, let them not eat.
“We’re the hungriest group of individuals in professional wrestling. That is why we are the hardest working group of individuals in professional wrestling. We’re chasing the dragon every single day!” Daniel Garcia speaks up and says, “Every day we wake up, we choose to win. And that’s why we are the hungriest, that’s why we are the hardest working, that’s why we try. A lot of people think it’s too cool to try, that’s lame. I’m telling you right now, if you want something, you have to go take it, and that’s what we’re gonna go do every single time.” The Maniac and the Red Death are ready to keep trying, but will they be able to win what they want?
2025 Continental Classic Gold League: Kazuchika Okada VS Jack Perry!
The Rainmaker is 1-1 but on the upswing in this C2, but “Jungle Jack” is picking up the baton for Darby Allin, meaning he’s 0-1 and with no points. But will getting payback against a former friend be more than enough motivation for Jack to turn things around? Or will the “greatest tournament wrestler ever” prove he still holds that title along with the AEW International Championship?
The bell rings, and Jack rushes Okada in the corner! Jack fires hands, RAMS Okada, but backs off as the ref counts. Jack then RAMS Okada again and again! The ref backs Jack off, but then Okada BOOTS Jack! Jack ducks ‘n’ dodges to RANA! The fans fire up, they tell off Don Callis on commentary, and Jack DIVES! Down goes Okada and the fans fire up, then Jack whips Okada into barriers! Jack drags Okada up, whips, but Okada reverses! Jack hits railing, Okada runs up, but Jack DROPKICKS in return! The fans fire up, but Jack shakes out his foot before he gets Okada in the ring. The fans fire up again and Jack covers, TWO!
The fans rally as Okada shakes out the stars. Jack hears the fans rally up, and he storms after Okada. But Okada puts him right up top! Jack BOOTS Okada first, then hops up to FLYING LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Okada is tougher than that, but Jack makes sure Callis sees this. Jack puts Okada in the corner, climbs up, and he rains down fists! The fans count along, and Jack goes to nine, then flips Okada off! But Okada slips out to DROPKICK Jack down onto a ring staffer! Jack clutches that bad foot again while Okada grins. The fans rally while Jack checks his foot, and Okada waits on him. Jack slowly rises, so Okada goes out after him.
Okada drags Jack up and around, and he THROWS Jack into railing! Jack tumbles up and over into the front row! The fans boo Okada and rally for Jack, but Jack drags himself up with the railing. Okada storms up, brings Jack onto the railing, DRAPING DDT on the floor! Jack writhes and Okada grins while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Okada “apologizes” to Jack before dragging him back up. Okada puts Jack in the ring, stalks him, but Jack fires body shots. Okada KNEES Jack low! Then he drags Jack up to turn and NECKBREAKER! Okada covers, TWO! Jack toughs it out but Okada drags him up. Okada bumps Jack off buckles, SMACKS him off them again, then “apologizes” again. Okada SMACKS Jack off the buckles again, then turns him around. Okada runs corner to corner to ELBOW Jack down! Cover, TWO! Jack is tougher than that, but Okada stalks him to a corner. Jack CHOPS Okada, then CHOPS again! And again! But Okada kicks low to DDT!
Jack writhes, Okada steps on him, and it’s a cocky cover! TWO, but Okada just stalks Jack. Dynamite returns to single picture as Okada scuffs Jack and taunts him. The fans rally for Jack and Jack stands up to fire a forearm! Okada eggs Jack on, Jack fires more shots, but Okada ROCKS him! Jack rises again, and he fires more forearms! But Okada ROCKS Jack again! The fans rally as Okada eggs Jack on, but Jack rises to fire a flurry! Okada ROCKS Jack, ROCKS him again, then BOOTS him! Okada fires more heavy shots, then UPPERCUTS! Jack flops against Okada but Okada whips him. Jack hits the COMEBACKER!
The fans fire up while Jack and Okada are both down! Okada sputters and the standing count begins. Jack rolls to the corner, Okada sits up at center, and Don Callis says Okada is smart enough to know how to use the clock to his advantage. Okada storms up, but Jack ELBOWS Okada! And ROCKS him! And CHOPS him! And repeat! Jack whips, Okada reverses, but Jack jumps up and around! GERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up and even Don admits that was great! Jack runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, then SATELLITE DDTS! Cover, TWO! Okada survives but the fans rally up for Jack. Okada blocks a kick to BOOT Jack, then Alabama Lift! REVERSE NECKBREAKER!
The fans fire up again, Okada drags Jack up to scoop and SLAM! Okada goes up the corner, takes aim, and he MACHO ELBOWS! Okada then winds up, and the fans fire up for the Rainmaker MIDDLE FINGER! Okada grins and he drags Jack up. Okada ripcords, but Jack ducks to hop up! Okada slips out, shoves, and DROPKICKS! Okada gets Jack back up, ripcords again at the ten minute mark, but Jack ducks the lariat! SUPERKICK! And then POISON-RANA! Jack hurries to a corner, the fans fire up, and he runs up, GLASS JACK KNEE!! Cover, TWO!?! Okada survives and Jack is shocked, but Don admits Jack is showing the world what he’s got!
“This is Awesome!” as Jack hooks up the legs, SNARE- NO, Okada fights the crossface, and he BITES Jack’s hand! The ref reprimands, Okada stops and Jack lets him go. Okada grins, then scoops! TOMB- NO, Jack BITES Okada’s thigh!! Maybe. Rollup, TWO!! Jack steps through, SNARE TRAP!! Okada is caught, but he reaches out! The fans fire up as Okada flails, and he’s turning red! Okada drags himself and Jack forward, to the ROPEBREAK!! Okada bails out, and he grabs a chair!? Jack CLOBBERS Okada! Jack has the chair, but says no, can’t do that. Jack puts Okada in, then he reels Okada in.
Okada fights the lift, then turns Jack to backslide. Roll through, short arm LARIAT! Okada isn’t done, and Don says time to punish Jack! Short arm- NO, Jack dodges, and he avoids the dropkick! Reset, and GLASS JAW- NO, Okada scoops! EMERALD FLOWSION!! Then the ripcord! RAINMAKER!! Cover, Okada wins!
Winner: Kazuchika Okada, by pinfall (gains 3 points; Jack earns 0)
Three matches in for Okada, he has another win and six points, but he’s still a step behind the leader. Will The Protostar stay spotless after a showdown with Speedball? As for The Rainmaker, Callis celebrates with him, and brings out the other family members in Rocky Romero, Josh Alexander, Mark Davis, Hechicero, CLØN, and even Konosuke Takeshita, but also the bags of money they won at Full Gear. The fans boo as Callis get a mic, and he says, “I have something important to say!” The fans boo harder, but Callis wants them to sit Jack up. The Family sits Jack up, and Callis says it is okay, guys. This kid’s a businessman, stand him up.
The fans boo and cuss out Callis, but he tells Jack that that was a fantastic match! The toughest match he’s seen Okada have in a long time. There is no shame in losing to Okada, Callis has a lot of respect for Jack. And watching the match, Callis remembers how last week, he tried to give The Young Bucks a million dollars. But he kinda thinks he offered that money to the wrong talent. The fans boo more, but Callis tells Jack that he has a proposal. Jack’s always been a great talent, but he lacks focus and direction. Jack lacks a team of athletes around him to support him! Callis is offering Jack a spot in the Don Callis Family!
But even more than that, he is prepared to grant Jack a one-time-only “signing bonus,” paid out of The Bucks’ prize money! The fans boo and tell Jack, “F HIS DEAL! F HIS DEAL!” Callis says c’mon, this is a great offer! We need an answer. And in case that is still not enough, well, what is Jack waiting for? This is the best opportunity of his life! And remember, there’s seven of them and one of him. Callis will cut those strings and put Jack in a wheelchair. Jack asks for the mic, Callis hands it over, and Rocky says do the right thing and take the deal. Fans chant “NO! NO! NO!” Jack tells Callis, “I have your answer. And it looks like for the second time tonight, I might bite off more than I can chew.”
Jack SMACKS Davis with the mic! And then he fires off on Rocky! The others swarm Jack, they mug him 6v1, but here comes Luchasaurus! The fans fire up for the big reinforcements! The Callis Family watches him, that’s still a 6v2 scenario! BUT WAIT! The Bucks slide in from the crowd side! And they’re armed with chairs! They SAMCK Davis, SMACK Alexander, JAM Okada, and so on and so forth! Callis runs away, but then Luchasaurus DOUBLE CHOKE SLAMS Hechi & Clon! Okada wants mercy from his old friends, but he gets a B T E TRIGGER instead!! Callis slithers back in just to grab the money, but Luchasaurus is right behind him!
Callis fears for his life, but the fans tell him he F’d up! Callis hands the money back to The Bucks, apologizes for the problems, but then The Bucks take aim! Konosuke steps in, DOUBLE SUPERKICKS into The Alpha! The fans fire up, Rocky is back, SUPERKICKS! Then a feed to Luchasaurus! CHOKE SLAM! The fans fire up as The Elite stands tall, AND they have the money! But will they make sure the Callis Family pay in blood?
The Conglomeration celebrates backstage!
Harley, Willow, Mark Briscoe, and even Orange Cassidy are all excited for the Babes of Wrath! Roderick Strong is reluctantly here, not happy at all. Mascara Dorada & Alex Abrahantes even step in and say congrats, and then the Time Bombs are back to again hug and congratulate the champs. But will they be celebrating all through the holidays and even to World’s End?
Backstage interview with Eddie Kingston.
Renee is with the Mad King and says he is going to be in tonight’s main event, competing for the AEW World Championship against Samoa Joe. She feels this is the moment we’ve all been waiting for since he came back, but how is he feeling heading into the match? Eddie says nervous, but that’s good, it keeps you on your toes. But what Eddie’s really been thinking about is that the GOAT, the late Terry Funk, it is the 50th anniversary of when he won the Worlds Championship. Eddie is hoping to make Terry proud, he hopes to make Mama & Papa Kingston proud. Okay, well, now we’re getting too emotional.
Renee says that’s okay to be emotional going into this. Well, yeah, cuz you never know how many times you’re gonna have a title shot like this. Eddie is 0-2 already, you just don’t know. Eddie wants to be cool right now, doesn’t wanna crash out, just wants to get to the match. But respect. Eddie knows Joe is watching, even as he’s probably stretching and warming up with The Opps. But Joe’s in the fight of his life, dawg, Eddie ain’t going down easy. The fans cheer that! Will we also be cheering when The Mad King finally has his crowning achievement?
Tony Schiavone is in the ring.
He notes Eddie will get his shot in the main event, but let’s now welcome out the TNT Champion, Mark Briscoe! The fans cheer as the Sussex County Chicken makes his entrance, holding up the custom title as gifted to him by Orange Cassidy. We already know that this Saturday, on a special live-from-Cardiff Collision: Winter is Coming, that title is on the line against Daniel Garcia. The fans cheer as Briscoe steps into the ring and holds up the belt again. Schiavone says yes, an early start for Collision, and Briscoe defends against Garcia of the Death Riders. Briscoe says yessir, Schiavone, it wasn’t long ago that certain individuals were saying, “Mark Briscoe can’t get it done.”
They were saying Briscoe can’t win the big one, will never be a true champion. Well, Briscoe knows the haters are still out there, but we’re here in front of the fine folks in Atlanta, Georgia, baby! The fans cheer that! Briscoe says he’s got this nice piece of shiny hardware, so what does that tell ya? Schiavone says it means Briscoe’s the champion! The fans cheer that! Briscoe then says that the doubters are out there, but he will respectfully give them a very clear and concise message: “Y’all can kiss my big white ass!” The fans cheer that! Briscoe says now, it is one thing to become a champion, but it is another to reign, and defend, and to stay a champion.
It all starts Saturday afternoon on TNT! He will defend his title against Danny Garcia in Cardiff, Wales, and- Wheeler Yuta interrupts, and says he has to stop Briscoe here before he embarrasses himself. The fans boo Yuta but Yuta says Briscoe is the epitome of low hanging fruit. Briscoe wants to be the Face of TNT, but that face has less teeth than Briscoe has children! We don’t call Briscoe “Chicken” because he’s a coward, but also because he has the mental capacity of a chicken! The fans boo and cuss out Yuta, but Yuta ignores that. Garcia says that’s a good insult, Yuta, and Garcia is sure he’s got a lot of mean and hurtful things he could say, too.
Garcia steps into the ring to stare Briscoe down, and he says he won’t say any of those insults, because he actually feels bad for Briscoe. Looking him up and down, everything about Briscoe is just sad. But what’s gonna be even sadder is when Garcia beats Briscoe on Saturday, becomes as TWO-TIME TNT Champion, and Briscoe has to figure out how to provide for his family with a broken leg. The fans boo again, but Briscoe tells “Danny Boy,” that Saturday on TNT, Garcia’s got a ass-whoopin’ coming his way. The fans cheer that! Tonight, here and now, they’re on TBS. It’d be a damn shame to deprive the viewers in Hotlanta a whoopin’ right here!
So if Garcia is feeling brave, make a move. Garcia slaps the mic away, then shoves Briscoe! Briscoe DECKS Garcia! Marina & Yuta keep Garcia from going after Briscoe again! Garcia is furious, but the fans want to “LET THEM FIGHT! LET THEM FIGHT!” Briscoe holds up the title again, will he travel across the pond and travel right back still the Face of TNT?
There’s something going on backstage!
The Triangle of Madness are tearing into more random talent! Thekla asks where Stat Daddy went, but then Kris BLASTS her outta nowhere! And she fires off on the Sisters of Sin! Kris says if Thekla wants her, she’s got her! But then she gets mugged 3v1! Kris grabs a chair! She SMACKS Skye Blue, JAMS up Julia Hart, then winds up! Thekla avoids getting squashed like the spider she is, and Kris asks what happened! Don’t they wanna fight?! The Triangle of Madness is no longer acting tough, but will Skye & Julia freeze up when they face Stat Daddy & Jamie Hayter this Saturday in Cardiff?
Tornado Tag: Hangman Page & Swerve Strickland VS Katsuyori Shibata & “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs!
While Samoa Joe was the mastermind of the Full Gear screw job, The Millennial Cowboy & The Realest still owe the rest of The Opps for the betrayal and the disrespect shown since WrestleDream. And though they’re the unlikeliest of allies, could they become the most dangerous team AEW has ever seen? Or will The Wrestler & The Powerhouse show The Opps are #NeverLacking?
Well, speaking of never lacking, The Opps bring their dojo trainees with them as extra reinforcements. But then Hangman is making his entrance from the stands, not the ramp! And now Swerve’s entrance music begins, where is he going to enter from? Prince Nana is up in the stands, and he gets the chant started! “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” Swerve is also coming in from the stands, and both he and Hangman are armed with those steel chains they strangled the trainees with! Shibata sends those pawns out after Hangman & Swerve, but they just get metal chain fists to the face! And STAPLES from Swerve!
The fans fire up as Swerve and Hangman each fight their way through the grunts, but now Shibata and Hobbs make their moves! Shibata struggles with Swerve over the staple gun, and one of the trainees takes the shot! Hobbs has a chair! Hangman avoids a shot, then fires off haymakers! This madness goes up higher into the crowd, then into the pavilion! Swerve sends Shibata into the wall! Then METAL FIST BODY SHOT! Hangman SMACKS Hobbs off the bar! And then he SMACKS Hobbs with the Christmas tree! Swerve CHOKES Shibata, SMACKS him off the merch table, but Hobbs then LOW BLOWS Hangman!
Hobbs does his best Stone Cold by two-fisting bears and chugging! Hobbs dumps the beer on Hangman, throws the tree away, and Shibata TOSSES Swerve over merch tables! But then Hangman scoops Hobbs! POWERSLAM through a TABLE! The fans fire up, Hangman gets himself a drink, and the fans cheer as he chugs it down. Shibata meanwhile makes Swerve take a seat, then throws hands. Shibata gets space, and he runs up to fake the dropkick and BOOT Swerve down instead! The fans boo but Shibata just soaks it up. The refs want this to get in the ring, they didn’t even officially start the match! But the fans don’t really mind while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Shibata CLUBS Swerve, but Swerve fireman’s carries him! SNAKE EYES off the railing! Swerve drags Shibata along to go down the bleachers now. Hangman and Hobbs are dangerously close to a ledge! Swerve and Shibata return to ground level, and Swerve BOWLS Shibata into chairs! Hangman gets away from Hobbs while Swerve drags Shibata up. Swerve makes Shibata take a seat, then he throws down hands! Hangman fires off on Hobbs! The fans fire up with Swerve as he runs up on Shibata, and he CALF KICKS! Hobbs ROCKS Hangman! Swerve drags Shibata up and continues towards ringside, THROWING him over the railing!
Hobbs fires headlock punches on Hangman, but Hangman BOOTS him in return! Swerve looks under the ring, and brings out a TABLE! Hangman HAMMERS away on Hobbs, the fans count along, and Hangman goes to TEN! Swerve SMACKS Shibata off the apron, then he puts him on the table as it leans against commentary. Dynamite returns to single picture, Swerve hops up onto the railing, but Shibata kicks the legs out! The fans boo, but then Hangman grabs a chair. Hangman stalks Hobbs into the ring while Shibata BOOTS Swerve over the railing! With Hangman and Hobbs in the ring, the match finally starts!
And then the ref takes the chair from Hangman! Tornado tag doesn’t automatically mean No Disqualification! The fans boo, but Hobbs then runs up to CLOBBER Hobbs! The fans boo but Hobbs snarls. Hobbs drags Hangman up, Shibata joins in, and Hobbs SLAMS Hangman down! Shibata suplexes Hangman, then Hobbs drags Hangman up to scoop and SLAM again! Shibata drags Hangman up to suplex again! The fans boo while Hangman flounders to the corner. Hobbs drags Hangman up, he and Shibata DOUBLE SUPLEX! Shibata stomps Hangman, the fans boo, but The Opps just soak it up. Shibata KNEES Hangman, then whips him to Hobbs for the LARIAT!
Hangman sputters to the corner, Shibata sends Hobbs in for the SPLASH! Shibata runs and HYDRAULIC DROPKICK! Then a HALF HATCH! Hangman RIPCORD POWERSLAMS! The fans boo but Shibata adds a PENALTY KICK! Shibata pretends he can’t hear the fans cheering Hangman, and so the fans boo Shibata. Shibata CLUBS Hangman, stands him up, and Hobbs runs up to BODY SHOT! The fans rally for Swerve but Hobbs sets up on the apron. Nana gets on the apron?! Nana asks why they gotta do this, but Hobbs grabs Nana by the jacket! But SWERVE is back! He BOOTS Hobbs down! Hangman TOSSES Shibata!
Hangman and Swerve look to each other, and they both DIVE! They take out Hobbs and Shibata, put them both in, and then Hangman LARIATS Hobbs and himself out of the ring! Shibata fires forearms on Swerve to sit him down in the corner, then runs corner to corner, but into a HIP TOSS! And gator roll, to the suplex, but Shibata lands out! Swerve avoids the leg sweep to BOOT Shibata! Swerve puts Shibata in the corner, UPPERCUTS, then snapmares so he can go up! FALLING UPPERCUT! Swerve hits the Griddy~! The fans fire up again and Swerve aims at Shibata. “Whose House?” “SWERVE HOUSE!” But Hobbs YANKS Swerve outta the ring!
But Hangman aims at Shibata now! Hangman BOOTS Shibata, slingshots, and BUCK- NO, Shibata slips around! Hobbs is arguing with the ref, so Shibata LOW BLOWS Hangman! The fans boo but Shibata flips Hangman into an ARMBAR! But Swerve CLOBBERS Hobbs into the steps! Swerve goes up while Hangman endures, and we get KILL STOMPS on Shibata!! All four men are down and the fans are thunderous! Swerve and Hangman both stir, then rise up. The fans rally up as Hobbs returns, and it is Hangman and Swerve throwing hands back to back! Shibata and Hobbs hit back, they brawl side by side!
Hobbs runs, but Hangman and Swerve both move! Hobbs CLOBBERS Shibata! Then Hangman and Swerve ROLLING ELBOW SANDWICH! Swerve feeds Shibata to Hangman, FALL AWAY SLAM! Shibata is in place for a 450 SPLASH! Hangman kips up, he dodges Hobbs, CLUB and ROLLING FLATLINER! The fans fire up as these rivals stare down. But for all the anger they have for each other, they both look at Hobbs! Hobbs says bring it then! Hangman & Swerve slide out, and they get Hobbs off the apron! POWERBOMB down through the table!! The fans go nuts, and now Hangman aims! Slingshot, BUCKSHOT on Shibata!!
Swerve gets the last say, “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” HOUSE CALL!! Cover, Hangman & Swerve win!
Winners: Hangman Page & Swerve Strickland, by pinfall
Indeed, the most dangerous weren’t The Opps, it was the duo of Hangman & Swerve! But while the pawns and the knights cleared out, can Hangman and Swerve take aim right at Samoa Joe? And what of Swerve VS Josh Alexander this Saturday? Will The Realest disarm the Walking Weapon in Wales?
Don Callis speaks backstage.
“Young Bucks! You stole my money. You may think that because you’ve got possession of it somehow, that this is yours. Possession is nine-tenths of the law, but it’s not! Y’see, I am prepared to drag you through the courts and put you in the poor house to get my money back, but I would much rather get my pound of flesh! I have got all the best athletes! I’ve got Takeshita, I’ve got Okada, I’ve got Hechicero, which makes me think maybe, you two idiots should find yourselves a partner. And in Manchester, lemme get my pound of flesh and let’s go 3-on-3! My men against you and a partner, winner gets the million dollars! If you grow a set, accept.”
The Jackal thinks he can rob The Bucks of what is rightfully theirs, while also thinking he can still get Okada and Takeshita to work together. Will Matt & Nick even need a third? Or do they have just the guy to back them up?
Stokely Hathaway speaks.
“I have breaking news. It’s been an interesting few weeks because The Bang Bang Gang, they decided to be handsy with the AEW World Tag Team Championships, and be handsy with the greatest tag team alive today, FTR. Well, last week, FTR and I, we had an epiphany. See, a lot of people believe the world’s most dangerous narcotic is on the streets. That’s a lie! The most dangerous narcotic is this camera, because it causes an addiction. Everyone in AEW, when they get in front of this camera, they believe that they are great. It causes an addiction where they believe that they deserve TV time! It causes an addiction where they believe that they deserve and can win a championship.
“Well guess what, Austin Gunn? Guess what, Juice Robinson? Next week on Dynamite, Manchester, England, one of the biggest shows of the year, you will finally get that opportunity that you’ve been yearning and you’ve been begging for, because you will get a shot at the AEW World Tag Team Championships. And when FTR beats you, they’re gonna cure you of that addiction. So, Bang Bang Gang, when you walk through customs at the end of Dynamite, you won’t be able to declare those championships. But you will be able to declare that you’re gonna be at the back of the line, and the back of the tag division, where you truly belong. Top Guys out.”
Big Stoke has big words on behalf of the champs, but will Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood still be the best tag team in AEW? Or will it be #GunsUp for the holidays?
2025 Continental Classic Gold League: Kyle Fletcher VS “Speedball” Mike Bailey!
It is first place facing last place as The Protostar and Speedball meet in the C2! Kyle is two matches in with six points, will he be a perfect 3-0? Or will the 0-1 do-or-die situation spur Bailey on towards the biggest upset so far?
The bell rings and the fans fire up as Kyle’s tearaway pants come off. Kyle and Bailey stare down, step up, and the fans duel. Kyle and Bailey nod, circle, and then tie up. Kyle powers Bailey to the ropes, backs off as the ref counts, but then swings! Bailey dodges, but Kyle blocks the rollup! Bailey avoids the stomp, but Kyle narrowly avoids a kick! The fans cheer as Kyle goes to the ropes. Bailey and Kyle stare down again, then reset to circle. They tie up, Kyle goes for the arm, then wrenches to a wristlock. Bailey rolls, handsprings, and wrenches to wristlock, hammerlock, then headlock. Kyle back suplexes, but Bailey lands out to hit a flying takeover!
Bailey tries to make this a cover, Kyle keeps his shoulders up, but Bailey pushes through, ONE as Kyle now ghost pins Bailey! TWO, and Bailey holds the headlock for a jump up the corner! Sunset flip, TWO! Kyle bails out and he’s frustrated, but Bailey eggs him on! The fans fire up all the same, and Kyle takes his time going around the outside. Kyle wants Bailey to get back, so the ref has Bailey give Kyle space. The fans rally and duel, Kyle steps onto the apron, but Bailey storms up. Kyle stays back again, and he hears the dueling. Kyle smirks, steps back in, and circles with Bailey. Kyle kicks low, then he CLUBS Bailey down!
The fans boo but Kyle mocks the chants, “Speedball Bailey~!” Then he stomps Bailey! Fans agree they like “Both These Guys!” but Kyle still stomps Bailey again! Kyle whips, Bailey handsprings, and Bailey jumps right over the sweep! Bailey ducks ‘n’ dodges, goes up and FLYING RANAS! Kyle tumbles out, Bailey kips up, and Bailey runs to not wreck with a dropkick but FLYING RANA again! Kyle is as shocked as he is in pain, and the fans are thunderous! Bailey goes up a corner, waits for Kyle to get in, and he CROSSBODIES! But Kyle catches him! BACKBREAKER and FULL NELSON SLAM! The fans fire up again while Kyle checks his jaw.
Kyle rains down fists on Bailey, the ref reprimands about closed fists, but Kyle just grounds ‘n’ pounds! Kyle then steps off, brings Bailey up, and he scoops, but Bailey slips out! Bailey BOOTS from the corner, goes up again, and MISSILE DROPKICKS! Kyle tumbles, the fans fire up, and Bailey rises up. Bailey runs up to spin SOBAT! And AX KICK! And ROUNDHOUSE! The fans fire up again, and Bailey SHOOTING STAR FLOPS as Kyle moves! Kyle deadlifts Bailey, but Bailey knees free! Bailey runs up, Kyle dodges, but Bailey DUMPS Kyle out! Bailey then ASAI TORNILLOS! The fans fire up as Kyle goes down!
Bailey drags Kyle up, puts him in the ring, but Kyle rolls out the far side. The fans boo but Bailey pursues! Bailey runs up, but Kyle SUPERKICKS! Kyle reels Bailey in, but Bailey fights the suplex! Bailey fires body shots, and he hoists Kyle up to SLAM him on the barrier! Bailey CLUBS away on Kyle, then Bailey climbs up! But Kyle anchors Bailey’s foot! Kyle stands, scoops, and MICHINOKU DRIVER on the barriers!! The fans lose their minds while both men are down, and Dynamite goes picture in picture!
Both men writhe, their backs killing them after that rough landing on the narrow target. Kyle leaves Bailey behind to roll into the ring, so now Bailey fights the ring count. Bailey rises at 5 of 10, but he slumps against the apron. Bailey is still down at 8, but he springs back in at 9! Kyle watches from the corner, and he runs up to PENALTY KICK! Cover, TWO!! Bailey survives and Kyle is annoyed. Kyle paces around Bailey, drags him up, and TOSSES him out! Kyle goes out to reposition the steel steps! Kyle drags Bailey up, reels him in, and brings him up the steps! But Bailey fights the lift to sit Kyle down! Kyle shoves Bailey away, but Bailey LEAPS off the steps!
But Kyle catches him again! Kyle aims for the corner, but Bailey pops up to POISON-RANA to the floor!! Both men are down again and the ref hurries to check them both. They’re both okay to continue, and Kyle drags himself into the ring. Bailey follows, and Dynamite returns to single picture. Both men go to the apron again, and Kyle fires forearms! The fans rally up, and Bailey fires a forearm! They go back and forth, shot for shot, faster and faster! The fans are fired up again, then Kyle SUPERKICKS! And HALF- NO, Bailey fights the lift and he trips Kyle! Then APRON KNEE-SAULT!! The fans are thunderous again while Kyle sputters!
“This is Awesome!” as Bailey rolls into the ring. Bailey waits on Kyle as Kyle crawls back inside. Kyle staggers to the corner, and Bailey HELLUVA KICKS! Bailey puts Kyle up, Kyle fights the Flamingo! But Bailey GAMANGIRIS! Bailey goes up top, and SUPER STEINERS! Kyle lands hard, Bailey goes up, and ULTIMO- BOOTS!! Kyle hits Bailey first, then scoops to LAWN DART in the corner! Then a lift, LAST RIDE POWERBOMB!! Cover, TWO?!? Bailey survives and shocks everyone! Kyle hurries to get Bailey back up, but his own back fails him! The fans are thunderous for “A E DUB! A E DUB!” and Kyle roars!
Kyle stomps away on Bailey’s head and back! Kyle hobbles, but he snarls and brings Bailey back up. Bailey breaks free to CHOP! Bailey drops to a knee, Kyle brushes himself off, and Kyle CHOPS! Kyle eggs Bailey on, and fans again ignore the time limit as they hope these two “FIGHT FOREVER!” Bailey CHOPS! Kyle CHOPS! The fans rally up, and Bailey winds up, to CHOP! Kyle sputters and staggers and the fans are loving this! Bailey puts his hands back to dare Kyle to go again! Kyle SUPER- NO, Bailey swats that kick! Kyle avoids the thrust kick, swats the foot down, then BOOTS Bailey! SNAP HALF ‘N’ HALF!
Kyle runs, but into a COLLISION COURSE!! Cover, TWO!! Kyle escapes, but Bailey runs up, PENALTY- NO! Kyle avoids the kick! And he avoids the moonsault! But Bailey escapes the lift! Then he slips around, crucifix to sunset, but Kyle rolls through to deadlift with both hands! Five minute warning! RAN- NO! Kyle stops the rana, lifts again, but Bailey RANAS through!! Cover, TWO!!! Kyle gets free, but PENALTY KICK! STANDING KNEE-SAULT!! The fans are thunderous and Bailey winds up, to BUZZSAW!! Cover, TWO!!! The fans are electric as Bailey winds up again. Kyle stands, into the TIME ADVENTURE!!! Cover, TWO?!?!?
Kyle survives Bailey’s best shot and no one can believe it! Bailey sees Kyle go to the corner, and he runs in, spin and- SUPERKICK from Kyle! Bailey flounders away, Kyle runs up, but into a THRUST KICK! Bailey spins, HEEL KICK! And he resets, DREAMCAST KICK in the corner! Kyle falls, Bailey climbs, ULTIMO WEAPON!!! Cover, TWO!?!?!? HOW?!?! Kyle has survived Bailey’s entire arsenal and Atlanta is erupting! Kyle flops out of the ring, Bailey takes aim from the apron, and he ULTIMO WEAPONS but only gets floor!!! Kyle hauls Bailey up, APRON POWERBOMB!! And then Kyle gets Bailey in the ring, GAMANGIRI in the corner!!
Then the SHEER DROP BRAINBUSTER!!! Cover, TWO?!?!?!? Now BAILEY shocks the world! Atlanta is on their feet as time is running out! Kyle puts Bailey up top, climbs after him, but Bailey SUPER SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMBS!! But Kyle rolls through?! But Bailey rolls that back, TWO!?!?! Kyle swings, Bailey blocks! Bailey swings, Kyle blocks! They both swing and ROCK each other! Kyle guzels, Bailey breaks free, but Kyle LARIATS through! And then another suplex, but Bailey wrenches free! Bailey straitjackets Kyle, but Kyle BACKDROPS, only for Bailey to sunset flip! Last minute, BAILEY WINS!?!?!?
Winner: “Speedball” Mike Bailey, by pinfall (gains 3 points; Kyle earns 0)
Literally a victory at the last minute! Kevin Knight rushes out here to celebrate with his friend and teammate this massive upset win over one of the best in the block! Kyle himself is absolutely stunned, but anything can happen in the C2! Will Speedball somehow make the comeback of the year? Or can Kyle course correct and still hit the mark?
Backstage interview with Hangman Page.
Renee is with the Cowboy, and notes that tonight, it seems like Hell has frozen over as Hangman teamed with Swerve and won. What is next for him? What is next for Hangman is the thing that has always been “next” for him: The All Elite Wrestling Men’s World Championship. Joe, Eddie, Hangman will be watching the main event. But regardless of who leaves the champion tonight, at World’s End, Hangman is coming for them, and he is coming for HIS world championship. Then just who will The Cowboy be aiming for? We’re about to find out as that main event is moments away!
The Young Bucks speak.
Matt says, “So I guess it’s official then. Next week in Manchester, Don Callis Family VS The Young Bucks in Trios action, for ALL the money. The only problem is, uh, we need a partner.” Nick asks, “What do you say, big man? Huh?” Luchasaurus is there, and he thinks about it. He shakes his head and says, “Uh-uh.” Because he points to the door of KENNY OMEGA! Well, alright, good point. The Bucks knock on the door, Kenny answers, and he asks what’s up. They ask about doing this trios thing one more time. One more time? Well, there’s a lot of money on the line… Kenny says yeah, that is a lot of money.
But Kenny isn’t gonna do this for the money. This is about Don Callis and his “family,” so he’ll do it for free. Simple as that: The Elite VS The Don Callis Family, all the money on the line. So tune in, be there or be square. Kenny will bid you adieu and all that stuff. Until we meet in Manchester, goodbye, MWAH, and good, night, BANG! THE Elite, THE THE Elite, will ride again! But will they ride off into a Manchester sunset with both money and satisfaction? Or will The Jackal have everything he wants and more?
AEW World Championship: Samoa Joe w/ Hook VS Eddie Kingston!
It is the moment of truth! The Samoan Submission Machine doesn’t care about the man he was in everyone’s eyes, he only cares about being the man on top of the mountain. But will Joe stay at the peak through this harsh Winter? Or will The Mad King send him toppling back to the bottom?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see which king reigns in AEW!
The bell rings, the two circle, and they feel things out with testing kicks and jabs. The fans all rally behind Eddie as he and Joe tie up. Joe digs his wrist into Eddie’s face, puts him in the corner, but Eddie turns it around. The ref counts, Eddie backs off cleanly and the fans applaud. Joe and Eddie reset, circle, and feel things out again. They tie up collar ‘n’ elbow, Eddie headlocks, but Joe powers up and out. The fans cheer Eddie but Hook trips him up! The fans boo and Eddie protests, but the ref says he’s got this. The ref EJECTS the Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil! The fans cheer and Hook storms off in a huff.
Eddie and Joe reset while the fans cheer “Hey hey hey, goodbye~!” Joe and Eddie tie up again, Eddie headlocks, but Joe powers up. Eddie holds on tight so Joe can’t power out! Joe fights up again, powers up and SAIDOS! Eddie tumbles to ropes and is already dazed from that throw. Joe waits on Eddie to stand, and then JABS him down! And JABS again! And JABS again! And again and again and again! Joe ELBOWS Eddie down, then stalks him to ropes. Joe bumps Eddie off buckles, but Eddie fires a body shot! Joe KNEES Eddie low, CLUBS away on Eddie’s neck, then stops as the ref counts. Joe whips corner to corner, but Eddie reverses to KNEE low!
Eddie then runs and BULLDOGS Joe down! The fans fire up as Eddie shakes out his arm and stalks Joe to a corner. Eddie snarls and fights through the pain while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Eddie storms up on Joe to CHOP! And CHOP! Eddie then cravats Joe, Joe endures, but Eddie puts on more pressure. Joe fights up but Eddie fires knees! Eddie then point-blank LARIATS Joe down! Eddie goes to a corner, but he comes back to clamp onto Joe with a neck wrench! Joe backs up to the ROPEBREAK! Eddie lets go quickly, and he brings Joe up to put him in the corner. Eddie RAMS Joe again and again, then CHOPS! Joe walks it off, then comes back to CHOP Eddie! Eddie CHPOS again! Joe CHOPS again! Eddie staggers to the ropes, but he nods and comes back to CHOP! Joe CHOPS again! The CHOPS go back and forth!
Eddie staggers, that last one got him up high. Joe brings Eddie around to fire forearms, then UPPERCUTS! Joe runs, but Eddie CHOPS him down! Now Joe is stinging from that one! Eddie shakes out his arms, then stalks Joe to a corner. Eddie clamps onto Joe, then throws down hands, Eddie CHOPS, Joe CHOPS, so Eddie CHOPS again! Eddie ROCKS Joe with a haymaker, then follows Joe to another corner. Eddie CHOPS, and Joe staggers before dropping to a knee. Dynamite returns to single picture once more, Eddie drags Joe up, and Eddie ROCKS him with a forearm! Joe ELBOWS Eddie, ROCKS him, but Eddie fires fast hands!
Eddie UPPERCUTS Joe and the fans fire up again! Joe tumbles to the ropes, Eddie storms up and KICKS him in the back! Eddie eggs Joe on while he kicks and scuffs him. Joe stands up to KICK and KICK and KICK in return! Eddie fires a flurry of forearms! Joe fires back! Eddie fires fast hands again! Then a SLAP! But Joe fires a furious flurry in return! Joe SMACKS Eddie, then runs, but into a LARIAT!! The fans are thunderous while Eddie leans on the ropes. The ref checks Eddie, Eddie is a bit dazed, but he’s otherwise still in this. Joe manages to stand, and Eddie runs in! But into the URENAGE! Joe wobbles a bit but he has a wry smile.
Joe waits for Eddie to be in the corner, and he runs up to ELBOW and PELE! Eddie slumps down, but Joe steps on him! The fans boo and the ref counts, but Joe scrubs Eddie’s face with his foot. Joe runs side to side to BOOT WASH! The fans boo while Eddie clutches his face. Eddie crawls to ropes, Joe sits on him to CHOKE him! The ref counts, Joe steps off at 4, and Eddie flounders around again. Joe stalks Eddie while the fans rally as hard as they can. Joe CHOPS and JABS Eddie, then HEADBUTTS him down! Eddie sputters but he sits back up. Joe drags Eddie up to ROCK him, ROCK him again, but Eddie CHOPS! Joe fires another forearm!
Eddie wobbles, but he fires up to CHOP, CHOP, and run, to LARIAT! But Joe is still up! Eddie runs again, another LARIAT! Joe is still standing, so Eddie runs, but into the SNAP POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO! Eddie survives the sudden turnaround and the fans rally up as hard as they can for him! Joe is annoyed by that, and he drags Eddie up to knee again and again! Eddie fires up to CHOP, CHOP, CHOP! But Joe fires more of those knees! Eddie roars to CHOP, CHOP, CHOP! Joe gives Kawada Kicks now! Eddie is dazed again, Joe runs, but into an EXPLODER!! Cover, TWO!!! Joe survives and Eddie is frustrated, but the fans continue to rally!
Eddie drags Joe up, reels him in, but Joe wrenches out! Joe fireman’s carries, DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Then he turns Eddie over STF!! Joe is shouting out the Never-Seen Seventeen, and he even salutes! But Eddie BITES Joe’s hand!! Joe freaks out, the ref reprimands, but Eddie kicks low and DDTS! But Joe flops out of the ring! Joe survives perhaps on luck alone! Eddie hurries out after Joe, drags him up, and he puts Joe in the ring. Eddie hurries back in now, and he brings down the straps! The fans fire up for the URA- NO, Joe blocks the punch to HEADBUTT! Joe runs, but Eddie SWATS the lariat to CUTTER!
The fans fire up and Eddie winds up! URAK- NO, Joe ducks! COQUINA CLUTCH!!! Eddie is caught in the body scissors, too!! The fans rally as hard as they can, but Eddie is already fading! EDDIE TAPS!!! JOE WINS!!!
Winner: Samoa Joe, by submission (still AEW World Champion)
Eddie put up the fight of his life, but he sadly could not dethrone Samoa Joe! Was Joe right? Will Eddie never live up to his fullest potential? And as for Joe himself, Hangman already said he’s coming back for this title. Will they go one more round at World’s End?
My Thoughts:
An awesome Winter is Coming for Dynamite, they pulled out all the stops to make this borderline a free PPV. The Women’s Tag Team Championships opening was the right choice, that was awesome stuff from all four women. Truly awesome for Harley & Willow to win and be the inaugural champions. I loved their little celebration backstage with Conglomeration and pouty Roddy, too, that was a nice touch. And of course, awesome stuff in both Continental Classic matches we got tonight. Bailey VS Fletcher was itself PPV worthy, and I did NOT think Bailey was winning, so that is awesome in itself.
Okada VS Perry was about how I expected, though, and I appreciate it feeding into the larger Don Callis Family VS Elite story. Jack turning DCF down was good stuff, and I liked that the Bucks got the money back, but of course Callis wasn’t going to just accept that. Don Callis foolishly thinking Okada and Takeshita are still going to work together is a dead giveaway his team is losing, but so is the fact Kenny Omega is the third man. The Elite will win, have the money, and could even make this a resurgence towards titles. If that were to happen, it should be the Trios titles so they can feud with The Opps while DCF and Death Riders act on the feuds they teased.
Swerve & Hangman VS Shibata & Hobbs was a great tornado tag, though obviously it was more a glorified brawl that then turned into a match. Great win for Hangman & Swerve, and of course Hangman wants his shot next, but I feel like he and Swerve will end up literally fighting over that shot. I thought the Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royal was gonna be the route, but maybe neither of them wins that, someone else is poised for Maximum Carnage, and we still get Joe VS Hangman in 2025 Round 3 to determine who also goes to Maximum Carnage. Also, I’m very curious if MJF is going to return for the Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royal to retain the one thing he’s always had while in AEW. Personally, even if he does return, he should lose so that someone else can finally have that ring.
Though MJF would of course want to come back for revenge on Mark Briscoe, wouldn’t he? Briscoe had a very good promo with Garcia to hype up their TNT Championship match this Saturday. Moxley and Garcia also had a good promo beforehand, and I feel like we’re just one more loss away for Moxley’s leadership to be truly in question. If Moxley doesn’t win the C2, him having to fight for his leadership role in the faction he helped make would be a great part of World’s End. Either Claudio or Pac should step up to be the new leader if that happens, they’re the experienced veterans and can certainly give Moxley one hell of a match.
Joe VS Eddie was definitely one hell of a match, too, but it felt pretty clear that Eddie wasn’t winning. As much as fans rally like Eddie, it just doesn’t seem to be Eddie’s time to be AEW World Champion. At this point, I think the story needs to be Eddie and Hook having it out over how Hook betrayed Eddie as much as he did everyone else. Even if Eddie doesn’t want to, I could see Hook egging him on and beating him up until Eddie has no choice but to fight Hook and maybe humble him, if only for a moment. If Eddie isn’t going to be a world champion, he’ll be a guy who does great story and teaches life lessons.
My Score: 9.2/10
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Who stayed hot to start December?
The Continental Classic is getting complicated with the staggered schedule. But did winners keep on winning? Did losers keep on losing?
Here are the current Gold League standings!
- Kyle Fletcher: 2-0, 6 points
- Kazuchika Okada: 1-1, 3 points
- PAC: 1-1, 3 points
- Kevin Knight: 1-1, 3 points
- “Speedball” Mike Bailey: 0-1, 0 points
- Darby Allin: 0-1, 0 points [INJURED] Subbing: “Jungle” Jack Perry
Here are the current Blue League standings!
- Claudio Castaganoli: 2-1, 6 points
- Konosuke Takeshita: 2-0, 6 points
- Jon Moxley: 1-2, 3 points
- Orange Cassidy: 1-1, 3 points
- Mascara Dorada: 1-1, 3 points
- Roderick Strong: 0-2, 0 points
A real shame about Darby Allin, but that’s assuming this is real and not kayfabe for the story. Jack Perry is a good choice for subbing him in since he’s feuding with the Don Callis Family alongside the newly reunited Elite. And great upset win for Dorada over Claudio this week, too. Claudio and Moxley have already had three of their five matches, they might be given a week off so Jack Perry and Mike Bailey can get their matches in, and I would also hope the Death Riders start considering their options given Moxley keeps losing more than he’s winning.
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