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Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (10/4/23)
On this day…!
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On this day, AEW celebrates Dynamite turning four years old! And after a rough time at WrestleDream on Sunday, can Rey Fenix still defend his International Championship?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- AEW International Championship: Rey Fenix w/ Penta El Zero Miedo & Alex Abrahantes VS Nick Jackson w/ Matt Jackson; Fenix wins and retains the title.
- Wardlow VS Griff Garrison; Wardlow wins.
- AEW World Trios Championships: The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn VS The Superbad Squad w/ The Bunny & Penelope Ford; The Acclaimed & Billy win and retain the titles.
- Kenny Omega & Chris Jericho VS
Sammy GuevaraKyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita w/ Don Callis; Omega & Jericho win. - Toni Storm VS Skye Blue; Storm wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Backstage interview with Kenny Omega & Chris Jericho.
Renee Paquette is with the #GoldenJets and congratulates them on being here for the Dynamite Fourth Anniversary. Just think back to four years ago, them on opposite ends, but now on the same side in a partial rematch with the Don Callis Family. How does it feel to have these four years under your belts? Jericho almost cuts Renee off as he says it is hard to believe that is has been four years. The very first AEW Dynamite main event was Jericho VS Omega. And today, only days after the 33 year anniversary of Jericho’s wrestling debut, he and Omega are aligned to take out the DCF tonight on the four year anniversary! That’s how you celebrate!
But wait! It’s EDGE! Adam Copeland says it is so good to see Renee. There should be fountains of maple syrup flowing right now with all this Canadian energy. He is so happy to be here for Dynamite’s fourth anniversary. He hopes to be here for the eighth, twelfth, and so on. But good luck tonight, Chris. They shake hands, and Omega says it is good to finally meet Copeland. Gotta say, really had Omega on the edge of his seat. And whatever future there is going forward, just let Omega know if you need anything. They shake hands and Edge says he’s gonna go out there, give his mission statement, and just do him a favor and take out the DCF. Edge still can’t stand Don.
Here we go! To another four years! Edge heads out, Renee is excited, and Jericho asks what about him. Well, she always sees Jericho, but y’know. Will AEW soon get Rated R with Adam Copeland around?
AEW International Championship: Rey Fenix w/ Penta El Zero Miedo & Alex Abrahantes VS Nick Jackson w/ Matt Jackson!
While the Immortal Firebird went down early in that Fatal 4 Way Tag at WrestleDream, which in part allowed the Young Bucks to become #1 Contenders to the AEW World Tag Team Championships, Fenix is not about to miss the Dynamite Anniversary! But will his reign be cut short because of that bad wing? Or will Fenix avoid all this “curse” talk and continue through the Fall?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if The Elite grabs up more gold!
The bell rings and fans fire up as the two circle. They tie up, Fenix wrenches and wristlocks but Nick uses ropes to flip through. Nick wrenches and wristlocks, Fenix spins but Nick hits the headlock takeover. Fenix hits headscissors but Nick kips free. Fans cheer as the two reset. They circle, Fenix runs, and RAMS Nick! They stay up so now Nick runs, they RAM shoulders again, and still both men stay up. Fenix trips Nick, things speed up, Fenix rolls, ducks ‘n’ dodges and then jumps, into a CHOP from Nick! Fenix CHOPS back! Fans “WOO~!” as the CHOPS keep going back and forth! Fenix then SOBATS and reels Nick in.
But Nick back drops! Fenix sunset flips it, TWO! Nick rolls Fenix up, TWO! Nick facelocks, Fenix powers up but his back gives up! Fenix falls and bails out to the apron. Penta & Alex are there to check him and Fenix stands, but Nick runs in., Nick avoids the shoulder to CLUB Fenix, then he runs to sunset flip! Fenix holds onto ropes, kicks Nick away, then leaps off the corner, FLYING ARM-DRAG! Both men writhe and hobble up, but Fenix pursues to whip Nick. Nick reverses and Fenix hits railing! Fenix leans on the railing, Nick runs in but Fenix tosses Nick up and over! Fenix ROCKS Nick, then goes up to PENALTY- NO, Nick dodge!
Nick jumps to FLYING RANA! Fans fire up and Nick soaks it all in. Nick puts Fenix in the ring, runs up, but Fenix wrenches to CHOP and knuckle lock! Fenix goes up and up but Nick trips him up! Nick KCIKS Fenix in the back, and DRAPING BACKSTABBERS! Nick lets off as Fenix writhes, and Penta checks on his brother again. Fenix says he’s not giving up so Nick goes to the apron. But Fenix moves and the kick hits POST! Then Fenix sweeps the legs! Nick hits face first on the apron but Fenix is still in his own pain as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Penta and Alex help Fenix with his back and Fenix gets in the ring. Nick crawls, clutching a foot, but Fenix runs to wheelbarrow and victory roll, into a TRAILER HITCH! Nick endures as Fenix has the legs, and then Fenix grabs an arm. Fenix BITES Nick’s fingers! Nick reaches out, crawls, but Fenix drags him away! Nick endures more pain as he claws his way forward again, ROPEBREAK! Fenix lets go in frustration while fans rally up. Fenix goes for the legs again but Nick KICKS him in the back! They both hobble up, Fenix runs, but Nick scoops to BACKBREAKER! Nick keeps on Fenix in a stretch!
Fenix endures, flails, but Nick lets off because his leg can’t support the weight. Nick hobbles as he stalks Fenix to ropes, and stomps him down! Nick stomps Fenix more and more, then drags him up. Fenix pushes Nick away but Nick kick shim low. Nick reels Fenix in, suplexes, but Fenix knees free! Fenix brings Nick around but the back won’t let him suplex! Nick aims, but Fenix counters the superkick with a superkick! Both men hobble, Fenix kicks but Nick ducks to SUPERKICK Fenix in the back! Fenix hobbles to a corner, Dynamite returns to single picture, and Nick runs in to SHINING WIZARD, GAMANGIRI, FOREARM and- NO, Fenix powers out of the Bulldog to GAMANGIRI!
Fenix whips, Nick reverse, but Fenix ducks ‘n’ dodges and tiger feints. Nick ducks the heel kick but the SUEPRKICK hits! Fenix runs, into a SUPERKICK!! Fenix kips up, but into another SUPERKICK! Both men kip up to DOUBLE ROUNDHOUSE!! Stockton is thunderous for “A E DUB! A E DUB”! while both men are down! A standing count starts, both men are down at 5 of 10, a draw would go the champions way! Fenix and Nick rise at 7, slap some sense into themselves, and then Fenix runs, to DOUBL ELARIAT with Nick! Nick SUPERKICKS! Fenix somersaults to SPIKE-RANA! Cover, TWO!!
Fenix SUPERKICKS! Nick leans against ropes while Fenix clutches his back. Fenix rises again, runs, but Nick goes up and over! “This is Awesome!” as Fenix slides out, then avoids the cartwheel moonsault! Nick hobbles on the bad leg, and Fenix somersaults, into Nick’s cutter! Matt and Penta coach their brothers while the ring count climbs. We pass 5 of 10, and Nick stands at 7. Nick goes up but Fenix drags him down. Nick kicks Fenix, puts him in at 9, then aims. Nick RAMS into Fenix, slingshots, “SUCK IT!” FACEBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Fenix survives and Nick frowns, but Nick shakes out the bad leg as he stands.
Fans rally and duel, and Nick grabs an arm. B T E- NO, Fenix stands up and gets in Nick’s face! So Nick CHOPS! Nick knuckle locks, but Fenix won’t let him go! Nick ROUNDHOUSES! Nick goes up and up but Fenix trips him, CHOPS him, then jumps up to join him! But Nick ROCKS Fenix to then springboard and SUPER CUTTER!!! Cover, TWO?!? No one can believe it but fans are thunderous all the same! Nick brings Fenix up, Fenix swings but misses and Nick CLUBS him in the back! Then POISON-RANA! Nick runs up but Fenix puts him on ropes, only for Nick to rebound and DESTROYER!! Cover, TWO?!?!
Fans are in disbelief again and loving it! Nick is frustrated but he goes to a corner. Nick watches Fenix rise, runs in, SHINING WIZARD! Fenix roars as he sits up, but Nick roars as he SHINING WIZARDS again! And then, B T E TRIGGER!! Cover, TWO?!?!? HOW?!? Fenix might actually be immortal if he survived that! Nick aims as Fenix goes to ropes, runs in, but the superkick is blocked! Fenix puts the leg on ropes to SUPERKICK the leg! Then Fenix tightrope walk PENALTY KICKS! Then Fenix goes up to FROG SPLASH!!! Cover, TWO?!?!? Now Nick shocks everyone, and Fenix is furious!
Fenix and Nick go to opposite corners. Fans hope they “FIGHT FOREVER!” but this has to end somehow. Fenix runs in, JUMP SOBAT! Fenix reels Nick in, but the back won’t let him fireman’s carry! But then Fenix powers through! But Nick victory rolls! TWO, Fenix has it and even crosses the legs! FENIX WINS!!
Winner: Rey Fenix, by pinfall (still AEW International Champion)
Fenix finds a way to finish this as the victor! But with his back in such bad shape, will the reign continue much longer?
Adam Cole visits Roderick Strong at his home.
Cole is doing as Matt Taven asked him to do on Collision, and though he needs it, he delayed his ankle surgery because this is an emergency. And as soon as the front door opens, we can hear Roddy shouting for “ADAAAM~! ADAAAM~!” Cole says yeah, he’s here. Aw, dude, awesome! Then get in here. They’ve got something for him. Cole enters inside and there’s something hidden under a sheet. Roddy, what is this? Well Roddy couldn’t be the only one on wheels, so surprise! They got Cole a crutch scooter! Seriously? Yes! Cole and Roddy ride around the house, having a good time, all while Matt Taven & Mike Bennett watch and… pet Roddy’s stuffed giraffe?
After, Cole says that was so much fun. But Roddy, this visit was supposed to be about some emergency. What was the emergency? Oh, yeah, uh, Roddy just needs to move some furniture. Furniture? Roddy, Cole’s gotta have ankle surgery. Can’t Matt & Mike do it? No way, man, they don’t know anything about interior design! Cole’s numero uno at that! The feng shui is all off in here. Plus, didn’t Cole learn his lesson? He owes Roddy. Roddy tells The Kingdom that Cole doesn’t owe him anything. This is just what best friends do. Right, Adam?
Cole sighs, and while the others just sit around and watch, Cole does his bets to move a table, the couch and fluff pillows, with just one leg. They even have him hang a picture of The Kingdom visiting Roddy in the hospital? That good? Good? Yeah, this is awesome! Wait, he likes this? Like it? He loves it! It’s unique! Just like Cole. Well, alright, but Cole’s gotta get going. Promise to talk to you soon, okay? Great seeing you. But ADAM~! Before you go, Roddy still needs help with a few things. Cole sighs. Is Roddy guilt tripping Cole just to make him do menial tasks?
Wardlow VS Griff Garrison!
That’s right! Once again, THIS IS WAR! The former three-time TNT Champion is back, ready to get back on the warpath after a four month absence. Will AEW once again be Wardlow’s World? Or will the Ivy League MVP be able to ace this pop quiz?
The bell rings and Wardlow CLOBBERS Griff! Wardlow RAMS into Griff again and again and again, then stomps a mudhole! Fans chant for ‘WARD~LOW!” as he drags Griff up and reels him in. POWERBOMB! But the encore is here, POWERBOMB!! And then another POWERBOMB!! Wardlow keeps the symphony going, a fourth POWERBOMB!!! Wardlow drags Griff up again!? A FIFTH MOVEMENT!! The ref calls it, Wardlow wins!!
Winner: Wardlow, by referee stoppage
And then Wardlow just storms off into the night! Will he not waste any time getting back to a championship opportunity?
Backstage interview with Don Callis & Konosuke Takeshita.
Renee is with the patriarch of the Don Callis Family, and his Alpha, and says the DCF is still riding high from WrestleDream. But they are already facing Jericho & Omega again, and we understand that there is something Callis wants to address. Callis says, “AEW has been shaken to its foundation with Sammy Guevara pinning Chris Jericho at WrestleDream. So much so, that conveniently, the quack medical team here has deemed Sammy Guevara medically unfit to perform.
“And you might think this would cause me a problem, Renee. But here’s what you gotta know about the Don Callis Family, everybody’s talking about it. There is no shortage of eager, able bodied young male athletes that want to show their wares so that they could maybe one day aspire to be part of the Don Callis Family. So at the recommendation of the great Will Ospreay, I have reached into the vault and chosen a great young athlete. A man in his early 20s. A man similarly sized to Takeshita. A great athlete, named Kyle Fletcher. He will be the partner of the Alpha tonight, and that’s gonna be fine.”
But Callis does have a personal message for Jericho & Omega. Before getting too excited about winning this battle, just remember that battles are one and lost in a war. No one remembers who won a battle. They remember who won the war. And Callis will win this one, no matter what it takes. Then will the Aussie Arrow in his arsenal help Creepy Callis end Chris & Kenny?
AEW World Trios Championships: The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn VS The Superbad Squad w/ The Bunny & Penelope Ford!
The Scissor World Tour continues as Max Caster, Anthony Bowens & Daddy Ass are still AEW World Trios Champions, and here’s a brand new diss track! “Acclaimed on the mic, it’s a national alert! Butcher and Blade, we put yer asses in the dirt! Their heads are so shiny, oh my gawd! I always knew you guys polished each other’s knobs! I’m just knockin’ ’em dead! Yo, Kip, your best look was the box on your head! All the fans here thinkin’ yer lame. But in Cali, everybody loves The Acclaimed!” Bowens then tells “STOCKTOOON~! The Acclaimed have arrived! SCISSOR ME, DADDY ASS~!” And he DOES! But then the Squad attacks!
Fans boo and the ref reprimands but Butcher throws hands on Billy while Blade CLUBS away on Caster and Kip stomps Bowens! The Squad TOSSES the champs out, but then Billy sends Butcher into railing! Bowens whips Kip and Caster whips Blade! The champs regroup and fans fire up as they TRIPLE SCISSOR~! The Acclaimed go out, but the Squad turns things back around as they send Bowens & Billy into barriers! Caster stalks Blade and the bell finally rings. Caster throws hands, whips, but Blade reveres. Blade scoops, Butcher runs in, SIDEWALK SLAM LEG DROP COMBO! Caster bails out and Kip is there to PENALTY KICK Bowens!
Kip then ARABIAN PRESSES Bowens & Caster down! Kip mocks the scissors while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Kip puts Caster in, stomps him down, then has him in a corner. Kip stomps a mudhole, the ref counts, and Kip lets off to taunt the fans. Kip storms back up on Caster but Caster kicks low! Caster throws hands but Kip kicks him low. Kip whips Caster into the corner, tags Blade, and Blade snapmares Caster to then KICK him int he back! Blade taunts Billy, drags Caster into a chinlock and grinds him down. Caster endures, fans rally up, and Caster fights up to throw body shots. Blade throws Caster down by his hair! Tag to Butcher and he goes after Caster on the outside, to RAM him into barriers! Butcher puts Caster back in to stomp him around.
Butcher whips Caster hard into a corner and Caster bounces off buckles. Butcher drags Caster up, DECKS him, then HEADBUTTS him! Butcher stomps Caster, tags Kip in, and they mug Caster. Kip ROCKS Caster, snapmares him, and then steps over for a mounted armlock. Kip bends the fingers, then BITES them, as if he’s trying to ruin scissoring! Kip drags Caster up, tags Blade, and Blade CHOPS and ROCKS and CHOPS again! Caster sits down and Blade digs his knee in! The ref counts, Blade lets off, but Butcher CHOKES Caster in the distraction! The ref has to keep Billy and Bowens back, and Blade taunts them.
Blade tags Kip, Kip runs to CANNONBALL! Tag to Butcher and Kip feeds Caster to a FULL NELSON BACKBREAKER! Butcher sucker punches Billy! Dynamite returns to single picture while fans boo Butcher, but Caster BACKHANDS him! Caster baits Butcher and sends him into buckles! Hot tag to Bowens! Fans fire up as the Five Tool Player rallies on Kip & Blade! Haymaker! CHOP! Repeat! ROLLING ELBOW for Blade! ROLLING ELBOW for Kip! Five Tool Strike Fest for Butcher! Bowens shouts, “EVERYONE LOVES THE ACCLAIMED!” Kip shouts, “NO THEY DON’T!” Bowens SOBATS Kip for that!
Bowens then runs to KOTARO KRUSHER! Cover, Butcher breaks it! Billy runs in to ROCK Butcher, but Butcher brings Billy around to TOSS him out! But Billy drags Butcher out to join him, and sends him into railing! Caster scoops Blade, SLAMS him, and then has the legs! Bowens goes up, Billy helps Caster open Blade up, SCISSOR ME TIMBERS! Kip springboards in but Bowens SUPERKICKS him down! Then Caster hauls Kip up, he and Bowens coordinate for the ASSISTED FALCON ARROW! Cover, The Acclaimed wins!
Winners: The Acclaimed, by pinfall (still AEW World Trios Championships)
And the tour continues! When and where will Caster, Bowens & Billy go next with these titles?
PROGRAMMING REMINDER for next week!
Remember, Dynamite won’t be on Wednesday (blame MLB), but that means it’ll be #TitleTuesday! For one, we see Saraya defend the AEW Women’s World Championship against Hikaru Shida! Will the Knight defeat the Samurai? Or will we see history be made as Shida becomes a THREE-TIME AEW Women’s World Champion? Then, after both men were victorious at WrestleDream, Swerve Strickland and Bryan Danielson compete in a #1 contender’s match, the winner challenging Christian Cage for the TNT Championship!
After making it through tonight, Rey Fenix will again defend his International Championship against the former champion, Jon Moxley! Will the Maniac be back on top now that he’s back to 100%? And in his AEW in-ring debut, Adam “Edge” Copeland takes on Christian Cage…’s Right Hand of Destruction, Luchasaurus! Will the Rated R Superstar look to get through the pawn to get to the king? Or will Captain Charisma have plenty of tricks up his turtleneck’s sleeves?
Toni Storm, Portrait of a Star, part 3.
The Lightning From Down Under breathes heavily as she sulks by the window. RJ City says that she has been wrestling now for 14 years. Toni starts throwing shoes immediately! We don’t talk about that, now do we? Time! Who cares? Talk about the now! She’s here now! RJ is sorry, he wasn’t thinking! Toni grabs him by the collar and says he wasn’t thinking because he doesn’t know anything! He doesn’t know what it’s like to live this life! To be in the spotlight and everyone is trying to take it away from you! And all those that you came up with wither away into husks of themselves and you pray that you don’t end up the same!
Toni lies awake at night, wondering if she has “it,” or if she’s just lucky! Every match, every minute of every PPV is just a roll of a dice to see if it all gets taken away! That’s what RJ doesn’t know because he can’t know so he won’t ever know! Okay, but she’s not old! Oh, yes. She’s timeless. She’s timeless…! Toni looks to the sky and says, “I’m timeless! I’m TIMELESS!” With her mascara and lipstick smeared, Toni finally has some sense of sanity again. Will #TimelessToni finally be back in the spotlight?
AEW hears from Bryan Danielson and Zack Sabre Jr.
After their match at WrestleDream, The American Dragon sat backstage and said, “I have never, in my entire career, gotten to wrestle like that in front of these people. I am so grateful and happy that I was able to do that against a person as good as Zack.” But the Front Man said they were supposed to settle something tonight. Bryan says he knew that in order to beat ZSJ, he’d have to knock him the F out. But ZSJ counters that knocking him out to win was a scoundrel move. Bryan admits he was also disappointed in himself. He thought that at the end of this match, they would find out definitively who is the best technical wrestler in the world.
ZSJ says he felt Bryan’s bones disintegrate in ZSJ’s hands. Bryan says ZSJ does not have the heart that Bryan has! The soul that Bryan has! These two are clearly not done with each other, so when and where will we see the dream match go another round?
AEW hears from Hangman Page.
The Cowboy says that he finally gets it. The Mogul nearly broke Hangman’s arm, and still had to hit him with whatever that was. And yet Swerve thinks he’s got the spot now? That’s how this happens? That Swerve doesn’t have to earn it if he can just take it? Maybe he’s on to something, who knows. But for Hangman, he just needs rehab, icepacks, and to go back to the drawing board. Swerve, if you think cheating and hitting Hangman in the head with foreign objects is what gets you Hangman’s spot, you’re wrong. But Swerve is the one facing Bryan for the TNT title #1 contender’s spot, will he earn it by any means necessary?
Bullet Club Gold is here!
Rock Hard Juice Robinson, Fully Cocked Colten Gunn and… Austin Gunn are here, but not Switchblade Jay White. That is because after getting in the face of Maxwell Jacob Friedman, a mysterious band of masked men attacked White backstage, and their leader was wearing MJF’s infamous devil mask. MJF defended his innocence on Sunday, but there still needs to be proof. Austin gets the mic to ask, “Who’s ready for story time with the Bang Bang Gang, baybay?” Fans boo his reference to Adam Cole, as well as Colten and Juice mocking Cole and MJF posing together with their bad foot and bad neck.
Austin says no, no, no, get up. They’re not here to address “the soft, brittle, injury prone one.” They’re here to address the brown-haired kid that stands about this high (Austin motioning MJF is short, but uh, is taller than Austin…) and struts around with all those belts. The one they call “The Devil.” Oh, the People’s D-Bag? Er, no, scumbag. The one who says he’s a generational talent, yet he spent like 20 minutes on White and the best he came up with was “Tofu?” Fans chant “TOFU! TOFU!” but Colten says MJF jumped White because he is scared! MJF knows he is gonna suffocate when he tries to Breath With The Switchblade!
Fans boo but Juice takes the mic to tell Friedman, “Get your ass out here! You got some splainin’ to do, boy! C’mon, you can wear your little devil Halloween costume! Bring your band of gimp suits! If you’re a man, you’ll come out here and face us like one! But you ain’t a man, are you? No. You’re a little itty bitty butt sucking-” WAIT! Speak of the Devil of AEW, here comes MJF! And MJF has the music cut so he can say, “It appears the Devil has arrived in Stockton, California! And we’ve got an interesting trio in here making a lot of accusations, huh? We’ve got the Ass~ Boys~.” Fans echo “ASS~ BOYS~!”
And there’s also their best friend, Juice Robinson, AKA Talentless Taint! Juice can’t believe MJF went with “taint.” The Gunns say he’s rock hard! MJF says it is crazy, but call him Mystic Max. Right here in Stockton, we’re gonna have one of the loudest dueling chants ever. It’s gonna sound like this: “ASS~ BOYS~!” “TALENTLESS TAINT!” Fans jump on it right away! “ASS~ BOYS~!” “TALENTLESS TAINT!” The BCG all block each other’s ears but MJF says he’s magic! Isn’t that nuts!? And interestingly, MJF has done some horrible things in life. And since it is the fourth anniversary of Dynamite, maybe it’d be good to list them off right here!
The fans cheer that, but MJF wants Stockton to understand, he is a raging narcissist. Try that again. He wants to do it right here in Stockton! The fans cheer louder and MJF says for starters, he threw Jericho off the top of the Blood & Guts cage. Then he whipped Cody Rhodes ten times with a belt. He just so happened to give several children dodgeball related injuries. And his personal favorite: he almost got them kicked off of TV when he decided to call his boss, Tony Khan, “an effing mark.” So what MJF is curious about, BCG, what makes you think he wouldn’t be honest and open? He’s honest and open about everything he’s done in his life, because he’s not just a scumbag, he’s THE PEOPLE’S SCUMBAG!
Fans chant “He’s Our Scumbag!” and MJF smiles and shrugs. But what’s even more interesting, MJF knows for a fact he didn’t go and attack their boy, “Tofu” White. Fans chant “TO~FU! TO~FU!” But if they don’t wanna talk it out like gentlemen, MJF has been hanging around out here in Stockton, and he knows how the people here handle business. So here’s an idea. Right here, right now, we have ourselves a Stockton Street Fight!! Fans fire up for that as MJF storms up, Dynamite Diamond Ring on hand! Fans lose their minds as BCG is more than ready, and MJF throws off his shirt and the belt. But then BCG bails out?
Fans boo and MJF says he thought so. But JAY WHITE IS HERE! Switchblade hits BLADERUNNER on MJF!! The Bang Bang Gang got one over on MJF, and White holds up the AEW World Championship. Devil ambush or not, White wants to take Triple B from MJF, and in fact, he seems to be taking it with him as it is! Fans boo, but what will MJF do to get revenge? White gets on the mic to tell the fans to shut up! He needs their scumbag to hear this. “This looks right. Now Max, I don’t know what type of caliber athlete you’re used to dealing with, but I’m a cut above and your cheap parlor tricks and games don’t work here.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, you got the best of me last week. But you’re not fooling anybody! None of us believe a single word that comes out of your scummy little mouth! And you say it wasn’t you? Might as well be a confession! Cuz we’re not buying what you’re selling, unlike all these filthy poors!” Fans boo and MJF scowls as he sits up. White says no, no, no! Unlike everyone else, the BCG use their brains! They know the REAL MJF: a pathetic, dirty liar! A slimy, gutless coward! And the BCG need a truly elite champion! One that lives up to that name! And Maxwell Jacob Friedman is NOT him!
But hey, White is fair. If MJF wants to prove him wrong, then put it all on the line! November 18th, the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, Full Gear! MJF VS Switchblade for the AEW World Championship! Fans do like that idea, and White says Max can try to prove him wrong. MJF can try to prove he is truly elite, and he will FAIL! But White says he’ll take it from there. He’ll lead by example starting tonight! He’s taking Triple B, and if he’s not down with that, they’ve got two words for ya! GUNS UP! MJF gets a mic and says no no no, Tofu! You want MJF at Full Gear?! Then MJF has two words for him! “YOU’RE ON!!”
Fans fire up and the Devil is coming to LA! But is this all playing into King Switch’s hands? Or will White regret angering the devil he knows?
Backstage interview with OrangeHook.
Renee is with Freshly Squeezed and the FTW Champion and says at WrestleDream, they were so close to becoming #1 contenders to the AEW World Tag Team Championships. Cassidy says yeah, yeah, and they would’ve been great champions. But hey, Hook uh, is still a great champ cuz he has a championship. Hook says Cassidy will be a great champion again, too. It should be him against Fenix and not Moxley. Yeah, but uh, Moxley was champ for like three weeks and Cassidy was champ for eleven months. They share some chips, and Cassidy says it’s whatever. When and where will Orange get back to being golden?
Kenny Omega & Chris Jericho VS Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita w/ Don Callis!
While The Cleaner, The Ocho & The Golden Star couldn’t beat the Don Callis Family, it is a partial victory that they sidelined The Spanish God for the Dynamite Anniversary. However, will they be able to rebound now that an Aussie Arrow is aimed in their direction? Or will the Winnipeggers stay alive in this war with Creepy Callis?
Callis joins commentary while The Alpha and Fletcher go to the ring. The teams sort out and Konosuke starts with Jericho. The fans fire up as the two circle and the two tie up. Konosuke waistlocks, Jericho wrenches and headlocks but Konosuke powers out to run Jericho over! Konosuke flexes but Jericho CHOPS! Konosuke CHOPS, Jericho CHOPS, then they fire forearms! Konosuke claws Jericho’s eyes, headlocks, but Jericho powers out to run Konosuke over! Jericho keeps on Konosuke, tags Omega, and fans fire up even more! Omega throws hands, CLUBS Konosuke then CHOPS again! Fans rally as Omega bumps Konosuke off buckles!
Omega ELBOWS Takeshita, reels him in, and tags Jericho back in. They mug Konosuke, then Jericho brings Konosuke around. Konosuke blocks the suplex, but Omega CLUBS Konosuke! Omega helps out, they DOUBLE SUPLEX Konosuke down! Fans fire up and Jericho has the cocky cover, ONE! Jericho drags Konosuke up, but Konosuke claws Jericho’s eyes! The ref reprimands, Konosuke whips but Jericho reverses as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Konosuke ducks ‘n’ dodges and TAKESHITA LINES Jericho down! Konosuke suplexes Jericho high and hard, then cocky covers! Omega CLUBS Konosuke! Konosuke glares at Omega but tags to Fletcher. Fletcher taunts the fans, then sucker punches Omega! Omega rushes in, the ref keep shim back, and Fletcher bumps Jericho off buckles. Fletcher CHOPS Jericho, then brings him around to scoop and SLAM! Cover, TWO! Fletcher is annoyed but he drags Jericho over to tag Konosuke. They stand Jericho up and mug him, then Konosuke fires forearms. Jericho hits back, the two go back and forth, and Konosuke winds up to DECK Jericho!
Konosuke looms over Jericho at the ropes, and puts him on ropes to CHOKE! Fletcher taunts Jericho, the ref counts, and Konosuke lets off. Jericho sputters, Konosuke brings him up and ROCKS him again! And again! Konosuke runs into a DROPKICK! Jericho and Konosuke are both down, and Konosuke tags Fletcher! Fletcher stomps Jericho down, then taunts him to tag Omega. Fletcher brings Jericho up, ROCKS him, then CHOPS him! Jericho CHOPS back! Fletcher CHOPS again, so Jericho CHOPS again! Fletcher CHOPS then fires off a flurry of forearms! Fletcher runs, but Jericho THROAT CHOPS him down!
Dynamite returns to single picture as the fans rally up for Jericho! Omega coaches him on, Jericho LIONSAULTS! Direct hit but Jericho can’t make the cover after bouncing off Fletcher! Jericho and Fletcher crawl for their corners, hot tag to Omega! The Cleaner rallies on Fletcher and Konosuke with big Polish Hammers! Fletcher dodges the discus to kick and whip but Omega reverses to fireman’s carry! “YOU! CAN’T! ESCAPE!” But then Fletcher does! Fletcher runs in at the corner, Omega dodges and the kick hits buckles! Omega then scoops Fletcher to put him in the ropes. Konosuke CLUBS Omega!
Konosuke whips, Omega reverses and fireman’s carries! “YOU! CAN’T! ESCAPE!” ROLLING SENTON for Konosuke, then a DRAPING BACKSTABBER for Fletcher! The fans are thunderous as Omega drags Fletcher up to full nelson. Konosuke runs in so Omega ditches Fletcher to catch Konosuke. But Konosuke elbows out hard! And ROCKS Omega! Fletcher SNAP HALF ‘N’ HALF! Jericho runs in, but into a SUPERKICK! Fletcher and Konosuke coordinate, Omega in one corner and Jericho in the other. They both run, GAMANGIRI for Jericho and BOOT for Omega! Then they go the other way, GAMANGIRI for Omega and BOOT for Jericho!
Fletcher & Konosuke each scoop, BLUE THUNDER BOMB for Jericho and MICHINOKU DRIVER for Omega! Cover, TWO!!! Callis says this was them sending a message, but is more upset with the ref for not doing it right. Fletcher goes to gut wrench but Omega fights it! Fans fire up as Omega CLUBS Fletcher again and again! Fletcher staggers away but comes back, only for Omega to block the superkick and SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX! Fletcher flops over, Omega tags Jericho! Jericho storms up on Fletcher to CHOP! And CHOP! And then whip corner to corner! Jericho runs in to clothesline!
Jericho hoists Fletcher up top, CHOPS him, then CHOPS him again! Jericho climbs up, and fans fire up as he rains down fists! Jericho goes all the way to TEN, then SUPER STEINERS! Fans fire up as Fletcher flounders. But Konosuke CLOBBERS Jericho! V-TRIGGER for Konosuke! SUPERKICK for Omega! Another SUPERKICK! And then a suplex, to a BRAINBUSTER!! All four men are down and even Callis loves this as the fans are thunderous for “A E DUB! A E DUB!” The four men stir, Konosuke goes to the apron, as does Omega. Fletcher and Jericho sit up, head for each other, and Jericho CHOPS! Fletcher CHOPS back!
Jericho CHOPS again! Fletcher wobbles, but he CHOPS in return! Jericho ROCKS Fletcher, Fletcher ROCKS Jericho, repeat! They go forearm for forearm, faster and faster, then stand up to keep throwing shots! They both run, and DOUBLE LARIATS take them both down! Fans fire up again as Dynamite goes back to picture in picture.
Fletcher and Jericho stir, and Fletcher crawls to ropes. Jericho grits his teeth, storms up on Fletcher and stomps him down. Jericho drags Fletcher up, CHOPS, and then CHOPS again! Jericho says one more, and then swings, but Fletcher dodges! Fletcher CHOPS and CHOPS and whips, but Jericho rolls Fletcher up! To have the legs for a turnover! WALLS OF JERICHO!! Fletcher endures as Jericho sits deep on the stretch! Fletcher grits his teeth, pushes up, reaches out, and Konosuke storms in to BOOT Jericho! Jericho holds on! So Konosuke BOOTS him again! And BOOTS him again! Jericho falls!
Konosuke drags Fletcher away, the ref reprimands, but Omega hurries in to drag Fletcher back! Omega flips Konosuke off, so Konosuke storms in. The two start throwing forearms! ROLLING ELBOW from Konosuke! Omega CHOPS, eggs Konosuke on, so Konosuke fires boxing elbows! Omega CHOPS Konosuke down!! Omega then coaches Jericho up and Jericho reaches out. Fans rally as hard as they can, but Fletcher anchors Jericho’s foot! Dynamite returns to single picture as Jericho ENZIGURIS Fletcher away! Jericho crawls, hot tag to Omega! Omega ROCKS Fletcher, Fletcher ROCKS him back!
Omega and Jericho go forearm for forearm, and Fletcher wobbles around! Fletcher ROCKS Omega again and talks trash! Omega ROCKS Fletcher! Fletcher ROCKS Omega! They go back and forth, faster and faster! Fletcher gets the edge, keeps throwing shots, but a POINT-BLANK V-TRIGGER gets him! Then Omega reels Fletcher in, to POWERBOMB! And then V-TRIGGER!! Cover, TWO!! Fletcher survives and Omega snarls. Callis commends the fighting spirit from Fletcher, but Omega gets the fans all fired up. Omega aims, but Konosuke waistlocks! Omega blocks the suplex, switches, and BLINDSIDE V-TRIGGERS! SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX!!
Omega runs but Fletcher follows to CALF KICK! Fletcher scoops, but Omega slips free and feeds Fletcher to a CODE BREAKER! Then Electric Chair Lift! ONE WINGED ANGEL!!! Cover, Golden Jets win!!
Winners: Kenny Omega & Chris Jericho, by pinfall
Callis says Fletcher screwed this up! Well, guess that means there won’t be a spot in the family for Fletcher. But as Callis said, this isn’t about winning battles but about winning the war! Wait, who’s coming in from crowd side? POWERHOUSE HOBBS CLOBBERS OMEGA AND JERICHO!?! Hobbs has been out of action since All Out, and he vowed absolute destruction, but is this what he meant? Callis grins as Hobbs rains down fists on Jericho, then he kicks Omega out of the ring! Hobbs drags Jericho up, for the SPINEBUSTER!! Hobbs then goes out after Omega to RAM him into railing! Then he CHOKES Omega while talking trash!
Hobbs ROCKS Omega with a haymaker, then he TOSSES Omega over the railing! Omega bowls into chairs and fans go nuts! Hobbs says Omega made him do this! Konosuke keeps Jericho down as Hobbs stalks Omega. Hobbs ROCKS Omega and Omega flops against railing! Hobbs stomps Omega on the bare concrete, and fans boo as Hobbs pulls a railing away from the rest of the barricade, to SLAM it on Omega!! Hobbs puts Omega through the bars to CHOKE Omega!! Omega flails and sputters but he’s stuck! Callis applauds while the fans boo and chant “YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK!” Hobbs doesn’t care, he BOWLS Omega into more chairs!
Hobbs then drags Omega up, TOSSES him back over the railing, and returns to ringside. Konosuke puts Omega in the ring, and Hobbs looks around under the ring. Omega crawls while Konosuke stalks him. Hobbs throws duct tape in, and then gets a chair! Konosuke CHOKES Omega, and Callis uses the tape to tie Omega to the ropes! Omega is bound and defenseless as Hobbs storms up with the chair. Konosuke DROPKICKS Jericho off the apron, keeps him down on the outside, and then Callis makes sure Omega is completely immobilized. Jericho gets in but Hobbs JAMS him with the chair, then CLOBBERS him with it!
Fans boo as Jericho is down and Hobbs fires off shots on Omega’s ribs! Hobbs says everybody can get it! Hobbs then aims, but Callis says hold on. Callis wants to be the one to do the honors. Hobbs says go right ahead. Omega tries to kick at Callis, but Hobbs and Konosuke hold him back, so Callis can HEADSHOT!!! Callis shows off the dent in the chair, his new “masterpiece” to go with all his oil paintings. Fans chant “F YOU HOBBS!” and “F YOU CALLIS!” but Callis gives Omega some stomps. Callis holds up Hobbs’ hand, is the Powerhouse now part of the family?
Backstage interview with MJF.
Renee is with The People’s Scumbag and brings up what we saw happen with him and Bullet Club Gold. That vicious attack, White stealing the world title, and then issuing a challenge for the title which MJF has now gone and accepted. He has so much going on right now, so how is he feeling? Wait, The Acclaimed have walked in to get some electrolyte drinks, and Caster notices MJF. Caster walks over to take over the neck rub. MJF notices and gets very upset! He is so sick of this! Caster has been leaving weird letters in his bag, and constantly tweeting really weird stuff at him! Is Caster a stalker or something?
Caster defends it isn’t like that. No, it is exactly like that! Caster either leaves or MJF gets a restraining order on him! But maybe scissor- NO! No scissors! Okay, okay, sorry. Caster still says MJF is King Maxie. Caster leaves with the rest of The Acclaimed, and Renee agrees, Caster’s tweets do come off as a bit aggressive. MJF wants to call Cole, he just can’t take being on his own right now. The phone rings but there’s no answer. Voicemail? MJF is so frustrated, and doesn’t even bother leaving a message. What is MJF going to do without anyone backing him up?
AEW hears from Samoa Joe.
As he has himself some scotch and a nice cigar, The One True King of Wrestling Television says, “There’s many aspects to being a champion, but the one thing you can never truly replicate is the hunger to be a champion. Now, I’ve been a champion myself many times. And over those championship reigns, I know what it is to be hungry, and to be satisfied. Now the man that you look at before you is a man who is very satisfied, who has all the comforts of the world because he has been a champion everywhere he has ever been. But there in lies the problem. Y’see, for me to be a champion, I need to be focused. For me, to be a champion in this day and age, I need that hunger.
“That is why that I am here today, to announce that I am focused, I am ready, and that I should be AEW World Heavyweight Champion. And granted, no matter how I may feel about the outcome of my championship match, Max, you did earn my respect. And soon enough, you’ll realize that when I’m hungry, I always manage to eat.” The ROH World Television Champion is not going to stop at being ROH World Television Champion, so will he become the One True King of Wrestling period?
Toni Storm VS Skye Blue!
Just as she said earlier tonight, Toni is timeless! So does that mean no matter what, she will always be the star in the spotlight? Or will the Storm be blown away by the Chicago Skye?
The bell rings and Storm shakes hands with the ref. Then Storm offers to shake Skye’s hand, only to short arm LARIAT her instead! The ref reprimands but then Storm stomps away on Skye! Storm drags Skye up, and TOSSES her by her hair! The ref reprimands more but Storm puts Skye in a corner. Storm then TOSSES Skye by her hair again! Fans cheer and Storm soaks it all in. Storm drags Skye up, but Skye shoves her, runs in, and she THROWS Storm by her hair! Fans cheer the payback and Skye SHOTGUNS Storm to a corner! Skye runs in but Storm dodges! Storm runs in but Skye dodges to ROCK her with a forearm!
Skye goes up but Storm CHOPS first! Storm runs side to side to HIP ATTACK Skye to the floor! Fans cheer and Storm says we’ll be right back after these words from “our very, very important sponsors.” What a great segue into picture in picture!
Storm drags Skye up, CHOPS her, and then CHOPS her again! Skye staggers away, Storm brings her around and RAMS her into railing! Storm refreshes the ring count, then brings Skye up to wave to fans. And then she CHOPS Skye again! Storm says her hand hurts! Skye crawls but Storm drags her up, but Skye avoids the chop! To CHOP back! Skye stomps Storm, Storm tries to crawl under the ring but Skye drags her back out. Storm BOOTS Skye away, refreshes the ring count again and then goes out after Skye. Skye hits back but Storm CHOPS her down! Storm drags Skye up to RAM her into the railing!
Fans cheer as Storm CHOPS Skye again! Storm keeps Skye from going too far away and puts her in the ring. Storm kicks Skye around, then brings her up to CHOP! Skye sputters, and Storm reels her in to snap suplex! Cover, TWO! Storm is annoyed but she brings Skye around and pulls her hair. The ref reprimands, Storm lets off, and she pushes Skye around. Storm smears Skye’s face into the mat! The ref reprimands, Storm lets off, and she paces around Skye. Storm kicks Skye around, pie faces her, and Dynamite returns to single picture as Skye throws body shots! Storm reels Skye in but Skye fights to a victory roll! TWO!
Skye fires off forearms on Storm! Fans fire up with Skye and she whips, but Storm reverses. Storm scoops, Skye RANAS! Fans fire up with Skye again and she runs to SHINING WIZARD at the ropes! Then a snapmare, but Storm blocks the superkick, only for the BASEMENT ROUNDHOUSE to hit! Skye shouts and fans fire up with her again. Skye runs corner to corner but Storm puts her on the apron. Skye ROUNDHOUSES, goes up top, and she CROSSBODIES! Cover, TWO! Storm is still in this and Skye grows frustrated. Skye full nelsons but Storm arm-drags free, to SKY HIGH! Cover, TWO!!
Storm is upset with the ref but the ref says his count was fair. Storm says “How DARE you!” But Skye rolls her up! TWO, and Skye SUPERKICKS Storm down! Cover, TWO!! Storm survives and Skye can’t believe it! Skye drags Storm up, slaps her around, and Storm clings to Skye, apologizing? Skye pushes Storm away, but Storm blocks the kick and hits a GERMAN SUPLEX! Skye flounders to a corner and Storm goes to the other. Fans fire up as Storm says “I’m ready for my closeup!” Storm runs in to SWEET HIP MUSIC!! And then the STORM ZERO!! Cover, Storm wins!
Winner: Toni Storm, by pinfall
Timeless Toni’s debut is a blockbuster! She thanks the ref and Skye for their part in this performance, but will she become an award-winning leading lady? AKA, a champion?
BREAKING NEWS for Rampage!
As the chase for tag title opportunities continues, The Hardy Boyz team up with Best Friends to take on the former Jericho Appreciation Society! Will Matt, Jeff, Chuck & Trent DELETE these sports… enner-tay-ners? Plus, Hikaru Shida teams up with Kris Statlander to take on the Vicious Vixens, Nyla Rose & Marina Shafir! Will the Shining Samurai be rolling towards Title Tuesday? And then, with Eddie Kingston on commentary, there will be a star-studded Fatal 4 Way! Johnny TV, Komander, Penta El Zero Miedo and Lince Dorado all fight for a shot at the ROH World Championship!
Backstage interview with Stokely Hathaway.
Renee is with a member of the ROH Board of Directors, and he cuts her off to say he can handle this. He has breaking news, that he couldn’t say on Sunday because Eddie was so rude, but this Friday on Rampage, there will be a Fatal 4 Way to determine a #1 contender to the ROH World Championship. “And guess what, Eddie? You will be there live doing commentary to see who is next in line. We need a champion that smells like Tom Ford, not Burger King and Newports. See you Friday.” Big Stoke may just be stoking the flames, will The Mad King have his own response to all this?
BREAKING NEWS for Collision!
After getting the WrestleDream All-Star 8 Man win last week, Ricky Starks & “Big Bill” Morrissey are getting a big opportunity! They’re facing FTR for the AEW World Tag Team Championships! It will be a special 7 PM Eastern edition of Collision, will it be an Absolute classic? Or will Cash & Dax still be Top Guys?
Tony Schiavone is in the ring.
He says “What a way to celebrate the fourth anniversary of Dynamite.” Welcome to All Elite Wrestling, the Rated R Superstar, ADAM COPELAND! “You think you know him.” Edge makes his entrance and Stockton goes wild as he gets his pyro! Edge gets in the ring and fans fire up even more. Schiavone says it is great to be here with a true legend. It was the biggest news the last week, the fans are still rabid for Edge being All Elite. Edge says he grew up with Schiavone’s voice as the soundtrack to his childhood, so this is a big deal for Edge. And he loves Schiavone, but this is his ring now, so hit the bricks.
Edge and Schiavone shake hands and fans chant “ADAM! ADAM! ADAM!” Edge says he’s never heard that chanted for him before, that is fun! But seriously, he came out here, and he wants to rewind back a bit. 2011, he’s told he can never do this again. Fans boo that memory, but Edge says we’re in 2023 and now he’s in AEW! Fans cheer that! And now there are quite a few reasons why Edge is here. He’ll get to the major reason why last, though. Because he doesn’t know about them, but he is pretty sure the AEW World Championship would look good around Edge’s waist. There is a whole roster of first-time-ever matches for Adam Copeland. And yes, he referred to himself in the third person, never done that before, so kinda weird. Won’t do it again.
Fans again chant for “ADAM! ADAM!” and Edge wants us to think about it. First-time-ever matches! Edge VS Jon Moxley! Edge VS Kenny Omega! Miro! Powerhouse Hobbs! Jay White! “Stray Bullet” Juice Robinson! Those are all amazing reasons to be here. To challenge Edge 31 years into his career with something brand new, and the fans are making that happen. He’s said this before, this will be the last time he says it, the main reason Edge came to AEW was because he sat down with his family. He said to his little girls, Lyric and Ruby, “What’s Dad do? Should I retire?” That choice was up there.
But then Lyric, at only nine years old yet far wiser than him, told him to go have fun with “Uncle Jay.” So speaking of Uncle Jay, he’ll call him what we all know him as: Christian Cage. Fans boo and Edge knows. But right now, Edge wants to talk to Christian to tell him the real reason for being here. Edge waits, fans chant “UNCLE JAY! UNCLE JAY!” and here comes Captain Charisma! The man who is still AEW TNT Champion after Nick Wayne betrayed Darby Allin now struts to the ring, that belt on his shoulder. Christian circles around Edge once, and then looks him in the eyes while fans lose their minds.
Edge says for 40 YEARS, these two have been best friends. They were friends even before being in the industry. But it was being in this industry together that made them realize they would be friends for life. Fans cheer that, but Edge continues to say, “I know what you’re thinking. Why did I do what I did at WrestleDream?” Why did Edge smash Nick Wayne, throw the chair at Luchasaurus and hit Spears on them both? It is quite simple: Edge sees Christian here, just like this, his face all pursed up to look more like a dick than usual. TV censored it but the fans reveal what was said.
And even though Edge knows this about Christian, he still loves him. Fans go “Aww…” as Edge says that’ll never change. But Edge saw Christian standing over Sting. Sting! A man whose poster Christian once took to the barber and put it on the mirror so that they would cut Christian’s hair like that. Yeah, the classic box top with rat tail while Edge had the Lex Luger. That was them! And Edge sees Christian standing over Sting, “a man who has entertained people for over four decades! A man who has caused people to feel for over four decades! A man… My wife’s parents, they couldn’t speak English, they’re Polish, but guess what? They loved Sting.”
So Edge can’t just stand here and watch Christian smash Sting with a ConChairTo! That is why Edge did what he did. But Edge also did it because he knows, from experience, that Luchasaurus and Nick Wayne are gonna drop Christian like a bad habit once they’ve sucked all the knowledge they can outta Christian’s brain. Fans go “Ooh~!” Edge says Christian is so egotistical that he won’t see it. “But Jay, man, I’m here. I am here because it’s time.” Huh? That got Christian to look up. “It’s time. For the first time since 2011, for the first time properly in over 20 years, it’s time. For you and I… To team together again.” Fans love that idea!
Edge wants Christian to join him in facing a team like FTR! A team like The Young Bucks! To show an entire generation for fans why Edge & Christian is inarguably among the greatest tag teams of all time!! Fans chant “YES! YES! YES!” Edge is here, hat in hand, asking Christian… “Let’s do it. Let’s end our careers together as a team. Let’s show them all what we can do!” Fans chant “ONE MORE TIME! ONE MORE TIME!” Christian wipes off his hand, and holds it out to Edge. Edge hands over the mic, and Christian looks at his TNT title. Then he offers Edge a hug! Edge takes it! Fans cheer that these two are together!
But then Christian says Edge can go F himself?!? Fans boo as Captain Charisma just rejected his oldest friend in the world!! Christian leaves, fans tell him he’s an a-hole, but he doesn’t care. Christian says, “Before I go, just a quick reminder, Adam, of what you’ll be up against this Tuesday, live on Dynamite.” Luchasaurus makes his way out, Nick Wayne by his side. Captain Charisma and his cohorts stand against Copeland, will they end AEW’s Rated R Era before it begins?
My Thoughts:
A great episode to follow-up WrestleDream and build upon it for AEW. Though, rather unfortunate to learn there were some injuries that ended up changing plans here. Sammy really did rock himself after that awkward flying cutter on Jericho, and Mark Davis really did hurt his wrist after that rough splash by Cash Wheeler. But Fletcher was a great choice to sub in for Sammy in that tag match with Konosuke, Jericho and Omega. And then in a big surprise, Hobbs is the newest member of the DCF! A little torn on that move, though. On one hand, this is going to get Hobbs screentime as he deserves. But on the other, I’d hoped he was done with factions after breaking away from QTV.
I’m also a little upset about how AEW keeps having ROH related things happening on their programming and not on ROH programming. Yes, Samoa Joe has a great promo, and him going after the AEW World Championship is fitting, but what happened to his story with Stokely and Dalton Castle with the ROH World Television Championship? And speaking of, Stokely telling us about the Fatal 4 Way on Rampage was redundant after hearing about it via the Rampage match card announcement. And then, while great for Lince Dorado to show up here in AEW and to get right in a contender’s match with Komander, Penta and Johnny Mundo TV, the ROH World Championship having a contender’s match on AEW programming just makes ROH TV into more of an afterthought.
Great opening match with the International Championship, and I assume they’re just playing up Fenix’s back being in bad shape to push this “is the title cursed?” story. But Fenix retaining was the right move since the Bucks already have the ROH World Six Man titles and are set up for another AEW World Tag title match. FTR VS Starks & Morrissey will be great stuff on Collision but I just feel like FTR retains so that it will be FTR VS Bucks Round 4 at Full Gear. Fenix VS Moxley for Title Tuesday is going to be awesome stuff, and hopefully both men get to give it their all, no dazed/concussed Moxley this time.
Wardlow making a surprise return to squash Griff and then just leave was pretty good stuff. Let’s just hope he doesn’t get booked into a corner this time. Great promos from Bryan Danielson, ZSJ, and Hangman Page. Bryan VS Swerve is going to be great stuff, and even though Christian Cage is TNT Champion right now, I feel like either Bryan or Swerve could win the contender’s match. Though, I am leaning towards Bryan so that Hangman and Swerve can have their rematch at Full Gear. And really good, though outta nowhere, Trios Championship match. Acclaimed win, of course, and maybe they’ll get a real feud for Full Gear.
Great promo stuff from MJF and Bullet Club Gold, especially with White’s surprise appearance to take down MJF and to literally take the title. Rather odd place to plug the social media banter between the Maxes, but it does add a bit to MJF’s frustrations being without his brochacho. Adam Cole had another hilarious segment with Roddy & The Kingdom, clearly giving us the idea that Roddy is now being a two-faced friend after accusing Cole of doing the same. Also, it’s been four years, can’t AEW and Turner networks figure out how to not screw up audio? I didn’t type it twice but they had to play that segment twice because of the issue. At the same time, them having the time to do that gave me the idea that AEW really wasn’t sure what they were doing tonight.
Anyway, we got a fun little promo from Cassidy and Hook. They keep talking about Hook being a great champion and about Cassidy deserving to be a great champion again, so how long are we to wait on them having a friendly match for the FTW Championship? And amazing stuff from Toni Storm tonight as she names this new persona, “Timeless Toni.” Timeless Toni has a great match with Skye Blue, who had darker eye shadow as a nod to getting misted by Julia Hart. I feel like the House of Black could add at least one more female member, so maybe it’s Skye Blue? But at the same time, AEW would still need to get their women’s division more match time per show.
And of course, just as Schiavone said, the big buzz worthy news for AEW is Adam Edge Copeland being here! And yeah, I’m gonna be typing “Edge” when I refer to him mostly because it’s less to type. Edge has a great promo with Renee, Omega and Jericho to open, and a great segment to close. I love that Edge referenced being kicked out of Judgment Day, his own faction, when pleading with Christian. I love that on this day, Edge wanted Christian to see clearly, and to reunite with him as the Team That Reeks of Awesomeness. And I even love that Christian arrogantly rejected Edge.
As I said for WrestleDream, we should definitely get a Six Man Tag of Christian, Luchasaurus & Nick Wayne VS Edge, Sting & Darby before we get Edge VS Christian 1v1, and then it really depends on where the TNT Championship goes before we really do get Edge & Christian reunited to get those tag team dream matches in.
My Score: 8.8/10
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Will Swerve’s House rumble, bad man, rumble?
While Swerve Strickland has Death Riders and Hangman Page on the brain, he has Shane Taylor in the ring! Will Swerve still be AEW’s Most Dangerous?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Jon Moxley w/ Wheeler Yuta VS AR Fox; Moxley wins.
- 8 Man Tag: Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Daniel Garcia & Bandido VS Kyle Fletcher, Konosuke Takeshita & FTR; Kyle, Konosuke & FTR win.
- Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS Shane Taylor w/ Shane Taylor Promotions; Swerve wins.
- Mixed Six Tag: Holo.grm, Mark Briscoe & Willow Nightingale VS #MXMTV; Hologram, Briscoe & Willow win.
- JetSpeed VS The Gates of Agony; JetSpeed wins.
- 8 Woman Tag: Thunder Rosa, Queen Aminata & TayJay VS Athena, Thekla, Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford; Athena, Thekla, Bayne & Ford win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Stokely Hathaway, FTR & #ProtoShita speak.
#BigStoke says after what happened on Wednesday was a complete and utter embarrassment, and they all vowed to never let it happen again. Now that Cash Wheeler is back, FTR is complete, and they have #ProtoShita with them! Tonight, they will win! Stokely clearly has confidence enough for all five of them, but will it really go their way? Or will Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Daniel Garcia & Bandido make sure tonight happens just like it did in Mexico City?
Jon Moxley w/ Wheeler Yuta VS AR Fox!
The Maniac feels the walls closing in as we move closer to All In, but an animal is only more dangerous once it is cornered. Will Moxley ruin the Whole Fox’n Show? Or can Fox take down Mox?
The bell rings and Fox DROPKICKS Mox! Fox fires off on Mox in the corner, the ref counts, and Mox shoves Fox away. Fox comes back to LARIAT but Mox stays up. The fans rally for Fox and he LARIATS, but then Mox takes a swing! Fox goes matrix and comes back to ENZIGIRI! The fans fire up and Fox runs in at the corner, A-LIST LARIAT! Fox shoves Moxley to then climb up the corner, FLYING- FOREARM from Moxley! Mox’s antiair takes Fox down and the fans boo. Moxley drags Fox up for an X-PLEX! Fox writhes, Moxley stomps him, and then Moxley brings Fox to the ropes. Moxley puts Fox through the ropes to bend him!
The ref counts, Moxley CLUBS Fox down, and then Moxley storms out after Fox. The fans rally for Fox but Mox CHOPS! Fox hits back, Moxley hits again, and repeat! the fans rally but Moxley BITES Fox on the face! The fans boo but Moxley DECKS Fox! Moxley talks trash, drags Fox up, and he puts Fox in the ring. Fox KICKS Moxley in the ropes! Then DRAPING DDT! The fans fire up and Mox flops back. Fox runs to BLACK HOLE STOMP! The fans fire up while Moxley falls to the floor! Fox goes up the corner to MOONSAULT ATTACK! Seattle is loving this as Fox puts Moxley back in the ring.
Fox shouts at Yuta to move, then Fox climbs. But then Yuta trips Fox up, all behind the ref’s back! Moxley climbs up and he CLAWS Fox’s back! The fans boo and the ref counts, but Moxley TWISTS Fox’s ear, then BITES it! The fans boo more, the ref reprimands again, but Moxley has a KATAGATAME up top! Moxley then hits a SUPERPLEX! Cover, TWO! But now to the CROSSFACE! The fans rally as Fox endures, but Moxley twists him around and thrashes the hold! Then he rolls to have Fox in an INVERTED RINGS OF SATURN! Fox fights around, ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, the fans cheer, and Moxley lets go at 4.
Moxley glares at the ref, then goes back for Fox. Moxley KICKS! Fox frowns at him and eggs him on! The fans fire up as Moxley KICKS, but Fox still eggs him on! Moxley BOOTS, runs, and KICKS, but Fox blocks! The fans fire up and Fox says F Mox! But Mox KICKS back! Fox PELES and Moxley falls out! The fans fire up and Fox FLIES! Down goes Moxley! Fox puts Moxley in, he BOOTS Yuta for getting too close, then he SUPERKICKS! BUZZSAWS! But Moxley ducks the heel kick, only to get a BASEMENT CUTTER! Fox fire sup, runs and BOOTS Moxley! Then snapmare roll and CUTTER! Moxley staggers up, but he LARIATS Fox down!
The fans boo but Moxley drags Fox back up. GOTCH HOLD PILEDRIVER! Moxley then rains down forearms on Fox’s head! Fox can’t guard anymore, and Moxley puts on the REAR NAKED CHOKE!! Fox is OUT, Moxley wins!
Winner: Jon Moxley, by submission
The fans boo, especially as Moxley doesn’t stop! Moxley lets go, but they’re still not done as he and Yuta mug Fox! The fans boo but Moxley gets a mic to call out Hangman Page. This guy, this cowboy, Moxley has been watching him piss away his opportunities for years! Moxley’s been watching Hangman piss away his God-given gifts for years! And Moxley doesn’t have the same patience as the fans do for their cowboy! Moxley is sick of waiting for Hangman to get his act together. Moxley is sick of this crybaby cowboy’s crap! The fans boo more, but Moxley says this is a tough sport and a tough business. So on July 12th at All In, Moxley will run the Hangman outta this sport for good!
The fans boo even more, but Moxley tells Hangman he can just go back to counting chickens or whatever it is he does, because this business is NOT for him! The Maniac has given his warning, but is it all bluster knowing Hangman isn’t around? Or will nothing and no one stop the reign of terror?
Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Daniel Garcia & Bandido speak.
The AEW TNT Champion says Grand Slam: Mexico was one for the ages. Not just for him but for Bandido, for Danny, that was a great night. They wish Roddy was there, but tonight, they keep the party going with an 8 Man Tag. Tonight, AEW Collision is back on TNT, and the TNT Champion says there is nothing sweeter than their team getting a victory. And that is Undisputed! That match is next, will it be all about the BOOM here in Seattle?
8 Man Tag: Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Daniel Garcia & Bandido VS Kyle Fletcher, Konosuke Takeshita & FTR!
The bell rings and the teams sort out. Bandido starts against Dax Harwood and they circle. The fans rally, but Stoke distracts the ref so that Konosuke can pull Bandido in, and then the whole team mugs the Most Wanted! Dax bumps Bandido off buckles, CHOPS him, then stands him up again. Dax whips corner to corner, runs in, btu Bandido goes up and over. Dax runs Bandido over, things keep moving, and Bandido hurdles. Bandido slips through a scoop to DROPKICK Dax! The fans fire up, Cash steps in but Bandido backs him off. Dax goes to an open corner, Bandido is on him with a CHOP of his own!
The fans cheer and Bandido wrenches to a wristlock. Dax flails but Roddy tags in. Roddy KNEES Dax low, wrenches again, but Dax DECKS him! Dax tags The Alpha and they mug Roddy. Konosuke ROCKS Roddy again and again, then CHOPS! Konosuke whips, Roddy reverses, but Konosuke TAKESHITA LINES! Konosuke taunts Roddy’s team, then brings Roddy over to tag Kyle. The Don Callis Family boys mug Roddy, then Kyle fires hands. The ref counts, then he backs Kyle off. Kyle runs back up, but into a BOOT! Roddy CALF KICKS Kyle then tags in Garcia! Garcia fires hands on Kyle and he CHOPS!
Garcia whips, Kyle reverses, but Garcia ducks ‘n’ dodges to LEAPING LARIAT! The fans fire up for Red Death, and he LARIATS Kyle in a corner! Garcia rains down fists, goes to nine to then wind it up, and TEN! The fans cheer and Garcia whips, but Kyle reverses. Dax gets a cheap shot in but Garcia DECKS him, DECKS Konosuke, and DECKS Cash! But Kyle GAMANGIRIS! Kyle rains down fists, the fans boo, but Kyle tags Dax. Dax snap suplexes Garcia to then drop a leg, drop an elbow, and drop a HEADBUTT! Cash says look at the ‘stache! The fans boo but Dax covers, TWO! Dax chinlocks and he grinds Garcia down.
Garcia endures and the fans rally up. Garcia rises, fires body shots, but Dax CHOPS! Dax headlocks, but Garcia hits a BIG back suplex! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Garcia crawls, hot tag to Bandido! Bandido rallies on Dax, DECKS him, then he DROPKICKS Konosuke! Kyle storms in but Bandido dodges to tilt-o-whirl and DDT! Cash is back, Bandido dodges and scoops to BACKBREAKER! Dax is up, Bandido fires hands on him, then a SUPERKICK! Cash runs up but Bandido TOSSES him out onto Dax! The fans fire up and Bandido builds speed, to DIVE! But FTR catch him, and DOUBLE ATOMIC SLAM onto the desk!
The fans boo but Cash mocks the finger guns while Collision goes picture in picture.
Stokely talks trash on Bandido, and Dax sits Bandido up so he can rain down fists! Cash taunts Bandido’s team, the ref keeps the peace, and Dax drags Bandido up into the ring. Dax tags Cash, then SMACKS Bandido off Cash’s boots! Cash mocks Bandido more, then drags him up by his mask. Cash CHOPS Bandido down! Cash UPPERCUTS, Bandido goes to the corner, and Cash UPPERCUTS again! Cash tags Konosuke, they mug Bandido, and Konosuke CLUBS Bandido down. Konosuke drags Bandido around, scoops and SLAMS him down, then tags Kyle. ProtoShita puts Bandido in a corner, whips corner to corner, then they DOUBLE BOOT!
Bandido flops over and Kyle flexes while he soaks up heat. Dax joins in, then Kyle stomps away on Bandido. Kyle drags Bandido over, tags Dax, and they mug Bandido. Dax hoists Bandido up top, CHOPS him, then ROCKS him! Bandido fires back, Dax CHOPS, and they continue to brawl as Dax climbs. Dax CLAWS Bandido’s eyes, Collision returns to single picture, and Seattle rallies for Bandido. Bandido fires body shots, then a CHOP! Dax falls and the fans fire up! Bandido stands to TORNILLO ATTACK! Both men are down, the fans fire up, and they crawl, hot tags to Kyle and Cole! Cole dodges Kyle to BLAST Konosuke & Cash!
Kyle runs up but Cole ELBOWS him! And BOOTS him! And then LARIATS him! Cole rallies on Kyle, BOOTS him down, and the fans fire up! Cole fireman’s carries, Kyle slips free, but Cole breaks free to PELE! BACKSTABBER! Cover, TWO! Kyle survives but Cole is right on him. Tag to Roddy and Paragon works together. Kyle slips free, shoves Roddy at Cole, tag to Dax! Cole SUPERKICKS Kyle, Dax ROCKS Cole! Roddy ROCKS Dax and suplexes, but Dax slips free! Dax waistlocks, Roddy switches, but Dax switches back. Roddy switches again to ANGLE SLAM! Konosuke runs in but Garcia intercepts with a BOOT!
Garcia LARIATS Konosuke and himself out! Roddy gives Dax a GUT BUSTER DROP! Cole adds a SHINING WIZARD! Roddy covers, Cash breaks it! The fans boo but Cash knows that was in time! Roddy drags Dax up, puts him in a corner, and he hoists Dax up. Cash runs in, Roddy ELBOWS Cash, but Dax ROCKS Roddy! Dax puts Roddy up top and CHOPS! Dax climbs, Cash also climbs, and we get a SUPERPLEX for the Power! DIVING SPLASH for the Glory! But Bandido FROG SPLASHES Cash! Konosuke POWER DRIVE KNEES Bandido! Garcia spins Konosuke around to TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Kyle scoops Garcia for a MICHINOKU DRIVER!
Cole and Kyle run up, DOUBLE FORFEARMS! DOUBLE BOOTS! Cole blocks a kick to SUPERKICK! Only to run into a LARIAT! Kyle hauls Cole back up, but Cole suplexes! GHOST BUSTER! All eight men are down and the fans are thunderous! The teams regroup while the fans cheer “A E DUB!” for making this the opener. The eight men stare down, and then it explodes into a brawl! The fans fire up as Cole has Kyle, Garcia has Cash, Roddy has Dax and Bandido has Konosuke! Things go to the corners, then Cole TOSSES Kyle! Garcia TOSSES Konosuke! Cash TOSSES Garcia, then Cash CLUBS Roddy!
Cash & Dax double whip Roddy, but Cole SUPERKICKS Cash! No Shatter Machine here! Kyle SUPERKICKS COle! Bandido SUPER MOONSAULTS onto Konosuke! Roddy saves Cole from a brainbuster! Roddy fireman’s carries Dax but Dax fights free! Dax CHOPS and ROCKS and repeat! Cash si back, FTR double whip, but Roddy slips around to shove Dax into Cash! Kyle SUPERKICKS Roddy into SHATTER MACHINE!! Cover, #DCFTR wins!!
Winners: Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher & FTR, by pinfall
The Don Callis Family and FTR make for a winning combination tonight, and Stokely says he called it! But they’re not done, they keep on beating up Roddy, Cole, Garcia and Bandido! The fans boo but there’s no one to stop them! And then Cash calls for reinforcements? Cash & Dax set Bandido up, but wait! THE OUTRUNNERS rush out here! Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd are here as backup for Bandido! FTR & ProtoShita get outta there, but will there be a receipt coming there way?
PROGRAMMING NOTE!
Collision may have returned to Saturday tonight, but next week will be a special Thursday Night Collision! Make sure your DVRs are set properly so you don’t miss the action!
Thunder Rosa, Queen Aminata & TayJay speak.
Tay Melo tells Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford that they know what happened last time. Tonight is round two! And Anna adds that there are so many more ways they wanna hurt them. The One True African Queen says Thekla may have won, but she knows she got hit hard, huh? She ain’t seen nothing yet! And La Mera Mera reminds Athena that she’s coming for that ROH Women’s World Championship. Tonight, she takes Athena’s head!
Athena, Thekla, Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford speak.
The Fallen Goddess thanks the Toxic Spider, Megasus & Superbad Girl for accepting the invitation. But even then, Athena still doesn’t like crazy spider lady, still doesn’t like Ford, and is still bigger and badder than Megan. But tonight, it’s ATHENA Elite Wrestling! So let’s get it together, girls, so Athena can have her moment. And if they do, they can be her Minions. Ford keeps Megan from storming up on Athena, but can these war goddesses hold it together to be victorious?
AEW shares footage from after Grand Slam: Mexico.
Renee Paquette was with the NEW CMLL Women’s World Champion, Mercedes Mone, and says what a huge night. Another history making moment as she is now #SixBeltsMone! Mone says damn straight! Unfortunately, not everyone was in the mood for celebrating… Toni Storm rained on her parade a bit. Mone tells Toni, “You think you’re gonna play mind games with me? Well, I am the master of any game! So bring it! Tonight’s win was just a preview for what’s to come at All In: Texas. Toni, you call yourself ‘Timeless?’ Well, I’m iconic! I’m Six Belts Mone! The Conversation, the Blueprint, The C E O!”
And the Money Train is on a roll! Toni’s time is ticking, and it is almost up. See you in Texas, b*tch! Mone rolls on, but will she have lucky number seven? Or will the AEW Women’s World Championship be the one prize she doesn’t get to have?
Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS Shane Taylor w/ Shane Taylor Promotions!
The Realest may have a house, but Big Bad Shaney T. Boy has an entire promotion! And while this is Swerve’s homecoming to Washington, will he have homefield advantage? Or will Shane show him how to rumble, bad man, rumble?
The bell rings and the two circle. Shane swings, Swerve dodges to waistlock, but then Swerve avoids the elbow. Shane stops the Eddy Gordo Rana, brings Swerve up to back suplex, but Swerve lands out. Shane blocks a boot, Swerve reels him in and sunset flips, but Shane stays up! Swerve avoids the fist drop to SHOVE Shane out of the ring! Swerve builds speed, but then just hits the Griddy! The fans cheer, STP is upset, and Bravo says he’s got money riding on this. Shane storms into the ring to circle with Swerve. Swerve bobs ‘n’ weaves to avoid the shots, but Shane stops the wrench. Shane blocks the whip, too, but then Swerve BOOTS him!
The fans cheer, Swerve eggs Shane on, and the two reset. They feel things out, Shane fires hands, and wait, Nana is gambling with the Infantry? Shane DECKS Swerve, his odds might’ve just gone up! Shane drags Swerve up on the apron and Bravo wants Tony Schiavone to get in on this? Shane lifts Swerve, Swerve fights free, and he slips under! The Infantry freaks out as Swerve pulls on Shane, but Shane grabs Swerve to SLAM him off the apron! Then he APRON SPLASHES! The fans boo while Swerve falls, and Shane claims it’s HIS house now! The fans boo more while Collision goes picture in picture.
The Infantry mockingly offer Swerve some money, but Shane drags Swerve up to HEADBUTT him! Shane puts Swerve in the ring, tells Nana he’s about to lose more money on this, and then goes into the ring. Shane clamps onto Swerve with a chinlock and he grinds Swerve down. Swerve endures and Nana rallies the fans. Swerve fights up, fires body shots, then he KNEES Shane low! Shane ROCKS Swerve with a left! Then SAIDOS! Swerve staggers over to ropes, Shane storms up on him, and Shane CHOKES Swerve by standing on him! The ref counts, Shane backs off, and Swerve goes to the corner. Shane storms up to Swerve again while Collision goes to break.
Collision returns, Shane has Swerve in a corner to talk trash, then he runs up, only for Swerve to dodge! Swerve then wraps Shane’s arm around ropes, CLUBS away on the shoulder, and runs side to side for a DROPKICK to the arm! The fans fire up and Swerve dropkicks the legs out! Swerve drops a KNEE on the arm, then runs to KNEE Shane down! Cover, TWO! Shane is tougher than that but Swerve stays focused. Nana says it’s over for STP now! Swerve KICKS the bad arm, and the fans cheer for “DEFY! DEFY!” Swerve runs up, Shane shoves him to the corner but Swerve comes back, only for Shane to HEADBUTT!
Shane URENAGES Swerve down, but that was the bad arm! Shane runs, SPLASHES DOWN into an armbar! Swerve has Shane caught and he even HAMMERS Shane’s head! Shane endures, fights back up, and he powers out! Shane KNEES Swerve down! Cover, TWO! Swerve survives and Shane grows frustrated. Swerve goes to a corner, Shane says time to bet it all! Shane goes up the corner, the fans fire up, and Swerve ROCKS Shane first! Swerve throws more hands, then he goes up to get Shane for a SUPER DUPER BACK SUPLEX! The fans are thunderous and Swerve is feeling it! Shane flounders to the apron, but Swerve fires hands!
The fans rally, Swerve runs and returns, but into Shane’s grip! Swerve KICKS and KICKS and KICKS! Shane drapes over the ropes and Swerve BOOTS him! Swerve goes up, takes aim, APRON KILL STOMPS!! The fans are thunderous again and Swerve steps inside. But the Infantry gets all up in Nana’s face! Swerve FLIES out onto the Infantry! And then a HOUSE CALL for Shane!! Cover, Swerve wins!
Winner: Swerve Strickland, by pinfall
Swerve finally has his 50th singles win here in AEW, and Nana rakes in the dough! Having green is nice, but will Swerve find himself aimed at gold again?
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing… Timeless Toni Storm.
Seattle cheers as Toni Noir stands on stage. “Mercedes Mone…” The fans boo that name. “I am disappointed in you. Three weeks ago, you shook my hand and said we would have the biggest women’s match of all time. And since then, you have been eating steak, playing on your telephone, and trying to kiss me. And now, you are still in Mexico because you have won yet another title.” The fans boo that, too. “Is that all I am to you? Is that all this is to you? Another trophy for your shelf? Another toy for your collection? Now, I want to say this as nicely as possible. Mercedes, I am not some other mother-effer.
“I am TIMELESS Toni Storm! I am the AEW Women’s World Champion! And if you make one false move, I am going to eat you alive!” The fans cheer that! “I demand your best, Mercedes, because that is what you are. One day, my reign will be over.” The fans don’t like the sound of that, but Toni says there is no one more deserving than Mone. “The day I met you, I knew what you were destined to be. You were the first woman to wrestle at Madison Square Garden, the Tokyo Dome, Wembley Stadium AND Arena Mexico… But I was the last woman to wrestle at the Wodonga Sports & Leisure Center before it got closed down for a cockroach infestation.”
The fans cheer that last part, and Toni says she sincerely believes that Mone is the greatest of all time. Toni is not, nor was she ever meant to be. For she is a “manic, neurotic, erotic, sexually questionable, consistently sweating, bottom heavy, transatlantic whore!” The fans still cheer for her, and Toni says when this belt is upon her bosom, she makes magic happen! So unless Mone plans on pulling a rabbit out of her ass, Toni highly doubts Mone can say the same! At All In, in front of the entire world, and all those little girls watching at home, Mone will look Toni in the eye, and she will realize that Toni only has to beat Mone while Mone will have to KILL Toni!
The fans cheer Toni as the spotlight fades out to black. Will All In: Texas be yet another instant classic in Toni’s already timeless career?
Mixed Six Tag: Holo.grm, Mark Briscoe & Willow Nightingale VS #MXMTV!
Undefeated at 25-0 and now 4 million Pesos richer, the futuristic luchador now conglomerates with the Sussex County Chicken and the Babe with the Power! But will this change in the line up keep things fresh against Mansoor, Mason Madden y Taya Valkyrie? Or will MXM TV serve Hologram his first taste of bitter defeat?
The trios sort out and it is ladies first as Willow circles with Taya. They tie up, Taya waistlocks and shoves, then she soaks up the heat while she struts. Willow kicks Taya in the butt! Taya gets mad, runs up on Willow, but Willow LARIATS her down! Then Willow struts, and shakes them hips! Taya gets up, Willow waistlocks and shoves her to the corner. Taya dodges, stomps away, but the ref counts. Taya stops at 4, whips corner to corner, but Willow cartwheels! Willow comes back to CLOBBER Taya, then she runs to SPLASH! Cover, ONE! Willow tags Hologram and Taya tags Mason! Hologram and Mason tie up, and Mason THROWS Hologram!
The fans boo but MXM celebrates like they did something. Mason swings on Briscoe & Willow but they both get clear. The fans boo Mason but Hologram DROPKICKS Mason! The fans fire up and Hologram runs in again. Mason puts Hologram on the apron, but Hologram RAMS low and GAMANGIRIS high! Hologram goes up, up, and springboards to MISSILE DROPKICK! Mason tumbles out but Mansoor runs in, only for Hologram to kick and whip. Mansoor reverses, Hologram handsprings but Mansoor dodges! Mansoor runs up, Hologram dodges and tilt-o-whirl RANAS! The fans fire up and Mansoor bails out!
Hologram builds speed and DIVES! Direct hit and the fans fire up! Wait, Mason gets Hologram for a BLACK HOLE SLAM on the floor! The fans boo but MXM TV cheers while Collision goes picture in picture.
Mason drags Hologram up, puts him back in the ring, and Johnny TV taunts Briscoe & Willow. Mason drags Hologram back out so he can CLUB him down. The ref reprimands, Mason drags Hologram back up and SMACKS him off the apron. And then throws him into railing! Taya soaks up the heat while she vogues, and Mason refreshes the ring count. That just lets Mr. & Mrs. TV stomp away on Hologram! They stop as Mason goes back out to fetch Hologram. Willow & Briscoe back the rest of them off while Hologram is in the ring. Mansoor tags in, he whips for Mason to scoop, and they CAT WALK LEG DROP! Cover, TWO!
Mansoor keeps Hologram down with a Camel Clutch, but Hologram endures. Mansoor stomps away on Hologram into the corner, but stops as the ref counts. Mason gets a cheap shot in while Mansoor argues with the ref! Johnny does, too! Mansoor drags Hologram to an ELBOW DROP, then covers, TWO! Mansoor drags Hologram over, tags Mason, and Mansoor holds Hologram down for Mason to ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Mason drags Hologram back up, throat chops him, then tags Taya. Taya mugs Hologram with Mansoor’s help, then tags Mansoor. The ref reprimand but Mansoor stomps Hologram around.
Collision returns to single picture and Mason tags in. Mason sets up at the ropes, and Mansoor CATAPULTS Hologram into the hips! The Mahogany Hunk poses, Johnny joins in, but the fans boo. The ref reprimands and Hologram hops off the apron. Mansoor & Mason mug Hologram again, then they whip, but Hologram tilt-o-whirl DDTS! The fans fire up, Mansoor back suplexes, but Hologram lands out! He dodges Mansoor, hot tag to Briscoe! The Chicken rallies on MXM with CHOPS and forearms on repeat! The fans fire up as Briscoe fires off on Mansoor! Mason waistlocks but Briscoe BOOTS Mansoor and PELES Mason!
The fans fire up with Briscoe, he ducks a kick then blocks a kick to FLIP Mansoor! And SHOTEI! The fans fire up but here comes Mason! Briscoe DUMPS Mason out, then builds speed! Briscoe WRECKS Mason with a dropkick! The fans fire up more and Briscoe takes aim! Taya distracts the ref and Johnny anchors Briscoe’s foot! Mansoor goes up the corner to BEAUTIFUL DISASTER KICK! Hologram runs in, hammerlocks, snapmares, then SPANISH FLIES! But Taya is up top to FLYING RANA Hologram! Willow storms in while Taya fires up, and Willow whips Taya for a SPINEBUSTER! The fans fire up but Mansoor grabs Willow’s hair!
The fans boo but Briscoe steps in and spins Mansoor around! REDNECK KUNG-FU UPPERCUT! Willow adds a POUNCE~! PERIOD! Hologram hurries in and torture racks, spin and spin and spin, for the PORTAL BOMB!! Briscoe BOOTS Mason off the apron, Hologram SUPERKICKS Johnny! Hologram & Briscoe build speed and DOUBLE FLY! Down go Johnny & Mason! The fans fire up as Briscoe climbs, FROGGY-BOW! Cover, Conglomeration wins!
Winners: Hologram, Mark Briscoe & Willow Nightingale, by pinfall
New amigos but still undefeated, Hologram is feeling what it’s like to conglomerate! Will nothing stop them from building momentum towards title opportunities?
Backstage interview with Kris Statlander.
Lexy Nair is with The Galaxy’s Greatest and brings up the big win for Willow’s team. Kris asks if they’re really doing this. Every single week! Yes, everyone loves Willow. But when is Kris going to get a chance? In the All-Star 8 Woman Tag? Uh, uh, didn’t think so. So if you think she’s going to stand here and talk about how important everyone else is, you’re dead wrong! But then Yuta walks over and says he hates to say he told her so… Kris tells Yuta to shut his grimy little mouth! She knows who he is and what this is! If he thinks she wants any part of this, get out of her face! Yuta tries to talk her down but Kris SHOVES him down! And then Moxley steps in.
Moxley picks up Kris’ phone for her, but tells her to never, ever, let anyone else tell you who you are or what you’re worth. Moxley hands Kris her phone, and Kris is rather shaken. But did Moxley just encourage someone? And will Kris Statlander follow his advice to go out and take what she deserves?
Tony Schiavone is in the ring.
Schiavone asks Seattle to please welcome… Don Callis. The fans boo as The Jackal walks out here, accompanied by Josh Alexander & Lance Archer. They join Schiavone in the ring and Callis stops Schiavone already. He has a very special announcement! He would like to introduce to us the greatest wrestler in the history of Japan! Better than Rikidozan, than Inoki, than Muta, than Tanahashi… the NEWEST member of the Don Callis Family, the Rainmaker, Kazuchika Okada! The fans boo even more as the Continental Champion makes his way out to the ring. Okada shakes hands with Callis, and Callis interrupts Schiavone again.
Callis says that he and Okada would like to show everyone some very special footage. Roll the tape! The tape is of course the last time we saw these two, and the horrible trap they had set for Kenny Omega. Schiavone says that was one of the most despicable things in wrestling history! Callis says you can almost smell the diverticulitis coming outta Omega’s mouth! Schiavone says how dare Callis laugh at someone coughing up blood! What is wrong with him!? Callis says he is sick and tired of Schiavone coming out here and talking bad about him and Okada and the Callis Family, “like the sleezy feline that you are!”
But Callis and his family are here to talk about Kenny Omega! “Kenny, how does it feel to know that your greatest opponent, Okada, and the man who knows all your weaknesses, Don Callis, have teamed up against you?! I know, Kenny, you’re laying in a hospital bed right now…” The fans tell Callis to STFU but Callis just talks louder. Omega surely has tubes coming outta his guts, with a colostomy bag hanging out the side! Omega won’t even make it to All In! But IF Omega does make it there, and wrestles the greatest wrestler in the history of Japan, then Omega needs to know that he will truly be alone.
Omega destroyed his friendship with the Young Bucks, with Callis, and is alone in this world with not even one friend left! But then out steps Mark Briscoe! The fans cheer as The Chicken tells Callis, “My Lord, would you PLEASE shut the hell up!? You sound stupid, you weird lookin’ bastard! You say Kenny has no friends? Well sheesh, I’ll be damned, I’m his friend! But y’know what? I’m not his only friend.” Because KOTA IBUSHI IS HERE! The fans go nuts seeing the Golden Star return to AEW! Archer rushes them, but Briscoe attacks first! That lets Ibushi strut right up to the Walking Weapon in the ring!
The fans fire up as Ibushi dodges Alexander, then fires off a strike fest! Alexander ducks a kick, Ibushi ducks the rolling elbow, and Ibushi ROUNDHOUSES Alexander down! The fans fire up while Callis freaks out, but now Ibushi and Okada are alone in the ring. The fans go nuts already as Golden Star and Rainmaker stare down. Okada fires a forearm, but Ibushi fires back! Okada UPPERCUTS, but Ibushi fires off a strike fest! SOBAT and ROUNDHOUSE! Okada falls and he scurries out of the ring! Callis is there, and he gets his new moneymaker outta there! Will Ibushi make sure Omega gets a fair shake in Texas?
Collision returns to a brawl!
Apparently, the Workhorsemen got into it with Big Bill & Bryan Keith in the back, and now it has spilled out to ringside! JD Drake & Anthony Henry have the advantage as they use chairs on the Redwood & Bad Apple! Henry sits Keith in a corner of the railing, then runs around the way! But Bill BOOTS him down! The fans are fired up, but then Drake CLUBS Bill! But Keith SMACKS Drake with a chair! Keith shouts for Bill to get ’em! Bill stands Drake up, SMACKS him off steel steps, then Keith SMACKS Drake off steps! And repeat! Keith stomps Henry, SMACKS Drake off steps, and then Bill SMACKS Drake off steps!
Henry shields Drake but that just gets him a CLUBBING forearm! Keith sets chairs up together, Bill SMACKS Henry off steps, and Keith has Bill haul Henry up. Bill gives Henry a SKYSCRAPER CHOKE SLAM onto the chairs!! Henry falls in a heap with all that steel, and Bill wants a mic! Wait, now Christian Cage wants to be out here? The fans are fired up either way as Captain Charisma leads The Patriarchy out here. “Seattle… Sit down and shut your mouths while I conduct my business!” The fans boo instead. Christian says they know it and he knows it. The only good things to ever come outta Washington are Mother Shayna and Nick Wayne! So again, show some damn respect!
The fans boo more, and Christian tells Bill & Keith that Christian likes a good backstage brawl as much as the next guy. But when it spills out to ringside and takes away from his air time, then he has a problem. Especially when he was coming out here to make a huge announcement. But hey, maybe they should stand there and listen with the rest of these “sweat hogs,” because this is a pretty damn good announcement. Now, it is no secret that these past couple months, his son, Nick Wayne, has been wrestling at a godlike pace! The fans cheer for Nick, but Christian tells them to shut their mouths while he’s talking!
But believe him when he tells you, that has everything to do with Christian’s guidance. Yet, there are still those who have the audacity to mistake friction for building toughness. But the proof speaks for itself! Nick stands here as the youngest champion this company has ever seen! So why stop there? Why not keep going? Why not make more history? Time for Christian’s son to walk beside him instead of behind him! Time he and Nick embark on a journey that takes them to the top! That sees them become the first-ever father-and-son AEW World Tag Team Champions! The fans are torn on that, but Nick smiles as Christian pats him on the shoulder.
Bill says, “Sorry, did you say that that is your son? Maybe your adopted son. Because if all the things that I’ve heard about Mama Wayne are true… That kid’s real father could be literally anybody. It could be that guy right there! Or what about that guy right there? Oh, oh, wait a second, dead ringer! Dead ringer! Oh my God, that could be your father right there! There he is!” The fans cheer but Bill says if they don’t like what he is saying, then how about Christian come down to the ring to do this right here. Christian says first of all, there is nothing of the sort happening here in Seattle. The fans boo and he asks if they wanna see it.
Well, here’s a question, Big Bill. Is that you talking or is that the bottle talking? Did he fall off the wagon this weekend? Go on a bit of a bender? Maybe he fried too many braincells because he clearly doesn’t know who he’s talking to. Bill doesn’t call the shots, Christian does! He is the Patriarch and this is his Patriarchy! He IS the Face of TNT now and forever! The fans boo but The Patriarchy steps away. Will Bill & Keith take them down all the same?
AEW shares footage from after Summer Blockbuster.
Anthony Bowens was in a bad mood but Billy Gunn wanted to talk things out. Lexy Nair caught up with them first and Billy has “Brittney Spears” hold on. In Lexy’s defense, that outfit really is classic Brittney. But anyway, Daddy Ass tells Bowens it will be a struggle. Bowens says Billy is supposed to be helping him get better. Does he want Bowens to end up like Max Caster? Billy says he got hit in the face by Lance Archer! Well, that’s not on Bowens. They need to get their act together, because Bowens is the Pride of Pro-Wrestling, he needs to climb the ladder in AEW, and he needs to win. Billy says he knows that. What can Daddy Ass do to help Bowens finally hit some homeruns?
Ricochet is here!
The One & Only still wants to assemble a dream team that can help him achieve his dreams, but he rejected Blake Christian & Lee Johnson, the only guys who actually came to see him about it. Is he thinking of recruiting someone from this next match?
JetSpeed VS The Gates of Agony!
Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey have been plotting their own course to titles, namely the AEW World Tag Team Championships. They need to prove themselves to the Hurt Syndicate, can they do that here in Seattle? Or will Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona slam the gates shut on those flight plans?
The bell rings and Speedball starts against Kaun. The fans rally, Kaun rushes up but Bailey dodges. Bailey headlocks, Kaun powers up and out and he RUNS Bailey over! Bailey kips up, then dodges Kaun and hurdles over. Bailey drops down, DROPKICKS Kaun, but Liona tags in and CLOBBERS Bailey! Ricochet vents about losing out on the 4 million Pesos, he blames Lio Rush, and he crosses off CRU as candidates for his crew. Liona TOSSES Bailey to a corner, fires fast hands, but the ref counts. Liona steps on Bailey, steps off, and then drags Bailey up. Tag to Kaun and the Gates double whip. They DOUBLE HIP TOSS, but Bailey lands through!
Bailey dodges lariats and hot tags Knight! The fans fire up as Knight springboards to FLYING ARM-DRAG Kaun! Liona runs up, Knight dodges, but Liona blocks the arm-drag! Liona YANKS Knight up but Knight DROPKICKS Liona out! The fans fire up with Knight, and he scoops Kaun to SLAM! But Liona grabs Knight by his hair! Knight PELES Liona, then says “TOO FLY!” UFO SPLASH but onto knees! Kaun turns things around, Ricochet says that’s smart. Kaun whips Knight into railing, into the apron, and back into railing! Kaun then brings KNight all the way around to send into the LED barriers!
The fans boo but Ricochet applauds. Bailey aims at Kaun and PLANCHAS, but Liona BLASTS Bailey outta the air! Ricochet likes that even more! He applauds, Liona pats Ricochet on the shoulder, and the Gates go back to the ring while Collision goes picture in picture.
The Gates soak up heat, then Kaun puts Knight in the ring. Liona is there to CLOBBER Knight and cover, TWO! Liona drags Knight into a shoulder claw! Knight endures as Liona leans on him, then he fights up. Knight JAWBREAKERS free, then runs, only for Liona to LARIAT him back down! Liona drags Knight up, puts him in the corner and tags Kaun. The Gates double whip, then double hip toss into the DOUBLE SLAM! Kaun covers, TWO! Knight stays in this but Kaun stomps Knight around. Kaun then drags Knight up to put in a corner for more stomps. Kaun fires fast hands, then more stomps, but stops as the ref counts.
Kaun argues with the ref and that lets Liona get a cheap shot in! Kaun drags Knight up while Bailey protests, and Collision goes to break.
Collision returns and Kaun has Knight up top. Knight fires hands in return but so does Kaun. Knight ROCKS Kaun, goes up, and he FLYING LARIATS! Down goes Kaun but both men are down, and the fans fire up! Kaun and Knight crawl, hot tag to Bailey! Bailey goes up top and he MISSILE DROPKICKS! Kaun tumbles, the fans cheer, and Bailey SOBATS, AX KICKS, and BUZZSAWS! Kaun sputters, Bailey runs, SHOOTING STAR misses as Kaun moves! Kaun stands Bailey up but Bailey wrenches to fire LIGHTNING KICKS! Kaun goes to a corner, Bailey runs up, but Kaun ELBOWS him! Kaun goes up, but Bailey GAMANGIRIS!
Bailey goes up, Liona is after him, but Bailey elbows him away! Kaun SHOVES Bailey but Bailey backflips through! Liona runs in, Bailey dodges, Liona goes up and out with his splash! JetSpeed hit an UPPER ROOM BOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Ricochet says it takes more than that! Kaun sits up, Bailey aims, but Liona CLOBBERS him! Liona trips Knight on the top rope, then fireman’s carries! Bailey is up but Liona cdatches the crossbody! FALL AWAY SLAM SAMOAN DROP COMBO! The fans fire up and The Gates set up. Liona runs in and HIP ATTACKS Bailey! Kaun adds a METEORA! The Gates then lift Bailey up, OPEN THE-
NO, Knight saves Bailey! But Kaun ROCKS Knight and Liona HEADBUTTS him! Knight falls back, the Gates drag him up now, and they OPEN THE- DOUBLE SATELLITE DDTS!! Liona runs up, JetSpeed dodge and DOUBLE DROPKICK him out! Ricochet says that’s cheating! But JetSpeed build speed to DOUBLE TOPE CONJILO!! Ricochet has no idea what is happening here! Bailey puts Kaun in the ring, calls to Knight, but Liona YANKS Knight down from the apron! Only for Knight to send him into the steel steps! Kaun SPLASHES Bailey, suplexes, and RUNNING BRAINBUSTER! Fireman’s carry, FALL FROM MOUNT OKU!! Cover, TWO!!
The fans are thunderous and Ricochet is frustrated, but Kaun underhooks! Only for Bailey to backdrop! STANDING MOONSAULT KNEEDROP! And then the TIME ADVENTURE!! Tag to Knight while Bailey hits the GOLDEN TRIANGLE on Liona! Ricochet says this is all cheating! Knight hits the MOTHERSHIP SPLASH!! Cover, JETSPEED WINS!
Winners: JetSpeed, by pinfall
Ricochet is beside himself, but Knight & Bailey have brought down former ROH World Tag Team & ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions! Is this more than enough to earn their shot at Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin? Will Ricochet have to look elsewhere for henchmen?
8 Woman Tag: Thunder Rosa, Queen Aminata & TayJay VS Athena, Thekla, Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford!
We heard from both sides of this all-star main event, but now it is time to back up those words. Will La Mera Mera, the Queen, the Blackbelt and the Star of the Show prove theirs is the winning combination? Or will the Fallen Goddess, the Minion Overlord, the American Joshi, the ROH Gatekeeper, the FOREVER ROH Women’s World Champion (all Athena’s nicknames) lead her team to victory?
The teams stare down, and then Athena throws the first punch! She brawls with Rosa, Thekla attacks Anna and Megan has Tay, leaving Aminata to stare down with Ford. The bell rings, Aminata and Ford start pushing, and then they start throwing forearms! Ford gets the edge, whips, but Aminata reverses. Ford wheelbarrows, victory rolls, but Aminata rolls through. Ford still runs up to DROPKICK Aminata against ropes! Ford fireman’s carries, but Aminata slips free to snapmare and wrap on the headscissors! CHOCOLATE KISSES~! But Megan stops that with a waistlock and SLAM! But TayJay DOUBLE SUPERKICK!
Thekla CLOBBERS Tay and throws her out! The brawl starts up again, and Athena meets Rosa on the apron! They fire forearms, Rosa fires the back suplex, but then Athena fights off one in return. Aminata ROCKS Athena, Ford BLASTS Rosa, and they stare down again. Ford and Aminata each dare the other to go up, so they go up! The others brawl in a cluster, Ford and Aminata are up on the very top! They both SUPER DUPER MOONSAULT! The fans fire up as everyone goes down, and Collision goes picture in picture!
Ford drags Aminata up to POST her! Megan makes her way into the ring, she has Aminata for a BEARHUG, then RAMS her into a corner! And RAMS and RAMS and RAMS again! The ref reprimands, Megan CHOPS Aminata, then Ford handsprings in for a BACK ELBOW! Ford goes side to side to tag Athena, and then Athena runs in and handspring FOREARMS! Athena whips Aminata to Megan for the BACKDROP! Athena then drags Aminata up to CLUB her down! Athena rains down fists, the ref backs her off, and Athena tells Posey to back off! Same ol’ Athena… Athena drags Aminata up but Aminata ROCKS her!
Aminata hurries, hot tag to Anna! Anna runs up but Athena wrenches her. Anna wrenches back to HOOK KICK! Anna whips Athena to a corner, runs and LEG LARIATS! Anna reels Athena in, but Thekla attacks! But then Rosa goes after Thekla! But then Ford joins in, and then so does Tay! Megan and Aminata also get in there, and now it is a 4v4 battle for control! They go back and forth, fighting off suplex again and again. Both sides get frustrated and break off, then Tay & Rosa DOUBLE SUPERKICK Thekla & Ford! Aminata and Anna end up in fireman’s carries, and then Megan and Athena add Rosa and Tay! DOUBLE SAMOAN DROP FALL AWAY SLAM COMBOS!!
Collision returns to single picture while the fans fire up! Athena kips up, Megan roars, and the goddesses stare down. Anna fires hands on Athena but Athena CLUBS her! Then she tags Thekla, but Anna hot tags Aminata! Thekla fires off on Aminata, snapmares, but Aminata avoids the kick! Another smapare, and now a BASEMENT SUPERKICK! Aminata goes to a corner, Thekla runs up, but Aminata dodges. Thekla goes up, BOOTS Aminata, then reels her in for the HANGING HEADSCISSORS! The fans cheer, the ref counts, and Thekla lets Aminata go. Thekla smiles while she hangs upside-down, then she kneels for a cover, ONE!!
Thekla drags Aminata up, the fans rally, and Thekla winds up. Aminata wrenches to LARIAT! And LARIAT! And snap suplex! Thekla roars and she ROCKS Aminata! Aminata HEADBUTTS Thekla! Aminata falls on the cover, TWO!! Thekla survives and the fans rally up. Hot tags to Tay and Ford! They fire furious forearms, then Tay ROCKS Ford! Tay slips around, ripcords, ROCKS Ford again, and DDTS! The fans fire up and Tay covers, but Megan breaks it! Anna CLUBS Megan, TayJay mugs her, then they double whip. Megan crisscrosses TayJay, then DOUBLE GERMAN SUPLEX them!
The fans are fired up but Tay is back up to BOOT Megan out! Tay and Ford are down, they crawl, hot tags to Rosa and Athena! The fans fire up as these two step up to fire forearms and CHOPS on repeat! Then it is just CHOP for CHOP! Athena fires another forearm, Rosa fires back! Athena laughs that off and fires more shots! Rosa fires those with interest! Rosa whips, Athena reverses to KICK, KICK, and ENZIGIRI! Rosa wobbles, the fans fire up, and Athena whips. Rosa DROPKICKS in return! The fans fire up again and Rosa runs corner to corner! UPPERCUT to the back! Then a NECKBREAKER!
Rosa fires up, runs at the ropes, DROPKICK! Rosa drags Athena to the cover, Ford breaks it! Rosa runs up on Ford, Ford goes Matrix and hits the STUNNER! But then Tay kicks Ford and pump handles for a GOTCH PILEDRIVER! Megan runs in, and she LARIATS Tay! Anna runs in, Megan fireman’s carries, but Anna slips free! D D T! Thekla is up, she goes Spider Walk and that takes Anna aback. Thekla then springs up to SPEAR! But Aminata has Thekla for the TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Athena is in and she blocks a kick to slip under and gut wrench! TOMBSTONE!! Athena seethes, but Rosa fireman’s carries! Spin and DEATH VALLEY DRIVER!! But BILLIE STARKZ distracts!
The fans boo but RED VELVET slides Athena the title belt! She CLOBBERS Rosa with it!! High stack, cover, Team Athena wins!
Winners: Athena, Thekla, Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford, by pinfall
The Chef says, “You’re welcome.” The ROH Women’s World Television Champion is going to team with the ROH Women’s World Champion for ROH Global Wars: Mexico, was this just an appetizer for how that’s going to go? Will this win help Thekla, Megan & Ford also find their way to some golden opportunities?
My Thoughts:
A great Collision here, especially as a follow-up to Grand Slam: Mexico while also helping build Global Wars: Mexico. The All-Star 8 Woman was a great main event, but it sure got the short end of the stick when it came to time. I’m not sure if something went long, but it also feels like AEW relies too much on TNT giving them overrun. Red Velvet helping Athena win was a nice touch, given their tag match against Rosa and Persephone. That match happened in reality already but they gotta keep the kayfabe alive. Though, that’s going to be a busy Thursday with Collision being pushed off Saturday, again.
Great promos to hype up the All-Star 8 Man, and that was a great match, too. The Heels winning makes sense there, too, as Kyle needs momentum before he challenges Cole again, and it adds more heat onto FTR. The Outrunners going after FTR was a nice touch, because A) they’re amigos with Bandido and B) they were friends with FTR like Garcia, so now it is The Outrunners’ turn to settle things with Dax & Cash. Bill & Keith have a good brawl with the Workhorsemen, but I’m a little surprised that’s all we got from them before bringing out The Patriarchy. I almost thought Christian Cage was going to name Kip as his tag partner, but I feel like he wants it to be Nick so he can keep Nick close, and possibly leave him hanging at some point.
Great opening match from Moxley with Fox, but of course Moxley wins and then sends a message to Hangman. And it is definitely a case of “Mox Fears Hangman” for him to talk all tough when he knows Hangman isn’t in Seattle yet. Great match from Swerve VS Shane, especially with all the shenanigans going on ringside. Great win for Swerve, and I guess technically Nana, too. Very good promo from Bowens and Billy to show there is some tension between them now. It is mostly Bowens’ frustrations making him lash out, but I wonder if Bowens starts to distance himself from Billy to truly be a solo act now.
Great to see Ibushi back in AEW, and great tease of Ibushi VS Okada. I suspect Briscoe and Ibushi will team up against Alexander & Archer, and that can help lead to Omega’s return from the “devastating” attack to have some final math on the Omega VS Okada dream rematch. And if Ibushi sticks around, that brings in some intrigue on whether or not we get Golden Lovers back together. I could see either story happening, where Golden Lovers go for a Two Man Power Trip kind of run, getting gold together. But I could also see them being friendly rivals, competing over the same title(s), especially with the “Unified Championship” bringing Continental and International Championship “divisions” together.
Good promo from Mone and a great promo from Toni to hype up their match, but we’ve still got time before there’s any real go-home math. But I said it before so I’ll say it again: It’s called “All In,” so whatever belts Mone has by All In, Mone should go ALL IN with her belts against Toni. Now obviously Mone has no reason to, and Heels never want to “put up or shut up,” but if Toni goads her into putting her money where her mouth is, maybe Mone does it out of anger. And honestly, if Toni wins at All In, wouldn’t she then be owed a match for any number of Mone’s titles anyway? AEW makes good use of the rule that pinning a champ earns a title match, so just cut to the chase.
Very fun Mixed Six with Hologram joining Briscoe & Willow as perhaps the newest member of Conglomeration. But at some point, Hologram needs to win a title or his streak means nothing. Good promo from Kris after that match and how she shoved Yuta. Kris being afraid of Moxley at first was a nice touch, since we’ve seen Mox makes no qualms about hitting a woman wrestler (namely Willow) with a cutter. But then Moxley actually adds to Yuta’s recruitment attempts by being nice to Kris. It makes me wonder if Kris becomes a Death Rider, and maybe the Women’s Division becomes the group’s next phase. Honestly, if not for Mone collecting belts and what not, Marina should’ve gotten a title shot herself by now.
And a great tag match of JetSpeed VS Gates of Agony. I guess with nothing else for them, the Gates defaulted back to being Heels. Ricochet was good on commentary, and as I figured, his story of finding faction members is failing because his standards are too high and he as a personality is too sensitive to put grudges aside. CRU was the right choice to me but then he said no thanks cuz of that Pesos match. As for JetSpeed, they will certainly get that tag title match with Hurt Syndicate, but I feel like MJF will be why the Hurt Syndicate retains.
My Score: 8.8/10
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AEW hits a Grand Slam in Mexico!
AEW visits CMLL in their home of Arena Mexico for an incredible crossover event! 10 Man Tag, 12 Man Tag, and a title match!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- 14 Man Tag: Hechicero, Volador Jr, FTR & The Don Callis Family VS Adam Cole, Brody King, Daniel Garcia, Bandido, Templario, Atlantis Sr. & Atlantis Jr; Cole, Brody, Garcia, Bandido, Templario, Senior & Junior win.
- Kazuchika Okada w/ Don Callis VS Mark Briscoe; Okada wins.
- MJF w/ The Hurt Syndicate VS Mistico; Mistico wins, by disqualification.
- 4 Million Pesos Fatal 4 Way: Ricochet VS Mascara Dorada VS Holo.grm VS Lio Rush; Hologram wins $210,240 USD.
- CMLL Women’s World Championship: Zeuxis VS Mercedes Mone; Mone wins and becomes the new CMLL Women’s World Champion.
- 10 Man Tag: The Death Riders, The Young Bucks & The Beast Mortos VS Swerve Strickland, Will Ospreay & The Opps; Death Riders, Young Bucks & Mortos win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Hangman Page is here!
Mexico City fires up for the Blackhat Cowboy as he makes his way into Arena Mexico for the first time! Hangman has a mic to say, “Hola! Mi nombre es Hangman.” And he asks they excuse his Espanol, it isn’t the best. But Hangman knows that like most White people, he’ll do his best. His familia used to grow tobacco, and they were hard workers. And they had employees who were hard workers, from right here in Mexico City. Those men were also like family! He is thankful that the people of Mexico have invited AEW into their home tonight! The fans cheer, and Hangman thanks them for the collaboration of AEW & CMLL. This is the best pro-wrestling in the world!
Hangman continues by saying that he also wants to make it known about AEW World Champion, Jon Moxley, that while Hangman is not wrestling tonight, and that he is not allowed ringside later tonight for the main event… He will find Moxley after! And Excalibur apologizes, the last part definitely can’t be translated for the sake of the broadcast. The fans still cheer Hangman on, they wanna see that #CowboyS*it. Hangman adds that once again, he is thankful for letting them be here in Arena Mexico. Now, let the action begin! The fans cheer as Hangman heads out, will The Cowboy get his hands on The Maniac before the night is over?
14 Man Tag: Hechicero, Volador Jr, Dax Harwood & The Don Callis Family VS Adam Cole, Brody King, Daniel Garcia, Bandido, Templario, Atlantis Sr. & Atlantis Jr!
Well, they always say, “Card subject to change.” Cash Wheeler is not able to make it, but Lance Archer and “The Predator,” Volador Jr, take his place! Then on the other side, the OG Atlantis jumps in! Will things only end up crazier to start off Grand Slam?
As Dax Harwood & Stokely Hathaway make their way out, #BigStoke has a mic and he has them cut the music. Stokely has some good news and some bad news. Bad news: Due to circumstances beyond his control, Cash Wheeler cannot be here tonight. That’s the bad news. The good news is, one half of FTR is here tonight in the great Dax the Ax! And hey, Stokely has been working on his Espanol all day. “Grassy ass, thank you!” Still messed it up… But with that, the rest of Team Rudo make their way out, starting with Volador, followed by the Don Callis y Hechicero.
On the other side, ROH World Champion Bandido leads the way for his team, followed by Templario and the Atlantis father and son. Then Brody King and Daniel Garcia follow, saving TNT Champion, Adam Cole, for last! The fans join in for the “BOOM!” and “ADAM COLE, BAYBAY!” These massive teams sort out, and Bandido steps up against the Alpha, Konosuke Takeshita. The fans fire up behind the Most Wanted while he and Konosuke circle. They approach, Konosuke trips Bandido and things speed up. Bandido stays low, then hurdles, but Konosuke leaps over. Bandido dodges Konosuke, then he aims his finger gun!
The fans cheer as Konosuke says he has his eyes on Bandido, too. Konosuke kicks low, whips, but Bandido reverses. Bandido scoops right to a torture rack! X KNEE blocked, and Konosuke spins Bandido to back suplex. Bandido lands out, Konosuke mule kicks. Konosuke runs, but into a RANA! The fans fire up while Konosuke bails out. Bandido builds speed, but Hechicero steps in per lucha rules! The fans cheer these two, even duel, and then Hechi takes a swing. Bandido dodges, fires hands, but Hechi dodges and even goes Matrix! The fans fire up, Hechi scoops, Bandido slips free, but Hechi victory rolls to then INVERTED MONKEY FLIP!
Hechi catches Bandido into the REAR NAKED CHOKE, but Bandido rolls back! They both stand, Hechi wrenches Bandido and whips. Hechi runs up to STEP-UP KNEE! Bandido flops down and Hechi shows off the drop steps. Bandido bails out so Garcia runs in! Garcia whips, Hechi sunset flips, but Garcia rolls through, and does his dance! The fans are torn, but Hechi trips Garcia to have the legs! Hechi rolls and stacks Garcia, only for Garcia to activate the core! Garcia sits up, sunset flips, but Hechi blocks to spin Garcia! Garcia RANAS through! Hechi bails out, Dax storms in, and the fans boo.
Garcia fires forearms on Dax first, then backs him to a corner. The fans cheer as Garcia goes up, and he rains down fists! The fans count but Dax stops Garcia at cinco! Dax carries Garcia off the corner but Garcia fights free to DECK Dax! Garcia whips but Dax reverses and wrenches to short arm LARIAT! Garcia bails out so Atlantis Junior jumps in. Arena Mexico actually boos Junior, he’s apparently not as cool as Senior. Junior shrugs that off to run up on Dax. Dax puts Junior on the apron and Junior GAMANGIRIS! Junior slingshots, runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, then SLINGBLADES! Cover, TWO!
Atlantis Junior tags Templario and the fans cheer again. Junior & Temp roll Dax into a wheelbarrow and Temp goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK Dax into the WHEELBARROW GERMAN! Temp covers, TWO! Templario hears the fans cheer him on, but Volador climbs up and CROSSBODIES! He takes down Temp & Junior, then ducks ‘n ‘dodges. Dax gives him a boost to DOUBLE DROPKICK! Dax whips Junior, Volador whips Templario, but they both duck to come back and DOUBLE RANA! Junior SUPERKICKS Dax, and fans boo! Volador SUPERKICKS Junior and fans cheer! Templario rises, and he circles with Volador.
Templario RIPS Volador’s Depredadores shirt and stomps on it! Then things speed up. Volador hurdles, Temp ducks then rolls off Voaldor’s back! Temp goes up, up, and RANAS! Volador bails out, and we get a TEMPLAROONI! Templario then handsprings to SASUKE SPECIAL! Direct hit on Volador, and now that lets Brody King step in. The fans bark and Dax realizes he’s alone with this Hound of Hell. Dax offers a handshake, but Brody CHOPS him down! Archer storms in as Dax scrambles out, and the Murderhawk Monster CLUBS Brody! The fans boo as Archer CLUBS away on Brody, then he soaks up the heat.
Archer whips, Josh Alexander gets a cheap shot in, but Brody swings on him for it! Alexander HOTSHOTS him in return! Archer choke grips, but Cole CHOPE BLOCKS! Cole & Brody RAM Archer into the Walking Weapon! SUPERKICK! SUPERKICK! Brody goes out to get Alexander while Cole SHINING WIZARDS Archer down! Brody fireman’s carries Alexander, APRON DEATH VALLEY!! The fans are thunderous as now Kyle Fletcher steps in. Protostar and Panama City Playboy fire hands! Kyle knees low and fires off more knees! Kyle whips, Cole ducks ‘n’ dodges, and DOUBLE LARIATS collide!
Cole keeps going, he LARIATS again! Kyle wobbles, Cole tries a third time, but he runs into a SNAP HALF ‘N’ HALF! Kyle grins and soaks up heat, but here comes Atlantis Senior! The fans fire up as Senior ducks ‘n’ dodges and TACKLES Kyle! The fans fire up as Atlantis rains down fists! Kyle goes to a corner, Atlantis fires off more shots, then puts him in the other corner. Kyle turns things around, and are more fans cheering Kyle than Senior? Kyle runs up, Senior dodges and Junior GAMANGIRIS! Bandido SUPERKICKS Kyle! Templario JUMP KNEES Kyle! Brody CHOPS Kyle! Garcia BOOTS Kyle up and out!
The fans fire up as now Cole and the team gather together, and the fans cheer as all seven raise their hands! Bandido’s team is in control while Grand Slam goes picture in picture.
The ref has the team sort out and Bandido stays in. He goes out to fetch Dax, but Dax and Volador mug him! The rest of Bandido’s team goes to help him and it is a huge brawl! All 14 men are throwing hands, and Brody even DUMPS Kyle into the crowd! Archer puts Garcia in the ring so they’re legal now. Archer climbs up a corner to rain down fists! Garcia slips out before tres, trips Archer up, and he climbs up! Garcia rains down fists, and this time, Garcia makes it to siete before Archer picks him up and DROPS him on the top buckle! Archer mocks Garcia’s dance, then he drags Garcia up to whip him hard into the Rudo corner.
Archer taunts Bandido, goes back to Garcia, and stands on him at the ropes! The ref reprimands, Archer steps off, and Garcia gets up to fire forearms! Archer ROCKS him in return! Hechicero tags in and he fires hands on Garcia! The ref counts, Hechi stops at quatro and powers up his alchemy. Then he drags Garcia up, only for Garcia to fire hands! Garcia runs, but Hechi scoops him for a BEARHUG! And a SPINNING BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Hechi is upset but dos es dos. Hechi drags Garcia up, wrenches his arm, and tags in Alexander. They mug Garcia and Grand Slam returns to single picture.
Mexico cheers on Hechicero, but alexander RAMS Garcia and lifts, only for Garcia to fight it! TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Both men are down and the fans rally up! Garcia crawls, reaches out, but Alexander grabs at his foot! Garcia still fights to hot tag Bandido! The fans fire up as Bandido fires forearms with Alexander back and forth! Bandido gets the edge and the fans cheer, only for Alexander to knee low! Alexander runs, but Bandido gorilla presses him! And then SLAMS him down! The fans fire up more, and Bandido goes up, up, and Latino Heat, but Alexander is right up after him! SUPER BELLY2BELLY! Cover, TWO!
The fans fire up but Alexander hurries to get Bandido up. Konosuke climbs and Alexander Electric Chair Lifts Bandido! But Bandido slips down, shoves Alexander into Konosuke, and then he sends Alexander to Templario for a SUPERKICK! Templario puts Alexander up top, then he and Bandido climb! They have Konosuke and Alexander on the very top, for STEREO MOONSAULT POWERSLAMS!! Stereo covers, TWO!! Both Alexander and Konosuke survive but Temp & Bandido high-five. But then Kyle SUPERKICKS Templario! Bandido fires hands, runs, but Kyle LARIATS Bandido! Atlantis Junior SUPERKICKS Kyle!
Junior goes up, up, but Alexander SHOVES him down! Alexander then goes out after Junior while Kyle rises. Atlantis Junior fights to BACKDROP Alexander into the ring! Junior goes up the ramp, runs back down, and he CROSSBODIES Kyle & Alexander! The teams rush in, it is a brawl, but then Bandido’s team puts Kyle, Alexander, Konosuke and Volador in corners! The fans cheer as Bandido, Junior, Garcia and Cole rain down fists! The fans count along, and finally, we get all the way to DIEZ! En total, cuarenta! The fans cheer as Bandido’s team tosses the rudos out, and then Junior DIVES to take out Konosuke! Konosuke stays up, so Templario DIVES onto him, too!
Garcia and Alexander brawl their way up the ramp and to the back, and the same for Cole with Kyle! Bandido ASAI MOONSAULTS Volador! Archer storms into the ring to meet Brody! The fans bark for these behemoths and the forearms fly! Archer throat chops, runs, but into a forearm! Brody roars and runs, but into a forearm! Archer roars and runs, but then fakes Brody out! But Brody deflects the boot to run and CLOBBER Archer! Archer tumbles out, but here comes Hechi! FLYING ELBOW! Hechi stomps away on Brody and the fans fire up! The Alchemist whips, Brody blows through the lariat to RANA?!?
Hechi tumbles out while fans bark, and Brody builds speed to DIVE!! The supersized tope takes out Hechi AND Konosuke! But that leaves Dax with Atlantis Senior. And Senior has been owing Dax a beating since last week! The hands fly, the fans fire up, and Senior gets the edge! But Dax kicks low! Dax CLUBS Senior, kicks away, and the fans are cheering!? Dax is all fired up, and he drags Senior up to bring him around. But Senior drags him into a cradle! Team Bandido wins!!
Winners: Adam Cole, Brody King, Daniel Garcia, Bandido, Templario, Atlantis Sr. & Atlantis Jr, by pinfall
But Dax attacks anyway! What a sore loser! But Arena Mexico doesn’t seem to care?! Junior and the other luchadores run Dax off, and Stokely says keep them back! Will things just have to end here? Or will both father and son get payback on FTR soon enough?
Kazuchika Okada w/ Don Callis VS Mark Briscoe!
The Rainmaker has a Winner Takes All match with long-time rival, Kenny Omega, but he crossed a line! Not only has Okada joined Don Callis just to stick it to The Cleaner, but Okada hospitalized Omega with a brutal attack to the stomach! Will the Sussex County Chicken get a semblance of revenge on Omega’s behalf? Or will Okada make it rain in Arena Mexico?
The fans are fired up for Okada while he and Briscoe get face to face. The ref has them back away to their corners, then the bell rings. Okada and Briscoe step up again, then Briscoe shoves Okada! Okada bails out and the fans boo. Briscoe waits on Okada while commentary tells Callis he and Okada committed the most despicable thing in all of wrestling. Callis of course says it was the most shrewd tactical move in the history of wrestling. Okada takes his time returning into the ring, and then he circles with Briscoe. They tie up and are in a deadlock. They go around, Okada puts Briscoe on the ropes, but he lets off slowly.
Okada fakes the chop, and pats Briscoe on the shoulders. The fans are torn, but Briscoe kicks Okada and TOSSES him! The fans cheer as Briscoe builds speed, but Okada steps aside so Briscoe can’t dive. Briscoe gives chase, though, and they go around the outside. They slide back in, and Okada CLOBBERS Briscoe! The fans are torn as Okada CLUBS away. Okada fires forearms, storms up to stomp Briscoe in the corner, and then ELBOWS him! The fans are torn but Okada brings Briscoe around for a BIG back suplex. But Briscoe lands out, and hits the Crane Stance! Okada takes a swing, Briscoe ducks, and Briscoe CHOPS!
Briscoe whips, Okada reverses, but Briscoe slides under the boot! Crane Stance! Crane feint, then the CRANE KICK! The fans fire up as Briscoe stands up in his Redneck Kung-Fu stance. Briscoe stands Okada up to ROCK with a haymaker, then ROCKS him again. Okada staggers, Briscoe is on him with a CHOP! The fans “WOO~” and Callis acknowledges those heavy hands of Briscoe’s. Briscoe bumps Okada off buckles, stomps a mudhole, then stops as the ref counts 4. Briscoe then grinds his forearm into Okada’s face! The ref counts again, Briscoe stops at 4, and he whips corner to corner. Okada reverses but Briscoe goes up and out.
Okada runs up but Briscoe blocks a shot to ROCK Okada! Briscoe then RAMS into Okada, throws him out of the ring, and then DIVES! Direct hit and the fans fire up! Briscoe high-fives the front row before he puts Okada in the ring. Okada goes to a corner, Briscoe runs up and LARIATS! Briscoe goes corner to corner again, but Okada BOOTS him! Briscoe just fires up! Okada dodges this time, and he hoists Briscoe up to DROPKICK him down to the floor! The fans fire up while Grand Slam goes picture in picture.
Okada waits while Briscoe is down and out. A ring count starts, Briscoe stirs, but then Okada goes out to fetch Briscoe. Briscoe fires body shots but Okada kicks low! DDT to the floor! Okada leaves Briscoe behind and the ring count starts again. Briscoe rises up, leans on commentary, and he tells Callis off before he goes to the ring at 6 of 10. Okada is on Briscoe with another DDT! Cover, TWO! Briscoe toughs it out and Okada is annoyed. Okada stalks Briscoe to a corner, but Briscoe kicks low! Okada ELBOWS Briscoe, whips corner to corner, then runs in and ELBOWS Briscoe down! Okada paces while soaking up cheers and jeers.
Okada goes back to Briscoe and drags him up. Okada reels Briscoe in, turns him, and hits a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Briscoe is still in this and he rises up. Okada is on him with a chinlock and bends him back! Briscoe endures as Okada leans on the hold, and Briscoe fights around to stand back up. But Okada drags Briscoe back down! Briscoe still fights, Grand Slam returns to single picture, and the fans rally up. Briscoe rises again, fires body shots, then runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, but Okada hits a FLAPJACK! Okada is ice cold while the fans fire up. Okada brings Briscoe up, gut wrenches, but Briscoe fights to a victory roll! TWO!
Okada runs up, Briscoe waistlocks, but Okada switches. Briscoe breaks free to PELE! Both men are down and the fans fire up again! Briscoe pounds the mat and the fans rally. Briscoe rises, Okada stands, and they throw forearms back and forth! Briscoe ROCKS Okada, and Okada comes back to CLAW Briscoe’s eyes! Okada whips, but Briscoe reverses and CHOPS! Briscoe fires forearms, then whips. Okada reverses but Briscoe FLYING FOREARMS! The fans fire up again and both men rise up. Briscoe winds up to LARIAT in the corner! Briscoe brings Okada out to a FISHERMAN BUSTER! Cover, TWO!
The fans fire up as Okada stays in this! Briscoe clutches his neck but he brings Okada back up. Okada fights the clinch, the fans duel, and Okada puts Briscoe on ropes. Okada whips, Briscoe FLIPS through the backdrop! The fans fire up and Okada thinks it is for him. But he turns around into a REDNECK UPPERCUT! Briscoe runs in at the corner, but Okada pops him up to the Alabama Lift! REVERSE NECKBREAKER! The fans fire up again and Okada scoops to SLAM! Standard formula, Okada goes up the corner! MACHO ELBOW! Then Okada winds it up, and gives the Rainmaker MIDDLE FINGER~!
Okada grins, but Briscoe grabs that finger to BITE IT! The fans fire up and the ref reprimands, but Briscoe BITES more! Then EXPLODER! Briscoe drags Okada to a drop zone, climbs up top, and FROGGY-BOW! Cover, TWO!! The fans fire up as Okada survives! Briscoe calls his shot and he underhooks Okada! But Okada BACKDROPS free! Briscoe is right up, swings, but Okada dodges to then backslide! Roll through, but Briscoe dodges the lariat, only for the DROPKICK to hit! Okada roars, ripcords, and RAIN- NO, Briscoe ducks, kicks low, and underhooks! But Okada fights the lift! Wrench, ripcord, but Briscoe wrenches and underhooks! JAY-
NO, Okada fights the driller to scoop and TOMBSTONE!! Okada grins and ripcords, RAINMAKER!!! Cover, Okada wins!
Winner: Kazuchika Okada, by pinfall
The Continental Champion is rolling on the road to Arlington! Don Callis celebrates with his potentially new golden goose, but then Callis CLAWS Briscoe’s eyes! The fans boo as Okada aims with the belt! BELT SHOT to the ribs!! And then BELT SHOT to the head!! Callis & Okada stomp away on Briscoe, then they leave him behind. Another message sent to not just Kenny Omega but to anyone who would dare defy them. Will Okada go from Continental Champion to Unified Champion after going All In?
MJF w/ The Hurt Syndicate VS Mistico!
The Scumbag only ever does or uses something when it benefits him, and being extremely patriotic for the United States only seems to happen when he wants to stick it to someone not from the United States. MJF waves Ol’ Glory while he, MVP, Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin walk down to the ring, but will he have to wave the white flag of surrender here tonight? Or will MJF somehow screw over the arguably greatest and most beloved man in CMLL?
In fact, to counter MJF being an American idiot, Mistico takes off his Sin Cara mask to reveal the colors of Mexico’s flag and therefore the colors of his people. He also has Me Muero as his theme, and the fans all know that one! The bell rings and the two circle while the fans rally behind Mistico. The two tie up, MJF SHOVES Mistico away, and then MJF soaks up the heat. MJF mockingly claps and then says up theirs! MVP tells MJF to worry about Mistico, not the fans. The fans tell MJF off and MJF tells them to shut up. MJF and Mistico tie up, Mistico SHOVES MJF, and Mistico eggs MJF on! MJF gets up, he and Mistico circle again, and they tie up. MJF kicks low and grins.
MJF brings Mistico around to headlock but Mistico fires body shots. Mistico powers up and out, then CHOPS! Mistico winds up and the fans rally, and he knuckle locks before he CHOPS again! Mistico goes up, up, and he tightrope walks to FLYING ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up as Mistico then hits a CODE RED! Cover, TWO! MJF bails out but Mistico builds speed! Mistico handsprings to fake MJF out! MJF thinks he’s smooth for running away, but then MVP tells him to focus on Mistico, not on the fans. MJF says he knows, and he eggs on Mistico. Mistico runs out there to chase MJF, but then the Hurt Syndicate stands in the way!
The fans boo, Mistico wags his finger, and he tells them to part. MJF runs up to ROCK Mistico first! The fans boo but MJF high-fives his guys. MJF says, “Easy! Too easy!” MJF puts Mistico in the ring, smirks while the fans call him more names. MJF swivels his hips, then runs up, but Mistico dodges the knee drop! Mistico runs up to RANA! The fans fire up and Mistico has MJF in a corner. MJF wants mercy, but Mistico says nope! Mistico runs up, but MJF YANKS him into buckles! MJF stomps away on Mistico, then goes to the other end to stand on the corner. MJF soaks up heat as he does the Pledge of Allegiance!
The fans boo, and MVP again reprimands MJF, he needs to be about business, not about trolling! MJF goes back to Mistico, drags him up, and he brings Mistico around, but Mistico JAWBREAKERS! Mistico runs, hops on, but MJF stops Code Red to reel Mistico in! POWER BREAKER! Cover, TWO! Mistico survives, MVP says this is still fine, and Grand Slam goes picture in picture. MJF sits Mistico up, and he pulls at the mask! MJF’s lucky this is an AEW based event, CMLL rules say this is tantamount to a disqualification! MJF rips at the eyehole, then clamps on a chinlock. MJF grinds Mistico down but Mistico endures.
Mistico fights while the fans tell MJF off again. Mistico rises up, fires body shots, then runs to ROCK MJF! Mistico fires forearms but MJF throat chops! MJF TOSSES Mistico out, distracts the ref, and the Hurt Syndicate attacks! BARRIER BACKBREAKER from Shelton! Shelton shoves Mistico back into the ring, MJF covers, TWO! Mistico is still in this but the ref is a bit suspicious of the Hurt Syndicate. MVP defends their innocence, and MJF puts Mistico on ropes. MJF CHOKES Mistico, the ref counts, and MJF stops at 4. This lets Lashley CHOKE Mistico and throw hands! The Hurt syndicate gets away with more, and MJF covers, TWO!
MVP tells fans to callete, they saw nothing! MJF stalks Mistico, stomps him on the foot, then has him on the ropes. MJF stomps him more, then soaks up heat. MJF drags Mistico up, scoops and carries him, then SLAMS him down! MJF huffs ‘n’ puffs while Grand Slam returns to single picture. MJF sits Mistico back up, runs the ropes, and then just steps up to pelvic thrust! The fans boo and Mistico is pissed now! MVP says no more trolling, MJF, he’s already told him that! MJF ROCKS Mistico, but Mistico eggs him on! MJF ROCKS Mistico, CLUBS him again and again, but then Mistico blocks to fire off forearms! And KICKS, SOBATS and KICKS!
The fans fire up with Mistico, but MJF BITES Mistico’s mask! MJF whips, Mistico reverses, then he ducks ‘n’ dodges to handspring and BACK ELBOW! The fans fire up and Mistico aims from a corner. But MJF runs up! Mistico dodges, runs back in, but MJF puts him on the apron. Mistico GAMANGIRIS! The fans fire up, Mistico springboards, CROSSBODY! Mistico rolls through and keeps moving, tilt-o-whirl and DDT! MJF tumbles out, the fans fire up, and Mistico rises. Mistico springboards from the corner, SUPER CROSSBODY! The fans are thunderous as both men are down! The ring count starts while the fans cheer, “ESTA LUCHA! <THIS IS WRESTLING!>”
The fans fire up as Mistico puts MJF back in the ring. Mistico then springboards again, SWANTON BOMB! MJF sputters into the drop zone and Mistico goes up the corner! MOONSAULT, but MJF moves! Mistico rolls through as best he can, and he SNAP POWERSLAMS! Cover, TWO!! MJF survives, MVP is frustrated on his behalf, but Mistico covers again, TWO! MJF is still in this but the fans are still behind Mistico. Mistico stands MJF up and CHOPS! The fans rally, Mistico runs, but MJF SPITS in Mistico’s face! Mistico is pissed, but MJF dodges the haymaker! Mistico blocks MJF’s kick, but MJF POKES Mistico in the eyes!
MJF runs, but Mistico SUPERKICKS! MJF rebounds to FOREARM! Mistico rebounds to hop on, DESTROYER!! MJF staggers but he SUPERKICKS back! Cover, TWO!! Mistico survives, and both men are showing us why they were each record-setting champions in their companies! The fans rally up more and more, “ESTA LUCHA!” MVP talks with Lashley & Shelton, and MJF rises up. MJF goes to the apron, and then up the ramp? Is MJF quitting? Mistico rushes up after MJF, tilt-o-whirl and- NO, MJF stops La Mystica to hit a TOMBSTONE on the stage!! The ref hurries to check Mistico while the fans go nuts!
MVP hurries to check on MJF and tells him to get up. MJF grabs the ref and drags him away to the ring. MJF now wants the win by count out! The count begins, the fans count along, and Mistico is still down at tres. MJF lies down to mock Mistico, but Mistico rises at cinco! The fans are thunderous as Mistico fires himself up, and he runs down the ramp to then slide into the ring at nueve! The fans are thunderous and MJF is stunned! MJF covers his ears to block out the chants for Mistico, but then he drags Mistico to a corner. MJF calls his shot, goes up the corner, but Mistico springs up! GAMANGIRI! GAMANGIRI! And GAMANGIRI!!
Mistico fires up, GAMANGIRIS again, then he goes up top! Mistico steadies himself, brings MJF up, and hits a SUPER SPANISH FLY!! Mistico crawls to the cover, TWO!!! MJF survives and Mistico is stunned, but the fans give him strength to rise again. Mistico runs up on MJF, tilt-o-whirl and LA MYSTICA!! FUJIWARA ARMBAR!! But MVP distracts the ref!! MJF TAPS, but it doesn’t count!! Mistico is furious, MVP continues to keep the ref’s attention, MJF LOW BLOWS Mistico!! Roll-up, high stack, but now the distraction is backfiring! The ref is late to the count, TWO!! Mistico survives and The Hurt Syndicate is apoplectic!
The fans are electric as Mistico survives! “ESTA LUCHA!” as MJF and the ref argue now. MJF then runs up to LOW BLOW Mistico!??!
Winner: Mistico, by disqualification
Typical MJF throws a tantrum with that blatant breaking of the rules! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but then MJF SHOVES the ref down! That’ll be a fine, but MJF just rains down fists on Mistico! Lashley & Shelton join in! The fans boo as the Hurt Syndicate mugs Mistico! Then MJF threatens to do it! He grins, and he grabs Mistico’s mask! MJF SNATCHES it away!! The fans are furious as MJF holds up his trophy, and then puts it on! MJF flips everyone off while wearing Mistico’s mask, but here come Bandido, Templario y Titan! They won’t let this disrespect go unpunished! In fact, who is that climbing up the corners?! Kevin Knight & “Speedball” Mike Bailey are here!!
The fans fire up as Hurt Syndicate turns around, DOUBLE MISSILE DROPKICKS from #JetSpeed! MJF freaks out, and he gets DOUBLE SUPERKICKS for it! The Hurt Syndicate hurries away, Bailey gets Mistico his spare mask while MJF retreats wearing the real one. Mistico still won this match, but will he and his amigos make sure to get some payback?
4 Million Pesos Fatal 4 Way: Ricochet VS Mascara Dorada VS Holo.grm VS Lio Rush!
The One & Only is still looking for someone, anyone, to be worthy of following him on his journey to gold. Maybe having an extra $210K will help that? Or will someone else cash in big with a Grand Slam?
The bell rings and the four watch each other. Ricochet tries to bond with Bryce Remsburg over being bald but Bryce isn’t having it. Ricochet and the others all approach center, but then Lio says forget this. Lio goes to a corner to soak up heat, and Ricochet talks it over with the luchadores. They all step up and Lio sees he is surrounded. Lio says hold on, let’s take it easy. But then Ricochet sucker punches Dorada! Ricochet stomps away on Dorada, Lio DECKS Hologram and stomps him, too! The fans boo but Ricochet and Lio soak up the heat. They shake hands and trade luchadores. Then they coordinate, and they run corner to corner to trade again, LARIATS in the corners!
Lio then feeds Hologram to Ricochet for another LARIAT! Lio runs in and LARIATS Dorada! Feed to Ricochet’s LARIAT! The fans boo but Ricochet & Lio soak it up. Ricochet & Lio get the luchadores up and out of the ring, then they mock the fans clapping. Ricochet & Lio both build speed, but the luchadores are back! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Dorada sets up, Hologram runs, and Dorada pops Hologram up for an ARABIAN PRESS ARM-DRAG! Lio is sent away, Hologram dodges Ricochet and Dorada SUPERKICKS Now Hologram returns the favor so that Dorada can ARABIAN PRESS ARM-DRAG Ricochet!
The fans fire up as Ricochet tumbles into Lio at the corner. Dorada runs and rolls off Hologram’s back so Hologram can SPLASH both Ricochet & Lio! Then Dorada runs in for a CYCLONE SPLASH! Then Dorada gives Hologram a boost so he can DOUBLE DROPKICK Ricochet & Lio outta the ring! That leaves Hologram and Dorada to square off. The fans fire up as they go forehead to forehead, and then they speed up! Only for Ricochet and Lio to trip them both up! The fans boo as Lio RAMS Dorada into railing on one side and Ricochet THROWS Hologram into railing on the other! Ricochet soaks up heat while Lio rains down fists on Dorada.
Ricochet THROWS Hologram into more railing, then Lio talks trash. Ricochet soaks up heat, Lio sends Dorada hard into the railing! And in Arena Mexico, these railings are bolted to the floor, there is far less give than AEW’s ringside barriers. Lio puts Dorada in the ring and Ricochet is there to bring him up. Lio & Ricochet mug Dorada, Lio runs, but then Dorada gets away! Lio holds up while Ricochet covers up. Dorada spins Ricochet for a JUMP KNEE! Then he ROCKS Lio again and again! Dorada whips, Lio slides to a stop, but Dorada runs in. Lio puts Dorada on the apron, Dorada avoids a haymaker to GAMANGIRI!
Dorada climbs, the fans fire up, but Ricochet SHOVES Dorada down! Dorada goes to the apron, Lio runs up and HANDSPRING KICKS him down! Dorada hits railing, Lio builds speed, but Hologram is in his way. Lio still runs up, but into a GAMANGIRI! Hologram goes up, up, and CROSSBODIES, but into an ANTIAIR DROPKICK from Ricochet! the fans fire up and Ricochet pushes Hologram aside. Ricochet builds speed and he FOSBURY FLOPS onto Dorada! Lio ASAI MOONSAULTS onto Hologram! The fans fire up and Grand Slam goes picture in picture.
Ricochet soaks up cheers and jeers, dusts himself off, and Lio talks trash on Hologram. Lio scuffs Hologram, Ricochet mocks the fans, and then Ricochet CLUBS Dorada. Lio THROWS Hologram into railing, Ricochet ROCKS Dorada, and Ricochet follows Dorada to the ramp. Ricochet fires hands on Dorada, but Dorada fires a flurry in return! Dorada CHOPS Ricochet against the ropes! Dorada fire sup, runs up the ramp and back down, but Ricochet BACKDROPS him into the ring! Lio CLOBBERS Hologram at the same time! Ricochet soaks up more heat, and then Lio brings Dorada around.
Lio & Ricochet continue to work together as they mug Dorada then mug Hologram. They get Dorada up but Dorada fires CHOP after CHOP on each of them! Dorada fires up, runs, but into a DOUBLE DROPKICK! Ricochet gives some Latino Heat while soaking up the heat. Lio intercepts Hologram at the ropes, he and Ricochet double whip, and they DOUBLE ELBOW him down! They soak up more heat, stomp Hologram, then Ricochet covers. Lio stops that and Ricochet apologizes, it was a force of habit. Grand Slam returns to single picture as the fans rally for Hologram. Ricochet & Lio double whip Hologram but he KICKS back!
Hologram dodges Ricochet to LARIAT Ricochet up and out! Then he kicks, KNEES, and CHOPS Lio! Hologram runs, but Ricochet is back to mule kick! Lio front kicks, Ricochet LARIATS, and Lio adds a SPLASH! But Lio knows better, he doesn’t cover. He and Ricochet high-five, and Lio polishes that bald head. Ricochet says no, not cool. Lio says seriously? Then why he bald? Ricochet argues with Lio, then Lio shoves Ricochet! Ricochet shoves back! They keep shoving, and Ricochet SHOVES Lio down! Ricochet says he ain’t the one to play with! Lio gets in Ricochet’s face, but Dorada DROPKICKS Ricochet into Lio!
Dorada keeps moving, and he uses Ricochet as a step to RANA Lio! Things keep moving, a bypass and RANA for Ricochet! The fans fire up but Lio kicks low. Lio whips, Dorada reverses but Lio jumps up the ropes and reverses back. Dorada returns, Lio dodges, Hologram WHEEL KICKS him! Ricochet springboards in, Hologram dodges, and Dorada runs up to DESTROYER!! Ricochet stumbles out of the ring, Hologram and Dorada have the ring, and the fans fire up. Things speed up, Dorada drops down then hurdles over, then he blows past Hologram! Hologram DIVES onto Lio, and Dorada FLIES out onto Ricochet!
The fans are thunderous as Dorada y Hologram rise up! “ESTA LUCHA!” as Hologram and Dorada leave Ricochet and Lio behind. Things keep moving, Hologram drops down, bypasses, but Dorada handsprings. They whip, Dorada puts Hologram in a corner, then Dorada runs up. Hologram dodges, comes back, goes Spider-Man to then go out, around, and over Dorada! The fans fire up as Dorada storms up but into a kick. Hologram whips, Dorada reverses, but Hologram tilt-o-whirls for a DDT! Cover, TWO! Dorada toughs it out, and he SUPERKICKS in return! Dorada runs, but into a SPANISH FLY! Hologram suplexes but Dorada slips free!
Dorada shoves, then handsprings, Hologram fireman’s carries only for Dorada to make it a CRUCIFIX DRIVER!! The fans are thunderous again but Ricochet CLOBBERS Dorada! But then Lio TOSSES Ricochet! Dorada waistlocks Lio but Lio flails! Lio slips under, fires off fast hands and ROCKS Dorada! Lio runs but Dorada wrenches and PELES! Ricochet dragon sleepers for VERTI- NO, Dorada slips free! Dorada shoves Ricochet, dodges on the return, but Ricochet hits as CAVE IN!! The fans fire up for that truly impressive double stomp, but then Lio dodges Ricochet’s jump knee. Lio gets around to hop up and POISON-RANA!
Ricochet ends up in a corner, Hologram fireman’s carries, but Lio hits a POISON-RANA! Dorada runs up, Lio blocks and spins him, POISON- NO, Dorada powers out. Lio dodges, redirects, then dodges again to hop up! Dorada pops out the back, Lio goes up the corner, FLYING POISON-RANA!! Cover, TWO!! Dorada survives and Lio is furious! Lio hurries up the corner, takes aim at Dorada, FINAL HOUR!! Cover, SHINING WIZARD from Ricochet!! The fans are thunderous again as Ricochet DROPKICKS Hologram off the apron! Ricochet then drags Lio to a drop zone and goes up the corner! Ricochet aims but Lio rises up!
Lio anchors Ricochet’s foot, he and Ricochet throw hands, and Lio HEADBUTTS! Lio goes up after Ricochet but Ricochet fires body shots! Ricochet ROCKS Lio, then slips inside, only for Lio to throw body shots! Lio RAN- NO! Ricochet stops the rana to lift Lio back up! Lio fires hands to stop the bomb! They fight for control up top, only for Hologram to join in! Torture rack for Lio, but Lio slips free! They switch, Hologram shoves Lio into Ricochet! Hologram runs back up on Lio but Lio standing switches to roll Hologram up! Feet on the ropes, TWO!! Hologram escapes, the ref reprimands Lio, but Lio gets running!
RUSH- NO, Hologram stops Rush Hour to torture rack! SPIN, SPIN, SPIN, PORTAL BOMB!! Cover, HOLOGRAM WINS!!
Winner: Hologram, by pinfall (earns the 4 million Pesos cash prize)
Undefeated at 25-0, and now 4 million Pesos richer, is the sky the limit for Hologram? Will there be championship gold in his future?
CMLL Women’s World Championship: Zeuxis VS Mercedes Mone!
The Warrior Goddess doesn’t appreciate being seen as just an appetizer on The CEO’s road to All In: Texas, but she still accepted the challenge for this match. Will Zeuxis be the first to humble Mone? Or will the Money Train pick up yet another belt on her way to Globe Life Field?
It would seem we already have #FourBeltsMone again as she shows off the EWA (European Wrestling Alliance) Women’s Championship on top of having the Rev-Pro Undisputed Women’s Championship, the Queen of Harts title and the AEW TBS Championship. The introductions are made, the CMLL belt is raised, and we see if Mone collects numero cinco!
The bell rings and the fans Mone signals that belt is already hers. The fans duel, Mone and Zeuxis go to shake hands, but then Zeuxis sidesteps Mone to literally kick her ass! Zeuxis TOSSES Mone, covers, ONE! Mone scrambles up, Zeuxis whips corner to corner and runs up for an UPPERCUT! Zeuxis sits Mone down, fakes her out, then BUZZSAWS! Zeuxis runs again for a METEORA! Cover, TWO! Mone stays in this but Zeuxis smiles. Zeuxis rallies the fans, drags Mone up, and she puts Mone’s leg in the ropes to KICK it! The ref reprimands but Zeuxis gets attitude with Aubrey. Zeuxis runs up but Mone BOOTS her!
Mone goes up, FLYING SUNSETS, but Zeuxis sits on it for a cover! TWO, and Zeuxis shoves Mone to the corner. Mone ELBOWS Zeuxis, goes up top, and CANNON- NO, Zeuxis catches her for a LUNG BLOWER! Cover, TWO! Mone survives one of Zeuxis’s best but she whips Mone. Mone arm-drags, rolls Zeuxis, STATEMENT MAKER! Zeuxis endures, fights around, rolls Mone and they end up in the ropes! The ref counts the break, Mone lets go, and Zeuxis bails out. Mone runs to WRECK Zeuxis with a dropkick! The fans fire up, Mone whips, but Zeuxis reverses! Mone tiger feint kciks from the apron!
Mone puts Zeuxis in the ring, goes up the ropes, and she springboards to METEORA! Cover, TWO! Zeuxis survives and Mone is frustrated but the fans rally up. Mone is on Zeuxis with a whip, but Zeuxis ducks ‘n’ dodges and RANAS! Mone tumbles out of the ring, Zeuxis keeps moving, and Zeuxis DIVES! Direct hit but a rough landing for Zeuxis! The ref checks, Zeuxis is miraculously okay, and she brings Mone up while Grand Slam goes picture in picture.
Zeuxis whips but Mone reverses and Zeuxis is sent into railing! Mone runs up to METEORA Zeuxis into the railing! Mone revels as the fans fire up, but the ref wants this back in the ring. Mone puts Zeuxis in, covers, TWO! Zeuxis stays in this but Mone stays on her with a chinlock. Zeuxis endures, even as Mone digs her knee into Zeuxis’s back. Zeuxis fights around, rises to her feet, but Mone THROWS her down! Mone drags Zeuxis up, puts her on the ropes and CHOKES her! The ref counts, Mone hops off at 4, and she KNEES Zeuxis! Mone soaks up cheers and jeers while she does her dance, then runs in, only for Zeuxis to SNAP POWERSLAM on the apron!
Zeuxis hurries out after Mone and puts her back in the ring! Cover, TWO!! Mone survives but Zeuxis drags her right up. Fireman’s carry, and POP-UP POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO!! Mone survives again and Zeuxis is beside herself! Zeuxis drags Mone up, whips her to ropes, and then scoops her, only for Mone to tilt-o-whirl and BACKSTABBER! Cover, TWO! Mone is surprised, and she brings Zeuxis around to bump her off buckles. Mone runs up, blocks a boot and puts Zeuxis in the ropes! STOCK DROP! Grand Slam returns to single picture as Mone covers, TWO! Mone is annoyed but she drags Zeuxis into the drop zone.
Mone goes up the corner, the fans rally, but Zeuxis is up! Zeuxis UPPERCUTS Mone, climbs up the corner, and goes to the very top! SUPER SPANISH FLY!! Cover, TWO!! Mone survives, she has all those titles for a reason! Zeuxis is frustrated but “ESTA LUCHA!” Zeuxis drags Mone up, fireman’s carries, and POP-UP- NO, Mone RANAS free! Mone then spins Zeuxis for a BACKSTABBER into the STATEMENT MAKER!! Zeuxis endures, reaches out, powers up and slips free! Zeuxis wrenches, wrenches, and then ducks a kick to pump handle Mone! MADE IN PUERTO RICO! Cover, TWO!! Mone survives and Zeuxis grows frustrated.
The fans rally up as Zeuxis drags Mone up to bump her off buckles! And again! Zeuxis climbs, brings Mone up to join her, but Mone fires a HEADBUTT! They brawl up top, but Zeuxis scoops, only for Mone to SUPER HEADLOCK TAKEOVER!! Cover, MONE WINS!!
Winner: Mercedes Mone, by pinfall (NEW CMLL Women’s World Champion)
Even Mone is a bit surprised, but she flipped things around on Zeuxis and has taken yet another title! Mone holds up the FIVE championships in her collection and the streams fly! Will The CEO only add to her treasury when she and- Wait, speaking of Toni Storm, she’s on the tron! “She’s the kind of woman who always has money on her mind and someone else on her lips. She’s the kind of woman mother takes home to you. With thighs as big as the world and long as a wet dream. One thing she did know how to hold the gold, and not the Acapulco kind, either. She had a date with a Chief Executive Officer who wanted a kiss, but one belt too many.
“Deepthroat some tabasco, baby, it’s time to turn up the heat. There was one chance in a million she would bump into her past, but like everything out of the past, it was all behind her now.” The fans cheer as the noir narration ends, because surprise! That’s… Mina Shirakawa? Because Toni Storm sneaks into the ring from the crowd! The fans fire up as the lady in red takes a sniff of the gold. Mone realizes what’s going on now, and Toni reels her in for a FIVE BELT GERMAN SUPLEX!! Toni goes from Marlowe to Brando to fire off on her contender! The fans cheer as Mone runs away and Toni gives her chase! She gets Mone at the ramp but the refs stop her!
The fans boo and Mone scrambles away through the streamers! One lucky fan gets Mone to hug her as she cowers in fear. Toni grabs a mic to shout, “Let the games begin~!” Toni revels in the streamers while Mone pulls at her hair in frustration! Will the AEW Women’s World Championship be the one belt Mone doesn’t take?
10 Man Tag: The Death Riders, The Young Bucks & The Beast Mortos VS Swerve Strickland, Will Ospreay & The Opps!
Well, one more “Card Subject to Change.” As if it isn’t already weird that Jon Moxley is willing to work with Matthew & Nicholas Jackson, Our EVPs somehow managed to recruit LFI’s monstrous minotaur to their side! Will having such a behemoth on their side help The Maniac, The Decoder & The Founding Fathers survive the night? Or will The Realest, The Aerial Assassin & the AEW World Trios Champions give us some anarchy in Arena Mexico?
The teams sort out and despite the black eye and bandaged forehead, Ospreay insists he start. His team obliges and the fans cheer him on as he starts against Matt, one of the men responsible for that. The bell rings, and Matt quickly tags out to Mortos. Ospreay and Mortos circle, and Mortos SMACKS Ospreay down! Mortos whips, Ospreay reverses, but Mrotos rolls off Ospreay’s back! Mortos shoves Ospreay to a corner, ELBOWS and LARIATS then GAMANGIRIS! Mortos snapmares and SAMOAN DROPS! Ospreay grits his teeth while Mortos roars. The fans still sing for Ospreay but Mortos runs in at the corner.
Ospreay BOOTS Mortos, runs, but Mortos stops the rana! Mortos brings Ospreay up, Ospreay fires hands then CHOSP! Ospreay whips, Mortos reverses, but Ospreay handsprings to go up and over! Mortos runs, Ospreay dodges, and Ospreay comes back, POP-UP RANA! The fans fire up as Mortos bails out. Ospreay builds speed, but Nick GAMANGIRIS! The fans boo but Nick orders Mortos to tag out. Mortos tags Matt, Matt fires hands and then CATAPULTS Ospreay into Nick’s GAMANGIRI! Then Nick goes up, DOUBLE STOMP BACKBREAKER COMBO! The Bucks taunt Swerve, he runs in to get a GUT BUSTER to the NECKBREAKER BACKBREAKER COMBO!
The fans boo but The Buck soak it up while doing their classic pose. Matt tags Nick in and they drag Ospreay up. They double whip but Ospreay ducks ‘n’ dodges, and he turns the double hip toss into a DOUBLE ARM-DRAG! Atomic drop and CHOP for Matt, atomic drop and CHOP for Nick! Then CHOP after CHOP for the Bucks! Nick CLAWS the bad eye! The ref reprimands but Matt gives Nick the boost into the RANA! The Bucks soak up more heat and then Nick tags Yuta. Yuta gets even more boos, but then Ospreay BACKDROPS him! Tag to Swerve and the fans fire up! Swerve & Ospreay whip Yuta to the corner!
The fans chant for “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOSUE! Ospreay ELBOWS Yuta, Swerve UPPERCUTS, then snapmare for Ospreay’s STANDING SHOOTING STAR! Ospreay sits Yuta up while Swerve climbs, FALLING UPPERCUT! And Swerve hits the Griddy! The fans cheer, Swerve brings Yuta up, but Yuta THROWS Swerve by his hair! The fans boo and Swerve scowls but Yuta stands him up. Swerve digs in his heels to keep Yuta from his corner! Yuta panics and Swerve ROCKS him! Swerve whips then blocks a boot to slip through and BACKBREAKER! Tag to Samoa Joe and the fans fire up again!
Joe runs up to JAB away on Yuta! The ref counts but Joe fires a flurry, then a RIDGE HAND! Joe snapmares Yuta, CHPOS him on the back, then KICK and ELBOW DROP! Tag to Katsuyori Shibata and the fans fire up again! The Wrestler stands Yuta up to fire a forearm! Shibata eggs Yuta on, Yuta fires a forearm, but Shibata ROCKS Yuta! Yuta fires up but Shibata ROCKS him again! Shibata fires a flurry of forearms, then he DECKS Yuta! Shibata stands Yuta up just to DECK him again! Tag to “Powerhouse” Hobbs! Shibata puts Yuta in a corner for Hobbs to SPLASH! Shibata adds a BOOT! Joe tags in and ELBOWS Yuta, to then PELE!
The fans fire up as Yuta falls and Moxley is frustrated. Joe covers, TWO! Yuta stays in this for his team, then he JAWBREAKERS Joe away! Yuta hot tags Moxley! The fans boo the Maniac AEW World Champion, but he and Joe fire forearms! The fans rally as the shots go back and forth! Moxley kicks low, flips Joe off, but runs into a SLEEPER! The fans fire up, but The Bucks & Mortos attack! Ospreay, Swerve & The Opps rush in, it is a brawl, and the fans are loving it! The ref reprimands but things spill out to the outside! Only Ospreay and Matt remain in the ring, and Matt fires hands on Ospreay. Matt runs but into a tiger wall kick and ENZIGIRI!
The fans fire up and Ospreay climbs a corner! Ospreay aims and SUPER SKY TWISTERS onto the cluster!! The fans are thunderous as Ospreay and Swerve stand tall, and Grand Slam goes picture in picture.
Joe gets in the ring and Ospreay puts Moxley in for him. Joe tags Ospreay and they mug Moxley. Ospreay brings Moxley around to ROCK him, then whip. Moxley reverses, Matt trips Ospreay up, and Matt drags Ospreay out. Ospreay sends Matt into Swerve’s BOOT! Nick YANKS Swerve down but Ospreay sends Nick into railing! Ospreay hurries back in, but Moxley hits a CUTTER! Moxley flips off the fans, then stands between Ospreay and his corner. Moxley stomps Ospreay’s hand and puts him in the #DeathBucks corner. Moxley bends Ospreay’s fingers, the ref counts, and Moxley lets go so that Yuta can CHOKE Ospreay!
Yuta gets away with that, and Moxley tags Nick. Nick goes up to AX HANDLE Ospreay! Tag to Matt and the Bucks double whip. They DOUBLE ELBOW, hit their pose, then stomp away on Ospreay. Matt rains down fists, then BITES Ospreay’s forehead! Matt tries to rip that bandage away but it’s on there tight. The ref reprimands but Matt keeps between Ospreay and his team. Matt stands Ospreay up but Ospreay CHOPS Matt! And CHOPS again! Matt RAMS Ospreay to the corner, Yuta tags in, and they mug Ospreay. Yuta rains down fists, then stalks Ospreay. Yuta grabs a leg, hits a spinning toehold, then ties the legs up in a DEATHLOCK!
Yuta bridges back to put on the pressure! Ospreay endures, Yuta flips off the fans, and then Yuta tags Moxley in. Ospreay is stuck and Moxley stomps him right down! The ref reprimands but Yuta lets Ospreay go. Grand Slam returns to single picture and Ospreay fires hands. Moxley fires back, the fans rally for Ospreay, but Moxley scoops to SLAM! Cover, TWO! Moxley stays on Ospreay with another cover, TWO! Moxley has the arm, DOUBLE WRISTLOCK! Ospreay endures as it becomes a KIMURA! Ospreay still fights up and the fans rally! Ospreay’s entire team reaches out, but Moxley pulls Ospreay’s hair! Moxley shoves Ospreay away to then sucker punch Swerve!
Hobbs storms in but the ref keeps him back. Ospreay CHOPS away on Moxley! Moxley shoots around to have a SLEEPER! Ospreay slips out the back to back suplex, but Moxley fights with elbows! Moxley whips, Ospreay handsprings, NEURALIZER KICK! Moxley wobbles but falls, and Ospreay crawls! Hot tags to Yuta and Hobbs! The fans fire up as Hobbs CLOBBERS Yuta, BLASTS The Bucks, and then picks Yuta up to RAM him into a corner! The fans fire up as Hobbs shouts, “MEAT!” The fans fire up and Hobbs fires those point-blank LARIATS! Hobbs goes past DIEZ to hit TRECE! That’s 13!
Hobbs then brings Yuta out to short arm LARIAT! The fans fire up as the straps come down! But The Bucks kick low! The Bucks DOUBLE CHOP, but that just pisses Hobbs off! The Bucks apologize but the fans tell them they messed up. Hobbs blocks a superkick, then the other! The Bucks want mercy, but Hobbs goes to guzels! But Yuta jumps on for a SLEEPER! Joe wants in, the ref has him stop, but this lets Moxley sneak in! Mox kicks Hobbs low! Hobbs lets the Bucks go, Mox & Yuta double whip. Hobbs breaks through that double lariat to DOUBLE LARIAT The Bucks! The fans fire up as Hobbs then DOUBLE LARIATS Yuta & Moxley!
Ospreay & Swerve hurry to DOUBLE PLANCHA The Bucks! Shibata tags in, he whips Yuta to a corner. Shibata sends Hobbs in for a SPLASH! Then Shibata adds his HYDRAULIC DROPKICK! The fans fire up and Shibata HALF HATCH SUPLEXES Yuta! Hobbs scoops Yuta for a POWERSLAM! Shibata covers but Mortos breaks it! Hobbs returns, Mortos dodges him and SPEARS Hobbs down!! Then a HEADBUTT for Shibata! Mortos keeps going, TORNILLO TOPE onto Hobbs!! Mortos gets back in and LARIATS Shibata! The fans fire up but here comes Joe! Joe fires forearms back and forth with Mortos!
The fans rally, Joe fires a flurry, but Mortos kicks low! Mortos whips Joe to the corner, runs in, but Joe URENAGES Mortos down! Nick SHINING WIZARDS! Matt cravats Joe and Nick helps with the SLICED BREAD! BASEMENT SUPERKICK! But Ospreay springboards in! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS for Ospreay! Then they have the wrists, E V P- NO, Ospreay kips up, gets loose, and DOUBLE OSCUTTERS!! Swerve joins in, FOSBURY FLOP onto the Bucks! The fans are thunderous, Nana does his dance, and Ospreay turns around into a BUSAIKU KNEE from Yuta! Shibata gets Yuta in a SLEEPER! Yuta snapmares free and ROCKS Shibata!
“ESTA LUCHA!” as Yuta runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, and BUSAIKU KNEES Shibata! But Shibata’s right up to PENALTY KICK!! Both men are down and the fans continue to rally! Hot tags to Swerve and Moxley! These two fire forearms and the fans fire up again! The most dangerous men in AEW go back and forth, but Swerve gets the edge! Moxley ROLLING ELBOWS! Swerve mule kicks and HAYMAKERS! Ospreay adds a HOOK KICK! Swerve somersaults for the FLATLINER! Ospreay helps Swerve turn Moxley in the gator roll, CHASING THE DRAGON!! The fans are thunderous and Ospreay sets Moxley up!
Swerve goes up, but Matt stops Swerve! Swerve kicks Matt away and Ospreay BOOTS Matt down! But Marina distracts the ref! Nick SHOVES Swerve and Swerve HOTSHOTS off the ropes! Moxley rolls swerve up to cover, DEATH BUCKS WIN!!
Winners: The Death Riders, The Young Bucks & The Beast Mortos, by pinfall
The Problem is always a factor, but this isn’t done as Yuta & The Bucks beat up on Joe! Then the Bucks SUPERKICK Swerve! Moxley has a SLEEPER on Swerve, then feeds him to the SUPERKICKS! Moxley puts the SLEEPER back on, but HERE COMES HANGMAN!! The Cowboy told us about the ringside ban, but also mentioned that once the match was over, it was fair game! Hangman storms out here, unintentionally saving Swerve, and he glares at Moxley. The fans fire up as Hangman throws off his jacket and rushes the ring! Moxley stands his ground, the two get face to face, and now go fist for fist! Yuta gets in but Hangman DECKS him!
Moxley kicks low! Moxley whips but Hangman goes to the apron! Moxley waits, Hangman slingshots, but then Moxley dodges! BUCKSHOT on Matt! Well, it did hit a Buck, and Nick asks wtf! Hangman says he told them, they stay out of his business or else! But now Moxley has the briefcase! Only for Hangman to spot him first. Moxley is frozen in place, and now The Opps & Ospreay get in the ring! The Maniac decides discretion is the better part of valor, and The Death Riders are in retreat. But there’s no running from what’s coming! 24 days remain before All In, will they be the last 24 days Moxley has as champion?
My Thoughts:
Awesome night for AEW’s first show in Mexico, even with things going about how I expected. For one, Mone of course won the title, because why else would they even do this match if not to give her one more belt? Though, what’s wild is that she picked up another belt without much hype or press from AEW. I guess European Wrestling Alliance hopes this gets them some attention. But good stuff with Toni Storm’s noir video and the sneak attack. And I would hope Toni retains the title at All In to keep Mone from going Ultimo Dragon just yet.
Cash Wheeler and Claudio Castagnoli both had travel issues, so I understand subbing people in. But did a 12 Man Tag really need to become a 14 Man Tag for it? And seeing as how I don’t cover CMLL’s own programming, I have NO idea why Atlantis Senior & Junior are getting booed. Is it a “Cena Wins LOL” situation where Junior is winning too much? That’s the only thing I can really think of offhand. But naturally, the Faces of that match won, as The Don Callis Family was rolling last week and needed humbling. I would think we still get Adam Cole VS Kyle Fletcher 2 now, and maybe Kyle wins the title so that the Don Callis Family has something.
Although, Callis seems to be bringing Okada into the fold for whatever reason, so he could end up bringing the “Unified” Continental & International Championship to the family. Okada VS Briscoe was great, and naturally Okada got the win. Mistico VS MJF was great stuff, up until MJF gave up and gave Mistico the win there. I know MJF loves getting heat, but him being the first man to snatch Mistico’s mask away like that is some HUGE heat. Also, I think I said it way back during some feud Penta had in AEW, but are masks really sacred if they’re willing to let them get ripped, stretched, and even yanked away? Or has that been lucha libre kayfabe all along? Either way, great stuff with JetSpeed and the other luchadores showing up, lots of matches set up with that.
Great Fatal 4 Way, and great win for Hologram to stay undefeated, but I will again criticize needing to do money prizes for these things. They should’ve set Hologram up for a title match twice over by now but TK is apparently making Hologram his top undefeated guy. Like if Goldberg was more than just big and strong and could actually do stuff… Also, while they obviously didn’t work together the entire time, I just feel like Ricochet having Lio Rush & Action Andretti become his crew (what with them being CRU and all) is the right move. Or perhaps this story of finding a faction is going to be an ongoing gag that no one likes Ricochet and would never follow him.
Then a great 10 Man Tag main event, though a little redundant considering Anarchy in the Arena was only a few weeks ago. Still good stuff for everybody, especially Mortos since he got to sub in for Claudio. Of course Marina gets involved so that the Heels win, but great stuff with Hangman going after Moxley. Hangman did a great job in his promo speaking Espanol to show respect to the fans. Naturally, Moxley gets away, that’s his whole thing. I really hope Ospreay, Swerve and The Opps keep the Death Riders and Bucks at bay so Hangman doesn’t get screwed over at All In. It’d be garbage if, after all this time and energy, it doesn’t pay off with Hangman as the triumphant hero.
My Score: 9/10
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