AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (6/26/24)
Will Dynamite be tranquilo?
Buffalo gets a Forbidden Door appetizer!
Before Jon Moxley battles Tetsuya Naito, he and the Blackpool Combat Club face Los Ingobernables de Japon in a Six Man Tag match!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: Blackpool Combat Club VS Los Ingobernables de Japon; LIJ wins, by disqualification.
- 2024 Men’s Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal: Jay White VS Rey Fenix; White wins and advances.
- Six Woman Tag: Toni Storm, Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa VS The Outcasts; Storm, Mariah & Mina win.
- Zack Sabre Jr. VS Kyle O’Reilly; ZSJ wins.
- Will Ospreay & Swerve Strickland VS The Gates of Agony; Ospreay & Swerve win.
PLAY BY PLAY
MJF is here!
Buffalo, New York fires up as the Wolf of Wrestling makes his way to the ring, mic already in hand. MJF has them cut his music, and he revels in the fans cheering him on. MJF tells Buffalo- Wait! Daniel Garcia makes his way out here! Buffalo fires up even more for their hometown hero! Garcia steps into the ring, gets his own mic, and MJF smirks as the fans cheer on “DANNY! DANNY! DANNY!” MJF says he’s glad the people love Danny, but uh, tread lightly, okay? Garcia tells Max thanks for saving him last week. But since they’re out here in Buffalo, New York, Garcia says everything here is his business.
Garcia says he isn’t sure why MJF is out here. It might be to say some mean things about the city Garcia’s from. And maybe since Garcia interrupted, MJF might say mean things about him and his family. Mom’s right here in the front row. But Garcia is out here to do something what no one in the back has ever been able to do. Garcia is gonna say nice things about MJF! Even MJF is surprised to hear that. Garcia says nine months ago, he wasn’t doing a whole lot, but he was watching MJF every single week. MJF was the longest reigning, youngest ever, AEW World Champion, main eventing arenas around the world and making history.
The fans chant for “M J F! M J F!” and Garcia says MJF came over to him and had a conversation with him that lit a fire inside Garcia. MJF told Garcia that he was more than a lackey or a background character. MJF saw Garcia the same way he saw himself, and that was as a pillar of AEW. The fans cheer that! Garcia says MJF talked with Tony Khan, and Tony Khan said if Garcia could get enough wins, he could challenge MJF for the world title. The thing is, when Garcia did, it was one of the most embarrassing moments of his entire life. It wasn’t all bad, though, because that loss motivated him more than anyone could ever imagine.
That one loss helped Garcia go on the run of a lifetime, and he was part of the biggest moments, the biggest matches this company has ever seen. It motivated Garcia so much that now, he is someone the people can respect. Someone the people can believe in! And now he is contemplating, why settle for being a pillar when he can be the backbone, the workhorse, and the very foundation that the future of AEW is built on!? The fans cheer for “DANNY! DANNY!” Garcia says for all that, he wants to thank MJF. The fans cheer, and then Garcia says after saying all that, if MJF talks ish now, he’ll look real two faced, and he’ll have Buffalo coming for his head tonight.
MJF says okay, okay, hold on. First off, MJF is two faced? What? Okay, maybe a little, maybe a little. But hear him out. MJF did not come out here to talk trash on these fine people, no no no. He came out here for two reasons. One: to shamelessly shill Forbidden Door, August 30th, MJF is coming home to Long Island, baby! He wrestles a poorly drawn comic book character, Hechicero, get your tickets today! And then July 6th, he will be on the Memphis-Mississippi borderline for Collision! Get your tickets today, too. Done shilling. The fans cheer all those plugs and even Garcia gives a thumbs up.
MJF says reason two, before he was so rudely interrupted, he was gonna ask Danny to come out here anyway, because he has a question for him. But before that question, after everything Garcia said, MJF has only one thing to say to him. “Thank you.” The fans cheer as the two shake hands. MJF says no one has ever publicly talked about the nice things MJF does behind the scenes here, and he knows why. He’s not stupid. He’s a top guy in his 20s, is very rich, very handsome, and some people are very jealous. Let’s be honest! All those guys back there think they deserve their spot when the fact is, none of them are talented enough to beat him and take it.
However… MJF knows one guy who is getting closer and closer. MJF says he wants to get this straight. Garcia didn’t get the shot against the longest and greatest AEW World Champion ever–small brag–from pity. Garcia didn’t get it because he’s some multigeneration superstar. He didn’t get it because he had a friend in a high place here. And he damn sure didn’t get it because he made his name elsewhere, jumped into MJF’s company, and just expected a handout. MJF gave Garcia that match because unlike everyone else, Garcia EARNED it! The fans cheer that! MJF tells Danny that he reminds MJF a lot of MJF.
Let’s face it: two “undersized” kids, tough, cocky, arrogant, really talented, and from New York. Every morning, guys like them have to splash water in their face, look in the mirror, and remind themselves that it isn’t the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog! And these two New York Pitbulls have a whole lot of bark and a whole lot of bite! But full transparency, when MJF gave Garcia that shot at the top spot, with all due respect… MJF did whoop that scrawny little ass without breaking a sweat. The fans boo but Garcia nods. MJF smirks and says however… Since then, Garcia has grown exponentially.
Garcia is stronger, faster, cagier, smarter, and has climbed the ladder here rung by rung by busting his ass! Garcia didn’t run from the grind, he IS the grind. So it got MJF thinking now, maybe Garcia gets one more shot at the king. But not just any shot. Here’s what MJF is thinking. This is the big question and Garcia can tell MJF how he feels about it. The folks at home and here in the arena can voice their opinions, too. Daniel Garcia VS Maxwell Jacob Friedman, WEMBLEY STADIUM, ALL IN!! Garcia loves that idea! The fans chant “YES! YES! YES!” So what does Garcia say? Just look at Mama Garcia. This is huge!
But then wait! Will Ospreay makes his way out here! The fans fire up as the AEW International Champion, the Aerial Assassin, joins MJF and Garcia in the ring, a mic already in his hand. Ospreay looks between the two while the fans cheer him on. “Buffalo, stand up, lemme see those beautiful faces.” The fans cheer and Ospreay says he doesn’t mean to interrupt, but he wanted to come out here to appreciate the homeboy, Danny Garcia. This guy has made it known he wants a shot at the International Championship, and Ospreay loves how he’s been doing it.
Garcia has been getting win after win after win. Bruv, you’ve been doing it quicker than Ospreay in the bedroom. “Sorry, babe, I’m trying my best, I promise.” But in all seriousness, Ospreay appreciates Garcia is letting him get Forbidden Door out of the way. Because of Garcia’s hard work, because Ospreay appreciates him, and because Ospreay loves Buffalo, next week, Garcia has it! International Championship, Ospreay VS Garcia! But…! Let’s sweeten the deal. How about, not only will this belt be on the line, but Ospreay will even put the world championship on the line, bruv! Fans really like that idea!
Ospreay tells Garcia, “What you say we give these people the feeling?” Garcia says next week, in Chicago, Ospreay VS Garcia for all the gold, “Let’s get it!” They shake hands and MJF is a bit annoyed. Ospreay and MJF stare down now, but then Ospreay leaves. Will the Aerial Assassin be bringing both belts to the Windy City? Garcia tells MJF about All In- MJF has Garcia hold on now. Next week is a huge opportunity for him. Massive. MJF will let Garcia focus on that, and wishes him the best of luck. MJF heads out and Garcia isn’t sure what to make of that. But he still does his dance for the people! Will the potential showdown of MJF VS Garcia in Wembley be truly historic?
Swerve Strickland is watching backstage.
He can’t help but laugh. Oh, Will. Why’re you already offering title matches before Forbidden Door? Swerve says this is just like Ospreay, putting the cart before the horse. Swerve told Ospreay that he doesn’t have the strength to carry the weight of two worlds on his shoulders. But Ospreay better hold up his part of the bargain tonight as they face Gates of Agony. Ospreay has a focus problem it seems. And for Swerve, that’s not a good mindset for a world champion. Nana asks, “Whose house?” Then he sips his coffee. Will the two champions be able to work together this close to the Forbidden Door? Or will they fail to get past the Gates?
Six Man Tag: Blackpool Combat Club VS Los Ingobernables de Japon!
Another world champion is preparing for battle as Jon Moxley brings Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta along to battle Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & Titan! Bryan Danielson will be on commentary to watch closely, will the BCC soften up the Rampaging Dragon for him? Or will LIJ be the ones weakening The Maniac ahead of his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match with Tetsuya Naito?
The trios sort out and the fans rally up as Claudio starts against Takagi. They tie up, are in a deadlock, but Claudio headlocks. Takagi powers up and out, but Claudio runs him over! Claudio fires up, the fans fire up with him, and things speed up. Claudio then drops down to have a headlock! Takagi fights up, powers out, but Claudio RAMS him! Takagi RAMS back, the two men roar, and then the forearms start flying! The fans fire up as Takagi gets the edge, and he eggs Claudio on. Claudio winds up to UPPERCUT! And UPPERCUT! And UPPER- NO, Takagi hooks Claudio! Claudio fights the Gory Especial and then whips Takagi to a corner.
Claudio runs in, Takagi dodges, and he HIP TOSSES! Claudio gets to his feet and the fans fire up. The two back up and tag out to Hiromu and Yuta. The two tie up, Hiromu waistlocks but Yuta spins around. Hiromu kicks low, whips, but Yuta reverses. Hiromu hops over to whip Yuta, but then ROCKS Yuta, drop toeholds him to ropes and KICKS the ropes to jam him up! Yuta staggers, Hiromu runs and RANAS! Yuta goes to a corner, Hiromu runs up to clothesline! Snapmare and basement DROPKICK! The fans fire up, Takagi hops back in, and LIJ double whips. They both run Yuta over, and fans fire up as they both flex!
Hiromu tags Titan, and Hiromu sends Yuta to a corner. Takagi whips Titan in, LOCO LARIAT! Titan goes up top and CROSSBODIES! Titan rolls off the cover and he DROPKICKS Yuta out! Titan then builds speed to DIVE! Direct hit at the ramp and the fans fire up! Titan puts Yuta in, covers, TWO! Yuta stays in this but Titan stomps him. The fans rally up, Titan kicks and kicks and brings Yuta up. Yuta atomic drops, then ENZIGIRIS! Titan flounders, Yuta brings him over, tag to Claudio! The fans rally as Claudio whips Titan to a corner. Claudio runs up, but into a BOOT! SOBAT! KICK! Titan fires more shots and SOBATS Claudio down!
The fans fire up as Titan skins the cat to the top rope. Claudio staggers up, Titan leaps, but Claudio catches him! BACKBREAKER! Claudio & Moxley BLAST LIJ and the fans are thunderous! The fans chant for the “B C C! B C C!” as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Claudio points, the fans cheer more, and Claudio tags in Moxley! Moxley TOSSES Titan out, then goes out. Titan kicks but Moxley DECKS Titan! Moxley puts Titan in a corner to rain down fists. The ref counts, Moxley lets off, but then KNEES Titan into the barriers! Titan flops over, Claudio stares LIJ down, and Moxley wrenches Titan. Moxley goes after Titan’s mask, the ref reprimands, so Moxley CLUBS Titan and puts him in the ring. Moxley clamps onto Titan for an ELBOW, then a KICK! And repeat! Moxley hauls Titan up, tags Yuta, and Moxley suplexes Titan high and hard! Yuta SENTONS on top! Cover, TWO!
Yuta drags titan back, tags Claudio back in, and they split the wishbone! Claudio clamps onto Titan with a neck wrench and he endures. Claudio leans on the hold, lets off, and then brings Titan up. Titan CHOPS in return! And CHOPS, and CHOPS, and SOBATS! But Claudio grabs that leg and trips Titan up! GIANT SWING! Titan goes around and around and around, all the way to TEN! Titan flounders around all dizzy, and Claudio pushes him to a cover. TWO, but Claudio stays on Titan with an armlock. Titan endures all over again as Dynamite returns to single picture. The fans rally, Hiromu gets in and attacks, but Moxley goes after Hiromu!
Moxley TOSSES Hiromu, Yuta BLASTS Takagi! Moxley whips Hiromu hard into the barriers! Bryan loves it when things get chaotic. Claudio whips but Titan stops himself to then dropkick a leg out! Titan then runs to DOUBLE STOMP! The fans fire up, Titan and Claudio crawl, hot tag to Moxley! Moxley intercepts Titan but Titan CHOPS! Moxley fires a forearm! Moxley whips, Titan reverses then goes Matrix! CALF KICK! Moxley staggers back into a corner, Titan hot tags Takagi! The fans fire up as Takagi BLASTS Yuta as payback! Then he runs up, blocks Mox’s boot, then clotheslines through!
Takagi fires up and the fans are with him! Takagi fires forearm after forearm but Claudio gets in to CLUB Takagi. Claudio whips Takagi corner to corner but Takagi reverses! Takagi runs in to clothesline Claudio, then he runs to clothesline Moxley! Takagi waistlocks Claudio, Claudio switches and Moxley runs up, but Takagi BOOTS him! Takagi breaks free, sends Moxley into Claudio, then he DOUBLE LARIATS! Moxley & Claudio both stay up! Takagi apologizes, but then he catches Moxley and kicks Claudio. COMPLETE SHOT DDT COMBO! The fans fire up but Yuta slides in! Takagi gets him for a spin and suplex, high and HARD!
The fans fire up even more as Takagi and Moxley rise. Takagi says “My time has come! TOKI GA KITA!” Moxley fires a forearm, but Takagi gives it back! They go back and forth, the fans torn, but Moxley gets the edge. Takagi ELBOWS! And JABS! And YUKON- NO, Moxley LARIATS first! But Takagi’s up to LARIAT anyway! Moxley gets back up, DOUBLE LARIATS collide, but neither man falls! Moxley BITES Takagi’s forehead! Moxley runs, but Takagi follows to LARIAT at the ropes! Takagi runs, but Moxley SWATS the lariat! Takagi spins through to ELBOW! JAB! YUKON LARIAT! Both men are down and the fans are fired up!
Moxley and Takagi crawl, they reach out, hot tags to Yuta and Hiromu! They DOUBLE LARIAT, then they fire off forearms! The fans rally as Decoder gets the edge on the Ticking Timebomb! Yuta roars, runs, but Hiromu follows to UPPERCUT! Hiromu runs, but Yuta follows to LARIAT! Yuta then fakes Hiromu out to ELBOW! But Hiromu SUPERKICKS! Yuta rewinds, gets around, GERMAN SUPLEX! Yuta roars, Hiromu staggers around, and Yuta storms up, only for Hiromu to fireman’s carry! TIMEBOMB 1.5! Cover, TWO!! Yuta survives, Bryan is relieved, but Hiromu SUPERKICKS Moxley off the apron!
Hiromu runs, HIROMU-CHAN BOMBER! But Moxley gets a chair! The ref sees but can’t stop him! Moxley SMACKS Hiromu with the chair!!
Winners: Los Ingobernables de Japon, by disqualification
The Maniac’s temper gets the better of him, but now it’s a brawl! Takagi is after Moxley, Claudio is after Takagi, but Titan is after Claudio! The fans fire up but the ref says stop! Yuta goes after Titan, Hiromu goes after Yuta! Claudio drags Takagi out while Moxley stomps Titan, but here comes NAITO! The leader of LIJ is here, but where is he then? Naito takes his time strutting out in his red suit and coat. The coat comes off, the sleeves are unbuttoned, and the vest is put aside. Moxley wants Naito to get in here to fight him already! Naito takes the dress shirt off, but Moxley has had it! Naito gets the pants off and he brawls with Moxley!
Naito ROCKS Moxley, fires off more shots, but Moxley CLAWS Naito’s eyes! Naito returns the favor, they scrap around the way and to the side of the stage! The fans fire up as Naito throws hands on Moxley! The brawling at ringside continues, too! Takagi puts Yuta in the ring, and he makes sure Bryan sees this! HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! Bryan storms off commentary to get in the ring! The fans fire up as Takagi lets off of Yuta and stares Bryan down. The fans want to see it now but they have to wait until Sunday. Which dragon slays the other in their chase of the Owen Hart Cup?
2024 Men’s Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal: Jay White w/ The Bang Bang Gang VS Rey Fenix w/ Penta El Zero Miedo & Alex Abrahantes!
Speaking of the Owen Hart Cup, The Switchblade and the Immortal Firebird battle it out in an opening round match to build the other side of the bracket. Will White win “by order of the Bang Bang Gang?” Or will Fenix say #ANIMO to being one step closer to glory?
The Bang Bang Gang says “GUNS UP!” but the Lucha Brothers say “CERO! MIEDO!” The ref wants this all to calm down but the dueling continues. “GUNS UP!” “CERO! MIEDO!” It’s too much, and the ref EJECTS The Bang Bang Gang, and he EJECTS Penta & Abrahantes! Penta is fine with it, because at least now things are even. White protests but the bell rings, and Fenix rolls him up! TWO!! White escapes, dodges a lariat and knees low! White CHOPS and CHOPS and stomps Fenix. Fenix sputters, White stomps more then bumps Fenix off buckles. White RAMS into Fenix again and again, then brings Fenix around to CHOP!
The fans duel, “Let’s Go, Switchblade!” “Let’s Go, Fenix!” White whips, Fenix reverses but White reverses back. Fenix tiger feint rewinds, White ducks the heel kick to kick low. White scoops, Fenix slips free and waistlocks. White throws elbows, gets free, and he CHOPS! White whips again, but Fenix handsprings! White CLUBS Fenix, but Fenix rebounds to tilt-o-whirl RANA! The fans fire up, Fenix goes corner to corner, but White puts him on the apron. Fenix CHOPS, springboards, and FLYING ARM-DRAGS! White staggers up but Fenix DROPKICKS him back down! The fans fire up as White bails out, and Fenix DIVES! Direct hit at the ramp!
The fans fire up while White sputters, and even Fenix needs to catch his breath for a moment. Fenix gets White up and brings him around, but White shoves Fenix away. Fenix SUPERKICKS back, then goes up, only for White to trip him up! Fenix crashes down on the apron, White pushes him in and stalks him to a corner. White UPPERCUTS, then he scoops for the flip and BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Fenix survives, White is frustrated, but Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Fenix bails out of the ring but White pursues. White stands Fenix up but Fenix CHOPS! And CHOPS! White CLAWS Fenix’s eyes! The ref reprimands, White leaves Fenix behind, but only long enough to refresh the count. White then storms over, but Fenix CHOPS him! White CHOPS back! Fenix drops to his knees, White argues with a kid in the crowd, then hurries after Fenix. White CLOBBERS Fenix, refreshes the count again, then puts Fenix in the ring. Cover, TWO! Fenix stays in this but White stays on him with a facelock. White grinds Fenix down, leans his weight on him, but Fenix fights up to his feet.
Fenix fifes body shots but White CLUBS him! White turns Fenix for a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! White is annoyed but he drags Fenix up, to CHOP him back down! White sits Fenix up, to CHOP him down again! Fenix sits up to CHOP back! Fenix eggs White on so White CHOPS again! White eggs Fenix on, Fenix sits up and reaches out, but falls over again. White stands Fenix up to JAB to the corner. White CLAWS at Fenix’s face, the ref counts, and White lets off at 4. White shakes out his hand as Fenix rises up. White brings Fenix around to CHOP! Fenix falls over, Dynamite returns to single picture, and White asks, “Is he dead?”
White stands on Fenix’s head, lets off, but Fenix gets up to CHOP and CHOP and CHOP! White CLAWS the eyes, KNEES low, then CHOPS again! White suplexes, Fenix slips free but White CHOPS! White scoops, Fenix slips free again to shove and SUPERKICK! White leans against ropes, Fenix tightrope walks to PENALTY KICK! White is down, Fenix goes up, FROG SPLASH! Fenix bounces off and has to crawl back to the cover, TWO!! White survives, the fans fire up and Fenix stands! Somersault RANA! Cover, TWO!! White escapes and the fans fire up! Fenix spins to SOBAT! And he KICKS a leg! Fenix aims, but White blocks the kick!
White spins Fenix, wrenches through, and DDTS! Both men are down and the fans fire back up! White crawls over, brings Fenix up, and he suplexes, for a BRAINBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Fenix survives and White pleads with the ref. The ref says his count was fair so White has no choice but to go back to Fenix. White clamps on with a SLEEPER, but he also drags Fenix up. The fans rally, SNAP- NO, Fenix pops free to victory roll! TWO!! White escapes, clinches Fenix, and hits an URENAGE! Cover, TWO!! Fenix survives again and White is losing his cool. White snarls as he drags Fenix up into the clinch, BLADE- ROLL UP!! TWO!!!
Fenix hurries to scoop White now! White slips free, gut wrenches, but Fenix slips free again! Clinch, BLADE- NO, Fenix slips free to waistlock! White resists, Fenix CLUBS and ROUBNDHOUSES White! Then fireman’s carry, for a DEATH VALLEY- BLADERUNNER!! White turns Fenix over for the cover, WHITE WINS!
Winner: Jay White, by pinfall (advances to the semifinals)
White snatches that one outta nowhere, and now the Bang Bang Gang returns so they can celebrate! White will await either Jeff Jarrett or the yet to be determined wild card in the next round, but wait! The Patriarchy comes out here? Christian Cage leads Mother Shayna, Nick Wayne, and Killswitch/Luchasaurus down to the ring, and Bullet Club Gold is ready to stand their ground! White stares Captain Charisma down, daring him to do something. Christian grins and backs away. The fans chant “He’s Your Father!” but White invites “dad” into the ring. The Patriarchy heads back to the back, but will they all Breath With The Switchblade?
The Young Bucks speak.
They pump up their custom Reeboks, and Nicholas says it is time to address some business. Last week, The Acclaimed, they know Nick has a temper. He gets angry, he gets mad. He brought a foreign object into the ring and The Acclaimed took advantage! That’s how they won that match. But guess what? When these titles are actually on the line, the results will be a little bit different. Matthew says it’s fine, they are still the AEW World Tag Team Champions. And The Rainmaker is still Continental Champion. After Forbidden Door, there will be a NEW TNT Champion, and his name will be Jack Perry.
But ladies and gentlemen, The Bucks have plans. In fact, here’s some BREAKING NEWS! Next week on Dynamite, The Elite have decided to insert their very own Wild Card into the Owen Hart Cup! That man will run through the tournament, get a shot at the world title, and bring it back home to The Elite, where it belongs. Then they will have all the power and all the gold. Let’s keep changing the world! Alright, let’s have a good show! Next segment! Also, tie your shoes, guys. Moron. Uh, cut? Okay, but who is this wild card The EVPs are about to deal against Double J next week?
The Acclaimed is here!
Max Caster skips doing a diss track as he’s on his way out with Anthony Bowens & Billy Gunn, because they’re gonna address some business of their own! What will Platinum Max, the Five Tool Player & Daddy Ass have to say? We find out, after the break.
Dynamite returns and Caster has the mic. The fans sing “OH~ Scissor Me, Daddy~!” Billy is having so much fun, he does a somersault! Caster then says, “Yo! Yo! YO! Listen…! Last week, The Acclaimed fought the Young Cucks, right here in this ring, and the result surprised nobody, because The People’s Choice pinned the World Tag Team Champions, and earned themselves a title shot!” The fans cheer, and Caster tells the “Young Cucks” that they were exposed for the soft ass, self important EVPs that they are! The Acclaimed proved that Matt & Nick can’t run production, can’t run the company right, and they can’t run from a fight!
“Because The Acclaimed is gettin’ up in that ass and gettin’ those titles back! And that’s a mic drop.” The fans cheer that, and Bowens takes over. Bowens says all they need to do is beat those two enema nozzles one more time! And Nick, they heard what you said, talking about cheating and all this nonsense. Don’t go making excuses, because next time, he’ll have none when they’re all face to face. The Acclaimed have been strategizing on when would be the best time to challenge for the titles. And when they do, you will be looking at the NEW, TWO-TIME A E W World Tag Team Champions! WHY? Because EVERYONE loves The Acclaimed!
Now Buffalo, throw those scissors high in the air! “SCISSOR ME, DADDY-” Wait, someone is saying to wait. It’s Kazuchika Okada! He and The Bucks make their way out here, the fans boo, and Okada tells The Acclaimed, “Scissor me, b*tch.” Matt stops Okada there, and thanks him for that. But first, if the fans could all shut their mouths so Matt can get to business… The fans boo but Matt tells them to have some respect for the EVPs! Nick says they are here to conduct business! At Forbidden Door, The Elite challenges “the three of you PR*CKS!” How’s that!? Billy has the mic to say he has something to say.
Billy isn’t sure what The Elite said, because the fans were busy saying how The Elite sucks. But as much as Billy would love to kick the crap out of all three of them by himself, he has something even better in mind. He knows how to deal with EVPs. He’s kind of a big deal himself, and has people in high places. And Billy happens to even know a president. PRESIDENT ACE, THAT IS! Hiroshi Tanahashi is on the tron and he tells his “old friend,” Okada, this is his greatest rival speaking. And he is coming to Forbidden Door to fight Okada and The Elite! “Scissor Ace is coming!” The fans fire up with that idea!
The Elite seem amused by this notion. But will the Rainmaker & Bucks be ready for Tanahashi & The Acclaimed? Or will Tanahashi get one last win over Okada?
Backstage interview with Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly & Mark Briscoe.
Renee Paquette is with “the conglomeration” of Freshly Squeezed, Violent Artist & Sussex County Chicken, and notes this is Forbidden Door Season. Mark, please do us the honors. Mark says this Sunday, Sunday, Sunday, it is the convergence on the Big Apple! The conglomeration gonna be there kicking ass ‘n’ taking names! Mark is in the ladder match for the TNT Championship! He has two shoulders but only one belt, so he needs to add that TNT strap to the collection. Then his man, OC, has Zack Sabre Jr. in 1v1 action, IF there is anything left of Zack after tonight! Kyle O’Reilly asks if he could take over here.
Kyle tells ZSJ, “you limey scallywag! The word of the day is synchronicity! See, this is one hand. See, this is another hand! What’re they doing? They’re washing each other!” And that is what Mark has helped Kyle do with the power of motivation! ZSJ, with your square jawline, it’d be a shame if Kyle put his shin bone through it so that Zack Sabre Senior won’t even recognize his son anymore! “Oh, he ‘urt mah boy! His bones is topsy-turvy!” Kyle hopes Mark likes that. Mark loves it! Sprinkle in a little bit of this. “Zack Sabre Junior, you ain’t nothing but fish ‘n’ chips, boy! You ain’t nothing buy a spot o’ tea! You soft, son! You Peppa Pig, boy!”
Mark says Kyle is gonna whoop that ass tonight, then Orange will whoop that ass on Sunday! The conglomeration is up in here and ain’t going nowhere! Let’s go, baby! New York City! Forbidden Door, baby! LET’S GO! Kyle loves it, they head out, and Cassidy says that was good. Renee agrees, they’re both good. But will the Violent Artist prove he is the true Submission Master? Or will ZSJ make Kyle #JustTapOut?
Six Woman Tag: Toni Storm, Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa VS The Outcasts!
The Leading Lady leads her protege and her future opponent against their common enemies! Saraya & Harley have added Anna Jay to the group, but will the Star of the Show help them outshine the AEW Women’s World Champion? Or can Storm and Mina put their differences aside long enough to get through tonight?
The trios sort out and Mina starts against Anna. The two circle, tie up, and Anna puts Mina on ropes. The ref counts, Anna lets off and she kicks low. Anna whips, Mina rolls over the dropdown then eggs Anna on. Anna runs up, Mina sidesteps and follows, but Anna catches her to spin and suplex! Mina slips free, slides and shows off for the fans. Anna snarls, kicks, but Mina swats that to trip Anna! Mina KICKS Anna, then swaggers a bit more. The fans cheer, Mina whips Anna to a corner, but Anna reverses. Anna runs up but Mina slips out to the apron. Mina ROCKS Anna, steps in and goes up to ENZIGIRI!
The fans fire up as Mina reaches out to Storm, only to tag Mariah instead! Storm is left hanging, but she should’ve known that was coming. Mariah & Mina run and DOUBLE DROPKICK Anna! Team Rose Gold shimmy and shake but Storm is not amused. Harley tags in, runs up and gets around Mariah to throw her down by her hair! The ref reprimands, but Harley throws down ELBOW after ELBOW into Mariah’s shoulder. The fans rally but Harley taunts the fans as she ELBOWS Mariah down. Harley runs, but into a scoop! Mariah hits a SPIN OUT SIDEWALK SLAM! The fans fire up but Saraya is mad as Mariah brings Harley up.
Mariah looks to her corner, but both mentors are looking at her expectantly. Mariah isn’t sure who to choose, but then they both tag her! The ref says that doesn’t count! Then Saraya & Anna YANK Mina & Storm off the corner anyway! Mina and Storm are sent into barriers, Harley CHOKES Anna in the corner, but the ref counts. The fans boo, Harley whips Mariah, and then ELBOWS Mariah down, right as Dynamite goes picture in picture!
Harley covers, TWO! Harley is upset but she drags Mariah up. Harley bumps Mariah off buckles, gets space and runs in to SPLASH! Tag to Anna and Harley whips her in so she can LEG LARIAT! Mariah sputters but Anna tags Saraya. Anna puts Mariah in the ropes for Saraya, and Saraya fires KNEE after KNEE on Mariah. The ref counts, Saraya lets off to step inside, and she tags Harley in. Harley AX KICKS Mariah in the ropes! Then AX KICKS again! Harley pushes Mariah down, dribbles her off the mat, then stands on Mariah. Harley CLUBS Mariah down, puts her in ropes again, and then Harley argues with the ref so Saraya can CHOKE Mariah!
Saraya gets away before the ref sees, then Harley CHOKES Mariah herself! The ref counts, Harley lets off, and she drags Mariah from ropes. Mariah fires forearms but Harley CLUBS her back down! Harley hammers away on Mariah, taunts both Mina and Storm, then puts Mariah on the ropes. Harley CHOKES Mariah, but Mariah turns things around to CHOP! Harley turns things around to fires off forearms! Dynamite returns to single picture as the ref reprimands. Harley whips, Mariah ducks ‘n’ dodges, but DOUBLE FACEBUSTERS take them both down! The fans fire up as Mariah and Harley crawl, hot tags to Saraya and Storm!
The fans fire up as Storm rallies on The Outcasts! She gets around Saraya to SNAP GERMAN! Saraya flounders to a corner, Storm BOOTS Harley then runs in, HIP ATTACK! Mina tags herself in, she tells Storm to move aside, and then she keeps Saraya from The Outcasts. But Saraya boots free, tag to Harley! Harley ROCKS Mina then hits a BACKSTABBER! Cover, Mariah breaks it! Well, Storm certainly wasn’t going to. Mariah then HEADBUTTS Harley, but Anna runs up to FLATLINER! Storm gets in to THESZ PRESS Anna! Saraya BOOTS Storm! Saraya TOSSES Storm but Mina URAKENS! Harley is up, she wrenches Mina, but Mina blocks the boot!
URAKEN!! Mina fires up, brings Harley around, GLORIOUS DRIVER MINA!! Cover, Mina and team win!
Winners: Toni Storm, Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa, by pinfall
Mariah is happy, and she brings in champagne for her mentors. They are to toast their celebration, and they say fine. They toast, drink up, and then Mariah hugs with Mina. Storm dances with Mariah but Mina grabs the champagne bottle. Mina taps Storm on the shoulder, Storm turns around, but then Storm ducks in time! The bottle SMASHES on Mariah’s head!! Mina panics as she hits the wrong person! Mina and Storm both check on Mariah while the fans tell Mina she messed up. Mina and Storm glare at each other, but the ref wants them to save it for Sunday. More refs rush out to keep this from getting physical, but what about Mariah?
Mercedes Mone speaks.
“Hola~! Stephanie, chica, I flew all the way to Mexico to watch your title match. And here I am at Dynamite, but… where are you? You must still be salty after I kicked your ass and held both titles high above my head. And that’s exactly what’s gonna happen at Forbidden Door. Because I told you, there’s a price to pay when you mess with Mone. So I heard you have a match this Saturday on Collision, right here in Buffalo~. Wow. I guess the TBS Champion is gonna have to make her way to TNT and sit ringside just for your match.
“So enjoy your final days as the NJPW Strong Women’s Champion. Because this Sunday, I’m gonna right my final wrong. And then Two Belts Mone? Well, she changes everything.” Mone is ready to be truly golden, but will she just get an eyeful of why Vaquer is La Primera?
Chris Jericho is here!
Buffalo is torn as The Learning Tree leads “Bad Apple” Bryan Keith and “The Redwood,” “Big Bill” Morrissey to the ring. Keith has his arm in a sling after The Wrestler, Katsuyori Shibata, tore at it last Saturday Night Collision. But even so, Jericho and Bill still wave to the fans. Bill gets a mic to say, “Joe, Hook, Shibata, look at what you did to our Apple! You took him out, and then you had the nerve to challenge us to a Six Man Tag, knowing that we no longer have our third man available. But in the wise words of the sensei of the sickos, the Learning Tree, Chris Jericho, when one door closes, another door, perhaps a Forbidden Door, opens.”
See what they did there? These fans know what Bill’s talking about. The mic is then handed to Jericho and he says, “Hi, guys~!” Jericho knows that everyone who knows him knows that Jericho is in AEW for one reason and one reason only: he’s here to help the young guys! That is why Jericho has brought so many of them into the “Jericho Vortex,” so that he can help their careers. That includes The Redwood and The Bad Apple. So that’s why it is not fair that Joe, Hook & Shibata hurt Keith. But! “Samoa Joke, the joke is on you! Because we found another partner!
“He’s one of the toughest men that I ever met in the history of my time in Japan, and I’ve been to Japan almost 60 times, which is a lot, guys. And much like The Acclaimed had their video with Tanahashi, we’ve got a video from this guy, as well. But we haven’t watched it yet, because I wanted to share it with all of you and watch it for the first time together with all my Branches.” The fans cheer that, at least. So Joe, Hook & Shibata, you’re gonna learn a hard lesson that you’re not gonna like. But que sara sara, right? So here he is! A fellow Wrestling Observe Newsletter Hall of Famer, just like Jericho! Their Forbidden Door partner is…
MINORU SUZUKI! The fans fire up and the King of Pancrase tells Jericho, “I understand why you want me to be your partner at Forbidden Door. But you are mistaken about one thing. I don’t want to wrestle by your side. I want to wrestle YOU, one-on one. Are you trying to avoid me because you’re scared? You’re not chickening out, are you? I hate your soft way of thinking now. The Learning Tree. The heck is that? I want nothing to do with anything like that! I will Not be your partner. Instead, you put your FTW Title on the line, and you wrestle ME! CHRIS, EFFIN’, JERICHO! Thank you, guys~! See you soon.”
Uh oh… Jericho hears it from the fans, he messed up. Keith says Chris ain’t no chicken! But then here come Samoa Joe and the boys! Joe has a smirk and a mic as he says, “Well, isn’t this awkward? You came here to Buffalo, New York looking for a savior, and yet you have struck out again.” Joe laughs, and tells Jericho, “What we’ve learned tonight is that The Learning Tree is much like the Jericho family tree: it just don’t have enough branches. So Chris, know that what stands before you, your opponents are very much students of the game. And we have gone back and meticulously watched every single Learning Tree segment to garner everything we could about our opponents.
“And y’know what the funny thing is? We were discussing it amongst ourselves, we said, how do we describe this feeling that we have when we see you drop these nuggets of wisdom on the world? And my friend Shibata here, the wordsmith that he is, well, he best summed it up better than anybody.” Shibata has his phone say use text to speech: “Oh brother, this guy sucks!” The fans chant, “This Guy Sucks!” but then Jericho SLAPS Joe! Joe smirks, then turns into a glare. Joe HEADBUTTS Jericho! Then Shibata & Hook go after Keith & Bill! Joe beats down Jericho, Jericho and Keith get out but then Bill flops out of the ring!
The Learning Tree and his Branches make like a tree and leaf! Suzuki wants the FTW Championship, Joe and the rest want a fight, what is Jericho to do?
Zack Sabre Jr. VS Kyle O’Reilly!
The Submission Master wants after “Orange Bollocks,” but that’s for Forbidden Door. As the Violent Artist and the Sussex County Chicken said, the plan is to break down the Brit before ever getting to Long Island, will it happen? Or will we see that ZSJ > KOR?
Speaking of Freshly Squeezed, Orange Cassidy has joined commentary. And because they can’t seem to leave Kyle alone, The Undisputed Kingdom’s Roderick Strong, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett have front row seats at ringside to watch this match. And wait, with them is the NJPW Strong Champion, Gabe Kidd. What’s the Mad Man doing hanging out with those guys? Well, anyway, the bell rings and the fans rally up. ZSJ and Kyle feel things out. They circle, clinch, and ZSJ facelocks. ZSJ waistlocks, Kyle switches, but ZSJ switches back. ZSJ wrangles Kyle to the mat, Kyle gets his leg guard up, and fans cheer while ZSJ backs off.
The two reset, knuckle lock, and go shoulder to shoulder. The fans duel, and ZSJ powers his way to a straitjacket stretch. Kyle powers up to turn things around, but ZSJ bridges, trips Kyle, then covers. ONE, ZSJ goes for a waistlock but Kyle turns that right around on him. ZSJ has his leg guard but Kyle cartwheels over. ZSJ stands, and the fans cheer the standoff. Kyle and ZSJ reset, circle again, and Cassidy admits, these guys are doing moves he doesn’t know how to do. Kyle and ZSJ tie up collar ‘n’ elbow, then they end up in a corner. The ref counts, ZSJ wrenches to whip corner to corner. Kyle reverses but ZSJ goes up and under!
Kyle goes up and under but ZSJ steps over to sunset flip, but Kyle drops to the ARMBAR! ZSJ slips out to ARMBAR! Kyle slips away and the fans cheer this newest standoff. Both men shake out those arms, Roddy shouts, “C’mon, Kyle!” Kyle and ZSJ tie up, and then Kyle goes for the arm. Kyle wrenches, ZSJ rolls, bridges, and spins to slip free. The fans cheer as ZSJ swaggers, and then ZSJ talks a bit of smack on Gabe. Gabe wants Kyle to just punch ZSJ for him. Kyle and ZSJ reset, knuckle lock, and Kyle rolls, wrenches, but ZSJ fights off the wrangle by hooking a leg and pulling an ear. Kyle still wrangles ZSJ and covers, ONE!
Kyle still has the arm but ZSJ reaches up with his legs to get a headscissor! The fans cheer, and ZSJ squeezes tight. Kyle endures, fights around, and he rolls back to tie up ZJS’s legs. The fans cheer as Kyle switches to a cravat and snapmare, and he KICKS ZSJ in the back! Kyle gets ZSJ up to throw knees, then he snapmares. ZSJ bridges up to snapmare back! Kyle bridges up to snapmare again! ZSJ gets up, but Kyle hops on for a SLEEPER! ZSJ tries to roll but Kyle blocks that. So ZSJ throws Kyle down, and NECK TWISTS! Kyle writhes, ZSJ isolates an arm and STOMPS it! Kyle writhes more as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
ZSJ waits on Kyle while he clutches that arm. Kyle is okay to continue so ZSJ grabs that arm, for a DISARMER! Kyle endures, even as ZSJ shifts to an omoplata. ZSJ bends fingers, SNAPS them, then SNAPS the other fingers! Kyle writhes but ZSJ stands him up to UPPERCUT! And UPPERCUT again! Kyle staggers around, ZSJ RAMS into him at the ropes. ZSJ shoves Kyle, but Kyle catches ZSJ to a GUILLOTINE FACELOCK! But ZSJ wrenches free to WRING the arm out! Kyle writhes and goes to the apron while ZSJ swaggers a bit. ZSJ heads over, but Kyle gets a leg! DRAPING DRAGON SCREW! Now ZSJ flops down and writhes!
Kyle steps in, paces as ZSJ rises, and then Kyle grabs the leg! DRAGON SCREW, but ZSJ steps through! NECK TWIST! Kyle writhes again and Gabe is frustrated for him. ZSJ clamps onto Kyle with a top wristlock and he pulls on the arm. Kyle endures, even as ZSJ shifts around and isolates that arm. ZSJ STOMPS the arm and Kyle clutches the elbow. The ref checks Kyle but he’s still in this. ZSJ cravats Kyle for a neck wrench, but Kyle endures. Kyle moves around, Dynamite returns to single picture, and he UPPERCUTS free! Kyle fires forearm after forearm, but ZSJ UPPERCUTS the arm! ZSJ whips, Kyle reverses, but ZSJ turns kitchen sink into COBRA TWIST!
The fans fire up as Kyle endures, but ZSJ shifts around to an IRON OCTOPUS! Kyle still endures, and he pulls on ZSJ’s leg to have an ANKLE LOCK! ZSJ turns over to kick and kick. Kyle lets go but ZSJ ducks the Penalty Kick! Kyle blocks a kick to give a kick! ZSJ swings, Kyle bobs ‘n’ weaves to fire off a strike fest! KICK! KICK! ZSJ has to sit down! The fans fire up while Kyle paces. Taven & Bennett applaud, but ZSJ UPPERCUTS Kyle back! ZSJ double wristlocks but Kyle fires knees! The fans chant “This is Wrestling!” as Kyle fires another strike fest! LEG SWEEP! Kyle grits his teeth, ZSJ crawls to a corner.
Kyle runs in, forearm smash! Kyle wrenches an arm, but ZSJ has a SLEEPER! Kyle drops to throw ZSJ off but ZSJ wrenches an arm to PELE it! ZSJ runs, into a KNEE! Kyle runs, into a cradle! TWO!! Kyle suplexes for the FALCON ARROW into the ARMBAR! ZSJ clasps hands, Kyle pulls at it, but ZSJ rolls back. ZSJ has an ANKLE LOCK! Kyle rolls to get an ANKLE LOCK! ZSJ rolls again, for an ARMBAR! Kyle rolls back, he has the ANKLE LOCK again! Cassidy is speechless seeing this, but ZSJ reels Kyle in for a headlock! Kyle SAIDOS free! The fans are thunderous, Kyle gives ZSJ AX & SMASH! But ZSJ KICKS in return!
ZSJ kicks again but Kyle ducks it! Kyle avoids the sweep, ZSJ avoids the Penalty Kick, but DOUBLE ROUNDHOUSES hit! They wobble, ZSJ runs up, but into a KNEE!! The fans are thunderous, Roddy shouts for Kyle to end this! Kyle gets ZSJ up, hooks a leg, but ZSJ CLUBS away on Kyle! Kyle kicks but ZSJ blocks! SLAP! Kyle wobbles, but he blocks a kick! Kyle SLAPS, ZSJ SLAPS, they SLAP back and forth! ZSJ fires off a flurry, but Kyle SLAPS, SLAPS and SLAPS! ZSJ umps into an ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! TRIANGLE HOLD! Kyle stacks it, TWO, and ZSJ shifts to a DISARMER! And DEEP! Kyle TAPS, ZSJ wins!!
Winner: Zack Sabre Jr, by submission
The Front Man of TMDK proves The Mighty Don’t Kneel! Cassidy is a bit upset, Roddy and Gabe also have their own argument going on, but ZSJ invites Cassidy down to the ring. Cassidy does go down to the ring, but he rolls into the ring rather than step through the ropes ZSJ holds open. The Kingdom then storms into the ring so that they can check on their “friend,” Kyle. ZSJ gets Cassidy to focus on him now. And then the rest of TMDK appears, backing ZSJ up. ZSJ says it’s fine, but then TOMOHIRO ISHII is here!? The Stone Pitbull has been a friend to Cassidy in the past, so he’s here now to back Cassidy up!
The fans fire up as Cassidy has Chaos by his side, and then Gabe Kidd just starts barking at everyone. Tensions are running high in all different directions, is The Forbidden Door going to get ripped off its hinges?
BREAKING NEWS for Rampage!
Roderick Strong and Gabe Kidd are going to team up together to take on The Infantry! Will the Savior of the Backbreaker and the Mad Man of New Japan make for a strong combination? Or will Captain Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo be ready for a war with the War Dog?
Will Ospreay & Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS The Gates of Agony!
While the Aerial Assassin and The Mogul are battling for THE AEW World Championship on Sunday, they both have beef with the former Embassy. Will Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona come to regret leaving Swerve’s House? Or will they make sure neither champion nor challenger reaches the Forbidden Door?
The teams sort out, and while Swerve and Ospreay argue, The Gates attack! The fans boo but Liona TOSSES Swerve out and Kaun CLUBS away on Ospreay. Swerve and Liona brawl outside, and Liona knees low to then whip Swerve into railing! Kaun CHOPS Ospreay, then seethes as he drags Ospreay up. Kaun whips corner to corner, Ospreay goes up and over, things keep moving. Kaun hurdles, Ospreay shoves him then hurdles back. Ospreay MONKEY FLIPS Kaun and the fans fire up! Ospreay runs in at the corner but is put on the apron. Ospreay ROCKS Kaun, springboards, PIOP PIP CHEERIO! Cover, ONE!!
Kaun is tough but Ospreay tags Swerve. The champs double whip, then POP-UP ROUNDHOUSE! Swerve somersaults to FLATLINER! Ospreay STANDING MOONSAULTS! Cover, TWO! Swerve says this is on Ospreay’s timing, not his. Swerve gets Kaun up to suplex, but Kaun slips free. Kaun waistlocks, Swerve switches and Ospreay storms in. Kaun slips away so Ospreay almost boots Swerve! Swerve blocks it in time, and Ospreay says sorry. Swerve lets Ospreay’s foot down, but Liona runs up to DOUBLE LARIAT! The Gates then DOUBLE BACK SUPLEX Swerve! Kaun covers, ONE!!
Swerve is also tough but Kaun tags Liona. Nana keeps the fans going with “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” Kaun whisp Liona in but Swerve bails out, and Dynamite goes picture in picture. So Liona just goes up and out to the apron! Liona ASAI MOONSAULTS onto Swerve and Ospreay! The Samoan-Boricua hybrid roars as he and Kaun stand tall at the corner. Liona has a sadistic grin as he goes back for Swerve and puts him in the ring. Swerve staggers away but Liona storms up to CHOKE him! The ref counts, Liona steps off, and he gets in the ref’s face. Liona goes back for Swerve but Swerve throws hands!
Liona BODY SHOTS Swerve, CHOKES him in the corner, and sits him down before letting go. The ref reprimands, but this lets Kaun CHOKE Swerve behind his back! Ospreay storms over but the ref stops him, letting Kaun get away! Liona then storms up, drags Swerve up, and he brings Swerve over. Tag to Kaun, and he slingshots to sunset flip! Swerve holds onto ropes but Liona SUPERKICKS him down! Cover, TWO! Swerve escapes but Kaun CLUBS Swerve. Kaun CHOPS, kicks low, but Swerve hits back! Kaun fires off forearms in the corner! Kaun drags Swerve up and over, tags Liona, and they mug Swerve.
Liona scoops Swerve to SLAM him, then runs to FALLING HEADBUTT! Liona clamps onto Swerve’s shoulder, Swerve endures, and he fights up. Liona throws Swerve down by his hair! The ref reprimands, Dynamite returns to single picture, and the shoulder claw clamps back on. Swerve endures, the fans rally, and Swerve fights up. Swerve reaches out, Liona throws him down again! Liona tells the fans off, reaches for Swerve, but Swerve UP KICKS! Liona staggers, Kaun hurries in, but Swerve puts Kaun on the apron! Kaun falls hard, Liona grabs Swerve! Swerve reaches out for Ospreay, but Liona waistlocks.
Swerve throws elbows, Liona grabs the tights, but Swerve kicks free and ROCKS Liona with a right! Swerve turns around, but Kaun YANKS Ospreay down! Then Liona SPLASHES Swerve, and Kaun gets in! The Gates DOUBLE SPINEBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Swerve survives but Liona tags Kaun. The Gates drag Swerve up, fireman’s carry to a GUT- NO, Swerve blocks the gutbuster! Kaun still kicks Swerve away and Liona waistlocks. Kaun runs up, but Swerve slips free, the SHOTGUN hits Liona! The fans fire up and as Swerve then gator rolls and deadlifts for the BRAINBUSTER! Both men are down, Ospreay returns!
The fans fire up and Swerve crawls over. Hot tag to Ospreay and he CLOBBERS Kaun! And CLOBBERS him again! Ospreay whips, Kaun reverses but Ospreay CLOBBERS him again! Liona returns to CLUB Ospreay! The ref reprimands but the Gates double whip Ospreay. Ospreay ducks the double lariat to handspring and DOUBLE NEURALIZER KICK! Liona falls out of the ring, Ospreay STANDING SHOOTING STARS onto Kaun! Cover, TWO! Kaun is still in this so Ospreay drags him to a drop zone. Ospreay climbs, Liona storms up, but Ospreay kicks him down. But Kaun is up to go after Ospreay!
Ospreay elbows Kauna way, adjusts, but Kaun goes right up after him! SUPER JACKHAMMER!! Cover, SWERVE BREAKS IT! Liona runs up, Swerve ducks the lariat to RISING HEADBUTT! But that hurts Swerve a bit more than it did Liona… Liona roars and runs in, but Swerve DUMPS him out! Swerve then steps out to FLYING KILL STOMPS!! The fans fire up, Swerve hurries back up, but Kaun DECKS him! Kaun turns around, into a SPANISH FLY! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up and Ospreay kicks Kaun low. Underhooks and… Swerve says just do it then! Ospreay is hesitant, but he goes for STORM BREAK- NO, Kaun slips free!
Kaun shoves Ospreay at Swerve, but Ospreay puts on the brakes! Kaun runs in, Ospreay moves, Swerve ROCKS Kaun! Ospreay aims, but Kaun moves, SUPERKICK hits Swerve! Liona returns, Kaun DROPKICKS Ospreay into the POUNCE!! Kaun covers, TWO!! Ospreay survives but Kaun tags Liona. The Gates get Ospreay up, but Ospreay fights free! Swerve returns and Ospreay ducks, the BOOT hits Kaun! That was the plan, wasn’t it? Liona runs up, but the champs dodge this time! TIGER WALL KICK, ENZIGIRI ROUNDHOUSE COMBO! Then POISON- NO, Liona’s a bit too big for that! So Swerve BOOTS Liona into the POISON-RANA!
Ospreay then goes up, OSCUTTER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Liona survives and shocks everyone! But Ospreay takes his elbow pad off and aims from a corner. Kaun hurries in but Swerve intercepts to wrangle him by that arm! Kaun traps the arms, and STOMPS one apart! Even Ospreay winces at that! But then HIDDEN BLADE on Liona! Cover, the champs win!
Winners: Will Ospreay & Swerve Strickland, by pinfall
The Assassin and The Realest come out on top, making it work despite being rivals. But Swerve tells Ospreay again, he’s not ready for both belts. But then Ospreay snatches the world title away, just like he did a couple weeks ago! Ospreay smirks, but then Swerve KICKS a leg out! And HOUSE CALL!! The fans are torn, but Swerve picks up his belt to stand over Ospreay with it. Will this be the scene that closes The Forbidden Door? Or will Ospreay walk into the Windy City as the Two Belt Bruv?
My Thoughts:
A great Dynamite here as we enter the Forbidden Door go-home week. Great opening promo with MJF, Garcia and Ospreay. Ospreay one-upping MJF with his title match offer was good follow-up to that earlier stare down the two had, and MJF’s change in attitude after makes me wonder if he’ll struggle to not be the old, selfish Heel MJF. He wanted to be the magnanimous one offering Garcia this great opportunity, and Ospreay goes and doubles down by offering up to two titles against Garcia. Swerve’s promo in response was good, because Ospreay is counting chickens before they hatch offering a double title match.
We got a great main event tag match with Ospreay & Swerve naturally winning, but then Swerve being the one to stand tall is some intriguing go-home math. There’s still Collision on Saturday, so if Ospreay gets the better of Swerve there, then we know Ospreay isn’t winning the world title at Forbidden Door. But as it stands, the Beach Break match of Ospreay VS Garcia really could get bigger if Ospreay wins the world title. And Forbidden Door aside, depending on how Ospreay VS Garcia goes, I could see MJF pivoting to want after Ospreay in Wembley because of how Ospreay’s been getting on his nerves, undercutting the big moment he was going to give Garcia.
Great Six Man Tag of BCC VS LIJ, but I should’ve known there’d be shenanigans to give us a non-finish. Yuta was clearly the guy who was going to take the loss, if not for how he’s still ROH Pure Champion, so Moxley losing his cool was a good way to get out of this. Naito showing up to brawl with Moxley was good stuff, muddies up the go-home math, but Naito winning the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship is still the right call. Then we got some good tension between Takagi and Bryan. As I’ve said before, Takagi is great but it feels more like Bryan is going to be facing Pac next round.
Great Owen Hart Cup match from White VS Fenix, but yeah, I figured White would win this. AEW’s getting that story integration stuff going again, as Bullet Club Gold has The Patriarchy going after them for the trios titles but White has to focus on this tournament. The Bucks saying the wild card is on their side is an interesting detail, and after Jeff Jarrett’s emotional promo from last Saturday, I hope he finds a way to beat this wild card but it feels like that person is gonna get some real Heel heat by beating Owen Hart’s best friend. The Acclaimed had a real good promo to call out The Bucks, and then Tanahashi joining forces with them is a great twist. #ScissorAce VS The Elite will be a great Six Man Tag, but it might be where The Elite get their win back.
Great promo segment from the Jericho story, because while I sensed Jericho was bringing up Suzuki, I also sensed that Suzuki was gonna refuse the offer to team up. Jericho VS Suzuki in an FTW Championship match, aka an FTW Rules match, is going to be great stuff. And we also got good stuff from Joe, Hook & Shibata there, and maybe someone else joins Jericho’s side while Keith is hurt so that we still get that great Six Man Tag match. Great Six Woman Tag tonight, and that went about how I expected with the Faces winning. However, Mina getting the pin, then her accidentally taking out Mariah, that’s a clear sign Storm retains at Forbidden Door.
Another great promo from “The Conglomeration,” and I even appreciate Kyle doing his best to copy Mark’s style. I kinda want that trio of Kyle, Cassidy & Mark to stick together to go after the trios titles, really help build the trios division up, but who knows what’ll happen as things move forward. Great match from ZSJ and Kyle, pretty much the best match of the whole night, but I also like that there are so many stories blending in here. Gabe Kidd is here cuz Forbidden Door but he and Ishii have stuff in NJPW so they integrated that here while also revisiting Ishii being a friend of Cassidy’s. ZSJ has the momentum going into his match with Cassidy, which could go either way, and I feel like we should get The Conglomeration VS The Undisputed Kingdom to settle Kyle’s story with Roddy.
My Score: 8.9/10
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There’s a Collision on TBS!
The AEW Women’s World Champion, Timeless Toni Storm, is a fighting champion! And she is giving Lady Frost a golden opportunity in an Eliminator match!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator: Toni Storm w/ Luther VS Lady Frost; Toni wins and denies Frost a title opportunity.
- $100,000 Fatal 4 Way: Rush VS Sammy Guevara w/ Dustin Rhodes VS AR Fox VS Kevin Knight; Sammy wins the big cash prize.
- Megan Bayne w/ Penelope Ford VS Harley Cameron; Megan wins.
- Josh Alexander VS Brody King; Time Limit Draw.
- Best Wrestler Alive Five Minute Open Challenge: Max Caster VS Daniel Garcia; Garcia wins.
- The Gates of Agony VS Ray Chas & Goldie; The Gates win.
- Best 2 Out of 3 Falls: FTR VS Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly; FTR wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
Adam Cole is here!
Atlantic City fires up for the Panama City Playboy as he brings the AEW TNT Championship with him to ringside. As such, the fans of course join in with the “BOOM!” and “ADAM COLE, BAYBAY!” But he isn’t here to talk, he’s here to watch this opening match!
AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator: Toni Storm w/ Luther VS Lady Frost!
Timeless Toni continues her search for her next “costar,” and she’s crossing paths with the Coldest Wrestler You Know! But will Frost go from ice to gold? Or will she be crossed off the list during this “audition?”
The bell rings, the two shake hands, and the fans applaud. Toni and Frost circle, tie up, and Toni wrenches to wristlock. Frost grabs the ropes to flip through, and she wrenches back. Toni reaches back to headlock but Frost powers up and out. Toni runs Frost over, the fans cheer, but then Frost kips up! Things speed up. Frost handsprings but Toni sidesteps. Frost roll sunder a lariat to roll back and SWINGING headscissor! Toni tumbles out and the fans are torn, but Frost watches Toni go around the way. Frost goes to the apron, avoids the leg sweep, then CANNONBALLS to the floor!
The fans fire up and Frost goes up the barriers. Frost handsprings to MOONSAULT onto Toni! The fans fire up more and Frost puts Toni back in. Frost storms up on Toni to cover, TWO! Toni stays in this but Frost stays cool. Frost whips Toni but Toni hits a THESZ PRESS! Toni rains down fast hands, then fires up! The fans are with her and Toni stands Frost up. Toni scoops for a BACKBREAKER! Frost writhes but Toni brings her back up. Toni hits a FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect, but Toni doesn’t let that bother her. The fans rally as Toni brings Frost up to her feet.
Toni grabs Frost with both hands, but Frost turns that into a wheelbarrow! Victory roll, TWO! Things speed up, Frost ducks ‘n’ dodges and LARIATS! The fans fire up as Toni goes to a corner, Frost runs in, SNOWBALL! The fans fire up more and Frost pushes Toni. Frost goes out, BOOTS Toni, then steps in to slips around, and she ROCKS Toni! Frost climbs, aims, and TORNILLO CROSSBODIES! Cover, TWO! Toni stays in this and the fans rally up again. Frost rises, goes back to the corner, and she climbs back up. But Toni grabs Frost first! Frost breaks free, Toni ROCKS her, and then hits a SKY HIGH! Cover, TWO!!
Frost survives but Toni just moves on to her closeup! The fans rally as Toni runs corner to corner, SWEET HIP- NO, Frost KICKS first! Cartwheel and Alabama Lift, CHILLER DRILLER!! Cover, TWO!! Toni survives and the fans fire up! The fans rally as Frost aims, but Toni ducks the buzzsaw! GERMAN SUPLEX! Frost flounders away, Toni runs up, UPPERCUT! Toni waits on Frost, then gives a very dramatic look. SWEET HIP MUSIC! Then a CHICKEN WING CROSSFACE!! Toni brings Frost down, Frost TAPS, Toni wins!
Winner: Toni Storm, by submission (denies Frost a title match)
The #TCM, Toni’s Classic Move, wins it for her, and Luther hands her a mic. Toni rests on the mat while she says, “This Whore You All Adore… This Slut You Can’t Rebut… This tramp is still THE CHAMP! And my gawd, what a frosty little slop tart. Now I know there’s a fresh batch of tarts back there, wanting to take a shot at this wide load that holds the gold. Yes, that’s right. Everyone’s coming for Toni Storm. But you got it all wrong, darling! Toni Storm comes for everybody! So if you’re tits can take the hits, then I’m not a hard woman to find. I could be right here.” Then she goes outside and says she could be here, or here next to this man.
Or here, down the ramp. Here with this gentlemen, by the stage, or on this bloody boardwalk! Toni goes outside of the arena and says she will be ready, sweaty, here, queer, and TIMELESS~! Toni revels in the brisk evening air of the Atlantic City beach, but who will look to ruin all the fun?
Jon Moxley speaks.
The Maniac AEW World Champion says, “When Katsuyori Shibata woke up on Wednesday morning, his fate was already sealed. He may as well have already been in the hospital. There’s nothing you can do about it, Joe, so I don’t want you to feel bad that all of the people closest to you are dropping like flies. And I struggle to find reasons to dislike Samoa Joe, I really do. The guy defined professional wrestling for a whole generation of us guys. He deserves the respect he commands. Samoa Joe is beyond reproach. But so was Bryan Danielson. Something to think about.
“Steel Cage for the world championship in Chicago. There’s this notion, this idea, that I should be scared to step into a steel cage with Samoa Joe. When you’re the world champion, every opponent is dangerous, every match is hard, every day is hard. I’m gonna do what I always do: my job. And I am exceptional at my job. You wanna lock me inside a steel cage? Lock it. Lock the door, man. This is always how this was gonna end. My affairs are in order. But if you subscribe to this notion that I should be scared, well then you haven’t been paying attention, Joe. You better make sure you thought things through.”
The Maniac has issued a warning, but will Joe even acknowledge it? Or will Joe make Moxley realize what fear really is?
$100,000 High Speed Fatal 4 Way: Rush VS Sammy Guevara w/ Dustin Rhodes VS AR Fox VS Kevin Knight!
Tony Khan’s dishing out more money, and each man has a 25% chance of bringing that jackpot home! Will El Toro Blanco, the Spanish God, the Whole Fox’n Show or The Jet be rolling in dough just in time for Mother’s Day?
The bell rings and the fans rally up for pretty much everyone in this match. All four men watch each other, then approach. Knight CLOBBERS Fox and Rush CLOBBERS Sammy! Rush and Knight then step up to each other. Knight fire a forearm but Rush eggs Knight on! The forearms go back and forth, then Rush CHOPS! The fans “WOO~” and Knight CHOPS! Rush CHOPS, and Rush wants Knight to man up! Knight CHOPS, Rush HEADBUTTS! Rush stomps away on Knight, stomps away, then “takes” Knight’s head to “punt” it into the crowd. Rush has the fans behind him right now as he and Knight speed up.
Knight drops down, then hurdles over, but Rush leaps! They keep moving, Knight scoops and SLAMS! Then UFO- NO, Rush moves! Rush arm-drags Knight, Knight arm-drags Rush, and then dropkicks cancel out! Both men kip up and the fans fire up! Cole is still on commentary, he likes this one, too. But then Fox and Sammy DROPKICK Rush and Knight out of the ring! The fans fire up for Fox and Sammy, Fox BOOST the lariat away to then tilt-o-whirl and waistlock. Sammy switches, Fox switches, and Fox shoves Sammy. Fox then blows past Sammy, but Sammy hurdles, backflips, and DROPKICKS! The fans fire up so Sammy takes a bow.
Sammy runs corner to corner at Fox and he RAMS Fox in the corner! Sammy goes out, slingshots in, but Fox slingshots out! Sammy crash lands and Fox slingshots back in, SENTON! The fans fire up again, and Fox catches Sammy’s punch! Fox also hooks a leg, ties those up, and hits a modified FISHERMAN BUSTER! Rush is back to SUPERMAN FOREARM! Sammy JUMP KNEES Rush! Knight springboards to FLYING LARIAT Sammy! The fans fire up again, and Knight runs up on Rush, only for Rush to OVERHEAD SUPLEX him into buckles! Knight crashes down, the fans rally up, and Collision goes picture in picture!
Dustin checks on Sammy and he’s alright. Knight drags himself up with the ropes but Rush runs up to BODY BLOW! Rush whips corner to corner, CHOPS, then sits Knight down. Rush runs corner to corner, runs back in, but feints Knight out to BOOT him! Rush soaks up cheers and jeers before he rolls back and tranquilo! Sammy sends Fox into barriers, Rush feeds off more energy, then Rush goes out to SMACK Fox down! Rush HEADBUTTS Sammy, then SMACKS Sammy off a chair! Dustin coaches Sammy but Rush stares Dustin down. The Natural tells Toro Blanco that there’s no problemo here.
Knight storms up on Rush, but Rush SMACKS Knight down! The fans applaud while Knight slumps against railing. Rush talks some trash, then he smothers Knight! The fans get a bit closer to the action like that, but then Fox runs up on Rush. Rush ROCKS Fox first, SMACKS him off railing, then goes back to Knight. Rush SMACKS Knight, brings him around, and pushes him along the barriers. Rush CHOPS Knight, but Knight CHOPS Rush! Rush CHOPS Knight! Knight staggers away while Rush revels in the cheers. Rush has Atlantic City all cheering him on, and he goes after Knight to KICK his leg! Knight hobbles, but Rush fires body shots!
Rush keeps after Knight, CHOKES him on the railing, and the ref reprimands. Rush doesn’t have to stop, but he does as Collision returns to single picture. Rush whips Knight, Knight reverses, and Rush hits steel steps! The fans fire up while Rush writhes. Knight and Fox are in the ring, and Fox BOOTS first! The fans rally for Fox now, but Knight puts him on the apron. Fox ROCKS Rush, jumps up, but Knight DROPKICKS him down! We can see in the rafters, glowing with blue light, that’s Hologram! The futuristic luchador is very invested as Knight builds speed to DIVE into a DDT from Fox! The fans fire up more as Fox now takes aim.
Fox springboards and IMPLODER 450 SPLASHES onto Knight! The fans fire up while both men go down! Fox brings Knight up but Knight fights the lift. Fox CLUBS Knight, but Sammy is up top! Sammy SUPER SHOOTING STARS! Down go Fox and Knight and the fans fire up with Sammy! But Rush DECKS Sammy! Rush whips Fox hard into railing! Rush then whips Fox to the other side, into more railing! Rush sends Sammy into steel steps! Rush has Knight, and he sends Knight into railing! Rush snarls, brings Knight around, and then suplexes! Knight fights free, gets around the steps, and he leaps off those steps to DROPKICK Rush!
The fans fire up with Knight, and he runs at Rush, only for Rush to THROW him at the ramp!! The fans fire up as Rush storms back up on Knight. They brawl up the ramp and to the stage! Then they go off into some shadowy corner! “This is Awesome!” as Sammy and Fox are now left in the ring. Hologram approves as Sammy torture racks. GO TO- NO, Fox dodges the knee, then goes Matrix to dodge the lariat! PELE! Sammy BOOTS back! Sammy goes up a corner, but Fox is after him, LO MEIN PAIN! And then a 450 SPLASH! Cover, TWO!! Sammy survives and the fans rally up! Fox puts Sammy in the center of the ring, but then goes to the corner?
Fox climbs, aims, SWANTON BOMB onto knees!! Sammy saves himself, torture racks, but Fox fights free! Roll up, TWO! Sammy is up, Fox goes Matrix again, but the JUMP KNEE finds him! Fox sputters, Sammy reels him in, GO TO HOSPITAL!! Cover, SAMMY WINS!
Winner: Sammy Guevara, by pinfall (wins the $100K prize)
Adam Cole applauds, and certainly Sammy’s family is happy he has this money. But Sammy points to Cole, then to the All In sign. Will this Son of Texas get to go All In for the TNT Championship? Will Hologram look to add himself to the mix before too long?
PROGRAMMING NOTE for next week’s Collision!
First: It’ll be live at 8 PM Eastern, just like tonight. Second: It’ll be on TBS, just like tonight. Third: It will be on THURSDAY NIGHT instead of Saturday! Make sure to adjust your DVR accordingly so you don’t miss a moment of the action!
Samoa Joe speaks.
“Hello, Jon. I hope you’ll forgive me, I’m not there at Collision this week, but it’s only because I’m paying you respect by being here in my gym, preparing for what I’ll do to you in a few short weeks. What that is, Jon, is helping you understand. I’m gonna help you understand what happens when you call a man like me out. And you’re going to understand that what you have done to Hook and Shibata is going to be visited upon your man, Claudio, next week. And that all starts with me understanding a little bit about you, Jon. See, I understand that you have the ruthless streak that is required to take on someone like me.
“I understand that you have the ability and the will to come after someone like me. But you see, Jon, I had to put this match in a cage. Cuz there’s something else that I understand about you. The Jon Moxley I look at today doesn’t have the heart to stand in front of me. The Jon Moxley I see today doesn’t have the balls to get into a ring and get into an actual firefight with a man like me. And Jon, come Chicago, at Beach Break, I will break you. And when you turn around to run, with nowhere to go, I am Samoa Joe. I will be the next AEW World Champion. And Jon Moxley, I will make you understand.”
Megan Bayne w/ Penelope Ford VS Harley Cameron!
The Megasus keeps crushing opponent after opponent, and the Superbad Girl is there to help pick up the scraps. Will their path of destruction continue tonight? Or will this wild Aussie have quite the underdog victory here in Atlantic City?
The bell rings and Harley SPLASHES int he corner! Harley stomps away, lets off, and then runs up to RAM Megan! The fans fire up, the ref counts, but Megan shoves Harley away. harley returns again but is put ont he apron. Harley ROUNDHOUSES, ROUNDHOUSES again, then RAMS into Megan! Harley has Megan in the ropes and she HAMMERS away! The fans fire up as Harley shouts, “FEEL THE WRATH!” Harley goes up, in, runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, and ENZIGIRIS! Megan stays up so Harley runs agian, but Megan stops the COde Breaker! OVERHEAD SUPLEX! The fans are torn while Harley writhes.
Megan storms over to Harley, stalks her to the ropes, then drags her up to RAM her into the corner again and again! Megan CHOPS Harley, then stalks her to a corner. Megan KNEES Harley again and again and again! The ref reprimands, Megan steps back, but that lets Ford CHOKE Harley! The fans boo but Ford gets away with it. Megan snapmares Harley, then KNEES her in the back! Cocky cover, ONE! Megan drags Harley up to suplex her high and hard! Megan stalks Harley to the corner again, whips her corner to corner, then runs up for a SPLASH! MEgan then underhooks and hits a BUTTERFLY SUPLEX!
Megan storms up on Harley, but Harley JAWBREAKERS back! Harley wrenches and serves up SOLE FOOD! Megan staggers, runs back in, and LEAPING LARIAT! The fans are torn but Megan stands over Harley as Collision goes picture in picture.
Megan takes her time fixing her hair and her gear, but Harley goes out to the apron. Megan runs up and BOOTS Harley down! The ref and Megan argue, and Ford gets another cheap shot in! The fans boo but the ref misses it like he did before. Megan waits on Harley as Harley hobbles back into the ring. Megan then storms up on Harley to put her in a corner. Harley fires forearms but Megan is more amused than anything. Harley ROCKS Megan, but Megan BOOTS her! Megan RAMS Harley into the corner again and again! Then she GERMAN SUPLEXES Harley away! Harley sputters but Megan is right back on her.
Megan drags Harley up, brings her around, and short arm LARIATS! Megan drags Harley back up, short arm LARIATS again, then stands Harley back up. Harley dodges the lariat this time, but then a LARIAT finds her on return! Cover, TWO! Megan sighs, drags Harley up, and SLAMS her back down! Megan drags Harley up, scoops again, and SLAMS her back down! Harley sputters but Megan brings her up again. Another scoop and another SLAM! Megan soaks up cheers and jeers while Collision returns to single picture. Megan grabs at Harley but Harley KICKS her! And KICKS! And KICKS again!
Megan grabs Harley by her hair and drags her to a corner! Megan CHOPS and CHOPS and runs back in, but into an ELBOW! And another ELBOW! Harley climbs, Megan runs up and Megan ROCKS Harley! Megan climbs, but Harley fires body shots! The fans rally, Harley fires hands, and then she BITES Megan’s ear! The fans fire up as Megan falls back! Ford gets up but Harley DECKS her! Megan runs in, but Harley dodges! Megan hits buckles, Harley ducks ‘n’ dodges to then tilt-o-whirl DDT! The fans fire up and Harley covers, TWO! Megan survives but Harley fires up. The fans rally and Harley brings Megan in for a facelock.
But Megan suplexes first! Harley fights that, but Megan tries again! FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO!! Harley survives and Megan is seething! Megan drags Harley up, fireman’s carry, but Harley fires elbows! Harley then fires forearms, and she dodges a haymaker! Harley fires a flurry, then runs to LARIAT! Harley is the one who falls over! Megan drags Harley right into a POWERBOMB!! Cover, TWO?!? Harley survives but Megan is furious! Fireman’s carry, but Harley sunset flips! TWO!! Megan is up, Harley Oklahoma Rolls her, TWO!! Megan escapes again, but Harley hits a SHINING WIZARD! Then Harley aims from a corner!
Megan rises, Harley goes up, and Harley leaps! But Megan catches her, pops her up, FATE’S DESCENT!! Cover, Megan wins!
Winner: Megan Bayne, by pinfall
Megan did not #FeelTheWrath, but she did make Harley #BowDown! But they’re not done, as Ford stands Harley back up! Megan fireman’s carries for another FATE’S DESCENT!! The fans boo but Megan wants another! Wait, Anna Jay is here, with a two-by-four! And she SMACKS Megan with it!! But Megan doesn’t budge!? Anna doesn’t care, she swings again! Megan blocks that, takes it from Anna, then throws it aside! Megan runs up, but Anna DUMPS Megan out! Ford has Megan stand down, even though Anna wants her to fight! Will the Queenslayer help Harley get even with Megasus and minion?
AEW returns and…
Wait, Moxley & Marina are here in person! They beat up a security guard, DUMP him to ringside, and then dare the other guards to try something. Marina gives one guy the briefcase, just to then BOOT him down! Marina storms into the ring and intimidates Arkady Aura to give the mic over. Arkady does as told and then gets out of the ring. Marina hands the mic to Moxley and Moxley snarls while the fans boo. Moxley paces, and he tells Samoa Joe, “I heard what you said. Lemme ask you a question. What exactly is it I don’t understand? Just what the hell is it, Joe, that I don’t understand?”
The fans chant for Joe, and sing, “Joe is gonna kill~ you!” Moxley asks how Joe is gonna explain something to him inside a steel cage. What? Is Joe gonna kick his ass? The fans chant “YES!” So Joe is gonna beat Moxley up? “YES!” Oh, is that what they think? “YES!” Right… Moxley has faced all the supposed baddest men in the business, all shaped and sizes, all organizations and in all countries. Just name one. They all said the same thing as you’re saying, Joe! They were thinking the same things Joe is thinking, until they weren’t! Moxley knows the moment it happens, he can feel it when it happens! Every time!
He feels it every time when they realize they don’t wanna be here anymore. When they stop trying to win and they start trying to survive, and then realize they aren’t in a chess match, but they are in a war! The only difference this time, Joe, on May 14th, it will be both. Joe wants to target his people? Moxley expected nothing less. You think Moxley doesn’t wanna get into a real firefight? Newsflash, brother: Just look at your brothers; it’s been a firefight this whole time. Moxley then drops the mic and storms out the way he came in. Will Moxley step into Chicago and step out of Chicago still the AEW World Champion?
Backstage interview with The Outrunners.
Lexy Nair is with Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum with their 1980s standard definition, and brings up how Roppongi Vice got in their faces and then beat them up. She understands they have a response to that. Truth says yeah, he’s got something to say! Trent, Rocky, Truth gets you’re upset! He gets you feel disrespected. But maybe the Outrunners get a little loud sometimes. So what? Maybe they flex a little too much. So what? Maybe they spin a little too fast. So what?! Turbo says if Rocky & Trent wanna get physical, let’s get physical! They’ll settle this where it counts! When you’re face to face with The Outrunners, some are scared to death! But some are scared to live!
Truth & Turbo shake it out, will the Youngest Men Alive show Azucar & #JustTrent what respect is really about?
Josh Alexander VS Brody King!
The Walking Weapon and the newest member of the Don Callis Family scored big alongside Konosuke Takeshita a couple weeks ago, and they beat down The King of Death to do it. But with The Alpha in Japan for Wrestling Dontaku, will the “Canadian Assassin” be able to win all alone? Or will this Hound of Hell take a nice big bite out of Alexander?
The bell rings and the fans bark for Brody. Brody and Alexander stare down, circle, and then tie up. They’re in a deadlock, Brody puts Alexander on the ropes, but lets off. Alexander goes for a leg but Brody THROWS him away! The fans duel as the two circle again. They tie up, Alexander headlocks, but Brody powers up. Alexander wrenches, hammerlocks, but Brody ELBOWS free! Alexander avoids a second shot and the two reset. They feel things out, then Alexander drop steps to have the waistlock. Brody takes another swing, but into a clinch! Brody facelocks, but Alexander wrenches out to wristlock. Brody breaks free and CHOPS!
The fans fire up while Alexander goes to a corner. Brody runs up but Alexander kicks low! Alexander fires forearms and UPPERCUTS, then CHOPS! Alexander whips but Brody blocks! Brody whips Alexander to a corner, then runs in and SPLASHES! Brody ROCKS Alexander, CHOPS again, and repeat! The fans rally as Brody rains down shots. Alexander sits down, Brody lets off, then he stands Alexander up. Brody puts Alexander on the top rope, winds up, and CHOPS! Alexander slumps down to the apron and the fans fire up! Brody goes out after Alexander, fireman’s carries, but Alexander fights with elbows!
Alexander slips inside, HOTSHOTS Brody and kicks the legs out! Alexander builds speed as the fans rally up, and Alexander CROSSBODIES into a fireman’s carry! DEATH VALLEY DRIVER to the floor! The fans fire up and bark with Brody. Brody stalks Alexander, drags him up, and CHOPS him again! Alexander staggers away but Brody CLUBS him against the railing. And CHOPS him! Alexander sputters and falls back while the fans fire up. Brody whips Alexander hard into railing, and Alexander falls into the front row! The fans fire up and Brody smiles. Brody storms up on Alexander, drags him up, and suplexes him to the floor!
The fans fire up for Brody while he refreshes the ring count. Brody stands Alexander up, brings him around, and ROCKS Alexander again. Brody grabs a chair from the timekeeper’s area, and he CHOPS Alexander into taking a seat. Brody barks and gets space. Brody runs back in, but Alexander slumps down. The fans boo as Brody is denied his splash. But Alexander grabs a leg and BOOTS it against the steel steps! Alexander refreshes the ring count now, and he leaps, into a HAYMAKER! Brody uses antiair on Alexander, then he puts Alexander back in the ring. Brody storms up, but Alexander slides out!
Alexander wraps Brody’s leg up in the ropes, CLAWS at Brody’s face, and he hits a DRAPING NECKBRAEKER on the apron! A wicked combination as Alexander says the bigger they are, the harder they fall. The ref checks Brody while he is down on the ground, and Collision goes picture in picture.
Brody clutches his leg, but Alexander grabs said leg. Alexander SLAMS the leg off the floor, then stalks Brody as he crawls into the ring. Alexander grabs the bad leg to SLAM it against the apron! Brody crawls to a corner, Alexander steps in, and Alexander stomps away on Brody! Alexander stomps chest, stomps leg, then stomps a mudhole! The ref counts and Alexander stops at 4. Brody sputters while Alexander soaks up heat. Alexander stands Brody up to CLUB him on the neck. Brody CHOPS Alexander, hobbles then CHOPS again! Alexander puts Brody in a corner, wraps the bad leg around ropes, and pulls!
The ref counts, Alexander stops at 4, then ROCKS Brody! Alexander runs side to side and he BOOTS the bad leg! Brody falls over and Alexander soaks up more heat. Alexander goes back to Brody, but Brody kicks at him from below. Alexander eggs Brody on, kicks the bad leg more, then fires forearms. Brody ROCKS Alexander in return! The forearms go back and forth, but then Alexander knees low! Alexander runs, but into a scoop, SLAM, and SENTON! Brody clutches his bad leg, that string of moves taking a lot of out it. Both men slowly rise, and Brody hobbles over to Alexander. Alexander grabs the leg, but Brody CLUBS him down!
Collision returns to single picture as Brody CHOPS again! Brody puts Alexander on the top rope, CHOPS him again, then climbs. Brody brings Alexander to the very top, but Alexander kicks at the bad leg! Alexander then slips under, CLUBS Brody on the back, and he manages to torture rack! But Brody slips free! And CHOPS! The fans fire up as Brody huffs ‘n’ puffs. Alexander CHOPS, but Brody CHOPS again! The CHOPS keep going back and forth, and Brody’s CHOPS hit harder! Alexander is wincing now, and Brody CHOPS him again, again, and again! Brody puts some stank on the CHOP and Alexander falls to his knees!
Brody barks, the fans are with him, and Alexander stands up! The straps come down and Alexander pie faces Brody! And then SLAPS him! Brody DOUBLE CHOPS Alexander right down! Brody waits on Alexander, but Alexander kicks the legs out! Then he BOOTS Brody! And BOOTS him again! Torture rack, TOWER HACKER BOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Brody survives and Alexander is beside himself! Alexander hammers the mat, drags Brody back up, and the fans rally up. Alexander tucks the arms, but Brody BACKDROPS free! The fans fire up and Brody runs in at the corner! Alexander BOOTS first, then dodges a lariat!
Alexander comes back, but into a BIG BOSS MAN SLAM! Cover, TWO! Alexander survives and Brody clutches the bad leg. Brody drags Alexander up, reels him in, but Alexander slips free of the Canadian Rack! Brody ELBOWS Alexander, runs up, but Alexander dodges! SNAP GERMAN! But Brody rises?! Alexander dodges the lariat, but not the SOUTHPAW!! The fans are all fired up while both men are down! A standing count starts, Alexander goes to a corner, “This is Awesome!” as Brody rises. Brody runs corner to corner, CANNONBALL! Cover, TWO! Alexander is still in this but he does go to the bottom rope.
Brody snarls and storms over to Alexander. Brody drags Alexander up, brings him back to the corner, and brings him back up to the very top! But Alexander fights with body shots! Brody fires body shots, and hits the SUPER DUPER PLEX!! Both men are down and Atlantic City is loving this! Another standing count starts, both men rise at 5 of 10, and Alexander fires a flurry of forearms! Brody ROCKS Alexander, and we hit the one minute warning! Brody runs up, Alexander dodges, and Alexander ROCKS Brody! Alexander runs back up, but blocks a boot! KNEE DROP on the bad knee!! And then an ANKLE LOCK!!
Brody endures as Alexander hits the GRAPEVINE!!! Brody fights up, stands and CHOPS Alexander on the back! Then GERMAN SUPLEX! But Alexander rises?! Only for Brody to LARIAT!! Brody hurries to reel Alexander up, GONZO BOMB!! The countdown begins, but Brody can’t make the cover!! TIME’S UP!
Time Limit Draw
Atlantic City is disappointed, and Lance Archer is here to help his Callis Family brother up. Brody wants to keep going, the fans want to keep going, but can Alexander even keep going? Brody powers through the pain to DIVE onto Archer & Alexander! The fans fire up and bark as Brody rises again. Brody wants more, and he fights through security to fight with Archer! Archer takes a seat, Brody puts the guards on top of him! Brody runs to TRIPLE CROSSBODY!! The Murderhawk Monster sputters, refs hurry out here to tell Brody to stop, but Alexander CHOP BLOCKS Brody! Archer KICKS Brody down!
The fans boo as now the Callis Family mug Brody! Archer CHOKES Brody, shouts at the refs, but then helps Alexander up and out of here. Will Don Callis have to pay some fines for his family?
CRU speaks.
Lio Rush says, “It was inevitable that the story ended with the way that it did.” Action Andretti adds, “With Top Flight landing flat on their faces.” They’re not in AEW to waste time. And any more time spent on Darius & Dante is a waste of time. They tried to walk away, drift off into the sunset, but “you two children couldn’t handle being without us.” Top Flight couldn’t stand being in the rearview mirror. CRU hopes Top Flight will learn a lesson. And that lesson is you should #FearCRU. Either you’re CRU, or you’re enemy.
Best Wrestler Alive Open Challenge: Max Caster VS ???
Platinum Max is in the ring again, and he tells Atlantic City, “You are lookin’ live at the Best Wrestler Alive!” The fans boo that clearly false statement, but Caster says, “You people just witnessed a 15 minute time limit draw. And that got me thinking. No one in AEW could survive FIVE minutes in the ring with Platinum Max!” The fans boo but Caster says let’s put five minutes on the clock! The tech guys oblige, and Caster says before his next “victim” comes out here, he wants the people here in AC to prove that they’re not just a bunch of drunk, degenerate tourists! He wants them to do the chant correctly!
“Let’s Go, Max! You’re The Best Wrestler Alive! Let’s Go, Max! You’re The Best Wrestler Alive!” Caster is already laughing at how “bad” the fans are doing. That was not full participation, please do better. But let’s get to business! Who can survive FIVE with the Best Wrestler Alive? It’s DANIEL GARCIA! Caster is furious, but will Platinum Max be lucky to survive Red Death?
The bell rings, the time limit starts, and Garcia gets around Caster to fire off haymakers! Garcia stomps away on Caster in the corner, the fans fire up, but the ref counts. Garcia steps off, then stalks Caster along the ropes. Caster throat chops! The fans boo, Caster whips, but Garcia reverses. Garcia dodges Caster to reel him in, TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Caster flounders away and Garcia snarls. Garcia puts up his dukes, does his dance, then SHOTGUNS Caster down! Garcia reels Caster in, PILEDRIVER!! Cover, Garcia wins!
Winner: Daniel Garcia, by pinfall
Literally one minute passed, and Garcia won! Garcia grabs the mic to then call out FTR! “I agree. I just handled my business. You guys handle yours tonight, and I’ma talk to you after.” Garcia has put Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler on notice, what will these three talk about later tonight?
Backstage interview with with Anthony Bowens & Billy Gunn.
Lexy is with the Pride of Professional Wrestling & Daddy Ass, and Bowens wants her to remember he is also the 5 Tool Player, the perfect combination of power, athleticism, intelligence, “The Look” and “The It Factor.” Bowens is here in his home state of New Jersey to tell us all that he intends to use all five tools to climb to a championship opportunity. Doesn’t that sound great? But then in steps Blake Christian & Lee Johnson. Vanilla Babyface tells Bowens all he is hearing right now is blah blah blah. Let’s be real: Bowens may have won against Blake three weeks ago, but those people weren’t talking about Bowens beating Blake.
The talk was about Bowens being outshined by Blake! Big Shotty says Bowens needs to listen because he means this with all the disrespect in the world. Johnson believes he is 150% better! After watching Blake soften Bowens up, Johnson knows how to put Bowens down. Bowens says wow, outshined him? That’s not possible. And 150% better? Well, then step up to the plate and get MOLLY WHOPPED by the 5 Tool Player! Any time, anywhere. Blake & Lee leave, when and where will Big Shotty take his shot?
The Gates of Agony VS Ray Chas & Goldie!
The Hurt Syndicate claimed we’d see Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona way down the line after they lost in the AEW World Tag Team Championship match. But the Cameroonian Prince says there are things much worse than death. They took a bite of the baddest apple on the tree, and the Samoan Lion says it made them SICK! Compared to that, only agony awaits! This is a message sent to Big Bill & Bryan Keith, will it be received loud and clear?
The teams sort out, Kaun starts against Ray, and the two step up. Kaun then BOOTS Ray, GERMAN SUPLEXES him, then reels him in. RUNNING SUPLEX! Kaun mockingly applauds, then he puts Ray in the corner to CHOP! Tag to Liona, and Kaun bumps Ray off buckles for Liona to then BACK ELBOW! Goldie SLAPS Kaun, but Kaun grins. Kaun TOSSES Goldie in, Liona runs up and POUNCES him out of the ring! The fans fire up and Liona tags Kaun. Then the Gates run up, HIP ATTACK followed by a METEORA! Then they CLOSE THE GATES on Ray!! Cover, Gates win!
Winners: The Gates of Agony, by pinfall
The CRU is watching ringside, acting unimpressed. But will Kaun & Liona make sure Lio & Action are next after Bill & Keith? But speaking of, Bill calls them out from the tron! Last week, Bill & Keith called them out. They’re in the parking lot. They don’t come to you, you come to them! Kaun & Liona say bet! The Gates leave the ring, go to the back, and find their way to the parking lot! Will we get quite the battle of titans in Atlantic City?
AEW returns and…
The Gates have found the Redwood & Bad Apple! The brawl is on right in front of the Mack trucks! Bill SMACKS Liona off one, but Kaun THROWS Keith into fencing! Bill BOOTS Kaun, kicks more fencing out of the way, then he picks up a swivel chair! Bill SLAMS the chair, but Kaun avoids disaster! Liona SMACKS Bill with a trash can lid! Bill grabs some poor passerby by the face, and THROWS him at Liona! Liona catches the guy, throws him aside, and then he stares Bill down. Only for Keith to jump on Liona with a SLEEPER! Kaun is up and he ROCKS Bill! Liona spins around to swing Keith off him and into a truck!
Bill and Kaun brawl, Liona runs up, but Keith avoids the trash can attack! This brawl is gonna keep going, but the show must go on, too! Will security be able to stop this carnage before it goes too far?
Best 2 Out of 3 Falls: FTR VS Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly!
Dax & Cash have gone back and forth with Roddy & Kyle for months now, and this match is about finally settling the score. Who wins when it takes more than just the first lucky opportunity?
The teams sort out and Kyle starts with Cash. The first fall begins, the two circle, and the fans rally up. The two rush in, Cash rolls Kyle up, TWO and Kyle has an omoplata! Cash rolls free, shakes out the bad arm, and Dax checks him. Cash’s arm is fine, and the two reset. Chas and Kyle tie up, Cash headlocks, but Kyle endures the grind. The fans rally as Kyle powers up and out, but Cash runs him over! Things keep moving, Cash sunset flips, but Kyle stays up to then drop down into an ARMBAR! Cash rolls Kyle, TWO! Cash narrowly avoids a roundhouse, then he scrambles away. The fans rally behind Kyle, but Cash and Kyle tag to Dax and Roddy.
The fans rally as Roddy and Dax circle. They tie up, Dax puts Roddy in the corner, and the ref counts. Dax lets off to CHOP, but Roddy CHOPS back! Dax falls and scrambles away! Cash protests, the ref has Roddy stay back, and Stokely coaches Dax up. Dax and Roddy tie up, go to a corner, and the ref counts. Dax gets a cheap shot in, then CHOPS! And CHOPS! Roddy CHOPS, CHOPS, and ROCKS Dax! Roddy fires off, but Dax CHOPS again! Roddy ROCKS Dax, fires more shots, then whips. Roddy then DROPKICKS Dax down! The fans fire up but Stoke coaches Dax. Roddy stands Dax up, wrenches, then tags Kyle.
Kyle KICKS, Roddy CHOPS, repeat! Kyle wrenches but Dax knees low! The ref says that was a little too low, but Dax tags Cash. Dax feeds Kyle to Cash’s knees, then Cash UPPERCUTS! Cash CHOPS Kyle, UPPERCUTS, and then tags Dax back in. FTR double whips Kyle to a corner, but Kyle goes up and to the side! Kyle dodges Dax to then kitchen sink knee! And kitchen sink knee for Cash! Kyle KICKS Dax, KICKS Cash, repeat! The fans fire up as the KICKS keep going! FTR is down, Cash bails out, and Kyle wrenches Cash. Dax ROCKS Kyle, Kyle wrenches again, repeat! Kyle WRINGS Dax, Cash and Roddy get into it on the outside! Kyle covers Dax, TWO!
Cash creeps to the apron but Kyle chases him off. Dax ROCKS Kyle with a sucker punch! Cash slips in, FTR whips, but Roddy CLOBBERS Cash! Kyle KNEES Dax, Roddy JUMP KNEES! Then URENAGE BACKBREAKER and PENALTY KICK! Cash is back, but Roddy KNEES him! Kyle suplexes, CHOP and BRAINBUSTER! Cash bails out but Roddy WRECKS him with a dropkick! The fans fire up, Kyle spins Dax, but Dax blocks a kick! Kyle rolls to have the ANKLE LOCK! Cash grabs Dax’s hands to drag him forward, but Roddy STOMPS Cash’s hands! Dax is caught, Stoke coaches Dax to tap, so Dax taps! Paragon has the first fall!
FTR: 0; Paragon: 1
Big Stoke says that’s the smart move, because there’s still two falls to win anyway. Stoke has FTR regroup, but can the Top Guys pull off the comeback? Collision goes picture in picture.
Stokely argues with fans, and then Dax grabs a chair! Dax throws the chair into the ring, the ref catches it and puts it aside, and he tells them to get in here, the second fall has already begun. The ref starts a ring count but Stokely has FTR settle down first. Dax takes his time before stepping inside. Stokely & FTR huddle up to talk strategy, and Dax starts with Kyle. They tie up, go around, and Dax wrenches Kyle to a wristlock. Kyle breaks free to ROCK Dax, then ROCK Cash! Collision returns to single picture as Kyle keeps fighting off FTR! Dax powers Kyle back, Cash sneaks the tag, and Kyle jumps the dropdown, only for Cash to grab Dax’s hand! DOUBLE LARIAT from the ropes!
Stoke applauds, the fans are torn, but Cash then slingshots to ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Cash stomps away on Kyle, Stoke talks trash, and the ref counts. Cash stops with the stomps and Stokely grins. Kyle sputters but Cash brings him up. Cash clamps on the chinlock and grinds Kyle down. Kyle endures and the fans rally up. Kyle stands, fires body shots, then he runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, but Cash RAMS him low! Kyle sputters, Roddy coaches Kyle, but Cash sucker punches Roddy! Cash whips Kyle hard into the FTR corner, then he snapmares for another chinlock. The fans again rally as Kyle endures.
Cash grinds Kyle down, Dax sneaks some leverage by sticking his feet in for Cash to push off of. The fans rally, Kyle fights up, and Kyle snapmares free! But Cash picks Kyle up, puts him in a corner, and runs up, only for Kyle to dodge! Cash’s bronco almost gets busted, hot tags to Dax and Roddy! Roddy DROPKCISK Dax, LARIATS Cash, and then HALF NELSON BACKBREAKERS Dax! JUMP KNEE for Cash! Roddy fireman’s carries Dax to then SLAM him onto Cash! The fans fire up and Roddy ROCKS Dax! Roddy runs side to side for ELBOW after ELBOW! And then an ATOMIC FACEBUSTER! Cover, TWO!
Dax stays in this for FTR but Cole says that’s fine, Roddy & Kyle are in control. Kyle tags in and DUMPS Dax out. Roddy keeps after Dax, Kyle is after Cash, but Cash turns things around. Roddy CHOPS away on Dax, BOOTS Cash, then he brings Cash around to have him take a seat. The chair broke but Roddy just CHOPS Cash again and again. Kyle runs from the apron to MISSILE DROPKICK FTR into the barriers! The fans fire up as Roddy helps Kyle stand. Paragon stands FTR up to keep after them. Roddy throws Dax into the crowd! Roddy goes out to CHOP away on Dax! Cash FLAPJACKS Kyle off barriers!
The fans fire up as Roddy and Dax fight up into the crowd! CHOP after CHOP and Roddy keeps Dax staggering! Then Roddy just fires haymakers! The fans are loving this but the ref wants someone to get int he ring! Dax returns to ringside but Roddy CLUBS him! Meanwhile, Cash suplexes Kyle! Kyle fights that off to suplex back, but Cash RAMS Kyle into barriers! Roddy has Dax, but Cash tags in before the BACKBREAKER! Roddy ELBOWS Cash, goes back for Dax, and he whips, only for Dax to reverse! Roddy LARIATS Dax, but Cash CHOP BLOCKS a leg! Roddy writhes but Stoke coaches FTR up. Cash keeps after Roddy while Collision goes back to picture in picture.
Cash puts Roddy’s foot on the ropes and HIP DROPS it! The ref reprimands but Cash paces around Roddy. Stoke tells Cash to keep on it, and Cash drops an elbow on the bad leg! Cash soaks up heat, tags in Dax, and FTR drags Roddy over to the corner. Dax SLAMS Roddy’s leg into the post! Roddy writhes, Stokely taunts him, and Dax SLAMS the leg again! Roddy clutches the leg while Dax stays between him and Kyle. Dax goes back to Roddy, stands him up, but Roddy reels him into a cradle! TWO, and Dax trips Roddy to step through, FIGURE FOUR! Roddy writhes and flails but he still endures!
Dax puts as much pressure as he can on the hold, but Roddy reaches out for Kyle. Kyle reaches out in return but they’re still so far apart! Roddy turns things over so now Dax is in pain! Dax crawls to the ROPEBREAK! The leglock is undone, and Dax drags Roddy to the ropes. Dax HIP DROPS the bad leg! The ref reprimands but Dax taunts Kyle. Stokely likes how this is going now, and Dax drags Roddy around by the bad leg. Dax stomps the leg, Collision returns to single picture, and Dax steps over, only for Roddy to BOOT him away! Dax hits POST! Cash hurries to tag in, and he hurries to stay between Kyle and Roddy!
Roddy dodges Cash, hot tag to Kyle! Kyle DUMPS Cash out, ROCKS Dax, then runs to FLYING KNEE Cash down! The fans fire up but Dax rushes out there! Kyle fires off a strike fest on Dax, then LEG SWEEPS! Kyle pushes Cash into the ring, runs up in the corner, and forearm SMASHES! Then a wrench and ELBOW BREAKER! Kyle KICKS, KNEES, and suplexes, ARMBAR TAKEDOWN! Cash flails, but Kyle shifts to the leg! ANKLE LOCK!! But Dax has a SLEEPER on Kyle! Kyle slips down, UP KICKS, and then he sends Cash into Dax! O’Conner Roll, TWO and Kyle ROCKS Dax! Cash rolls Kyle up, with tights! TWO!!
Kyle KNEES Cash, then AX & SMASH!! Cover, TWO!! Cash survives and Kyle is a bit frustrated, but Kyle goes back for a leg. ANKLE LOCK!! Cash hobbles up, hot tag to Dax! But Kyle BACKDROPS Dax! Roddy coordinates, they FOREARM ENZIGIRI COMBO! Roddy tags in, hobbles around, and manages to run, but Cash CLOBBERS Kyle! Roddy runs into a SHATTER MACHINE!! Cover, FTR scores the second fall!!
FTR: 1; Paragon: 1
And now it all comes down to the third and final fall! The fans boo and Cole is frustrated but Stokely fist-bumps FTR. The teams reset, fans hope they “FIGHT FOREVER!” but it has to end somehow! Cash goes up, Dax reels Roddy in, but Kyle SHOVES Cash off the corner! Roddy fights the lift to then give Kyle a target, FLYING KNEE! Jackknife bridge, TWO!! FTR survives, but Dax gets a KICK! KNEE! AX and DOUBLE SMASH!! Roddy hobbles to the cover while Kyle PLANCHAS Cash! TWO!! Dax survives, Cole is concerned, but Stoke coaches his guys. Roddy tags Kyle and the fans rally up even more.
Roddy & Kyle stand Dax up, Roddy runs, but Cash again CLOBBERS Kyle! But Roddy fights off Shatter Machine this time! And Kyle’s back to CLOBBER Cash! Roddy JUMP KNEES Dax, then he and Dax give him TOTAL ANNIHILATION!! Kyle covers, Cash gives Dax the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts three, but then he sees the foot!! The fans and Paragon think they’ve won, but no, this is a mockery of this feud’s ignition point! The match is going to keep going, and Cash CHOP BLOCKS Roddy in the confusion! Kyle grabs Cash’s leg to ANKLE LOCK!! But Cash isn’t legal! Cash turns over, CLAWS Kyle’s eyes, feed to Dax’s roll-up, with tights! TWO!!!
Kyle is up, but into a SHATTER MACHINE!!!! Cover, FTR WINS!!
Winners: FTR, by pinfall, 2-1 score
Stokely cheers as he makes all the difference! Will the Top Guys continue to win by any means necessary until they’re back on top of AEW? WAIT! Daniel Garcia storms his way out here! He has a mic and a crowbar, but which one is he gonna use?! Stoke has Garcia hold on, the ref tells Garcia to stand down, but Garcia says what he really wanted to do is come down and beat all three of them over the head with the crowbar. “But I can’t. Because I have too much love for the both of you. And I thought you two had a lot of love for me, too. Because any time that one of my so-called mentors left me high and dry, left me stranded, you guys were there to pick up the pieces and put me back on my feet.”
The fans rally for Garcia, and Garcia says after what FTR did to Adam Copeland and 2Point0, and then after they tried to break Garcia’s neck, Garcia was left looking for answers. But Garcia realized that he won’t get those answers just standing around having a therapy session with them. The fans say use the crowbar then! Garcia says he has an idea. Next week, it doesn’t matter if it is Dax, Cash, Stokely, all of them, fifteen of them, a hundred of them, FTR, CPR, the ER, it doesn’t matter! Just meet him in the ring so he can beat the answers out of them!! The fans fire up for that! Who will accept this challenge from an enraged Red Death?
My Thoughts:
A very good Collision, but wow, six years and they haven’t learned how to not be redundant. While Moxley and Samoa Joe had good promos, Moxley having two promos is stupid. Skip the video one Moxley did backstage and just give us Moxley responding in anger to what Joe had to say. Same effect, but much more efficient. To be fair, I feel like a good number of this night was thrown together last minute. Because hey look, another match with “prize money” on the line when we know that’s kayfabe. It was still an awesome match from all four guys, with Hologram watching a la Sting and Darby, but what’s the point of a fake money prize? Sammy calls out Adam Cole here, why not make it some kind of TNT Championship #1 contender’s match?
Very good match from Storm VS Frost and a very good promo from Storm, and while we know Mercedes Mone VS Jamie Hayter is set, this feels like someone is going to challenge Storm for Double or Nothing in an attempt to change the All In: Texas plans. The wildest thing they could do is make it Athena as her way of getting to the All In card. They could even make it title for title because it’s Double or Nothing, and the winner brings both those titles to facing Mercedes Mone, and they have ALL the titles on the line because it’s All In! But because it’s that wild, they won’t do it. And to be fair, they really shouldn’t because then who would ever get a belt off the “Ultima Dragon” they create?
Megan of course beats Harley, but I appreciate that it led to Anna Jay making the save. Anna and Harley can certainly make a great team to battle Megan & Ford, but I feel like Megan & Ford win mostly because of Megan. Awesome match from Alexander VS Brody, and I really like that on the same day Konosuke and El Phantasmo have a 15 minute time limit draw in NJPW, Alexander and Brody have one here in AEW. Archer getting involved was also good stuff, but there’s no word on when Buddy Matthews is getting back so I’m not sure the chances of Hounds of Hell VS Don Callis Family.
But after that good promo from the Outrunners, I bet we get them and Brody working together as rather strange bedfellows. Very good stuff with Gates of Agony. They of course squashed their opponents tonight, but I like that we got a brawl of them and the former Learning Tree. Though, the brawl could’ve been a bit better, but I understand how no one wanted to fall on that hard concrete of the parking lot. I’m pretty sure we’ll get a tag match now, helping reestablish both teams in the tag division. But while CRU had a good promo to say they’re done with Top Flight, they’re like chihuahuas barking a big game thinking they can go against Kaun & Liona in a fair fight.
Caster adding a time limit to his Open Challenge was hilarious, since it added to how humiliating it was for Caster to lose fast. And Garcia answering the challenge also helped tie into tonight’s main event with FTR. Which also seemed rather out of nowhere, but it did make sense in story for FTR to go 2 outta 3 with Kyle & Roddy. Great main event with that, and I actually like Stokely’s strategy of forgoing the first fall to avoid any further damage. As such, FTR of course pulled off the comeback to win out, allowing Garcia to confront them. Thankfully, Garcia didn’t side with FTR, I had feared they’d do a lame bit of logic leaping. Garcia against either Dax or Cash will be a great singles match, and I feel like Cope will make some sort of heroic return so Garcia can have a tag partner to face FTR at Double or Nothing. Then Garcia turns.
My Score: 8.7/10
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Who are the real stars of AEW?
Kenny Omega continues to take a stand against The Elite, and leads Mark Briscoe, “Speedball” Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight in an AEW All-Star 8 Man Tag!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- 8 Man Tag: Kenny Omega, Mark Briscoe, “Speedball” Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight VS Ricochet, Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks; Ricochet, Okada & The Bucks win.
- Six Man Tag: The Opps VS Nick Comoroto, Rhett Titus & Myles Hawkins; The Opps win.
- AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator: Toni Storm w/ Luther VS Miyu Yamashita; Toni wins and denies Miyu a title opportunity.
- ROH World Television Championship: Nick Wayne VS Jay Lethal; Nick wins and retains the title.
- 2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Semifinals: Hangman Page VS Kyle Fletcher; Hangman wins and will advance to Double or Nothing.
PLAY BY PLAY
8 Man Tag: Kenny Omega, Mark Briscoe, “Speedball” Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight VS Ricochet, Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks!
The Cleaner is back and he’s ready to clean up the mess The Elite have made. The Sussex County Chicken, Speedball & Jet are with him, but will they stand tall? Or will The One & Only join The Rainmaker & The EVPs in throwing a Superkick Party?
The teams sort out and the fans fire up as Omega and Okada are right in each other’s face! The ref has the teams calm down but the fans are already losing their minds! The bell rings, and we get not only AEW International Champion VS AEW Continental Champion, but the revival of perhaps the greatest rivalry in NJPW history. Maybe even in world history! Okada and Omega circle as the fans fire up even more. Norfolk is on Omega’s side and Okada is annoyed. Okada tags out to Nicholas Jackson and the fans boo. Omega says that’s fine, he wants after one of his old pals. But Nick calls out Speedball, so Omega says okay.
Omega turns, but then Ricochet & The Elite all attack! The fans boo as they BLAST Omega’s team off the corner, then they stomp away on Omega! The ref reprimands but The Elite & Ricochet soak up the heat. Nick CLUBS Omega, drags him up, but Omega CHOPS! The fans “WOO~” and Omega wrenches Nick for a wristlock. But Nick pokes Omega in the eye! Nick knuckle locks, CHPOS, then goes up, up, and shouts “LUCHA LIBRE~!” before the FLYING ARM-DRAG! Omega is up, but Nick arm-drags again, then has the armlock. Omega fights up but Nick wrenches and YANKS the arm! Nick hands the arm to Matt for ELBOW BREAKER after ELBOW BREAKER!
The fans boo, but Okada tags in and he wrenches Omega’s arm to CLUB it! And YANK it! The fans rally for Omega but Okada hands him off to Matt again, for MORE ELBOW BREAKERS! Okada wrenches Omega, tags Ricochet in, and Ricochet goes up to DOUBLE STOMP Omega’s arm! Ricochet wrenches the arm, gives an ELBOW BREAKER of his own, then he brings Matt over for even MORE ELBOW BREAKERS! Okada says one more time! Ricochet agrees, but Omega wrenches Ricochet’s arm! Ricochet fights and flails, Omega hands Ricochet off to Matt for ELBOW BREAKERS! Okada and Nick tell Matt to stop, that’s not Omega!
Matt slows to a stop, and then reaches up to touch Ricochet’s head. Being bald confirms it, that’s not Kenny! Ricochet argues with Matt, then pushes him! Matt SLAPS Ricochet on his bald head! And Omega SLAPS! Omega then reels Ricochet in for an atomic drop! Ricochet staggers into Matt! Matt falls, Ricochet staggers back to Omega, and Omega bumps Ricochet off buckles! Tag to Bailey and the fans fire up! Bailey & Briscoe BLAST The Bucks! Briscoe runs in and LARIATS! Knight hits a SPLASH! Bailey runs up to CHOP! Omega runs up to ELBOW! Ricochet staggers, drops to his knees, and Bailey tags Knight.
The fans fire up for #JetSpeed as they double whip, BODY BLOW, then ROUNDHOUSE! UFO SPLASH! They double whip, DOUBLE HIP TOSS, then cartwheel and double basement DROPKICKS! The fans fire up, Knight brings Ricochet over and wrenches to then tag Briscoe. They bring Ricochet around and Briscoe CLUBS Ricochet’s arm! Briscoe clinches but Ricochet JAWBREAKERS free! Briscoe staggers, Ricochet hot tags Nick! Briscoe dodges Nick to CHOP and fire a flurry of forearms! Briscoe whips, Nick reverses but Briscoe slides under! Briscoe ROCKS Nick, then kicks low, runs, and BOOTS Nick! Nick staggers, so Briscoe BOOTS him again!
The fans fire up as Briscoe whips but Nick reverses. Matt gets a cheap shot in but Briscoe DECKS him for it! Nick kicks and whips but Briscoe reverses, and Bailey gets a cheap shot in! Bailey avoids Nick’s haymaker, and Briscoe scoops Nick to SLAM him! The fans fire up, but Nick avoids the elbow drop! Matt runs up, but Briscoe avoids the elbow drop! Bailey runs in, Matt avoids the elbow drop! Okada runs in, Bailey avoids the elbow drop! Knight runs in, Okada dodges the elbow drop! Ricochet jumps in, Knight avoids the elbow drop! Omega is in, Ricochet avoids the elbow drop! Nick is back, but Omega avoids the elbow drop!
All eight men scramble to their feet and the fans are thunderous! Then the brawl is on! Okada has Knight in a corner, Matt brawls with Bailey, Briscoe TOSSES Ricochet and Nick TOSSES Omega, only for Briscoe to go after Nick! Ricochet and Omega brawl on the outside, The Bucks whip Briscoe & Bailey but they both reverse it! The Bucks dosido, but then Briscoe & Bailey dodge to also dosido! Then Briscoe & Bailey both hit the crane stance! The Bucks hesitate, and they get DOUBLE CRANE KICKS! The fans are thunderous again, and Dynamite goes picture in picture!
The brawling continues on the outside as Briscoe keeps after Nick. Bailey whips Matt into barriers, Knight SMACKS Okada off the desk, and then Briscoe whips Nick hard into a corner! Nick flops down, and we see Bailey raining down fists on Matt! The fans count along and Bailey goes all the way to TEN! Then he KCIKS Matt down! Briscoe gives punches to Nick! He goes all the way to TEN, then reels Nick in for a BIG suplex! The fans fire up with Briscoe, Knight gives Okada TEN, then Omega sets up Ricochet! The fans fire up again as Omega gives Ricochet his TEN! Bailey tags in and he KICKS Nick in the back!
Bailey aims as Nick rises, SOBAT, and AX KICK, and BUZZSAW! Nick sputters while Bailey aims from a corner. Matt slides in but then bails right out as Bailey kicks at him! Bailey runs at Nick, but Nick avoids the Shooting Star! Hot tag to Okada! Okada storms up on Bailey, but Bailey KICKS him first! Bailey runs, but into a FLAPJACK! Okada scowls and goes to cover, TWO! Knight was a step away, but he backs off now that Bailey’s escaped. Okada brings Bailey over to the Elite corner, tags in Ricochet, then Okada scoops and SLAMS Bailey for Ricochet’s KNEE-BOARD SENTON! Ricochet struts, covers, TWO!
Ricochet is annoyed, but he stays between Bailey and his team to stomp away! The ref reprimands, Dynamite returns to single picture, and Ricochet reels Bailey in. The fans taunt Ricochet with “BALD! BALD! BALD!” as he lifts Bailey. But Bailey slips free of the bomb! Ricochet dodges Bailey’s lariat to BLAST Bailey’s team! But Bailey waistlocks, only for Ricochet to standing switch. Ricochet spins Bailey around and reels him in, NORTHERN- NO, Knight makes the save! Matt runs in, he dodges Knight, and then he fires off kicks! Ricochet kicks and knees Bailey, and they coordinate to STEREO NORTHERN LIGHTS!
The Polar Express is on two tracks now, another NORTHERN LIGHTS for Knight while Ricochet hits a BRAINBUSTER on Bailey! They both kip up, they fist bump, and then Ricochet poses with Matt in such as way as to make it like Matt’s hair is Ricochet’s hair! The fans chant, “You’re Still Bald!” as Ricochet tags Nick. Nick drags Bailey up and reels him in. Nick calls his shot and suplexes, but Bailey fights it! Nick CLUBS Bailey for it, then tags Matt. Matt drags Bailey up, he calls his shot, but Bailey fights the suplex! Matt tags to Ricochet, and Ricochet decides to try the same. Bailey KNEES Ricochet down!
The fans fire up while both men crawl, tag to Okada! Okada CLUBS Bailey, brings him around, and Okada decides to call his shot! Okada suplexes, but Briscoe & Knight jump in! They save Bailey from the brainbuster, The Bucks & Ricochet attack, and Omega gets in! The Elite all have a guy, “BRAINBUSTEEER~!” But Omega’s team all hit counter suplexes! The fans fire up for Omega’s team while The Elite bails out! All four men take aim, QUADRUPLE PLANCHAS!! The fans are thunderous as The Elite all goes down! Omega high-fives some fans, then Bailey puts Okada in the ring. Briscoe keeps after Matt, Knight runs in at the corner, SPLASH!
“This is Awesome!” as Knight then tags Bailey. Bailey goes up, he and Knight coordinate, MISSILE DROPKICK! Nick tags in, Bailey tags Knight, so Knight LARIATS Nick! And LARIATS again! Knight whips, Nick reverses, Knight goes up and over to LARIAT again! The fans fire up and Knight runs corner to corner, but into a BOOT! Nick goes up, but Knight enters the UPPER ROOM! Cover, TWO! Nick survives, Knight runs up, but into a JAWBREAKER! Nick runs, but Knight scoops and SLAM! Knight aims to UFO SPLASH, but only knees! Nick crawls, Ricochet runs in and BLASTS Briscoe, BOOTS Bailey, and SUPERKICKS Omega!
Nick tags Matt and the Bucks haul Knight up. They DOUBLE BACK SUPLEX, but Knight lands out! Omega hurries and tags in! The fans fire up as Omega rallies on The Bucks with Polish Hammers! Okada avoids Omega, so Omega spins on Matt! Matt dodges, the Bucks kick low. They double whip but Omega KICKS Matt! Omega full nelsons Nick but Matt runs up, so Omega shoves Nick away to catch Matt. But Matt fights free to waistlock. Omega ELBOWS free, then runs the ropes, only for Matt to DUMP him out! Omega is on the apron, but Okada & Nick anchor the legs! Matt SUPERKICKS Omega! Omega falls, but Nick & Okada catch him!
Bailey runs up, Matt dodges and SUPERKICKS! Matt puts Bailey in the ropes, Okada keeps Omega dangling off the apron, and now Ricochet joins in! Ricochet and Nick coordinate, Nick gives Omega a DRAPING SWANTON to the floor while Ricochet hits Bailey with a DRAPING 450!! The fans boo but The Elite soaks it all up while Dynamite goes back to picture in picture.
Okada stands over Omega while Omega sputters. The ring count climbs, Ricochet taunts Omega, and Omega manages to stand and SMACK him! Nick CLUBS Omega int he back! Okada pushes Omega into the ring and Matt is there to mockingly applaud. Matt fires hands on Omega in the corner, tags Mick, and then Nick tags Okada. Matt sends Nick in, but Omega TOSESS Nick out! Matt runs up, Omega TOSSES Matt out! But The Bucks are on the apron, and Okada runs up, BACK ELBOW DOUBLE ENZIGIRI COMBO! Omega should recognize that combination. Okada tags Ricochet, and Ricochet sets up to KOKESHI HEADBUTT!
Ricochet laughs at the fans as he has embraced the baldness! Cover, TWO! Omega stays in this and Ricochet grows frustrated. Ricochet clamps onto Omega with a chinlock, and even digs his knee into Omega’s back. Ricochet pulls on the arms and makes this a motorcycle stretch! Omega still endures, fights up, but Ricochet CLAWS Omega’s back! The ref reprimands, but Dynamite goes to break.
Dynamite returns as Matt mockingly claps along as the fans rally behind Omega. The rest of the Elite holds Omega back in their corner, Matt runs in, but Omega BOOTS him away! Omega fights off the others, then goes up and over Matt! But Nick & Okada YANK Omega’s team off the corner! The fans boo, but then Matt feints Omega out to DDT! “Damn I’m good!” Matt tags Ricochet and Ricochet springboards, but Omega avoids the 450! Omega comes back to SLAM DUNK Ricochet down! The fans fire up and Omega’s team rises! Omega crawls his way over, but Ricochet crawls for his corner, too! Hot tags to Matt and Briscoe!
The fans fire up as Briscoe wrenches Matt to UPPERCUT! Nick runs up, he gets an UPPERCUT! Briscoe CHOPS Matt, fires hands on Nick, but Matt waistlocks! Nick runs up, Briscoe BOOTS Nick and PELES Matt! The fans fire up as Knight LARIATS Nick up and out! Bailey LARIATS Matt up and out! Okada CLUBS Bailey, BOOTS Knight, and he kicks Briscoe. Okada whips but Briscoe uses that to BOOT Ricochet! Briscoe then BOOTS Okada, Knight & Bailey HIGH LOW with a shoulder tackle and leg kick! Okada tumbles, Bailey goes up and GOLDEN TRIANGLE MOONSAULTS onto Ricochet! Knight FLIES over the corner to take out The Bucks!
The fans are thunderous and Briscoe hooks a leg, FISHERMAN BUSTER! Cover, TWO! Okada survives but Briscoe points to the sky! Briscoe calls his shot, reels Okada in for the underhooks, but Okada fights that to an Alabama Lift! REVERSE NECKBREAKER! Okada drags Briscoe into a drop zone, goes up a corner, and he MACHO ELBOWS! Okada stands, the fans boo, but Okada winds up… for the MIDDLE FINGER! He especially gives it to Omega! The fans boo, but Bailey is back in! He KICKS the finger, then HEEL KICKS Okada! Nick runs up, Bailey dodges but then Nick ducks a kick! Bailey ducks a kick, but Nick goes Matrix to avoid the thrust kick!
Matt runs up, Bailey hooks Matt’s kick with his leg! But that lets Nick SUPERKICK Bailey! The Bucks kick Knight, double whip, but Knight leaps over the lariats to DOUBLE PELE! Ricochet runs in to DOUBLE STOMP Knight down! Briscoe clinches Ricochet, EXPLODER! Okada SHOTGUNS Briscoe! Okada stares Omega down and the fans fire up again! Omega tells the ref to stand down. Omega steps in and the fans lose their minds again! Omega and Okada start throwing forearms! Omega fires a flurry, but Okada UPPERCUTS! Okada whips, Omega avoids the dropkick, and then Omega Electric Chair Lifts!
Okada fights free, ROLLING- NO, Omega ducks the lariat to SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX! The fans fire up as Okada goes to ropes! Omega aims, BANG! Omega runs, but Okada is up to DROPKICK after all! Ripcord, but Omega dodges the Rainmaker, only for DOUBLE SUPERKICKS to find him! Briscoe is back, Okada DDTS him down! Ricochet kicks Knight, The Bucks scoop Bailey and Omega. Ricochet scoops Knight, he SLAMS Knight into the drop zone, same as Nick with Bailey. Ricochet and Bailey climb while Okada gut wrenches Briscoe! Okada and Matt set up over Bailey and Knight! The fans boo as we get a DOUBLE MISSILE DROPKICK SENTON T K DRIVER CHIMERA!!!
Okada covers Briscoe, TWO?!?! Briscoe survives and The Elite cannot believe it! Ricochet and Matt argue with the ref but Nick calls to Matt. E V P- NO, Briscoe ducks and knees collide! Briscoe then DUMPS The Bucks out, and then TOSSES Ricochet out onto them! Okada ripcords Briscoe, but Briscoe dodges, kicks, and underhooks! JAY DRILLER!!! Cover, RICOCHET BREAKS IT! The fans boo but Ricochet goes to the apron. Ricochet HOTSHOTS Briscoe, then climbs a corner. The ref reprimands, but Bailey ENZIGIRIS Ricochet! Electric Chair Lift, and Knight says it is time! Knight DROPKICKS Ricochet down onto The Bucks!
The fans are thunderous again, and Omega rises! Omega builds speed and FLIES! Down go The Bucks, Bailey & Knight! The fans fire up as Briscoe sets Okada up again! Fireman’s carry and ROLLING DEATH VALLEY! Briscoe hurries up top, but The Bucks distract the ref so Ricochet can SHOVE Briscoe down! RAINMAKER!! Cover, ELITE WIN!
Winners: Ricochet, Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks, by pinfall
Ricochet smiles as he gives Okada an assist that was outta this world! Will Ricochet feel right at home with with The Elite? Will Omega have to rethink how he battles his former friends?
The Hurt Syndicate arrives backstage.
And very excited staff and AEW prospects greet them with “We Hurt~ People! We Hurt~ People!” MVP says yeah, that’s real fun to say, huh? But y’know what’s even more fun? When they actually do it! MVP JAMS the one guy with his walking stick, then Shelton Benjamin & Bobby Lashley beat down the rest! One guy gets dumped into a laundry basket! The AEW World Tag Team Champions pick up their title belts, and MVP says that first guy broke his cane. But hey, let’s address the elephant in the room. Lashley smirks and Shelton says hey, he was skeptical about MJF, too. But this isn’t about them trusting MJF. This is about them trusting MVP.
Shelton says c’mon, Lashley, he has to admit MJF is also funny, and that he liked that car. Lashley says he can buy his own cars. MVP says of course, of course. But this is what this is about: MJF can help The Hurt Syndicate. Has MVP ever steered them wrong before? And… If MJF screws them, then they will hurt him like he’s never been hurt before. Alright? They fist bump, and MVP says alright, time to get some work done. Will this finally be the night the All Mighty accepts the Scumbag?
Six Man Tag: The Opps VS Nick Comoroto, Rhett Titus & Myles Hawkins!
Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata & “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs not only took the AEW World Trios Championships from the Death Riders, but they put the Death Riders and all of AEW on notice. The Opps are #NeverLacking, but how much more powerful will they become?
The trios sort out and Titus starts against Joe. The bell rings and the fans sing, “Joe is gonna kill~ you!” Joe smirks, then he ties up with Titus. Joe wrenches and wristlocks, but Titus breaks free to CHOP! Titus runs, but Joe CHOPS him off his feet! Joe JABS, JABS, and JABS Titus into the corner. Joe fires off more hands, then stomps a mudhole in! The fans fire up and Joe whips Titus corner to corner. Joe ELBOWS Titus, PELES him, then brings him around to tag Shibata. Shibata CHOPS Titus, then shoves him to his corner. Shibata dares someone to tag in, so Comoroto tags in. The Freak Beast storms up to shove Shibata, but Shibata CHOPS!
Comoroto CHOPS, Shibata CHOPS, repeat! The fans fire up as the CHOPS go back and forth again and again! Shibata then CHOPS, CHOPS, CHOPS! Comoroto KNEES low, whips, but Shibata ducks ‘n’ dodges to BOOT! Comoroto falls, Hawkins tags in, but Shibata KNEES him low! Snapmare and KICK! The fans fire up while Hawkins writhes! Shibata bumps Hawkins off buckles, and he tags in Hobbs! The fans fire up as Hobbs stomps Hawkins, then fires knee after knee! Hobbs whips Hawkins to a corner, but Hawkins BOOTS back! Hawkins runs up, but Hobbs SNAP POWERSLAMS! The fans fire up as Hobbs stands tall.
Hobbs runs and SPLASHES Hawkins in a corner! Then LARIAT! LARIAT! LARAT! “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Hobbs reels Hawkins in for a short arm LARIAT! Hobbs brings down the straps, the fans fire up, and Hobbs gives Hawkins a SPINEBUSTER! Cover, The Opps win!
Winners: The Opps, by pinfall
Hobbs took care o’ town bidness, and now the trios champs stand tall. Will nothing and no one stop Joe from taking the AEW World- WAIT! The Death Riders attack! Wheeler Yuta CLUBS Shibata down, then runs away from Hobbs while Jon Moxley CHOKES Joe and stomps away! Hobbs grabs Yuta and fires hands! The fans fire up but now Claudio is here, and he UPPERCUTS Hobbs against railing! Claudio then goes after Shibata while Marina Shafir stomps Hobbs. But Joe DECKS Moxley! Moxley bails out, Joe pursues, and Joe fires hands! Joe has the COQUINA CLUTCH!! Moxley sputters, waves to his people, but that’s a signal to Claudio!
Claudio has a chair set up upside-down! He reels Shibata in, and Joe sees that! Joe lets Moxley go, but he can’t make it back in time! FULL METAL NEUTRALIZER onto the chair legs!! The same thing that did Hook in! Joe is furious but The Death Riders retreat, having done the damage. Moxley grins, but Joe grabs himself a mic. “MOX!!” The Death Riders leave, not caring what Joe has to say. Joe says fine. It seems to him that Moxley likes to come out here and ask like he’s the boss. But when they start throwing hands, Moxley’s just a little b*tch! Joe tells Moxley that he came out here weeks ago and begged for Joe 1v1! All Joe is trying to do is give Moxley what he wants.
Unfortunately, it just seems like Moxley doesn’t really want that… But Jon… You’ve already made your request! And Joe says he’ll give the people what they want, and that is very simple! If Joe is gonna fight Moxley for the AEW World Championship… Then that cowardly SOB Moxley will have to do it inside a steel cage! The fans fire up for that one! “Because my name is Samoa Joe, and I will be your next AEW World Champion!” Joe has raised the stakes on The Maniac, will there be no surviving Beach Break for the Death Riders?
Backstage interview with Mercedes Mone.
Renee Paquette has a sit-down interview with The CEO and thanks her for taking this time. Mone thanks Renee for having her. Renee says in preparing for this, she thought back to the first time they did this in AEW. Something Renee kept coming back to is how Mone says she is a global superstar on a global mission. Yes, and one year later, she is a global champion! NJPW Strong Women’s Champion, Rev-Pro Undisputed British Women’s Champion, and of course, the GREATEST AEW TBS Champion of all time. Renee says let’s talk the Owen Hart Tournament. The finals are set for Double or Nothing: Mone VS Hayter. The winner goes to All In: Texas!
Mone says she could go on and on about honoring the legacy of Owen Hart and the Hart Family. The Harts have a special place in Mone’s heart, but let’s be real. This isn’t about them, this is about Mone! Just over a year ago, Mone won her first AEW title at Double or Nothing, so what makes you think this year will be any different? Renee says okay, let’s talk Jamie Hayter. A former AEW Women’s World Champion, 11-2 on the year, and even that aside, just look at the tale of the tape. Physically, Hayter is bigger and stronger. Is Mone underestimating Hayter? No, of course not. But Mone has been in AEW for over a year, and what is she? UNDEFEATED!
So if we’re talking records, let’s talk about that. Renee says yes, true, 25-0 in singles competition, impressive indeed. Yes, it is! Mone has beaten the very best here in AEW, and even all over the world. Mone IS the best! Mone IS the greatest! She is #FourBeltsMone, and the world runs on Mone Time! Because every time Mone steps into the ring, she changes the game! And she has to give props where it is due, Hayter is really, really good. Tough, scrappy, and reminds Mone a bit of herself. Except for the terrible Scooby Doo style! Hayter wants to be a champion, but a champion can’t look like a friggin’ cartoon.
Renee says Double or Nothing is not one to miss. She wishes Mone luck and Mone just smiles. Will The CEO add the Queen of Harts belt to her collection? Or will she learn that no matter how Jamie looks, Hayter Hits Hard?
Backstage interview with The Patriarchy.
AEW returns as Renee is now with Christian Cage, Kip Sabian, Mother Shayna & the ROH World Television Champion, Nick Wayne. Renee says Nick is headed to Japan next week to enter the Best of the Super Juniors. What does it mean to him to be part of that tournament representing AEW in NJPW? Christian speaks up to say as The Patriarch and leader of this family, he prefers all questions being directed to… Jay Lethal steps in? What can Christian do for him? Lethal says actually, there’s nothing Christian can do. Because he is here to talk to the champ. Lethal knows it is no secret that many people here believe Nick is incredible in the ring, because he is.
But Nick is also young and has a lot to learn. In fact, he has a lot to prove. So how about Nick proves something tonight? The longest reigning ROH World TV Champion, Jay Lethal, and the youngest ROH World TV Champion, Nick Wayne, 1v1! Nick says he doesn’t know. He isn’t really warmed up or prepared. He was hoping to focus on BOSJ. Christian says, “He accepts!” Lethal says, “See you out there, champ.” Lethal heads out, and Christian says if Nick wants to be a champion, then he needs to get his head in the game. The Patriarchy leaves with Captain Charisma, will Nick have no choice but to prove something to Lethal and “Father Christian?”
AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator: Toni Storm w/ Luther VS Miyu Yamashita!
While Double or Nothing puts the Owen Hart Cup on the line, The Timeless Champion is still looking for someone worthy of being her “costar.” Will the Pink Striker soon go for AEW gold? Or will she not pass her “screen test” with Toni?
The bell rings and the fans rally up for Toni. Toni offers a handshake, Miyu accepts, and the fans applaud the sportsmanship. The two circle, tie up, and go around. Miyu waistlocks, Toni headlocks, but Miyu wrenches free to wristlock then headlock. The fans sing for “Toni! Toni Storm~!” as she powers Miyu down to a knee. Toni slips out the back, wrenches, then wristlocks. Miyu rolls, wrenches, and then KICKS a leg! And KICKS! KICKS! KICKS! Toni hobbles but she has the ROPEBREAK! Miyu lets go, but then she KNEES low! Miyu whips but Toni hits a THESZ PRESS! Toni rains down fast hands and the fans fire up!
Miyu guards, the ref reprimands about closed fists, but Toni lets off to fire up with the fans. Toni drags Miyu up, scoops her, and hits a BACKBREAKER! Toni drags Miyu up and snap suplexes her! Then Toni goes to a corner, climbs up, and the fans rally. Miyu springs up to ROUNDHOUSE! Toni flops to the apron then the floor, and Miyu fires herself up. The fans rally with her and she goes to the apron. PENALTY- NO, Toni blocks the kick and trips Miyu! Miyu hits the apron, Toni climbs up and gives us a closeup. But Miyu avoids the hip attack! Toni gets stuck in the corner, and Miyu takes aim! The fans fire up as Miyu literally kicks Toni’s butt!
Miyu KICKS Toni’s butt again and again and again! Luther protests and Miyu backs off. Luther makes sure Toni’s butt is okay, but then Miyu KICKS Luther! The fans are torn as Miyu CLOBBERS Luther, then she ROUNDHOUSES Toni’s butt! Toni falls off the corner and Miyu soaks up both cheers and jeers while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Miyu drags Toni up, then whips her hard into barriers! Toni hobbles away but Miyu pursues. Miyu fires the fans up before she runs up and KNEES Toni against railing! Miyu then brings Toni around with a headlock, and she KICKS Toni against barriers! And again, and again, and again! Miyu fires up, but Toni THRWOS her into barriers to CHOP! CHPO! And CHOP! Toni brings Miyu around, but Miyu puts Toni in the ring first. Miyu storms in, stands Toni up, and fireman’s carries, only for Toni to fight free and clamp on a SLEEPER! Miyu flails, wrenches free and THROWS Toni down! Then she BUZZSAWS Toni! Toni sputters, Miyu covers, TWO!
Toni stays in this but Miyu stays cool as she stays on Toni. Miyu stands Toni up again but Toni ROCKS Miyu! And CHOPS! Miyu fires up to BODY BLOW! Miyu wrenches and whips Toni to a corner, then runs up for a KNEE! Miyu brings Toni around, goes up and up and GAMANGIRIS! Miyu fires up and the fans seem torn. Miyu drags Toni into a COBRA CLUTCH, then throws KNEE after KNEE into Toni’s back! Toni stands up but Miyu KNEES and SAYANAGIS, while keeping the COBRA CLUTCH! Toni endures, Luther rallies the fans, and Toni fights around. Miyu pushes Toni to a cover, TWO! Another cover, TWO!
Miyu holds onto the submission even as she pushes Toni down, TWO! Toni fights up, fires body shots, but Miyu KNEES her in return! Dynamite returns to single picture as Miyu looms over Toni. Miyu stands Toni up again, whips her to a corner, and then KICKS! Miyu goes up the corner again, but Toni avoids the kick this time! Toni runs up to ROCK Miyu! Miyu shakes that off and ROCKS Toni! Toni ROCKS Miyu! The forearms go back and forth and Norfolk fires up! Toni fires a flurry and the fans cheer! But Miyu leans into the shots! Miyu backs Toni down like that! Toni swings again, but Miyu slips around to waistlock.
Toni ELBOWS free, but Miyu BLINDSIDE ROUNDHOUSES! And SUPERKICKS! And then ROUND- NO, Toni blocks that one to SNAP GERMAN! The fans fire up and Toni aims from the corner. Another closeup and SWEET- SKULL KICK!! Miyu hits Toni, but she falls back herself! Miyu crawls over to cover, TWO!! Toni survives, but Miyu will not let her go! Miyu drags Toni up, goes to run, but Toni reels her in! Miyu smirks, and she swings, only for Toni to duck and SKY HIGH! Cover, TWO! Miyu survives but Toni hooks a leg, FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect and Toni is frustrated.
Toni storms around and the fans rally up. Toni brings Miyu in, Miyu fights the lift, and Miyu fireman’s carries! DEATH VALLEY BOMB!! But Miyu isn’t done, she BUZZSAWS again! Miyu fires up and runs, but Toni dodges! SNAP GERMAN!! Miyu flounders to a corner, Toni tries one more time! Take three for this closeup! SWEET HIP MUSIC!! Then STORM ZERO!! Cover, Toni wins!
Winner: Toni Storm, by pinfall (denies Miyu a title match)
Cut, print, that’s a wrap! Toni is an undefeated 10-0 in eliminator matches, but wait! The CEO is make her way out here. Mone shows off her four belts, and then has a mic to say, “Norfooooolk~! Shut the Hell up and say hello to your C E O!” The fans boo instead. But Mone tells, “Toni, darling, good to see you. After I beat Jamie Hayter at Double or Nothing and win the Owen Cup, I’m coming for what I deserve: The AEW Women’s World Championship, darling~!” But wait! Speaking of the Hayter and she appears! Hayter tells Mone to say that to her face! Mone takes a swing instead! But Hayter blocks that, and DECKS Mone!
Hayter hauls Mone up, but Mone dodges the Hayterade! Mone runs away and Toni is rather surprised. Mone left her belts behind, but will she still grab the Cup? Or will we finally get a sequel to Storm VS Hayter at All In: Texas?
The Don Callis Family speaks.
Don Callis himself asks, “You know what I like? I like writing history. I like making history. And last week on Dynamite, Takeshita & the Canadian Assassin, Josh Alexander, they made history! They had one of the greatest tag team matches I’ve ever seen, and they put down Will Ospreay and the great Brody King. I loved it. I loved it so much, I wanna make history again this week with The Family. And this week, we’re going to, because Kyle Fletcher is going to dismantle The Hangman. And then, Kyle, it’s on to Double or Nothing for the Finals of The Owen, where you will finally put to rest the legend of Will Ospreay. And I can’t wait! Go get ’em tonight, kid.”
Kyle Fletcher says, “After I beat Hangman Adam Page tonight, after I beat Will Ospreay at Double or Nothing, I go on to All In, I TAKE the AEW World Championship. The Don Callis Family takes its place at the top of the mountain of AEW. You will have NO choice but to say… my… full… name.” Callis says he’ll do it. “Ladies and gentlemen… The Protostar, Kyle FLETCHER!!” Callis is all fired up while Fletcher is locked in. Will the Aussie Arrow shoot down the Cowboy to then aim at the Aerial Assassin? Or will one Buckshot be all it takes to go Double or Nothing?
The Hurt Syndicate heads to the ring.
The fans sing “We Hurt~ People!” and at least they won’t get beat up for it as MVP, Lashley & Shelton go to the ring. MVP has the mic to say, “Attention AEW viewing audience. This is an official announcement from the Hurt Syndicate. Now, as you know, we’ve been discussing adding a fourth member to our ranks. And according to our corporate bylaws, in order to do so, that prospect must receive a unanimous three thumbs up. Now, I had a conversation with the Standard of Excellence, and of course The All Mighty, and we’re gonna try this one more time. So please join me in inviting MJF to join us in the ring.”
Norfolk cheers as Maxwell Jacob Friedman makes his entrance. MJF already has a mic of his own, and he has them cut his music. The fans cheer MJF on and MVP says this is kinda to his point. MJF tells the fans, give it up for Shelton! Look how great he looks! Like c’mon! Standard of Excellence! Montel, what can MJF say that he hasn’t already said? A living legend, and one of MJF’s oldest friends. The fans chant for MVP, and then MJF looks to “Bob.” Lashley is annoyed that the fans chant for “BOB! BOB! BOB!” MJF asks if Lashley had a good car ride here. MVP says let’s just get to the vote already.
We all know MVP’s position, and remember the discussion. MVP says thumbs up. Shelton again says thumbs up. Lashley… Well, he thinks about it, looks to the others, and sticks out his hand. The fans cheer and MJF waits patiently as Lashley still thinks on it. Eventually, he says thumbs… DOWN!! MJF frowns and the fans boo, but Lashley just doesn’t wanna give in. MJF says, “Y’know what, Bob? I think I’m about sick of your s*it!” WHOA~! MJF asks what is it Lashley wants. MJF has given him women, helped him win a match, gave him money and a car. What intrigues Lashley? Maybe some Rogaine, “you big bald SOB!”
The fans fire up hearing that, and now MVP steps back. Lashley grabs MJF by the head and puts him in a corner! MJF shouts for MVP but Lashley reminds MJF that they hurt people! If MJF wants to impress Lashley, then go hurt someone. MJF says okay, okay, he’s sorry! Lashley’s made his point, MJF will do that! MVP has Lashley stand down and MJF can breathe again. MVP has Lashley & Shelton leave MJF behind, and can only tell MJF that he tried. MJF has to prove what he’s capable of, who will he hurt as part of his initiation?
ROH World Television Championship: Nick Wayne w/ The Patriarchy VS Jay Lethal!
The Patriarchy’s Prodigy was given his shot thanks to, well, The Patriarch. And while Nick won it on his own, Christian acts like he owns part of that title. As such, Christian put Nick in this position to face one of if not THE best ROH World TV Champion ever. Will Lethal ruin Nick’s momentum going into NJPW Best of the Super Juniors? Or can Nick prove he doesn’t need “Daddy” helping him anymore?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is really championship material!
The Code of Honor is not upheld as Nick kicks Lethal’s hand away. The bell rings, the two circle, and they tie up. Lethal headlocks for the takeover, Nick headscissors but Lethal kips free. Nick hits the headlock takeover, Lethal headscissors, but Nick kips free. Another headlock takeover from Lethal and another headscissors from Nick, so Lethal kips free again. Another takeover from Nick and another headscissors from Lethal, so Nick kips free again. Nick bails out to stop the cycle, and Christian coaches him up. The fans rally as Nick storms up the steel steps. Lethal opens the ropes for Nick, but Nick chooses to enter from the other end.
Nick and Lethal circle, approach, and Nick kicks low! Nick ROCKS Lethal, CHOPS him, then the fans chant for “NICK’S MOM! NICK’S MOM!” Kip tells them to stop that, but Lethal puts Nick in the corner to stomp and CHOP! Lethal blows a kiss to Mama Wayne, but Nick CHOPS back! Lethal turns things around to CHOP again! Nick sputters and staggers and Christian swipes at Lethal. The ref has The Patriarchy back off, but then Nick kicks Lethal low. Nick whips Lethal to a corner, Lethal reverses, but Nick goes up, only for Lethal to stay back! Nick is confused, turns around, and Lethal arm-drags him!
The fans fire up as Lethal arm-drags again! Lethal then dodges Nick to waistlock. Nick fights, Lethal shoves him, hip toss and cartwheel, basement DROPKICK! The fans fire up for Lethal and he lines up his shot. But then Nick bails out, so Lethal changes his plans. Lethal DIVES and takes Nick down at the ramp! Lethal hurries after Nick, but Nick springs up to RANA! The fans fire up and Christian tells Nick to get up. Nick rises as the ring count climbs. Nick hurries into the ring just to refresh the count. Nick goes back for Lethal, and RAMS him into the steel steps! Lethal writhes and Nick soaks up the heat while Dynamite goes to break.
Dynamite returns and Nick whips Lethal corner to corner hard! Lethal drops to his knees, Nick soaks up heat, but Christian wants Nick to keep on him. Nick again whips Lethal hard corner to corner! Lethal falls to his knees, Christian nods, and Nick whips corner to corner again. Lethal stops himself short, then ELBOWS Nick away! The fans fire up, Lethal rolls Nick up, TWO! Lethal turns Nick to backslide, TWO! Lethal steps over, LA MAGISTROL! TWO!! Nick escapes, swings, but into the LETHAL COMBINATION! The fans fire up while Christian worries and Lethal covers, TWO! Nick survives but the fans rally for Lethal.
Lethal rises, calls his shot, and Lethal goes up a corner. Nick rises to trip Lethal up! Lethal CLUBS Nick in return, but Nick ROCKS Lethal! Nick climbs up, brings Lethal to the top, but Lethal fights with body shots! Lethal DECKS Nick, then takes aim again! The fans fire up for the MACHO ELBOW! But Nick rolls it into a cover! TWO!! Lethal is up, he blocks a kick to DRAGON SCREW! And then a “WOO~” and FIGURE- NO, Nick cradles Lethal, TWO! Lethal dodges, handsprings, but Nick rolls Lethal up! TWO!! Lethal escapes, fireman’s carries, but Nick CLAWS the eyes! Lethal runs up, Nick trips him into the buckles!
Nick runs up to ROUNDHOUSE! Nick then hooks and hoists Lethal up with the PRODIGY PLEX!! Cover, NICK WINS!
Winner: Nick Wayne, by pinfall (still ROH World Television Champion)
With the family watching, Nick gets the job done all on his own! But then Christian brings in the belt, and again holds onto it as if it is his. Christian then has Nick turn around, and Christian puts the belt on Nick. The fans boo this backhanded way of complimenting his “son,” but will Nick make the Patriarchy even prouder through the BOSJ?
BREAKING NEWS for Beach Break!
With that special event just weeks away, Tony Khan has agreed with Samoa Joe’s idea! Samoa Joe and Jon Moxley will now battle for the AEW World Championship inside the steel cage!! Will Moxley even survive with his Death Riders locked on the outside?
BREAKING NEWS for Collision!
Live this Saturday but on TBS, Collision is in Atlantic City, so Toni Storm is gonna roll the dice! She gives Lady Frost a Championship Eliminator, will Frost have Lady Luck on her side? Or will Toin heat things up as we get closer and closer to Double or Nothing? Then given what Callis had to say about him, Brody King is coming back for revenge! Will the King of Death destroy Callis’ Canadian Assassin? Or will Josh Alexander prove he is a Walking Weapon?
2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Semifinals: Hangman Page VS Kyle Fletcher w/ The Don Callis Family!
The Cowboy is no stranger to this position. He was a finalist in last year’s Owen Hart Cup, only to fall short because of his many distractions and obsessions. But will Hangman return to the finals and redeem himself? Or will we get Ospreay VS Fletcher once more?
The bell rings and the two run up to tie up! They go around, Kyle puts Hangman in a corner, but the ref counts. Kyle pie faces Hangman as he lets go, and Callis joins commentary. Callis brings up the saying, “Virginia is for lovers,” but he’s gonna love seeing Hangman be exposed by Kyle tonight. Kyle wrenches Hangman’s arm, wristlocks, then cranks on the hold. Hangman rolls, slips through and wrenches to hammerlock, snapmare, and then CHOP! Kyle staggers back and the fans fire up! Hangman stares daggers at Kyle but Kyle bails out. Kyle walks off that shot while soaking up heat from the fans. The ring count climbs and Hangman paces.
The fans rally for #CowboyS*it, but Kyle storms back to the ring at 7 of 10. Kyle steps in, he and Hangman circle, then Kyle slips around to waistock. Hangman wrenches, hammerlocks, but Kyle works on an escape. Kyle ELBOWS free, then headlocks. Hangman powers up and out, but Kyle pulls hair to have the headlock again! The ref reprimands and the fans boo but Kyle just grins. Kyle grinds the hold, Hangman powers up, but Kyle wrenches Hangman to wrangle him down. Kyle has a hammerlock, and he says, “Cowboy S*it? More like ride ’em, cowboy~!” Kyle pretends he’s at the rodeo, but Hangman slips out the back to trip Kyle up!
Hangman SPANKS Kyle and Kyle is stunned! Hangman then ROCKS Kyle, ROCKS him again, and then bumps him off buckles. Hangman fires haymakers in the corner, the fans count along, but the ref also counts. Hangman gets seven as the ref goes to 4, but then Kyle kicks low! Kyle headlocks but Hangman powers up and out. Kyle rolls over the dropdown, Hangman handsprings back up, and then Hangman BOOTS Kyle right in the face! Hangman goes right to the apron, but Kyle bails out fast! Archer & Callis applaud the quick thinking, but Hangman suddenly runs in and LARIATS Kyle into the timekeeper’s area!
The fans fire up for Hangman and he revels in it while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Hangman refreshes the ring count, then storms into the timekeeper’s area to fetch Kyle. The ref has Archer stay back while Hangman drags Kyle up. Hangman then whips Kyle hard into barriers! Kyle falls in a heap, Hangman talks trash on Callis & Archer, then Hangman goes back to Kyle. Hangman again refreshes the ring count, then he stands Kyle up to whip him hard into railing! Kyle falls over again but Hangman drags him back up. Hangman puts Kyle in the ring, storms in after him, but Kyle bails out the other side. Hangman is annoyed but Kyle goes to Archer & Calls. Callis coaches Kyle up but Hangman storms over. Kyle SUPERKICKS Hangman down!
Archer applauds, and we see Kyle has a bloody cut on his lower back, and that’s quite literal. Kyle still hobbles over to Hangman, stands him up, and whips him hard into barriers! Now Hangman slumps down and takes a seat. Kyle leaves Hangman behind, but Hangman drags himself into the ring. Kyle runs up and BOOTS Hangman into the corner! Kyle stomps Hangman down, then stomps again and again! The ref counts, Kyle stops at 4, but he sneaks some kicks in there. Kyle then notices the blood on his back. Hangman stands to CHOP! CHOP! And CHOP! Hangman runs, but Kyle hits a kitchen sink knee!
Kyle rains down fists and elbows, then stops to seethe. Dynamite returns to single picture and the fans rally for Hangman. Kyle double checks his bloody back, and then tastes his own blood! The fans tell Kyle he’s sick, and Kyle goes back to Hangman. Kyle stands Hangman up to scoop and SLAM! Hangman writhes but Kyle aims. Kyle KICKS Hangman, but Hangman just seethes. Kyle says okay, and he KICKS again! Kyle scuffs Hangman, KICKS, but Hangman blocks! Kyle fires hands but Hangman fires them in return! Hangman whips, Kyle reverses to break and BOOT! Kyle runs, but Hangman BOOTS him!
Kyle rebounds, into an Alabama Lift! Kyle sunset flips, high stacks, TWO and Kyle deadlifts Hangman! Hangman slips free, dodges, but then Kyle dodges, only for a LARIAT to flip Kyle upside-down! The fans fires up for “A E DUB! A E DUB!” while Kyle sputters and Hangman catches his breath. Both men rise up, and Kyle ROCKS Hangman! Hangman frowns, and he ROCKS Kyle! And ROCKS him again, again, and again! Hangman whips Kyle to ropes, then BACKDROPS him! The fans fire up for that serious hangtime, and Kyle goes to a corner. Hangman runs in and LARIATS! Snapmare and SLIDING LARIAT!
Hangman slashes his throat and brings Kyle back up! Fireman’s carry, but Kyle fires elbows! Kyle half nelsons, Hangman elbows free, then Hangman runs, but Kyle leaps! Only for Hangman to catch him! DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO! Kyle survives and Hangman snarls, but the fans rally up again. Kyle sputters and goes to a corner, but Hangman storms right up on him. Hangman winds up and LARIATS! And LARIATS! And LARIATS again! And again! Again, and again, and again! Hangman winds up after nine for number TEN!! Kyle slumps down and Hangman seethes while the fans fire back up.
Hangman stands Kyle up, whips him corner to corner, then runs up, only for Kyle to go up and over! Kyle comes back but Hangman catches him! FALL AWAY SLAM! Kyle flounders away to the apron, Callis is worried, and Hangman kips up! Hangman then runs to triangle jump LARIAT! Down goes Kyle and Callis is even more worried. Hangman climbs the corner, the fans fire up, but Kyle hurries to anchor Hangman’s feet. Hangman kicks Kyle away, runs up, but Kyle blocks the boot to ENZIGIRI, SUPERKICK, and he reels Hangman in! Kyle suplexes, APRON BRAINBUSTER!! Both men are down and the fans lose their minds!
Callis says Kyle is going to roll into the finals with that one! The ref checks both men, and they’re somehow okay to continue. Kyle drags Hangman up and they’re on top of the barriers now! The fans fire up as Hangman fires body shots, then he blocks a kick! Hangman trips Kyle and Kyle SMACKS off the barriers! Kyle staggers back to his feet, and Hangman sets up to ASAI MOONSAULT! Into an inverted suplex! TOMBSTONE on the floor!! The fans lose their minds as now Hangman returns fire, and Dynamite goes back to picture in picture!
The ref has to again check both men, and both men are still in this somehow. The ring count climbs, the fans rally up, and both men slowly sit up. Hangman springs in at 9, Kyle springs in at 9.5!! The fans fire up as both men stay in this! Hangman and Kyle slowly sit up and crawl on their knees. Hangman throws the first punch! Kyle comes back to throw one, but there wasn’t any sauce behind it. Kyle flops back down, and Hangman scowls. Hangman sits Kyle up to throw another punch! Kyle comes back to throw another shot, and that one had something! The two stand and the haymakers keep going! Hangman ROCKS Kyle again and again!
Kyle ends up in a corner and Hangman HAMMERS away! The ref backs him up, and then Kyle SUPERKICKS Hangman! Hangman staggers to the opposite corner and Kyle smirks. Kyle storms over to Hangman, hoists him to the top rope, then climbs up to join him. Hangman fires body shots but Kyle still brings Hangman to the very top! SUPER- NO, Hangman slips free, and he SHOVES Kyle onto the crossbar! Kyle is stuck up there, so Hangman climbs up after him. Now Hangman brings Kyle to the very top, for a SUPER DUPER PLEX!! Dynamite returns to single picture right as they crash land on the mat!
Norfolk is thunderous, and a standing count begins. The fans hope these two “FIGHT FOREVER!” but someone has to go face Ospreay at Double or Nothing! Both men rise up, and they again throw haymakers from their knees. They stand, throw more shots, and Hangman fires a flurry! Hangman whips, Kyle reverses, but Hangman ROCKS Kyle! Kyle shakes that off to BOOT Hangman! Kyle runs, Hangman rebounds, and Hangman LARIATS! Kyle staggers around but he stays up. Hangman storms up on Kyle to whip again, but Kyle reverses, wrenches, and SNAP HALF ‘N’ HALF SUPLEXES! Hangman staggers to a corner and Kyle takes aim!
Kyle runs, but Hangman POP-UP SIT-OUT POWERBOMBS!! Cover, TWO!! Kyle survives and Hangman is beside himself! Hangman slashes his throat, vowing to end this! Hangman stands Kyle up, Alabama Lifts, but Kyle fights it! Kyle tries to lift Hangman, but Hangman kicks and flails! Hangman tries the Alabama Lift again but Kyle slips through! Hangman ROCKS Kyle, then ROLLING- BOOT from Kyle! Kyle reels Hangman in, hoist shim up, but Hangman slips free of the bomb! Alabama Lift and DEADEYE!! Kyle flops, Hangman covers, TWO!?!? Kyle survives and Hangman is shocked! Callis is very worried now but the fans rally up.
Hangman stands, paces, and then goes up a corner! The fans fire up for the MOONSAULT, but into BOOTS! Kyle runs up, reels Hangman in and hoists him up, LAST RIDE POWERBOMB!! Cover, TWO!?!?! Callis knows the problem was Kyle didn’t have the arms trapped. Kyle seethes, but he watches Hangman go to the corner. Kyle runs in again, GAMANGIRI! Then a suplex for the- NO, Hangman slips free, O’Conner Rolls, TWO! Hangman goes to the apron! Hangman BOOTS Kyle away, but Kyle GAMANGIRIS again! Hangman sits down on the apron and Kyle goes back out there. Kyle grins as he brings Hangman up!
Kyle reels Hangman in, but Hangman wrenches free! Alabama Lift, APRON DEADEYE!!! The fans go nuts, Kyle slumps to the floor, and Hangman climbs! ARIHARA MOONSAULT!! Hangman hurries to put Kyle in, and he takes aim! Kyle rises, but he pushes the ref right as Hangman slingshots in! LOW BLOW intercepts the Buckshot!! The fans boo but Kyle suplexes, BRAINBUSTER!!! Cover, TWO!??!!? Hangman survives and shocks everyone, especially Kyle! Callis is furious and he jumps off commentary to argue the count! Norfolk is electric for “COWBOY SH*T! COWBOY SH*T!” Kyle runs corner to corner again, GAMANGIRI!
Kyle hoists Hangman to the top, climbs up, but Hangman fires body shots! Hangman LARIATS! Kyle holds onto ropes for dear life, but Hangman LARIATS again! Hangman gets Norfolk to fire up, and that energy powers Hangman up for another LARIAT!! Kyle falls back, but he rolls and stands again. Hangman slingshots off the corner!! BUCKSHOT!! And then he goes to the apron, BUCKSHOT!!! Cover, HANGMAN WINS!!
Winner: Hangman Page, by pinfall (advances to Double or Nothing)
Virginia is for lovers, but it’s also for fighters! Norfolk cheers as their Cowboy rides on to the finals, but will this be Hangman’s year? Or will he fail to win “the big one” as he has before?
My Thoughts:
A great Dynamite, and good moves towards not just Double or Nothing but also Beach Break. Well, to be fair, a lot more matches will surely be announced next week, it’s still just the world title match for now. But after The Opps of course squashed Comoroto, Titus & Hawkins, it makes sense for the Death Riders to ambush them. Shibata suffering that chair spot is surely so the World Trios Championships won’t be defended until closer to Double or Nothing, probably giving Pac time to recover so he can team with Claudio & Yuta again. But a Steel Cage for the world title is great stuff, though that doesn’t necessarily change the odds into Joe’s favor.
Awesome opening 8 Man, and it felt like all these guys were bringing that PWG energy. In the end, The Elite with Ricochet win out because for one, Ricochet needs some wins to stay strong. Two, The Bucks win to get heat and build themselves up, and Okada couldn’t take the pin because we’re still on some long route to Okada VS Omega. We’ve got a month, so I’m sure we’ll see those two interact more and perhaps have Omega issue the challenge first. I don’t know if title unification really needs to happen, but one way or another, we’re going to get another instant classic from these two.
Very good promo from Mercedes Mone to play up just how stuck up her Heel persona is. Great match from Toni VS Miyu, and I do appreciate Toni is being a fighting champion right now. I hope that’s not a sign that she’s gonna lose to Mone at All In… Hayter had a great response to Mone’s promo with her physicality, and Toni enjoying Hayter’s music was great stuff. I still hope Athena comes back around past Double or Nothing to build something for All In, and part of me still hopes it is Athena VS Mone, the ROH Women’s and AEW TBS titles on the line. At this point, Mone is on the level of someone who can stop Athena and vice-versa, that’ll be a great match.
Very good promo from The Patriarchy with Lethal, and great match of Nick VS Lethal. Great win for Lethal to build some momentum going into BOSJ, and I can’t wait to see how Nick does in that round robin. Great stuff with Hurt Syndicate and MJF, and of course MJF can’t help but get mad when Lashley rejects him again. Lashley telling MJF to go hurt somebody, MJF will definitely try that. It might even happen as soon as Collision on Saturday, perhaps costing some random Face a good win. That can also be a good opportunity for whoever that is, as they can have a match with MJF and maybe even a story with the Hurt Syndicate.
And very good stuff going into the main event. Good promo from The Don Callis Family, and awesome main event match of Kyle VS Hangman. Given last week’s go-home math, it makes sense Hangman would win here. Plus, MJF saying Hangman would choke, this gives Hangman that chance to prove MJF wrong. Ospreay VS Hangman is also a fresh match-up for an awesome Owen Hart Cup Finals. It still feels like Ospreay is going on to All In given he helped kick off this year’s Owen Hart Cup build, and Ospreay will finally get in on the Death Riders story like he and Darby Allin talked about months ago.
My Score: 8.8/10
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