AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (11/1/23)
It’s the moment of truth!
Will anyone take MJF’s side?
In order to get Triple B back in his possession, MJF takes on Bullet Club Gold! But the question is, did he find three teammates to help him?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- AEW International Championship: Orange Cassidy VS Claudio Castagnoli; Cassidy wins and retains the title.
- ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championships: The Hung Bucks VS The Mogul Embassy; The Mogul Embassy win and become the new ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions.
- Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega VS Matthew Menard & Angelo Parker w/ Jake Hager; Jericho & Omega win.
- AEW Women’s World Championship: Hikaru Shida VS Willow Nightingale; Shida wins and retains the title.
- High Stakes 8 Man Tag: Bullet Club Gold VS MJF & The Acclaimed; Bullet Club Gold wins and holds onto Triple B.
PLAY BY PLAY
Backstage interview with MJF.
Renee Paquette welcomes the AEW World Champion and she says last week, he accepted the challenge to an 8 Man Tag, where if he wins, Jay White promises to give MJF back Triple B, the world title belt itself. How is he doing to find three partners to team up with tonight after making a lot of enemies over the years? MJF thanks her for shoving that in his face. But to answer the question, he’s got a list of the roster here and hopefully there are three people who aren’t A-holes. He’d like some advice from brochacho for life, Adam Cole, via video chat! How’s it going, baybay?
Cole asks how MJF is and MJF says he’s good, how’s Cole? Cole’s hanging in there. But what does make him happy is that MJF is officially the longest reigning AEW World Champion of all time. And at this point, MJF is the greatest AEW World Champion of all time, the only thing that kills Cole is that he wishes he could be there for MJF. It feels like the whole world is gunning for MJF, and Cole knows how that feels. So he wants to say this: MJF should just consider Samoa Joe’s offer. MJF isn’t sure, Joe almost broke his neck. But he’s gotta find three guys before the main event, and he promises Cole that he will successfully defend their ROH World Tag Team titles at Full Gear.
MJF says he’s got this, and he’ll see Cole around. MJF leaves but then Roderick Strong wheels in shouting, “ADAM~!” Strong can’t believe MJF left mid-conversation. Cole knows Roddy would never do that to him, right? But also, serious question, are we really pretending MJF is not the Devil in that mask? Like, it seems that way to Roddy. Cole sighs and hangs up. But then said Devil is on the screen! If it isn’t MJF, then just what does this person want?
AEW International Championship: Orange Cassidy VS Claudio Castagnoli w/ Wheeler Yuta!
Freshly Squeezed knows the Swiss Superman wants to take this title in place of Jon Moxley while also avenging Bryan Danielson’s broken orbital bone, but for him, it’s whatever. Will Orange still be golden? Or will Claudio beat him to a pulp?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if Cassidy’s second reign is cut short!
The bell rings and Claudio rushes in! Cassidy dodges, fires “devastating” shin kicks but Claudio backs him down. Claudio swings, Cassidy dodges and wheelbarrows, but Claudio blocks to then POWERBOMB! Fans are torn as Claudio hauls Cassidy up to scoop and SLAM! Claudio then runs to DOUBLE STOMP, and BASEMENT BOOT! Claudio eggs Cassidy on, drags him up, and KNEES him low! And again, and again, and again! Claudio has Cassidy in a corner, he knees and UPPERCUTS! Cassidy falls, fans boo, but Claudio drags Cassidy back up. Claudio whips corner to corner, Cassidy goes up and out and bumps Claudio off buckles!
Fans count along and Cassidy goes all the way to TEN! Fans fire up and Cassidy climbs, to CROSSBODY, into a BACKBREAKER! Then Claudio picks Cassidy up to GUTBUSTER! Claudio snarls as he stalks Cassidy and drags him up. Claudio KNEES Cassidy down, then stalks him along the ropes. Claudio kicks Cassidy around, fans boo, and Cassidy flops out of the ring. Claudio puts Cassidy in, but Cassidy rolls all the way to the far side. Fans cheer but Claudio pursues. Claudio drags Cassidy up and into the ring again, but Cassidy starts rolling towards the far side! So Claudio goes in around the outside to CLOBBER Cassidy!
Claudio wags his finger while he stands on Cassidy’s ribs! The ref counts, Claudio scoops Cassidy, but Cassidy slips free to POST Claudio! Cassidy gets in the ring to build speed and DIVE! Direct hit but Cassidy keeps going, and he DIVES, but Claudio catches him! To trophy lift, and SNAKE EYES off the railing! Cassidy writhes from his ribs hitting the railing, and Yuta taunts him! Claudio gives more kicks to Cassidy’s back but the ref has the Blackpool Combat Club back off. Wait, Hook is here! He glares at Yuta while being here for his friend. The ref says no, this is 1v1, so he EJECTS Yuta and EJECTS Hook!
Yuta storms off but he eggs Hook on. Hook storms after Yuta, but Claudio drags Cassidy up. Claudio fireman’s carries, then walks up the steps with Cassidy! He goes up a corner, but Cassidy fires off elbows! Fans fire up as Cassidy adjusts position to SUPER- NO, Claudio holds off the bomb to drag Cassidy right back up! For a stalling SUPERPLEX! Fans are thunderous while Cassidy writhes right out of the ring, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Claudio snarls as he goes out after Cassidy and drags him up. Cassidy throws body shots and a CHOP, but Claudio just brushes that off. Cassidy CHOPS and CHOPS, but Claudio scoops to SNAKE EYES Cassidy off the apron! Claudio stalks Cassidy, puts him in the ring, and he drops an elbow! Cover, TOW, but Claudio keeps Cassidy down with a bearhug. Cassidy endures, fights up, and throws elbows! Cassidy is free, he runs, but into a kitchen sink knee! Claudio drags Cassidy around, he stomps Cassidy in the stomach, then steps on Cassidy as he lets off. Claudio whips Cassidy hard to a corner and Cassidy bounces off buckles.
Claudio storms over, drags Cassidy up from the apron, but Cassidy throws body shots! Claudio still suplexes to hang Cassidy out to dry! And then he gut wrenches Cassidy off the ropes for a suplex! Claudio looms over Cassidy, drags him up, and Dynamite returns to single picture as Cassidy throws forearms! Claudio RAMS Cassidy to a corner! Claudio RAMS and RAMS and RAMS Cassidy again, lets off to taunt Cassidy, and he SLAPS Cassidy. And again! We also get some footage of backstage, things are heating up between Hook and Yuta to the point producers are stepping in to step it. Hook puts his hands on Pat Buck, but that gets Hook ejected from the building!
Yuta continues to talk tough now that Hook is gone, but will Hook make sure to get his hands on Yuta next time? As for in the ring, Cassidy backs Claudio down with forearms! Fans fire up as Cassidy fires off in the corner! Claudio eggs Cassidy on as he backs him down again! Then Claudio TOSSES Cassidy, runs in, but Cassidy dodges and Claudio POSTS himself! Fans fire up, Claudio is stuck and Cassidy DROPKICKS Claudio out of the ring! Claudio flounders around the way while Cassidy kips up! Cassidy builds speed to DIVE, and TORNADO DDT to the floor! Fans fire up again as Cassidy hobbles up.
Cassidy puts Claudio in the ring, then he climbs to DEEP- NO, Claudio blocks the DDT! Claudio pops Cassidy up, but Cassidy STUN DOG MILLIONAIRES! Claudio wobbles, Cassidy runs, tilt-o-whirl and- NO, Claudio turns DDT into GIANT SWING! Fans count along and Claudio speeds up to reach TEN! Then he steps through to the SHARPSHOOTER! Cassidy endures, reaches out, crawls forward, but Claudio drags him away from ropes! Claudio sits deep, but fans fire up as Cassidy still endures! Cassidy fights, slips under, and he throws hands from below! But Claudio powers Cassidy back over to the SHARPSHOOTER!
Cassidy reaches out, but Claudio shifts around to an STF, then a CROSSFACE! Cassidy rolls but Claudio holds on to have the CROSSFACE! Then the RINGS OF SATURN!! Cassidy endures, kicks around, and fans fire up as he powers up! Cassidy makes it a cover, TWO, and Claudio UPPERCUTS Cassidy down! Cover, TWO!! Cassidy survives and Claudio is seething! Claudio sits Cassidy up, for HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! Fans boo but Claudio drags Cassidy up and reels him in. But Cassidy slumps to the mat! Fans cheer but Claudio deadlifts Cassidy! Cassidy is deadweight, so Claudio hoists him up again! Cassidy tries the cradle but Claudio blocks!
Claudio suplexes, STUN DOG BLOCKED as Claudio has a SLEEPER! And he SWINGS Cassidy by his head!! Cassidy is fading!! Cassidy’s face is red, but he revives! And he puts his hands in his pockets!! Cassidy runs to the corner, kicks off buckles and rolls it back to a cover, TWO! ORANGE PUNCH!! Claudio stays up!? But he’s still wobbly, so Cassidy Alabama Lifts! BEACH BREAK!! But Claudio rolls out of the ring! Fans boo but Claudio has saved himself. Cassidy lets him stay out there as the ring count climbs. The count is 5 of 10, Claudio stands at 7 and hobbles, but he drops at 8! Claudio springs up and in at 9!
Fans cheer as this match continues, “This is Awesome!” Cassidy drags himself up, he walks up to give “devastating” kicks to Claudio! But he turns up the heat and actually kicks and stomps a mudhole! Fans fire up, Claudio roars, Cassidy PENALTY KICKS!! Off comes the elbow pad, ORANGE- NO, Claudio gets around to ripcord, but Cassidy dodges! Cassidy tilt-o-whirls, and goes around a second time, for the DDT!! Cover, TWO!! Claudio survives and fans hope these two “FIGHT FOREVER!” But it has to end somehow, and Cassidy goes to a corner. Cassidy watches Claudio rise, and then he runs in, but into a POP-UP! Cassidy RANAS it!! Cover, CASSIDY WINS!!!
Winner: Orange Cassidy, by pinfall (still AEW International Champion)
Claudio is speechless as he gets caught by Cassidy, but wait! JON MOXLEY is making his way out here! The Maniac gets in the ring, and Cassidy is furious! Cassidy runs in, ORANGE- SPINEBUSTER from Moxley! Moxley throws down furious fists on Cassidy, and even stomps him! Claudio doesn’t even seem to care one way or another as Moxley rains down forearms! Fans are torn, security rushes out, but Moxley swats them away! Claudio grabs one guard to GUT WRENCH SUPLEX him out of the ring! Moxley rains down fists on Cassidy, then BITES him! Claudio drags Moxley back, that is enough for now.
Moxley seethes as he paces around, but clearly he wants the International Championship back. When and where will Moxley go wild on Cassidy in an actual match?
MJF tries his first prospect.
He’s outside Kenny Omega’s room!? They did just have an epic title match on Collision and showed each other massive respect, but… Well, MJF knocks on the door, and Jericho answers it. MJF asks Jericho if Kenny’s in there. Jericho smirks, and slams the door in MJF’s face. MJF figured as much. He walks away, but then WARDLOW grabs him!? Wardlow says MJF took everything from him, and now he will take everything from MJF. When he least expects it. Wardlow laughs and lets MJF go. MJF is mad and he breaks his clipboard. But then someone offers a hand! It’s Max Caster!
Caster asks MJF to let them team with him. MJF frowns and storms off, and Bowens says “Dammit, Max! We hid back here for nothing.” Caster sighs, what will it take to get MJF to accept The Acclaimed’s help?
Jon Moxley speaks backstage.
“Fenix kamikazes himself, sacrifices his own body, just to put me down for three seconds. And Orange Cassidy is there to pick up the scraps. What a story! That was my match, Orange. That was my match. I showed you respect. I showed you respect when nobody else would, and I let you walk out under your own power in Chicago. And you better damn well believe me, I did not have to let you do that. But what did you think was gonna happen, Orange, huh? You were just gonna write me off? You were just gonna write me off like everybody else did?! Like they always do?! I’m sick of you, I’m sick of everybody.
“Right now, I’m not doing too good, so maybe this isn’t even about you. You’re just the wrong guy at the wrong place at the wrong time. Doesn’t matter, either way, at Full Gear, I’m gonna beat you within an inch of your life with my bare hands, and there is not a damn thing you can do about it, just because I can.” The Maniac is ready for a fight, will the fighting champion be up to it?
ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championships: The Hung Bucks VS The Mogul Embassy!
Hangman Page has a score to settle with Swerve Strickland, but the same could be said for Hangman, Matt & Nick having a score to settle with Brian Cage & The Gates of Agony. Will these titles still be with The Elite, THE THE Elite? Or will The Machine, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona reclaim them for Swerve’s House?
The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see just who his the good, the bad and the ugly!
The trios sort out, Hangman starts against Kaun, and Hangman fires off on Kaun at the bell! Hangman puts Kaun in a corner, every punch meant for Swerve! The ref counts, Hangman stomps a mudhole into Kaun, then he runs up to BLAST Cage and Liona! Fans fire up and Hangman dodges Kaun to BOOT him down! Cage and Liona get in to much Hangman, double whips, but Hangman duck, then hold ropes. The Bucks get in to DOUBLE DROPKICK! Kaun rushes in again but is put on the apron, for the triangle jump LARIAT! The fans fire up and the Elite then TRIPLE PLANCHA! Direct hit on all of the Embassy!
Fans fire up as Hangman puts Kaun in the ring. Kaun swings, Hangman gets around, but Kaun switches. Hangman switches back, Kaun switches again, but Hangman backs him down into DOUBLE ENZIGURIS from the Bucks! Tag to Matt, he runs to BLAST Liona and runs back, the Bucks LARIAT ENZIGURI COMBO! Hangman BLASTS Cage, then he runs in so he and Nick can LARIAT ENZIGURI COMBO! Matt shouts “SEE YOU IN HELL!” before he and Nick CANNONBALL ENZIGURI COMBO! Louisville fires up as Matt tags Nick, and then Matt and Hangman drag Kaun up. They drape Kaun on the ropes for Nick to SWANTON BOMB! Cover, TWO!
Nick rallies the fans and tags Matt back in as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
The Bucks mug Kaun, then Matt brings Kaun around. Kaun knees low, whips Matt to the Embassy corner, but Matt uses that to BLAST Cage & Liona. Kaun runs in but Matt ELBOWS him away! Matt goes up, but Kaun SHOVES him down! Liona CLOBBERS Matt on the outside! Cage tags in, he fetches Matt to APRON BACK SUPLEX! Cage then pushes Matt down, turns him around, and CLUBS him against the apron! Matt sputters as he sits up in the ropes, but Cage KNEES him down! Cage RAMS into Matt at the corner again and again! The ref counts, Cage CHOPS, and Cage follows Matt around to bump him off buckles.
Tag to Liona, Liona RAMS into Matt again and again! Liona scoops Matt to put him on ropes for KNEE after KNEE after KNEE! The ref counts, Liona drops Matt, and he tags Kaun. The Gates mug Matt, Kaun CHOKES him, then lets off. Matt fights his way to the corner but Kaun keeps him back! Fans rally, Matt reaches out but Kaun CLUBS him down! Kaun then DECKS Nick, and he taunts Hangman. Liona gets a cheap shot on Matt before Kaun tags Cage. Cage stomps a mudhole into Matt, then DECKS him! Tag to Linoa and he tags Kaun. The Gates stand Matt up for more stomps, but Matt fights back!
The Gates mug Matt again, tag to Cage and they drag Matt up. ROCK-A-BYE BOMB RANA as Matt counters! Dynamite returns to single picture as the Gates hurry to block Matt from his corner! But Matt dodges, hot tag to Hangman! The Cowboy rallies on the Gates, ROLLING ELBOW for Liona! Hangman whips, Kaun reverses and BOOTS, but Hangman rebounds to LARIAT! Fans fire up but LInoa runs in, only for Hangman to dodge! Hangman clotheslines Liona and himself out of the ring, but Hangman keeps going so he can BOOT Cage! Hangman returns to the ring, and pops Kaun up for a POWERBOMB!
Fans fire up with Hangman and he goes to the apron. Hangman loads but “WHOSE HOUSE?!” Swerve’s here! And Swerve says last week, he was actually at Hangman’s house. Hangman glares at Swerve while he tags Nick in. Hangman storms up the ramp and chases Swerve to the back! The Bucks aren’t sure what to do with this handicap situation, though! Nick fires off on Liona and Cage, then SUPERKICKS Kaun! But Liona grabs Nick to TOSS him to ropes! Liona runs in but Nick dumps him out! SUPERKICK for Cage! Nick goes up and out, lines up a shot, SUPERKICK for Kaun! Cage LARIATS Nick down!
Cage then drags Nick up the corner, to deadlift SUPERPLEX! But Matt is in, he fires off on Kaun! Fans fire up but Liona’s back to grab Matt. Matt fires haymakers on Liona! Cage CLUBS Matt, back suplexes, but Matt lands out! Matt runs, dodges Cage, but he runs into the DOUBLE SPINEBUSTER! Cage blocks a kick and Liona CLOBBERS Nick! The Gates get Nick up, ROCK-A-BYE BOMB!! Cage flips Nick over to KNEE him, into OPEN THE GATES!!! Cover, The Mogul Embassy wins!
Winners: The Mogul Embassy, by pinfall (NEW ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions)
Swerve just played the Elite like a damn fiddle! But speaking of, Hangman is firing off on Swerve! Security pulls them apart but Hangman vows Swerve is a dead man! Will Hangman tear Swerve’s house down with his bare hands? As for The Bucks, Matt throws his own fit of rage at ringside, hitting everything inanimate with a chair! What is The Elite to do with all this anger ignited inside them?
MJF tries another prospect.
Samoa Joe!? As powerful as Joe is, MJF just can’t bring himself to accept his help. The door next to Joe’s? Darby Allin’s. MJF chuckles, and takes a pen to the sign. He writes “EMO B*TCH” on it and calls Darby a loser. MJF turns around, and holding up a big sign that reads, “MJF PICK US!” is Caster. MJF just walks past them. DAMMIT, MAX! Caster sighs.
Tony Schiavone is in the ring.
He tells Louisville that some questions need to be answered, so let’s bring out the Rated R Superstar, Adam Copeland! Fans cheer as Edge makes his way entrance, complete with pyro. Edge joins Schiavone in the ring, and Schiavone lets him soak up the fans cheering. It looks like Edge is feeling good, and for good reason. The fans here and around the world love having The Rated R Superstar here. But a week ago, Edge was confronted by Darby & Sting, so what’s he thinking? Edge wants the fans to cheer Schiavone. If we knew all the hats Schiavone wore backstage, we’d probably cheer even louder.
Edge thanks Schiavone, and the fans chant for “TONY! TONY!” Edge says last week Sting got in his face, but he also said they go a long way’s back. And for those who are confused, they actually do. Sting and Edge have had a lot of the same injuries, faced a lot of the same things, and have been ears for each other, sounding boards for each other, and Edge respects the hell out of Sting. Edge also respects Darby, because Darby is one of the linchpins of AEW, one of the foundational pieces of the industry going forward, and if you don’t see that, you’re blind. Fans cheer that!
But Edge also knows we want answers. What’s he gonna do? Is he gonna team with Darby & Sting at Full Gear? Fans sure hope so! But wait, here comes Christian Cage! Captain Charisma, his Right Hand of Destruction, Luchasaurus, and his surrogate son, Nick Wayne, stand on stage, and fans boo as Christian holds up a mic. Christian tells Louisville to shut their mouths while he conducts business. Christian says before Adam gives his answer, he wants to paint a little picture for him. Christian will retire Sting at Full Gear, whether he likes it or not! Fans boo but Christian says we haven’t seen Darby around lately. If you have, you’d notice his gimp arm.
That gimp arm will never be the same after Christian threw Darby on the steel steps at WrestleDream! Fans boo more but Christian says he doesn’t need to remind Adam or anyone of his… neck problems. But Christian would hate for the fairytale to become a nightmare, so Edge should just back down right now. Fans boo even more, but Christian says if Adam knows what is good for him, he’ll do it. Or else, Christian will snap his neck! And leave him in a wheelchair, to live the rest of his life undignified! To live the rest of his life with his kids wipe the drool off his face while saying, “Daddy, you used to be somebody.”
Christian feels this isn’t sinking in, so he tells Luchasaurus & Nick to give Edge a preview! The henchmen storm the ring but Edge DECKS Nick! Edge ROCKS Luchasaurus, fires off more shots, but Nick runs up! Edge BOOTS him down, Christian slides in, and the former friends lock eyes. Christian is the one wary now, but Luchasaurus gets in to BLINDSIDE LARIAT! Fans boo and Christian smiles. Christian has Nick top this off, and Nick hits WAYNE’S WORLD! Edge is down, and Christian tells Nick to fetch “them.” Nick goes looking, and he puts chairs in the ring! Christian sets Edge on one, and has the other.
But here comes STIIIING! The Icon storms down, Nick r ushes him but Sting DECKS him! And TOSSES him! And Darby slides in to TACKLE Christian! Edge fires off hands on Luchasaurus, BOOTS him down, and Darby stomps away on Christian! Darby drags Christian up, but Christian fires off on Darby! Christian stomps Darby, but Edge is taking aim! Fans fire up as Edge is fuming! Christian senses something, turns around, SPEAR!!! Edge takes down his friend and he picks up the mic! “You wanna snap my neck!? I’m gonna beat your ass!! It is on, you stupid little sonovab*tch!”
Edge then tells Sting, he was right! If he and Darby want a third man at Full Gear, Edge’s your man! The fans fire up as the Relentless Icons just went Rated R! Will They tear down Christian and his crew in Los Angeles?
Tony Khan has a special announcement.
The President, CEO & General Manager of AEW also has Nigel McGuinness with him, and Nigel says this announcement is for all AEW fans all around the world. Tony says absolutely, and that it has been a great year for AEW. They had their biggest event ever with All In London, selling the most tickets in pro-wrestling history, and it was one of the greatest shows the world has ever seen. It was AEW’s debut in London, England, and in Europe. It was amazing, but even more amazing is that the holiday season is upon us. Though, Tony’s parents had their Christmas tree up since July.
But nevertheless, to start this holiday season off, what better gift to give your wrestling family and friends then a ticket to next year’s AEW All In London, August 25, 2024! Tickets on sale in one month, December 1st! But you don’t even have to wait, get involved and sign up for presale right now! Nigel takes it from here with the link, ticketmaster.co.uk/AEWWEMBLEY2024! Priority and presale access begins November 27th, with emails to everyone that registers. And this past Summer made history, seeing the all-time paid attendance record of 81,035. They hope to rewrite history in 2024 with their return to Wembley!
On a personal note, Nigel being a kid who sat in Wembley over 31 years ago with dreams of becoming a pro-wrestler, this moment was amazing. And with that dream still in his heart, he hopes to see everyone in Wembley next August!
Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega VS Matthew Menard & Angelo Parker w/ Jake Hager!
As if Don Callis’ own betrayal(s) didn’t hurt The Ocho and The Cleaner enough, that worm has recruited Daddy Magic & Cool Hand Ange as mercenaries to do his dirty work! Will the former Jericho Appreciation Society stick it to the Wizard, with the Best Bout Machine as a bonus? Or will the #GoldenJets blast past Ever-Rise to get another shot at Callis?
The teams sort out, but Menard & Parker step to Jericho. Menard shouts that Jericho didn’t know what he had with them! Parker says they were family! Omega talks with Jericho about Omega starting, but then Menard & Parker attack them both! Fans boo, the ref has the bell ring, and the X-JAS kick Omega out to stomp away on Jericho. Menard digs his boot in, the ref counts, but Menard & Parker bring Jericho up. We see Callis and his “family,” Konosuke, Hobbs & Fletcher, on commentary, but Jericho starts firing off CHOPS! Jericho CHOPS Parker down, ROCKS Menard then whips to CLOBBER him!
Jericho storms up on Menard, tags Omega, and they mug Menard. Then they double suplex high and hard! Parker runs in, but the Golden Jets kick and double whip. Parker ducks the double clotheslines but not the DOUBLE SHOULDERS! Omega & Jericho stand tall as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Parker bails out, Menard staggers up, and Omega ROCKS him! And CHOPS him! And CLUBS him! Omega CHOPS Menard again, and again, then whips. Omega runs corner to corner, to back elbow! Omega TOSSES Menard, then PLANCHAS! Down goes Daddy magic! Omega drags Menard up and into the ring, but he stares Hager down. The ref has Hager back off, but Menard CHOP BLOCKS Omega! The ref reprimands, Menard slides into the ring to soak up the heat. Hager & Parker RAM Omega into railing! Parker fires off knees, then hurries away. Omega hobbles into the ring, Menard stomps him down.
Tag to Parker, Menard digs his knee in, and Parker stomps now. The ref reprimands, Parker lets off to bring Omega up. Parker snap suplexes, covers, TWO! Parker drags Omega up, bumps him off buckles, and tags Menard back in. Menard stomps Omega, but Omega BOOTS back! Omega ROCKS Parker, and SLAM DUNKS Menard! Fans rally, Omega reaches out, but Menard drags Omega from Jericho. Omega BOOTS Menard away, Parker tags in and Parker anchors Omega’s feet. Omega KICKS Parker away, crawls, but Menard is back to drag Omega back! Dynamite returns to single picture as Omega throws elbows!
Omega rakes Menard’s eyes, then CHOPS! And HCOPS! And CHOPS! Hot tag to Jericho! Parker tags in but Jericho runs him over! And runs him over again! Parker sends Jericho to the apron but Jericho goes up to AX HANDLE! Fans fire up and Jericho eggs Parker on. Parker stands, Jericho trips him, and turns him over, for the WALLS OF JERICHO! But Menard runs up, only for Jericho to duck, triangle jump and DROPKICK! Fans fire up as Parker runs in, but Jericho bypasses to CODE BREAKER! Cover, Menard breaks it! Omega CLUBS Menard, fires hands with him, but Menard knees low. Menard whips, Omega KICKS back!
Menard swings, Omega gets around, SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX! Hager gets in, but gets a V-TRIGGER! Omega then FLIES to take Hager down! A rough landing for Omega, too, but Jericho CHOPS Parker! And CHOPS again! And CHOPS again! Jericho whips, Parker reverses but Jericho avoids the dropkick! The ref checks on Omega, Jericho goes to ropes, but Menard JAMS Jericho with Floyd the Baseball Bat!! Jericho falls, Parker covers, TWO!!! Jericho survives and fans fire up! Callis will admit, Jericho’s hard to kill. Menard gives Parker the bat! The ref says no, but Jericho dodges the bat to JUDAS EFFECT!! Cover, Jericho & Omega win!
Winners: Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega, by pinfall
Callis is furious that Menard & Parker failed him! He leads his family to the stage so that Callis can speak. “I gotta give you credit, guys. Takeshita destroyed Kenny, hobbs broke Jericho in two, and you guys are still back! You guys are like cockroaches: hard to get rid of. So maybe we need to take it up a notch. Maybe this doesn’t get finished in a wrestling ring. Maybe, maybe, maybe this gets finished on the streets. So if you’ve got the guts, Jericho & Kenny, to face the greatest family in the history of professional wrestling, in a street fight in two weeks in Ontario, California on Dynamite, then step up to the plate, ya dummies!”
Fans boo Callis but Omega has a mic. Jericho says Callis just called them dummies. What’re they gonna do? Omega looks around, and he says, “It sucks walking around this planet being a dummy. I’d hate to be a stupid head or something crazy like that. Listen here, numb nuts. You just said the magic word. You want a Steet Fight? None of this was about playing by the rules! None of this was about winning matches. It was all about hurting me, about hurting Chris. All why? Not for your family, it was all for you! So you wanna Street Fight? Yeah, we accept the Street Fight.
“But we’re not gonna accept it alone. I’ve got someone who’s been through every battle with me by my side. So trust me, you wanna bring your family along? Then we’ve got an extra spot freshly made for Kota Ibushi.” Fans fire up hearing that! Callis says he isn’t a dummy, so he knows by his math, that makes Omega’s side a man short! Well, Omega’s all outta ideas. Can Chris help out? Jericho says, “I look at Will Hobbs right here. The man who completely annihilated me a few weeks ago. And I said, Don, that Will Hobbs is a big, big man, but I’ve got a friend who’s even bigger than Will Hobbs.”
Callis says no! No one is bigger than Will Hobbs! Oh? Maybe not a normal man, but as big as Will Hobbs is… He’s not a giant! Fans fire up because here comes PAUL WIGHT!! The OG Giant is back in the singlet! Fletcher runs up but Wight DECKS him! Jericho smiles as we’re about to see the Golden Lovers and #JeriShow take on the Don Callis Family! Will Dynamite in Ontario, CA be the BIGGEST Dynamite yet?
Backstage interview with Jericho & Kenny.
Renee is backstage with them, the Bucks in the background, and she wants to sum up what just happened. 8 Man Street Fight for Ontario, California, Don Callis and his family against Jericho, Kenny, Ibushi & Wight. What are they feeling going into this? Jericho says what he is feeling is that in two weeks, the Don Callis Family faces not only the Golden Jets but the Golden Star and their new friend, the biggest man in AEW, the biggest man in pro-wrestling, Paul Wight! But then the Bucks walk over and Matt says, “Your friend?” That’s funny, aren’t the Bucks friends with Kenny? But hey, Matt’s not trying to be dramatic, there’s already been enough melodrama here.
Matt’s “not” mad at Omega and he’s “not” mad at Hangman. But at the same time, what was the point of The Elite getting back together if none of them have each other’s backs anymore? But hey, hey, Matt says there’s no heat. But uh, just who invited “this prick” into their locker room? Did they forget what Jericho did to the Jacksons’ dad all those years ago? Because Matt hasn’t. Jericho doesn’t want Matt to take it out on him for losing the ROH Trios titles, okay? They just weren’t good enough tonight, but Jericho & Omega were. Watch your mouth when you talk to him.
Omega steps in and says like him or hate him, Jericho is the enemy of their enemy and all that, okay? They’re allied against Don Callis. Matt says Jericho and Callis are cut from the same cloth and Omega knows it! He’s gonna stab Omega in the back just like Callis did! So hey, enjoy their locker room! Clean up after yourselves, alright? Matt and Nick head out, Jericho finishes chugging his water and drops the bottle. Jericho tells the Bucks to clean it up. But will Omega be able to keep everything together long enough for the scores to be settled?
AEW Women’s World Championship: Hikaru Shida VS Willow Nightingale!
The Shining Samurai made it through Collision’s Fright Night Fight, and is still on the “marquee” for Toni Storm’s Hollywood Homecoming. However, could the role of champion be changed here tonight? Or will even the Babe with the Power fail to dethrone the first and only THREE-TIME AEW Women’s World Champion?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is heading to Hollywood!
Willow offers a handshake, and Shida accepts. The fans cheer, the two tie up, and Willow pushes Shida back. Shida puts Willow on ropes, lets off cleanly, and fans applaud. The two circle again, tie up, and Shida waistlocks to then headlock. But Willow throws her away! Willow pats Shida on the shoulders, and fans rally and duel. Shida and Willow reset again, tie up, and Willow headlocks. Shida throws body shots, powers out, then dodges Willow to run back in. But Willow rolls her up! TWO, and Shida gets up, but Willow runs her over! Shida kips up, but Willow runs her over again! Shida stands in a huff, RAMS Willow, but Willow returns to run Shida over again!
Willow keeps moving, and she SPLASHES! Cover, TWO! Shida goes to a corner, fans rally up and Willow storms over to her. Willow fires a forearm, whips, but Shida holds ropes to block! Willow ROCKS Shida, whips but Shida reverses. Shida runs in to JUMP- NO, Willow catches Shida to then fireman’s carry. Shida fights free to waistlock but Willow switches. Shida runs to ropes to throw Willow out, then she runs to KNEE her down! Fans fires up and Shida goes up the ropes. Willow turns around, into Shida’s CROSSBODY! Down they go at the ramp and fans fire up as Shida rises! Shida fires up while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Shida drags Willow up, CLUBS Willow, then whips her into railing! Shida storms up on Willow, drags her up and runs her into more railing! Willow goes down in a heap but Shida drags her back up. Shida puts Willow on the apron, CLUBS her, then gets some space to run in and KNEE LIFT! Shida slides in after Willow, and ROCKS her with a forearm! Willow snarls but Shida ROCKS her again! Shida BOOTS Willow, then climbs up the corner. Shida rains down fists! Shida goes all the way to TEN, fires up again, and she whips Willow corner to corner. Shida runs in to JUMP KNEE! Cover, TWO! Willow hangs tough but Shida keeps cool.
Shida clamps onto Willow with a Camel Clutch and pulls her back! Willow fights, Shida CLUBS her down, then puts the Camel Clutch back on! Shida CLUBS away on Willow, but Willow still dumps her over! Cover, TWO! Shida CLUBS Willow more, then brings Willow around. Willow blocks the suplex, throws body shots, and the two fight for control. Dynamite returns to single picture as Willow gets Shida up! But Shida fights that, and she snap suplexes Willow over! Cover, TWO! Shida and Willow go to corners, and Shida runs in to BOOT! Shida whips, Willow handsprings and comes back to ENZIGURI!
Fans fire up with Willow and she goes corner to corner, to back body block! And clothesline! And snapmare to a BOOT! Fans fire up with Willow and she whips Shida to scoop and SPINEBUSTER! High stack, TWO! Fans rally while Willow looms over Shida. Willow drags Shida up, ROCKS her with a forearm, but Shida hits back! Fans rally as Willow ROCKS Shida again! But Shida rebounds to KNEE Willow’s lariat! But Willow ROCKS Shida again! Willow throws another but Shida counters this forearm to ROCK Willow in return! Willow DECKS Shida! Willow goes up, Shida rises, and Willow MISSILE DROPKICKS!
Shida rises?! She goes up and up and MISSILE DROPKICKS in return! Fans fire up while both women are down! Shida and Willow stir, rise, and Shida drags Willow around. Shida sits Willow up, climbs a corner, but Willow springs up to ROCK her first! Willow climbs up to then fireman’s carry! Fans fire up but Shida fights free! SHOTEI, and then Shida positions Willow just right. Shida climbs up now, to SUPER FALCON ARROW! Cover, ONE?!?! Willow shocks everyone! Shida runs up but Willow CHOPS! Shida fires a flurry of forearms! Willow DOUBLE CHOPS! Shida QUESTION MARK KICKS!
Both women run, and Willow hits the POOOOUNCE~! PERIOD!! Down come the straps and Louisville is thunderous! Willow drags Shida up, fireman’s carries, DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Shida survives but Willow snarls. Willow hauls Shida up, gut wrench, but Shida RANAS free! Shida runs in, but into a LARIAT! But Shida ghost pins?! TWO!! She tries again, TWO!!! Shida hits the TAMASHII!! Cover, TWO?!? Fans are thunderous as Willow survives, but Shida just takes aim again! KATANA!!! Cover, Shida wins!!
Winner: Hikaru Shida, by pinfall (still AEW Women’s World Championship)
It was an action movie slug fest in this one, and Shida survives her breakneck pace these last seven days! Shida shows Willow respect with a handshake, and now Shida’s headed to Hollywood! But speaking of, here comes Toni Storm! Her butler, Luther, has something on a pillow while Toni dramatically spins around. Shida SLAPS the shoe off the pillow, then runs up to TAMASHII Toni on the stage!! Fans fire up as Shida yanks the fur coat off Toni and chases her to the back! Shida’s made it through a horror story and an action movie, will she make her match with Toni a “rise and fall” drama?
Wait, now the lights go out!? And when they come up, JULIA HART is in the ring with Willow! Willow knows it, too, and she turns around to stare Julia down. Julia offers a handshake? Willow says no, but wait! SKYE BLUE is here now! Skye and Julia stare down. Julia nods, and Skye turns around to stare Willow down!? But then Skye turns around to BLUE MIST Julia!! Julia gets a taste of her own medicine! Julia shouts, “Curse you!!” but it would seem her spell didn’t work on Skye the way she wanted! Will Skye beat the Lady of the House at her own games?
MJF sits and sulks backstage.
He looks at his list, and it seems he hasn’t found anyone to team with. But then The Acclaimed walk over. Billy chuckles as he asks, “Still no luck?” Yeah… Bowens says, “DAMMIT MAX! No one likes you.” Except for Caster. And honestly, not sure why MJF didn’t just pick them in the first place, since EVERYONE loves The Acclaimed! Caster says that’s right, and if MJF teams with them, well, it’s under two conditions. One: scissor them. Two: wear what’s in this bag. MJF looks inside and he says NO! NO NO NO! They will NEVER tag! And joke’s on you! He has one last group on his list! So get outta here!
The Acclaimed move on, and MJF takes a deep breath. That last group: TRIPLE J! Jeff Jarrett says, “Max, we’re here to help.” Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh each say, “C’mon. C’mon, baby.” MJF is stuck between a rock and a hard place, is he really going to choose these carnies over the AEW World Trios Champions?
Backstage interview with The Kingdom.
Roddy shouts “RENEE~!” as he wheels back on screen, and Renee gets bopped by Matt Taven’s stuffed giraffe (not a euphemism). Roddy can’t believe that. Mike Bennett has the phone for Roddy and he speed dials Adam Cole. “ADAM~! HEY, ADAAM~!” Roddy, Cole can hear you, you don’t need to yell. Oh, sorry, dude. But anyway, can you believe MJF didn’t even attempt to ask The Kingdom to help? Even after Roddy’s been so nice to him! What a jerk, huh? Cole tells Roddy to shut the hell up! WHAT?! ADAAAM~!! Cole hangs up again and Mike tries to redial. Is Roddy going to push things too far?
BREAKING NEWS for Rampage!
To celebrate Mexico’s The Day of the Dead, it will be a LUCHA Del Dia de Los Muertos! A Triple Threat of El Hjio Del Vikingo VS Komander VS Penta El Zero Miedo! And then, as they prepare to take on MJF for the ROH World Tag Team Championships, Austin & Colten Gunn are in action against Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal! Will the iconic former tag champs simply be used as tune-ups for the Gunn Show? And after she got the better of Julia Hart tonight, Skye Blue looks to solve a Problem! Will she be able to bring down Marina Shafir? Or is her new edge going to get her hurt?
And lastly, as Trent Beretta prepares to take on NEVER Openweight Champion, Shingo Takagi, he takes on the Red Death, Daniel Garcia! Will Trent be ready to slay a dragon? Or will the Dragonslayer show him how it’s done?
BREAKING NEWS for Collision!
Though not quite 100%, Darby Allin is still cleared to compete. And who does he choose to take on his first night back? LANCE ARCHER! Will the Murderhawk Monster be the perfect proxy to Luchasaurus? Or will Archer make sure Darby understands that #EverybodyDies? And then, with Swerve looking to settle things with Hangman, someone comes looking to settle a score with Swerve! Can AR Fox get payback for being used like a pawn? Or will Collision be whose house?
High Stakes 8 Man Tag: Bullet Club Gold VS MJF & ???
The Switchblade stole the Triple B to not just mess with MJF, but to goad him into giving him the title match at Full Gear. But now, the Bang Bang Gang is looking to add insult to injury by beating MJF down while still holding onto the AEW World Championship. But will this be 4v1? Or will even all four fail to plan on the level of The Devil?
Wait! THE ACCLAIMED is making their entrance?! MJF chose them over Triple J! Caster has a diss track on deck! “Acclaimed on the mic tonight to fix ya egos! Runnin’ y’all outta this town like Rick Patino! Switchblade, B*tch Maid, probably in a piss phase, tit-faced. Made o’ tofu, not strip steak! Wait, how’d I forget Juice is here. Every cubic square’s covered in his p*bic hair! Bullet Club is not bad boys. Just some New Japan rejects and the Ass Boys!” Bowens takes the mic to say, “LOUISVIIIILLE~! The Acclaimed have arrived! SCISSOR ME, DADDY ASS~!” And he DOES! But wait, where is MJF? He’s the one who accepted their help, right?
Oh, wait, here he comes! And per the deal, he’s wearing hot pink and a pink Burberry scarf! Fans fire up as MJF is now matching his teammates, will they make it work to get back Triple B?
The teams sort out, White keeps taunting MJF the entire time, and fans sing “OH~ Scissor Me, Daddy!” But in the end, MJF does start against the Stray Bullet. But MJF says he doesn’t want Juice, he wants that POS, Jay White!! Fans fire up for that, but Juice obliges and he tags in White! We get a Full Gear preview, but then White runs away as MJF rushes up! The fans boo as the BCG has to protect their leader. The ref backs MJF off, MJF waits on White, but then Juice tags back in. MJF tags Bowens and Bowens circles with Juice. The fans taunt the “ASS~ BOYS!” Juice and Bowens tie up, Juice headlocks but Bowens powers out, only for Juice to run him over!
Juice runs, Bowens drops to hurdle to then mule kick! Front kick! Then Bowens runs to KOTARO KRUSHER! Fans fire up with Bowens, and he says Rock Paper Scissors before he fires off his strike fest! Bowens DECKS Juice, then shouts “EVERYONE Loves The Acclaimed!” Juice flounders, Austin tags in, and he calls out “The birthday boy,” his DAD! Fans fire up and Bowens tags Billy in! The Ass Boy talks trash on Daddy Ass, but Billy gets him for a headlock! Austin powers out, things speed up, and Austin hurdles, but Billy blocks the arm-drag to whip Austin. Austin ducks ‘n ‘dodges and tries to trip Billy, but Billy’s too big for that!
Austin avoids Billy’s elbow drop, throws JAB after JAB, then does his dance, only for Billy to DECK him! Colten runs in, Billy DUCKS him, too! Billy tells his boys to “SUCK IT!” Billy drags Austin up, but Austin gets away to tag in White! White tells everyone to settle down. Then he says how DARE Billy hit his own sons! White flexes on Billy, calls for a test of strength, but then he kicks low! White tells Billy to “SUCK IT!” White CHPOS, but Billy just frowns. Billy CHOPS White down! Billy tags in MJF and fans go nuts! White bails out, the ref has to stop MJF from going after them! White keeps Triple B away from MJF!
The BCG regroup on the outside, but the Acclaimed get in to tell MJF, time to scissor finger! MJF signs but the fans are thunderous! MJF goes back to the corner and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
MJF tags Bowens, White returns to tag Colten. Colten and Bowens circle, but then Bowens fires off haymakers! But Colten dodges to ROCK Bowens! And DROPKICK him! The BCG celebrate as Colten drags Bowens over and tags in Austin. Austin drags Bowens up to bump off buckles and stomp a mudhole in! Austin taunts The Acclaimed, tags White, and White taunts MJF. The ref has to keep MJF back, White gets Bowens’ leg and hits a DRAGON SCREW! And then GROUND DRAGON SCREW! White tags Juice, they dig their boots in, but the ref counts. Juice lets off at 4, and then distracts the ref so the Gunns can get their shots in!
Juice taunts Caster, but turns around into a HAYMAKER from Bowens! Juice dropkicks a leg out! Tag to White, he stomps Bowens down, then White taunts MJF. White drags Bowens up to snapmare and chinlock. White grinds Bowens down but Bowens endures. Fans rally, Dynamite returns to single picture, but White CHOPS Bowens to the corner. Tag to Colten, he bumps Bowens off buckles. Colten whips corner to corner, runs in, but Bowens dodges the splash! Bowens tags Billy, and they double whip Colten to DOUBLE ELBOW, then SCISSOR FINGER~ ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! The BCG shout at Billy, but Billy BLASTS them off the apron!
Billy scoops and SLAMS Colten, and fans fire up as Billy tags Caster. Bowens goes up while Caster and Billy get the legs. They hold Colten open for SCISSOR ME TIMBERS! The Acclaimed all raise the scissors, MJF sighs and hops in, but then The BCG drag the Acclaimed all out to send into railing! Fans boo, they put Caster back in for Colten to bump off buckles, and Colten stomps a mudhole. Fans chant “Let Them Scissor!” Colten tells MJF to “SUCK IT!” then he drags Caster up. Tag to White and they mug Caster. White CHOPS Caster down then taunts everyone with the scissors. White TOSSES Caster out, but the ref tells BCG to stay back.
MJF rushes in but White gets away! The BCG get shots in on Caster as the ref has to keep MJF back. They put Caster in for White to cover, TWO! White TOSSES Caster back out, distracts the ref, and again the Gunns get shots in on Caster. The ref has to keep Billy back now, but Juice puts Caster back in. White drags Caster to another cover, TWO! Caster is still in this but White covers again, TWO! Another cover, TWO!! White stomps Caster, CHOPS him down, then pushes him out. Again White distracts the ref, but this time MJF, Bowens and Billy get at the BCG! Fans fire up as the tables have turned! But then Colten throws Bowens into railing! And he CLUBS Billy!
Juice & Colten whip Billy hard into railing! Then they whip Bowens over railing! And they POST Billy! White says “SUCK IT!” but MJF seethes and glares at him. White taunts MJF, stalks Caster, and fans rally up. White has Caster’s arm and mockingly scissors the fingers before he stomps Caster down. White supelxes, Caster slips free, but White tries again! Back supelx, but Caster lands out! Hot tag to MJF!! Fan sifr eup, White runs away but MJF rallies on the rest of the Bang Bang Gang! Forearms, lariats, elbows, and a scoop SLAM for Juice! Scoop SLAM for Austin! Scoop SLAM for Colten! Fans are thunderous, and MJF glares at White.
White realizes he’s alone, and he runs from MJF! MJF chases him down, they go around the ring, then into the ring! Austin CHOP BLOCKS MJF! The Gunns get MJF up, double whip, and 3:10- NO, MJF BOOTS Austin and DDTS Colten! Then he takes his Kangaroo Stance! Juice & Austin stand up, into the KANGAROO KICK!! Fans are thunderous again but White sneak up on MJF! BLADERUNNER!!! Cover, BCG wins!!
Winners: Bullet Club Gold, by pinfall (keeps Triple B from MJF)
It was chaos to finish, and that is just how White likes it! White pins MJF tonight, will he do that again when the title is actually on the line? But wait, they’re not done! BCG drags MJF up, but The Acclaimed return! They beat down The BCG, run Juice & The Gunns out of the ring, but White still has the belt! White aims at MJF, MJF crawls and drags himself up, but Caster gets in! BELT SHOT to Caster!! White hits the wrong Max, and then he runs away before MJF can get him! MJF, Bowens & Billy check on Caster, and now MJF is even angrier! As if that was possible with how White’s been acting lately.
MJF goes back to Caster, and Caster holds up the scissors! MJF slaps those down, and Billy says dammit, MJF, how dare you!? After all Caster’s done for MJF, he can’t treat him like that! Fans chant for the scissor fingers, and then MJF throws them up!? He means it!? Caster, Bowens & Billy also take corners, and they GROUP SCISSOR~!! MJF is still learning, but he may have just made a new friend after all. He still pushes Caster’s hug away, maybe it’s a baby step kinda thing. But with White still in physical possession of the AEW World Championship, is the only way MJF gets that back be by winning at Full Gear?
My Thoughts:
A great Dynamite, even with it all going about how I figured it would. Cassidy opening with the International Championship is always a great time, and while the match was great, I figured Cassidy would retain to then set up a match with Moxley. That’s going to be awesome stuff for Full Gear, and I would think Moxley wins to get back on track with this title. At the same time, I really like them teasing Hook VS Yuta, that is going to be great stuff, too. And while they threw the ROH World Six Man titles onto here outta nowhere, I had a feeling something would happen to cost the Hung Bucks those belts. Hangman VS Swerve for Full Gear is going to be awesome.
Great bit with Matt losing his cool, this adds a little bit of something to where the Bucks even are in all these different stories. Omega & Jericho of course beat Menard & Parker, and of course Paul Wight, formerly The Big Show, was who Jericho was referring to last week. An 8 Man Street Fight is going to be great stuff for the go-home to Full Gear, and I would think The Golden JeriShow finds a way to win, unless Sammy Guevara shows up to then turn things into 5v4. And great stuff from Edge to set up the Six Man Tag that was always gonna happen. Fans wanted to see Edge spear Christian, he did, and there’s still time to have the go-home math still favor Edge, Sting & Darby for Full Gear.
Tony Khan’s big announcement wasn’t that big, but it is still cool that early sales for the All In London tickets is happening. Great women’s title match that was a bit outta nowhere, and of course Shida retained. I loved her running Toni down on the stage, though. And I actually dig that swerve Skye pulled on Julia. It was seeming obvious that Skye would join Julia so for her to be against Julia instead is good stuff. And really good matches made for Rampage and Collision. That Lucha del Dia de Los Muertos is going to be the best thing on that Rampage card, since you know Gunns win to have momentum going into Full Gear.
And of course, great stuff all night from MJF trying to find teammates. They hit upon all the different parts of the larger MJF story, which gave us great stuff from Roddy & The Kingdom, too. Roddy is getting on Cole’s nerves, that is going to be good stuff when Cole’s foot is back to 100%. And nice little tease of MJF being stuck between Triple J and The Acclaimed. Given that choice, of course MJF chose The Acclaimed, and we got a great 8 Man Tag. I guess MJF had to lose here to not get the literal belt back so that go-home math would still be in his favor, but fans got the great closing moment of MJF doing scissor finger with The Acclaimed.
My Score: 8.8/10
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Will the Maniac survive his homecoming?
Jon Moxley is back in Cincinnati, but Powerhouse Hobbs is back for revenge! Will the Book of Hobbs finally have a chapter as the AEW World Champion?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Kenny Omega VS Brian Cage w/ The Don Callis Family; Omega wins.
- Six Man Tag: Mark Briscoe & Private Party VS The Hurt Syndicate; The Hurt Syndicate wins.
- Christian Cage w/ The Patriarchy VS Hook; Hook wins, by disqualification.
- AEW Women’s World Championship #1 Contender’s Casino Gauntlet: Toni Storm wins and will challenge Mariah May for the title at Grand Slam: Australia.
- AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley w/ The Death Riders VS “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs; Moxley wins and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
Kenny Omega VS Brian Cage w/ The Don Callis Family!
It’s a battle of machines to begin Maximum Carnage! The Cleaner won at WrestleDynasty, then returned to AEW last week to assure us that while he may not be the Kenny Omega he once was, he’s still going to fight until he’s back on top! But will that comeback begin tonight? Or will not even the former AEW World Champion be better than Cage?
The bell rings and the fans fire up. Callis is on commentary complaining that Omega “assaulted” him last week when Callis simply wanted to welcome Omega back. Omega and Cage tie up, and Cage pushes Omega to a corner. Cage takes a swing but Omega dodges. Omega fires hands in return, then ROCKS Cage, and CHOPS him! Cage snarls, Omega grins, and Omega CHOPS again! Cage eggs Omega on so Omega CHOPS! Omega kicks and CLUBS Cage, whips him to ropes, but Cage reveres. Omega dropkicks a leg out! Omega keeps moving, dropkicks the other leg, and Cage goes to a corner. The fans fire up as Omega runs in and ELBOWS Cage.
Omega goes to fireman’s carry but Cage is a meaty man. Cage CLUBS Omega, the fans boo, but Cage ROCKS Omega. Cage whips, Omega KICKS him away, then Omega reels Cage in! But Cage is still too meaty for a bomb lift! Omega still wants it, but Cage BACKDROPS him away! The fans boo but Cage scoops Omega for some bicep curls! The fans boo more, but Cage FALL AWAY SLAMS Omega! Callis admires Cage’s muscles as Cage flexes. Cage stalks Omega, RAMS him into the corner again and again. The fans tell off Callis, and Omega facelocks! Cage BACKDROPS free again, then aims from a corner.
Omega hobbles to his feet, but Cage LARIATS him into a corner! The fans boo more but Cage stands Omega up. Cage whips corner to corner, runs in, but Omega BOOTS him! Cage comes back, Omega goes up and over, rolls, but Cage stops the rana to BOMB Omega! Cage deadlifts Omega up, but Omega RANAS free! The fans fire up as Cage tumbles out! The fans cheer Omega on as the Terminator Drums begin! Omega builds speed, but Lance Archer stands in the way! The fans boo, but Omega BOOTS Archer down! But then Cage LARIATS Omega! Callis is proud of his guys while Cage soaks up the heat. Cage drags Omega up and TOSSES him out.
Cage soaks up more heat while Omega staggers around. Cage goes out to whip Omega hard into railing! Cage mocks the fans, “Who’s the Best Bout Machine now?” Cage brings Omega up while the fans boo, and SMACKS him off the apron! The ref starts the ring count, but Cage hoists Omega up! Cage aims, and he PRESS SLAMS Omega on the desk! The fans boo but Callis nods. The ref argues with Cage, Archer & Callis mug Omega! The fans boo, Callis gets away with all that, and Omega is busted open from hitting the desk hood, but Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Archer taunts Omega, the ref reprimands, but The Callis Family soaks up the heat. Omega stirs, but Cage goes out to refresh the count. Cage drags Omega from the desk to then RAM him into the apron! The ref reprimands but Cage CHOPS Omega! Cage brings Omega around to then whip hard into more railing! The ring count is climbing again, but Cage digs his boot into Omega’s face! Cage lets off to go into the ring, and Archer mockingly cheers Omega. Maximum Carnage returns to single picture and Omega makes it to the ring. Cage climbs a corner and he deadlift SUPERPLEXES Omega in! Cover, TWO!
The fans rally as Omega stays in this, but Cage grows frustrated. Cage does his Terminator Drums but the fans boo. Omega rolls from apron to ramp as it is flush with the ring. Cage storms out after Omega, brings him up, but Omega fires body shots! Cage BODY BLOWS in return! Cage sputters, Cage brings him around, but Omega fires hands! The fans fire up, Omega CHOPS, but Cage knees low! Cage winds up but Omega BOOTS the lariat, then V-TRIGGERS Cage’s face! Omega whips, Cage reverses, POP-UP- RAN- NO! Cage blocks the counter to his bomb, and he POWERBOMBS Omega into the ring after all!
Cage storms in, fireman’s carries, F5! Cover as Callis laughs, TWO!! Omega survives but Cage stays on him. Cage pump handles but Omega fights with elbows! Omega goes to a corner, BOOTS Cage in return, then runs, SLAM DUNK! Omega grits his teeth and the fans fire up. Omega MOONSAULTS, but onto Cage’s knees! Cage then PUMP-HANDLE FACEBUSTERS! Cover, TWO! omega survives but Callis shouts for Cage to stay on him! Cage looms over Omega while the fans rally up. Cage drags Omega to his feet, RAMS him into a corner, then RAMS into him again! Cage puts Omega up top, then CHOPS!
Omega drops to the apron but Cage climbs up. Omega SLAPS away on Cage’s face! The fans fire up as Omega then springboards, to SUPER SUNSET POWERBOMB! And then V-TRIGGER!! Cover, TWO!! Cage survives and Callis is relieved! The fans rally up as Omega rises and Cage goes to ropes. “This is Awesome!” as Omega aims, BANG! V0 NO, Cage dodges and GERMAN- NO, Omega slips free! Omega BOOTS Cage, full nelsons, but Cage snapmares free! Omega ducks the discus, Cage ducks the lariat, but the V-TRIGGER hits! Cage ends up on ropes, V-TRIGGER again! And then Omega stands Cage up, and Electric Chair Lifts!
The fans fire up as Omega brings Cage around, for the ONE WINGED ANGEL!! Cover, Omega wins!!
Winner: Kenny Omega, by pinfall
Just as his new theme says, Omega has risen like the phoenix! But wait! Archer attacks, and Kyle Fletcher shows up to join in! The fans boo as the Callis Family mugs Omega! BODY BLOW!! The fans boo again, but here comes OSPREAY! Ospreay fires hands with Fletcher, and he LARIATS Fletcher up and out! Archer choke grips Ospreay! CHOKE- NO, Ospreay slips free and ENZIGIRIS! Archer staggers around, into a V-TRIGGER! Ospreay adds a HIDDEN BLADE! The fans fire up as Aerial Assassin and Best Bout Machine stand together again! Callis is furious, and then Ospreay BOOTS Fletcher off the apron! PLANCHA!
Wait, wait, wait! Now Konosuke Takeshita is here! The Alpha has returned from his trip to Japan, and he shows off both belts! Omega just shows him both fists! The fans fire up for this brawl, but Fletcher slithers in! SNAP HALF ‘N’ HALF on Omega! Takeshita hits a LARIAT on Omega! Ospreay returns to fire hands and CHOPS! But Kyle CLAWS Ospreay’s eyes! ALPHA ELBOW from Takeshita! The fans boo but now Kyle and Konosuke get Ospreay and Omega up! STEREO BRAINBUSTERS!! The fans boo as the Callis Family stands tall, though it helps that it was 4v2 in the end. But will the Family leave their former brothers in arms dead and buried in the past?
MVP speaks.
“I’m not just adept at managing the affairs of the Hurt Syndicate. I am an expert in managing how much oxygen you can breathe. For the first time in two-and-a-half years, MVP’s taking off the suit and lacing up the boots. We are the Hurt Syndicate…” Shelton Benjamin finishes the line with, “And we hurt people.” Will they do just that against Mark Briscoe & Private Party? We find out just after the break.
Chris Jericho speaks.
“Hi, guys~! Welcome to another New York Minute. I hope everybody’s enjoying Dynamite tonight right here in Cincinnati, in the heart of the Bluegrass State. But you’re gonna enjoy yourselves even more this Saturday on Collision, as we get ready for one of the biggest, most anticipated matches in Collision history. It’s gonna be The Learning Tree and Jon Moxley’s Death Riders VS Rated FTR, The Outrunners, and Powerhouse Hobbs.” Bryan Keith says, “That’s a dozen mother effers!” Jericho and Big Bill both give a concerned sideways glance, then Bill continues by saying, “As the Learning Tree always says, ‘Size matters.'”
Jericho says yes it does indeed, Redwood! And they also know all about their opponents, especially Rated FTR! The Learning Tree has already shown that Cope is a Dope, and Harwood is No Good! What’s Jericho got for Cash Wheeler? Uh… Wheeler… is a Kneeler! Get it? Like, he’s kneeling at the feet of the King of New York! Sick burn, LT. Jericho knows everyone is asking why Jericho and Moxley are tagging together, how could they possibly get along? Well, Jericho will say this. He has known Moxley a long time, and he can guarantee that they will be on the same page. Right? That’s it! Another New York Minute! Thanks, guys~!
Well, it is certainly a star-studded 6v6 set up for Saturday, but will things go Jericho’s way? Or will the #RatedFTRunners and The Book of Hobbs be the ones to punctuate Maximum Carnage?
“Everyone, show some love for… Ricochet!”
What? The fans boo as The One & Only makes his way out here, golden scissors in his lapel pocket. Those are the very same scissors Ricochet used to assault Swerve Strickland like a complete psycho! Ricochet tells the fans to hush before he steps into the ring, then he grabs a mic. The fans chant “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” Ricochet is very annoyed by this, and he asks they all quiet down. The fans boo instead. Ricochet wants to speak but he’s rather flustered. The “SWERVE’S HOUSE” chants return and that riles Ricochet up a bit more. Ricochet paces, and says, “Y’know what? It’s okay. That’s how it’s gonna be? Listen. A picture is worth a thousand words.” And so on the tron is the image of Ricochet holding a bloodied Swerve up by his dreadlocks.
But then “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” The man himself is here! Ricochet says okay, he’s ready. But no he’s not, cuz Nana slides in from the crowd! Nana SMACKS Ricochet on the back, then does his dance! The fans cheer as now the Most Dangerous Man walks his way out here, chain draped over his shoulders. Ricochet scrambles away before Swerve can lash him! Ricochet runs away into the crowd but Swerve is in pursuit! Swerve shoves security out of his way, but Ricochet’s escaped to the cold streets of Cincinnati! Will Swerve get his hands on his new target next time?
AEW shares “A Day in the Life of a CEO.”
That is to say, we’re following Mercedes Mone as she does her media rounds. “First, we make money.” Mone was a special guest on the Sherri Shepherd show shortly after winning even more gold at WrestleDynasty. Sherri got to admire the “Queen of Southside” Championship that comes along with the Rev-Pro Undisputed British Women’s Championship, both of which Mone won off Mina Shirakawa. Mone signed autographs, took pictures with fans, and Sherri promised that she’ll be there whenever Mone’s in town. “Then, we shop.” Mone bought herself some new jewelry with the money she surely earned becoming a FOUR BELT CEO.
“Them, we train.” Mone knows it is a New Year, and she is dripping with gold! She also knows having four belts puts an even bigger target on her back, but she stays ready! Whoever wants to jump on the Money Train next, let’s go! #MoneChangesEverything, but will she continue to stack dollars and collect titles?
Six Man Tag: Mark Briscoe & Private Party VS The Hurt Syndicate!
The Sussex County Chicken was not a chicken when it came to facing down any of the men in the Hurt Syndicate, but that’s why he ended up getting beat up 3v1! Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy came to Briscoe’s rescue, especially since they were told to their faces that the Hurt Syndicate wants the AEW World Tag Team Championships. Will MVP, the Standard of Excellence & The All Mighty begin on their New Year’s Resolution to hurt people? Or can Briscoe, Quen & Zay #ManUp and take the fight to them?
The trios sort out, but the Syndicate just attacks all at once! The bell rings, Briscoe and MVP stay in the ring but Lashley & Shelton drag Private Party out of the ring! And send them into railing! MVP UPPERCUTS Briscoe to a corner, stomps a mudhole in, then ELBOWS Briscoe down. MVP fires hands, then reels him in for a suplex. Briscoe slips free to CHOP! And ROCK! And CHOP again! Briscoe whips corner to corner, MVP reverse, but Briscoe goes up and out! Briscoe SWATS the haymaker to UPPERCUT back! Briscoe goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK! Cover, ONE!! MVP shows his own grit but Briscoe stands him up.
Briscoe UPPERCUTS MVP, throws hands, then fires more hands in the corner. Briscoe whips, MVP reverses, but Briscoe avoids a boot! Briscoe runs up, but MVP BOOTS again! The fans are torn but MVP looms over Briscoe. MVP drags Briscoe up, then ROCKS him! MVP brings Briscoe around, TOSSES him out, then tags to Shelton. Shelton storms over to Briscoe, and sends him into railing! And then into the apron! And back to railing! And back to apron! Shelton scoops and SLAMS Briscoe on the floor, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Shelton leaves Briscoe behind to the mercy of the ring count, but Briscoe stirs already. Briscoe crawls, but Shelton tags Lashley, and Lashley drags Briscoe up. Lashley RAMS Briscoe into the apron, APRON URENAGES, then shoves Briscoe in. Lashley fires up, runs in, and RAMS Briscoe in the corner! Lashley then brings Briscoe around for a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Another cover, TWO! A third cover, TWO!! Lashley is frustrated but he drags Briscoe into a chinlock. Lashley tags MVP, and they mug Briscoe while he’s down. The ref reprimands but MVP fires knees into Briscoe again and again. MVP then scoops to SLAM Briscoe down!
MVP runs to drop a KNEE! Cover, TWO! Briscoe stays in this but MVP covers again, TWO! Another cover, TWO!! Briscoe is toughing it out but MVP brings him over. Tag to Shelton and now they mug Briscoe in the corner. Shelton fires hands on Briscoe against the ropes, then snapmares him. Shelton clamps on a chinlock and he grinds Briscoe down. Briscoe endures, fights up, and fires body shots! Briscoe runs, but into an ELBOW! Shelton tags MVP, and MVP looms over Briscoe. MVP stomps Briscoe, then brings him up again. Briscoe fires body shots and forearms, but MVP ROCKS him! Briscoe CHOPS back!
Briscoe fires hands on Shelton & Lashley, but MVP ROCKS Briscoe! MVP drags Briscoe up, reels him in, and snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Maximum Carnage returns to single picture as MVP has Briscoe up again. Briscoe fires more body shots, then firearms! MVP throat chops, then SMASHES Briscoe off his knee! The fans are torn but MVP feels it. MVP runs to “BALLIN~!” ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Briscoe stays in this but MVP drags him up. MVP hits a FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect but the fans rally. Briscoe fires forearms on MVP, MVP hits back. MVP whips, but Briscoe ducks ‘n’ dodges to CLOBBER MVP!
The fans fire up while MVP and Briscoe are both down! Briscoe and MVP crawl, Private Party is fired up, and we get hot tags to Shelton and Zay! Zay ROCKS Shelton, springboards and CROSSBODIES! Zay then bobs ‘n’ weaves to fire “SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS!” Shelton shoves Zay but Zay pop-up DROPKICKS! The fans fire up with Zay, he tags Quen. MVP runs in, Private Party dodges to DOUBLE DORPKICK! Shelton’s back up, but he gets DOUBLE DROPKICKS! Lashley storms in but into DOUBLE DROPKICKS! Lashley rebounds, but into DOUBLE DORPKICKS again! Lashley falls out and fans fire up!
Private Party holds the way open for Briscoe to DIVE! The cannonball tope takes Lashley out! But MVP & Shelton both back suplex! Private Party lands out, and they both dodge! Quen PELES Shelton, Zay QUEBRADAS MVP! The fans fire up again as Private Party focuses on MVP. Quen whips Zay and Zay LARIATS MVP and himself up and out of the ring! Shelton spins Quen around to kick low! Shelton brings Quen up but Quen fights the bomb! Quen then hits a JUMPING FLATLINER! Cover, TWO!! Quen almost hit Paydirt on the Standard of Excellence, but we see Lashley THROW Briscoe overhead and to the floor!
Quen calls to Zay and then sets up. Zay runs in, PARTY IN MOTION! Zay brings Shelton around, Quen kicks low! TWIST OF- NO, Shelton stops that, and feeds Quen to a MILE HIGH SPINEBUSTER! Zay leaps, into Shelton’s arms! GERMAN SUPLEX! Private Party ends up at the ropes, Lashley runs to SPEAR Zay! Quen staggers up, MVP BOOTS Briscoe for good measure! Shelton brings Quen in, GERMAN SUPLEX! Then a SUPERKICK! Cover, Hurt Syndicate wins!
Winners: The Hurt Syndicate, by pinfall
MVP raises the hands of his associates, and they just got a pin on the AEW World Tag Team Championships! Will nothing stop Shelton & Lashley from taking those titles off of Private Party?
BREAKING NEWS for Dynamite!
After Swerve Strickland almost got his revenge on Ricochet, these two will have THREE WEEKS to prepare themselves for a showdown! Dynamite will be in Atlanta, Georgia on February 5th, who will survive this grudge match?
Jeff Jarrett is here!
Cincinnati cheers as Double J makes his way to the ring, and he grabs a mic to say, “What’s up, Cincinnati? Y’know, the last few weeks, I mean, they sure have been humbling for me.” But then before he can say more, MJF makes his way out here! The fans are torn seeing the Wolf of Wrestling strut out here, and he has them cut his music. MJF steps into the ring with Jarrett, throws his gum into the crowd, and says, “Humbling? Jeff Jarrett, you have yet to learn the definition of the word. Last week, I gave you the opportunity of a lifetime, bud. And you had the audacity to turn me down?”
Jarrett tells Max to not even get started. MJF was too lazy to enter the gauntlet, so he came up with some scheme- MJF shouts for Jarrett to NEVER interrupt him!! The fans boo but MJF cools off. He just wants “Jeffery” to get real. This is MJF. If MJF retired tomorrow, he’d go into the AEW Hall of Fame! He’s a living legend! Jarrett walks around like he is one, too, and he sure has the “dumb shmucks” convinced. But allow MJF to “school all the simple-minded folk on the real legacy of The Last Outlaw. Emphasis on ‘Last,’ because Jeff Jarrett is the last thing you see before your favorite wrestling company dies.”
The fans boo but Jarrett laughs that off. MJF tells Double J that this last year with the possibility of him winning MJF’s Triple B would be “a whole lot cuter and warmer and fuzzier” if Jarrett wasn’t “literally the definition of a pro-wrestling grim reaper.” The fans boo, MJF says he is talking, so what’re they doing? Shut up! MJF continues by saying that when he thinks on Jarrett’s career, it is enough to make him wanna drink. Oh… Sorry, MJF took it way too far. He knows Jarrett is a raging alcoholic. Recovering! Sorry, MJF meant recovering. But hey, MJF just had a great idea! “Listen to me, you fat skank, I’m talking, shut your fat mouth!”
The fans boo but MJF goes on to say he has a great idea. How about for the health of AEW and for Jarrett, MJF sends Jarrett packing back to rehab where he belongs. But hey, do MJF a favor before then. Make sure that sexy wife of his, Karen, sticks around. MJF happens to be a big fan of hers. But hey, he’s not a monster, he’s the Salt of the Earth. So when MJF’s “through with her,” he’ll ship her back to Tennessee for Jarrett. That way, Jarrett can be the first man in history to know what a generational talent and an Olympic gold medalist’s nuts taste like!! The fans boo but Jarrett still laughs MJF off.
“Max, Max, Max… Not only everything you just said was crude and stupid, but it’s all been said before a thousand times. It’s all been done before a thousand times. But let’s get to the heart of the matter, Max. Let’s get to business.” Jarrett knows the best years of his career are behind him. But last Summer, when Jarrett entered the Owen Hart Cup, the AEW fans awakened a passion in him. The fans cheer that! The fans awakened a desire Jarrett didn’t even know he still had. And Jarrett will do everything in his power to keep that fire going, to keep that passion going, because it’s the one thing that puts him on track to the AEW World Championship.
The fans cheer again, and Jarrett tells Max, back to that shtick. MJF thinks he can just poke fun at Jarrett, have his zingers, and hurt Jarrett’s feelings, right? Oh, Max, Jarrett was MJF before MJF was MJF! Everything MJF can say or do, Jarrett has done. He did it before MJF, and he did it better than you. But hey, hold on! Before we get all bent out of shape, MJF kinda confused Jarrett. Jarrett isn’t sure if MJF’s a dumbass or a scumbag. But knowing where MJF comes from, maybe it’s all the above. Because hear Jarrett out, there are days where Jarrett feels sorry for MJF. The fans chant, “He’s Our Scumbag!” and Jarrett agrees.
But see, Jarrett has some family history on this scumbag. MJF had a tough upbringing. It must’ve been tough being raised by a call girl for a mother. And MJF’s ambulance chancing attorney of an old man, well, it must be tough being raised by that. Jarrett knows for a fact that when Mr. Friedman knocked Mrs. Friedman up, she still made him pay for that. MJF is seething but Jarrett tells him to hold on. The old saying goes, “We all marry our mommies.” So that’s very fitting for MJF when his old lady is nothing but a Canadian call girl.
And oh, one final thing. This very ring, the night MJF was tearing the house down with Will Ospreay, that was just his version of 60 Minutes Through. At the same time, in the back parking lot, his old lady was doing her version of 60 Minutes Through, with about ten other wrestlers! Max, look at Jarrett! MJF needs Jarrett, and he doesn’t even know why. But it’s because MJF is drowning in his own s*it! MJF may be lazy, entitled, and a pr*ck, but deep down, he’s a scared little boy. MJF was scared to enter the enter the gauntlet, scared that at just 28 years of age, his best years are behind him, and he’s scared of ever getting back on top.
And like Jarrett said last week, MJF is scared of becoming a one hit wonder! The fans chant “One Hit Wonder!” at MJF, but MJF says no no no! One Hit Wonder? Scared? MJF is NOTHING like Jarrett! MJF didn’t need his daddy to make him a top guy, MJF didn’t need to start his own company to be a top guy, because MJF made MJF! We saw in the past what happens when Jarrett is “King of the Mountain,” but let’s talk about when MJF is king. MJF is the only man to thank for the biggest pro-wrestling show of all time: 82 THOUSAND, Wembley Stadium, AEW All In! MJF is the one to thank for the record PPV buys, record TV ratings, and record ticket sales!
MJF was the BEST IN THE WORLD! The fans do cheer that. MJF says Jarrett can laugh all he wants, because then MJF got screwed. Screwed out of his world championship! His name, his legacy, his reputation, dragged through the mud to this day! The same people who put MJF on a pedestal now have willingly, with a smile on their face, taken it out from under and treated him like nothing! MJF ain’t nothing! And MJF will tell Jeff something! MJF doesn’t want to win the world title, he NEEDS to win it so he can shove it down every single one of their throats! But instead, MJF has to wait in line for Jeff Jarrett?
MJF laughs and say should on here. With all due respect, the people aren’t very bright. And with all due respect, no wrestling fan has ever given a single, solitary s*it about Jarrett. But y’know what really pisses MJF off, Slapnuts? The fact that “just because” Jarrett was best friends with Owen Hart, Jarrett thinks he his owed a grand finale? Jarrett may have had all these stupid, simple-minded shmucks convinced, but MJF sees through Jarrett’s BS. During the Owen Cup, Jeff saw through the “carny succubus.” Jarrett is nothing more than a LEECH, riding the coattails of his DEAD FRIEND!
Oh, did MJF strike a chord now? He thought Jarrett was all tough. Or does he just not like it when MJF talks about his old pal, Owen Hart? JARRETT DECKS MJF! Jarrett rains down fists and the fans fire up! Security rushes out there and they drag Jarrett away, but Jarrett throws them all away! Jarrett CLOBBERS MJF, but Karen rushes out here! Karen gets Jeff to stop, but then MJF grabs Karen in a SLEEPER! The fans boo, MJF throws Karen at Jeff, then runs away. The Wolf of Wrestling is again a worm, will The Last Outlaw make sure to exterminate him once and for all?
BREAKING NEWS for Collision!
Maximum Carnage this Saturday was already big, but now we add some gold! Kazuchika Okada faces former Chaos teammate, Tomohiro Ishii, in a defense of the Continental Championship! Will the Rainmaker make it rain in Cincy? Or will the Stone Pitbull sink his teeth into an AEW title?
Christian Cage w/ The Patriarchy VS Hook!
Captain Charisma still has his All In Casino Gauntlet contract, but that’s because he hasn’t had a clear path to a cash-in just yet. He wants to add to his “family” first, can Christian convince the Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil to be his new son? Or will Hook make sure Christian can’t even hold that contract in his hands?
Well speaking of, Hook attacks Christian during his entrance! The fans fire up as Hook rains down fists, his real dad, Taz, watching on commentary! Shayna Wayne steps to Hook, but that’s just a distraction so Christian can run away into the ring. Hook storms in, the bell rings, but Christian bails back out! Christian wants a timeout but this ain’t that kind of match! Hook runs out to CLUB Christian, SMACK him off the apron, and he fires hands! Hook’s busted hand seems back to 100%, he has no problems throwing shots! But Christian puts Hook on barriers to CHOP! And CHOP! And CHOP! But Hook turns things around to CHOP, CHOP, and CHOP!
The ring count is climbing, Christian pushes past to slide into the ring, but Hook storms after him. Hook ROCKS Christian and has him on ropes! Hook CHOKES Christian, but he lets off as the ref counts. Hook fires shots, whips Christian, but Christian bails out! The fans boo as Christian wants to just run away! Hook pursues up the ramp and to the tunnel! They brawl in there, Hook CLUBS Christian back down the ramp, but Christian turns things around. Christian UPPERCUTS, then CHOPS! Christian runs up, but Hook BACKDROPS him into the ring! Hook storms in, and Christian wants mercy! The fans boo, but Christian tries to explain.
Christian still tries to recruit Hook to his side, saying he’ll be a better father than Taz. Hook looks Christian in the eyes as Christian promises he can take Hook to a higher level. They hug?! The fans are torn, but then Hook hits a BELLY2BELLY! Hook got one over on Christian, and now throws down hands in the corner! The fans count along, Hook goes all the way to TEN! Hook hops down, then whips Christian back into the corner! Christian bounces off buckles, falls back, and then falls out of the ring! Mother Shayna is there to comfort him, and the fans boo while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Hook paces while the ring count climbs. Christian catches his breath, but then here come Kip Sabian & Nick Wayne. Hook stares Christian’s “sons” down, but Christian slides in to CLOBBER Hook! Christian stomps away at the ropes, then stands on Hook! The ref counts, Christian steps off, and he soaks up the heat. But wait! Katsuyori Shibata is here! The Wrestler is still a friend of Hook’s, and he coaches Hook up. Christian protests but the ref says it is only fair with The Patriarchy all at ringside. Hook storms up to Christian, fires body shots, and he backs Christian into a corner! Christian bumps Hook off buckles, CHOPS, then reels him in! REVERSE DDT! Cover, TWO!
Christian stays on Hook by CLAWING his face! The ref reprimands, Christian stops, and Christian soaks up the heat. Christian CLUBS Hook down, stands on that bad hand, then stands Hook back up. Christian CLUBS Hook down again, steps on the hand, then drags Hook. Hook drags Christian down into a cradle, TWO! Christian CLOBBERS Hook! Christian puts Hook on ropes, then CHOKES him by standing on his back! The ref counts, Christian steps off, and Shibata coaches Hook while Christian hugs his “family.” Hook rises up, Christian brings him around and hits a snapmare. Christian has a chinlock, but he’s also smothering Hook!
The ref counts, Christian shifts into a legal chinlock, but Hook endures. Hook fights around, Maximum Carnage returns to single picture, and Hook throws body shots! Hook runs, but Christian ELBOWS him at the ropes! The fans boo but Christian paces around Hook. Christian stands Hook up in a corner, climbs up, and now he rains down fists! Christian stares Taz down between punches, but Hook brings Christian off the corner with a fireman’s carry! Christian grabs ropes in desperation, so Hook TOSSES him out! The fans and Taz all fire up! Christian staggers, Hook FLYING FOREARMS from the apron!
The fans fire up while Kip & Nick coach Christian. Hook SMACKS Christian off the steel steps! And then runs up to KNEE Christian against the steel! The fans cheer as Hook puts Christian’s hand on the steps! Hook steps up to STOMP- NO, Christian avoids getting his hand crushed! And then he YANKS Hook off the steps! Hook lands bad on his lower back, but Christian pushes him into the ring. Christian climbs the corner, and FROG SPLASHES! Cover, TWO! Hook survives and the fans fire up! Christian snarls and goes back up the corner. FROG SPLASH again!! Christian says one more time, and he climbs back up!
Christian leaps again, FROG SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Hook survives and Christian argues with the ref, but the count was fair. Christian runs corner to corner, but Hook KNEES the spear away! Both men stagger, Christian rebounds, SPEAR!! Cover, ONE?!? Hook shocks everyone, especially Christian! Christian storms up on Hook again, brings him up, but Hook fires body shots! Hook whips, Christian reverses, but Hook LARIATS! And LARIATS again! And KNEES low! Hook UCHIMADAS Christian to a corner, then LARIATS! Hook reels Christian in, NORTHERN LIGHTS! Bridging cover, TWO!
Christian survives, rises up, but Hook storms up. Christian kicks low, dragon sleepers, but Hook slips through to FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!! Not quite perfect, but both men are slow to get up. The fans rally, Christian hobbles around, but Hook clamps on! REDRUM!! Christian reaches out, has his legs on the ropes, and he climbs up! Hook drops Christian at 4! The fans cheer, and now Hook throws down crossface forearms! Then RED- NO, Christian slips out the back, and he CLAWS the eyes! Christian POSTS Hook, then argues with the ref. This lets Kip & Nick creep up, but Shibata storms over!
Shibata tells Kip & Nick to stay back, but Christian slides out to get Shibata! REVERSE DDT to the floor!! The fans boo but Hook ROCKS Christian! And KNEES Nick! And LARIATS Kip! Hook pursues Christian into the ring, RED- NO, Christian slips free! Chicken wings and KILL- NO, REDRUM!! But Christian RAMS Hook into buckles! Hook lets go, but hops up to jump on! REDRUM BACKPACK!! Christian falls, he calls in his boys! They attack, that’s a disqualification!
Winner: Hook, by disqualification
The fans boo as Kip & Nick stomp away on Hook! The Patriarchy won’t let Hook have his way, and Taz can’t believe it! Christian tells his boys to fetch him some things, and they bring in chairs! The fans boo as Christian wants to go Rated R like Cope! But Taz gets off the desk to say this ain’t happening! And wait! HERE COMES SAMOA JOE! The fans fire up as Joe is finally back! He TOSSES Nick, then he storms up! Kip is the only one who doesn’t know! Kip turns around into CHOPS and JABS! The fans fire up, but Nick returns! Nick runs in, Joe casually steps aside, and the SPLASH hits Kip! Then Joe TOSSES Nick out to his mommy!
SNAP POWERSLAM for Kip! The fans fire up as Joe and Shibata have Kip set up for a PENALTY KICK! Joe, Shibata and Hook have reunited, will they tear The Patriarchy apart?
AEW hears from the Men’s Casino Gauntlet participants.
Roderick Strong tells “JAAAAY… White,” that Roddy should’ve won that #1 spot in the Casino Gauntlet, but he wants White to know that Roddy’s not done with him yet. The Switchblade’s response is that Roddy Strong shoulda-coulda-woulda. If Roddy wanted to win so badly, he should’ve tried harder. As for Wheeler Yuta, he was the one to stop White. So if Yuta wants White’s attention, then fine! He’s got it! As for Adam Cole, he said that match had the best of the best. It had Hangman Page, it had Daniel Garcia, and- Kyle O’Reilly stops Cole there. Danny Garcia? Really? Kyle doesn’t see it. Not everyone is as good as they say they are, Adam.
Garcia himself says people keep saying that Garcia is stretching himself just a little bit thin. If he’s TNT Champion, why’s he in the Continental Classic? Why’s he in a Casino Gauntlet? Garcia wants to fight every single week! So if you want a shot at Garcia’s gold… Cole says The Undisputed Kingdom IS as good as they say they are, and in 2025, they promise us… #LetsGetIt! The Kingdom will get their hands on gold, and that is undisputed! Everyone’s gunning for someone, but who gets what they want? And who gets just what they deserve?
Backstage interview with Jeff Jarrett.
AEW returns as Renee Paquette is with Double J, and she brings up that confrontation between him and MJF. Jarrett said the AEW audience has awoken the passion in him, and that MJF is scared. But then MJF got under Jarrett’s skin, so where do they go from here? Jarrett takes a moment to think, but then Dustin Rhodes steps in! The Natural says what MJF said pissed him off, too. Dustin asks Jarrett, “How many years have we known each other? How many years have we driven up and down these roads, grinding our asses off because of the passion and love for this business? A lot. He doesn’t know a thing about that, and you know that.”
Dustin says MJF’s been in this business a minute, yet he’ll dictate to Jarrett and disrespect him? THAT pisses Dustin off! Dustin is 110% behind Jarrett, and wants Jarrett to fulfill the dream of becoming AEW World Champion. Max doesn’t know everything that guys like Jarrett and Dustin have been through. Knocked down, dragged through s*it, and then gotten back up, because that’s what they do! MJF has no clue! Whatever MJF does to Jarrett, Dustin knows Jarrett’s been through it. Just like Dustin has. But remember this: You’re Jeff Jarrett! A 12-TIME WORLD CHAMPION, and that means something!
Jarrett is the Last Outlaw, and outlaws never die. So please, just remember this. The two of them, they are the very last of their kind. Will this motivation from the dual ROH World Tag Team & ROH World Six Man Tag Champion be fuel on the fire that Jarrett uses to reach the mountaintop?
Mariah May is here!
The Glamour brings her AEW Women’s World Championship to commentary as she prepares to watch the women’s division fight for their shot at her.
AEW Women’s World Championship #1 Contender’s Casino Gauntlet!
The gentlemen had their fun, now the ladies finally get to roll the dice! The first-ever Women’s Casino Gauntlet will send one woman to Grand Slam: Australia, who faces “The Woman From Hell” when AEW goes Down Under?
Kris Statlander is first, a right she earned when she defeated Willow Nightingale and Toni Storm in last week’s Triple Threat. But who starts with her? It’s JAMIE HAYTER! Hayter Hits Hard, but will she punch her ticket to Australia? The bell rings, we’re on the clock, and Mariah thanks commentary for having her. She also asks Taz that now that he’s got a new knee, wanna roll around later? Taz says he is happily married but he’s flattered by the offer. Oh, she meant in the ring. Well, Taz is also retired, so he can’t. Meanwhile, Hayter and Kris tie up, go around, go along the ropes, and the fans duel.
Mariah says Hayter is the best woman to come out of Britain not named Mariah May. The ref counts a ropebreak but Hayter and Kris move off ropes. Hayter headlocks, Kris powers up but can’t pull out as Hayter holds on. Kris tries again, gets free, and they RAM shoulders! The fans cheer as neither woman budges. Hayter runs, RAMS Kris again, then kicks low! Hayter runs, Kris dodges and she runs Hayter over! The fans fire up while Kris flexes, but Hayter stands up. Hayter runs up, Kris avoids a boot but Hayter ducks a roundhouse. Hayter ripcords, Kris ducks the lariat and comes back, but now Hayter dodges!
Both women run in, and DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Neither woman falls, but then Hayter BOOTS Kris! The fans fire up and Mariah says she might actually prefer fighting someone tonight so she won’t have to fly down to Australia. Hayter CLUBS away on Kris, kicks her down, then brings her up for a suplex. Kris slips free, shoves Hayter, but Hayter rebounds. Hayter ducks a lariat, the countdown is here, but Kris kicks low! FISHERMAN BUSTER! But number three is here, and it’s… MEGAN BAYNE!? Even Mariah is shocked to see “The Megasus” return to AEW after quite the stint in Stardom, GCW, and has even won the HOG Women’s Championship!
Mariah laughs in disbelief, is Bayne even eligible for this match? Where’s her “is All Elite” graphic? Go ask Tony Khan where that tweet is! Bayne still steps into the ring, and she stands face to face with Kris! The fans fire up as the forearms fly! Bayne ROCKS Kris, RAMS her into the corner again and again, then CHOPS! Bayne whips corner to corner, runs up, and SPLASHES! Then she whips again, but Kris reverses! Kris UPPERCUTS Bayne, runs corner to corner, but Bayne LEAPING LARIATS! The fans fire up and Bayne hauls Kris to her feet. Bayne suplexes, Kris fights that to suplex, but Bayne fights back!
Bayne suplexes to FALCON ARROW! Cover, Hayter breaks it! The fans fire up as now Hayter stares Bayne down. Hayter fires forearms, but Bayne is not impressed! Hayter runs, but Bayne kicks her low! Bayne reels Hayter in, suplexes, and she holds Hayter up! The countdown is back, but Hayter counters with a DDT! The fourth woman is here, and it’s… JULIA HART! The Princess of the Black Throne got a win off Hayter not that long ago, and she dares Hayter to come back for more! They brawl at the ramp! The fans fire up as Hayter CLUBS away on Julia, then snap suplexes her on the ramp! Julia writhes, Kris and Bayne brawl ringside, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Mariah is only a little worried, but Hayter CLUBS away on Julia in the ring. Bayne sends Kris into barriers! Hayter and Julia fire fists, then Hayter ROCKS Julia! Hayter whips, Julia reverses and wrenches to STO! Cover, Kris breaks it! Kris drags Julia up but Julia JAWBREAKERS free! Julia fires forearms, then whips, but Kris reverses. Kris runs in at the corner, but Julia STOMPS her down! Julia storms around, goes to the far corner, then runs back in. But Kris hits a SNAP POWERSLAM! Kris drags Julia up, TOSSES her out, and Bayne is there to scoop Julia! SLAM to the floor! Julia writhes but Bayne storms into the ring.
Kris and Bayne meet again, and Bayne pie faces Kris! Kris pie faces back! The pie faces go back and forth, then turn into forearms! Kris and Bayne fire fast ‘n’ furious shots, then Bayne ROKCS Kris! Bayne runs, but Kris ROCKS her! Kris runs, but Bayne follows to ROCK her back! Bayne runs, but Kris UPEPRCUTS her! And CHOPS! And ROCKS! And CHOPS! Repeat! Kris keeps on Bayne again and again, then runs, only for Bayne to fireman’s carry! Kris fights free, ROUNDHOUSES Bayne, then PELES! Kris roars, runs, but gets caught! EXPLODER! Bayne fires up, and Julia POSTS Hayter! Julia stomps away on Hayter, Bayne brings Kris up, and snap suplexes her!
Maximum Carnage returns to single picture as Kris flops out of the ring. Julia CLUBS Hayter, and the countdown is back! Bayne waits on the fifth woman, and it’s… WILLOW NIGHTINGALE! Mariah sighs, but the Babe with the Power steps right to Bayne! Willow BOOTS, but Bayne just frowns. Willow fires forearms, then whips, but Bayne reverses to ROCK Willow! And BOOT her down! Kris returns to waistlock Bayne, but she ducks an elbow! JAWBREAKER, HAYMAKER, then Kris CLUBS away on Bayne! Hayter turns things around on Julia and whips her hard into barriers! Willow & Kris work together to DOUBLE SUPLEX Bayne!
The fans fire up, and Kris & Willow smile as it’s like the old days. Mariah mocks the “friendship” while the two square up. Willow CHOPS Kris, Kris CHOPS back, repeat! The fans “WOO~” as each CHOP echoes out! Willow ducks a chop, shoves Kris, then runs to POUNCE~! PERIOD! The countdown is back already, and the sixth woman is… TONI STORM! The Rockstar “Rookie” is back, and Mariah really hates seeing this. Toni storms in in but willow fireman’s carries! Toni sunset flips, TWO! Willow storms up but into a snapmare! Toni RUNS Willow over, snapmares Julia and runs her over!
Hayter is back, Toni snapmares her to run her over! Then a snapmare and shoulder tackle for Kris! The fans fire up with Toni and Mariah mockingly plays along, “What a great rookie!” But Bayne CLOBBERS Toni! Bayne fireman’s carries Toni, then THROWS her out onto Kris! The fans rally, “She’s a Rookie!” Willow CLOBBERS Bayne! Hayter BOOTS Willow! Julia kicks Hayter to DDT! Willow LARIATS Julia! The fans fire up as Willow stands tall, and she goes to the apron. CROSSBODY onto Bayne! Willow smiles and poses, the fans cheer, and Willow drags Bayne up. Bayne and Willow throw hands, but Kris is on the stage?
The fans fire up as Kris SUPER CANNONBALLS! Down goes Willow & Bayne, and the fans fire up with Kris! But Toni HIP ATTACKS Kris off the apron! Julia BLASTS Toni! Julia and Hayter are all alone, Cincy fires up for “Women’s Wrestling!” but also the countdown! Julia and Hayter fire fast ‘n’ furious fists, but the seventh woman is… HARLEY CAMERON! Mariah sighs again as everyone now will FEEL THE WRATH! Harley runs up to ROCK Julia, then bump her off buckles! Harley goes up, in, and dodges Julia to ENZIGIRI! Cover, Hayter breaks it with a deadlift GERMAN SUPLEX! Hayter snarls but Julia runs up to clinch!
Hayter wrenches free, clinches, and HAYT-BREAKER! But Harley rolls Hayter up! TWO!! Hayter escapes, Harley ENZIGIRIS! “FEEL THA WRATH~!” Harley runs, but into a HAYT-BREAKER! Hayter pumps up, for the HAYTER- NO, Harley ducks the lariat! But Julia’s BLACK MIST hits Harley full in the face! Then SUPERKICK for Hayter! Julia runs to BLINDSIDE LARIAT! But Toni snatches Julia into a cradle! TONI WINS!!
Winner: Toni Storm, by pinfall (NEW #1 Contender to the AEW Women’s World Championship)
Mariah is mockingly happy for “the rookie,” and Toni herself is stunned that she’s getting a world title match in her home country! This is quite the remake of a timeless classic, but will they flip the script on the original? Or will it still be All About Mariah?
AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley w/ The Death Riders VS “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs!
The last time The Maniac was in the Book of Hobbs, it was AEW Homecoming, and it was for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. Moxley didn’t so much win as he did retain, given Hobbs went down with injury rather quickly. But while Moxley traded NJPW’s top title for AEW’s, Hobbs only has a bigger chip on his shoulder. Will Hobbs come through on his promise to make Jon Moxley his b*tch? Or will Moxley make sure his homecoming is a victorious one?
The introductions are made, but Moxley delays getting in the ring so that the rest of the Death Riders can flank the ring! Hobbs sees Pac, he sees Claudio, but then Moxley runs in and CLOBBERS Hobbs! The bell rings, the fans boo, but Moxley fires forearms in a corner! Moxley doesn’t stop as the ref counts, the ref tries to back him off, but Moxley gets in the ref’s face about it. Hobbs storms up to hoist Moxley up! OVERHEAD SUPLEX! Hobbs fires hands on Moxley now, the fans fire up, but the ref counts. Hobbs ROCKS Moxley, then stalks him to a corner. Hobbs CLUBS Moxley in the chest, then stalks him to another corner.
Hobbs pushes Moxley against buckles, CLUBS him again, then paces. The fans rally, Hobbs whips, but Moxley KCIKS and CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Hobbs just scowls, so Moxley fires forearms! Moxley runs, but Hobbs RUNS Moxley over! The fans fire up, but there are some Moxley fans still in Cincy. Hobbs goes out after Moxley and ROCKS him! Moxley dangles over barriers, but Hobbs CLUBS him! The ref wants this in the ring so Hobbs pushes him in. Hobbs storms in, Moxley fires kicks, then fires forearms! Moxley runs, BOOTS Hobbs, and he has Hobbs in the ropes!
Moxley runs, BOOTS Hobbs again, then he runs! Moxley DIVES and hits Hobbs into barriers! Moxley pursues, they go around the timekeeper’s area, and now they brawl in the crowd! The fans fire up, Hobbs CHOPS Moxley, but the ref wants this in the ring! Hobbs pursues Moxley, CLUBS him, then keeps after him. They go back to ringside, Hobbs CLAWS Moxley’s back, then shoves him over barriers! Hobbs stalks Moxley back into the ring, Moxley wants Hobbs to hold on, and then Moxley CLAWS Hobbs’ face! Then he BITES Hobbs’ face! Moxley has Hobbs in a corner and rains down fists! The fans count to TEN, then Moxley flips Hobbs off!
Cincy is all fired up, both for and against Moxley, but Hobbs just glares up at him. Moxley talks trash, but Hobbs carries Moxley from the corner! Moxley fires elbows, but Hobbs RAMS him into buckles! Hobbs puts Moxley up top, climbs up after him, and he pulls on that earring in Moxley’s left ear! Hobbs tells the ref to back off, and then he BITES Moxley’s ear! And then BITES it again! Is he trying to eat the earring?! The ref counts, Hobbs lets off and lets Moxley tumble while fans tell him he’s sick. Moxley staggers up, but Hobbs BLASTS him off the apron! The fans rally while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Hobbs snarls, just a bit of blood in his teeth from biting Moxley. Hobbs paces while Marina Shafir checks on Moxley. Hobbs then goes out the side, storms around the way, and he looms over Moxley. Hobbs whips Moxley into barriers! Moxley tumbles over and into the timekeeper’s area! Hobbs is after Moxley with a rain of fists! The ref reprimands, Hobbs stops and goes back to the ring. Hobbs then goes back out to fetch Moxley. Hobbs BITES the ear again! Moxley pushes Hobbs away and staggers around, that ear definitely bleeding. Hobbs storms up to BITE the ear more! Hobbs is going savage, but Moxley dares him to do more!
Moxley fires a forearm, but Hobbs juts ROCKS Moxley! Moxley staggers away, Hobbs pursues him to the steel steps, and they both go back to the ring. Moxley staggers around a little more, and Hobbs pumps up! Hobbs ROCKS Moxley again! Moxley bounces off ropes then falls over! Hobbs stalks Moxley, drags him up, and he ROCKS Moxley again! Moxley wobbles but stays up, even with that ear bleeding. Moxley fires a forearm, but Hobbs shrugs that off. Moxley fires another forearm, and another, and another! Hobbs ROCKS Moxley again! Moxley falls over, the ref checks him, but Moxley is already rising back up.
Moxley pounds the mat, and he eggs Hobbs on. Hobbs BOOTS Moxley down! Moxley rises, the blood from his ear making more a crimson scarf than a mask. Hobbs BOOTS Moxley again! Moxley roars, so Hobbs BOOTS him again! Maximum Carnage returns to single picture as Moxley rises up. Hobbs BOOTS him, but Moxley SLAPS Hobbs! Hobbs runs, but into a CUTTER! Moxley lured Hobbs into a trap, but both men are down! The fans fire up as Moxley crawls, and Moxley dares Hobbs to bring the fight. Both men stand, Moxley fires a forearm, but Hobbs returns fire! The fans are torn as the forearms go back and forth!
Hobbs runs, Moxley TOSSES him out! Moxley distracts the ref so that Marina can BOOT Hobbs! The fans definitely boo that, but Moxley goes out to drag Hobbs up. Moxley puts Hobbs in, takes aim, and then underhooks Hobbs! Hobbs powers up, breaks free, then CLOBBERS Moxley! Moxley flounders to a corner, the fans rally and duel, and Hobbs feeds off the “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Hobbs runs up to CLOBBER Moxley! Moxley rises, Hobbs LARIATS again! Mox is back up, Hobbs SPLASHES in the corner! Hobbs winds up to fire point-blank LARIATS in the corner again and again! The fans rally, Hobbs stops at the ref’s count.
Hobbs scoops, Moxley slips free! Underhook and- NO, Hobbs scoops Moxley! WORLD’S STRONGEST SLAM!! Cover, TWO!! Moxley survives, Marina is relieved, but Hobbs puts Moxley on the top rope. Hobbs climbs, scoops, and lifts Moxley for a SUPER SWINGING POWERSLAM! But Moxley rolls through to have the ARMBAR!! Moxley pulls on the arm, Hobbs endures, and the fans duel even harder! Moxley pulls but Hobbs manages to clasp hands! Hobbs turns and has the ROPEBREAK! Moxley lets go, but then he has Hobbs for a KIMURA int he ropes! The ref counts, Moxley stops and Hobbs crawls to the ramp.
The fans hope these two “FIGHT FOREVER!” but this show has to end somehow. Hobbs rises, and WHEELER YUTA BUSAIKU KNEES!! The Decoder finally shows himself and it was at the most opportune time! The fans boo as Yuta then slithers away, and Moxley goes out after Hobbs. Moxley drags Hobbs into the ring, then vows to end this! But Hobbs hits a SPINEBUSTER!! The fans fire up and Hobbs brings down the straps! Hobbs snarls, brings Moxley up into a torture rack, but Moxley slips free! SLEEPER! Hobbs goes to the ropes, BUCKS Moxley, but then Marina SMACKS Hobbs with the title briefcase!!
The fans boo again but Moxley rolls Hobbs up! TWO?!?! Hobbs survives another cheap shot and the fans fire up! Moxley underhooks, PARADIGM SHIFT!! Cover, TWO!??! Moxley is furious but he clamps on the BULLY CHOKE!! Hobbs endures, but he fades out! Moxley wins!!
Winner: Jon Moxley, by submission (still AEW World Champion)
Hobbs lost only because this turned into a 5v1 handicap match! And speaking of, that’s what’s happening again as The Death Riders mug Hobbs! They stomp away, then sit Hobbs up. Claudio has a chair! But Hobbs THROWS Yuta, CHOKES Pac, but Claudio CHOP BLOCKS the bad leg! Claudio pulls the leg brace off while Pac & Mox CHOKE Hobbs! Yuta adds stomps, and Moxley SMASHES the bad leg! Claudio puts the chair around the bad leg, they want to put Hobbs back on the shelf! Claudio STOMPS the chair!! But here comes Rated FTR!! A little too late, unfortunately, and The Death Riders retreat.
Adam Copeland, Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood check on Hobbs, but there’s a chance the 12 Man Tag just turned into a 6v5 Handicap Match. Will anyone ever be able to stop Moxley’s reign of terror? Or will the carnage not end with Collision?
My Thoughts:
A great episode for AEW, though I’m not sure on their own claim of “It’s like a PPV on TV!” I only say that because we got the usual TV level shenanigans in a few of these matches. Omega VS Cage was a great match for Omega’s return to AEW, but Omega VS Gabe at WrestleDynasty is a hard act to follow. Great win for Omega, but of course The Don Callis Family beats him up. A little surprised they also got the better of Ospreay, but when it was 4v2, that made sense. I’m sure we’ll get Omega & Ospreay against like, Archer & Cage, that’s a win, and then Omega & Ospreay face Kyle & Konosuke. Maybe that’s another win, maybe not, but it feels like they want Omega VS Konosuke for something big, especially while Konosuke is a double champion.
Very good promo from MVP before the Six Man Tag, but did we need a New York Minute with Jericho? Well, I guess it had to happen some time so Jericho could get his digs in on Rated FTR, but maybe it could’ve been after the Six Man Tag? We got that promo and the Mercedes Mone vignette between MVP’s promo and the Six Man Tag and it seemed like an odd choice. Mone’s promo was still good stuff, and an idea of Mone VS Athena is floating around the fandom. I feel like they’d save that closer to All In: Texas, as Athena is from Texas. That’s months from now but I could still see both Mone and Athena having the belts they have now going into that match.
Great Six Man Tag but I figured the Hurt Syndicate would win. And while we got a good promo from all the different Casino Gauntlet entries, I really hope TK isn’t pivoting away from Garcia VS Shelton for the TNT Championship. Granted, Kyle O’Reilly VS Daniel Garcia would make an awesome one-off. Jay White VS Roddy Strong will also be a really good 1v1 match, but I would think White sticks to going after Yuta and the Death Riders. Very good promo from Ricochet, in that he barely got to say anything because of the Heel heat he’s got. Swerve & Nana getting the drop on Ricochet was good stuff, too, but I have no idea why we’re waiting THREE WEEKS for their match when it won’t even be on Grand Slam: Australia or anything.
Okada VS Ishii for Collision is great stuff, but I don’t understand when that promo they showed happened. Did I somehow miss it last Saturday on Collision? Or was that supposed to be part of tonight’s show that they had to trim for time? And I think I can see why they’d have to trim it: MJF and Jeff Jarrett took too damn long to get to the point. Both guys made good points, but they either played to the crowd too much, or Jarrett was searching for the words to insult MJF back. Dustin having a part was good, too, but I don’t see him factoring into the rest of the story.
Great match from Christian VS Hook, and I suppose the disqualification finish protects both sides. Was Joe out that long for injury? It’s the only thing that would explain why Joe never returned to finish things with Jericho while it was still relevant. Now, Joe, Hook & Shibata are feuding with Patriarchy instead Great stuff with the Women’s Casino Gauntlet, such as Megan Bayne making a great return to AEW. Though I’m sure they could’ve added a couple more entrants to beef this up a bit more. Again, maybe time constraints because of MJF and Jarrett. But in the end, what a clever way to get us back to Mariah VS Toni. There’s literally a month left to build this, I can’t wait to see the promos from “new girl” Toni with “veteran” Mariah.
And of course, a great match from Moxley VS Hobbs, especially with Hobbs going for ear blood. But of course The Death Riders got involved all over the place to screw Hobbs out of that win. At least Hobbs still got to look strong surviving as many cheap tactics as he did. But I really hate the trope of a Face rescue that’s “a little too late.” If Rated FTR was here, and they were seeing this happen, why not get out there before Hobbs’ knee gets chair guillotined? I understand them wanting to put the cliche “pressure” on the Faces for Collision, as Hobbs is the strongest part of that team and now he’s far less than 100%, but c’mon. Also, pretty sure The Death Riders will abandon The Learning Tree to have them lose to Rated FTRunners, as they’re above such a mess of a match.
My Score: 8.7/10
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