Results
Mitchell’s WWE Raw Results & Report! (12/19/22)
The Man comes around!
Becky wants some big time payback on Damage CTRL!
Bayley cost Becky Lynch a chance at the Raw Women’s Championship but then Becky returned the favor! Now they battle 1v1 for the first time in FOUR YEARS! Will The Man be the real role model here tonight?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- The Street Profits w/ Akira Tozawa VS Finn Balor & Damian Priest w/ The Judgment Day; The Profits win.
- Akira Tozawa w/ The Street Profits VS Rhea Ripley w/ The Judgment Day; Rhea wins.
- Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson w/ The OC VS The Alpha Academy; Gallows & Anderson win.
- Winner Takes All the Money Ladder Match: The Miz VS Dexter Lumis; Miz wins and gets all the money.
- AJ Styles VS Sami Zayn; Zayn wins.
- Becky Lynch VS Bayley w/ Damage CTRL; Bayley wins.
- The Usos VS Kevin Owens & Seth Rollins; Kevin & Rollins win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Paul Heyman opens Raw!
“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Monday Night Raw. My name is Paul Heyman. And I serve as Special Counsel and the Wise Man to your Tribal Chief, the reigning, defending, Undisputed WWE Universal Heavyweight Champion… Roman…! Reigns…!” And then we pan over to see Roman sitting in the armchair! Roman says, “Monday Night Raw, the Home of Kevin Owens… The Home that Kevin Owens continues to leave, and continually tries to crash the gates of the Island of Relevancy. And he’s not by himself, oh no no. Who’d he go to get? John Cena. Kev, you gonna need way more than that.
“As a matter of fact, you’re going to need the entire Raw locker room. You’re going to need them all to have your back. Because you’ve interfered in my business a little too much, so now’s the time we returned the favor and showcased the resources we have, the juice that we’ve got. Because we’re not going anywhere. We’re going to torture you, we’re going to make your life a living hell, until you understand the fact, and everyone in that locker room, and everybody in the audience… acknowledges the Bloodline.” Fans sound torn, but then we transition to where The Usos have commandeered a camera!
The Usos are filming as Solo Sikoa & Sami Zayn are mugging Mustafa Ali! The Bloodline is just getting started! They beat up the security guards that try to stop them, and then they drag Ali up! Solo CLOBBERS Ali with a Samoan Spike! The Bloodline is in the building with more work to be done! YEET! Are Sami, Solo & The Usos going to make this a red Christmas?
The Street Profits w/ Akira Tozawa VS Finn Balor & Damian Priest w/ The Judgment Day!
Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins have the Stamina Monster as back-up, but will they be able to overcome how Rhea Ripley & Dominik Mysterio are backing up The Prince & The Punisher? Or will there be nothing but judgment for the holidays?
The teams sort out and Priest starts against Ford. They circle, tie up, and Priest wrenches to a wristlock. Ford endures, rolls, handsprings and wrenches back. Priest knees low, whips Ford to ropes, but Ford leaps over! Fans fire up as Ford avoids the boot to mule kick, front kick and CHOP! CHOP! CHOP! Ford fires off fast hands! Priest shoves Ford away but Ford DROPKICKS back! Ford runs, but Priest DECKS him with a forearm! Priest TOSSES Ford to the corner, throws haymakers and stomps, then he tags Finn. Finn drags Ford up to RAM into Ford again and again!
Raw goes picture in picture to show that the Bloodline have found Elias and NXT’s Andre Chase! They’re beating those two down like they did Ali earlier! As for the match, Finn CHOPS Ford in a corner, whips him corner to corner, and runs corner to corner to CHOP! Finn snapmares Ford and throws down an elbow to wrap on a chinlock! Jey grabs a guitar and hands it to Solo. SMASH HIT on The Drifter with his own guitar! The Bloodline is loving it! Raw returns to single picture as Ford fights up in the headlock. Ford powers Finn to ropes, Dawkins tags in and Ford powers out. They run Finn over!
Dawkins drags Finn up, wrenches, tags in Ford, and Ford climbs up to AX HANDLE the arm! Ford tags Dawkins back in, Dawkins goes up and he AX HANDLES the arm! Dawkins wrenches, tags back to Ford, and the Profits hand off the wrench to double whip. Finn KICKS Dawkins, dodges Ford, hot tag to Priest! Priest CLOBBERS Ford, BELL CLAPS and COMPLETE SHOTS Dawkins! Priest tosses Ford out and then SUPERKICKS Dawkins! Ford gets up, Priest runs in but into a GAMANGIRI! Ford goes up, leaps, but into a BIG forearm! Priest runs to POUNCE Ford up and out! The Punisher roars while fans boo, and Raw goes to break.
Raw returns and Finn has Ford in a chinlock. Finn grinds Ford down, leaning on the hold with all his weight. Ford endures, fights up, and Ford throws body shots. Finn knees low, whips, but Ford floats around to a DDT! Hot tag to Dawkins! The Curse of Greatness is unleashed as he rallies on Judgment Day! Finn gets around, ROCKS him, whips him, but Dawkins hurdles to FLYING ELBOW! Dawkins dodges Priest’s kick to SPINEBUSTER! Fans fire up with Dawkins, CYCLONE SPLASH in the corner, then ENZIGURI! Finn falls out, the Judgment Day gathers! Dawkins builds speed, to tag Ford, but Priest catches Dawkins! SOUTH OF HEAVEN!
FROM THE HEAVENS OUTTA NOWHERE!! But Finn Oklahoma Rolls Ford! TWO!! Ford escapes but Finn stomps him around! Finn throws body shots, CLUBS Ford around, and he soaks up the heat., But Ford ENZIGURIS back! DOm distracts, Finn CLUBS Ford and then Finn back suplexes! Ford lands on his feet, ducks ‘n’ dodges, but so does Finn! SLINGBLADE! Finn snarls and takes aim, SHOTGUN sends Ford into buckles! Ford goes down, Finn climbs, but Tozawa storms over with a red Solo cup! Rhea tells Tozawa to not even try it! But he does! Rhea ducks, and Dom gets splashed with drink! Ford rolls Finn up! PROFITS WIN!
Winners: The Street Profits, by pinfall
Two weeks in a row, Dom is blinded! But what really stings is the defeat! Rhea storms up to Tozawa and tells him he’s a piece of crap! Then she DECKS him! Rhea wants a match with Tozawa!? Is that allowed?! Fans want to see it, the Profits say Tozawa can’t let Rhea just hit her like that, so they head back to the ring! Is there going to be a co-ed match here on Raw?!
Raw returns, the Profits give Tozawa a pep talk, and the bell rings! Fans bark with the Profits, Tozawa roars, and he slides in! The match is on!!
Akira Tozawa w/ The Street Profits VS Rhea Ripley w/ The Judgment Day!
Tozawa ducks Rhea’s boot, then her slap! Rhea kicks low, CLUBS Tozawa, then back suplexes! Tozawa lands on his feet, but he hesitates to punch her! Rhea dares him to try, fans want to see it, but then she swings! Tozawa ducks, waistlocks, but Rhea elbows free. Rhea runs and BOOTS Tozawa down! The Judgment Day laughs, Rhea covers, TWO! Tozawa survives and crawls away but Rhea drags him back up. Rhea bumps Tozawa off buckles, stomps a mudhole into him, but lets off as the ref counts. Rhea soaks up the cheers and jeers, then drags Tozawa up again. Rhea whips Tozawa corner to corner hard, and Tozawa bounces off buckles!
Rhea throws down hands, then digs Tozawa’s face into the mat while she throws down forearms! Rhea grinds an armlock but Tozawa endures. Rhea dribbles Tozawa off the mat then SLAPS him back down! Rhea eggs the Profits on, drags Tozawa up, but Tozawa fights the suplex! Rhea throws hands, but Tozawa suplexes Rhea! He can’t get her up and over, she suplexes Tozawa! Cover, TWO! The Profits coach Tozawa but Rhea tells them to shut up. Rhea drags Tozawa into a chinlock and grinds him down. Tozawa endures, fans rally, and Tozawa fights up. Rhea throws Tozawa down by his hair!
Rhea stalks Tozawa to a corner, whips him corner to corner, but Tozawa goes up, over, keeps moving, but Rhea scoops! Rhea pops Tozawa to a fireman’s carry but he sunset flips! TWO, and Tozawa ducks ‘n’ dodges, goes up and over, but Rhea drags him into a lift! Tozawa tries to rana free, Rhea double clutches, but Tozawa RANAS Rhea out of the ring! Ford and Dawkins mock Dom as he checks on “Mami,” but Tozawa builds speed! Finn trips Tozawa! The fans boo but the Judgment Day get away with that one. But then the Profits DOUBLE TOPE onto Finn & Priest! Fans fire up as the Prince and Punisher pay for that!
Rhea hurries back in, she pump handles Tozawa, but Tozawa slips free! Tozawa goes to a corner, Rhea runs in, but Tozawa POSTS her! BOOT for Dom! Tozawa sees Rhea is down in the drop zone! He climbs up the corner! SUPER SENTON FLOPS as Rhea moves! Rhea drags Tozawa up into the RIPTIDE!! Cover, Rhea wins!
Winner: Rhea Ripley, by pinfall
Tee Eradicator avenges her little “Dom Caliente” as well as her team! Will Rhea continue to dominate on her way back to the top?
Adam Pearce is making a phone call.
He just keeps getting Heyman’s voicemail, so he leaves another message. This is the THIRD time! Yes it’s Monday, we all know Heyman knows, and Pearce would like to have a professional conversation. At Heyman’s earliest convenience, call Pearce back! Cathy Kelley is on standby to say that before addressing The Bloodline’s rampage backstage, she wants to get his comment on the latest between him and Bobby Lashley. Pearce says that with all due respect, the issue between him and Lashley is between them. They had a conversation in private and at WWE Headquarters. It isn’t “if” but “when” Lashley comes back to work.
But then MVP storms up. “Speaking of Bobby Lashley, do you have a moment for a word?” Pearce says yes, but then a ref rushes over saying it’s urgent. Of course! Pearce heads off that way, but what business concerning The All Mighty does Montel Vontavius Porter wish to discuss?
Raw returns and there’ve been more victims!
The Bloodline have left Dolph Ziggler, Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin down and out! Pearce is yelling at Heyman on his phone, and though Cathy asks what happened, Ziggler says it’s obvious: The Bloodline happened. When will the rampage stop?
Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson w/ The OC VS The Alpha Academy!
The OC is back at 100% with the Machine Gun back! Will he and Doc Gallows, put some nerds in their place? Or will Chad Gable & Otis SHOOOOSH the Good Brothers?
Raw returns as Gable & Otis make their entrance. The teams sort out and Gable starts with Anderson. They circle, tie up, and Gable waistlocks to snapmare Karl down. Gable facelocks, gator rolls, and then floats on Anderson to waistlock and roll. Another facelock gator roll and Gable brings Anderson down to a cover. ONE, but Gable headlocks. Gable hits the takeover, and says “A THANK YEW~!” as he grinds Karl down. Karl fights up, slips out the back and he headlocks back! Gable powers out, Karl runs Gable over, and things speed up. Karl turns hip toss into hip toss! But Gable kangaroo kicks back!
Gable arm-drags, Karl arm-drags, and Karl has the armlock! Fans cheer as Karl grinds the arm. Tag to Gallows, the Good Brothers double whip and double shoulder Gable down! Gallows puts Gable in the corner, fires off heavy hands, and UPPERCUTS Gable down! Gable crawls, Gallows stands him up and ROCKS him! Gallows knees low, whips Gable to the OC corner, then back elbows! Tag to Karl, he wrenches an arm and grinds the shoulder. Gable pulls Anderson back by his waistband, puts him in the Alpha Academy corner, but the ref counts. Gable lets off, Karl avoids the haymaker and arm-drags Gable back into an armlock!
Karl grinds Gable down again but fans chant “We Want Otis!” Karl wrenches Gable to tag Luke. The Good Brothers mug Gable, Gallows ROCKS Gable then whips. Gable holds ropes to avoid the boot! Gable tells everyone to “SHOOOOSH!” but Gallows shouts “NERRRD~!” Gallows ROCKS Gable with a right! Gable staggers away, Otis tags in! Iowa fires up as Otis and Gallows RAM! Gallows runs in, misses, and Otis SPLASHES Gallows in the corner! Gallows BOOTS Otis, runs, and FLYING SHOULDERS! Otis falls down and out of the ring! Karl jumps in as Gable runs in, and Karl TOSSES Gable out onto Otis! Fans fire up while Raw goes to break.
Raw returns and Gable has Karl tied up in the ropes! Then he hits a DRAPING DRAGON SCREW! Gable drags Karl out of the ropes, to DRAGON SCREW again! Then a stepover TOEHOLD! And then a YANK to the bad leg! Gable has a standing toehold but fans rally up. Karl kicks at Gable with his free leg! Gable lets go, Karl crawls, but Gable keeps Karl from Gallows. Gable whips, Karl reverses, but Gable goes up and over to leap! Karl back drops but Gable sunset flips! Gable doesn’t cover, though! He gets the ANKLE LOCK! Karl endures as Gable leans on the bad leg! Karl turns over, kicks Gable away, then dodges Gable to hot tag Gallows!
The Big LG rallies on the Alphas! UPEPRCUT for Gable, then a BOOT! Gallows roars and whips Gable to ropes. Gable ducks, Otis tags in, Gallows back drops Gable! Otis runs, to DISCUS LARIAT! Fans fire up with Otis and he stalks Gallows. Otis runs in to SPLASH! Tag to Gable, Otis scoops Gallows and positions himself as Gable climbs. Gable LEAPS to add on to the WORLD’S HEAVIEST SLAM! Cover, Karl breaks it in time! Otis drags Karl up to throw him to a corner. Otis runs in, Karl moves and Otis POSTS himself! Gable kicks Karl out, tells everyone to SHOOSH, and then he climbs the corner.
Gable MOONSAULTS, but Gallows moves! YAKUZA KICK! Tag to Karl, and the Good Brothers give Gable MAGIC KILLER! Cover, Good Brothers win!
Winners: Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows, by pinfall
Now that was Too Sweet! Styles & Mia celebrate with Karl & Gallows, will the entire OC be rolling towards big things in the New Year?
Wait! THE BLOODLINE attacks!! Sami TOSSES Styles while the Usos go after Gallows & Anderson! Fans boo but Karl gets hit with the ONE AND DONE! Sami stands Gallows up, and feeds him to a ONE AND DONE!! Fans boo but the Bloodline hold up the fingers. #WeTheOnes wreaking havoc, but Pearce and security rush out! Is the Bloodline’s rampage done here?
Raw returns and Pearce is shouting at the Bloodline.
Pearce wants them all to leave the ring but fans are chanting for “SAMI USO!” The Bloodline have mics, and Jey says, “The Bloodline is now in your city!” Jimmy says, “Check this out, Pearce! And everybody in this building, open up your ears! When it comes to the Bloodline, this family right here, standing in the middle of this ring, we run this business!” Sami asks Pearce something: “What’s your problem? You’re the only one angry here! Guess what? These people don’t have a problem with what we’re doing! These people love to hear Sami Uso!” Fans cheer because that’s true. Sami says the fans love the Uceologist, the Honorary Uce!
And frankly, Sami doesn’t appreciate Pearce rushing his dawgs. They are the longest reigning tag team champions. When they come here with a message, they’re gonna deliver that message. Pearce tells them to wrap it up then. But Sami says it is the same as when Kevin Owens called John Cena. What we’ve seen tonight is just a small example of what happens to Kevin and Cena on December 30th when they take on the Honorary Uce and the Tribal Chief! But it’s fine, they’re done here anyway. “Iowa, we out. Jey, hit ’em with it.” “Everyone in that locker room, they the twos! And WE! THE! ONES!!”
The Bloodline exit the ring and Pearce has everyone else stand down. The Bloodline go to the back, but then AJ STYLES attacks! He gets at Sami, they brawl, security separates them! The Bloodline is furious and Sami calls Styles out for that sucker punch! Will the Phenomenal One and the OC become new problems for The Bloodline after tonight’s rampage?
Styles and Pearce argue backstage!
Pearce understands Styles is upset but he has to think what he’s got to deal with. Does Styles want a match then? Hell yes he does! With any one of them! Pearce will do him one better and make it Sami Zayn! The match is made, will the Phenomenal One personally handle The Honorary Uce?
Byron Saxton sits with Alexa Bliss and Bianca Belair.
He starts by congratulating Alexa on winning last week’s #1 contender’s match. But can she explain what happened right after? Bianca has been wondering that herself. Right now, she doesn’t trust Alexa. Alexa isn’t sure how to explain what’s going on right now. But she’ll talk about what’s gotten her to this point. Alexa was abducted by Bray Wyatt, brainwashed into this “dark, evil version,” and then he just left her “broken with abandonment issues.” He took everything from her and she was alone. Everyone said she was crazy, so she went to therapy, but all that did was turn her into this shell of her former self that she doesn’t even recognize.
Alexa will say that her friendship with Asuka and Bianca showed her that she’s stronger than she knew. And if she has nothing to lose, then she has everything to gain. That starts with the title. Bianca says she hears all that, sympathizes with all that, but she can’t honestly believe Alexa doesn’t know what was going on last week. That she has no explanation for that change of character. Bianca knows what Alexa is capable of, what Bray is capable of, but- Alexa stops her there. Bianca’s making this about Bray when this is really about Alexa. Bray isn’t the threat, Alexa is.
And maybe Bianca forgot that Alexa was winning titles way before Bianca walked through the door. Alexa says she can do it again. Then come do it then. Byron says we’re all looking forward to their match. But then the White Rabbit glitches onto the screen behind them! Alexa SMASHES Bianca with a glass vase!! The dark side came back out! What are we to believe with just TWO WEEKS to wait for that title match?
Winner Takes All the Money Ladder Match: The Miz VS Dexter Lumis w/ Johnny Gargano!
The saga of Hollywood A-Lister and Tortured Artist has escalated to this! TWO giant bags of money hang high overhead, and only one man can have them! Will Miz continue to be the villain in this WWE Christmas story? Or will Lumis save the day by hitting the jackpot?
Raw returns as Lumis makes his entrance, Johnny Wrestling by his side. The bell rings and Miz hurries to get a ladder! Lumis slithers out then DECKS Miz! Lumis brings Miz up to whip but Miz reverses! Lumis stops before he hits a ladder, he elbows Miz then RAMS him into the ladder! Lumis stalks Miz, puts him in the ring, then gets a ladder. Lumis puts that ladder in the ring, but Miz DROPKICKS it into Lumis! Miz goes out to drag the ladder into the ring, and he looks up at the money bags. But Lumis SMACKS the ladder into Miz’s hands! Miz staggers away, Lumis slides in, and now they tug-o-war for the ladder!
Lumis RAMS Miz into the corner, then sets the ladder down on its side. Miz crawls, Lumis drags Miz up, and Lumis UPPERCUTS! Miz staggers to ropes, Gargano gives thumbs up. Lumis sets the ladder in the ropes, then he clinches Miz. Lumis whips Miz into the ladder! Miz falls and ends up under the ladder. Miz drags himself up, he’s in the gap! Lumis RAMS the ladder in! And again! And again! Lumis then climbs up onto the ladder, drags Miz up from the gap, and he SUPERPLEXES Miz off the ladder! Fans fire up while Miz writhes! Miz crawls away to a corner, Lumis brings the ladder out of the corner and stands it up.
Lumis positions the ladder under the bags, but then he sees Miz down in the corner. Miz shakes his head, but Lumis tips the ladder over! The ladder falls safely between Miz’s legs. But then fans chant “TINY BALLS! TINY BALLS!” and Lumis DROPKICKS the ladder in! If they weren’t tiny before, they are now! Miz flops out of the ring, Lumis moves that ladder aside, and Lumis goes to fetch a new ladder. Lumis puts that ladder in the ring, stands that ladder up, and he climbs up. Fans cheer as Lumis reaches the top, but Miz climbs up the other end! Miz throws hands to stop Lumis! Miz grabs at the bags! Lumis throws body shots!
Lumis ROCKS Miz, sends him down the rungs, and grabs the money! But Miz throws body shots! Fans fire up as Lumis stares into Miz’s eyes! Miz throws more hands but Lumis catches Miz in a clinch! Miz fights free, but they’re both falling! They HOTSHOT off the top rope!! Both men are down and fans rally up while Raw goes to break!
Raw returns, the ladder is back up, and Miz is back up at the top! Miz grabs at the money bags! But Lumis returns to throw body shots! Lumis SMACKS Miz off the top of the ladder, then grinds his face into it! Lumis grabs at the money but Miz throws body shots! Miz climbs up to grab at the whole thing! Lumis throws shot after shot and Miz loses his grip! Miz goes down the rungs, Lumis throws more haymakers! Lumis punches Miz right off the ladder! Lumis grabs at the money again, but Miz tips the ladder over! Lumis HOTSHOTS off ropes again! Miz hurries to stand the ladder back up!
Miz climbs again, grabs the clip, but Lumis shakes the ladder! Miz loses grip and Lumis drags him back down! Into the SILENCE!! Miz flails, grabs ropes, slips through ropes, and he pries free to then DRAPING APRON NECKBREAKER!! Lumis flops to the floor and fans boo Miz! Gargano coaches Lumis up but Miz staggers back over. Miz grabs another ladder, and he drags it over just to SLAM it down on Lumis! Miz SLAMS the ladder down again, and again! Miz then opens the ladder to put Lumis inside! LADDER NUTCRACKER! Miz does it again and again! And then he tips another ladder onto it! And then he throws chair after chair down!
Miz pushes the timekeeper aside to toss an ARMCHAIR down on Lumis! Miz isn’t done, he grabs chairs from under the ring to bury Lumis with! Miz and Gargano glare at each other, and Iowa says, “We Want Tables!” Miz goes looking, and he finds a TABLE! Fans cheer, but then Miz puts it back to troll them all. Miz shoves Gargano aside but Gargano grins. Gargano runs in but the ref is used as a shield! Miz BOOTS Gargano, then rains down fists! Miz moves a ladder out of the way, almost hitting a ref! Miz drags Gargano up to RAM into the LED barriers! Miz then aims a ladder to BATTERING RAM Gargano over the barriers!
Miz soaks up the heat from the fans, but Lumis is free!! URENAGE on a ladder!! Miz writhes while fans chant for “TABLE! TABLE!” Lumis sees the announce desk, Corey Graves begs him not to, but he clears it off! Lumis drags Miz over, puts him on the desk, and then goes to a nearby ladder! Fans fire up as Lumiz positions the ladder. Lumis climbs to the top of the ladder, fans fire up more, and Lumis SUPER LEG DROPS!! But Miz moves! Lumis crash lands all alone and fans lose their minds! Miz clutches his ankle but he’s okay to continue. Miz drags himself up and into the ring, then goes for the ladder!
Miz stands the ladder up! Miz hobbles and climbs! Fans boo but Miz reaches the top! But LUMIS rises?!? Lumis climbs the ladder and fires off body shots! He SMACKS Miz off the top again, then SHOVES Miz down! Lumiz grabs the money, but BRONSON REED is here?!? Auszilla returns to the WWE and he drags Lumis down! Bronson RAMS Lumis into the ladder, then CLOBBERS him with a full body press! The Top Dog, the Colossal One, drags Lumis to a drop zone! For the TSUNAMI SPLASH!! Reed sets the ladder back up, then goes to fetch Miz! Miz has himself a mighty mercenary! Reed helps Miz get up the ladder! Miz climbs, he unhooks the bags, and wins!
Winner: The Miz
The rich stay rich as Miz has a huge ace up his sleeve! Reed screws Lumis and helps Miz, will this be a very Mercy Christmas at the Mizanin home?
Seth Rollins looks at his new merch shirt.
“Iowa’s Own,” with “Sing My Song” on the back, Rollins is impressed. But will he be even happier when his wife, Becky Lynch, humbles Bayley in tonight’s main event?
AJ Styles VS Sami Zayn!
The Phenomenal One is looking to add revenge to his wish list! Will he get even with the Honorary Uce and make the holidays Too Sweet? Or will Sam have everyone feeling Ucey for Christmas?
Raw returns and Sami makes his entrance. Fittingly, it seems Solo & The Usos are banned from ringside so this can be a fair fight. The bell rings and Styles ties right up with Sami! They end up in a corner, Sami turns it around on Styles but Styles turns it back to CHOP! Styles fires off haymakers, he stalks Sami to another corner to then bump him off buckles. Styles throws more hands, whips Sami to ropes, and he scoops for a BACKBREAKER! Sami writhes and fans are torn as Sami goes to ropes. Styles storms up but into a kick! Sami throws haymakers in return, then a knee and an elbow. Sami whips, but Styles reverses to elbow!
Styles throws more elbows, he pump handles, and hits a GUTBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Styles drags Sami up, reels him in, but Sami gets away from The Clash! Sami bails out, the ref starts a count, but Styles SLINGSHOT FOREARMS Sami down! Styles puts Sami back in the ring, aims from the apron, but Sami goes to the ropes on the far side. Styles sighs, storms over to Sami, but Sami FLAPJACK HOTSHOTS him down! Sami suckers Styles in, then rains down fists! Styles does his best to guard but Sami lets off to pace around. Sami drags Styles up, fans rally and duel, but Sami bumps Styles off buckles.
Sami climbs up the corner, waits on Styles to stand, and he drops a BIG elbow! Cover, ONE!! Sami is annoyed but the ref defends his count. Sami puts Styles on the ropes to CHOKE! The ref counts, Sami lets off to do a dance, and fans rally for “SAMI USO!” Sami throws hands on Styles again, then he stands Styles up. Sami DECKS Styles, goes to the corner, and leaps, into an STO BACKBREAKER! Sami flounders, Styles fires off the Phenomenal Blitz! LARIAT, then SLIDING FOREARM! Sami goes to a corner, Styles runs in to clothesline! And then a fireman’s carry, but Sami slips off! Sami kicks low, to suplex, only for Styles to counter!
Styles suplexes, lets Sami land on his feet, so he can hit a NECKBREAKER! Sami crawls away to the outside, but Styles slingshots out! Sami avoids Styles, but the SLIDING KNEE takes him down! Fans rally and duel as Sami stands, and Styles MOONSAULTS off the apron, to get a REVERSE DDT to the floor! Styles drags Sami back into the ring, takes aim from the apron, and fans fire up as Styles springboards, only for Sami to hit the ropes! Styles gets tripped up and he falls to the floor! Sami catches his breath while Raw goes to break.
Raw returns again and Sami staggers. Styles climbs a corner, but Sami ROCKS Styles first! Sami climbs up, CLUBS Styles down, then drags him back up. Sami throws more hands, stands Styles up, but Styles slips out of the suplex to torture rack! TOWER HACKER BOMB! Cover, TWO!! Sami survives but he is dazed as he flops over. Styles drags Sami up, reels him in and calls his shot! But Sami fights the Clash! Sami heel kicks Styles away, but Styles elbows in return! Styles goes up, reels Sami in, but Sami denies the tornado to BOOT and BRAINBUSTER!! Cover, TWO!! Styles survives and shocks Sami!
Fans rally up and Sami gets to ropes. Sami staggers back over to Styles, fans duel, and Sami says Styles is messing with the Bloodline! Sami throws haymakers, but Styles still stands up! Sami fires off more shots, Styles fires off another Phenomenal Blitz! Sami BOOTS Styles, Styles PELES Sami! Both men go down and Iowa fires up! Styles crawls to a corner, Sami sits up and heads that way. Sami runs in but Styles elbows him away again. Styles goes up the corner, MOONSAULT, but no DDT this time! CORNER EXPLODER! Sami goes to the far corner, fans fire up as he takes aim, and Sami runs in! HELLUVA- NO! Styles rolls Sami! CALF CRUSHER!!
Sami flails and reaches out as Styles pulls back on the leg! Sami crawls over, ROPEBREAK! Styles lets go at 4, but then someone is coming out from the crowd! It’s SOLO! The Enforcer doesn’t care about management’s orders! But the distraction allows Sami to roll up Styles! TWO! Styles reels Sami in but Sami hits a JAWBREAKER! Sami runs in, but into BOOTS! Styles goes to the apron, he ROCKS Sami, but he intercepts Solo at the barriers! Sami runs in to CLOBBER Styles! But Styles SMACKS Sami off the steps! And off the desk! Styles puts Sami in but Solo CLOBBERS Styles! Solo feeds Styles to Sami, BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Cover, Sami wins!
Winner: Sami Zayn, by pinfall
There’s always a plan for The Bloodline! But Pearce is pissed! He tells Sami and Solo to get the hell out of here! The damage is done, will The Bloodline continue to do what they want for the holidays?
Seth Rollins heads to the ring!
Iowa’s Own is here and the fans are loving it! They sing “OH~ OHH~ OHHH~!” as Rollins swaggers to the ring in a maroon sequined suit. Rollins has a mic to say, “DES MOINES, IOWAAA~! Welcome to Monday Night Rollins~!” Fans chant, “Welcome Home! Welcome Home!” Rollins says he’s back and better than ever! “And what a night it has been! The Bloodline is in the house, in case you didn’t know. And they’ve been jumping everybody, except for me. HAHAHAHA! I’m not saying The Bloodline are scared at all, but uh… If they don’t wanna find me, I’ve got a message for them little Ucey boys to deliver to the Tribal Chief.
“Roman. Mondays don’t belong to you. They belong to the Visionary! They belong to the Revolutionary! They belong to Seth!” “FREAKIN’ ROLLINS!” But then Austin Theory makes his way out! The United States Champion says he’s The Now of the WWE, and he’s here now to go to the ring. Theory gets a mic of his own, but fans boo as he steps to Rollins. Fans also chant, “You Suck!” at him. Theory shrugs that off, Rollins makes sure who sucks. Theory sucks, right? “YES~!” Theory tells Rollins that nothing belongs to him! And Rollins was the one who said that the US Championship was THE title on Monday Night Raw.
So then putting that in perspective, that can only mean one thing: The Champ is Here! And deep down, whether we like it or not, the Theory Era is forever, and this is just the beginning. And whether Rollins likes it or not, he will pass the torch to Theory. And if he doesn’t, Theory will just take it from Rollins’ cold, legendary fingers. Rollins says “Merry Christmas to you, too, kid.” Just keep your cool. We don’t want Theory ending up like Lashley, AHAHAHA! Funny. Because the only reason Rollins is standing here is cuz Lashley took his frustrations out on referees and officials and not Rollins.
But it makes sense the way Rollins got out of that. It’s like Rollins’ entire career: he’s been lucky! Oh, is that so? Theory just doesn’t understand. Why is he so angry? He has it all and is everything he says he is: he’s young, in great shape, looks phenomenal, and honestly, while he does suck… Fans chant “You Suck!” again but Theory just holds up the title. Rollins says here’s the thing: Theory has grown up. He isn’t Mr. Selfie, he isn’t Daddy’s Little Boy. He is the United States Champion. The problem is, as much as that title means, there is one thing that means more, and it is something Theory knows deep down in his soul!
When Theory goes to bed or wakes up in the morning, he knows he will never be or ever have so long as Rollins is around, Theory will never be Rollins. Theory is NOT on Rollins’ level. The fans sing and Rollins says that eats Theory up inside. But Theory says he sees through Rollins. How many times has the WWE given Rollins the ball and he fumbled it? Kinda like the Bears. But the thing is, Seth Freakin’ Rollins has seen the mountaintop. But what he fails to realize, that is just a peak. Theory is coming for Everest! When Rollins falls off the peak, he’ll go home and realize he was just the third most successful member of The Shield.
Fans boo but Rollins says he has been to the mountaintop. He’s seen it. But Theory has it wrong! Rollins IS the mountain! He IS Everest! The title doesn’t make the man, the man makes the title! Let’s find out what kind of man Theory is, and what kind of champion he is, HERE AND NOW!! Fans fire up as Rollins wants Theory to take his shot! The jackets come off, but then the Bloodline returns! Rollins says he and Theory can worry about their beef later. Rollins and Theory wait on the Usos, and the Usos get right on the apron. But then Theory bails! Guess this answers Rollins’ question: Theory is still just a kid.
But Rollins doesn’t go anywhere, he fires off on the Usos! He holds off the 2v1 but only for so long! Fans boo as the Usos stomp away, but here comes KEVIN! The Prizefighter finally makes his presence known, and he storms up to the ring! Jimmy runs out but into haymakers! Kevin RAMS Jimmy into barriers, then he goes after Jey! Jey CLUBS away but Rollins turns things around! Rollins fires off hands, and he DECKS Jey! Then Rollins and Kevin DECK Jimmy together! Pearce and security rush out and Rollins says it’s nice to see Kevin again. Rollins & Kevin wait on the Usos, fans want to “Let Them Fight!” but Rollins asks Kevin if he’s thinking what Rollins is thinking.
Kevin says he is! Des Moines wants to see Rollins & Kevin kick some Usos ass!! Let’s do it! Kevin Owens & Iowa’s Favorite Son VS Jimmy & Jey, here tonight!! Pearce says it’s official! Will Kevin and his other frenemy make it work against the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions?
Becky Lynch speaks.
“Bayley. We’ve been playing a cat ‘n’ mouse game ever since I came back. But it hasn’t been that simple, has it? You send your lackeys, they beat me up, I beat them up, repeat.” But Becky’s bored of that. She wants to face the best version of Bayley. And the best version of that is a solo act. Becky and Bayley are alike: they’ve been underestimated, underappreciated, but they’ve risen up to change the game. When it’s all said and done, they’ll both have careers they’re very proud of, but also have done things they’re not so proud of. But the difference between them is that Becky did all of it by herself.
She understands the game, and she understands that what you do is you take out the ones that pose a threat. So what upset Becky the most about Bayley taking her out for four months was that Bayley didn’t have the decency to do it by herself. If you stab someone in the back, have the decency to be the one holding the knife. Tonight, Becky asks what it’ll be? 1v1 or 1v3? Either way, Becky will be ready, because she’ll die on her own sword. Bayley can’t say the same, can she? The battle of The Man and the Role Model happens NOW!
Becky Lynch VS Bayley w/ Damage CTRL!
Raw returns and Becky makes her entrance. Kai & Sky are ringside, so Bayley clearly ignored Becky’s challenge. The bell rings and Becky circles with Bayley. Fans rally for Becky and she does a bit of a Bernie lean. They tie up, Becky waistlocks but Bayley headlocks to escape. Bayley wrenches to a wristlock but Becky slips through to wrench back. Becky has the wristlock, fans rally behind her, but Bayley steps through the ropes to wrap Becky’s arm on ropes. The ref counts, Bayley lets off but she CLUBS Becky on the back. Fans boo, Bayley headlocks, but Becky powers out. Bayley runs Becky over, but Becky gets to a corner.
Bayley and Becky reset, circle and tie up again. Bayley kicks low, whips Becky to a corner, but Becky goes up, under, around, knuckle locks and steps over to hook an arm. Becky baits Bayley, hops over her then slides under. Bayley goes for a leg but Becky steps over to roll her up! TWO, and Becky SLAPS Bayley! Fans fire up as Becky taunts Bayley. Bayley is upset, she runs in but Becky dodges to arm-drag! Becky flexes, grinds the arm, and steps over. Bayley throws Becky into the ropes! Bayley distracts the ref, Sky takes a swipe! But Becky blocks the slap! The ref notices, Bayley throws Becky by her hair!
The ref reprimands Sky & Kai but Bayley stomps Becky in the corner. Becky throws body shots, Bayley shoves her away but Becky kicks her! Becky CLOBBERS Bayley, clotheslines her, then whips her to ropes. Bayley reverses but Becky wrenches to whip. Becky redirects to BOOT Bayley out! Becky goes to the apron, FLYING FOREARM! Fans fire up with Becky while she taunts Kai & Sky. Becky puts Bayley in but Bayley rolls out the other side. Becky pursues, Bayley swings but Becky clinches! Bayley throws elbows to get free, then she BUCKLE SHOTS Becky! Both women hit the floor but DMG CTRL cheers Bayley on while Raw goes to break.
Raw returns again and Bayley has Becky down with a chinlock. Fans rally, Becky fights her way up, and Becky throws body shots. Bayley kicks low, whips Becky to a corner, then snap suplexes on the rebound! Cover, TWO! Bayley stomps Becky, Becky throws body shots! Bayley CLUBS, Becky throws body shots! They throw shots, Bayley gets the edge then runs, but into a CALF KICK from Becky! Kai & Sky are worried but fans rally up for Becky! Becky and Bayley slowly sit up, and Bayley storms up to throw forearms! Becky throws haymakers in return! They go back and forth, shot for shot, but then Becky gets the edge!
Fans fire up as Becky UPPERCUTS, SOBATS and runs! But Bayley swings! Becky dodges to JUMP KICK! Down goes Bayley and fans fire up! Bayley staggers, into a BECKSPLODER! Bayley flounders to a corner, Becky runs in to whip her into buckles! KICK and LARIAT! Becky then drags Bayley into a drop zone, goes up and up and LEG DROPS! Cover, TWO! It wasn’t a top rope leg drop, and Becky keeps her cool. Fans rally up and Becky goes after an arm! Bayley whips Becky away, runs in, but only gets buckles! Bayley blocks one kick but not the next kick! But Bayley trips Becky to jackknife! ONE and Becky sunset flips! TWO!!
Bayley gets around, SAIDO! Cover, TWO!! Bayley grows frustrated, as does Kai & Sky! Bayley and Becky hook arms, they stand, Becky backslides, TWO! Bayley tries now, but Becky resists! Bayley mule kicks a leg out then BLINDSIDE LARIATS! Bayley clinches, but Becky slips out! Becky waistlocks, Bayley switches, but Becky switches back to dragon sleeper! REVERSE DDT! Cover, TWO! Bayley survives, Kai & Sky are relieved, but Iowa rallies for Becky! Becky puts Bayley in the ropes to UPPERCUT, SOBAT, and then bring to the corner. Becky goes up the corner, GUILLOTINE- NO, Bayley moves! Bayley brings Becky into the ropes but Becky slips away!
Becky drags Bayley out along the ropes, but Bayley gets in to BAYLEY2BELLY!! Cover, TWO!! Becky survives and Bayley is furious! Fans rally behind Becky but Bayley pushes her around. Bayley dares Becky to get up and fight! Becky SLAPS Bayley! Bayley hooks Becky up, but Becky fires off hands! ANGLE SLAM! Both women are down and fans rally up again! Becky crawls to a corner, Bayley storms over, but Becky elbows her away! Becky goes up but Bayley ROCKS her! Bayley climbs up, Becky throws body shots! Becky shoves Bayley away, BOOTS her, and reels her in, DIAMOND DUST!! Cover, TWO!!
Kai & Sky are stressing out as Bayley survives Becky pulling out something deep in the moveset. Becky runs at Bayley, but Bayley trips her! High stack, but with feet on the ropes! The ref notices and cancels the count! Bayley is furious, but she swings into a clinch! Kai & Sky drag Bayley out of the Manhandle Slam! But Becky runs to WRECK Bayley with a dropkick! Becky watches each of them, and she grabs a monitor from the announce desk! Kai & Sky stay back, but the ref EJECTS them! Kai & Sky are stunned! Iowa says “Nana na na, hey hey hey, good bye~!” Kai argues with the ref on the apron, so Becky BLASTS her!
Becky stomps away on Kai, the ref backs her off, but Bayley CLOBBERS Becky with the monitor!! ROSE PLANT!! Cover, Bayley wins!!
Winner: Bayley, by pinfall
Becky should’ve known better! Bayley used Damage CTRL as the pawns to defeat her! Will Becky make sure to be more careful the next time she goes after The Role Model?
Next week’s Raw will review the ABSOLUTE BEST of 2022!
That’s right! Next week is WWE’s year in review special! Relive the matches and moments dating from January 1st to, well, maybe even tonight!
Kevin Owens talks with Seth Rollins backstage.
To think these two would be back at it, teaming together. It has been a long time, hasn’t it? They were really good, but why’d they stop? Oh, that was cuz Rollins tried to steal Kevin’s WrestleMania moment, remember? What? Yeah, Kevin wanted to have a WrestleMania KO Show with Stone Cold and Rollins tried to do some kind of show of his own. Really? That doesn’t ring a bell for Rollins. No, Kevin is pretty sure it was Rollins. He was wearing a really bright suit. A bright suit? Since when does Rollins do that? Kevin is 98% sure it was Rollins. So there’s a 2% chance it wasn’t? No, Kevin was 100% sure, he just said 98 to be nice.
Kevin says Rollins looked marvelous back then, but still. Yeah, Rollins did look good them, huh? GOT YOU! AW…!! But Kevin says it’s fine. That’s all moot. And y’know why? Tonight is about one thing: beating the hell out of the Bloodline. And these two can do that very well together. Rollins likes where Kevin’s head is at. Rollins heads out, and Kevin is still unsettled by the laugh.
The Usos VS Kevin Owens & Seth Rollins!
The Bloodline has been running roughshod all over Raw tonight, but they might’ve picked the wrong fight! Will the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions be the ones getting beat down? Or will they be the ones to solve all the Bloodline’s problems?
Raw returns and Kevin makes his entrance, followed by Rollins’ entrance. The teams sort out and Rollins throws his jacket at Jey! The brawl is on and fans fire up! Kevin fires off haymakers on Jimmy, Rollins fires off on Jey, then Kevin throws Jimmy out! Rollins ROCKS Jey, Kevin ROCKS Jimmy, and then Rollins bumps Jey off buckles! And off more buckles! The bell rings and this is official as Rollins climbs up to rain down fists on Jey! Fans count all the way to nine, but Rollins winds it up for TEN! Rollins brings Jey around but Jey headlocks. Rollins powers out, things speed up, and Rollins CLOBBERS Jey!
Fans sing “OH~ OHH~ OHHH~!” Rollins drags Jey up, tags Kevin, and they mug Jey. Kevin wrenches Jey, reels him in and atomic drops to then LARIAT! Kevin taunts Jimmy, goes back to Jey, and he ROCKS Jey with a haymaker! Jey checks his jaw, Kevin DECKS him! Kevin asks where Sami went, “Where’s your dawg?” Kevin whips, Jey reverses, but Kevin holds ropes. Kevin BOOTS Jey but Jimmy KICKS Kevin in the back! Jey BOOTS Rollins down and fans boo as Raw goes to break.
Raw returns and Jimmy RAMS into Kevin at the corner. Jimmy RAMS again and again, then holds up the finger #WeTheOnes. Jimmy goes to the far corner, runs in, but Kevin avoids the splash! Jimmy hits off the post, Kevin hits a DDT! Fans fire up while both men are down! Kevin and Jimmy crawl for their corners, hot tags to Jey and Rollins! Iowa is fired up as Rollins rallies on Jey! Rollins redirects to SLINGBLADE! Jey goes to a corner, Rollins runs corner to corner to forearm smash! Rollins whips again but Jey reverses, only for Rollins to reverse into a BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Rollins is a bit surprised but the fans sing “OH~ OHH~ OHHH~!”
Rollins goes to the corner, he conducts the Iowa choir, but Jey avoids the curb stomp! UPPERCUT! Hot tag to Jimmy but Rollins dodges to SUPERKICK! Rollins runs at Jey but is put on the apron! Rollins DECKS Jey, goes up top, and CROSSBODIES them both! Tag to Kevin! Kevin climbs up now, Jimmy is in a drop zone, but Rollins and Jey go after each other on the outside! Jey SUPERKICKS Rollins down! Kevin still FROR SPLASHES Jimmy! Cover, TWO!! Kevin hurries back up top, to SWANTON BOMB onto knees! Jimmy saves himself at the last moment! The fans fire up as all four men are down all around the arena!
Kevin crawls to a corner and drags himself up with ropes. Jimmy goes to the other corner, but here comes Solo! Kevin staggers and brings Jimmy up but Jimmy UPPERCUTS! Wait, the Good Brothers intercept Solo! They’re getting payback for Styles! Solo ROCKS Karl, fires off hands on Gallows, but Gallows ROCKS Solo back! Jey FLIES onto the Good Brothers! But Rollins FLIES out onto Jey & Solo!! Fans are thunderous as Rollins roars! Solo stands up, runs in, but Rollins POSTS him! CURB STOMP for Jey to the floor!! Jimmy brings Kevin around to ROCK him with forearms! Jimmy puts Kevin up top!
Kevin resists, throws body shots, but Theory CLOBBERS Rollins from the crowd!! The “kid” continues to be a chicken! Kevin HEADBUTTS Jimmy but Jimmy rains down fists! Kevin still resists the superplex, he throws more body shots, and another headbutt! Jimmy staggers back, Kevin runs in, but into a SUPERKICK! Cover, TWO!! Kevin survives and the team is still in this! Jimmy snarls but “This is Awesome!” Jimmy says he’s gonna finish this and he climbs up the corner. USO SPLASH but Kevin moves! STUN- NO, Jimmy powers out! Kevin blocks a superkick to give a SUPERKICK! And then a whip for the POP- NO, Jimmy slips free!
Jimmy swings, Kevin dodges, now the POP-UP BOMB!! Cover, Kevin & Rollins win!!!
Winners: Kevin Owens & Seth Rollins, by pinfall
Everything from tonight came to a head, but in the end, it is the Prizefighter standing tall! Kevin is telling Roman Reigns he better beware because he isn’t going away! But wait, Sami gets in the ring! Kevin sees him, and the two former friends stare down. Kevin takes off his wrist tape, but Sami then takes his leave. Is the Honorary Uce just playing mind games with the man he knows so well? Or will the man who knows him so well be the one standing tall to end 2022?
My Thoughts:
A great Raw here as a somewhat go-home to all the holiday “festivities” happening the next couple weeks. For one, next week is just a highlight show. But with three hours, you can bet there will be some big time PPV matches played mostly in full to fill time. I already bet we get SummerSlam’s Roman VS Lesnar Last Man Standing match because of that tractor moment. Anyway, great threat throughout the night of The Bloodline just beating up people. They might even be setting up future feuds with going after The OC and the OC going after them. Great match out of Styles VS Sami, but of course Solo was a distraction to help Sami win.
For that matter, I think HHH needs to change things up. I know we have a lot of factions, especially Heel ones, but between all three brands of the WWE, we need to stop Heels getting help from their teams. At least, letting them win that way. We got an awesome tag main event tonight with Kevin and Rollins reuniting, and things were overbooked, but the fact Kevin still came out on top through it is great. Kevin and Sami having a stare down to end the show was also good. The story is building, we’re going to have an awesome moment between them on the New Year’s Eve edition of SmackDown, this is still going very well.
Good promo from Rollins and Theory to get at each other, and of course Theory chickens out facing the Usos to then go after Rollins later. Makes me think Rollins wins the title on January 8th. We only got a little bit on the Bobby Lashley story since Pearce was logically distracted by the Bloodline’s path of destruction. MVP asking about Lashley was an interesting move, too. Maybe MVP will let bygones be bygones and he’ll be Lashley’s manager again? Maybe the Hurt Business will be revived once again? We did see Cedric and Shelton again, and they could keep Omos around as the midcard guy so Lashley can go up to the top of the card again.
Great stuff from Profits VS Judgment Day, and I do appreciate that Dom ended up a distraction that cost his team. Rhea then going after Tozawa and them actually having a coed match was wild. I figured Rhea was going to win, though, more because of the push she’s got going for her. Though at the same time, part for part, Rhea’s done more in the Women’s Division than Tozawa’s gotten to do in the Men’s Division, so she probably does have a higher power level. And this is all pushing things towards Bianca eventually feuding with Rhea so that she can even things between the factions.
Speaking of Bianca, good promo from her and Alexa. I really liked how Alexa related what happened to her in normal terms, not just in the supernatural. But I just knew that with a TV screen behind everyone, something White Rabbit was gonna happen. A glass vase isn’t, though, that was pretty wild. I hope that they use the footage from this very scene to pick apart why Alexa did that. Byron should really use that “WWE Investigates” idea for this, it just makes sense to me. And we got a pretty good ladder match out of Lumis and Miz, but I feel like the fans didn’t care about it until the end when Miz really went nuts. To be fair, that was when the match got good, since Miz isn’t one to go “extreme.”
But what a wild surprise that Bronson Reed is back! He was in NJPW as Jonah Rock and doing great stuff, but I guess when HHH called with that WWE money, Bronson couldn’t give that up. This was quite the way to return, too, helping Miz. I just hope this means Gargano gets wrestling again. Miz & Reed VS The Way could make for some great stuff. And with HHH behind him, Reed really could get going on Raw on a level similar to what he was doing in NJPW. The Miz might even end up with a faction of his own if you count Maryse, and who knows, a call-up from NXT might latch onto Miz to get started on Raw.
Becky had a very good promo calling Bayley out on the very thing the Heels are doing in using back-up to help her. Ironically, that is what happens in the match and that is why Bayley won. I feel like Becky might need some back-up, but then that’s just copy-paste from when Bianca recruited Asuka and Alexa. Becky is kinda stuck, but if anyone can fight back against a 3v1, it’s The Man.
My Score: 8.6/10
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A Fatal 4 Way determines the #1 contender!
Just as we will be, Aaron Rourke will be watching tonight’s Fatal 4 Way #1 Contender’s Match to see who comes after his WWE Evolve Championship!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Karmen Petrovic VS Nikkita Lyons w/ Sloane Jacobs; wins.
- WWE Evolve Championship #1 Contender’s Fatal 4 Way: Brooks Jensen VS Kam Hendrix VS Tristan Angels VS Dorian Van Dux; wins and will challenge for the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
[Due to scheduling conflicts, coverage will be on delay]
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Will the Scumbag go Double or Nothing?
Darby Allin told MJF to choose: A Title VS Hair match, or no title match EVER! Will MJF be vain or greedy as we head for Double or Nothing?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- 10 Man Tag: Orange Cassidy, Adam Copeland, Christian Cage & The Young Bucks VS Tommaso Ciampa, David Finlay, Clark Connors & FTR w/ Stokely Hathaway; Cassidy, Cope, Christian & The Bucks win.
- “Speedball” Mike Bailey w/ Kevin Knight VS Westbrook; Bailey wins.
- AEW TNT Championship Open Challenge: Kevin Knight VS Brian Cage; Knight wins and retains the title.
- Will Ospreay VS Ace Austin; Ospreay wins.
- Six Woman Tag: Hikaru Shida & The Brawling Birds VS The Triangle of Madness; Shida & The Birds win, by disqualification.
- AEW World Championship: Darby Allin VS Konosuke Takeshita; Darby wins and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
MJF arrives backstage.
Renee Paquette is there to bring up tonight’s main event is Darby Allin VS Konosuke Takeshita for the AEW World Championship. If Darby Allin wins, MJF will then have to sign a contract for Title VS Hair at Double or Nothing. Darby has made it clear that if MJF doesn’t sign said contract, Darby will never allow MJF to face him for the title again. We all know how important the title is for MJF, but is MJF willing to put his hair on the line for it? MJF just chuckles and moves on, but he notices the very bald Rick Knox, Bryce Remsburg, and the head of security, David Aponte. And then various bald members of the production staff…
And then even Christopher Daniels & Sonjay Dutt are there! Daniels and Sonjay chuckle before moving on, and then MJF sees John Silver flexing. Brandon Cutler, some arena staff, and even Tommaso Ciampa, all bald. Then last but certainly not least, Ricochet! He tells MJF that don’t worry, he’ll look great. Just not as good as Ricochet. AHA~! MJF storms off, will he have no choice but to choose between gold belt and chrome dome?
10 Man Tag: Orange Cassidy, Adam Copeland, Christian Cage & The Young Bucks VS Tommaso Ciampa, David Finlay, Clark Connors & FTR w/ Stokely Hathaway!
While we know the AEW World Tag Team Championship match will be a conglomeration of I Quit Match and New York Street Fight, THE Conglomeration will be waiting on the other side for their own tag title match. And let’s not forget that Matt & Nick Jackson want their own shot at those titles again. With that, can Freshly Squeezed work together with C&C and The Bucks? Or will the Psycho Killer, the Dogs, and the Top Guys all stand tall on the road to Double or Nothing?
The teams sort out and the teams just brawl it out! The fans cheer as The Bucks have The Dogs, Cope is after Ciampa, Christian is after Cash, and Dax brawls with Cassidy! Dax bumps Cassidy off buckles but Cassidy ducks the haymaker to waistlock. The Bucks, Cope & Christian clear everyone else out, then take the brawl outside! Dax ROCKS Cassidy to send him out, and the fans fire up as Matt fires hands on 100 Proof right by commentary! Ciampa whips Cope but Cope reverses, sending Ciampa into barriers! Cash sends Christian into railing, then CLOBBERS Cassidy! Nick fires hands on Finlay, Cassidy sends Cash into railing!
Cassidy and Dax meet in the ring, Dax ROCKS and CHOPS Cassidy, but Nick sends Finlay into railing! Dax DECKS Cassidy, throws hands on Cope, but Cope fires back! The fans fire up but the ref reprimands! Cope DECKS Dax, and wait, Christian and Cash are brawling in the crowd! Same for Matt and Connors! Finlay CLAWS Nick’s face, Cassidy ROCKS Dax, and Cassidy whips. Dax reverses, Cassidy goes up and out to then SMACK Dax off buckles! Cassidy goes up, Ciampa BOOTS Nick, and Dax trips Cassidy. Dax CHOPS Cassidy, climbs up after him, and goes to the very top! The fans boo but Dax stands Cassidy up, SUPER DUPER PLEX!
Dax then rolls through to suplex again, but Cassidy STUN-DOG MILLIONAIRES! Cassidy runs, tilt-o-whirls, and DDTS! Cassidy kips up, the fans fire up, but Finlay sends Nick into steel steps! #BigStoke grabs Cassidy’s foot, Cash CLOBBERS Cassidy! The fans boo but Dax puts Cassidy in the corner to tag Ciampa. FTR and the Psycho Killer mug Cassidy! The fans boo and the ref reprimands, but Ciampa stands Cassidy up. Cassidy blocks the chop! And he blocks another chop! The fans cheer but Ciampa kicks low and CHOPS again! The fans boo but Ciampa soaks up that heat. Ciampa drags Cassidy by a leg, turns him over, but Cassidy fights around!
Cassidy kicks and kicks but Ciampa drags him back! Cassidy turns to BOOT Ciampa away! Dax tags in and he CLOBBERS Cassidy! The fans boo but Dax flips them off. Dax whips Cassidy, runs up, but Cassidy dodges! Dax POSTS himself! Both men are down, hot tags to Cash and Nick! Nick rallies on FTR with haymakers, BLASTS Ciampa, but Cash kicks low! FTR whips, DOUBLE HIP- NO, Nick lands out, MEETING OF TEH MINDS! Then DOUBLE WHEEL KICK! The fans fire up as Nick then DROPKICKS Dax out! The Dogs run up, but Nick knuckle locks and CHOPS Finlay! Then Nick jumps over Connors, SUPERKICKS, and he goes for the corner!
Nick goes up, up, and “LUCHA LIBRE~!” FLYING ARM-DRAG RANA COMBO! The fans are thunderous and Nick tags Matt. Nick whips Finlay, Finlay reverses, but Nick goes up and over. Matt SUPERKICKS Finlay! Nick SHINING WIZARDS Connors, adds a GAMANGIRI, then The Bucks DOUBLE BULLDOG with the high-five! The fans fire up again as Matt winds up. Matt WRECKS FTR with a dropkick, then holds the way open, Nick FLIES onto FTR & Ciampa! But Connors back suplexes! Matt lands out, and NORTHERN LIGHTS! Roll through, NORTHERN LIGHTS! The Polar Express is getting going, and Finlay joins the ride! DOUBLE NORTHERN LIGHTS!
The fans are electric and it’s not just the volt green! Time for a SUPERKICK PARTAY~! Wait, Stokely grabs a foot each! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Stoke can’t even trip The Bucks up. The Bucks drag Stoke in! Stoke pleads for mercy, but FTR runs up! The Bucks dodge, mule kick, then SUPERKICK for Dax! SUPERKICK for Cash! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS on The Dogs! Then FTR is sent into The Dogs before DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Ciampa runs up to waistlock but Nick switches. Ciampa BOOTS Matt away, ELBOWS Nick, but Matt dodges, PSYCHO KNEE into Cash! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS for Ciampa!
The fans fire up again, and The Bucks see C&C. They point to Christian, and the fans cheer! Christian steps in, the ref reprimands but Cope argues with the ref. This distraction lets Christian LOW BLOW Cash! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS for Cash! Christian covers, TWO! Cash survives, the fans boo, but Christian rains down fists while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Christian puts Cash in the corner to CHPO, CHOP, and then rain down fists! Christian goes past TEN, maybe to fifteen, then stops. Cash sputters, Stoke talks trash, but Christian grabs Stoke! Cash CLUBS Christian, Ciampa HOTSHOTS the bad arm, and Ciampa hurries to tag in. Ciampa drags Christian around, SLAMS the bad arm off the mat, then SLAMS the arm again! Ciampa POSTS Christian, and Christian falls to the apron. The ref keeps his eyes on the rest of the team so they stay back. Ciampa goes out, and he SWINGS the bad arm into the post! Christian scrambles away, clutching the arm, but Ciampa taunts Cope with a wave.
Ciampa tags Connors, Connors tags Finlay, and The Dogs stomp away on Christian. Finlay clamps onto the bad hand, bends the fingers, then JAMS them into the mat! The ref reprimands but Finlay anchors Christian while he tags in Dax. Dax CHOPS Christian, DECKS him, then taunts Cope and The Bucks. The Bucks rally the fans, Cope coaches Christian up, but Dax brings Christian around. Christian blocks a shot to hit back, but then Dax kicks low! Dynamite returns to single picture as Dax UPPERCUTS Christian back to the corner. Stoke is on commentary suddenly to say Christian tried to steal Stoke’s watch, aka the watch Stoke stole from Christian.
But Christian fires back on Dax and the whole corner! Then he and Dax DOUBLE LARIAT! The fans fire up while both men are down! Christian crawls, but we can see Cash and The Dogs sneaking over! They and Ciampa YANK down Cope, Cassidy and The Bucks! The fans boo but Dax drags Christian back to center. Dax kicks and scuffs Christian, then talks trash. But Christian slips around to chicken wing the arms! Dax shoves Christian away, but Christian turns around, NOGGIN KNOCKER! Both men are down and the fans fire up again! Cope snarls as he rises up, hot tags to Cope and Connors!
The fans fire up as The Rated R Superstar rallies on everyone! LARIAT for Cash! ELBOW for Dax! Cope TOSSES Finlay out onto Ciampa and Cash! BOOT for Connors! The fans fire up again and Cope goes to a corner. Cope is feeling it, and he aims at Connors. But then Finlay grabs a leg! The fans boo, but Nick SUPERKICKS Finlay! Connors runs up, Nick RAMS him low! Then slingshot FACEBUSTER! And cartwheel ASAI MOONSAULT! COPE-O-SETIC for Connors, TWO! The fans rally as Cope keeps focus on Connors. Cope drags Connors up, whips him to the corner, then Nick runs up! Connors puts Nick out, then he puts Matt out!
But Christian is back, and he coordinates with The Bucks, LARIAT DOUBLE ENZIGIRI on Connors! Then Cassidy somersaults for a “powerful” back elbow! Finlay runs up, Cassidy kicks the legs out! Finlay hits buckles but Ciampa runs up! Christian sends him into Cash, then dragon sleepers Ciampa. Christian sees Dax run up, kicks him low, and gets him in the same hold, DOUBLE REVERSE DDTS! The fans fire up as FTR, Ciampa and Finlay are all in drop zones! “This is Awesome!” as Cassidy, Christian and The Bucks climb the corners. Connors runs up on Cope, but Cope snatches him into a facelock!
Cope acts as air traffic control as he coordinates everyone, QUADRUPLE MACHO ELBOWS before an IMPALER!! Cover, TWO!! Connors survives and the fans can’t believe it! Ciampa and Finlay get up, The Bucks BLAST them, then DIVE! Down they go at ramp side, then Christian and Cassidy bump into each other. The fans cheer “A E DUB! A E DUB!” for making this the opener! Cassidy puts his hands up, but Christian stops him. Christian shakes his head, but then Cassidy makes Christian put his hands in his pockets! The fans fire up as Christian just THROWS Cassidy out onto FTR! Christian then goes up, up, and SUPER CROSSBODIES The Dogs!
Cope calls out a shot, runs, but into a SHATTER MACHINE!! FTR snatches Cope outta nowhere, Connors makes the cover, but Cassidy breaks it! The fans fire up as now FTR has Cassidy surrounded. But Cassidy “unleashes” his kicks! The fans go nuts with every shot, but FTR shoves Cassidy! SHATTER- DOUBLE SUPERKICKS on Cash! Cassidy fights free of Dax, but Dax blocks Nick’s Superkick! Dax sends it into Matt! Nick SUPERKICKS through after all! Finlay clinches, IRISH CURSE BACKBREAKER on Nick! Matt feints the kick to DDT! But then Ciampa KNEES Matt down! Christian chicken wings Ciampa, turns him around, KILLSWITCH!
Connors JEEP FLIPS Christian! Connors then stalks Cope while the fans boo. Connors lines up a shot, Cope rises to his feet, Connors runs in! But Cope jumps over Connors’ spear, sending it into Dax! The fans fire up, Stoke freaks out, and The Bucks join Cope in the ring. They TRIPLE SUPERKICK Connors! Cassidy is in, ORANGE PUNCH! SPEAR from Cope!! Cover, C&C Conglomeration Bucks win!
Winners: Orange Cassidy, Adam Copeland, Christian Cage & The Young Bucks, by pinfall
Another star-studded 10 Man Tag, and it was a huge win for all the hungry contenders. Christian doesn’t wanna celebrate, but he does signal that he and Cope will be champions. Will putting their tag team legacy on the line be enough to take the gold? Or will Double or Nothing be the last night that team reeks of awesomeness?
Will Ospreay continues to train with The Death Riders.
They’re outside this time, Claudio Castagnoli playing some wall ball with Marina Shafir and Pac. Daniel Garcia says, “Tonight is the night that we’ve all been waiting for: The Aerial Assassin, Will Ospreay, is cleared and back on Dynamite. And rumor has it, the kid’s been working real hard and he’s got some new tricks up his sleeves. So Young Boy Billy, tonight you gotta show me something, c’mon.” Garcia gets a quick turn in on wall ball while cameras move over. Ospreay is maintaining a neck bridge while Jon Moxley uses Wheeler Yuta as a living dummy to show just how to push and pull and bend and twist on the various chinlocks and headlocks.
Use the right arm to push against the head, then snake in the left arm for the sleeper. Pry and shoot. Moxley asks how Ospreay feels. Ospreay lets off the bridge and says honestly, the best he’s felt in forever. Moxley asks if Ospreay remembers the night he won the Best of the Super Juniors. Yeah, 2019. AKA a lifetime ago. Ospreay was carefree, flew like a bird, for no other reason than that’s just what birds do. So simple back then, chasing that feeling, like no other feeling in the world. Can’t really grab it in your hands for more than a few seconds. The joy of doing it. Then everybody comes in and tries to make it so overcomplicated.
Years pass, life happens, a family starts, responsibilities show up, bad things happen, bad choices catch up to you, and it’s all weight on your shoulders. You feel like you can’t fly. But Moxley will tell you something: Nothing is different. Nothing has changed. All those things are still gonna be there, but you can still fly. You’re just more dangerous now. You’re a bird of prey. So tonight, when you got out there, don’t go out there to protect anything. Not your neck, your image, your reputation, or what you’ve built in your career. Go out there to give something. Moxley checks on Yuta and says dammit, if you’re gonna snap a headlock, snap the headlock!
Moxley storms off to instruct his pupil, but will Ospreay use everything he has been taught to great effect? Or will he have to fold against Ace Austin?
Chris Jericho speaks.
“You wanna face Jericho in a match of my own design, Ricochet? A spectacle so innovative, so imaginative, it cannot be contained, it can only be witnessed. Well, be careful what you demand, because you’ve made a few enemies yourself, Ricochet. And now a match designed specifically to settle scores without any, and I mean AAANY~, limitations has gotten even bigger.” Chris Jericho & The Hurt Syndicate were just looking for two more, but “Jungle” Jack Perry said he can bring four: himself, The Young Bucks, and KENNY OMEGA! Jericho tells Ricochet that this is no longer what he designed, but it is a devil’s dance of destruction! Ricochet’s destruction!
Ricochet got what he wanted, now can he handle it? Bald. The first-ever SEVEN VS SEVEN Stadium Stampede, who will even survive?
Ricochet & The Demand respond.
They stand with Mark Davis of the Don Callis Family and Ricochet says we all know Jericho does a lot of talking out of his ass while The Demand gets things done. Just like Davis did when he defeated Jack for the AEW National Championship at Fairway to Hell. Hold it with pride, Davis, Ricochet knows you’ll do it well. Davis says he’s got this. Ricochet says Davis has joined the dream team, but he’s not the only one. Because compliments to Ricochet’s golfing buddy, Don Callis, look who else he’s sending: Andrade El Idolo! Gracias, amigo. But it doesn’t stop there, the train keeps rolling. Ricochet was just approached by two guys who have an ax to grind with the superkick sidekicks.
These two wanna fill out the last two spots, so who is Ricochet to say no to The Dogs? Finlay & Connors storm in, and Finlay says to put it simple, they will fight The Bucks in the streets, in the ring, but guess it’s fighting at Double or Nothing! If they want violence, if they want carnage, if they want chaos, who better than The Dogs?! The Dogs bark and Liona roars, but will these seven stand tall in the Big Apple?
“Speedball” Mike Bailey w/ Kevin Knight VS BK Westbrook!
JetSpeed has a lot of momentum on their side, and as stated last week at Fairway to Hell, they’re looking to grab up all the gold they can. Will Speedball keep on rolling towards his own golden opportunity? Or will #Supastud prove his own worth?
The bell rings and the fans rally as the two step up. Bailey bows in respect, offers a handshake, but Westbrook goes to roll Bailey up! Bailey stays on his feet, then steps over to sit down on a cover, TWO! Westbrook ducks a Penalty Kick, avoids the moonsault, and the sweep! Bailey dodges, Westbrook tiger feints through the ropes, but Bailey handsprings up and over! The fans fire up as Bailey ducks an elbow to whip. Westbrook goes up, around, but kinda fumbles his tumble. The fans cheer and jeer him for his attempt, but Westbrook blocks the boot! Westbrook FLIPS Bailey, springboards in, but Bailey dodges! TIME ADVENTURE!
Bailey pushes Westbrook down, goes up the corner, and the fans fire up for the ULTIMATE WEAPON! Cover, Bailey wins!
Winner: Mike Bailey, by pinfall
Another fast ‘n’ furious finish, and Bailey’s on a hot streak! But now, the other side of JetSpeed looks to keep it up! But just who is Kevin Knight defending the TNT Championship against? It’s… BRIAN CAGE!? The Machine finally returns to action, and he has the Don Callis Family with him! Will Cage be able to ground Knight and take this title back to the family?
AEW TNT Championship Open Challenge: Kevin Knight w/ “Speedball” Mike Bailey VS Brian Cage w/ The Don Callis Family!
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who betta!
The bell rings, Cage runs up, but Knight dodges! Knight fires haymakers, Cage shoves him, but Knight dodges. Knight CHPOS, but Cage doesn’t budge! Cage makes the pecs dance, so Knight CHOPS again! The fans cheer as Cage eggs Knight on. Knight urns, leaps, but into Cage’s arms! Cage uses Knight to do curls, then THROWS knight! Knight lands out, RAMS Cage, but Cage comes back! Knight RAMS Cage again, but it’s still not enough! Knight tries a bigger SHOULDER TACKLE, but Cage stays standing! Knight runs one more time, ducks ‘n’ dodges, SATELLITE- NO, Cage stops the DDT! Cage THROWS Knight away!
Knight staggers, Cage SUPERKICKS him down! “Who betta than Cage?!” The fans fire up as Cage storms up on Knight, stands him up, and bumps him off buckles. Cage RAMS into Knight, stands him up, then RAMS again! The ref counts, Cage CHOPS, and the fans cheer. Bailey rallies the fans but Archer coaches Cage, and Cage whips Knight hard into the corner! The fans are torn as Cage hauls Knight up. Cage ROCKS Knight, CHOPS him, then CHOKES him on the ropes! The ref counts, Cage stops at 4, then Cage stalks Knight. Cage stands Knight up, whips him to the corner, then runs in, only for Knight to BOOT! Cage still LARIATS!
Cage hauls Knight up, whips him to ropes, but Knight grabs ropes. Knight DUMPS Cage out, then DROPKICKS him down! Cage sputters, the fans fire up, and Knight builds speed to DIVE! But he bounces off Cage! Cage then fireman’s carries, APRON F5! Knight sputters but Cage goes up the steps to soak up cheers and jeers, all while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Cage refreshes the ring count, drags Knight up again, and hits an APRON BACK SUPLEX! Knight writhes, Cage refreshes the count again, then he whips Knight into barriers! Knight practically falls into the laps of the front row! But Cage brings Knight around to CHOP him down! Cage soaks up the cheers and jeers before he brings Knight around again. Cage SMACKS Knight off the apron, then puts him in the ring. Cage storms into the ring, drags Knight by his legs, and ties the legs up into a TEXAS CLOVERLEAF! Knight endures as Cage sits deep! Knight powers up, fights his way forward, and he reaches to the ROPEBREAK!
The ref counts, Cage lets go at 4, but Cage brings Knight up. Knight CHOPS, CHOPS, and CHOPS, but Cage still doesn’t back down. Knight fires more shots, but Cage UPPERCUTS him down! Cage digs his boot into Knight at the corner, but he stops as the ref counts. Cage drags Knight up, puts him in a corner, and LARIATS! Cage wrenches to then SAIDO Knight away! Knight flounders to the apron, Cage soaks up more cheers and jeers, and Dynamite returns to single picture. Knight rises to fire forearms on Cage, but Cage ROCKS Knight in return! Cage slingshots Knight into a facelock, for a SPIRALING SUPLEX! Cover, TWO!
Knight survives and Cage is frustrated, but Cage decides to write Knight off. Cage drags Knight up, reels him in, and suplexes, DRILL- NO, Knight slips free to waistlock. But Cage ELBOWS Knight, whips, but Knight jumps up! SATELLITE- NO, Cage goes for ropes! Knight HOTSHOTS Cage for it! Then Knight springboards back in, MISSILE DROPKICK! The fans fire up while both men are down! A standing count starts while the fans rally up. Cage goes to a corner but he runs up on Knight. Knight bobs ‘n’ weaves, fires off shots, then fires a flurry of haymakers! But Cage grabs and TOSSES Knight to a corner!
Cage runs up, Knight dodges, and Knight runs back in. Knight ducks ‘n ‘dodges, FLAPJACK DROPKICK! The fans fire up as Cage bails out! Knight builds speed and FLIES! Cage catches him?!? The fans go nuts as Cage lifts, but Knight RANAS Cage into POST! The fans cheer as Knight hurries to get space. Knight runs, goes up the apron, and LEAPING LARIATS! Down goes Cage! The fans fire up with Knight, he puts Cage in the ring, and he hurries up the corner. Archer creeps up, but Bailey SUPERKICKS him! The fans cheer, but Cage CLUBS Knight! Cage then climbs up, and he deadlift SUPERPLEXES! Cover, TWO!
The fans fire up as Knight survives, but Archer guzels Bailey! Bailey fights free of the choke slam to mule kick Archer! Cage runs up, but Bailey springboards to ARIHARA MOONSAULT! Down goes the Murderhawk Monster! knight springboards, Cage dodges, but Knight leaps the discus lariat! SATELLITE DDT finally lands! Cover, TWO!! Cage survives and Knight is beside himself! Knight hurries to run in at the corner, but Cage ELBOWS him away! Cage goes up, but into the UPPER- NO! Cage stops the rana! Cage YANKS Knight up to the top, for a SUPER- UPPER ROOM!! Knight still throws Cage, then goes up top!
Knight aims, MOTHERSHIP UFO SPLASH!! Cover, KNIGHT WINS!!
Winner: Kevin Knight, by pinfall (still AEW TNT Champion)
The Machine was out for 14 months and yet no ring rust to be found! However, The Jet is just #2Fly2Stop! Bailey brings mics into the ring to say, “Congratulations to The Jet on a hell of a win!” Knight says much appreciated. But like he said, they’re red hot right now! And Brian Cage, welcome back! Cage took Knight to his limits, but The Jet is still standing as TNT Champion. But Knight can’t get over how last week, he couldn’t get the job done becoming #Jet2Belts. Bailey says forget last week. Knight IS a future AEW World Champion! Bailey says he knows it, and everyone here knows it! The fans cheer that!
Knight says he appreciates the support from Bailey and Ashville. Bailey is always in his corner, Knight is always in Bailey’s. And if Bailey keeps it up, he’ll be singles champion, too. Bailey says yeah, Knight got him thinking. Tonight, Darby VS Takeshita, BAILEY WANTS NEXT! Bailey says Takeshita was his greatest rival in Japan, but they’ve yet to have a singles match in AEW. And Darby, as much as Bailey wants to see MJF go bald…! Bailey is coming for Darby’s AEW World Championship! JetSpeed daps it up, will they become a 2 Fly 2 Man Power Trip?
AEW reveals the Men’s Owen Hart Memorial Tournament Brackets!
This year’s tournaments will go through Double or Nothing, and the finals will coincide with Forbidden Door 2026 on Sunday, June 28th in San Jose, California! The winner of each tournament will then challenge for THE AEW World Championship and AEW Women’s World Championships on August 30th at All In: London! And so, for the opening round, it will be: “Jungle” Jack Perry VS Mark Davis; Claudio Castagnoli VS Brody King; then Double or Nothing has both Samoa Joe VS Will Ospreay, and Swerve Strickland VS Bandido!
“Jungle” Jack Perry speaks.
“Mark Davis… I’m sure you feel some congratulations are in order. But you’re not champion to me. You see, you’re built like an Australia grizzly bear, yet you still needed somebody to hit me in the back with a golf club for you to beat me. At Stadium Stampede, bring your friends, bring any weapon you want, and I will crack you over the skull with it. Because anything goes. But after that, it’s back to grass roots, because it is you and me, fighting for a shot at the world title at All In: London. And in the Owen Hart Tournament, I will prove to you beyond a shadow of a doubt that I’m a better wrestler than you. I am the FUTURE world champion!
“And if you don’t like that, F YOU!” Jungle Jack is sharpening his knife, but will his edge be razor sharp when it comes time to cut down Dunkzilla?
Will Ospreay VS Ace Austin!
We’ve seen the Aerial Assassin training with The Death Riders, he’s won gold with his old friends in The United Empire, and now he’s about to face a dangerous man at Double or Nothing. Will Ospreay be more than ready for Samoa Joe after tonight? Or will he fail to even get past The Inevitable?
The bell rings and the fans cheer Ospreay as he stares down with Ace. Ospreay offers a handshake, Ace accepts, and the fans cheer the sportsmanship. They circle, tie up, and Ospreay wrenches to wristlock. Ace rolls, handsprings, and wrenches, but Ospreay rolls, kips up, and wrenches back. Ospreay hammerlocks, Ace rolls to kip up and wrench to then armlock. Ospreay endures the grind, fights around, and he arm-drags Ace down. Ace endures, fights around, and rises up. Ace shoots through to waistlock but Ospreay switches. Ospreay hits the headlock takeover, Ace headscissors, but Ospreay kips free.
The fans cheer the standoff, and the two reset. They feel things out, knuckle lock, and go shoulder to shoulder in a Test of Strength. The fans rally as Ace pushes Ospreay back. Ace has Ospreay down for a knuckle lock cover, ONE as Ospreay gets his arm up. Ace pushes it down, cover, ONE as Ospreay gets the other arm up. Ace tries again, ONE as Ospreay bridges! Ace jumps up, but Ospreay holds the bridge! That training truly pays off! Ace jumps, Ospreay gets him for a MONKEY FLIP! The fans fire up as Ospreay then arm-drags! Ospreay wristlocks and he bends the fingers! Ospreay isolates the arm to then STOMP it!
Ace clutches his arm as Ospreay shows his training already. Ospreay wrenches, ELBOW BREAKERS, then whips Ace. Ace reverses, he blocks a boot, but not the AX KICK! Ospreay headlocks, Ace powers up and out, but Ospreay RUNS him over! Things keep moving, Ace drop toeholds to ENZIGIRI! And basement DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Ace facelocks Ospreay, turns him, NECKBREAKER! Cover, ONE!! Ospreay ROCKS Ace, ROCKS him again, and again! Ace trips Ospreay, hooks up the legs, and he turns Ospreay over to tie the legs up! MUDA LOCK! The fans rally as Ospreay endures being bent back, and he crawls forward to the ROPEBREAK!
The fans cheer while Ace lets go. Ospreay checks his neck but he is alright to continue. Ace drags Ospreay up, reels him in, but Ospreay wrenches out to SOBAT! Ospreay whips, Ace reverses, but Ospreay ducks ‘n’ dodges to RAN- NO! Ace blocks to swing Ospreay up into a fireman’s carry! Ace does a squat for the DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Ace flexes, covers, TWO! Ospreay stay sin this while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Ace is frustrated already, but he stalks Ospreay to ropes. Ace kicks Ospreay around, CLUBS him down, but Ospreay fires back. Ace bumps Ospreay off buckles, kicks and ROCKS him, then snapmares. Ace KNEES Ospreay in the back, then clamps on with a chinlock. Ospreay endures, even as Ace cranks the neck, and Ospreay fires shots from below. Ace DECKS Ospreay for it! Ospreay rises up, but Ace DECKS him again! Ospreay sits up again, so Ace BOOTS him down! Ace waits on Ospreay, then BOOTS him again! Ospreay goes to a corner, Ace CHOPS him, then reels Ospreay in for a snap suplex! Cover, TWO! Ospreay toughs it out but Ace drags him around.
Ace steps over, traps Ospreay in a headscissors, then grinds him down. Ospreay endures, even as Ace puts on the squeeze. Ospreay fights around, rises up, and Electric Chair Lifts Ace! Ace slips free to ROCK Ospreay in the back! Ace CLUBS Ospreay to a corner, then CHOKES him on the ropes! The ref counts, Ace backs off, and Ace CHOPS Ospreay! Ospreay ROCKS Ace! Ace ROCKS Ospreay! Ace KICKS the leg, CHOPS Ospreay down, then brings Ospreay back around. Ace rains down ELBOWS on Ospreay before he clamps on another chinlock. Ospreay endures as Dynamite returns to single picture, and the fans rally up.
Ospreay fires body shots, Ace puts him in the corner, but Ospreay BOOTS him away! Ospreay is on the apron, he springboards back in, PIP PIP CHEERIO! The fans fire up with Ospreay as he watches Ace rise up. Ospreay ducks a shot, atomic drops, then KNEES, ROUNDHOUSES, and STANDING SKY TWISTERS! Cover, TWO! Ace survives that quick string of moves, but Ospreay brings him back around. Ospreay wrenches, ELBOW BREAKERS, then KICKS the bad arm! And KICKS again! And again! But Ace blocks one to ROCK Ospreay! Ace whips, Ospreay handsprings, NEURALIZER KICK!
The fans fire up while Ace bails out! Ospreay has the fans shouting “OI! OI! OI!” as he takes aim. But Ace avoids the plancha! Ospreay blocks the kick, only for Ace to handstand out of the sweep! Ace avoids another sweep, but Ospreay avoids the kick! Ace avoids yet another sweep by going up and over the corner! Ace WRECKS Ospreay with a dropkick, then aims to PLANCHA after all! Down goes Ospreay and the fans fire up! Ace drags Ospreay up, but Ospreay puts him int he ring! Ace rewinds to headscissor, but Ospreay pops Ace up to SUPERKICK the arm out! Ospreay then climbs up, takes aim, and BLINDSIDE FOREARM!
The fans fire up as Ospreay springboards, OSCUTTER! Cover, TWO! Ace survives and Ospreay is stunned! Ospreay just shakes it off, goes to the corner, and takes aim. Ace slowly rises up, but he ducks the Hidden Blade to DOUBLE STOMP! Ospreay sputters, Ace falls back, and now Ace takes aim. Ace runs corner to corner to A-LIST LARIAT! Then he LARIATS again and again! Ace hoists Ospreay up top, then slips outside to ENZIGIRI! Ospreay wobbles, Ace gets space, and Ace runs up! FLIPPING RANA! The fans fire up as Ace is ready to deal the winning hand! But then Ospreay pops Ace up, and gets him in position! STYLES- NO, Ace pops free!
Ace trips Ospreay, steps through, ties up the legs, TRAILER HITCH BRIDGE! TWO!! Ospreay escapes, but Ace KNEES, KICKS, and fireman’s carries! Ace tucks Ospreay to then swing him out, AIR RAID FLATLINER! Cover, TWO!! Ospreay survives and Ace is beside himself! “This is Awesome!” as Ace stalks Ospreay to a corner. Ace ROCKS Ospreay again and again, then hoists Ospreay up top. But Ospreay fires shots in return! Ace ROCKS Ospreay, goes up, but Ospreay pushes on Ace’s arm! Then he HOTSHOTS the arm as he drops down, and he tucks Ace in! CHEEKY NAN- NO, Ace dodges! Ace RAMS low, springboards in and FLYING- LIGER BOMB!! Cover, TWO!!
The fans fire up as Ace survives again! Ospreay roars, the fans are with him, and he ROCKS Ace! Ace ROCKS Ospreay, and repeat! They go back and forth, then Ospreay KICKS! Ace fires another forearm, Ospreay kicks, then Ace CHOPS! They go back and forth again, but Ace CHOPS and ROKCS, until Ospreay fires Kawada Kicks! CHOP! Ace HEEL KICKS! Ace shakes out the bad arm, runs up, but Ospreay dodges to then ROLLING ELBOW! And HOOK KICK! Then the underhooks for the STORM- NO, Ace pops free, then goes to a corner. Ospreay runs up but Ace goes sideways! Ospreay hits buckles, Ace hits the FLYING CHUCK!
The fans fire up as Ace shuffles the deck, and runs up for the0 NO, Ospreay BACKDROPS Ace, but Ace lands on his feet! HIDDEN BLADE!! Ospreay isn’t done with just one, he aims from the corner and… Ace flops over! The fans boo but Ospreay shows no mercy. He just runs up to PENALTY KICK the bad arm! Then a FLYING ARMBAR TAKEDOWN!! Ace TAPS, Ospreay wins!!
Winner: Will Ospreay, by submission
That might’ve been Ospreay’s first win by submission ever! He signals that his neck is no longer a problem, and he shows Ace respect for that fight. Ace accepts the handshake again, and Ospreay is moving on towards Double or Nothing with a great amount of momentum. But wait! SAMOA JOE is here! He and The Opps walk out on stage, and with mic in hand, Joe says, “Ospreay, Ospreay… OSPREAY, OSPREAY!” Joe is clearly mocking the chants for Ospreay, and the fans give genuine chanting and even singing in return. Joe says he just wanted to make sure Ospreay was listening, because these past few weeks, it seemed like Ospreay had a hard time hearing him.
Despite Ospreay’s best efforts, fate has put them on a collision course in the opening round of the Owen Hart Cup. The fans like the sound of that! Joe say she is here for one reason and one reason alone. He wants to speak about choices and consequences. Ospreay could’ve made the right choice and get a bye in this tournament, because that is what Joe would do for one of his friends. But Ospreay chose poorly. He could’ve been with the team that would do nothing but support and enhance Ospreay, but he decided to be a lapdog for Moxley and the Death Riders. The fans boo, Ospreay says he’s not a Death Rider.
Joe says Ospreay has made his choice, and come Double or Nothing, Joe makes Ospreay suffer the consequences. But Joe leaves Ospreay in peace tonight, for he has his date with destiny. But unfortunately, Joe’s friends, Katsuyori Shibata & Anthony Bowens, still feel slighted, and he doesn’t put leashes on his friends. Shibata & Bowens storm down the ramp, Ospreay ready to fight them both if he has to. But then The Death Riders appear! Ospreay may not have officially joined the club, but the Death Riders aren’t going to let their investment go to waste! The Opps say they’re #NeverLacking, but that doesn’t seem to be the case now!
Shibata & Bowens back down while Moxley, Marina, Claudio, Yuta, Garcia & Pac all step up to support Ospreay. Joe says, “Soon. Soon.” The fans cheer the Death Riders, or at least Moxley, but Bowens promises Joe is gonna kill you, Ospreay! The dream match for Double or Nothing is on, but will the training with The Death Riders make Ospreay the new King of Harts?
BREAKING NEWS for next week!
If you liked last week’s THREE HOUR block of AEW, then you’ll love this next one! Portland, Maine, the last Wednesday before Double or Nothing, Dynamite & Collision are combining forces again! Three hours all on TBS and HBO Max, make sure your DVR is set accordingly!
Backstage interview with Don Callis & Konosuke Takeshita.
Renee is now with The Invisible Hand & The Alpha, saying tonight is a huge opportunity in the main event, Konosuke facing Darby Allin for THE AEW World Championship. Konosuke could be heading into Double or Nothing as a- Callis stops Renee there to say Konosuke will be heading into Double or Nothing as a DOUBLE champion! But then MJF steps in, apologizes for the interruption but says Renee’s doing a great job. The Scumbag tells Konosuke that while it’s been a minute since the two of them have talked, three years actually, back when MJF beat him… MJF has seen Konosuke develop into truly one of the best wrestlers in the world!
MJF believes that tonight, Konosuke beats Darby for the title, goes to DON to beat Okada, and MJF can’t think of a better match than Konosuke VS MJF Part 2 for the world title. How’s that sound? MJF offers a handshake, Konosuke shakes his hand, but in Japanese, Konosuke tells MJF that he’ll beat the crap out of him. Thankfully, MJF doesn’t know Japanese. Callis says that was a nice pep talk MJF just gave, and MJF says yes, he knows. That kid needs to win, okay? MJF can’t let Darby turn him into some disgusting, bald freak! No offense, Callis looks great. But look, there is only one foolproof way to know MJF won’t be put in that situation.
So if things get hairy… MJF hands over the Dynamite Diamond Ring! Callis smiles, and say she understands what to do with it. But then in steps Andrade. El Idolo takes off his hat to shake out his amazing head of hair, and smiles at MJF. MJF frowns and leaves. Callis says here’s the deal: Takeshita will bring the world title home to the Don Callis Family tonight! Andrade asks, “How you know?” Callis says aye dios mio, he seriously doesn’t know where Andrade learned English. Andrade says one way or another, the next time, that will be HIS title. Callis says yes, he knows, it’s all good. Callis is a man of many talents, but will his family be dripping with gold thanks to a diamond ring?
AEW now announces the Women’s Owen Hart Memorial Tournament brackets!
Double or Nothing will see Willow Nightingale, the reigning Queen of Harts, take on Alex Windsor, while we will see Persephone VS Hazuki, Skye Blue vs Sareee, and Mina Shirakawa VS Athena! Champions from around the world are gathering for this tournament, but who will be headed to Forbidden Door, and then All In: London?
Backstage interview with The Conglomeration.
Renee Paquette is now with Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong, and Willow Nightingale. Renee commends Cassidy on his part in the 10 Man Tag victory. But it seems that there is even more business to attend to. Cassidy says yes, the team has a shot at THE AEW World Tag Team Championships. It doesn’t matter who it is, they’re getting their shot, but the thing is… They still haven’t decided on which two will be. Kyle says Cassidy & Roddy should go for the gold, but Roddy shouts, “KYYYLE~! Thank you.” Kyle says of course. But that’s cuz he’s got gold to chase for himself!
The same man that put Kyle on the shelf for months is the man that Kyle submitted twice, and will submit again. Jon Moxley, Continental Champion, when are we doing this? Willow says speaking of gold, she is still the TBS Champion. But she is also in the Owen Hart Cup. She won this tournament before, she’ll do it all over again, so that she can have all the gold for herself at All In: London. She knows she can, and she will! Then Conglomeration has it all in order? Cassidy says hold on, there’s something missing. They should do a Word of the Day. Why haven’t they done one in so long? Roddy shouts for “MAAARK~!” And yes, Mark Briscoe returns!
The Sussex County Chicken is all fired up, and he says the Word of the day is reunification! For Mark Briscoe is back with his boys and his girls, The Conglomeration! But he’ll put this plain and simple: Tommaso Ciampa! Next Wednesday, Briscoe’s after your ass, son! You hear him? But before that, Saturday Night Collision is in HIS hometown, Salisbury, Maryland! That’s just 4.4 miles from where Briscoe originated on this earth! They’re gonna conglomerate and it’s gonna be a a hell of a time! Are you ready!? Willow and Kyle are fired up, Briscoe goes wild, and the team heads out. Cassidy admits, that was a lot of yelling.
But while The Conglomeration is ready to go Double or Nothing, will they soon have even more gold in the collection? Or are these high and lofty a little too much even for them?
Six Woman Tag: Hikaru Shida & The Brawling Birds VS The Triangle of Madness!
With the news of both the AEW Women’s World Championship Fatal 4 Way for Double or Nothing, and the Owen Hart Cup brackets, this trios match is about much more than just settling scores! Will the Shining Samurai be just as sharp as Jamie Hayter going into that title match? Or will Thekla, Skye Blue & Julia Hart continue to bring them down by any means necessary?
The trios sort out and Jamie steps up against Thekla as both a rematch from their 1v1 title match, and a preview of what’s to come in the next. They circle, but then Skye CLOBBERS Jamie! Julia steps in, but so do Shida and Windsor! The Triangle throws hands on Shida & The Birds, then triple whip. But all three reverse, a BOOT for Thekla, a DDT for Skye, and a BACKBREAKER for Julia! The fans cheer as The Triangle bails out! Shida goes out to keep after Skye while Windsor goes after Julia. Jamie gets Thekla back in the ring while Shida and Windsor have the Sisters of Sin in the corners of the barriers. The fans cheer as they all rain down fists!
Windsor, Jamie & Shida all go to nine, then wind up for TEN! The fans cheer again while Thekla sputters. Jamie snap suplexes, but Skye ROCKS Shida! Jamie stomps Thekla, Windsor SLAMS Julia off barriers, and Jamie stomps a mudhole in the corner. The ref counts, Jamie lets off, but Skye and Windsor meet while tightrope walking the barriers! Skye and Windsor trade shots, they wobble a bit, then Skye DECKS Windsor! Skye keeps from falling into the crowd, but Jamie gets her! Windsor joins in and the Birds double gorilla press, SNAKE EYES off the apron! The fans fire up, but Thekla is up top! SUPER CROSSBODY onto The Birds!
The fans fire up again and Thekla is feeling it while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Thekla stomps Windsor, CLUBS Jamie, then helps Skye. But Shida runs up, only for Thekla to ELBOW her down! The Triangle has control again, they ROCK Jamie and Shida and Windsor, then send them all to the desk. The Triangle CHOP again and again and again! Then they wind up, but feint chops to SMACK all three off the apron! The Triangle soaks up the cheers and jeers before putting Jamie back in the ring. Thekla brings Jamie up, snapmares her down, then basement SUPERKICKS! Cocky cover, TWO! Thekla drags Jamie to the corner, tags Julia, and Julia runs up to LARIAT! Then she goes side to side to ELBOW Jamie down!
Julia snapmares Jamie to a cover, TWO! Julia is annoyed but she rains down fists. The ref reprimands, Julia stops, but then she sucker punches Windsor! And Shida, too! Julia then drags Jamie over, bumps her off buckles, and tags in Skye. Skye stomps Jamie around, then digs her boot in! The ref counts, Skye stops at 4, then she brings Jamie up. Jamie fires forearms and CHOPS, but Skye THROWS Jamie down by her hair! The ref reprimands again but Skye rains down forearms. Skye snapmares Jamie, mule kicks her, then covers, TWO! Skye frowns but she stomps Jamie down. Skye tags Julia while Dynamite returns to single picture.
Skye whips Jamie into Julia’s grasp, and Skye BLASTS Shida & Windsor while Julia tags Thekla. Julia has Jamie in the TARANTULA, and Skye sends Windsor in for Thekla’s HANGING HEADSCISSORS! Skye runs up to DOUBLE SHOTGUN The Birds! The fans are torn but Thekla says that’s how the Triangle does it, baby! Thekla then aims to MISSILE- NO, Jamie gest under! Thekla lands out, but Jamie BOOTS her down! Jamie looks at Shida, Shida is hesitant, but Shida tags in! The fans cheer as Shida sends Theknla to the corner, then JUMP KNEES! Shida keeps moving, she BLASTS Skye! Julia ROCKS Shida back!
Julia storms in but Shida kicks her and whips her into Thekla! Shida KNEES them both in the corner! Then Shida puts Thekla sideways in the corner, reels Julia in, and she snap suplexes Julia into Thekla! The fans fire up as Shida then suplexes Thekla high and hard! Cover, TWO! Shida stands Thekla up, Thekla swings but Shida ROCKS her first! And ROCKS her again! Thekla wobbles, swings, but Shida catches Thekla for another forearm! Shida runs the ropes but Thekla mule kicks! Thekla SMACKS Shida, then she dodges a boot to DECK Shida! Thekla talks trash on Shida, then drags her up to tag in Julia.
Julia tags Skye, then tag back to Thekla. The Sisters of Sin hit the DOUBLE GOURD BUSTER and DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Thekla hits the bridge, and she aims for the SPIDER SPEAR! Cover, but The Birds CLOBBER The Sisters of Sin onto it! The fans fire up a Windsor DECKS Skye and Jamie HEADBUTTS Julia! The Birds drag Shida to safety, Windsor tags in, and she CLOBBERS Thekla! Windsor CLUBS away, then fires the fans up. Jamie steps in, BOOT RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP COMBO! Basement LARIAT! And then Windsor lifts! Jamie runs up, but Skye trips Jamie! The fans boo but Skye sends Jamie into steel steps!
Thekla sends Windsor into buckles! Tag to Julia before Shida runs up, TAMASHII KNEE on Thekla! Skye SUPERKICKS Shida! Jamie is back to clinch and HAYTBREAKER! Julia runs up, slips around, SOLE FOOD! Julia kips up, but Windsor is there to whip Julia to ropes! Skye tags in before the SPINEBUSTER! Skye SUPERKICKS Windsor, then brings her up! Skye hops on, CODE- NO, Windsor pops free! Skye SUPERKICKS again, but Windsor HEADBUTTS! The fans fire up as Jamie joins in again, and they DOUBLE LARIAT SANDWICH! Then they set Skye up, and Jamie says let’s try this again!
Jamie runs the ropes, but Thekla slides in, BELT SHOT on Jamie!! No question that the ref saw that! The Triangle is disqualified!
Winners: Hikaru Shida & The Brawling Birds, by disqualification
The Toxic Spider doesn’t care about this win, she just wants to do damage! Skye gets Windsor in a DRAGON SLEEPER! The ref stops Thekla from sing the title belt again, so Thekla just takes off her own belt! And she LASHES Windsor while Skye holds her down! More refs rush out here, but Julia MISTS the newbie in the face! Julia stomps away on Jamie, not caring about fines or consequences, either! The fans boo, and Shida is bailing on the Birds? Shida cares more about her chances in that Fatal 4 Way than anything else. But then Willow, Mina, and even Thunder Rosa rush out here! They chase The Triangle off with belts of their own!
The fans cheer as The Babe, the Fighting Gravure Idol & La Mera Mera save the day. But will Jamie make sure Thekla and Shida pay for this at Double or Nothing?
AEW World Championship: Darby Allin VS Konosuke Takeshita!
They say “card subject to change,” and that is true even for the best in the world. Kazuchika Okada’s real family takes priority, but his Don Callis Family brother was more than happy to step up for this opportunity. Will The Alpha already have two belts by the time he and The Rainmaker battle over the International Championship? Or will Darby truly be relentless in his pursuit of being the best fighting champion in AEW history?
The introductions are made, THE belt is raised, and we see who goes to Double or Nothing on top!
Callis joins commentary to say that while Darby’s been breaking his own body, Konosuke has perfected “rejuvenation training,” aka relaxing on a beach and sipping sake! The bell rings, and Darby SHOTGUNS Konosuke out! Then Darby DIVES, but Konosuke catches him! Konosuke POSTS Darby, then THROWS him into railing! Konosuke THROWS Darby into the ring, the fans fire up for both guys, and Konosuke hurries to BOOT Darby off the apron! Darby falls in front of commentary but Konosuke gets him right back in the ring. Cover, ONE!! The fans rally as Darby shows his grit, but Konosuke snarls.
Konosuke drags Darby up, Darby fires forearms, but the ALPHA ELBOW knocks Darby down! The fans fire up while Konosuke looms over Darby. Konosuke stands Darby up, and THROWS him into a corner! Darby bounces off the buckles and is bleeding from the mouth already! Konosuke stands Darby up, hoists him up top, then he climbs up after him. But Darby BITES Konosuke, CLUBS him down, and leaps for a CROSSBODY, but he bounces off Konosuke! The fans fire up again as Konosuke whips Darby for a BACKDROP! Darby got serious hangtime there, and he flounders out of the ring. Darby coughs and sputters but the fans rally up.
Konosuke goes out after Darby but Darby SMACKS him! Konosuke KNEES low, KNEES him again and again and again! Konosuke KNEES Darby against the barriers, then refreshes the count. Konosuke whips Darby hard into railing! Darby sputters as he leans against the railing, but Konosuke positions the steel steps. Konosuke then fetches Darby, lines up a shot, but Darby fights the suplex! Darby CLAWS Konosuke’s back, then fires a shot. Konosuke DECKS Darby in return! Darby slumps against the steps, Konosuke runs up, but Darby dodges! Konosuke’s knees hit the steps and he tumbles over! Darby then runs up the steps to SHOTGUN Konosuke down!
The fans fire up while both men are down on the floor! Konosuke checks his knee before he crawls around, and Darby gets in the ring so he can build speed! Darby DIVES! Direct hit on Konosuke but Darby’s the one who hits the desk! The fans fire up while both men are down again, but Darby rises up to get Konosuke on the apron! Darby fires forearms, then goes up a corner! COFFIN- NO, Konosuke catches him for a SUPER BLUE THUNDER BOMB to the floor!! The fans go nuts again and Callis says that’s the end of Darby Allin, but Dynamite goes picture in picture.
The ref hurries to check Darby but Callis tells Doc Sampson to call it. Darby is somehow still in this, so Konosuke storms his way over. Konosuke drags Darby up, puts him in the ring, then paces around him. Konosuke runs the ropes to LARIAT! Darby flips inside-out, Konosuke covers him, TWO!! Darby still has fight inside but he’s also dazed. Konosuke clamps onto Darby with a chinlock and squeezes tight. Darby endures, even as Konosuke leans on him with his much-taller frame. Darby reaches out, fights around, and rises up, only for Konosuke to CANADIAN RACK BOMB! Darby sputters all over again while Dynamite returns to single picture.
Konosuke sits back as he watches Darby crawl to the apron. Konosuke storms his way over, but Darby RAMS low! Slingshot sunset flip, but Konosuke rolls through! Only for Darby to kick the legs out! Darby catches Konosuke to a GUILLOTINE! Konosuke endures the squeeze, fights up to his feet, and he powers out to THROW Darby! Darby lands out, fires shots, and RAMS low! Darby then hops on, but Konosuke stops Code Red! Konosuke swings Darby around, tucks him in, BASTARD DRIVER! And WHEELBARROW GERMAN! The fans fire up and Callis says that’s true power! Darby sputters again and Konosuke vows to end this.
Konosuke runs corner to corner, HELLUVA KICK!! Then he hoists Darby up top, climbs up after him, and goes to the very top! The fans freak out already for the SUPER DUPER GERMAN SUPLEX!! Bridging cover, TWO!!! Callis is freaking out as much as the fans, and he protests the count! Konosuke is furious, but he aims for the WAGAMAMA KNEE!!! Cover, TWO?!?! Darby survives by nanoseconds, and Konosuke is beside himself! “This is Awesome!” but now CLØN rushes out here! He distracts the ref, and Callis hurries to take the Dynamite Diamond Ring off his finger to put it in Konosuke’s hands! Konosuke thinks about it, but The Alpha has honor!
The fans cheer as Konosuke wants to do this his way! But then Darby runs up, cradles, TWO!! Konosuke escapes, ALPHA ELBOW!! Darby is down, dazed, but still moving! Konosuke drags Darby up again, goes back to the corner and back to the top rope. The fans hope these two “FIGHT FOREVER!” but it has to end somehow! Darby fights against the lift with headlock punches! Then he hops on, SUPER CODE RED!! Konosuke staggers up, Darby leg scissors, steps through, LAST SUPPER!! TWO?!?! Konosuke escapes again, then bails out! So Darby just goes up top! SUPER COFFIN DROP!! Direct hit and both men are down again!
The fans are thunderous as Konosuke and Darby stir. A ring count climbs, Callis complains that some people just gotta follow directions and run the play! Coach Callis pulled Konosuke outta obscurity, Konosuke would do anything! Now he’s got some gold, some fame, and gets a mind of his own! Callis complaining aside, the ring count is climbing! Darby drags himself in at 9, but Konosuke YANKS him back out! That refreshes the count, and Konosuke vows to end this for real now. Konosuke points to the steel steps, and he drags Darby up onto them with a deadlift RAGING- NO, Darby knees Konosuke, turns things around, and FULL METAL SCORPION DEATH DROP!!!
The fans go nuts again while Konosuke writhes! Konosuke flops off the steps, Darby crawls into the ring, and Darby just climbs the corner again! SUPER DUPER COFFIN DROP!!! Konosuke might be unconscious! Darby still hauls Konosuke into the ring, pushes him to a cover, TWO?!?!? Konosuke survives and Darby is furious! But Darby just reloads, COFFIN DROP but onto knees!!! Ghost pin, TWO!!! Darby escapes but the WAGAMAMA KNEE finds him!! Konosuke hauls Darby up, but Darby pops free! Trip, step through, and SCORPION DEATH LOCK!!! Konosuke endures, reaches out, but Darby sits deep!!
Callis says don’t even think about it! Konosuke almost does, but he bites his own thumb to ignore the pain in his back! Konosuke reaches out, crawls his way forward, and he fights to the ROPEBREAK!!! But Darby is right up top! COFFION DROP on the back!! Then Darby goes right back up, COFFIN DROP again!!! Cover, DARBY WINS!!
Winner: Darby Allin, by pinfall (still AEW World Champion)
Callis is steaming, but Darby overcomes Konosuke to avenge that loss in the Continental Classic! But it also took so much out of him just to do it! Darby still asks for a mic and one is brought to him. Darby sits up against the ropes, has them cut his music, and he tells MJF to get his ass out here! There’s a contract MJF needs to sign! The ring crew hurries to bring in a table and some chairs for that very contract signing, and MJF makes his entrance. MJF reluctantly makes his way down the ramp, and both men meet at the table. Darby grins with blood still in hiss teeth, and he signs his part of the contract without hesitation, unlike MJF.
The fans already chant “BALD! BALD! BALD!” at MJF, and Darby pushes the contract to his side of the table. MJF grabs the pen, reaches out, but then steps away. MJF scratches his chin as he thinks on this, and the fans just chant, “BALD! BALD! BALD!” again. MJF takes a mic to say he’ll explain something to Darby, looking like he has rabies. But see, MJF is happy for Darby, he hopes Darby’s had fun holding MJF’s AEW World Championship. The fans boo that, but MJF says deep down, there is a small part of him, like the size of a North Carolinian p*nis small. That small part of MJF feels bad for Darby, because he’ll never hold this again!
Darby’s got about a good a chance of holding this title as Hangman Adam Page does again. MJF says guys like Darby are a dime a dozen, here today and gone tomorrow, stuntmen who burn the candle at both ends. In this life, people like all these fans here like to pretend that life is about making friends and family and children. The only thing that matters in life is your legacy. And Darby’s legacy will be that of the kid who had his 15 minutes of fame. They’ll pretend like Darby made a lasting impact, but the fact of the matter is, he hasn’t. He hasn’t! They’ll know deep down that Darby Allin was just a little pr*ck who got lucky.
They’ll know that Darby was too reckless and stupid to stay on top. And after May 24th, Double or Nothing, in that sh*thole of Queens, New York, y’know what MJF’s legacy will be? He’ll go down as the guy who became a THREE-TIME World Champion at just 30 years of age, unprecedented in this sport. And MJF will go down, when it’s all said and done, as the Greatest of All Time! THAT is the difference between them! Darby Allin brags about climbing a mountaintop. But when it comes to professional wrestling, Maxwell Jacob Friedman IS the mountaintop! The fans boo but MJF soaks it up. Darby tells MJF to SHUT UP!
Only someone like MJF who is so vain would think that the number one most important thing in this world is his legacy. Darby doesn’t care about legacy, he cares about living in the moment! And in this moment, Darby just wants MJF to sign the contract. Then at Double or Nothing, Darby makes Maxwell Jacob Friedman a BALLD HEADED B*TCH!! MJF frowns but the fans cheer that! MJF grabs the pen again, and with no choice, he signs on the dotted line! Then he TACKLES Darby! The fans boo as MJF beats up Darby after the war he went through with Konosuke! MJF CHUCKS an armchair outta the ring, FLIPS the table, then picks up his Dynamite Diamond Ring.
MJF puts the ring on his finger like always, then winds up to DECK Darby!! The fans boo but MJF just soaks it all up. MJF throws off his jacket, picks up the belt, and he stands over Darby with it. But then MJF isn’t done with Darby, he puts Darby on the top rope! MJF climbs up to join him, and drags Darby into position! But wait! Kevin Knight runs out here to chase MJF off! The Jet still owes The Scumbag a receipt, but it seems we’ll all have to wait on that. Will MJF still take back the title at Double or Nothing? Or will Darby keep the belt and take MJF’s dignity?
My Thoughts:
An awesome episode for Dynamite as things heat up towards Double or Nothing. Awesome 10 Man Tag to open, great win for the Faces, not that it added much to FTR VS C&C. Good promo from Jericho to look back on Stadium Stampede and hype up this year’s match. Good promo from The Demand with Davis and The Dogs, and I suppose this maximizes the feuds as well as the alliances throughout the locker room. Who knows who wins but the match will still be awesome, just as the original was. Good promo from Conglomeration, too, Cassidy & Roddy going after FTR while Kyle VS Moxley happens on the side, that’s great stuff.
Speaking of Moxley, great promo from him and Ospreay. Moxley’s semi-turn has really brought out his sage philosophical side. Great match from Ospreay VS Ace, and while Ospreay could always bring out his aggression, seeing him use more technical wrestling and even winning with a submission is good stuff. Good promo from Joe, and I liked Death Riders backing Ospreay up. Very good Owen Hart Cup brackets this year, Joe VS Ospreay is a great choice given this story, but I would think Ospreay wins that one. Good promo from Jack Perry to call out Davis, and I suppose Jack can win in the Owen Cup to then move on from the National title.
Great seeing Brian Cage back, he gave Knight an awesome match, but with JetSpeed wanting to go on a Two Man Power Trip, it makes sense Kevin won out. Same for Bailey beating Westbrook, even though Westbrook maybe went too hard on his own acrobatic escape. Great stuff in the Six Woman Tag, and I appreciate Shida didn’t ditch until after the match. Willow, Mina & Rosa might get their own Six Woman Tag with Triangle of Madness after that interaction, but also can’t wait to see if Willow can go back-to-back as Queen of Harts. For that matter, I personally would love to see Athena use the Owen Cup to move on from being ROH Women’s World Champion, but that depends on how Supercard of Honor goes this Friday.
And of course, another wild instant classic from Darby as he overcomes Takeshita. I knew the diamond ring would come into play with that reverse effect, good way of protecting Takeshita in the loss. Good stuff with MJF tonight, too, such as the opening segment’s parade of bald men to send the message to MJF. That was also a unique contract signing segment in that it came together so quickly after the main event match. Good stuff from MJF as always, and of course he attacks Darby. I feel like either Knight should not have made the save, or both parts of JetSpeed should’ve made the save. It just seems odd that only Knight cared about saving Darby. The closing moment was much better when it was MJF standing over Darby with the belt.
My Score: 9/10
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