AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Collision Results & Report! (9/2/23)
It’s All Out Eve!
Will The Outcasts hold it together?
Before AEW goes All Out tomorrow, Saraya, Ruby Soho & Toni Storm are on a Collision with Kris Statlander, Britt Baker & Hikaru Shida! But can the Lightning From Down Under make amends for what happened at All In? Or will lightning strike twice?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- AEW World Trios Championships: The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn VS Daniel Garcia, Matthew Menard & Angelo Parker w/ Jake Hager; The Acclaimed & Billy win and retain the titles.
- Aussie Open VS Komander & Nick Wayne; Aussie Open wins.
- Six Woman Tag: The Outcasts VS Kris Statlander, Britt Baker & Hikaru Shida; The Outcasts win.
- “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs VS GPA; Hobbs wins.
- Dax Harwood VS Jay White w/ Bullet Club Gold; White wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Tony Khan speaks.
“Welcome to AEW Collision. Today, I had to make one of the toughest decisions of my professional career. Today, I terminated Phil Brooks, CM Punk, for cause. This stems from a backstage incident at AEW All In last Sunday. The incident was regrettable, and it endangered people backstage. That includes production staff, the people who help put the show on every week, innocent people that had nothing to do with it. I’ve been going to wrestling shows for over 30 years. I’ve been producing them on this network for nearly four years. Never in all that time have I ever felt, until last Sunday, that my security, my safety, my life was in danger at a wrestling show.
“I don’t think anybody should feel that way at work. I don’t think the people I work with should feel that way. And I had to make a very difficult choice today. It came at the recommendation of a discipline committee here in AEW, as well as outside legal counsel who delivered a unanimous recommendation. And I have followed up on that recommendation. I am sorry to any fans who are upset by this. I’m sorry to anyone who is upset by this. Despite that, we’re gonna have a great show tonight on Collision, and we’re gonna have a great All Out PPV tomorrow here in Chicago.
“Last weekend was the greatest weekend in AEW history, this is the greatest week in AEW history, and we’re gonna continue the great momentum here tonight on Collision, and tomorrow night on All Out PPV. Let’s take a look at this huge week.” With CM Punk out, what happens to All Out now?
Tony Schiavone is in the ring.
He welcomes us here and says that as we may know, in just 24 hours, they’ll be back in this same building, The United Center, to hold the 2023 All Out. Surely you saw on social media that Absolute Ricky Starks made a challenge for a No Disqualifications STRAP MATCH! With that in mind, let’s bring out the man, Ricky Starks! Starks makes his way out, a Starks branded weight belt in hand, and “Big Bill” Morrissey behind him. Bill stays on the outside as Starks joins Schiavone in the ring. Schiavone asks Starks about his challenge for All Out towards Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, a 70 year old man. “Are you out of your freakin’ mind?”
Starks takes the mic from Schiavone, and he says, “Well here we are again, huh? I find myself back at square one. It seems that every time that I climb up the hill, I get dragged back down. But I always get better. It seems like every time they throw a obstacle in my way, I overcome that and I get better!” Fans do cheer Starks as he says that he is so tired of having to start over! But he does it because he shows up, he shows out and he delivers every single time. “No matter how many people try to suck the life outta me, it doesn’t work! No matter how many times they try to use me for everything that I’m worth, it doesn’t work! You cannot put a lid on a boiling pot, because I will overflow!”
Fans cheer that, and Starks says he is sick and tired of starting over. Bill, dude, Starks wants you to know that you’re a hell of a guy, for real. Even though Bill did throw him over the top rope in that Royal Rampage not too long ago. But Bill is someone who has had to start over time and again. Bill overcame addiction, Starks is telling you from his heart, that he believes can do whatever he wants! Fans cheer and Bill fist bumps Ricky. Ricky believes in Bill, and he believes in himself! Fans chant for “BILL! BILL! BILL!” Starks says he is tired, angry, frustrated, and there’s so much he could say right now, he even wants to cry!
But Starks is being a man about this, so he came out here and will do what he needs to do! Fans cheer that, and Starks says it’s funny. “I sat at home and watched All In, one of the biggest wrestling PPV shows of all time! I, Ricky Starks, sat at my living room couch and watched! There wasn’t time for me, Daryl!? There wasn’t time for Ricky Starks?! But it’s because I got suspended cuz I whooped Steamboat. And I’ll be damned if I let another moment slip through my hands! And that is why I am challenging Ricky Steamboat to a Strap Match at All Out.
“And Steamboat! Steamboat, listen, I know that you are back there and you are angry at me, but I want you to understand this. One day, I hope to that you see it from my perspective and why I did what I did. But until then, I am not letting a moment pass me by tomorrow night. So that is why I am calling my shot, and I wanna give you the chance to call yours. So I want an answer from The Dragon right now.” Starks waits, and here comes The Dragon! Steamboat storms down the ramp, contract in hand! He takes the mic now and fans fire up. Steamboat says yeah, his turn to talk.
Steamboat tells Starks that what happened between them just three, four weeks ago, Starks took some cheap shots and Steamboat went down. Starks took his belt, whipped him like a little dog! Steamboat wants everyone to understand, when has Steamboat ever once complained on social media? Not once! But he hears that Starks wants a Strap Match with The Dragon! No disqualifications! Well, Starks can talk a good game. He can even perform in the ring when he really wants to. But Starks, Steamboat has a contract here, because this past week, Steamboat talked to AEW Legal, and he said let’s do it old school! Starks’ name, the Dragon’s name, sign it and let the pen talk, not the mouth!
Fans fire up more, and Steamboat holds the contract open for Schiavone. It says right there, Ricky Starks VS The Dragon! Starks says okay, let’s do it! This is all he wanted! Then go ahead, sign there. Starks does just that, and then Steamboat makes sure everyone can see it. Everyone in the wrestling world knows him as Ricky Steamboat, “The Dragon!” But see, there’s also this dragon! THE AMERICAN DRAGON, BRYAN DANIELSON! Fans fire up as Bryan makes his return to AEW! Steamboat just pulled on over on Starks! And Bryan signs the contract! Starks says no, it was supposed to be Steamboat!
Steamboat says no, what does it say right on the front there? Fans tell Starks he messed up, and Starks keeps his cool as best he can. Bryan says it’s Starks VS The Dragon, but it didn’t say which dragon! Starks says well, if this is the bed that he lays in, he’s gonna get real comfortable. Starks stares Bryan down, and Steamboat says they just wanted to make sure Starks got what he wanted. So here is your Strap Match! Bryan smiles, will he be ready to go All Out on Steamboat’s behalf? Or will this be an absolute barn burner?
Jon Moxley speaks.
“Be the rock upon which the waves crash. And eventually, even the raging seas fall still around you. Or in other words, be Orange Cassidy, International Champion. The player who no one can checkmate, the puzzle that 31 men before me have failed to solve. Orange Cassidy was never gonna make it, was never gonna win matches like that. Maybe in the VFW halls, but not in the major leagues. But the man forged his own path. These idiots, they call him a cosplay wrestler. Okay. If that’s the case, who is he pretending to be? Have any of them become the winningest champion in pro-wrestling? No, didn’t think so.
“This has been a long time coming. A couple years ago, Orange Cassidy had won round one by forfeit. It is what it is, that’s fine. You can have that. But that’s all you’re going to get. When you’ve been doing this as long as I have, at this level, you have a lot of ‘biggest matches of your life.’ There’s always another championship, there’s always another ‘biggest show.’ You wrestle the greats, the Chris Jerichos, the Bryan Danielsons, sometimes they win, sometimes you win. But there’s always tomorrow, there’s always another chance. The opportunity in front of you this Sunday at All Out is a chance that only comes once in a lifetime. Because Orange Cassidy is on the run of a lifetime.
“Very often, I know I’ve won a match before the bell rings. I take one look at a guy. I can smell BS from a mile away, and I know the real thing when I see it. And Orange Cassidy looks a hell of a lot like the real thing. Sunday, one way or another, we’re gonna find out. I’m a technician of the highest order. I’m not gonna target your shoulder, your knee, your elbow, your arm. No, my specialty: I’m gonna work your soul, I will target your soul, your heart, your guts, your conditioning, your endurance, both mental and physical, your will to win, your will to survive, your will to even be here!
“A lot of these guys, man, they think they want to be wrestlers. They wanna be perceived as great wrestlers, but they don’t really wanna be great wrestlers. Once it gets hard, they look for a way out. That’s the only question this Sunday at All Out. Orange Cassidy, when it gets hard, and it’s really, really gonna get hard, will you look for a way out? God, I hope not. I really hope not. Lotta people believe in you, Orange Cassidy. And this Sunday at All Out, don’t disappoint us.” The Maniac has issued an ultimatum to Freshly Squeezed, will this be the biggest moment of his career?
AEW World Trios Championships: The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn VS Daniel Garcia, Matthew Menard & Angelo Parker w/ Jake Hager!
Max Caster, Anthony Bowens & Daddy Ass are NEW AEW World Trios Champions, with brand new hot pink belts to commemorate the occasion! But will Red Death, Daddy Magic & Cool Hand Ange prove they’re the real deal in AEW? As always, Platinum Max has a diss track! “Acclaimed in the house, the brand new champions! Knock yo’ ass out like your name’s Tim Anderson! Garcia dancin’ every week cuz his wrestling and promos put the fans to sleep! And Daddy Magic ’bout to fall flat! I heard you wanted a taste, of my ball*ack! Cool Hand, you’re a b*tch, too! Y’all’re so bland, even Jericho ditched you!”
Bowens takes the mic to say, “CHICAGOOOO~! The Acclaimed have arrived! SCISSOR ME, DADDY ASS~!” And he does~! Fans fire up, the introductions are made and the hot pink belts are raised. On All Out Eve, we see who runs the Trios Division!
The trios sort out and fans sing “OH~ Scissor Me, Daddy~!” Bowens starts with Parker, they circle and tie up, and Parker puts Bowens in a corner. The ref counts, Parker lets off but Bowens ROCKS Parker first! Bowens fires off hands and fans fire up as Bowens scissors then DECKS Parker! “EVERYONE Loves The Acclaimed!” Parker scrambles away and tags in Garcia. Bowens points to Billy and fans fire up! Bowens tags Billy in and Billy circles with Garcia. They tie up, Billy wrenches and wristlocks, but Garcia rolls and wrenches to CHOP! Billy goes to a corner but dusts that off, to put Garcia in a corner!
Garcia dodges the chop, to do his dance! Fans cheer but Billy whips him back into the corner! Garcia dodges again, to again do his dance! Fans fire up more, but Billy turns Garcia around. Garcia says stop! “SUCK IT!” Billy DECKS Garcia, and Garcia falls into Billy! Billy gives Garcia a taste of his won dance moves! Garcia flounders away, Billy drags Garcia up and tags Bowens. They double whip to double ELBOW, then scissor and DOUBLE ELBOW DROP! Bowens covers, Parker distracts the ref, and Hager CLOBBERS Billy on the outside! Fans boo but then Menard drags Caster off the apron! Hager sends Billy into railing! Menard sends Caster into steps!
Garcia ROCKS Bowens, Bowens CHOPS Garcia! Bowens CHOPS, runs, but into the DOUBLE FLAPJACK HOTSHOT! Garcia then reels Bowens in, PILEDRIVER! And then a feed back to Parker & Menard, JUST A TASTE!! Garcia hurries to have the DRAGONTAMER!! Bowens endures, Menard & Parker keep Caster down! Bowens endures, reaches out, crawls his way around, but Menard & Parker distract the ref right as Bowens has the ROPEBREAK! Fans boo, and then Hager sucker punches Bowens!! Billy runs in to CLOBBER Garcia! Fans fire up but Parker then CLOBBERS Billy, and Collision goes picture in picture.
The former JAS regroups, Garcia stalks Bowens and drags him over. Tag to Menard and they mug Bowens. Menard CHOPS Bowens to a corner, soaks up the heat, and he brings Bowens up to ROCK with a right! Menard whips Bowens corner to corner hard, and down goes Bowens! Menard soaks up the heat, runs to BLAST Caster then he stomps Bowens! Caster gets in but the ref has him stay back. Bowens gets up to ROCK Menard! And again! And again! Menard knees low, bumps Bowens off buckles, then tags in Parker. They all mug Bowens, the ref reprimands, and Parker snap suplexes Bowens!
Parker slicks back his hair, flicks it down at Bowens then drops an elbow! Cover, TWO! Parker keeps Bowens down with a chinlock and grinds Bowens down. Fans rally, Bowens fights up, and Bowens throws body shots! Bowens is free, but Parker picks him up to bring him away! Tag to Garcia and now Garcia stomps away on Bowens! The ref counts, Garcia shouts as he stands on Bowens, but still steps away before 4. Tag to Menard and he stomps Bowens, then tag to Parker and he stomps Bowens! Tag back to Garcia and he stomps away on Bowens! Tag back to Menard, he stomps Bowens again, and Collision returns to single picture.
Garcia, Menard & Parker all rush Caster & Billy to BLAST them off the apron! Then Garcia stomps Bowens again! Bowens fights up to throw hands on them all! Bowens DECKS Parker, DECKS Garcia, but Menard ROCKS Bowens! Tag to Parker, drop toehold and the step up, BOOYAH ELBOW FLOPS as Bowens manages to dodge! Fans fire up as Menard hurries after Bowens, but Bowens boots him away! Garcia tags in, he drags Bowens away, but Bowens ENZIGURIS! Fans fire up as Bowens hurries, hot tag to Caster! Platinum Max rallies on all three guys! He clotheslines Garcia up and out of the ring, then PLANCHAS!
Fans fire up as Caster BOOTS Parker! Caster puts Garcia in, climbs up and CROSSBODIES! Cover, TWO! Caster has the fans fired up and he whips Garcia. Garcia reverses, clinches, and URENAGES! Fans boo but Garcia does his dance! Menard tags in? Fans boo, but Menard stalks Caster. Menard CHOPS Caster, whips him, but Caster ducks ‘n’ dodges and CLOBBERS Menard! Both men are down and fans fire up! They crawl for their corners, hot tag to Daddy Ass! Billy DECKS Garcia, DECKS Menard, DECKS Parker, and then TOSSES Parker out! And he TOSSES Garcia, too! Daddy Ass sees Daddy Magic, kicks him low and tells him “SUCK IT!”
Billy runs, but Hager is in the way! Billy DECKS Hager! Menard kicks and UPPERCUTS and whips, but Billy kicks back and hits the FAMOUSER!! Bowens is in, he hits the ARRIVAL! Tag to Caster, MIC DROP!! Cover, The Acclaimed win!
Winners: The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn, by pinfall (still AEW World Trios Champions)
They’re running hotter than the hot pink on the straps! And with the belts in hand, they TRIPLE SCISSOR~! But will they continue to redefine the Trios Division?
Backstage interview with The Dark Order.
Lexi Nair is with Evil Uno and the #1 contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championships, John Silver & Alex Reynolds. She says they will face MJF & Adam Cole tomorrow at All Out. Silver tells Cole, “What you want, son?” People may not know this, but Adam Cole used to be their best friend, too! Nightcrawlers every night! You remember, don’t ya, Budge? But you threw it away to team with MJF!? Reynolds says speaking of, not many people know this either, but Reynolds helped train MJF to become a pro-wrestler. And Reynolds told MJF that if he wanted to succeed, he’d have to do whatever it takes to win.
And it seems MJF has. MJF is the ROH World Tag Team Champion AND AEW World Champion, and Reynolds couldn’t be prouder. But looking back, Reynolds realizes only one of them took that advice. But tomorrow night, that all changes. The Dark Order needs those tag titles far more than MJF & Cole do. The Dark Order needs those titles for The Dark Order, to shove down the throats of those who don’t think they belong here, or that they don’t deserve this opportunity. Tomorrow night, the Dark Order does whatever it takes to beat MJF & Cole, because they have to! Will Reynolds & Silver make sure MJF & Cole have one of the shortest tag title runs in ROH history?
Backstage interview with Ricky Starks & Big Bill.
Schiavone finds them in the hall, and he asks Starks how he feels about facing Bryan Danielson at All Out. Yeah, we saw him sign the thing, whoopdie freakin’ doo! Once again, every obstacle thrown his way, Starks knocks it outta the park! Tomorrow night will be no different. Starks will show Bryan why Starks is who he says he is, and that is ABSOLUTE! Starks & Bill head out, will Starks be even more fired up in 24 hours?
Aussie Open VS Komander & Nick Wayne!
They may have just lost the ROH World Tag Team Championships, but Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis fight their way back up towards something in the tag division? Or will Nick Wayne and another luchador come out on top like on Rampage last night?
The teams sort out and Dunkzilla starts against Nick. Davis runs Nick over, then rams him into the corner! Tag to Fletcher, they double whip, but Nick holds ropes! Nick dodges Davis to toss him out, but Fletcher whips. Nick ducks ‘n’ dodges and RANAS Fletcher, to then UPPERCUT him down! Fans fire up with Nick and he brings Fletcher around. Komander tags in, they double whip and double DROPKICK! Fans fire up and Komander stands Fletcher up. Fletcher scoops and SLAMS Komander first! Tag back to Davis and Davis storms up. But Komander avoids the senton! Komander runs but Davis TOSSES Komander at ropes! Only for Komander to handspring through!
Fans fire up as Komander dodges, slides, and tilt-o-whirls to get an IRON OCTOPUS! Fans fire up as Davis endures, powers out and throws Komander away! Fletcher tags back in, Davis shoves Komander but Komander BOOTS Davis! Komander goes out to springboard in, but Fletcher gets him for a POWERBOMB! Aussie Open rush Nick, then slingshot him in for a fireman’s carry, and an AUSSIE DENTAL PLAN! Fletcher feeds Komander to Davis for a scoop, FLYING CUTTER! Cover, TWO!! Komander is still in this but Aussie Open stand tall as Collision goes picture in picture.
Aussie Arrow Fletcher riles up the fans while he paces around Komander. Fletcher drags Komander up, brings him over and ROCKS Komander! Fletcher throws more hands, then stomps Komander down! The ref counts, Fletcher tags in Davis, and Davis drags Komander back up. Davis reels Komander in to scoop, then he walks around with Komander, before a TOSS! Komander flounders to the corner but Davis storms up. Davis then TOSSES Komander across the way! Davis walks over to pick Komander up, suplexes him, and hold him up! Then Fletcher tags in to take the handoff! Fletcher holds Komander up, Davis BLASTS Nick, and then Fletcher spins before the SLAM!
Fletcher soaks up the cheers and jeers, covers, but Collision goes to break!
Collision returns and this match is still going so Komander clearly kicked out before three. The fans rally as Davis suplexes, but Komander fights it! Komander throws hands and knees, but Davis picks Komander up to throw him back! Komander slips around, Davis clinches but Komander JAWBREAKERS! Fletcher tags in to runs up and reel Komander in! Back suplex but Komander lands out of it! Fletcher runs in at the corner but Komander dodges! Hot tag to Nick! Fans fire up as Nick UPPERCUTS Fletcher! And he rolls Davis to then SUPERKICK! UPPERCUT for Fletcher again! SHOTGUN for Davis!
Davis tumbles out, Fletcher rushes in but gets some SLICED BREAD! Nick then FLIES out onto Davis! Fans fire up as Nick goes up top, for a FROG SPLASH on Fletcher! Cover, TWO! Fans fire up as Nick watches Fletcher. Nick aims from the corner, but Fletcher reels him in! Fletcher full nelsons, Nick switches and hooks a leg, but Fletcher wrenches out to HALF ‘N’ HALF! Fletcher is roaring and he tags in Davis. Davis drags Nick up, scoops, Fletcher aims! But Komander SUPERKICKS Fletcher! Davis rushes in but Komander leaps, into Davis’ SPINEBUSTER! And then Close Your Eyes and COUNT TO F!!
Fans are thunderous as Davis tags Fletcher in! Aussie Open aims from opposite corners, they run in at Nick, but Nick dodges! Nick fires off forearms on Aussie Open but he gets caught! DOUBLE FOREARM SANDWICH! And then CROSS- NO, Nick dodges the Cross Bomber and Aussie Open collides! Davis blocks a kick, then ducks, so Nick’s ENZIGURI hits Fletcher! Nick then ROUNDHOUSES Davis! Nick runs and goes up the corner, DOUBLE- NO, he gets caught into COREALIS!! Cover, Aussie Open wins!
Winner: Aussie Open, by pinfall
Davis & Fletcher may not have tag titles right now, but surely they’ll be next in line soon enough! But will it be them going back after MJF & Adam Cole? Or will they shift gears to target FTR and the AEW World Tag titles?
Schiavone joins Nick Wayne in the ring, and says the sky is the limit for him here. This didn’t go the way Nick wanted, but he has a great career ahead of him. Fans cheer for Nick and Nick says yeah, he’s a bit frustrated. But he’s more frustrated about Darby Allin forgiving AR Fox. But then Darby Allin hurries out to talk with Nick. Darby doesn’t want Nick to go any further. He’ll explain why he forgave Fox, but Darby needs to say something real quick. Darby has known Nick Wayne since he was 8 years old. They’ve been through so much, and we all know Buddy Wayne trained Darby.
Darby says his first day of wrestling school, he saw Nick there. Back when Darby was just 120 pounds. Well, okay, he’s only 125 now but hey. Darby wants to explain why he forgave Fox. Nick knows what happened between Darby and his dad, Buddy, right? There was a time when Darby didn’t talk to any of the Waynes for three years. Darby got into a big fight with Buddy and burned the bridge. And before Darby could make amends, what happened? Buddy passes away. Darby has to live with that every single day. He wishes he could make things right with Buddy. But AR Fox is one of Darby’s trainers, too, so Darby refuses to live with the hate, he had to let it go.
But Nick, please. He doesn’t have to do it right now, but Darby hopes Nick can find it in his heart to let that hate for Fox go. This Sunday, All Out, Darby is fighting for the TNT Championship! It’d be an honor if Nick was in his corner for that match. But before Nick can answer, here comes Christian Cage! And Luchasaurus, too, but the TNT title is still on Christian’s shoulder instead. And Captain Charisma tells Nick, “It was rude of me last week to speak so much about your father when I forgot to ask what your mom’s name is.” Fans boo but Christian says he couldn’t help but notice Mama Wayne out here last week. Missed opportunity on Christian’s part.
But perhaps Christian can just slide into her DMs and see if he can change things. Now speaking of Nick’s parents, did we hear right that Darby didn’t speak to the whole family for over two years? Fans chant “THREE! THREE!” and Christian chuckles. So then what? Is Nick Wayne some sort of personal pity project? Is this to help Darby justify that he is actually a decent human being? Maybe they should take after Christian, because he doesn’t pretend to be something that he’s not. So in case Darby forgot where they are, they’re in Chicago! More specifically, the United Center. And these people can smell a loser a mile away. After all, this is the home of the Blackhawks hockey team!
Fans boo but Christian says Darby is a loser in life, and that will never change. Nick, if Christian can give him any advice, it is this: carry a towel with you to ringside at All Out, because he’ll need to throw it to stop the match! It won’t be a back and forth technical classic. It will be a one-sided beating, bludgeoning and massacre at the hands of not just Christian’s Right Hand of Destruction, but the most complete big man in the business today! And when it is all said and done, Chris- THEY will be atop the mountain #AndStill the Face of TNT now and forever! Captain Charisma is lighting a fire under both Darby and Nick, will he end up burned by it?
The Blackpool Combat Club speaks.
Claudio Castagnoli “congratulates” Eddie Kingston. Eddie beat Wheeler Yuta. Eddie came back from Japan to beat the youngest member of the BCC. Congrats! But newsflash! Claudio UPPERCUTS Yuta! The BCC beats Yuta up every day of the week! It’s not that hard to do! Claudio throws more uppercuts! But the difference is, as Yuta stands back up, is that Yuta gets back up! Yuta doesn’t stay down long, not like Eddie. Blaming other people, that’s Eddie. Claudio thought NJPW would change Eddie, would make him a better man. But Claudio was wrong, the way he held that NJPW Strong Openweight title, shedding tears for it, meeting his heroes, giddy like a schoolgirl.
“Eddie… I thought I couldn’t lose any more respect for you. But you proved me wrong.” Claudio almost spits thinking about it as he storms off, and Yuta finally falls over.
Eddie Kingston speaks.
The Mad King stands alongside The Wrestler, Katsuyori Shibata! They each have their titles on their shoulders as Eddie says that was cute and all. Beating up Yuta, Yuta letting Claudio do it, ugh. But to get past that, the bottom line is, The BCC now have to deal with Eddie & Shibata at All Out. And Claudio, you won’t fight Eddie again. That’s why he walked right past Eddie. Claudio’s a coward. But Shibata, he has something for them. Eddie asks Shibata what he thinks of Claudio & Yuta. Shibata uses his Google Translate app to say, “You both suck.” HAH! See you at the PPV. Will the NJPW Strong & ROH Pure Champion put the Swiss Superman & Decoder in their place?
Backstage interview with The Outcasts.
Lexi is with Ruby Soho & Saraya ahead of their Women’s Trios action tonight. Congratulations to the NEW AEW Women’s World Champion, but we saw the… dissention between the Outcasts. Saraya tells Lexi not to be ugly right now. Do not be a “mean girl” right now. It is disgusting. Let’s just talk about Saraya. Saraya is awesome, she won in front of all her countrymen at All In, 81 THOUSAND! Friends and family, but now we’re stuck back here in America, in Chicago, where we can smell all their breath from here! Yuck. But at least Ruby Soho will walk outta here the NEW AEW TBS Champion.
Soho says that Kris Statlander has never beaten her in their entire time in AEW. Don’t worry about The Outcasts, they are the most dominant faction in all of pro-wrestling, and will prove it by having not one but two titles in the group. Then speaking of the group, how is Toni Storm- Lexi let it go! Stop stirring the pot! Toni will be fine. Granted, they did see her in the parking lot, half naked, throwing shoes at birds… But that doesn’t matter. They will drop the Homegrowns as they have over and over again. And then after tomorrow, they walk home, Ruby as the NEW AEW TBS Champion, and they get out of this godforsaken city.
Saraya says that’s right, and they head out. Will everything go their way here for All Out Weekend? Or will there be a major detour in their road to success?
Tony Schiavone is back in the ring.
“Ladies and gentlemen, there have been a lot of great memories in this building, as you well know. There will be some more memories made here tomorrow night. But it’s been 25 years since this man has worn a Chicago Bulls jersey. Over 6,000 points, over 11,000 rebounds, five-time NBA World Champion, ladies and gentlemen, Dennis ‘Bad as I wanna be’ Rodman!” Fans fire up as The Worm, the former WCW regular, makes his way out to the ring! Schiavone has #Rodzilla bring it in, and he says of all the things going on lately, what is Rodman doing here in AEW?
Wait! Team Triple J interrupts! Fans boo as Jeff & Karen Jarrett lead Sonjay Dutt, Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh to the ring. Karen gets right in Schiavone’s face and snatches the mic. Jeff even tells Schiavone to get out, cuz Double J’s got a deal to make! Oh ain’t it great for all the legends to be back here in Chicago? Jeff says he and Rodman go way back, y’know. And the reality is, they all have something in common! Satnam is one of the greatest basketball players of all time, like Rodman! Lethal has been a world champion since day one, just like Rodman! And Sonjay, wherever he goes, he strives for world peace, just like Rodman!
And let us not forget the queen, Jarrett’s bride, Karen! She looks great in a dress, just like Rodman! Rodman applauds that, and Jeff says putting all that aside, when they get right down to it, Jeff led and Rodman was an integral part of one of the greatest factions of all time! And it was too sweet! So like they used to say, it was also 4 Life. So Rodman, you wanna run with the bulls? Get some real heat? Then join this family! Fans boo but Rodman takes the mic. “Chicago! It’s a great day to be in Chicago! It’s my first time here in 13 YEARS. I’m so sorry I couldn’t be here, but guess what? I’m loving the fact that you guys are loving AEW wrestling!”
Jeff says hold on, Dennis, don’t make him send Satnam after you to dunk on you like the Jazz did in ’98! Jarrett wants an answer and he wants it now! Well, guess what? When Rodman was playing basketball, Shaq was that big, and Rodman still whooped dat ass! Fans fire up and Sonjay has everyone back up a bit. Sonjay wants to talk mano a mano. He knows Rodman was nervous and all, but see, there’s no funny business! What’s his answer? Its’ gotta be “yes,” just look at Rodman’s face added to the team shirt. It’s a great shirt, right? What’s Rodman say? Sonjay holds out a hand, fans say don’t do it. Rodman looks Sonjay up and down, then SLAM DUNKS him!
Fans fire up and here comes The Acclaimed! These guys have history with Triple J, so Triple J gets to running away! Bowens has the music cut so he can tell “Double Jackass,” he isn’t sure what the problem is with Bowens’ guy, Rodman, but if Triple J wants a fight, how about getting back in the ring to fight the Acclaimed!? Fans fire up and Jeff wants to, but the others have him stay back! Billy has everyone hold on. There’s no way Billy wrestles twice in one night, that is beyond his old age range, okay? But here’s this. They got nothing to do tomorrow, so All Out, the trios titles are on the line! The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn with Rodman in their corner!
Rodman’s up for that! Jeff is, too! The match is made for the Zero Hour, will All Out be even bigger with a scissor party?
Shane Taylor speaks.
“For six years, Shane Taylor was the man in ROH. The most dominant Television Champion of all time. Signed, sealed and delivered, Shane Taylor VS Samoa Joe for the ROH World Television Championship!” Big Bad Shaney T. has vowed to knock Samoa Joe out and take back that title, will he once again be the baddest champion we’ve ever seen? We’ll see tomorrow night at All Out!
Samoa Joe speaks.
“To say that this week has been turbulent would be an understatement. And of course, in times of turmoil, jackals come out to feast. That brings me to you, Shane Taylor. I understand that you feel something great is gonna happen tomorrow night, but allow me to give you a reality check. You see, this is a simple tale, and it is about hopes and wishes. Shane, you hope that tomorrow night at All Out, you will give the best performance of your life. But you’re gonna wish that you weren’t standing there across from me. Shane, you’re gonna hope that you go out on a night in front of millions of people, you capture back the ROH Television Championship.
“But Shane, you’re going to wish that I would stop hitting you. Shane, you hope that you’re gonna walk out there, and in your own words, knock me out. But Shane, you’re gonna wish you never put my name in your mouth. Come All Out, I make an example of you! Come All Out, I make it clear who is the true reigning King of Television! That man that stands before you. Come All Out, he’ll be the man that’s standing over you.” Joe has given his ultimatum, will Big Bad Shaney T respond with actions?
Six Woman Tag: The Outcasts VS Kris Statlander, Britt Baker & Hikaru Shida!
Toni Storm is a little late to joining her team in their entrance, but the trio still stands together in the ring. Will they still be standing together by the end of this? Or will the Galaxy’s Greatest, The Doctor & The Shining Samurai break what is left of the bonds between them?
The trios sort out and Soho starts against Kris as a sampler of tomorrow. Storm wants to tag in already? Saraya seems okay with it so Soho tags Storm in. Storm flexes on Kris and Kris flexes back. They tie up, go around, and end up on ropes. Storm has Kris, gives her a shove, but Kris shoves her down! Storm runs up to run Kris over, but Kris handsprings up! Storm runs but Kris runs her over now! Cover, ONE, and Storm goes to a corner. Fans fire up behind Kris and she runs in, but Storm dodges! Storm keeps moving to leap, but into Kris’ arms! Kris carries Storm around to SLAM her down!
Fans cheer as Kris taunts the Outcasts. Kris scoops Storm but Storm slips off to throw Kris down by her hair! Storm stomps Kris, stomps a mudhole into her, but the ref counts. Storm lets off, goes to the far corner, and says kiss this! But the others tell her she’s taking too long! And yes she is, because Kris runs in to SHOTGUN Storm down! Kris drags Storm out, tags Britt, and Britt hits a NECKBREAKER! Fans fire up as Britt ROCKS and whips Storm. Britt then follows Storm to SLINGBLADE! Storm scurries away to tag in Soho, and Britt tags in Shida! Fans fire up for Shida, Soho fires off on her, and swings, but Shida ROCKS Soho!
Shida fireman’s carries Soho, spins with her, but Saraya runs in to kick low! Saraya & Soho double whip but Britt pulls Saraya in! Shida reverses things on Soho to knee low! Shida runs in but Saraya gets away, and Shida almost hits Britt! The two hesitate and Soho throws Shida by her hair! Soho says “SUCK IT!” and she bumps Shida off buckles, then Collision goes picture in picture.
Soho puts Shida through ropes, tags Saraya, and Saraya is set up, but the ref points out that the tag wasn’t legal, no one was holding the tag rope! Soho keeps on Saraya by pulling her back against the ropes! The ref counts, Soho lets off, and Saraya still fires off those knees! Saraya gets away with it while Soho argues with the ref and taunts the others. Soho pie faces Shida around but Shida thrwos body shots! Shida ROCKS soho, but Soho claws Shida’s face! Soho stomps Shida, tags Saraya, and Saraya runs up to KNEE Shida! Tag back to Soho, Saraya feeds Shida to DEADLY NIGHTSHADE! Storm tags in to BLAST Kris & Britt!
Storm says kiss this but very much faster, to then SWEET HIP MUSIC Shida! Storm cheers herself mostly, then stack covers Shida, TWO! Storm looms over Shida, drags her up, and TOSSES Shida out. Storm distracts the ref and Saraya goes after Shida! Saraya sends Shida into the desk! Britt & Kris protest but the Outcasts keep getting away with this. Storm then tags Soho and Soho fetches Shida. Soho puts Shida in the ring, clamps on with a chinlock, then shifts to a straitjacket stretch. Soho pulls Shida back but Shida endures. Shida fights her way free, fans rally up, and Shida shoots around to roll Soho up! TWO, and Soho stomps Shida!
Soho stays between Shida and her team, clamps on a chinlock and she grinds Shida down. Shida endures, fights up, but Soho rams her into the corner! Tag to Storm and Collision returns to single picture. Storm CHOPS Shida, and CHOPS again! And then ROCKS her with a forearm! Shida fires back with her own shots! Fans fire up but Storm knees low! Storm runs, but Shida ENZIGURIS! Fans fire up as Shida crawls, but so does storm! Hot tags to Saraya and Kris! The champions collide, Kris rallies on Saraya! Then she DECKS Soho! Kris fires off on Saraya, whips her to the corner, then runs in to UPPERCUT!
Kris goes side to side to KNEE Saraya! Then BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Cover, Soho breaks it! Kris storms up, Soho gets away but Sararya rolls Kris up! TWO! Kris ROUNDHOUSES Saraya down! Fans fire up, Soho runs in and blocks a kick to KNEE Kris! Shida ROUNDHOUSES Soho! Storm GERMAN SUPLEXES Shida! Britt SUPERKICKS Storm! Saraya BOOTS Britt! Kris clinches Saraya, Saraya hits back, runs, but into a POWERSLAM! Cover, but Kris moves as Storm drops an elbow, and Storm hits Saraya! Storm freaks out, this is flashbacks to All In! Saraya tags Soho, Kris tags Britt, and the forearms start flying!
Britt gets the edge on Soho, but Soho blocks one to wrench and NO FUT- WAIT, Britt blocks the kick! And rolls Soho up to get her in, FISHERMAN SCREW! Then CURB- NO, Soho dodges the stomp, and Storm distracts the ref! Soho waistlocks, and she pushes Britt into THE SPRAY PAINT! Saraya gets Britt right in the face, then Soho hits NO FUTURE!! Cover, The Outcasts win!!
Winners: The Outcasts, by pinfall
The Outcasts did hold it together, but just barely! Saraya is still upset with Storm for the newest miscue, but will Soho taking the TBS Championship make up for all of it?
Adam Cole speaks.
“Boys and girls, this Sunday at All Out, it’s myself and MJF defending our newly won ROH World Tag Team titles against Alex Reynolds & John Silver. Now fellas, we know each other all too well. Don’t get me wrong, you’re an amazing tag team. But you’re not Better Than You Baybay. We just won these bad boys, ain’t no way in hell we’re dropping them any time soon. Now, as you know, Max isn’t here right now, but he did want me to say a few things on behalf of him.” Cole takes out his phone to read the text message from MJF.
“Alex Reynolds, here’s a little factoid most people don’t know: you had a hand in training me at Create-A-Pro. It took me nine years to get rid of all your bad habits because you’re the absolute drizzling sh-” Oh. Okay, Cole will stop there. He continues with, “Speaking of… John Silver, I’d say I didn’t realize they could stack crap that high, but realistically, it’d be fairly easy to, considering the fact you’re the size of a dollar store garden gnome. And…” Oh, that’s just disgusting, Max! Can’t say that. Anyway, see you boys on Sunday. BOOM. MJF’s dirty mouth aside, will he and Cole still be the golden brochachos of AEW & ROH? Or will things get very dark on Sunday night?
Backstage interview with Kris Statlander.
Lexi is with the TBS Champion and asks that, after what just happened tonight, how does Kris feel defending the title against Ruby Soho? Kris admits, she’s not feeling too great. But Ruby, we know you couldn’t get that win without all those accessories. The spray paint, her little friends, and we all know she’s gonna go for them again. Kris won’t fall for that again! But then the Outcasts barge in! Soho says Kris better not be talking crap like she can’t just drop her right now! Saraya has Soho back down, tells Kris to shut up and that she’ll see Soho tomorrow! Kris says okay then! See you tomorrow!! Things are getting heated, who will melt down at All Out?
“Powerhouse” Will Hobbs VS GPA!
All Out is the next chapter in the Book of Hobbs, and it is against the now GODLESS Redeemer, Miro! But then, will this be a short foreword to kick things off?
Hobbs SPLASHES GPA in the corner before the bell! Then Hobbs whips GPA to SPINEBUSTER! Cover, HOBBS WINS!
Winner: “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs, by pinfall
That was barely a dedication message! But you can bet it was dedicated to Miro! Will the Book of Hobbs be more than just a story at All Out? WAIT! Here comes Miro himself! Hobbs is annoyed, but Miro rips his shirt off and storms to the ring! The brawl is on and fans fire up! Neither man backs down, but Miro is starting to make Hobbs wobble! Miro then clotheslines Hobbs up and out! Only for Hobbs to drag Miro out, and send him into steel steps! Fans fire up as Miro staggers up and Hobbs storms over. Miro DUMPS Hobbs over the railing! Hobbs hurries up, and he decides to cut this prologue short.
Miro is raging, but he and Hobbs will finish this chapter tomorrow! Who writes the ending to this story with their own two hands?
AEW takes a closer look at Kenny Omega VS Konosuke Takeshita.
Don Callis says that everything Kenny has in his life is thanks to Callis. The titles, the accolades, the nicknames, but in the end, the REAL “God of Pro-Wrestling” wasn’t Kenny, it was Don! Don wants to teach Kenny a lesson, and the only way he can do that is by destroying him. Kenny chose his “mentally weak friends” over family, so Don didn’t just lose a nephew when he turned on Kenny. But now, Don has a true “son” in Konosuke. The Future of Wrestling, Kenny’s kouhai in DDT Pro, a good friend of Kenny’s even. So when Don “upgraded” from Kenny, he sure picked someone that’d hurt. But Kenny says he’s gonna take Don’s newest cash cow away.
Don says at All Out, he and Konosuke finally cut the “cancer” that is Kenny Omega out of AEW! The final proof will be when Konosuke shows everyone that there is a NEW “God of Pro-Wrestling!” Will Don Callis’ handpicked protégé do everything he promises and more?
Orange Cassidy speaks.
“I don’t like this. I don’t wanna be talking right now. But this Sunday at All Out, it’s not just another AEW International Championship defense. It’s everything I’ve been working for. See, in this city, in Chicago, in this building, I had my first AEW singles match against Pac. And I proved that I deserve to be in AEW. Then it was Will Ospreay. And I proved that I can stand face to face in the ring with the best professional wrestlers in the world. This Sunday, it’s Jon Moxley. And Jon Moxley is just the best. He picked AEW up when it was down, and put all of the weight on his shoulders.
“This Sunday at All Out, when I beat you, Jon, I am going to take the weight of your shoulders and put it on mine. Because I am the International Champion. I am Freshly Squeezed, Orange Cassidy. And I do not have a catchphrase.” Cassidy is ready to take this seriously, will he truly have the biggest win of his career?
Dax Harwood w/ Cash Wheeler VS Jay White w/ Bullet Club Gold!
FTR has had run ins with Bullet Club Gold already, but now we have a very unique showdown for All Out in a stacked 8 Man Tag! Will Dax the Ax represent for #FTRBucks? Or will the leader of the Bang Bang Gang make Chicago breathe with the Switchblade?
The bell rings and fans rally up but White hangs back in the rings. White and Dax circle, tie up, and White powers Dax to a corner but Dax turns it around. The ref counts, Dax lets off, and White bails out. The BCG regroup and fans boo. The BCG tell them to shut up, and White slides back into the ring. They tie up, White puts Dax in a corner now, but White lets off. White CHOPS, and then he hurries away to BCG territory. Dax is annoyed, but he waits on White. The fans taunt the “ASS~ BOYS~!” White slides in, he and Dax tie up, and White headlocks. Dax powers up but White hits a headlock takeover. Dax fights it to a cover, TWO and White holds on.
The two stand, Dax powers White to ropes, then powers out. They RAM shoulders, neither falls, so Dax CHOPS! White rebounds into another CHOP! White is down, Dax wants the legs, but White gets the ROPEBREAK! Juice keeps saying “Get out get out get out” and White does as he advises. The BCG regroups again but Dax waits as Collision goes picture in picture.
White checks his chest and shoulder, that last chop left a mark. White gets up, goes around the way, and takes his time stepping back into the ring. White steps back out, the ref starts a count, but White steps back in. White storms up to Dax, they tie up again, and Dax headlocks. Dax hits a headlock takeover and he grinds White. White fights around, fights up to his feet, and he powers out, only for Dax to run him over! Things speed up, and White kitchen sink knees Dax down! White brings Dax up to CHOP him on the back! Dax goes to a corner, and White CLAWS Dax’s back! But Dax CHOPS White down!
Dax drags White up, bumps him off buckles, and White flops back! Dax drags White up again, reels him in, SAIDO before Collision goes to break!
Collision returns and Dax has White up top. Dax CHOPS White, sits him up, and CHOPS him again! Dax climbs up after White, but White CLAWS Dax’s face! The ref reprimands, but White reels Dax in to SUPER GOURD BUSTER! Dax flounders, White slips down and storms up, to then HALF HATCH into the buckles! Dax tumbles out to the floor, the ref tells the BCG boys to stay back, but then White distracts the ref. So Cash gets a chair to make Juice & The Gunns stay back! Fans fire up and Dax manages to stand. Juice protests, but then the Gunns get chairs of their own! Dax slides into the ring but White stomps away!
Fans boo but White lets off. Dax stands to CHOP! White wobbles, kicks back, and he CHOPS Dax in the corner! Dax turns things around to CHOP again! White turns things around, Dax dodges, and Dax CHOPS again! Dax whips corner to corner, runs in but White moves! Dax gets only buckles, then White DDTs! Cover, TWO! White is annoyed that Dax is still in this, but he stalks Dax and KNEES him in the back! Fans rally, White KNEES Dax again, and Dax stands. White CHOPS him down! White KNEES Dax, clamps on a chinlock and he grinds Dax down. Dax fights up, throws body shots, then CHOPS!
Dax headlocks, White powers out, but Dax slips out of the scoop to O’Conner Roll! Dax has some tights! TWO, and Dax goes up to CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! Dax storms up but White knees low! White CHOPS Dax again, has him in the ropes, and the ref tells BCG to stay back already. White CHOPS Dax, whips him, but Dax reverses and wrenches to short arm LARIAT! Fans rally up behind Dax and he stands White up to hoist him up top! Dax climbs up, brings White up to the very top, and fans fire up for the SUPER DUPER PLEX! Fans fire up while Dax and White writhe! Dax crawls to the apron and he gets himself up the corner.
Juice & The Gunns shout to White, Dax DIVING HEADBUTTS but FLOPS as White moves! White crawls to cover, TWO! The BCG is frustrated while Collision goes picture in picture.
White sits Dax up to CHOP him back down! Then White has the legs and he stomps away on Dax’s stomach! White turns Dax over, and has the HALF CRAB! Dax endures and reaches out for ropes. Juice & The Gunns taunt him, but Dax still heads their way to have the ROPEBREAK! White lets off at 4, Dax crawls to the apron, and White stomps him to the floor. Cash again makes sure the BCG stays back. White pursues Dax and CHOPS him into sitting down by the railing! White stands Dax back up, to whip him back into railing! Dax clutches an elbow as he falls over, but White puts Dax right back into the ring.
White stalks Dax, drags him up, and CHOPS him! Dax staggers around, White stalks him more, but Dax CHOPS back! White CHOPS again! Dax seethes and he CHOPS White! White CHOPS Dax! They CHOP and CHOP but then White dropkicks the legs out! White storms up to whip Dax, but Dax ducks ‘n’ dodges and slides under to JAB! JAB! But White ducks the right hook to ROCK Dax! Dax goes to ropes, comes back, tries again, but again White ROCKS him! Collision returns to single picture yet again and White CHOPS Dax! And CHOPS! And then UPPERCUTS! White runs, but Dax SWATS the lariat!
Dax GERMAN SUPLEXES! And he holds onto White, but White switches! Dax switches, White switches, repeat, and Dax hangs White out to dry! But then White HOTSHOTS Dax! White hurries back in, swings, but into another GERMAN SUPLEX! Dax holds on again, drags White back up, but White fights for ropes! Dax suplexes for a BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Fans fire up as White survives, and FTR looks frustrated. Juice & The Gunns coach White, the fans rally up, and Dax reels White in. White fights the piledriver and bails out of the ring! Fans boo but Dax goes out after White!
White goes over the railing but Dax grabs him by the hair! Dax CHOPS White into falling over! Dax then drags White back up, to CHOP him again! Dax drags White back to ringside, puts him back in the ring, and then climbs up the corner! But White goes to the apron! Dax hops down to the apron to join White, and CHOPS him into the ring! Juice can’t believe it! Dax stands White up but white DECKS Dax! White slides out but Dax CHOPS him again! Dax puts White back in the ring, but White gets a leg! DRAPING DRAGON SCREW! Dax flops back into the ring and fans rally up. White drags himself up with ropes and he brings Dax around.
White hits a SAIDO! Dax staggers to a corner, White runs in and UPPERCUTS! White fireman’s carries, to DEATH VALLEY BOMB! Cover, TWO!! Dax survives and White drags Dax up. Dax fights the clinch but White throws knees! White whips, Dax reverses and wrenches but White dodges to LARIAT! Dax stays up! And he CLOBBERS White! Dax gets White up, but White fights the driver again! White back drops but Dax sunset flips, only for White to roll through! White has the legs but Dax kicks him away! White ducks a haymaker, but then Dax ducks a haymaker! Dax feints and gets White for a PILEDRIVER!! Cover, TWO!!!
Dax can’t believe it but White survives! White crawls, Dax drags him up, “This is Awesome!” as Dax puts White up top. Dax CLUBS White on the back, climbs up after him, and stands White up, for a SUPER BACK SUPLEX but White makes it a crossbody!! Cover, TWO!! White drags Dax up, clinches, but Dax throws elbows! Dax CHOPS, runs in, blocks a kick and CHOPS again! Dax whips corner to corner, White reverses to knee low and POST Dax! Dax staggers into a clinch, URENAGE! Cover, TWO!! Fans fire up but White clamps on a sleeper! SNAP SLEEPER SUPLEX!! Dax flounders to ropes!
White looms over Dax, drags him back up, clinch and BLADE- NO, Dax holds the rope to block! White staggers into a POP-UP REBOUND POWERBOMB!! Cover, TWO!?!? White survives and no one can believe it! But then Dax ties up the legs and turns White over! SHARPSHOOTER!! White endures as Dax sits deep! White crawls around, scrambles and has the ROPEBREAK! Dax lets go and the BCG gets White outta the ring! They egg FTR on, but the ref tells them to back off already. White catches Dax, BLADERUNNER to the floor!! Fans boo but White drags Dax’s dead weight up into the ring. Cash can only watch as White- CRADLE!! TWO!!!
Dax gets free, but White hits BLADERUNNER!!! Cover, White wins!!!
Winner: Jay White, by pinfall
Just when it looked like Dax had this, White turns it right back around! The BCG celebrates, and helps White stand up after this war. But we’re going to see an even bigger battle on Sunday! Or, maybe right now, as the BCG is cornering Cash! Cash rushes in to hit them first! But that’s 3v1! Fans boo as Juice & The Gunns mug Cash, but here comes THE YOUNG BUCKS!! Matt & Nick Jackson rush out to run the Bang Bang Gang off! A return of the favor for before All In, as it were! Plus, these four are going to stand together at All Out, they can’t have Dax & Cash all beat up. And speaking of All In, the Bucks now offer FTR a handshake!
Fans boo The Bucks, but then FTR return the favor by just leaving! Fans cheer that, but how will these four work together against a united Bullet Club Gold in just 24 hours?
My Thoughts:
A really good Collision as a go-home to All Out, but things sure seemed a bit tainted given the news of CM Punk being FIRED. And I don’t even mean that in like I am upset Punk got fired. No, the way Punk has been acting a literal after Brawl Out where this behavior started is not good at all, I don’t blame Tony Khan for doing this. I did laugh at the end when Bucks showed up and the Chicago fans chanted for Punk, staying loyal to his side of things rather than accepting one of their own is at fault. But what I mean is, it is a shame it had to come to this at all. Whatever anyone says about Jack Perry, Punk never checked his own ego and should’ve handle this situation better. This was almost exactly how he handled things with The Elite going into “Brawl Out” so what did anyone expect?
But moving on from Punk, a lot of promos tonight. Moxley and Cassidy had some great ones, where they were showing each other respect while still telling the other they were going to win. That’s going to be a great main event for All Out, mostly because I have no idea who wins. Great promos from Claudio & Yuta as well as Eddie & Shibata to set up their tag match. I don’t really think they need to do such a tag match but it’ll probably help give reason for Claudio VS Eddie down the line. And while they copy-pasted Shane’s promo from before, Samoa Joe had a great response ahead of their title match, which I’m more confident Joe will win.
Good promo from The Dark Order and great promo from Adam Cole to hype up the ROH World Tag title match. Though maybe we’re overdoing “Adam Cole’s past comes back to haunt him” one step too much with The Dark Order claiming Cole was a good friend of theirs before this. Another reason that The Kingdom should’ve been in that tag team battle royal and won so that they could play up that drama instead of trying to throw in more drama. That said, still pretty sure MJF & Cole win, and then maybe the next challengers to the ROH tag titles are The Kingdom so they can make progress in the story.
Really good promo from Ricky Starks where he was definitely indirectly referencing CM Punk getting himself fired because the story was surely meant to be Punk VS Starks in this Strap Match for the no longer even a title Real World Championship. But great little swerve of Steamboat setting Starks up for a match with Bryan Danielson for Bryan’s big return. That is going to be great stuff, can’t wait to see it. And if Starks wins, I would hope this gets him a title shot of some kind. Heck, put Starks in the Grand Slam World Title Eliminator. Roddy and Cole can be on the same side of the bracket, Cole probably takes Roddy out of the running but MJF gets paranoid, and Cole ends up losing to Starks because of the drama surrounding all his friends.
Great vignette from Don Callis to hype up Kenny VS Konosuke, but as I’ve said before, Kenny should win here and they can have more matches down the line. Hobbs squashed GPA faster than it took to say his name, but great little brawl with Miro. Hobbs winning the match but things being rather even in that brawl, hard to call who wins at All Out. But as I’ve also said before, feels like Tony Khan wrote these guys into a corner, much like he did when Hobbs and Wardlow feuded. Whatever happens, just keep QTV away from it, they’re doing just fine with Johnny Nitro Mundo Morrison TV as their new front man.
Great Trios Championship match with The Acclaimed of course winning. But I do like that the seed of dysfunction planted the other night is growing, as Menard tagged in to kinda ruin the fun of Garcia doing his dance. Garcia may want to stick close to his old pals, but something might end up splitting the remnants of the JAS even further. And Acclaimed coming back out to back Dennis Rodman up was an interesting move. I dreaded Triple J and Acclaimed coming back around as a feud but this will probably be a one-off for All Out and Rodman can have some shenanigans as part of the match.
Really good match from Aussie Open VS Komander & Nick, but I figured Aussie Open was winning this one. And I do appreciate that they touched upon Nick not being ready to forgive but Darby explaining the reasons why he should. Nick being added as Darby’s cornerman, there’s the opportunity now for Nick to betray Darby, but also maybe for Nick to come through and see things Darby’s way. Even if Darby loses, it will be a moral victory cuz Nick chose Darby over Christian “I insult your dead father and flirt with your alive mom” Cage.
Great Women’s Trios match and great win for The Outcasts, and I like that Storm is just barely holding onto her sanity and her friendship. Great promos before and after the match, too, and there’s more heat going into this Kris VS Soho match now. But I find it rather funny that the women who were vying for the TBS Championship (Mercedes Martinez, Diamante, even Willow Nightingale and Skye Blue) are now in the All Out Zero Hour instead. But maybe something comes out of that to head into the Autumn stretch.
And great main event from Dax VS White. Of course there was moderate overbooking with Bullet Club Gold and Cash Wheeler ringside, and great finish for White to win. The Bucks making the save but not getting the handshake was great stuff, great flipside of the previous story beats. But with White winning here tonight, I would think #FTRBucks find a way to win and use it to add to their own rivalry. This 8 Man Tag may not be the main event but it could be a show stealer. Or also just the Chicago fans constantly chanting for Punk just to “stick it” to The Bucks.
My Score: 8.8/10
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It’s a violent end to a legendary friendship!
Former Best Friends, Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor, have been through many Parking Lot Brawls, but this is their first time as enemies! Will there be broken bones to go along with the broken hearts?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Parking Lot Brawl: Trent Beretta VS Chuck Taylor; Trent wins.
- Thunder Rosa VS Deonna Purrazzo; Rosa wins.
- “Big Bill” Morrissey VS Trevor Blackwell; Bill wins.
- Katsuyori Shibata & Daniel Garcia VS Shane Taylor Promotions; Shibata & Garcia win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Parking Lot Brawl: Trent Beretta VS Chuck Taylor!
Years of friendship, thrown away, and why? Because #JustTrent had a problem with Freshly Squeezed having more success in AEW than them? Because #JustTrent had a problem with Cassidy as a person? Because #JustTrent turned out to be the selfish one in the relationship? Well, then will #JustTrent get his ass kicked? Or will he take advantage of how Chuckie T. is a Kentucky Gentleman?
Trent stares Chuck down while we hear the crowd of other wrestlers taunting him. Trent takes a swing, but Chuck dodges to fire off hands! The brawl is on, and Chuck gets the edge! Chuck ROCKS Trent, then SMACKS him off a car hood! And then off the car door! Chuck drags Trent up, but Trent RAMS Chuck into the car! And throat chops him just because! Trent gets space, runs back in, but Chuck dodges so Trent hits the passenger door! Chuck gets a trash can lid and he stands Trent up. Trent jumps through the open window but Chuck drags him back out. Trent kicks low, and he gives Chuck a CAR HOOD BACK SUPLEX!
Trent grabs the trash can lid, SMACKS Chuck right in the head and Chuck falls down! The crowd boos but Trent opens a car trunk to bring out a trash can, a dustpan and a baseball bat! Chuck storms up but Trent CHUCKS the trash can into Chuck’s face! Chuck flounders and Trent smirks. Trent SMACKS Chuck with the trash can, CLUBS him around, and Chuck is busted open! The white car has red polka dots on it now, and Trent talks trash, “This is what you wanted?!” Trent runs up, but Chuck POP UP POWERBOMBS Trent onto a car hood! Trent writhes, Chuck staggers around, and Chuck brings Trent around.
Chuck headlocks Trent before he SMACKS him off another car door. Trent goes around the back and then up onto a truck! Chuck follows, and he CLUBS Trent in the chest! But Trent slips under, and he CLAWS Chuck’s bloody face! Trent DECKS Chuck and Chuck falls through drywall sheets! Trent looms over Chuck as he crawls out of the wreckage. Trent stalks Chuck, brings him around and SMACKS him with the trash can lid! Trent hoists Chuck onto a car roof, SMACKS him again, then goes back to the truck. Trent climbs onto the roof of the truck, to FLYING ELBOW from car to car! Cover, TWO!!
Trent is furious, but Chuck is still in this as Rampage goes picture in picture.
Trent fumes, paces around, and goes back to the goodies. He brings out… Is that a screwdriver?! And he JABS Chuck in the head with it!! And then he DIGS it into Chuck’s forehead!! As if he wasn’t already bleeding badly!! Trent leaves Chuck behind, to fetch what looks to be a flat screen TV. Then he brings out a wood door!? Did someone visit Home Depot before coming here? Chuck CHOPS Trent in return then fires haymakers! Trent CLAWS Chuck’s face! Trent grabs that TV and CHUCKS it, only for Chuck to duck it! Rampage returns as TV screen hits windshield! Chuck kicks low to snap suplex Trent through the door!!
The crowd is losing its minds as Trent crawls. Chuck gets Trent’s legs, to CATAPULT him into the truck’s tailgate!! The crowd fires up while Chuck gets a sinister look on his face. Chuck takes a piece of that drywall to SMASH it on Trent! Chuck gets that trash can, he SMACKS Trent with it! Chuck sees the pile of extra goodies nearby, and he uncovers some light tubes! But first, he’ll clean up the mess, he SMACKS Trent with the dust pan! And SMACKS him again and again! And then one more shot with the trash can! Trent writhes, but Chuck drags Trent up. Chuck SMACKS Trent off the tailgate, then clears some space.
Chuck climbs up, but Trent ROCKET LAUNCHES him onto the light tubes!!! The tubes shatter under Chuck’s back! Trent sputters, he’s bloody now, too. Trent puts Chuck against the car hood and stands on him! Trent soaks up the heat, but Chuck TRIPS Trent! Trent writhes, Chuck reels Trent in, Canadian Rack, RAZOR’S EDGE onto a windshield!! Trent writhes while fans chant “HOLY CHUCK!” Chuck covers Trent on the hood, TWO!! Trent survives and hurries around the back of this sedan. Chuck snarls, goes up after Trent, and they meet on the roof. They’re both so bloody as they fire forearms back and forth!
The crowd cheers Chuck and boos Trent, and as the two swing wild, they end up HUGGING! You GOT to give the people what they want, right? They stand, Chuck ROCKS Trent and reels Trent in, but Trent LOW BLOWS!! Trent has Chuck now, PILEDRIVER ON THE CAR ROOF!!! And then, SNAKE BITE!! Trent is choking Chuck out!!! Chuck IS out, Trent wins!!
Winner: Trent Beretta, by submission
The Best Friends tore each other apart, but it is #JustTrent that stands tall in the end. He’s clearly lost the respect of his peers given how the other wrestlers are chanting “You Suck! You Suck!” But wait, Trent isn’t done? He has a monkey wrench!? Cassidy & Kris step forward to say no, this is going too far! Trent says this is all Cassidy’s fault! And SMASH, Trent hits Chuck’s leg with the wrench, and even shatters the glass behind it!! Chuck clutches the already recovering leg, and now Cassidy wants after Trent! Kris stops Cassidy, Trent’s still got the wrench! Trent escapes into the shadows of the arena, what darkness is living in Trent’s heart?
Don Callis is watching this.
And he seems to like the sadistic savagery he just witnessed. Trent may not have Best Friends anymore, but could he end up with a whole new family?
Backstage interview with Kyle O’Reilly.
Arkady Aura is with #CombatKyle and brings up his impressive showing in Dynamite’s Casino Gauntlet this past Wednesday. But we all want to know, what is next for her? Well, on Saturday, May 11th, AEW is coming to his hometown! Collision in Vancouver, British Columbia! The Rogers Arena, the same building an 11-year-old Kyle saw his first wrestling show ever. And at that show, Kyle told his dad that he was gonna do this one day. Papa O’Reilly said, “Oh yeah, sure you will, kid.” But somehow, Kyle pulled it off. 25 years later, he’s coming back home to do the one thing he’s ever been good at and that’s wrestling.
Kyle is going to take on the best wrestlers this world has to offer, right here in AEW, where the best wrestle. Kyle is ready for a fight, who will take him up on that in two weeks?
Thunder Rosa VS Deonna Purrazzo!
La Mera Mera and The Virtuosa could not coexist in the race for the AEW Women’s World Championship, and now they will Rampage against each other! Who will stand tall, ready for another shot at the title?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Deonna and Rosa step up, talk a little trash, then Deonna pie faces Rosa! Rosa swings but Deonna catches the arm! Rosa avoids the takedown to knee low! They tie up again, go around and around, and Deonna puts Rosa in a corner. The ref counts, Rosa powers her way out but Deonna headlocks. Rosa powers up and out, but Deonna RAMS her! The two stay up, Deonna eggs Rosa on then kicks her low! Deonna whips, Rosa blocks the hip toss, but then Deonna blocks a hip toss! Rosa avoids the lariat to DECK Deonna! Rosa rains down fists but the ref reprimands.
Rosa sits Deonna up, clamps on a COBRA CLUTCH, and she grinds Deonna down. The fans rally but Deonna fights up. Deonna throws hands, then wrenches, but Rosa breaks free. Deonna BOOTS Rosa, then has the arm for the ARMBAR DDT! Deonna dusts herself off as she paces, then she KICKS Rosa’s arm. And KICKS it again! Rosa goes to ropes, Deonna pushes her down and ties her up in Paradise! Rosa is stuck, Deonna soaks up the cheers and jeers, and then runs to DROPKICK Rosa out of Paradise! Deonna stands Rosa up but Rosa ROCKS her first! Deonna stands, Rosa RAMS into her then bumps her off buckles.
Rosa goes up and up to leap, but Deonna blocks the rana and has a BOSTON CRAB! They’re in the ropes, the ref counts, and Deonna lets go. Rosa crawls to the corner, Deonna paces while soaking up the heat. Rosa stands, builds speed, and she WERCKS Deonna with a dropkick! Rosa fires up despite the pain in her back, and she kicks Deonna. Deonna stands, Rosa CHOPS her against the post! And CHOPS her again! Deonna ducks, Rosa chops post! Deonna SUPERKICKS Rosa down, and Rampage goes picture in picture.
Deonna steps on Rosa’s face, steps away, and Rosa staggers up to railing. Deonna storms up but Rosa kicks her low. Rosa then runs Deonna side to side to POST her! But then Deonna RAMS Rosa into apron! And SMACKS her off it! Deonna snarls, brings Rosa around, and she puts Rosa in the ring. Cover, TWO! Deonna clamps onto Rosa to pull her arms in, for a straitjacket stretch! Rosa endures, fights up, but Deonna turns that into a BACKSTABBER! Cover, TWO! Rosa is still in this, and she is feeding off the energy of the fans! Rosa stands, and she ELBOWS Deonna! And body shots! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS again!
Rosa has Deonna in a corner to UPPERCUT! Rosa runs corner to corner and back again, but Deonna dodges! Rosa POSTS herself and falls to the apron! Deonna storms back over, brings Rosa up and wraps the bad arm against ropes! The ref counts, Deonna KICKS the ropes as she lets off, and Rosa clutches the elbow. Deonna returns but Rosa RAMS into her! Deonna CLUBS Rosa, has her in a corner, and HEADBUTTS the lower back as Rampage goes to break.
Rampage returns and Deonna runs in, but into an ELBOW! And then a BOOT! Rosa goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK! The fans fire up with Rosa as she rises up! Deonna runs in, Rosa dodges to fire forearm after forearm! Deonna shoves, Rosa ENZIGIRIS! Rosa runs, to SHOTGUN BOOT! Deonna flounders to ropes, Rosa pounds the mat and the fans rally again. Rosa runs side to side to DROPKICK again! Cover, TWO!! Deonna toughs it out while Rosa shakes out her arm. Rosa drags Deonna up, but Deonna SOBATS! Deonna runs to KNEE LIFT and RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Deonna wants the Fujiwara but Rosa rolls free!
Deonna BOTOS Rosa down, covers, TWO! Rosa is still in this and the fans rally up. Deonna is frustrated but she fireman’s carries Rosa. Rosa fires elbows, waistlocks, but Deonna pries the hold open! Deonna waistlocks, Rosa victory rolls and STOMP 182! The fans rally up again and Rosa covers, TWO! Deonna stays in this but Rosa stays on her. Rosa drags Deonna to a drop zone, goes to a corner and climbs. But Deonna rises and catches the leap! FUJIWARA ARMBAR!! Rosa endures, reaches out, pushes Deonna over to get a REAR NAKED CHOKE!! Deonna is in the body scissors but she fights around!
Deonna rises, to BACKPACK SENTON! Deonna is free, the fans fire up, and Deonna brings Rosa back up. Deonna SLAPS Rosa, then reels her in! Gotch Hold, but Rosa jackknife bridges! TWO, Deonna sunset flips, TWO! Prawn hold, TWO! FUJIWARA!! Rosa rolls it to a cradle, ROSA WINS!!
Winner: Thunder Rosa, by pinfall
Deonna thought she had the perfect formula but Rosa says she just beat her at wrestling! But then Deonna CLOBBERS Rosa at the ramp! The fans boo but Deonna drags Rosa up to RAM her into the bleachers! Rosa slumps down, but Deonna digs her boot in! Deonna SLAPS Rosa around, tells the ref to shut up, and she SLAPS Rosa more! So Rosa SLAPS back! They brawl on stage and then out to the ledge of the upper level! The fans fire up as they keep going! Security rushes in, the fans boo, but Deonna flips Rosa off! It seems nothing was settled here, will these two look to go Double or Nothing?
Backstage interview with The Undisputed Kingdom.
Arkady Aura is with Roderick Strong, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett as she notes Will Ospreay is the NEW #1 Contender to the AEW International Championship. Taven says hold on, before we get started here, “Not Lexy,” as three guys who care deeply about neck health, and as two guys who nursed someone from the brink of paralysis (aka Roddy), The Kingdom wishes a very speedy recovery to “the world’s greatest boss. TK, stay strong, buddy.” Roddy then shouts that “WILL… Ospreay. Congratulations, you did it! You have signed, sealed and delivered the downfall, demise and destruction of The Aerial Assassin at Double or Nothing.”
Roddy says the world can sing Ospreay’s praises, but none of that matters when you step in the ring with Roddy. Just like all the ones before, Roddy will dismantle Ospreay, he will BREAK Ospreay, and he will make Ospreay fall in front of The Savior of the Backbreaker. Roddy’s confidence is strong, but will Roddy be the one feeling the End of Heartache after taking on the #BillyGOAT?
“Big Bill” Morrissey VS Trevor Blackwell!
The human skyscraper says he wants to sit under the Learning Tree, but Chris Jericho’s gonna need a bigger tree if he’s to give guidance to Big Bill. Will Bill prove he is worthy of The Wizard’s sage advice?
The moment Bill is in the ring, he SPLASHES Trevor right in the corner! The bell rings, Bill runs to BOOT Trevor down! Trevor flounders around, Bill runs corner to corner and SPLASHES again! Trevor flops around, Bill wants Jericho to watch this. Bill said he’d show Jericho he is worthy, and we do see Jericho watching backstage, holding the FTW Championship on his shoulder and oddly still wearing a #LionHook shirt… Jericho nods as Bill CLUBS Trevor on the back! Bill then tells Jericho to watch him! Scoop and BIG BOSS SLAM!! Cover, but Bill lets off! Bill wags his finger, he wants Jericho to see more.
Bill brings Trevor up, reels him in, and short arm LARIATS! Cover, but again Bill lets off! Bill is having too much fun at poor Trevor’s expect. Bill says Jericho’s gonna wanna teach him. Bill hoists Trevor up for the SKYSCRAPER CHOKE SLAM!! One foot cover, a very Jericho move, and Bill wins!
Winner: “Big Bill” Morrissey, by pinfall
Trev might want to change his last name to Well-done, because he got roasted. Bill wants Jericho’s guidance, does he even need it when he can do all this?
BREAKING NEWS for Rampage!
Rampage won’t be following up Collision next week but it also won’t be back on Friday just yet. For AEW’s return to Canada, Rampage is going to be BACK TO BACK with Dynamite! Get ready for a truly All Elite Wednesday!
Katsuyori Shibata & Daniel Garcia VS Shane Taylor Promotions!
The Wrestler said during Collision earlier tonight that he was going to take on Shane Taylor Promotions by himself if he had to, but then the Dragonslayer offered his help. Now they’re both going to take on #TAIGASTYLE and Big Bad Shaney T. himself! Garcia wears basic trunks and boots to match Shibata, will The Wrestlers win out? Or will STP rumble, bad man, rumble?
The moment all four men are in the ring, Shibata CLOBBERS Lee Moriarty and then he and Garcia both go after Shane! The fans fire up as they stomp and kick Shane right out of the ring! Then they go out to keep after him! Shibata whips and BOOTS Shane into railing! Garcia fires off on Lee, then Shibata adds an UPPERCUT! Shibata whips and BOOTS Lee against railing! Garcia stomps Shane, Shibata snap suplexes Lee to the floor! Shibata leaves them behind to go into the ring and sit cross-legged! Garcia sits with him! The fans fire up and the two go out again. The brawling continues but Shane throws heavy hands!
Lee ROCKS Garcia, Shane puts Shibata in, and Shane storms in after Shibata. Lee sends Garcia into railing, but Shibata fires hands on Shane! Shibata KICKS and KICKS, but Shane blocks the boot! Shane JABS Shibata and Shibata falls back! Shane talks trash, the fans boo, but Shane drags Shibata up. Shane HEADBUTTS Shibata, tags Lee, and they mug Shibata. Lee stomps a mudhole in, lets off as the ref counts, but he sneaks mule kicks on Shibata the whole time! Shibata trips Lee, stomps him, but Lee gets up to RAM into Shibata! Lee brings Shibata around, suplexes, but Shibata slips free to waistlock!
Lee elbows free, kicks, but Shibata blocks! Lee KNEES Shibata but Garcia tags in! Shibata BOOTS Lee, Garcia LARIATS! Garcia DROPKICKS Shane, gets around Lee, TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! And then another TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Garcia brings Lee up again but Lee suplexes! Garcia slips free, spins Lee and kicks low, to then TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! The trifecta is complete and the fans fire up! Garcia storms up on Lee, brings him up, and UPPERCUTS! The fans rally for Garcia, he CHOPS Lee to ropes. And CHOPS Lee against ropes! Garcia runs, but Shane trips him! Lee distracts the ref so Shane can DRAPING DDT to the floor!
Shibata protests but Lee mocks him by sitting cross-legged. The ring count climbs, Garcia drags himself up at 3 of 10, slides in at 5, but Lee stomps Garcia at the ropes! Lee drags Garcia up, bumps him off buckles, then tags Shane. Shane pushes Garcia against the buckles, to then CHOP! Garcia seethes and he fires forearm son Shane! The fans fire up, Garcia throws more shots, then leaps, but into Shane’s arms! Shane RAMS Garcia into a corner, then CHOPS! Shane runs up, but Garcia BOOTS! Garcia spins, but Shane ROCKS him first! And URENAGES! And then SPLASHES down! Cover, TWO!
Shane seethes but he keeps Garcia from Shibata, and Rampage goes picture in picture.
Shane mocks Garcia’s dance, drags him up, but Garcia CHOPS! Garcia staggers, but Shane fires body shots in the corner! Shane ROCKS Garcia, tags Lee, and STP mugs Garcia. Garcia flounders to ropes, Lee CHOKES him! The ref counts, Lee steps away, and he stomps Garcia around. Lee wraps an arm around the ropes, then fishhooks Garcia! The ref counts, Lee lets off, and Garcia feeds off the energy of the fans. Lee brings Garcia up but Garcia fires forearm sand CHOPS! Lee gets around, and GERMAN SUPLEXES! Cover, TWO! Garcia stays in this but Lee stays on him with a wrench. Tag to Shane, and Lee hooks Garcia up in a COBRA TWIST, just so Shane can KNEE Garcia down!
Shane has Garcia on ropes, ROCKS him with a forearm, then scoops him for SNAKE EYES! Garcia slumps down in the corner, Shane drags him back up, and TOSSES him out! Shane goes out to then put Garcia against railing. Shane ROCKS Garcia, talks trash on fans, then brings Garcia around to scoop and SLAM him to the floor! Shane talks more trash on the fans, Lee has him cool off, and Shane brings Garcia up again. Shane puts Garcia in, tags Lee, and then Lee clamps on with a top wristlock and stretches Garcia out! Garcia endures, turns to fight the pressure, but Lee CLUBS him down. Lee drags Garcia up, tags Shane, and Shane scoop SLAMS!
Shane runs to SPLASH Garcia again! Rampage returns to single picture, Shane drags Garcia to a drop zone, and he goes up a corner. The fans boo but Shane blows them a kiss. FALLING SPLASH FLOPS as Garcia moves! T he fans fire up, but Lee KICKS him down! Lee hurries back and tags in, then he drags Garcia up. Lee wrenches, wristlocks, but Garcia endures. Lee SNAPS the fingers! The fans boo Lee being so villainous, but he drags Garcia up. Lee bumps Garcia off buckles, Shane holds Garcia up, but Garcia fights free with boots and haymakers and elbows! The fans fire up, Garcia sends Lee into Shane!
Lee hurries to waistlock but Garcia switches, SAIDO! The fans are thunderous as Lee and Garcia crawl! Hot tags to Shane and Shibata! Shibata BOOTS Shane! Shane roars, Shibata runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges and BOOTS! Shibata whips to BOOT Shane in the corner! Shibata fires forearms, the ref counts, but Lee runs up. Shibata DECKS him! Garcia RAMS Lee into a corner, climbs up, and while Shibata fires forearms on Shane, Garcia rains down fists! Garcia goes all the way to nine, then DOES HIS DANCE! Shibata and Garcia coordinate, DOUBLE HYDRAULIC DROPKICKS! The fans fire up and Garcia stands Shane up. Shibata runs in to BOOT!
Shibata CHOPS and CHOPS and CHOPS Shane, then CHOPS, CHOPS and JABS! Garcia does his dance while Shibata JABS and CHOPS to the rhythm! The fans are loving this, as now Garcia runs in to KNEE Shane! Shibata & Garcia get Shane up, to DOUBLE SUPLEX!! Cover, ONE?!? Shane has power to spare, but Garcia BOOTS him! Shibata BOOTS him! They go again, but this time Shane DOUBLE SUPLEXES them!! The fans boo but Shane tags in Lee. Lee runs up to clothesline Shibata, and JAB! And CHOP! JAB! CHOP! JAB! CHOP! Shibata just scowls at Lee! Lee says okay, and he fires more JABS and CHOPS!
Shibata steps into the shots, so Lee eggs him on! Shibata ROCKS Lee! Shane runs up, HEADBUTTS, then Lee HALF HATCH SLAMS! Cover, TWO!! Shibata toughs it out and STP grows frustrated. Lee drags Shibata up, kicks then waistlocks, but Shibata fights the lift! Shane storms in, helps Lee put on the full nelson, and Shane promises to knock Shibata out! But Shibata BOOTS Shane first! Garcia jumps on for a SLEEPER! Shibata switches on Lee for a SLEEPER!! The fans fire up as STP start fading out! Shane fires up to RAM Garcia into buckles! But Shibata BOOTS him! And Garcia SAIDOS!! Shibata PENALTY KICKS Lee!! Cover, The Wrestlers win!
Winners: Katsuyori Shibata & Daniel Garcia, by pinfall
Shibata helps Garcia stand up, and Garcia is proud to have won alongside one of his heroes! And with the fans cheering him on, Garcia sets up… to DO HIS DANCE! Will this momentum help Shibata avenge Hook and take that FTW Championship off of Chris Jericho? Or will The Learning Tree have some things to teach Shibata?
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Guns up for all the Jacksonville Gold Members!
Another three hour block of All Elite Wrestling starts with a Collision! But will the Bang Bang Gang still be the best three man unit ever? Or will Top Flight go from the coldest to the goldest trio in the game?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Unified AEW & ROH World Trios Championships: Bullet Club Gold VS Top Flight; Bullet Club Gold wins and retains the titles.
- Rey Fenix w/ Alex Abrahantes VS The Beast Mortos; Fenix wins.
- Rush VS Martin Stone; wins.
- Toni Storm w/ Mariah May & Luther VS Anna Jay; Storm wins.
- The Acclaimed VS Grizzled Young Veterans; The Acclaimed win.
- AEW World Championship: Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS Claudio Castagnoli; Swerve wins and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
Swerve Strickland is here!
Prince Nana again leads the way as the NEW AEW World Champion makes his way out here. The Realest opened Dynamite with a win, but he walks back out to Daily’s Place to stand in the ring to finally acknowledge his victory at Dynasty. Nana says, “Ladies and gentlemen, the man standing in front of you today is the Boss of Bosses! The man standing in front of you today is the Anointed One in Professional Wrestling! The man standing in front of you is one hell of a wrestler. And he’s none other than the AEW World Heavyweight Champion, Swerve Strickland!” The fans cheer and chant, “Thank You, Swerve!”
Swerve says what a week we’ve had here in AEW! Let’s run it down: a NEW TBS Champion in Willow Nightingale; by the grace of God, Adam Cole can walk; Adam Copeland got misted in the face by The House of Black; Will Ospreay and Bryan Danielson tore the house down; and then… Jack Perry returned. The fans boo but Swerve says Jack’s back in AEW, and he struck Tony Khan, the founder of AEW, who put his faith in Swerve. On top of that, The EVPs, the Young Bucks are again the AEW World Tag Team Champions, and they hit Tony Khan with the whatever it is driver, and now TK is in a neck brace and who knows when we’ll see him in healthy condition.
Now, Swerve will be the first to tell everyone, he’s done some horrible things. Once, twice, three, four times. But something about four elite athletes beating down a non-fighter in TK, that sounds like a b*tch move to him. The fans echo “B*TCH MOVE!” but Swerve wants to get to business. The most important thing that happened this week is Swerve went into Dynasty and he made history by dethroning Samoa Joe and becoming the NEW AEW World Champion! Now, a pet peeve of his is those going around calling themselves “Best in the World.” But make no mistake, the Best in the World is the one holding this title right here!
Last week, it was Samoa Joe. This week, it’s Swerve, baby. And Swerve got here by fighting, but also by making sacrifices. Swerve says the night he won this title, he went to his daughter. She said, “Dad, I love you, I’m so proud of you. But I feel like I just don’t know you.” That hit Swerve to his core. His relationship with his children is everything. But he’s missed birthdays, holidays, basketball games, dance recitals, Father-Daughter dances, and he can’t make up for lost time. But what he can do is set the example and blaze a trail, to make sure this was all worth it. The fans cheer that!
Swerve continues by saying AEW has set people in front of him and he’s knocked them all down! Kyle Fletcher was just one. Now, how about an Open Challenge for the AEW World Championship? But only to someone who really wants to fight! So how about it, Jacksonville? We’re entering a new era in AEW, the Dynasty Era! And the elite of that era is whose house? “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” But then here comes Claudio Castagnoli! The Swiss Superman is in a suit, not his gear, but he does get in the ring. Claudio circles Swerve, then takes the mic and holds up a finger. The fans still chant, but Claudio says, “You’re on.”
Swerve says see you later tonight then, in whose house? But then Claudio snatches the mic again! “It’s gonna be mine.” The fans are intrigued but Claudio is looking to end Swerve’s Dynasty the same week it started! Will the Swiss Superman bring even more gold to the Blackpool Combat Club?
Tony Khan has a medical update.
He is feeling grateful and blessed that he can still walk, talk and work, as was seen during the NFL Draft with Tony Khan alongside his father, Shahid, in the Jacksonville Jaguars war room. However, the doctors have advised TK not to travel, so he will be monitoring AEW Dynamite in Winnipeg remotely. Will that mean The EVPs will be in control of things in person this Wednesday…?
Unified AEW & ROH World Trios Championships: Bullet Club Gold VS Top Flight!
When it comes to Six Man Tags, the Bang Bang Gang runs this! But while they have six belts for the three of them, will that only weigh them all down against one of the fastest moving and fastest rising teams? Or will Jay White & The Gunns shoot Action, Darius & Dante outta the sky?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see who holds all the trios gold!
The trios sort out, White starts against Dante and the two talk a little trash over how the Casino Gauntlet went on Wednesday. The fans rally for Angel Dorado as he ties up with the Switchblade, but White headlocks. Dante powers up and out, but White runs him over! White bumps Dante off buckles, but Dante dodges to fire off forearms! White knees low, bumps Dante off buckles again, but Dante dodges to CHOP! And CHOP! And CHOP again! Dante whips corner to corner, White reverses, but Dante BOOTS back! Dante runs up to CHOP! And CHOP! White swings, Dante ducks to KICK, KICK and KICK!
White blocks a kick to DRAGON SCREW the leg! Dante writhes, White drags him up, and White CHOPS Dante to the corner. White CHOPS again, brings Dante over and tags in Colten. They mug Dante, then Colten sucker punches Action! Colten tags Austin, they whip Dante to body shot, knee lift, and LARIAT! Cover, TWO! The fans taunt the “ASS~ BOYS!” but Austin drags Dante up. Austin bumps Dante off buckles, tags White, and White RAMS into Dante again and again! White hushes everyone, to CHOP! Dante sits down, Colten tags in, and Colten drags Dante up to suplex high and hard! Cover, TWO!
Colten keeps Dante from his team, then tags Austin. The Gunns mug Dante, then Austin whips. Dante holds ropes, BOOTS Austin, then DECKS Colten! But White trips Dante up! The fans boo but Dante dodges White to slide in, dodge Austin, and Darius sneaks a tag! Dante ducks Austin to DIVE onto White! Darius rallies on the Gunns, then fires off hands! Darius whips, Action reverses, but Darius atomic drops! Darius then BULLDOG HOTSHOTS Austin, GAMANGIRIS, and the fans fire up! Action jumps in, Darius kicks Colten away, then he holds ropes down so Action can FLY! Down goes Colten! STEP-IN FLATLINER on Austin! Cover, TWO!
The fans rally, Darius builds speed, and Darius slides, but Austin dodges! White CLOBBERS Darius! White drags Darius up for an APRON GOURD BUSTER! The fans are torn but Collision goes picture in picture.
White slides in to cover Darius, TWO! White is annoyed but he scuffs Darius then stands on him. The ref reprimands, but White drags Darius up. Darius fires body shots but White CLUBS him down. Cover, TWO! Tag to Colten, and BCG mugs Darius. Colten brings Darius around to bump him off buckles, then stomp and DECK him! Colten soaks up the heat, digs his boot into Darius, but lets off as the ref counts. Tag to White, and he drags Darius up to JAB! And JAB! And CHOP! White brings Darius around to TOSS back out! White then goes out to fetch Darius, the Gunns and Top Flight keeping each other at bay.
White SMACKS Darius off the apron, then the Gunns hop into the crowd to start up a “Too Sweet!” chant. White CHOPS Darius, and now the Gunns start a “One More Time!” chant! White refreshes the ring count first, argues with the ref, and that allows the Gunns to mug Darius! The Gunns get away with that while the ref is busy with White and Dante, but then Darius fires hands on the Gunns! Darius slides into the ring, White anchors him on the outside, and Collision returns to single picture. Darius BOOTS White into railing, hurries for his corner, but The Gunns YANK Dante and Action down! The fans boo but White clamps onto Darius.
White mockingly holds Darius’ hand out to no one, then stands him up to CHOP! White brings Darius around, taunts Action, then CHOPS! White wrenches, but Darius ROCKS White! And ROCKS him again! White CHOPS Darius but Darius PELES! Both men are down, White tags Colten! Colten tags Austin, they get in Darius’ way, then double whip him to the corner. Austin sends Colten in but Darius dodges, Colten hits buckles! Austin runs up, but Darius goes up and over and handsprings to hot tag Action! Action rallies on the Gunns, BLASTS White for good measure, then keeps going! The fans fire up for Action as he whips Austin.
Austin reverses, Action handsprings, DOUBLE BACK ELBOW for the Gunns! Action kips up, then he runs in at Austin! UPPERCUT in the corner! Colten runs in, but is sent into Austin! Action DECKS Austin, goes up and SPLIT-LEG, but rolls through as Austin moves so he can PELE Colten! Then SPANISH FLY for Austin! Cover, TWO! Austin survives but Action rallies the fans. Colten and White get Austin outta there, but Dante FLIES onto them all!! The fans are thunderous as Austin flounders back up. Dante whips, Austin reverses, but Darius helps Dante go up and over! Dante then helps Darius TORNADO TAG!
Darius drags Austin into place for Action’s STANDING SHOOTING STAR! Cover, TWO!! Austin survives the onslaught, White and Colten drag Darius & Dante out! The Martins are sent into railing, but Action WRECKS White & Colten with a dropkick! Action goes up, but Colten distracts the ref! That lets White trip Action up! Action lands on his landing strip, and then White tags in! White says it’s done, he drags Action down, but Dante flies in! White catches Dante for an URENAGE! Darius runs up, arm-drags free of the Urenage, but turns around into a 3:10 TO YUMA! White goes back for Action, SNAL SLEEPER SUPLEX, but Action lands through!
Action BOOTS White, SUPERKICKS, then goes from a corner to SHOTGUN! White hits buckles, ends up in a drop zone, and Action goes to the apron! Action springboards, White gets away! Action ducks ‘n’ dodges but handsprings into BLADERUNNER!! Cover, BCG wins!
Winners: Bullet Club Gold, by pinfall (still Unified World Trios Champions)
The six shooter still had one in the chamber, and that’s the first defense for the Bang Bang Gang! Will they continue to prove they’re the best three man team in the game today?
The House of Black speaks.
Brody King says they told Adam Copeland what was coming, and the match at Dynasty went exactly how they said. And what’s interesting is, Brody now has two wins over the TNT Champion. They remind Adam of his own #CopeOpen, and The House accepts. But who knows? It might be Brody, it might be Malakai, it might be Buddy. On May 1st in Winnipeg, Edge finds out when the world finds out.
Rey Fenix w/ Alex Abrahantes VS The Beast Mortos!
Finally, the Immortal Firebird is back in action! But what an opponent to face as the minotaur of lucha has now evolved into something even more menacing! Will Fenix be able to fly like never before? Or will Mortos make him crash and burn?
The bell rings and the fans rally behind Fenix. Fenix and Mortos tie up, Mortos shoves Fenix, then powers him to a corner. Mortos CHOPS, then swings, but Fenix dodges to CHOP back! And CHOP again! And CHOP again! Fenix fires off CHOPS but Mortos just snarls. Mortos TOSSES Fenix to the corner, CHOPS and CHOPS and ROCKS Fenix with a right! The fans rally for Fenix as Mortos whips, but Fenix reverses. Mortos reverses back but Fenix springboards to CROSSBODY, into Mortos’ arms! Mortos swings Fenix, Fenix slips free and shoves, but Mortos rolls off Fenix’s back! Fenix dodges Mortos, Tiger Feints, but Mortos rolls to avoid the kick!
Mortos runs in but Fenix pops him up! Mortos rebounds, and then SNAP POWERSLAMS! The fans fire up for this “LUCHA! LUCHA!” exchange, and Fenix bails out. Mortos builds speed to TORNILLO! Down goes Fenix and Mortos roars! Mortos drags Fenix up, UPPERCUTS him, then puts him in the ring. Mortos stalks Fenix to a corner, then stands him up. Mortos clotheslines, and then whips. Mortos runs in to clothesline again! Mortos fires up, runs up, but into a SOBAT! Fenix SOBATS again, KICKS, then runs up, but into a BOOT! And SLING-DOG! Fenix gets spiked but staggers to his feet, only for Mortos to ROLLING CRUCIFIX DRIVER!
Fenix staggers back up, into a DISCUS LARIAT! Cover, TWO!! Fenix survives that onslaught but Mortos roars! Abrahantes says animo, but Mortos grabs legs. Mortos DDTS a foot! Fenix writhes, but Mortos steps over for a toehold. Fenix kicks with his good leg, gets free, and runs up. but into a SHIN BREAKER! Mortos ties the legs up again, for a NAVARRO DEATH ROLL! Fenix endures as he’s now in the TRAILER HITCH! Mortos puts the pressure on Fenix, but he endures, crawls, reaches out, but Mortos thrashes! They roll, and end up in the ROPEBREAK! Mortos lets Fenix go and Fenix bails out.
The fans rally for Fenix but Mortos goes out after him. Mortos stands Fenix up to SLAP him back down! Mortos drags Fenix up to tear at the mask! The ref reprimands, Mortos lets off and refreshes the ring count. Fenix staggers, Mortos brings him around, and Mortos POSTS Fenix! Fenix staggers, Mortos snarls at Abrahantes, then Mortos SLASH Fenix again! Mortos puts Fenix in and covers, TWO! So Mortos goes back to the mask! The ref reprimands and fans boo but Mortos still pulls at the eye hole! The ref argues with Mortos, and Fenix gets up. Fenix throws a feeble forearm, Mortos DECKS him again!
Mortos again tears at the mask! The fans rally for Fenix but Mortos brings him around, stomps him down, then has the bad leg around ropes. Mortos runs, but Fenix is up, so Mortos CLOBBERS him! Mortos soaks up the heat while Collision goes picture in picture.
Mortos stands on Fenix’s head! The ref reprimands, Mortos steps away, then Mortos puts Fenix in the ropes. Mortos again pulls at the mask! The ref reprimands, Mortos lets off and soaks up the heat. Fenix flounders to the ramp, then the steps, but Mortos pursues. Mortos brings Fenix up for a FACEBUSTER on the steel! Mortos snarls as he looms over Fenix. Fenix stands, but Mortos winds up to SLAP him down again! Fenix flops against railing, but Mortos tears at the mask’s eye hole! The fans boo and Fenix gets away, but Mortos SLAPS him back down! Mortos puts Fenix in, scares Abrahantes off again, then storms into the ring. Mortos stomps Fenix around, and Collision goes to break.
Collision returns, Mortos fireman’s carries, but Fenix fights free! The fans fire up as Fenix fires elbows, but Mortos HEADBUTTS him! Mortos runs, but into a BOOT! Fenix dodges, CHOPS, then goes up and up, but Mortos SLAPS him! Fenix uses that to get the RANA! Fenix then ducks ‘n’ dodges, Tiger Feint REWIND! Mortos falls, Fenix crawls to the cover, ONE?!? Mortos has more power than Fenix expected but the fans rally as hard as they can! Fenix winds up to BUZZSAW! But Mortos just shakes it off?! Fenix SUPERKICKS! Mortos stands, into another SUPERKICK! Fenix then gets around, reels Mortos in, but Mortos is so big!
Fenix tries to suplex, manages to pick Mortos up, and flips him into a GUTBUSTER! Both men fall, Fenix crawls to the cover, TWO! Mortos is still in this but Fenix keeps his cool. The fans rally up again, and Mortos crawls. Fenix aims from a corner, runs up, and pops up to KICK Mortos! Fenix keeps moving, SPRINGBOARD- HEADBUTT!! Mortos takes Fenix out of the sky and the fans are thunderous for “A E DUB! A E DUB!” A standing count starts, the two slowly rise, and Fenix uses ropes to get up at 6 of 10. Mortos stands at 7, roars, and runs up, but Fenix dodge! Mortos’ knee hits buckles and he tumbles up and out!
Fenix goes up a corner, the fans fire up, and Fenix SUPER TORNILLOS! Direct hit and down goes Mortos! Fenix stands, the fans are thunderous again, and Fenix drags Mortos into the ring. Fenix says animo and he high-fives some fans. Fenix goes to a corner, springboards in, and leaps, but into Mortos’ arms! Fenix fights free, scoops, but Mortos turns that right around! LUNG BLOWER! Mortos isn’t done there, he whips Fenix to scoop and torture rack, right into a WIDOW’S PEAK!! Cover, TWO?!? Fenix survives and Abrahantes is all fired up! The fans rally up again, too, but Mortos roars as he looms over Fenix!
Mortos sits Fenix up, runs, but Fenix kips up to SUPERKICK! SUPERKICK! And then SUPERKICK! Mortos is still on his feet so Fenix goes up and up and tightrope PENALTY KICKS! Mortos staggers, into another SUPERKICK! Fenix goes back to the corner and goes back up! The fans fire up for the FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO?!?! Mortos survives and shocks everyone! Fenix hurries to a corner, he runs up at Mortos to somersault, but Mortos catches him! Mortos pops Fenix up but Fenix victory rolls through that, and WINS!!
Winner: Rey Fenix, by pinfall
By the seat of his pants, Fenix wins his return match! Fenix celebrates with the people, will Fenix be back on top of AEW soon enough?
Backstage interview with Orange Cassidy.
Arkady Aura says Freshly Squeezed was attacked by #JustTrent last Dynamite, and that ultimately forced Chuck Taylor’s hand in choosing sides. The Kentucky Gentleman chose Cassidy, where is his head at right now? Cassidy knows Trent said a lot of things that Cassidy is still working through. But what is on his mind most now is that later tonight on Rampage, those two are fighting in a Parking Lot Brawl. Cassidy is afraid of what Trent and Chuck are going to do to each other. Kris Statlander walks in and tells Cassidy that “he needs us. Let’s go.” Cassidy nods and leaves with the Galaxy’s Greatest. Will Chuck’s real friends be there for him, win or lose?
Rush VS Martin Stone!
From one return to another, El Toro Blanco also gets back in action! But will the leader of La Faccion Ingobernable be tranquilo? Or will he lose his cool taking on The Gov’nah?
The bell rings and the fans rally behind Rush. Rush stares Stone down, Stone rushes up, but Rush dodges to SNAP GERMAN! And then Rush KNEES Stone down! Stone tumbles out of the ring but Rush goes out after him. Rush sends Stone into railing! And then into more railing! Rush stomps away, the ref counts and then storms out to stop him! Rush lets off, smirks as he fetches a chair, and he puts that in the ring. The ref hurries to get the chair, so that lets Rush use camera cables to LASH Stone! And LASH again! Rush puts Stone in the ring, storms in after him, and kicks him low! Rush pulls Stone’s shirt down, so he can CHOP!
Rush whips corner to corner, runs in, but Stone dodges! Stone runs up but Rush ROCKS him! Rush roars, then OVERHEAD SUPLEXES Stone into buckles! Rush takes aim, Stone flounders around, and Rush FOREARMS Stone down! Rush then goes corner to corner, “If you mess with the bull…!” You get BULL’S HORNS!! Cover, Rush wins!
Winner: Rush, by pinfall
El Toro Blanco just crushed Stone, will he soon stampede his way up to some gold? But wait, Rush isn’t done! He DECKS Stone, stomps away, then goes corner to corner to again use THE HORNS!! Rush laughs while Stone flounders away. Will Rush be ruthless all the way to the top of AEW?
Backstage interview with Serena Deeb.
ArkadyAura is now with The Professor of Professional Wrestling, and says that Deeb came out to touch the AEW Women’s World Championship. What message is Deeb looking to send? Deeb says it’s a very simple one. On one hand, we have the great champion, Toni Storm, someone everyone loves, and one of the greatest champions in this company’s history. On the other, we have the undefeated Professor, the obvious #1 contender. After everything Deeb’s been through, how hard she had to fight to get back here, failure is not an option. It is now or never!
And after four years of being told how great she is, and how she SHOULD be champion, it is time to prove it. It is time to accomplish something she has yet to do, and that is become THE AEW Women’s World Champion. Deeb tells Storm this isn’t a movie, this is real-life. And as such, will Deeb bring Storm crashing down to reality?
Toni Storm w/ Mariah May & Luther VS Anna Jay!
The Leading Lady didn’t appreciate how The Queenslayer tried to slay her protege, who wasn’t even Anna’s opponent on Wednesday! Will Storm prove Anna is NOT the Star of the Show? Or will Anna jump the line to a title shot with a win here tonight?
The bell rings, the two circle, and the fans rally up. They tie up, go around, and then they break. Storm says, “How DARE you!” The two reset, the fans rally again, and they tie up. Storm waistlocks, Anna switches, but Storm wrenches out. Anna slips through to wrench back and wristlock. Storm reaches out but Anna keeps her from ropes. Anna headlocks, grinds, thrusts, and repeat. Anna endures, powers up to pop out the back and she headlocks in return. Storm endures as Anna grinds, then she brings Anna to her knees. Storm headlocks for the takeover, but Anna headscissors. Storm kips free, and the fans cheer the standoff.
Anna and Storm reset, circle, and then Storm kicks low! Storm ROCKS Anna, ROCKS her again, then whips. Anna reverses, runs up and LEG LARIATS in the corner! Anna snapmares, mocks the fans chanting for Storm, and then gives a HIP ATTACK! Storm is upset, and she hits a THESZ PRESS! Storm rains down fast hands, and the fans fire up! Storm gives Anna the HIP ATTACK! And another! And then another! Storm winds up, the fans cheer, and Storm HIP ATTACKS! Anna flounders to the apron, Mariah is there to mock her, and then Storm runs to HIP ATTACK Anna into Mariah! Storm realizes her mistake, but she puts Anna in the ring.
Storm helps Maria up, checks her over, and she seems okay. Storm hurries up but Anna gets her for a NECKBREAKER! Storm flops down and Anna soaks up the heat while Collision goes picture in picture.
Anna storms out after Storm, stalks her around the way, but Storm CHOPS! Anna CHOPS back! Anna CHOPS Storm, then soaks up the heat. Storm scrambles away to hide behind Mariah and Luther, then she gets in the ring. Anna storms in but Storm stomps her at the ropes! The ref counts, Storm drops knees on Anna! Anna flounders to a corner, but Storm scrapes her boot off Anna’s face. Storm stands Anna up to CLUB her in the chest, then CHOP her! Storm bumps Anna off buckles, but Anna turns things around to CHOP! Storm flounders, Anna CHOKES her on ropes! The ref reprimands and counts, but Anna lets off at 4.
Anna drags Storm around, puts her in a corner, and digs her boot in again. The ref counts, Anna lets off, and Storm sits down. Anna grabs the sign Mariah is holding, and RIPS it! Mariah is devastated but Anna goes back to CLUB Storm! Anna CHOKES Storm, thrashes her around, then lets off as the ref counts. Anna CLUBS Storm while Luther rallies the fans. Storm rises as Anna fires more forearms! Storm ROCKS Anna in return! Anna snarls and ROCKS Storm! Storm CHOPS back! Anna CHOPS, Storm CHOPS, then they go back to forearms! Anna fires a flurry, runs, but Storm HEADBUTTS! Both women fall as Collision returns to single picture!
The fans rally for Storm as she rises in a corner. Anna runs up, into an ELBOW! Storm then goes up and over, runs in, blocks boots, and she has Anna in the ropes! DRAPING BACKSTABBER! Then a DDT! Then a FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!! Not quite perfect but Storm keeps her cool. Storm drags Anna up, chokes her, but Anna wrenches out to HOOK KICK! Anna Gory Especials for the GORY BOMB! Cover, TWO! Storm survives the shoutout to Tay, but Anna clinches. Storm fights free, then hits a SKY HIGH! Cover, TWO!! Anna survives and the fans rally up again as Storm goes to ropes.
Storm drags Anna up, reels her in, but Anna wrenches out! FLATLINER! And a roll into the QUEENSLAYER!! Storm flails as she’s caught in body scissors! The fans rally as Storm endures and fights around! Storm rises up, Anna as a backpack, for a BACKPACK SENTON! Anna lets go and Storm is free! Storm is ready for her close-up! SWEET HIP MUSIC!! STORM ZERO!! Cover, Storm wins!
Winner: Toni Storm, by pinfall
And with that, revenge is sweet for Timeless Toni! Mariah celebrates with her mentor, but what will Storm think of Deeb’s challenge?
Orange Cassidy finds Chuck Taylor.
Cassidy hands Chuck his pup, and Chuck is glad everyone’s here. He wants everyone to hear this. Whatever happens out there, no one is to interfere. Chuck has to do this on his own. Cassidy accepts those terms and takes Pup Taylor back. Will the Kentucky Gentleman be able to settle things once and for all with #JustTrent?
The Acclaimed w/ Billy Gunn VS Grizzled Young Veterans!
Max Caster & Anthony Bowens may no longer be AEW World Trios Champions, but surely they will look to get back at the Bang Bang Gang. However, they’re up against a team SSSSOOOON~ to be recognized as the best team in the world! Will Zack Gibson & James Drake make sure everyone knows to #GritYourTeeth? Caster has a diss track, though! “Acclaimed on the mic, bring the flavor like Bailey’s. Damn it feels good to be back here in Daily’s! Grizzled Young Vets, I can only yawn. Drop you on your little as necks like Tony Khan! Drop the ball like it’s tic-tac-toe. We gonna send these dudes back to the Impact Zone! Grit my teeth? Do not make me laugh! You better bite the pillow when we get up in dat ass!”
Bowens tells “JEEEACKSONVILLE~! The Acclaimed have arrived! Scissor Me, Daddy Ass!” And he does! But will this homecoming be a less than happy one for the AEW homegrown talent?
The teams sort out, Caster starts against Liverpool’s Numbah One. Gibson tells Caster to ignore the fans and the two tie up. They go around, Caster headlocks, but Gibson rolls to a cover, ONE! Caster holds on, Gibson fights up, and Gibson powers Caster around to a wrench, hammerlock and then tags Drake. Drake wrenches, wrangles Caster, then traps the arm to SNAP LOCK it! Drake kips up, the fans boo, but Drake grabs Caster’s arm. Caster throws body shots but Drake ROCKS Caster. Drake whips, Caster ducks ‘n dodges! Bowens sneaks a tag, SUNSET BACKBREAKER NECKBREAKER COMBO! Cover, ONE!!
Bowens keeps on Drake while the fans sing, “OH~ Scissor Me, Daddy!” Bowens CHOPS, CHOPS, then CHOPS again! Drake fires forearms with Bowens and the fans fire up! Bowens fires more shots, but Drake powers him back. Gibson tags in, leapfrog and bypass leads to DOUBLE LARIATS! Drake talks trash, as does Gibson, and Gibson fires forearms! Gibson reels Bowens in but Bowens fights the suplex! Gibson CLUBS Bowens, but Bowens snap suplexes Gibson! Tag to Caster, but Gibson JAWBFREAKRS Bowens and whips Caster. Caster reverses, they drop, bypass, kick and SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Cover, ONE!!
Caster keeps on Gibson, whips, but Gibson holds ropes. Gibson BOOTS Caster, DECKS Bowens, but Caster gets around to kick and UPPERCUT! Caster whips, Gibson tags Drake and they drop, dropkick, and basement dropkick Caster! Then MAYHEM IN MOTION takes out Bowens! The GYV soak up the heat while Collision goes picture in picture.
Gibson goes out to fetch Caster, and brings him around so Drake can add on, PLANCHA BACKBREAKER COMBO! The ring count climbs but GYV put Caster in the ring. Gibson has Caster on the apron, has a cravat, and then he SLAMS Caster on the edge! Caster sputters while reaching out, but Gibson keeps him from Bowens. Gibson CLOBBERS Caster, talks some trash, then drags Caster up to DECK him! Caster flounders to the corner, Drake tags in and he runs in to ELBOW! Gibson adds a clothesline, Drake DROPKICKS! Drake taunts Bowens, then DECKS Caster! Caster flounders but Drake KNEES him in the back.
Drake clamps on a chinlock and he grinds Caster down. Caster endures, the fans rally up, and Caster fights up to a BIG back suplex! Both men crawl, hot tag to Gibson and he hurries after Caster while Collision goes to break!
Collision returns, Gibson tags back in and the GYV double whip Caster. Caster holds ropes, BOOTS Drake, then TOSSES Gibson! Caster ELBOWS Drake away but Gibson trips him up! Gibson drags Caster out but Caster DECKS him! Drake DIVES onto Caster! Drake goes to the corner, Gibson puts Caster in, and Gibson brings Caster around to back suplex! Gibson clamps on with a chinlock but Caster endures. Gibson talks trash to Daddy Ass while Daddy Ass coaches Caster. Caster fights up, reaches out, but he throws body shots! Gibson keeps hold of an arm but Caster fires more hands! Gibson reaches out, tag to Drake!
Drake runs in to take Caster’s other hand, and GYV send Caster to their corner. Drake runs in to UPPERCUT, Gibson clothesline, but Caster ducks the wheel kick! Hot tag to Bowens! Bowens rallies on GYV with haymakers and CHOPS! ROLLING ELBOW for Drake! ROLLING ELBOW for Gibson! Bowens fires off strikes then hits the FAMOUSER! “EVERYONE! LOVES THE ACCLAIEMD!” But Drake ELBOWS Bowens! Caster sneaks a tag, Bowens dodges Drake, FOREARM SMASH, ELBOW, then another FOREARM! Feed to the scoop SLAM, and Bowens goes up! Caster holds Drake open, SCISSOR ME TIMBERS!
Bowens & Caster scissor finger, and then they get Drake up! Suplex and assist for the CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! Cover, TWO!! Drake survives and shocks The Acclaimed! Caster tags Bowens, but then Gibson YANKS Bowens down! Caster drags Gibson up, but Gibson RAMS him into a corner! Drake runs up, GRIT YOUR TEETH!! Caster wobbles, GYV DUMP him out to the ramp!! Caster even hit lighting on the way down! Bowens rises, sees it is 2v1, but he still fights! Bowens dodges Drake, BOOTS Gibson, then switches with Drake to spin him, snapmare, and RUNNING KNEE! Gibson is up, but he gets haymakers from Bowens!
Bowens goes up, but Gibson sweeps the legs! DRAPING CODE BREAKER! Drake is on the other corner, and he goes COAST2COAST!! Bowens gets obliterated, Drake covers, TWO!!! Bowens survives and GYV is fuming! Drake tags Gibson back in, they get Bowens up, and Gibson says THEY are the best! GYV talks trash on Billy, they aim from corners, but Billy throws off his shirt! Caster runs up to CLOBBER Drake! And he ROCKS Gibson! Bowens gives Gibson Rock Paper Scissors SUPERKICK! Tag to Caster! THE ARRIVAL, and then THE MIC DROP!! Cover, Acclaimed win!!
Winners: The Acclaimed, by pinfall
Even after an intense battle, Caster & Bowens come back to win it! Is this just the start of the comeback tour for The Acclaimed on the road to Double or Nothing?
Backstage interview with Katsuyori Shibata.
Arkady is now with The Wrestler, and she brings up the issues with Shane Taylor Promotions. But at the same time, he is going to be challenging Chris Jericho for the FTW Championship. Any last words before that match? Shibata uses his Google Translate voice-to-text to “say” that he is going to chop down The Learning Tree and take Jericho’s title. And any plans for Shane Taylor? Shibata “says,” Rampage will see him take on STP alone. But then Daniel Garcia steps in. Garcia tells Shibata-san that he has respect for him. If Shibata needs help against STP, Garcia will help him. What does he say?
Shibata takes a moment to type it out, and says okay. Save the last dance for him. Garcia nods and dances his way off screen. Will the Dragonslayer help The Wrestler take the fight to Big Bad Shaney T. Boy?
AEW World Championship: Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS Claudio Castagnoli!
The Realest is a fighting champion to be sure! Winning the title at Dynasty, denying a challenger on Dynamite, and now putting the gold up on Collision, will this still be Swerve’s House? Or is the Swiss Superman about to put Blackpool Combat Club back on top?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who survives this Collision!
The bell rings and the two shake hands to show there is respect. They circle, feel things out, and tie up. Claudio powers Swerve to a corner, the ref counts, and Claudio lets off. The fans are torn as the two reset and circle again. Swerve rolls to get a leg, but Claudio gut wrenches. Claudio gets around to waistlock and he drags Swerve down. Swerve moves around, Claudio facelocks, but Swerve fights up. Swerve pries the hold open to knuckle lock and the two go shoulder to shoulder. Claudio bends Swerve back, has a cover, ONE as Swerve gets an arm up! Claudio puts that arm down to cover, ONE as Swerve has the other arm up!
Claudio pushes Swerve down again, TWO as Swerve bridges up. Claudio jumps on but Swerve stays up! Claudio tries again but Swerve uses that to MONKEY FLIP! Swerve rolls back but Claudio MONKEY FLIPS! Both men are down, TWO as one side goes up! The rest, but that’s another double cover, TWO as the other side rises up! They rest, double cover, TWO as they double bridge! The fans fire up as they stare down upside-down! They turn over, keeping the knuckle locks, and they stand to go forehead to forehead. The fans rally, but Claudio wrangles Swerve down again. Swerve avoids his hand getting stomped, then he rolls to wrangle Claudio!
Claudio avoids his hand getting stomped, and the fans cheer the standoff. They shake hands again, approach, and Swerve trips Claudio. Swerve runs, Claudio drops down then hurdles over, but Swerve avoids the flip to roll Claudio, Claudio rolls Swerve, TWO! Claudio headlocks, Swerve powers up and out, then drops to jumps, into a BACKBREAKER! The fans boo as Claudio mocks, “Whose House?” Claudio stalks Swerve, UPPERCUTS, then runs up to clothesline Swerve up and out! Swerve flounders along the ramp but Claudio pursues. Claudio CLUBS Swerve, follows him up to the stage, and Claudio ROCKS Swerve.
Swerve CHOPS, fires forearms, then ROCKS him. Claudio staggers away, Swerve leaps to RANA Claudio down the ramp! Claudio tumbles back to the ring, and Swerve clotheslines Swerve into the ring! Swerve goes up and up and CROSSBODIES! Claudio sits up while Swerve storms around. Swerve turns Claudio for a NECKBREAKER! Roll through, and then another turn, for another NECKBREAKER! Swerve holds on as he drags Claudio back up and then puts him in ropes! Swerve turns Claudio for a NECKBREAKER HOTSHOT! Claudio flops to the floor while the fans rally up. The ring count starts, Claudio refreshes it at 5 of 10.
Swerve lets Claudio take his time, and Claudio goes back to the apron. Swerve storms up but Claudio RAMS into him! Claudio fires a forearm, Swerve gives it back, repeat! They brawl with the ropes between them, and Swerve ROCKS Claudio! Claudio ROCKS Swerve, then HOTSHOTS him! Swerve staggers away, Claudio steps in but Swerve KICKS the ropes! Claudio tumbles back down. Swerve goes to the apron, and Swerve PNEALTY- NO, Claudio blocks and ROCKS Swerve back! Claudio trophy lifts Swerve, to then THROW into the wall! The fans boo as Swerve flops to the floor! Claudio runs up, to UPPERCUT Swerve back down!
Claudio stands on the timekeeper’s desk to soak up heat, and Collision goes picture in picture.
Swerve writhes but Claudio drags him back up. Claudio FLAPJACKS Swerve off railing! Swerve sputters but Claudio keeps after him with forearms. Swerve hits back but Claudio ROCKS him, then puts him against the apron to CLUB away! Nana protests but Claudio lets off after ten shots! Claudio steps into the ring, does a victory lap, but Swerve crawls into the ring. Claudio fires off hands, UPPERCUTS, then brings Swerve around to snap suplex! Cover, TWO! Claudio keeps Swerve down with a chinlock and leans on the hold. Swerve endures, fights up, reaches out, but throws hands. Claudio shoves Swerve to ropes, and catches him for a SLEEPER!
Swerve flails and reaches out again, but Claudio squeezes tight! Swerve is fading as he drops to his knees! Nana coaches and the fans rally up, and Swerve fights to his feet! Swerve throws body shots, Collision returns to single picture, and Claudio shoves. Swerve BOOTS, Claudio rebounds and BOOTS Swerve! Swerve stands, Claudio runs up but Swerve puts him on the apron! Swerve sweeps the legs, Claudio dangles on the apron, and Swerve SUPERKICKS Claudio down! The fans fire up as Swerve goes to the apron, lines up the shot, and BOOTS Claudio! Swerve puts Claudio in the ring, goes up the corner, and FALLING UPPERCUTS!
Swerve hits the Griddy and the fans fire up! Claudio staggers up, but he UPPERCUTS in return! Swerve goes to a corner. Claudio mocks the Griddy, then runs up, but into BOOTS! SOMERSAULT FLATLINER! Cover, TWO! Nana argues the count but Swerve keeps his focus. The fans fire up with Swerve, he runs up and CHOPS! Swerve runs up again, but Claudio ELBOWS! Claudio runs up, into a HIP TOSS! Gator roll and deadlift, but Claudio wrenches out to UPPERCUT! Gotch hold, but Swerve back drops! Claudio sunset flips it, but Swerve rolls through to SLIDING FOREARM! Cover, TWO! Claudio bails out while Nana grows frustrated.
Swerve shakes out his arms while he pursues Claudio. Nana tells Swerve he is the man, and Swerve runs up at Claudio! Claudio pops Swerve up tot he upper level! Swerve stomps Claudio’s hands to keep him away! Swerve says hey to commentary, before he FOSBURY FLOPS to the floor!! The fans are thunderous for “A E DUB! A E DUB!” Swerve puts Claudio in, goes up the corner, and aims for the 450 SPLASH! Cover, TWO!! Claudio survives and Swerve gets frustrated, but “This is Awesome!” Swerve brings Claudio up but Claudio fights the nelson! Claudio trips Swerve, has the legs, but Swerve kicks him away! Claudio DOUBLE STOMPS back!!
Swerve sits up with fury in his eyes that Claudio would dare use his move! Swerve UPPERCUTS Claudio to use Claudio’s move! The UPPERCUTS go back and forth, Swerve holding his own! Swerve fires body shots, then a SOBAT, then a HAYMAKER then a ROUNDHOUSE! But Claudio rebounds to LARIAT! Both men are down and the fans are thunderous again! Fans hope they “Fight Forever!” but there’s still Rampage to do tonight! Swerve gator rolls and deadlifts Claudio for the BRAINBUSTER! Swerve then goes to the corner, goes up top, and he takes aim! KILL STOMPS!! Cover, TWO?!?!
Swerve is fuming that Claudio would dare survive that move! Claudio sits up again, into the HOSE- NO, Claudio blocks and SWINGS Swerve around!! The fans are torn but Swerve is still going around and around! Claudio goes to TEN, then picks up speed to go to FIFTEEN! Claudio steps through, for the SHARPSHOOTER!! Swerve endures, claws around, but Claudio sits deep! Swerve fights forward, reaches out, but Claudio shifts to a CROSSFACE! Swerve rolls but ends up further away from ropes! Claudio pulls on the hold, but Swerve still fights! The fans rally, Swerve powers through to roll Claudio up, TWO!!
Claudio fires down HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! Then he gets Swerve up, Gotch hold, but Swerve grabs Claudio’s leg to block! Claudio fires off forearms and UPPERCUTS! Claudio powers up, runs and LARIATS!! Cover, TWO!!! Swerve survives and shocks Claudio! Claudio seethes, drags Swerve back up and reels him in to try one more time! Gotch hold, but Swerve slips up and out! DDT!! Both men are down and the fans are thunderous! Swerve crawls to the corner, drags himself up to the top, and he turns around, to SWERVE- NO, Claudio stays on his feet, and hits a POP-UP UPPERCUT!!! Cover, TWO?!?!?
Claudio can’t believe it but Swerve survives one of his best shots! Swerve goes to a corner, drags himself up, and Claudio roars! Claudio UPPERCUTS and UPPERCUTS and UPPERCUTS, again and again and again! The ref counts., Claudio lets off, then jukes to UPPERCUT! Claudio brings Swerve out, to UPPER- NO, Swerve hooks an arm and backslides, TWO!! Swerve goes to a corner, Claudio runs in but Swerve goes up and over! Claudio POSTS himself! Swerve reels him in, GERMAN SUPLEX! Claudio sits up, into a BOOT! Claudio roars, Swerve roars, and Swerve runs, but into a POP UP- DOUBLE STOMPS!!!
The fans are thunderous as Swerve reloads, for the HOUSE CALL!! Cover, Swerve wins!
Winner: Swerve Strickland, by pinfall (still AEW World Champion)
It was a shootout ’til the end, and in the end, Swerve had more ammo in his arsenal! But he still shows Claudio respect by offering a handshake. Claudio stands, and he shakes Swerve’s hand. The Realest is rolling on, but who will look to go Double or Nothing with him in just one month’s time?
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