AEW Results
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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Will the Scumbag go Double or Nothing?
Darby Allin told MJF to choose: A Title VS Hair match, or no title match EVER! Will MJF be vain or greedy as we head for Double or Nothing?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- 10 Man Tag: Orange Cassidy, Adam Copeland, Christian Cage & The Young Bucks VS Tommaso Ciampa, David Finlay, Clark Connors & FTR w/ Stokely Hathaway; Cassidy, Cope, Christian & The Bucks win.
- “Speedball” Mike Bailey w/ Kevin Knight VS Westbrook; Bailey wins.
- AEW TNT Championship Open Challenge: Kevin Knight VS Brian Cage; Knight wins and retains the title.
- Will Ospreay VS Ace Austin; Ospreay wins.
- Six Woman Tag: Hikaru Shida & The Brawling Birds VS The Triangle of Madness; Shida & The Birds win, by disqualification.
- AEW World Championship: Darby Allin VS Konosuke Takeshita; Darby wins and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
MJF arrives backstage.
Renee Paquette is there to bring up tonight’s main event is Darby Allin VS Konosuke Takeshita for the AEW World Championship. If Darby Allin wins, MJF will then have to sign a contract for Title VS Hair at Double or Nothing. Darby has made it clear that if MJF doesn’t sign said contract, Darby will never allow MJF to face him for the title again. We all know how important the title is for MJF, but is MJF willing to put his hair on the line for it? MJF just chuckles and moves on, but he notices the very bald Rick Knox, Bryce Remsburg, and the head of security, David Aponte. And then various bald members of the production staff…
And then even Christopher Daniels & Sonjay Dutt are there! Daniels and Sonjay chuckle before moving on, and then MJF sees John Silver flexing. Brandon Cutler, some arena staff, and even Tommaso Ciampa, all bald. Then last but certainly not least, Ricochet! He tells MJF that don’t worry, he’ll look great. Just not as good as Ricochet. AHA~! MJF storms off, will he have no choice but to choose between gold belt and chrome dome?
10 Man Tag: Orange Cassidy, Adam Copeland, Christian Cage & The Young Bucks VS Tommaso Ciampa, David Finlay, Clark Connors & FTR w/ Stokely Hathaway!
While we know the AEW World Tag Team Championship match will be a conglomeration of I Quit Match and New York Street Fight, THE Conglomeration will be waiting on the other side for their own tag title match. And let’s not forget that Matt & Nick Jackson want their own shot at those titles again. With that, can Freshly Squeezed work together with C&C and The Bucks? Or will the Psycho Killer, the Dogs, and the Top Guys all stand tall on the road to Double or Nothing?
The teams sort out and the teams just brawl it out! The fans cheer as The Bucks have The Dogs, Cope is after Ciampa, Christian is after Cash, and Dax brawls with Cassidy! Dax bumps Cassidy off buckles but Cassidy ducks the haymaker to waistlock. The Bucks, Cope & Christian clear everyone else out, then take the brawl outside! Dax ROCKS Cassidy to send him out, and the fans fire up as Matt fires hands on 100 Proof right by commentary! Ciampa whips Cope but Cope reverses, sending Ciampa into barriers! Cash sends Christian into railing, then CLOBBERS Cassidy! Nick fires hands on Finlay, Cassidy sends Cash into railing!
Cassidy and Dax meet in the ring, Dax ROCKS and CHOPS Cassidy, but Nick sends Finlay into railing! Dax DECKS Cassidy, throws hands on Cope, but Cope fires back! The fans fire up but the ref reprimands! Cope DECKS Dax, and wait, Christian and Cash are brawling in the crowd! Same for Matt and Connors! Finlay CLAWS Nick’s face, Cassidy ROCKS Dax, and Cassidy whips. Dax reverses, Cassidy goes up and out to then SMACK Dax off buckles! Cassidy goes up, Ciampa BOOTS Nick, and Dax trips Cassidy. Dax CHOPS Cassidy, climbs up after him, and goes to the very top! The fans boo but Dax stands Cassidy up, SUPER DUPER PLEX!
Dax then rolls through to suplex again, but Cassidy STUN-DOG MILLIONAIRES! Cassidy runs, tilt-o-whirls, and DDTS! Cassidy kips up, the fans fire up, but Finlay sends Nick into steel steps! #BigStoke grabs Cassidy’s foot, Cash CLOBBERS Cassidy! The fans boo but Dax puts Cassidy in the corner to tag Ciampa. FTR and the Psycho Killer mug Cassidy! The fans boo and the ref reprimands, but Ciampa stands Cassidy up. Cassidy blocks the chop! And he blocks another chop! The fans cheer but Ciampa kicks low and CHOPS again! The fans boo but Ciampa soaks up that heat. Ciampa drags Cassidy by a leg, turns him over, but Cassidy fights around!
Cassidy kicks and kicks but Ciampa drags him back! Cassidy turns to BOOT Ciampa away! Dax tags in and he CLOBBERS Cassidy! The fans boo but Dax flips them off. Dax whips Cassidy, runs up, but Cassidy dodges! Dax POSTS himself! Both men are down, hot tags to Cash and Nick! Nick rallies on FTR with haymakers, BLASTS Ciampa, but Cash kicks low! FTR whips, DOUBLE HIP- NO, Nick lands out, MEETING OF TEH MINDS! Then DOUBLE WHEEL KICK! The fans fire up as Nick then DROPKICKS Dax out! The Dogs run up, but Nick knuckle locks and CHOPS Finlay! Then Nick jumps over Connors, SUPERKICKS, and he goes for the corner!
Nick goes up, up, and “LUCHA LIBRE~!” FLYING ARM-DRAG RANA COMBO! The fans are thunderous and Nick tags Matt. Nick whips Finlay, Finlay reverses, but Nick goes up and over. Matt SUPERKICKS Finlay! Nick SHINING WIZARDS Connors, adds a GAMANGIRI, then The Bucks DOUBLE BULLDOG with the high-five! The fans fire up again as Matt winds up. Matt WRECKS FTR with a dropkick, then holds the way open, Nick FLIES onto FTR & Ciampa! But Connors back suplexes! Matt lands out, and NORTHERN LIGHTS! Roll through, NORTHERN LIGHTS! The Polar Express is getting going, and Finlay joins the ride! DOUBLE NORTHERN LIGHTS!
The fans are electric and it’s not just the volt green! Time for a SUPERKICK PARTAY~! Wait, Stokely grabs a foot each! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Stoke can’t even trip The Bucks up. The Bucks drag Stoke in! Stoke pleads for mercy, but FTR runs up! The Bucks dodge, mule kick, then SUPERKICK for Dax! SUPERKICK for Cash! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS on The Dogs! Then FTR is sent into The Dogs before DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Ciampa runs up to waistlock but Nick switches. Ciampa BOOTS Matt away, ELBOWS Nick, but Matt dodges, PSYCHO KNEE into Cash! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS for Ciampa!
The fans fire up again, and The Bucks see C&C. They point to Christian, and the fans cheer! Christian steps in, the ref reprimands but Cope argues with the ref. This distraction lets Christian LOW BLOW Cash! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS for Cash! Christian covers, TWO! Cash survives, the fans boo, but Christian rains down fists while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Christian puts Cash in the corner to CHPO, CHOP, and then rain down fists! Christian goes past TEN, maybe to fifteen, then stops. Cash sputters, Stoke talks trash, but Christian grabs Stoke! Cash CLUBS Christian, Ciampa HOTSHOTS the bad arm, and Ciampa hurries to tag in. Ciampa drags Christian around, SLAMS the bad arm off the mat, then SLAMS the arm again! Ciampa POSTS Christian, and Christian falls to the apron. The ref keeps his eyes on the rest of the team so they stay back. Ciampa goes out, and he SWINGS the bad arm into the post! Christian scrambles away, clutching the arm, but Ciampa taunts Cope with a wave.
Ciampa tags Connors, Connors tags Finlay, and The Dogs stomp away on Christian. Finlay clamps onto the bad hand, bends the fingers, then JAMS them into the mat! The ref reprimands but Finlay anchors Christian while he tags in Dax. Dax CHOPS Christian, DECKS him, then taunts Cope and The Bucks. The Bucks rally the fans, Cope coaches Christian up, but Dax brings Christian around. Christian blocks a shot to hit back, but then Dax kicks low! Dynamite returns to single picture as Dax UPPERCUTS Christian back to the corner. Stoke is on commentary suddenly to say Christian tried to steal Stoke’s watch, aka the watch Stoke stole from Christian.
But Christian fires back on Dax and the whole corner! Then he and Dax DOUBLE LARIAT! The fans fire up while both men are down! Christian crawls, but we can see Cash and The Dogs sneaking over! They and Ciampa YANK down Cope, Cassidy and The Bucks! The fans boo but Dax drags Christian back to center. Dax kicks and scuffs Christian, then talks trash. But Christian slips around to chicken wing the arms! Dax shoves Christian away, but Christian turns around, NOGGIN KNOCKER! Both men are down and the fans fire up again! Cope snarls as he rises up, hot tags to Cope and Connors!
The fans fire up as The Rated R Superstar rallies on everyone! LARIAT for Cash! ELBOW for Dax! Cope TOSSES Finlay out onto Ciampa and Cash! BOOT for Connors! The fans fire up again and Cope goes to a corner. Cope is feeling it, and he aims at Connors. But then Finlay grabs a leg! The fans boo, but Nick SUPERKICKS Finlay! Connors runs up, Nick RAMS him low! Then slingshot FACEBUSTER! And cartwheel ASAI MOONSAULT! COPE-O-SETIC for Connors, TWO! The fans rally as Cope keeps focus on Connors. Cope drags Connors up, whips him to the corner, then Nick runs up! Connors puts Nick out, then he puts Matt out!
But Christian is back, and he coordinates with The Bucks, LARIAT DOUBLE ENZIGIRI on Connors! Then Cassidy somersaults for a “powerful” back elbow! Finlay runs up, Cassidy kicks the legs out! Finlay hits buckles but Ciampa runs up! Christian sends him into Cash, then dragon sleepers Ciampa. Christian sees Dax run up, kicks him low, and gets him in the same hold, DOUBLE REVERSE DDTS! The fans fire up as FTR, Ciampa and Finlay are all in drop zones! “This is Awesome!” as Cassidy, Christian and The Bucks climb the corners. Connors runs up on Cope, but Cope snatches him into a facelock!
Cope acts as air traffic control as he coordinates everyone, QUADRUPLE MACHO ELBOWS before an IMPALER!! Cover, TWO!! Connors survives and the fans can’t believe it! Ciampa and Finlay get up, The Bucks BLAST them, then DIVE! Down they go at ramp side, then Christian and Cassidy bump into each other. The fans cheer “A E DUB! A E DUB!” for making this the opener! Cassidy puts his hands up, but Christian stops him. Christian shakes his head, but then Cassidy makes Christian put his hands in his pockets! The fans fire up as Christian just THROWS Cassidy out onto FTR! Christian then goes up, up, and SUPER CROSSBODIES The Dogs!
Cope calls out a shot, runs, but into a SHATTER MACHINE!! FTR snatches Cope outta nowhere, Connors makes the cover, but Cassidy breaks it! The fans fire up as now FTR has Cassidy surrounded. But Cassidy “unleashes” his kicks! The fans go nuts with every shot, but FTR shoves Cassidy! SHATTER- DOUBLE SUPERKICKS on Cash! Cassidy fights free of Dax, but Dax blocks Nick’s Superkick! Dax sends it into Matt! Nick SUPERKICKS through after all! Finlay clinches, IRISH CURSE BACKBREAKER on Nick! Matt feints the kick to DDT! But then Ciampa KNEES Matt down! Christian chicken wings Ciampa, turns him around, KILLSWITCH!
Connors JEEP FLIPS Christian! Connors then stalks Cope while the fans boo. Connors lines up a shot, Cope rises to his feet, Connors runs in! But Cope jumps over Connors’ spear, sending it into Dax! The fans fire up, Stoke freaks out, and The Bucks join Cope in the ring. They TRIPLE SUPERKICK Connors! Cassidy is in, ORANGE PUNCH! SPEAR from Cope!! Cover, C&C Conglomeration Bucks win!
Winners: Orange Cassidy, Adam Copeland, Christian Cage & The Young Bucks, by pinfall
Another star-studded 10 Man Tag, and it was a huge win for all the hungry contenders. Christian doesn’t wanna celebrate, but he does signal that he and Cope will be champions. Will putting their tag team legacy on the line be enough to take the gold? Or will Double or Nothing be the last night that team reeks of awesomeness?
Will Ospreay continues to train with The Death Riders.
They’re outside this time, Claudio Castagnoli playing some wall ball with Marina Shafir and Pac. Daniel Garcia says, “Tonight is the night that we’ve all been waiting for: The Aerial Assassin, Will Ospreay, is cleared and back on Dynamite. And rumor has it, the kid’s been working real hard and he’s got some new tricks up his sleeves. So Young Boy Billy, tonight you gotta show me something, c’mon.” Garcia gets a quick turn in on wall ball while cameras move over. Ospreay is maintaining a neck bridge while Jon Moxley uses Wheeler Yuta as a living dummy to show just how to push and pull and bend and twist on the various chinlocks and headlocks.
Use the right arm to push against the head, then snake in the left arm for the sleeper. Pry and shoot. Moxley asks how Ospreay feels. Ospreay lets off the bridge and says honestly, the best he’s felt in forever. Moxley asks if Ospreay remembers the night he won the Best of the Super Juniors. Yeah, 2019. AKA a lifetime ago. Ospreay was carefree, flew like a bird, for no other reason than that’s just what birds do. So simple back then, chasing that feeling, like no other feeling in the world. Can’t really grab it in your hands for more than a few seconds. The joy of doing it. Then everybody comes in and tries to make it so overcomplicated.
Years pass, life happens, a family starts, responsibilities show up, bad things happen, bad choices catch up to you, and it’s all weight on your shoulders. You feel like you can’t fly. But Moxley will tell you something: Nothing is different. Nothing has changed. All those things are still gonna be there, but you can still fly. You’re just more dangerous now. You’re a bird of prey. So tonight, when you got out there, don’t go out there to protect anything. Not your neck, your image, your reputation, or what you’ve built in your career. Go out there to give something. Moxley checks on Yuta and says dammit, if you’re gonna snap a headlock, snap the headlock!
Moxley storms off to instruct his pupil, but will Ospreay use everything he has been taught to great effect? Or will he have to fold against Ace Austin?
Chris Jericho speaks.
“You wanna face Jericho in a match of my own design, Ricochet? A spectacle so innovative, so imaginative, it cannot be contained, it can only be witnessed. Well, be careful what you demand, because you’ve made a few enemies yourself, Ricochet. And now a match designed specifically to settle scores without any, and I mean AAANY~, limitations has gotten even bigger.” Chris Jericho & The Hurt Syndicate were just looking for two more, but “Jungle” Jack Perry said he can bring four: himself, The Young Bucks, and KENNY OMEGA! Jericho tells Ricochet that this is no longer what he designed, but it is a devil’s dance of destruction! Ricochet’s destruction!
Ricochet got what he wanted, now can he handle it? Bald. The first-ever SEVEN VS SEVEN Stadium Stampede, who will even survive?
Ricochet & The Demand respond.
They stand with Mark Davis of the Don Callis Family and Ricochet says we all know Jericho does a lot of talking out of his ass while The Demand gets things done. Just like Davis did when he defeated Jack for the AEW National Championship at Fairway to Hell. Hold it with pride, Davis, Ricochet knows you’ll do it well. Davis says he’s got this. Ricochet says Davis has joined the dream team, but he’s not the only one. Because compliments to Ricochet’s golfing buddy, Don Callis, look who else he’s sending: Andrade El Idolo! Gracias, amigo. But it doesn’t stop there, the train keeps rolling. Ricochet was just approached by two guys who have an ax to grind with the superkick sidekicks.
These two wanna fill out the last two spots, so who is Ricochet to say no to The Dogs? Finlay & Connors storm in, and Finlay says to put it simple, they will fight The Bucks in the streets, in the ring, but guess it’s fighting at Double or Nothing! If they want violence, if they want carnage, if they want chaos, who better than The Dogs?! The Dogs bark and Liona roars, but will these seven stand tall in the Big Apple?
“Speedball” Mike Bailey w/ Kevin Knight VS BK Westbrook!
JetSpeed has a lot of momentum on their side, and as stated last week at Fairway to Hell, they’re looking to grab up all the gold they can. Will Speedball keep on rolling towards his own golden opportunity? Or will #Supastud prove his own worth?
The bell rings and the fans rally as the two step up. Bailey bows in respect, offers a handshake, but Westbrook goes to roll Bailey up! Bailey stays on his feet, then steps over to sit down on a cover, TWO! Westbrook ducks a Penalty Kick, avoids the moonsault, and the sweep! Bailey dodges, Westbrook tiger feints through the ropes, but Bailey handsprings up and over! The fans fire up as Bailey ducks an elbow to whip. Westbrook goes up, around, but kinda fumbles his tumble. The fans cheer and jeer him for his attempt, but Westbrook blocks the boot! Westbrook FLIPS Bailey, springboards in, but Bailey dodges! TIME ADVENTURE!
Bailey pushes Westbrook down, goes up the corner, and the fans fire up for the ULTIMATE WEAPON! Cover, Bailey wins!
Winner: Mike Bailey, by pinfall
Another fast ‘n’ furious finish, and Bailey’s on a hot streak! But now, the other side of JetSpeed looks to keep it up! But just who is Kevin Knight defending the TNT Championship against? It’s… BRIAN CAGE!? The Machine finally returns to action, and he has the Don Callis Family with him! Will Cage be able to ground Knight and take this title back to the family?
AEW TNT Championship Open Challenge: Kevin Knight w/ “Speedball” Mike Bailey VS Brian Cage w/ The Don Callis Family!
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who betta!
The bell rings, Cage runs up, but Knight dodges! Knight fires haymakers, Cage shoves him, but Knight dodges. Knight CHPOS, but Cage doesn’t budge! Cage makes the pecs dance, so Knight CHOPS again! The fans cheer as Cage eggs Knight on. Knight urns, leaps, but into Cage’s arms! Cage uses Knight to do curls, then THROWS knight! Knight lands out, RAMS Cage, but Cage comes back! Knight RAMS Cage again, but it’s still not enough! Knight tries a bigger SHOULDER TACKLE, but Cage stays standing! Knight runs one more time, ducks ‘n’ dodges, SATELLITE- NO, Cage stops the DDT! Cage THROWS Knight away!
Knight staggers, Cage SUPERKICKS him down! “Who betta than Cage?!” The fans fire up as Cage storms up on Knight, stands him up, and bumps him off buckles. Cage RAMS into Knight, stands him up, then RAMS again! The ref counts, Cage CHOPS, and the fans cheer. Bailey rallies the fans but Archer coaches Cage, and Cage whips Knight hard into the corner! The fans are torn as Cage hauls Knight up. Cage ROCKS Knight, CHOPS him, then CHOKES him on the ropes! The ref counts, Cage stops at 4, then Cage stalks Knight. Cage stands Knight up, whips him to the corner, then runs in, only for Knight to BOOT! Cage still LARIATS!
Cage hauls Knight up, whips him to ropes, but Knight grabs ropes. Knight DUMPS Cage out, then DROPKICKS him down! Cage sputters, the fans fire up, and Knight builds speed to DIVE! But he bounces off Cage! Cage then fireman’s carries, APRON F5! Knight sputters but Cage goes up the steps to soak up cheers and jeers, all while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Cage refreshes the ring count, drags Knight up again, and hits an APRON BACK SUPLEX! Knight writhes, Cage refreshes the count again, then he whips Knight into barriers! Knight practically falls into the laps of the front row! But Cage brings Knight around to CHOP him down! Cage soaks up the cheers and jeers before he brings Knight around again. Cage SMACKS Knight off the apron, then puts him in the ring. Cage storms into the ring, drags Knight by his legs, and ties the legs up into a TEXAS CLOVERLEAF! Knight endures as Cage sits deep! Knight powers up, fights his way forward, and he reaches to the ROPEBREAK!
The ref counts, Cage lets go at 4, but Cage brings Knight up. Knight CHOPS, CHOPS, and CHOPS, but Cage still doesn’t back down. Knight fires more shots, but Cage UPPERCUTS him down! Cage digs his boot into Knight at the corner, but he stops as the ref counts. Cage drags Knight up, puts him in a corner, and LARIATS! Cage wrenches to then SAIDO Knight away! Knight flounders to the apron, Cage soaks up more cheers and jeers, and Dynamite returns to single picture. Knight rises to fire forearms on Cage, but Cage ROCKS Knight in return! Cage slingshots Knight into a facelock, for a SPIRALING SUPLEX! Cover, TWO!
Knight survives and Cage is frustrated, but Cage decides to write Knight off. Cage drags Knight up, reels him in, and suplexes, DRILL- NO, Knight slips free to waistlock. But Cage ELBOWS Knight, whips, but Knight jumps up! SATELLITE- NO, Cage goes for ropes! Knight HOTSHOTS Cage for it! Then Knight springboards back in, MISSILE DROPKICK! The fans fire up while both men are down! A standing count starts while the fans rally up. Cage goes to a corner but he runs up on Knight. Knight bobs ‘n’ weaves, fires off shots, then fires a flurry of haymakers! But Cage grabs and TOSSES Knight to a corner!
Cage runs up, Knight dodges, and Knight runs back in. Knight ducks ‘n ‘dodges, FLAPJACK DROPKICK! The fans fire up as Cage bails out! Knight builds speed and FLIES! Cage catches him?!? The fans go nuts as Cage lifts, but Knight RANAS Cage into POST! The fans cheer as Knight hurries to get space. Knight runs, goes up the apron, and LEAPING LARIATS! Down goes Cage! The fans fire up with Knight, he puts Cage in the ring, and he hurries up the corner. Archer creeps up, but Bailey SUPERKICKS him! The fans cheer, but Cage CLUBS Knight! Cage then climbs up, and he deadlift SUPERPLEXES! Cover, TWO!
The fans fire up as Knight survives, but Archer guzels Bailey! Bailey fights free of the choke slam to mule kick Archer! Cage runs up, but Bailey springboards to ARIHARA MOONSAULT! Down goes the Murderhawk Monster! knight springboards, Cage dodges, but Knight leaps the discus lariat! SATELLITE DDT finally lands! Cover, TWO!! Cage survives and Knight is beside himself! Knight hurries to run in at the corner, but Cage ELBOWS him away! Cage goes up, but into the UPPER- NO! Cage stops the rana! Cage YANKS Knight up to the top, for a SUPER- UPPER ROOM!! Knight still throws Cage, then goes up top!
Knight aims, MOTHERSHIP UFO SPLASH!! Cover, KNIGHT WINS!!
Winner: Kevin Knight, by pinfall (still AEW TNT Champion)
The Machine was out for 14 months and yet no ring rust to be found! However, The Jet is just #2Fly2Stop! Bailey brings mics into the ring to say, “Congratulations to The Jet on a hell of a win!” Knight says much appreciated. But like he said, they’re red hot right now! And Brian Cage, welcome back! Cage took Knight to his limits, but The Jet is still standing as TNT Champion. But Knight can’t get over how last week, he couldn’t get the job done becoming #Jet2Belts. Bailey says forget last week. Knight IS a future AEW World Champion! Bailey says he knows it, and everyone here knows it! The fans cheer that!
Knight says he appreciates the support from Bailey and Ashville. Bailey is always in his corner, Knight is always in Bailey’s. And if Bailey keeps it up, he’ll be singles champion, too. Bailey says yeah, Knight got him thinking. Tonight, Darby VS Takeshita, BAILEY WANTS NEXT! Bailey says Takeshita was his greatest rival in Japan, but they’ve yet to have a singles match in AEW. And Darby, as much as Bailey wants to see MJF go bald…! Bailey is coming for Darby’s AEW World Championship! JetSpeed daps it up, will they become a 2 Fly 2 Man Power Trip?
AEW reveals the Men’s Owen Hart Memorial Tournament Brackets!
This year’s tournaments will go through Double or Nothing, and the finals will coincide with Forbidden Door 2026 on Sunday, June 28th in San Jose, California! The winner of each tournament will then challenge for THE AEW World Championship and AEW Women’s World Championships on August 30th at All In: London! And so, for the opening round, it will be: “Jungle” Jack Perry VS Mark Davis; Claudio Castagnoli VS Brody King; then Double or Nothing has both Samoa Joe VS Will Ospreay, and Swerve Strickland VS Bandido!
“Jungle” Jack Perry speaks.
“Mark Davis… I’m sure you feel some congratulations are in order. But you’re not champion to me. You see, you’re built like an Australia grizzly bear, yet you still needed somebody to hit me in the back with a golf club for you to beat me. At Stadium Stampede, bring your friends, bring any weapon you want, and I will crack you over the skull with it. Because anything goes. But after that, it’s back to grass roots, because it is you and me, fighting for a shot at the world title at All In: London. And in the Owen Hart Tournament, I will prove to you beyond a shadow of a doubt that I’m a better wrestler than you. I am the FUTURE world champion!
“And if you don’t like that, F YOU!” Jungle Jack is sharpening his knife, but will his edge be razor sharp when it comes time to cut down Dunkzilla?
Will Ospreay VS Ace Austin!
We’ve seen the Aerial Assassin training with The Death Riders, he’s won gold with his old friends in The United Empire, and now he’s about to face a dangerous man at Double or Nothing. Will Ospreay be more than ready for Samoa Joe after tonight? Or will he fail to even get past The Inevitable?
The bell rings and the fans cheer Ospreay as he stares down with Ace. Ospreay offers a handshake, Ace accepts, and the fans cheer the sportsmanship. They circle, tie up, and Ospreay wrenches to wristlock. Ace rolls, handsprings, and wrenches, but Ospreay rolls, kips up, and wrenches back. Ospreay hammerlocks, Ace rolls to kip up and wrench to then armlock. Ospreay endures the grind, fights around, and he arm-drags Ace down. Ace endures, fights around, and rises up. Ace shoots through to waistlock but Ospreay switches. Ospreay hits the headlock takeover, Ace headscissors, but Ospreay kips free.
The fans cheer the standoff, and the two reset. They feel things out, knuckle lock, and go shoulder to shoulder in a Test of Strength. The fans rally as Ace pushes Ospreay back. Ace has Ospreay down for a knuckle lock cover, ONE as Ospreay gets his arm up. Ace pushes it down, cover, ONE as Ospreay gets the other arm up. Ace tries again, ONE as Ospreay bridges! Ace jumps up, but Ospreay holds the bridge! That training truly pays off! Ace jumps, Ospreay gets him for a MONKEY FLIP! The fans fire up as Ospreay then arm-drags! Ospreay wristlocks and he bends the fingers! Ospreay isolates the arm to then STOMP it!
Ace clutches his arm as Ospreay shows his training already. Ospreay wrenches, ELBOW BREAKERS, then whips Ace. Ace reverses, he blocks a boot, but not the AX KICK! Ospreay headlocks, Ace powers up and out, but Ospreay RUNS him over! Things keep moving, Ace drop toeholds to ENZIGIRI! And basement DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Ace facelocks Ospreay, turns him, NECKBREAKER! Cover, ONE!! Ospreay ROCKS Ace, ROCKS him again, and again! Ace trips Ospreay, hooks up the legs, and he turns Ospreay over to tie the legs up! MUDA LOCK! The fans rally as Ospreay endures being bent back, and he crawls forward to the ROPEBREAK!
The fans cheer while Ace lets go. Ospreay checks his neck but he is alright to continue. Ace drags Ospreay up, reels him in, but Ospreay wrenches out to SOBAT! Ospreay whips, Ace reverses, but Ospreay ducks ‘n’ dodges to RAN- NO! Ace blocks to swing Ospreay up into a fireman’s carry! Ace does a squat for the DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Ace flexes, covers, TWO! Ospreay stay sin this while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Ace is frustrated already, but he stalks Ospreay to ropes. Ace kicks Ospreay around, CLUBS him down, but Ospreay fires back. Ace bumps Ospreay off buckles, kicks and ROCKS him, then snapmares. Ace KNEES Ospreay in the back, then clamps on with a chinlock. Ospreay endures, even as Ace cranks the neck, and Ospreay fires shots from below. Ace DECKS Ospreay for it! Ospreay rises up, but Ace DECKS him again! Ospreay sits up again, so Ace BOOTS him down! Ace waits on Ospreay, then BOOTS him again! Ospreay goes to a corner, Ace CHOPS him, then reels Ospreay in for a snap suplex! Cover, TWO! Ospreay toughs it out but Ace drags him around.
Ace steps over, traps Ospreay in a headscissors, then grinds him down. Ospreay endures, even as Ace puts on the squeeze. Ospreay fights around, rises up, and Electric Chair Lifts Ace! Ace slips free to ROCK Ospreay in the back! Ace CLUBS Ospreay to a corner, then CHOKES him on the ropes! The ref counts, Ace backs off, and Ace CHOPS Ospreay! Ospreay ROCKS Ace! Ace ROCKS Ospreay! Ace KICKS the leg, CHOPS Ospreay down, then brings Ospreay back around. Ace rains down ELBOWS on Ospreay before he clamps on another chinlock. Ospreay endures as Dynamite returns to single picture, and the fans rally up.
Ospreay fires body shots, Ace puts him in the corner, but Ospreay BOOTS him away! Ospreay is on the apron, he springboards back in, PIP PIP CHEERIO! The fans fire up with Ospreay as he watches Ace rise up. Ospreay ducks a shot, atomic drops, then KNEES, ROUNDHOUSES, and STANDING SKY TWISTERS! Cover, TWO! Ace survives that quick string of moves, but Ospreay brings him back around. Ospreay wrenches, ELBOW BREAKERS, then KICKS the bad arm! And KICKS again! And again! But Ace blocks one to ROCK Ospreay! Ace whips, Ospreay handsprings, NEURALIZER KICK!
The fans fire up while Ace bails out! Ospreay has the fans shouting “OI! OI! OI!” as he takes aim. But Ace avoids the plancha! Ospreay blocks the kick, only for Ace to handstand out of the sweep! Ace avoids another sweep, but Ospreay avoids the kick! Ace avoids yet another sweep by going up and over the corner! Ace WRECKS Ospreay with a dropkick, then aims to PLANCHA after all! Down goes Ospreay and the fans fire up! Ace drags Ospreay up, but Ospreay puts him int he ring! Ace rewinds to headscissor, but Ospreay pops Ace up to SUPERKICK the arm out! Ospreay then climbs up, takes aim, and BLINDSIDE FOREARM!
The fans fire up as Ospreay springboards, OSCUTTER! Cover, TWO! Ace survives and Ospreay is stunned! Ospreay just shakes it off, goes to the corner, and takes aim. Ace slowly rises up, but he ducks the Hidden Blade to DOUBLE STOMP! Ospreay sputters, Ace falls back, and now Ace takes aim. Ace runs corner to corner to A-LIST LARIAT! Then he LARIATS again and again! Ace hoists Ospreay up top, then slips outside to ENZIGIRI! Ospreay wobbles, Ace gets space, and Ace runs up! FLIPPING RANA! The fans fire up as Ace is ready to deal the winning hand! But then Ospreay pops Ace up, and gets him in position! STYLES- NO, Ace pops free!
Ace trips Ospreay, steps through, ties up the legs, TRAILER HITCH BRIDGE! TWO!! Ospreay escapes, but Ace KNEES, KICKS, and fireman’s carries! Ace tucks Ospreay to then swing him out, AIR RAID FLATLINER! Cover, TWO!! Ospreay survives and Ace is beside himself! “This is Awesome!” as Ace stalks Ospreay to a corner. Ace ROCKS Ospreay again and again, then hoists Ospreay up top. But Ospreay fires shots in return! Ace ROCKS Ospreay, goes up, but Ospreay pushes on Ace’s arm! Then he HOTSHOTS the arm as he drops down, and he tucks Ace in! CHEEKY NAN- NO, Ace dodges! Ace RAMS low, springboards in and FLYING- LIGER BOMB!! Cover, TWO!!
The fans fire up as Ace survives again! Ospreay roars, the fans are with him, and he ROCKS Ace! Ace ROCKS Ospreay, and repeat! They go back and forth, then Ospreay KICKS! Ace fires another forearm, Ospreay kicks, then Ace CHOPS! They go back and forth again, but Ace CHOPS and ROKCS, until Ospreay fires Kawada Kicks! CHOP! Ace HEEL KICKS! Ace shakes out the bad arm, runs up, but Ospreay dodges to then ROLLING ELBOW! And HOOK KICK! Then the underhooks for the STORM- NO, Ace pops free, then goes to a corner. Ospreay runs up but Ace goes sideways! Ospreay hits buckles, Ace hits the FLYING CHUCK!
The fans fire up as Ace shuffles the deck, and runs up for the0 NO, Ospreay BACKDROPS Ace, but Ace lands on his feet! HIDDEN BLADE!! Ospreay isn’t done with just one, he aims from the corner and… Ace flops over! The fans boo but Ospreay shows no mercy. He just runs up to PENALTY KICK the bad arm! Then a FLYING ARMBAR TAKEDOWN!! Ace TAPS, Ospreay wins!!
Winner: Will Ospreay, by submission
That might’ve been Ospreay’s first win by submission ever! He signals that his neck is no longer a problem, and he shows Ace respect for that fight. Ace accepts the handshake again, and Ospreay is moving on towards Double or Nothing with a great amount of momentum. But wait! SAMOA JOE is here! He and The Opps walk out on stage, and with mic in hand, Joe says, “Ospreay, Ospreay… OSPREAY, OSPREAY!” Joe is clearly mocking the chants for Ospreay, and the fans give genuine chanting and even singing in return. Joe says he just wanted to make sure Ospreay was listening, because these past few weeks, it seemed like Ospreay had a hard time hearing him.
Despite Ospreay’s best efforts, fate has put them on a collision course in the opening round of the Owen Hart Cup. The fans like the sound of that! Joe say she is here for one reason and one reason alone. He wants to speak about choices and consequences. Ospreay could’ve made the right choice and get a bye in this tournament, because that is what Joe would do for one of his friends. But Ospreay chose poorly. He could’ve been with the team that would do nothing but support and enhance Ospreay, but he decided to be a lapdog for Moxley and the Death Riders. The fans boo, Ospreay says he’s not a Death Rider.
Joe says Ospreay has made his choice, and come Double or Nothing, Joe makes Ospreay suffer the consequences. But Joe leaves Ospreay in peace tonight, for he has his date with destiny. But unfortunately, Joe’s friends, Katsuyori Shibata & Anthony Bowens, still feel slighted, and he doesn’t put leashes on his friends. Shibata & Bowens storm down the ramp, Ospreay ready to fight them both if he has to. But then The Death Riders appear! Ospreay may not have officially joined the club, but the Death Riders aren’t going to let their investment go to waste! The Opps say they’re #NeverLacking, but that doesn’t seem to be the case now!
Shibata & Bowens back down while Moxley, Marina, Claudio, Yuta, Garcia & Pac all step up to support Ospreay. Joe says, “Soon. Soon.” The fans cheer the Death Riders, or at least Moxley, but Bowens promises Joe is gonna kill you, Ospreay! The dream match for Double or Nothing is on, but will the training with The Death Riders make Ospreay the new King of Harts?
BREAKING NEWS for next week!
If you liked last week’s THREE HOUR block of AEW, then you’ll love this next one! Portland, Maine, the last Wednesday before Double or Nothing, Dynamite & Collision are combining forces again! Three hours all on TBS and HBO Max, make sure your DVR is set accordingly!
Backstage interview with Don Callis & Konosuke Takeshita.
Renee is now with The Invisible Hand & The Alpha, saying tonight is a huge opportunity in the main event, Konosuke facing Darby Allin for THE AEW World Championship. Konosuke could be heading into Double or Nothing as a- Callis stops Renee there to say Konosuke will be heading into Double or Nothing as a DOUBLE champion! But then MJF steps in, apologizes for the interruption but says Renee’s doing a great job. The Scumbag tells Konosuke that while it’s been a minute since the two of them have talked, three years actually, back when MJF beat him… MJF has seen Konosuke develop into truly one of the best wrestlers in the world!
MJF believes that tonight, Konosuke beats Darby for the title, goes to DON to beat Okada, and MJF can’t think of a better match than Konosuke VS MJF Part 2 for the world title. How’s that sound? MJF offers a handshake, Konosuke shakes his hand, but in Japanese, Konosuke tells MJF that he’ll beat the crap out of him. Thankfully, MJF doesn’t know Japanese. Callis says that was a nice pep talk MJF just gave, and MJF says yes, he knows. That kid needs to win, okay? MJF can’t let Darby turn him into some disgusting, bald freak! No offense, Callis looks great. But look, there is only one foolproof way to know MJF won’t be put in that situation.
So if things get hairy… MJF hands over the Dynamite Diamond Ring! Callis smiles, and say she understands what to do with it. But then in steps Andrade. El Idolo takes off his hat to shake out his amazing head of hair, and smiles at MJF. MJF frowns and leaves. Callis says here’s the deal: Takeshita will bring the world title home to the Don Callis Family tonight! Andrade asks, “How you know?” Callis says aye dios mio, he seriously doesn’t know where Andrade learned English. Andrade says one way or another, the next time, that will be HIS title. Callis says yes, he knows, it’s all good. Callis is a man of many talents, but will his family be dripping with gold thanks to a diamond ring?
AEW now announces the Women’s Owen Hart Memorial Tournament brackets!
Double or Nothing will see Willow Nightingale, the reigning Queen of Harts, take on Alex Windsor, while we will see Persephone VS Hazuki, Skye Blue vs Sareee, and Mina Shirakawa VS Athena! Champions from around the world are gathering for this tournament, but who will be headed to Forbidden Door, and then All In: London?
Backstage interview with The Conglomeration.
Renee Paquette is now with Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong, and Willow Nightingale. Renee commends Cassidy on his part in the 10 Man Tag victory. But it seems that there is even more business to attend to. Cassidy says yes, the team has a shot at THE AEW World Tag Team Championships. It doesn’t matter who it is, they’re getting their shot, but the thing is… They still haven’t decided on which two will be. Kyle says Cassidy & Roddy should go for the gold, but Roddy shouts, “KYYYLE~! Thank you.” Kyle says of course. But that’s cuz he’s got gold to chase for himself!
The same man that put Kyle on the shelf for months is the man that Kyle submitted twice, and will submit again. Jon Moxley, Continental Champion, when are we doing this? Willow says speaking of gold, she is still the TBS Champion. But she is also in the Owen Hart Cup. She won this tournament before, she’ll do it all over again, so that she can have all the gold for herself at All In: London. She knows she can, and she will! Then Conglomeration has it all in order? Cassidy says hold on, there’s something missing. They should do a Word of the Day. Why haven’t they done one in so long? Roddy shouts for “MAAARK~!” And yes, Mark Briscoe returns!
The Sussex County Chicken is all fired up, and he says the Word of the day is reunification! For Mark Briscoe is back with his boys and his girls, The Conglomeration! But he’ll put this plain and simple: Tommaso Ciampa! Next Wednesday, Briscoe’s after your ass, son! You hear him? But before that, Saturday Night Collision is in HIS hometown, Salisbury, Maryland! That’s just 4.4 miles from where Briscoe originated on this earth! They’re gonna conglomerate and it’s gonna be a a hell of a time! Are you ready!? Willow and Kyle are fired up, Briscoe goes wild, and the team heads out. Cassidy admits, that was a lot of yelling.
But while The Conglomeration is ready to go Double or Nothing, will they soon have even more gold in the collection? Or are these high and lofty a little too much even for them?
Six Woman Tag: Hikaru Shida & The Brawling Birds VS The Triangle of Madness!
With the news of both the AEW Women’s World Championship Fatal 4 Way for Double or Nothing, and the Owen Hart Cup brackets, this trios match is about much more than just settling scores! Will the Shining Samurai be just as sharp as Jamie Hayter going into that title match? Or will Thekla, Skye Blue & Julia Hart continue to bring them down by any means necessary?
The trios sort out and Jamie steps up against Thekla as both a rematch from their 1v1 title match, and a preview of what’s to come in the next. They circle, but then Skye CLOBBERS Jamie! Julia steps in, but so do Shida and Windsor! The Triangle throws hands on Shida & The Birds, then triple whip. But all three reverse, a BOOT for Thekla, a DDT for Skye, and a BACKBREAKER for Julia! The fans cheer as The Triangle bails out! Shida goes out to keep after Skye while Windsor goes after Julia. Jamie gets Thekla back in the ring while Shida and Windsor have the Sisters of Sin in the corners of the barriers. The fans cheer as they all rain down fists!
Windsor, Jamie & Shida all go to nine, then wind up for TEN! The fans cheer again while Thekla sputters. Jamie snap suplexes, but Skye ROCKS Shida! Jamie stomps Thekla, Windsor SLAMS Julia off barriers, and Jamie stomps a mudhole in the corner. The ref counts, Jamie lets off, but Skye and Windsor meet while tightrope walking the barriers! Skye and Windsor trade shots, they wobble a bit, then Skye DECKS Windsor! Skye keeps from falling into the crowd, but Jamie gets her! Windsor joins in and the Birds double gorilla press, SNAKE EYES off the apron! The fans fire up, but Thekla is up top! SUPER CROSSBODY onto The Birds!
The fans fire up again and Thekla is feeling it while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Thekla stomps Windsor, CLUBS Jamie, then helps Skye. But Shida runs up, only for Thekla to ELBOW her down! The Triangle has control again, they ROCK Jamie and Shida and Windsor, then send them all to the desk. The Triangle CHOP again and again and again! Then they wind up, but feint chops to SMACK all three off the apron! The Triangle soaks up the cheers and jeers before putting Jamie back in the ring. Thekla brings Jamie up, snapmares her down, then basement SUPERKICKS! Cocky cover, TWO! Thekla drags Jamie to the corner, tags Julia, and Julia runs up to LARIAT! Then she goes side to side to ELBOW Jamie down!
Julia snapmares Jamie to a cover, TWO! Julia is annoyed but she rains down fists. The ref reprimands, Julia stops, but then she sucker punches Windsor! And Shida, too! Julia then drags Jamie over, bumps her off buckles, and tags in Skye. Skye stomps Jamie around, then digs her boot in! The ref counts, Skye stops at 4, then she brings Jamie up. Jamie fires forearms and CHOPS, but Skye THROWS Jamie down by her hair! The ref reprimands again but Skye rains down forearms. Skye snapmares Jamie, mule kicks her, then covers, TWO! Skye frowns but she stomps Jamie down. Skye tags Julia while Dynamite returns to single picture.
Skye whips Jamie into Julia’s grasp, and Skye BLASTS Shida & Windsor while Julia tags Thekla. Julia has Jamie in the TARANTULA, and Skye sends Windsor in for Thekla’s HANGING HEADSCISSORS! Skye runs up to DOUBLE SHOTGUN The Birds! The fans are torn but Thekla says that’s how the Triangle does it, baby! Thekla then aims to MISSILE- NO, Jamie gest under! Thekla lands out, but Jamie BOOTS her down! Jamie looks at Shida, Shida is hesitant, but Shida tags in! The fans cheer as Shida sends Theknla to the corner, then JUMP KNEES! Shida keeps moving, she BLASTS Skye! Julia ROCKS Shida back!
Julia storms in but Shida kicks her and whips her into Thekla! Shida KNEES them both in the corner! Then Shida puts Thekla sideways in the corner, reels Julia in, and she snap suplexes Julia into Thekla! The fans fire up as Shida then suplexes Thekla high and hard! Cover, TWO! Shida stands Thekla up, Thekla swings but Shida ROCKS her first! And ROCKS her again! Thekla wobbles, swings, but Shida catches Thekla for another forearm! Shida runs the ropes but Thekla mule kicks! Thekla SMACKS Shida, then she dodges a boot to DECK Shida! Thekla talks trash on Shida, then drags her up to tag in Julia.
Julia tags Skye, then tag back to Thekla. The Sisters of Sin hit the DOUBLE GOURD BUSTER and DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Thekla hits the bridge, and she aims for the SPIDER SPEAR! Cover, but The Birds CLOBBER The Sisters of Sin onto it! The fans fire up a Windsor DECKS Skye and Jamie HEADBUTTS Julia! The Birds drag Shida to safety, Windsor tags in, and she CLOBBERS Thekla! Windsor CLUBS away, then fires the fans up. Jamie steps in, BOOT RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP COMBO! Basement LARIAT! And then Windsor lifts! Jamie runs up, but Skye trips Jamie! The fans boo but Skye sends Jamie into steel steps!
Thekla sends Windsor into buckles! Tag to Julia before Shida runs up, TAMASHII KNEE on Thekla! Skye SUPERKICKS Shida! Jamie is back to clinch and HAYTBREAKER! Julia runs up, slips around, SOLE FOOD! Julia kips up, but Windsor is there to whip Julia to ropes! Skye tags in before the SPINEBUSTER! Skye SUPERKICKS Windsor, then brings her up! Skye hops on, CODE- NO, Windsor pops free! Skye SUPERKICKS again, but Windsor HEADBUTTS! The fans fire up as Jamie joins in again, and they DOUBLE LARIAT SANDWICH! Then they set Skye up, and Jamie says let’s try this again!
Jamie runs the ropes, but Thekla slides in, BELT SHOT on Jamie!! No question that the ref saw that! The Triangle is disqualified!
Winners: Hikaru Shida & The Brawling Birds, by disqualification
The Toxic Spider doesn’t care about this win, she just wants to do damage! Skye gets Windsor in a DRAGON SLEEPER! The ref stops Thekla from sing the title belt again, so Thekla just takes off her own belt! And she LASHES Windsor while Skye holds her down! More refs rush out here, but Julia MISTS the newbie in the face! Julia stomps away on Jamie, not caring about fines or consequences, either! The fans boo, and Shida is bailing on the Birds? Shida cares more about her chances in that Fatal 4 Way than anything else. But then Willow, Mina, and even Thunder Rosa rush out here! They chase The Triangle off with belts of their own!
The fans cheer as The Babe, the Fighting Gravure Idol & La Mera Mera save the day. But will Jamie make sure Thekla and Shida pay for this at Double or Nothing?
AEW World Championship: Darby Allin VS Konosuke Takeshita!
They say “card subject to change,” and that is true even for the best in the world. Kazuchika Okada’s real family takes priority, but his Don Callis Family brother was more than happy to step up for this opportunity. Will The Alpha already have two belts by the time he and The Rainmaker battle over the International Championship? Or will Darby truly be relentless in his pursuit of being the best fighting champion in AEW history?
The introductions are made, THE belt is raised, and we see who goes to Double or Nothing on top!
Callis joins commentary to say that while Darby’s been breaking his own body, Konosuke has perfected “rejuvenation training,” aka relaxing on a beach and sipping sake! The bell rings, and Darby SHOTGUNS Konosuke out! Then Darby DIVES, but Konosuke catches him! Konosuke POSTS Darby, then THROWS him into railing! Konosuke THROWS Darby into the ring, the fans fire up for both guys, and Konosuke hurries to BOOT Darby off the apron! Darby falls in front of commentary but Konosuke gets him right back in the ring. Cover, ONE!! The fans rally as Darby shows his grit, but Konosuke snarls.
Konosuke drags Darby up, Darby fires forearms, but the ALPHA ELBOW knocks Darby down! The fans fire up while Konosuke looms over Darby. Konosuke stands Darby up, and THROWS him into a corner! Darby bounces off the buckles and is bleeding from the mouth already! Konosuke stands Darby up, hoists him up top, then he climbs up after him. But Darby BITES Konosuke, CLUBS him down, and leaps for a CROSSBODY, but he bounces off Konosuke! The fans fire up again as Konosuke whips Darby for a BACKDROP! Darby got serious hangtime there, and he flounders out of the ring. Darby coughs and sputters but the fans rally up.
Konosuke goes out after Darby but Darby SMACKS him! Konosuke KNEES low, KNEES him again and again and again! Konosuke KNEES Darby against the barriers, then refreshes the count. Konosuke whips Darby hard into railing! Darby sputters as he leans against the railing, but Konosuke positions the steel steps. Konosuke then fetches Darby, lines up a shot, but Darby fights the suplex! Darby CLAWS Konosuke’s back, then fires a shot. Konosuke DECKS Darby in return! Darby slumps against the steps, Konosuke runs up, but Darby dodges! Konosuke’s knees hit the steps and he tumbles over! Darby then runs up the steps to SHOTGUN Konosuke down!
The fans fire up while both men are down on the floor! Konosuke checks his knee before he crawls around, and Darby gets in the ring so he can build speed! Darby DIVES! Direct hit on Konosuke but Darby’s the one who hits the desk! The fans fire up while both men are down again, but Darby rises up to get Konosuke on the apron! Darby fires forearms, then goes up a corner! COFFIN- NO, Konosuke catches him for a SUPER BLUE THUNDER BOMB to the floor!! The fans go nuts again and Callis says that’s the end of Darby Allin, but Dynamite goes picture in picture.
The ref hurries to check Darby but Callis tells Doc Sampson to call it. Darby is somehow still in this, so Konosuke storms his way over. Konosuke drags Darby up, puts him in the ring, then paces around him. Konosuke runs the ropes to LARIAT! Darby flips inside-out, Konosuke covers him, TWO!! Darby still has fight inside but he’s also dazed. Konosuke clamps onto Darby with a chinlock and squeezes tight. Darby endures, even as Konosuke leans on him with his much-taller frame. Darby reaches out, fights around, and rises up, only for Konosuke to CANADIAN RACK BOMB! Darby sputters all over again while Dynamite returns to single picture.
Konosuke sits back as he watches Darby crawl to the apron. Konosuke storms his way over, but Darby RAMS low! Slingshot sunset flip, but Konosuke rolls through! Only for Darby to kick the legs out! Darby catches Konosuke to a GUILLOTINE! Konosuke endures the squeeze, fights up to his feet, and he powers out to THROW Darby! Darby lands out, fires shots, and RAMS low! Darby then hops on, but Konosuke stops Code Red! Konosuke swings Darby around, tucks him in, BASTARD DRIVER! And WHEELBARROW GERMAN! The fans fire up and Callis says that’s true power! Darby sputters again and Konosuke vows to end this.
Konosuke runs corner to corner, HELLUVA KICK!! Then he hoists Darby up top, climbs up after him, and goes to the very top! The fans freak out already for the SUPER DUPER GERMAN SUPLEX!! Bridging cover, TWO!!! Callis is freaking out as much as the fans, and he protests the count! Konosuke is furious, but he aims for the WAGAMAMA KNEE!!! Cover, TWO?!?! Darby survives by nanoseconds, and Konosuke is beside himself! “This is Awesome!” but now CLØN rushes out here! He distracts the ref, and Callis hurries to take the Dynamite Diamond Ring off his finger to put it in Konosuke’s hands! Konosuke thinks about it, but The Alpha has honor!
The fans cheer as Konosuke wants to do this his way! But then Darby runs up, cradles, TWO!! Konosuke escapes, ALPHA ELBOW!! Darby is down, dazed, but still moving! Konosuke drags Darby up again, goes back to the corner and back to the top rope. The fans hope these two “FIGHT FOREVER!” but it has to end somehow! Darby fights against the lift with headlock punches! Then he hops on, SUPER CODE RED!! Konosuke staggers up, Darby leg scissors, steps through, LAST SUPPER!! TWO?!?! Konosuke escapes again, then bails out! So Darby just goes up top! SUPER COFFIN DROP!! Direct hit and both men are down again!
The fans are thunderous as Konosuke and Darby stir. A ring count climbs, Callis complains that some people just gotta follow directions and run the play! Coach Callis pulled Konosuke outta obscurity, Konosuke would do anything! Now he’s got some gold, some fame, and gets a mind of his own! Callis complaining aside, the ring count is climbing! Darby drags himself in at 9, but Konosuke YANKS him back out! That refreshes the count, and Konosuke vows to end this for real now. Konosuke points to the steel steps, and he drags Darby up onto them with a deadlift RAGING- NO, Darby knees Konosuke, turns things around, and FULL METAL SCORPION DEATH DROP!!!
The fans go nuts again while Konosuke writhes! Konosuke flops off the steps, Darby crawls into the ring, and Darby just climbs the corner again! SUPER DUPER COFFIN DROP!!! Konosuke might be unconscious! Darby still hauls Konosuke into the ring, pushes him to a cover, TWO?!?!? Konosuke survives and Darby is furious! But Darby just reloads, COFFIN DROP but onto knees!!! Ghost pin, TWO!!! Darby escapes but the WAGAMAMA KNEE finds him!! Konosuke hauls Darby up, but Darby pops free! Trip, step through, and SCORPION DEATH LOCK!!! Konosuke endures, reaches out, but Darby sits deep!!
Callis says don’t even think about it! Konosuke almost does, but he bites his own thumb to ignore the pain in his back! Konosuke reaches out, crawls his way forward, and he fights to the ROPEBREAK!!! But Darby is right up top! COFFION DROP on the back!! Then Darby goes right back up, COFFIN DROP again!!! Cover, DARBY WINS!!
Winner: Darby Allin, by pinfall (still AEW World Champion)
Callis is steaming, but Darby overcomes Konosuke to avenge that loss in the Continental Classic! But it also took so much out of him just to do it! Darby still asks for a mic and one is brought to him. Darby sits up against the ropes, has them cut his music, and he tells MJF to get his ass out here! There’s a contract MJF needs to sign! The ring crew hurries to bring in a table and some chairs for that very contract signing, and MJF makes his entrance. MJF reluctantly makes his way down the ramp, and both men meet at the table. Darby grins with blood still in hiss teeth, and he signs his part of the contract without hesitation, unlike MJF.
The fans already chant “BALD! BALD! BALD!” at MJF, and Darby pushes the contract to his side of the table. MJF grabs the pen, reaches out, but then steps away. MJF scratches his chin as he thinks on this, and the fans just chant, “BALD! BALD! BALD!” again. MJF takes a mic to say he’ll explain something to Darby, looking like he has rabies. But see, MJF is happy for Darby, he hopes Darby’s had fun holding MJF’s AEW World Championship. The fans boo that, but MJF says deep down, there is a small part of him, like the size of a North Carolinian p*nis small. That small part of MJF feels bad for Darby, because he’ll never hold this again!
Darby’s got about a good a chance of holding this title as Hangman Adam Page does again. MJF says guys like Darby are a dime a dozen, here today and gone tomorrow, stuntmen who burn the candle at both ends. In this life, people like all these fans here like to pretend that life is about making friends and family and children. The only thing that matters in life is your legacy. And Darby’s legacy will be that of the kid who had his 15 minutes of fame. They’ll pretend like Darby made a lasting impact, but the fact of the matter is, he hasn’t. He hasn’t! They’ll know deep down that Darby Allin was just a little pr*ck who got lucky.
They’ll know that Darby was too reckless and stupid to stay on top. And after May 24th, Double or Nothing, in that sh*thole of Queens, New York, y’know what MJF’s legacy will be? He’ll go down as the guy who became a THREE-TIME World Champion at just 30 years of age, unprecedented in this sport. And MJF will go down, when it’s all said and done, as the Greatest of All Time! THAT is the difference between them! Darby Allin brags about climbing a mountaintop. But when it comes to professional wrestling, Maxwell Jacob Friedman IS the mountaintop! The fans boo but MJF soaks it up. Darby tells MJF to SHUT UP!
Only someone like MJF who is so vain would think that the number one most important thing in this world is his legacy. Darby doesn’t care about legacy, he cares about living in the moment! And in this moment, Darby just wants MJF to sign the contract. Then at Double or Nothing, Darby makes Maxwell Jacob Friedman a BALLD HEADED B*TCH!! MJF frowns but the fans cheer that! MJF grabs the pen again, and with no choice, he signs on the dotted line! Then he TACKLES Darby! The fans boo as MJF beats up Darby after the war he went through with Konosuke! MJF CHUCKS an armchair outta the ring, FLIPS the table, then picks up his Dynamite Diamond Ring.
MJF puts the ring on his finger like always, then winds up to DECK Darby!! The fans boo but MJF just soaks it all up. MJF throws off his jacket, picks up the belt, and he stands over Darby with it. But then MJF isn’t done with Darby, he puts Darby on the top rope! MJF climbs up to join him, and drags Darby into position! But wait! Kevin Knight runs out here to chase MJF off! The Jet still owes The Scumbag a receipt, but it seems we’ll all have to wait on that. Will MJF still take back the title at Double or Nothing? Or will Darby keep the belt and take MJF’s dignity?
My Thoughts:
An awesome episode for Dynamite as things heat up towards Double or Nothing. Awesome 10 Man Tag to open, great win for the Faces, not that it added much to FTR VS C&C. Good promo from Jericho to look back on Stadium Stampede and hype up this year’s match. Good promo from The Demand with Davis and The Dogs, and I suppose this maximizes the feuds as well as the alliances throughout the locker room. Who knows who wins but the match will still be awesome, just as the original was. Good promo from Conglomeration, too, Cassidy & Roddy going after FTR while Kyle VS Moxley happens on the side, that’s great stuff.
Speaking of Moxley, great promo from him and Ospreay. Moxley’s semi-turn has really brought out his sage philosophical side. Great match from Ospreay VS Ace, and while Ospreay could always bring out his aggression, seeing him use more technical wrestling and even winning with a submission is good stuff. Good promo from Joe, and I liked Death Riders backing Ospreay up. Very good Owen Hart Cup brackets this year, Joe VS Ospreay is a great choice given this story, but I would think Ospreay wins that one. Good promo from Jack Perry to call out Davis, and I suppose Jack can win in the Owen Cup to then move on from the National title.
Great seeing Brian Cage back, he gave Knight an awesome match, but with JetSpeed wanting to go on a Two Man Power Trip, it makes sense Kevin won out. Same for Bailey beating Westbrook, even though Westbrook maybe went too hard on his own acrobatic escape. Great stuff in the Six Woman Tag, and I appreciate Shida didn’t ditch until after the match. Willow, Mina & Rosa might get their own Six Woman Tag with Triangle of Madness after that interaction, but also can’t wait to see if Willow can go back-to-back as Queen of Harts. For that matter, I personally would love to see Athena use the Owen Cup to move on from being ROH Women’s World Champion, but that depends on how Supercard of Honor goes this Friday.
And of course, another wild instant classic from Darby as he overcomes Takeshita. I knew the diamond ring would come into play with that reverse effect, good way of protecting Takeshita in the loss. Good stuff with MJF tonight, too, such as the opening segment’s parade of bald men to send the message to MJF. That was also a unique contract signing segment in that it came together so quickly after the main event match. Good stuff from MJF as always, and of course he attacks Darby. I feel like either Knight should not have made the save, or both parts of JetSpeed should’ve made the save. It just seems odd that only Knight cared about saving Darby. The closing moment was much better when it was MJF standing over Darby with the belt.
My Score: 9/10
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Live from West Palm Beach, Florida, Darby Allin defends the AEW World Championship against PAC on a Fairway to Hell!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- AEW National Championship: “Jungle” Jack Perry VS Mark Davis w/ Don Callis; Davis wins and becomes the new AEW National Champion.
- AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship Eliminator: The Divine Dominion VS Ruthie Slay & Rachel Ley; The Divine Dominion wins and denies Slay & Ley a title match.
- “Speedball” Mike Bailey w/ Kevin Knight VS Kiran Grey; Bailey wins.
- AEW World Championship No Count Outs Match: Darby Allin VS PAC; Darby wins and retains the title.
PLAY BY PLAY
AEW National Championship: “Jungle” Jack Perry VS Mark Davis w/ Don Callis!
The Jurassic Express National Tour arrives in SoFi Center Arena, the same place the TGL takes place! But will Tarzan Life win this rematch from Dynasty? Or can Dunkzilla make good on this mulligan?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see if the Don Callis Family adds more gold to the collection!
The bell rings, the fans cheer, and Callis joins commentary to humble brag that he already played 42 holds with Ricochet, Tony Khan and Richard Goodell. Jack gets the fans to cheer for him, and to boo Davis. The two circle, Davis runs up but Jack dodges! Jack fires off forearms, Davis TOSSES Jack to a corner, and the fans already tell Callis off. Jack dodges Davis to CHOP, CHOP, and CHOP, but Davis turns things back around! Davis THROWS Jack away, but Jack comes back to SHOTGUN Davis! Jack then climbs up and rains down fists! Davis stops Jack at 5 as he lifts him off the corner! But Jack fights with more fists, and he RANAS Davis away!
Jack runs up, Davis pops him up to the apron, but Jack ENZIGIRIS! Jack goes up, up, but Davis slips under the jump! Davis runs up, but Jack dodges! Davis tumbles up and out of the ring, Jack goes up top, ARIHARA MOONSAULT! Direct hit and the fans fire up! Jack waves hi tot he camera, then he puts Davis back in the ring. Davis shoves Jack away, Jack dodges, and he SHOTGUNS Davis down! Davis flounders but Jack runs up again, and he uses the corner to swing, only for Davis to block! Davis LAWN DARTS Jack into the rope! Then LARIATS him down! The fans boo but Davis refreshes the ring count.
Davis storms over to Jack while the fans rally up. Davis drags Jack up, brings him around, and CHOPS! The fans “WOO~” as that one echoes out. Davis snarls as he stares into the camera, then he drags Jack up. Davis puts Jack in the ring, rolls in after him, and stalks Jack to ropes. The fans rally for Jack but Davis bends Jack back against the ropes! The ref counts, Davis stops at 4, but Jack CHOPS! And CHOPS! Davis eggs Jack on, so Jack CHOPS! Davis CHOPS Jack down! Davis soaks up the heat, then he goes back to Jack. Davis bumps Jack off buckles, then brings him around to TOSS across the way! Davis takes his time following Jack and kicks him around.
The fans rally for Jack but Davis is on him again. Davis whips Jack to ropes, but Jack slides under! JAWBREAKER! Davis wobbles, Jack goes to ropes, but Davis runs up. Jack BOOTS Davis, slips outside and ROCKS Davis again, then slingshots, but into a FOREARM! Davis then runs to BLAST Jack off the apron! The fans boo Davis but he soaks it up while Collision goes to break.
The ref checks Jack but Davis goes out to fetch him. Davis grabs a towel to CHOKE Jack with it! The ref reprimands, Davis stops, but then he sits Jack up on the railing. Davis CHOPS Jack into the crowd! Davis leaves Jack behind while the ring count climbs. Jack drags himself up while the fans cheer him on, and Jack gets help getting up and over the barriers. Jack stumbles back to the ring, safe at 8! Davis storms up and tells the fans this is on them. But Jack dodges the chop, to SMACK Davis! And ROCK him again, and again, and again! Davis just scoops Jack to SLAM him down! And SENTON! Davis roars while Jack sputters on the mat!
Davis paces around Jack, pushes him down for a cocky cover, ONE!! But Davis bends Jack back with the chinlock stretch! Jack endures, reaches out, then BITES Davis’ hand! The ref reprimands but Jack lets go, and Davis snarls again. Jack CHOSP Davis, CHOPS again, and CHOPS again! Jack winds up, but Davis blocks! Davis then CLAWS Jack’s face as he pushes him into the corner. The ref reprimands, but Davis storms back up on Jack to suplex, BROKEN ARROW! Jack tumbles while Davis soaks up heat. Davis stands on Jack for a cocky cover, TWO! Davis kicks at Jack, almost toying with him now.
Jack sits up to fire body shots! Fairway to Hell returns to single picture as Davis CLUBS Jack. Jack UPPERCUTS Davis! Davis KNEES Jack low! Davis whips, but Jack hits the COMEBACKER! It just bounces off Davis’ barrel chest! Davis hauls Jack up, but Jack slips free to fire forearms! Davis shoves Jack, Jack ducks ‘n’ dodges, FLYING FOREARM! Davis wobbles, then drops to a knee! The fans fire up with Jack as he roars! Jack runs corner to corner, but into an ELBOW! Davis hoists Jack up top, then climbs up to join Jack. Jack fires body shots, then he BITES Davis’ hand! Jack fires haymakers on Davis’ head, then SMACKS him off buckles!
Jack positions himself just right, and leaps to SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO! Davis survives and Jack is beside himself! Davis and Jack go to the apron, and Davis LARIATS Jack against the ropes! Then he suplexes, but Jack fights with knees! Jack lands safe, then BOOTS Davis! Davis roars, but Jack SUPERKICKS! Jack goes up, leaps again, FLYING RANA to the floor! The fans fire up for Jack and “A E DUB! A E DUB!” Jack hurries to swing, TIGER FEINT KICK from the post! Jack goes up the corner while Davis stumbles into the ring, BLINDSIDE MACHO ELBOW! Cover, TWO!! Davis survives and Jack is rather surprised.
Jack goes to a corner, and says time to make a sacrifice! Jack runs in, but Davis LARIATS Jack first! Davis THROWS Jack to a corner, runs side to side, SLIDING FOREARM! Davis pushes Jack to a cover, TWO!! Jack survives and the fans fire up again! Davis rains down fists, then rises up. The fans boo Davis but he drags Jack up. Davis puts Jack on the ropes, runs, and- JACK RANAS! Cover, TWO! SUPERKICK! SUPERKICK! And then SUPERK- NO, Davis blocks the third to shove and DISCUS LARIAT! Then SNAP PILEDRIVER! Cover, TWO?!? Jack survives again and the fans fire back up! Callis coaches Davis as he drags Jack up.
Davis brings Jack up in the corner with a gut wrench! The fans freak out for the SUPER- STEINER!! Jack turns things around on Davis just in time! The fans are thunderous but Callis rushes to ringside! The fans all boo Callis, but wait! RICOCHET slides into the ring! Still dressed in his golf course attire, he CRACKS Jack with his nine iron!! Ricochet hides, Davis deadlifts Jack, COUNT TO PAIN!! Cover, DAVIS WINS!
Winner: Mark Davis, by pinfall (NEW AEW National Champion)
Talk about a handicap! Callis AND Ricochet gave Davis quite a considerable one, and now Davis has his first singles title in AEW! The Jurassic Express National Tour has just been run off the road, but will Jack be able to get his revenge?
Collision returns, and Jack Perry is on the phone.
He tells someone, “Let’s do it. Thank you, guys.” Jack ends his call, then shows his frustration. Winning the National Championship in his hometown, in front of his friends and family, was one of the proudest moments of his entire life. And yet Ricochet and Callis had to end that for him. But he happens to know that Chris Jericho & The Hurt Syndicate are looking for two more partners for Stadium Stampede. And Jack go to thinking, the show is called Double or Nothing. So how about instead of two, Jack brings FOUR! The ELITE! Jack, The Bucks, and KENNY OMEGA! See you there. Ricochet may have just messed himself over, will he regret ever getting involved tonight?
Backstage interview with Don Callis, Mark Davis and Ricochet.
Renee Paquette is with the Jackal, Dunkzilla and the Bald Eagle as she says she was going to congratulate Davis on the title win, but after Jack putting out that news, what is their reaction? Callis says he’s thrilled! Jack just gifted him his ultimate fantasy! A chance to beat up Jericho, The Bucks AND Kenny, all on one night? Callis would’ve paid good money for that, and Jack, you dumbass, just gave it away from free! Ricochet says The Don Callis Family must be joining The Demand for Stadium Stampede. Well, given the way Ricochet just used that golf club, the National Champion will gladly stand beside him!
Ricochet says playing golf with Tony Khan has really improved his swing, so see you all there. Callis says yes, let’s go have a drink at the 19th Hole and talk about which of the many members of the Don Callis Family are going to join Ricochet in the slaughterhouse! Ricochet says oh yes, so many great choices to choose from! Callis & Ricochet head out, just how massive will this Stadium Stampede match get?
AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator: The Divine Dominion VS Ruthie Slay & Rachel Ley!
Megan Bayne & Lena Kross are so dominant, they don’t even think this match is going to last five minutes! But while there’s a time limit, will there be no limit to how devastating the Megasus & Aussie Amazon can be? Or will Slay & Ley manage to survive the day?
The teams sort out, Lena starts against Slay, and the clock is ticking! Slay DROPKICKS, but Lena doesn’t budge! Ley ENZIGIRIS, but Lena still doesn’t flinch! Ley & Slay double kick, but Lena blocks the double whip! Lena whips them, ELBOWS Slay and SPIN-OUT SIDEWALK SLAMS Ley! Then she scoops Slay to SLAM her onto Ley! Lena drags Ley up, whips her to the corner, then runs up to LARIAT! And ELBOW! Tag to Megan and the Divine Dominion run side to side! BOOT from Lena, BOOT from Megan! Then GERMAN SUPLEX! Ley tumbles, the fans cheer, and Megan tags Lena back in. Lena storms up on Ley to GERMAN SUPLEX again!
The fans cheer as Lena tags Megan back in. We’ve hit 90 seconds, but it feels like forever for Ley as Megan GERMAN SUPLEXES again! Megan kips up, then she stalks Ley. Megan eggs Ley on, slaps her around, then drags her up. Megan fireman’s carries, but Slay manages to tag in! Slay runs up, but Megan scoops her! FALL AWAY SLAM SAMOAN DROP COMBO! They’ve made it two minutes but that might be all! Tag to Lena, she and Megan get Slay up, DIVINE INTERVENTION! Cover, Divine Dominion wins!
Winners: The Divine Dominion, by pinfall (denies Slay & Ley a title opportunity)
Two minutes and 15 seconds is all Slay & Ley got, will any team last even that long? Or will the Divine Dominion continue to dominate AEW until the end of time?
BREAKING NEWS for Double or Nothing!
The Triangle of Madness may have misted Persephone and injured Alex Windsor, but that only heaps on more trouble for the champion! Thekla must now defend her AEW Women’s World Championship in a FATAL 4 WAY! Thekla VS Jamie Hayter VS Kris Statlander VS Hikaru Shida, is The Toxic Spider about to get squashed? Or will she need her Sisters of Sin now more than ever?
BREAKING NEWS for Dynamite!
The annual tradition is back! The 2026 Owen Hart Memorial Tournament begins, with the brackets for both men’s and women’s divisions to be announced on Wednesday! Who makes the cut? And who will become the King & Queen of Harts?
Don Callis speaks, again.
“Just moments away from the AEW World title match between Darby Allin and Pac, and gentlemen, just wanted to let you know that the Don Callis Family, no matter who wins tonight, the Don Callis Family will be waiting for the winner. This Wednesday on Dynamite, the Don Callis Family will take the AEW World title from one of you. And y’know, it’s already been a great night, a big night, for the Don Callis Family! We won gold, but can’t wait to get some more. And on the subject of that, Okada has had to go to Japan to take care of some very important family business. But don’t worry, lads, because I have someone in mind to take his spot this Wednesday in the world title match.
“And it is none other than the firstborn of the Don Callis Family, Konosuke Takeshita, The Alpha!” Takeshita steps in, and Callis tells him, “You’re gonna be the world champion! If you listen to me like you always have, you will be successful, and you will finally fulfill the destiny that I had for you when I plucked you out of obscurity and made you the replacement for Kenny Omega. You’re the best wrestler in the world when you’ve got my game plan in your head. Go win the title.” Konosuke tells Don that he was going to take the International Championship, but now he is the person who will bring the world title back to the Don Callis Family! Unlike Okada.
Takeshita heads out, will he still make himself a double champion when he adds #PrettyPlatinum to the NJPW World Television Championship?
“Speedball” Mike Bailey w/ Kevin Knight VS Kiran Grey!
This match was on standby in case the Divine Dominion didn’t need all five minutes of their time, and now it’s a chance for Speedball to shine! But will he keep his momentum going from last Wednesday’s super show? Or will he get lost in the Grey Area?
Grey is already starting trouble as he pushes Bailey. The ref backs him off, then the bell rings. Grey runs up, but into a BOOT! Bailey then PENALTY KICKS, STANDING KNEE-SAULT, then Bailey waits on Grey. Grey ducks the buzzsaw and bails out! The fans boo but Bailey TRIANGLE JUMP MOONSAULTS! Down goes Grey and the fans fire up! Bailey daps it up with The Jet, then he climbs up the corner. But Grey goes after him! They brawl up top, Grey fires a flurry, but Bailey fires back! Bailey SHOVES Grey down, takes aim, but Grey hits the ropes! Bailey is tripped up onto his speedballs, but Grey dribbles him off the buckles!
Grey CLUBS Bailey into a Tree of Woe, then soaks up the heat before he stomps Bailey! Grey tells Bailey to stay down but Bailey grabs that leg! Bailey uses that to drag himself back up, and he ROCKS Grey again! Bailey dribbles Grey off buckles, then HEADBUTTS him! Grey falls, Bailey takes aim, ULTIMATE WEAPON! Cover, Bailey wins!
Winner: “Speedball” Mike Bailey, by pinfall
A fast win for Speedball, and Knight gets the mic. he says he likes that! Speedball is red hot right now. And though The Jet didn’t get two belts on Wednesday, he’s still the Face of TNT. Now, the future of AEW is wide open, so why not they make it to the top together? They shake hands on it, will JetSpeed shift gears to become a Two Man Power Trip? What belt(s) will they aim for next?
AEW World Championship No Count Outs Match: Darby Allin VS PAC!
Anticipating how wild this one can get given the nature of their grudge, AEW decided to remove some of the obstacles standing in their way. They can’t do anything they want, but they can definitely go anywhere they want here in the SoFi Center! But will Darby even up the career series between them? Or will it be 3-1 in favor of The Bastard?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who takes this belt to Dynamite!
The bell rings and the fans rally behind Darby. Darby hops outside already, and he goes around the crowd to be on the golfing green! This is No Count Outs, so he wants to take full advantage of it already! He dares Pac to join him, so Pac heads over to the green! They fire hands on the rough and the fans fire up! Darby ducks, fires hands then HEADBUTTS Pac down! Darby brings Pac up but Pac BACKDROPS Darby! Pac then brings Darby closer to the bunker! Pac suplexes, Darby fights free, and he fires hands! Darby runs up, CODE RED into the sand trap! The fans go nuts seeing what is surely the first one of those ever!
Pac gets himself out of the sand and ends up on the fairway. Darby pursues, runs up, and ROCKS Pac1 they’re near another sand trap, and Darby SHOTGUNS Pac into the sand! The fans cheer “A E DUB! A E DUB!” for making this madness a reality! Darby goes after Pac, but Pac throws sand in Darby’s eyes! Pac then hauls Darby up to BELLY2BELLY SUPLEX Darby into the sand trap! Darby sputters, but Pac clamps on the BRUTALIZER! The ref reprimands, this isn’t Falls Count Anywhere! But fans know “This is Awesome!” as Pac makes Darby suffer! Darby sputters again as Pac lets him go, then shakes out the sand in his boots.
Pac drags Darby up with a headlock, but then decides to fireman’s carry! And gorilla press to THROW Darby back into the bunker! The fans boo but Pac soaks up that heat. Darby sputters and coughs while Collision goes picture in picture.
Darby sputters as he sits up, but Pac brings him back around. Pac brings Darby around, dumps him down, and soaks up more heat. Pac then brings Darby along the fairway, CLUBS him on the neck, and stalks him as they return to the crowd. They then return to ringside, then the ring itself, and Pac covers, TWO! Darby toughs it out, but Pac stalks him to the corner. Pac uncovers a crossbar before he stands Darby up. Fairway to Hell returns to single picture as Pac tiles the tag rope to Darby’s chain necklace! Darby can’t get free before Pac BOOTS him! The ref reprimands, but Darby SPITS at Pac! Pac takes that defiance and BOOTS Darby again!
Pac then has Darby’s legs, and YANKS him from the corner! The tag rope breaks and Darby flounders around. Pac whips to then BACKDROP Darby 450 degrees! Pac then builds up speed, but Darby avoids the lariat! The fans fire up as Darby slingshots back in and dragon sleepers for the SCORPION DEATH DROP! Cover, TWO! Pac and Darby are both down while the fans rally up again. Darby crawls to a corner, climbs up top, and he watches Pac rise. Pac turns around, but he manages to trip Darby up first! Pac then climbs up after Darby, hauls him up, and SUPER DUPER FALCON ARROWS! Cover, TWO!! Darby survives and the fans fire up again!
Pac frowns while Darby flounders out of the ring. The fans rally for Darby while Pac takes his time going to the outside. Pac looks under the ring, and he brings out a table! The fans cheer but the ref reprimands, this isn’t No Disqualifications! Pac still sets the table up nearby, making sure it lines up with the corner. Pac puts Darby on the table, then climbs up said corner. The fans freak out, anticipating what Pac is planning, and he steadies himself as he takes aim. Pac SUPER SHOOTING STARS but only gets table!! Darby avoids disaster, and Pac is somehow still in this after his crash landing! Darby puts Pac in, trips him, and steps through!
The fans fire up as Darby steps over, SCORPION DEATHLOCK!! Pac endures, reaches out, but Darby sits deep! Pac fights, claws, reaches out, and powers his way forward! ROPEBREAK! Darby lets Pac go, and Pac waves to the back. Well, of course The Death Riders are here! Darby spots Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia & Marina Shafir storming down the aisle, but then Pac CLOBBERS him! A distraction tactic is good enough as Pac now turns the proverbial tables. Then he signals for them to get something, and they bring out another table! The fans chant, “On The Green!” but Pac doesn’t care about that. He scoops Darby to go up the steel steps!
The fans boo as Pac tucks Darby in, TOMBSTONE on the steel steps! The fans go nuts as Darby flops to the floor! Wait, wait, wait, now The Death Riders have STACKED tables?! Pac smirks as he brings Darby back up, and he fireman’s carries Darby to bring him over. Darby goes to the backstage area while Collision goes picture in picture.
Pac carries Darby all the way around to the backstage area, because this is the only place to get upstairs! Pac SMACKS Darby off a wall on the way to the stairs, and the ref reprimands while Pac scares off curious fans. Pac drags Darby up the stairs with a headlock, and they go to the upper deck! Pac brings Darby past the nice bar and lounge area, the ref and Death Riders making sure fans don’t get too close. Pac SMACKS Darby off another wall, then drags Darby through this VIP seating area to go to the balcony. Pac stomps Darby to keep him down, then drags him to the balcony railing! And lo and behold, those stacked tables are right there!
The ref reprimands and the fans are freaking out already, but Pac is looking to toss Darby! Darby clings to the railing but Pac CLUBS him. Pac then drags Darby up, but Darby fires body shots! Fairway to Hell returns to single picture as Darby fights desperately! Darby CLAWS Pac’s back, but Marina shouts at Darby! The ref keeps her back, but that lets Pac LOW BLOW Darby! The Problem continues to be just that, but also the insurance policy for the Death Riders! Pac stands Darby up, and THROWS him off!! Darby crashes down through the tables!!! The fans lose their minds all over again while Pac hurries to go back downstairs!
AEW medical staff is already checking Darby as he’s down in the wreckage, but Pac says screw that! He fireman’s carries Darby and puts him back in the ring! Pac covers, TWO!!! Darby survives and the fans are thunderous! Pac and The Death Riders are in shock! Pac falls back to a corner as he shakes his head. Pac argues with the ref, but 2.99 still isn’t 3! The fans rally for Darby, but Pac storms over to him. Pac looms over Darby, Yuta slides a chair into the ring, but the ref snatches it away! Only for Marina to slide the title belt in! Pac takes aim while Darby rises, but then Darby springs to life! Pac has seen a ghost, or maybe a zombie!
Pac winds up, but Darby LOW BLOWS! And BELT SHOTS!! Darby gets Pac in place, goes up top, COFFIN DROP!! Cover, DARBY WINS!
Winner: Darby Allin, by pinfall (still AEW World Champion)
Pac said it himself, Darby is the indestructible boy! But can Darby keep this up? Or will The Alpha come through on his promise and bring this title back to the Don Callis Family this Wednesday?
My Thoughts:
A great hour of AEW here as this special edition of Collision, though “Fairway to Hell” is such a random thing to begin with. They must’ve made a business deal with SoFi and TGL, which to me might be more AEW helping TGL get noticed on a national scale. And changing the status quo with the National Championship was quite the surprise, but that’s still great for Davis. Ricochet being the reason why, and then that compelling The Elite jumping into Stadium Stampede is a bit convoluted. I get they’re using continuity of how Kenny hates Callis and vice-versa, but it undercuts what I was hoping for in Hurt Syndicate getting to introduce new members. But hey, 7v7 is pretty wild, too.
I appreciate Divine Dominion adding something to their squash matches with that five minute goal. Slay & Ley already set a good time with over two minutes, and I’m sure two minutes will be the average as they just dominate all summer. And it seems Alex Windsor is gonna be out a little longer than expected, given that adjustment for Double or Nothing. A Fatal 4 Way is still good for how Thekla can use her challengers against each other, or be protected in a loss if they choose. It also helps bring in the Shidalander story, but it also feels like we’re skipping chapters. That Fatal 4 Way can probably get us to the team breaking up and Shida turning on Statlander for their own feud.
Bailey VS Grey probably was a legit standby match, that went quick. And Knight had a decent promo saying he and Bailey are still gonna be JetSpeed going for all the gold. Not sure if that comes true or just sets things up for the team to fall apart. And then a really wild main event with the “No Count Out” match. They probably could’ve just called that No Holds Barred but they wanted to add heat on how The Death Riders were cheating the second half of that match. Both table spots were risky, but obviously Darby did the crazier one. AEW really needs to be careful not to push it much further than that, though.
Then the news of Okada being out for Dynamite, hopefully it’s nothing too tragic with his family. But Takeshita as the substitute is a good choice, this helps build the Okada VS Takeshita match at the same time as building Darby up. Pretty sure MJF accepts the terms of Title VS Hair, and it’d be very MJF if he were to announce that while attacking Darby to close the show on Wednesday.
My Score: 8.8/10
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