AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (10/18/23)
It’s the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royal!
Who will win their shot at MJF’s Dynamite Diamond Ring?
Houston, we have a battle royal! But who will win this year’s Dynamite Dozen to go after MJF for the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Jay White w/ Bullet Club Gold VS Penta El Zero Miedo w/ Alex Abrahantes; White wins.
- AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator: Hikaru Shida VS Emi Sakura; Shida wins and denies Emi a title match.
- Wardlow VS Ryan Nemeth; Wardlow wins.
- Kyle Fletcher VS Kenny Omega; Omega wins.
- Lance Archer VS Barrett Brown; Archer wins.
- Dynamite Dozen Battle Royal: Juice Robinson wins and will challenge MJF for the Dynamite Diamond Ring next week.
PLAY BY PLAY
Jay White w/ Bullet Club Gold VS Penta El Zero Miedo w/ Alex Abrahantes!
The Switchblade doesn’t fear the Devil of AEW, so why would he fear the Lucha Brothers? But while he merely holds onto the AEW World Championship, will he hold onto that courage? Or will he learn what it truly means to have #CeroMiedo?
But as the Bang Bang Gang makes their entrance, Penta FLIES in! He takes out everyone but White, and White goes after Penta! White whips, Penta goes up the steps to FLYING ARM-DRAG! White gets up and Penta hits a SLINGBLADE! Fans fire up with Penta and he puts White in the ring. Penta then goes up a corner, to DIVING DOUBLE STOMP! The bell rings to get this on record, Penta covers, TWO!! White survives that early assault but the fans rally with Penta. Penta brings White up, CHOPS him, then whips him corner to corner. White reverses but Penta goes up and over to DRAPING BACKSTABBER! Cover, TWO!
White bails out while fans rally up again. Penta has them chanting “CERO MIEDO!” as he builds speed, but Colten Gunn swipes him! The fans boo but then White runs in. Penta dodges, he rolls White up, TWO! White stands, Penta KICKS his leg and reels him in. White gets free, goes to a corner, and he BOOTS Penta! Then he dodges Penta to CLUB, buckle bump and DDT! Fans boo but White covers, TWO! Penta is still in this but the BCG taunt him. White brings Penta up to RAM him into a corner! And again, and again! White turns Penta to a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Penta hangs tough but White keeps his focus.
White stomps Penta, drags him up, and snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! White tells Abrahantes to go away but Abrahantes rallies the fans. White CHOPS Penta, but Penta CHOPS back! White kicks a leg out, swings but misses, and Penta SUPERKICKS! Penta runs in but White puts him up top and SHOVES him down! The BCG are there like the hyenas they are, but the ref tells them to back off. White goes out to drag Penta back up, and APRON GOURD BUSTERS! White flexes, BCG all #GunsUp, and White goes in to cover Penta. TWO, and White is frustrated. Penta goes to the ropes but White storms up on him.
White stands on Penta’s head, the ref counts, but White lets off. White ties Penta’s mask to the ropes! Fans boo, the ref reprimands, and White lets off so he can slap and STOMP Penta! The ref reprimands, White lets off, and Penta’s mask is freed from the ropes. White drags Penta up, CLUBS and KNEES him, them hits a CORNER HALF HATCH! Cover, TWO! Penta is still in this as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
White frowns and the fans rally up, but White clamps on a headlock. Penta endures as White grinds him down, and he fights his way up. The fans continue to rally but White CHOKES Penta! Abrahantes points that out, the ref reprimands and White lets Penta go. White brings Penta up to CHOP him to a corner! White RAMS into Penta again and again, then reels Penta in to suplex. White hangs Penta out to dry on the ropes! Then he GOURD BUSTERS Penta on the ropes, and Penta flops to the floor! The Gunns flex while Penta writhes, and then White goes out to fetch Penta. White grabs Penta’s hand and bends fingers!
White brings Penta up, puts him in the ring, and covers, TWO! Fans rally, White drags Penta around by a leg, then turns him for a DEATHLOCK! White does finger guns, then leans back for the MUTA LOCK! Juice talks trash, but Penta reaches out. ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, White lets go, and Dynamite returns to single picture. White paces around Penta as the fans rally up for Penta, and White throws a haymaker. Penta just scowls, so White CHOPS! White talks trash, he throws hands on Penta, then he suplexes. Penta fights it off, throws body shots, but White knees low! White suplexes, Penta slips free but White knees low.
White whips, Penta KICKS back! Penta keeps moving, and he SLINGBLADES! And another SLINGBLADE! Fans are thunderous, Penta builds speed, and Penta FLIES! Direct hit on White this time! Penta drags White up and puts him back in. Penta slides in, crawls up to White, and Penta is telling White he better get up. “Listen! CERO! MIEDO!” Penta pie faces White, but White stands up. White CHOPS! Penta says okay, and he takes off the glove! Pass to Abrahantes, touchdown! Then CHOP! White sputters, but he comes back to CHOP! Penta CHOPS! White says take off the vest, so Penta obliges! Fans fire up, and White CHOPS!
Penta doesn’t care?! Penta CHOPS and White flails from the stinging! White CHOPS, Penta CHOPS, then they fire forearms! White dropkicks the legs out! White says Cero BANG! But Penta fireman’s carries! SPINNING DEATH VALLEY!! Cover, TWO!!! White survives and even BCG doesn’t know how! Penta reels White up, reels him in, “CERO! MIEDO!” But White fights out of Fear Factor to URENAGE! White drags Penta up again, clinches and suplexes, BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Penta lives and fans fire up! Juice pounds the apron and the fans rally up. White has the sleeper but Penta fights free!
White claws at the eyes! White blocks a superkick and DRAGON SCREWS the leg! Then SNAP SLEEPER SUPLEX! White clinches again, BLADE- NO, Penta slips out to half nelson, pump handle, MADE IN JAPAN!! Cover, TWO!! White survives and fans are thunderous again! Penta drags White up, reels him in, “CERO! MIEDO!” But Austin gets in! The ref stops him, but Juice hits Penta with the LEFT HAND O’ GOD!! BLADERUNNER!!! Cover, White wins!
Winner: Jay White, by pinfall
King Switch survives thanks to his pawns! Juice makes sure “Cardblade” joins in on the celebration, but White makes sure to get a mic. “Hey cut my music, cut my music.” Oh, look, another thing he stole from MJF. White tells Houston to hush but they say “YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK!” White says no no no, y’know who sucks? MJF sucks! Because where is he? Not here! Y’know who is here? J A Y! Because J A Y, unlike MJF, is a real world champion! A truly ELITE world champion! Fans boo but White tells Max that he’s still waiting on an answer to that generous offer! Probably because MJF cannot find anyone who wants to team up with him to take on the Bang Bang Gang!
Fans boo more but Jay tells MJF he could just get that gimp squad again. If not, tough luck. Until then, White will lead by example! And Juice says spoiler alert! Tonight, in our main event, the Stray Bullet, #RockHardRobinson is going to win the “Dynamite Dozen Douchebag Battle Royal!” And after he throws 11 men over the top rope and win the right to face MJF in Philly for his stupid little ring, which Juice’s TJ Maxx $24.99 ring is much better than, Juice will knock MJF out! They are taking the ring, to PAWN it! And Juice promises us he’ll just get another gold tooth. Fans chant for TJ Maxx as the Gunns take the mic.
Austin says if they’re not down with that, they’ve got two words for ya! GUNS UP! With all these Ass Boys aiming for him, will Maxwell Jacob Friedman make it out of Autumn with anything at all?
Backstage interview with MJF.
Renee Paquette is with the AEW World Champion, and he smiles as Renee brings up BCG. What is his reaction to them? MJF says he could’ve ran out there like “every dumb good guy in professional wrestling history” and gotten beat down 4v1, but he’s not a good guy, he’s a Scumbag! Plus, Daddy MJF is doing commentary in that very main event, the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royal. Lord knows MJF isn’t wasting his entrance pop here in Texas. But MJF tells Jay White that MJF WILL get back Triple B before Full Gear. MJF was at New York Comic-Con, and he couldn’t help but be reminded of White seeing all those frail, weak losers walking around with belts, cosplaying as world champions.
MJF tells Juice that he prays to God Juice DOES win, because then next week, it will be Juice’s Left Hand o’ God VS MJF’s Right Hand o’ the Devil! And MJF says when they connect, there will be blood. But it won’t be on MJF’s hands, no. It’ll be on the hands of Juice’s buddy, Jay White. Renee then asks about an update on Adam Cole. MJF wants to say something but The Acclaimed walk in. Caster politely says hi to Renee and MJF, and says if MJF wants that world title back, all he has to do is set up the 8 Man Tag: BCG VS MJF & The Acclaimed. Then they can have all the belts and scissor after they win.
MJF says of course Caster wants to scissor. But uh, no thanks. Caster says okay, then how about Caster gets in the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royal, he wins that, then wins that diamond ring and MJF will have to put a ring on it. Ugh, freakin’ stalker. MJF leave and Bowens says they went over this. Less is more. Billy says MJF is a scumbag. Yeah, but he’s Caster’s scumbag. The others all sigh, but will Platinum Max really win to go for the diamonds?
AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator: Hikaru Shida VS Emi Sakura!
The Shining Samurai is the historic THREE-TIME AEW Women’s World Champion, but she once again faces her former sensei in the Queen of Joshi. The series record is 8-2, still in Emi’s favor, but Shida has won the previous two! Will Shida get the hattrick even in this? Or will she owe her teacher a title opportunity at Full Gear?
The moment Shida is in the ring, Emi attacks! The ref reprimands and fans boo but Emi drags Shida up to snatch the belt! Fans boo more but the ref takes the belt. Shida ROCKS Emi, the bell rings, but Emi wrenches out to ELBOW! Then she runs to RAM Shida! Shida RAMS back and neither falls! Fans fire up and Emi CHOPS! Shida brushes off to ROCK Emi! Emi CHOPS! Shida forearms, Emi CHOPS, repeat! Shida ROCKS Emi again, but Emi nods and CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! MACHINE GUN CHOPS! The ref counts, Emi lets off, then runs, CROSSBODY into a KNEE! Shida ghost pins, TWO! Rolling rolling rolling clutch, and it lands on Shida! TWO!!!
Emi escapes but Shida just fires up! Shida brings Emi up, puts her in a corner, then rains down fists! The fans count along all the way to TEN! Shida fires up, kicks Emi from the corner then adjusts, to MISSILE- NO, Emi dodges! And DROPKICKS back! Emi puts Shida in a corner, she runs corner to corner, and CROSSBODIES in the corner! Fans rally but Emi “sips tea.” Emi also tosses Shida’s kendo stick away while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Emi drags Shida up, CLUBS her, then stomps her. Shida hits back with body shots but Emi pokes her in the eyes! The ref reprimands, Shida fires back, but Emi TOSSES her by her hair! Shida flounders to a corner, Emi grins, and she stomps Shida in the corner! Emi scrapes her boot off Shida, lets off as the ref counts, and then Emi drags Shida up. Emi CLUBS Shida, CLAWS her back, then slaps her around! Shida SLAPS back! Emi laughs but Shida SLAPS and SLAPS and CLUBS away! Emi pokes Shida in the eyes again! The ref reprimands, Emi brings Shida up and underhooks, stalling… TIGER BACKBREAKER!
Emi smiles and has a cocky cover, TWO! Shida is tougher than that, so Emi stands on Shida’s hair, and TWISTS! Shida writhes, Emi brings her up on the ropes, and then Emi says she is Your Highness! Shida stands, but Emi CHOPS her down! Emi paces around, eggs Shida on, and then CHOPS her down again! Emi smirks as Shida stands again, and CHOPS her back down! Cover, TWO! Emi reels Shida in, puts her on ropes, but Shida blocks the whip! Emi pushes and whips, but Shida ducks ‘n’ dodges, DOUBLE LARIATS take them both down! Dynamite returns to single picture as the fans rally up.
A standing count starts, Shida crawls to ropes, and Shida drags herself up. Emi rises, stands, and she storms up to CLAW Shida’s back! The ref reprimands but Emi pulls hair to bend Shida in the ropes. The ref counts, Emi lets go and Shida falls to the apron. Emi CHOPS, runs, and BLASTS Shida off the apron! Shida flounders to the ramp, Emi puts her against the apron, and Emi goes up the ramp. Emi soaks up the heat, runs back in, but into a RANA! Emi hits apron, Shida puts her in! Shida goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Shida fires up, suplexes, but Emi fight it to wrench and underhook! Shida fights that!
Shida back drops, Emi sunset flips, TWO! Shida has the cover, TWO! Emi has a cover, TWO!! Shida escapes, Emi has her, TIGER DRIVER!! High stack, TWO!! Shida survives and fans fire up! Emi nods, she likes the fight in her student. She says she is still Your Highness, and she goes up the corner. MOONSAULT FLOPS as Shida moves! KATANA KNEE!! Cover, ONE?!?! Emi survives and Shida can’t believe it! Shida runs back in, CHOP LARIAT COMBO!! Emi steps through, LA MAGISTROL! TWO!!! Shida escapes again and Emi is shocked! Emi runs, Shida scoops, BACKBREAKER! Shida runs, but Emi scoops to a BACKBREAKER!
But Shida has an arm! Emi fights out of the Fujiwara, but Shida ROCKS her! Shida suplexes, FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO!! Shida fires up again, KATANA KNEE!!! Cover, SHIDA WINS!!
Winner: Hikaru Shida, by pinfall (denies Emi a title opportunity)
The student surpasses the master for a third time! The score may be 8-3, but has Emi accepted that Shida is the superior?
Backstage interview with Adam “Edge” Copeland.
Renee is excited to see the Rated R Superstar in AEW. When he made his debut at WrestleDream, everyone here went nuts, she still has goosebumps. But so much has changed from then until now. Can he walk us through what’s been going on? Things haven’t been going smoothly, have they? No, they have not. And he is still confused. He doesn’t understand what’s happened. The idea of coming here was for him to retire alongside Christian Cage. And at first, he sounded onboard. Until it got real. Edge talked with Tony Khan and saw that Christian no longer wanted that. And that was confusing to Edge.
Until he replayed the relationship through the years. Edge says they met in the sixth grade. They’ve known each other 40 YEARS. So Edge winds back to public school, Christian was the new kid in town, and Edge was used to help him. They found they both loved pro-wrestling, and that was it. They were solidified as best friends. So it was high school, college, but there were instances where Edge saw the truth. They were to write an essay, the winner would get free training at the gym. So they both agreed, they’ll write into the contest, m ay the best man win. Edge won, Christian didn’t. And Edge was the one giving Christian, the confidence to still get into training.
Then Edge gets the “dream gig.” And for six months, whoever had an ear, Edge put in a good word for Christian. Wasn’t supposed to, but he did! He always believed in Christian, is truly the most underrated wrestler in history. But for whatever reason over the years, it has been Adam & Jay, Edge & Christian, Rated R Superstar being the leading man and that wasn’t anything Edge wanted. But it stuck with Christian, and that is a cancer that festered and now it clouds Christian’s decision making. Christian feels Edge had a rocket strapped to his back, which minimizes the actual amount of work Edge has put into his career.
This is all Edge has ever wanted to do, this is all Christian has ever wanted to do. And yet, Christian would still be working that IT job in Southern Ontario if not for Edge pushing him and opening doors. Edge doesn’t wanna think that way but he can’t come to any other conclusion. Renee says it is crazy, too. After all those moments, here they are, so many years later, to have the careers they’ve both had, from fame to fortune. And yet there’s still this jealousy, this competition, and it’s bubbled up. Edge says he and Christian are godfathers to each other’s daughters, why is Christian acting like this?
Edge knows Christian is riding high, Edge didn’t wanna take the spotlight or even the TNT title. He doesn’t want to. But Christian will come crashing down. Then if he doesn’t want what Christian has, what does Edge want here in AEW? Edge vows that no matter what, he’s not fighting Christian. But what that leaves for Edge, he doesn’t know. He just knows that eventually, Nick Wayne & Luchasaurus will leave Christian high and dry. And when that happens, Edge will be there to pick him up. Will this go as the Rated R Superstar thinks? Or will Captain Charisma and his cronies prove him wrong?
Wardlow VS Ryan Nemeth!
The War Dog is continuing on his path of destruction, but wait! The Hollywood Hunk attacks first! The bell rings, Wardlow pushes Ryan back, and Ryan throws hands! Wardlow grabs Ryan by his head and SQUEEZES! Then he reels Ryan in, but Ryan fights the bomb! Wardlow still POWERBOMBS him!! Wait, THAT’S IT! Wardlow wins!
Winner: Wardlow, by referee stoppage
A single, almost Last Ride style bomb, is all that Wardlow needed. Schiavone hurries to get an interview. We all know he’s back, but what is Wardlow back for? Wardlow shows his wristband, and it says “MJF.” Fans chant for Wardlow but he pushes through Schiavone! Fans boo, is the War Dog taking no prisoners this time?
Backstage interview with
Renee is now with The Cleaner, moments away from his match with Kyle Fletcher, the first ever 1v1. How is Omega feeling? Well, this year has been tough. Not the greatest run, don’t even bring up the win loss record. But Fletcher’s done a wonderful thing, and that is remind Omega who he is. Omega is the measuring stick of AEW. Fletcher wants to prove he’s in the conversation, he has to go after Omega. So first, it’ll be Fletcher. Then it’ll be the Don Callis Family. Then after that, well, maybe we see the Kenny Omega of old getting the AEW World Championship. Renee likes the sound of that.
But in walks MJF. Omega says hey, Max. MJF says he just wanted to tell Omega that he’s always been a big fan. Omega appreciates that. MJF wants to shake hands, and Omega says okay. They shake hands, and then MJF whispers, “13 days, b*tch.” MJF leaves and Omega says okay, we’ll see about that. MJF isn’t calling out Omega for Halloween, he means he’ll be eclipsing Omega’s great AEW World title reign on Halloween! Will the real trick be making it past that mark?
AEW checks in on Adam Cole.
He’s still at Roddy’s house?! Mike Bennett has bongos and says, “Yo! Check this out!” He does a bongo cover of Trapt’s Headstrong, but it’s now Neck Strong. Matt Taven says that’s good stuff. Cole serves Roddy his coffee. Thanks, can’t wait. PPPT! EW! Cole, you know he hates HOT coffee. Okay, okay, Cole is out of here. ADAM! Sorry, sorry. Him being hurt, he just… But y’know what Roddy is craving? Remember, when they first started in ROH, how Cole used to make the best PB&J sandwiches? Heck yeah! He still got the measuring cups? Cole says if they want PB&J, then okay, he’ll go make some. They chant “P B J! P B J!” as Cole sets to work.
Another montage later, and the sandwiches are served. Good as they used to- Adam, you know he hates crust! All you had to do is cut the crusts! STOP! STOP! Cole has done everything to help Roddy, has NOT talked to MJF in weeks, and dammit, he needs surgery on his foot! He is DONE! But ADAM! ADAAAM~! ADAAAAAAM~! Nope, he gone. Roddy knows what he has to do to get his bestie back. He’ll have to be nice to that scumbag, MJF. Wouldn’t that have solved everything from the start?
Tony Schiavone is in the ring.
It gives him absolutely no pleasure for him to introduce the next guest, Don Callis. Fans boo as the Last Supper painting has been updated to include “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs. Callis, Hobbs & Konosuke Takeshita go to the ring, and Schiavone saw a sign in the crowd that said “Callis is worse than Dallas.” Kinda says it all in Houston. Well Callis has something to say! Fans boo but Callis says last week, the Don Callis Family made history! In over 30 YEARS of one of the greatest careers of all time, Jericho has never been manhandled like he was last week, because last week, Will Hobbs BROKE Jericho in half!
Hobbs says February 22, 1998 was supposed to be the greatest day of Hobbs’ life! He had the chance to meet his hero, Chris Jericho! Hobbs’ grandma, the woman who raised him, got Hobbs front row tickets to see Jericho, and what’d Jericho do? He walked past them, told that lady to shut up, and then looked at Hobbs and said to sit his ass down! 25 YEARS of frustration! A seven-year-old child swore that one day, the day he got to look Jericho dead in his eye, he would hurt Jericho over and over and over again! And as Hobbs looked down at Jericho’s lifeless body, what’d he do? He picked yo’ ass up and SPINEBUSTERED him again and again and again!!
The footage replays on the tron and Hobbs says he loved every moment. Callis says all Hobbs’ life, he was told by those who loved him to bottle up the hate and the anger and the violence. But now Hobbs has a new family, and when you’ve got a family like the Don Callis Family, you don’t need to bottle it up. You can be what you are! And what Hobbs is, is a 6’3″, 275 pound KILLING MACHINE, and he is not done with Jericho! Hobbs will be unleashed on AEW, because the DCF is on a roll. Schiavone, they are undefeated these four months, except for one match, where Sammy Guevara got hurt by Jericho!
The fans tell Callis to STFU, but Callis says that to substitute for Sammy, he had to get a “scab worker” to come in. A young man named Kyle Fletcher, who as great as he is, let them down! Fletcher SCREWED Callis! But wait, here comes Fletcher! The Aussie Arrow storms into the ring and gets in Callis’ face! Hobbs gets in Fletcher’s face but Callis says no, he wants to hear the man out. Shows a lot of balls coming out here. Fletcher snatches the mic to say as he recalls, he did that as a favor after Ospreay called Fletcher saying Callis BEGGED someone to step up. And maybe Fletcher was the weakest link that night, but tonight he has a chance 1v1 with Omega!
And Fletcher promises that he’ll show everyone, especially Callis, that he doesn’t need any help to beat Kenny Omega! Callis says he likes the confidence! So tell you what. Fletcher beats Omega tonight, and then they might have something to discuss next week. But speaking of, here comes Omega! Will the Best Bout Machine get back on track at Fletcher’s expense?
Kyle Fletcher VS Kenny Omega!
The bell rings and and Fletcher attacks! Fletcher CLUBS then CHOPS Omega, then CHOPS again! Fletcher uses his shirt to CHOKE Omega! The ref counts, the fans rally for Omega, and Fletcher lets off at 4. But then Omega ROCKS Fletcher, JABS him, and repeat! Omega fires off in the corner, CHOPS again, then stalks Fletcher along ropes. Omega stands Fletcher up to CHOP! Fletcher staggers around, Omega whips him to ropes but Fletcher reverses to CLOBBER him! Fletcher rains down fists as the fans boo, but Fletcher storms around. Omega goes to ropes, the fans rally up, but Fletcher drags Omega up. But Omega blocks a suplex to suplex Fletcher!
Fletcher bails out, Omega hurries to PLANCHA! Direct hit on Fletcher and fans fire up! Fletcher flounders, Omega says he might be getting to old for that, and then he brings Fletcher up. Omega brings Fletcher around, puts him in the ring, and fans cheer as Omega gives a thumbs up. Fletcher runs up, Omega counter punches then ROUNDHOUSES! But Fletcher DROPKICKS Omega down! Fans fire up, Omega bails out, and Fletcher pursues. Fletcher whips Omega hard into railing! Omega tumbles over into the front row and fans fire up! Fletcher throws up the crown for United Empire, then he drags Omega up again.
Fans rally but Fletcher puts Omega in the ring. Fletcher storms up on Omega in a corner and whips him corner to corner. Fletcher runs in but Omega goes up and over, rolls and returns, to RANA! Fletcher bails out again as fans fire up, and the Terminator Drums begin! Omega builds speed, but Fletcher trips him! Fletcher drags Omega out to CHOP! Omega CHOPS! Fletcher CHOPS! Omega CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Omega makes Fletcher take a seat so he can CHOP more! Fans fire up and Omega gets some space. Omega runs back in, but Fletcher dropkicks legs out! Omega crashes into railing, and Dynamite goes picture in picture!
Fletcher catches his breath, drags Omega up, and the ref wants this in the ring. Fletcher makes Omega take a seat to CHOP! Then Fletcher runs Omega to THROW him over railing! Crowns up as Fletcher lets Omega flounder in the stands. Fletcher then fetches Omega, TOSSES him back over, and he puts Omega in the ring. Fletcher then storms up and he CHOPS Omega in the chest! Omega punches low, but Fletcher CHPOS! Fletcher eggs Omega on, stands him up, and then scoops to SLAM! Fletcher covers, TWO! Omega shakes his head, he isn’t going down that easy. Fletcher drags Omega up to then scoop, but Omega slips free!
Omega BOOTS Fletcher from a corner, runs up and he SLAM DUNK BULLDOGS! Fans fire up while both men are down, and a standing count begins. Fletcher sits up at 4 of 10, Omega goes to a corner, and both men stand at 6. Omega POLISH HAMMERS! And POLISH HAMMERS again! Fans fire up and Omega DISCUS- NO, Fletcher dodges to kick low! Fletcher whips, Omega reverses, Dynamite returns to single picture as Omega fireman’s carries! “YOU! CAN’T! ESCAPE!” ROLLING SENTON, and then Omega goes up to MOON- NO, Fletcher bailed out first! So Omega just goes up and out to MOONSAULT to the floor!!
Fans are thunderous and Omega rises again. Omega puts Fletcher in, climbs again, and BLINDSIDE DROPKICKS! Cover, TWO! Fletcher hangs tough but Omega scowls. Omega drags Fletcher up, hooks a leg, AOI SHODO!! Fans fire up and Omega nods. Fletcher flounders to ropes, fans rally up and Omega aims, BANG! Omega runs, but Fletcher dodges and HALF ‘N’ HALF! Omega flounders to a corner, Fletcher runs in, GAMANGIRI! Fletcher then suplexes, BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Omega survives and Fletcher grows frustrated but the fans rally up. Callis says that was very close, but the fans rally for Omega.
Fletcher drags Omega up, gut wrenches, but Omega blocks! Fans rally as Omega throws body shots and CLUBS Fletcher. Omega ELBOWS Fletcher away, runs up, but Fletcher scoops! Omega fights but Fletcher still LAWN DARTS him into buckles! Fletcher then gut wrenches, MICHINOKU DRIVER!! Cover, TWO!! Omega survives again and Fletcher can’t believe it! Omega goes to ropes, drags himself up, but Fletcher says BANG! Fans boo as Fletcher runs, to CALF KICK! Then wrench and hammerlock, gut wrench, but Omega fights free! Omega shoves and V-TRIGGERS! Then POISON-RANA!! Then the POWERBOMB!!
Flip over, and V-TRIGGER!! Cover, TWO!!! Fletcher survives and Callis is liking this kid! Fans are thunderous, Omega snarls and he kicks Fletcher around. Fletcher ends up on ropes and “This is Awesome!” as Omega reloads, V-TRIGGER!! Electric Chair Lift! But Fletcher slips free! Dragon sleeper!! The body scissors are in!! Callis thinks Omega taps but no, Omega’s still in this. Omega pushes back to roll and cover, TWO!! Fletcher runs up, gut wrenches, but Omega slips free again! Ripcord, but Fletcher SUPER- NO, Omega blocks and spins Fletcher around, SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX! Fletcher SUPERKICKS!
Fletcher runs, Omega dodges. Fletcher dodges, but runs into a V-TRIGGER!!! And them, Electric Chair Lift! ONE WINGED ANGEL!!! Cover, OMEGA WINS!!
Winner: Kenny Omega, by pinfall
Callis is furious that Fletcher failed again, but he only cares about results! Fletcher pushed Omega here, did Fletcher still add himself to the discussion of all time greats? As for Omega, is he going to take down the Don Callis Family once and for all? Or will Callis’ Powerhouse and Alpha be too much even for the Best Bout Machine?
Danhausen’s jingle is back.
And the Overlord says time is ticking. Don’t worry! Everyone will be cursed soon enough! Love that Danhausen. But when and where will the Very Nice, Very Evil One return to AEW?
Lance Archer VS Barrett Brown!
The Murderhawk Monster is BACK! And he CHUCKS his opponent down the ramp, throws him into the ring, but then the guy DIVES! Direct hit but Archer stays up! What’s his name goes again to DIVE, but Archer catches him! APRON CHOKE SLAM!! Archer storms in on the bootleg Young Buck, the bell rings, and Archer drags Barrett and suplexes, to THROW him across the way! Archer fires up, runs in and ELBOWS Barrett in the corner! Then again! And again! Then he hoists Barrett up top, but Barrett fires hands! Barrett HEADBUTTS, but Archer step up KNEES! And then the BLACKOUT BOMB!! Cover, Archer wins!
Winner: Lance Archer, by pinfall
#EverybodyDies, some faster than others! Archer is back, he gets another win, but will he get to the top of AEW this time around?
AEW Media catches up with The Mogul Embassy.
Prince Nana is very excited for this Friday and the YouTube debut of the remixed take on Swerve’s theme song, Big Pressure by Fancy Garments. Everything Swerve has been saying the last couple of months has led to right here, Graffiti Park in Houston. The top rappers have been here, and now Swerve debuts Big Pressure! What an exciting time! Swerve nods and says it is exciting, right? He should be excited. So why is he not? Because right now, he should be celebrating being TNT Champion. And there’s a reason why he is not. Hangman Adam Page. Like Swerve said, none of this was personal! It wasn’t about Hangman specifically, it was Swerve VS the spot! FACTS.
But now Swerve VS Hangman is personal, and Hangman couldn’t leave well enough alone after losing at WrestleDream. Now Hangman is facing a man who cares less about things than Hangman does, and NO ONE cares less about human life than Swerve. “Just remember this: It’s not always you that pays for your actions.” The Mogul has put Hangman and everyone connected to him on notice, what will Swerve do to get his revenge?
Tony Schiavone is back in the ring.
Back in 1987, Schiavone first introduced this man right here on this very same television station, TBS. And it thrills him every time to say his name. Stand up, ladies and gentlemen, for it is… STIIIIING~! The Icon makes his way out and Houston fires up! Sting hugs Schiavone before taking the mic. Sting howls and the fans howl back. Sting remembers 30 something years ago, the first time he did that, the crowd booed back and he couldn’t believe it. All these years later, here we are. Sting wonders if he should say the word. Well, before that, let’s reflect a little. That word makes him want to reflect on all the years, traveling up and down the road.
He’s travelled with Lex Luger, Rick & Scott Steiner, Buff Bagwell. There are some names from the past, right? But as he’d travel with they, they’d look to guys that helped shape their careers. Dusty Rhodes, the most charismatic human Sting ever met in his life. Hulk Hogan, which yeah he gets the boos. But Hogan transcended wrestling and we all learned something from the guy, so you gotta give something to him for that. But one guy Sting wants to give a lot to is the Nature Boy, Ric Flair. Thank you, Ric, for all the moments. Clash of Champions 1988, Sting’s first world title match and Ric put him on the map.
Then in 1990, Great American Bash, another world title, and Sting came out the winner. Thank you once again, Nature Boy. Fans chant “Thank You, Sting!” as they sense where this is going. He thanks them, and says they used to wonder. What made those guys come back decade after decade? What more did they have to prove? But here Sting is all these years later. And he understands why they hung on! It’s the smell of the arenas, the comradery on the road as you travel around the world. It is the roar of the fans! That’s what makes wrestlers come back for more.
Does Sting’s body do what it did 20+ years ago? No. Should Sting still be doing what he was doing, jumping off balconies and stuff? Well… Okay, we’ll talk about that. But getting back to that word… Fans tell Sting, “You Still Got It!” Sting thanks them for that, and he knows what they’re all thinking. He retired once before, didn’t he? Yes, there’s the word. But that retirement in 2015 didn’t sit right with Sting. And besides, there was one very key moment in this speech back then, that the only thing for sure is that nothing’s for sure. So now, that brings Sting to the word, “retirement,” once again.
The fans boo but Sting says he wants to address that word live in the great state of Texas! Rosenberg, Texas, even! What a mixed crowd tonight. But hey, this is Sting’s moment, this is their moment, we’re sharing the moment. Sting’s very first match in AEW was Revolution 2021. His very match in AEW will be Revolution 2024! Fans chant for Sting, and he wants us to notice one more thing. The only thing for sure about Sting is that his retirement, Revolution 2024, IS for sure. Fans are bummed, but the Icon has put a deadline on himself. What will Sting do for Revolution 2024 in March?
RJ City is backstage.
RJ City says Toni Storm has been taking the world by… storm. And tonight, she releases her second “blockbuster” film, Gone with The Storm. Based on- Storm stops him there and tells us, BEHOLD! Her life’s work! Sit back, relax, chin up and chest out. Play the picture. Play the picture! PLAY THE PICTURE! And so Dynamite goes picture in picture while the “film” plays.
In this film, we get B Roll of a parking lot and Storm is meeting with “Mr. Studio Executive Man,” played by RJ. He and Storm shake hands and he says it is wonderful to have her on set. Yes, it is even more wonderful to be alive! Mr. Studio Exec says that as the studio’s biggest star, Ms. Storm will be pampered with the finest things. Storm says of course she is and of course she is. And so that starts with a banana. She bites even the peel… Delightful! Well, there’s more where that came from! Bath balms, perfumes and a pearl necklace! HOW DAAARE YOU~! What? She SLAPS him! Like, for real. Sorry, he should’ve said “jewelry.”
Storm apologizes for that, then. Well, it’s alright, next week she will have her own butler service. Oh thank you, Mr. Studio Executive Man! RJ then says for a huge star like her, they’re gonna roll out the red carpet! Storm says yes, now please, she has a close up to do. She goes right up to the camera and strikes her rather odd pose. The end. It feels like this is a franchise in the making, but what will Storm’s next blockbuster entail?
Jim Ross sits down with Nick Wayne and his mother.
JR says if Buddy was here, he could really help this situation. JR can’t get over what Nick did to Darby Allin, a man who was like a brother to him. And Nick will find out very soon that real friends in wrestling are very rare. JR says Mama was ringside, she helped raise Darby, too, so how did she feel when it all went down? It was truly shocking. She still can’t make sense of it, either. She doesn’t understand. Darby was like a brother to Nick! He was there from the beginning! This is just so out of character for Nick. And Christian Cage of all people? The things he’s said about Buddy, about Nick’s mom! She doesn’t recognize who her son is right now!
Nick explodes and tells his mom to shut up! JR tells him to respect his mother. Nick says JR doesn’t understand. Darby always made things about him. Nick was always in Darby’s shadow, no one congratulated Nick on what he did to get to AEW, it was always Darby! Darby got congratulated for Nick getting here. But Nick wants to prove himself and prove why he’s here. Mama says this isn’t how to do that, but Nick says yes it is, and he has a new father figure now, and it’s Christian Cage. A better one than Buddy ever was. And in steps Christian Cage. You ready to come home, son? Mama Wayne is in despair but Nick tells her to stay back. She was a terrible mother!
Mama SLAPS Nick! She apologizes, but Nick says she’s dead to him. Nick leaves with Captain Charisma, and he says she should’ve picked up the phone. Nick & Christian step into the hallway, but then there’s some kind of fight going on? Who is attacking who? Mama Wayne isn’t sure what to make of it, then we see it’s DARBY! Darby knocked Christian down, and he TOSSES Nick into railing! Wait, this spills out on stage!! But Luchasaurus storms up and CLUBS Darby down! Darby tumbles, Luchasaurus TOSSES him further down the ramp! But STING DECKS Christian! And he ROCKS Luchasaurus! Sting RAMS Luchasaurus into railing!
Nick has a bloody lip while Sting puts Christian in the ring. Sting stomps Christian, then gets the legs! SCORPION DEATHLOCK!! But Luchasaurus drags Christian out of the ring! Sting and Darby stand tall as Christian and his cronies regroup. Christian shouts, “What’d you do to his tooth!?” Nick got off easy if all he lost was a tooth! The Relentless One wants his revenge, will Nick have to pay for the sins of his “new father?”
BREAKING NEWS for Rampage!
On top of the “Mexico’s Pound for Pound Crown” match, Rocky Romero VS Mistico, the Blackpool Combat Club’s Claudio & Yuta are back in tag team action! Plus, Skye Blue takes on Ruby Soho in a rematch of this year’s Owen Hart Women’s Cup, and in a Triple Threat #1 Contender’s Match, Kip Sabian, John Silver and Isiah Kassidy battle to see who faces Orange Cassidy for the International Championship this Saturday on Battle of the Belts 8!
BREAKING NEWS for Collision!
Speaking of the BCC in tag action, Claudio & Yuta will get their shot at the AEW World Tag Team Championships! Will the Swiss Superman & Decoder take the gold off Ricky Starks & “Big Bill” Morrissey? Or will it be an Absolute Collision? And Miro is going to face Action Andretti, will the Redeemer intimidate the Sight to See into NOT being CJ Perry’s first client?
Backstage interview with Best Friends & Hook.
Renee is now with Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor, and the three champions, Kris Statlander, Orange Cassidy & the Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil. WE have three different titles right here, so BOTB, the TBS title will be on the line. Kris says that is right, and that she has proven time and again that the TBS Championship is about great professional wrestling. That is why she is giving a shot to someone who not only deserves it, but someone she cares about and respects in Willow Nightingale. And then Cassidy, congrats on regaining the International Championship, which he will also defend at BOTB against the winner of the Rampage Triple Threat.
Cassidy says there’s this thing people say. Um, he can’t think of it. Chuck knows! “You don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone.” Yeah, that. Cassidy didn’t understand that until he lost the belt. He knew he cared about it, but he didn’t know how much. And uh, now that he has it back, he will do what he’s always done for this and that is defend it. Because when he looks at this belt, he knows there is unfinished business. This Saturday, Cassidy has something to prove. Then will it be The Meat Man, Mr. Superbad or Brother Zay that comes after the Freshly Squeezed throne?
BREAKING NEWS for Dynamite in Philadelphia next week!
After Sting announced his impending retirement, Tony Khan has announce he’ll have a gift for the Icon! Plus, Rob Van Dam returns to the home of ECW to once again team up with FTW Champion, Hook! And of course, MJF looks to go five years running as the Dynamite Diamond Ringbearer against the winner of tonight’s main event, which is happening next!
Dynamite Dozen Battle Royal!
The Natural, Dustin Rhodes, makes a huge homecoming, but the Stray Bullet is looking to hit every target put in front of him! Who else joins them in this battle? We find out, after the break.
Dynamite returns and we see that Matt Sydal, Trent Beretta, both Hardy Boyz, Komander, Daniel Garcia, Matthew Menard, Jake Hager and Johnny Nitro Mundo TV have made their entrances. Juice makes his way out, the Gunns by his side. But wait, that’s still just eleven as Austin & Colten are staying out of this. WAIT! Caster IS in the match! Fans fire up as Platinum Max has a diss track on deck! “Platinum ’bout to win it big like an escrow. All you guys in this battle royal goin’ out on your ass, bro! Can’t beat me, don’t even think it. I’m a embarrass you dudes like I’m Jaida Pinkett! So run away from me, avoid Maxes. Kinda like Joel Osteen avoids taxes!
“I throw you out, back to back! I put you to bed like I’m Mattress King but I’m Platinum Max!” Bowens takes the mic to say, “HOUSTON, TEXAAAAS~! The Acclaimed have arrived! SCISSOR ME, DADDY ASS~!” And he does! But will Caster and his scissors cut down the field? But wait! Here comes MJF to be on commentary, just like he promised! Caster says he’s so ready, but will Juice be the one coming through on his promises?
The bell rings, everyone slides in, but Juice looks to slide out and cling to ropes. Caster fires off on Hager, Matt Sydal and Matt Hardy brawl, and MJF notes just how many people are coming after him, from Juice to White to Wardlow to Samoa Joe. Garcia & Menard mug Komander but Trent goes after him. Johnny TV has Sydal now and ROCKS him! Sydal dodges, Johnny scoops but Sydal slips free! Sydal ROUNDHOUSES Johnny and Johnny tumbles over the top! Johnny holds on, Sydal rushes in but Johnny ducks! Garcia BOOTS Sydal, Johnny uses body scissors to ELIMINATE Sydal! Fans boo but then Johnny slides under Garcia!
Johnny says hold on, dance contest! Johnny break dances, poses, and so Garcia says fine! But Menard says NO? Fans boo, Dustin CLOBBERS Johnny, Jeff Hardy CLOBBERS Garcia & Menard! Then Jeff does HIS dance! The fans love it, and Jeff even gets some of that Garcia style. Matt Hardy says DELETE Johnny TV, he and Dustin work together to TOSS and ELIMINATE Johnny! Hager bumps Trent off buckles, Matt Hardy stomps Juice, then he CLUBS away on Menard. Dustin keeps after Juice, the Hardy Boyz double whip Garcia to DOUBLE ELBOW! Then they set up, POETRY IN MOTION for Daddy Magic!
Fans fire up as Hager runs in but Matt ROCKS him! Jeff JAWBREAKERS! Matt TWIST OF- NO, Hager shoves Matt away! But Matt BOOTS him! And goes up, to AX- NO, Hager blocks, then TOSSES Matt Hardy to ELIMINATE him! Fans boo as the X-JAS celebrate. MJF gets an idea, and he takes the headset off to go closer to ringside! Fans fire up as MJF tells Dustin to hold on. He has money for Dustin? Dustin takes the money, puts that away, and he goes after Juice with more fervor! Dustin puts the legs in the ropes, and fans fire up! Juice begs for mercy but nope, he gets SHATTERED DREAMS!! Juice’s bullets might be gold dust as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Menard attacks Dustin and soaks up the heat, then he throws hands. Menard climbs up to rain down fists, goes all the way to TEN, then soaks up more heat. But Dustin PURPLE NURPLES him! Dustin then climbs up to rain down fists! Dustin goes all the way to nine, takes a deep breath, and he ROCKS Menard with the tenth! Caster is holding on on the other side, as is Komander. Garcia kicks Jeff but Jeff kicks back. Komander and Caster go after each other and Komander RAMS Caster into a corner! Komander stomps away on Caster while Trent kicks and ROCKS Garcia! Garcia hits back, they brawl with forearms!
Hager fights off Dustin, Garcia and Trent ROCK each other! They keep going, Caster gets away from Komander, and then Hager ROCKS Komander! Garcia and Trent just keep firing off shots, then they DOUBLE LARIAT! Hager stands Komander up but Komander CHOPS! But Hager KNEES low! Jeff throws hands on Menard, Caster throws Trent! Juice goes after Caster! Hager tries to dump Komander out but Komander clings to ropes. Dustin dumps Garcia over but Garcia holds onto ropes! Dustin clubs at the hands, Hager RAMS Komander into buckles, and Menard RAMS Dustin to save Garcia.
The X-JAS work together on Dustin, Trent stomps Juice, and Caster CLUBS Hager! Hager stays up so Caster apologizes, but Hager BOOTS Caster down! Dynamite returns to single picture as Hager fires off hands. Hager runs in but Komander BOOTS him! Caster tries to scrape Juice out, but Hager puts Komander up top. Fans chant “DO THE DANCE! DO THE DANCE!” and Garcia puts his hands up. But Menard brings them back down! Daddy Magic is stubbornly insistent Garcia not have fun here! But Komander springboards to MISSILE DROPKICK Hager! X-JAS run in but Komander BOOTS Garcia, BOOTS Menard, then goes up!
Komander leaps, but is caught! X-JAS TOSS Komander up and out to ELIMINATE him together! Then Menard says no dancing. Fans still want the dance but Trent CLUBS Garcia and Dustin UPPERCUTS Menard! Trent BUSAIKU KNEES Menard, then Trent HALF ‘N’ HALF SUPLEXES Garcia! Dustin runs in to hit a DESTROYER on Garcia! Fans fire up and Dustin stares Trent down. Fans fire up as these two HUG! You GOT to give the people what they want, but Hager CLOBBERS them both! Hager TOSSES Trent, whips Dustin, and Hager runs in. Dustin puts Hager up and out, Trent POSTS and ELIMINATE Hager!
Menard DECKS Trent! Trent holds on, Menard tries to scrape him, but Trent RAMS into Menard! Trent goes to suplex Menard!? Menard lands on the apron, ROCKS Trent, but Trent ROCKS Menard! They brawl, Trent CHOPS, but Menard CHOPS back! MJF doesn’t blame them all for fighting so hard, the Dynamite Diamond Ring is now $55,000! Menard lifts Trent but Trent Alabama Lifts! Garcia saves Menard! Trent ROCKS Garcia but Menard BLASTS Trent to ELIMINATE him! Fans boo but the X-JAS stand tall. But then Jeff ROCKS Menard and he ROCKS Garcia! Jeff fires off, TWIST OF- NO, Garcia slips out to TOSS Jeff and ELIMINATE him!!
Fans boo as Garcia snarls, and Garcia… DOES HIS- NO!! Menard stops him again! They argue, shove each other, but they cool off and go after Dustin! Caster is after Juice, the X-JAS soak up the heat as they mug The Natural. Juice holds ropes as Caster tries to push him out, and Menard sets Dustin up. Dustin ducks, Garcia ROCKS Menard! Dustin shoves Garcia, DUMPS Menard to ELIMINATE him, but then Garcia DUMPS and ELIMINATES Dustin! Fans say do the dance, and Garcia can’t resist temptation. Garcia DOES THE DANCE!!! But then Juice whips! Garcia reverses to toss Juice out! Caster DUMPS Garcia out to ELIMINATE him!
Fans fire up as Caster and Juice are now in this alone! Menard says he told Garcia so, but MJF is disappointed that this came down to “the stalker and the sleazebag.” Caster ROCKS Juice, ROCKS him again, but Juice wobbles on the apron! Juice holds ropes to stay up, Caster throws hands! MJF has never wanted a match to not end more than this. It is either Caster’s tomfoolery, or just the most violent match of MJF’s career because he swears on his mother that he will murder Juice. Caster SUPERKICKS! Juice sputters but he holds on all the same! Fans fire up as Caster runs, but Juice RAMS into Caster!
Juice smiles as he drags Caster back up, and goes to suplex! Caster holds onto ropes and lets his body deadweight, but Juice still hauls him up! They’re both on the apron! Caster ROCKS Juice, ROCKS him again, then again, and again! Fans fire up as Caster backs Juice up but Juice CLAWS the eyes! Caster staggers back, Juice goes around the corner and he goes up. Juice drags Caster up, has a facelock, and he goes to the very top! Caster and Juice fight for control, and Juice falls into the ring! But Caster hits the MIC DROP!! But then White attacks MJF on commentary!? MJF fights White off with haymakers and fans are loving it!
MJF BITES White’s face! MJF storms up on White to throw down fists! He takes back Triple B!! Fans fire up and MJF takes aim! White staggers up, but he LOW BLOWS MJF!! Caster is distracted and Juice brings out TJ Maxx!! Caster storms up, into the LEFT HAND O’ GOD!!! Juice DUMPS Caster out to ELIMINATE him! Juice wins!!
Winner: Juice Robinson (challenges MJF for the Dynamite Diamond Ring)
The Switchblade helped his Collision Cowboy steal this one, but MJF shows them the Dynamite Diamond Ring. Will MJF make sure blood is shed before it’s all over?
My Thoughts:
A great episode here, with plenty set up for everything coming this next week. Great group promo from Best Friends to set up their parts in Battle of the Belts 8, and Kris VS Willow is definitely going to be the moment Willow and Skye Blue reveal their dark sides and join the House of Black. Now, that would be greatly emphasized if Willow took the title, but I don’t know, it doesn’t feel like Saturday is going to be the moment with Full Gear a month away. As for who faces Cassidy for his belt, I’d love it to be Brother Zay so that it’d be Cassidy VS Kassidy, but Cassidy mentioned unfinished business and that makes me think Kip Sabian.
Edge has a good promo to help explain partly for himself why Christian rejected him. And while Edge said he doesn’t want the TNT Championship, I still feel he’ll be compelled into taking it from him because otherwise, Edge is mostly just going for the world title. Great sit-down interview moment that turned into a great brawl, and I feel like Nick losing a tooth was legit, that’s not easy to fake. But with Sting giving us a great promo that gives us a deadline on when he is retiring, clearly he and Darby are gonna have one last tag match together, probably against Nick & Luchasaurus.
Great match from Shida VS Sakura with Shida getting just her third win ever over Emi. Shida’s card for Full Gear could really go to any number of choices, but I would think Saraya and Toni Storm are at the top of that. Storm had another hilarious “movie” promo, she is doing great work, she at least deserves to be in the conversation. At the same time, feels like they need to build up other women to be top title ready. And also, what about Thunder Rosa? Word is she’s still recovering from an injury, so why isn’t AEW doing a better job keeping us aware of that? I understand them wanting to keep her return a surprise, but it’d be nice to know her absence isn’t just because of the usual AEW ineptitude in booking their women’s division.
Awesome stuff in the Don Callis Family story. The promo from Callis and Hobbs was good, and a good promo from Omega with MJF, but Omega VS Fletcher was incredible! Fletcher really is proving himself to be one of the best in this new generation, and I kinda hope Callis being so upset with Fletcher actually makes Will Ospreay say no to Callis at some point. Ospreay is the leader of the United Empire, he doesn’t have to do anything Callis wants if Callis isn’t gonna treat his guys fairly. Plus, it’d make for an awesome moment if Callis gets a taste of his own medicine as Ospreay walked out on him right as the Family is about to lose to Omega, Ibushi, Jericho, etc.
Great squash win for Archer’s return to AEW, and can’t be sure what he goes for title wise, but maybe it’ll be the world title this time after MJF gets through his story with Bullet Club Gold. Wardlow also gets a great squash win, and I appreciate Tony Khan going back to Wardlow’s grudge with MJF, but uh, it’s a little too late as I’m concerned. Fans don’t want to see Wardlow crush MJF now that MJF is our scumbag anti-hero. This should’ve been how Wardlow was right after losing to Hobbs and QT Marshall. But hey, maybe MJF can further his redemption tour by reconciling with Wardlow over their past.
Another hilarious bit from Cole, Roddy & The Kingdom, and I like that this was the last straw for Cole. Not sure how Roddy’s gonna fake being nice to MJF but it’ll surely blow up in his face and Roddy gets over his neck injury so he can settle things with MJF. And good stuff from MJF and this story with Bullet Club Gold and Acclaimed. White of course cheats to beat Penta so that he can then talk trash on MJF, and of course Caster offers to help MJF one more time. And as such, of course MJF rejects him.
Great Dynamite Dozen Battle Royal, which is an area where AEW still shines. Great stuff with it coming down to Caster and Juice, and again, of course Bullet Club Gold cheats to make sure Juice wins. I feel like the best move to do here is MJF actually losing the diamond ring because he just couldn’t fight off the numbers game, and then he goes to Caster and asks The Acclaimed to help him get Triple B back. If Acclaimed go out there first to help MJF win and retain the diamond ring, it’ll only make MJF pull away from them more.
MJF even said on commentary that he did used to think of Caster as a friend when they were both getting started, and he’s been learning from Cole that people can have more than one friend. So if MJF, humbled by his loss, goes to Caster and asks him genuinely, that is better for the story and MJF’s character development.
My Score: 8.8/10
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The Top Guys explain themselves!
After failing to take the AEW World Trios Championships, FTR turned on the Rated R Superstar! Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler now tell us WHY!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- 2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Jamie Hayter VS Billie Starkz; Jamie wins and advances.
- The Gates of Agony VS Smash ‘n’ Burn; The Gates win.
- Anthony Bowens w/ Billy Gunn VS Blake Christian w/ Lee Johnson; Bowens wins.
- 2v1 Handicap: Megan Bayne w/ Penelope Ford VS LMK & Kelly Madan; Megan wins.
- Kevin Knight VS AR Fox; Knight wins.
- FTR VS 2Point0; FTR wins.
- 2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Athena VS Harley Cameron; Athena wins and advances.
- 2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Konosuke Takeshita VS Brody King; Takeshita wins and advances.
PLAY BY PLAY
BREAKING NEWS for Dynamite!
While Pac goes down with an Achilles injury, The Death Riders will still defend their AEW World Trios Championships using some Freebird Rules! Jon Moxley steps in, will he, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta keep the reign of terror going? Or can The Opps free the trios titles from their death grip?
FTR is here!
Speaking of those titles, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler are here after failing to win the AEW World Trios Championships, and then brutalizing The Rated R Superstar! Adam Copeland had to be stretchered out of the arena in Philadelphia on Sunday, and FTR gets booed by Springfield, Massachusetts here tonight. Cash has a mic to say, “What happened Sunday, that wasn’t an easy decision for me. And despite what you might think, it was not premeditated. Adam Copeland has been one of my best friends, he has been my mentor, for 15 YEARS, before I even really knew Dax Harwood!”
The fans boo but Cash says the more Dax talked, the more sense he made. The more sense it made, the more it pissed Cash off, because he wanted Dax to be wrong. But Cash could feel it, he could feel that he was wrong. The more he watched the moves Cope made backstage, the more he moved against FTR’s careers, the more Cash understood that Cope only cared about Cope. Cope held FTR down! He held them down to lift himself up! So in Philly, when Cash saw Dax sitting here, Cope laying here, in that moment… It just clicked. Cash knew what had to happen, and that he’d have to be the one to do it!
The fans boo more but Cash says Cope may have trained him as a young man, but that’s all Cope ever saw! That helpless kid! And Cash is not that anymore. Cope did not respect Cash as a man! And if you disrespect him, you have to pay. FTR are living legends! They will be treated as such! Dax says he knows that it is the “cool” thing to do, so you feel like you’re somebody, you feel like you’re involved. It’s cool to boo FTR when they talk, that’s “cool” in 2025. The fans didn’t reach their dreams, so now they make their own. But just let Dax say this one thing and then they can do this charade.
“Last week, I saw a sign in the crowd that said, ‘Why, FTR, Why?’ And as cliche as that is, I though to myself, ‘Well, why not?’ Instead of asking us why, you should be thanking us! You should be thanking us because we gave Adam Copeland everything he wanted. Adam Copeland was begging for relevancy in 2025 at the expense of the ABSOLUTE BEST TAG TEAM IN THIS WORLD, and we gave it to him!” The fans chant, “You Sold Out!” and Dax asks back, “How did I sell out, you idiots? I didn’t make any money off of this.” But over the last week, Dax has been wracking his brain on what to say over what he could say to the fans and be justified.
And then it clicked! Dax doesn’t care if anyone agrees with FTR! What FTR did was right. The fans boo, but Dax says even though FTR doesn’t own anyone an explanation, let’s have fun here. They’ll run down the list. For four MONTHS, they waited. Four months, nothing to do, they were irrelevant for four months. The only thing planned for them was to be Cope’s new Edgeheads. They put FTR’s career on hold so Cope could chase his glory days and win one more world title, holding on to a sliver of hope that he might still be the man. Dax tells Adam, “We’ve won ten world titles across seven worldwide brands, and YOU want us to take a backseat to you!?
“You’re selfish! Too damn selfish to see where the issue is! And I wanted nothing more, I wanted nothing more than Adam Copeland to end his career side-by-side with FTR and ride off into the sunset. But just like every wrestler in Adam Copeland’s position, you’re TOO DAMN SELFISH!” The fans boo, Dax tells them they paid money to see him so sit down and shut up. Just work out even once, buddy! Dax understands there are a lot of people in the back not happy with FTR. And that there are some people out here not happy with them. Tony Schiavone, come on over here. The fans boo, but Dax promises Schiavone that he just wants to talk.
Nigel isn’t so sure, but Schiavone says he has things he needs to say, too. The fans are torn, but Schiavone goes to the ring. Dax tells Schiavone to be careful now, don’t fall getting in. But this week on Dynamite, Schiavone had some choice words for FTR. Funny that they were hundreds of miles away at the time. But now, face to face, would Schiavone like to say something? Schiavone says yes, and he says that they were wrong to do that to Cope. The fans cheer, Schiavone points out that when FTR arrived, the fans all loved FTR. FTR revived tag team wrestling. But in one fell swoop, they turned their backs on the man who helped them in their career.
Dax stops Schiavone there, laughing that off. So there was one other thing Schiavone said, and he doesn’t quite remember. Dax is pretty sure it had to do with Dax’s family? Yes… Schiavone says Dax’s daughter, a wonderful young lady, Straight A student… How did she feel on Monday when her friends told her that her dad turned on one of his best friends? Dax paces, and then he drags Schiavone into position! The fans boo, but Nigel stands up! FTR sees that, and the fans cheer as Nigel storms off commentary! Nigel gets in the ring to get Schiavone to safety, and he also told Schiavone he knew this would happen.
FTR warns Nigel now, but here comes Daniel Garcia! He steps to them, but FTR SHOVES him down! Then they realize what they did, and they apologize. They don’t have anything against Garcia, they’re sorry. They help Garcia stand up, then they hug Garcia…? The fans boo, and Garcia has no idea what to make of this. FTR leaves, Schiavone & Nigel go back to commentary, and Garcia makes sure Schiavone is okay. The fans cheer Garcia, Schiavone says he had to say what he said. Will the Top Guys be the absolute worst from now on?
Toni Storm speaks.
“Megan Bayne is a monster. That woman has so much thigh meat, I thought I was being mugged on Thanksgiving. Nevertheless, I don’t need to tell you that this whore you all adore, this slut you can’t rebut, this tramp is still the champ! But enough of this gay banter. The Owen Hart Cup has begun, and the winner goes on to All In: Texas for a shot at the AEW Women’s World Championship. Ladies, good luck. But this is a timeless cafe, and I’m gonna bake up the biggest batch of slop tarts you’ve ever seen! Billie Starkz, you Johnny Come Lately, milk-breathed, knobby kneed little brat. I will make a woman out of you.
“Harley Cameron. Call me Jim Henson, because I will wear you on my wrist and make you sing Rainbow Connection.” Schiavone? Toni says that’s the wrong slide, next! “Mercedes Money, our CEO. What an unfortunate nickname. I will drain your 401K and put you so deep into recession, you’ll have to drink my bath water. Kris Statlander. My God, what a woman! Athena. You may be the ROH Forever Champion, but you’ll last about two minutes with me. And Jamie Hayter, take my advice: No money has ever been made from dressing like you’re in a different era.
“And as for me, I could sit at home and watch this entire tournament eating veal parmesana, but that’s not the kind of woman I am, yet. Nevertheless, at Double or Nothing, I will be there, I will be watching, I will be sweating, and I will always be… TIMELESS~!” The champion has put all of her contenders on notice, but who will even make it out of the first round of this star-studded tournament?
2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Jamie Hayter VS Billie Starkz!
Well, speaking of those challengers, we have two here to finally kick off the action! Hayter and Billie went a round already, but will it be a repeat performance? Or will this be a Starkz contrast from last time?
The bell rings and the fans rally. Jamie rushes Billie but Billie dodges the boot. Jamie ducks Billie’s heel kick, then shoves Billie to ropes. Billie ducks, whips, but Jamie ducks ‘n’ dodges. Billie sees the lariat coming and backs off! Jamie smirks and the fans cheer. Billie comes back, offers a handshake, but Jamie isn’t so sure. Jamie accepts, but Billie whips! Jamie ducks ‘n’ dodges, Billie drops down then HEEL KICKS! Jamie goes down in a heap, seems it isn’t just Hayter who hits hard! Jamie goes to the apron, Billie storms up, but Billie bobs ‘n’ weaves to then sweep the legs! Billie SUPERKICKS Jamie, then runs, and DIVES into a forearm!
The fans fire up and Jamie brushes off the biceps. Jamie whips Billie hard into railing, then drags her up to whip her into more- NO, Billie goes up, but Jamie catches her to TOSS her over! Billie is in the timekeeper’s area while the fans fire up! Jamie refreshes the ring count, fetches Billie, but Billie HOTSHOTS her off railing! Billie then climbs onto the railing, and the fans fire up as Billie SWANTON BOMBS Jamie on the floor! The fans fire up and Billie hurries to put Jamie in the ring. Billie then climbs the corner and the fans rally up again. Jamie anchors a foot, Billie CLUBS Jamie, but Jamie CLUBS Billie.
Jamie climbs up after Billie, but Billie SHOVES her down! Billie adjusts, DIVING- NO, Jamie dodges the stomp! Billie blocks the kick, to KNEE her! Billie suplexes, Jamie lands out to whip! Billie bounces off buckles, and into a SPIENBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Billie is tougher than that but Jamie stomps her around. Jamie bumps Billie off buckles, digs her boots in, then hits a snap suplex! Billie writhes, Jamie covers, ONE!! Jamie kneels on Billie’s head, then steps off. Billie flounders, Jamie drags her up, but Billie fires hands! Jamie throws Billie by her hair! The ref reprimands but the fans cheer while Billie goes to the apron.
Jamie kicks Billie to the floor, then mockingly counts really fast, but Collision goes picture in picture.
Jamie applauds, but the ref says his count isn’t even close to over. Jamie goes out to fetch Billie, then SMACKS Her off the apron! Jamie puts Billie in the ring, then clamps on a chinlock. Billie endures as Jamie grinds her down. Billie fights up, fires body shots, but Jamie CLUBS her down. Jamie drags Billie up, bumps her off buckles again and again and again, and again and again and again, and again and again and again! Jamie finally stops as the ref counts 4, and Billie is in a daze. Jamie whips Billie corner to corner hard, then storms up to fire forearms. Jamie ROCKS Billie and she sits down. Jamie digs her boots in, but the ref counts.
Jamie steps off, then drags Billie up. Jamie whips Billie corner to corner again, then runs up, but Billie BOOTS her away! Billie HEEL- NO, Jamie blocks that kick! Jamie steps over to power Billie down into the HALF CRAB! Collision returns to single picture as Billie endures! Billie powers up, reaches out, and the fans rally as she fights forward! Billie rolls and sends Jamie into buckles! Billie hobbles, runs back in, but Jamie dodges! Billie ELBOWS Jamie, BOOTS her, then goes up, but Jamie stops the boot! Billie rebounds to ENZIGIRI! Billie sweeps the legs and deadlift GERMAN SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO!
The fans fire up as Jamie stays in this, and Billie slaps herself to focus again. Billie snarls, drags Jamie up, and Billie suplexes. Jamie fights it, fires knees, then gets free, Jamie blocks a lariat, but Billie ducks the other! DRAGON SUPLEX! Billie then shifts to have a CHINBAR HALF NELSON COMBO! Jamie endures as Billie even bends her against a knee! Jamie fights up, snapmares free, and KNEES Billie down! Cover, TWO! Jamie drags Billie up, whips her, and fireman’s carries! USHIGOROSHI! Billie sputters, Jamie runs, SLIDING LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Billie survives and Jamie is shocked!
The fans rally up while Jamie throws off her wristbands. Jamie says time to end it! Jamie stands Billie up, fires forearm after forearm, and Billie flops over. The fans fire up, Jamie kisses the bicep, and she stands Billie up. SPRINGBOARD HAYT- NO, Billie ducks and backslides! ONE!! Billie suplexes, GHOSTBUSTER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Jamie survives and Billie is beside herself! The fans rally up and Billie goes back to the corner. Billie climbs, aims, and SWANTON BOMBS!! Cover, TWO!! Hayter survives again and Billie is shocked! The fans rally even harder, and Billie looks to the trophy. Billie stalks Jamie to the apron, then stomps her down.
Billie goes out to bring Jamie up, and she CLUBS her! Billie ROCKS Jamie, reels her in, but Jamie fights the lift! Jamie lifts Billie, Billie fights that! Jamie HEADBUTTS Billie, and Billie holds onto the ropes. Jamie reels Billie in, SUPLEX TO THE FLOOR! Springfield goes nuts while both women are down! The ref checks and both women are somehow still in this. The ring starts, “This is Awesome!” as both women stir at 4 of 10. Jamie rises up at 7, Billie at 8, and both women spring in at 9! The fans fire up as this continues! Billie and Jamie rise up again, and Jamie ROCKS Billie! Billie comes back to ROCK Jamie!
Jamie comes back to ROCK Billie, but Billie fires a flurry! Billie winds up, but Jamie SUPERKICKS! And ENZIGIRIS! Jamie whips, clinches, but Billie stuffs it! Jamie powers through to HATE BREAKER!! And then HAYTERADE!! Cover, Jamie wins!
Winner: Jamie Hayter, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
Billie put on another incredible fight, but it was still not enough to reach that next level! Hayter Hits Hard, but will she have to hit even harder going up against Kris Statlander?
The Death Riders speak.
Claudio Castagnoli says, “When we started this war, we fully expected casualties. But we do not mourn, because only in death does duty end. Now, we’re not gonna hide. We’re still gonna be front and center! So Joe, yes, we’re gonna accept that challenge!” Claudio rants in German, then says at Spring Breakthru, it’s on. They do not concede territory! Marina Shafir holds up Pac’s belt, and Moxley says, “What a learning experience this will be for generational punk ass play wrestlers who don’t wanna show up to work. There’s plenty of money, championships, glory, victory, and it’s all on the frontline.
“If you want it, that’s where you gotta be. You gotta step in, step up, put yourself in harm’s way. Samoa Joe, Shibata-san, you guys know that. What’re you teaching sweet young Hook? Hook… Don’t worry. Relax. It’s the biggest match of your life. But trust me… Chicks dig scars.” Wheeler Yuta smirks, and shows his scar. Will the Death Riders find The Opps are in fact lacking?
The Gates of Agony VS Smash ‘n’ Burn!
Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona have been dominating for a long time, but they’re still waiting on their opportunity. Will this be
The teams sort out, Kaun starts against Juni Underwood, and KNEES him, to then BACKBREAKER, and RUNNING SUPLEX! Kaun puts Juni in the corner. Tag to Liona, and Liona puts Juni in a corner for point-blank LARIATS! Liona goes all the way to TEN, then short arm LARIATS Juni inside-out! Then he TOSSES Ricky Pryce into the ring just because! Liona runs up to CLOBBER Ricky! Tag to Kaun, the Gates get Juni up to OPEN THE GATES onto Ricky! Cover, Gates win!
Winners: The Gates of Agony, by pinfall
Kaun applauds his opponents, and Liona laughs. “We hurt people, too!” Is that a not so subtle message sent to the AEW World Tag Team Champions?
Backstage interview with FTR.
Lexy Nair finds Cash & Dax on their way out and asks for a moment. After what they did to Cope- Wait, 2Point0 barges in! Matt Menard & Angelo Parker excuse Lexy, and they say FTR must think they’re pretty slick. They’ve got the wool pulled over Danny’s eyes. But 2Point0 sees through the BS, and they’ll be damned if they let FTR put Garcia in the same position as Cope. FTR try to speak but Menard says no, it’s their time to talk. A year and a half, Menard has been waiting for this. A YEAR AND A HALF, and FTR finally exposed themselves! FTR thinks they can do this to Garcia? Dax tries to speak but Menard tells him to shut his gaddamn mouth!
This is 2Point0’s time! Understand that they won’t sit by and see what happened to Cope happen to Garcia! FTR asks if they want to fight. Yeah, they do! Okay, FTR will fight 2Point0 tonight, with Garcia ringside. Garcia is a grown man, he can make his own decisions. #TopGuysOut. Cash & Dax go back to the locker room, will they take out Daddy Magic & Cool Hand Ange?
Anthony Bowens w/ Billy Gunn VS Blake Christian w/ Lee Johnson!
The 5 Tool Player made his return at Dynasty, and he added on to Platinum Max’s losing streak. But will Bowens finally prove himself worthy of gold all his own? Or will the Vanilla Babyface get all heat for ruining things?
The bell rings and the fans fire up for Bowens. Bowens and Blake circle, tie up, and Bowens waistlocks. Bowens SLAMS Blake down, facelocks, but Blake fights up. Blake wrenches out, wristlocks, but Bowens slips through to wrench and hammerlock. Bowens spins and snapmares Blake, then ghost pins, TWO! Bowens reminds Blake he’s in here with the Five Tool Player! Blake slaps that hand away, and says he only needs one. Blake runs up, Bowens dodges, Blake goes up and DROPKICKS Bowens in the back! Blake struts, then whips, but Bowens reverses. Blake ducks a lariat, FACEBUSTERS Bowens, and SLAPS him!
The fans boo but Blake “tastes” the ice cream. But Bowens CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Bowens whips, Blake reverses, but Bowens hurdles to slips around and BULLDOG! Cover, TWO! Bowens has the fans throw up the scissor fingers, and Bowens scissor fingers with Billy while Collision goes picture in picture.
Bowens watches Blake rise up, then takes aim to ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, but Blake avoids the superkick! Bowens is annoyed, but he goes out the side to run in around the way. Blake slips back inside, Bowens goes to the apron, and Bowens blocks a kick! Blake ENZIGIRS, then APRON SPEARS! Blake takes another taste, then builds speed to FOSBURY TOPE! Blake lounges on the floor, tells Billy to back off, but Billy tells him to SUCK IT. Blake drags Bowens into the ring, then brings him up to wrench and WRING out the arm! Blake drags Bowens back up, but Bowens ROCKS Blake! And CHOPS! And ROCKS him again!
Bowens ROCKS Blake in the corner, and Collision goes to break.
Collision returns and Blake RAMS shoulders with Bowens. Blake eggs Bowens on, wrenches the arm, and RAMS shoulders again! Blake kicks at Bowens mockingly while Big Shotty taunts the fans. Blake wrenches, Bowens whips, then Bowens runs past. Blake dodges Bowens, Bowens redirects and mule kicks! Front kicks! FAMOUSER! The fans fire up and Bowens aims at Blake. Blake stands, Bowens wrenches and torture racks! Swing and SLAM! Cover, TWO! Blake survives the “Grand Slam” but the fans rally up. Bowens waits on Blake, reels him in, fireman’s carry, but Blake fights with elbows! Blake is on the apron, and he CLAWS Bowens’ eyes!
Blake TOSSES Bowens out, then runs along the apron, DAREDEVIL DIVE! The fans boo but Blake puts Bowens in. Blake steps in, but Bowens KICKS him in the ropes! DRAPING SIDEWINDER! Cover, Lee gives Blake the ROPEBREAK! The fans boo and Daddy Ass is pissed! He says Lee did that! Bowens glares at Lee, but Blake waistlocks! Bowens switches, rolls Blake, TWO! Bowens kicks low, whips Blake, but Blake rolls off Bowens’ back! Blake shoves Bowens, SPANISH FLY! Cover, TWO! Bowens is still in this, but Blake runs to handspring and NEURALIZER KICK! Blake fires up but the fans boo more.
Blake goes up a corner, takes aim, 450 DOUBLE STOMP!! Cover, TWO!! Bowens survives and the fans fire up! Blake is frustrated, but he drags Bowens up. The fans rally for Bowens as Blake kicks at Bowens. Blake talks trash, but Bowens CHOPS him! Blake storms up, but into ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS- NO, Blake blocks the superkick to whip Bowens to ropes. Bowens reverses that, Blake tiger feints through, STUNNER! Bowens flounders, Blake brings Bowens in, and he tells Billy to SUCK IT! Blake runs, Bowens dodges! Blake handsprings, into the SUPERKICK! Lee gets on the apron, Bowens DECKS him!
The fans fire up, Billy DECKS Lee! Bowens aims at Blake, ROLLING ELBOW!! Cover, Bowens wins!
Winner: Anthony Bowens, by pinfall
The “Molly Whop” is just as it sounds, Bowens put the beating on the Vanilla Babyface! Bowens has a mic and he wants Springfield to make some noise! The fans cheer, and Bowens says, “This has been a long time coming, and it’s time to level up. Because what you see before you is AEW’s Five Tool Player! The perfect combination of power, athleticism, intelligence, the look, and the it factor. And I am the Pride of Professional Wrestling, baby! And I don’t need a government trademark to prove I’m the best. I’m gonna prove it to you every single week, right here! So the last question is: Who will step up to the plate next and get their ass Molly Whopped by THE Five Tool Player?!”
Mic drop from Bowens, will he use all his tools and all this momentum to hit homerun after homerun?
2v1 Handicap: Megan Bayne w/ Penelope Ford VS LMK & Kelly Madan!
The Megasus may not be AEW Women’s World Champion, but he will not stop after one failure. And now, to satisfy her anger, she’s taking on two opponents at once! Will everyone bow down, no matter who they are or how many there are?
The bell rings, Madan starts for her team, and she runs up, only for Megan to RAM her into a corner! And RAM her again and again and again! Megan CHOPS Madan, throws her down, then runs up to SHOTGUN her down! Madan scrambles away, LMK tags in, and LMK goes up! CROSSBODY, but Megan catches her! Megan FALL AWAY SLAMS LMK, and Little Mean Kathleen staggers around. Megan SPLASHES Madan, SPLASHES LMK, then sends LMK into Madan! DOUBLE SPLASH! Megan scoops LMK, CLOBBERS Madan, then SLAMS LMK! The fans fire up as Megan hauls Madan up, fireman’s carries, FATE’S DESCENT onto LMK! Cover, Megan wins!
Winner: Megan Bayne, by pinfall
The female titan didn’t even break a sweat, but she may have broken both opponents. She sits them up, shouts, “BOW DOWN!” and then SLAMS them both back down! Will no one stop Megan from rising back to title contention?
Kevin Knight VS AR Fox!
The Jet didn’t win in his Owen Hart Cup match, and he came up short on the NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships in Chicago just last night, but he did win his part of $400,000 on Dynamite. Will Knight still be feeling fly after facing a veteran high-flyer? Or will Knight take over the Whole Fox’n Show?
The bell rings and Knight runs up! Fox dodges the boot, Knight dodges a boot, then Knight CHOPS! Knight whips, BACKDROP, but Fox lands out to roll Knight up! TWO, Knight Oklahoma Rolls, TWO! Fox tilt-o-whirls and waistlocks, Knight switches, Fox bucks the O’Conner! Knight sunset flips, TWO! Knight kicks low, runs, but then fakes out Fox’s dropkick! SLIDING SHOULDER TACKLE! UFO SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Fox stays in this but Knight stays cool. Knight brings Fox up to ROCK him in the back! Knight kicks low, but Fox fires body shots. Knight fires a forearm, but Fox fires back! Knight UPPERCUTS, then wrenches.
Knight whips, Fox grabs ropes, and Fox TOSSES Knight! Fox ROCKS Knight, but Knight throws Fox down! Fox kips up to PELE! The fans fire up, Fox builds speed, and he SLINGSHOT STOMPS Knight on the apron! The fans fire up as Fox then goes up the corner, MOONSAULT onto Knight! Another direct hit and the fans fire up while Collision goes picture in picture.
Fox looms over Knight, stomps him, then drags Knight up. Fox whips Knight hard into barriers! Then Fox brings Knight around, to SMACK him off the barriers! The fans cheer, Fox refreshes the ring count, but Knight CHOPS in return! Fox is stinging, but Knight CHPOS him again! Knight whips, Fox reverses, and Knight tumbles into the ring. Fox KICKS him, then hurries to cover, TWO! Knight stays in this but Fox sits him up, for a basement DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Knight stays cool but Fox pushes him around. Knight fires body shots, then forearms. Fox kicks low, suplexes, ANARCHY! Knight flounders around while Fox snarls.
Fox rolls to have a cover, TWO! Knight has a ghost pin, TWO! Fox CLOBBERS Knight, then CLUBS him down. Knight goes to a corner, Fox CHOPS him, and then Fox snapmares Knight. Fox runs to basement DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Fox clamps onto Knight with a chinlock, but Knight endures. The fans rally up and Knight fights around. Fox holds tight, but Knight stands up. Fox wrangles Knight back to the mat! Knight endures again, fights around, and Collision returns to single picture. Knight stands to JAWBREAKER free! Fox snarls, comes back, but Knight UPPERCUTS! And UPPERCUTS! And UPPERCUTS!
Fox KNEES low, runs, but Knight DROPKICKS him down! The fans fire up and Knight kips up! Fox goes to a corner, Knight runs up, and LARIATS! Knight UPPERCUTS, stomps, repeat! The ref counts, Knight stomps a mudhole then digs his boot in. Knight lets off, whips corner to corner, but Fox reverses. Knight reverses back, SKY2HIGH! Cover, TWO! Fox survives and Knight is a bit surprised, but he waits on Fox. Fox rises, the fans rally, and Knight somersaults, but Fox denies him the DDT! Knight BOOTS from the corner, Fox returns, so Knight ELBOWS him! Knight goes up, but so does Fox! LOW MEIN PAIN!
Fox goes right up, 450 SPLASH! Cover, TWO!! Knight survives and Fox is shocked! The fans fire up and Fox drags Knight up. “This is Awesome!” as Fox crisscrosses Knight’s arms. Fox reels Knight in, but Knight rolls Fox up! TWO!! Fox escapes, but Knight DROPKICKS him again! Fox staggers, but he BOOTS back! Fox goes up, but Knight goes to the UPPER ROOM! Somersault, SATELLITE DDT! The fans fire up and Knight goes to the corner! Fox staggers, Knight springboards, FLYING LARIAT! Cover, Knight wins!
Winner: Kevin Knight, by pinfall
The Jet Liner takes Knight to the winner’s circle! But with Best of the Super Juniors around the corner, will Knight be #The1ULookUp2?
The Gates of Agony speak.
Bishop Kaun applauds, and he says, “That was impressive, wasn’t it? We’re back. And we’re not even hurt. But we don’t mind being hurt.” Toa Liona says, “We don’t.” Kaun says they actually love being hurt! Hurt Syndicate! You hurt people? This Wednesday on Dynamite, the Gates would love to see you try. Hurt Syndicate hurts people? The Gates of Agony BREAK people! See you in Boston! Will Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin still be standing when Kaun & Liona #OpenTheGates?
FTR VS 2Point0!
Dax & Cash want to still be Daniel Garcia’s friends, but Menard & Parker have been Garcia’s friends this whole time. Daddy Magic & Cool Hand Ange have always felt something was off, will they finally take the Top Guys out?
Speaking of Garcia, he makes his way out, as invited by FTR. He still seems to be upset and unsure given FTR lashing out earlier, but he’s still ringside. The teams sort out and Dax BLASTS Parker off the apron! Dax beats up on Menard and then Cash runs up to CLOBBER Parker! The fans boo as Cash sends Parker into railing! And apron! And railing again! And then more railing! Cash stands over Parker, Dax stands over Menard, and Garcia can only watch. Parker gets up to CHOP Cash, Cash hits back! Menard’s already busted open as Dax beats on him! Cash CHOPS Parker, Menard wobbles, but Dax ROCKS Menard!
Cash CHOKES Parker against railing, Dax DECKS Menard, and the fans boo. Dax sits Menard up, and again Garcia can only watch this as Dax hammers away on Menard’s head. Cash then sends Parker into the steel steps! Dax puts Menard in a corner, tells Garcia that this isn’t personal, 2Point0 signed up for this. The fans rally for “DADDY MAGIC!” but Dax throws more fists! Menard is a bloody mess as Dax punches away! The ref backs Dax off, Menard stands like a zombie, and he ROCKS Dax! And ROCKS him again! Menard ROCKS Dax again and again and again in the corner! The fans love it, but Cash storms in to go after Menard!
Cash pulls hair, but Menard DECKS him, too! Menard flounders, Dax LARIATS him down! Parker storms in but Dax has him up! SHATTER MACHINE!! Dax tags Cash, and now they get Menard up. MIND BREAKER!! But they’re not done?! Garcia says c’mon already! FTR still gets Menard up for another MIND BREAKER!! They won’t stop, they get Menard back up! Garcia gets on the apron, he wants the ref to step in already! FTR apologize and they set Menard down. Cover, FTR wins!
Winners: FTR, by pinfall
Garcia is still furious, and he storms into the ring. He checks on Menard, then he gets in Dax’s face! Dax & Cash want Garcia to calm down. They did hear him out in the end there. Garcia says it shouldn’t have taken that! FTR leaves, Garcia helps Menard stand, but then FTR returns! They CLOBBER Garcia! They beat Garcia down while the fans boo! FTR get Garcia up, MIND BREAKER!!! And then they get him back up!? MIND BREAKER!!! The ref shouts at them to stop, the fans boo as hard as they can, but FTR hauls Garcia up again! Security rushes in to stop this! Dax DECKS the ref!! That’s another fine right there!
The fans boo, security try to stop FTR, but FTR gets Garcia up again! BUT WAIT! The Undisputed Kingdom rush in! The paragons of wrestling will not let this injustice continue! They run FTR off, but FTR says they should watch their backs now. Who else will FTR violently disrespect as they demand we respect them?
2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Athena VS Harley Cameron!
The LONGEST REIGNING champion in ROH history, and yes that is champion bar none, male or female, is finally getting her shot at history here in AEW. She could very well become a new Double Champion should she win all the way to Double or Nothing and then All In: Texas. But she must first get past one wild Aussie! Will Athena #FeelTheWrath of Harley Cameron? Or will the Fallen Goddess, the Minion Overlord, the American Joshi, simply add Harley’s name to the long, long list of fallen opponents?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Athena and Harley circle, feel things out, then tie up. Athena powers Harley to the corner, but she lets off quickly. Harley storms up, Athena shoves her back, then Athena pats Harley on the head. Athena soaks up heat, but Harley headlocks. Athena powers up and out, drops down, but Harley drop toeholds! Harley pats Athena on the head! The fans cheer and Athena says okay, that’s fair. Athena then runs up to roll Harley up, TWO! Harley trips Athena, jackknife bridges, TWO! Athena sunset flips, TWO! Harley high stacks, TWO and Athena sunset flips again, TWO! The fans fire up as the two stand off!
Harley and Athena reset, Athena applauds for Harley, then headlocks! Harley endures the grind, powers out to headlock in return, and now Athena endures. Athena powers up and out to send Harley tot he corner. Athena runs in, Harley slips out to the apron, and Harley blocks a shot to ROUNDHOUSE! Athena staggers, Harley brings her into the ropes to CLUB her! And CHOKE her! The fans fire up, the ref counts, and Harley stops at 4. Harley waistlocks, but Athena fights the lift! Athena runs to the post to HOTSHOT Harley! Then APRON BACK SUPLEX! Athena then wheelbarrows Harley to GERMAN SUPLEX to the floor!
The fans fire up and Athena smiles. The ref checks Harley, she’s okay to continue, and Collision goes picture in picture.
Athena stomps Harley, drags her up, and sends her into steel steps! Harley sputters, Athena refreshes the ring count, and she CLUBS Harley. Harley staggers away, Athena stands her up and ROCKS her! Athena CLUBS away on Harley, pushes her into the ring, and then storms up, but into a cradle! TWO!! Athena escapes, BOOTS Harley down, and scowls. Athena stalks Harley, drags her up, and KNEES her in the side! Athena stalks Harley some more, KNEES her in the side, and then has Harley in the corner. Athena RAMS into Harley, RAMS into her again, then RAMS again! Athena pushes Harley along the ropes but the ref reprimands.
Athena ROCKS Harley, but Harley ROCKS Athena! Athena brings Harley up but Harley ROCKS her again! Athena clamps on a GUILLOTINE FACELOCK! Then she suplexes high and hard! Athena kips up, fires up, and Collision goes to break.
Collision returns as Athena has Harley in a Bow ‘n’ Arrow stretch! Harley endures, pries at the facelock portion, but Athena thrashes Harley. Harley pops free to a cover, TWO! Athena knees low, whips, but Harley reverses to RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! The fans fire up, Harley brings Athena up, but Athena shoves her away. SOBAT! LEG SWEEP! Athena runs, and SUPERKICKS! Cover, TWO! Harley survives and Athena grows frustrated. Athena stalks Harley to ropes, KICKS her in the side, then brings her up to scoop and carry her! Athena puts Harley in the Tree of Woe, then KICKS! KICKS! And KICKS!
The ref counts, Athena backs off, and Athena cheers herself on. Athena runs, but Harley sits up over the sweep! Harley KICKS from upside-down, then wrenches to NECKBREAKER! The fans fire up, Harley runs up, and LARIATS! ENZIGIRI! Harley brings Athena up to BULLDOG HOTSHOT, and then Harley fires off on Athena in the ropes! The fans fire up, the ref counts, Harley shots “FEEL THE WRATH!” AX KICK! Athena falls back, Harley storms in and goes up the corner. Harley aims, leaps, CROSSBODY! Athena rolls through to scoop Harley! The fans fire up as Athena pops Harley up, but Harley fights! Harley RANAS!
Athena rises to SUPERKICK! The fans are torn, Athena springboards, but into a HAYMAKER!! Harley has Athena now, pump handle and SUPLEX! Cover, TWO!! Athena survives but Harley won’t give up! “This is Awesome!” as Harley and Athena both slowly rise. Harley fires up, brings Athena around, dragon sleeper for HER FINISHING- NO, Athena cartwheels free! Athena reels Harley in, Canadian Rack, but Harley slips free! Harley tilt-o-whirls and rolls Athena up, TWO!! Harley wrenches again, SOLE FOOD! Harley runs, but Athena pops her up, POWERBOMB! High stack, TWO, deadlift POWERBOMB!
Athena reels Harley back in, ATAXIA KNEE STRIKE!! Athena then climbs, Harley rises, O FACE!!! Cover, Athena wins!
Winner: Athena, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
Athena stays undefeated in any and all kinds of matches, and she holds up her ROH Women’s World Championship, as well as her spinner belt variant. But now she runs into Mercedes Mone, their battle set for Boston and the Dynamite edition of Spring Breakthru! Will Mone win in her hometown to head for Double or Nothing? Or will Athena derail the Money Train and be that much closer to a match in her hometown of Arlington, Texas?
Mercedes Mone speaks.
“Springfieeeeeld~! Sorry the Money Train skipped your pathetic town. But then next stop for me in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament is in my hometown of Boston. That’s right, it was a little over a year ago where I made my AEW debut in the City of Champions. It was in that very moment that I had the biggest dream of holding all the championship gold! And now the Money Train is only two stops away from All In: Texas. And Athena, you are just a speedbump on my track to success. The Forever ROH Champion, Athena, you are one of the very best of all time, and you proved that tonight against Harley Cameron.
“But you’re competing against me, Four Belts Mone, the greatest TBS Champion of all time. So this Wednesday at Dynamite, I am going to show you why Money Changes Everything. And the best woman will win, and that woman is me, darling.” Mone is ready, but will she put her money where her mouth is against the Fallen Goddess?
2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Konosuke Takeshita VS Brody King w/ Julia Hart!
Just last night for NJPW Windy City Riot, The Alpha just went toe-to-toe with The Ace, Hiroshi Tanahashi, as part of the Ace Final Road series. And as big as that moment was, this could be even bigger! Konosuke wants to fulfill Don Callis’ prophecy of a “Proto-shita” finals at Double or Nothing, will he be one step closer to realizing that dream match? Or will the King of Death end The Alpha right here and now?
The bell rings and the fans fire up already. The two tie up, are in a deadlock, and Brody powers Konosuke to a corner. The ref counts, Brody lets off slowly, but Konosuke avoids the chop! Konosuke headlocks, Brody powers up and out, and they RAM shoulders! Neither man falls and the fans fire up! Brody swings, Konosuke dodges to come back and ROCK Brody! Brody comes back, runs through the CHOP, then RAMS Konosuke! Konosuke rebounds, ducks the lariat, and he returns again, but Brody’s CHOP knocks him down! The fans bark for Brody and he drags Konosuke up. Brody scoops, Konosuke slips free, but Brody fires elbows!
Brody switches to hit a BIG back suplex! The fans fire up, and Brody has Konosuke in a corner. Brody CHOPS and the fans fire up! The Princess of the Black Throne smiles as Brody fires forearms and CHOPS! The fans fire up more as Brody whips corner to corner. Konosuke hits buckles hard then falls in a heap! Brody huffs ‘n’ puffs, runs up, but Konosuke avoids a senton! Konosuke goes up to SECOND ROPE SENTON! The fans fire up while Brody bails out. Brody is on the apron, Konosuke storms up to ROCK him! Konosuke ROCKS Brody again, then runs, but Brody BOOTS him! Konosuke drops to his knees, Brody hauls him up and suplexes!
Konosuke lands safe on the apron and BOOTS Brody! Then he reels Brody in! Brody fights with elbows, then fireman’s carries! Konosuke fights with elbows, but Brody still APRON DEATH VALLEY DRIVERS!! Both men fall to the floor and the fans fire up! Julia also applauds while Brody rises. Brody shakes out the cobwebs, drags Konosuke up, and he puts Konosuke in the ring. The fans rally for Brody but Konosuke bails out the side. Brody barks, the fans join in, and Brody runs up, but Konosuke JUMP KNEES! Konosuke goes into the ring, builds speed, and he FLIES! Direct hit and down goes Brody! The fans lose their minds while Collision goes picture in picture!
Konosuke and Brody are both down, Julia coaches Brody while the fans rally. Konosuke stands Brody up but Brody CHOPS! Konosuke ROCKS Brody! Brody leans against the barriers, but Konosuke CHOPS him! And CHOPS! And then whips him hard into barriers! Brody slumps down and Konosuke refreshes the ring count. Julia again coaches Brody but Konosuke is back. Brody ROCKS Konosuke! Konosuke ROCKS Brody! Konosuke pushes Brody into the ring, stalks behind him, then snapmares. Konosuke clamps on a chinlock and squeezes tight. Brody endures, Julia rallies the fans, and Brody pries at the hold.
Konosuke thrashes Brody around, grinds him into the mat, but the fans continue to rally. Brody fights up, fires body shots, but Konosuke shifts his grip. Brody fights the lift with elbows, then runs, but into a mule kick! DDT! Konosuke snarls as he rises up, and now Konosuke goes up the corner! But Brody rises to CHOP first! Brody climbs up, CLUBS away on Konosuke’s back, then brings him to the very top! SUPER DUPER PLEX! Both men writhe and the fans fire up! Collision returns to single picture, Julia and the fans rally again, and a standing count is climbing. Both men are down at 5 of 10, but crawling for corners.
Konosuke drags himself up, “This is Awesome!” as Brody rises. Brody barks, the fans bark with him, and Brody runs corner to corner, CANNONBALL! Cover, TWO! Konosuke survives and Brody snarls. Brody drags Konosuke up, reels him in, but Konosuke fights the lift! Brody ROCKS Konosuke, Konosuke ROCKS Brody! The forearms go back and forth, and Brody CHOPS! Konosuke sits down, but Brody stands him back up. Konosuke fires a forearm, but Brody fires back. Konosuke fires a flurry, then winds up, and ALPHA ELBOWS! Brody stays up!? And he ROCKS Konosuke! And CHOPS him! And CHOPS! And then puts some stank on the CHOP!!
Konosuke falls to his knees again and the fans fire back up! But Konosuke is up, ALPHA ELBOW!! Brody falls, Konosuke falls on him for a cover, TWO!! Konosuke is stunned, but he drags Brody up again. The fans fire up as Konosuke reels Brody in, and Brody fights the lift! Konosuke powers through, BLUE THUNDER BOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Brody survives and Konosuke is beside himself! Konosuke shakes his head, stands back up, and he runs the ropes, LARIAT! Brody stays up!? Brody shakes his head, so Konosuke runs again, LARIAT! Brody still stays up, so Konosuke fires up and runs!
Brody SWATS the lariat to CHOP! ROLLING ELBOW! And then LARIAT! Cover, TWO?!? Konosuke survives, but Brody scoops! DANTE’S INFERNO!! Cover, TWO!?!? Konosuke survives, even Julia can’t believe it. Brody drags Konosuke up, reels him in, Canadian Rack, but Konosuke fights free! Konosuke runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Konosuke scoops?! And tucks!? BASTARD DRIVER!! But then, wheelbarrow GERMAN SUPLEX!! The fans are thunderous as Konosuke brings out his full power! Brody stands, into the LARIATOOO~!! Cover, TWO!!! Brody survives that Stan Hanson level clothesline and the fans are electric!
Brody snarls, dares Konosuke to bring it, POWER DRIVER KNEE!! Brody stays up!? POWER DRIVE KNEE, AGAIN!! Cover, TWO?!?!? Brody survives again, but Konosuke won’t stop here! BLINDSIDE POWER DRIVE!! And then another POWER DRIVE!! Cover, KONOSUKE WINS!
Winner: Konosuke Takeshita, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
From trumping The Ace to trumping a King, Konosuke is the hot hand in this tournament to be sure! The Alpha looks to the Owen Hart Cup and vows it will be his! But will he be able to overcome the #BillyGOAT, Will Ospreay? Or will the Aerial Assassin be the one going Double or Nothing?
My Thoughts:
A great, maybe even awesome episode of Collision here. Even with things being mostly obvious results, it was all top level stuff. Knight VS Fox was great stuff to help keep Knight sharp in AEW. Best of the Super Juniors starts in May, so he’s got about another month where he will still be hanging in AEW, Knight can surely get a couple more wins before going back to Japan for that tournament. Gates of Agony of course won their match, but I like that they called out the Hurt Syndicate. I feel like they won’t win the title match with them, but it’s good to see the Gates finally moving up to this level and not just languishing in ROH.
Great match from Bowens VS Blake, and a great win for Bowens. Very good promo from Bowens, I’m sure he’ll get more wins and maybe even go for a title. Well, depending on where the different midcard belts are going, Bowens might have to wait a minute, given the tease of Omega VS Okada as of late. Good promo from the Death Riders as they have adjust after Pac gets injured. At the same time, Hook should be alright from the dizziness and possible concussion, as nothing has been said further. Death Riders VS Opps for the trios titles will be great stuff, but even doing it for a themed episode doesn’t make me think Death Riders lose. It’d be nice if they did, though…
Good Heel promo from FTR, though it didn’t say much more than Dax did passive aggressively a couple weeks ago: Cope kept FTR from what FTR wanted, which glosses over how The Death Riders kinda got at them, too; and the loss at Dynasty was just the last straw. Them threatening Schiavone & Nigel was a nice touch, as was getting Garcia into the story given he teamed with them against Undisputed Kingdom. Menard & Parker stepping up for Garcia was good, and wow did Menard bleed for that match. FTR of course win, and then them brutalizing 2Point0 to bring out Undisputed Kingdom (well, I guess they’re trying Paragon, since Schiavone mentioned that) was good, too.
Dax & Cash are tag guys so they won’t bother with the TNT Championship, but I could see them taking on Roddy & Kyle one more time, then we’d get Dax & Cash VS Cole & Garcia. At least, maybe? Just something that’ll help FTR get back up and maybe go for tag titles. Megan beating two opponents at once was a good way to step things up in her rebound from Dynasty. I wonder if she’ll keep doing that until running into some new rival. I say that as it seems we won’t be getting her and Toni Storm in a rematch.
Toni Storm had a great promo to call out all the remaining Women’s Owen Hart Cup entries, but I find it interesting that she had no quip for Kris, just a compliment. Makes me wonder if Kris is destined to win the tournament and go to All In with Toni. And of course, great stuff in all of the Owen Hart Cup matches. Jamie VS Billie was a great rematch, but I shouldn’t be surprised Jamie wins again. Jamie VS Kris will be great stuff to lead into Double or Nothing. Then, great stuff from Athena VS Harley, certainly one of Harley’s better matches. But at the same time, of course Athena won to face Mone. Good promo from Mone to call Athena out, their match is going to be awesome, hard to say who wins that.
Konosuke VS Brody was also great, definitely a great main event. Of course Konosuke won. He’s NEVER Openweight Champion, the Don Callis Family keeps their idea of All Don Callis Family alive a little longer, and Konosuke VS Ospreay is going to be awesome stuff. I still think Ospreay wins and meets Kyle in the main event, but I suppose that still depends on how Hangman VS Wild Card goes.
My Score: 8.9/10
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Fallout from Dynasty!
Swerve Strickland is NOT AEW World Champion, both because of The Death Riders AND The Young Bucks! Will Swerve take out Pac before hunting Bucks?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Jon Moxley w/ Marina Shafir VS Katsuyori Shibata; Moxley wins.
- Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS PAC; Swerve wins.
- $400K 8 Man Tag: Will Ospreay, Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe & “Speedball” Mike Bailey VS Ricochet, The Beast Mortos & Cru; Ospreay, Knight, Briscoe & Bailey win.
- 2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Kris Statlander VS Thunder Rosa; Kris wins and advances.
- Samoa Joe & Hook VS Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta; Joe & Hook win.
PLAY BY PLAY
The Death Riders speak.
Jon Moxley says, “The single greatest roster of pure talent ever assembled under one roof every week on AEW Dynamite. So, why can’t any of these guys get their act together when it counts? They come with their talents and they come with their gifts and they come with their fanfare and their bodies hit the dirt and they roll back down the hill. They will excuse themselves of they will seek comfort without addressing the real problem: You don’t want it. You don’t. We will scorch the earth with anybody who wants to call themselves a contender before we give a single inch. Not an inch.
“This is my life’s work. It will not be bought or sold. Matt & Nick Jackson have returned. Interesting. Power players in pro-wrestling’s new gilded age. Let’s do a little who’s who. I’m surrounded by warriors, I am the world champion, a king on the frontlines. You two? I don’t recognize you two anymore. I haven’t for a long time. You stumbled onto a board and you don’t know what the game is. You better figure it out, and you better be real, real careful. Better be real careful before you make any moves.” The Maniac keeps everyone on edge as he puts them all on notice, but will someone finally beat him at his own game?
Jon Moxley w/ Marina Shafir VS Katsuyori Shibata!
While The Maniac thinks he and his Death Riders are feared and untouchable, The Opps showed they are #NeverLacking! The Opps did what they could to keep things even between Death Riders and Swerve Strickland, but will The Wrestler make sure Moxley realizes what he’s lacking?
The bell rings, the two circle, and Baltimore rallies up. The two clinch, fight for control, and Shibata slips through to waistlock. Moxley wrenches free, but Shibata hooks a leg. Moxley rolls to get a wristlock but Shibata headscissors. The fans cheer, but Moxley fights around and pops free. The two stare down and go again. Shibata stays low as he looks for a leg, but then stands as Moxley tries for knuckle locks. They clinch, Moxley facelocks, but Shibata fights around. The fans duel, Shibata slips out to waistlock, then he grabs a leg. Moxley fights up, Shibata goes back to the waistlock and wrangles Moxley again.
The two move around, Moxley goes to the ROPEBREAK, and Shibata lets off. The fans rally as the two reset. They circle, tie up collar ‘n’ elbow, and Moxley powers Shibata back to the ropes. Shibata turns things around, only for Moxley to turn them back around, and they’re in the corner. Moxley lets off slowly, then he pie faces Shibata! Shibata CHOPS Moxley! The fans fire up as Shibata gives as good as he gets! Moxley is already red, so he CHOPS! Shibata CHOPS, Moxley CHOPS, the fans “WOO~!” and the CHOPS keep going! As soon as Mox CHOPS, Shibata CHOPS! Moxley snarls, kicks low, then runs, to then BOOT Shibata!
Moxley gets in Shibata’s face, but Shibata just eggs him on! The fans fire up, so Moxley BOOTS Shibata again! Shibata just turns himself around and eggs Moxley on! Moxley BOOTS, but Shibata gets in Moxley’s face! Moxley runs, but into a clinch, S T O! The fans fire up, and Shibata clamps on a chinlock. Moxley fights up, but Shibata catches him into a COBRA TWIST! Moxley endures, reaches out, but Shibata shifts position to have an IRON OCTOPUS! Moxley still endures, fights his way forward, and has the ROPEBREAK! Shibata lets go to CLUB Moxley, then whips him to a corner and BOOTS!
The fans fire up as Shibata fires a flurry of forearms on Moxley! The ref counts, Shibata sits Moxley down, then he runs corner to corner, HYDRAULIC DROPKICK! Then he gets going again, but Moxley LARIATS first! Moxley hurries to get Shibata up, LARIAT! Cover, ONE!! Shibata is tougher than that, but Moxley reels him in, PILEDRIVER! Moxley grins while Shibata staggers up, but Shibata PENALTY KICKS! The fans fire up as Shibata quite literally kicks that smug look off Moxley’s face! Marina is worried, but Shibata clamps on with a chinlock. Moxley fights up, slips out, and he has a SLEEPER!
Shibata pries at the hold, slips around, spin and snapmare, then the SLEEPER! Moxley fights up, reaches out, and he reaches back to THUMB Shibata in the eye! Shibata lets go, Moxley has the SLEEPER, and drops for the REAR NAKED CHOKE! The fans boo but Shibata is caught! The ref calls it, Moxley wins!
Winner: Jon Moxley, by submission
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap, but it still gave Moxley the win. Will Moxley continue to act in opposition to his words? Wait! The Young Bucks are here! Matthew & Nicholas Jackson make their way out on stage, Baltimore booing all the way. The prodigal EVPs go to the ring, and step inside to join Moxley & Marina. Moxley eyes The Bucks, The Problem standing in their way. Moxley has Marina stand down and the Death Riders fall back. Nick gets a mic to say, “Please give it up for your World Heavyweight Champion, Jon Moxley!” The fans boo instead. Nick says, “And show some damn respect for the Founding Fathers of AEW, YOUR EVPs!”
The fans boo more, but Nick tells them to “Shut the F up!” And yes, he used the letter F, so he self-censored. Nick knows everyone is wondering why The Bucks did what they did. Why did they cost Swerve the world title? Well, they have a couple good reasons why. First of all, they did it for their good friend. Hangman Adam Page, you’re welcome! This is what Hangman wanted all along! He never wanted Swerve to be world champion ever again, so they did that for him. The Bucks do NOT forget who their friends are. They still love Hangman and they know Hangman loves them. The fans chant “Whose House?“ “SWERVE’S HOUSE!”
Matt says Moxley, if only you stuck around to hear this, but Matt isn’t afraid to say this in front of the world. The fans continue to chant for “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” but Matt tells The Death Riders that what they did for them is a peace offering. The Bucks have no problems with The Death Riders, and they hope The Death Riders have no problems with them. While Matt & Nick sat at home for months and months, they realized while watching The Death Riders, that they’ve all got more in common than you’d think. The Death Riders wanna see that locker room rise to the occasion, just like The Bucks.
The Death Riders want AEW to be the best company in the world, just like The Bucks! They want to change the world, just like The Bucks! And Jon, Matt is impressed. Watching Jon, Matt saw him do what The Bucks could not. Jon Moxley succeeded in taking over AEW, and even got the world title. The Bucks could never do that. So last Sunday was their elevator pitch to The Death Riders. Imagine the synergy if The Death Riders & The Elite worked together as one! Moxley, the world champion, and The Founding Fathers of AEW, The EVPs, all together…! So please, Moxley, come on back out here with your boys, and let’s discuss a little bit of business.
The fans boo, but instead of Moxley, it’s KENNY OMEGA! The other Founding Father is here, and the fans fire up! The AEW International Champion has a mic to tell The Bucks, “So you did this all for your friends, huh? Mox, Hanger. You forgot to do me. But actually, I remember the last time we met. And if memory serves me correctly, it’s when at the height of my diverticulitis, you pushed me off a stretcher that was taking me to the hospital.” The fans boo, and Omega says this might sound crazy, but he never forgot. And he even forgave them! When he returned, he said that what he was doing was for his own legacy and for the safety of this company, not for revenge.
The fans cheer, and Omega says what we’re all trying to do here is #BringBacktheFeeling. Now, Omega hates to divert from the story, but allow him to tell The Bucks a story. Omega had a friend in high school who had two Shi Tzu dogs. It doesn’t really matter the type of dog, but they were both yappy as all heck. Ugly little mutts, but hey, Omega is an animal lover, so he loved these dogs. Every time he visited his friend’s place, they’d play games, but the dogs would take a dookie on the floor. The friend didn’t care, and those two little Shi Tzus were ever so pleased with themselves.
But as time went on, and more dookie kept collecting, and the stains left behind were getting more pungent, Omega had to say, “Hey, pal. Maybe we move this over to my place?” That is what The Bucks, without Omega, were like here in AEW. The fans chant “DOOKIE! DOOKIE!” Omega says the last time we saw The Bucks on AEW TV, they were shredding documents like there was some big incriminating thing they were covering up. Guys, Omega is gonna spoil the surprise right now. We all know how The Bucks live. We all know exactly how they operate! They brag about their earnings and their money, so yes, they were tearing up receipts!
Receipts of private jets! Of that big chair one of them has facing the bed in their master bedroom. The OnlyFans accounts! But it doesn’t matter! The part that matters most, the part that pisses Omega off the most, is that not because of The Death Riders, but because of The Young Bucks that AEW almost died! The company Omega loves and gave his very life, heart and soul for. The fans cheer that, and Omega says he cannot lie. The time off did The Bucks wonderfully. Nick looks every bit of that 90 pounds he was before he left. And Matt… Well, sure, he looks fine in that low cut V neck, but lay off the hot stuff! He’s as red as Nick’s lapels!
And quite frankly, now that we’ve gotten to this point, Omega could go on and on and on. But he doesn’t know, maybe they cut out the middle man and just fight. The fans fire up as Omega storms his way forward! Nick & Matt are ready, but then here comes Kazuchika Okada! The Elite’s Rainmaker is here and Omega realizes this is now 3v1. But wait! SWERVE shows up! The fans fire up as now things look to be 3v2! Swerve slips in from the crowd side, with a chair! The Elite runs off, avoiding retribution for the Dynasty screw job. The fans cheer as Baltimore is now “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!”
Omega offers a fist bump, Swerve gives him the fist bump! Will The Cleaner and The Realest be unlikely allies in this war for AEW’s heart and soul? Swerve grabs a mic to shout, “I now pronounce it is Buck Hunting Season! And I’m here with a loaded shotgun ready to blast on some freakin’ EVPs! You couldn’t leave well enough alone, could you? I dealt with you last year. And now-” PAC ATTACKS! The Bastard has a match with Swerve, so he decides to take it now! The fans boo but Pac digs his boot into Swerve in the neck! The ref rushes in, he has Pac back off, and things cool off while Dynamite goes to break!
Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS PAC!
Dynamite returns as Swerve tells the ref this match is still happening. The bell rings, Pac runs up, and Swerve BOOTS him down! The fans fire up and Swerve brings Pac up for fast hands! Swerve has Pac in a corner, fires off more shots, then fireman’s carries to hit SNAKE EYES! Swerve runs and he BOOTS Pac down again! Pac flounders, the fans fire up, and Swerve sees Pac bail out. Swerve BOOTS Pac from the apron! Swerve snarls, then drags Pac up to whip hard into railing! And then whips him the other way, into more railing! Pac writhes, but Swerve brings him up to send into steel steps! Pac slumps down while the fans fire up!
Nana says this is the REAL world champion here! Swerve refreshes the ring count, then revels in the fans chanting “One More Time!” Pac hurries into the ring to deny Swerve that, but Swerve goes around the outside. Swerve storms into the ring, but Pac goes back to the apron. Swerve storms up but Pac RAMS into him! Pac slingshots up and over, keeps moving, but Swerve stops the rana! Swerve hauls Pac up to BUCKLE BOMB! Pac writhes, drags himself up, and Swerve snapmares him to go up and FALLING UPPERCUT! The fans fire up while Swerve hits the Griddy! Swerve stalks Pac, stands on him at the ropes, but steps off as the ref counts.
Pac sputters, Swerve eggs Pac on, but Doc Sampson is called over to check on Pac. Pac’s foot seems to be the body part in question, and Swerve is annoyed that this is denying him his payback. The fans rally and Swerve paces. Doc double checks Pac, he is okay to continue, so he slides into the ring. SUPERKICK from Swerve! Swerve goes up the corner and the fans fire up! KILL STOMPS! Cover, Swerve wins!
Winner: Swerve Strickland, by pinfall
The Bastard takes a shot intended for The Bucks, but Swerve surely has ammo to spare. Will Swerve get at Matt & Nick soon enough?
Ricochet, Beast Mortos & Cru speak.
The One & Only says, “There is a lot that Daddy can do with $400,000. And tonight, I will lead Team Ricochet to victory.” The others take offense to that. But yeah, he’s the captain now. AHA~! The others roll their eyes, but will they all be rolling in money after tonight?
Will Ospreay, Mark Briscoe, Kevin Knight & “Speedball” Mike Bailey speak.
The Sussex County Chicken says, “Ladies and gentlemen, the word of the day is entrepreneurial! Because tonight, fellas, we have a opportunity to split 400 hundred thousand dollars! Will, whatcha gonna do with a hundred grand?” The Aerial Assassin shouts, “DISNEY WORLD~!” Mike, how ’bout you? He’ll buy some new shoes! And Jet, what about you? Kevin Knight is gonna go to Atlantic City, baby! What about Mark? Well, he plans to diversify his financial portfolio. But that’s besides the point! They’re coming for ya, baby! RAH RAH RAH! Which team will #ManUp and bring up the jackpot?
AEW hears from the many entrants of the Women’s Owen Hart Cup.
The CEO brags about how she beat the Princess of the Black Throne, but Billie Starkz reminds us that this is about honoring a legend. Jamie Hart says Billie is young, but scrappy and has heart. Mone continues to brag that the Money Train is going to win The Owen, pull into Globe Life Field stadium and become AEW Women’s World- Wait, Mini Mone pops in and says, “CHAMPION~!” Harley Cameron is all smiles but Mone has a headache. Billie knows Jamie doesn’t doubt herself because she beat Billie before, but in the Owen Hart Cup, it’ll be different. Harley tells Mone that she might go to All In. Or maybe, just maybe, Harley does, because she’s also in the tournament.
And you never know! Maybe Harley and Mone could face off! Jamie knows Billie wants her moment, but Jamie just wants to fight. Let’s see which one wins out on Saturday. Mone wishes Harley luck against Athena, and may the best woman win. Mini Mone tells Harley that next time, she’ll do the talking. But as stated, the Owen Hart Cup will have a Collision in Springfield, Massachusetts! Who makes it out of there to move on to Boston and the Spring Breakthru?
Backstage interview with Hangman Page.
Renee Paquette brings up The Cowboy facing the Wild Card entrant to the Men’s Owen Hart Cup. How does he prepare for a question mark? Hangman doesn’t know who this guy is, and he doesn’t know what he’s supposed to say, but he’s kinda doing something right now so excuse him. Hangman storms on down the hall and goes right into Swerve’s room!? Hangman asks Nana, “Where’s he at?!” Nana asks what the hell, and Hangman knows Nana knows, so he needs to sit his ass down! Nana sits down, and Hangman wants to make something perfectly clear! At Dynasty, Hangman was NOT trying to help Swerve, understand?
And next week, Hangman has his match in The Owen! So tell Swerve if he so much as thinks about getting in the way, Hangman will pick up with him where they left off. Hangman then turns to go, but Nana has him hold on. There’s something he’s been wanting to tell Hangman for the last year. Nana can’t talk for Swerve, but Nana regrets what they did. Hangman tells Nana to stop! Not another word! Nana does not get that. Hangman storms off, not wanting an apology. Is Hangman that determined to hate someone?
$400K 8 Man Tag: Will Ospreay, Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe & “Speedball” Mike Bailey VS Ricochet, The Beast Mortos & Cru!
The Aerial Assassin teamed with The Jet last week, and had a stellar match at Dynasty as part of the Owen Hart Cup. They team with Mark & Mike to make some bank, can they do it? Or will “Team Ricochet” be #OuttaThisWorld?
Dynamite returns as Briscoe makes his entrance, followed by this conglomeration of high-fliers. The teams sort out, and Bailey steps up so he can call out The One & Only. The fans cheer that, so Ricochet steps in. The bell rings, Bailey and Ricochet circle, but Ricochet keeps his distance, and he tags to Mortos! The fans boo Ricochet but he claims he needs some time to stretch. Mortos stares down with Bailey, and then both men roar! Mortos runs up, Bailey dodges, drops down, hurdles over, but Mortos leaps over! Bailey runs up, but Mortos stops the rana! Bailey slips free, dodges, then goes up a corner to FLYING RANA!
The fans fire up while Mortos tumbles, and Ricochet tags back in! Bailey shows roundhouse and Ricochet backs off! The fans laugh at Ricochet as he cowers in the ropes. Ricochet tags out to Lio Rush, and the fans rally Ospreay reaches out. Bailey obliges and tags Ospreay in! The fans fire up as #BillyGOAT and #ManOfTheHour circle. They feel things out, but then Action Andretti steps in! Ospreay stares Action down, but that lets Lio CLUB Ospreay from behind! The fans boo as Lio rains down shots, then Mortos and Action join in! The ref reprimands, Action stomps away on Ospreay, then he tags Ricochet.
Ricochet stomps away on Ospreay, the fans boo, but Cru double whip Ricochet in, only for Ospreay to BOOT him! Ospreay then ELBOWS Action, dodges Lio, and his team jumps in! The fans fire up as all eight men stand off! The ref wants this to calm down, Ospreay has his team stand down, and Ricochet talks trash like he’s so tough. Bailey ROCKS Ricochet and the brawl is on! The fans fire up as Ospreay has Lio, Knight has Action, and Briscoe has Mortos! They’re all in corners, then climb up for a rain of fists! The fans fire up as as we go to TEN, forty total! The fans fire up as Ospreay ELBOWS Ricochet, Knight SPLASHES, and Mark LARIATS!
Mark feeds Ricochet to Bailey’s ROUNDHOUSE! Cru gets up, Ospreay & Mark BLAST them off the apron! Ospreay PLANCHAS onto Lio! Mark DIVES onto Action! Knight PLANCHAS onto Mortos! Bailey goes up, up, and TRIANGLE MOONSAULTS Cru! The fans fire up as Ospreay and the others put hands in, Entrepreneurial! But then Ricochet FLIES! Ospreay and team get out of the way, and Ricochet lands on his feet! Good news is Ricochet isn’t hurt. Bad news is, he’s not surrounded. QUADRUPLE “BALD!” SLAP!! The fans are thunderous while Ricochet writhes, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Ospreay stands Ricochet up to DECK him, then Bailey has Lio & Action by the hair. Bailey gives Cru a meeting of the minds while Briscoe WRECKS Mortos with a dropkick! Bailey puts Ricochet in the ring, bumps him off buckles, then bumps him off Knight’s boot! The fans fire up as Bailey joins in, Ospreay bumps Ricochet off double boots! Knight tags in, he drags Ricochet up and CLUBS him. Ricochet goes to a corner as Knight stalks him, and Ricochet wants mercy. But he just YANKS Knight into buckles! Ricochet tags Action, Action tags Lio, and Action LARAITS! Lio LARIATS! Lio feeds Knight to the mule kick, knee lift, and ROLLING ELBOW!
Lio fires fast hands and DECKS Knight! Cru talks trash, then they kick Knight around. Lio CLUBS Knight down, rains down fists, then drags Knight up to whip and ELBOW him down! Lio tags Action, Cru double whips, and they DOUBLE ELBOW Knight! Action covers, ONE!! Knight stays in this but Action stays on him with a chinlock. Knight endures, fights up, and fires body shots. Action CLUBS Knight again, CHPOS him in the corner, then tags Ricochet. Ricochet CHOPS Knight, then snapmares for a basement DROPKICK! Ricochet taunts Briscoe, the ref keeps him back, and Ricochet drags Knight to the corner.
Mortos tags in, he and Ricochet mug Knight, then Mortos brings Knight around. Mortos CHOPS Knight, sucker punches Briscoe, then roars. Mortos KICKS Knight in the leg, then brings him around for a snapmare. NECK TWIST! Mortos whips Knight to ropes, scoops him, and CIPHER- RANA from Knight! Knight hurries, hot tag to Bailey! Bailey goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK Mortos down! The fans fire up with Bailey as he SOBATS Mortos, then AX KICKS! Mortos kneels, Dynamite returns to single picture, and Bailey BUZZSAWS Mortos down! The fans fire up and Bailey runs, SHOOTING STAR PRESS! Cover, TWO!
The fans rally for “SPEEDBALL! SPEEDBALL!” and Bailey stays between Mortos and Cru. Bailey KICKS Mortos, but Mortos snarls! Bailey KICKS again! Mortos rises! Bailey KCISK, Mortos blocks, and Mortos spins Bailey to scoop and CIPHER UTAKI! Both men are down and the fans rally up. Bailey and Mortos crawl, hot tag to Ricochet, but Ricochet takes his time to swagger. The fans boo, but Ricochet springboards in, only for Bailey to dodge! Ricochet BLASTS Ospreay and Briscoe, but then Bailey dodges to BLAST Cru! Bailey runs up, but Ricochet hits a CAVE IN!! Bailey tumbles away but Briscoe runs in!
Briscoe dodges Ricochet, dodges again, then waistlocks. Ricochet switches, Briscoe breaks that and PELES! Mortos is back to shove and POP-UP SAMOAN DROP Briscoe! Knight whips Mortos to go up, but Mortos catches him! Knight fires hands, but Mortos still fights the rana! But Knight makes the bomb a DDT! Action kicks Knight, whips him, but Knight reverses. Lio is in and he fires hands! Lio whips, “This is Awesome!” as Knight reverses. Action goes up and out while Lio slides to a stop. Knight runs in, but Action ROCKS him! Lio UP KICKS, Action ENZIGIRIS, then Lio whips. Knight and Lio dosido with their reversals, RUSH HOUR!
Action is there to torture rack Knight, SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Ospreay runs up, Lio has a leg! Action runs up but Ospreay ducks to then break free, dodge and handspring, DOUBLE PELE! The fans are thunderous, but Ricochet SHOVES Ospreay right out! Bailey PENALTY KICKS Ricochet, then sets up, STANDING- NO, Ricochet avoids the knee drop! A little like Dynasty there, and Ricochet hauls Bailey up to a fireman’s carry, RUNNING DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Bailey survives and the fans fire up! Briscoe ROCKS Ricochet, Ricochet tumbles away and tags Mortos. Briscoe LARIATS Ricochet up and out!
Mortos aims at Bailey and runs up, but into a BOOT! Mortos roars, runs up, but into another BOOT! Mortos goes again, blocks the kick this time, but Briscoe is back! Mortos blocks him, FLIPS both Bailey and Briscoe, but they both land out! Bailey’s foot jams a bit, but he and Briscoe use that to stereo crane stance! Mortos isn’t sure what to do with that, but he gets DOUBLE CRANE KICKS! Ospreay slips in, to springboard and OSCUTTER! Tag to Knight and he goes up top! U F O SPLASH!! Cover, TEAM RICOCHET BARRLES IN! The fans boo, but then Ospreay’s team TOSSES Ricochet & Cru out!
Ospreay tags back in, he takes aim, and Mortos sits up for the HIDDEN BLADE!! Cover, Ospreay’s team wins!
Winners: Will Ospreay, Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe & “Speedball” Mike Bailey, by pinfall (win the $400,000 cash prize)
The fans are sure happy that money is going to a good cause! Will Ospreay awaits a top notch opponent in the Owen Hart Cup, Kevin Knight is going to be in NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors, will $100,000 help each man prepare for those high stakes?
AEW has an injury report on Adam Copeland.
After failing to dethrone the Death Riders as AEW World Trios Champions, FTR betrayed Cope and absolutely brutalized him! The Rated R Superstar is ruled out of action indefinitely, did Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler just end the career of a man they once called friend?
The Hurt Syndicate is here!
Baltimore cheers as Montel Vontavious Porter and the AEW World Tag Team Champions, Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin, head to the ring. There’s already quite the set up waiting for them: a table decked out with food and drink; a pedestal to rest the belts on; and a picture commemorating their victory. The fans cheer for MVP as he grabs the mic, and he says, “Ladies and gentlemen of the AEW viewing audience, this is an official announcement from The Hurt Syndicate. Punks jump up to get beat down. Two more challengers stepped up for the AEW Tag Team Championships, and two more challengers got beat down.”
The fans cheer, and MVP says if they would be so kind, please join him and his colleagues in a toast to celebrate yet another successful title defense. They take the bottles of champagne from the bucket of ice, and the fans chant, “We Hurt~ People!” They raise their glasses, but then MJF makes his way out here! Maxwell Jacob Friedman smiles, has a mic in hand already, and he goes right to the ring. MJF apologizes and then stands in line beside Shelton. The fans are torn, Shelton chuckles, MVP smirks, but Lashley is not amused. Baltimore duels, “He’s Our Scumbag!” “NO, HE’S NOT!” MVP talks with Lashley to relax, but then MJF speaks.
“Look at us, huh? I don’t know if you’ve heard, but we hurt people, baby! This is great, this is great. Guys, look at us, huh? Dripping in gold! You’re welcome, by the way. I couldn’t be happier. This couldn’t have come at a better time, mind you. Because that guy, Tony Khan, he wanted me to do the Owen Hart Cup Tournament? So I could what? Sweat my balls off, break my back, wrestle every week like some shmuck! I don’t think so, Maryland. See, I work smarter, not harder. And now that I’m rolling with The Syndicate? Whew! Daddy gets to cut the line and get back what is rightfully mine, and that is the Triple B, baby!”
The fans cheer, MVP chuckles, and MJF says this is a perfect fit! He scratches their backs by helping them maintain their tag team titles, because let’s face it, without his help, woof. And now, they help little ol’ MJF! Everyone wins! So, Montel, serious question, how does the initiation work? Does he sign a contract? Or is it an old school blood brothers thing? Lashley tells MJF to shut up. “Shut your freakin’ mouth!” Everyone saw what MJF did! When Lashley turned around and saw Big Bill standing, Lashley cut him in half and finished it, cuz that’s what they do. Now MJF tried to help, which was cute, but he didn’t get the job done.
So Max, this is yet another reason why they don’t need MJF! MJF says okay, cool. First, don’t point. Lashley says he’ll point at whoever he wants! They argue, but then Shelton & MVP step in. MVP tells Lashley to chill, Lashley says MJF will respect him! MVP wants Shelton to cool off, too, just give MVP a second. MVP tells MJF he knows how MVP feels about him. They go way back. Lashley & Shelton know that, too. So in order for MJF to join the Syndicate, he has to get three thumbs up. We already know how MVP feels, he is thumbs up. Shelton? MJF says yeah, they go way back, too! Shelton’s answer is thumbs… DOWN!
MJF thought they were cool! Lashley says thank you, Shelton. That’s two to one, the motion is denied. Lashley & Shelton head out, MJF turns to MVP, and MVP shrugs. The Syndicate heads out, not bothering with The Scumbag. What must MJF do to get what he wants?
Backstage interview with Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford.
Renee is with The Megasus & The Superbad Girl, and says she wanted to catch up on how they’re feeling after what was honestly, a surprising loss at Dynasty. Ford says that was just a taste of defeat. But it changes nothing. “Everything that this woman has been through is what? Just erased all because Toni Storm barely survived? No. Everything is just gonna get worse. This division cannot move on, because she won’t let it. She’s gonna be at Collision. And she doesn’t care who, she doesn’t care how many0” Megan brushes Renee aside to step forward, and she tells everyone, “I will make you bow down.” Ford says, “See what you did?”
The female titan of AEW was dominant before, and now she’s angry! Who will be destroyed all because Toni Storm still reigns?
Toni Storm is here!
Speaking of The Timeless AEW Women’s World Champion, she heads down to ringside to join commentary, as she wants to bear witness to this next match.
2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Kris Statlander VS Thunder Rosa!
The Galaxy’s Greatest and La Mera Mera almost had it out last week in just talking about this match-up and what it means. Kris wants to finally be THE champ, but Rosa wants back what she never truly lost. Who wins here to prove they are the best bet on winning the Cup?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. The two tie up, go around, and Kris waistlocks. Rosa fights the lift, then fights with elbows, then arm-drags Kris down for a wristlock. Kris fights up, rolls, and wrenches to headlock. Rosa powers up and out, but Kris runs her over! Kris flexes, Toni says if she was Kris’ teammate, they could be #ThunderThighs. But if Toni teamed with Schiavone, well, they’d just be #Tits. Rosa runs up on Kris, waistlocks, then slips past her, only for Kris to drop down and hurdle over. Rosa stops herself to avoid the powerslam, then Oklahoma Rolls! TWO, and Rosa wheelbarrows to arm-drag! Rosa has the armlock, but Kris fights around.
Kris rises up, powers Rosa to a corner, and the fans cheer. Kris lets off, CHOPS Rosa, then whips corner to corner. Rosa reverses, Kris goes up and over and arm-drags! Then she SHOTGUNS Rosa down! The fans fire up for Kris while Rosa goes to a corner. Kris lets Toni know she sees her, then runs in at Rosa for an UPPERCUT! Kris goes side to side, but Rosa ROUNDHOUSES first! Kris falls, the fans fire up for Rosa as she runs, but Kris avoids the dropkick! Kris goes to the apron to slingshot in, but Rosa avoids the elbow drop! Rosa reloads and runs again, DROPKICK through the ropes! The fans fire up while Rosa goes to the apron.
Rosa aims at Kris and says YEEHAW! SEATED SENTON! Rosa puts Kris in, covers, TWO! Kris stays in this but Rosa CHOPS! And CHOPS! Rosa ducks a roundhouse but Kris kicks low to DDT! Both women are down and the fans duel! Rosa goes to the outside, the ring count starts, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Kris goes out after Rosa, stands her up, and CHOPS her against the apron! Kris SMACKS Rosa off the apron, CHOPS her again, but Rosa CHOPS in return! Rosa refreshes the ring count, then brings Kris around to Toni can see this. GRIZZLY MAGNUM DOUBLE CHOP! Rosa then hugs her #ThunderStorm/#ThunderTits teammate, before she brings Kris up. Rosa reels kris in, but Kris fights the suplex! Rosa kicks low, KNEES Kris, then gets space to SHINING WIZARD! Rosa fires up, then puts Kris in the ring. Rosa storms up on Kris, but Kris cradles! TWO! Both women rise up, and Kris fires a forearm!
Kris CHOPS Rosa, shoves her, then scoops her to BACKBREAKER! Rosa writhes, Kris covers, TWO! Kris clamps onto Rosa with a chinlock and grinds her down. Rosa fights up, fires body shots, but Kris CLUBS Rosa, then THROWS Rosa down by her hair! The ref reprimands that last part, but Kris drops a JUMP ELBOW on Rosa! Cover, TWO! Rosa stays in this and goes to a corner, but Kris storms up. Kris whips corner to corner hard, then storms up on Rosa again. Kris wrenches and whips back the other way, and Rosa hits buckles hard! Kris storms up again, but Rosa RAMS her low! Kris stuffs Rosa to have a facelock.
Rosa endures, Kris gator rolls her, but Rosa fights up. Kris pushes her back down, throws in some knees to the side, then gator rolls Rosa again. Rosa endures, fights back up, but Kris CLUBS her again and again! Dynamite returns to single picture and the fans rally. Kris runs to a corner, goes up, but Rosa CLUBS her on the back! Rosa then has Kris stuck on the top rope to YANK her down! The fans fire up and Rosa fires forearm after forearm! Rosa runs, ROCKS Kris, and Rosa runs to springboard and FLYING RANA! The fans fire up as Rosa reels Kris in, NORTHERN LIGHTS! Bridging cover, TWO! Kris survives, but Rosa clamps on a STRAITJACKET CLUTCH!
Kris endures, and she picks Rosa up as a backpack to RAM her into the buckles! Kris RAMS Rosa again, then gets space. Rosa BOOTS Kris, goes up, and then leaps for a flying wheelbarrow and BULL- BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Cover, TWO! Rosa survives Kris’s sudden turnaround and the fans fire up! “This is Awesome!” as Kris gut wrenches Rosa, but Rosa slips free! Rosa THRUST KCIKS Kris, then vows to end this! Rosa tucks Kris in, but Kris fights the lift! Rosa CLUBS away on Kris, but Kris fireman’s carries! Kris spins but Rosa swings through to arm-drag her away! Rosa then runs up, slips around, and hits a DESTROYER!! Cover, TWO!!
Kris survives, Rosa is shocked, and Toni herself is stunned by that sequence. The fans rally even harder, and Rosa drags Kris up. Rosa vows to put this one away for Texas! SHINING WIZARD! Cover, TWO!! Kris survives again and Rosa is beside herself! Rosa drags Kris up, but Kris fires a forearm! Rosa eggs Kris on, then SLAPS her! Rosa fires up, runs, but Kris LARIATS! Kris hauls Rosa right up, gut wrenches, STATURDAY NIGHT FEVER!! Cover, KRIS WINS!!
Winner: Kris Statlander, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
Kris takes a bow and blows a kiss to the champ, and Baltimore gives a standing ovation. Kris shows Rosa respect by helping her stand, will Rosa’s dream of going All In have to live on vicariously through Kris?
The Don Callis Family speaks.
Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita stand behind Don Callis himself as he says, “All signs are pointing and all roads are leading to a Proto-shita final for the Don Callis Family in the Owen Hart Tournament. I mean, the Protostar here, he already beat that degenerate, Mark Briscoe. And even though Brody King got one over on the Don Callis Family when he beat Lance Archer, I can tell you, my word, it shan’t happen again! Because we’ve got valuable intel, and you’re in the ring, Brody King, with The Alpha. Look at these two! I mean, in their 20s, jacked, oiled up, hot! The talk of the town! Very healthy young men.
“Y’know who’s not healthy? A couple other members of the Don Callis Family. So I’m gonna put it out there officially tonight: The Don Callis Family, given the rash of injuries that has taken place, is now accepting potential new members. Send your résumé, send your picture, send your bank account number, because as these guys have proven, this is straight to the top.” Callis is expanding his stable, who will accept his offer? And will Takeshita make it through the King of Death this Saturday on Collision?
The Undisputed Kingdom speaks.
Kyle O’Reilly says, “There’s been a lot of ups and downs for us in AEW, boys. And since I joined the Undisputed Kingdom, we’ve been chasing that one moment to kick things off. And the TNT Championship tells the world what we already know: We are the elite of the elite, and watch us as we collect moment after moment after moment.” Roderick Strong says, “Speaking of moments, Kyle, I think it’s about time that we have our moment.” Adam Cole tells Roddy that they will. “Because excellence is not just defined by your successes. Excellence is defined by how you handle your failures.
“The past two years, I’ve been through hell and back. They were two of the most challenging years not just in my career, but in my life. And now I stand before you the Face of TNT, your NEW AEW TNT Champion. And trust me when I tell you, this is just the start for the three of us. Because it’s a new era in All Elite Wrestling, because we… We are the paragons, and that is Undisputed.” Cole, Kyle & Roddy are ready, will they redefine what it is to be All Elite?
Chris Jericho is here!
The former ROH World Champion goes to the ring, where he has his podium, prop trees and TV set up. Jericho has the mic to say, “I am the legendary Chris Jericho, but I am no longer the ROH World Champion.” The fans cheer that! Jericho says he lost his match, he lost a tooth, and he lost his title. And while that is disappointing, he will give credit where credit is due. Congratulations, Bandido, you pulled it off. After months of conflict with one of the greatest pro-wrestlers of all time, Jericho, Bandido was finally victorious. Bandido won the title and saved his mask, but of course with the assistance of his intrusive siblings and his stooge of a mother!
But Jericho gets it. Bandido has his familia, and Jericho has his. Jericho will bring them out now: “Big Bill” Morrissey & Bryan Keith! The Redwood & The Bad Apple make their way out now, and they’re just as upset given they also lost on Sunday. Bill & Keith step into the ring to join Jericho, and Jericho says he was hoping they’d all have titles here tonight. He was hoping they would win the AEW World Tag Team Championships at Dynasty. But they didn’t, did they? That’s why Jericho- Bill stops him?!
Bill grabs his own mic while the fans cheer him on, and Bill says, “Look, Chris, I already know what you’re gonna say. You’re angry, and you have every right to be angry. I’m angry. In fact, I’ve been getting real angry a lot as of late.” Keith wants Bill to stop, but Bill says no, Jericho needs to hear this. Bill knows Keith knows this, too, because they’ve talked about this. Keith is still conflicted, but Bill tells Jericho that Bill has the utmost respect for Jericho. Jericho is one of the greatest of all time. Jericho is one of the most decorated performers in the history of this industry. The fans do cheer that, and Bill says that is why he joined The Learning Tree.
Bill wanted to learn from Jericho. But… Bill did not sign up to be Jericho’s punching bag whenever things go wrong. The fans cheer that! Jericho has a bit of a smirk, and Bill says if he and Keith are out here because Jericho is going to teach them something, then by all means, go ahead and teach. But if they are just here so Jericho can berate and humiliate them, then let Bill know right now, so Bill can leave. And Bill knows Bryan feels the same way. Jericho steps closer to Keith and asks if that’s true. Because that isn’t why Jericho brought them out here. If that’s what they think, then they do have a lot more to learn than he thought.
Jericho believes in them. And when he said he wanted them to win the AEW World Tag Team Championships, he meant that, because he cares about both of them. He handpicked both of them to stand by him to teach them, help them, and believe him, he doesn’t have to help anyone in AEW if he doesn’t want to. But they have potential. They’re future world champions! That is why their victories are his victories, and their failures are his failures. And that is why Jericho is empathetic to Bill when Bill was not there when Jericho needed him most! Jericho lost the ROH World Championship, and Bill wasn’t there!
Some might go so far as to say it was Bill’s fault that Jericho lost! The fans boo, this is clearly the berating Bill spoke of. Bill tries not to react, but Jericho says he isn’t saying that. He doesn’t believe that at all. It is okay, because he is not angry. Just disappointed. Jericho SMASHES his TV with Floyd the Baseball Bat! Jericho again says, “I’m not angry, just disappointed.” And then SMASH goes the TV! SMASH! SMASH! SMASH! Then he goes after the trees! Jericho keeps saying, “I’m disappointed! I’m disappointed! I’m disappointed! I’M EFFING DISAPPOINTED!” And unlike Nick Jackson earlier, Jericho does say the full word.
The fans boo and Bill glares at Jericho. Jericho says he is disappointed in them, and until they change that, it is best that he leaves. Jericho pushes his podium over, storms out of the ring, and the fans sing, “Hey Hey Hey~! GOODBYE~!” If this is disappointed, what would angry even look like? Keith and Bill are upset, but in different ways. What happens to The Learning Tree if The Nueve is going to be MIA?
Anthony Bowens speaks.
It was after the huge return at Dynasty during the Zero Hour that the Pride of Pro-Wrestling said, “I’m finally free of the shackles that is Max Caster. The Five Tool Player has finally arrived. I’ve got five tools, and one rule: And that’s to prove them wrong.” Bowens returns to AEW TV as he takes on Blake Christian this Saturday, will the Vanilla Baby survive this Collision?
BREAKING NEWS for Collision!
Almost a week after the brutal beating they gave Adam Copeland, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler will be in Springfield, Mass to speak on #WhyFTRWhy. Will their answer be satisfactory? Or simply self-serving?
Backstage interview with The Hurt Syndicate.
Alicia Atout has caught up with MVP, Lashley & Shelton to bring up the interactions with MJF. Where do things go from here? Lashley asks why they’re even talking about MJF. Everyone knows MJF is not to be trusted, and then after what he said out there tonight? Lashley does not like MJF, and the Syndicate does not need MJF. Shelton agrees there. They don’t need anybody else. Though, “Lil’ George Costanza is pretty funny.” Lashley rolls his eyes and storms off, Shelton says he’ll go talk to him. MVP says they’re just trying to figure out- Wait, someone knocks on the door. MVP says come in, and it’s MJF!
MJF tells Alicia, “Honey, this is an AB conversation, so why don’t you C your skank ass outta here? Buh-bye, catch you around.” MJF apologizes to MVP that he had to see that, but he is just a little perturbed. Can he ask a question, plain and simple? Sure, go ahead. Does MJF look like a “female dog” to him? MVP wants MJF to get to the point. MJF’s point is, why does he always end up treated like some punk b*tch!? Do these guys not know who he is? He’s M J F! MVP has MJF stop there. That’s the problem: They know exactly who MJF is. MJF’s reputation precedes him. But this is business, and in the world of business, you get your consumer, find out what they want, and give it to them.
MVP heads out, and MJF thinks on that. Will he figure out what the supply and demand for the Hurt Syndicate is?
Jericho is in the parking lot.
He storms around, and he takes out his “disappointment” on some spare sodas before getting into his car. The driver takes it away, when and where will we see The Learning Tree again?
Samoa Joe & Hook VS Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta!
While Jon Moxley beat Shibata earlier tonight, Swerve did take out The Bastard soon after. The rest of The Opps take on the rest of The Death Riders, who will it be that’s caught lacking here tonight?
The teams sort out, Joe starts against Yuta, and the fans rally behind the Samoan Submission Specialist. The two circle, Yuta waistlocks, but Joe wrenches out and wristlocks. The fans sing, “Joe is gonna kill~ you!” but Yuta rolls, only for Joe to wrangle him. Yuta fights up, spins and works on the grip, but Joe wrangles him again. Yuta kips up, spins, rolls, and fires a forearm! Joe lets Yuta go, but he’s more mad than anything. Yuta runs off before Joe can take a swing! The fans boo but Yuta wants the ref to back Joe off. The ref has Joe step back, then Yuta slides in. Yuta tags Claudio and the fans boo more.
Joe smirks as now the Swiss Cyborg steps in. Joe and Claudio knuckle lock, then Claudio kicks low! Claudio UPPERCUTS, UPPERCUTS again, but Joe CHOPS! And JABS! JABS! JABS! Joe fires JAB after JAB, then whips Claudio to a corner. Joe runs up, ELBOW and PELE! Claudio sputters along the ropes but Joe bumps him off buckles. Tag to Hook and the Opps mugs Claudio. Hook fires body shots then clinches, but Claudio CLUBS him, then scoops and SLAMS him! Tag to Yuta, Yuta climbs up, and Yuta CROSSBODIES but Hook says nope! Yuta belly flops on the mat, then Hook waistlocks for a deadlift GERMAN SUPLEX!
Hook holds on, to GERMAN SUPLEX again! And GERMAN SUPLEX again! The fans fire up for Hook while Yuta flounders to the corner. Tag to Joe and Joe JABS, CHOPS, and repeat! The fans cheer as Joe then snapmares Yuta, CHOPS him on the back, and KICKS him in the front! Joe runs to ELBOW DROP! Tag to Hook, he runs up to fire knees. Hook puts Yuta in a corner and fires body shots! Hook whips corner to corner, Yuta reverses, but then Hook puts Yuta on the apron. Hook ROCKS Yuta, Yuta falls to the floor, but then Yuta grabs a foot! The ref reprimands as Yuta trips Hook, but Hook kicks free! Only for Claudio to APRON DOUBLE STOMP!
The ref reprimands while Hook writhes, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Yuta storms back in and brings Hook up. Yuta CHOPS Hook, but Hook CHOPS in return! Yuta CLAWS Hook’s eyes, tags Claudio, and they double whip Hook to then DOUBLE BOOT! Yuta soaks up the heat while Claudio glares at Joe. Joe warns Claudio, but Claudio drags Hook around into a top wristlock. Claudio grinds Hook down with that wristlock, but Hook fights up. Claudio knee slow, KNEES Hook again, then shoves him to the corner. Claudio stomps Hook down, argues with the ref, but that lets Yuta CHOKE Hook! Joe protests, the ref is busy with him now, so Yuta gets away with it. Claudio smothers Hook, KNEES him low, then tags Yuta.
Yuta runs up to stomp Hook, then brings him around. Yuta talks trash on Baltimore, but Hook fires body shots! Yuta KNEES low, hooks a leg, and hits a FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect, but Yuta doesn’t care as he just clamps onto a foot. Yuta drags Hook around, YANKS the leg, then tags Claudio. Claudio stomps Hook, then smothers him with a chinlock. Hook endures, even as Claudio grinds him down. Hook fights around, fights up, and he fires body shots. Claudio shifts to a SLEEPER, but Hook still fights. Hook reaches out for Joe, Joe reaches out for Hook, but Claudio shifts around to have a COBRA CLUTCH!
The fans rally as Hook fights up, and he has Claudio as a backpack! Hook stomps forward, but Claudio slips down and THROWS Hook down! Claudio then UPPERCUTS Hook to the corner! Tag to Yuta, he drags Hook up and snapmares for a chinlock of his own. Hook endures all over again while Dynamite returns to single picture. The fans rally for Hook and they taunt Yuta, but Yuta leans on the hold. Hook fights to his feet, fires body shots, then he SAYANAGIS free! But Yuta comes back for a PAIN THRILLER! Cover, TWO! Yuta tags Claudio, Claudio scuffs Hook, then Claudio eggs Hook on. “Who’s the man?”
Claudio shoves Hook to the corner, but Hook ROCKS Claudio, ELBOWS Yuta, and repeat! Hook hurries for his corner but Claudio catches him with a clinch. Claudio KNEES low, then whips Hook to the corner. Claudio storms up, but Hook clinches! CORNER EXPLODER! The fans fire up while both men are down! Hook crawls, but Yuta is right there, Claudio tags Yuta in! Yuta runs to BLAST Joe! The fans boo but Hook catches Yuta! EXPLODER! Hook crawls, as does Yuta, but Joe’s still down! Yuta tags Claudio, Claudio runs at Hook, UPPERCUT! Cover, TWO! Hook survives but Claudio drags him back up!
Tag to Yuta, and Yuta climbs! Claudio hauls Hook up, DOOMSDAY POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO?!?! Hook survives and shocks The Death Riders! They argue with the ref, but Joe rises to the apron! Only for Claudio to slide out, YANK Joe down, and throw forearms! Joe fires in return and the fans fire up! Joe whips, Claudio reverse, Joe hits railing! Claudio runs up, but into an URENAGE to the floor! Yuta drags Hook up, but Hook standing switches and clamps on! REDRUM!! No, Yuta is fighting it, and here comes Moxley! The ref has Moxley back off, but this lets Yuta CLAWS Hook’s eyes! The fans boo but Moxley does his part.
Moxley has a chair, he tells Yuta to finish this, but SHIBATA returns! He has Moxley in a SLEEPER! The fans fire up as Moxley flails! REDRUM for Yuta!! Joe has Claudio, COQUINA CLUTCH!! The Opps have the Death Riders all caught! Yuta TAPS, Opps win!!
Winners: Samoa Joe & Hook, by submission
They truly are #NeverLacking! Joe, Hook and even Shibata had the grit to tough it out and take the win! Shibata’s even putting the Maniac AEW World Champion to sleep! But Marina Shafir slithers in, chair in hand! She CHOP BLOCKS Joe! Yuta CLOBBERS Hook, Claudio is back to help mug Hook! The fans boo, Shibata hurries to help his guys, but Claudio fires shots! Yuta joins in to TOSS Shibata out! Claudio has the chair, sits it upside-down, and he reels Hook in! GOTCH NEUTRALIZER onto the chair legs!! Hook is all but skewered on those, and now The Death Riders run away before Joe can get them!
The fans boo, but what did anyone expect from the dastardly, no good Death Riders? Joe is the only one standing, and he has a mic to shout, “DEATH RIDERRRS~! You cowardly SOBs! You see, the Opps came to Baltimore to give you a fist fight! And it seems like the Death Riders are acting more like a bunch of D*CK RIDERS right now, to come out here and do what they want!” The fans fire up behind Joe, and Joe says they make it real simple! The Opps VS The Death Riders, and they’re coming for the AEW World Trios Championships!! Joe has thrown down the challenge, will The Death Riders have no choice but to accept?
My Thoughts:
A great Dynamite for the follow-up to Dynasty, but something promo wise must’ve gone long because the main event needed most of that overrun. Part of me thinks it was Kenny Omega with The Bucks. We got a good opening promo from Moxley that properly uses that Heel hypocrisy to act like he didn’t get saved by everyone in the Death Riders and The Bucks, and then we got a great match from Moxley VS Shibata. Moxley of course wins by using dirty tactics, but I liked the segue into The Bucks having their promo, which then brought out Kenny. Part of why this part took longer was cuz the fans were having too much fun chanting “Dookie.”
But there’s something about The Elite wanting to work with The Death Riders, but they’ve got Omega and Swerve opposing them, I wonder if Double or Nothing gets to have Anarchy in the Arena 2025. The Owen Hart Cup Finals determine a #1 contender to the world title, so Double or Nothing doesn’t have to have a world title match. Honestly, seeing as how Revolution and Dynasty basically had the same upsetting end to a world title match, Anarchy in the Arena would be a much better main event. Though, that really depends on what happens with The Opps and the trios titles. Honestly, The Opps better win those titles.
We got a great tag team main event, and while Joe & Hook win, Death Riders get the better of them with that beating. I really hope Pac is okay, his ankle scare might have been what wrapped his match against Swerve. If Pac’s ankle is still a concern, that’s perhaps all the more reason to take the trios titles off The Death Riders and put them on The Opps so that The Opps can carry those into Double or Nothing or even All In. Then Anarchy in the Arena can be Bucks, Okada, and at least Moxley, Claudio & Yuta, against Omega, Swerve, and certainly Hangman Page. Hangman had a great bit with Prince Nana, and they’re really taking this to interesting places. Swerve says he deserved what Hangman did, Nana wants to apologize for what Swerve did, and Hangman isn’t sure how to handle any of it.
Now, Hangman also said his Owen Hart Cup match is next week, and that complicates what some fans were hoping to see. Fans hoped Darby Allin would go All In (see how his name and the words work together?) but Darby wants to climb Mount Everest. Apparently that climb is either happening now or within the next week, meaning he’s not going to be available for the Wild Card position. Not sure who they could put in that spot, not sure why they had a Wild Card spot to begin with, but if it isn’t Darby, I feel like Hangman wins that to at least be a bit closer to the Cup. But with The Bucks back, I could see them pulling strings to try and help Hangman, he doesn’t like it, all the more reason he joins Swerve and Omega against The Elite.
Very good promo segment from The Hurt Syndicate with MJF. MJF just assuming he’s in was great, as was Lashley’s entire reaction to it. Not sure we needed that backstage promo, that could’ve been left for Collision. Also, I believe Alicia Atout is MJF’s newest girlfriend, so she clearly knew MJF would be misogynistic for the bit. Good promo from Undisputed Kingdom, or perhaps the Paragon? I feel like “Paragon” was floated around as a faction name a year or so ago, not sure they need to try that again. And surprisingly, a very good TV Time with Chris Jericho. I really liked Bill being blunt with Jericho, and then Jericho turning that around to be somewhat psycho was actually a good move, too. Can’t wait for Bill and Jericho to have it out, and for Keith to choose a side.
That was a great 8 Man Tag, with great promos, but like… Does a kayfabe “big cash prize” really have to be the reason? I suppose it’s TK’s best way of justifying such an assortment of wrestlers in a match, but it still seems really silly. They never really did that much with Top Flight & AR Fox after they won that Three Kings $300K battle royal. The gear didn’t change or improve that drastically, there was no promo/vignette where they had fun with the $300K, so why bother? Good promo from Don Callis, though, to hype up his guys in the Owen Hart Cup, and to open the door to new members. Maybe guys lost in the shuffle can finally do stuff on TV. Also, a shame about Mark Davis and Brian Cage, I hope those guys get well soon.
And great stuff in the Women’s Owen Hart Cup. Very good promo from all the other entries, and a great match from Kris VS Rosa. Toni on commentary is still good, but she really does like innuendos, doesn’t she? Maybe too much? I’m just a touch surprised Kris won, I thought they were going to give us Thunder VS Storm again, given Rosa never actually lost the title. They can still do that for Double or Nothing on the side while someone else wins the tournament, but Megan & Ford also had a very good promo. I figured with Dynasty that Megan would want a rematch, but maybe she has to go through Rosa to get it. Or maybe Triple Threat since the PPV is Double or Nothing?
My Score: 8.9/10
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