AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Collision Results & Report! (8/26/23)
It’s a massive All In Eve!

Who’s joining the All In All-Star match?
With the biggest event in AEW history just around the corner, Collision goes all in with a massive 8 Man Tag! But who is joining CM Punk, Darby & Sting as the fourth man?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: Orange Cassidy, Penta El Zero Miedo & Eddie Kingston VS The Superbad Squad; Cassidy, Penta & Eddie wins..
- The Dark Order VS Action Andretti & Darius Martin; The Dark Order wins.
- “Big Bill” Morrissey w/ Ricky Starks VS Vary Morales; Bill wins.
- Willow Nightingale VS Robyn Renegade w/ Charlette Renegade; Willow wins.
- Keith Lee VS Zicky Dice; Keith wins.
- All In All-Star 8 Man Tag: Jay White, Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage & Luchasaurus w/ Christian Cage VS CM Punk, Darby Allin, Sting & Hook; Punk, Darby, Sting & Hook win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Jack Perry is here!
Fans boo as “Hollywood” Jack Perry leads the way as four men carry the FTW Championship on a palanquin adorned with flowers. Jack did promise he was going to retire this title, so he’s already making this like a funeral. He takes the belt from the palanquin and dismisses the pallbearers to set the belt on the table. Fans boo as Jack gets the mic now, and Jack pretends to be saddened by this occasion of his own making. Fans chant “YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK!” but Jack says, “These things are never easy. As the greatest FTW Champion to ever live, I felt a personal responsibility to come out here and say a few nice words about this title.”
Fans boo more as Jack says the FTW Championship was a good title. It had its ups and downs, it was misunderstood at times. And tell you what, this thing grew near and dear to Jack’s heart. Because in 100 years, when people look up FTW in the history books, they’re gonna see Jack’s face right next to it. But instead of being sad that it’s over, let’s remember the good times. Play the tape. A video plays, and it opens with Jack and the title in a hot tub. And the tanning bed. And sunbathing. And in the pool. And the shower?! In the limousines, having a cookout, going for bike rides down the street, and even breakfast in bed.
Jack “gets teared up” seeing all those, and he wipes his eyes and his nose with an orange handkerchief. Fans boo but he says that was beautiful. “What a beautiful legacy that will be left behind by this title, thanks to me.” Fans boo more but Jack says that it is finally time that we send this title to a better place. Jack then brings out a SLEDGEHAMMER! Fans boo as Jack sets the belt down, and raises the hammer! But the lights go down! And a new video plays! HOOK is doing chin-ups with traffic lights! “Jack, you can’t destroy that championship. Because I am the FTW Championship. And the FTW Championship is my bloodline.”
Jack stole something very important from Hook, so he’s coming for what’s his. The lights come back up, and HOOK IS BEHIND JACK!! Jack turns around and fans go nuts as Hook catches him for an EL CAMINO SUPLEX! And then he RAMS Jack into the picture of the FTW title Jack had on display! And then Hook TOSSES Jack over the table, taking the table down with him!! Hook moves the table aside, putting it in a corner! Jack crawls but Hook drags him back up, to TAZZ PLEX through the table!! Fans are thunderous as Hook picks the belt up and drapes it over Jack. Hook gets the mic now, and he says, “Wembley. Sunday.”
Fans fire up, the match has been made! Jack Perry VS Hook for the FTW Championship, once and for all! Will Jack be ready to go All In against the Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil?
Six Man Tag: Orange Cassidy, Penta El Zero Miedo & Eddie Kingston VS The Superbad Squad!
Freshly Squeezed held onto the AEW International Championship through Rampage, but now he prepares to rampage in Wembley Stadium! Will he, Penta and the Mad King show they have #CEROMIEDO over what’s coming at All In? Or will The Butcher, the Blade & Kip Sabian do some damage before the Blackpool Combat Club does?
The tensions are running high, as everybody in this match has history with each other. The trios sort out and Eddie says his best amigo’s got this. Penta gets in Kip’s face and shoves him. Kip shoves back, they go forehead to forehead, and Kip mocks Cero Miedo. Fans chant “CERO! MIEDO!” and Penta gets them even more fired up. Penta makes sure Kip is listening. “CERO! MIEDO!” Then he pie faces Kip! Kip shoves Penta, so Penta takes off the glove! The bell finally rings, and Penta throws the glove to Alex Abrahantes. He catches it, but then Penelope Ford shoves him down! Fans boo but then a brawl breaks out in the ring!
Blade stomps Penta, Cassidy fires off on Kip, and Eddie throws hands with Butcher! Things spill out, Kip RAMS Cassidy into railing and Blade knocks Penta down! Eddie and Butcher RAM into each other again and again! Kip ROCKS Cassidy, goes to smack him off the desk, but Cassidy blocks that to hit back! Eddie runs Butcher over! Fans fire up but Blade and Butcher mug Eddie! They double whip, then run Eddie over! Fans boo and the ref reprimands, but Penta runs in! Blade CLOBBERS Penta, then whips him to a corner. Blade runs in, into a SUPERKICK! Butcher run sin, but into an ENZIGURI!
Penta brings Blade up in a fireman’s carry, and he spins around before CORNER DEATH VALLEY into Butcher! Fans fire up with Penta and join in on “CERO! MIEDO!” Penta BOOTS Blade down, but Kip trips Penta up! Penelope distracts the ref so Kip can POST Penta, groin first! But then Cassidy DIVES into Kip! Cassidy puts Kip back in, Kip hurdles but Cassidy leaps! They keep moving, Cassidy wheelbarrows and victory rolls! TWO! Kip has it, TWO! Cassidy stands, Kip HEADBUTTS him! Cassidy SUPERKICKS! Kip wobbles. Cassidy runs in but Kip DUMPS Cassidy out! Then fakes him out with an Arabian Press!
Kip mocks Cassidy with holding his hands up, then putting them in “pockets.” Cassidy runs in, Kip dodges and distracts the ref while Blade KNEES Cassidy! Butcher gets in, he and Blade LEG DROP SIDEWALK SLAM! How does the ref not notice!? Kip covers, TWO!! Kip drags Cassidy up, suplexes, but Cassidy blocks! Cassidy suplexes but Kip blocks! They go back and forth, Kip slips free and shoves, but Cassidy tilt-o-whirls, only for Kip to block the DDT! Kip suplexes, Cassidy slips free! Cassidy waistlocks, Kip switches and shoves, but Cassidy ducks ‘n’ dodges, only for Butcher to KNEE him in the back!
Kip distracts the ref as Butcher throws Cassidy down! Kip runs in to CANNONBALL! Tag to Blade, Kip feeds Cassidy to the FISHERMAN SCREW! Blade grins and dusts his hands off, then he soaks up the heat as Collision goes picture in picture.
Blade drags Cassidy up, tags in Butcher, and they DOUBLE HEADBUTT Cassidy down! Butcher drops a leg, brother! Then he drags Cassidy up and whips him to a corner hard! Cassidy falls and Butcher stares Eddie down. Butcher drags Cassidy up, tags in Blade, and they mug Cassidy. Snapmare and KICK to the back! Cover, TWO! Blade clamps onto Cassidy with a chinlock! Cassidy endures, fights up, reaches out, but Blade throws him down! Blade soaks up the heat, tags in Butcher, and they mug Cassidy. Butcher sits Cassidy up to UPPERCUT in the back, CLUB him in the back, and then CLUB him again!
Butcher drags Cassidy up, tags Blade back in, and the mugging continues. Blade then brings Cassidy out to snap suplex! Cover, TWO! Blade whips Cassidy into the corner, taunts Penta & Eddie, then ROCKS Cassidy! Blade wraps on a bearhug and squeezes tight! Cassidy endures, Collision returns to single picture, and fans rally up. Cassidy throws elbows, reaches out, repeat! Cassidy fires off a flurry, but Kip YANKS Penta down! Butcher BLASTS Eddie! Fans boo but Penta and Eddie are sent into railing! Blade keeps the squeeze on, then he trips Cassidy to drag him over. Kip SPRINGBOARD DOUBLE STOMPS, Blade jackknife covers, TWO!!
Fans fire up and Penelope is furious that Cassidy survives! Blade puts Cassidy in the corner, tags Kip back in, and the mercs send Kip in, but Cassidy TOSSES him out! Cassidy dodges Blade, hurdles over Butcher, but Kip hurries back in! Kip has a foot and drags Cassidy back! Cassidy boots Kip away! Hot tags to Blade and Penta! Fans fire up as Penta hits a SLINGBLADE on Blade! Then SLINGBLADE for Butcher! SUPERKICK for Kip! Penta uses Blade as a step to RUNNING DESTROYER on Kip!! “CERO! MIEDO!” But Butcher BOOTS Penta! Eddie tags in and fans are thunderous as Eddie steps up to Butcher!
Eddie and Butcher DOUBLE LARIAT, but neither falls! They DOUBLE LARIAT, but still neither falls! Another DOUBLE LARIAT, and still neither falls! But then Butcher kicks low! He reels Eddie in, calls his shot, but Eddie wrenches out to ENZIGURI! Tag to Kip, but Eddie rallies with big elbows! Eddie runs in to clothesline at the corner! MACHINE GUN CHOPS! Blade runs in but he’s sent into Kip, and he gets MACHINE GUN CHOPS! Butcher CLOBBERS Eddie! But Cassidy gets in, ORANGE PUNCH! BACKFIST TO THE FUTURE! Blade gets up, to get an ORANGE PUNCH! Kip leaps in, but Eddie catches him! EXPLODER!
Fans are thunderous as Penta has Kip, pump handle, ORANGE PUNCH MADE IN JAPAN!! SLIDING FOREARM! Eddie covers, Eddie’s team wins!
Winners: Orange Cassidy, Penta El Zero Miedo & Eddie Kingston, by pinfall
The NJPW Strong Openweight Champion finishes it off for this unlikeliest of trio! But now, they must regroup with Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta in London. Will they survive going All In on the Wembley Stadium Stampede?
Collision returns, and Best Friends have joined their friends!
Chuckie T has the mic to say, “Jon Moxley. Claudio Castagnoli. Santana. Ortiz. Wheeler Yuta.” Trent snatches the mic to say, “You SOBs broke my mom’s van! You disrespected the sweetest little lady who’s ever lived, and you messed up.” Fans chant for “SUE! SUE! SUE!” Trent says he’ll wrap this up: Wembley Stadium for Stadium Stampede, they’re not coming to hug and have fun. NO. Best Friends, Penta & Kingston are coming to hurt you! And they’re gonna do it for Sue. Fans cheer that! Eddie takes the mic, but Cassidy wants his turn first. Eddie says fine, and Cassidy even takes off his sunglasses so this IS serious.
But then The BCC interrupt via the tron! Moxley tells Eddie, “my compadre,” calm down for a second and remember that Eddie made this challenge. Eddie wanted Stadium Stampede, and Eddie said the BCC could pick anyone. So why oh why are you surprised? Santana says “A year of pain, a year of struggle, a year of torture. But most of all, a year of realizing who’s real and who’s not. It all culminates! 80 THOUSAND PEOPLE PLUS! Wembley Stadium, baby. Are y’all ready to walk through the fire? Because we live in it.” Eddie’s ready to go, he gets outta the ring! Eddie’s storming to the back!
Claudio warns Kingston that he used to be on it, but in their second match in AEW, Claudio saw Eddie turn his back on each and every one in the BCC’s team. And if Claudio was a betting man, that in one year’s time, all the people Eddie’s in the ring with now will not be his friends anymore. But hey, that’s not Eddie’s fault, right? It’s never Eddie’s fault! Just blame everybody else for your mistakes! Eddie is a hypocrite, and he knows it! Ortiz says, “A wise man once said, ‘You reap what you sow.'” But uh, Eddie isn’t in the ring! He’s barging into the back! Where are they? The cameramen know, right? Where’d they go?!
The BCC is gone, Eddie starts throwing chairs. He demands to know where the BCC went, but then he talks to the camera. The BCC wants a message? He’s not surprised Santana & Ortiz pulled this. He gets it, he even respects it. But that doesn’t mean he won’t gut them and watch them die in the middle of that ring! And Jon, get outta the way. Eddie knows his beautiful wife and beautiful baby girl, so he doesn’t wanna hurt Jon. Just stay out of the way. Yuta, you’re getting buried. And Claudio, you’re left for last, so he can burn you and scar you forever. And yeah, that’s messed up. Eddie kisses the camera then heads out, will all the Mad King says become reality on Sunday?
AEW hears from the Young Bucks and FTR.
They had their group interview with Renee Paquette, but now each team speaks a bit more candidly about the other. What do Matt & Nick Jackson think of Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood? Matt doesn’t like ’em. Cash says it was 2016 when FTR started making some noise in tag team wrestling, making waves for themselves. Until then, the Bucks were the uncrowned kings of tag team wrestling. Cody Rhodes is the one who came up with “F T R” on the hit YouTube show, Being The Elite. At the time it just meant “Eff” The Revival. Matt chuckles.
Dax says this FTR thing started and that was something that has stuck with Dax because he holds grudges. And now, in 2023, he still hasn’t gotten past it. Nick says of course it made Dax & Cash furious. The Bucks were laughing about it, and they were laughing cuz they knew they were better than The Revival. Cash said The Revival never had to acknowledge The Bucks because the Bucks were taking shots at The Revival, all because The Bucks were finally questioned as the best tag team in the world. That carried over when Dax & Cash came to AEW, and it was the main reason they even did come to AEW.
Wembley Stadium will be the bow on the legacy for Cash & Dax. It is FTR VS Bucks, round 3, for the titles, to finally get to the bottom of who is the best. The biggest show of all time, it is almost intimidating. But at the end, Dax promises he and Cash will be THE absolute best team, bar none. What happens when these two top tier teams finally settle the score?
The Dark Order VS Action Andretti & Darius Martin!
Alongside Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds & John Silver have found their edge again, ready to cut through the rest of the roster to get back to former glory. But will they do that tonight, on the eve of the biggest PPV in AEW history? Or will the Sight to See and the Air Wolf make good on this huge opportunity?
The teams sort out, Action starts against Silver and fans rally up for “JOHNNY HUNGY!” Silver and Action tie up, go around, Action headlocks but Silver powers up and out. Action RAMS Silver, but he stays up! “I’m freakin’ jacked, baby! WOO!” Action shrugs that off to get around and waistlock. Silver wrenches free to wristlock, but Action goes for ropes. Silver keeps him away, Action rolls, handsprings and cartwheels to wrench and snapmare, then ghost pin! TWO, but Action facelocks. Silver RAMS Action into the corner, tag to Reynolds and they mug Action. Reynolds then whips to ELBOW Action down! Cover, ONE!
Reynolds taunts Action, back suplexes, but action lands out to waistlock! Reynolds RAMS him into the corner but Darius tags in! Darius jumps up and over, then RAMS Reynolds into Action’s knees! Darius mule kicks, Action goes up to DOUBLE STOMP! Darius & Action then BLAST Silver, then they bring Reynolds in for a double suplex! Silver runs in, into DOUBLE DROPKICKS! Fans fire up for Action & Darius and they get Reynolds up. Darius wrenches and YANKS the arm, tags Action, and they double whip. Reynolds KICKS Action, TOSSES Darius out hard, but Action rolls Reynolds up! TWO!
Reynolds swings, misses, but tags Silver before the O’Conner Roll! Silver drags Action off Reynolds, POWERBOMB onto knees! Cover, TWO! Action is hanging tough but Silver looms over him. Fans rally, Action throws body shots but Silver KICKS Action! Then KICKS him down! Silver grins and flexes and fans cheer. Tag to Reynolds and the Dark Order double whip. Double trop toehold! DOUBLE BASEMENT DROPKICK! Fans fire up with the #JoinDarkOrder hand, and Reynolds covers, TWO!
Collision goes picture in picture Reynolds keeps on Action. Reynolds scrapes his sole off Action’s face, then sucker punches Darius! The ref keeps Darius back, allowing Reynolds to CHOKE Action! Reynolds drags Action up, bumps him off buckles, and tags in Silver. Silver and Reynolds mug Action, and Silver throws more heavy hands! Silver UPPERCUTS Action, whips him corner to corner, and then CLOBBERS him! Then he sucker punches Darius! Silver taunts Action, pushes him down, then runs to drop a knee! Cover, TWO! Silver is annoyed but he taunts Action reaching out. Silver then KICKS Action down!
Tag to Reynolds, he has Action on ropes to CHOKE him! The ref counts, Reynolds lets off to run, but Action avoids the straddle attack! Reynolds gets caught up on the ropes! Both men are down but heading for their corners, and Collision goes to break!
Collision returns as Action ENZIGURIS Silver down! They both crawl again, hot tag to Reynolds and he drags Action up! Action slips out and under and leap frogs, but Reynolds reels him in to GERMAN SUPLEX! But Action lands on his feet! And he dodges Reynolds to hot tag Darius! Darius rallies on the Dark Order, big haymakers for Reynolds! CHOPS for Silver! ENZIGURI for Reynolds! Silver dodges Darius but Darius ELBOWS him back! Darius goes up, reels Silver in, TORNADO DOUBLE DDT!! Darius gets them both, and then covers Reynolds, TWO! Fans fire up with Darius as he drags Reynolds back up.
Darius suplexes but Reynolds wrenches out and ROCKS Darius! Action sneaks a tag, Darius BOOTS Reynolds, and Action HANDSPRING KICKS Silver down! SHOTGUN GERMAN SUPLEX COMBO!! Darius gets Reynolds up, BRAINBUSTER! Action SPRINGBOARD 450 SPLASHES! Cover, Silver breaks it! Fans fire up, Darius TOSSES Silver out! Action tags Darius back in, they get Reynolds back up, and they double underhook. But Silver SUPERKICKS Darius! Action backslides Silver but Silver rolls through to fire off KICK after KICK after SUPERKICK! But Action PELES in return!
Action fires up, fans are with him, and Action runs, but into a FLAPJACK UPPERCUT COMBO! Darius fires off CHOPS and SLAPS on the Dark Order! Forearm smash for Silver, forearm smash for Reynolds! Silver dodges and starts up the WOMBO COMBO!! STUNNGER to GERMAN to jackknife bridge! Dark Order wins!!
Winners: The Dark Order, by pinfall
Fast and furious for sure, but Silver & Reynolds come out on top! Will racking up the wins between AEW and ROH convince more and more people to #JoinDarkOrder?
AEW shares a post show interview from Dynamite.
Lexi Nair was with Darby Allin & Nick Wayne after their big win on Wednesday, and congratulates Nick on his first win in AEW. However, we did see Christian Cage have some choice words for him in regards to All In. But then AR Fox walked in. Fox apologizes to Nick for everything. But 16 years, it took Fox to get somewhere like AEW. He never thought he would. But when he lost to Orange Cassidy, he just thought everyone lost faith in him, like Darby and the fans. He panicked and snapped. He lost his dad, too. So he can’t give him Bobby Wayne back, but he can give him his word. Fox offers a handshake, but Nick shakes his head.
Nick storms off, Darby says he knows Fox is sorry. Darby takes Fox’s hand to then hurry after Nick. Will Darby get Nick to see things the same way? Or will Fox be the reason Nick stays away from All In?
The Acclaimed meet Billy Gunn in the gym.
Max Caster & Anthony Bowens are happy to see him, and they all scissor finger! Music video time! “Everybody wanna be the badass ’til they have a bad day, ’til they get the backlash, ’til they get the uh-uh, ’til they get the backhand. But we gettin’ back up after every single crash land, after every, single, time. You know that we fightin’ through the pain, movin’ to the top o’ the line. Ain’t nobody messin’ with Acclaimed. It’s the return of the Gunnslinger, the One and Only. Make the House say their prayers, they gettin’ holy. Of course, back on course, it’s from the source. I’m proud to report we’re back at full force.
“Back on the horse, put your back on the bench and we raisin’ the bar. We back at a 10, tension, okay? We only got tired. Blowin’ up the House of Black like Oppenheimer. Billy took his lumps, bumps were just minor. We got your back, B, on the one-liners. Stayin’ on the grind like I stay on beat. Got our hands in the middle like Acclaimed on three. Hey, everybody wanna be the badass ’til they have a bad day, ’til they get the backlash, ’til they get the uh-uh, ’til they get the backhand. But we gettin’ back up after every single crash land, every single time. You know that we fightin’ through the pain, movin’ to the top o’ the line. Ain’t nobody messin’ with Acclaimed.
“House of Black likes to do it in the dark. So we turn your lights, your Hart we pick apart. It’s clap on, clap off, for your entrances. You make the fans go to sleep with your sentences. Platinum took Buddy to his darkest hour. Black out on yo’ ass, now you lost the power. The pretender, pick up on a chain gang. Buddy, you are just a ginger in face paint. Kept the same name, actin’ like it ain’t lame, we clash with your jackass so you train in vain. Bowens, I’ma let you knock Brody King out. Hit him so hard, you gonna knock his NuvaRing out! I can’t understand a thing that he sings ’bout. Straightedge hardcore show? Ugh, kill me now!
“Why you walkin’ to the ring like a séance? You couldn’t draw money with a box of green crayons! And Billy is back to beat Malakai! Break ya bones repeatedly, never let ’em calcify! Think this pussycat needs to start countin’ lives. You ain’t gonna walk away with an ounce of pride! You speak in hushed tones unironically. When you talk on the mic, it sounds like dark comedy. Bet you smell your farts in large quantities! We don’t give a s*it, nah, we don’t give apologies!
“Everybody wanna be the badass ’til they have a bad day, ’til they get the backlash, ’til they get the uh-uh, ’til they get the backhand. But we gettin’ back up after every single crash land, after every, single, time. You know that we fightin’ through the pain, movin’ to the top o’ the line. Ain’t nobody messin’ with Acclaimed.” Another instant classic from Platinum Max, but will he, Bowens & Billy Gunn be golden once and for all?
AEW looks closer at the AEW Women’s World Championship Fatal 4 Way.
Excalibur feels that so far, Hikaru Shida still had the best reign of anyone. Taz points out she was champion during Pandemic Era, so she was competing essentially in front of no one. But now she’s a two-time champion, and Renee Paquette points out the crowd reaction when Shida beat Toni Storm on Dynamite 200. Shida says there is no “crap” in who she is. Meanwhile, Saraya has been on a press tour, Good Morning Britain, to prepare for this match. She hasn’t wrestled in the UK in over 9 years, so there’s a lot of pressure as the hometown girl. Britt Baker says she knows her three opponents better than they know themselves.
Excalibur says Shida, Britt and Storm know what it takes to be on top in AEW. But all four are still four of the best in all of pro-wrestling. Shida says she has more she wants to do with the title. Storm feels that with her two friends out there with her, all will go according to plan. Britt can’t think of anything more than to hold the title again, but Shida says nothing will stop her from still being AEW Women’s World Champion. It’s still anyone’s to win, who comes out on top after going All In?
“Big Bill” Morrissey w/ Ricky Starks VS Vary Morales!
The human tower has The Absolute as his manager, and so far, it’s worked out. Will Starks continue this “war” with AEW he promised? How far will he and Bill go as a destructive duo?
The bell rings and Vary runs in to SHOTGUN! Bill stays up but Vary SHOTGUNS again! Vary kicks and fires hands! Bill shoves Vary, vary ducks ‘n’ dodges and CROSSBODIES, but Bill catches him! And pops him up to a trophy lift! Then DROPS him! That’s a good ten foot drop right there! Bill sits Vary up and shouts, “You wanna hit me?! HUH!?” Bill drags Vary up by hs head to then SWING him around, and THROW him down! Bill then runs in to SPLASH at the corner! Vary wobbles and falls over, but Bill isn’t done with him! Bill drags Vary up, to whip and BOOT!! Starks says this is just too easy.
Bill drags Vary up, brings him around, and then choke grips! Bill lifts Vary up, walks around with him, then hits the SKYSCRAPER CHOKE SLAM!! Cover, Bill wins!
Winner: “Big Bill” Morrissey, by pinfall
Starks says he told us so, and then he joins Bill in the ring. Starks gets a mic to say, “Cut the music!” Fans boo but Starks says, “I see you, Sticky Ricky. Hey, that was a great effort. You remind me of a young Steamboat. But lemme remind you what I did to Steamboat.” HE LASHES VARY! Aw, sorry, sorry, he’s not feeling it. So how ’bout this? Next week, Starks will have an even bigger strap. But for now, this will do. Bill stands on Vary’s hand so he can’t get away, as Starks LASHES him again and again and again! More refs rush in, he tells them, “I’m sorry, Milk Dud, and I’m sorry Whatever Your Name Is woman.” He tells Bill, “Let’s get outta here.”
Fans boo as Starks & Bill head out, but will there be consequences for the continued out-of-line behavior?
Backstage interview with Ruby Soho.
Lexi Nair is with the Runaway and says as of late, she’s been after the TBS Champion, Kris Statlander. Just last night on Rampage, Ruby and Kris kinda… crossed paths, if you will. Ruby says that apparently she wasn’t clear with Kris, so she’ll spell it out. Ruby tells Kris that she is challenging for the TBS Championship in Chicago at All Out, and she will beat her, again. Because Kris may be #MoreThanAWoman, but she will always be less than an Outcast! Ruby has issued her warning and her challenge, will she and the Galaxy’s Greatest tear it up in the Windy City?
Willow Nightingale VS Robyn Renegade w/ Charlette Renegade!
The Babe with the Power, the 2023 Queen of Harts, has been fighting for her own title opportunities, but the same can be said for both Renegade Twins. Robyn has been stirring up trouble in ROH, will she start some trouble here on Collision? Or will Willow put her own stamp on the AEW Women’s Division?
The bell rings, the two circle, and they tie up. Willow and Robyn go around, Robyn waistlocks but Willow pries the hold open. Willow switches, SLAMS Robyn down, and fans fire up! Robyn huffs and puffs and Charlette coaches her up. Robyn and Willow reset, tie up, but Robyn kicks low! Robyn headlocks, smears Willow’s face, and grinds the hold. But Willow powers up to THROW Robyn away! Charlette checks Robyn, Willow runs in, but Robyn sends her into buckles! Robyn fires off, then lets off as the ref counts. Robyn brings Willow around, ROCKS her with a right, then runs. But Willow runs her over!
Fans fire up as Willow runs, rolls, and bypasses Robyn to ELBOW her down! Willow then runs to SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Willow frowns but she drags Robyn up again. Willow suplexes, Una Amiga! Willow suplexes again, Dos Amigas! Fans fire up and Willow suplexes again, but Robyn slips free! Robyn waistlocks but Willow elbows free! Willow has the leg, FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect so Robyn gets away. But Willow storms up on her at the ropes, CHOPS her against ropes, and fans fire up. Willow whips, Robyn holds ropes and bails out! The Renegades regroup and fans boo.
But Willow goes to the apron! She shouts, and PENALTY KICKS Charlette! Robyn grabs at Willow’s leg, and she trips Willow up! Rough landing on the apron, and Willow gets in the ring. Robyn helps Charlette up, then goes into the ring as Collision goes picture in picture.
Robyn runs in at the corner to SPLASH, then she fires off forearms! Robyn stomps a mudhole in but the ref counts. Robyn digs her boots in, lets off at 4, and she distracts the ref so Charlette can CHOKE Willow! Robyn then runs side to side to BOOT WASH! Robyn drags Willow up, snapmares, and covers, ONE!! Willow is tough, fans rally up, and Robyn scowls. Robyn drags Willow up, CLUBS away on her, but Willow hits back! Robyn CLUBS Willow again and has her on ropes. Robyn whips, Willow ducks ‘n’ dodges but Robyn still ELBOWS her down! Cover, TWO! Robyn grows frustrated but she clamps on a chinlock.
Willow endures as Robyn squeezes tight. Fans rally, Willow fights up, but Robyn CLUBS her and stomps her! Robyn drags Willow around by her hair, talks trash, and then reels her into the CAMEL CLUTCH! She fishhooks Willow into smiling, and then throws her down! Robyn paces around, but Willow throws body shots! Robyn CLUBS Willow, then clamps onto her for a STRAITJACKET STERTCH! Robyn digs her knee in but Willow endures. Fans rally up, Willow fights around, but Robyn wrangles her back down! Charlette cheers and Collision returns to single picture. Fans continue to rally and Willow fights up again!
Willow arm-drags free! Robyn runs back in, Willow dodges to LARIAT! And LARIAT again! Willow fires up and the fans are with her! Willow runs in to back body block! And clothesline! And snapmare! And BOOT!! Willow is all fired up, she drags Robyn up and whips her, to then SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Robyn survives but Willow keeps cool. Charlette coaches Robyn but Willow looms over Robyn. Diamante & Mercedes Martinez are watching backstage, they’re not impressed. Willow fireman’s carries but Robyn fights free to a sunset flip! Willow stays up, drags Robyn up, and RAMS her into buckles!
Fans fire up again as Willow goes corner to corner, but Robyn avoids the CANNONBALL! Willow hits buckles, hobbles around, and Robyn goes up top! MISSILE DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Charlette shouts that was three but the ref says it wasn’t. Willow goes to ropes, Robyn storms up, but Willow shoves her away. Robyn BOOTS Willow off the apron! Charlette says to come get her, and Robyn goes out to drag Willow up. But Willow RAMS her into the apron! Willow reels Robyn in, brings her around, but Robyn fights the suplex! Charlette tries to help? But then Willow DOUBLE SUPLEXES the Renegades!
Fans fire up and Willow brings Robyn up. Willow puts Robyn in, drags her back up and gut wrenches, BABE WITH THE POWERBOMB BOMB!! Cover, Willow wins!
Winner: Willow Nightingale, by pinfall
A big win for Willow, and she is more than ready for a title opportunity! Will she be aiming for that AEW Women’s World Championship the moment All In is over?
AEW takes a closer look at Miro VS “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs.
A battle of philosophies and fury is coming for All Out in Chicago. Taz says there is no fear in Hobbs, and no fear in Miro, “so to see these two massive gladiators collide, it’s gonna be epic.” Hobbs says Miro can pray to whatever deity he believes in now, go to the Great Redeemer to get that strength he needs to believe he can win. Excalibur says Hobbs is among that 1% of people who could not only hold his own against Miro, but he could take the fight and beat Miro. Will anyone be able to believe what they’re gong to see between these two behemoths?
Backstage interview with Kris Statlander.
Lexi is with the TBS Champion and asks her about what Ruby Soho said earlier tonight, calling her out for the title at All Out. Kris will address the reason behind her actions last night on Rampage first. Kris is so sick of the Outcasts! Of them taking advantage of others, of them constantly playing games and acting like children. If Ruby wants to act like a child, then Mama Kris will treat her like one. Mama Kris is gonna take little Ruby, snatch her up, bring her upstairs and put her in timeout. Kris is so sick and tired of everyone thinking they can walk all over each other! Kris is sick and tired of being stepped on and disrespected! She is the TBS Champion!
“So if you wanna call me out, I’m gonna take you out, and I will see you at All Out.” The Galaxy’s Greatest is all fired up, will she burn The Runaway down?
Keith Lee VS Zicky Dice!
The Limitless One is back in action, ready to finally break through to that next level in AEW. Will nothing hold him back as we approach All In and All Out? Or will he roll the Dice and lose?
The bell rings and fans rally up. Dice shows off those hips, but Keith has him stop. Keith conducts the choir as they sing “OH~ Bask in His Glory~!” Dice shakes his head, and he says he is outlandish! What’s Keith gonna do? Dice shoves Keith, says Collision is his show now, and dares Keith to bask in HIS glory. Keith CLOBBERS Dice! Keith drags Dice up, knuckle locks, but Dice fires off forearms! Dice hits a ROLLING ELBOW, and runs, but Keith POUNCES him!! Fans fire up as Dice flops around! Keith then waits for Dice to get up. Dice is punch drunk, swinging wild, but Keith pops him up! SPIRIT BOMB!! Cover, Keith wins!
Winner: Keith Lee, by pinfall
Dice got rolled, and Keith came out with the win! Will Keith finally hit the jackpot and have gold around his waist?
La Faccion Ingobernable has another video.
Last we saw, Rush had Jose help kidnap his own brother, Dralistico, and Perro Peligroso, Preston Vance! Now Rush’s faceless minions beat them down while they can’t defend themselves! Dralistico is furious but Vance is bloodied, so they keep pounding on him! They talk some smack on him, but Vance grins. And breaks free of the ropes! Vance fights but the biggest minion of all CHOKES him against a pillar! But Dralistico makes his move, and he busts the others up with a crowbar! Then BRICK for the big man! Big man stays standing, so Vance BUSTS him down with some plaster!
LFI mugs the big man and chokes him out with a chain! They fist bump, but what was the purpose of all this? And that’s when Jose walks in, applauding. The video says “To be continued…” Is this only the beginning of a new chapter for LFI?
Samoa Joe is here!
Fans fire up for the ROH World Television Champion as he makes his way out. Before Joe and CM Punk battle for the “Real” World Championship, Joe’s gonna be on commentary for this star studded main event! However, Joe gets a mic to address the crowd first. “My name is Samoa Joe, your ever-present King of Television. And sometimes, I’m amazed at how little the powers at be here in AEW think of me. Because this morning, I was informed that if tonight, I interfere in anyway in our star-studded multi-man main event, I would jeopardize my newly won opportunity this week at All In.” Fans boo but Joe says he took that to heart.
Joe is proactive. Instead of being in the back, he volunteered his expert services to commentary so he can be ringside where we can all keep our eyes on him. Fans cheer that! And despite the fact that CM Punk, that coward, dressed up “in a golden diaper” and struck Joe last week…! Joe “will remain a professional.” Understand that he is a man who is satisfied, who has gotten what he needs, who got the match that he wanted from CM Punk. So Sunday at All In, Joe will hand Punk the ass whipping he so desperately needs. Fans cheer as Joe takes his seat at commentary, will he keep his word with his prey so close at hand?
All In All-Star 8 Man Tag: Jay White, Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage & Luchasaurus w/ Christian Cage VS CM Punk, Darby Allin, Sting & ???
One way or another, all these men will be part of All In London card. The Switchblade will join Juice Robinson & Konosuke Takeshita against Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi & Hangman Adam Page. The Mogul Embassy is joining forces with Captain Charisma and his Right Hand of Destruction against The Relentless Icons, Darby & Sting. And as we just heard from Samoa Joe, he and Punk battle to see who is truly the Best in the World. But wait, who is the wild card on Punk’s team? IT’S HOOK! Now that he’s going to London to fight Jack Perry, will the Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil be more than ready to go All In?
Collision returns as Jay White makes his entrance, bringing the full Bang Bang Gang with him, #Cardblade included. Next is Luchasaurus, Christian holding onto the TNT Championship for him, leaving the Mogul Embassy’s leader and Machine for last. Prince Nana still breaks it down to Swerve’s song, so this is a bit more than just 4v4 now. The teams sort out and Punk starts against Swerve. Fans rally up, Swerve and Punk circle, and they tie up. They’re in a deadlock so Swerve arm-drags. Swerve talks some trash but Punk shrugs that off to reset with him. They circle and tie up again, and Punk headlocks.
Punk grinds the hold, then shifts to an armlock and hammerlock. Swerve backs Punk down, the ref counts, and Swerve lets off, to then elbow Punk! The ref reprimands , Swerve “apologizes,” but then he ROCKS Punk, and grinds him into the corner! Swerve whips, Punk reverses, but Swerve goes up and over to bring Punk back, then handspring and headscissor Punk away! Swerve mocks Punk’s wrist rolling, and then taunts him. Punk keeps cool, points a finger to the sky, and Swerve says oopsie. The two tie up, Punk headlocks, and Swerve powers out. Punk runs Swerve over, keeps things moving, and he catches the hurdle!
Swerve fights free of the fireman’s carry, and hurries to his corner! White tags in and fans fire up as King Switch steps to the “champ.” Fans chant “Too Sweet! WOOP WOOP!” “C M PUNK! C M PUNK!” White and Punk get the fans going a bit more, Punk mocks the finger guns, but White calls out the Icon! He wants S T I N G! STING! Fans fire up for that so Punk obliges, but then White CLOBBERS him from behind! White tricked Punk, mocks Sting’s howl, then stomps Punk. White CHOPS Punk to a corner, CHOPS him again, but Punk CHOPS back! And CHOPS! White dropkicks the legs out!
White drags Punk up, suplexes, but Punk slips free to back suplex! Fans fire up and Punk brings White around. Punk wrenches, tags in Hook, and fans fire up as Hook CLUBS White’s arm! Joe claims he was not offered a spot in this match so as to protect Punk. Hook fires off on White in the corner, the ref counts, and White knees low. White scoops but Hook slips free to hook White! White fights free but Hook is after arms! Hook wrangles White down, White fights up, but hook wrenches to wristlock. Tag to Darby and fans fire up as Darby takes the handoff. Darby wrenches, wrenches, and wrangles to then roll and step over, HIP DROP!
Darby keeps on White’s arm with a wristlock, then he brings White up. Darby wrenches, wristlocks, and he tags Punk back in. Fans are torn as Punk takes the handoff to CLUB away on White’s arm! Punk wrenches, and he points to Sting! Fans fire up but White gets away! Hot tag to Luchasaurus! Darby nods, it’s a sampler of All Out and the TNT Championship match! They circle, Darby dodges to SLAP! Luchasaurus grabs Darby to TOSS him to a corner! Luchasaurus storms in, Darby goes up and over and keeps moving, tags in Sting before the springboard COFFIN- NO, Luchasaurus catches Darby!
But Sting is in and he ROCKS Luchasaurus! The Relentless Icons show off their teamwork by firing off shots on Luchasaurus! Sting ROCKS, BACKHANDS, and repeat! Luchasaurus ends up in a corner, Darby hits a COFFIN SPLASH! Sting hits a STINGER SPLASH! COFFIN SPLASH! STINGER SPLASH! Tag to Punk and he runs in to SHINING WIZ- NO, Luchasaurus catches him and Joe laughs! “He’s so stupid!” But Punk stomps a foot and gets free! Punk runs, but Nana distracts! And that allows Christian to trip Punk up! Punk snarls, but Luchasaurus BOOTS him down! Joe says no one saw anything, shut up!
Luchasaurus drags Punk up, tosses him to a corner, and CHOKES Punk as Collision goes picture in picture.
The ref counts, Luchasaurus lets off at 4, and he glares at the ref. Luchasaurus then ROCKS Punk with a right, whips him corner to corner hard, and Punk bounces off buckles! Punk crawls, but Luchasaurus drags him up to put in the corner. Tag to Brian Cage and he RAMS into Punk! And RAMS him again! And then CHOPS! Cage asks “WHO BETTA?!” then he whips Punk to ropes, and CLOBBERS him! Cage soaks up the heat, drags Punk to a cover, TWO! Cage clamps on with a chinlock and he grinds Punk down. Punk endures, Christian taunts Punk, but fans rally. Punk fights up, throws body shots, and then throws forearms!
Punk runs, but Cage DROPKICKS! The Machine soaks up the heat, Joe applauds, and Cage brings Punk over. White tags in and he mugs Punk. White pulls Punk’s ears, then CLUBS him on the back! Then again! And then again as Punk is down! Switchblade has control as Collision goes to break.
Collision returns again and White has a rear bearhug. Punk endures, fights up, but White CLUBS him again! White whips Punk to a corner, then brings him out again, to CHOP! Punk wobbles, White fireman’s carries, but Punk fights free! Punk staggers into the enemy corner, but he BOOTS White, and then throws forearms on everyone else! But White runs in, he blocks a boot, and gives Punk a KNEEBREAKER! Punk falls over and White drags him up. White scoops to hit a BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Punk is toughing it out but White tags Swerve. They stomp Punk and then Swerve CLUBS Punk down.
Swerve throws elbows into Punk’s ribs, then wraps on a half straitjacket. Swerve throws down elbows, fans duel with “C M PUNK!” “SUCKS!” Punk fights up, Swerve keeps on the half straitjacket, but fans rally up. Punk gets to his feet, throws elbows, and Joe says only a tag will save Punk now. Punk gets free of the straitjacket, though, and runs, only for Swerve to DECK him! Swerve has an arm, and he rolls Punk into a deadlift suplex! Fans rally as Swerve goes up the corner! Punk sits up to avoid the Swerve Stomps! Swerve rolls, clutches an ankle, but he hurries for his corner! Punk also crawls, Swerve drags Punk back first!
Punk BOOTS Swerve away! Hot tag to Hook! Fans fire up as Hook rallies on Swerve! SAYANAGI! Hook runs in at the corner for a BIG clothesline! Hook fires off fast hands, and a HEADBUTT! Hook reels Swerve in, NORTHERN LIGHTS! Fans fire up with Hook but White gets a cheap shot in! Hook swings, White runs away, and Swerve CLOBBERS on him from behind! White sends Hook into railing! Cage RAMS Hook into railing! Nana says Hook wants to be a tough guy, this is what he gets! Hook crawls, Darby and Sting protest but there’s nothing they can do with Hook stuck in enemy territory.
Swerve waits as the ring count climbs, and Hook stands at 5 of 10. Hook gets around and in at 7, but Swerve stomps him down! Tag to Cage, the Embassy has Hook in a corner. Cage stomps a mudhole in, the ref counts, but Cage digs his boots in. Cage lets off at 4, then ROCKS Hook! Cage taunts the Relentless Icons, then BOOT WASHES Hook! Nana talks more trash as Collision goes picture in picture again.
Cage drags Hook up, scoops and SLAMS him, then runs to drop a leg, brother! Cover, TWO! Cage keeps cool and he brings Hook up. Cage wrenches, whips Hook corner to corner hard, and Hook falls! Cage tags in White and White storms up to bring Hook into a corner. White CHOPS, CHOPS, then grins. White brings Hook around, CHOPS him again, then offers a tag. Luchasaurus accepts and he storms up on Hook. Luchasaurus CHOPS Hook down! Hook fires body shots in return! Hook ROCKS Luchasaurus with forearms, but Luchasaurus DECKS him! Luchasaurus scoops to SLAM Hook again!
Luchasaurus looms over Hook, drags him up again and bumps him off buckles. Tag to Cage, he RAMS into Hook, and then Cage ROCKS Hook with a right! The ref counts, Cage brings Hook out but Hook clinches! Hook lifts Cage! But Cage fights that off to short arm LARIAT! Cage swaggers around, then stands on Hook’s hand! Collision returns to single picture and Cage drags Hook back up. Fans rally up as Hook throws hands! Cage knees low, whips Hook to ropes, and scoops! Cage uses Hook for bicep curls! Fans boo but then Cage TOSSES Hook away! Cage flexes, then he looms over Cage again.
Cage stands Hook up, brings him around, but Hook clinches! EXPLODER!! Both men are down and fans fire up! Joe is furious but Hook crawls. Cage drags Hook back, then sucker punches Sting and Darby! Cage drags Hook up, but Hook suplexes first! Fans fire up again as both men are back down! Punk returns, and he reaches out! Hook crawls, cage stirs, hot tags to White and Punk! The Best in the World rallies on King Switch! Then on Swerve! White runs in, Punk dodges to CALF KICK! Swerve runs in, Punk spins him to a SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Punk runs in to SHINING WIZARD Swerve! SHINING WIZARD for White! BULLDOG LARIAT COMBO!
Fans fire up and Punk does the Hogan “I can’t hear you!” Punk BOOTS Luchasaurus, drags White up and scoop SLAMS him! Punk then goes to the corner! Joe shouts for someone to get up, but Punk smirks at him. Punk shrugs and MACHO ELBOWS! Fans fire up and Punk says night-night! But Swerve runs in! White distracts the ref as Punk fireman’s carries Swerve, and Swerve claws the eyes! Joe likes that! Swerve hits the SOMERSAULT COMPLETE SHOT! Hook runs in, dodges Swerve, and clinches for the EL CAMINO! Luchasaurus choke grips! JURASSIC CHOKE SLAM!! Sting storms in to SCORPION DEATH DROP!
White CHOP BLOCKS Sting! But Darby grabs White for his own- NO, White powers out! Darby fires off fast hands, rolls, and hops on, CODE RED!! Cage tags in, Darby runs in, into a POP-UP POWERBOMB! And deadlift to an F5!! Fans are thunderous, Cage aims at Punk, but spins into a ROUNDHOUSE! Punk fireman’s carries! Joe gets out of his seat but Punk stares him down! GO TO SLEEP!! But then COQUINA CLUTCH!!! Punk is sending a message to Joe! Cage TAPS, Punk’s team wins!
Winners: CM Punk, Darby Allin, Sting & Hook, by pinfall
Joe asks Kevin Kelley and the rest, “I believe the match is over, correct, gentlemen?” Uh, yes. So Joe storms off commentary to get it the ring!! Joe and Punk brawl!! Everyone else brawls on the outside!! Fans are thunderous for the chaos! Joe ROCKS Punk, he fires off more shots in a corner, but Punk hits back! Jack Perry returns to go after Hook! Darby and Luchasaurus brawl, Sting holds his own against Christian Cage, and then Swerve goes after Darby! Jack Perry has a kendo stick! He wants to bring FTW Rules early! But Hook kicks him first! Hook SMACKS Jack with that stick! Sting claws Swerve, Darby has a chair!
Sting sets Swerve up, Darby SMACKS Swerve! Hook sends Jack into railing! Fans are thunderous as Sting hits a chair shot on Swerve now! Nana just tries not to be part of the collateral as Punk sends Joe into railing! Sting and Darby fight Swerve up the ramp, but Cage helps Swerve out! Punk just kicks away on Joe! Hook and Jack have moved into the crowd! Sting & Darby mug Cage with chair shots and kendo stick strikes! Joe gets up to turn things around on Punk, and sends him right into steel steps! The Mogul Embassy regroups and retreats, Jack and Hook brawl up in the bleachers! Jack takes someone’s drink to splash Hook with it!
Jack throws hands, he has Hook down, but then drags him up! No, he’s not gonna- HE IS! He’s trying to suplex Hook down the stairs! But Hook fights the suplex and throws body shots! Joe CLOBBERS Punk with the “real” world championship belt! Joe holds that belt up, will he take that from Punk one way or another in London? Will any of these men survive what’s coming?
My Thoughts:
A pretty good Collision, but mostly a lot of “just because” in-ring stuff. Though in this episode’s defense, being prerecorded on Wednesday after AEW already did Dynamite AND Rampage, because All In on Sunday is in another country, makes for a messy go-home show. And while a very good segment, Jack Perry’s “funeral” for the FTW Championship being moved to Saturday makes sense after the loss of Terry Funk and subsequent loss of Bray Wyatt. Jack Perry and the FTW belt in all those pictures was so stupid and yet so hilarious at the same time. And naturally, Hook made his return here. I guess the FTW Championship match under FTW Rules for the Zero Hour is fine, but I would’ve liked if this was on the All Out card so we could get one more week of build.
Great tag match from Dark Order VS Action & Darius, great win for Silver & Reynolds. But with all this time since Death Before Dishonor and them getting that new edge, Dark Order hasn’t gotten people to join them. That needs to happen like next week. Then these guys can start taking over AEW and ROH. Acclaimed had a great rap video, as always. Though the line about farts kinda took all the seriousness out of it, but hey, Acclaimed is probably still taking those trios titles. Caster, Bowens & Billy will make great trios champs, and if it’s the Dark Order that comes around after them, that should be a really good feud of AEW Homegrown talent.
Keith Lee of course crushes Zicky Dice, I really hope Keith gets in on something title related after All In and/or All Out. NXT and HHH showed faith in Keith’s abilities, Vince McMahon screwed things up on RawDown, so c’mon, AEW. Third time is the charm, give Keith a title in AEW. Great Six Man Tag of Cassidy, Penta & Kingston VS Kip and the Superbad Squad, and really good promos from everyone involved in the Stadium Stampede match. Eddie storming off to go after BCC & PNP was a good detail, and of course those five weren’t there. That video could’ve been recorded earlier and it was just a way to anger Eddie. No idea who wins the Stadium Stampede, but it’s gonna be wild either way.
Soho and Kris have really good promos, but as I said before, just a shame that they’re moving the TBS Championship story away from what was building between Kris, Willow, Mercedes & Diamante. Mercedes & Diamante still watching Willow VS Robyn was a good detail, and Willow got a good match and win against Robyn. Maybe it boils down to a Triple Threat #1 Contender’s match of Willow VS Mercedes VS Diamante, winner faces champ after we see Kris VS Soho at All Out. And good vignette for the Women’s World Championship, and I’m still torn on who wins. If it isn’t Saraya as new champ, I feel like Shida might as well retain. But now, with Soho possibly taking the TBS title from Kris, it’d be an interesting story to see Saraya & Soho holding onto gold and Storm with nothing to win.
Good squash win for Big Bill, and Starks whipping away on Vary is a good follow-up on what he did to Steamboat, even with his suspension done in just over a week. As I said last time, there’s a chance Starks & Bill stick together as a tag team, but I wouldn’t mind Starks bringing in more “clients” as a player-coach type of manager. That said, get Lee Moriarty in on this. Lee and Bill had a good combo going in ROH, why not give that some real screen time? Speaking of screen time, why have another promo vignette for Bucks and FTR? AEW has their “Countdown” special for that. Though, do they just assume no one’s gonna watch that? Seems like bad form to me.
Great 8 Man Tag main event, especially with Joe on commentary. And I wonder if the Heel team in this 8 Man has set the record for corner men. Nana, Christian, and the whole Bang Bang Gang for five people on the outside not even part of the match. A bit torn on Hook being the fourth member of the Face team. Obviously he’s part of All In now cuz he’s facing Jack Perry. And it’s not like anyone from The Elite was gonna join in since Punk’s on the team. I guess the fun of the surprise was taken away by how the segment with Jack and Hook was moved from Dynamite to Collision given real-life circumstances of Terry Funk’s passing. But hey, great spot for Hook, great win for the Faces, and then great chaotic brawl that really capped things off nicely.
Joe stands tall on Punk so Punk is retaining his “world title,” and I would think Hook wins back the FTW title just so Jack can’t try to destroy it again. Harder to get a read on the other matches, but that promo from Darby, Nick Wayne and AR Fox really leads me to imagine a worst case scenario where Nick Wayne betrays Darby because he can’t forgive Fox. And I get that, because Fox did some messed up stuff while with Swerve. If only All In and All Out weren’t just a week apart, we could’ve had so much more build on this story.
My Score: 8.7/10
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AEW revs up towards Revolution!
We are just 18 days away from Revolution, and AEW is turning up the heat in Phoenix! Who will challenge Konosuke Takeshita for the International Championship?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: The Patriarchy VS The Opps; The Opps win.
- Street Fight: “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs VS “Big Bill” Morrissey; Hobbs wins.
- Kris Statlander VS Megan Bayne; Bayne wins.
- Revolution International Championship Series: Orange Cassidy VS Roderick Strong; Cassidy wins and will challenge Konosuke Takeshita for the title next week.
PLAY BY PLAY
MJF is here!
Phoenix is a bit torn over the Scumbag opening the night, but he and the Cowboy are set to have their face to face, with a strict No Physicality Order in effect. As such, Hangman Page makes his entrance next. The fans are ready for some #CowboyS*it as the two stare down from opposite corners. MJF throws his gum at the fans, which they boo, and then he grabs himself a mic. “I don’t speak Poor, I’m talking, thanks. The year was 2019. The first-ever event in the history of this event was Double Or Nothing. The first match in the history of this company was the Casino Battle Royal. The winner would have the opportunity to go on and become the inaugural world champion.
“I had the match won. It was the biggest opportunity of my life, and you screwed me. You cheap shotted me like a gutless little worm. So you know what I did? I had to scratch and claw my way back to the top. And I did so by beating some of the biggest names professional wrestling has to offer. Think of your favorite wrestler; yeah, I beat ’em! Though, looking down at my beautiful~ Dynamite Diamond Ring, I’m struggling to remember who I beat the first time I won this bad boy. Oh, that’s right, it was you. I then proceeded to go on to become a six-time Dynamite Diamond Ring Champion.
“I main evented, headlined and won the biggest wrestling event of all time in Wembley Stadium. I am a former International Champion, the best and longest reigning AEW World Champion of all time, the greatest wrestler on God’s green Earth, and do you know why, Hangman?” Fans tell MJF to STFU but MJF says it’s because he’s Maxwell Jacob Friedman, and he’s better than you, and you know it. MJF smiles and soaks up the heat from Phoenix, but then Hangman takes his turn. Why is MJF talking like Hangman doesn’t know who he is? Hangman knows exactly who MJF is and what MJF has done.
MJF is 28 years old, and already has a history making wrestling career. Hangman will give MJF that, and MJF should be proud of himself. But when MJF listed all of his accomplishments, he sounded angry about them. All of that, and MJF can’t be happy. Is it because there’s something that MJF still hasn’t been able to win… from the fans? MJF tells Hangman to shut his mouth! MJF calms down, and says no, you think he cares about the fans? He doesn’t give a damn about them! The fans boo but MJF tells them to shut up! MJF thinks it’s funny that the hypocrites who is redeemable and who is not.
Hangman has had everything handed to him on a silver platter, because these shmucks woke up and just decided Hangman’s the main character? The fans cheer that! Really? A guy who drank another man’s blood? A guy who attacked innocent veterans in the locker room? A guy who stabbed a syringe through another human’s face? The guy who was low down and vile enough to burn another man’s house down to ashes? Yet HE is the good guy!? MJF mocks the cheering, and says yay~, Hangman’s the hero! Just ask the fans! To them, Hangman did nothing wrong. But these morons will chant Cowboy S*it at the top of their lungs… Oh, and there they go!
Do you feel that, Hangman? Do you feel all warm and fuzzy? Everyone loves Hangman Adam Page! But MJF has a question for him: After everything Hangman has done… Does Hangman love Hangman? Did Hangman love himself after ending the career of his mentor, Christopher Daniels? After he absolutely demolished that worthless, talentless, jobber hack? Hangman tells MJF, “Don’t you dare! Don’t you DARE! Christopher Daniels is ten times the man that you will ever be! And if I could rip out my spine and give it to him, I would do it in a heartbeat!” The fans cheer that!
Hangman says Daniels’ 32 year career, flew 100 times around the globe, and if there’s a wrestling company that mattered in their lifetime, Daniels gave a part of his life to it! He went down fighting! Fighting for his life! Daniels died a warrior’s death! Hangman knows CD, and he knows Daniels would not have had it any other way. The fans cheer that, too. Daniels took care of pro-wrestling, even when pro-wrestling didn’t take care of him. Daniels is the best of us. And men and women like Daniels is why MJF and Hangman are even in this ring, don’t you ever forget that. The fans cheer that, and they chant for “FALLEN ANGEL!”
MJF scoffs at that, but Hangman says that selflessness, self-awareness and humility of Daniels that MJF doesn’t understand. MJF doesn’t have the stomach for it. If MJF’s career ended tonight, and if he doesn’t wipe that s*it eating grin off his face, it just might… But if MJF’s career ended tonight, what would the fans say about him? Would they say MJF is a credit to their sport? To this world? Or would they say he was an opportunist and a selfish coward? A man who took every shortcut he could, chasing all the power and glory that he thought would win their admiration.
MJF asked why, after everything Hangman has done, the people care about him. Hangman will not be as arrogant to say he understands it, or to put words in their mouths, but he will speak for himself. Hangman knows what is right, he knows what is wrong, and he tells the truth about it. In five years, he’s probably lied 100 times, but never once has he lied to the fans! And if Hangman has had a problem, he has faced it head on eye-to-eye. He didn’t run from it, didn’t hide it, and everything he has had, he worked for. The AEW Tag titles, the AEW World title, and a family that through all of this stood by him unconditionally! Believe him, it was not easy!
MJF has spent five years cheating, scheming his way to the top, and anyone that stood in his way, he told them he was better than them. And Hangman hopes that for once, for MJF’s own sake, there is a small part of him that is wondering, “Is it true?” Because it’s not. Deep down, Hangman thinks MJF knows that. MJF seethes, then smirks, then laughs. MJF asks, “Are you a child?” Oh, sowwy Hangman, sowwy fans, did he not win fairsy-squarsy on his way to the top? Oh no~! Hey, newsflash, dips*its, the history books don’t give a damn how you get the job done. MJF earned everything. Can’t say the same for Hangman.
Because whether Hangman cares to admit it or not, before the doors of this company even opened, the powers at be decided they were going to prop Hangman up. He was their golden boy, their chosen one. Hangman walked in at 2019 with all the buzz and propaganda in the world. Wanna know what MJF came in with? All MJF needed was a scarf and a mic! Hangman has earned NOTHING! MJF walks better, talks better, looks better, dresses better, and IS better! Name one thing Hangman does better than MJF. NAME IT! Hangman says, “I am real.” The fans cheer that, and the mics drop. They’re face to face, but they have to remember the No Physicality Order.
MJF looks to the fans, then he says Hangman can be the main character all he wants. MJF has no problem being the bad guy. Another mic drop, and then the jackets come off! Security hurries up to the apron to tell them remember the order. Hangman dares MJF to do something, but MJF stands down. But then he SPITS at Hangman! The fans boo as we see the saliva hanging from Hangman’s hair…! Hangman bolts at MJF but MJF bolts outta the ring! MJF smirks, having turned his level headed choice into a cowardly move. Hangman DECKS security guard after security guard, then hammers away on one poor soul!
Someone pulls Hangman back, and Hangman almost swings on them, until he sees it’s Christopher Daniels! Hangman calms down, and Daniels tells Hangman this is what he was fighting for this whole time. Hangman knows who he is, so don’t listen to MJF. Understood? Hangman nods, and he heads out. When and where will The Cowboy get his hands on the Devil of AEW?
Backstage interview with The Undisputed Kingdom.
Renee Paquette is with Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong, and notes Roddy is in the Revolution International Championship Series, facing Orange Cassidy. With the PPV around the corner, how does he expect this to shake out? Roddy shouts “ORRRANGE! Cassidy. Man, I feel like we’re gonna do this forever. We are destined to dance forever. And I get it, you’re friends with my pal over here, Mr. Kyle O’Reilly. But that’s not gonna stop me from destroying you tonight, going on to next week to beat Takeshita, and going on to Revolution to defeat Kenny Omega.”
Renee brings up the conflict of interest for Kyle with The Conglomeration, but Kyle says The Conglomeration is not so much a stable as it is a lifestyle. They love to hang, they love to conglomerate, and yeah, Orange is Kyle’s boy. But Roddy’s gonna have to break that back. Cole adds that regardless of who is friends with who, Roddy whoops Orange’s ass. And that is Undisputed. The Kingdom is ready, but will they run the Revolution? Or will things be Freshly Squeezed here tonight?
Six Man Tag: The Patriarchy VS The Opps!
Christian Cage has been avoiding this fight, but now he has no choice to stand alongside his “sons,” Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian against the opposition. Will Captain Charisma, The Prodigy & Mr. Superbad survive Samoa Joe, Hook & Katsuyori Shibata? Or will this be the end of The Patriarchy?
Dynamite returns and The Opps make their entrance. They’re #NeverLacking, and they even get pyro! The fans cheer, the trios sort out, and Shibata starts with Kip. The bell rings, the fans rally up, and Shibata feels things out with Kip. They knuckle lock, Kip kicks low, then Kip wrenches to a wristlock. Shibata wrenches back and he has the wristlock. Kip rolls, kips up, but Shibata trips him to a top wristlock. Kip keeps his shoulders up, fights to his feet, then slips through to hammerlock. Shibata switches that onto Kip, but Kip switches and kicks low. Kip headlocks, Shibata powers up and out, but Kip RAMS Shibata.
Shibata brushes himself off, but Kip headlocks. Shibata powers up and out, then kitchen sink knees! The fans cheer while Shibata drags Kip up. Tag to Joe, the fans really fire up, and they stand Kip on the ropes to CHOP, CHPO, and CHOP! DOUBLE MACHINE GUN CHOPS! They double whip, then trip Kip, and then Joe SENTONS! Kip sputters, Nick runs in, but Shibata trips him! And Joe SENTONS! The fans cheer, Christian is worried, but Kip tags him in! Christian steps in, stares Joe down, but then quickly tags out to Nick! Some father figure… Joe snatches Nick and bumps him off buckles! Joe CHOPS Nick, but Shibata keeps Nick standing.
Joe CHOPS again, and the fans fire up! Joe winds up to CHOP again! Tag to Shibata and he drags Nick up, for a CHOP! Nick tries to get away but Shibata puts him back in the corner. Shibata CHOPS Nick again, and again! Tag to Hook and the fans cheer again. Nick freaks out but Hook CHOPS! And CHOPS! Nick falls, Hook tags Shibata back in, and Shibata drags Nick up to snapmare. Shibata chinlocks and he squeezes tight. Then he KICKS Nick in the back, runs, but Mother Wayne distracts the ref. Christian gets a cheap shot in! Shibata DECKS him for it! Kip DECKS Shibata, Nick BLASTS Hook, and Nick hauls Shibata up.
Nick snap suplexes, covers, TWO! Mother Shayna coaches her son, and Nick ROCKS Shibata with a haymaker. Shibata drops to a knee, Nick stays on him, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Nick brings Shibata over, tags Kip, and they mug Shibata. Kip snapmares Shibata, KNEES him in the back, then clamps onto the arms. Shibata endures, so Kip KNEES him again. Kip pulls on the arms in a motorcycle stretch, but Shibata still endures. Shibata fights up, powers around, but Kip snapmares him to rain down forearms! Kip cradles for the cover, TWO! Kip KICKS Shibata int he back, brings him up, but Shibata snap suplexes first! And then he KICKS Kip! Shibata brings Kip up, but Kip CLAWS Shibata’s eyes! Kip bumps Shibata off buckles, tags Christian, and Christian fires hands on Shibata.
Christian CHOPS, ROCKS, and repeat, then stomps Shibata down. Christian rains down more fists, then lets off as the ref counts. Christian snapmares Shibata, flexes, then ELBOWS Shibata int he head. Christian CLAWS Shibata’s eyes, pushes him down, steps on Shibata’s face, then tags Nick. They mug Shibata, then Nick puts Shibata on the ropes. Nick CHOPS, then wrenches Shibata for a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Nick brings Shibata up, brings him back to the corner, tag to Kip. They mug Shibata some more, then Kip fires forearms. Shibata DECKS Kip! Shibata kicks Kip, Kip RAMS Shibata into the corner, and Chfristian tags in.
Christian & Kip mug Shibata, then Christian puts Shibata on the apron. Chrihstian pulls Shibata through the ropes, CHOKES him, then stops to DUMP Shibata back in. Cover, TWO! Christian hurries to tag Nick back in, the mugging continues, and Nick swaggers around. Nick stands Shibata up, ROCKS him with a left, then puts him in a corner. Nick fires haymakers and body shots, then Dynamite returns to single picture. Tag to Kip, they double whip Shibata, but Shibata SPEARS Kip! Nick runs up, Shibata hits an ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up while Shibata crawls, but Kip CLOBBERS him! The fans boo but Kip rains down fists!
Kip drags Shibata up, he and Nick double whip again, but Shibata grabs ropes. Shibata BOOTS Kip, then BOOTS Nick! Shibata WRECKS Kip with a dropkick, then tag to Hook! Hook LARIATS Nick, LARIATS Kip, then gets Kip for a T-BONE PLEX! Christian runs up, into a T-BONE PLX! Hook LARIATS Christian up and out! Hook LARIATS Nick in a corner, then NORTHERN LIGHTS! Bridging cover, TWO! Hook stands Nick up, but Nick fights the exploder! The fans rally for Hook but Nick hooks a leg! FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Shibata BOOTS Nick! Kip MISSILE DROPKICKS Shibata! Joe LARIATS Kip!
Christian aims, runs up, but Joe fireman’s carries Christian! Christian slips free, hooks the arms, but Joe TOSSES him up and out! Joe then DIVES! Direct hit into Christian and the fans are thunderous! Hook has Nick in a corner, but Nick goes up an dover to victory roll, and holds ropes! TWO!! Hook escapes but Nick ROUNDHOUSES, then goes up, up, and WAYNE’S- REDRUM!! Hook as Nick, Shibata has Kip, Joe scares Christian away! The father lets his sons suffer, Nick is OUT! The Opps win!
Winners: The Opps, by submission
Joe, Shibata and Hook stand tall while Christian clings to his Casino Gauntlet contract. Will the AEW World Championship be all that matters to The Patriarch?
BREAKING NEWS for Revolution!
After everything said and done between them, MJF and Hangman Page will have their grudge match! Who will win in this Battle Los Angeles?
Backstage interview with Chris Jericho.
Renee is with the ROH World Champion and brings up how Jericho vowed to show Bryan Keith how it was done. He went to confront Bandido, but uh, did he accomplish what he set out to do given he just got pinned by Bandido at ROH Global Wars? Jericho says Renee should wipe that smirk off her face. What makes her think she can talk to Jericho like that? Renee isn’t sure what he’s getting at, but Jericho asks what makes her think he can’t have her thrown out of the building? He can, y’know! If not for him, Renee wouldn’t have a job. No one in AEW would have a job if not for him!
The truth is: No Chris Jericho, no AEW! That is a fact, not pro-wrestling rhetoric! Yet instead of getting treated with respect like the living legend he is, he gets nothing but vitriol and disrespect. Why is that? Is he too nice? Maybe the Learning Tree needs to give a history lesson. Jericho is The Nueve, that means nine in Spanish. As in a nine-time world champion, in multiple companies and multiple countries. Jericho is the guy walking down the street in Brisbane just a few days ago, and fans were asking to take pictures. Then Bandido is the guy you hand the camera to so he can take their picture.
Jericho tells Bandido got his biggest win ever, congrats. Jericho will give Bandido his chance at the ROH World Championship this Saturday on Collision. The bounty no longer means anything. Bandido gets his chance to beat Jericho, but Jericho gets his chance to prove that everyone is too comfortable around Chris EFFIN’ Jericho! Jericho storms off, but will he regret gambling with The Most Wanted?
Street Fight: “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs VS “Big Bill” Morrissey!
Speaking of grudge matches, these two have gone back and forth with their brawling! They’ve fought backstage, fought in the parking lot, and even took this fight to Australia over the weekend with Global Wars! But it’s gotta end somehow! Will the Book of Hobbs’s next chapter have him chopping down a Redwood? Or will the skyscraper from New York stand tall over the Powerhouse from California?
Hobbs makes his entrance first, then he storms up on Bill during his entrance, only for Bill to BOOT him from over the top rope! The bell rings, fans chant “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” and Bill storms out after Hobbs. Bill CLUBS away on Hobbs, then brings him into the crowd! Hobbs fires a body shot, sends him into a guard rail, then takes a fan’s beer can to SMASH Bill in the face! Bill ELBOWS back, UPPERCUTS, then UPPERCUTS again! Bill HAMMERS away on Hobbs, then talks smack on the fans. Bill ROCKS Hobbs, but Hobbs ROCKS Bill! The haymakers go back and forth, and Hobbs brings Bill around to CLUB away!
The fans chant “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” again, and Hobbs pushes Bill to ringside. Hobbs LARIATS Bill over railing! The fans fire up, Hobbs high-fives a few, then he goes to get Bill on his feet. Hobbs RAMS Bill into railing, revels in the M”EAT! MEAT! MEAT!” and then runs up to CLOBBER Bill! Bill slumps over the railing, but Hobbs gets space. Hobbs runs in, but Bill CHUCKS a sound mixer!? Hobbs falls, clutching his leg, but Bill takes the keyboard to SMACK Hobbs on the back! Fans chant “OVER HERE! OVER HERE!” in hopes the action heads their way. Bill goes looking under the ring, and he brings out a monkey wrench!?
Bill winds up, but Hobbs dodges! Wrench hits steel steps, but Bill takes aim again. Hobbs dodges and the wrench hits railing! Bill still tries, but Hobbs ducks and the wrench hits POST! That’s strike three and Bill is disarmed of the wrench! Hobbs grabs a chair to JAM Bill up! And SMACK him on the back! Now that was a base hit! The fans want more, so Hobbs SMACKS Bill again! The fans fire up and Hobbs brings Bill up. But Bill CRAKS Hobbs with the monkey wrench!! Bill gets his own base hit, the ref has a standing count on Hobbs, but the fans want tables. Bill tells them STFU and shove it! The fans boo but Hobbs is up at 9.5 of 10!
Bill brings steel steps around, then he goes back for Hobbs. Hobbs is busted open, but Bill BOOTS him right back down! Bill drags Hobbs over, then CHOKE SLAMS him on the steel steps! Hobbs sputters, the fans boo, but Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Bill enjoys seeing Hobbs’s blood on him, and even uses it like lipstick! Bill swaggers like Jagger, tells the fans to shove it, then Bryan Keith appears! Keith and Bill high-five, then they work together to haul the other steel steps around. They get it onto the stage, then they bring out more plunder from under the ring. Oh, look! A table! They set that in the ring while Hobbs sputters to his feet. Dynamite returns to single picture while Bill sets up the table. The fans rally for Hobbs as he leans against the apron. Bill stands the table up in a corner, but Hobbs drags himself into the ring. Hobbs has the trash can, and he SMASHES it on Bill’s face!
The fans fire up as Hobbs winds up again, and he SMASHES Bill again! Bill flounders, Hobbs rips his shirt away, and the fans fire up for “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Hobbs storms up on Bill, scoops him, but Keith is in! Hobbs drops Bill to PUNCH the chair! Keith panics, apologizes, but Hobbs CHOKE SLAMS him through the table! The fans fire up again, but Bill BOOTS Hobbs again! Hobbs tumbles to the ramp, Bill goes out after him, and fans chant “MEAT FOREVER!” Hobbs scoops Bill!? And POWERSLAMS him on the ramp! Hobbs then looks around, and he finds Bill’s backpack. Hobbs CLOBBERS Bill with the backpack!
Hobbs grins, and he dumps out the BRICKS that were inside! Hobbs then stalks Bill to the stage, where Bill put the steel steps! Hobbs ROCKS Bill with a right, ROCKS him again, and Bill is also busted open! The fans fire up as Hobbs fires off punch after punch! Hobbs stands Bill up to ROCK him, but Bill UPPERCUTS! Hobbs ROCKS Bill, Bill UPPERCUTS Hobbs, repeat! “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Hobbs wobbles, but he kicks low! Hobbs brings Bill over, SMACKS him off the steel steps, and then DRIBBLES him off it! “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Hobbs winds up to SMACK Bill off the steps again!
The fans are thunderous as Hobbs goes up the steps, and he drags Bill up to join him! Hobbs pops Bill up, to SPINEBUSTER down through barbed-wire tables!! The fans are thunderous and losing their mind! The count begins, Bill is still down at 5, just struggling to get out of the barbed wire! We hit TEN, Hobbs wins!!
Winner: “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs, by TKO
The fans cheer as Hobbs is the Last Big Meaty Man Standing! Will this vindication be more than enough for the Book of Hobbs to turn the page?
Backstage interview Brian Cage & Lance Archer.
Renee is now with The Don Callis Family’s Murder Machines, and brings up how they upstaged the Hurt Syndicate last week. That was a rather bold statement. Brian says yeah, bold indeed. But take a look at them! It is easy for them to do! The Murderhawk and The Machine have something to say, because they have business with the Hurt Syndicate. But big surprise, they’re nowhere to be found. Archer says word is, Hurt Syndicate will be at Collision. So if they wanna put on their big boy pants, the Hurt Syndicate can talk with the Murder Machines about those AEW World Tag Team Championships.
But in the end, Cage & Archer will take them, and #EverybodyDies. Then will MVP, Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin accept the challenge this close to Revolution?
BREAKING NEWS for AEW in Phoenix!
Phoenix’s own Justin Roberts tells the fans here that if they hadn’t heard, AEW will be returning to Phoenix very soon, and with a PPV! AEW is going Double Or Nothing in Arizona on May 25th, 2025!
Toni Storm is here!
Phoenix fires up as AEW is once again Timeless! For once again, and for a historic FOURTH time, Toni Storm is the NEW AEW Women’s World Champion! Luther helps Toni into the ring, and Toni grabs herself a mic. The spotlight is on her as the fans chant her name. Toni smiles, and says, “This whore you all adore… This slut you can’t rebut… This tramp is your NEW CHAMP!” The fans cheer again, and Toni continues. “On the other side of the world, in front of friends, family and former lovers, I faced the Woman From Hell. A woman… who broke my heart, took my title, and ruined my soul. Mariah May, you SICK B*TCH!”
But Mariah, Toni says she is also so proud of her. Because Mariah gave Toni the fight of her life, and then Toni won with her Small Package. “They say the best things come in small packages, but darling, you should’ve won protection, because I railed you with the biggest package there’s ever been!” Toni says Mariah has been defeated, exiled, and compromised to a permanent end. And now, it is time for a cheap plug. Toni stars in the new film, Queen of the Ring, in theaters starting March 7th, do enjoy. The fans cheer that! As for the championship, if Toni is going to be the best, then she needs to face the best.
Toni says women of wrestling, lend her your ears. Because whether you are here just to stick your chin up, your tits out, or you’re someone like Kris Statlander, Willow Nightingale, or even Wendy bloody Richter… If you want to go face to face, tit to tit or even lip to lip, Toni is not hard to find, darling! “For God is a woman, and her name… is TIMELESS~…!” Toni drops the mic, picks up the belt, and takes a bow. The fans all cheer, Toni blows a kiss, and fade to black. Who will answer this call and come for Toni Storm’s gold?
Gabe Kidd is coming to Collision!
That’s right! This Saturday on TNT, witness The Mad Man bring Strong Style to AEW! Who will be as #WarReady as this War Dog?
Backstage interview with Willow Nightingale.
AEW returns as Renee is now with The Babe with the Power, and as Renee starts to bring up last week, Willow speaks up. She got one minute of precious TV time, and Renee’s husband of all people interrupts to have Marina attack her. Willow’s 2025 is already off to a terrible start. Willow tells Moxley, Marina, and the Death Riders that she is- OH WAIT, here comes Marina! Willow and Marina brawl, but Marina uses the briefcase on her! And then she send Willow into a road case, then KICKS her down! Moxley steps in and tells the cameraman to follow him. Things head to the stage, and the fans are torn as Moxley grabs a mic.
Moxley goes to the ring, Marina, Yuta and Claudio in tow, and Moxley tells Phoenix he’s gonna ask a question. “Do you know just who in the hell I am?” The fans certainly do, but Moxley says he’s the champion of the world, that’s who! That means this is his mic, that’s his camera, this is his ring, this is his arena, and you’re sitting in his seats! So nobody comes into his house and lays down some challenge to him like they’re somebody! He doesn’t care even if it’s the Rated R Superstar! And he’ll tell ya, Adam Copeland is NOT here! He’s still on his ass in Australia, facedown in the dirt! Cope made a challenge, but Moxley about popped Cope’s head off his shoulders with his bare hands!
So if Cope shows up at Revolution, Moxley will finish the job! WAIT! Jay White is here! The Switchblade storms out and tells Moxley to hush. White sees it is 4v1, but wait! The Bastard slither sin from the shadows! White says fine, more the merrier! But wait! COPE IS HERE!? Moxley is a bit surprised, but he figures he’ll still keep his promise. Except Cope slithers in from the crowd side! Cope CLUBS Moxley down then HAMMERS away! The Death Riders are stunned, White gets Pac for a BLADERUNNER to the stage! Cope fights off Yuta and Claudio, then SPEARS Yuta! Claudio has Cope, but Cope shoves free!
White is there to clinch Claudio, BLADERUNNER into the SPEAR!! So is that a Spear Runner? Cope then finds SPIKE! She didn’t make the trip to Brisbane, but she’s here in Phoenix! White also gets a chair, and Cope takes a swing! Moxley and Marina run away, get into the crowd, but Cope pursues! Will Cope chase Moxley all the way to LA? Cope grabs a mic, and he shouts for Moxley! “This isn’t your arena. These aren’t your seats. These aren’t your people! They’re MY people!” The fans cheer that! Cope tells Moxley that he’s probably halfway to the hotel, hostel, or whatever bridge he lives under. But he knows Mox will see this.
Mox is a COWARD! No nuts, no guts, no spine! He needs his goons, but guess what? As of now, Cope takes them out one by one by one! When we get to Revolution, it will be man to man, and Cope will kick Moxley’s ass! The fans are ready, will the Road to Revolution be nothing but Rated R?
Backstage interview with Mercedes Mone.
Renee welcomes in The CEO, and Mone says, “Phoeniiiix~! Say hello to your C E O! It feels so good, Renee. And Renee, I don’t want any interruptions, no surprises, and no damn puppets, you hear me?” Renee says of course, no puppets. Just congratulations for the great win at Grand Slam Australia. This makes Mone 14-0 as a TBS Champion, and it feels like there is no stopping the Money Train. Mone agrees, there IS no stopping the Money Train. And Harley learned first hand that there is a price to pay when you mess with Mercedes Mone. Then being just over two weeks away from Revolution, Momo Watanabe gave some comments in Australia.
Footage plays and Lexy Nair interviewed Momo Watanabe to bring up how she won the International Women’s Cup. That means Momo can challenge any Women’s Champion she wants from CMLL, Stardom, ROH and AEW. Momo was clearly scouting competition, has she made a decision? Yes, Momo has chosen Mone and the TBS Championship. She will see Mone at Revolution to put a stop to the Money Train. Mone asks what the hell!? She just said no surprises! But if Momo wants to face Mone for the title, then show up to Dynamite next week and say that to her face! Mone has answered a challenge with a challenge, will The Dark Peach oblige?
Kris Statlander VS Megan Bayne!
The #BornAgainKristen may have just crossed paths with her physical equal in The Megasus. Tall, strong, ready to get the action on, will Kris show Megan she’s still The Galaxy’s Greatest? Or will Kris be made to bow down?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Kris and Megan step up to be face to face, then they slowly circle. They tie up, go around, and Megan puts Kris on ropes. They go along ropes, Megan again has control, but she lets off slowly. Then she ROCKS Kris with a forearm! Megan runs, Kris follows, and Kris RAMS Megan! Megan doesn’t budge, so Kris dares her to do that. Megan runs, RAMS Kris, but Kris stays up. Kris brushes herself off, Megan dares her to go, so Kris runs. Megan kicks low, runs, and she runs Kris over! But Kris is right up! The fans cheer, and Kris ROCKS Megan! Megan avoids the leg sweep to BOOT Kris!
Kris avoids a senton to somersault SENTON, then STANDING MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO! Kris keeps moving, and she basement DROPKICKS! Megan staggers, Kris CHOPS, and CHPOS, and CHOPS! Kris climbs up, rains down fists, but Megan brings her off the corner at 5! Kris fights free, but Megan ducks the roundhouse! Kris avoids the boot and ROUNDHOUSES after all! Megan staggers, the fans fire up, and kris runs at the corner. Kris blocks a boot, uses that to get under Megan for an Electric Chair, but Megan fights free. Megan sends Kris into the corner, runs up, but Kris dodges! Kris goes corner to corner, but Megan SPEARS!
The fans fire up while Megan stands back up, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Megan revels in the cheers and jeers, then drags Kris up. Megan bumps Kris off buckles, then RAMS into her again and again! The ref counts, Megan lets off, then she stalks Kris along the ropes. Megan pushes Kris into a corner, then CHOPS her! Megan whips Kris corner to corner, runs corner to corner, and SPLASHES! Megan then underhooks to BUTTTERFLY SUPLEX! Kris flounders, Megan stalks her to ropes, and Megan drags Kris back for a cocky cover. TWO, but Megan stays cool. Megan waistlocks for a REAR BEARHUG! Kris endures, fights up, and pries at the hold. Kris elbows again and again until she’s finally free.
Kris runs, but Megan clinches! OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY! Kris flounders away, and Megan storms up on Kris. Megan stands Kris up, then clinches, another OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY! Kris flounders, Megan stalks her, and Megan stands Kris up again. Megan short arm LARIATS, then drags Kris up again. Another short arm LARIAT! And another short arm LARIAT! Megan CLUBS Kris, has her in a drop zone, then goes up the corner. But Kris ROCKS her first! Kris goes up to SUPERPLEX! And roll through! But Megan hits the FALCON ARROW! Both women are down, but they’re still in this as Dynamite returns to single picture.
Megan and Kris rise up, and they throw hands! Kris and Megan DOUBLE LARIAT, then DOUBLE LARIAT again! They both roar, and DOUBLE LARIAT again! Kris kicks a leg out, then runs, but Megan BOOTS her first! Megan runs, but Kris DISCUS LARIATS! The fans fire up and Kris suplexes, GOURD BUSTER! Kris runs to SCISSOR KICK! Cover, TWO! Megan survives and Kris seethes but the fans fire up. Kris storms up on Megan, brings her around, and gut wrenches! Megan slips free, then ROCKS Kris! Megan waistlocks to deadlift GERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up again while Kris goes to the apron.
Megan storms out after Kris, brings her up, and fires a forearm! And another! And another, another, another! Megan winds up, but Kris ducks that to APRON BACK SUPLEX! The fans are thunderous as Kris pushesget Megan in. Kris fires herself up, but Megan rises?! And she goes up the ropes to DEADLIFT GERMAN SUPLEX Kris!! Megan roars, hauls Kris up to the top rope, and she CHOPS! Megan climbs, she and Kris brawl, and Kris gest the edge! Kris ROCKS Megan and Megan falls! Kris adjusts her position, but Megan distracts the ref while Penelope Ford rushes out here! Ford SHOVES Kris off the top!
The fans boo the Superbad Girl as she hides under the apron! Megan fireman’s carries, “BOW! DOWN!” F5!! Cover, Megan wins!
Winner: Megan Bayne, by pinfall
Just as Megan helped Ford with Thunder Rosa, Ford just helped Megan with Kris! Ford rains down fists on Kris while the fans boo more! But here comes Rosa! And she has a chair! La Mera Mera wants after them but Megan & Ford get in her face first! Ford and Rosa fight over the chair, but the ref steps in to settle this down. Megan & Ford leave, Rosa TOSSES the chair at them, will these four settle things soon enough?
Backstage interview with Max Caster.
Renee is now with Platinum Max and brings up his series of open challenges. He is 0-2, is he starting to reconsider his strategy? No, Renee, he is not. The strategy isn’t the problem, it’s how “Hangperson” was chasing him around the arena. That’s not what the open challenge is about. It’s about going eye to eye with the Best Wrestler Alive! And look into his eyes. He’ll tell you this right now, the open challenge will continue this Saturday on Collision, and he expects whoever answers to look him in the eyes, shake his hand, and get beat! Because Caster will prove to him and everyone else that you can’t be better than the best.
Renee wishes Caster luck, Caster thanks her and shows off his certificate. But just who will answer when Caster puts out the call?
Ricochet is here!
And he’s still wearing the stolen robe that belongs to Prince Nana. Phoenix boos the One & Only, but he grabs the mic to say, “Really? That’s what we gonna do? That’s how we gonna act, huh? Y’know what? That’s okay, because I would be angry and bitter, too, if I had to live in Phoenix, Arizona. It’s basically a poor man’s Las Vegas.” The fans boo but Ricochet says lucky for him, he has a helicopter waiting to lift him outta here when he’s finished. Because much like Kevin Durant, Ricochet is trying to get outta this boring ass town ASAP! The fans boo more, but Ricochet says fine, “You do you.” Ricochet will do Ricochet.
Because since the fans are acting like ungrateful animals, Ricochet will speak directly to the people at home. He knows they can hear him loud and clear, huh? Yes you can! But he needs them to understand that all the fans, all the booing, it doesn’t matter! None if it does! Because when you boo a winner, you boo into a void of nothing, and baybeh, Ricochet is nothing but a winner! Ricochet proved it two weeks ago when he pinned Swerve to the mat, 1-2-3! But in reality, Ricochet has been proving it from the moment he stepped foot in AEW! Let’s be real, Ricochet has been whooping the asses of all the favorites!
Ricochet whooped Swerve’s ass, Ospreay’s ass, Darby Allin’s ass, Komander’s ass! The fans chant for Swerve’s House, but Ricochet says that everyone here and plenty of you at home will never understand is that winners always have something to show for it. And oh does Ricochet have something to show for all of his success! Ricochet models the Embassy’s robe, the fans boo more, but Ricochet says check this. He is not content to just wear this. No, he came to AEW to wear championships. Ricochet will not be just another name on the roster! Ricochet will be the main name on this roster! He came to win, and more importantly, he came to win gold.
Ricochet says that is where his sights are set for 2025. He wants to be a champion here in AEW! Oh, wait, wait, let’s correct that. Ricochet will be a champion in AEW, because he’s too good looking not to be. But wait! Swerve is here! Phoenix fires up as Nana walks out first, sips his coffee, then shakes his head. Ricochet looks around, surely the Realest is lurking. Nana gets in the ring first, though, and has his own mic. Nana tells Ricochet he knows what he’s thinking. But this isn’t that. Nana wanted to take this time to talk to Ricochet one on one, so Swerve isn’t here right now. Nana knows they’ve been beefing these last couple of months, and he isn’t sure where that is going.
But one thing that Nana does know is that Ricochet is wearing something that doesn’t belong to him. Three DECADES, Nana has been in this business. In the ring, outside the ring, closing major deals, making champions, and heck, making history! And that robe has a lot to do with it. That robe right there represents pride, represents integrity, and represents those that Nana has walked through, and that we’ve lost. But one thing about that robe is that anyone who is wearing it has honor. Anyone that wears it has been bestowed the opportunity to be great. And Nana never gave Ricochet that opportunity.
Ricochet, honestly, if you’re still that happy-go-lucky guy, that winner that he always says he is, that humane individual, then just give the robe back. The fans chant “GIVE IT BACK! GIVE IT BACK!” Ricochet says Nana wants the robe back, is that all? Yeah, okay, sure. Take it from him. Ricochet stares Nana down, but then he asks what’s wrong. Is Nana gonna cry? That’s okay, we all have emotions. Nana ain’t getting the robe back. AHA~! Ricochet leaves, and Nana shakes his head. Nana tried doing this with diplomacy, will he have no choice but to let Swerve do things his way?
Revolution International Championship Series: Orange Cassidy VS Roderick Strong w/ The Undisputed Kingdom!
After Kenny Omega & Will Ospreay defeated Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher at Grand Slam: Australia, The Cleaner made it clear that he wants The Alpha 1v1, the title on the line. However, Tony Khan chose to raise the ante. Two former champions are giving this opportunity, the winner to face Konosuke for the title next week in San Diego! Who starts on this golden path into the Golden State?
The bell rings and the fans rally for “FRESHLY SQUEEZED! FRESHLY SQUEEZED!” Cassidy and Roddy circle, tie up, and Roddy waistlocks to SLAM Cassidy! Cassidy fights up, but Roddy wrangles him back to the mat. Cassidy fights back up, reaches out, and he SLAPS the hold apart! Cassidy drops, wheelbarrows, but Roddy half nelsons. Cassidy slips free, standing switches, and snapmares! Then he has Roddy for the photo op! Thumbs up, and then ghost pin! TWO! Roddy swings, Cassidy dodges, and Cassidy “CHOPS!” The fans lose their minds but Roddy asks, “Really?” Cassidy shrugs, then dodges Roddy’s back elbow!
Cassidy headlocks, Roddy powers up and out, but Cassidy ducks ‘n’ dodges. Cassidy then bails out, and he hugs Kyle! The fans cheer The Conglomeration reunion, but then Cassidy looks at Cole. Cole stares daggers at Cassidy, so Cassidy slowly turns, hand up to block Cole from view. Cassidy rolls into the ring, but Roddy is right on him! Roddy headlocks, Cassidy powers up and out, but Roddy CLOBBERS him! Things keep moving, Roddy hurdles to then slide out, and he hugs Kyle! AND Cole! But Cassidy DIVES onto Roddy! The fans fire up and Cassidy puts Roddy back in. The fans chant, “One More Hug!”
Cassidy says why not. He hugs Kyle! The fans cheer, Cassidy goes up, then leaps, into a DROPKICK from Roddy! The antiair takes Cassidy down, but Roddy puts him in a corner. Roddy CHOPS, then he stalks Cassidy. Roddy CHOPS Cassidy again, but Cassidy bails out. Cassidy paces while he catches his breath, then he rolls back in. But Roddy stomps away at the ropes! The ref counts, Roddy stops to haul Cassidy up, and Roddy uses the ropes to SLINGSHOT POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO! Roddy keeps Cassidy down with a chinlock, then shifts into a GROUND COBRA TWIST! Cassidy endures, fights up, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Cassidy stands, but Roddy fireman’s carries Cassidy for a HOTSHOT on the ropes! Cassidy falls back and sputters while Roddy flexes. Roddy drags Cassidy up, whips him to a corner, and Cassidy hits buckles hard! Roddy storms up on Cassidy, drags him up, and scoops for a BACKBREAKER! Cassidy writhes, Roddy drags him up, and brings him into a CAMEL CLUTCH! Cassidy endures, fights to get his arms free, but Roddy pulls the arms back into place. Cassidy still has one arm free as he endures being bent back. Cassidy gets the other arm free, but Roddy keeps on the stretch. Cassidy slips out he back, rolls Roddy up, TWO!
Roddy DROPKICKS Cassidy right down! Cover, TWO! Cassidy survives and even shakes his head. Roddy drags Cassidy up, gives him a hug and puts him in a corner. To CHOP! Cassidy drops to his knees, but Roddy brings him back up. Roddy suplexes, Cassidy blocks, but Roddy CLUBS away! Roddy suplexes, Cassidy flails! Roddy CLUBS away, suplexes again, but Cassidy cradle counters! TWO!! Roddy escapes, and he LARIATS Cassidy down! Roddy drags Cassidy into a leglock, and he goes for the chinlock! Cassidy endures the Angelito Stretch, then fights up, pries the hold open, only for Roddy to KNEE him low!
Roddy puts Cassidy in a corner, then up top. But Cassidy BOOTS back! Cassidy adjusts position, but Roddy GAMANGIRIS! Roddy climbs up, gut wrenches, but Cassidy clings to the ropes! Cassidy fires body shots, then Dynamite returns to single picture. Cassidy ROCKS Roddy, he drops back, and Cassidy goes to the apron. Roddy runs up, Cassidy RAMS him, ROCKS him, then SLINGSHOT DDTS! The fans fire up while both men are down! Cole & Kyle coach Roddy, the fans rally, and Cassidy rises first. Cassidy goes to a corner, comes back for Roddy, but Roddy CHOPS! Cassidy shakes his head, and comes back.
Roddy CHOPS again, but Cassidy is just getting angry! Roddy CHOPS him down, but Cassidy’s right back up! Cassidy is pumping up, and he puts his hands… IN HIS POCKETS! Roddy CHOPS, and CHOPS, and CHOPS! Cassidy dodges, ducks ‘n’ dodges, then SHOTGUNS Roddy down! And kips up! The fans fire up for Cassidy, and he goes corner to corner, only for Roddy to put him on the apron. But Cassidy bumps Roddy off buckles! Then goes side to side for another buckle bump! And then back again for a third! Cassidy climbs while Roddy staggers, and Cassidy FLYING LARIATS! Cassidy gets moving, ducks ‘n’ dodges, tilt-o-whirl-
NO, Roddy slips free, suplexes, STUN- NO! Roddy stops the Stun Dog Millionaire to half nelson, but Cassidy swings to ARM-DRAG! Cassidy then ducks ‘n’ dodges, tilt-o-whirls, and DDTS! The fans fire up and Cassidy covers, TWO! Roddy survives and the fans rally up. Cole & Kyle coach Roddy, but Cassidy rises again. Roddy goes to ropes, Cassidy Alabama Lifts! Roddy CLUBS away on Cassidy’s back to stop that! Roddy shoves Cassidy, BOOTS him, ENZIGIRIS, then reels him in, but Cassidy sunset flips! TWO!! Roddy escapes, takes a swing, but into the Alabama Lift! BEACH BREAK! Cover, TWO!! Roddy survives and Cole coaches him up more.
The fans rally again and Cassidy goes to a corner. Cassidy prepares the elbow pad,. but a STRON GKNEE hits first! Then the IRISH CURSE BACKBREAKER, into another IRISH CURSE! And then a torture rack, for the RACK BACKBREAKER DROP!! Cover, TWO!! Cassidy survives and Roddy is frustrated. Cole & Kyle coach Roddy to keep going, and Roddy goes for the legs. But Cassidy spins, only for Roddy to block the victory roll! Roddy spins Cassidy back around, turns him over, STRONG- NO, Cassidy fights out of Stronghold! Roddy holds onto the legs, turns Cassidy over again, only for Cassidy to turn back over!
Cassidy spins and drags Roddy into the victory roll! TWO!! Roddy escapes yet again, then ducks an Orange Punch, IRISH CURSE BACKBREAKAR!! TEXAS CLOVERLEAF! Cassidy scrambles and fights forward, ROPEBREAK!! Roddy lets go in frustration and both men are tiring out. Cassidy drags himself up with the ropes, Roddy stands and storms over, and Roddy YANKS Cassidy up! Cassidy lands on his feet to “kick,” then he fires real kicks! Cassidy stomps away, then runs, but into a POP-UP GUTBUSTER!! And a SICK KICK!! Roddy ain’t done, he hits END OF- STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE!! Cassidy powers up, ORANGE PUNCH!! Cover, Cassidy wins!!
Winner: Orange Cassidy, by pinfall (advances to the AEW International Championship match)
And with that, Dynamite is Freshly Squeezed! The Undisputed Kingdom heads out, Tony Schiavone steps in, and Schiavone says Cassidy is back and better than ever. It will be live from coast to coast when AEW is in San Diego, and Cassidy will go 1v1 with Takeshita for the title, winner going on to Revolution. If Cassidy wins, he’ll become the greatest International Champion in AEW history! But before Cassidy can speak, The Don Callis Family makes their way out here. Callis has a mic to say he has something important to say.
Mark Davis & Konosuke Takeshita flank Callis as he tells Cassidy, “I guess you’re gonna go tell everyone you’re the greatest International Champion of all time. But to me, you’re nothing but a red-headed hippy! You’re nothing but a loud mouth punk! GET HIM!” Callis sends Konosuke & Davis to go after Cassidy! They beat Cassidy down, and then Davis scoop SLAMS him! SENTON! Konosuke drags Cassidy up and Callis wants his shot! Callis kicks low, but here comes Kenny! Omega fires off on Konosuke & Davis! The fans fire up as Omega throws hands on Konosuke, but Davis grabs him for a SLEEPER! Konosuke kicks Omega in the gut!
The fans boo as Omega suffers, and Konosuke winds up. Davis sends Omega into the ALPHA ELBOW! Cassidy stands back up, Davis rushes him, but Cassidy DUMPS Davis out! Konosuke CLUBS Cassidy, and brings him in for RAGING- STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Omega is up to V-TRIGGER! Cassidy adds an ORANGE PUNCH! The Don Callis Family regroups and retreats! Phoenix fires up for Omega & Orange as Omega holds up the belt, the fans like how that looks! But Cassidy looks at the belt, wanting to have it back. Who makes it through this Revolution International Championship Series as THE champion?
My Thoughts:
A great Dynamite here to follow up the Australia specials and move things towards Revolution. Great promo segment to open with MJF and Hangman, and MJF has his “Heel making a good point” moment saying how the “forgiveness” is rather hypocritical. To be fair, Kevin Owens has made a similar argument recently, but it’s still valid in all of pro-wrestling where some Heels can never truly go Face. Anyway, good stuff to set up their match at Revolution, including that moment Hangman has with Daniels. And as I said last week, Hangman VS MJF should be seen as an unofficial #1 contender’s match, the winner aimed at the world title going towards AEW Dynasty in April.
Speaking of the world title, good stuff with Willow and Marina brawling again, leading into Moxley’s promo that then led into Cope & White getting after the Death Riders again. I really thought Cope was going to up the ante on the title match, but he instead implies he’s going to use the next two weeks, the next four AEW shows between Dynamite and Collision going into Revolution to have matches with Claudio, Yuta and Pac in whatever order, and take them off the board. I would think Jay White and even Willow are part of that, maybe even The Gunns as they rejoin White in the Bang Bang Gang, which could be some really good stuff that branches off into other matches.
Really good Trios match from Patriarchy VS Opps. The Opps have a good theme song, but maybe a little too chill. That aside, The Opps of course won and it was of course Nick Wayne taking the loss. I still think we should get Joe VS Christian, and then that’s a smokescreen where Christian loses only to come back and cash-in on the world title. It’s gotta happen, it’ll help shake things up, and again, how can we ignore a new Cope VS Christian feud? Very good promo from Toni Storm to leave it up in the air who her next feud is with, and pretty good promo segment with Mone and Momo to set up their feud. But now that Momo said TBS Championship, pretty sure Mone wins.
Toni did name drop Kris, and Kris Statlander has yet to challenge for the world title, so maybe she moves up after what we’re getting with her, Rosa, Ford & Bayne. Great match from Kris VS Megan, but I should’ve figured Ford would get involved to screw Kris over. And naturally, Ford would beat up Kris and that’d cue Rosa to make the save. But how did they botch that so badly? The irony is this was a botch where next to nothing happened when clearly something should have. It feels like someone between Ford and Megan forgot what they were to do, because the easy option would’ve been for them to slip out of the ring, but it just ended up awkward. The tag match will be good, and we can still do singles matches after, but this was a bad hiccup.
Jericho had a good promo to call out Bandido, and I didn’t think the ROH World Championship would be happening now. With that, there might be shenanigans that help Jericho win, which is a shame. Good promo from Cage & Archer to call out The Hurt Syndicate, and we’ll surely get a confrontation on Collision that then makes the tag title match for Revolution. That’s gonna be some big meaty men slapping meat there, much like tonight’s Street Fight. Though, AEW really needs to clarify how their rulebook works. Given the ten count, this was really a Last Man Standing match disguised as a Street Fight. But naming conventions aside, still great stuff, and Hobbs getting the win works so that he can move on, perhaps to a title match of his own.
Very good promo from Ricochet with Nana, and you can bet the robe will be the apparent prize in whatever rematch we get from Ricochet and Swerve. And knowing Swerve, he and Ricochet could have one killer No Disqualification style match. Good promo from Caster to play off his Open Challenge losses like they were for other reasons other than Caster isn’t the Best Wrestler Alive. And y’know what? They mentioned Gabe Kidd showing up for Collision, so why not two birds with one stone? Gabe should answer the challenge, beat the snot out of Caster, then call out just about anyone he wants, because he’s Gabe Kidd.
Very good promo from The Undisputed Kingdom, but what a copout on The Conglomeration not really being a thing anymore. Did they not want to put in the time to do a quick promo where The Conglomeration disassembles? I did like how Cassidy hugged Kyle and felt awkward around Cole, though. But still a great main event from Cassidy VS Roddy, and Cassidy winning makes a lot of sense. For one, The Kingdom can still do a feud with The Death Riders over the trios and world titles, but also, Cassidy really did establish the International Championship. Good stuff with Don Callis Family going after Cassidy, then Omega making the save. It’s also a good tease of Omega VS Cassidy for the first time since Omega was world champion, but we’re definitely getting Omega VS Takeshita at Revolution.
My Score: 8.8/10
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Will AEW once again be Timeless?
In the long awaited sequel to All In: London 2024, Mariah May and Toni Storm battle for the AEW Women’s World Championship in Brisbane, Australia!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Kenny Omega & Will Ospreay VS Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher; Omega & Ospreay win.
- AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone VS Harley Cameron; Mone wins and retains the title.
- Brisbane Brawl: Adam Copeland & Jay White VS Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli; Moxley & Claudio win.
- AEW Continental Championship: Kazuchika Okada VS Buddy Matthews; Okada wins and retains the title.
- AEW Women’s World Championship: Mariah May VS Toni Storm; Toni wins and becomes the new AEW Women’s World Champion.
PLAY BY PLAY
Kenny Omega & Will Ospreay VS Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher w/ The Don Callis Family!
Once enemies because of the Don Callis Family, The Cleaner and the Aerial Assassin are now united against the Don Callis Family! Will the Best Bout Bruvs get even with the Alpha and the Aussie Arrow? Or will the DCF be the future of AEW?
How fitting that alongside Callis is Mark Davis. Aussie Open not only returns home together, but Davis continues to stand by Kyle against Ospreay. The fans are much more fired up for Ospreay and Omega during their entrances. “This is Awesome!” and it’s only just beginning! The fans sing for “Ospreay~, Ospreay Ospreay Ospreay~!” while Kyle barks at him. These two start, the bell rings, and they RAM shoulders! The forearms fly and the fans fire up even more! The shots keep going, Ospreay kicks low then headlocks. Kyle powers up and out, Ospreay RAMS Kyle, but Kyle rebounds to RAM Ospreay!
Ospreay RAMS Kyle again, then ROCKS Kyle on the rebound! Ospreay runs, but Kyle CLOBBERS him! The fans boo but Kyle just soaks it up! Kyle stomps Ospreay, tags Konosuke, and Konosuke BOOTS Omega down! Kyle & Konosuke double whip Ospreay to then CLOBBER him! The fans boo while Kyle & Konosuke flex, and Konosuke wrenches Ospreay to a wristlock. Tag to Kyle, they mug Ospreay, but the fans continue to sing for Ospreay. Kyle throws a body shot, then brings Ospreay around. Ospreay body shots then CHOPS, but Kyle kicks low. Kyle whips Ospreay to the corner, but Ospreay BOOTS Konosuke!
Kyle kicks Ospreay, whips again, but Ospreay handsprings to NEURALIZER KICK! The fans fire up while Kyle sputters, and Ospreay tags in Omega! The fans are thunderous as Omega goes up top, for a CROSSBODY! Omega rallies with Polish Hammer ax handles! The fans fire up as Omega spins, but Kyle dodges to kick low! Kyle whips, Omega reverses and fireman’s carries! The fans say along with Omega, “YOU! CAN’T! ESCAPE!” But Kyle slips free, kicks low, and says he just did escape. Kyle runs, but into a RANA from Omega! Kyle tumbles out while the fans fire up, and Omega feeds off that energy.
Omega kneels, the Terminator Drums start up, but Konosuke CLUBS Omega down! Don Callis approves as Konosuke brings Omega up, runs, but Ospreay jumps in! TIGER WALL KICK and ENZIGIRI! Omega adds the KOTARO CRUSHER! Tag to Ospreay, he does the Terminator kneel, and Omega joins in! More Terminator Drums, and then both men build speed! They both FLY! Down go Konosuke and Kyle on opposite ends of the ring! The fans are thunderous again and Ospreay is loving this! Omega puts Kyle in for Ospreay and Ospreay snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Tag to Omega, they mug Kyle, and Kyle sputters.
Omega wrenches Kyle, tags Ospreay back in, and fans tell off Callis while Ospreay CHOPS Kyle! Ospreay throws hands on Kyle, tags Omega back in, then they double whip. Kyle KICKS Omega away, kicks Ospreay, then sends Ospreay into Omega! Ospreay TOSSES Ospreay out, BOOTS Omega down, then tags in Konosuke. Konosuke goes up while Kyle holds Omega down, SUPER SENTON! Cover, TWO! Omega stays in this but Konosuke clamps onto him with a rear bearhug. Omega reaches out, ROPEBREAK with a leg! Konosuke lets off in frustration to argue with the ref but ropebreaks are non-negotiable.
Konosuke drags Omega up, but Omega ROCKS him first! Omega fires haymakers, then a CHOP! And another CHOP! Omega whips, Konosuke reverses, and kitchen sink knee! Cover, TWO! Omega stays in this, but the gut is clearly the target. Konosuke puts Omega in a corner, fires body shots, then whips corner to corner. Konosuke runs up to forearm SMASH, then he whisp Omega corner to corner. Omega BOOTS back, and he SLAM DUNKS Konosuke! The fans fire up while Omega crawls, but so does Konosuke. Hot tags to Ospreay and Kyle! Ospreay ROCKS Kyle first, then springboards, but Kyle moves so the PIP PIP CHEERIO hits Konosuke!
Kyle SUPERKICKS Ospreay, Omega runs up but Kyle dodges! Omega blocks a superkick, to SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX! Kyle tumbles out, but Konosuke gets Omega with an EXPLODER! Konosuke runs up on Ospreay, but Ospreay puts him up top! Ospreay tucks Konosuke in and gives him CHEEKY NANDOS! Kyle storms back in, but Ospreay blocks a superkick! But Kyle ducks the elbow to ROCK Ospreay! Kyle runs, but into a STANDING SPANISH FLY! All four men are down and Brisbane is thunderous while AEW goes picture in picture!
A standing count begins on Ospreay and Kyle, and they slowly stir at 5 of 10. They rise up at 6, stand at 7, and Ospreay waits on Kyle at the ropes. Kyle turns around, Ospreay glares at him, and they go forehead to forehead. Ospreay CHOPS first! Ospreay eggs Kyle on, so Kyle comes back to CHOP! Ospreay staggers a couple steps but stays up, only firing the fans up more. Ospreay winds up to CHOP and Kyle sits down! Ospreay keeps the fans fired up, and he puts his hands back. Kyle chuckles, of course Ospreay wants more. Ospreay is doing a jig for the fans, but Kyle wants everyone to hush so they can hear this.
The crowd just gets rowdier so Kyle goes outside to hush them. Omega storms up to chase Kyle down! Kyle RAMS Omega through railing! Kyle mocks the cheering, but Omega is back to CHOP Kyle! Kyle staggers away, but now Konosuke brawls with Omega! Omega CHOPS Konosuke, Ospreay has Kyle for Kawada Kicks, and Grand Slam: Australia returns to single picture. Ospreay CHOPS, then he catches Kyle. Kyle elbows free, Ospreay HOOK KICKS! Ospreay runs, Kyle dodges, but Ospreay swings through the lariat! Ospreay reels Kyle in, but Kyle slips free and lifts Ospreay! RAN- NO! Kyle brings Ospreay back up, but Ospreay SATELLITE DDTS!!
The fans are thunderous again as Ospreay stands tall! Ospreay calls his shot, springboards, but Kyle stops the cutter! Inverted suplex, but then Ospreay TORNADO DDTS free! Konosuke is up, Ospreay BOOTS him down! Kyle grabs at the ref and Callis jumps off commentary! Callis grabs Ospreay’s leg! The fans boo, Ospreay kicks free, but Kyle gets him for a SNAP HALF ‘N’ HALF! The fans tell Callis off even more now, but Ospreay and Kyle crawl. They head for corners, hot tags to Omega and Konosuke! Omega and Konosuke DOUBLE LARIAT! And DOUBLE LARIAT! Konosuke SWATS a lariat, then feints the elbow for an ALPHA BODY BLOW!!
The fans boo and Omega coughs while leaning against the ropes. Konosuke whips, Omega reverses, but Konsouke ducks ‘n’ dodges, TAKESHITA LINE! Callis cheers Konosuke but Ospreay BOOTS Konosuke! Konosuke just comes back, so Ospreay gives him Kawada Kicks! ALPHA ELBOW!! Konosuke wags his finger at Ospreay, but Omega has the full nelson! Konosuke breaks free, standing switches, but Omega fights the lift! Victory roll, but Konosuke stifles that to wheelbarrow! Omega grabs Ospreay in desperation! Ospreay grabs the ropes in desperation, but Kyle is there! Kyle laughs and SLAPS Ospreay’s hands away! DOUBLE GERMAN SUPLEX!!
The fans fire up, there’s no denying Konosuke’s incredible strength! Kyle coordinates with Konosuke, and Konosuke goes up. Kyle suplexes Omega up to Konosuke, but then Omega SUPER STEINERS Konosuke away! Ospreay drags Kyle out of the ring, goes up the corner, and SKY TWISTERS!! Direct hit on Kyle, and Omega POWERBOMBS Konosuke! Flip over and V-TRIGGER!! Cover, TWO!! Konosuke survives, Callis breathes easier, and “This is Awesome!” Omega says BANG, then V- NO! Konosuke dodges, then gets Omega with a BLUE THUNDER BOMB!! Cover, TWO! Omega survives and the fans rally again.
Konosuke slashes his throat, vowing to end this. Konosuke scoops, Omega slips free and shoves, BLINDSIDE V-TRIGGER! Then a POISON-RANA! A rough landing for both men, Omega may have miscalculated on that one. Konosuke goes to a corner, the fans rally for Omega, and Omega runs corner to corner! BLINDSIDE V-TRIGGER! But Omega wants more! Omega hoists Konosuke up with the Electric Chair, and he goes up a corner?! The fans are already going nuts as Omega goes to tuck Konosuke! Konosuke fights that, but Ospreay is back! SUPER DUPER OSCUTTER!! Omega says he still wants more!
Omega says BANG, but Kyle slips in! SUPERKICK for Omega! The fans boo but Kyle runs in, HIDDEN BLADE from Ospreay!! Ospreay helps Omega stand, and tells him to do it! V-TRIGGER for Konosuke! Ospreay underhooks Kyle, Omega Electric Chair Lifts Konosuke! STEREO- WAIT, Kyle & Konosuke manage to flip both of these around into double gut wrenches! STEREO PILEDRIVERS!!! Cover, TWO?!?!? Omega & Ospreay both survive and Callis is furious! The fans are thunderous as they hope these teams “Fight Forever!” But this is just the opening match of the night, it has to end somehow!
Kyle & Konosuke step to Ospreay & Omega. Kyle & Konosuke fire forearms, but Ospreay & Omega give those back! The forearms go back and forth, the fans cheering Ospreay & Omega and booing the Callis Family! The shots go fast ‘n’ furious, Omega and Konosuke flop over but Ospreay fires a flurry on Kyle! But Kyle CLAWS Ospreay’s eyes! Kyle TOSSES Ospreay out, but Omega DECKS Kyle! ALPHA ELBOW for Omega! But Omega BOOTS Konosuke! Omega runs, but Konosuke blocks a boot! ALPHA ELBOW SUPERKICK COMBO!! Ospreay springboards in, into an ALPHA ELBOW SUPERKICK COMBO!!
Konosuke powers up, POWER DRIVE KNEE on Omega! Cover, TWO?!!? NOW Callis is pissed! But Kyle & Konosuke haul Omega up, ASSISTED BRAINBUSTER! Cover, OSPREAY BREAKS IT! Ospreay shields Omega but Kyle mockingly applauds. Kyle stomps away on Ospreay, drags him from Omega, but Omega holds onto Ospreay’s hand! But then Omega lets go so Ospreay can ROCK Kyle with forearm after forearm! ALPHA ELBOW! Kyle & Konosuke suplex Ospreay, but he STUN DOG MILLIONAIRES free! Konosuke swings, misses, HOOK KICK! Ospreay takes aim, HIDDEN- LARIAT from Konosuke!
Konosuke pulls down the kneepads, and he aims at Omega. POWER DRIVE- NO! Omega blocks the knee, ROCKS Konosuke, then ROCKS him again! ALPHA ELBOW! Konosuke roars, runs, but Omega V-TRIGGERS!! The fans are thunderous again and Omega catches his breath. Omega says this is it! Electric Chair, but Konosuke slips free! Konosuke waistlocks, Omega switches, but Konosuke backs him into a corner! Kyle urns up, GAMANGIRI for Omega! Kyle puts Omega up, then climbs. The fans boo but Omega SHOVES Kyle down! Konosuke BOOTS Omega, then climbs up! Konosuke is on the very top, but Omega trips him!
Konosuke hits the turnbuckle’s crossbar, he slumps over in the corner, and then Osprey FLIES over the corner to take out Kyle!! The fans are losing their minds, but hold on! Omega Electric Chair Lifts Konosuke, Ospreay climbs up! HIDDEN BLADE WINGED ANGEL!!! Cover, Best Bout Bruvs win!!!
Winners: Kenny Omega & Will Ospreay, by pinfall
Callis is beside himself! The men he chose over Omega & Ospreay just lost to Omega & Ospreay! Will these two continue to humble Callis as they head for the top of AEW?
AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone VS Harley Cameron!
The CEO is the Four Belt Boss, but the one that started her collection is now on the line! Mercedes didn’t take this wild Aussie seriously, and she still doesn’t want to, but she’ll have to if she wants to stay Four Belts Mone. Will Mercedes still be the Face of TBS? Or will she #FeelTheWrath of Harley Cameron?
An interesting note: Momo Watanabe of Stardom, who also won the inaugural International Women’s Cup back at WrestleDynasty, is watching from the front row. She is allowed to call whatever women’s championship match she wants, and Mone has plenty of titles, could one of them be on Momo’s radar?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is golden on the Gold Coast!
The bell rings and the fans are all behind Harley. Mone eggs Harley on, but then dodges her to lounge on the top rope. The fans boo but Harley tells Mone to feel the wrath! Mone says alright! They tie up, go around, and Mone headlocks. Mone thrashes Harley, but Harley fights up, only for Mone to throw her down by her hair! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Mone scoops and SLAMS Harley! Mone tells Harley to just get out while she can. Harley storms up instead, but Mone waistlocks, Harley switches, O’Conner Rolls, TWO! Harley rebounds, ducks ‘n’ dodges, then tilt-o-whirls, to clinch and RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP!
The fans fire up as Harley keeps moving, SLIDING FLATLINER! Cover, TWO! Harley stays cool while the fans rally up. Harley brings Mone up, fireman’s carries, but Mone fights with elbows! Mone hooks the arms, Gory Especial, but Harley arm-drags free! Harley then headlocks, BULLDOG HOTSHOT! And an AX KICK while Mone is in the ropes! Harley holds Mone up and says, “Feel my wrath now!” And she smothers Mone with the melons!? That’s the wrath?! Harley goes and grabs PUPPET MONE! The fans cheer as Harley brings the puppet along, then goes up the corner. The fans cheer as Harley rains down fists!
The fans count along, and Harley goes all the way to nine, then Puppet- NO, Mone trips Harley up! Money then DOUBLE KNEES Harley, and she stomps away on #MiniMone! Mone PUNTS the puppet, then she CHOKES Harley! The ref reprimands, Mone stops, and Mone bumps Harley off buckles! Mone chokes Harley again, sits her down, then runs corner to corner, METEORA! Cover, TWO! Harley stays in this and the fans rally up. Mone stalks Harley, talks trash, then CHOKES Harley on ropes! The ref counts, Mone stops, then snapmares Harley, to then METEORA again! Cover, TWO! The fans rally for Harley while AEW goes picture in picture.
Mone drags Harley up, picks her up, and rebounds her off the ropes for a BACKBREAKER! Mone bends Harley against her knee, but Harley endures. Harley fires knees to get free! Mone comes back with a basment ENZIGIRI! Cover, TWO! Mone grows frustrated but she lets Harley crawl away to a corner. Mone storms up, talks trash, and then CHOPS Harley! Harley goes to a corner, Mone brings her around to snapmare, and Mone wraps Harley up in a seated Cobra Twist! Harley endures, even as Mone CLUBS away on her chest! Mone mockingly “puppets” Harley’s mouth, then pushes her down to throw KNEE after KNEE! Cover, TWO!
Harley toughs it out but Mone is still in control, and Grand Slam: Australia goes to break.
Grand Slam: Australia returns, and Mone soaks up the heat. The fans chant “C E NO!” as Mone lifts again, but Harley makes it a BULLDOG! Just a little bit of Stratusfaction here and the fans rally up. Mone staggers around, Harley fires forearms! Mone hits back, but Harley fires a flurry! Then a DOUBLE CHOP! Harley whips, LARIATS, and LARIATS again! Harley runs up, but Mone catches her, spins her, and snap suplexes her! The fans boo Una Amiga, and they boo Dos Amigas! They even boo THREE AMIGAS! Mone gives some Latina Heat but the fans still boo. Mone steps on Harley, then goes up the corner, and FROG SPLASHES onto knees!!
The fans cheer as Harley saves herself, then rolls Mone! TWO! Harley staggers to a corner, Mone runs up, but Harley BOOTS her! Mone comes back again, but Harley slips around to waistlock. Mone fights it, but Harley pump handles for the SAIDO! The fans fire up, Harley covers, TWO! Mone survives but the fans continue to rally behind Harley. Harley feels that energy, and she drags Mone up. Fireman’s carry, but Mone fights free! BACKSTABBER! Harley flounders and Mone basement DROPKICKS her out! Mone soaks up the heat, but wait! Harley has found Mini-Mone! And they’re both angry! Mone runs up, but Harley dodges!
Harley ROCKS Mone using the puppet! Then she DRIBBLES Mone off the apron! Harley puts Mone in the ring, shouts, “FEEL THE WRATH!” and the fans cheer her on! Harley climbs, bringing Mini-Mone with her. CROSSBODY! Harley bounces off the cover, but she reel Mone in, AUSTRALIAN DESTROYER!! Cover, TWO!!! Mone survives and Harley is shocked! Both women rise, and Harley brings Mone up. Harley runs, but Mone slips under to then Gory Especial! MONEY- NO, Harley trips her! Jackknife bridge, TWO! Mone reels Harley in, gets her up, and POWERBOMBS her down!
The fans boo Mone showing off some strength, but then Mone goes up the corner. Harley sits up, into a METEORA! Cover, TWO!! Harley survives and the fans are thunderous! Mone is beside herself, but Harley ghost pins her! TWO!! Harley hurries to Oklahoma Roll! TWO! Harley whips, Mone reverses, but Harley goes up and over, to sunset flip! TWO! Mone scrambles to her feet, but Harley drop toeholds her into buckles! Harley runs side to side, for a 619!! If Mone is Eddie, Harley is ready to be Rey Mysterio! She climbs up, to SWANTON FLOP as Mone moves! Mone hooks Harley up again, MONEY MAKER!! Cover, Mone wins!
Winner: Mercedes Mone, by pinfall (still AEW TBS Champion)
The CEO grins as she holds onto all of her gold, much to the chagrin of Brisbane. But if Harley did this well on her first try, will we see them run this one back soon enough? Meanwhile, Momo is there to sarcastically applaud Mone. Mone pie faces Momo with the TBS Championship, then swaggers away. Did the CEO just make Momo’s choice of championships that much easier?
Omega & Ospreay regroup backstage.
The Cleaner says, “As happy as I should be teaming with my good buddy, Will Ospreay, I’m still kinda pissed a little bit. Because for an entire year, I had to listen to people like you, Takeshita, people like Don Callis, talk about how you beat me twice in one week. How the International title is the pinnacle of this title because you’re defending it all over the world. Well listen here, Takeshita. You really wanna prove that you’re the best? You really wanna prove that you’re the rightful champion? I’ve got the time and I’ve got the place: Revolution, Los Angeles. Put that International title on the line and see if you can say you beat Kenny Omega three times.”
Omega says Ospreay has something in store for Kyle now, right? Ospreay says yes, mate! He never could’ve imagined he and Omega would be on the same team, but y’know what he never imagined either? Stepping into his own country, Kyle Fletcher’s own country of Australia, isn’t cheering him! They’re cheering Ospreay! But every time Kyle got an advantage on Ospreay, it wasn’t because of Kyle’s own talent! And as talented as Kyle is, he’s not good enough, because he has to get the Family in on this! Well let Ospreay tell you this, lad: They won’t be by Kyle’s side! They’re gonna be locked away while Ospreay and Kyle are locked in!
That’s right: Ospreay VS Fletcher, Revolution, STEEL CAGE MATCH! Let’s lock in! It’s time to see if Kyle really is that good! Time to see if Kyle really is the Protostar! Because this is Will Ospreay, and he is on another level! The Best Bout Bruvs head out, having thrown down huge challenges! Will the Callis Family put up or shut up?
Brisbane Brawl: Adam Copeland & Jay White VS Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli!
Speaking of common enemies, The Rated R Superstar and the Switchblade have put aside their differences to deal with The Death Riders, who have been holding the AEW World Championship hostage ever since they demolished Bryan Danielson. Will the WWE Grand Slam Champion and the NJPW Grand Slam Champion combine to hit THE Grand Slam in Australia? Or will The Maniac, the Swiss Cyborg, and possibly the rest of the Death Riders, make them regret ever picking this fight?
The fans sing along with Metalingus for Cope and he loves it! White then makes his entrance, no lyrics to sing in his song. The Death Riders make their entrance last, coming in from the crowd as always. But as soon as they’re ringside, Cope JUMPS onto Moxley, and White knocks Claudio down! The fans fire up, the bell rings, but the Brisbane Brawl is already going as Cope and White send Moxley and Claudio into railing! They get both men in the ring, then in corners! Cope & White climb up, and they rain down fists! The fans count along, and we go all the way to TEN! Then they trade, LARIATS for Claudio & Moxley!
Cope & White DOUBLE LARIAT Moxley up and out, but Claudio runs in! Cope & White TOSS Claudio up and out, then the brawl returns to the outside! White goes after Moxley, Cope RIPS Claudio’s shirt off to beat him with it! Claudio hits Cope back, sends him through railing and into the crowd! White and Moxley fight up the ramp! Moxley CHOKES White, Claudio JAMS Cope up, but then White sends Moxley into railing! Cope and Claudio fight up the bleachers, and Claudio SMACKS Cope off guardrails! White sends Moxley into railing, and now they go into the crowd! Claudio soaks up the heat, and he HEADBUTTS Cope!
White brings a table out, but Marina stands in his way! Moxley CLUBS White down and the fans boo. Marina continues to be a Problem, but Moxley puts White in the ring. Moxley aims from a corner, runs up, but into a DDT! Cope is meanwhile trying to navigate his way to the upper deck, but Moxley gets out of the ring. Moxley goes under, and he brings out something. White PLANCHAS into a trash can lid! White falls in a heap, but Cope is up in the “vomitorium!” Cope stands on the ledge, the fans fire up, and Cope runs to LEAP! Direct hit on Claudio and the fans go nuts! Moxley ignores all that to grab some other stuff.
Cope catches his breath, but Moxley CHOKES White with a chair! White sputters, so Moxley CLAWS his face! Moxley tells Marina to help with the table, but the fans chant, “Moxley is a Wanker!” Cope makes his way back to ringside while Moxley just taunts the fans back. Moxley finishes setting the table up, and then he drags White over. Moxley pushes White onto the table, then he rains down fists! White can barely guard, but Moxley CHOKES him! Moxley goes up the corner, but Cope ROCKS him first! The fans cheer as Cope fires hands! Moxley wobbles, Cope goes up there, and Cope brings Moxley up!
Moxley fights the superplex, and Marina SMACKS Cope with a kendo stick! And SMACKS him again! White snatches the stick from Marina! But Claudio YANKS White down to UPPERCUT him down! Claudio gets under Cope, to POWERBOMB him through the table!! The fans boo as the Death Riders stand tall, and AEW goes picture in picture.
The ref checks Cope and he’s somehow still int his. But The Death Riders mug White, Marina again using the kendo stick! Moxley puts White in the ring, grabs up the chair and the trash can lid, then goes looking for some more things. Moxley found the trash can, but White uses the lid to SMACK Claudio! Moxley hurries in, but White SMACKS him! Claudio comes back to GUT WRENCH PLEX White! Moxley tells Claudio to do the thing! GIANT SWING! White goes around again and again, and again, and then at TEN, TRASH CAN CRASH!! Moxley shows off the dented can while Claudio wedges the chair into a corner.
Moxley drags White up, puts him on ropes, and makes sure fans watch as he fires crossface forearms! Moxley stops and White sputters, but Marina gets a cheap shot in! Moxley & Claudio storm up, White fights back with forearms and CHOPS! But Claudio DECKS him! Claudio drags White up, Grand Slam returns to single picture, and the Death Riders dig their boots into White. The fans rally for White, but the Death Riders let off to stand him up. They double whip White, but White slides to a stop! Whtie dodges the Death Riders, Cope is back up! FLYING DOUBLE LARIATS! Cope rallies on Moxley now and teh afns fire up!
Cope reels Moxley in, but Mxley wernches out ot PARADIGM SHIFT! Moxley calls to Claudio, and then he POSTS Cope! Cope falls out, back to the wreckage of the table! Wait, Claudio brings in a new table! The Death Riders set that up in a corner, but White is back! White fires off with the kendo stick! He even breaks it apart on Claudio’s body!! The fans fire up as White just SMACKS away! But then Moxley grabs it! Claudio RAMS White into the chair! Claudio drags White up, Electric Chair, and Moxley goes up! But White slips free and shoves Claudio into Moxley! Claudio runs up on White, but White sends him into a CHAIR! BLADERUNNER!!
The fans are thunderous, White crawls to a cover, but WHEELER YUTA appears! The Decoder LASHES White with a belt! The fans boo as Yuta keeps hitting White, but White just gets pissed! White takes those shots, the fans fire up as he does, and then he clinches Yuta! BLADERUNNER!!! But Moxley CURB STOMPS White! But Cope trips Moxley, and YANKS him into the post! Moxley’s Little Jon just got crushed! Cope fires up, the fans are with him, and Cope aims at Claudio! But Claudio UPPERCUTS first! Claudio reels Cope in, but Cope BACKDROPS free! SPEAR through the table!!! Moxley gets back up, Cope SPEARS him, too!!
Cope goes outside, the fans cheer on “A E DUB! A E DUB!” while Cope searches. Cope brings out a chair wrapped in barbed wire! The fans tell Cope he’s sick, but he SMACKS Moxley with the barbed-wire chair again and again! Moxley writhes, but Cope isn’t done! He presses Moxley’s head onto the chair, and then grabs the barbed-wire chair! But Yuta storms in to snatch that away! And Marina CLOBBERS Cope with the briefcase! Claudio hauls Cope up, to NEUTRALIZER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Cope survives, but Moxley clamps on a BULLY CHOKE!!! Cope claws at the mat, but Moxley vows to break Cope’s neck!
White fights against Yuta and Claudio but ends up in a SLEEPER!! The fans rally for Cope, and Cope grits his teeth as he knuckles under! Cope’s face is red like his ring gear, but then Moxley smothers that second wind! The ref calls it, Death Riders win!!
Winners: Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli, by submission
But Moxley won’t stop squeezing the air out of Cope! The fans boo and call BS, especially when it ended up 4v2! Moxley lets Cope go when he’s satisfied, but even then he’s still angry. Moxley and Copeland are still going to have their title match for Revolution, who will in that battle in Los Angeles?
AEW Continental Championship: Kazuchika Okada VS Buddy Matthews!
The Rainmaker likes to throw around “the B word” a lot, acting as if everyone is beneath him. But the Aussie Juggernaut thinks Okada’s the biggest B of them all! What happens now that there’s no running and hiding from this fight?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and let’s see who is not b*tch!
The bell rings, the fans rally, and the two step up. Buddy offers a handshake, but Okada just gives him a middle finger. The fans boo but Buddy smirks. The two circle, tie up, and Buddy headlocks to hit a takeover. Okada headscissors, Buddy kips free. Okada hits the takeover, Buddy headscissors, Okada kips free. Buddy headlocks, Okada powers out, and they RAM shoulders! Both men stay up and the fans cheer. The two tie up again, Buddy puts Okada on the ropes, but then Buddy copies Okada’s famous fake out! Okada turns things around on Buddy, gives his own fake out, and then pie faces Buddy!
The fans rally, Buddy waistlocks, but Okada switches. They switch, and switch, then Okada shoves. Buddy ducks ‘n’ dodges, then avoids the dropkick! Buddy flips Okada to his feet, but Okada avoids the stomp! And the knee! Ripcord, but Buddy avoids the lariat! Buddy shoves, follows, and RANAS! Okada tumbles out, the fans fire up, and Buddy builds speed, only for Okada to slide in! But Buddy slides and stares Okada down! The fans bark behind this Hound of Hell, and Buddy flips Okada off. Okada bails out and says he wants his belt. Okada wants to just leave? The fans boo but Buddy grabs a mic.
“Okada-san! Okada-san! I know I’ve been calling you a b*tch. But over here, you’re just being an absolute wanker!” Okada gets mad and he storms back in! The two tie up, Okada puts Buddy on the ropes, and then Okada lets off slowly. Okada fakes Buddy out again, but then ROCKS him with a forearm! The fans still chant at Okada, “You’re a Wanker!” Buddy comes back to ROCK Okada! Okada ROCKS Buddy! The forearms go back and forth, Buddy CHOPS, and then whips. Okada reverses and ROCKS Buddy, then runs to CLUB him! Okada fires more shots, then runs again, but Buddy kitchen sink knees! And PENALTY KCISK! And KNEE DROPS! Cover, TWO!
Buddy is annoyed but he stalks Okada outside. APRON BACK SUPLEX! The fans cheer while Buddy stalks Okada back into the ring. Buddy stands Okada up to UPPERCUT, but Okada bails out again. Buddy storms out, puts Okada back in, and Buddy goes up the corner. METE- NO, Okada avoids the meteora, but not a BOOT! Buddy runs, but into a FLAPJACK! Okada runs in, but into an ELBOW! Buddy goes up, but Okada DROPKICKS him down! Buddy goes to apron then floor, clutches a leg, and AEW goes picture in picture.
Okada takes his time rolling out of the ring. Okada stalks Buddy, stands him up, and RAMS him into railing! Buddy staggers, Okada goes back to the ring, and the ring count climbs. Buddy hobbles up at 7 to slide in at 8! But Okada’s on him with a DDT! Cover, TWO! Okada is a bit annoyed, but he stalks Buddy to ropes. Okada stands Buddy up, whips him to the corner, then runs in for a BACK ELBOW! Buddy falls and Okada just waits on him, but Grand Slam goes to break.
Grand Slam returns and Buddy pushes Okada into the ring. Buddy hurries up the corner as Okada stands. Buddy METEORAS! But again, Buddy clutches his leg! Buddy crawls to the cover, TWO! Okada stays in this, but Buddy pump handles. Okada victory rolls through, TWO! Buddy runs up, Okada pops him up, REVERSE NECKBREAKER! Okada grins, then drags Buddy up, scoop and SLAM! Okada goes up the corner, then MACHO ELBOWS! The fans boo but Okada winds up, Rainmaker MIDDLE FINGER! Okada flip soff Buddy, but Buddy grabs the finger! Buddy bends the finger, but Okada BOOTS Buddy again and again!
Buddy still bends the finger, then he blocks the boot. Okada ROCKS Buddy, ripcords, but Buddy reels him in! GO TO SLEEP!! Okada drops to his knees, CURB- NO, Okada dodges and ripcords, RAINMAKER! Cover, TWO?!? Buddy survives and Brisbane is thunderous! Okada is shocked, but then he smirks. Okada grabs the belt again, brings it to the ring, but the ref stops Okada. The ref takes the belt from Okada, and Buddy rolls Okada up! TWO!! CURB STOMP!! Cover, TWO!?!? Okada survives, but Buddy hurries to pump handle, MURPHY’S LAW!! Cover, ROPEBREAK?!? Okada survives by a literal foot!
Buddy is in disbelief, as are the fans! Okada bails out, Buddy hurries after him, but Okada kicks low! DDT to the floor! The fans boo more but Okada drags Buddy back up. Okada puts Buddy in the ring, then climbs up the corner. Buddy KNEES Okada first! Buddy climbs, brings Okada up, and he SUPERPLEX! Then roll through for the JACKHAMMER!! Cover, TWO?!?!? Okada survives, but Buddy shouts out Mami with THE PRISM TRAP!!! Okada endures being bent, but he powers up to fight forward! Buddy drags him away!! Okada rolls, Buddy almost runs into the ref! Okada runs up, he’s sent at the ref!
Buddy grabs Okada, Okada grabs the ref, and then Okada MULE KICK LOW BLOWS!! RAINMAKER!! Cover, Okada wins!!
Winner: Kazuchika Okada, by pinfall (still AEW Continental Champion)
Buddy got cheated and everyone but the ref knows it! The Rainmaker defies logic by being a winner and a wanker, but will anyone be able to stop the reign?
BREAKING NEWS for the Road to Revolution!
Tony Khan is upping the ante on things, we’re getting an International Championship Series! This Wednesday, Dynamite in Phoenix, will see former champions face off! Orange Cassidy VS Roderick Strong, the winner getting a title shot on Wednesday, February 26th! And then, whether it is Cassidy, Roddy or Konosuke, the International Champion will defend their championship against Kenny Omega in Los Angeles! Who makes it out of this revolutionary series with the gold around their waist?
AEW Women’s World Championship: Mariah May VS Toni Storm!
The Glamour buttered up her role model so she could share the spotlight. However, it would seem Mariah was really just waiting for her chance to take everything away from Toni. All In: London was an instant classic, but it would seem Toni was taking her time to craft its sequel. Will the Woman From Hell make it another dramatic tragedy? Or will the AEW Women’s Division once again be Timeless?
Well, speaking of cinema, Luther is dressed like a movie usher, and he hushes the crowd before pointing to the stage. Toni’s old theme plays, and then the film flies off the reel. The lights go down, and back in black ‘n’ white, it’s Timeless Toni! The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and it’s time for another box office smash!
The bell rings and the fans fire up already. Mariah and Toni stare down, or perhaps have a scowl off? The two storm up, tie up, then just fire hands! The fans cheer as Toni gets the edge! Toni whips Mariah, Mariah reverses, but Toni goes up and over! Toni comes back to THESZ PRESS! Toni rains down fast hands and the fans cheer! Toni lets Mariah go to a corner, just so she can stomp a mudhole into her! The fans cheer but the ref counts. Toni backs off, the fans sing “F her up Toni, F her up!” Mariah runs up, SLINGBLADE! Mariah then runs to SHOTGUN Toni back down! Mariah stomps Toni now, but stops as the ref counts.
The fans sing for “Toni! Toni Storm~! Toni, Toni Storm~!” Mariah is annoyed by that, and she talks some trash. Mariah fireman’s carries, Toni slips free, GERMAN SUPLEX! Mariah flounders, Toni drags her back, GERMAN SUPLEX! Mariah sputters again but fans want that “One More Time!” Toni obliges, GERMAN SUPLEX! Mariah tumbles, rises, but then flops back over! Toni drags Mariah up, and GERMAN SUPLEXES again! That’s four, Brisbane is now Suplex City! Toni stalks Mariah, the fans chant, “RIP HER T*TS OFF!” GERMAN SUPLEX! That’s a fifth, Toni stalks Mariah to ropes, but is Mariah smiling?
Mariah slowly rises, Toni GERMAN SUPLEXES again! Mariah goes to the apron, Toni storms out after her, and waistlocks out there?! The fans fire up but Mariah holds on for her life! Mariah HOTSHOTS Toni, then YANKS her down! Mariah has a sinister smile now, and she runs at Toni to SHOTGUN her into railing! Toni slumps down, Mariah crawls away, and Luther is displeased while AEW goes picture in picture.
Fans help Toni up, but then she flops right back over. Mariah stands, and then she storms up to Luther. Luther rallies the fans, but Mariah brings Toni around to SMACK her off the apron! Mariah then whips Toni hard into railing! Mariah snatches a fan’s sign that praises Toni, and RIPS it up! Mariah makes fun of the closeup, then taunts the fans. Mariah stalks Toni, but again tells Luther to back off. Mariah puts Toni in the ring, stalks her to a corner, then digs her boot in. The ref counts, Mariah steps off at 4, and Toni sputters along the ropes. Mariah kicks her down, but Luther coaches Toni up.
Mariah scoops Toni, for the SPINOUT SIDEWALK SLAM! Mariah put some extra rotations on that one! Cover, TWO! Toni stays in this, but Mariah taunts the fans. Mariah mockingly applauds Toni, SLAPS her, then bumps her off buckles. Mariah whips Toni corner to corner, runs up and UPPERCUTS! Mariah keeps Toni standing in the corner, to whip the other way! Grand Slam returns to single picture and Mariah UPPERCUTS again! The fans boo, but Mariah whips corner to corner. Toni comes back to LARIAT! And LARIAT! And SKY HIGH! Cover, TWO! Mariah survives but Toni steps on her!
Toni has the legs, ties those up, and the fans cheer for the DEATHLOCK STF COMBO! The fans rally, Mariah endures, but Toni grinds her down with the STF! But then Mariah BITES Toni’s arm!! Toni DRIBBLES Mariah’s face off the mat, then it’s back to the STF!! The fans cheer as Mariah suffers! Mariah reaches out, crawls her way over, and has the ROPEBREAK! Toni lets Mariah go in frustration, but she stalks Mariah to the apron. Toni drags Mariah up, but Mariah pushes free! Toni HEADBUTTS her, and Mariah sits down! Toni runs up, but Mariah dodges! Toni POSTS herself, and then Mariah fireman’s carries! MAYDAY to the floor!!
The fans rally while both women are down on the outside. Toni stirs, as does Mariah, and the ref starts a ring count. Luther rallies Brisbane, but Mariah is on Toni first. Mariah puts Toni in, then climbs. The fans continue to rally behind Toni, but Mariah is up top! MISSILE DROPKICK! Toni ends up in the other corner, and the fans boo as Mariah backs up. Mariah grins as she takes aim, mocks the closeup again, and HIP ATTACKS! Mariah then brings Toni up, but Toni fireman’s carries! She steals MAYDAY!! Cover, TWO!! Mariah survives her own move, but Toni rises again. Toni skips the closeup, HIP ATTACK!!
Toni snarls and keeps moving, HIP ATTACK!! Toni roars and the fans are thunderous, as we get a third HIP ATTACK!! Toni then hits STORM ZERO!!! Cover, TWO?!?! Mariah survives and Toni cannot believe it! The fans rally as hard as they can behind Toni as she drags Mariah back up. Mariah is a ragdoll, but Toni still brings her around. Toni fireman’s carries, but Mariah slips free! SAIDO!! Mariah was playing possum, learning how to act from Toni herself! MAYDAY AGAIN!! But Mariah isn’t done! Fireman’s carry for another MAYDAY!!! Cover, TWO!?!?!? Toni survives and Brisbane is erupting!
Mariah is furious with the ref, but referee Aubrey Edwards pushes her down! Aubrey tells Mariah to respect her authority! Mariah goes back to Toni, brings her back up, and she SLAPS Toni! And SLAPS her! And SLAPS, SLAPS, SLAPS! The fans boo, Mariah tells Toni to just go away! Mariah then hoists Toni up top, but Toni says no to the Stratusphere! Mariah DOUBLE CHOPS Toni for that, then climbs up! Mariah gives Toni a kiss goodbye, but Toni slips under! RUNNING POWERBOMB!! And then STORM ZERO!! Mariah flounders out of the ring! Toni has Mariah’s wrist, and she refuses to let Mariah get away!
Toni drags Mariah back in, but Mariah YANKS Toni into buckles! Mariah runs up to HEADBUTT! Mariah reels Toni in, and steals STORM ZERO!!! Mariah drags Toni up for another fireman’s carry, but Toni fights free! Cradle, TONI WINS!!!
Winner: Toni Storm, by pinfall (NEW AEW Women’s World Champion)
A sudden turnaround, and Toni is triumphant! The hero has prevailed, and is now the historic FOUR-TIME AEW Women’s World Champion! Australia cheers for their leading lady, but this makes Toni and Mariah 1-1. Everyone loves a good trilogy, when and where will we get this story’s final act?
My Thoughts:
A great event for AEW here, though being tape delayed even just from Saturday morning in America to Saturday night, I had to watch out for spoilers. Didn’t work out, and I have unfollowed those accounts, but I kept most of this event untainted. Awesome opening tag match, and of course a great win for the Best Bout Bruvs. And logically, they set up big matches for Revolution. Ospreay VS Fletcher in a cage match is going to be awesome, but you can bet Mark Davis will be a deciding factor. Omega VS Konosuke for the International Championship will be awesome, but I guess Tony Khan is trying to smokescreen that happening with this series of matches. Cassidy VS Roddy will still be a great match, as will whatever we get after, but no, it’ll still be Omega VS Konosuke and I would think Omega wins.
The Brisbane Brawl was great stuff, but where the heck was Spike? How lame to bring that item back and then not bring it across the Pacific Ocean. But of course Yuta and Marina helped Moxley & Claudio win, Death Riders need that momentum going into Revolution. That’s not to say Cope is going to win just because of this, but it certainly sets up Cope for the comeback. Similarly, we have to see White & The Gunns reunite as the Bang Bang Gang going up against Claudio, Yuta & Pac for the trios titles, maybe even for Revolution. I still say this needs to come down to the Death Riders losing the trios titles so that all eggs are in one basket with the world title.
And then the Aussie win-loss record tonight went how I expected. Harley looked great against Mone, but yeah, of course Mone wins. Especially given they teased Mone VS Momo here. I would think Mone VS Momo is for the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship, with the main focus being that it’s about Momo beating Mone and having that victory really add to her résumé. Okada VS Buddy was also great, but similarly, Buddy just got to look great in defeat. At least they kept Buddy strong and added to Okada’s Heel Heat with that low blow. Buddy could probably fight his way to a rematch for Revolution or we get Brody coming for revenge, there should be a bit more out of this feud.
But the one win that was going to happen, the one I got spoiled on because it was so monumental, was Toni Storm getting her true revenge on Mariah May. It was a great match, roughly on par with All In: London, and it is only fitting that if Mariah won in her home country of England, Toni would win in her home of Australia. And as I noted, this does make Toni and Mariah 1-1 so you can bet they’ll try for the tiebreaker at some point, with Revolution being a logical place. A part of me wishes they’d kept the “Rookie” Toni gag going so that Rookie Toni would’ve been the one that beat Mariah, only to reveal she’s been Timeless all along, but the Timeless character is so good and fans love it so much, I guess they couldn’t resist going back to it.
My Score: 9.1/10
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