AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Revolution Results & Report! (3/5/23)
He’s better than you, and you know it!
Get ready for a guaranteed ONE HOUR MAIN EVENT!
In order to prove who is truly worthy of the AEW World Championship, Bryan Danielson and MJF will battle in a ONE HOUR IRONMAN MATCH!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Zero Hour – Six Man Tag: Mark Briscoe & The Lucha Brothers w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Ari Daivari & The Varsity Athletes w/ Mark Sterling; Briscoe & The Lucha Brothers win.
- Chris Jericho VS Ricky Starks; Starks wins.
- The Final Burial: “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry VS Christian Cage; Jungle Boy wins.
- AEW World Trios Championships: The Elite VS The House of Black; The House of Black wins and become the new AEW World Trios Champions.
- AEW Women’s World Championship Triple Threat: Jamie Hayter VS Saraya VS Ruby Soho; Hayter wins and retains the title.
- Texas Death Match: Jon Moxley VS Hangman Page; Hangman wins.
- AEW TNT Championship: Samoa Joe VS Wardlow; Wardlow wins and becomes the new AEW TNT Champion.
- AEW World Tag Team Championships Fatal 4 Way: The Gunns VS The Acclaimed VS Team Triple J VS #OrangeHausen; The Gunns win and retain the titles.
- AEW World Championship One Hour Ironman Match: MJF VS Bryan Danielson; MJF wins and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
Renee Paquette & RJ City host the Zero Hour!
The Revolution Red Carpet is ready, so get ready for all the hard-hitting questions and deep analytics of tonight’s card.
Renee interviews Don Callis.
Don says he’s doing great, but he’s worried for Hangman Page. Hangman was a friend of The Elite way back when, and he’s going up against Jon Moxley. Callis says Moxley is essentially a sociopath, and he knows because he’s one, too. No compassion, no capacity for human kindness, and then add that Moxley is a bloodthirsty lunatic, and there’s some real concern for Hangman’s well-being. Renee says a lot of people undervalue Moxley as a technician. Renee as his wife, she sees the hours Moxley puts in training with Josh Barnett. To see the work he puts in to be the man he is in that ring, Moxley deserves some credit.
But given the fact this is a Texas Death Match, Renee asks how Callis expects this to go. Callis says Hangman has something to prove, but this is perfect for Moxley. This is the type of wrestling he likes to do, and it’s simply known as “fighting.” Hangman has to prepare himself mentally because Moxley’s going to take him to places he’s never been to before. Renee agrees, and the “real problem” is that Moxley would do this kind of thing for free, like it’s a hobby. Callis says that’s because Moxley is sick and twisted.
Then final answer: who wins? And will this end it for them? Callis says that this is a situation where five years from now, these two will face off again and something horrible will happen. He just hopes for a definitive winner here tonight to put an end to it, because it has been so violent, even Callis is shocked. Renee agrees there, too, because it has been hard to watch as Moxley’s wife the level of these matches.
Now to another match Callis will surely be watching, The Elite VS The House of Black. How do you prepare for a group like the House of Black? Callis says this is the kind of challenge The Elite has never had before, because there is no way to prepare. Just when you think you’ve got them figured out, the House throws out something else. But think of it like this: The Bucks are the greatest tag team of all time; Kenny Omega is the God of Pro-Wrestling! You can’t get better than that. But Callis is concerned by the things the House will do in a match like this.
Renee asks his take on the House wanting to “clean the slate” for what The Elite has paved? The House seems to think that AEW should be about what they’re about, and want to put this company on their shoulders. Does Callis think they’re worthy of that? Callis says that at the end of the day, the House of Black is very scary but also are all phenomenal wrestlers. They’ve got power, athleticism. Looking at that and taking away the other stuff, they match up very well against The Elite. It is always a challenge to defend the titles, and that is what happens tonight. Then should Renee even ask who wins?
Callis says that he prays to one god, the wrestling god, Kenny Omega. Callis has faith in Kenny Omega. Renee says amen to that, and cues up commentary, we’re about to have in-ring action!
Six Man Tag: Mark Briscoe & The Lucha Brothers w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Ari Daivari & The Varsity Athletes w/ Mark Sterling!
The South Sussex Chicken respects Rey Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo as fighting brothers holding it down, and is looking to help them take down some common enemies. Will Mark and the Lucha Bros make Sterling’s stable #ReachForTheSky?
The trios sort out and fans already chant “CERO! MIEDO!” as Penta starts against the Premiere Athlete, Tony Nese. They circle, Woods and Penta talk some smack, then Penta and Nese knuckle lock. Nese breaks and backs off, which fans boo, because Nese wants to flex. Penta has everyone hold on, and he wants Nese to listen. “CERO! MIEDO!” And he pie faces Nese! Woods & Daivari get in but so do Mark and Fenix! The six men stare down, and then the brawl is on! Fans fire up, Mark and Fenix get Woods and Daivari out of the ring, then Mark AX HANDLES Daivari! Fenix whips Woods into barriers!
Nese has Penta in a corner, whips corner to corner, but runs into a SUPERKICK! Fenix springboards to CROSSBODY! Mark adds a BOOT! “CERO! MIEDO!” and Fenix and Mark run. Mark WRECKS Daivari with a dropkick, Fenix WRECKS Woods! Fenix then sets Woods up for Mark’s FLYING BLOCKBUSTER! Penta catches Nese’s haymaker into a half nelson, pump handle, MADE IN JAPAN! Cover, TWO!! Nese survives and Penta is surprised, but he calls to his team. Penta reels Nese in, but Sterling gets on the apron. Fans boo and Penta stares Sterling down. Penta TOSSES Sterling into the ring!
Penta has Sterling up, he calls to his team, but Daivari attacks from behind! Daivari stomps Penta, Nese drags him up and bumps him off buckles. Nese mocks Cero Miedo by saying, “SEIS MUSCLES!” Tag to Woods, the Varsity Athletes mug Penta, then they double whip him hard into the corner. Fans rally with “CERO! MIEDO!” but Woods mocks it before he suplexes high and hard! Cover, TWO! Woods drags Penta over, tags Daivari, and they mug Penta. Daivari throws hands, the fans boo, and the ref reprimands the closed fists. Daivari tags Nese, they drag Penta up and double suplex. They hold Penta up, and then SLAM him down! Nese covers, TWO!
Nese throws down hands, then he taunts Fenix to reach out. Nese stomps Penta, drags him up and wrenches, then tags Daivari. Fans rally but Daivari and Nese mug Penta. Daivari ROCKS Penta with a right, then another! Penta turns things around to CHOP! Daivari kicks low, CHOPS again, then he turns Penta to a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Tag to Woods, he and Daivari mug Penta, then Woods bumps Penta off buckles. Tag to Nese, he stomps Penta, then tags Daivari. Daivari and Nese mug Penta and fans boo, but then Nese tags Woods. Daivari & Nese double whip but Penta KICKS Daivari! SUPERKICK for Nese!
Woods runs in but Penta jabs, then wheelbarrows and rolls, DOUBLE DDTS for Daivari & Nese! Woods ROCKS Penta, whips him, but Penta ducks ‘n’ dodges to SLINGBLADE! Fans fire up while all four men are down! Hot tag to Fenix! The Warbird dodges Daivari to ROLLING SOBAT! Fenix BOOTS Nese, knuckle locks and CHOPS, then goes up and up and jumps around to FLYING ARM-DRAG! Woods BOOTS Fenix, but then Fenix BOOTS and KICKS and SUPERKICKS in return! Woods wobbles, Fenix goes up and up and TORNILLO into a KNEE! Woods drags Fenix up, to ANARCHY into the corner!! Woods drags Fenix into a cover, but Penta breaks it with DOUBLE STOMPS!
Fans fire up while Fenix and Woods are both down. Fenix and Woods crawl, Woods tags in Nese. Nese puts Fenix in a corner, throws body shots and hoists him up top. Nese climbs up after Fenix, fireman’s carries, but Fenix fights free! Fenix adjusts, and SUPER STEINERS Nese! A rough landing for both men, and hot tag to Briscoe and Woods! REDNECK-FU is unleashed on Woods and Daivari! Briscoe CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS Woods, then he fires off palm strikes on Daivari! Woods waistlocks but Mark breaks free to PELE! Fans are thunderous, Briscoe turns around but into a kick. Daivari whips Briscoe but he uses that to BOOT Nese!
Fans fire up more, Mark and Daivari both run, SHOTGUN BOOT for Daivari! Mark turns Daivari for the NECKBREAKER! Nese drags Daivari out to safety, but the Lucha Brothers DOUBLE PLANCHA! Down go the Varsity Athletes and Daivari! Briscoe has a chair, sets it up, and uses it to launch and FLY! Direct hit back on the Varsity Athletes! Fans are thunderous as Briscoe puts Daivari back in. Briscoe goes up top, but Nese trips him up! Fans boo and the ref reprimands but Daivari tags Nese in. Nese goes right up after Briscoe, but Briscoe CHOPS, CHOPS and SLAPS Nese down!
Woods and Daivari both go after Briscoe now, but then the Lucha Brothers KICK and CLUB them in return! The Lucha Brothers grab Daivari and Woods, they still have Briscoe, TOWER OF DOOM!! Fans go nuts over the double powerbomb superplex, but Nese is up top! PREMIER 450!! Cover, the Lucha Brothers break it!! Fans are thunderous, “This is Awesome!” as all six men are down. Nese drags Briscoe up, tags Daivari, and Daivari hammerlocks Briscoe, only for Fenix to DROPKICK him! Nese DECKS Fenix! Penta SUPERKICKS Nese! Woods DECKS Penta! Briscoe kicks Woods and reels him in!
But Sterling distracts again! Daivari runs in to CRACK Briscoe with Sterling’s clipboard!! Woods wrenches and torture racks, coordinates with Nese, ONE R M!! The Varsity Athletes intercept the Lucha Brothers while Daivari covers, TWO!??! Briscoe survives and shocks everyone! Daivari is furious, the Varsity Athletes kick the Lucha Brothers out, then bring Briscoe up. They feed Briscoe to Daivari, but then the Lucha Brothers drag the Varsity Athletes out! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS to Daivari! SUPERKICK for Woods! Nese whips Fenix, Fenix tiger feint rewinds, HEEL KICK! Penta gets Nese in a Gory Especial!
Fenix brings Nese around and feeds him to Penta, they work together, LB DRIVER GORY BOMB COMBO!! Briscoe goes up top, Fenix sets Daivari in the drop zone, FROGGY BOW!! Cover, Briscoes & Lucha Brothers win!
Winners: Mark Briscoe & The Lucha Brothers, by pinfall
#DemNinos did the dang thing, and then Alex grabs Sterling! Alex feeds Sterling to Penta! Fans fire up, “CERO! MIEDO!” FEAR FACTOR! The Zero Hour just set the tone for the whole night, will this be a wild night until the very end?
RJ City interviews the Jericho Appreciation Society.
Daniel Garcia, Matthew Menard & Angelo Parker are on the red carpet and RJ says the JAS is banned from ringside for Jericho VS Starks. What’re they gonna do since they can’t be out there? Daddy Magic tells RJ to check his nipples. W-What? Tell Menard how Menard’s nipples feel!! Uh, ok… RJ checks. “They’re not hard at all.” “Yeah, you like that, don’tcha? You pervert. They’re not hard, because we ARE banned from ringside! But lucky you, Ricky Starks, because you do NOT wanna be in the mud with three pigs like us, I’ll tell you right now.” Why not? Menard answers that question with a question: Why does RJ’s breath smell like dog crap?
RJ checks, and then covers his mouth. He says Parker looks frazzled, how is Cool Hand Ange feeling? Oh, frazzled, huh? FRAZZLED ISN’T THE WORD FOR IT!! Since this morning, Parker hasn’t felt like himself. And no matter what he’s tried, but he can’t make it right! Because he’s banned from ringside? No! His hair! It’s all out of place! Even his HAIR is upset about this! RJ understands. So, Daniel Garcia, what’re you wearing? Valuer? It’s soft, huh? But still not as soft as Ricky Starks! Chris Jericho has this match in the bag tonight. And afterward, the JAS will have the celebration… of a lifetime!
Menard gives RJ a kiss on the cheek, he’s that fired up! HEY HEY HEY HEY! Jericho joins in, too!! RJ says it’s a party, back to Renee! Renee simply lets us know all the ways to watch Revolution, and then we’re right back to RJ.
RJ City interviews Toni Storm.
RJ is with the Lightning From Down Under, who’s dear friend, Saraya, is vying for the AEW Women’s World Championship against Jamie Hayter and Ruby Soho. RJ says Saraya never leaves home without a plan, so can Toni tell us that strategy? Their strategy? Do you think they’d just tell that here and now? Do you think they’re stupid? N-no, he just wanted to get some dirt. Well, no, that’s not happening. Ok, then let’s talk fashion. Where’d Toni get this great jacket? Yeah, she’s not sharing that, either. Well, okay. Then, if Saraya does win, she’ll be champion, and Toni is a former champion surely wanting to be champion again, will Toni challenge her dear friend?
Toni says that she and Saraya are so close as friends, Saraya might just give Toni the title if she asked for it. That’s the bond they have. Yes, they’re both drama free and amicable, totally. #sarcasm But one thing RJ has wanted to say, he really likes that move she does where she runs, and she hits her target with her bum. RJ’s been calling it Sweet Cheek Music, will she make that official? Toni says that’s the smartest thing he’s said all day. Of course she will. Then there it is! And are Toni and Saraya still doing that spray paint thing? She brings out a can right now! Oh, not here, no, this is a new jacket. He will take the L internally. Toni sprays him on the side… RJ sends it back to Renee.
Renee interviews Britt Baker.
Fans cheer for the DMD, and Renee asks The Doctor how she’s feeling. Britt says we all know which side the fans are on, “the good guys,” the Originals. There is so much on the line. This isn’t just about winning or losing a title, this is about respect. Britt & Hayter don’t care where you’ve been, what channel you were on, what network, what time slot. Right now, you’re in HER house, AEW, and the last thing you will do is disrespect her. When Britt was champion, like her or not, she brought legitimacy to the title and the division. She made everyone pay attention.
And now, Hayter, “the best women’s wrestler in the world,” is holding the belt. There were some “duds” between then and now, but things are back on track. Renee wants Britt to tell us about Hayter as a champion. Everyone loves Hayter, Britt knows her so well, so what does Hayter represent? “Jamie Hayter is exactly what you see. She hits hard, that’s all she cares about. Professional wrestling, she lives it, she breathes it. All she wants to do is get in there and hurt her opponents.” And Hayter & Britt don’t mess with someone until someone messes with them. Once you cross that line, it’s over for you. Britt never wants to be on the other side of Hayter, she is the hardest hitting woman in pro-wrestling.
Then to Saraya and Storm. We’ve seen this new side of them, what does Britt think about this change? Britt thinks those two are confused and frustrated because at the end of the day, people just don’t give a damn what they have to say. People care about AEW and what they’re doing now. If you’re not getting on board, then they don’t care what you do or say. Renee says the Triple Threat is just part of a huge card, what other matches is Britt looking forward to? She knows a lot of us are gonna watch that main event, MJF VS Bryan Danielson. And Britt hopes and prays that we are DONE with the 30 minute MJF promos!
Does Britt think MJF can even last the 60 minutes? We know who Bryan Danielson is as a wrestler, as a technician, but there’s a question mark with MJF. Britt does feel people underestimate MJF as a wrestler, but he’s also an evil genius. Even if he can’t last 60 minutes, he’ll find a way with all the tricks up his sleeve.
Renee now asks about AEW All Access. Camera crews stuck to her and Adam Cole for weeks on end, what can we expect? She is not in the editing room, she’s not sure what will make the cut, but she let it all fly so she hopes everyone will enjoy seeing it because it will surely answer a lot of the fans’ questions. Renee thanks Britt for her time, will the Pillar be proven right when the Killer gets in the ring with Saraya and Ruby?
RJ City interviews “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs.
The Face of the Revolution is on the red carpet with his brass ring, and RJ asks how it feels to be home. “It feels great. That’s beside the point.” Right, right, there’s lots to talk about. RJ feels the literal weight of Hobbs’ hand on his shoulder. Hobbs won the Face of the Revolution ladder match, climbing all the way up, he grabbed the brass ring, and he stood there for a very long time. Was he frightened? Is RJ afraid? Yes, he’s not afraid to say he’s afraid. But see, next Wednesday on Dynamite, Hobbs will challenge for the TNT Championship against whoever wins here tonight between Samoa Joe and Wardlow. Does Hobbs have a preference?
Hobbs says that this Wednesday, we open up the Book of Hobbs, and we see if he has a preference. Can RJ see it now? See what? See the ring. Hobbs holds it up. It’s big, huh? Yeah, way bigger in person. Can RJ touch it? No. Okay. RJ then asks that Hobbs has been on a roll ever since starting the book. Can RJ read it? Hobbs says RJ asks a lot of questions. Does he wanna be in the book? No, thanks. Unless it’s good to be in the book? It’s not. Okay, RJ figured as much. RJ will just read the blurbs. The Face of the Revolution is ready, will his next chapter be the best one yet?
Renee interviews Sonjay Dutt.
The man with the pencil hears boos. Fans boo more and Sonjay says he’d love it if all these people here would show him some respect in front of his family. They still boo. Sonjay tells Renee to ask questions. Then let’s talk the AEW World Tag Team Championship Fatal 4 Way: The Gunns VS The Acclaimed VS #OrangeHausen VS Team Triple J. How do they prepare for such a match? First off, Sonjay says it is a guarantee that Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett will be the NEW AEW World Tag Team Champions! Fans boo more, he knew they would. But he knows that is their worst nightmare, but mark this day down: it happens.
And that’s a nice suit, Renee. He’s not getting compliments? Well, he has a kickass PPV suit. This isn’t even what he’s gonna wear? No! He’ll come out in a new outfit, fans better put him over. They still boo. Okay, who is the biggest threat to Triple J in this match? The biggest threat to Jarrett & Lethal are the “delusional AEW fanbase,” as Jarrett calls them. That is the biggest threat. Then what about the lack of respect the people have for the champions, Austin & Colten? Sonjay wants to talk the lack of respect for him! Who cares about the Gunns? Fans continue to boo, and Sonjay says that the Gunns and Triple J made a pact going into the Fatal 4. It’ll all be hunky-dory in the ring.
Then what can fans expect from the match? This card is so insane, but what exactly will go down in this Fatal 4 Tag? Sonjay says he’ll look awesome in his suit and pencil. And Satnam Singh will be dapper, too. And the last thing you need to expect, the guaranteed win for Triple J. They’ll get the hell outta San Francisco with the tag titles! That gold will be added to the Golden Globe that Sonjay took from Paul Walter Hauser! Well, then hopefully there are no tomatoes to throw at Sonjay. Renee thanks Sonjay for his time and Sonjay says it’s no thanks to the fans.
Tony Schiavone is on stage.
He says it is great for AEW to be in San Francisco, and look what we have here. Tonight, this casket, this shovel and this dirt, the FINAL BURIAL, “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry VS Christian Cage. Have we had enough of Christian Cage? The fans booing confirms that. JB said it on Dynamite and Rampage, and will show us tonight, that they will battle, and one person gets locked in the casket, and then buried. The Final Burial between these two, who will finish this grudge once and for all? Also, Sonjay’s suit sucks!
RJ City interviews Adam Cole.
RJ has the Undisputed on the red carpet, and he has to say, it is so nice to be here in the bay. Oh, okay, Cole gets it. RJ can finish it since Cole knows his own catchphrase. No, RJ doesn’t wanna do it. But as we know, March 29th, AEW All Access premieres on TBS right after Dynamite. But what did it feel like to have the camera following him around all the time for nine months? Well, it was nerve-wracking but also really exciting. It was perhaps the most challenging time in Cole’s life, and you will hear from him, his family, his friends, and Cole feels the fans deserve to see what he went through.
Did the cameras see him in the bathroom? Well, you’ll just have to tune in for that one, boys and girls. Good hook. And Cole smells fantastic, what is he wearing? First off, don’t ever smell him. Secondly, don’t ever bring it up. Right, got it. But then, also on March 29th, on that Dynamite, Adam Cole makes his wrestling return! Is he ready? He has never been more ready! San Francisco, are you ready? The fans cheer! Then who is his opponent? Oh, well, RJ, if anyone deserves to know that, it’s NOT you. But what about the people? Don’t the people deserve to know?
Here is all anyone needs to know: “Someone on the AEW roster is gonna get the best damn pro-wrestler on the planet. You are gonna get a man who is gonna RUN AEW and take it to places it has never been before. A man who refuses to let anyone or anything stand in his way of becoming THE! VERY! BEST! AEW has ever seen. And his name… ADAM COLE, BAYBAY!!”
Chris Jericho VS Ricky Starks!
While The Ocho has already faced The Absolute and lost, he went after Starks so viciously that Starks felt compelled to get a rematch. And now, to prove Jericho really can win against Starks, it will be JUST Jericho! With no Jericho Appreciation Society ringside, will the Wizard get even with Starks? Or will Jericho be absolutely stunned with another loss?
The bell rings and fans are already fired up for “RICKY! RICKY!” Starks and Jericho talk some trash, then they start throwing hands! Fans fire up more as Starks gets the edge and bumps Jericho off buckles! Then off more buckles! Starks CHOPS and CHOPS and bumps Jericho off more buckles! Starks fires off fast hands, the ref reprimands and backs Starks off, and Starks eggs Jericho on. Jericho gets up to CHOP, and CHOP, and CHOP! Jericho whips, Starks reverses and runs Jericho over! Starks strikes his pose and fans fire up again. Jericho bails out, but Starks builds speed to DIVE! Direct hit and Jericho hits barriers!
Starks drags Jericho back up, whips him into more barriers, and then Starks air guitars. Fans rally behind him as he puts Jericho back in, but Jericho KICKS Starks as he gets in. Jericho CHOPS Starks in a corner, CHOPS him again, then whips corner to corner hard! Starks falls to the mat and Jericho soaks up the heat. Jericho flips the fans off and they boo more. Jericho goes back to Starks, brings him up, but Starks throws body shots. Starks fires off, runs, but into a cross chop! LIONSAULT FLOPS as Starks moves! Starks runs up to CHOP again! Starks whips, but Jericho blocks back drop to suplex! Jericho hangs Starks out to dry! Then runs to BLAST Starks to the barriers!
Fans boo but Jericho just soaks it all up. Starks clutches his ribs, which are already taped up. Jericho blows kisses to the fans, then flips them off! Jericho goes out after Starks, RAMS him into barriers, then brings Starks around into the ring. Fans duel, “Let’s Go, Ricky!” “Y 2 J!” Jericho stalks Starks to a corner, ROCKS him right haymakers, then sits him down to dig his boot in. The ref counts, Jericho lets off and he soaks up more heat. Jericho goes back for Starks but Starks throws hands and CHOPS! Starks whips, Jericho reverses to wrench and knee low! Jericho underhooks, lifts, TIGER BACKBREAKER!
Starks writhes and Jericho blows another kiss to the camera. Fans boo, Jericho stalks Starks again, and Jericho slaps Starks around. Starks snarls as Jericho slaps him more. Starks stands, Jericho talks trash, but Starks SLAPS back! And again! And then fires off haymakers! Starks has Jericho in a corner, elbows him, then whips him corner to corner. Jericho reverses, Starks tumbles up but gets caught in the corner. Starks manages to go to the apron, but Jericho triangle jumps to DROPKICK! Starks falls and fans are torn between cheers and jeers. Jericho runs to baseball slide dropkick Starks to the floor!
Jericho pretends he can’t hear the fans as they boo, then goes out after Starks. Jericho brings Starks up, CLUBS him right where the rib tape is, then he pushes Starks in. Fans rally again, Starks drags himself to a corner, and Jericho brings Starks up. Jericho CLUBS Starks, clinches and wraps on an abdominal stretch! Jericho CLUBS the bad ribs, taunts Starks, then CLUBS the ribs again! Starks endures, throws hands from below and gets free! Starks throws more hands, whips, but Jericho reverses. Starks CLOBBERS Jericho! Jericho comes back, swings, but Starks dodges to TORNADO DDT! Cover, TWO!
Starks grits his teeth, the ribs making it harder to bring. But he still goes to a corner and climbs up. Fans rally, Starks reaches the top, but Jericho trips him up! Jericho CHOPS, climbs up, then brings Starks up. Starks throws body shots to resist! Then he SUPER GOURD BUSTERS Jericho! Starks adjusts, leaps, but Jericho KNEES him in the ribs! Jericho hurries to fireman’s carry, to DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Starks survives, he doesn’t need an attitude adjustment. Jericho drags Starks up to CHOP him! Jericho whips Starks to a corner and Starks hits buckles chest first! Starks staggers, but he blocks the Code Breaker!
Fans fire up as Starks hits a POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO!! Jericho survives but Starks kicks and stomps him! Starks drags Jericho up, reels him back in, and says this is it! Canadian Rack, but Jericho slips free! Jericho ducks ‘n’ dodges, Starks hurdles, SPEAR into CODE BREAKER!! Jericho crawls to the cover, TWO!!! Starks survives and no one can believe it! Fans rally up, Jericho drags himself up and then goes after Starks. Jericho throws a forearm, but Starks throws it back. Jericho throws another, Starks gives it back, then Jericho SLAPS! Starks SLAPS, SLAPS, fires palm strikes, but Jericho ROCKS Starks!
Jericho whips, Starks reverses then sends Jericho out. Jericho goes right up the corner, but Starks avoids the ax handle! TO SPEAR!!! Cover, TWO!!! Jericho survives and Starks is beside himself! Starks sits Jericho up but Jericho grabs at Starks. They go forehead to forehead, and then they start throwing hands! Fans duel again, Starks gets the edge, but Jericho hits the ribs! Jericho storms up to kick Starks, then runs, but into a SUPERKICK! Starks fires up and the fans are with him! Starks goes up, LIONSAULT, but Jericho moves! Starks lands on his feet, Jericho trips him! WALLS OF JERICHO!!
Fans are thunderous as Starks endures! Jericho sits deep, both men are red as they put their all into this, but Starks slips through! Starks throws hands, sits up, and he has Jericho’s leg! HALF CRAB! Fans fire up as Jericho endures now, and Jericho crawls. But wait, Sammy Guevara is here? This is in violation of the ringside ban! But ACTION ANDRETTI CLOBBERS Sammy!! Fans are thunderous as Action keeps the Spanish God from interfering, but Jericho still grabs Floyd the Baseball Bat! Starks sees what’s going on with Sammy and Action, he lets Jericho go, and Jericho JAMS Starks with Floyd!!
Fans boo but Jericho gets away with it! Starks staggers up, Jericho aims, JUDAS- NO!! Starks blocks, then fires off haymakers on Jericho! Starks spins Jericho around, CLUBS him down, and BOOTS him! Jericho wobbles but Starks keeps him up to hook those arms! Canadian Rack, ROSHAMBEAUX!!! Cover, Starks wins again!!
Winner: Ricky Starks, by pinfall
An Absolute sweep! Starks is 2-0 against Jericho, putting him in rarified air in AEW! Will this mean Starks is moving on to bigger and better for the Spring?
The Final Burial: “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry VS Christian Cage!
A bond of student and mentor became a bitter rivalry when Captain Charisma betrayed his young ward simply over losing titles. But will Christian survive the repercussions of his actions? Or will he be buried alive by the young man he left for dead?
The bell rings and the two rush in and fire off hands! JB TACKLES Christian, rains down fists, but Christian shoves him away. Christian bails out, JB storms over, but Christian trips him! Christian has the legs, but JB YANKS him into the POST! JB then goes out to CHOP Christian, fire off more hands, but Christian knees low. Christian CLUBS JB, CHOPS him, then whips him at the apron. JB tiger feints to BOOT Christian! JB then gets in the ring, builds speed, but Christian runs into the crowd! JB pursues and fans fire up! They go up the stairs into the upper deck and JB fires off! Christian hits back, throws hands, and talks some trash.
JB CHOPS Christian, CHOPS him again, then ROCKS him with a haymaker. JB has Christian going down the stairs, and then pours someone’s beer on him! Fans fire up and Christian tumbles back to ground level. JB throws more hands, CHOPS him, then pushes him back to ringside. JB TOSSES Christian up and over the barriers, then high-fives the fans. JB stalks Christian around the way, Christian goes up the ramp, but then he realizes that’s where the coffin awaits! JB fireman’s carries but Christian fights free! JB trips Christian but Christian boots JB away! JB CLUBS Christian, but Christian still runs for it!
JB chases Christian back into the ring, stomps him down, then bumps him off buckles. JB CHOPS Christian, then BITES Christian’s forehead! Fans fire up and JB climbs up to rain down fists! Fans count all the way to “OCHO,” but Christian slips free to throw JB by his hair! Fans boo but Christian blows a kiss to the Perry family at ringside. Christian rains down fists on JB, digs his forearms into JB’s face, and taunts JB as he lets off. Fans boo and chant “CHRISTIAN SUCKS!” but he just soaks it all up. Christian stands on JB’s face, raises his fist, but JB pushes him away. Christian stands on JB’s hair and pulls on the arms! JB can only endure!
Christian thrashes JB around, then finally lets off his normally illegal hold. Christian then puts JB on the ropes, says JB is a loser who will never have “it,” and this is his good-bye. Fans jeer, “F YOU, CHRISTIAN!” but Christian stands on JB at the ropes! Then he slingshots over to UPPER- NO, JB dodges and WRECKS Christian! And then DIVES to send Christian right into barriers! JB whips Christian into more barriers! And then whips him into steel steps! JB HEADBUTTS Christian, then dribbles his head against steel! Fans fire up as JB drags the steps around. “F him up, Jungle Boy, F him up!”
JB puts Christian on the steps, and holds out that repaired arm! JB stands on the arm, but Christian gets his arm out of the way of the stomps! Christian trips JB and JB lands hard on those steps! Christian glares through the blood coming out of his busted eyebrow, but fans boo him as he looms over JB. Christian takes JB’s own belt off him, and fans boo as Christian LASHES JB with it! JB flounders, Christians LASHES him again, and again! Right in front of his family! Christian LASHES JB more and more, chases him up the ramp as he does, and they head for the stage and the casket! One more LASH and JB falls to his knees!
Christian CHOKES JB with the belt! Fans boo but JB is fading! Christian lets off, then he goes to the casket. Christian opens it and there are CHAIRS inside?! Christian must’ve planted those himself! Christian turns around, and JB ROCKS him! JB throws hands, Christian wobbles, but Christian elbows in return. JB fireman’s carries! Christian fights free, scoops, but JB slips free! JB kicks low, reels Christian in, and he gets Christian up, but Christian fights it! Christian back drops JB away! Christian sits a chair up, he brings JB up and over, and he chicken wings the arms! Christian turns JB, but JB shoves Christian OFF THE STAGE!
Christian flounders up, JB FLIES! Direct hit with that senton! The family and the fans are all thunderous for Jack Perry! JB drags Christian up, puts him back on the stage, and stalks him back towards the chairs. Christian wants mercy but JB takes the chair in hand. Christian crawls, JB aims, but Christian LOW BLOWS! Christian smirks as he gets the better of JB’s integrity again. Christian closes the casket, to SMACK JB’s face off the lid! And then again! And again! And again! Christian then opens the casket again, and he pushes JB in! Fans boo, but Christian blows a kiss good bye. But JB blocks the lid!!
Fans fire up but Christian throws down hands! Christian CHOKES JB, but JB still holds the lid back! JB powers up and he ROCKS Christian with haymakers! Christian flounders away, JB hurries after him! JB gets a leg, but Christian throws dirt into JB’s eyes!! Christian then drags JB up, chicken wings and turns him, KILLSWITCH to the stage!! Christian isn’t done there, either! He puts a chair under JB’s head! Christian grabs the other, but JB dodges the Con-Chair-To! JB has the shovel! He SMACKS the chair out of Christian’s hands! But Christian TACKLES JB! Christian pushes the shovel down, trying to choke JB!
JB digs a hand into Christian’s bloody eyebrow! Christian falls over, JB has him now, and JB CHOKES Christian with the shovel! But Christian CLAWS JB’s face! Fans boo as JB falls over now, and Christian has the shovel! Christian aims, but JB ducks the swing! JB trips Christian into the SNARE TRAP!! JB puts the shovel’s wood handle into Christian’s mouth!! Christian fades out quick! JB lets Christian go, throws the shovel aside, and he puts Christian’s head on a chair! Fans chant “CON-CHAIR-TO!” and that’s what JB is thinking. JB has the other chair, he stands over Christian, and he snarls, CON-CHAIR-TO!!!!
Fans lose their minds and that chair is even BENT! JB is still conflicted over going that far, but he shoves Christian into the casket. JB kisses Christian good-bye, and then slams the lid shut! The casket falls into the hole, Jungle Boy wins!!
Winner: “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry
Jack Perry had to go to a dark place to finally get past the past. Will JB now move on towards the light of singles gold in AEW?
AEW World Trios Championships: The Elite VS The House of Black!
Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks defeated Death Triangle in the Best of 7. They went 2-0 in back-to-back battles with AR Fox & Top Flight. But now, one of the most dangerous trios in AEW, and perhaps in all of wrestling, are coming for gold. Will Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews tear down what The Elite has built? Or can Omega & The Bucks carry on after tearing down The House?
The introductions are made, the trios belts are raised, and a battle of light and dark begins!
The trios sort out and Don Callis joins commentary. Omega starts against Buddy, and while Omega talks strategy with the Bucks, Buddy just stares straight ahead. Buddy and Omega circle, tie up, and Buddy waistlocks. Omega switches, Buddy switches, Omega switches back, but Buddy wrenches to YANK the arm. And YANK, and YANKS! Buddy grinds the arm, wrenches again, but Omega flips, kips and wrenches back. Omega slips through to back drop Buddy into a top wristlock! Buddy kips up, pulls hair, whips Omega away, and they RAM shoulders. Buddy shoves Omega so Omega shoves back.
Buddy kicks low, headlocks for a takeover, but Omega headscissors. Buddy kips free, roles reverse as Omega headlocks for a takeover but Buddy headscissors and now Omega kips free. Omega blocks Buddy’s V-Trigger but Buddy dodges the OG V-Trigger, and the two stand off. Fans cheer and both Buddy and Omega smirk. Buddy backs off, and Malakai tags in. Fans fire up seeing this dream showdown, and Omega says he’ll take this. Omega and Malakai circle, “This is Awesome!” already. Malakai and Omega feel things out, tie up, and Malakai kicks Omega low. Omega shakes that off, they go again, and Omega blocks a kick this time.
The two circle, tie up, Omega wrenches and wristlocks but Malakai stands. Malakai spins, throws and runs in, but Omega BOOTS him! Omega goes up and over, arm-drags Malakai, then runs, but into an arm-drag! Malakai has a top wristlock but Omega chinbars in return. Fans rally, the two stand up, and Malakai trips Omega. Omega stands up, blocks a boot, but then narrowly avoid the roundhouse! Omega gets around and full nelsons but Malakai fights free. So Omega Electric Chair Lifts! Malakai fights free of that, and Omega ducks the Black Mass!! Malakai sits down cross-legged and fans are thunderous!
Omega applauds, he says that was good. Omega and Malakai both stand, fans rally for “A E DUB!” and Matt Jackson tags in. Matt is calling out big bad Brody?! Malakai obliges and tags Brody in. Brody steps up to Matt and dares him to do something. Matt sees he may have gotten in over his head, so he turns to the corner. Nick backs away!? Matt also seems to understand that’s fair. Brody throws Matt to a corner! Brody rushes in but Matt dodges, only for Brody to catch him and throw him back to the corner! Matt ducks the chop, tags Nick, and then dodges again. The Bucks DOUBLE DROPKICK, but Brody comes back to DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLE them!
Omega runs in, but Brody runs Omega over, too! The Elite regroups outside, the House of Black regroup inside. The House all builds speed, but The Elite slide right in! The six stare down at the center and fans fire up! The ref wants this to go back to 1v1, but the brawl is on! Omega throws hands with Brody, Matt throws hands with Buddy, and Nick throws hands with Malakai! Buddy bumps Matt off buckles, Malakai ROCKS Nick and Brody knees Omega low. Brody throws Omega out while Buddy keeps on Matt. Nick throws Malakai out to then PENALTY KICK! Buddy back suplexes Matt but he lands on his feet!
Matt shoves Buddy to ropes, Nick shoulders in. “SUCK IT!” FACEBUSTER! Cartwheel MOONSAULT for Malakai! Matt clotheslines Buddy up and out! Matt then goes up top, to CROSSBODY the House! Brody and Omega get back in the ring and Brody fires off forearms! Brody CHOPS and then runs, but Omega RANAS! Brody bails out now, and fans start up the Terminator Drums! Omega builds speed to FLY! Direct hit on the ENTIRE House! Fans are thunderous as the Bucks put Brody in and Nick goes up the corner. 450 SPLASH! Cover, ONE?!?! Nick can’t believe it! Brody swings, Nick blocks, but Brody comes back.
Nick dodges, Brody hits buckles. Nick knuckle locks, ROUNDHOUSES, then “LUCHA LIBRE~!” But Brody blocks that to DOUBLE ARM-DRAG Nick! Brody BOOTS Omega off the apron! Brody goes out while Buddy sends Nick into barriers and Malakai BOOTS Matt down. Brody whips Omega into barriers! Brody makes Omega sit in the chair while Malakai BOOTS Matt again and again! Brody runs to SPLASH Omega against the barriers! The fans fire up for “A E DUB!” again as Brody goes to the ring. Brody CHOPS Nick, then CHOPS him again! Tag to Buddy, he pump handles Nick, but Nick wheelbarrows to victory roll! TWO!!
Buddy hurries after Nick but Nick ENZIGURIS! Buddy tags Brody, and Nick has no one! Brody SPLASHES Nick, TOSSES him, then watches him go to another corner. Brody runs into BOOTS from Nick! Nick dodges the splash, Brody drags Nick back but Nick slides under. Nick SCREW HIGH KICKS Brody! Hot tag to Omega! Brody staggers while Omega climbs up, CROSSBODY! Buddy runs in, Omega POLISH HAMMERS him! Malakai runs in, he gets a POLISH HAMMER, too! Omega watches Brody stand, DISCUS POLISH HAMMER! But Brody stays up! Omega dropkicks the legs out! Omega keeps moving, KOTARO KRUSHER! Cover, TWO!
Omega grits his teeth and fans rally up. Omega drags Brody up, fireman’s carries, “YOU! CAN’T! ESCAPE!” ROLLING SENTON, MOONSAULT, but onto knees! Buddy runs in to SHOTGUN Omega into the Bucks! Buddy then has Omega in the corner and the House takes a corner each. Brody barks and the fans join in, but the Bucks SUPERKICK Malakai and Buddy! Brody CANNONBALLS into buckles! Omega BLINDSIDE V-TRIGGERS!! Cover, ROPEBREAK!! Omega had Brody too close to the ropes, but he vows to finish this! Omega drags Brody up, and tries to Electric Chair Lift, but Brody throws down hands.
Omega LCUBS away on Brody, and goes to full nelson. But Brody breaks free to LARIAT Omega right down! Fans fire up, a standing count begins, and both men crawl. Brody tags Buddy, Buddy tags Malakai, and the House drags Omega up. Double suplex, but Nick saves Omega from Dante’s Inferno! Nick shoves Brody into Buddy, but Malakai blocks the superkick to ROUNDHOUSE! Malakai blocks a V-Trigger to JUMP KNEE! Malakai waistlocks, Omega switches, but Malakai rolling leg clutches! CALF KILLER! But Matt is up top, MACHO ELBOW on Malakai! Omega hobbles up, but into a ROLLING ELBOW from Brody!
The Bucks get in, they DOUBLE SUPERKICK Brody! Buddy is up top, leaps, Nick shoves Matt away only to take the METEORA! Matt SUPERKICKS Buddy! Cravat, SUPERKICK for Malakai, then SLICED BREAD! But Malakai KNEES Matt down! Fans are thunderous as Malakai and Omega are the only ones left in the ring. Omega staggers up, Malakai glares right at him. Omega eggs Malakai on, they both step forward, and the forearms start flying! Fans rally as the shots go faster and faster! Malakai body shots, ELBOW JABS, but Omega V-TRIGGERS! Omega runs, blocks a boot, but not the KNEE!
Malakai runs but into a V-TRIGGER!! Both men are down and fans are thunderous again! A standing count starts, the Bucks coach Omega but Julia is lurking. Nick aims, Julia grabs Nick’s foot! Nick glares at Julia, but Brody catches him for a SLEEPER!! But Matt SUPERKICKS Brody! Nick is free, Brody stays up, but Matt kicks the legs out! SUPERKICK again! Omega V-TRIGGERS Brody off the apron! Julia is shocked, but Malakai rises! Omega turns around, into a KICK! Malakai KICKS, KICKS, but Omega blocks to spin Malakai for a SNAP DRAGON! And then another SNAP DRAGON! Malakai flounders and Omega wants more!
Omega aims, but Julia gets on the apron. Omega and Julia stare down, Omega tells her to get down. But he turns around, ducks Black Mass! Electric Chair, but Malakai slips free! Omega runs in, Malakai dodges, V-TRIGGER hits JULIA!! Omega shrugs, but turns around into BLACK MASS!!!! Cover, NICK BREAKS IT!! Brody and Buddy mug Nick and throw him out! They drag Omega up, “This is Awesome!” DANTE’S INFERNO!!! Malakai drags Omega to a cover, MATT BREAKS IT!! Buddy and Brody throw him out now. Buddy WRECKS the Bucks with a dropkick, then moves as Brody DIVES! Direct hit and the Bucks hit barriers!
Brody whips Matt OVER barriers, and Buddy does the same to Nick! Omega is all alone, surrounded by the House of Black. Fans are thunderous but Malakai has Buddy and Brody stand down. But the Bucks drag them out! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Omega grabs Malakai’s foot, Nick SUPERKICKS! Matt SUPERKICKS! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS!! Malakai goes down, Buddy returns, but he gets DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Brody returns, he gets TRIPLE SUPERKICKS! Fans are thunderous, Omega tags Matt! The Bucks drag Malakai up, Omega coordinates, B T E V TRIGGER!!! Cover, BUDDY BREAKS IT!!!
Buddy TOSSES Nick, drags Matt up, but Matt gets around to waistlock. Buddy ELBOWS Matt away to a corner. Buddy runs in, Matt dodges and Nick GAMANGIRIS! The Bucks want to finish this and they call their shot! Matt gut wrenches Malakai, Nick springboards and flips, into Buddy’s KNEE!!! Matt is shocked, BLACK MASS!! The House regroups, DANTE’S INFERNO!!!! Cover, THE HOUSE OF BLACK WINS!!
Winners: The House of Black, by pinfall (NEW AEW World Trios Champions)
The shadows crept up on the light quickly and quietly, and now the darkness has eclipsed the light! The Elite has fallen, will all of All Elite Wrestling soon #FadeToBlack?
AEW Women’s World Championship Triple Threat: Jamie Hayter w/ Britt Baker VS Saraya w/ Toni Storm VS Ruby Soho!
An AEW homegrown talent, an outsider from the world of sports entertainment, and the Runaway who is blazing her own path are all colliding with gold on the line! #HayterHitsHard, but can she hit hard enough to defend her home? Will Saraya prove she IS the Revolution when she makes this her house? Or will there be no future but the one where Ruby reigns?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is truly the face of women’s wrestling!
The bell rings and Saraya eggs on Soho, only for Hayter to go right at her! Soho gets clear as Hayter whips Saraya at a corner. Hayter runs in to back body block Saraya, then she rushes Soho. Soho dodges and comes back, but Hayter runs her over! Hayter keeps moving, she runs Soho over again. Hayter still keeps moving, only for Saraya to trip her up and drag her out! Saraya sends Hayter right into steel steps! Fans boo but Saraya RAMS Hayter into barriers! And then into more barriers! And then she tosses Hayter OVER barriers! Saraya says this is HER house, but Soho MISSILE DROPKICKS Saraya from the apron!
Fans fire up for Soho as she TOSSES Saraya over the barrier! Hayter is there to throw hands, but Soho gets an assist from security to get up and CROSSBODY! Direct hit on both Hayter and Saraya and the ref hurries after them. The ref wants this back in the ring but it’s not like there are count-outs. Ruby ROCKS Saraya, drags Hayter up and throws hands with her now. Saraya and Hayter mug Soho, Saraya ROCKS and CLUBS Soho, then follows her through the crowd. Soho mule kicks, smacks Saraya off barriers, but Hayter throws hands on Soho! Soho ROCKS Hayter, CHOPS her, then CHOPS Saraya right next to her!
Fans fire up, Soho runs but Saraya and Hayter DOUBLE FLAPJACK Soho on the barrier! Soho falls and Saraya ROCKS Hayter! Hayter tumbles to ringside and Saraya follows after. Storm talks some trash while Saraya CLUBS Hayter. Saraya puts Hayter in, stomps her down, then HEADBUTTS her! Saraya stands Hayter up to stomp a mudhole, then digs her boot in. Saraya soaks up the heat as she stomps another mudhole in! Britt and Saraya insult each other, then Saraya YANKS and SLAMS Hayter from the corner! Cover, TWO! Saraya drags Hayter up again, puts her through ropes, and then goes to the apron.
Saraya fires off knee after knee on Hayter! Fans boo but Saraya soaks it up as Hayter flops to the apron. Saraya drags Hayter up, but Hayter blocks the suplex. Britt coaches Hayter, Hayter throws body shots then POSTS Saraya! Then APRON URENAGE! Storm hurries over to check on Saraya while Hayter goes to the ring. But Soho is waiting! CROSSBODY! Soho rallies with elbows, then a whip. Hayter reverses, but Soho comes back to STO! Cover, TWO! Right into a SLEEPER! Soho thrashes Hayter around, grinds her down, and fans rally. Hayter fights up, Soho squeezes as tight as she can, but she’s a backpack now!
Saraya returns, she fires forearms on Hayter. Hayter fires back, even with Soho still on her! Hayter RAMS Soho into buckles, gets free, then runs to back elbow Saraya. Hayter runs to elbow Ruby, then whips Ruby into Saraya to SANDWICH them in the corner! DOUBLE SUPLEX! Fans fire up, Hayter runs, DOUBLE LARIATS! Cover on Saraya, TWO! Cover on Soho, TWO! Hayter is frustrated but fans fire up as she powers up again. Hayter kisses the bicep, drags Soho up and waistlocks, but Soho throws elbows. Saraya runs in, Soho ducks and the forearm ROCKS Hayter! Soho blocks Saraya’s kick to KNEE her!
Hayter BOOTS Soho! Saraya gets Hayter for the LIGHTNING SPIRAL! Soho gets Saraya with a SAIDO! Soho runs at Hayter, but into a HAYTEBREAKER! All three women are down and fans fire up again! Fans rally for Hayter as all three women stir. Hayter CLUBS Soho, Saraya CLUBS Hayter but Soho ROCKS Saraya! They continue to throw forearms in rotation, but Soho and Hayter pinball Saraya around! Saraya mule kicks Hayter, SLAPS Soho, then SLAPS them both! Saraya shouts “STOP! Ow.” Soho and Hayter mug Saraya! They stomp her down, then Hayter swings on Soho. Soho blocks the haymaker to kick a leg out!
Soho runs and SPIKE-RANAS Hayter down! Cover, TWO!! Hayter survives and Soho is fuming. Soho drags Hayter over to a drop zone and she goes up top. Hayter stands to trip Soho first! Hayter fires hands, climbs up after Soho, and fans duel between the two. Hayter brings Soho up but Soho resists. Saraya returns, she adds on, TOWER OF DOOM! High stack on Hayter, TWO!! Saraya drags Soho around, steps through the legs, and has the QUEEN ANGELITO!! Soho endures, but Hayter CLOBBERS Saraya!! Storm distracts the ref! Hayter DECKS Storm! Saraya kicks Hayter low and reels her in, KNIGHTFALL!!
But now Britt distracts! Turnabout is fair play! Saraya swings but Britt ROCKS her! Soho gets Saraya, DESTINATION UNKNOWN!! Cover, HAYTER BREAKS IT! Fans are thunderous again while Soho is furious! Soho sits Hayter up, “This is Awesome!” as the two start throwing forearms back and forth! Soho mule kicks, wrenches and- NO, Hayter blocks the No Future kick! To BOOT her, and ripcord, but Saraya rushes in! HAYTERADE hits Saraya!! Soho hurries to O’Conner Roll Hayter! TWO!! Soho comes back, Hayter ducks the kick to roll her up, TWO! Hayter snatches a ghost pin, HAYTER WINS!!
Winner: Jamie Hayter, by pinfall (still AEW Women’s World Champion)
Hayter snatches victory away, and Storm BLASTS Britt for it! Then she gets in to CLOBBER Hayter! Fans boo as Storm throws down hands and even stomps! Soho doesn’t really care, she’s upset that she lost like that. Britt gets up, she goes after Storm and Saraya! But Storm DECKS her! Saraya stomps Hayter, fans boo and Soho stands back up. She TOSSES Saraya out, then TOSSES Storm out! Soho says the outsiders don’t run this, this is THEIR home! That is to say, Soho is team homegrown! Hayter raises Soho’s hand, but Soho hits NO FUTURE!! Britt runs in, into DESTINATION UNKNOWN!!
Fans boo, is Soho really an outsider?! Storm shoves a cameraman, BUSTS his camera up, and then Saraya shouts at the others to get out of her face! Saraya offers Soho a spray paint can, and she takes it! Soho was the third outsider, brother! She sprays L’s on Britt and Hayter! Will this trio in the AEW Women’s Division bring about a new order?
Texas Death Match: Jon Moxley VS Hangman Page!
The first time they faced off, the Maniac beat the Cowboy by concussion. In the rematch, Hangman returns the favor. In the third match, Moxley snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a roll-up. And now, the fourth fight could be the last. Who will win what very well could be the scariest, most brutal match in AEW history?
It seems the Cowboy has leveled up into the Ghost Rider, given he’s coming out to that song by The Outlaws. And then he doesn’t wait very long, he attacks Moxley during his entrance! The bell rings to get this on record as Hangman throws hands on Moxley! They go through the crowd, Moxley throws hands back as fans fire up for “COWBOY SH*T!” Hangman gets the edge, he stalks Moxley through the crowd, then ROCKS him! Fans love being this close tot he action, and then Hangman runs Moxley all the way to ringside and into barriers! Moxley is down, the ten count starts, but Hangman drags Moxley up and into the ring.
Fans rally, Moxley goes to a corner, and Hangman runs in. Hangman avoids the lariat to CHOP! Moxley CHOPS, Hangman throws a forearm, then they both throw CHOPS! Moxley finally takes off his vest and shirt, Hangman and Moxley CHOP back and forth again! Moxley fires a forearm, Hangman gives it back, repeat! Fans are torn, the fight gets fast ‘n’ furious! Hangman runs, but Moxley DECKS him! A standing count starts, but Moxley goes out to find himself some barbed wire! Fans fire up as Hangman stands at 5 of 10, but Moxley slides into the ring. Moxley brings that wire and goes after Hangman’s face!
Hangman blocks the wire, and he digs it into Moxley’s forehead!! Hangman lets off because his own hands are getting hurt. Hangman then BOOTS Moxley down! Moxley is in a corner, Hangman storms up to stomp a mudhole into him! Hangman lets off to grab the barbed wire for himself. Hangman wraps it around his shoe while Moxley flounders. Moxley is busted open already, but Hangman gets those arms. Hangman STOMPS, but Moxley manages to block! Moxley trips Hangman and throws down fists! Moxley even BITES Hangman’s forehead! Moxley lets off to get more barbed wire! Moxley makes it a knuckle duster, to BARBED WIRE PUNCH Hangman!
Fans are torn while the count starts on Hangman. Hangman sits up and then stands at 5 of 10. Moxley brings something out of his boot. It’s a FORK?!!? Fans are freaking out as Moxley aims at Hangman. Moxley storms up, but Hangman TACKLES Moxley! They fight for the fork! Moxley has a TRIANGLE HOLD, and he JABS AWAY AT HANGMAN’S FOREHEAD!!! He even DIGS into the skin!! Hangman is bloodied almost instantly, and it’s splattered all over Moxley! It sounds like fans are chanting both “HOLY SH*T!” and “YOU SICK F***!” But Moxley doesn’t care, he KNEES Hangman down!
A standing count starts on Hangman as Moxley shows off the bloody fork. Moxley brings out chairs from under the ring, puts them in the ring, and then he JABS the fork into Hangman’s forehead again!! Moxley then goes looking for more, and he brings out more chairs. But those aren’t enough for Moxley, he finds a BARBED WIRE WRAPPED CHAIR! Hangman flounders but Moxley has the barbed wire chair and he wedges it into a corner. Hangman stands, and he fires forearms on Moxley! Then whips him at the corner! Moxley stops, dodges, and Hangman hits barbed wire chair face first!!! Fans are freaking out but Moxley just grins.
The count starts on Hangman, he sits up at 5 of 10 but Moxley goes back to the barbed wire chair. Hangman stands, flops back over, and Moxley sets the barbed wire chair down. Moxley turns Hangman onto the chair, to then have a HALF CRAB!! Hangman endures the hold and the wires digging into him! Hangman refuses to quit, so Moxley turns Hangman over and gives him DRAGON STOMPS! Moxley lets off, many fans are speechless, and Moxley picks up the chair. To SMACK Hangman on the back with it!! Hangman writhes from barbed wire to the back! Moxley lets the count climb while he goes looking for more things.
Moxley brings the normal chairs into the ring, Hangman staggers up at 7 of 10, but fans chant, “WE WANT TABLES!” Well for now, Moxley sets up his chairs so they sit facing each other, and then he stomps Hangman down. Moxley has the loose barbed wire, he turns the chairs to sit back to back, and then places the wire on the wedge! Moxley brings Hangman over, but Hangman fireman’s carries! Moxley fights free, climbs up and he rains down fists! Fans count along, all the way PAST ten! Moxley then BITES Hangman’s bloody forehead!! But Hangman gets Moxley up, POWERBOMB to the barbed wire wedge!!!
Fans are losing their minds all over again while the count is on both men! Moxley manages to stand at 5 of 10, then he flops to the apron. Hangman stands at 6, he storms after Moxley with the loose wire. Hangman BOOTS Moxley from the apron, then goes up the corner with the wire. Hangman does his best to wrap his body with the wire! Double-edged as it is, Hangman hits the ARIHARA MOONSAULT!!! Direct hit and fans lose their minds again! Hangman unwraps himself, Moxley flounders with an even bigger crimson mask, but Hangman puts him in the ring. Fans rally and Hangman brings out another plain chair.
Hangman sits the chair at the ramp, then he brings a barbed wire panel into play! Hangman sets that against the chair like a ramp, goes back for Moxley, but Moxley hits a CUTTER! Fans are torn, the count starts again, but Moxley keeps searching for things. He brings out more plain chairs, Hangman stands at 5 of 10, and fans still want tables. Hangman rests in a corner while Moxley is deep under the ring in his search. Moxley comes out, having found a CHAIN, and some BRICKS! Moxley brings those into the ring, and he grabs Hangman’s hand! Hangman resists but Moxley has the other brick! He sandwiches the fingers in the bricks! THEN STOMPS IT!!!
Hangman writhes and clutches his fingers! The count starts again but Moxley is again plotting. Moxley brings the chain over, gathers it up, and fans duel. Moxley drags Hangman over, to PILEDRIVER onto the chain!!! Moxley’s crimson mask is complete but he’s the one in control. Moxley gathers up the chain again as Hangman stands at 6 of 10. Moxley stomps Hangman down, turns him over and ties up the legs, with the chain! Hangman is in a FULL METAL REGAL STRETCH! Hangman endures, and BITES Moxley’s hand! Fans fire up, Hangman flips Moxley off and SLAPS him! But that was the bad hand!
Moxley goes out in a huff and he grabs those other chairs. Moxley sets those up at ringside while Hangman is still dealing with the standing count. Moxley puts the second of the barbed wire boards on the chair, it’s a makeshift table! Moxley stands on Hangman’s bad hand to keep him down, then he sets the barbed wire chair down nearby. Moxley reels Hangman in, but Hangman resists the lift! Hangman Alabama Lifts, but Moxley slips off! SLEEPER! But Hangman SAIDOS! Moxley stands up, but into a LARIAT! Both men are down and fans are thunderous! “This is Awesome!” as Moxley and Hangman both sit up.
Hangman grabs some loose wire and puts it around his forearm. BARBED WIRE ROLLING ELBOW! AND ANOTHER! AND- BOOT from Moxley! Moxley runs, knees Hangman, then runs again. But Hangman scoops Moxley, to FALL AWAY SLAM onto the barbed wire chair!! Then Alabama Lift, for DEADYE onto the barbed wire chair!!! Fans lose their minds all over again while both men are subject to the standing count. The count passes 5, Hangman crawls to ropes and Moxley sits up at 7. Hangman stands at 8, but Moxley is up at 9, then flops out of the ring. Hangman PLANCHAS him right down onto the barbed wire panel!!
Fans are freaking out again, and Moxley laughs?! Moxley is having fun because of how truly twisted he is! Hangman goes back to the apron, Moxley stands up at 6, bleeding from both front and back. Moxley gets in the ring, flounders to grab anything, but Hangman goes up the corner. So Moxley hits the ropes to trip Hangman up! Hangman straddles the corner, Moxley sets up a chair nearby. Moxley climbs up, underhooks, but Hangman resists. Moxley CLAWS Hangman’s back! But Hangman CLAWS Moxley’s back right back! Then Hangman Alabama Lifts, but Moxley CLUBS Hangman’s legs!
Moxley grabs the loose barbed wire Hangman left behind! Moxley brings it up, and DIGS it into Hangman’s back! And then HAMMERS away on the wire! Moxley then takes the wire, but Hangman DIGS it into Moxley’s face! Moxley sits down in his chair, and Hangman adjusts. But Moxley SHOVES Hangman down onto the other barbed wire board!! Hangman is down and the standing count begins. He’s still down at 5, and Moxley watches him like a hawk, or maybe a vulture. We’re at 8! Hangman springs up at 9.9!! Hangman gets in the ring and Moxley is fuming. Moxley runs in to KING KONG LARIAT Hangman right down!
The count restarts, Moxley paces around, but Hangman sits up at 6! Hangman eggs Moxley on so Moxley kicks him. They start throwing SLAPS, then HAYAMKERS! Hangman whips, Moxley comes back, LARIAT! Hangman stays up to LARIAT right back!! And speaking of lariats, Hangman goes to the apron, BUCKSHOT- NO! Moxley catches Hangman, spins him around, DEATH RIDER!!! Then CURB STOMP to a BRICK!! Moxley is confident this time, and Hangman is still down at 5 of 10 while fans sing “OH~ OHH~ OHHH~!” Wait, Hangman stands at 8!? Moxley just wraps on a REAR NAKED CHOKE!!!
Hangman flails, fights up, but Moxley squeezes tight again! Hangman is fading! But Moxley drops Hangman to let the count finish him. The count is 5 of 10 again while Moxley wraps his hand in chain. Moxley tells Hangman to stay down, but Hangman just grabs the other end of the chain! Moxley and Hangman reel each other in, Hangman LARIATS!! Hangman then grabs the bricks, and stands them up the tall way! Alabama Lift, but Moxley fights free! Moxley suplexes, Hangman slips free, and he has the SLEEPER! Hangman adds the chain to the hold! But Moxley LOW BLOWS!! Fans boo because legal or not, that’s cheap!
Moxley has the chain, he wants Hangman to stand, and Hangman BRICKS Moxley in the head!! Fans are thunderous again as Hangman resets on the apron! Moxley flips Hangman off! Slingshot, BUCKSHOT!!! Then CHAIN LARIAT!! Hangman makes it a CHAIN NOOSE!!! Moxley is suffocating! Moxley TAPS, Hangman WINS!!!
Winner: Hangman Page, by submission
This was truly the bloodiest, scariest, most brutal match in AEW history, and certainly befitting of the stipulation’s infamous legacy! The Blackpool Combat Club appears to get Moxley out of there, how well will he recover after this? As for Hangman, was this Texas Death Match the key to new life in AEW?
AEW TNT Championship: Samoa Joe VS Wardlow!
The One True King of Professional Wrestling Television built his kingdom on a foundation of betrayal, brutality and a personal attack that cut to the core. But the wolves are out and THIS IS WAR! Will Joe no longer reign in Wardlow’s World? Or will this be where the war ends?
The introductions are made, the TNT title is raised, and one way or another, the grudge will be put to rest!
The bell rings and Wardlow rushes in! He fires off on Joe but Joe bails out. Joe drags Wardlow out but Wardlow fires off hands! Wardlow CLUBS Joe, RAMS him into the apron, then ROCKS him! Wardlow RAMS Joe into barriers, stomps him down, then brings him back up. Wardlow puts Joe in, brings Joe up at the ropes, but Joe HOTSHOTS Wardlow down. Joe builds speed to DIVE! Direct hit with that tope elbow! Fans rally and duel, and Joe CHOPS Wardlow, to then POST him! Joe stalks Wardlow, kicks him low, then CHOPS him again. Joe puts Wardlow in the ring, Wardlow goes to a corner, and Joe storms up to JAB and JAB and JAB!
Joe lets off as the ref counts to soak up the cheers and jeers. Joe goes back to Wardlow, whips him corner to corner, but Wardlow goes up for WHISPER IN THE WIND! Wardlow RAMS into Joe again and again and again! Wardlow UPPERCUTS and fans chant for him. Wardlow whips corner to corner hard and Joe bounces off buckles. Wardlow rains down forearms and fists from all sides! Wardlow lets off, then he brings Joe back up. Wardlow snap suplexes Joe! Then he CLUBS away on Joe with crossface forearms and elbows! Wardlow then runs to drop an elbow! Wardlow paces around Wardlow while fans rally up again.
Wardlow stands Joe up, CHOPS him, then stalks him to a corner. Wardlow RAMS into Joe, and again, and then backs off to run in and clothesline! Joe flounders onto ropes, Hobbs is watching from the skybox, and Wardlow CHOKES Joe! Wardlow lets off at the ref’s count, he brings Joe up to a fireman’s carry, but Joe slips off to KICK Wardlow! Wardlow swings, misses, and Joe sweeps the legs! Joe stomps Wardlow, stalks him to ropes, but Wardlow kicks from below. Joe JABS, JABS and fires off hands! Joe ELBOWS Wardlow in the corner, then whips him corner to corner. Wardlow reverses, runs in, but into the URENAGE!
Fans fire up, Hobbs likes what he sees, and Joe soaks it all up. Joe stomps Wardlow’s legs, then KICKS him. Wardlow hobbles, Joe KICKS the leg out! Wardlow crawls and Joe eggs him on. Joe JABS, Wardlow throws haymakers! They go back and forth, then Joe KICKS the leg out! Joe grabs it for a HEEL HOOK! Wardlow endures, his shoulders are down, ONE as he sits up. ROPEBREAK! Joe lets go and Wardlow clutches his knee. Joe stalks Wardlow, KICKS his bad leg again, then JABS him! And JABS! JABS! Joe runs, but Wardlow hits a SPINEBUSTER! Fans fire up and Wardlow snarls as he paces.
Wardlow CLOBBERS Joe, fireman’s carries, and manages the F5!! Wardlow hurries to a corner, he climbs up top, and SWANTON BOMBS!! Cover, TWO!! Joe survives and Wardlow grows frustrated. Wardlow stalks Joe, stands him up, and winds up, but swings into a SLEEPER! Joe squeezes tight, Wardlow pries at the hold, but Joe drags him down! COQUINA CLUTCH!! Wardlow endures, but Joe’s body scissors also trap an arm! Wardlow reaches out with his one arm, crawls his way over, but he’s fading! Fans rally up, Wardlow gets a second wind! Wardlow fights over, and gets the ROPEBREAK! Joe lets go in frustration as Wardlow survives by a literal foot.
Joe glares up where Hobbs is watching from. Wardlow drags himself up at the ropes and Joe brings him around to fireman’s carry, DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Joe is annoyed, Hobbs keeps watching, and Joe drags Wardlow back up. Joe bumps Wardlow off buckles, hoists him up top, and then clinches. But Wardlow fights with forearms! Joe CHOPS Wardlow! Wardlow wobbles, Joe climbs up, but Wardlow slips under! RUNNING POWERBOMB! Wardlow roars, and he gets Joe back up, only for Joe to LARIAT! Fans fire up while Joe has a wild look in his eyes. He mocks the conducting of the choir!
Joe drags Wardlow up, reels him in, and continues to conduct. But Wardlow slips free of the bomb to HEADBUTT!! And SLEEPER!! Wardlow steals the COQUINA CLUTCH!! Joe endures, but he’s fading fast! The arm drops once! Then twice, then THREE TIMES! WARDLOW WINS!!!
Winner: Wardlow, by submission (NEW AEW TNT Champion)
What a shocker! Not so much that Wardlow won, but that he used Joe’s own move to finish him! But now Hobbs conducts the choir. Will the Book of Hobbs have his own take on the Powerbomb Symphony? Or will the Maestro of Mayhem survive facing the Face of the Revolution?
AEW World Tag Team Championships Fatal 4 Way: The Gunns VS The Acclaimed VS Team Triple J VS #OrangeHausen!
Austin & Colten got no respect, but they still got the titles! Will they survive with the odds stacked against them? Will Max Caster & Anthony Bowens become TWO-TIME champions? Perhaps Sonjay Dutt’s guarantee of Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal becoming champions will come true? Or perhaps Orange Cassidy becomes a Freshly Squeezed champ-champ?
But of course, Platinum Max has a diss track! “The Acclaimed ’bout to get the crowd open. In San Fran, but we ’bout to go Oakland. In the Golden State, giving Golden Showers. The Ass Boys have the belts but they know it’s ours. Y’all’re just the weakest champs. Looking like single moms in your cheetah pants! Y’all’re A-holes with some B star talent. Yo, Jeff, man, you forgot your Cialis.” Bowens then says, “SAN! FRAN! CISCOOO~! The Acclaimed have arrived! SCISSOR ME, DADDY ASS!” And he does! The introductions are made, the tag titles are raised, and we see who defies the odds!
In this Fatal 4, only two teams are legal at a time, so Jarrett and Cassidy start. Jarrett tells Cassidy he will NOT be putting his hands in his pockets. Cassidy and Jarrett circle, approach, and then Jarrett dodges so he can strut. Fans boo, Cassidy sighs, but he and Jarrett circle. They approach, then Cassidy dodges Jarrett! Cassidy “struts” and it pisses Jarrett off! And then, HANDS IN POACKETS! Dodge, SHOTGUN, and kip up! Fans fire up, Colten runs in but gets hit with a back drop! Lethal tags in but gets a back drop! Austin gets a back drop! Jarrett runs in but backs off as Cassidy shows punch! Cassidy has Lethal in the corner and Danhausen tags in.
Danhausen whips Cassidy at Lethal, but well, it’s Cassidy so he’s going in slow-mo. Danhausen runs to clothesline Lethal, then runs in again to clothesline! Then again! Cassidy finally arrives, winds up, and he whips Lethal into Danhausen’s scoop. But Jarrett makes the save and Triple J mug OrangeHausen. They double whip Danhausen but he BOOTS Jarrett and RANAS Lethal! Danhausen spins Lethal around, NORTHERN LIGHTS! Bridging cover, Jarrett breaks it! Jarrett stomps Danhausen, but Lethal drags Danhausen up. Lethal bumps Danhausen off Austin’s boot, then Colten tags in to stomp Danhausen.
Fans boo but Colten ROCKS Danhausen! Colten talks trash, he and Austin soak up the heat, but San Fran call them “ASS~ BOYS~!” Colten and Austin are upset by that, but Colten stands Danhausen up to DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Colten tags Austin, Austin brings Danhausen up to suplex. Danhausen slips free, waistlocks, Austin switches. Colten runs in but Danhausen BOOTS him! Danhausen dodges Austin, tag to Cassidy! Cassidy bumps Austin, he bumps Colten, then repeat! Cassidy goes up, CROSSBODY on Colten! Cassidy dodges Austin to tilt-o-whirl DDT! Cassidy DIVES onto Colten! Then hurries back in, kips up and throws off the elbow pad!
Fans fire up but Austin tags out to Lethal! The elbow pad goes back on, and Lethal fires hands with Cassidy! Fans fire up, Lethal knees low and fireman’s carries. Cassidy slips off, shoves, but runs into a LETHAL COMBINATION! Lethal soaks up the cheers and jeers, then drags Cassidy up. Lethal suplexes, but Cassidy hits STUN-DOG MILLIONAIRE! Hot tag to Caster! Caster scoops and SLAMS Lethal, then tags Bowens. Bowens goes up and Caster has the legs, but Jarrett ROCKS Bowens! Caster scoops and SLAMS Jarrett! Caster has Jarrett’s legs, but Sonjay gets in! Caster blocks his kick, and trips him up!
Caster holds Sonjay open, Bowens says SCISSOR ME TIMBERS!! Sonjay takes a shot to his pencil! Bowens and Caster… SCISSOR FINGER! But the Gunns CLOBBER them! Fans boo as the Ass Boys beat down The Acclaimed. Lethal then drags Bowens up to bump him off buckles and stomp a mudhole in. The ref reprimands, Lethal lets off, but Jarrett CHOKES Bowens! Lethal tags Jarrett in, Triple J double whip, but Bowens reverses. Jarrett gets Bowens for a RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Jarrett stomps away, stands Bowens up and ROCKS him! Tag to Lethal, and he KNEES Bowens down! Lethal drags Bowens to then tag Colten.
Colten stomps Bowens, then brings Bowens up. Tag to Austin, they whip, hit and knee lift to a LARIAT! Austin covers, TWO! Austin drags Bowens up, reels him in, and suplexes Bowens to hold him up! Colten and Triple J BLAST the rest of the opponents, then Austin SLAMS Bowens down! Triple J & Ass Boys strut to GROUP FINGER! But Bowens CHOPS Lethal! Bowens gets mugged by the others, then Austin drags Bowens up. Tag to Jarrett, tag to Lethal, and they get Bowens up. Bowens slips free to send Lethal into Jarrett’s outlaw! Hot tag to Caster! Caster rallies on Triple J! Austin runs away, Caster dodges Lethal!
Caster CHOPS Jarrett, SUPERKICKS him, then whips Lethal. Lethal reverses but Caster CLOBBERS him! And kips up! Fans fire up as Caster “pulls the straps down,” for the OLYMPIC SLAM! Cover, Jarrett breaks it! Jarrett DECKS Bowens, wrenches Caster, and reels Caster in, but no Stroke! Shove, fireman’s carry, but Lethal SUPERKICKS! Triple J double whip Caster up and out hard! But the Gunns BLAST Triple J! They just betrayed the alliance! But Satnam Singh gets in! He double choke grips and SHOVES the Gunns up and out! But DANHAUSEN is back! Danhausen glares at the giant, and CURSES- Wait, Sonjay gets in the way!
Danhausen takes Sonjay’s pencil to BREAK IT! Sonjay swings on Danhausen but gets dumped out! So Satnam choke grips Danhausen! ORANGE PUNCH OUTTA NOWHERE!! And DICK PUNCH OUTTA NOWHERE! Billy Gunn gets in, GIANT FAMOUSER!!! “SUCK IT!” Fans are thunderous for Daddy Ass, but the Ass Boys DOUBLE LOW BLOW him! The Gunns tell their dad to “SUCK IT!” but then The Acclaimed get in! They CLOBBER and rally on the Ass Boys! Austin gest tossed, Colten gets the Five Tool Strike Fest! DEATH VALLEY DRIVER, and a SHINING WIZARD! Austin returns, but into the ARRIVAL!!
Caster is up top, for the MIC DROP!! Cover, but Colten uses Bowens to break it!! Bowens whips but Colten sends Bowens out. Bowens drags Colten out to join him, ROLLING ELBOW! Bowens says bye, and he whips, but Colten reverses to TOSS Bowens to the crowd! Jarrett tags in off Austin then tosses him! Lethal gives Jarrett his guitar! Jarrett aims at Caster, but Caster ducks the smash hit! Caster kicks low, and he snatches the guitar! Fans fire up, the ref says no, there are still disqualifications! Caster wants to but the ref takes the guitar. Lethal GOLDEN GLOBE SHOTS Caster! THE STROKE!!!! Cover, TWO!?!?
Fans are thunderous that Caster survives! Jarrett argues the count but two is two! Jarrett gets in the ref’s face but the ref warns him. Jarrett shoves the ref so the ref shoves back! Austin tags in, and he TOSSES Jarrett onto Lethal! Danhausen rolls Austin up! TWO!!! Austin runs in, only gets buckles, then Danhausen GERMAN SUPLEXES! Danhausen takes off his elbow pad, and CURSES Austin! But Austin dodges the boot! 3:10 TO YUMA!!! Cover, The Gunns win!!
Winners: The Gunns, by pinfall (still AEW World Tag Team Champions)
Ass Boys or not, that win showed actual tag team savvy and opportunistic thinking! Renee joins The Gunns to congratulate them on the win, despite the fans being upset. How do Austin & Colten feel? Austin has a question: “Who’s an Ass Boy now?!” “YOU!” Colten demands respect! They beat FTR, they beat The Acclaimed, they beat Triple J! They are THE best tag team in the world! WAIT! F T R is BACK!!! Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood are 100% and ready to fight! They storm down to the ring as fans are thunderous, and the Gunns take them on! They brawl, Cash with Colten and Dax with Austin!
Dax clotheslines Austin out, Cash beats on Colten! They set Colten up, SPIKE PILEDRIVER!! Austin returns, into the SHATTER MACHINE!! FTR gave the Ass Boys the beating the fans have wanted to see, and they pick up the belts! Will Cash & Dax return to the top of the tag team division where they belong?
AEW World Championship One Hour Ironman Match: MJF VS Bryan Danielson!
Maxwell Jacob Friedman proudly considers himself the Devil of AEW, and has done truly sinister things, all in the name of establishing himself as the best in the world. But he can’t stand that the world says the American Dragon is the best. Will MJF do anything and everything he can to prove he truly is the best? Or will there be no denying Bryan Danielson after this?
While Bryan’s theme is normal, MJF has a string orchestra to play his live, and in much more a sinister tone. The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we’re one hour away from the fate of AEW!
Fans fire up already as the two stare down. Fans chant “YOU’RE GONNA GET YOUR EFFING HEAD KICKED IN!” to quote Bryan from Wednesday. Bryan and MJF circle, feel things out, but Bryan is toying with MJF a bit. MJF bails out and fans boo, but MJF cools off before getting back in. MJF and Bryan circle, tie up, and MJF arm-drags. MJF flexes and smirks, then he mocks the Yes hands. Bryan and MJF circle again, tie up again, and Bryan wrenches to a hammerlock. MJF switches that onto Bryan, but Bryan drops, trips MJF, and has a standing toehold! Bryan then turns MJF over, hooks up the legs, and SNAPS the deathlock!
Bryan shifts, and has a BOW ‘N’ ARROW! MJF endures, so Bryan sets him up into a SURFBOARD CRADLE! TWO! MJF grabs at Bryan’s legs but Bryan dares him to figure this out. They go around, Bryan has the arm, but MJF rolls free! Fans fire up for the technical exchange but MJF is frustrated. Bryan does jumping jacks just to show off. The two circle again, feel things out, but MJF kicks low. MJF does jumping jacks just to mock Bryan, but Bryan whips MJF away. MJF runs Bryan over, things speed up, but Bryan hurdles and hip tosses! MJF kangaroo kicks but Bryan headlocks. MJF powers out but Bryan runs MJF over!
Things keep moving, MJF hurdles and hip tosses but now Bryan kangaroo kicks. MJF scoops and SLAMS but misses the elbow drop! Bryan drop toeholds, MJF avoids the elbow to headlock takeover, buy Bryan headscissors. MJF kips free, rolls reverse, and then again, then MJF arm-drags! Bryan arm-drags, and both men kip up! Fans are thunderous for this technical showdown! This alone might’ve just proven MJF can really wrestle! MJF cools off, and he offers a handshake. That, fans don’t trust. Bryan wonders, and he kicks the hand away! MJF avoids the roundhouse and bails out to go out into the crowd!
MJF stares down fans, throws trash at them, then paces around. A ring count starts, MJF takes a fan’s drink and splashes their child with it! MJF smirks and goes back to ringside. The ring count is past 5 of 10, but MJF returns at 7. MJF then bails right back out, “Oh no! Is this gonna cost me a star, Dave? Maybe I won’t get the Bryan Danielson Award.” But Bryan rushes out at him! MJF slides back in, and struts. Bryan gets back in, and does jumping jacks. The two tie up, Bryan gets around but MJF switches. Bryan switches, MJF switches, repeat! Bryan full nelsons, MJF switches that onto Bryan, but Bryan drops down to victory roll! TWO!
MJF swings, misses, and Bryan has a full nelson with body scissors! MJF stays up with Bryan as a backpack, and he lets Bryan down. MJF slips out, drops, but Bryan blocks to hook up the legs! Fans fire up as Bryan goes for the arms! And then he fishhooks MJF! The ref reprimands, counts, and Bryan says he has until five. Then he STOMPS the knees! MJF crawls away, then he uses the ref as a shield! Bryan moves the ref aside and CHOPS MJF! And CHOPS! And KICKS! And KICKS! KICKS! The ref backs Bryan off, fans boo, but Bryan stays cool. Bryan storms up, but MJF yanks him into buckles!
MJF stomps a mudhole in but the ref counts. MJF lets off, he drags Bryan back up, and he whips Bryan to ropes to back drop! Fans boo but MJF just soaks it all up. MJF whips Bryan to ropes, and back drops again. MJF flips the fans off while just burning clock. MJF whips Bryan, but Bryan catches him for a cradle! TWO, and MJF kicks low. MJF whips, Bryan reverses and Bryan back drops MJF! Fans fire up and Bryan whips MJF again. For another back drop! Bryan poses a la Liger and fans fire up. Bryan UPPERCUTS MJF, UPPERCUTS again, then whips. MJF blocks, bails out, but Bryan is after him on the apron.
MJF HOTSHOTS the arm! Bryan clutches the elbow, MJF storms up on him in the corner, to run him and RAM him into buckles! MJF goes out, and he looks under the ring. MJF gets a bottle of water to take a refresher. Bryan is in a corner, MJF goes after him to whip corner to corner and WRING the arm into buckles! MJF drags Bryan into a cover, TWO! MJF grinds Bryan’s arm, but Bryan endures. Fans rally, Bryan fights up, and Bryan throws body shots. Bryan runs, but MJF throws Bryan down by his hair! MJF soaks up the heat again and goes back to Bryan. MJF throws Bryan out and then goes out after him.
MJF hammerlocks the bad arm, and RAMS Bryan into barriers! MJF tells fans to move aside, then he brings Bryan up. MJF brings Bryan around, to then put him in the ring. MJF flips off the fans but the fans flip him off in return. MJF grins, but Bryan WRECKS him with a dropkick! MJF hits barriers, and then Bryan builds speed! Bryan DIVES! But MJF sends Bryan into the barriers, shoulder first! MJF puts Bryan back in, fans duel, “M J F!” “SUCKS!” MJF has the hammerlock and facelock for an ELEVATED DDT! Cover, TWO! Bryan keeps MJF at zero but time is ticking away. MJF wraps on a keylock to keep Bryan down.
Bryan endures and fans rally up. Bryan fights up, throws body shots, but MJF knuckle locks and twists the arm. Bryan throws forearms, but MJF whips to STRAIGHT ARM SUPLEX! Cover, TWO! MJF wrenches, hammerlocks, and back suplexes on Bryan’s arm! Cover, TWO! MJF pushes Bryan down and CHOKES him! Bryan goes to a corner, MJF catches his breath and storms over. MJF stands Bryan up, wraps the bad arm around ropes and pulls! The ref counts, MJF lets off, to climb up and rain down fists! MJF reaches TEN, and we’re at 15 minutes in. MJF puts Bryan back up top, climbs up again, and he twists the arm!
Bryan throws HEADBUTTS! Bryan HEADBUTTS again and again, MJF wobbles, and Bryan adjusts. SUPER SUNSET POWERBOMB!! Both men are down and a standing count starts. Fans rally, Bryan and MJF stand, and MJF runs in, into a drop toehold into buckles! Bryan CHOPS! And KICKS! And CHOPS! KICKS! Repeat! Bryan runs corner to corner, to DROPKICK! Bryan keeps moving, he DROPKICKS again! And then a third DROPKICK! MJF wobbles. Bryan climbs up and he rains down fists! Fans count all the way to TEN! Bryan then hoists MJF up top, climbs up after him, and SUPER STEINERS! MJF writhes, Bryan pushes him to a cover, TWO!
We’re still scoreless as we near 20 minutes in. MJF crawls, Bryan aims from a corner and fans rally up. MJF stands, Bryan runs in, but into an elbow! MJF hops up, and DOUBLE STOMPS the arm! MJF steadies himself, he clamps onto Bryan’s arm again, but Bryan fights up to whip MJF away. Bryan then dodges MJF but MJF dodges Bryan. Bryan jumps, but into a POWER BREAKER! Cover, TWO!! MJF shakes his head in frustration but fans continue to rally and duel. MJF grabs at Bryan but Bryan drags him down! MJF resists the LeBell Lock to CATAPULT Bryan up and out! Bryan holds on, to skin the cat, into a SUPERKICK!
Bryan falls to the floor and MJF strikes the HBK pose. Fans boo, he ain’t cute and he ain’t sexy. Bryan stands, MJF goes out to the apron and lines up a shot. MJF QUEBRADAS, but Bryan moves! MJF clutches his knee, he may’ve just jammed it! Bryan DIVES and direct hit at the ramp! Fans rally as the ring count starts. Bryan hobbles over and he stands MJF up. Bryan CHOPS MJF, puts him in the ring, and then climbs up the corner. Bryan MISSILE- NO, MJF catches Bryan into the SALT OF THE EARTH FUJIWARA! Bryan clasps hands, rolls, stands, but MJF ducks the kick to pump handle and MADE IN JAPAN!! Cover, TWO!!
Bryan survives that one and fans are thunderous! A standing count starts, both men stir at 5 of 10. Bryan and MJF sit up at 6, and MJF stands. He back suplexes, Bryan lands on his feet, ducks ‘n’ dodges, LEAPING LARIAT! Fans fire up again while both men are back down. Another standing count begins, and Bryan crawls. Both men stand, Bryan gets a cradle! TWO!! MJF runs in, into a headlock takeover! Bryan makes it a cover, TWO! MJF makes it a cover, TWO! Bryan has a cover, TWO! MJF headscissors., Bryan kips free, MJF headlocks for the takeover. TWO, Bryan has the cover, TWO! Another headscissor and kip, a backslide, TWO!
MJF gets up into Bryan’s cradle! TWO! MJF has it, TWO! Bryan has it! TWO! ROLLING CRADLE!! Fans fire up as they around and around and around, MJF has it, TWO!! MJF sunset flips, TWO! Bryan sits on it, TWO! MJF, TWO! Bryan, TWO! ROLLING SUNSET! MJF has it again, TOW! Bryan jackknife bridges, TWO as MJF bridges!! MJF backslides now, TWO!! MJF reels Bryan in but Bryan victory rolls, TWO! MJF has it, TWO! Bryan, TWO!! MJF tackles Bryan and high stacks, TWO! MJF whips Bryan to a corner, Bryan goes up and over and keeps moving, but MJF LARIATS! Bryan stands, to LARIAT! Both men are down again and fans are giving a standing ovation!
Another standing count starts as we hit 25 minutes. Both men are down at 5 of 10, and at 7. They stir, Bryan kips up at 9! Bryan aims, MJF slowly rises, and Bryan runs in, BUSAIKU KNEE!! Cover, Bryan scores first!
MJF: 0; Bryan: 1
26 minutes to get one fall, but that just means 34 minutes to play defense! MJF flounders to a corner as he regains consciousness. Bryan aims, fans chant “YES! YES!” But then MJF FLOPS! Bryan is denied another Busaiku Knee, but he drags MJF back up. MJF LOW BLOWS!! But MJF rolls Bryan up, to score a fall! And then ANOTHER fall! MJF covers again, TWO!!
MJF: 2; Bryan: 2
The disqualification gives Bryan one point, but MJF has tied things up quick! Just as Bryan had the lead, we are back to square one because of MJF’s big brain move. MJF gets another water break then grins as he returns to the corner. MJF swaggers and soaks up the heat, then brings Bryan up through the ropes. MJF slashes his throat, fans boo, but Bryan TOSSES MJF away! MJF lands on his knees! Bryan climbs a corner, MJF stands, MISSILE DROPKICK! MJF tumbles back out of the ring and he crawls to a corner of the barriers. Bryan stalks MJF, brings him up, and CHOPS him against barriers! And KICKS! And CHOPS! And KICKS!
Bryan brings MJF around again to SMACK him off the security’s chair! Bryan refreshes the ring count, then runs in from the far side, but into a LARIAT from MJF! MJF snarls as we finally reach the halfway point, and he sits Bryan in the chair. MJF CHOPS, then gets space. MJF makes sure his pads are in place, runs, but into a LARIAT from Bryan! Bryan KICKS MJF in the chair again and again! “YES! YES! YES!” Bryan gets ten of those, refreshes the count again, and then goes out to run in and BUSAIKU KNEE MJF into the barriers!! Fans are thunderous as Bryan stands over MJF. Bryan drags MJF up and puts him in the ring.
Bryan pulls MJF against the post! Bryan SLAMS the leg into the steel! MJF writhes and shouts in pain, but Bryan ROCKS him with a right. Bryan SLAMS the leg against the post again! MJF begs for mercy but Bryan just ROCKS him again. Bryan then SLAMS the leg against the post again! Bryan gets in the ring, grabs the leg, and he drops a knee on the bad knee! Bryan pulls on the leg, but MJF fishhooks Bryan’s face. Bryan pushes MJF down, and wraps on a FIGURE FOUR! MJF’s shoulders are down, TWO!! MJF is furious, he shouts, “I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!” He SLAPS away on Bryan but Bryan just smiles and leans back to put on the pressure!
Then Bryan sits up, to SLAP away on MJF! Bryan pushes up to add pressure, but MJF fights to turn the hold over. Bryan keeps MJF down, eggs him on, but then MJF turns things over! Only for Bryan to turn it back over! MJF gets the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, and Bryan lets go because he has until five. MJF clutches his leg, Bryan tells him to suck it up. Bryan KICKS MJF around, he wants to see MJF show heart! They both go to the apron, and Bryan drags MJF up. Bryan reels MJF in, Gotch holds, but MJF fights the lift! Bryan still brings MJF up, but the bad arm gives out! MJF scoops Bryan, but Bryan CLUBS the bad leg!
Bryan gets free, he KICKS the leg! MJF CLUBS the bad arm! Bryan KICKS, MJF CLUBS, repeat! Bryan gets the edge with the KICKS and MJF falls to the apron! Fans fire up as Bryan looms over MJF. Bryan drags MJF up and hoists him onto the corner. Bryan climbs up behind him, and he throws down HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! MJF clings to the post but Bryan works to lift him. MJF DECKS Bryan! Bryan falls to the apron and then the floor! MJF pushes the corner camera out of the way in frustration. MJF then goes after Bryan, and POSTS him! They go to the timekeeper’s area, MJF clears the table off, and fans fire up!
MJF snarls, he drags Bryan onto the table, and then he goes to the corner. MJF climbs the corner?! MJF gets that camera out of the way, and even with a bad knee, he SUPER MACHO ELBOWS through the table!!! Fans lose their minds as MJF does something legit! But MJF still clutches his beat up leg. He tells the ref to get in the ring, and MJF wants Bryan to be counted out. The count starts, Doc Sampson checks Bryan, but somehow Bryan is still in this. The count is 5 of 10 as Bryan stirs. Bryan crawls and flounders, but we’re at 8! Bryan stands at 9, and slides in at 9.5! Fans fire up but MJF is furious!
MJF drags himself over to the ropes and goes out. MJF grabs pieces of the busted table, then fetches Bryan. MJF scoops Bryan and aims, to TOMBSTONE Bryan through what’s left of the table!! But again, double-edged because of his bad knee! We’re at the last 20 minutes and both men are down on the outside! Bryan is busted open but MJF DIGS his fingers into the wound! MJF drags Bryan up, puts him in the ring, then stands Bryan up on the apron. MJF has Bryan through the ropes, for the HEATSEEKER!! Cover, MJF scores again!
MJF: 3; Bryan: 2
MJF doesn’t continue on the covers like he did before, his knees are bothering him too much. MJF goes back outside, and gives himself another water break. MJF then returns to rain down fists on Bryan’s bloody forehead! Fans boo, the ref reprimands about closed fists, but MJF lets off. MJF soaks up the heat while Bryan’s crimson mask grows. MJF isolates Bryan’s bad arm, and he STOMPS the fingers! Bryan is so tired, he can’t even react. MJF taunts Bryan, “You’re the best in the world, huh? YOU EFFING SUCK!!” MJF stomps Bryan, then he CLAWS the wound! MJF brings up Bryan’s kids, then CLUBS him down!
“I told you this would happen to Dada! I told you this would happen to Dada!” MJF CLAWS the wound again! The ref reprimands, MJF lets off and says HE is the best in the world. MJF goes back to Bryan, eggs him on, and gives him toying kicks. Fans boo as MJF scuffs Bryan. MJF SLAPS Bryan, pulls away the shoulder tape, then kicks Bryan more. Bryan is getting mad! Fans fire up as Bryan stands, and MJF dares him to do something. Bryan throws a forearm, but it doesn’t do much. MJF laughs, blows snot on Bryan, then slaps Bryan around. MJF dares Bryan to go again, so Bryan SLAPS him! MJF HEADBUTTS Bryan down!
Fans boo as MJF shows off the blood on his hands. We reach 15 minutes remaining, it’s the final quarter for Bryan. MJF brings Bryan out, hammerlocks the arm, and whips, but Bryan reverses! MJF hits POST! Fans duel, Bryan shakes out the bad arm and goes to the apron. MJF stands, Bryan FLYING KNEES! Both men go down and fans fire up! The ring count starts, Bryan gets in the ring, but he climbs the corner! Bryan SUPER CROSSBODIES MJF back down! Fans are thunderous again but time is still ticking away! Bryan drags MJF up and puts him in the ring. Bryan climbs up the corner again, but MJF ROCKS him first!
MJF hobbles, he climbs up after Bryan, and he goes to the very top. But Bryan slips under to trip MJF! MJF lands on his salt of the earth! Bryan climbs up after MJF and throws fists! Fans taunt “MAXI-PAD!” as Bryan keeps punching away! Bryan stands MJF up to SPIDER SUPERPLEX! MJF writhes and Bryan sits back up! Fans fire up with Bryan and he adjusts on the corner. DIVING HEADBUTT!! Both men are down but fans fire up again! Now MJF is busted open! Bryan covers, TWO!! MJF’s crimson mask is immediately complete, and he crawls to a corner like a zombie! Fans are thunderous as both men rise, and Bryan runs in, to BUSAIKU KNEE!!
But Bryan doesn’t cover, he turns MJF over! REGAL STRETCH!!! MJF endures, but he TAPS! Bryan scores and ties this all up!!
MJF: 3; Bryan: 3
We’re at the last ten minutes and fans are thunderous again! They tell MJF, “YOU TAPPED OUT!” just in case MJF isn’t sure. Bryan puts MJF back in the REGAL STRETCH!! But MJF fights it, grabs the bad arm, SALT OF THE EARTH!! And he thrashes around non Bryan’s arm!! But Bryan fights up, rolls through, and drags MJF into the LEBELL LOCK!!! MJF endures, Bryan gets the other arm, too, and then grinds forearms into MJF’s face! MJF’s own blood is making it hard to get a grip! But Bryan rolls MJF away from ropes!! MJF endures, fans are thunderous, and MJF rolls it to a cover, TWO!!! SALT OF THE EARTH!!!
Bryan endures again, reaches out for ropes, but MJF pushes back! MJF’s own bad knee keeps him from putting on the pressure the whole time, but he drags Bryan back! INVERTED CROSS ARMBAR!!! Bryan fights, drags MJF along, still reaches out, but MJF hooks the far arm! RINGS OF SATURN!!! MJF gets a leg, too! Bryan only has one free limb, but he still fights with it! Bryan refuses to give up, ROPEBREAK!!!! MJF is furious, but he lets go at 4! Bryan survives by tiptoes and fans are thunderous again! “This is Awesome!” with just seven minutes left! Bryan and MJF crawl and go forehead to forehead.
Both men rise, glaring through blood, sweat and matted hair. MJF ROCKS Bryan with a haymaker! Bryan ROCKS MJF back! MJF ROCKS Bryan, Bryan ROCKS MJF, repeat! Bryan HEADBUTTS, MJF HEADBUTTS, repeat! They both stand, Bryan HEADBUTTS! MJF wobbles, but he ROCKS Bryan! Bryan ROCKS MJF! Both men stagger, MJF ROCKS Bryan again! Bryan ROCKS MJF! MJF ROCKS Bryan! They just go back and forth, faster and faster! MJF shoves Bryan, DOUBLE FOREARMS knock both men down! Fans are electric as both men lean on each other! And Bryan is laughing! MJF is crying!
“This is Wrestling!” as both men slowly stand and we hit the five minute warning! THE FISTS START FLYING!! MJF CHOPS, but Bryan just grins. Bryan CHOPS and MJF wobbles! MJF CHOPS! Bryan CHOPS! Repeat! MJF pokes Bryan in the eyes! MJF runs, but into a ROUNDHOUSE! MJF and Bryan both rebound, ROLLING ELBOW from MJF! Bryan rebounds to CLOBBER MJF! Fans are thunderous again as Bryan wants MJF to stand. Bryan drags MJF up, but MJF shoves him away. Bryan runs in but it sent out. Bryan hurries up but MJF HOTSHOTS the arm! MJF has Bryan in the ropes, HEATSEEKER!! Cover, TWO!?!?
MJF hurries to get more water! But he brings the bottle into the ring. MJF takes a big chug, storms up on Bryan, and then he hoists Bryan up top. MJF CHOPS, fans chant for “H 2 O!” as MJF goes up after Bryan. We’re at three minutes and MJF fights the scoop! For HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS!! MJF blocks and grabs Bryan’s hair! MJF uses that to drag Bryan over, into a SUPER TOMBSTONE!!! But MJF’s knees damage, too!! We’re at the last two minutes, and fans hope they “FIGHT FOREVER!” This has to end somehow, though, and the ref checks both men. MJF crawls over to Bryan, who hasn’t stirred at all.
MJF drags his bad leg with him, he covers, TWO!! And Bryan has the HALF CRAB!!! Bryan drags MJF from ropes and fans are going nuts! MJF has to last for ONE MINUTE!! Bryan pulls as far back as he can on that bad leg! MJF crawls forward, reaches out, but Bryan drags him away! Bryan sits deep on the leg! MJF grits his teeth, shakes his head, and has lasted 30 seconds! Can he last another 30? MJF bites his own hand, crawls, but Bryan sits down again at 20 seconds!! MJF reaches out, Bryan grabs the arm!! MJF has just FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!!! TIME’S UP, and then MJF TAPS!!!
Time-Limit Up, Draw at 3-3; MJF is still AEW World Champion
Neither man lost but neither man won! Fans are upset, they want a winner, not a survivor! The medical team checks both men, they even get oxygen for MJF. But word is coming in and Tony Schiavone says he’ll be glad to go down there. Bryan stands, he looks ready to keep going! Schiavone goes ringside, he talks with Justin Roberts and the referee. Tony Khan doesn’t want this to end in a draw, so we’re going SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME!!!! Fans are thunderous, and Bryan is all for it! MJF is shocked! He doesn’t understand, but the final fall is here!
Sudden Death Overtime!
MJF SHOVES the ref! MJF doesn’t want to do this, but the ref shoves back! Bryan rolls MJF up, TWO!!! MJF grabs at the ref, and LOW BLOWS Bryan!!! Roll up, with tights! TWO!!! MJF is going back to his shortcuts, but it hasn’t worked so he has no idea what to do! Fans are electric again as Bryan and MJF go to opposite corners. MJF has the belt! The ref sees that and tells him to put that down. Use it and lose it, because this isn’t a standard match! MJF reluctantly gives the belt up, but HE HAS THE DYNAMITE DIAMOND RING! But Bryan dodges! Bryan hops up, POISON-RANA!!!
MJF staggers about, fans are thunderous with “YES! YES! YES!” BUSAIKU KNEE!!!! Cover, TWO!?!?!? HOW?!?! MJF survives after everything he’s been through?!?! Fans are volcanic, no one is sitting, and Bryan gets the leg! Bryan KICKS it! And KICKS it! And KICKS it! Bryan turns MJF for the HALF CRAB!! MJF flails, the ref sees the diamond ring! The ref TAKES the ring! Deja vu, anyone? MJF pounds the mat with fists, but Bryan leans back on the leg! MJF crawls, forces himself to move forward, and he gets the ROPEBREAK and then taps!! Bryan gets tricked, he thinks he’s won! MJF gets away with another trick!
MJF has the oxygen tank!? MJF grins, and he waits for Bryan to storm over. TANK SHOT!!! MJF hides the tank, gets back in the ring, and he takes his time putting on THE LEBELL LOCK!!! MJF is adding insult to injury! Bryan’s arm drops once! Then twice! BUT BRYAN HAS NEW LIFE!! MJF can’t believe it!! Bryan fights up, fans rally as hard as they have all night, and MJF is freaking out! Bryan keeps fighting, but then he FADES! BRYAN TAPS, MJF WINS!!!
Winner: MJF, by submission (still AEW World Champion)
Maxwell Jacob Friedman says this means he IS the best in the world! Controversy doesn’t exist in MJF’s world, will his reign of terror be unstoppable?
My Thoughts:
AEW does it again. They didn’t do the best with every build to this card, but the card was phenomenal! Great Zero Hour (Buy-In) match, though I’m surprised that was the only one. Good promos throughout the Zero Hour, and RJ City is definitely an interesting personality. Great opener from Starks and Jericho, though I am a bit surprised Starks won again. I guess this means the feud is over and everybody goes their separate ways. The Final Burial was awesome stuff, and it has been a long time since anyone’s seen a Buried Alive Match, and that one definitely lived up to the standards set. JB really showed his grit with that win, he should definitely get a title by Double or Nothing in May.
The House of Black VS The Elite is a top example of lackluster build but awesome match. But it is only somewhat surprising that the House won. There’s something going on with The Elite, The The Elite, so it works both in story and in reality that the titles are on another team. Great Triple Threat with the women’s title, and Hayter getting a roll-up cover to win was a good way to keep everybody strong even with the status quo kept. But Ruby swerving us on which side she was taking was brilliant, and the parallel to the nWo origin story is complete. Now, for more women to join this story so we can have Blood & Guts!
Texas Death, holy hell. Excalibur said it in the hype vignette, he repeated it on commentary, that was definitely brutal and scary. Both guys bled quickly and early, and there was a lot of innovation in how violent they could get. Like, two bricks and a chain, I would not have expected either of those. Well, maybe the chain since Moxley used a chain on Omega way back when. But Hangman winning, that is the right call. Moxley is on his way to being a Heel, he and the BCC can do stuff in the Trios division, and Hangman can rise up the ranks towards the top title to see if he can get a make-good for the first reign.
Joe VS Wardlow was really good, but it was gonna be hard for anything to follow Texas Death. Wardlow winning was the right move in the vacuum of just his story with Joe, but now AEW has booked themselves in a corner. Wardlow and Hobbs are both on the rise, but only one can win. If Hobbs wins, great for him but that sucks for Wardlow having only a three day reign. If Wardlow wins, then great for him but that sucks for Hobbs being pushed and given that “brass ring” only to fall the week after. Maybe since this is free TV, they have a Dusty Finish or some other “controversy” that allows them to have a rematch.
That Fatal 4 Way tag was almost how I hoped it’d go, but then they kept the status quo. And while that’s a shame for The Acclaimed, and means that the Triple J VS Best Friends over the Golden Globe story has to continue on the side, at least we’re getting FTR’s return. FTR have gotta whoop Ass Boys and get the belts back. And who knows, maybe Austin & Colten get in on the ROH Tag Division. And of course, holy crap, that main event. That was definitely the best match MJF or Bryan have had in AEW, that was the bloodiest MJF has gotten ever, and this could even be AEW’s new best match ever.
It was great story that MJF did 90% of the Ironman match cleanly but strategically used that DQ to get quick points, just as I expected. And to think they would go to a draw at the end of the hour to give us “sudden death.” MJF cheating hard with every trick in the book, from teasing belt shot to trying the diamond ring, to eventually using the apron to block his foreign object, it was like MJF hit all the classic Heel moves in one go. MJF retaining this way is perfectly MJF, and anyone can bring up how MJF proved he could do things legitimately, he just chooses not to or is too scared to go legit, and you go from there.
My Score: 9.2/10
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More than just the title is on the line!
Bryan Danielson went All In and won the AEW World Championship, but now he must go All Out if he wants to keep it! Will Jack Perry ruin the story?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Zero Hour – The Acclaimed w/ Billy Gunn VS The Iron Savages w/ Jacked Jameson; The Acclaimed win.
- Zero Hour – Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara & Holo.grm VS The Premier Athletes w/ Mark Sterling; Dustin, Sammy & Hologram win.
- Zero Hour – The Bang Bang Gang VS The Dark Order; Bang Bang Gang wins.
- Zero Hour – Big Money Trios Triple Threat: Top Flight VS The Undisputed Kingdom VS The Beast Mortos & Shane Taylor Promotions; The Undisputed Kingdom wins the cash prize.
- MJF VS Daniel Garcia; MJF wins.
- AEW World Tag Team Championships: The Young Bucks VS Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta; The Bucks win and retain the titles.
- AEW International Championship: Will Ospreay VS PAC; Ospreay wins and retains the title.
- Chicago Street Fight: Willow Nightingale VS Kris Statlander w/ Stokely Hathaway; Kris wins.
- AEW Continental Championship Fatal 4 Way: Kazuchika Okada VS Mark Briscoe VS Orange Cassidy VS Konosuke Takeshita; Okada wins and retains the title.
- AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone VS Hikaru Shida; Mone wins and retains the title.
- AEW World Championship: Bryan Danielson VS Jack Perry; Bryan wins and retains the title.
- Lights Out Steel Cage: Swerve Strickland VS Hangman Page; Hangman wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
It’s the All Out Zero Hour!
Join Renee Paquette, RJ City & Jeff Jarrett as they discuss, analyze and predict all the action for All Out!
Zero Hour – The Acclaimed w/ Billy Gunn VS The Iron Savages w/ Jacked Jameson!
No time to rap for Platinum Max, he and the Five Tool Player want to get to business! “CHIIICAAAAGOOO~! The Acclaimed have arrived! Scissor Me, Daddy Ass~!” And he does! But Jameson talks. This is Zero Hour and not Trios Hour because Billy is scared to get in the ring with Jameson, cuz he knows Jameson will knock him right out! Just like The Iron Savages are all fired up from sipping the new flavor of Savage Sauce, the Double Chocolate Chunk! They bring the BULK~! Mini-savage “Big Justice” is at ringside is given a headband, and Jameson says they’re taking all the Low T Meat Riders to TIDDY CITY!!
The teams sort out, and Bronson starts against Bowens. The fans rally as the two circle, fans sing “OH~ Scissor Me, Daddy!” Jameson says shut up, there’s no scissoring today! The two tie up, Bronson powers Bowens to the corner, then lets off, to fire haymakers! The ref counts, Bronson CHOPS, but Bowens CHOPS back! And CHOPS again! Bowens whips, Bronson reverses, but Bowens goes up and over! Then he hurdles Bronson to headlock. Bronson powers up and out, Bowens hurdles, ducks ‘n’ dodges, and FACEBUSTERS! Bowens taunts Boulder and the fans fire up. Bowens tags Caster, and The Acclaimed double whip.
Caster drops, Bowens bypasses, knee lift and NECKBREAKER! Boulder storms in, but into BOOTS! ROLLING ELBOW! FLYING RANA! Boulder stumbles to ropes, The Acclaimed DOUBLE DROPKICK him out! The fans fire up, but Bronson DOUBLE LARIATS The Acclaimed! Bronson mocks the scissor fingers, and motorboats. Then we see MXM posing while watching this match. Bronson tags Boulder, CHOPS Caster, and Boulder SPLASHES! Caster flounders, Boulder ELBOWS him in a corner! And another ELBOW! Boulder whips, Caster goes up and back, then flops. The fans boo but Boulder stalks Caster to the apron.
Caster CLAWS Boulder’s face! And he TRIPS Bronson up! Caster goes back up to springboard and MISSILE DROPKICK! Direct hit but Boulder is still up! So Caster fireman’s carries! No, Boulder’s bulk is too much! Caster collapses, Boulder bumps him off buckles. Tag to Bronson and he sends Boulder in to SPALSH! Then Boulder feeds Caster to an ELBOW! Bronson motorboats, then BOOTS Caster down! Bronson drags Caster up but Caster fires body shots. Bronson KNEES low, DECKS Bronson, then he goes back to Caster. Bronson scoops, Caster slips free, but no Bowens to tag! Bronson SPLASHES!
Bronson sends Caster to the Savage corner but Caster BOOTS Boulder! Caster BOOTS Bronson, runs, but into a BOSS MAN SLAM! Bronson runs, Boulder tags in, and Bronson DIVES into Bowens! Boulder MEATSAULTS! Cover, TWO!! Caster survives being squished but Boulder tags Bronson. Bronson drags Caster up to scoop SLAM! Bronson goes up and up and says he’s gonna bust! DIVING HEADBUTT FLOP as Caster moves! The fans fire up and Caster crawls, but Bronson grabs his legs! Caster BOOTS free, hot tag to Bowens! Bowens LARIATS Bronson again and again, then ROLLING ELBOWS!
Boulder runs up, but into Rock Paper Scissors SUPERKICK! And then some kicks for Bronson, FAMOUSER! “EVERYONE! LOVES THE ACCLAIMED!” Bowens tags Caster and Caster climbs. Bowens hits the ARRIVAL! MIC- NO, Boulder catches Caster! Boulder ELBOWS Bowens, Caster tries to fireman’s carry! Boulder whips him away, pops him up, but Bowens is up! Bowens CROSSBODIES, but into Boulder’s arms!! DOUBLE WHAMMY!! Chicago is going wild, and Bronson climbs! Electric Chair Lift, SAVAGE SPLASH!! Cover, BOWENS BREAKS IT! The fans fire up again and Bowens fires hands and CHOPS on the Savages!
Bowens roars, runs, but into a POP-UP FLAPJACK! Bronson SENTONS! The straps come down, The Acclaimed are stacked in a corner! Boulder and Bronson combine again, SAVAGE CANNONBALL MISSES! The Acclaimed let them hit buckles, and Jameson protests! But Daddy Ass YANKS Jameson down, and DECKS him! “SUCK IT!” And then Caster fireman’s carries!! DEATH VALLEY DRIVER!! Caster roars, tags Bowens, and then Bowens powers up! Bowens gets Bronson for THE ARRIVAL! Caster is up to MIC DROP!! Cover, Acclaimed win!
Winners: The Acclaimed, by pinfall
A truly BIG win for Caster & Bowens to rebound from All In. But with Mansoor & Mason watching them closely, will The Acclaimed have to strut on the catwalk before they get on the road back to the titles?
Zero Hour – Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara & Holo.grm VS The Premier Athletes w/ Mark Sterling!
“Smart” Mark stops Arkady Aura from even starting as he introduces his team of Josh Woods, Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari. They have decided to let these Chicago losers take part in a winning team for once with a team building exercise. Even low IQ individuals can follow along. When Sterling says, “Athletes,” you all say, “Rock!” Nothing else! Hands in! Ohhhh~! “ATHLETES!” “SUCK!!” Sterling is already furious! But here comes Team Texas, just as we saw them last night on Collision! Will The Natural, The Spanish God and the cyberspace luchador prove these Premier Athletes aren’t ready for the gold?
The trios sort out and Sammy starts with Nese. They circle, feel things out, and tie up. They go around, Sammy blocks a waistlock with a facelock, and rolls with Nese. Sammy waistlocks, Nese wrenches out to wristlock, but Sammy wrenches back. The fans rally, Nese puts Sammy on ropes, and he jabs low! The ref reprimands but Nese whips. Sammy reverses, backflips then DROPKICKS! And kips up so smooth! The fans cheer, Sammy brings Nese up, but Nese pulls the hair! Tag to Daivari and they mug Sammy with haymakers! The ref counts, Nese lets off but Daivari stomps a mudhole in!
Daivari lets off to argue with the ref and taunt Dustin. Daivari whips Sammy, ELBOWS him down, and covers, ONE!! Daivari clamps on a chinlock and he grinds Sammy down. The fans rally, Sammy fights up, and Sammy throws elbows. Daivari CLUBS Sammy, taunts Dustin, then back suplexes, but Sammy lands out! Sammy JUMP KNEES! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Sammy and Daivari crawl, hot tags to Nese and Hologram! The fans fire up as Hologram fires forearms on Nese! Nese SOBATS, whips, but Hologram BOOTS from the corner! Hologram goes up, and he KNEE-BOARDS off Nese!
Hologram dodges Nese, ENZIGIRIS! SOBAT and SWEEP for Daivari, ENZIGIRI again! Woods runs up, he gets a KICK, but he whips Hologram! Nese & Daivari hip toss but Hologram uses that to RANA Woods! Hologram fires hands, hammerlocks and FLATLINERS! Nese runs up, into a SPANISH FLY! Cover, TWO!! The fans fire up for Hologram and he fires up with them! Hologram KICKS Nese, KICKS again, then runs. Woods gets in to KNEE Hologram outta the air! The fans boo but Nese covers, TWO!! Nese tags Woods and Woods drags Hologram up. Woods whips Hologram hard to a corner, then scoops, BACKBREAKER and LARIAT!
Woods drags Hologram to a cover, TWO! The fans rally, Dustin coaches Hologram, but Woods fires knees! Woods tags Daivari, they mug Hologram, but the fans chant “We Want Dustin!” Daivari scoops, SLAMS, and then taunts Dustin! The fans boo but Daivari CHOKES Hologram! The ref counts, Daivari lets off and still taunts Dustin. Daivari drags Hologram up, whips him hard into the corner, then tags Woods. They stand on Hologram, then Woods sucker punches Dustin! The fans boo and Dustin is pissed, but the ref stops Dustin. Woods TOSSES Hologram, and Sterling stomps away! The fans boo that weasel of a lawyer!
Woods goes out, drags Hologram up, and then puts him in. The fans boo but Woods kicks Hologram around. The fans rally up for Hologram, and he fires body shots! Woods CLUBS Hologram, goes up a corner, and YANKS Hologram up! Woods slips a bit, so he just shifts to RAM Hologram into the corner! Woods whips Hologram hard into the corner again, then whips to ropes. But Hologram tilt-o-whirls to SPIKE-RANA! The fans fire up while both men crawl! Hot tag to Dustin! The Natural blows past Woods to LARIAT! And LARIAT! Dustin whips., Woods reverses but Dustin says, “Not Today!” RHODES UPPERCUT!
Woods comes back, into the SNAP POWERSLAM! Daivari runs up, SNAP POWERSLAM! Nese CLUBS Dustin, whips, but Dustin hops on, DESTROYER!! Nese tumbles out, The Premier Athletes regroup, and Dustin says time to go up! Sammy & Hologram are on corners, Dustin CANNONBALLS while they DOUBLE ASAI MOONSAULT! Direct hit on all three targets!! The fans are thunderous as Dustin drags Woods up. Woods sends Dustin into railing! Nese knocks Sammy down, then he and Daivari feed Hologram right into Woods’ POWERBOMB! Daivari feeds Dustin to Woods now, for a wrench and OLYMPIC SLAM NECKBRAEKER! Cover, Sammy breaks it!
Sammy saves Dustin from #1RM, and then he and Hologram clear out the Athletes. Dustin UPPERCUTS Woods, reels him right in, but Sterling is on the apron! The ref reprimands, the fans boo, but Nese CLOBBERS Dustin! Sammy SUPERKICKS! Daivari SUPERKICKS! Hologram SUPERKICKS! Woods DECKS Hologram! Dustin has Woods! CROSS RHODES! Sterling barks again, so Sammy & Hologram storm up on him! The fans cheer as they have Sterling by his lapels, and TOSS him in! Sterling begs for mercy, but Dustin gives him CROSS RHODES!! Sammy FLYING CUTTERS Woods, Hologram HEEL KICKS!
Dustin adds on FINAL RECKONING! Cover, Team Texas wins!
Winner: Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara & Holo.grm, by pinfall
From Arlington, Texas to Chicago, Illinois, there’s no stopping this natural trio! But who will surely try to go after all their ROH gold as we head into Fall?
Zero Hour – The Bang Bang Gang VS The Dark Order!
Juice Robinson & The Gunns fell short at All In, but there’s no end to the title chase. Will the Collision Cowboys get back on the horse for all their Chicago Gold Members? Or will Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds & John Silver show it is better to #JoinDarkOrder?
The teams sort out, Austin starts against Reynolds, and the fans fire up for “GUNS UP!” The two tie up, Austin headlocks, but Reynolds powers up and out. Austin ducks ‘n’ dodges, then slips free of a scoop to spin Reynolds. More ducking and dodging., a trip and a THROWBACK! Silver runs up, Colten body shots him! Austin runs to knee lift! Colten LARIATS! Austin hops over Silver to tag Juice, and the fans fire up for the SENTON! Silver bails out so now Uno tries! He just gets a LEG LARIAT! The fans fire up for the Bang Bang Gang, “GUNS UP!” But then Dark Order flanks them! They RAM into each man, and then go up corners!
Bang Bang Gang hurries and they trip all of Dark Order up! Juice runs up to LARIAT Reynolds in a corner! Austin adds a SPLASH! Colten adds a SPLASH! The fans cheer as here comes the CANNON- NO, Dark Order saves Reynolds! They drag the Gunns out to THROW them into railing! Dark Order now LARIATS, FOREARMS and ELBOWS Juice! Feed to the FLAPJACK UPPERCUT! Cover, TWO! Reynolds drags Juice up, tags Uno, and they mug Juice. Uno DECKS Austin, then Silver steps in. Reynolds & Uno hold Juice while Silver runs, to hop up, and they pose! Kai ‘n’ Tai would be proud. Then DOUBLE RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Cover, TWO!
Uno argues the count, he gets in the ref’s face about it, but then he sucker punches Colten! Uno drags Juice up, he has to DECK Austin first! Juice ELBOWS Uno! And he ROCKS Reynolds! And he ROCKS Silver! And he ELBOWS Uno! Juice fires shots, the fans rally for “JUICE! JUICE! JUICE!” Uno kicks hard, and tags Silver. Dark Order whips Juice to the corner, run up again, but Juice dodges Reynolds! Then he adds Silver! Then he adds Uno! Uno splashes his teammates, the LEFT HAND O’ GOD sits him down! Juice sees Dark Order all in the corner, and he TRIPLE CANNONBALLS!! The fans fire up and Austin is ready!
The fans fire up as Juice hot tags Austin! Austin dodges Silver, BLASTS the corner, then goes up and over! He trips Silver, “SUCK IT!” Reynolds runs up, he gets JAB, JAB, JAB! Two step and a HAYMAKER! Uno is back, but Austin kicks him, says “SUCK IT!” and FAM- NO, Uno dodges! SOMETHING EVIL! Reynolds is up top, he FLYING DOUBLE STOMPS! Then he DECKS Colten! Silver ROCKS Austin, covers, TWO!! Austin survives but Silver tags Uno. Bang Bang Gang call to Austin and he crawls, but Uno clamps on a chinlock. The fans rally, Austin fights up, and he goes around and around, to SLING Uno out!
The fans fire up as Austin hurries, but Reynolds gets Uno back in! Uno hurries, but hot tag to Colten! Colten DECKS Dark Order one after the other! Colten whips Reynolds to DROPKICK! He dodges Silver to juke and NECKBREAKER! Uno is back, but Colten wrenches, full nelson and SLAM! The fans fire up, tag to Juice! Juice & Colten have Reynolds & Silver, whip, but reversal! Reynolds CLOBBERS Colten, Juice CLOBBERS Reynolds, Silver CLOBBERS Juice, Colten and Silver DOUBLE LARIAT! Uno and Austin run in, they DOUBLE LARIAT! The fans are thunderous as all six men are down!
Colten and Reynolds rise, and they fire up! “DARK ORDER!” “GUNS UP!” They use their teammates to leap, DOUBLE FLYING LARIATS!! Both men are down and the fans fire up more! Austin rolls Silver, Silver rolls through to kick< KICK and ROUNDHOUSE! Austin fights the waistlock, Silver SUPERKICKS! Silver runs into QUICK DRAW! Juice and Uno stand, JAB after JAB from Juice, then the LEFT- FEINT, JUICE IS LOOSE!! Cover, Bang Bang Gang wins!
Winners: The Bang Bang Gang, by pinfall
Dark Order is good, but the Bang Bang Gang is just that much better! Will they be poised to go for another AEW World Trios Championship match in the near future?
Skye Blue is here!
Tony Schiavone welcomes her on stage as she has crutches, her broken ankle still a problem. But Chicago’s own hopes they didn’t think they’d have a night without her, right? This is the very building that three years ago, 2021, Tony Khan put her in the Casino Battle Royal. This means the world to her to be here now. Schniavone brings up the ankle, how is her recovery time table? Skye says she is doing everything she can to get back as fast as she can, but it is just a waiting game. Wait, what? Mariah May is raining on Skye’s moment! The AEW Women’s World Champion smiles as she cozies up to Schiavone, and says she is here to have her championship celebration!
The fans are torn, but Mariah says she isn’t gonna do it in Chicago. Now they all boo. But why is it the Windy City when no one here has ever been blown before? Skye tells Mariah that she knows about blowing, doesn’t she? Oh, Skye. It makes sense, you’re from Chicago! You have so much in common. You’re all broke, filthy, and lower your standards to make it enjoyable. The fans boo, but Skye says, “Thanks, skank.” Mariah says what Skye needs is some Glamour! Look now and never forget, this is your AEW Women’s World Champion, Mariah May! And then she kicks the crutches out and shoves Skye down!
The fans really boo now, because Mariah rains down fists on Skye! Mariah laughs, steps away, and then grabs a crutch! The fans boo but here comes Queen Aminata! Aminata takes a swing, Mariah goes running! Aminata helps Skye sit up, the fans cheer, and clearly Mariah has some karma coming her way. Will Aminata take Mariah’s crown to make it her own? When and where will we see Skye return to the ring?
Zero Hour – Big Money Trios Triple Threat: Top Flight VS The Undisputed Kingdom VS The Beast Mortos & Shane Taylor Promotions!
Darius, Dante & Action Andretti once won a $3,000 Trios Battle Royal, but they haven’t quite reached that golden mountaintop just yet. Could this new high roller match help them make that final push? Will Roderick Strong, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett put this money into The Kingdom’s treasury? Or will the menacing minotaur help #TAIGASTYLE and Big Bad Shaney T Boy get on a roll?
The teams sort out, and only two teams are legal at a time. Mike argues with Shane and Action who is stepping out, so Shane DECKS Mike! Action then DROPKICKS Mike out, so now we have our two! Shane then TOSSES Action to the open corner! Shane aims, runs up, and LARIATS! Shane then CHOPS Action, grins, and he drags Action up to TOSS him again! Action lands on his feet! Lee grabs Actoin, action elisp away and GAMANGIRIS Shane! But Lee tags in, Shane traps Action so Lee can go for a half nelson. Action fights and JAWBREAKERS free! Action waistlocks, Lee switches, Action switches, and they end up in the Top Flight corner.
Darius tag sin, rams Lee into KNEES, then mule kicks. Action goes up to KNEE DROP! Top Flight runs off The Kingdom, then they DOUBLE DROPKICK Lee! Cover, ONE! Darius wrenches Lee to CHOP him down! Cover, TWO! Lee ROCKS Darius, but Darius UPPERCUTS! Lee BOOTS Darius, spins him, but Darius headlocks. Lee powers up and out, Roddy stops Darius to tag in! Lee arm-drags Roddy, but Roddy blocks the next one to BACKBREAKER! And so it begins for the Savior of the Backbreaker! Roddy BOOTS Action, covers Lee, TWO! Roddy drags Lee up, CHOPS him down, and he taunts everyone.
Roddy puts Lee in th eopen corner, runs up, but Lee goe sup and over! Hot tag to Mortos! Mortos CLOBBERS Roddy, then he breaks the Kigndom’s lariats to DOUBLE RAM them! HEDABUTT for Roddy, DOUBLE LARIATS for the rest! Mortos gorilla presses to THROW Roddy at The Kingdom! The fans fire up as Mortos whips Roddy, Dante tags in before the POP-UP SAMOAN DROP! Roddy bails out, the fans fire up, and Dante springboards up and around, then GAMANGIRIS! Dante spirngboards again to CANNONBALL! The fans fire up again, adn Dante SHOTGUNS, kips up, and fireman’s carries! AIRPLANE SPIN!
The fans fire up as Mortos goes around and around and around! Dante lets Mortos down, steadies himself, and Mortos staggers. Mortos roars, runs up, but Dante goes up and over! Then under and around, to DROPKICK! Taven tags in but Dante dodges to ROCK Taven again and again! Taven swings, Dante ducks and SOBATS! KICKS! Step-up, MONKEY FLIP! The fans fire up, Dante has Taven in a corner. Dante whips corner to corner, Taven goes under and Mike distracts! Taven CLOBBERS Dante, to then SINGLE LEG SLAM! Cover, TWO! HALF CRAB, then a tag to Bennett! Bennett drops elbow after elbow! Cover, TWO!
Bennett drags Dante into a chinlock, but then he just CLAWS Dante’s face! Bennett drags Dante up, tells Chicago off, then CHOPS! And ROCKS Dante! Tag to Roddy, he CHOPS Dante, then tags Taven. They mug Dante, Taven tags Bennett, and The Kingdom double whip. POP-UP BOSTON BAYONET! Cover, TWO! Dante survives and the fans fire up! Taven drags Dante around, the other teams argue, and Dante tries to kick free! Taven holds on tight, Shane tags in! Shane SPLASHES DOWN on Dante! Taven and Shane argue, Shane HEADBUTTS Taven! Shane drags Dante up, JABS him again and again in the corner, then lets off as the ref counts.
Shane CHOPS Dante, then tags Lee. They mug Dante, then Lee stomps away. Lee drags Dante up, whips him to the corner, then runs up to LARIAT! Lee winds up but Dante dodges! Dante CHOPS, jumps up, but Lee puts him up top! Dante BOOTS Lee, and FLYING BULLDOGS! The fans fire up while both men are down! Dante and Lee crawl, hot tags to Shane and Darius! Darius RAMS Shane, DECKS Roddy, and fires off big hands on Shane! Shane shoves Darius away but Darius BOOTS! HOTSHOT BULLDOG! GAMANGIRI! Mortos runs up, into a BOOT! Darius tseps in, COMPLETE SHOT! Roddy runs in, Darius sends him to Action! Handspring back elbow!
The Kingdom runs in, Top Flight LARIATS them up and out! Lee runs up, into a BOOT! SHOTGUN GERMAN SUPLEX!! The fans fire up as Darius & Action run, but Roddy trips Action up while Shane LARIATS Darius! KICK O’ THE KING from Taven! Roddy beats up Action, Taven FLIES onto everyone else! “IIII’M Matt Taven!” But Mortos roars! Mortos builds speed to DIVE into everyone!! The fans are thunderous and Mortos eyes Leila Grey. The Top Flight Attendant has caught the eyes of a beast, but Top Flight TRIPLE FLY onto everyone else! The fans fire up and Top Flight hauls Shane into the ring!
Darius hurries up but Shane JABS! Dante tags in, then tag to Action. Shane sends Dante at Darius, Darius helps Dante up and over, ASSISTED TORNADO DDT! Action RUNNING SHOOTING STAR! Cover, Roddy breaks it! Lee BOOTS Roddy! Darius dodges Lee to PELE! Bennett ROLLING ELBOWS Darius! Dante JUMP KNEES Bennett! Taven LEG LARIATS Dante! Mortos POP-UP HEADBUTTS Taven!! Action dodges Mortos to tilt-o-whirl DDT!! And a kip up so smooth! Action boots but Shane blocks to KNEE, clinch, and URENAGE! Mortos tags in, he runs up to SPEAR Action!! But Roddy tags in!
Mortos drags Action up, but Roddy STRONG KNEES! He takes both men out, and covers! KINGDOM WINS!!
Winners: The Undisputed Kingdom (win the cash prize)
Roddy leads his boys on a victory lap, they got away with highway robbery! But will they make sure not to spend that money all in one place?
“There are times when the greatest rise…”
“… creates the most devastating fall. Downward to a brutal place. The dark intentions threaten what’s been restored. The realization that an end is always inevitable. And absolutely nothing is gained without a price. Tonight, everything will come to the surface. The fights against the fall. This… is All Out!”
MJF VS Daniel Garcia!
The Wolf of Wrestling tried to be AEW’s anti-hero, but he couldn’t help but show his true colors when he was green with envy over others. Red Death ended up a casualty of MJF’s war with Will Ospreay, but he isn’t going to let MJF just forget him! Both men are aiming for the jugular quite literally, so who walks away from this while the other is left broken?
WHOA, Garcia attacks MJF from outta nowhere! The fans fire up but the ref drags him away! The MJF banner has to be tucked away quickly because Garcia is enraged! The bell rings, MJF cowers int he corner, but he suckers Garcia in to YANK him into buckles! MJF stomps away on Garcia, lets off as the ref counts, and he storms around the ring. MJF goes back but Garcia puts him in the corner to stomp away! The fans are thunderous, the ref counts, and Garcia lets off at 4. Garcia drags MJF up, reels him in, but MJF fights the lift! MJF RAMS Garcia into buckles! Garcia clutches his neck, MJF clutches his own, and the fans rally up.
MJF stands while fans sing “F HIM UP, DANNY, F HIM UP!” Garcia SHOTGUNS MJF down! MJF goes to the apron, Garcia storms over, and he drags MJF up by his “big ass head.” But MJF HOTSHOTS Garcia! Then he storms in to hit a NECKBREAKER! The fans boo but MJF seethes. MJF drags Garcia up, CLUBS him on the neck, and Garcia goes to a corner. MJF whips Garcia corner to corner to WRING him out! The fans duel, “He’s Our Scumbag!” “NO HE’S NOT!” MJF flexes and dusts himself off while soaking up cheers and jeers. MJF goes back to Garcia, drags him up, but Garcia CHOPS! And then he BOOTS MJF!
Garcia runs, but into a scoop! HOTSHOT, and with some stank on it! MJF storms around, then he stands on Garcia’s neck! MJF stomps the neck, and Garcia goes to ropes. MJF puts Garcia in ropes, bends him back against the ropes, and even CLAWS Garcia’s eyes! The ref counts, MJF lets off, and fans boo. MJF hauls Garcia up for a BIG back suplex! MJF mockingly asks, “Did that hurt, Danny?” MJF clamps on a cravat for the neck wrench, but Garcia endures. The fans rally, Garcia fights up, and he throws body shots. Garcia whips but MJF blocks to reel him in! But Garcia fights with body shots! MJF still IMPALER DDTS! Cover, TWO!!
Garcia survives and MJF seethes, and then he CLAWS Garcia’s eyes! The ref counts, the fans boo, and MJF lets off at 4. MJF paces while fans duel, and then MJF drags Garcia up. The Garcia fans are much louder but MJF just flips them off. MJF suplexes, but Garcia fires knees! Garcia and MJF tumble up and out to the floor!! The ref starts a ring count, both men stir, but they’re both still down at 5 of 10. MJF rises and springs in at 6, and he wants the count to handle this! We’re at 9! Garcia springs in at 9.99!! MJF is stunned, and Garcia shakes his head as he rises up. The fans fire up as both men stand, and Garcia fires forearms!
MJF tries to hit back but Garcia blocks to counter punch! Garcia fires a string of haymakers, whips, but MJF reverses. Garcia LARIATS anyway! The fans are thunderous and Garcia drags MJF up. Garcia reels MJF in, TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Garcia holds on to drag MJF up, TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Garcia isn’t done, he drags MJF up, but MJF suplexes! Garcia slips free, kicks low, TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT the third! The fans are thunderous again and President Ace of NJPW would be proud. Garcia stands, leans on ropes, and he storms over to MJF. Garcia drags MJF up, reels him in, but MJF backdrops free! The fans are torn while both men are down.
MJF and Garcia go to opposite corners, Garcia runs up but into an ELBOW! MJF goes up to leap, but Garcia gets under! MJF gets around Garcia, Garcia powers out, but leaps into the POWER BREAKER! High stack, TWO!! Garcia survives but MJF is too sore to be upset. The fans rally and duel again, and MJF crawls over to Garcia. MJF pulls the bandages away from Garcia’s forehead, to BITE the wound! The one he put on Garcia just last Wednesday! The fans say he’s sick but MJF doesn’t care. MJF spits on the ground, rises up, and the ref checks Garcia. MJF rains down fists on the forehead, and the ref counts. Garcia is bloodied again!
MJF soaks up the cheers and jeers, then he goes back for Garcia. MJF drags Garcia up, and he asks if Garcia has deja vu! MJF DECKS Garcia, then he points to the corner! MJF wants to repeat history with Garcia, and he drags Garcia over, even though he’s a ragdoll. MJF SLAPS Garcia, puts him up top, and that crimson mask is already big on Garcia’s face. MJF climbs up, cravats, kisses Garcia goodnight, and scoops. The fans go nuts, but Garcia kicks and claps heels! Garcia CLAWS MJF’s face! The fans fire up, Garcia lets off as the ref counts, and he turns MJF around. TOP ROPE DDT!!! Both men are down and the fans are thunderous!
Garcia grits his teeth through the blood on his face, and he slowly sits up. Garcia crawls his way over to MJF, covers, ROPEBREAK!! MJF survives by a literal foot! Garcia sees that, and now he is seething. Garcia pats MJF on the head, drags him up, and reels him in! The fans fire up as Garcia lifts, but his own neck and shoulders hold him back! Garcia lets MJF go and falls to his knees, and the fans rally. MJF goes to a corner, rises up, and Garcia runs in. MJF pops Garcia up, MULE KICK TO THE FACE! Then the LONG ISLAND SUNRISE!! Cover, TWO!?!? Garcia survives and MJF is beside himself! The fans rally, but Garcia’s eyes are glazed over.
MJF catches his breath before he rises up again. Garcia sputters, waking up from that landing, and MJF kicks him. MJF stomps Garcia, kicks him more, and the fans boo. Garcia seethes as he sits up again. MJF kicks at Garcia, but he’s only adding fuel to the fire! The fans fire up with Garcia as he rises up! Garcia is foaming at the mouth! The fans shout, “YOU~!” But MJF SPITS at Garcia! So Garcia fires off haymakers and forearms! The fans fire up with Garcia, but MJF kicks. Garcia blocks, MJF pokes him in the eyes! MJF soaks up the heat, then he drags Garcia up. MJF calls his shot but Garcia cradles! TWO! MJF has it, TWO! Garcia has it, TWO!!
Both men stand, MJF DECKS Garcia! The fans are thunderous while both men are down again! MJF rises, the fans rally, and he storms over to Garcia. MJF drags Garcia up, suplexes, but Garcia slips free to O’Conner Roll! TWO, MJF has it, with ropes! The ref says no, and Garcia kicks free! MJF stands, dodges Garcia, and GERMAN SUPLEXES! Garcia is right up!?! And he GERMAN SUPLEXES MJF! MJF is up, Garcia LARIATS!! Both men are down and the fans are thunderous again! “This is Awesome!” as Garcia and MJF stir. Garcia drags MJF up, reels him in, but MJF trips Garcia! MJF wants the Boston Crab, and he gets it!
The fans are torn as Garcia endures! Garcia fights, tucks and grabs for a boot! He turns MJF around and wrangles him into an omoplata! LEBELL LOCK!! A shoutout to his role model, Bryan Danielson! MJF fights, rolls, covers, TWO!! Garcia holds on but MJF uses that to get a CROSSFACE! MJF pulls back on that neck, but Garcia endures! Garcia claws at the mat, but he’s fading! MJF can’t hold on, though! Garcia is free, he steps through, DRAGONTAMER!! The fans are thunderous as Garcia sits deep on the leglock! MJF reaches out, but Garcia drags him away! Garcia sits WAY back!! MJF endures, but he grabs at Garcia!
MJF drags Garcia down into the FUJIWARA ARMBAR!! Garcia endures the Salt of the Earth, so MJF shifts to make it a MOUNTED ARMBAR! Garcia endures the grapevine, and he fights around! MJF grabs that far arm, pulls it back, RINGS OF SATURN!! Garcia endures, MJF even grabs the legs! MJF is looking like ZSJ with this hold! But Garcia still fights with his one free leg! He kicks, reaches out, and gets the ROPEBREAK!! The fans are thunderous while MJF lets go in frustration. MJF snarls, Garcia sputters, blood and mucus and spit all mixing. MJF drags Garcia over to the corner, and he hops back up.
MJF reloads, but Garcia falls back! MJF is frustrated but that’s how bad he’s beaten Garcia. MJF drags Garcia up again, but Garcia trips him! Jackknife bridge, TWO!!! Garcia grabs MJF, MJF breaks free, so Garcia SLAPS! SLAPS! And SLAPS!! Then the GUILLOTINE FACELOCK!! MJF is flailing, flapping, and fading! The ref checks, but Garcia doesn’t let MJF’s arm drop!? Garcia reels MJF in, lifts him, and snarls as he hits the JUMPING PILEDRIVER!!! Cover, TWO?!?!? MJF survives and the fans are electric! Garcia is seething again as he drags MJF into a corner. Garcia stands MJF up, puts him on the top rope, and then climbs up after him!
Garcia has to steady himself on the ropes, but then he reels MJF in. MJF kicks and flails, then BITES Garcia’s ear! MJF shoves Garcia down, slumps to the mat, and he claims he needs the ref to check. MJF uses the ref as a shield as Garcia storms up, and then LOW BLOW!! Jackknife, MJF WINS!!
Winner: MJF, by pinfall
The snake in the grass finds another way to cheat and steal the victory! Garcia is still seething, because while he lost, he isn’t done fighting. MJF shouts to Garcia, and offers a handshake?! What BS is this? Cheat a man and then show him respect? MJF still expects Garcia to take his hand, and… Garcia does? But then Garcia blocks the cheap shot to LOW BLOW MJF back!! The fans cheer, and there is still rage in those eyes! Garcia looks to the corner, the one in the top right that MJF used against him. Garcia puts MJF back up top! Garcia told MJF that no one in AEW cares about him anymore, and he SPITS on MJF! SECOND ROPE PILEDRIVER!!!!
The fans are thunderous as Garcia gets his revenge! Garcia asks MJF if he minds if they sit together. And then just like MJF did, Garcia shakes him around, kisses him on the cheek, and storms out of the ring. Garcia goes up into the crowd to celebrate with the people! MJF won the match, but with medics checking him now, has Garcia won the war?
AEW World Tag Team Championships: The Young Bucks VS Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta!
Matthew & Nicholas Jackson have been the tyrannical EVPs, even to the point that they’ve promised everyone that one way or another, the AEW World Championship is coming home to The Elite. But then, will the Swiss Superman & Decoder do their part to help Bryan Danielson by A) whooping The Bucks and B) taking The Elite’s gold?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see which side strikes first!
The teams sort out, Yuta starts against Nick, and the fans rally for “B C C! B C C!” Yuta and Nick tie up, Yuta headlocks, then he wrenches. Nick wrenches and YANKS the arm, wristlocks, but Yuta spins, wrenches, and wristlocks back. Nick uses ropes to flip through and wrench back. Nick YANKS the arm, wristlocks, but Yuta rolls, handsprings and wrenches again. Yuta whips., Nick goes up and over, but then Yuta goe sup and over! Yuta scoops to SLAM, then SENTON! Cover, TWO! Yuta stays on Nick, tags Claudio, and the fans cheer as Claudio CHOPS Nick! Nick goes to a corner, he knucke locks and CHOPS!
Nick hurdles Yuta to go up and up, FLYING RANA ARM-DRAG COMBO! The fans are torn, but Nick swaggers around. Claudio & Yuta frown, and run up to DOUBLE SHOULDER TACKLE! Then they split the wishbone! Nick hobbles, tags Matt, but Matt gets run over! Then they split the wishbone on him, too! Claudio drags Matt over, tags Yuta in, and they split the wishbone again! Tag back to Claudio, and yep, they split the wishbone again! Tag back to Yuta, for a FOURTH wishbone split! The fans want more, so Claudio tags back in! Matt takes a FIFTH! N ick runs up, The BCC trip him, and they get both Bucks! DOUBLE WISHBONES!
Nick storms out of the ring, kicks railing, but that hurts his foot! Nick insults the fans, but Yuta & Claudio atomic drop Matt, Manhattan drop him, and then mock him. Matt headlocks to punch Yuta! Matt whips,. Yuta reverses then runs up, but Matt dodges! Matt BLASTS Claudio, the Bucks LARIAT ENZIGIRI combo! Matt hits Claudio again, CANNONBALL ENZIGIRI for Yuta! Tag to Nick, CATAPULT GAMANGIRI! DOUBLE STOMP BACKBREAKER! Nick soaks up the cheers and jeers, then he goes back for Yuta. Nick KNEES Yuta in the back, KNEES him there again, then splits his wishbone! And then KICKS him!
Yuta snarls, stands, and CHOPS! And CHOPS! Nick claws Yuta’s eyes! The ref reprimands, Nick tags Matt, and The Bucks double whip. Yuta dodges Matt but gets the GUTBUSTER! And the NECKBREAKER BACKBREAKER COMBO! Cover, ONE!! Matt clamps onto Yuta with a chinlock to keep him down. The fans rally, Yuta fights up, and he JAWBREAKERS free! Yuta DECKS Nick, but Matt scoops! BACKBREAKER! Nick tags in, LEG DROP! Cover, TWO! Yuta toughs it out but Nick mocks Claudio, “Make the tag~!” The ref keeps Claudio back, but Yuta ROCKS and CHOPS Nick! Yuta runs, into a WHEEL KICK!
Nick smirks, tags Matt, and The Bucks double whip. Yuta ducks the lariats but Matt waistlocks. Yuta BOOTS Nick, gets around him, but then dodges Matt! Matt LARIATS Nick, Yuta LARIATS Matt! The fans fire up, Yuta crawls, hot tag to Claudio! Claudio runs up to UPPERCUT Nick! And UPPERCUT Matt! Claudio fires a flurry of UPPERCUTS on Matt! Then he jukes the ref, but Nick runs up! SHIING WIZARD! Matt gets the cravat, but Claudio just slips right out of Sliced Bread! Claudio serves more UPPERCUTS, and he goes corner to corner to UPPERCUT again and again! The fans fire up as Claudio just keeps on moving!
Claudio dodges The Bucks, and he DOUBLE LARIATS them down! The fans are thunderous again while The Bucks bail out. Claudio then goes out to UPPERCUT Matt! He runs in to UPPERCUT Nick! Claudio keeps going, and he UPPERCUTS Matt again! Claudio pushes Matt in, hopes the front row is alright, and then he goes up, to CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! Matt stays in this but the fans rally up. The fans call for it, and Claudio says yes, time to SWING! But Matt BOOTS Claudio away! Claudio blocks the superkick, Matt ROCKS him, but Yuta tags in! Claudiog goes up but Matt kicks the legs out!
Nick is up top, but Yuta anchors him! Claudio turns things around on Matt, Yuta ROCKET LAUNCHES Nick onto Matt! Claudio pushes Nick out, Yuta ANGLE SLAMS! Clutch and SEATBELT! TWO!! Nick DUMPS Claudio over railing! Yuta drags Matt up to fire forearms! But Matt throat chops! Matt whips, Yuta KICKS back! Yuta blocks Kic’is kick, sends it into Matt, then runs. But Nick SUPERKICKS! Yuta rweinds, blocks a kick, and again sends it into Matt! SUPERKICK from Yuta to Nick! GERMAN SUPLEX on Matt! Bridging cover, TWO! But Yuta holds on! Yuta has the arms, CATTLE MUTILATION! But Nick’s up top! SWANTON BOMB!!
Claudio runs up but into a BOOT! He POP-UP- NO, Nick RANAS Claudio out! But Claudio avoids the Penalty Kick! But the FLYING RANA hits this time! Everyone is down at ringside and the fans fire up! A standing count starts on Matt and Yuta, but they’re up at 4. Yuta UPPERCUTS, ROCKS and repeat! Yuta runs, Nick trips him and spins him! Matt wheelbarrows, Nick slingshots in, FACEBUSTER! Then MOONSAULT onto Claudio! Matt covers, TWO! Yuta survives and Matt is frustrated. The fans rally, The Bucks regroup, but Chicago is on Yuta’s side. Nick climbs, Matt brings Yuta up to fireman’s carry. Matt runs up, but Claudio trips Nick!
Yuta ghost pins Matt, TWO!!! No bang for The Bucks but Yuta ROCKS Matt! Hot tag to Claudio! He UPPERCUTS Nick, dodges Matt, then springboard to FLYING UPPERCUT! The fans fire up and Claudio has Matt’s legs! Nick leaps to sunset flip! Claudio rolls through, but into an E V P TRIGGER!! Cover, YUTA BREAKS IT! Nick TOSSES Yuta, and The Bucks pump up the Reeboks! The fans boo but Claudio rises into the DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! And then E V P TRIGGER BLOCKED!? DOUBLE- NO, The Bucks fight free of the slam, and they reel Claudio in. But Claudio DOUBLE SUPLEXES first!
Nick bails out, Yuta is back, and he DIVES onto Nick! Matt GIANT SWINGS Matt around! The fans are thunderous as Claudio goes around and around and around! TEN, then FIFTEEN! Then TWENTY! Claudio lets Matt go, covers, TWO!! Matt survives but Claudio drags him around. Tag to Yuta, and Yuta climbs up! But Nick hurries in, he dodges Claudio and SUPERKICKS Yuta! But Claudio POP-UP UPPERCUTS! Matt SUPERKICKS Claudio! Matt stumbles over to Yuta, CLUBS him, then climbs up after him. Matt CLAWS Yuta’s face, then goes to the very top! But Claudio SHORYUKENS! Claudio goes up to get Matt!
Claudio SUPER DUPER PLEXES Matt, then he has Yuta for the FASTBALL onto knees!! Matt covers, Nick anchors Claudio! BUCKS WIN!
Winners: The Young Bucks, by pinfall (still AEW World Tag Team Champions)
The EVPs survive The BCC, and they stumble and stagger away with the gold. But will they be in any shape to help stack the deck in Jack Perry’s favor?
AEW International Championship: Will Ospreay VS PAC!
While it was the Aerial Assassin who went All In and took this title back from MJF, The Bastard grabbed himself the AEW World Trios Championships alongside The BCC. However, he still isn’t over being snubbed for this title in the first place. Ospreay assured Pac last night that no one’s forgotten Pac, they’ve just been waiting for him to do something meaningful! Will Pac do just that here tonight? Or will Ospreay prove that he is finally moved out of The Bastard’s shadow?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if the winds of change blow in the Windy City!
The bell rings and the fans are thunderous again already! Ospreay and Pac feel that energy, and Pac steps out of the ring. The fans boo and the ref wants him back in, so Pac steps back in. The two circle as the fans fire up again, and the two tie up. Pac headlocks, Ospreay powers up and out but Pac runs him over! Ospreay kips right up, and the fans sing for him. Pac snapmares, but Ospreay handsprings through that! Ospreay and Pac stare down again, then tie up. Pac headlocks to hit the takeover, but Ospreay endures the grind. Ospreay fights up, powers up and out, then drops to hurdle. Pac leaps over, Ospreay bypasses, but Pac handsprings through the backdrop!
Pac waistlocks, Ospreay elbows free, then Ospreay whips. Pac ducks ‘n’ dodges, RANAS, but Ospreay handsprings through that! The fans are thunderous again but Pac is annoyed. Pac and Ospreay reset, then Pac BOOTS! Pac pushes Ospreay out, then he goes up and up to ARIHARA SKY TWISTER! Direct hit and the fans fire up! Pac puts Ospreay puts in, to springboard, into a DROPKCIK! Ospreay takes Pac down, then he goes up! ARIHARA SKY TWISTER of his own!! The fans are thunderous as Ospreay puts Pac in, and Ricochet is watching. The old rival loves it, but then Pac dodges Ospreay’s springboard!
Pac comes back, DOUBLE BOOTS take both men down! “This is Awesome!” while both men are down. Ospreay kicks at Pac, Pac kicks back, and the fans rally as both men sit up. They start throwing SLAPS! Ospreay and Pac agree to stand, and the fans cheer! They fire forearms now, and then Ospreay CHOPS! And CHOPS again! But Pac kicks Ospreay! Then BOOTS him! Ospreay goes to a corner, Pac digs his boot in! The ref counts, Pac counts along, and lets off at 4. Pac then digs his boots back in! The ref counts, Pac lets off at 4, and Ospreay sits on the apron. Pac goes out to fetch him, and send him into railing!
Ospreay slumps down and the fans fire up for Pac! Pac BOOTS Ospreay, brings him around, and he whips him into more railing! The fans are torn as Pac paces, but the ring count climbs. Pac drags Ospreay up, puts him in at 5 of 10, and then stomps Ospreay around. Pac stands Ospreay up, puts him on the top rope, and then climbs. Pac goes to the very top, and he brings Ospreay up, to SUPER DUPER BRAINBUSTER!! Ospreay writhes, clutches his neck which is already heavily taped, but Pac still has to crawl his way over. Cover, TWO!! Ospreay is still in this but Pac stays cool. Pac clamps onto Ospreay with a headlock and grinds him down.
The fans rally, Ospreay endures, and he kicks around. The fans rally up more, and Ospreay fights to his feet. Ospreay throws body shots, then JAWBREAKERS! Pac staggers, Ospreay fires hands! Pac kicks low, whips, but Ospreay reverses. Ospreay runs up but Pac puts him on the apron. Ospreay ROCKS Pac first, then springboards, but Pac bails out! Ospreay pursues but Pac kicks low! Pac whips, Ospreay goes up to the railing! Then he BOOTS Pac, goes up and out and springboards in, PIP PIP CHEERIO! The fans fire up and Ospreay goes to the ring. Ospreay waits on Pac and the fans rally up. Pac stirs, the ref checks him, but he still sits up.
Ospreay builds speed and he handsprings, to SASUKE SPECIAL! Direct hit and down goes Pac! The fans fire up again and Ospreay puts Pac in. Ospreay whips, Pac reverses, but Ospreay handsprings to NEURALIZER KICK! Cover, TWO! Ospreay stays cool and drags Pac to a drop zone. Ospreay goes up a corner, but Pac trips him up! Pac climbs up after Ospreay, goes to the very top, but Ospreay fires body shots! Ospreay HEADBUTTS Pac, then slips under to tuck Pac in! CHEEKY NAN- NO! Pac mule kicks first! Pac QUEBRADAS, Ospreay catches him! But Pac TORNADO DDTS!! The fans are thunderous again as Pac bring Ospreay up!
Pac LIGER BOMBS!! Cover, TWO!! Ospreay survives, Pac scowls, and Pac goes to a corner. Pac climbs, but Ospreay rolls away to the far corner. Pac hops down, goes over to Ospreay from the apron, but Ospreay takes a swing! Pac RAMS into Ospreay, goes up and over, but runs into a SPANISH FLY! Cover, TWO! Ospreay is a little frustrated, but he refocuses while the fans rally up. Ospreay calls his shot, springboards, but Pac blocks the cutter! Inverted suplex into a gut wrench! But Ospreay turns that around, to FACEBUSTER! And HIDDEN- NO, Pac ducks it! SUPERKICK! Deadlift– NO, Ospreay fights with elbows!
Pac shoves and BLINDSIDE BOOTS Ospreay, to GERMAN SUPLEX! Ospreay lands out!? Springboard, OSCUTTER!! But Ospreay’s own neck hurts! He crawls to the cover, TWO!! Pac stays in this, and the fans hope these two “FIGHT FOREVER!” Ospreay slowly rises, he drags Pac up, but Pac ROCKS him first! Ospreay applauds that, clearly not as affected by that. Ospreay puts his hands back and eggs Pac on. Pac fires more forearms, but Ospreay just shakes those off! Pac swings, Ospreay swats it, and HOOK KICKS! Pac falls and Ospreay goes to the apron. Pac stands up, Ospreay SUPERKICKS!
The fans cheer while Pac sputters. Ospreay calls his shot again, goes up and up, but Pac catches him! APRON GERMAN!! Ospreay is folded up and the ref checks him. The fans lose their minds, but Pac isn’t done, though! Pac stands Ospreay up, and jumps to APRON POISON-RANA!!! Ospreay goes to the floor, Pac puts him back in! BRUTALIZER!!! Ospreay endures as Pac puts on the pressure! Ospreay fights around, reaches out, but Pac pulls on him! Ospreay still fights to the ROPEBREAK! Pac lets go in frustration, but the fans continue to rally. “This is Awesome!” as Pac rises and paces.
Pac storms over to Ospreay and BOOTS him! Ospreay falls over, and Pac goes up. Pac aims, BLACK ARROW, onto knees!! Cradle cover, TWO!!! Pac survives the turnaround and the fans fire up again! Ospreay takes off the elbow pad, and he runs up, HIDDEN- BACKSLIDE! TWO!! BOOT! Pac runs, but Ospreay Tiger Wall Kicks, ENZIGIRIS, and then runs, into a SNAP GERMAN!! Pac roars, runs, but into a SPANISH- NO, Pac slips through, but Ospreay reels him in! POWER- SPIKE RANA!!! Cover, TWO!!! Ospreay survives and the fans are electric! It is a standing ovation for this epic battle of UK legends in the making!
Ospreay slowly rises, Pac reels him in! Ospreay swings, misses, POISON-RANA!! Cover, TWO?!?! But back tot he BRUTALIZER!! Ospreay endures, but he looks to be fading! The ref checks, the fans sing, and Ospreay feebly kicks. Ospreay gets a second wind and he lifts Pac off the mat! But Pac lets go to hop up! Ospreay slips out, and he POISON-RANAS!! And HIDDEN BLADE!!! Cover, TWO?!?! Pac survives but Ospreay is too tired to be upset! Chicago is electric again, and they still hope these two “FIGHT FOREVER!” Ospreay goes to a corner, drags himself up, and he goes up, up and- NO, Pac trips him!
Pac climbs up behind Ospreay, and fans can feel what he is after! Pac brings Ospreay to the very top, to SUPER DUPER POISON-RANA! BUT OSPREAY LANDS OUT!!! And he FLYING HIDDEN BLADES!!! Cover, TWO?!?!? Ospreay just goes up and up to SUPER OSCUTTER!!! But he isn’t done there! Underhooks, STORMBREAK- RANA!!! Cover, TWO!! Ospreay flips Pac into STYLES CLASH!! And then roll through, HIDDEN BLADE!!! Cover, Ospreay wins!!
Winner: Will Ospreay, by pinfall (still AEW International Champion)
Chicago gives another standing ovation, Ospreay and Pac just blew the roof off this place! And best of all, he shows Pac respect with a deep bow! But with the #BillyGOAT still on top after this instant classic, will no one ever take this title from him?
Chicago Street Fight: Willow Nightingale VS Kris Statlander w/ Stokely Hathaway!
Teammates and friends turning on each other is nothing new to pro-wrestling, but this right here might be The Galaxy’s Greatest Breakup. The Babe with The Power is the one who decided that she and Kris, the women who’ve been in the most Street Fights in AEW history, should end this in a Street Fight, but will she come to regret that? Or will she be the one standing tall on a #StaturdayNight?
The bell rings and the fans fire up as these two stare down. Stoke slides a chair in for Kris, and it reads, “RIP NEW JACK.” Kris swings, Willow dodges and POUNCES Kris! The fans fire up, Willow reels Kris in, BUCKLE BOMB! Kris sits down, Willow headbangs and the fans are with her! Willow powers up and runs in, CANNONBALL! Cover, TWO! Willow is making this fast ‘n’ furious but Kris hurries to the apron to slow this down. Willow brings the chair over, CLUBS Kris, and fireman’s carries. Kris fights free with forearms, then waistlocks! Willow holds onto ropes for dear life, so Kris CLUBS away!
Kris grabs the chair and SMACKS Willow with it! Kris then brings Willow off the apron, POWERBOMB through the Spanish announce desk!! The fans lose their minds, but Stokely helps Kris bring out a TABLE! Fans are torn, they love tables but they despise Stoke. But Stoke & Kris set that up, then Kris stomps Willow! Kris runs and THROWS Willow into railing! The fans boo, but Kris SMACKS Willow off the apron! Kris drags Willow up, CLUBS away, but Willow hits back. Kris sends Willow into more railing! Kris puts Willow on the table, CLUBS her, then she goes up a corner! The fans are going nuts while Kris peels the crossbar.
Kris stands on the bar, aims, and SWANTON BOMBS through the table!! Willow avoids the worst of that, though she gets clipped by Kris’ legs! The fans lose their minds all the same while Kris writhes in pain. Willow rises, Stoke checks on Kris, and Willow high-fives fans as she fires back up. Willow returns to POUNCE Kris through railing!! The fans lose their minds while Willow rises again! Willow drags Kris up, Stoke is panicking, but Willow CLUBS Kris. “This is Awesome!” as Willow CLUBS Kris towards the ramp. Willow drags Kris up, fires forearms, and then DISCUS LARIAT onto the ramp! “How does that feel!?”
Willow drags Kris up, and she brings her to the stage! Willow hopes Kris remembers what she did to Willow. Willow SLAPS Kris, reels her in, but Kris snap suplexes Willow onto the stage! Kris shouts to Stokely to “get the stuff!” Stoke hurries backstage while Kris stomps Willow. Stoke returns with the trash can full of goodies! Kris dumps the various items out, there’s a hockey stick and a barbed wire bat! But Kris SMASHES the can on Willow’s back! And then she drags Willow up, to suplex her onto the can! The fans boo, but Kris picks up her “Barbie!” Kris aims the bat at Willow and swings! Willow dodges, and she SMASHES Kris with light tubes!!!
The fans go nuts and even Willow can’t believe she did that. But then she fires up! Chicago is with Willow as she then tells Stokely, his ass is next! Willow chases Stokely to the back, and Kris sits up, bleeding from the forehead. Willow stands Kris up to fire hands on that bloody cut, but Kris hits back! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Willow ROCKS Kris, Kris ROCKS Willow, then Kris SPEARS Willow off the stage! They crash down through tables!! The fans are thunderous as Kris flounders out of the wreckage. Willow sputters but she’s somehow still conscious! Kris rises, pushes Willow back to ringside, and the fans boo.
Kris TOSSES Willow into the ring, drags her up, and kicks her around. Kris wristlocks, kicks, and CHOPS! Willow hits back, Kris fires more forearms, then shoves. Kris ELBOWS, but Willow roars! Kris fights the scoop, then scoops and SLAMS in return! But Willow’s right up! Willow scoops to SLAM! Kris rises, DOUBLE LARIATS take them both down! The fans fire up while Willow and Kris each flop out of the ring. They each start looking under the ring, and while Kris has a black bag, Willow has a steel chain! They both storm into the ring, and while Willow wraps her fist with “Kris’ chain,” Kris SLAPS her! Kris dares Willow to do it!
Willow fires STEEL FISTS into Kris’ face! And she BITES the bloody forehead!! Willow runs, but Kris ducks the lariat to GERMAN SUPLEX! Willow flounders, Kris goes back to the bag! Kris pours out THUMBTACKS! Kris goes back to Willow, stomps her, then hauls her up. Electric Chair Lift! But WIllow punches free! Willow CLUBS away on Kris, brings her around, fireman’s carry! Kris fights free, mule kicks, then runs, but Willow dodges! THe scissor kick lands on TACKS!! Kris is shouting in pain, but Willow BOOTS her! And then fireman’s carry, DEATH VALLEY DRIVER on the tacks!! Cover, TWO?!?!
Kris survives, even with all those tacks stuck in her! Willow is frustrated, and perhaps a little reluctant to push this any further, but the fans rally up. Willow hauls Kris up, fireman’s carry, and then she goes up the corner! Kris fights free, slips down, and CHOPS! CHOPS! And then she UPPERCUTS! Willow SLAPS Kris, so Kris SLAPS back! Kris fires hands, then goes to the very top! Kris brings Willow up, to SUPER SPANISH FLY!! The fans are thunderous, and Kris has the chain! STEEL CHAIN LARIAT!! Cover, TWO?!?! Willow survives and shocks Kris! Willow flops out of the ring, Kris says it isn’t going her way!
“This is Awesome!” as Kris puts Willow in, and gets a new chain! Wait, that’s a dog collar! Kris straps Willow in with one end, but Willow fights her. Kris HEADBUTTS Willow to make her stop! Kris then straps herself in with the other end! They’ve gone up from Street Fight to a strap match of sorts! Kris stomps Willow, and now these two are joined by more than their former friendship. Willow uses that to reel Kris in! SPINEBUSTER! Willow hauls Kris up to fire forearm after forearm! Kris SLAPS and CHOPS in return! They brawl, stagger, and DOUBLE LARIAT! Both women drop to their knees, leaning on each other, and the fans fire up!
Kris and Willow stand, and then Kris gut wrenches! TOMBSTONE!! And then using the chain, Kris CHOKES Willow and pulls her back!! Willow flails, she TAPS, Kris wins!!
Winner: Kris Statlander, by submission
Willow wanted this fight, but she could not win this fight! Stokely finally returns to celebrate with Kris, and she holds up the chain as her trophy. However, will Kris not be done with Willow while Willow is still CMLL Women’s World Champion?
Backstage interview with Will Ospreay.
Renee Paquette congratulates Ospreay on the win tonight, and asks how he is holding up. Ospreay says Pac will go down as one of the best high flyers. But Ospreay needed this. This was his first big PPV defense. If Pac wants a rematch, then come find him. But Ospreay is sure a certain someone was watching. He hopes that person isn’t watching anymore and he pulls his finger out to get his payday. Yeah, Ricochet, Ospreay knows you’re backstage! But oi oi, here he comes! Ricochet says he’s just having a good time, why’s Ospreay gotta talk trash? Ospreay says it’s cuz Ricochet just go there, he can’t just collect the checks to earn that money.
Ricochet says don’t worry, he’s gonna get his in time. Ospreay says okay, then go talk to Tony Khan, start getting some wins under his belt, then come talk to Ospreay. Ricochet says fine, he’s got ’em lined up. See you real soon, Champ. Get better. When and where will we see these old rivals go another round in the ring?
AEW Continental Championship Fatal 4 Way: Kazuchika Okada VS Mark Briscoe VS Orange Cassidy VS Konosuke Takeshita!
The Rainmaker took this title and has defended it only a handful of times, mostly being more busy with The Elite’s business. But now, he’ll make up for lost time by taking on THREE challengers at once! Will Okada make it through the Sussex County Chicken, Freshly Squeezed and The Alpha? Or will we have a new champion one way or another?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who makes it reign in Chicago!
Don Callis of course joins commentary, it’s the only way he can be out here under Continental Rules. The bell rings, and the fans fire up already. Cassidy & Briscoe being Conglomeration, they stare down with Konosuke and Okada. The brawl is on, and Konosuke TOSSES Cassidy! Okada fires shots and UPPERCUTS Mark. Mark bails out, and now the fans fire up as Okada and Konosuke are alone with each other. Okada eggs Konosuke on, but then Cassidy rolls back in. Cassidy puts his hands up, but but Okada and Konosuke stop him., They double whip, but Cassidy ducks, and DOUBLE RANAS! The fans fire up as Cassidy keeps moving!
Cassidy dodges Okada, DIVES onto Konosuke, then he tilt-o-whirls to DDT Okada! Cover, ONE!! Cassidy stays cool, and he takes aim from a corner. ORANGE- BOOT! Okada stops Cassidy, but here comes Mark! Mark fires a REDNECK UPPERCUT! Then he CHOPS, fires forearms, and whips. Okada reverses but Mark CLOBBERS him! The fans fire up, Konosuke storms in, and the two circle. They fire forearms, and fans rally for “DEM BOYS!” Konosuke gets the edge, then he whips Mark. Mark reverses, runs up and LARIATS in the corner! Mark keeps moving, but Konosuke follows ot LRAIAT back!
Konosuke runs but Mark follows, to LRAIAT! And CHOP! And CHOP! And then CHOP again! Konosuke CHOPS in return! And CHOPS, CHOPS, and CLAWS the eyes! The fans boo but Konosuke lets off. Konosuke runs, Mark follows! Konosuke breaks the waistlock but then so does Mark, and Mark PELES! But now, Conglomeration meets Conglomeration. Mark and Cassidy circle, but Okada runs in! They kick Okada then TOSS him out! But Konosuke is back! So Conglomeration kick and TOSS him! The fans fire up as now Cassidy & Mark build speed! Cassidy DIVES onto Konosuke, Mark WRECKS Okada with a dropkick!
The fans fire up, Mark says BANG BANG for the FOLEY ELBOW! Cassidy says bang, and he LAZY ELBOWS! The fans fire up, Conglomeration puts Okada and Konosuke in, double covers, TWO! They trade, try more covers, TWO! The fans fire up, and Chicago tells Callis off even though he hasn’t done anything. Mark fires off on Okada in a corner, and Cassidy brings Konosuke up, Konosuke suplexes Cassidy! Mark kicks low, suplexes, and he takes Konosuke up and over! But Okada kicks Mark to suplex up and over! Cassidy kicks Okada, reels him in, but Okada suplexes first! So Mark suplexes Okada!
Konosuke is back, and he suplexes Mark! Chicago cheers becoming Suplex City one way or another! Cassidy has Konosuke, but Konosuke suplexes! Cassidy tumbles out, Mark hits Konosuke, and Mark suplexes Konosuke! The fans fire up, as now Okada kicks Mark and suplexes again! Cassidy returns, kicks Okada, but Okada suplexes! Cassidy flops, he just can’t catch a break! Mark runs up to kick Okada, and Mark suplexes! And now Konosuke kicks and suplexes Mark! Cassidy is up, he is determined to get this! But Konosuke blocks the suplex! Konosuke suplexes, into STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! The fans fire up and Cassidy suplexes Konosuke!
Cassidy flexes, the fans fire up more, but Konosuke stands. Cassidy turns around to see him, and he ducks a haymaker! Cassidy then BOOTS from the corner, goes up, BOOTS again, but now Okada DROPKICKS him down! Cassidy flops to the floor but Mark REDNECK UPPERCUTS! Mark puts Okada up, and he REDNECK UPPERCUTS Okada to the floor! Mark builds speed but Konosuke ELBOWS him down! Konosuke builds speed to FLY onto Okada and Cassidy! Callis cheers on his Alpha, but Mark gets a chair! Mark sets the chair up and uses it to FLY onto Konosuke! The fans fire up with Mark as he pounds the steps!
Cassidy has Mark’s chair now, but he puts it aside. And he “chops” Mark! Mark “chops” back! They “chop” back and forth, then Cassidy winds up, so he can high-five Mark! Then they start firing forearms! The fans cheer both guys, but then Cassidy dodges to fire a flurry! Mark shoves Cassidy, they both ROCK each other! And again! Okada and Konosuke return! STEREO GERMAN SUPLEXE! The fans fire up as again, Konosuke and Okada are alone! They both grin, and this is the culmination of AEW, NJPW and DDT Pro! The forearms fly back and forth, neither man backing down, and the fans love it!
Konosuke shakes his head as he fires boxing elbows on Okada! Konosuke runs, but into the DROPKICK! Okada then ripcords, but Konosuke BLUE THUNDER BOMBS! Cover, TWO!! Okada survives but Konosuke smirks as he rises. Okada sits up, Konosuke runs up, POWER- NO, Okada blocks the knee, CLUBS the leg, and runs. But into a BOOT! Cassidy goes up top and DEEP- NO, Konosuke stops the DDT to suplex! Cassidy fires knees but Konosuke puts him on the top rope. Konosuke ROCKS Cassidy, climbs up, and he brings Cassidy to the very top. SUPER DUPER PLEX! But now Mark is up top! FROGGY-BOW! Cover, Okada breaks it!
The fans fire up while Okada scoops Mark to SLAM him! Okada then goes to the corner, to MACHO ELBOW Mark! The fans fire up, and Okada winds up, to FLIP US OFF! Still no Rainmaker Pose, but the RAIN- NO, Mark ducks the lariat! Mark underhooks, JAY- NO, Okada fights free! Mark short arm LARIATS! Konosuke BOOTS Okada down! Cassidy adds an ORANGE PUNCH!! Okada is out, Konosuke shoves Cassidy into Mark! Then he whips Cassidy, but Cassidy ducks ‘n’ dodges to tilt-o-whirl, only for Konosuke to block! Suplex, but STUN DOG- NO! Konosuke blocks, gut wrenches, and tucks! BASTARD DRIVER!! WHEELBARROW GERMAN!!
Konosuke fires up with the fans, and he takes aim at Cassidy! POWER DRIVE- NO! Mark kicks and underhooks! JAY DRILLER!!! Cover, Okada drags Mark away! But then Mark clinches for an EXPLODER to the floor! Mark hurries up top, FROGGY-BOW, onto knees! Konosuke saves himself, “This is Awesome!” as Konosuke runs up to POWER DRIVE KNEE!!! Cover, Cassidy breaks it!! Callis says Cassidy’s a snake, but takes one to know one. Konosuke drags Cassidy up, winds up, but Cassidy has hands up. To put in his pockets! Then he ducks and Alabama Lifts, BEACH BREAK! The fans fire up as the elbow pad comes off!
Cassidy loads up, and he ORANGE- ALPHA ELBOW!! Then the TAKESHITA LINE!! Konosuke hauls Cassidy up, suplexes, RAGING- NO, Okada saves Cassidy so he can TOSS Konosuke! Mark runs up, into a ripcord and RAINMAKER!! Okada DROPKICKS Takeshita! Cassidy victory rolls, twists the legs, TWO!!! ORANGE- NO, Okada dodges to RAINMAKER!!! Cover, Okada wins!!
Winner: Kazuchika Okada, by pinfall (still AEW Continental Champion)
The odds weren’t in his favor, but Okada finds a way to win! Will he continue to overcome whatever is put in front of him to still be the Rainmaker?
AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone VS Hikaru Shida!
The Two Belt Boss vows to be the best at what she does, and she dared anyone from anywhere to come see her. The Shining Samurai said bet, because she is The Ace of AEW! She got cheated the first time around, but The Brickhouse is no longer a factor given the ringside ban put in place! Will Shida cut Mone’s gold collection in half now that it’s a fair fight? Or will Mone have some proverbial aces up her sleeve?
Speaking of sleeves, Mone’s wearing a robe very much a lavish parody of Shida’s old attire. And then reveal! Star-spangled outfit! The introductions are made, the teal belt is raised, and we see if history will be made again!
The bell rings and Mone trips Shida to rain down forearms! The fans boo, Shida kicks Mone away, but Mone grabs a leg to DDT the foot! Mone kicks Shida, dropkicks her, but Shida still hits back! Mone CLUBS Shida to a corner, digs her boot in, and the ref counts. Mone lets off, the fans duel, but Mone drags Shida up. Mone fires hands, lets off, then runs up, but Shida dodges! Shida keeps moving, ducks ‘n’ dodges, then DROPKICKS! The fans fire up as Shida keeps going, and she DROPKICKS again! And then DROPKICKS again! Shida won’t stop, she DROPKICKS again! Cover, TWO! Mone stays in this but Shida says that belt is hers!
The fans are torn, but Shida stands on Mone’s head. Mone pushes her away, but Shida drags her up. Mone knees low, runs, but Shida blocks the dropkick into a STRETCH MUFFLER! Mone endures, the fans rally, but Shida thrashes her around! Mone fights, reaches out, and has the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Shida holds on until 4, and she throws Mone down as she lets go. Shida KICKS the leg, then she drags Mone around. Shida SMASHES the knee into the mat! Mone writhes, and Shida lines up a shot. Basement DROPKICK! Mone flounders to the apron, then Shida goes out after her!
The fans fire up as Shida CLUBS Mone, CLUBS her again, then lines up another shot. The fans fire up as Shida runs in, KNEE LIFT! Mone flounders into the ring and the fans fire up with Shida again. Shida covers, TWO! Shida is annoyed, but she drags Mone back up on the apron. Shida bumps Mone off the buckles, then climbs up. But Mone fights the deadlift and GAMANGIRIS! Shida wobbles, Mone goes up, SUNSET FLIP BOMB! Shida flounders, and sits up into a METEORA! Cover, TWO! Mone is furious, and she CLOBBERS Shida! Cover, TWO! Mone grinds her forearm into Shida’s face, but lets off as the ref reprimands.
Mone smiles as she has Shida’s face paint smeared on her forearm. She mockingly bows to Shida, drags her up, and bumps her off buckles. Mone digs her boot into Shida’s face, lets off as the fans boo, and then she runs in to DOUBLE KNEE! Mone snapmares Shida into a chinlock and she grinds her down. Shida fires elbows but Mone digs a knee into Shida’s back! Then she wraps Shida up with her own arms, it’s a straitjacket stretch! Shida endures, fights up, and she RAMS Mone into buckles! And again! Mone still holds on, and she SLINGS Shida into the buckles! Mone runs up, blocks boots, and ROCKS Shida! STOCK DROP! Cover, TWO!
Shida toughs it out and Mone is frustrated but the fans rally up. Mone talks trash, digs her foot into Shida’s face, then drags Shida up. Mone CLUBS Shida, CLUBS her more, then clamps onto a chinlock. Shida endures, fights up, and the fans rally. Shida has Mone as a backpack, and she FLINGS her off! Mone staggers up, Shida runs up, but Mone blocks the boot to KNEE! Mone runs, but Shida RANAS! Mone flounder onto ropes, Shida KNEES her in the back! Shida then waistlocks, but Mone holds ropes! The ref counts, but Mone puts Shida in a corner to fire elbows! The ref reprimands, Mone lets off, then she KICKS Shida!
Mone whips Shida corner to corner, Shida reverses but Mone reverses! They dosido and Shida finally sends Mone into buckles! Shida then goes up, to MISSILE DROPKICK! The fans fire up with Shida while Mone goes to the corner. Shida storms over, climbs up, and she rains down fists! The fans count along, all the way to TEN! But Mone still lifts Shida! Shida slips off the bomb, clinches, and ROCKS Mone! Shida runs, but Mone snatches her into the CROSSFACE! Shida endures the Statement Maker, fights around, and the fans rally again! Shida scoots back enough to have the ROPEBREAK! The fans cheer, Mone HAMMERS away on Shida!
The fans boo but Mone finally lets go. Mone storms back up on Shida, has the legs, but Shida kicks at her! Mone YANKS Shida up, but Shida lands on her feet! LARIAT!! The fans fire up again while both women are down! The ref checks on them, and starts a standing count. Shida and Mone stir at 3, the fans duel, and both women sit up at 5. Shida and Mone stand at 6, and they fire forearms back and forth! Mone ROCKS Shida, and says, “Bring it, B*TCH!” So Shida ROCKS Mone! Mone ROCKS Shida, Shida grabs Mone by her blue hair and fires hands! The fans fire up as Shida HAMMERS away on Mone!
Shida finally lets off, to KNEE her down! Mone falls back, Shida goes up the corner! Shida is up top, but she has to leap over as Mone runs in! Mone runs up, CODE BREAKER! And then a SUNSET BUCKLE BOMB! Mone shouts out her Role Model, then she METEORAS! Cover, TWO!! Shida survives and Mone is losing her cool! The fans rally, Mone rises, and she kicks Shida around. Mone slaps Shida, scuffs her, and the fans boo. Mone talks trash on Shida, kicks her some more, and then kicks her harder! Mone drags Shida up, reels her in, and gives some Latina Heat. Snap suplex for Una Amiga! Then DOS AMIGAS! And THREE AMIGAS!
The fans are torn, but everyone loves Eddie Guerrero. Mone puts Shida in the drop zone, then goes up a corner. FROG SPLASH, onto knees! Shida drags Mone up, and she suplexes for a FALCON ARROW! Wait, she drags Mone up again, another FALCON ARROW! And then A THIRD FALCON ARROW! Three Tomodachis! Cover, TWO!! The fans fire up as Shida aims, to KATA- NO! Mone blocks, shifts, and SHIN BREAKER! Then DRAGON SCREW! Shida flounders, clutches the knee, but Mone gets her for a BACKSTABBER! “That’s why I’m the champion!” The fans boo, but Shida’s right up! GERMAN SUPLEX!
Mone flounders, Shida runs, TAMASHII!! Cover, TWO!! Mone survives and Shida is furious! The fans duel again as Shida rises. Shida aims again, KATANA!! A blunt strike, but she drags Mone up again. KATANA!! That one was sharp! But Shida isn’t done, she KATANAS again!! Cover, TWO?!?! Mone survives, and she scrambles out of the ring! Three slashes from the Katana and she’s done with this! Wait, she’s grabbing for Shida’s kendo stick? Shida grabs it, too! They tug-o-war, and Shida YANKS Mone into the POST! The fans fire up, Mone flounders into the ring, and Shida storms in, but with the stick!
The ref says don’t do it! Shida still thinks about it, but her common sense returns, so she slams the stick down! But then Mone grabs Shida! Shida ELBOWS Mone! And QUESTION MARK KICKS! Shida goes up to then METEORA FLOP! Mone avoids disaster, and she Gory Especials, but Shida fights free! Mone CHOP BLOCKS the leg, gets Shida up again, MONEY MAKER!! Cover, Mone wins!
Winner: Mercedes Mone, by pinfall (still AEW TBS Champion)
The CEO didn’t need her insurance policy, she just used Shida’s against her! Mone says she did this all by herself, she is the greatest, Shida was just lucky to have faced her at all! Kamille appears to celebrate with Mone, will there be no stopping the Two Belt Boss? As for Shida, what is she to do if she can’t reach higher than the heights she once reached?
AEW World Championship: Bryan Danielson VS Jack Perry!
The American Dragon let the world know that the moment he loses this title, he will retire from competition. And with that, The Scapegoat pounced! Bryan vows he isn’t going to let Jack Perry be the one to end his reign nor his career, and that he’s gonna kick Jack’s freakin’ head in! But will Bryan keep his promise like he did at All In? Or will Jack go All Out to finish Bryan’s story?
Jack arrives in the Scapegoat bus, and The Bucks are there to greet him. They and about a dozen heavily armored guards accompany Jack in, will The Elite soon be celebrating with him? As for Bryan, it is once again “THE FINAL COUNTDOWN~!” The introductions are made, THE belt is raised, and we see who stays atop the mountain that is AEW!
The bell rings and fans sing, “OH~ Cry Me A River~!” Jack and Bryan are both amused by that just a bit, and then they step forward. The fans are thunderous already just from that! “YES! YES! YES!” echoes out, and then Bryan and Jack tie up. They go around, Jack arm-drags, and he stands up to pose. The fans boo but Jack soaks up that heat, then he and Bryan reset. They circle, tie up again, and Bryan waistlocks. Jack pries free, switches, and he SLAMS Bryan down. Bryan rolls but Jack holds on, then he slaps Bryan around. The fans boo more but Jack just grins. Bryan smirks, stands up, and they circle.
The two tie up, Bryan wrenches, and he pulls hair to then headlock. Jack endures the grind, powers up and out, but then Bryan runs him over! Things keep moving, Jack arm-drags, and he fires up! Bryan storms up, and Jack scrambles away! The fans boo, Jack is a lot more bark than bite. Jack paces around the outside, trolling both Bryan and the fans, but the ring count is climbing. Jack returns to the ring at 7 of 10, and resets with Bryan. They feel things out, knuckle lock, and have a Test of Strength! Or as Bryan calls them, a Test of Will. Jack kicks low, he wrenches the other arm, but Bryan rolls.
Bryan bridges, flips, and he gets under to NORTHERN LIGHTS! And arm-drag! Bryan has the wristlock, then headlocks, but Jack powers up and out. Jack drops, hurdles, but into a FLAPJACK! Bryan has the legs, and the fans fire up as Bryan hooks them up. Bryan toys with Jack just a little, then fishhooks his nose! The ref counts, Bryan lets go, he says he has ’til 5! Bryan grabs those arms, up, up and away! ROMERO SPECIAL! The fans fire up for the surfboard, and then Bryan brings Jack into a chinlock! Jack grabs at Bryan, Bryan claws Jack’s face, then CLUBS away on his neck and ears! The ref counts but Bryan lets Jack go.
The fans fire up as Bryan stalks Jack to a corner. Bryan drags Jack up, wrenches and trips him. Bryan has the wrists, but Jack scrambles free! The fans boo, no faces getting kicked in yet. But then Bryan WRECKS Jack with a dropkick! Bryan then aims, springboards, and FLYING CANNONBALLS! Direct hit and the fans fire up! “YES! YES! YES!” Bryan drags Jack up, puts him in the ring, and climbs. Jack stands, into a MISSILE DROPKICK! Jack tumbles right out of the ring while fans fire up again! Bryan then hurries out to the apron, so that he can FLYING- SUPERKICK! Jack uses Bryan’s moves against him!
Jack puts Bryan on the apron, and he DRAPING DDTS to the floor! The Scapegoat smiles and lounges as he strikes like The Viper, and the ref checks Bryan. That neck is always a concern, but Jack doesn’t care. Jack soaks up the heat, lets his hair down, and he goes back for Bryan. The fans tell Jack off, but Jack drags Bryan up to whip him hard into railing! Bryan slumps down, Jack sits him up in a chair. Jack mockingly trots his way to the far side, then comes back, to SHOTGUN Bryan into railing! Bryan clutches his head and neck, Jack puts him in, and then Jack takes his time for the cover. TWO! The fans cheer as Bryan stays in this.
Jack sighs but he stalks Bryan to a corner. Jack BITES Bryan’s forehead, then rains down fists! The fans boo instead of counting, but Jack stops before ten anyway. Jack blows kisses to the fans, then CHOPS Bryan! And CHOPS again! Jack whips corner to corner, runs up, and LARIATS! Jack turns Bryan to NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Bryan survives and the ref checks again. That neck is still a concern, but Bryan is still in this. Jack stands Bryan up to CHOP! And CHOP again! Bryan huffs ‘n’ puffs as Jack CHOPS him again! Jack eggs Bryan on, CHOPS, but Bryan glares. Jack CHOPS, Bryan CHOPS! Bryan CHOPS even harder!
Bryan CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS, but Jack CLAWS the eyes! The ref reprimands, Jack lets off, and he puts Bryan on the top rope. Jack CHOPS, asks if the fans heard that one, and then climbs. Jack goes to the top rope, but Bryan slips under! Bryan trips Jack up and he lands on his Jungle Boy! Bryan climbs up after Jack now, and he then rains HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! The fans fire up, “YES! YES! YES!” Bryan then adjusts so he can bring Jack up, to SUPER DUPER BACK SUPLEX!! Both men are down and the fans are thunderous again! Bryan slowly rises, and he fires back up as he does! The fans rally as he and Jack sit up!
Bryan storms up while fans chant “YES! YES! YES!” Bryan KICKS! And KICKS! And KICKS! “YES! YES! YES!” Bryan winds up, but Jack ducks the buzzsaw to trip Bryan! Jackknife, TWO as Bryan bridges up! Bryan turns that into a LEBELL LOCK!! Jack endures, reaches out, but Bryan catches the arm, RINGS OF SATURN! Jack still kicks his way over, ROPEBREAK! Bryan lets go, but he stalks Jack to a corner. Bryan CHOPS, then he stands Jack up to KICK! CHOP! KICK! Bryan climbs up, and he rains down fists! The fans say “YES! YES! YES!” as Bryan hits ten! Bryan whips, Jack reverses, but Bryan goes up and over!
Bryan keeps moving, ducks ‘n’ dodges, but Jack drop toeholds! Float over, Jack has the legs, and he CLUBS away on Bryan! Jack has the arms now, to steal CATTLE MUTILATION!! Bryan endures his own move and fans boo! Bryan fights and the fans rally. Bryan turns things around, Jack still has the chicken wings, but Bryan fights to throw elbows! Jack half nelsons, then full nelsons, SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX! Jack smirks, finger guns, and the fans boo his parody of Kenny Omega. Jack stalks Bryan, hauls him up, and full nelsons again! SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX! Bryan flounders to ropes while fans boo more.
Jack stalks Bryan to the apron, but Bryan fights the nelson! Bryan has the ropes, breaks the nelson, and he turns to KICK Jack! Jack CHOPS back! Bryan KICKS! Jack CHOPS! The fans “YES!” for KICK, “BOO!” for CHOP! “YES! BOO! YES! YES!” But Jack blocks! Bryan fires elbows to fight the clinch, and he HALF HATACH PLEXES to the floor!! The fans fire up while the ref checks Jack. Jack is still in this, so Bryan drags him up and into the ring. Bryan climbs a corner, and he FLYING KNEE DROPS on Jack’s arm! Jack flounders, Bryan eggs him on! “You wanna be tough? You wanna be tough!?” PENALTY KICK to the arm!
The fans fire up as Bryan KICKS the arm! And KICKS Jack’s chest! KICK to the arm! KICK to the chest! “YES! YES! YES!” Bryan winds up, but Jack ducks the buzzsaw, but the BUZZSAW comes back! The fans fire up and Bryan goes to the corner. “YES! YES! YES!” starts up again as Bryan aims. Jack rises, Bryan runs up, BUSAI- NO! Jack flapjacks Bryan into the SNARETRAP!! The fans boo as Jack grinds Bryan down! Bryan fights his way over, reaches out, but Jack pulls back! Bryan still has the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Jack lets go at 4, and he mockingly says he has ’til 5. Jack CLUBS Bryan, and then he taunts Bryan, “You only care about yourself!”
Jack suplexes, but Bryan slips free! Bryan shoves, but the COMEBACKER hits! Jack wrenches, clinches, but Bryan cradle counters, TWO! Bryan dodges Jack, to ROUNDHOUSE! Jack flops in a corner, Bryan goes to another! The fans are thunderous as Bryan aims! Jack has the ref check him, and then uses him as a shield for the DROPKICK! Ref down, Jack half nelsons! Bryan switches to SAIDO! Bryan says it is time to kick Jack’s head in!! Bryan has the wrists, but here come The Bucks! The Bucks TACKLE Bryan and mug him! This is what they warned everyone they’d do, and there’s no stopping them without the ref!
Matt drags Bryan up, Nick climbs up a corner! T K DRIVER!!! Matt lets Bryan flop over, and they drag him to center. But here comes The BCC! Claudio & Yuta run The Bucks off into the crowd! The fans cheer as things are fair now, but Jack still has a chance! He wakes the ref up, then takes aim! SACRIFICING KNEE!! Cover, TWO?!? Bryan survives and Jack is beside himself!! Jack drags Bryan around, and he has the wrists! The fans boo as Jack grins, and he DRAGON STOMPS! The fans boo more, but Jack now parodies the Yes Movement with middle fingers! “NO! NO! NO!” Jack runs up, into a BUSAIKU KNEE!!
The fans are thunderous as Bryan hits back! Both men are down, but Bryan is hitting that second gear! Or maybe third by this point! Bryan and Jack slowly crawl over to each other, then go forehead to forehead. Then Jack fires a forearm! So Bryan gives it back! Jack fires another forearm, so Bryan fires another! The forearms keep going, even as both men rise up. The fans again chant, “YES! NO! YES! NO!” Jack ROCKS Bryan, SLAPS him, but that pisses Bryan off! The fans tell Jack he messed up, but Jack SLAPS him again! Bryan is just getting angrier! Jack looks worried, because Bryan is smiling! Bryan dares Jack to do that again.
Jack SLAPS Bryan again and again, but Bryan steps into the shots! Bryan fires SLAPS of his own! And KICK after KICK! But Jack SUPERKICKS! Bryan ROLLING ELBOWS! Jack falls, but Bryan hauls him up, to GERMAN SUPLEX! Jack lands out, runs up, but Bryan dodges! Bryan comes back, BUSAIKU KNEE!! Cover, TWO!?!? Jack survives and Bryan is surprised, then smiling! Bryan rises, the fans thunderous for “A E DUB! A E DUB!” Bryan says it is time to finally kick Jack’s freakin’ head in!! Bryan drags Jack from the ropes, has the wrists, and he DRAGON STOMPS! “YES! YES! YES!”
Bryan lets off, and the fans anticipate what’s next. Bryan gets the fans even louder, for another round of DRAGON STOMPS! “YES! YES! YES! YES YES YES YES!” Bryan aims, Jack stirs, and the Yes Movement continues! Jack slowly rises, faces Bryan, and he dares Bryan to do it! Bryan BUSAIKU KNEES!! Cover, Bryan wins!
Winner: Bryan Danielson, by pinfall (still AEW World Champion)
The Scapegoat fails to slay The American Dragon, but he was defiant ’til the end! Bryan’s reign and in-ring career both continue through another night, but we also know “IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN~!” WAIT! LUCHASAURUS IS HERE! HE HEADBUTTS BRYAN!! The irony of Luchasaurus and Jack Perry being in the ring together again. But we know what this is about, because here comes Christian Cage! Captain Charisma is also the Casino Gauntlet contract winner, and it looks like he’s cashing in! The fans boo, but wait! Jon Moxley stands in Christian’s way!? The Maniac is still BCC, and the fans are thunderous!
Bryan smiles, he knew he could count on his friend when he needed him. Oh, and then the rest of the BCC, and even Pac, are here! The fans cheer as The Patriarchy stands down now. Christian still has his guaranteed shot, he’ll just try again another night. The fans chant “YES! YES! YES!” and The BCC stands tall with Bryan. They hug it out and the fans cheer. Bryan picks up the world title, and The BCC raise his hands. But then Claudio UPPERCUTS Bryan! Bryan falls back, but he’s more shocked than anything! And then Moxley USES A BAG TO CHOKE BRYAN!? Pac keeps Yuta back?! Marina Shafir BLASTS the ref!!!
Moxley chokes Bryan out and Yuta is shouting for him to stop! Bryan rips at the plastic but he’s already so tired from fighting Jack! Pac isn’t letting Yuta go, even as Yuta is near to tears! The fans chant, “This is Murder!” Moxley lets Bryan go, having rendered him unconscious. Claudio tells Yuta to come along, but Yuta goes to Bryan’s side to get that bag off him. Medics get Bryan on the oxygen tank, but Moxley, Marina, Claudio & Pac leave. Bryan is carried out of the ring and to the back. What does this mean for The BCC? What does this mean for the AEW World Trios Champions when Yuta was not in on this betrayal?
Lights Out Steel Cage: Swerve Strickland VS Hangman Page!
Just when you think these two could not have stepped over the line after what they’d already done to each other, they have found new lows to which to stoop. And as such, AEW can no longer be held responsible for what takes place. Hangman set fire to Swerve’s childhood home, but will he now burn Swerve’s career to the ground? Or will Swerve’s House be avenged with Hangman’s blood, sweat and tears?
The introductions are made, the cage is being lowered, and this does not end with escape, only pinfall, submission or knockout! Swerve BOOTS Hangman before any bell, and the cage isn’t even done lowering! The fans fire up as Swerve hammers away on Hangman, then drags him out of the ring! Swerve RAMS Hangman into railing, then into steel steps! The ref wants this in the ring, so Swerve puts Hangman in. But then he holds him on the apron! Prince Nana throws a table into the ring! Swerve CHOKES Hangman, he wants him to face this blunt guillotine! But Hangman turns it around to CHOKE Swerve!
The fans are going nuts as both men realize they’re both in danger! Nana pushes them both in! He’d rather Hangman be safe if it means Swerve is safe, too! But he also got a lot of goodies in there, too. The bell rings, the haymakers fly, and the cage is secured. Swerve whips, Hangman reverses and then scoops! FALL AWAY SLAM! But Swerve kips up!? And he BOOTS Hangman down! “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” Swerve storms up on Hangman, and whips him, only for Hangman to stop short! Hangman fires hands on Swerve, the fans duel, but Swerve ROCKS, CHPOS, body shots and more!
Swerve has Hangman in a corner, rains down fists, but Hangman brings Swerve out! Swerve slips free and he stops from being sent into cage! Swerve tries but Hangman blocks! Hangman elbows Swerve away, but Swerve somersaults to COMPLETE SHOT! The fans fire up and Swerve runs up, HOUSE CALL! Hangman flops under the ropes, and Swerve finally takes off his jacket. Nana says this is what Hangman gets for taking someone else’s property! Swerve moves things around, Nana says kill him! But Hangman fights the half nelson to ROLLING ELBOW! And GERMAN SUPLEX!
The fans rally, Swerve goes to a corner, and Hangman sees the crate Nana put in there. Hangman opens it up, and he pulls out a STAPLE GUN! Texas Deathmatch, Blood & Guts, and now All Out. Hangman CLIPS Swerve but Swerve just laughs! Swerve CHOKES Hangman, Hangman CLIPS Swerve again and again! Swerve SMACKS Hangman with the gun, to CLIP CLIP CLIP Hangman over and over! Nana cheers Swerve on, and he hits a BACKBREAKER! Hangman writhes, those staples are digging in more! Speaking of, Swerve pulls the staples in his skin out, not even flinching! The fans tell Swerve he’s sick, but he just smiles.
Swerve takes out pictures from under his belt! The pictures of Swerve’s parents and family. Nana says those are Swerve’s memories that Hangman took! Swerve STAPLES one to Hangman! Swerve mocks Hangman’s pain, laughs, and then tells Hangman this is just the beginning. Another picture, STAPLED to Hangman’s cheek! And a second staple for good measure! Swerve RIPS the picture away! The fans fire up while Swerve stalks Hangman to a corner. Nana taunts Hangman more, and Swerve goes up a corner. Swerve drags Hangman up to the top, but Hangman shoves Swerve down! Hangman adjusts, but Swerve grabs a chair!
Swerve JAMS Hangman with a chair first! Hangman is still up top, Swerve brings him into a fireman’s carry, and he THROWS him into the steel! Hangman writhes, the fans rally up, and Swerve kicks Hangman. Swerve digs his boots in, then lets off long past a five count. “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” keeps going, and Swerve brings Hangman up. Hangman fires body shots but Swerve hits back! They brawl on that tightrope, and Swerve SMACKS Hangman off steel! But then Hangman trips Swerve up! Swerve crotches on the top rope, and Hangman triangle jump LARIATS! Swerve slumps against steel, and Hangman SMACKS him off it!
Hangman dribbles Swerve’s face off steel, then he fetches some barbed wire he snuck out here! Hangman puts it around his arm, and triangle jump BARBED WIRE LARIATS Swerve down! The fans are torn, much like Swerve’s skin with those barbs! Hangman puts the wire away for now, and pushes some of the other goodies aside, so that he can run and THROW Swerve into steel! Swerve sputters, Hangman mockingly asks, “That’s your champion? That’s your man!?” Hangman storms up on Swerve, then THROWS him into steel! Hangman continues to ask the fans how they cheer Swerve after what he’s done!
The fans do duel, and Hangman TOSSES Swerve into more steel! Hangman goes back to his barbed wire, and he laces it into the cage. Hangman goes over to Swerve, brings him up, and sends him at the wire! Swerve stops, comes back, and LARIATS! The fans fire up, both men rise, and Swerve runs up, but Hangman sends him into the wire! Swerve falls back, Hangman tells the ref to back off, but the ref says he needs to see if Swerve is conscious. Nana says back Hangman up, but Hangman kicks at Nana! Hangman sits Swerve up, and he punches away at bloody wounds! Hangman stalks Swerve, drags him up, and DIGS his face into the wire!
The fans are torn, but Hangman lets Swerve go. Hangman watches Swerve crawl, stomps him, then digs his boot in. Hangman lets off, and Swerve’s blood is painting the canvas. Hangman DIGS Swerve into the steel chain links, then he brings Swerve up again. Hangman whips Swerve, BOOTS him down, then soaks up cheers and jeers. Swerve sputters, Hangman loads up on the apron, but the cage won’t let him slingshot! The fans laugh at Hangman, so Hangman just storms in to get Swerve. Swerve ROCKS Hangman again and again! Swerve runs, ROCKS Hangman, then keeps moving! But Hangman FLAPJACKS him into steel!
The fans rally up while Nana grows worried. Nana wants the ref to make sure Swerve is alright. Hangman brings a chair over, and he JAMS Swerve with it! And he SMACKS Swerve with it! Swerve writhes, the fans are still torn, and Hangman tells the ref to let off the chair. The ref says Hangman doesn’t need the chair! Hangman gets in the ref’s face, Swerve hits a HOUSE CALL!! Swerve then uses the ref as a pommel horse, to steal BUCKSHOT!! Hangman and Swerve both fall, and the ref checks them both. Nana coaches Swerve up, and Swerve snarls. Swerve SMACKS Hangman with the chair! And SMACKS him again!
Swerve has a wild look in his eyes, and he winds up to SMACK Hangman again! Hangman collapses in a corner, but Swerve wedges the chair in another. Swerve goes back for Hangman, scoops him, and takes aim! LAWN DART into the chair!! The fans lose their minds from how blunt that impact was. Swerve covers, TWO!! Hangman survives and Swerve is beside himself. Swerve goes to the crate, and he brings out a CINDERBLOCK! Swerve used this to take down The Limitless One once, and now he sets this one down in front of The Cowboy. The fans are all growing a bit worried, but Swerve underhooks Hangman!
Hangman fights the lift! And Alabama Lifts! But Swerve fires body shots! Swerve turns things around, Inverted Gory Especial!! CINDERBLOCK VERTEBREAKER!! The block doesn’t break but maybe Hangman’s back just did! Swerve covers, TWO!?!?! Hangman survives, but the block left a nasty scrape on Hangman’s back. Swerve is disappointed in the block, so he brings in the table! Swerve sets the table up, then brings Hangman over. Swerve puts Hangman in the corner, fans chant “WE WANT FIRE!” Chicago is twisted, but Swerve goes out to climb the corner. Swerve aims, but Hangman hits him first!
Hangman hits Swerve some more, drags him down a bit, then climbs up after him. Hangman dribbles Swerve off the cage’s corner post, and then he scoops! Swerve fights with elbows! Swerve CLUBS Hangman down, throws down more fists, fans chant “PLEASE DON’T DIE!” Swerve KILL STOMPS through the table!!! The fans lose their minds again, and Swerve covers in the wreckage! TWO?!?!?! Nana cannot believe it! How much more does Hangman want to suffer? Swerve aims, and calls for “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” HOUSE- DEADEYE!! Cover, TWO!!! Swerve survives and Hangman scowls.
The fans duel both of these dastardly anti-heroes, and Hangman goes to his jacket. Hangman mockingly asks, “Whose House?” Wait, that charred piece of wood… Is that a piece of the home he burned down?!? And he goes after Swerve with it! Swerve blocks being stabbed by the charcoal spike! Hangman powers Swerve down to the mat, but Swerve pulls him into an ARMBAR!! Hangman flails, kicks, and Swerve grabs the spike! Now Swerve tries to stab Hangman with it!! Hangman turns, has a stack, TWO!! Both men get up, and Hangman swings! Swerve gets around, to JAM the spike into Hangman’s head again and again!!
The fans tell Swerve he is sick, and Swerve sits there for a moment, looking at the charcoal spike. Swerve cries tears, but of anger! He goes after Hangman again, but Hangman LOW BLOWS first!! Hangman then brings Swerve around, lifts him up, and he CINDERBLOCK BOMBS Swerve!!! The block still does not break, but now maybe Swerve’s back just did! The fans lose their minds as Hangman pushes Swerve to a cover, TWO?!?!?!? HOW?!?! Nana himself is now pleading that maybe Swerve should’ve stayed down. Hangman paces around Swerve, he drags Swerve up, and it’s hard to know if fans say “This is Awesome!” or “This is F’d up!”
Hangman has Swerve against ropes, climbs up, and he punches away on Swerve’s bloody forehead. But then Swerve lifts Hangman! CAGE BOMB! Hangman scrapes down the steel, and Swerve reloads. HOUSE CALL against steel! Hangman flounders, Swerve reloads again. Nana says Swerve can take his time, he has this now! Swerve again asks, “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” HOUSE CALL!!! Cover, TWO!?!?!?!?! It’s not even “How,” it’s WHY!?!? Why is Hangman still in this?! Is this his pride or his anger motivating him? Swerve goes up to the top rope, but then he looks up to the cage. So Swerve climbs up the cage!
The fans are going nuts already, but Hangman is after him first! Hangman CLUBS away on Swerve, drags him down a bit, and then gets under him! SUPER DUPER POWERBOMB!!!! Both men are down, but then they both rise up!?! The fans duel as hard as they can, and it is Hangman that stands! He Alabama Lifts, to DEADEYE!! Cover, TWO!?!?!?! Again, how and why!? Is Swerve just as motivated by his rage? Hangman paces around, and he grabs a chair. Hangman says he told Swerve that he would beg, so BEG! Hangman JAMS Swerve in the head!! Hangman tells Swerve to beg for mercy, but Nana says don’t!
Hangman JAMS Swerve again! Swerve laughs!? Hangman is furious, but the fans fire up! Swerve eggs Hangman on! Then he flops over…! Hangman drops his chair, sits Swerve up, and says time to embarrass him! Hangman takes Swerve’s grill away! Then he goes to the black bag, to bring out hypodermic needles!? What is Hangman doing?!? He stabs it through Swerve’s cheek!!!! The fans tell Hangman he is sickest of all, but Hangman has the chair. Swerve is like a zombie, HEADSHOT CHAIRSHOT!!!! The ref checks Swerve, he is OUT!! Hangman wins!
Winner: Hangman Page, by knockout
This went to dark places most people could never imagine, and it is Hangman who stands tall in the end. Hangman soaks up the cheers and jeers from Chicago, but is he finally done with Swerve? Will Swerve ever even be able to wrestle again? Wait, Hangman almost starts stepping back to the ring! But then whatever miniscule shred of mercy is left in him says no, leave it here. Hangman roars, having finally gotten past his past. But then the question is, what is next for The Cowboy?
My Thoughts:
This was an awesome All Out, though it’ll surely have a lot of debate over that Lights Out main event. Yes, they needed to escalate from their already brutal Texas Deathmatch, but I don’t think commentary even needed to sell their horror and disappointment at how violent this cage match got. For me, the staple gun was par for the course, and I was wondering if they’d bring the cinderblock back. That thing didn’t wanna sell for anyone, though, and there’s already word that it might’ve been a legit cinderblock, not a gimmicked one. If that is true, that is a deciding factor for me personally. Y’all can’t be doing stuff you know isn’t stunt safe. Before, it’s a question of whether anyone understood the physics of falling from something, but this is going into it knowing you’re gonna mess yourself up.
Moving away from that, Zero Hour was fun, but also a lot of filler. Acclaimed being thrown together with Iron Savages just to get a win, then a couple “Just for fun” trios matches. Team Texas of course beats The Premier Athletes, and that actually feels like a waste of the moment they gave us last night with Premier Athletes watching. Bang Bang Gang also just face a team to get a win back, and then I’m actually a little surprised The Kingdom won the big money. The amount has yet to be given, so maybe Tony Khan trolls The Kingdom by revealing it’s a bunk amount. But it mostly gives Roddy momentum going into his FTW Championship with Hook.
But something that was good story, that was “must see,” was Mariah May being mean to now Face Skye Blue. Skye is still recovering from her legit ankle injury, but Aminata is going to fight in her honor now. Mariah VS Aminata will be a very good story, very good match, but I feel like it’ll be another clear win for Mariah so she can strengthen her reign. Still hoping we get some interaction with Mina Shirakawa, that story needs to happen given Mina’s involvement in the Storm VS Mariah story.
MJF VS Garcia was a surprising choice for opener, but it turned out to be an awesome choice. They definitely leaned into each guy wanting to use a piledriver or related moves, to where it was Garcia’s obsession and is perhaps why he lost. MJF getting a quick pin win was a clever finish since it wasn’t violent or definitive, and I could just tell looking at Garcia after the bell rang that he’d go after MJF. In retrospect, that was setting the tone for other parts of the night. We got a great Chicago Street Fight from Willow VS Kris, and for them bringing out what they did, that still ends up second to the Lights Out Cage Match. Kris was of course winning since this wasn’t the title match anymore, but I do want Kris to come back for more, wanting that title match, and they still do it up big for the Dynamite Anniversary show.
Great International Championship match with Ospreay VS Pac, a real show stealer right here, and certainly a revisit to a part of Ospreay’s NJPW career that I used to call “RIP Ospreay’s Neck.” That had more Poison-Ranas than any match I can think of, and Ospreay still wins out. Also, great little bit with Ricochet where they taunt each other and of course plug that coming title match. Ricochet definitely needs matches for Dynamite and maybe even Collision to get him going again, and we can get Ospreay VS Ricochet in time for either the Dynamite Anniversary or WrestleDream. I feel like the PPV is better, it gives just a touch more time for them to build this. In fact, Ricochet winning a match on the anniversary show to earn his shot at WrestleDream would be good stuff.
Great Fatal 4 Way Continental Championship match, so much fun with all the combos, but it is as I said, Okada wins but not with Konosuke taking the loss, we can get Okada VS Konosuke in the next stretch. And that will be a lot of fun, too, as they can certainly play up the competitive history of NJPW and DDT-Pro. Okada was perhaps the biggest name in the biggest Japanese promotion, Konosuke was one of the biggest names in a company that overall is a lot goofier, but now Konosuke is showing the world what he can really do. Great match from Mone and Shida, but I figured Mone was retaining because of some other cheat. It wasn’t really Mone cheating, but she did get Shida to think about the kendo stick, and that conflict left her open.
And great stuff with The Elite and Blackpool Combat Club. Great tag title match from Bucks VS Claudio & Yuta, and just as I figured, Bucks retained. They needed their match to be here and now so all parts could rest before Bryan VS Jack. Bryan VS Jack was awesome stuff, Jack’s best singles match to date, and commentary was saying it for themselves, Jack became a more complete wrestler with his time away from AEW and in NJPW, like a reverse excursion or something. But as I was saying all week, Bryan was retaining because he’s not done yet, and Jack isn’t ready for a dual championship role.
However, what a really shocking series of events after. I should’ve known Christian Cage would attempt a cash-in, but a great move where BCC stands in his way. But then between Bryan’s big smile and all the stuff Moxley & Marina have been doing, there was a turn coming. I just didn’t think Claudio AND Pac would be onboard for it, while leaving Yuta out in the cold. I mean, I suppose Bryan needs one ally left if this remixed BCC is coming after him and the title, but wow. It’s a bit of a mess, though, since Pac, Claudio & Yuta are still Trios Champions together. And also, another controversial move using a plastic bag to “suffocate” Bryan, but wrestling historians probably recognized the Terry Funk VS Ric Flair reference. Still messed up, but this certainly implies Moxley VS Bryan going towards WrestleDream so that Bryan has an epic homecoming to Washington state.
My Score: 9.1/10
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Is MXM Collection too sexy for the ring?
Mansoor & Mason Madden want to make AEW all about the aesthetics, but their runway just ran into The House of Black! Will Brody King & Buddy Matthews make sure torment is “in” right now?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- All Star 8 Man Tag: The Elite VS Pac & Blackpool Combat Club; Pac & BCC win.
- Queen Aminata VS Missa Kate; Aminata wins.
- Six Man Tag: Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, Holo.grm & VS The Dark Order; Dustin, Sammy & Hologram win.
- Friday Night Fashion Fight: The MXM Collection VS The House of Black; The House of Black wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Collision bleeds over into Rampage!
Bryan kicks out of the roll-up, and he wrangles Jack into the LEBELL LOCK!! Jack flails, but The Bucks attack! Claudio & Yuta return to fire off hands! They brawl out of the ring, but Nick sends Claudio into railing! Matt whips Bryan but Bryan ducks ‘n’ dodges to LARIAT! Jack is up top, and he MISSILE DORPKICKS! Jack repays earlier, kips up, but Yuta tags in! Yuta fires off hands on Jack! Yuta ROCKS, CHOPS, repeat, but Jack knees low! Jack CLUBS Yuta, bumps him off buckles, and tags Okada. Okada fires forearms, CLUBS away on Yuta, then brins him up. But Yuta fires forearms with Okada! Yuta CHOPS, runs, but Okada DROPKICKS back!
Okada ripcords, Yuta ducks! But DOUBLE SUPERKICKS are there! Okada gut wrenches, TOMBSTONE!! Cover, Pac & Claudio break it!! The fans hope these teams “FIGHT FOREVER!” but we’re already into another show with this! They brawl, Nick DUMPS Claudio, then SPRINGBOARD CANNONBALLS! But Bryan FLYING KNEES Nick! Okada BLASTS Bryan! Okada sees everyone is on the outside, so he builds speed! To then stop, and flip everyone off! But Pac is back! And he SOBATS! KICKS! And BOOTS! Okada tumbles out, Pac builds speed! Pac FOSBURY FLOPS, down go Okada and Jack!
The fans are thunderous as Pac finds Okada and brings him back into the ring. Pac tags in, springboards, 450 SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Pac overshot the target by just a little bit, and that may have saved Okada. But “This is Awesome!” all the same! Pac bumps Okada off buckles, then runs up to BOOT! Okada sputters and slumps down, but Pac BOOTS him again! And again! Okada falls, Pac stalks him, and he brings Okada to a corner. Pac CHOPS! And BOOTS! Pac digs his boots in, tags Bryan, and Bryan drags Okada up. Bryan UPPERCUTS, but Okada shakes his head. Okada UPPERCUTS, but Bryan UPPERCUTS again!
The UPPERCUTS keep going, and the fans fire up! Bryan and Okada each egg the other on, and they just UPPERCUT again and again! Bryan gets the edge, tags Pac back, and Pac BOOTS Okada! Pac digs his boot in, tags Claudio, and Claudio UPPERCUTS! Tag to Yuta, and he ELBOWS! Tag to Bryan, he goes up while Yuta holds Okada, and the fans fire up with “YES! YES! YES!” Bryan MISSILE DROPKICKS! Bryan drags Okada around by his legs, hooks them up, and Pac keeps his eyes on The Bucks. Bryan pulls at the arms, but Okada crawls forward to the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, so Bryan STOMPS the knees!
Tag to Pac, and he drags Okada up. Pac puts Okada in the corner, sneers at Jack, then UPPERCUTS Okada down! Cover, TWO! Pac stomps Okada, and now Rampage goes picture in picture!
Pac tags Claudio, he drags Okada up, and Claudio whips Okada to the corner to UPPERCUT! Okada just sneers, so Claudio UPPERCUTS! And UPPERCUTS! Okada fires a forearm! Claudio UPPERCUTS! They go back and forth, Okada gets the edge, then ripcords. Claudio ducks the lariat to springboard and UPPERCUT! Cover, Matt breaks it! Claudio is frustrated but he tags Pac. Pac climbs, but Okada avoids the shooting star! Pac rolls through, Okada fireman’s carries, but Pac makes it a STANDING BRUTALIZER! Okada slowly drops to his knees! The Bucks get in to stomp Pac! Rampage returns to single picture as BCC goes after them!
Things settle down and Pac lets off of Okada. Tag to Claudio, but Okada scoops! Claudio fights it to gut wrench Okada! The Bucks get in, but BCC intercepts! Jack stays far away, we get a TRIPLE TOMBSTONE!! Cover, TWO!!! Okada survives, Jack checks on Th eBucks, but Claudio keeps going. Claudio Gotch Lifts, but Okada backdrops free! Nick tags in, CROSSBODY, but Claudio rolls through! Tag to Yuta, CROSSBODY PLEX COMBO! Cover, TWO! Yuta goes back up, Claudio heads over, but Jack runs in to RAM Claudio! The fans boo but Bryan chases Jack! Jack goes into the crowd, so Bryan continues after him!
The fans fire up as things are now a 3v3! Nick goes after Yuta, to SUPERPLEX! Roll through, and Matt is there! E V P TRIGGER!! Cover, Pac breaks it! Okada TOSSES Pac, but Pac drags Okada out! Okada kicks low to DDT to the floor! The Bucks set up with Yuta, Nick springboards, but Claudio catches the 450!?! The fans go nuts, and now Yuta GERMAN SUPLEXES Matt! Claudio SWINGS Nick!! Nick goes around again and again, past TEN, then FIFTEEN, then DROPKICK at TWENTY!! Cover, BCC WINS!!!
Winners: Pac & Blackpool Combat Club, by pinfall
Chicago fires up and The Elite can’t believe it! Yuta & Claudio just pinned the tag team champions, will they become AEW World Tag Team Champions tomorrow night? Will Pac use this momentum to become International Champion against Will Ospreay? What of Okada having to take on three men to defend his title? And will Bryan not stop chasing Jack until it’s time to go All Out?
Backstage interview with The Outrunners.
Lexy Nair is with Truth Magnum, Turbo Floyd & Erica Leigh, who are still celebrating their first win on AEW TV! Can you believe it?! The Outrunners have done it! Load up the jet skis, pop the champagne, they’re taking this party to the ocean! The same week that they’re topping the merch charts is the same week they get their first win on Collision! But wait! Jon Moxley & Marina Shafir attack! Moxley uses a CROWBAR to take out Truth & Turbo! Marina just uses her bare hands to RAM Erica into a wall!! Moxley “congratulates” them, they should throw a parade.
But this is what Moxley means! Maybe they should’ve checked their egos. Moxley & Marina leave The Outrunners behind, will these two become an absolute menace in AEW?
Queen Aminata VS Missa Kate!
Though she’s come close to gold, The Queen has yet to have her crowning achievement. But will it just be a matter of time before the One & Only African Woman is a champion?
The bell rings, Aminata and Kate circle. They tie up, Aminata waistlocks and SLAMS Kate down! Aminata drags Kate up, snap suplexes, but something more seems to be happening backstage. For now, Aminata drags Kate back up, and GERMAN SUPLEXES! Kate flounders to ropes, the fans rally for Aminata, and she storms up. Kate uses ropes for defense, then she sucker punches Aminata! Kate fires hands, Serena Deeb is watching backstage, and Kate CHOPS! Kate runs, into a DOUBLE CHOP! And a HEADBUTT! Cover, Aminata wins!
Winner: Queen Aminata, by pinfall
The “Brain Drain” just put Kate to bed, and Aminata looks primed for her moment. When and where will that moment be?
Six Man Tag: Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, Holo.grm & VS The Dark Order!
The ROH World Tag Team Champions have brought this gold from Texas to Chicago, and they also brought the shining star who has already captured the hearts of the fans. But will The Natural, The Spanish God and the futuristic luchador be a top tier trio? Or will Evil Uno, John Silver & Alex Reynolds prove #DarkOrderIsGood enough for golden opportunities?
The teams sort out and Hologram starts against Uno. The fans fire up for Hologram, but Uno offers a handshake? Hologram takes it, but Uno kicks low! Uno whips, Hologram handsprings to arm-drag! Hologram dodges Uno, goes up and over, then slips around to go to the apron! Then he goes to the other side, keeps moving, and Uno gets frustrated. Uno runs up, but into a GMAANGIRI! Hologram shows off with the front flip! Reynolds stomps in to attack! Reynolds fires hands, whips, but Hologram ducks ‘n’ dodges,. Sammy tags, Hologram sends Reynolds into the SOBAT! Sammy sets up, Hologram rolls off his back so he can DDT!
The fans fire up, Silver runs in, but Sammy SUPERKICKS! Dustin joins in, and they build speed! Team Texas fakes out The Dark Order, and they DOUBLE SPINAROONI! Then Hologram fakes Uno out, to handspring and hero pose! The fans fire up, but then Dark Order drags Team Texas out while Rampage goes picture in picture!
Silver RAMS Dustin into railing, Uno does the same to Hologram, and Reynolds whips Sammy into some! Uno drags Sammy into the ring, keeps him from his corner, and then tags in Silver. The Dark Order stomps away on Sammy, but lets off as the ref counts. Silver flexes, drags Sammy up and scoops to SLAM! Silver flexes again, he’s freakin’ jacked, baby! Cover, ONE!! Silver keeps on Sammy and ROCKS him with a forearm. Tag to Reynolds but the whole Dark Order mugs Sammy! The ref counts, Reynolds snapmares, and he stands on Sammy at ropes. Reynolds then IMPLODER ELBOW DROPS! Cover, TWO!
Reynolds swings on Dustin, goes back for Sammy, but the ref keeps Dustin back. Reynolds drags Sammy up, and bumps him off boots! Uno tags in, he drags Sammy up and hits a BIG suplex! Cover, TWO! Sammy stays in this but Uno stays on him. Uno drags Sammy back to stomp a leg! Tag to Silver, and Silver stays between Sammy and his team. But Sammy fires hands! Silver wobbles, Sammy fires more shots, and Rampage goes to break.
Rampage returns as Reynolds back suplexes, but Sammy lands out! Uno back suplexes, Sammy lands out! Sammy ELBOWS Silver, dodges the rest, hot tag to Dustin! The fans fire up as Dustin rallies, then whips. Reynolds reverses but Dustin says “Not Today!” RHODES UPPERCUT! Atomic drop! Dustin runs to BOOT and BULLDOG! Silver runs up, into a SNAP POWERSLAM! Uno runs up, into a SNAP POWERLSAM! Reynolds tries, SNAP POWERSLAM! The fans fire up and Dustin tags Sammy. Sammy tags Hologram, and the trio gets Dark Order up. They all JAB! JAB! JAB! Dark Order shoves back, dodges, and shout STOP! Then TRIPLE SLAP!!
The fans boo but Silver has Hologram on ropes! Silver gets moving, Dark Order TRIPLE KICK COMBO! GERMAN SUPLEX! Silver fires up, the fans are torn, and we see The Premier Athletes all watching. Reynolds & Uno get Hologram up for Silver to run, but Hologram avoids the pendulum! Dustin & Sammy DUMP Silver, Hologram dodges Evil Y Reynolds, and he gives Sammy a boost to MISSILE DROPKICK! The fans fire up as Sammy & Hologram go to the apron! They SUPERKICK Uno & Silver, then go up the corners! DOUBLE ASAI MOONSAULTS!! Direct hits, and then DESTROYER for Reynolds!
Dustin calls to Sammy, Sammy goes up to FLYING CUTTER! Hologram goes up to 450 SPLASH!! Cover, Team Texas wins!
Winners: Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara & Holo.grm, by pinfall
A great debut on Rampage for Hologram, a great win overall for the ROH World Tag Team Champions, will they keep this going until they’re dripping with gold?
The Bang Bang Gang speaks.
Juice Robinson says here’s the thing about the AEW Trios Division: You need momentum on your side. You ain’t gonna get the job done with a win here and there. You need to string ’em together, snowball effect. W after W after W! Austin says chill. They all want W’s, but there is something serious to address. Austin still doesn’t have a nickname! They’ve got Fully Cocked Colten Gunn! Rock Hard Juice Robinson! And… What do they have for Austin? Colten thinks on it. But in steps The Cage of Agony. Bishop Kaun says he has an idea: Ass Boy Austin! Oh, clever, clever. No right, here’s one: Runner Up in the Top Prospect Tournament!
Wow, that was a long time ago, Kaun. Not relevant. The Machine says there has to be a better one. Kaun has it now: Nepo Baby. What? Like he’s got a famous mom or something? Kaun says okay, no, this is the best: Former AEW World Trios Champion. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that’s just everyone here right now. Colten says that’s tough talk coming from the team that lost the ROH World Six Man titles to them. Cage says hey, Colten, you might be a “body guy” compared to the rest of this roster, but stepping to The Machine, watch your tone. Shake weights don’t count, Cage. Cage says the only reason Bang Bang Gang won cuz they had six guys at the time!
Nowadays, the three Bang Bang Gang won’t beat The Cage of Agony. Then let’s find out! If you’re not down with that, they have two words for ya! GUNS- Wait! The Cage of Agony block the finger guns! They clap their hands and say, “Gates, OPEN!” Toa Liona roars, Juice roars back, sorta. Will the Collision Cowboys be able to bring down these three behemoths? Or will they be caught inside The Cage of Agony?
BREAKING NEWS!
Lexy Nair says for the Zero Hour, there will be a TRIOS TRIPLE THREAT! Standing by are two of the three teams, Top Flight Crew’s Darius, Dante & Action, and Shane Taylor Promotions with Beast Mortos. But then the third team can be heard coming as Roderick Strong shouts “BEEEEAST!” Roddy thought Mortos was Kingdom! Shane says Mortos followed the money, so can he help them? Matt Taven says Mortos hasn’t learned the value of a dollar! Mike Bennett says Shane can’t help them, but they can help Shane, because surprise, guess who the third team is? Yeah, it’s The Kingdom. And there’s a BIG winner’s purse put on this one.
Not that it’s going to more matching outfits, Top Flight. The Kingdom leaves, Action says check it. In the end, it doesn’t matter whose side The Beast is on, it won’t be the winning side. And Top Flight IS. They will fly home with that guac. CHACHING~! So buckle up. Lee Moriarty has Shane and Mortos calm down. Will #TAIGASTYLE have just the plan to come away with that big money cash prize?
Friday Night Fashion Fight: The MXM Collection VS The House of Black!
It’s hard to say there are any rules outside the norm for this match, other than to dress to impress. Will Mansoor & Mason Madden prove that no matter what, they’re always the best dressed in the locker room? Or will Brody King & Buddy Matthews give them a makeover involving bruises, lacerations and hospital gowns?
Wait, who is this weirdo in the trash bag and oversized wood sandals? Why is he being carried out here? These are the judges for this Fashion Fight?! Well, what do you expect from modern fashion these days? Anyway, the teams sort out, and the Iron Chic starts against the Aussie Juggernaut. The fans bark for the House of Black, and Mansoor dodges Buddy. Mansoor struts, POSES, and calls for a score. Tens across the board! Buddy scowls, waistlocks, Mansoor switches, but Buddy switches. Mansoor switches again, shoves, and POSES! Another score of tens across the board! Feels like they’re a bit biased, though…
Buddy and Mansoor tie up, Mansoor waistlocks, Buddy switches, but Mansoor ELBOWS free! Mansoor runs, sunset flips, but Buddy stays up! Buddy drags Mansoor up, TOSSES him, then blocks a boot! Buddy swings on Mansoor but Mansoor stays in the ropes! The ref counts, Buddy lets off, and the judges give Buddy all threes! Yeah, definitely biased. Mansoor headlocks, Buddy powers out, and they RAM shoulders! Buddy doesn’t budge, and he headlocks for a takeover! Mansoor headscissors, Buddy kips free, then he avoids the sweep. Buddy headlocks, Mansoor powers up and out, but Buddy CLOBBERS him!
Mansoor gets up, Buddy blocks the kick and FLIPS Mansoor! Mansoor scrambles away, asks for a score, and Buddy gets a total of 4! Mansoor says he is still better than Buddy, and he tags Mason in. The Mahogany Hunk calls out the King of Death, and the fans bark it up! Buddy tags Brody, and Mason is all fired up! Brody stares Mason down, but then Mansoor tags in? Mansoor steps up to Brody, says eat this, and CHOPS! But Brody doesn’t budge! The judges still give all tens! But Brody CHOPS Mansoor! Mansoor falls, the judges can’t hep but admit, that was a seven. Mansoor RIPS that seven, and finds the “YOU SUCK” one among them!
But then Mansoor turns around, and Brody CROSSBODIES them all!! That’s a ten, as in, a STRIKE! The fans fire up as Brody holds up the ten! Mason runs up but Buddy FLYING KNEES him down! Mason is in a daze, Buddy holds up the ten, and Rampage goes picture in picture.
Brody drags Mansoor up to run and RAM him into railing! Brody CHOPS Mansoor against apron, Buddy says ten! The fans cheer, “TEN! TEN! TEN!” Brody kicks Mansoor into the ring, drags him up, and CHOPS! TEN! Mansoor stings, he feels more like a two right now. Buddy tags, he drags Mansoor up and CHOPS him down! TEN! Mansoor bails out, the House pursues, and they put Mansoor back in. But Mason ancohrs Buddy! Buddy kicks Mason, but Mansoor DRAPING DDTS Buddy!! Tag to Mason, and he SENTONS! Anmd ELBOW DROPS! And covers, ONE!! Mason snarls, he tags Mason, and MXM double whip.
MXM DOUBLE ELBOW, POSE, but no judges to score it. DOUBLE ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Mansoor drags Buddy up, tags Mason in, and MXM mugs Buddy. Mason whips Mansoor in, but Buddy BOOTS him! Buddy goes up and over Mason, but Mansoor lifts Buddy! Mason runs, HIGH KICK SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Mason stares Brody down, drags Buddy up, and puts him on ropes. Mason CHOKES Buddy, lets off as the ref counts, and Mansoor hip attacks! Mansoor says kiss this, and Mason tags him in. MXM regroup on the apron, finger boop and DOUBLE HIP ATTACK! Buddy sputters as MXM clap them cheeks!
MXM go again, but Buddy mores! Mansoor takes the worse of that, and Buddy BLASTS them both off the apron! Mansoor hurries back in, and he CLOBBERS Buddy! Mansoor drags Buddy up, brings him over, and Mason steps in. MXM whips Buddy to the corner, then shake their booties. Rampage returns to single picture, Mansoor runs in, but Buddy BOOTS him down! Mansoor falls to his knees, Buddy runs up and uses him for a step! FLYING KNEE into Mason! The fans fire up as Buddy and MXM are all down! Buddy crawls, but Mason YANKS Brody down! The fans boo, but Mason eggs Brody on. Mansoor rolls Buddy, TWO!
Buddy blocks a boot but Mansoor ENZIGIRIS! Mansoor runs, springboards, into a V-TRIGGER!! Both men are down again and the fans fire up! Mansoor and Buddy crawl, hot tags to Brody and Mason! The fans fire up as the two RAM shoulders! Chants of “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” begins! The forearms fly, “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” The CHOPS and the BOOTS, “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Mason dodges, fireman’s carries, but Brody elbows free! ROLLING ELBOW! Fireman’s carry, but Mansoor makes the save! SUPERKICK! Brody LARIATS back! Mason is still up, and he choke grips! Brody pries free, so Mason HEADBUTTS!
Brody goes to a corner, Mason runs up, but Brody OVERHEAD SUPLEXES him into buckles! Mason slumps upside-down, and the fans bark again! Brody storms around as he barks, and then he runs in to CANNONBALL! Mason sputters, Brody drags him to a cover, TWO!! Mason survives and Brody is surprised! Brody frowns, but Mansoor goes after Buddy! Mansoor sends Buddy into steps! Brody drags Mansoor up but Mansoor HOTSHOTS! And CHAIR SHOTS!! The ref was busy checking Mason! Mason SITOUT CHOKE SLAMS!! Cover, TWO!! Brody survives “South of Paris,” but Mason says time to kill ’em fashionably!
Tag to Mansoor, and he storms in. Mason underhooks, but Brody’s too big! Brody sends Mason into Mansoor, tags Buddy, and Buddy METEORAS Mason! Mansoor runs up, into a POP-UP KNEE! SHINING WIZARD in the corner! Buddy puts Mansoor up top then climbs! But Mason CLUBS Buddy! Mason Electric Chairs, but Buddy slips free! Mason is sent into Mansoor, Mansoor lands hard on his runway! Mason grabs Buddy, but Buddy flips free of the choke slam! Buddy then DUMPS Mason out, Brody is in! Brody DIVES onto Mason!! The big men hit railing, and Buddy has Mansoor! SUPER DUPER PLEX!
Buddy rolls through, Brody is in, Mansoor is thrown into DANTE’S INFERNO!! Cover, The House of Black wins!
Winners: The House of Black, by pinfall
Talk about “Brutal fashion,” this was a victory as beautiful as it was vicious! Brody & Buddy proved #TheHouseAlwaysWins, but will they win their way back to title opportunities?
Will Ospreay speaks.
“I have been asked all day today, ‘How you feelin’, Will? You feelin’ alright?’ I dunno how you feel when you’ve taken a Poison-Rana on the stage and a brainbuster on some stage carts, mate, but yeah, hunky dury. I’m feeling great. I’m feeling great to cut these ties that bind myself to Pac. That’s history, right? See, Pac, everybody might know you as The Bastard right now, or maybe they know you as The Man Gravity Forgot. I know you as a UK backyard wrestler. You see, I could say words to you right now that’d perk your ears up that no one else knows. I could say stuff like Steve Farrow. I could say stuff like NAW.
“Because I’ve walked in your shoes. When I walked into that territory that you left, they’d say, ‘Man, you’re good. You ain’t Pac.’ They said the same thing on the UK independents. They said, ‘You’re good, but you’re not Pac.'” Ospreay made them all eat their words, and then he walked on the bridge Pac built, from England to Japan. Pac paved the way for him and Ospreay is thankful. But when Ospreay walked in there, they also said, “You’re good, but you’re not Pac.” Ospreay has been chasing Pac, and five years ago, Pac was Dragon Gate Dream Gate Champion, and Ospreay was NEVER Openweight Champion, and they didn’t get a decision. It was a 30 minute time limit draw.
You think Ospreay is satisfied with that? Nah, bruv! Ospreay’s still been chasing Pac! And here it is. Without even realizing it, Ospreay has lapped Pac. When Pac hit that rana, and Ospreay heard that crappy northern accent, “Don’t you underestimate me.” You thought Ospreay forgot? Nah, bruv. Ospreay could never forget Pac. Not all the work Pac’s done, not all the history they have. No one has forgotten about Pac. He just has been in this position so many times, we’ve lost faith. Wanna change it? Then there’s 24 hours left, bruv. These two may not have had their Wembley Moment together, but who walks away having won THE moment?
My Thoughts:
A great Rampage as part of the go-home night to All Out, though they of course accommodated the bleed over from Collision. Good stuff, already talked about it all for the Collision article, and I also touched on Moxley & Marina jumping The Outrunners with that article, too. It was easy heat for Moxley & Marina beating up on The Outrunners, who just had their big moment, but Moxley touched on not celebrating mediocrity and being humble in victory. Darby Allin will probably respond by saying this is just Moxley being a bully. Anyway, good win for Aminata, and Deeb watching her sets up how they’ll be feuding soon enough.
Good promo of Bang Bang Gang and Cage of Agony, and they’ll have a very good match, probably naming the winners the #1 contenders to the World Trios Championships. More than I can say for Premier Athletes. What business do Nese, Daivari & Woods have watching Dustin & Sammy like they’re gonna get any of the ROH titles off them? Nese, Daivari & Woods lose to all sorts of established names, Dustin, Sammy & The Von Erichs will be no different. But still a really good, really fun Six Man Tag of Dustin, Sammy & Hologram beating Dark Order. Dark Order really is a trio that should’ve been given more, but oh well.
Good promo segment from Kingdom, STP and Top Flight, with another of these kayfabe’d money prize matches happening just because. Like, title opportunities not being won here? I know Roddy is waiting to go after the FTW Championship, but why not have him & The Kingdom try to move up from ROH titles to AEW titles in this match? Though, Top Flight might be right. They won that $3000 trios royale thing a year or so ago, they might win this one so that they keep making money and building their budget for more airline pilot gimmick gear.
And while I was expecting a fashion show themed Street Fight, I suppose judges giving scores was good enough of a gag for this match. The fashion themed Street Fight would’ve probably been better, though. But the House of Black would’ve won out anyway, so best to do it in a standard rules match. And then a great promo from Ospreay to properly frame this feud with Pac. I do wish they would’ve let this be the All In match but whatever, this will still be a show stealer of a match for All Out. But as I said for Collision, and even Dynamite on Wednesday, Pac has been standing tall so the math favors Ospreay retaining the title.
My Score: 8.7/10
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