Will tonight be Absolute chaos?

To settle the score once and for all, Ricky Starks & Big Bill take on Sammy Guevara & Chris Jericho in an AEW World Tag Team title STREET FIGHT!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• AEW World Tag Team Championships Street Fight: Ricky Starks & “Big Bill” Morrissey VS Le Sex Gods; Starks & Bill win and retain the titles.
• AEW TBS Championship: Julia Hart VS Anna Jay; Julia wins and retains the title.
• AEW International Championship: Orange Cassidy VS Preston Vance; Cassidy wins and retains the title.

PLAY BY PLAY

AEW World Tag Team Championships Street Fight: Ricky Starks & “Big Bill” Morrissey VS Le Sex Gods!

The brawl to end Collision spills over into this broadcast, so there’s no sense in waiting! The fight is on, will this be an Absolute victory? Or will Sammy Guevara & Chris Jericho finally reign together?

Jericho throws hands on Bill while Sammy ROCKS Starks. Starks staggers away, grabs inside a road case, and he SMACKS Sammy with a street sign! Starks then kicks Sammy while Jericho uses a construction hurdle to SMACK Bill! Sammy grabs that sign and SMACKS Starks in return! And again! And then he SMACKS Bill! Jericho stomps Starks, brings him around, and sends him into the front of a truck! Bill sends Sammy into the side of a trailer! Jericho SMACKS Starks with a trash can lid! Bill rains down fists, Jericho throws the lid to Starks and BOOTS it into his face! Jericho then grabs a trash can to SMACK Starks with it!

Jericho hurries to help Sammy with Bill, they throw hands on the giant, but Bill choke grips Jericho! Starks SMACKS Sammy with the trash can lid! Bill sends Jericho into the side of the trailer! Starks SMACKS Jericho with a trash can lid! Bill uses what’s left of that hurdle! Starks SMACKS Jericho with the lid, Bill SMACKS Jericho with the hurdle, and the fans watching outside there are freaking out as Bill CHOKE SLAMS Jericho into the flower bed! Jericho writhes in the dirt, but Starks asks where little Sammy went. But from the shadows, we see headlights! Now the shoe is on the other foot, and Sammy’s foot is on the accelerator! GOLF CART ATTACK!!!

Fans are thunderous as Sammy and his former nemesis are now allies! Cover on Starks, TWO!! Sammy hurries to cover Bill, TWO!! Sammy hurries to help Jericho out of the flower bed, and then Sammy throws trash at Bill. Then he SMACKS Bill with the street sign! And he sends Bill into the side of the trailer! Bill flops over, Sammy drags him back up, and Jericho joins in. They bring Bill around to SMACK him off generators! Bill throws hands on Le Sex Gods as we get near the satellite truck. Careful not to get this taken off the air by accident! Billy grabs a backpack? We’re on the sidewalk now as Bill CLOBBERS Jericho!

Bill CLOBBERS Sammy, and Bill opens the backpack. Surprise! It was full of bricks!! Bill stalks Sammy, armed with a brick, and he aims! Sammy ducks and the brick SMASHES that car window!! Sammy fires fists and elbows off on Bill, Jericho joins in, and they drag Bill over to SMACK him off the hood! They get Bill up, DOUBLE SUPLEXES onto the car roof!!! Rhett Titus freaks out, that was HIS car! Sorry, Rhett… Jericho JUDAS EFFECTS Rhett down!! Starks CLUBS Jericho with a pipe! And again! And again! They brawl their way back to the arena, Jericho SMACKS Starks off a Porta-John! And then into the side of a wall!

Jericho pushes Starks into the building and the fans can be heard cheering. Jericho drags Starks along, SMACKS him with a wet floor sign, then again! They’re backstage now, and Jericho dumps Starks into a laundry basket, to RAM him into road cases! Starks staggers up, but Jericho brings him along. Starks CHOKES Jericho with a blanket or something! Starks punches away on Jericho, then grabs a plunger to, well, plunge Jericho’s mouth! Is it at least a new plunger? Starks then grabs a leftover Christmas decoration and CHUCKS it into Jericho! Jericho SMACKS Starks with a Swiffer mop!

Jericho throws hands, brings Starks around and CLUBS him, and then Jericho whips. Starks reverses and Jericho hits a garage door! Cover, TWO!! Jericho is still in this and he brings Starks up. They brawl their way back through the halls, turn down another way, and Jericho shoves Starks’ face into a Xerox machine! Jericho makes copies of Starks’ face! We can see Bill and Sammy brawl in the background, and Jericho puts the picture of Starks’ face up against the real one. Very good capture of tones, and then Jericho PUNCHES through the picture into Starks’ face! Jericho wears a street cone as a witch’s hat, then SMACKS Starks with it!

Bill CLUBS Sammy, storms up and BOOTS him! But Sammy RAMS Bill into a wall! The brawling keeps going through this concourse area, Jericho SMACKS Starks off a table. Sammy CLUBS away on Bill to then use a table cloth to CHOKE him! Jericho SMACKS Starks with a bottle of water! Bill sputters as Sammy keeps strangling him with the cloth! Sammy lets off in frustration, Starks SMACKS Jericho and whips him into a table! The table falls, so does Jericho, and Starks throws that bottle back at him. Bill is free of the cloth and he UPPERCUTS Sammy! And CLUBS him down! And CLUBS him again!

These four men are tiring out but they aren’t stopping. Starks and Jericho are by the buffet, and Jericho SMACKS Starks with a serving tray! Starks falls over and Battle of the Belts goes picture in picture!

Starks writhes, Bill rains down fists on Sammy, but Jericho gets another serving trash. He CYMBAL CRASHES Starks with them! Jericho goes after Bill, Sammy throws trash from the trash can at him, but Bill ROCKS Jericho! Bill CLUBS Jericho over and over, but Sammy CLUBS Bill! Bill shoves Sammy into the cleaning lady’s cart! Now Bill CHOKES Sammy with the table cloth! Starks rises up to stomp Jericho against a wall! Jericho hits back, he and Starks brawl, DOUBLE HAYMAKERS take both men down! BOTB returns to single picture, and Bill finally lets Sammy go. Sammy sputters through the spilled coffee, but then Bill drags him up.

Bill whips Sammy at the wall, but Sammy pulls off the Tiger Wall Flip! And SUPERKICK! Sammy gets the fire extinguisher, and BLASTS Bill with it! And he BLASTS Starks with it! And he BLASTS Bill a second time to make sure he’s out. Sammy storms up on Starks, brings him around, and RAMS him into a wall! They go along the hall, Jericho has the extinguisher and he CRACKS Bill with it!! Starks turns things around on Sammy to send him into a wall! Starks flounders into another room, Starks throws him around again, but Sammy ROCKS Starks! Starks flops against more food, then Sammy sends him into the table!

Jericho grabs the mustard to SQUIRT Bill! Starks SMACKS Sammy with a water jug! Jericho finds a kendo stick back there? Must be from the collection AEW usually keeps under the ring. Jericho SMACKS Bill with it, but then Starks SMACKS Jericho with a kendo stick of his own! Sammy CLUBS Starks, Bill and Jericho end up going to the crowd! Sammy and Starks follow! Fans fire up getting to see this with their own eyes, and Jericho CRACKS Bill again! And again! And again! Sammy high-fives fans and CLUBS Starks! Starks CRACKS Sammy with something! Jericho and Bill are now ringside with their brawl!

Sammy CHOKES Starks, Jericho SMACKS Bill with the kendo stick, or what’s left of it. Jericho grabs a TABLE! Jericho JAMS Bill, sets that table up nearby, and has the fans all fired up! Jericho drags Bill up, brings him around and SMACKS him off road cases. They go up the box while Sammy stalks Starks. Bill KNEES Jericho low, then choke grips! Fans fire up as Bill CHOKE- NO, Jericho fights free, and then LOW BLOWS! Starks ROCKS Sammy, and Jericho aims at the tables! Fans are torn as Jericho fires hands on Bill, but wait! KONOSUKE TAKESHITA!? He CRACKS Jericho, and Bill SITOUT POWERBOMBS Jericho through the tables!!!

The fans are losing their minds as the ref checks both men. Starks climbs a truss, Sammy LOW BLOWS him! The ref wants medics to check Jericho and Bill while Sammy dumps Starks to the stage. Sammy throws off his shirt, climbs up higher, and Starks sputters in the drop zone. Sammy reaches about 15 feet up, and he’s MUY LOCO! SUPER DUPER HOLY MOLY SWANTON BOMB!! But HOBBS MOVES STARKS!!!! Fans lose their minds as Sammy alone crashes down!! Starks crawls his way to the cover, and wins!!!

Winners: Ricky Starks & “Big Bill” Morrissey, by pinfall (still AEW World Tag Team Champions)

The Don Callis Family still holds a grudge on Chris Jericho, and that helps Starks & Bill hold onto their titles! Will Sammy & Jericho manage to stand back up and go back after Don Callis? Will anyone ever take down the Absolute?

Serena Deeb speaks.

“The last 12 months have been the most challenging time of my entire life. But I have so much gratitude for all of the lessons learned and all of the ways I grew as a person. These moments, they can break you, but they can also fortify you. They can teach you what you want and need, but also who you wanna be. I’m back to prove that I am the best women’s wrestler in the world. And to accomplish that, I need to do what I have yet to do in AEW: to capture gold. All Elite Wrestling, the Professor of Professional Wrestling, Serena Deeb, is ready to return.” When and where will class be in session?

AEW TBS Championship: Julia Hart VS Anna Jay!

The House of Black won the main event of Collision, though they were sent running. Will the Princess of the Black Throne be able to establish true dominance? Or will the Queenslayer prove that the House doesn’t always win?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is truly the star of the show!

The bell rings and the fans rally as Anna and Julia stare down. They slowly circle and Julia smirks. They approach, tie up, and Anna puts Julia on ropes. Julia turns it around, Anna turns it back, and they go along the ropes. Julia arm-drags, then dribbles Anna off the mat! Fans fire up as Julia shouts, but Anna rolls her up! TWO, and Anna ROCKS Julia! Anna fires off, then reels Julia in to ELBOW her down! Fans cheer, Anna snapmares and runs to BASEMENT BLOCKBUSTER! Anna ELBOWS Julia back down, then takes a bow. Anna bumps Julia off buckles, but Julia bumps her back!

Julia fires off forearms, runs side to side, and ELBOWS! Julia stomps a mudhole, then digs her boots in. The ref counts, Julia lets off, and fans cheer. Julia whips corner to corner, handsprings in, but into a FLAPJACK onto buckles! Anna runs up to LEG LARIAT! Anna whips corner to corner, runs in again, but Julia ducks! Julia slips to the apron, ROCKS Anna, and Anna ends up on the other side of the corner. They brawl with forearms across the corner, but Julia grabs an arm to YANK Anna into the post! Anna falls to the floor, Julia storms around after her, and Julia THROWS Anna into the railing!

Julia puts Anna in the ring, covers, TWO! Anna is still in this but Julia seethes as BOTB goes picture in picture.

Julia grabs the bad arm, SLAMS it off the mat again and again, then drops knees on the elbow. Julia digs her knees in, drops them down again, repeat! Anna gets away but Julia stalks her. Anna pushes Julia away but Julia wraps the bad arm around the ropes. The ref counts, Julia lets go but for only a moment! The ref reprimands, Julia lets go, and she storms up again. Anna throws a body shot but Julia CLUBS her down! Julia TOSSES Anna out, stalks her, then SLAMS the bad arm against railing! Julia CLUBS away on the arm, right in front of the fans! Julia smiles and waves, then SMAKCS Anna off steel steps!

Julia SMACKS Anna’s arm off the steps, then traps the arm between steps and ring! Julia pushes the steps to squeeze the arm! The ref counts, Julia lets off and steps into the ring. Anna gets her arm free while Julia smiles. Anna slides in, kicks Julia away, but Julia stomps her down. Julia drags Anna up to snap suplex! Cover, TWO! Anna is still in this and BOTB goes to break.

BOTB returns and Julia has Anna in a Cobra Twist. Anna elbows free, but then Julia pie faces her! Anna pie faces back, then catches Julia’s arm to WRING it out! Anna WRINGS Julia’s arm again, then demands she get up! Julia rises, Anna runs in, and she ROCKS Julia! And ROCKS her again! Anna brings Julia out to wrench and DANGEROUS HOOK KICK! Cover, TWO! Anna could only use one arm, that might’ve held her back. But she still hits a BACKSTABBER! Cover, TWO! Julia hangs tough but Anna scowls. Anna drags Julia up to clinch, but Julia turns that around for an STO! Cover, TWO!

Julia storms over to a corner, climbs up, but Anna grabs a leg. Julia kicks Anna away, but Anna comes back, into DOUBLE STOMPS! Julia somersaults, goes to the corner, and then runs in, but Anna wrenches to KNEE SMASH! High stack, TWO! Anna grows frustrated and she sits Julia up, QUEENSLAYER!! Julia rolls back to a cover, TWO! Julia steals the QUEENSLAYER!! Anna flails, fights up, and she has Julia as a backpack! Fans rally, Anna THROWS Julia off, and then brings her around to clinch and COMPLETE SHOT! Mounted cover, TWO! Anna says she’s ending this, and she wrenches. Julia ducks the kick to trip Anna!

Julia drags Anna into the HARTLESS LOCK!!! Anna endures, but she taps! Julia wins!

Winner: Julia Hart, by submission (still AEW TBS Champion)

The House sweeps on the night! Will anyone ever dethrone the Princess of Darkness?

Sonjay Dutt arranges another intervention.

He takes a seat while Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal both pace around. Sonjay is starting to regret having the cameras document this. Sonjay says they’ve been in here over an hour tonight, but all Jarrett and Lethal do is argue, bicker, awkward silence, rinse and repeat! It’s worse than Sonjay’s kids! Jarrett says he’s sick of it, Sonjay tells Karen they gotta get back on the same page. Karen says she knows, and has been checking her phone. Still no photoshoot, still no merch, and still no official team name! She’s been sending texts and no one has responded! Sonjay says who cares about dumb team names?

Lethal says hey, don’t call Karen’s ideas “dumb,” that’s uncalled for. Sonjay can’t believe Lethal’s sticking up for Karen and not him, his best friend! The only reason Lethal works in AEW is because of Sonjay! Jarrett says hey, all that matters is that they win again! And there’s one very simple solution: Lethal gets the hell outta here! Karen and Sonjay say hold on, and then Satnam arrives! Welcome back, big man! What’s he got? He has fruit salad, but he knows how Lethal gets about stuff. Jarrett says exactly! No “exactly,” what is Satnam getting at? Just that Lethal isn’t into sweets, but Satnam’s mom made these for him.

Satnam goes to feed Lethal but Lethal ends up with powdered sugar all over himself. Does Lethal not like it? That’s not the problem here. But what will it take for the unofficially named Triple J to see things eye to eye?

AEW International Championship: Orange Cassidy VS Preston Vance w/ Jose the Assistant!

Freshly Squeezed and Perro Peligroso won big together as part of the 8 Man Tag on Dynamite honoring Brodie Lee. And with Vance getting the 1-2-3, Cassidy has agreed to give him this title shot. Will Vance make the most of it and finally have some gold? Or will his championship aspirations just be whatever?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is truly championship material!

But wait, The Undisputed Kingdom makes their way out here, with chairs in hand! But they just use those so they can take seats at ringside. Roddy wants both men to know that he’s got next when it comes to this title. Cassidy says okay, that’s fine, he’ll keep his eyes on Roddy, too. The bell rings and Cassidy turns around, DISCUS LARIAT!! Vance hits hard but Cassidy flounders out of the ring! Vance pursues, puts Cassidy in the ring, and then runs up, into an ORANGE PUNCH!! Now Vance is floundering! Both men go to corners while the fans fire up! Cassidy hurries but can’t Alabama Lift! Vance wants the nelson!

Cassidy throws elbows, Vance shoves him away and runs in, but only gets buckles! Cassidy returns, into a BUCKLE! Vance goes up and Cassidy UPPERCUTS! And UPPERCUTS again! Cassidy climbs up and the fans fire up, but Vance blocks the superplex! Vance lifts Cassidy, to THROW him away! Cassidy tumbles, stands up, into a FLYING SHOULDER TACKLE! Fans fire up, Jose coaches Vance and Vance aims from a corner. Vance runs in to clothesline in the corner! Then whips corner to corner, but Cassidy goes up and over and around, then keeps moving. Vance turns the wheelbarrow into a STUN GUN GERMAN SUPLEX!

Cassidy staggers up, into a BOOT! Cassidy flops out of the ring at the feet of The Kingdom. The fans boo while they taunt Cassidy, and the ring count climbs. Cassidy drags himself up, Roddy tells Vance to get this done. Cassidy goes back up the apron, and Vance drags him up! Vance suplexes, and he holds Cassidy up while he marches around! Vance then SLAMS Cassidy down! Cover, TWO! Cassidy is still in this but Vance looms over Cassidy, and BOTB goes picture in picture.

Vance picks Cassidy up for a BEARHUG! Cassidy endures, throws elbows, but Vance powers Cassidy to a BIG suplex! Cover, TWO! Cassidy survives, The Kingdom trolls Vance, but Vance kicks Cassidy around. Vance CHOKES Cassidy on ropes, lets off at 4, then whips him to ropes. Cassidy ducks ‘n’ dodges, sunset flips, but Vance brings him right up, to DECK him with a forearm! Vance eggs the fans on even, and stalks Cassidy to a corner. Vance CHOPS Cassidy, then brings Cassidy around to CHOP again! And then they go to another corner, and Vance CHOPS again! Cassidy scrambles away to the outside!

Cassidy leans against railing to catch his breath, but Vance waits. Vance eggs Cassidy on, holds the ropes open, but Cassidy rolls under. So Vance stomps away at the ropes! The ref reprimands, Vance drags Cassidy up, and Vance CLUBS Cassidy down! Vance stalks Cassidy, and clamps on the nelson! Cassidy endures, powers up, but Vance keeps the hands out of pockets! Cassidy still tries, Vance still blocks, and The Kingdom still taunts them both. Cassidy powers up again, and he breaks the nelson! Vance tries to stop Cassidy, but BOTB returns to single picture, as Cassidy’s hands get in his pockets!!

Cassidy moves around and around, gets free and he DROPKICKS Vance down! Cassidy kips up, builds speed and DIVES! Direct hit and down goes Vance! The fans fire up, Cassidy puts Vance in, and the fans are thunderous for “FRESHLY SQUEEZED!” Cassidy climbs, DEEP IMP- NO!! Vance blocks the DDT, throws Cassidy away, but Cassidy tilt-o- NO! Vance stops that to SPINEBUSTER! Fans boo as Vance puts up the LFI fist. The Kingdom is “impressed” as Vance storms up on Cassidy. Vance pushes Cassidy to the corner, dares the fans to try him, then he stomps away on Cassidy! The ref counts, Vance lets off, and he drags Cassidy back up.

Cassidy “CHOPS” Vance! Fans fire up as Cassidy “CHOPS” again! Vance is annoyed, and he calls Cassidy a POS! Cassidy “chops” again and again and again! Vance sighs, swings on Cassidy, but Cassidy dodges to mule kick! Cassidy ROCKS Vance, stomps a mudhole in, and fans fire up with every stomp! The ref counts, Cassidy lets off, and Cassidy goes to the opposite corner. Cassidy runs in, Vance dodges, RIPCORD CUTTER! Then the suplex, but into STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Vance wobbles, Cassidy tilt-o-whirl DDTS! Cover, TWO!! Vance survives and Jose is relieved. Taven sarcastically says this is why Cassidy is champion.

Cassidy goes to the corner, he climbs back up, but Vance bails out. The fans boo, The Kingdom backs up, and Cassidy SUPER CROSSBODIES, but Vance catches him! The Kingdom mockingly applauds, but then Vance FALL AWAY SLAMS Cassidy onto them! Down go Taven & Bennett, and Roddy is furious! Vance ignores Roddy to put Cassidy in the ring. Vance flips Roddy off, runs up on Cassidy, but Cassidy victory rolls! TWO!! Vance staggers up, blocks Orange Punch, TOP TEN NELSON!! Cassidy is a ragdoll, but then he gets a second wind! Cassidy stomps away on Vance’s feet and gets free!

Cassidy runs, dodges the Discus, and comes back to ORANGE PUNCH! Vance wobbles, into the BEACH BREAK!! Cover, Cassidy wins!!

Winner: Orange Cassidy, by pinfall (still AEW International Champion)

Roddy says that’s fine, because he’s still got next. In fact, he and The Kingdom storm into the ring to corner Cassidy! They mockingly applaud, but JOSE gets in the ring? Jose takes off his jacket and turns Roddy around, but Roddy STRONG KNEES him down! The Kingdom TOSS Jose and Vance out, then turn back to Cassidy. Cassidy doesn’t back down, but this is still 3v1! The Kingdom leaves him alone, though, promising that the clock is ticking. Cassidy holds up the International Championship, will he be holding it for much longer?

My Thoughts:

Really good stuff for Battle of the Belts, but as I just said in the Collision article, I knew nothing was gonna change. I did like the “bleed over” of Collision ending in the brawl and that’s how BOTB starts. Great exploring of the space in this apparently Falls Count Anywhere Street Fight, but of course things end inside the arena. I knew Sammy & Jericho were losing, but it was clever to have Don Callis Family be the reason why. This surely falls in line with what I was thinking: keep Jericho off air until the allegations are sorted out, figure out what Sammy’s gonna do on his own, and perhaps Starks & Bill move on with the tag titles as part of this “Undisputed Kingdom wants all the gold” story.

Good promo from Triple J, the team has to fall apart given how tense things are. Though it would be funny if something happened and they basically gave us the parody of the triumphant “they’re sticking together!” moment. And great matches for the TBS and International Championship  matches, but again, we knew neither Anna or Vance was winning so it made all the hope spots and what not a bit meaningless. I will say, I expected a save from Best Friends at the end with Cassidy and The Kingdom, but oh well. Cassidy VS Strong is still going to be great stuff, and could probably go either way with Taven & Bennett there to distract and interfere.

My Score: 8.5/10