AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (5/29/24)
AEW is still whose house?
We’re still rolling the dice tonight!
AEW made it through Double or Nothing, and now it is time to open The Forbidden Door! Who wins the Casino Gauntlet to challenge Swerve Strickland in New York?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Swerve Strickland VS “Killswitch” Luchasaurus; Swerve wins.
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Title Eliminator: Jon Moxley VS Rocky Romero; Moxley wins and denies Rocky a title match.
- AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone VS Skye Blue; Mone wins and retains the title.
- AEW World Championship #1 Contender’s Casino Gauntlet: Will Ospreay wins and will challenge for the AEW World Championship at Forbidden Door.
PLAY BY PLAY
Mercedes Mone is here!
The CEO is now the Face of TBS after her win at Double or Nothing, and it’s time to celebrate! Mone goes to the ring, gets a mic, and the fans continue to chant “C E O! C E O!” Mone tells “Los Angeleeeees~! Please say hello to your CEO, and your NEW TBS Champion!” The fans cheer that. “Wasn’t I worth the wait? Didn’t I tell you money changes everything? And I did exactly that this past Sunday at Double or Nothing. You see, not only did we celebrate five years of AEW, we celebrated the in-ring return of the greatest of all time: me.” The fans chant for the “C E O! C E O!” again and she is so proud to say this past Sunday, she and Willow tore the house down!
Willow had the run of her career, and gave Mone the fight of her life. But damn, girl~! Willow is just way too nice. Mone could see a mile away that Kris & Stokely were gonna screw Willow over. But when Willow comes back, Mone wants her to come back better than ever to kick some ass! Now, back to Mone’s celebration. The fans chant for her again, and Mone says being the Face of TBS puts a target on her back. But she’s not afraid, she’s born for this! We’re just three weeks away from Forbidden Door, and she can’t wait to see- “Mercedes~!” Skye Blue calls her out from the tron. And she got Mone a little something for her celebration.
Flashback to when Mone was jumped in the dark! Now that was some of Skye’s best work. And she’s just getting started. Because here she comes from the crowd! It was all a set-up! Fireman’s carry and T K O!! Skye digs her knee into Mone’s neck while holding up the belt. Will Skye Blue take the gold from Mone in New York?
The Elite arrive.
The Young Bucks drive a truck and have Kazuchika Okada in the back, but Jack Perry drives the Scapegoat Bus. The Elite all strut in, victorious from Double or Nothing, what will they have to say about AEW’s future under their control?
Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS “Killswitch” Luchasaurus!
The Realest is still THE AEW World Champion, as he kicked Christian Cage out of Swerve’s House. However, Captain Charisma now sends his human-dinosaur henchman to destroy Swerve’s House, foundation and all! Will the Right Hand of Destruction succeed where Christian failed?
The bell rings and the two circle. The Kia Forum is “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” as Swerve avoids Luchasaurus then CHOPS! Swerve still stays back, avoids Luchasaurus again and CHOPS, but Luchasaurus grabs Swerve to TOSS him to a corner! Swerve dodges Luchasaurus, ducks ‘n’ dodges, then KICKS! But Luchasaurus SHOVES Swerve up and out! The fans boo but Luchasaurus goes out, only for Swerve to KICK him in the leg! Swerve steps in to dropkick the leg! Swerve facelocks and turns Luchasaurus to a NECKBREAKER! Swerve holds on, he gator rolls with the monster, and has him along the apron!
Swerve has the fans fire up, and he drags Luchasaurus out for DRAPING NECKBREAKER to the floor! The fans cheer and Swerve stalks Luchasaurus. Luchasaurus stumbles into the desk, comes back, but Swerve ducks then RISING HEADBUTTS! Swerve shakes that off, Luchasaurus’ head is pretty solid. Swerve goes up the apron, aims and BOOTS, but Luchasaurus blocks! Luchasaurus POSTS Swerve, then ARM-DRAGS Swerve into steel steps! Luchasaurus refreshes the count, snarls as he drags Swerve up, and sends him into barriers! Luchasaurus then CHOPS Swerve against barriers, then follows him to the ring.
Luchasaurus runs up to BOOT Swerve down! The fans boo but Luchasaurus soaks it all up. Luchasaurus drags Swerve into a corner and fires off fast hands while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Swerve sits down in the corner but Luchasaurus drags him back up. Luchasaurus CHOKES Swerve on ropes, lets off as the ref counts, but then pulls Swerve back against the ropes! The ref counts again, Luchasaurus fishhooks Swerve then lets him go. Luchasaurus sits Swerve up to CLUB him in the chest! Swerve flops to the apron, Luchasaurus drags him up again, and turns him around in the ropes so he can bend Swerve back while smothering him at the same time! The ref counts, Luchasaurus CHOPS as he lets off. Luchasaurus then stands Swerve up to BODY BLOW! Swerve flops down. Luchasaurus pushes him around, but swerve CHOPS!
Swerve fires hands on Luchasaurus but Luchasaurus just CLUBS him down! Luchasaurus drags Swerve into a wheelbarrow and GERMAN SUPLEX! Swerve flounders, Nana coaches him, but Luchasaurus storms up. Luchasaurus pushes Swerve around, clamps onto him with both hands and has a neck wrench! Swerve endures, fights up, but Swerve CLUBS him down! Luchasaurus pushes on the neck wrench, Swerve endures again, and Nana coaches him while rallying the fans. Swerve endures as Luchasaurus digs his claw into a shoulder! Swerve pushes up, Dynamite returns to single picture, and the fans rally.
Swerve fights to his feet but Luchasaurus UPPERCUTS! Luchasaurus choke grips, but Swerve drops into a TRIANGLE HOLD! Luchasaurus stays on his feet, but Swerve BOOTS him! Swerve somersaults and COMPLETE SHOTS! The fans fire up, Luchasaurus goes to a corner but Swerve runs in to UPPERCUT! Swerve fires UPPERCUT after UPPERCUT, then wrenches to KICK a leg. Swerve goes up to FALLING UPPERCUT! Luchasaurus is down and Swerve hits the Griddy! The fans fire up, Swerve gator rolls and suplexes, but Luchasaurus blocks! Luchasaurus suplexes, but Swerve fights and turns it around, BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO!
Nana coaches Swerve, he aims at Luchasaurus, and he half nelsons. Luchasaurus fights that and ELBOWS Swerve away! Swerve CLUBS Luchasaurus in return! Swerve waistlocks, Luchasaurus puts him in a corner, then he blocks a haymaker! Swerve ROCKS Luchasaurus on the second try, BOOTS him, then somersaults, into a HEADBUTT! Choke grip! CHOKE SLAM! Cover, TWO!! Swerve survives and Luchasaurus snarls again. Luchasaurus drags Swerve to the apron, and he goes out to get a chair! He’s not worried about winning, he wants to hurt Swerve! But Nana snatches the chair! So Luchasaurus PUNCHES it away!
But Swerve BOOTS Luchasaurus! And BOOTS again! And BOOTS again! Swerve fires up, and he FLYING STOMPS Luchasaurus to the floor! The fans are thunderous, Swerve puts Luchasaurus in a corner, and he climbs up. Luchasaurus sits up like a Phenom, but Swerve leaps over him! Swerve feints a kick to kick out a leg! BUZZSAW! “Whose House?!” HOUSE- NO, no House Call! Only CHOKE SLAM! STANDING MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO!! Swerve survives again and Luchasaurus is losing his mind! Luchasaurus vows to end this, and he drags Swerve up. BLINDSIDE- NO, Swerve ducks! Waistlock and GERMAN SUPLEX!
Luchasaurus sits up, into the HOUSE CALL!! Swerve isn’t done there, he goes up a corner and the fans are thunderous! Luchasaurus sits up again, into the KILL STOMPS!! Cover, TWO?!?! HOW!??! Swerve doesn’t ask questions, he just HOUSE CALLS again!! Cover, Swerve wins!
Winner: Swerve Strickland, by pinfall
It took more to take down the monster than most, but Nana presents scissors! Swerve smiles, and he has Luchasaurus’ hair now! Swerve cuts a lock of the dinosaur’s mane as retribution! Swerve has cleared out The Patriarchy, and all eyes will be on tonight’s Casino Gauntlet match! Who makes it out of that wild scramble to knock on the Forbidden Door to Swerve’s House?
Tony Schiavone speaks from commentary.
“Ladies and gentlemen, we are back live on Dynamite here in Los Angeles and the Kia Forum. What you saw at the beginning of the program with Skye Blue attacking Mercedes Mone has not gone unnoticed. Tony Khan has made this special announcement for the program tonight. Mercedes Mone will have her first title defense for the TBS title right here tonight, right here in the Kia Forum, and she will defend against Skye Blue! And that’s coming up tonight, here live!” A big money move from TK, but will Mone be ready to put it all on the line so soon after going Double or Nothing?
Jon Moxley speaks.
“Rocky Romero wants a spot at Forbidden Door, big international showcase, who doesn’t? Rocky’s not stupid, he thinks this is how he’s gonna get it. Azucar, one the most dangerous men in the game, one of the most experience guys in the game, can beat anybody in the world on any given night. His little smart idea for me to take this eliminator match tonight, I’m a one-armed man, I’m far from 100%. But no, it’s not a smart idea, it’s a very, very dumb idea. It’s a very bad idea. But when am I ever 100%? That’s what champions do. They show up, they get in the ring, and they bust their ass.
“I’m not pissing away at Disneyland today, it’s the Kia Forum, it’s Dynamite, it’s live. I’ll be at Osaka-Jo Hall for Dominion after that. And I’ll be at Bloodsport in Ryogoku Hall after that. I’ll be at Forbidden Door in New York after that. And it’ll be the same as it’s always been since the beginning. Five years now, I’ll be the man that stands atop NJPW and AEW, and anywhere the hell else I wanna go.” The Maniac is more than ready, will he make Azucar taste the bitterness of defeat?
“Big” Bill Morrissey is in the ring.
The rather goofy talk show set is ready as “The Redwood” welcomes us to the debut episode of TV Time with The Learning Tree, Chris Jericho! And speaking of, here comes Jericho! The “For The World” Champion of 39 days waves and smiles to the fans as he joins Bill in the ring. Jericho then gets a mic to ask, “Who wants more TV Time? You know I do!” And Bill got cut off before he could do the whole introduction! Tell them what more there was to say! Bill says yes, he will do that. “If there’s one thing that Chris has always taught me, it’s that even though the leaves may come down in the Fall, they always grow back in the Spring stronger and brighter than ever.”
Bill is pretty sure that applies here. Jericho believes so. Jericho thanks Bill for those inspiring words, and he thanks all the fans for making the new Learning Tree University shirt the number one shirt on Shop AEW! Thanks so much! Good job! Who wants a free one? The fans don’t mind that, but then Jericho just puts the shirt on a corner. Jericho thanks all the “branches” who have sat under his Learning Tree and helped make him number one. Thank you for that. And also thank you for supporting him as the longest-reigning For The World Champion at 39 days. He was able to retain at Double or Nothing, but Hook and Shibata are really tough.
They dumped him on his head and boy does it smart. Jericho laughs it off, and says if adversity is ice cream, always put a cherry on top. What? Jericho wants us to remember: Many are called, only few answer. Many reach out, only a few are chosen. And many talk the talk of wanting to sit under the Learning Tree, but very few walk the walk. Jericho will bring out a man who walked right under the shade of the Learning Tree this past Sunday. Welcome to TV Time, the Bounty Hunter, Bryan Keith! The fans boo as Keith makes his way out to the ring to join Jericho & Bill. Jericho shakes Bryan’ s hand and wants fans to give him a round of applause.
Now, what made Bryan Keith want to be sucked into the Jericho Vortex and become a disciple of the Learning Tree? Keith tells Jericho that he noticed a lack of respect for Jericho here in AEW. EIGHT-TIME World Champion, 30 YEARS world traveled, and the longest-reigning FTW Champion in history! Keith says honestly, he can’t believe more people didn’t jump at this opportunity! The fans chant to STFU but Keith says this is what he means! Jericho says watch your language, this is a family show. But Keith says that is the lack of respect right there! They’re lucky to breathe the same air as Jericho! Show respect! Show respect! Those kids, you show respect!
Jericho calms Bryan down, this isn’t a yelling moment, this is a teaching moment. Bryan calms down and Jericho says the lesson is, if you want something to happen, you got out and grab it! That’s what Bryan did, Jericho respects that he’s a bad, bad man. Maybe even a bad apple! Jericho likes that! The Bad Apple doesn’t fall far from the Learning Tree! Keith is now welcome to stay in the vortex and grow under the Learning Tree as long as he wants. But wait! Here comes HOOK! The Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil is in no mood, and he THROWS security around! Then here comes Samoa Joe?! Joe gets in Hook’s way!?
The fans fire up for “JOE! JOE! JOE!” as he stares Hook down. But then Joe whispers something, and he moves aside! Hook snarls at The Learning Tree and friends, and then follows Joe outta here? Hook didn’t listen before, but what is it that has him following Joe’s lead now? Jericho waves bye, then thanks the fans for tonight.
AEW takes a look at Stephanie Vaquer.
La Primera is CMLL Women’s World Champion, CMLL Women’s Tag Team Champion, and NJPW Strong Women’s Champion, but she is looking to go after the gold in AEW! The Forbidden Door is opening, who will Vaquer look to vanquish first?
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Title Eliminator: Jon Moxley VS Rocky Romero!
The Maniac admitted he is far from 100%, but also made sure we understood that doesn’t matter. Will Moxley be able to win with one good arm as he also has The King of Darkness waiting for him in 11 days? Or is Azucar going to kick the Forbidden Door wide open?
The bell rings and Rocky DROPKICKS Moxley right out! Then he DIVES! Down goes Moxley and the fans fire up with Rocky! Rocky gives some Latino Heat, then he UPPERCUTS Moxley! The ring count starts, but Rocky SLAMS the bad arm off the desk! Rocky follows Moxley around the way, whips, but Moxley reverses to put Rocky in the ring. Moxley slides in but Rocky kicks the arm! And KICKS! And KICKS! And KICKS again! Rocky gets Moxley up but Moxley X PLEXES first! Rocky flounders, but Moxley clamps on to ELBOW, KICK, and repeat! Moxley then just HAMMERS away with elbows before one more KICK!
The fans rally while Rocky writhes, and Moxley drags him up. Moxley puts Rocky in a corner, CHOPS, then hoists him up top. Moxley CHOPS again, climbs up, but Rocky wrenches the bad arm! The fans rally, Rocky SNAPS the fingers! Moxley steps back, Rocky DOUBLE STOMPS the bad arm! Rocky WRINGS the bad arm out, then he runs up to SHOTGUN Moxley down! Moxley goes to the apron, the fans duel, and Rocky storms up. Moxley grabs Rocky in a SLEEPER! But Rocky pulls the bad arm! HOTSHOT! Rocky gets up to KICK Moxley in the ropes, then goes up the corner, to GUILLOTINE MISSILE DROPKICK!
Moxley flops down, Rocky goes to the apron and grabs the arm. HOTSHOT! Moxley grits his teeth, the ref reprimands, but Rocky grabs at the bad arm again. Rocky pulls Moxley into the ropes while Dynamite goes picture in picture!
The ref reprimands and counts, Rocky lets go at 4, and Moxley flounders away. Rocky runs up, but Moxley CHOPS! Moxley eggs Rocky on, Rocky CHOPS! Moxley fires a forearm, Rocky KICKS the arm! Rocky wrenches to an ELBOW BREAKER! Then he hammerlocks and RAMS Moxley into buckles! Moxley flops to the apron again, Rocky fires up with a soccer knee slide, then he goes after Moxley on the outside. Moxley kicks Rocky, then crotches him on the railing! Moxley goes to the crowd so he can CLOBBER Rocky back to ringside! Moxley storms after Rocky, whips him, but Rocky reverses and sends Moxley into steel steps!
Rocky stomps Moxley, puts him in the ring, then covers, TWO! Rocky is frustrated but the count is the count. Rocky KNEES Moxley in the back! Rocky drags Moxley up to CHOP! Moxley CHOPS back! Rocky CHOPS again! Rocky eggs Moxley on, Moxley CHOPS! Rocky KICKS the leg, hammerlocks it, and adds a SLEEPER! Moxley endures, reaches out, fights up and he fireman’s carries Rocky to a corner! Dynamite returns to single picture as Moxley CHOPS again! Moxley goes up to fire off forearms, but Rocky CLAWS Moxley’s face! So Moxley BITES Rocky’s face! The ref reprimands but the fans fire up as Moxley reels Rocky in!
Moxley brings Rocky up, SUPERPLEX! Both men are down but the fans fire up! Rocky rolls away to the far side and the fans rally. Moxley rises, runs in, and clotheslines in the corner! Moxley goes up and he fires down fists! Moxley goes past ten, stops at 15, then runs. Rocky dodges, KICKS, but Moxley ROCKS Rocky! Rocky KICKS again! Moxley ROCKS Rocky! Rocky fires up, the fans are torn, and Rocky KICKS! KICKS! And UPPERCUTS! Moxley CUTTERS!! Outta nowhere like a viper, and the fans rally up. Moxley rams his bad arm into the mat to get it feeling right. Rocky is in a corner, Moxley runs up, but into an UPPERCUT!
Rocky goes up, TORNADO DDT! Cover, TWO! But into the ARMBAR!! Moxley clasps hands to fight it off but Rocky stomps Moxley’s head! Moxley still holds on, rolls and gets around to facelock. Moxley fires knee after knee into Rocky’s head, then clamps on the BULLY CHOKE!! Rocky sputters but he’s turning red! Moxley’s bad arm can’t hold, so Rocky slips out! Rocky hammerlocks the good arm to pull on the bad arm! DARK SACRIFICE! Moxley writhes and hobbles to a corner. Rocky runs up but Moxley ELBOWS him! Moxley BOOTS Rocky, goes up, but Rocky UPPERCUTS! Rocky goes up after Moxley, for a SUPER FLYING ARMBAR!!
Moxley flails, reaches out, kicks around, but Rocky pulls on the arm! Moxley fights to turn Rocky, stands up, and he stomps at Rocky’s face! Rocky lets go, but he kicks Moxley’s leg! Rocky ENZIGIRIS from below! Moxley staggers, Rocky storms up on him, but Moxley LARIATS! Moxley storms back up on Rocky, but Rocky goes after the arm! Moxley whips free and DISCUS LARIATS through! Moxley gets Rocky up, underhooks, DEATH RIDER!! Cover, Moxley wins!
Winner: Jon Moxley, by pinfall (denies Rocky Romero a title opportunity)
A rough ride for Rocky tonight, but Moxley moves on towards his next challenge! Will Moxley arrive in Osaka-Jo Hall only to find Everything is Evil?
Backstage interview with Samoa Joe & Hook.
Renee Paquette stands by as the two talk. She asks them what that was out there. Joe says tonight, they learned their first lesson: We do not exist on their time. No, truly dangerous men exist on their own time. Joe & Hook head out together again, will Joe’s mentoring be what helps Hook reach that next level?
Don Callis is here!
The fans boo as Callis goes to the ring to say, “I have something important to tell you.” The fans boo more, but he points out that what he has in his hand is more valuable than gold or diamonds. This is a contract to work with The Don Callis Family. The fans keep booing, but Callis keeps going. “It’s been one of the great pleasures of my life to be able to scout a talent like Orange Cassidy! In fact, when I see Orange, I see myself.” But speaking of, here comes Cassidy! Freshly Squeezed brought back Jane, the white T, and the aviators, he’s in a good mood apparently after beating Trent Beretta at Double or Nothing.
Cassidy joins Callis in the ring and Callis says this is the moment the world has been waiting for! Callis feels he should do it like Cassidy, a hand in pocket. Well, Orange is truly an iconic performer in this industry. Cassidy is truly a star wherever he goes. Cassidy has made some bad choices, but now Callis will work with him. So without further ado, Callis welcomes Cassidy to the Family with this contract. The fans say “NO! NO! NO!” but Callis says he’s filled it all out, all Cassidy has to do is sign. But then Cassidy slowly rips the contract up! Callis is in disbelief! The fans cheer Cassidy on and he get a mic. “Hey, uh, Don. No.”
Callis tells Cassidy, “Who do you thin you’re talking to? No one says no to me, Orange! I tell YOU what you’re gonna do!” Cassidy takes off his sunglasses, but then Stokely Hathaway makes his way out here! As AEW’s Number One Hater, Stokely does not like Cassidy. Not the way he walks, not the way he talks. There is not a single thing Stokely likes! In fact, O M G, Cassidy is just like Willow Nightingale! The only reason Stokely’s here is because of Kris. Kris says on behalf of her best friend, she is so happy to announce that he accepts Callis’ invitation to the Don Callis Family. Wait, who does she mean?
TRENT IS IN THE RING!! He runs up to CLOBBER Cassidy! And he rains down fists on Cassidy! The fans boo, Stokely & Kris smile as they take their leave. The fans tell Trent off but Trent keeps on throwing down hands! Trent says he HATES Cassidy, and he’s punched Cassidy open! Callis gets Trent to stop, but also wants Trent to take it easy. Trent opens his arms to Callis, and they HUG!! Trent and Callis have made their alliance official with a hug and the blood of Freshly Squeezed. And they both stomp away on Cassidy! Now it won’t be #JustTrent, it’ll be Trent and the Don Callis Family! What does Cassidy have left to lose?
BREAKING NEWS for Collision!
Will Ospreay may be the NEW AEW International Champion, but he already puts his belt on the line against Kyle O’Reilly! Will the Aerial Assassin already have a notch on his belt after Saturday? Or will #CombatKyle make Ospreay’s reign one of the shortest in history?
Backstage interview with Daniel Garcia & Matthew Menard.
Renee is with the Dragonslayer and Daddy Magic, and says Garcia asked for this time. Is there something he wants to get off his chest? Garcia says he was looking over his shoulder a bit. This place is full of bloodthirsty killers now and he loves it. Sometimes, he feels like one of those guys, but sometimes he feels stuck in his own head, stuck in the same place as he was before. He feels like he’s trudging through mud while others have so much confidence. Why wouldn’t they? They get the red carpet rolled out for them, getting whatever they want. Garcia feels like it is time for him to drag them all across that red carpet as he goes straight for that International Championship.
Renee brings up that Ospreay is the new International Champion, and Garcia says he doesn’t care. He tells the champ that he will climb up the ranks, take that title, and then make Ospreay’s bags a little bit lighter for those flights home to London. Respectfully. The Red Death has spoken, will he be going right after the #BillyGOAT after Saturday?
AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone VS Skye Blue!
The CEO wasn’t planning on going from celebrating to fighting, but she isn’t going to complain. Will she just make sure Skye pays for attacking her out of nowhere again? Or will Skye go from blue to gold in the City of Angels?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see how much Mone has left in the tank!
The bell rings, Skye rushes in, but Mone hits first! Mone bumps Skye off buckles, off more buckles, then off a third corner’s buckles! Mone fires off forearms again and again, then whips corner to corner. Skye reverses, runs up, but Mone slips out and KNEES from the apron! Mone goes up and up and FLYING ARM-DRAGS! Skye tumbles and staggers up, Mone DROPKICKS her down! Cover, ONE!! Mone is upset by this, she brings Skye up, but Skye swings on her! Mone ducks it but Skye puts her in ropes. Mone RAMS Skye, tilt-o-whirls and RANAS! Skye tumbles out, the fans fire up, and Mone waits on Skye.
Skye goes around the way, catches her breath, but Mone runs to WRECK her with a dropkick! Mone goes to the apron and METEORAS to the floor! Mone smiles and she drags Skye back up. Mone puts Skye in, covers, TWO! Mone is annoyed but she paces around Skye. The fans rally for the CEO as she brings Skye up, suplexes, but Skye counters to a cradle, TWO! Skye swings again, Mone gets under and waistlocks to go back to the apron. Skye BOOTS Mone this time! Mone is stuck, Skye brings her out along ropes, for a DRAPING NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Mone survives and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Skye rains down fists on Mone, lets off to mock Mone’s swagger, and then has Mone on ropes. Skye CHOKES Mone, the ref counts, and Skye lets off at 4. Mone goes to a corner, Skye stomps a mudhole in, then lets off as the ref counts. Skye drags Mone up to bump her off buckles, then mocks the fans. Skye bumps Mone but Mone bumps Skye back! Mone takes a swing but Skye dodges to fire off on Mone! Skye digs her boot into Mone’s neck, blows a kiss, then lets off as the ref counts. Skye storms back up, brings Mone up, but Mone fires off body shots. Skye CLUBS Mone down, then clamps on with a SLEEPER!
Mone endures, reaches out, and the fans rally. Mone fights to her feet but Skye becomes a backpack! Mone RAMS Skye into buckles! And again! And then she snapmares free, to basement dropkick! Mone drags Skye back up, but Skye ENZIGIRIS! Mone falls over, Skye huffs and puffs and covers, TWO! Skye is frustrated so she covers again, TWO! Skye drags Mone around into a chinlock and Dynamite returns to single picture. The fans rally, Mone fights up, and she JAWBREAKERS free! Skye runs up but Mone ELBOWS her! And BOOTS her! And then goes up to DEADLY NIGHTSHADE! And then SUNSET BOMB! METEORA! Cover, TWO!
Mone storms after Skye to BACKSTABBER! Cover, TWO! Skye is showing toughness but Mone drags her to a drop zone. Mone climbs, the fans rally, but Skye CLUBS Mone! Skye tucks Mone in, CHEEKY NANDOS! And then the POWER- RANA! Mone turns things around on Skye! Skye staggers up into a corner, Mone runs up, but Skye catches her to a full nelson! SKYE FALL!! Cover, TWO!! Mone survives and Skye is furious! The fans rally, Skye drags Mone up, and she fireman’s carries, only for Mone to slip free! Mone shoves Skye, dodges her and then swings, but Skye dodges! Mone blocks a kick to KNEE! Skye SUPERKICKS!
Skye runs, hops on, but no Code Blue! Gory Especial, MONE MAKER! Cover, Mone wins!
Winner: Mercedes Mone, by pinfall (still AEW TBS Champion)
Skye tried but she couldn’t tear down The CEO! Mone celebrates again, but wait! Stephanie Vaquer is HERE! We knew she’d be stepping through the Forbidden Door, and she’s already calling out the Face of TBS! Vaquer holds up her NJPW Strong Women’s Championship but Mone holds up her TBS Championship, who walks away the top champion in New York City?
Renee waits outside the medical room.
She is waiting for an update on Orange Cassidy, but Stokely & Kris walk over and excuse her. Renee moves aside and Stokely takes the mic. Stokely tells Willow that she never ceases to amaze him, and he doesn’t mean that in a good way. Imagine being damn near 30 and thinking Disneyworld is a magical place, and that so is real life. Willow, this started weeks ago, months even. The catalyst was March 27th, live on Dynamite. Fatal 4 Way #1 Contender’s match, and Willow was in that match with her best friend, Kris. Kris said she wanted to become champion again, but Willow didn’t listen. But who did listen? Stokely listened. He’ll always listen to Kris, he’ll always be a shoulder to cry on.
Kris is a former TBS Champion, the best in the world, returned from back-to-back ACL injuries, and truth be told, most of these b*tches back here get so much as a sinus infection, and they want to stay home from work. Now before anyone gets mad, he wasn’t even talking about the Women’s Division! Ladies and gentlemen, the new and improved Kris Statlander! Kris thanks Stokely and takes the mic. Kris says that when she finally does something for herself, she gets booed for it! This is why she had to make the change she did.
They don’t care about Kris & Stokely, they all just want Kris to help everyone else be okay, or to pick up everyone else when they’re down, or to be the bodyguard for all these spineless, selfish people who don’t bat an eye when things go wrong, cuz “Ol’ Statlander” will show up. Kris doesn’t blame them, though. She is #MoreThanAWoman, and she is DONE being the protector. Now you’re all gonna need protection from her! Stokely smiles, even as she shoves the mic back at him. Is this Kris going to take over the world?
The Young Bucks head to the ring!
Los Angeles boos The EVPs as they rise from the Elite-evator and walk down the ramp. And then Matthew flips the coin, and here comes The Rainmaker! And then here comes Jack Perry! The full Elite goes to the ring together, still being booed. Matt makes sure the Reebok Pumps are pumped up now, but the fans chant “C M PUNK! C M PUNK!” Okada tells them all, “Shut up, b*tches!” The fans do cheer for Okada, he’s the one member of The Elite they like. But then Jack talks and says, “First thing’s first, let’s get one thing straight. The Elite run this s*it! Tony Khan & Kenny Omega handpicked their dream team, and these guys pulled out all the stops. They even set me on fire!”
But not only did The Elite still win, but Jack’s first match back in AEW in nine MONTHS, he took his piece of the American Dragon when he pinned one of the greatest wrestlers to ever live. Nicholas says what a fantastic week it has been for The Elite. On Monday, they released the special edition Reebok Pumps, and it became the hottest selling shoe in years! That performance on Sunday by Jack and Okada was unbelievable! So The Bucks are here bearing gifts! Small gifts, but still. They got Okada a brand new Lamborghini! Okada is so excited! Is this real? Is this a dream? Nick starts a “You Deserve It!” chant and the fans join in as Okada is emotional.
Okada then gets serious and lets Matt have the mic. Matt says to business! At Double or Nothing, during the TNT Championship’s Barbed Wire Steel Cage match, Adam Copeland was badly injured. The fans boo but Matt says that is more on him. Right before that match, Matt was there and he wished Adam good luck and said, “Break a leg.” Haha. Matt jinxed Adam, sorry about that. But The Bucks are praying for Edge, he’ll come back stronger, this just sucks. However as EVPs, they must make the tough decisions. So Adam Copeland… Tonight, you are hereby stripped of the TNT Championship. The fans boo!
Bugt hey, the network is on their case for a NEW TNT Champion, and well, The Bucks know just the guy! After the BIGGEST pinfall victory of his entire career during Anarchy in the Arena, ladies and gentlemen, may they present the NEW TNT Champion, The Scapegoat, Jack Perry!! But wait, Christopher Daniels storms out here! The Fallen Angel says the last time they spoke, the Bucks mentioned a severance package for him. He wanted to let them know that he doesn’t need it anymore, because he’s got a brand new job. Tony Khan named Daniels the INTERIM EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT! So that means, when Daniels says something, it might as well come from TK himself!
Matt tells CD to tread lightly! But he tells “young man” Matthew not to disrespect him! Call him by his God-given name, Christopher! The fans cheer as Daniels is giving The Bucks a taste of their own medicine! Now, as far as the TNT Championship goes, they aren’t just giving it away. This is AEW, where the best wrestle! If Jack wants to be a champion, he’s gotta earn it! And don’t worry, he’ll get an opportunity to do just that. Because in the next few weeks, we will have qualifying matches! No managers or seconds allowed ringside, no outside interference! The winners of these matches go on to Forbidden Door to wrestle for the vacant TNT Championship, IN A LADDER MATCH!
The fans love that idea! And the first qualifier is happening on Friday Night Rampage, in the best town he’s ever been in, right here in LOS ANGELES! Matt says he’s fine to see Christopher back. The Elite will all go “show” him just how happy they are! But then THE ACCLAIMED hurry out here! Max Caster, Anthony Bowens & Billy Gunn are backing up The Fallen Angel against The Elite, now we’ve got even numbers! The Bucks have their boys back up. Will Platinum Max & The Five Tool Player look to go after those tag titles? Who else will be in this Face of TNT Ladder Match series?
Swerve Strickland & Prince Nana talk backstage.
They stand in front of the Wall of Fame, and Nana tells Boss Swerve that he might as well be Stevie Wonder, because there is nobody that can see Swerve in that ring! Swerve says coming off Double or Nothing, he got to take down another legend in Christian Cage. Swerve applauds Christian’s efforts, and says he needed that. Now, like a diss track, he got the lick back and gave Killswitch the Killshot, and he returned the favor. Now he’s got his own little trophy. Yuo wanna take his title? He takes your hair.
But moving to tonight’s main event, he is very curious to see who his next challenger will be. Whenever, wherever, whoever, Swerve can see some great surprises lined up for the Casino Gauntlet. Former champions, current champions, future champions, but who is gonna step to whose house? Swerve’s House, and get stomped out. He’ll be watching. Swerve laughs his way out, but who has the last laugh in this free-for-all?
Rush speaks.
“MJF. Congratulations on your return to AEW. But you’re not the star here! I AM! Just remember: if you mess with The Bull, you get the horns!” El Toro Blanco has called out the Salt of the Earth, will MJF just have to show Rush he really IS better than him, and he knows it?
BREAKING NEWS for Rampage!
One: it will once again be at the special start time of 6:30 PM Eastern! Two: We have Satnam Singh in action, the beginnings of the Face of TNT Ladder Match series, and an AEW Women’s World Championship Title Eliminator as Toni Storm takes on Viva Van! Will the Hellbent Vixen be able to weather the Storm and get her own title opportunity?
AEW World Championship #1 Contender’s Casino Gauntlet!
The first instance of the Casino Gauntlet for AEW’s Homecoming was a wild one, and named a contender to the International Championship. Ospreay won that and then won the gold, but will the same happen this time?
First out, representing the Bang Bang Gang, it’s Switchblade Jay White! But meeting him is… THE BASTARD! Pac couldn’t take the Trios titles, but can he take away this opportunity from White? The bell rings and Pac BOOTS White right down! Pac stomps away on White in a corner, digs his boots in, then lets off. Pac brings White around, bumps him off buckles, then bumps him off more buckles! White flounders but Pac gets him up. Pac uses White’s own robe to CHOKE him! Pac doesn’t have to let off, either, as there are no disqualifications in this one! Pac TOSSES White out, then goes out after him.
Fans fire up as Pac sends White into barriers! White falls back, Pac drags him up and whips him into more barriers! White slumps down, Pac brings him around again. Pac glares through the camera, and he SMACKS White off apron! White sits down, Pac stands him up and SMACKS him off it again! White sputters, but Pac stands him up to SMACK him off apron yet again! The fans cheer but White CHOPS! White gets away, Pac snarls, that handprint is back already. Pac RAMS into White, slingshots up and over and keeps moving, and he RANAS White! White tumbles out, Pac builds speed, and Pac FLIES! Down goes White and the fans fire up again!
Pac drags White up, puts him in, then hurries back up. Pac aims from the top rope, White stands, and the MISSILE DROPKICK hits! Cover, TWO! White stays in this but Pac stalks him to the apron. But White HOTSHOTS Pac down! Pac flounders, and it’s time for another to enter! It’s MISTICO! CMLL’s greatest champion is here, and he runs right in to GAMANGIRI White! Springboard but White gets under! Mistico keeps moving, and he RANAS White! Pac kicks Mistico, whips, but Mistico ducks ‘n ‘dodges, and handsprings! Pac avoids all that, but Mistico blocks a chop to knuckle lock, CHPO, and FLYING ARM-DRAG!
Pac gets up, Mistico SUPERKICKS him down! White returns, Mistico DROPKICKS him back out! Pac and White go outside, they brawl, so Mistico goes up and up and SUPER CROSSBODIES! Direct hit on both men and the fans are thunderous as AEW goes picture in picture.
Mistico keeps the fans fired up and he drags White up to put him in. Mistico storms up after White but White sends him into buckles! White then goes after the mask! The ref reprimands but that’s all he can do. White stomps Mistico, soaks up heat, and he goes out to send Pac into steel steps and then barriers! White goes back in for Mistico to wrench and kick. White kicks and kicks and throws Mistico by his mask! Pac gets in to get White by his hair! Pac smacks White off buckles, then TOSSES him out! Pac goes out after White but White RAMS him into barriers! They both sputter, White gest in the ring but Mistico is right on him!
Mistico SOBATS! Front kicks! And then SUPERKICKS! White falls over, Mistico covers, TWO! Mistico stays cool, fires the fans up, but White CLAWS at his face! The ref reprimands, White goes after the mask again! White throws down elbows but then Pac returns. Pac drags White from Mistico, bumps him off buckles, then wrenches to whip corner to corner, and hard! White falls over in a heap, Pac storms over to him, but White flops out of the ring. Pac goes out and stomps White down, and the fans rally up. Pac looms over White, stands on his head, and Dynamite returns to single picture.
It’s time for the fourth man, and it’s… WILL OSPREAY!? The International Champion wants to win another Casino Gauntlet and go for the whole enchilada?! Ospreay runs up, fires off on Mistico, then hits a PIP PIP CHEERIO! White sneaks up to SLEEPER, but Ospreay snapmares free! White and Ospreay stand off and the fans are thunderous! White offers a handshake, but Ospreay leaves him hanging! Ospreay fires off forearms and a whip! White slides out, but Pac is there to put him back in! Ospreay CHOPS White! Ospreay whips, White reverses, but Ospreay handsprings to NEURALIZER KICK!
White bails out, Pac hurries in, he O’Conner Rolls with bridge! TWO!! Ospreay escapes and tells Pac he’s a cheeky bastard! The Englishmen have it out with words, but Mistico springboards to DOUBLE CROSSBODY! Down go Ospreay and Pac, then Mistico SUPERKICKS Pac! Mistico ducks ‘n ‘dodges Ospreay to tilt-o-whirl to go around and around and around, into LA MYSTICA! FUJIWARA ARMBAR!! But the fifth man is already being sent out, and it’s SHOTA UMINO! The Roughneck of NJPW is here and the fans fire up as he stomps Mistico! The fans fire up for “SHOOTER! SHOOTER!” but Mistico CHOPS him!
Shota just scowls as he DECKS Mistico! Then Shota sends Mistico into White! Those two fall out of the ring, Shota aims at Ospreay! Shota runs up to UPPERCUT Ospreay! And then FISHERMAN- NO, Ospreay fights free! Ospreay wrenches, Shota UPPERCUTS! Shota runs, into the TIGER WALL KICK! But Shota ducks the enzigiri! Ospreay slides under Shota, Shota elbows free of the waistlock! Shota ducks the Hook Kick, then fires a forearm! ROLLING- ROUNDHOUSE! Ospreay whips Shota, Shota reverses and DROPKICKS Ospreay! The fans are thunderous for Shota as he then slingshots to APRON DDT Ospreay!!
Shota hurries to get Ospreay in, TORNADO DDT! Cover, White breaks it! White CHOPS Shota, sits him up, CHOPS again, repeat! White then goes to Ospreay to sit him up and CHOP! Ospreay flounders, White goes back to Shota for another CHOP! But now we get the sixth man, CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI! The Swiss Superman is already hard to face 1v1 and fresh, and now he’s got his pick of the litter! White shoves Shota at him but Claudio just BOOTS Shota down! White runs away but Claudio pursues! They go around the ring, Claudio UPPERCUTS Pac for good measure! Then White drags Mistico out of the ring to block Claudio’s path!
Claudio DOUBLE STOMPS Mistico, then continues after White! White slides in the ring, slides under Ospreay, and Claudio LARIATS Ospreay! Shota rolls Claudio up, TWO! Shota knees low, runs, but Claudio POP-UP UPPERCUTS! Cover, White breaks it! White CLUBS away on Claudio, stomps him, then says guns up! Ospreay and Mistico brawl on the outside, White goes to Claudio. But Claudio SPINEBUSTERS, and he has the legs! The fans are thunderous for the SWING~! White goes around and around and around, the fans count all the way to TEN while Dynamite goes picture in picture!
Claudio THROWS White away, but Mistico RAMS into Claudio! Mistico slingshots to sunset flip, but Claudio rolls through to get legs! Claudio shrugs, and he SWINGS Mistico! Mistico goes around and around for TEN, but then Ospreay gets in! Claudio trips Ospreay, Ospreay kicks and flails, but the SWING still starts up! Claudio goes around and around with Ospreay for TEN, and now Claudio is feeling it. Shota CLUBS away on Claudio, then eggs him on! Claudio frowns, and UPPERCUTS Shota! Shota UPPERCUTS back! They UPPERCUT back and forth, then Shota gets the edge! Shota winds up to UPPERCUT!
Shota underhooks, but Claudio trips him up! And yes, he SWINGS Shota! Another TEN, and now Claudio is dizzy. Pac is there to ROCK him! Pac springboards in, but Claudio catches him! AND SWINGS HIM!! Claudio reaches TEN, drops Pac, and he needs the ref to steady him. The ref walks over, but Claudio trips him! Is Claudio really gonna do it!? No, Claudio realizes that wouldn’t be nice, so he spares the ref from a swing. Claudio helps the ref to his feet and Dynamite returns to single picture. And just in time for lucky number seven! It’s… LIO RUSH! The Bad Child makes his return to AEW as an NJPW talent, but will he again be the Man of the Hour?
Lio and Claudio circle, then Lio runs up! Claudio blocks, he flips Lio but Lio lands on his feet! Lio dodges, redirects, redirects again, duck sunder, goes Matrix, then kicks, ENZIGIRIS and fires up! The fans are with Lio as he baits Claudio and DUMPS him out! HANDSPRING KICK knocks Claudio down! Shota dragon sleepers Lio, but Lio slips out of the suplex! Roll-up, kip up, wind up, BASEMENT ENZIGIRI! The fans fire up and Lio runs, but Shota ROCKS him! Shota runs, but Lio gets moving again! Shota shows speed, too, they both duck ‘n’ dodge, then they DOUBLE LARIAT! But they both roar! Claudio DOUBLE LARIATS them both!!
The fans are thunderous and Claudio says it’s time! But wow, the eighth is already here and… it’s ORANGE CASSIDY? Freshly Squeezed must’ve planned on being in this match all along, and he’s still going to even with the head wound from Trent! Cassidy storms down and puts on his elbow pad. Claudio runs up but Cassidy gets around, ducks ‘n’ dodges, then tilt-o-whirls to DD- NO! Claudio blocks the DDT to suplex! But Claudio fires knees! Claudio won’t let Cassidy go, though, and he powers back up! Into STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Cassidy runs and tilt-o-whirls again, DDT! Cassidy kips up but has to steady himself after.
Ospreay aims and takes off the elbow pad! Cassidy turns around first, though. He takes HIS elbow pad off! Both men are primed and ready, but then White sneaks in! White shoves Cassidy at Ospreay but Ospreay dodges, and Ospreay runs up on White! White gets around, SNAP SLEEPER SUPLEX! URENAGE for Orange! Cover on Orange, TWO!! White is frustrated but he says this is HIS time! White drags Cassidy up, but Cassidy fires off hands! And now we get a ninth man! It’s CMLL’s HECHICERO! The Mad Scientist of Lucha is here and ready to use that in-ring alchemy! Hechicero gets in, blocks White’s lariat to whip!
Hechi runs up to JUMP KNEE White in the corner! Claudio is here, Hechi dodges and tilt-o-whirls for the LEG DROP! Ospreay runs up, Hechi wheelbarrows him into a REVERSE MONKEY FLIP, which puts Ospreay in position for the ARMBAR!! Cassidy grabs at Hechi but Hechi cradles! TWO!! Cassidy RAMS Hechi, runs, but Hechi CLOBBERS Cassidy at ropes, and has a SLEEPER! Ospreay SUPERKICKS Cassidy, Hechi ROCKS Ospreay! Hechi goes up to FLYING LARIAT! The fans are thunderous, but Mistico springboards to FLYING RANA! Mistico builds speed, Lio is in his way! Mistico takes a swing, Lio dodges and he DIVES onto Hechicero!
Shota SHOTGUNS Lio! Mistico tilt-o-whirls Claudio for a DEJA VU RANA! The fans are thunderous as Mistico then goes up and up and FLYING RANAS Claudio on the floor! Shota aims at Cassidy in the ring, POP-UP KNEE! Then underhooks, but Cassidy wrenches out! Cassidy dodges to ORANGE PUNCH!! “This is Awesome!” as Pac slips in. Pac tries to roll Cassidy but Cassidy steps over to sit down! TWO!! Pac escapes, and he SUPERKICKS Cassidy! Pac runs, White shoves Cassidy away so he can clinch Pac! BLADE- NO, Pac slips free to waistlock! White switches with Pac, back suplexes, but Pac lands out! Pac BOOTS White!
Pac has White down, but JUICE ROBINSON runs out here! He’s trying to help White like he did at Double or Nothing! Juice SHOVES Pac down, then Juice runs away. But Cassidy is aimed at White! ORANGE- SNAP SLEEPER SUPLEX!! White hurries to clinch Cassidy, but HIDDEN BLADE hits first!! Ospreay underhooks Cassidy, lifts, STORM- RANA!!! Cassidy covers, TWO?!?! Ospreay springboards, OSCUTTER!!! Cover, OSPREAY WINS!!!
Winner: Will Ospreay, by pinfall (NEW #1 Contender to the AEW World Championship)
The Aerial Assassin is undefeated in Casino Gauntlets, and now he has himself another title match on the horizon! While Ospreay and Mistico talk about running this back for themselves, Swerve makes his way out! The AEW World Champion stares down the AEW International Champion, then circles him in the ring. Ospreay wants to be the #TwoBeltBruv but he might be forgetting Kyle O’Reilly is coming for him this Saturday. Will Ospreay survive a Collision to then go on to the Forbidden Door? Or will the #BillyGoat not be welcomed in Swerve’s House?
My Thoughts:
An awesome Dynamite here to follow Double or Nothing. For one, Casino Gauntlet is proving to be a great stipulation, AEW knows what they’re doing with it since it’s about wild action from half a dozen or more guys. However, I did not think they’d make it Ospreay as the winner again, considering he’s International Champion. As exciting as Ospreay VS Swerve for the top title obviously is, is this going to be belt for belt? Just Swerve’s belt? Is Ospreay going to lose his belt before challenging just so he won’t have a chance to be double champion? As great as Ospreay is, maybe someone else should’ve won tonight.
Garcia also gave a good promo to call out Ospreay for the International Championship. Ospreay probably beats Kyle this Saturday, Garcia probably wins a match of his own, and surely Garcia is named a contender. Garcia could even force Ospreay into a double header, Ospreay defending the International title to open Forbidden Door then challenging Swerve for the world title in the main event. That could be a way around crowning a double champion, but feels like a disservice to Swerve if he beats a guy who already wore himself out in another match. And Rush calling out MJF, there goes the momentum I thought Rush was gonna build this time around…
Meanwhile, I did like that Cassidy toughed it out and still competed tonight. I figured he would say no to Callis, and that Trent would say yes, because that is what made sense all along. Stokely & Kris made for a good set-up so that Trent could get the drop on Cassidy, and Heel Trent in Heel Callis Family will be some good stuff. Cassidy has a lot of that “What’s next?” now that he has no one. Stokely & Kris also had a very good promo to talk trash on Willow and the entire AEW roster, Kris probably bides her time winning squash matches as a Heel until Willow returns and they can fight at Forbidden Door or All In, some big PPV stage.
Mercedes Mone had a good promo to give Willow her props, and having her celebration turn into a fight that then gave us a title match was some good stuff. Of course Mone won, this got her first defense in the books. Vaquer showing up to silently call her out was great, too, Vaquer VS Mone is also a match that dates back to the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship tournament so that’ll be really fun. Very good promo from Moxley, very good match with Rocky, but of course Moxley won. Moxley’s not gonna go extra title matches, he’s just gonna be focused right on Evil and Dominion. Moxley might even head back to Japan for some final build up to that match with just 10 days left.
“TV Time with Chris Jericho” was perfectly done as a purposefully corny and dumb talk show that also felt a little like a kids show with that cardboard tree and fake grass carpet. And the name works as a name pun because now Jericho, Bill and even Bryan Keith will get TV time. Hook listening to Joe now is surprising, but something had to give, and this does build towards the Six Man Tag I was thinking about after Double or Nothing. Joe, Hook & Shibata VS Jericho, Bill & Keith, Keith taking the loss and either Hook gets one last 1v1 for the FTW title or Joe gets his shot and beats Jericho.
Great stuff from The Elite, such as Jack Perry still driving that black school bus and Okada pretending to be emotional getting a brand new Lamborghini. I almost thought there was gonna be some kind of surprise where the driver of the Lambo was Darby and he’d go after Okada. Instead, very clever stuff where The Bucks wanted to gift Jack with the TNT Championship so that they could be the Golden Elite. And therefore, great counter by having Christopher Daniels be a substitute EVP and announcing the qualifier matches. Jack will surely qualify, though, even if he can’t get help from The Elite, but I’d love if someone like Darby or Bryan Danielson get in on the ladder match. That way, if they aren’t gonna win the title, they can at least keep Jack from winning it.
My Score: 9/10
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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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