AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (8/14/24)
The champions must prove themselves!
Are The Elite really the elite of All Elite?
While All In is only ELEVEN DAYS away, the card could change drastically! Will The Young Bucks still be AEW World Tag Team Champions after tonight?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone w/ Kamille VS Hikaru Shida; Mone wins and retains the title.
- Hangman Page VS Jay Lethal; Hangman wins.
- All In Casino Gauntlet Qualifier Triple Threat: Roderick Strong VS Kyle O’Reilly VS Orange Cassidy; Cassidy wins and is guaranteed the number one spot.
- AEW World Tag Team Championships: The Young Bucks VS The Acclaimed; The Bucks win, by disqualification, and retain the titles.
- Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS Wheeler Yuta; Swerve wins.
PLAY BY PLAY
AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone w/ Kamille VS Hikaru Shida!
The CEO might be facing Britt Baker, DMD at All In, but only if she makes it through arguably THE BEST AEW Women’s World Champion ever! Will Mone still have both belts going into Wembley? Or will the Shining Samurai make history again by having checked off both AEW women’s titles?
The introductions are made, the teal belt is raised, and we see who’s bringing it across the pond!
The bell rings and the fans fire up already as the two circle. They tie up, are in a deadlock, and they go around and around. Mone pulls hair and pushes Shida around, then soaks up the cheers and jeers. The two circle again, tie up, and they go around in another deadlock. They go along the ropes, then into a corner. The ref counts, Shida shows punch but Mone uses ropes as a defense. Shida backs off while fans boo, but Mone comes back slowly. The two tie up again, but Mone shoots around to throw Shida down by her hair! Mone does her CEO dance, then runs, but Shida stays low, then shoots around to redirect Mone and RUN her over!
The fans fire up while Mone scrambles to a corner. Shida runs in, Mone dodges then O’Conner Rolls! TWO, and Mone goes up the corner! Mone jumps to FLYING ARM-DRAG into a lateral press then CROSSFACE! Shida rolls it, Cover, TWO! Mone ghost pins, TWO! Dropkicks cancel out and the fans fire up! The two reset, the fans rally up again, and they feel out a knuckle lock. But Mone kicks low! Mone fires forearms, backs Shida down, then whips corner to corner. Shida comes back to RANA! Mone gets spiked for a moment, but staggers up, and Shida runs in to KNEE her in the corner! Shida climbs to rain down fists!
The fans duel but still count along, and Shida goes all the way to TEN, then adds on! Shida lets off, snapmares Mone, then snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Mone toughs it out but Shida gets moving! Mone deflects the knee, but Shida stops the roll-up to sit on a cover! ONE and Mone sunset flips! TWO and Shida sits up! TWO and Mone slips under to get the arms! Shida fights the backslide to backslide, TWO! Mone narrowly avoids the Katana! The fans are torn as Mone needs a breather. Kamille checks on Mone, and Shida runs up, but into a shoulder! Mone aims for a corner, but Shida blocks the bump to give the bump!
Shida then climbs the ropes and she brings Mone up! But Kamille anchors Mone! The fans boo, the ref reprimands, but Mone slips under, roll up with feet on ropes! The ref sees that one, so no count for Mone! Mone runs up on Shida, but Shida ducks ‘n’ scoops, BACKBREAKER! The fans fire up while Mone bails out to the apron. Shida intercepts her, CLUBS her, and fires up! The fans fire up with Shida, and she runs, only for Kamille to stand in her way! The fans boo the Brickhouse, but then Mone METEORAS Shida to the floor! Mone says she’s just too smart. Mone drags Shida into the ring, covers, TWO!
The fans continue to duel, but Mone snapmares Shida and runs. METEORA again! Cover, TWO! Mone is losing her cool but she KICKS Shida in the back! Mone drags Shida up to KNEE her in the back again and again! Then Mone clamps on a chinlock, digging her knee into Shida’s back. Shida pulls at Mone’s hair but Mone ELBOWS Shida in the head! The fans rally, Shida fights around, and Shida has the ROPEBREAK! Mone lets off, but then drags Shida up to bump her off buckles! Mone CLUBS away on Shida, then runs corner to corner, only to get a BOOT! Mone tries again, but Shida puts her on the apron!
Mone KNEES Shida down, then goes up and in to DOUBLE KNEE! Cover, TWO! Shida stays in this and Mone is beside herself! Mone drags Shida up but Shida ENZIGIRIS! The fans fire up, Shida runs in, but Mone dodges to fire forearms! The ref counts, Mone lets off at 4, but then Shida blocks the whip! Mone fires more forearms, whips again but Shida reverses. Mone reverses back but Shida goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK! The fans fire up again as Shida winds up. Shida ROCKS Mone with forearm after forearm! Mone swings, but Shida blocks to ROCK her again! Shida whips, and she TAMASHII KNEES Mone down! Cover, TWO!!
Mone survives but Shida brings her right back up! FALCON- NO, Mone slips free to BACKSTABBER! No crossface to follow up, but Mone aims from a corner. Mone runs back in, METE- NO, Shida sends Mone into buckles! KNEE to the back! Shida puts Mone up top, ROCKS her, then climbs up after her! The fans fire up but Mone fights the suplex. Mone shoves Shida to then METEORA again! Cover, TWO!! Shida is still in this and Mone is stunned! The fans continue to duel, and Mone rises up. Mone brings Shida up and in, suplexes, Una Amiga! Then Dos Amigas! The fans are torn but Shida stops Three Amigas!
Shida suplexes for the FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO!! Mone survives but Shida roars! Shida aims again, but Kamille saves Mone again! The fans boo, this insurance policy is too active! So Shida WRECKS Kamille with a dropkick! Shida puts Mone in, grabs her kendo stick, and she SMACKS Kamille! The fans fire up as Shida aims again! But Mone grabs the stick! The ref says no1 mone argues with him, but Kamille BOOTS Shida behind his back!! The fans boo, Mone drags Shida in, Gory Especial for MONEY MAKER!! Cover, Mone wins!
Winner: Mercedes Mone, by pinfall (still AEW TBS Champion)
The investment that is Kamille pays off big time! This is still the Two Belt Boss, but wait! The Doctor will see you now! Mone & Kamille are on guard, expecting Britt to come from the ramp. But wait, there’s a fan wearing a sting mask and holding up a “DMD > CEO” sign! That was Britt last time so Kamille goes after them! Kamille throws this person down, stomps them, but wait! Britt comes in from the other side of the crowd! Britt has pulled one over on Mone, and she pulls on the glove! Mone freaks out, takes a swing, but gets a BOOT for it! Then Britt wrangles Mone into the RINGS OF SATURN! Kamille drags Mone out from under Britt!
The fans boo but Mone & Kamille are on the run! But the belts were left behind! Britt picks up the TBS Championship, will she soon make it her title after All In?
Backstage interview with Team Triple J.
Renee Paquette is with Sonjay Dutt, Jeff & Karen Jarrett, and Jay Lethal as we’re just moments away from Lethal VS Hangman Page. Ever since Hangman’s return, it seems like Triple J has been a thorn in his side. Jeff asks, “A thorn?! A thorn in his side!? What the hell are you talkin’ about, Renee?!” Lethal calms the Last Outlaw and says that Hangman doesn’t like them and they don’t like him! But the real issue is, whatever beef Hangman has with Swerve, it’s a problem for- OH NO, Hangman attacks Lethal now! He even grabs Renee’s mic to SMACK Jeff with it again and again! Lethal storms back up, he and Hangman brawl and end up by the stage!
The fans fire up as the Black Hat Cowboy throws more hands on Lethal, and brings him along the ramp. This is some “COWBOY S*IT” to be sure, and Hangman puts Lethal in the ring! The fans of Norfolk, Virginia cheer their own, but will Virginia now be for fighters as well as lovers?
Hangman Page VS Jay Lethal!
The bell rings and Hangman runs up, but Lethal DUMPS him out! Lethal then DIVES onto Hangman and sends him into railing! Lethal keeps moving, and he DIVES again! Another hit into railing, but Lethal’s not done! Lethal DIVES again, the hattrick is complete! But wait, Lethal keeps on going, DIVE number four! And then DIVE number five! The fans are thunderous already as Lethal rises up, one for every finger! Lethal puts Hangman in, then drags him onto the apron. Lethal climbs up, but Hangman Alabama Lifts! APRON DEADEYE!! Lethal flops to the floor, the fans fire up, and Hangman hauls Lethal up, to RAM him into railing!
Hangman drags Lethal up to DUMP into the timekeeper’s area! The fans fire up more while Lethal flounders around on the table. The ring count starts again, and Hangman storms his way over to Lethal, but Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Hangman drags Lethal up, brings him around and puts him in the ring. Hangman rains down fists, and lets off after about half a dozen. Lethal is dazed but still in this as he goes to ropes. Hangman CHOKES him on those ropes, but lets off as the ref counts. Hangman puts Lethal in a corner to CHOP! Lethal is stinging, but Hangman CHOPS him again! Hangman whips corner to corner, runs in and LARIATS! Then he short arm LARIATS Lethal down! Hangman stands on the corner to soak up the cheers, maybe some jeers, and then he goes back to Lethal. Lethal fires body shots! Lethal stands to JAWBREAKER!
Lethal stands back up to ENZI- NO, Hangman ducks the kick! And he pump handles to deadlift Lethal for a FALL AWAY SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Lethal stays in this and Hangman seethes. Hangman paces while Lethal sit sup. Hangman clamps onto Lethal with a chinlock and he grinds Lethal down. Lethal fights up, fires body shots, then CHOPS! Lethal runs, but Hangman BOOTS him down! Hangman again soaks up the cheers and jeers, and Dynamite returns to single picture. Hangman SLAPS Lethal on the back of the head, then pushes him around. Lethal stands, Hangman pushes him again, so Lethal CHOPS!
Lethal fires a forearm, Hangman DECKS him for it! The ref checks Lethal, he’s somehow still in this, so Hangman brings Lethal up. The fans duel, Hangman whips, but Lethal reverses. Hangman ducks to get around for a SLEEPER! Lethal flails, reaches out, then sits down to victory roll! TWO, and Hangman runs up! He gets Lethal in a clinch, and BELLY2BELLY! Cover, TWO! Lethal survives but Hangman just gets angrier. Hangman drags Lethal back up, and he RAMS Lethal into a corner! Then he CHOPS Lethal, ROCKS Lethal, and hoists him up top. But Lethal CLUBS Hangman again and again!
Lethal UPPERCUTS, runs up, but Hangman fireman’s carries! DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Lethal survives again and Hangman is seething. Hangman tastes blood in his mouth from a busted lip, and now he’s really mad. The fans rally as hard as they can, Lethal goes to a corner, and Hangman runs in! But Lethal dodges to roll Hangman up! TWO!! Lethal O’Conner Rolls, TWO!! Hangman escapes again, but Lethal backslides him! TWO!! Lethal hurries to step over, LA MAGISTROL! TWO!!! Hangman barely escapes this time, but he swings into the LETHAL COMBINATION! The fans fire up as Lethal covers, TWO!!
Hangman hangs in there but the former ROH World Champion is pushing him! Lethal steps through but Hangman BOOTS him away! Then Hangman wrangles Lethal into a CROSSFACE! Lethal rolls that, TWO! Hangman Alabama Lifts gain! Lethal sunset flips it, steps through it, but Hangman CLAWS Lethal’s eyes! The ref reprimands, Hangman still finds as cradle! The shoulders aren’t done, Hangman has to find where to tip it! He has it, the ref counts, TWO!! Now Lethal survives by mere moments! DISCUS LARIAT!! Lethal is down, and Hangman goes to the apron! Hangman’s got a wild look in his eyes! Lethal slowly rises, even more dazed than before.
Hangman still slingshots, to BUCKSHOT!! Cover, Hangman wins!!
Winner: Hangman Page, by pinfall
Jay may be lethal but Hangman is the dangerous one around here! Doc Sampson checks on Lethal, did the Cowboy just put him out to pasture? Who else will suffer Hangman’s wrath on his warpath back to Swerve’s House?
AEW shares footage from MJF’s visit to Rev-Pro.
The (self-proclaimed) American Hero visited the top British promotion, and old stomping grounds of one Will Ospreay, in order to take on one Michael Oku. MJF defended his AEW “American” Championship, and won an epic battle with “The Master Of The Half-Crab,” only to disrespect Oku with a belt shot after! MJF even hit a Tiger Driver 91 on Oku, just as promised! But as MJF was about to cross yet another line and hurt Oku’s fiancé, Amira, Ospreay appeared and ran MJF off! The Aerial Assassin wants his revenge as well as his International Championship back, will he have them both in Wembley?
AEW hears from both MJF and Will Ospreay.
The Wolf of Wrestling says, “We’re getting one of the biggest matches you can possibly get, we’re getting MJF VS Will Ospreay Part 2.” Ospreay says, “August the 25th, Wembley Stadium, it’s time for me to lead AEW into a new generation.” Some kid from Essex has grown up, going from Rainham Social Club Halls with 50 people, to NJPW Wrestle Kingdom in the Tokyo Dome, to now Wembley Stadium last year, All In London 2023. But this is Ospreay’s legacy. When it comes to being best in the world, only one man truly fits that. And ever since he’s come to AEW, Ospreay sees that the game has changed.
Everyone is leveling up because Ospreay is here, and yet MJF says the best in the world is NOT Ospreay, it is Maxwell Jacob Friedman. An unknown in New York who scratched and clawed to become a generational talent who has, by hook or by crook, beaten some of the best around. He doesn’t need NJPW to make him who he is, because MJF made MJF. No more friends, no more mercy, but clearly still the same old MJF. Their first match was a 59:58 epic that MJF plays off as an “easy dub,” and he insulted the International Championship by throwing it away to create the American Championship.
MJF says this title is now the most important title in the history of professional sports. Ospreay says it isn’t even about the belt, it’s about insulting the work put in by everyone before him. MJF says he is now, always has and always will be the face of AEW. Ospreay is great, but he still isn’t MJF, because Ospreay lacks what it takes to be a real champion, a real king of this sport, and what that is, is killer instinct. MJF will pull the trigger, hit Ospreay with the Tiger Driver 91, and he will hold onto the title. Ospreay admits he did take his eye off the ball once. And he has this internal struggle of just doing the move and taking a win.
MJF says fact is, he won, he’s champion, and he’ll beat Ospreay again. Ospreay says last year, MJF made everyone giggle with his main event. Ospreay’s not coming to make anyone laugh. MJF isn’t just dealing with Ospreay, he’s dealing with an entire stadium of Englishmen wanting to see Ospreay rip MJF’s head off, and they’ll sing while it happens. MJF says in life, there are winners and there are losers, so he will do whatever it takes to win, and Ospreay doesn’t have that in him. But will MJF find out just how wrong he is? Maybe it’ll happen next week, because MJF and Ospreay will have one last face-to-face when AEW arrives in Cardiff!
PAC speaks.
He tells the cameraman to get in close here. “Tell me, who’s the #1 contender to the International- Sorry, the ‘American’ Championship, huh? No, no, no, it’s not Will Ospreay. It’s ME! But you see, Willy Boy, he goes behind my back, he swans into Tony Khan’s office, and he sanctions himself an International title match for Wembley Stadium…? Oi…! I am sick of this corrupt! Constantly overlooked, manipulated, and treated like a bum. That was my ticket to my Wembley Moment. But it’s okay, I’ve sanctioned myself some revenge.
“I will face whoever leaves Wembley International Champion, two weeks later, September 7th, Chicago, Illinois, in the very same arena where I beat Kenny Omega five years ago. So whether it’s MJF, or whether it’s Will Ospreay, at AEW All Out, I am taking back what’s mine, and reminding the entire world what The Bastard is capable of. Now get out. GET!” Pac pushes the camera away, will he make sure no one is safe after going All In?
Darby Allin speaks.
“Year’s ago, on the independents, I’m killing myself for nothing. Absolutely nothing. We’re talking 25, 50 dollars a night. And I think, ‘What’s the endgame for a guy like Darby Allin?’ Then I hear AEW’s starting. I didn’t even know what AEW is, but apparently it’s a place where you can actually be yourself. I knew I had to stop at nothing ’til I got there. I’m homeless, living in my car, and then I get this news update that AEW has signed ‘Jungle Boy’ Jack Perry. And I think to myself, ‘Who the F is ‘Jungle Boy’ Jack Perry?’
“And then it hits me, that AEW is a place where The Elite are just gonna hire their friends. Yeah, it’s cool, Jungle Boy did a couple of indies in California. He didn’t really have to sacrifice much to get to AEW. It’s good. After all these years, Jack Perry, you can finally be yourself. Because what was Jungle Boy? Ain’t nobody believed in that Tarzan BS. It’s good. You’re actually yourself now. Which is a child who takes everything for granted! I don’t think you understand how important a place like AEW is. Because if you did, you would treat it with respect.
“Every week, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, I got out there and I kill myself, because I don’t take any of this for granted. Y’know, last year, with all that dumb s*it that you pulled, I really wished you’d gotten fired. Because I don’t think anybody would miss you. I wouldn’t miss you. The fans wouldn’t miss you. What have you added to AEW? At Wembley, we’re gonna put this to an end.” The Relentless One has spoken, will he make sure The Scapegoat knows true sacrifice?
Darby Allin is here!
Norfolk cheers as The Relentless One steps out on stage, but then someone CLOBBERS him from outta nowhere! They have a beanie and mask on, and surprise! It’s Jack Perry! Jack soaks up all the heat from Norfolk before he rains down fists on Darby! Jack lets his hair down, then drags Darby up to shove him back through the tunnel! The beating continues backstage, and he throws Darby into road cases! Jack climbs up, but Darby trips him up! Darby CHOKES Jack, Jack CLAWS Darby’s face! Jack CHUCKS a trash can into Darby’s head! Then he CHUCKS Darby into a garage door! The door was open just enough to basically clothesline Darby down!
Jack then pushes the door down onto Darby!! Darby is being crushed, something about this seems familiar. Jack tells the “self-righteous little bastard” that he only sacrifices for himself and pretends to be a hero! Jack SPITS on Darby, leaves him behind, and brings a road case around! Security rushes in but Jack shoves them down! But then more guards get in the way of the case! Jack is denied running Darby over, but he vows to end Darby once and for all at Wembley! Jack says he’ll even beat Darby at his own game! The TNT Championship match is now a COFFIN MATCH!! The Scapegoat is raising the stakes, but who comes away paying the price?
AEW presents: Mariah May.
The Glamour admires herself in the mirror under black ‘n’ white filter, but then she tells us, “We’re not doing that s*it.” In full color, she asks us, “Is it better to be remembered? Or to be forgotten? To be put in the ground, or to go up in flames? To be me, or to be you (Toni Storm). Last year at Wembley Stadium, you failed. I copied your successes, but never your mistakes. This year, it’s All About Mariah, and not about you. Your greatest mistake was being alive at the same time as me. You wanted to be a star? Well now, it’s time to burn. You will obsess over me until the day you die, and I… will forget you completely.
“I’ll forget your screams, your tears, even the taste of your blood. I have better things to do. One day, I’ll look out the window and wonder, ‘Whatever happened to Toni Storm?’ Don’t worry, darling. We’re both going to die. I just get to write your eulogy.” Mariah is ready to end #ToniTime, will it be May Day every day?
Backstage interview with Mina Shirakawa.
Renee is with Mariah’s first mentor, and says we haven’t seen her in AEW since Forbidden Door, where Mina, Mariah & Toni all left arm in arm. And now, those two are in a blood feud, has Mina had any contact with either of them? Mina says no, she hasn’t heard from Mariah or spoken with Toni. Mina is just shocked and heartbroken. She saw they were in love, and still loves them both. Did she expect this kind of transformation from either of them? No, Mina hasn’t seen Mariah ever be this vicious, and she has never seen Toni so obsessed with revenge. She cannot believe these are the same people!
Then who does Mina feel walks away the winner at Wembley? Mina doesn’t know, but she just hopes no one gets seriously hurt. Will that sadly be the only way this ends between Mariah and Toni?
All In Casino Gauntlet Qualifier Triple Threat: Roderick Strong VS Kyle O’Reilly VS Orange Cassidy!
Normally in a gauntlet, you would want to be the last man entered to have the best chance of winning. But given Casino Gauntlets can end at any time, starting things off is what gives you the best odds. The Savior of the Backbreaker complained about being denied even participating in the last one, will he turn that all around with a win tonight? Or will someone from The Conglomeration be making the most of this golden opportunity?
The bell rings and the three circle. They feel things out, but then Roddy CHOPS Kyle! Roddy swings on Cassidy, Cassidy gets around, but Roddy still CHOPS him! Kyle KICKS Roddy, Cassidy dodges Kyle to SHOTGUN Roddy! Kyle aims again but Cassidy avoids another kick! Cassidy dodges Roddy, Roddy blocks kicks from Kyle, and then Kyle has his eyes on Cassidy, so Cassidy holds back on the Orange Punch. The fans cheer this opening exchange, and then Roddy CHOPS Cassidy! Roddy CHOPS Kyle, TOSSES him, then goes for Cassidy in a corner! CHOP, and then buckle bump! Roddy whips and Cassidy hits buckles hard!
Roddy stands Cassidy up to CHOP again! Roddy whips, Cassidy reverses, and fans rally for “FRESHLY SQUEEZED!” but Roddy goes up and over. Roddy keeps moving, Cassidy hurdles and Kyle kitchen sink KNEES Roddy down! Cassidy adds a basement DROPKICK! Roddy staggers up, Kyle LARIATS him up and out! Cassidy fires up, builds speed, and he DIVES! Direct hit and Roddy hits railing! The fans fire up, but then Cassidy watches Kyle! No flying knee, so Kyle just invites Cassidy back into the ring. The fans cheer as Cassidy steps up to the apron, only to roll under the ropes. Kyle smirks, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Kyle and Cassidy circle, tie up, and Kyle headlocks. Cassidy pops out the back to headlock in return, but Kyle does the same. Roddy returns, he runs up, but Kyle & Cassidy back drop him! Kyle then hits a takeover, but Cassidy headscissors. Kyle kips free, Cassidy hits a takeover but Kyle headscissors. Cassidy kips free, the two back off, and Cassidy shakes out his arm as they reset. They knuckle lock, Kyle shoots in and around to waistlock, but Kyle wrenches free to wristlock. Kyle waistlocks, but Cassidy sits down and rolls free. Cassidy spins and spins to wrench and wrench and wrench the arm!
Cassidy kips up while holding the wristlock, and he twists the arm! Kyle rolls back, spins and drop toeholds, then floats to a facelock. Kyle then suplexes, but Cassidy fights! Cassidy tries to suplex but Kyle fights! They go back and forth, trying to take control, but Roddy returns! Roddy CLUBS them both, but they both kick him! They DOUBLE SUPLEX Roddy away, and then reset. Cassidy and Kyle circle, tie up, and Cassidy headlocks. Cassidy wrenches, hammerlocks, then headlocks to then spin Kyle and hit an arm-drag! Cassidy grinds the arm, Kyle fights up, but Cassidy wrenches and waistlocks, then spins to backslide! TWO!
Cassidy reels Kyle into a cradle, TWO! Kyle staggers up, Cassidy says hands up! And in pockets! The fans cheer but Kyle SOBATS Cassidy! Dynamite returns to single picture as Kyle jumps on for a GUILLOTINE! But Roddy returns and pulls Kyle away from Cassidy, for a BACKBREAKER! Cassidy runs up, tilt-o-whirls, but into a GUTBUSTER! And then Roddy lifts Cassidy to URENAGE him onto Kyle! The fans are torn while Roddy is all fired up! Cover on Cassidy, TWO! Cover on Kyle, TWO! Roddy drags Cassidy up for a BACKBREAKER! Kyle stands, but into a scoop and BACKBREAKER! Roddy hauls Cassidy up, for a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO!
Roddy is frustrated but he drags Cassidy up. Roddy reels Cassidy in, suplexes, but gets STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Cassidy holds on so Kyle can AX ‘N’ SMASH Roddy! Roddy flounders away, Cassidy O’Conner Rolls Kyle! TWO, Kyle body scissors for a GEDO CLUTCH! TWO and Cassidy tries another O’Conner, TWO! Kyle has the REAR NAKED CHOKE! Roddy returns and he has them both! DOUBLE STRONGHOLD! The fans are thunderous seeing this one! But both Kyle and Cassidy endure, and Roddy has to let them both go. The fans rally up, and Cassidy goes to a corner. Roddy runs in but into a BOOT!
Cassidy goes up, Roddy CHOPS him! Cassidy leans back, but Roddy sits him up. Roddy climbs, but Kyle joins in! Roddy punches at Kyle, but Cassidy ROCKS Roddy! Roddy falls back, but Kyle trips Cassidy up! Orange lands on his grapes, Kyle fires off strikes on Roddy! Roddy blocks a kick to fire off elbows! Roddy underhooks, TIGER- GUILLOTINE! Kyle has Roddy, but Cassidy rises up! LAZY ELBOW DROP! All three men are down and the fans are thunderous for “A E DUB! A E DUB!” Cassidy goes to one corner, Roddy goes to the other, and Kyle is in the middle, but then here comes The Kingdom, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett!
The fans boo as the ROH World Tag Team Champions walk down to ringside to support their guy, Roddy. Bennett even puts a chair in the ring! But here comes the rest of The Conglomeration, Mark Briscoe & Tomohiro Ishii! Chicken & Bulldog drag Bennett & Taven down to fire hands! The fans fire up as Mark even slips into the ring! Ishii lines up the shot as Mark uses the chair to FLY!! Down goes The Kingdom and the fans are thunderous again! The Conglomeration chases off The Kingdom, beating them up as they go! Cassidy stands, Roddy goes for the chair. Cassidy runs up, into a half nelson! Cassidy slips free, dodges, but Roddy keeps moving!
Roddy comes back, but Cassidy takes a seat! Roddy dumps himself up and out of the ring! The fans are thunderous again as Cassidy runs, to DIVE! Down goes Roddy at the ramp! But then Roddy’s right up to RAM Cassidy into apron! Kyle runs out there, but into an APRON BACK SUPLEX! Kyle falls to the floor while Dynamite goes back to picture in picture!
Roddy drags Cassidy up, he URENAGES Cassidy onto the floor! Cassidy writhes, Roddy drags him up and into the ring, and then hurries in after him. Roddy storms around while the ref checks Cassidy. Cassidy is somehow still in this, so Roddy stands him up. Cassidy trips Roddy to DOUBLE STOMP! Cassidy bails out, because he wants to go looking for plunder! But Roddy WRECKS him with a dropkick first! Roddy wags his finger, no goodies for Cassidy. Roddy puts Cassidy in the ring, storms up and CHOPS again! And CHOPS again! Roddy runs side to side to ROCK Cassidy with elbow after elbow!
Roddy then hauls Cassidy up, atomic SLAM! Cover, TWO!! Cassidy survives and Roddy is growing frustrated. Roddy goes outside now, and he looks for plunder. Roddy doesn’t find what he wants on that end so he goes around the way. Still nothing good, so he goes to the third side. Nope. Then it has to be the last side, the ramp side. Still nothing? Roddy says forget it then, and he steps back inside, right as Dynamite returns to single picture. Roddy grabs the legs, but Cassidy kicks and kicks and kicks! Roddy ties those legs up, TEXAS CLOVERLEAF! But Kyle runs in to BOOT Roddy! Roddy is mad, but Kyle KICKS him!
Roddy CHOPS Kyle, Kyle KICKS again! They CHOP and KICK, then Roddy CHOPS Cassidy just because! CHOP, KICK, repeat! Cassidy stands up, Kyle KICKS him! Roddy and Kyle start firing forearms! They ROCK each other, and now Cassidy is mad! Cassidy “kicks” away on them both! Then he actually kicks and stomps away! The fans fire up for Freshly Squeezed Fury, and he dodges lariats to DOUBLE RANA! The fans are thunderous as Cassidy gest moving, tilt-o-whirl TOSS, DDT for Kyle! Roddy kicks Cassidy, reels him in, but gets BEACH BREAK!! Cover, TWO!! Roddy survives and the fans can’t believe it!
Cassidy grits his teeth while he and Kyle slowly rise. “This is Awesome!” as off comes the elbow pad! Cassidy loads up, takes aim, and he- KNEE from Kyle! Kyle then ROCKS Roddy! Cassidy SUPERKICKS Kyle! Kyle yoyos, Cassidy dodges, LARIAT hits Roddy! ORANGE- NO, Kyle catches Cassidy to an ARMBAR!! Roddy stomps Kyle, Kyle grabs that leg, ANKLE LOCK!! Kyle lets Cassidy go to focus on Roddy with a GRAPEVINE! Roddy endures, sits up, into a PENALTY KICK from Cassidy! Kyle lets Roddy go so he can PENALTY KICK, too! Roddy sputters, Kyle says he and Cassidy need to end Roddy first!
Cassidy aims, runs up, but Roddy gets away, Cassidy runs into Kyle! Roddy runs, he and Kyle hit TOTAL ANNIHILATION! Kyle and Roddy both cover Cassidy, and the ref says no, there can only be one winner. Roddy and Kyle fire forearms on each other! Kyle gets the edge, he ROCKS Roddy to a corner, then runs in, into a BOOT! ENZIGIRI! And then Roddy loads up, but Cassidy moves Kyle out of the way! STRONG KNEE hits Cassidy! Roddy dodges Kyle to SICK KICK!! Roddy hurries to bring Kyle back up, but Kyle suplexes first! And into an ARMBAR!! Roddy clasps hands, but Kyle gets a leg, too! Cassidy rolls Kyle, and WINS!!!
Winner: Orange Cassidy, by pinfall (Guaranteed #1 entry in the All In Casino Gauntlet)
Kyle is pissed in himself for getting caught, but this is a lot like how a Casino Gauntlet can go! As chaotic as this Triple Threat was, how much crazier will it get when four, five or however many more men are battling for a shot at the world title?
Backstage interview with Claudio Castagnoli and Kazuchika Okada.
Renee Paquette is moderating the face-to-face of Swiss Superman and Rainmaker. They have agreed to no physicality here, as Claudio will challenge Okada for the Continental Championship next week for Dynamite: Cardiff. Renee wants to start with Claudio and “the beginning,” The Continental Classic. This championship was born, and what would having it mean to Claudio? Claudio says it would mean a lot to him. Claudio felt that the Continental Championship was meant to be his title, so when he wasn’t successful in the C2, it bothered him quite a lot. But life is not about how many times you get knocked down, but about how many times you stand back up.
And if you keep on fighting, you get a chance like this. Claudio knows this is going to be amazing, this is a first-time-ever match, and it is in Europe, so this time, Claudio plans on making it count. Renee goes to Okada and Okada applauds. “Nice speech. You’re very passionate. See? Uh uh uh uh uh~!” Okada laughs, and says twelve guys fought for this title. But there is only one champion, and it’s him, not Claudio. Okada is the greatest tournament wrestler of all time. He is a FOUR-TIME G1 Climax winner. Claudio will respect Okada when Okada beats him in Cardiff! And Okada vows to be champion even after this year’s coming Continental Classic.
“So… Good luck. B*tch.” The Rainmaker stares Claudio down while leaving, and Claudio says he really hopes he doesn’t get this version of Okada. This “uh uh” joker, this EVP lackey who just wants to make his friends laugh. No, Claudio wants THE Rainmaker, not this bootleg! He wants the man who DID win those four G1 tournaments! He wants the Tokyo Dome main eventer Rainmaker. Because Claudio is going to bring the best version of himself, the same way he does every single time he is in that ring! Claudio will be seven times better by this point next week, so Okada better be ready. Because in Cardiff, Okada will have 99 problems, and this “b*tch” is number one!
Backstage interview with The Patriarchy.
Renee is now with Christian Cage, Nick Wayne, Mother Shayna, and Killswitch-Luchasaurus, the AEW World Trios Champions. Renee brings up Captain Charisma being the special guest referee last Saturday on Collision, the #1 contenders match of Bang Bang Gang VS The House of Black, clearly taking matters into his own hands to protect these titles. But now, there is a big question mark as to how these titles will be defended at All In. Christian says yes, that is the million dollar question, isn’t it? Surely another trio will step up in the interim. But as far as last Saturday, Christian called that match right down the middle, just as he said he would.
“The Bang Bang Gang and The House of Black didn’t answer the bell, they couldn’t make the ten count, and that’s on them. And like I just said, I always keep my promises, I always do what I say I’m gonna do. I said we’d be the Trios Champions and we are. I said I was gonna win every single accolade there is to win in AEW, and I will. I am using this as a vehicle back to the World Heavyweight Championship. In fact, I am going to hold every single title at the same time!
“Now this Friday on Rampage, my son, Nick, has a match against that creepy weirdo, fatherless loser, Kip Sabian, and he’s gonna make an example out of him. Now unfortunately for you, Norfolk, I won’t be there in attendance because I don’t wanna associate myself with such bottom feeders.” Renee asks if that’s the reason why, or is Christian concerned about protecting himself from- Christian tells Renee that she’s had a condescending tone this entire time and he doesn’t appreciate it, he’ll take it from here. Step off his set. Renee leaves, and Christian tells her to stick to being a mom. She’s gonna be a worse mom than she is an interviewer.
Christian says that this is The Patriarchy! They are the Faces of TBS now and forever! Captain Charisma is as confident as ever, but will a trio step forward to tear down The Patriarchy?
Tony Schiavone is in the ring.
Schiavone starts by telling Christian Cage that on behalf of Virginia, they don’t want Christian here! The fans cheer that, and Schiavone moves on by bringing up last week, the return of one of the greats in AEW. Tonight, we get to talk to that man. It’s HOOOOK~! The Hook Signal appears, and out comes The Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil, that burned eye still bandaged up. Hook joins Schiavone in the ring, and Schiavone says we have seen the lows Chris Jericho will stoop to. From Shibata to Samoa Joe to Hook, how is his eye right now? Hook says he can’t see out of it. Hook then wants everyone to look at the bandages.
Does Jericho see what he did? He took that eye, sure. But does Jericho see the problem? Hook can see just fine with the other! Hook can still see Jericho, and he’s sick of this ish! Hook wants his title back! He wants to fight Jericho for HIS FTW Championship, and he wants it right here, right now, in Norfolk, Virginia! The fans want to see that! And here comes The Learning Tree! The “For The World” Champion of 116 days leads the way for Bryan Keith & “Big Bill” Morrissey, and Jericho of course waves and says, “Hi, guys~! Hi, Hook! And y’know one, Hook? You really are one stupid SOB.
“Even after I blinded you with a fireball, you still want to challenge The Learning Tree, to a fight, here in Norfolk, tonight? You wanna fight?!” The fans do! Jericho storms his way down the ramp, takes off his banana yellow jacket, and asks again, “You wanna fight!? You ain’t getting one.” The fans boo but Jericho says, “It’s not worth my time to fight you in Norfolk here tonight, Hook. But what is worth my time is Wembley Stadium. So I’ll give you a shot at the For The World Championship, at All In, but there’s a couple caveats first that you have to agree to.
“And the first one is this: When you have your shot at Wembley, it’s your final chance at the For The World Championship. And when I beat you, and I’m going to beat you, you’re done. You walk away from the FTW title, you walk away from The Learning Tree, and you walk out of the Jericho Vortex forever. Second caveat is next week, in Cardiff, you get to face, one on one, The Redwood, Big Bill!” And Bill tells Hook, “I’m gonna beat you down and I’m gonna shove you… Straight up Taz’s ass.” Hook chuckles, but Bryan Keith adds, “STRAIGHT UP HIS ASS!” So if Hook agrees to all that, see you at Wembley! Thanks~!
The fans boo Jericho as he waves, but Hook says yeah, he accepts. He’s looking forward to it. He’s looking forward to dumping “Big B*tch on his big ass head, and I’m looking forward to tearing you, Chris, limb from limb! Chris, after Wembley Stadium, you will never, ever be the same… again~!” Hook serves Jericho his own line, but will he be able to cut down The Redwood before going All In with The Learning Tree?
AEW World Tag Team Championships: The Young Bucks VS The Acclaimed!
There are title shots up and down the All In card, but this one couldn’t wait any longer! Matthew & Nicholas Jackson know FTR wants to revisit All In 2023, but Max Caster & Anthony Bowens want to remix the track to put their own spin on it. Will the “overall, fine gentlemen, very fine gentlemen” be the ones facing Dax & Cash? Or will The Best Wrestler Alive & The Five Tool Player be the ones taking the #TopGuysOut?
The introductions are made, but then Caster & Bowens attack from behind! No rapping, no scissoring, no playing around, Acclaimed is giving a beatdown! Caster is after Matt while Bowens CLUBS away on Nick! They all keep fighting on stage, The Bucks turn things around, and they reel The Acclaimed in! But then The Acclaimed STEREO BACK DROP The Bucks onto the ramp! Nick slumps off one side, Matt hurries to follow. Caster holds up the belts, and then Bowens CROSSBODIES The Bucks down! The fans fire up and The Acclaimed drag The Bucks down the ramp. The beating continues, and The Acclaimed put The Bucks in the ring.
But then The Bucks get moving! The Bucks STEREO WRECKING BALL DROPKICK! The fans boo but then The Bucks STEREO PLANCHA! Matt mockingly asks, “What was that?” while the fans boo, but now Nick holds up the belts. Matt puts Bowens in the ring, the bell sounds, and Matt storms up on Bowens. Bowens kicks low but Matt throws hands! Matt whips, Bowens KICKS back! Bowens keeps moving, LEAPFROG FAMOUSER! Cover, TWO! And here comes Billy Gunn to cheer on his boys! The fans fire up with Daddy Ass and Bowens drags Matt up. Tag to Caster, The Acclaimed double whip to DOUBLE ELBOW!
Nick storms in, but he gets a DOUBLE HIP TOSS! Then Caster TOSSES Nick. Caster goes to Matt, the fans fire up more, and Caster CLUBS Matt. Matt kicks low then whips, but Caster reverses. Nick sneaks a tag, Matt slides under Caster and whips him again. Nick jumps in, The Bucks double kick! Nick runs, Matt gives him the boost, and Nick DROPKICKS Caster down! The fans boo but The Bucks soak it up. Nick stomps Caster to a corner, then scrapes Caster’s face against ropes! The ref counts, Nick stomps Caster in the corner, then ROCKS him with a right. But Caster fires back in return! The fans rally, but Nick JAWBREAKERS!
Nick drags Caster up, tags Matt, and Matt climbs. Matt DOUBLE STOMPS Caster’s arm! Matt kicks Caster around, taunts him, then pie faces him. Caster pie faces back, then ROCKS Matt with a forearm! Caster keeps after Matt as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Matt blocks a shot to ROCK Caster back! Matt kicks Caster around, snapmares, then tags Nick. Nick slingshot SENTONS! Caster sputters and Nick taunts Bowens. The ref has to keep Bowens back, and then Nick “tags” Matt in. Matt stomps Caster, digs his boots into Caster at the corner, the ref sees that and counts, and Matt lets off at 4. Billy warns Matt but Matt taunts Billy. Matt goes back for Caster, but Caster fires hands! Matt RAMS Caster into the corner! And then RAMS him again and again! Matt ROCKS Caster, then tags Nick. Nick drags Caster up, whips him back to the corner hard, and Caster falls to the mat.
Nick taunts Bowens then stomps Caster. Nick tags Matt, and Matt climbs up. Nick holds Caster in place for Matt to AX HANDLE! Matt kicks Caster around, brings him up, but Caster fires hands! Caster whips, Matt reverses, but Bowens tags in! Caster sunset flips, Matt stays up, so Bowens runs up, NECKBREAKER BACKBREAKER COMBO! Bowens then brings Matt to the corner to fire forearms! Caster tags in, The Acclaimed bring Matt around, and they double whip him back to the Acclaimed corner. Dynamite returns to single picture as Bowens runs up to forearm SMASH! Caster runs up to ELBOW! Bowens runs back in to SMASH!
Bowens feeds Matt to Caster for a scoop SLAM! Caster holds Matt up, Bowens goes up, and the fans fire up while Nick protests! Bowens calls for it but Matt UP KICKS Caster away! No timbers being scissored here! But there’s Billy! Matt wants Billy to calm down, but then Caster is there, too! Matt finds himself surrounded in enemy territory, but he jukes Caster! Nick PENALTY KICKS Caster, and Matt JAWBREAKERS Bowens! Billy chases Nick around the outside! Nick throws a chair but Billy catches it! The ref only sees Nick begging for mercy now! And the ref EJECTS Billy!? The fans boo as The Bucks pull one over on the ref!
Billy tells The Bucks they’re gonna pay, but things are back to 2v2. Matt smirks as he rains down fists in the corner! The fans boo more but Matt smirks at five. Then he CLAWS Caster’s face! Matt bumps Caster off buckles, tags in Nick, and The Bucks double whip to DOUBLE ELBOW! The Bucks flex in their classic pose, then Nick stomps Caster. Nick CLAWS Caster’s back, then CLAWS him again! Nick climbs up in a corner, and he rains down fists! Nick goes all the way to TEN, then lets off. Nick TOSSES Caster out, then snatches a “DUNG BUCKS” sign to RIP it apart! The fans boo but Nick shrugs. But Caster RAMS Nick into the apron!
Caster SMACKS Nick using the paper! Caster whips, Nick reverses and puts Caster in! Caster crawls for his corner but Nick hurries to CLAW Caster’s back! Tag to Matt, and Matt sends Nick in. Caster puts Nick on the apron, but Matt runs in! Caster dodges, the ENZIGIRI hits Matt! Guess that’s more a gamangiri now. But the fans are thunderous as Caster then dodges Nick! And dodges again, to hot tag Bowens! Bowens rallies on The Bucks, and he fires Rock, Paper Scissors SUPER- NO, Matt blocks that kick, and Nick SUPERKICKS Bowens! Matt cravats, Nick gives him the boost, SLICED BREAD! And SHINING WIZARD! Cover, TWO!
Bowens stays in this and the fans rally up. Matt fires hands on Bowens in the corner, then rains down more fists as Bowens sits down. Matt stands on Bowens, lets off as the ref counts, and Bowens stands. Nick HOTSHOTS Bowens, Matt brings him around and suplexes! Cover, TWO! Matt clamps on a chinlock, and Dynamite goes back to picture in picture.
Bowens endures, fights around, and fights up to fire body shots! Matt RAMS Bowens into buckles! Nick holds Bowens but Bowens elbows him back! Matt runs up, into a BOOT! Bowens hurries for his corner, but Matt scoops him! BACKBREAKER! Tag to Nick, and he hits a LEG DROP! Cover, TWO! Bowens stays in this but Nick stays on him with a rain of fists! Nick lets off for only a moment to rain down even more shots! Nick then scrapes his soles off Bowens! Nick taunts Caster, then brings Bowens up to go for the corner. Bowens blocks the buckle bump to fire body shots! Bowens fires forearms, elbows, but Nick WHEEL KICKS!
Both men are down and Caster rallies the fans. Nick tags Matt, and Matt drags Bowens up to put him in the ropes. Tag back to Nick while Matt has Bowens dangling! Nick goes up for the DRAPING SWANTON BOMB! Cover, Caster breaks it! The ref reprimands but Caster did what he had to do to keep The Acclaimed going! Bowens reaches out for his corner, but Nick facelocks to keep him down. Bowens fights up, throws body shots, then fires forearms! Bowens runs, into a SUPERKICK! Dynamite returns to single picture and Nick tags Matt. The Bucks stay between Bowens and Caster while they pump up the custom Reeboks!
The fans boo but The Bucks take aim, to DOUBLE SUPERKICK Caster! Bowens is isolated now, but he dodges the superkicks! He DOUBLE LARIATS on the return! The fans fire up with Bowens, but he still doesn’t have Caster! Bowens crawls over as he calls to Caster, and Caster drags himself up! Nick anchors Bowens but Bowens fires hands! They both stand, Bowens ROCKS Nick! Nick CLUBS Bowens! Nick back suplexes, but Bowens lands out! Bowens dodges Nick to hot tag Caster! The fans are thunderous as Caster rallies on Nick! Caster whips, Nick reverses but Caster hits a SLINGBLADE! Caster air guitars as a shoutout to Scissor Ace!
Matt runs up to headlock but Caster powers up and out. Caster drops, hurdles, and then trophy lifts Matt! Caster LAWN DARTS Matt at buckles! Then Caster LARIATS Nick up and out! Caster LARIATS Matt, and then PLANCHAS Nick! The fans fire up again and Caster puts Nick in! Caster climbs, and he CROSSBODIES Nick down! Cover, Matt breaks it! Bowens is there to ROCK Matt! Bowens CHOPS Matt in one corner, Caster has Nick in the other. The Acclaimed coordinate, whip, but The Bucks dosido. The Acclaimed dodge and then dosido, but The Bucks dodge! Only for The Acclaimed to block the kicks!
The Acclaimed spin The Bucks, but then DOUBLE DOUBLE LARIATS take everyone down! The fans are thunderous again, “This is Awesome!” Bowens and Matt bail out, a standing count is on Caster and Nick. Nick stands in a corner, Caster runs in but Nick dodges the splash! Nick GAMANGIRIS, then BULLDOGS! Caster sputters, Nick goes up the corner! SWANTON onto knees! Caster saves himself but it was a touch double-edged. Even so, Caster and Nick crawl, but Matt drags Bowens off the apron! POWERBOMB to the ramp!! Nick rolls Caster, with tights! TWO!! Caster escapes and Nick is beside himself!
Matt hurries back over, Nick tags him in. The Bucks drag Caster up, and they set up! But Caster slips free of the scoop and shoves Matt into Nick! Caster then waistlocks, but Matt backs him up into the ref! The ref gets sandwiched in the corner! The fans boo but Matt LOW BLOWS Caster! Matt doesn’t even care about the ref, he goes for the belts! Matt brings one into the ring and takes aim at Caster! But wait! FTR is here!! Dax snatches that belt from Matt, Cash checks on the ref, but Dax stands down. Matt eggs Dax on, and even SPITS at him!! Dax gest pissed, he TACKLES Matt!! The ref sees that, he calls DISQUALIFICATION!!
Winners: The Young Bucks, by disqualification (still AEW World Tag Team Champions)
The fans boo and The Acclaimed is furious! FTR just cost them! The ref tries to stop another fight from breaking out, but here comes Billy, as well as security! The fans are just as upset as Caster & Bowens, but The Bucks just slip away with big smiles on their faces. The bottom line for them is that they have the gold. But will the Bucks use their executive powers to give themselves the night off at All In?
Renee is backstage with Christopher Daniels, who is himself very disappointed. Renee says she had a question but now has to ask him about this. What does this mean for the tag title situation going into All In? The Fallen Angel says if The Bucks had legitimately defeated The Acclaimed, then he’d have no choice but to call FTR the new #1 contenders. However, that wasn’t definitive in any way. This issue between all these teams hasn’t ended. So while this result complicates the situation, Daniels has a very simple solution: Saturday Night Collision, FTR VS Acclaimed, the winners face The Bucks for the belts at All In. May the best team win!
Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS Wheeler Yuta!
The Realest AEW World Champion is preparing for Title VS Career, and what really could be the “Final Countdown” of Bryan Danielson, and he’s going to use Bryan’s “protege” to do just that. The Decoder has been training with The American Dragon like there’s no tomorrow, but will he be made an example to The GOAT? Or will Yuta use everything Bryan has taught him to tear down Swerve’s House?
Bryan himself is ringside so he can watch all of this in person. But at the same time, Swerve stares Bryan down, making sure he knows this same fight is coming for him. The bell rings and Yuta runs up, but into a BOOT! Yuta falls back, Swerve drags him up and runs to BOOT him again! Swerve then TOSSES Yuta out while the fans are thunderous for “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” Swerve dribbles Yuta off the railing, then drags him up to whip him into the steel steps! The steps move from the impact! Swerve then drags Yuta up, right in front of Bryan, and Swerve says none of that training is gonna help Yuta!
Swerve says Bryan is nothing anymore, and he’s gonna retire Bryan! Bryan still coaches Yuta, but Swerve puts Yuta in the ring. Swerve glares at Bryan before stepping back inside, and Yuta CHOPS! Yuta fires forearms and CHOPS, then he whips. Swerve blocks, and CHOPS back! Swerve whips Yuta to a corner, but Yuta goes up, only for Swerve to catch him in an Electric Chair. But Yuta spins through to arm-drag, and CHOP! Forearm! CHOP! Yuta keeps going, kicks, but swerve blocks to slip around and BACKBREAKER! Gator roll and suplex, for the BACKBREAKER! The fans fire up while Swerve snarls and looms over Yuta.
Swerve brings Yuta up, fireman’s carries, and then RAMS him into a corner! Swerve snapmares Yuta, goes up the corner, and FALLING UPPERCUTS! And he hits the Griddy! The fans cheer, and Swerve stares Bryan down. Bryan still coaches Yuta, and Swerve is amused. The fans rally up with Bryan, and Swerve goes back to Yuta. Yuta fires hands from below, but Swerve BOOTS him down! Swerve drags Yuta up, chicken wings him, to turn him around and put Yuta in a Muscle Buster Stretcher! Yuta endures this unique hold, and Swerve dumps him down into a ghost pin, TWO! Swerve ELBOWS Yuta down, then ties up the legs.
Swerve traps the legs, CLUBS Yuta, turns him over and has an Indian Deathlock! Swerve sits on the legs to put on the pressure, but Yuta endures. Yuta keeps his shoulders up, too, and Bryan rallies the fans again. Swerve rains down shots on Yuta but Yuta hits back from below. Swerve goes for knuckle locks but Yuta BITES one of Swerve’s hands! Swerve lets Yuta out of the leglock while the ref reprimands Yuta, but Yuta stands to bend Swerve’s fingers! Yuta has both hands, he trips Swerve, and he gives those DRAGON STOMPS! The fans are torn as Yuta uses a signature Bryan Danielson move, but Swerve kicks up from below!
Swerve hooks Yuta into a sunset flip, TWO! Swerve drags Yuta up, but Yuta RANAS the bomb, sending Swerve into buckles! Swerve tumbles out, Yuta DIVES onto him! Direct hit into the railing! The fans fire up and Bryan coaches Yuta more. Yuta puts Swerve in, climbs up a corner, and he CROSSBODIES, into a FUJIWARA ARMBAR! And then it’s an omoplata, for a LEBELL LOCK!! Swerve taunts Bryan with another of his signatures! Bryan coaches Yuta, but Nana has Norfolk behind “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” Yuta endures, and he rolls through! Yuta grabs an ANKLE LOCK! Now Swerve endures!
Swerve flails, powers up to his feet, and he reels Yuta in for an ELBOW! The fans rally, Swerve and Yuta stand up, and Swerve fires forearms! Swerve ROCKS Yuta, but Yuta rewinds! Swerve ducks the lariat to half nelson, but Yuta arm-drags free! And Yuta has Swerve for the HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS! The fans fire up as Yuta then shifts around, tucks the arms and SEATBELT, TWO!! Swerve escapes Yuta’s signature, but Yuta runs up. Swerve boots him back, somersaults, but Yuta avoids the Complete Shot! Yuta hooks an arm, chicken wings, but Swerve fights! So Yuta waistlocks to GERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO!!
Swerve stays in this but Yuta holds onto the arms! Chicken wings are back but Swerve fights up. Swerve powers free to ELBOW Yuta again! Yuta snarls and SLAPS Swerve! Swerve just laughs! Yuta fires more shots, Swerve still laughs! Yuta CHOPS, mule kicks, but Swerve RISING HEADBUTTS! Swerve shakes that off as he goes to a corner, and the ref checks Yuta. Bryan coaches Yuta, but that was a bad shot under the chin. Yuta sits up, into a HOUSE CALL!! Yuta sputters, and Swerve dares him to get back up! Bryan looks concerned, the fans want that “ONE MORE TIME!” Yuta finds the power to sit up, but into another HOUSE CALL!!
Swerve drags Yuta up, because he has more to give! A THIRD HOUSE CALL!!! But that’s not all! Swerve copies the DRAGON STOMPS!! And Swerve even adds some ground ‘n’ pound! The ref checks, he CALLS it! Swerve wins!
Winner: Swerve Strickland, by referee stoppage
The ref tries to stop Swerve but he just keeps hammering Yuta! So Bryan jumps into the ring! The fans fire up but Swerve bails out. The Realest grins as he’s gotten under Bryan’s skin and in his head. But he has the music stop so he can tell Bryan, “I said last week that I was gonna show you and the rest of the world why I am the most dangerous man in AEW. That was just an example of what I’m gonna do to you in front of 50 THOUSAND people at Wembley Stadium in two weeks.
“Bryan, you’re gonna bring your family, right? Cuz right where you sat front row, and watched me mutilate Wheeler Yuta… is the same thing I’m gonna do in front of your daughter when she watches you have your last match! Then you can fulfill that promise that you made to her, that you were gonna retire. I’m gonna force you to retire, because that’s what I’m gonna do when I cripple you!” Swerve is willing to cross every line there is, all to stay on top. Bryan does his best to shrug that off and check on Yuta, but then Swerve slides back in to HOUSE CALL!! A cheap shot from the champion, and he even mocks the Yes chant!
The fans are torn, but will this be how it goes in just 11 days? Is Bryan going to go All In, only to lose it all?
My Thoughts:
Another great Dynamite, though the title matches were of course going to keep status quo. Mone VS Shida was a great opening to the show, and it was good use of Kamille to screw Shida over and keep Shida strong even though she loses to Mone. And clever move with Kamille assuming a String mask wearing woman is Britt, and then real Britt shows up from the other end. Now, we still have the go-home episode next week but I think this is the TBS Championship go-home segment. As such, Mone retains at All In, probably also because Kamille helps.
Then with the tag titles, it was a little surprising they did this match at all. It was a great match, but then FTR shows up, screws it all up, and we see it was all just really good filler to get us to what I’ve been saying, FTR VS Acclaimed, winners go to All In. Except now, Acclaimed used their shot from the Eliminator, so perhaps no, there won’t be Acclaimed VS winners at All Out. This feels a bit of a mess, but I suppose there’s still a scenario where maybe Acclaimed screw FTR over at All In, and then All Out becomes a Triple Threat. If anything, that’s a good move because this will be the sixth All Out, aka the fifth anniversary of the original from when AEW became a thing. Gotta go big for that, even if All In is their “biggest show of the year.”
Hangman going after Lethal during the interview promo was good stuff, that was a really good match, but I’m hoping Lethal was just selling and wasn’t legitimately concussed. Between the Deadeye on the apron and that one lariat before the Buckshot, there’s a chance it happened, and AEW cannot lose more people to injuries at this point. But either way, Hangman is being booked as a dangerous man, so as to parallel how Swerve keeps talking about himself being the most dangerous man.
Great promo video from MJF and Ospreay, and we’re of course getting one last face-to-face next week, we’ll have to wait and see how that affects the math. Pac’s promo was great, and greatly appreciated because uh, where was this weeks ago? Pac should’ve been pissed the moment Ospreay said he was getting his rematch for All In, and Pac should’ve put the All Out match on the docket just as quickly. Pac could’ve even been a player in the build, just hanging around, egging both sides on, reveling in how he’s getting the winner while they’re still fairly banged up.
Great video promo from Darby, though having it and Jack Perry attacking Darby as back to back segments felt a bit redundant. A part of me thinks they would’ve played Darby’s video on Saturday, except they had to replay Jack Perry’s video to make up for that stupid Taco Bell botch. But even then, both segments were still good, with Jack beating down Darby and adding something to their TNT Championship match. Their Coffin Match is going to be great stuff, nice reference to last year’s Coffin Match but also how Jack seems to like doing No Disqualification matches per his FTW Championship match last year.
We got a great promo from Mariah and a good promo from Mina, but hard to say how this factors into the go-home math. Claudio and Okada had a good promo segment, but as seems to be a thing, it went a touch longer than it had to. Claudio’s rebuttal to Okada’s joking around and insulting him was all still good material, but something about it felt like Claudio could’ve just said that to Okada, or maybe even saved it for Rampage. Either way, Claudio VS Okada is going to be awesome stuff, with Dynamite in Cardiff certainly going to be in front of a hot crowd that’ll eat it up. Good promo from Christian Cage, but I feel like one or both Bang Bang Gang and House of Black are going to go after Nick Wayne on Rampage since he’ll be all alone without Christian, thus motivating the trios title match.
Awesome Triple Threat of Cassidy, Kyle and Roddy. Obviously Taven & Bennett had to go out there but it was also good for Mark Briscoe and Ishii to stop them. That feels like a tag match they could give us on Collision this Saturday, or even in Cardiff for the go-home show. Cassidy getting that win like he did was also great stuff, and given Cassidy’s thing while International Champion was his durability, him starting the gauntlet is fitting. These Casino Gauntlets are always fun, but as I pictured last week, it’d be wild if Hangman won and then decided to MITB cash-in on Swerve and Bryan in the main event.
Swerve VS Yuta was a great main event, and I’m still a little worried Yuta got legit rocked like I was with Lethal, but given Bryan knows how to play that stuff up, maybe they were doing that with Yuta. Swerve of course wins, but him going above and beyond was a clever way to do it. Bryan Danielson being Bryan Danielson and this being (potentially) his last match, Swerve basically goes Heel tonight to really pile on. There’s still next week for the go-home math, there’s a chance Bryan turns things around on Swerve, meaning that Swerve will retain at All In. Then All Out could be Swerve VS Hangman, and Dynamite: Grand Slam could be Swerve VS Darby so that Swerve gets in all the classics in.
My Score: 8.9/10
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The Top Guys explain themselves!
After failing to take the AEW World Trios Championships, FTR turned on the Rated R Superstar! Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler now tell us WHY!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- 2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Jamie Hayter VS Billie Starkz; Jamie wins and advances.
- The Gates of Agony VS Smash ‘n’ Burn; The Gates win.
- Anthony Bowens w/ Billy Gunn VS Blake Christian w/ Lee Johnson; Bowens wins.
- 2v1 Handicap: Megan Bayne w/ Penelope Ford VS LMK & Kelly Madan; Megan wins.
- Kevin Knight VS AR Fox; Knight wins.
- FTR VS 2Point0; FTR wins.
- 2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Athena VS Harley Cameron; Athena wins and advances.
- 2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Konosuke Takeshita VS Brody King; Takeshita wins and advances.
PLAY BY PLAY
BREAKING NEWS for Dynamite!
While Pac goes down with an Achilles injury, The Death Riders will still defend their AEW World Trios Championships using some Freebird Rules! Jon Moxley steps in, will he, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta keep the reign of terror going? Or can The Opps free the trios titles from their death grip?
FTR is here!
Speaking of those titles, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler are here after failing to win the AEW World Trios Championships, and then brutalizing The Rated R Superstar! Adam Copeland had to be stretchered out of the arena in Philadelphia on Sunday, and FTR gets booed by Springfield, Massachusetts here tonight. Cash has a mic to say, “What happened Sunday, that wasn’t an easy decision for me. And despite what you might think, it was not premeditated. Adam Copeland has been one of my best friends, he has been my mentor, for 15 YEARS, before I even really knew Dax Harwood!”
The fans boo but Cash says the more Dax talked, the more sense he made. The more sense it made, the more it pissed Cash off, because he wanted Dax to be wrong. But Cash could feel it, he could feel that he was wrong. The more he watched the moves Cope made backstage, the more he moved against FTR’s careers, the more Cash understood that Cope only cared about Cope. Cope held FTR down! He held them down to lift himself up! So in Philly, when Cash saw Dax sitting here, Cope laying here, in that moment… It just clicked. Cash knew what had to happen, and that he’d have to be the one to do it!
The fans boo more but Cash says Cope may have trained him as a young man, but that’s all Cope ever saw! That helpless kid! And Cash is not that anymore. Cope did not respect Cash as a man! And if you disrespect him, you have to pay. FTR are living legends! They will be treated as such! Dax says he knows that it is the “cool” thing to do, so you feel like you’re somebody, you feel like you’re involved. It’s cool to boo FTR when they talk, that’s “cool” in 2025. The fans didn’t reach their dreams, so now they make their own. But just let Dax say this one thing and then they can do this charade.
“Last week, I saw a sign in the crowd that said, ‘Why, FTR, Why?’ And as cliche as that is, I though to myself, ‘Well, why not?’ Instead of asking us why, you should be thanking us! You should be thanking us because we gave Adam Copeland everything he wanted. Adam Copeland was begging for relevancy in 2025 at the expense of the ABSOLUTE BEST TAG TEAM IN THIS WORLD, and we gave it to him!” The fans chant, “You Sold Out!” and Dax asks back, “How did I sell out, you idiots? I didn’t make any money off of this.” But over the last week, Dax has been wracking his brain on what to say over what he could say to the fans and be justified.
And then it clicked! Dax doesn’t care if anyone agrees with FTR! What FTR did was right. The fans boo, but Dax says even though FTR doesn’t own anyone an explanation, let’s have fun here. They’ll run down the list. For four MONTHS, they waited. Four months, nothing to do, they were irrelevant for four months. The only thing planned for them was to be Cope’s new Edgeheads. They put FTR’s career on hold so Cope could chase his glory days and win one more world title, holding on to a sliver of hope that he might still be the man. Dax tells Adam, “We’ve won ten world titles across seven worldwide brands, and YOU want us to take a backseat to you!?
“You’re selfish! Too damn selfish to see where the issue is! And I wanted nothing more, I wanted nothing more than Adam Copeland to end his career side-by-side with FTR and ride off into the sunset. But just like every wrestler in Adam Copeland’s position, you’re TOO DAMN SELFISH!” The fans boo, Dax tells them they paid money to see him so sit down and shut up. Just work out even once, buddy! Dax understands there are a lot of people in the back not happy with FTR. And that there are some people out here not happy with them. Tony Schiavone, come on over here. The fans boo, but Dax promises Schiavone that he just wants to talk.
Nigel isn’t so sure, but Schiavone says he has things he needs to say, too. The fans are torn, but Schiavone goes to the ring. Dax tells Schiavone to be careful now, don’t fall getting in. But this week on Dynamite, Schiavone had some choice words for FTR. Funny that they were hundreds of miles away at the time. But now, face to face, would Schiavone like to say something? Schiavone says yes, and he says that they were wrong to do that to Cope. The fans cheer, Schiavone points out that when FTR arrived, the fans all loved FTR. FTR revived tag team wrestling. But in one fell swoop, they turned their backs on the man who helped them in their career.
Dax stops Schiavone there, laughing that off. So there was one other thing Schiavone said, and he doesn’t quite remember. Dax is pretty sure it had to do with Dax’s family? Yes… Schiavone says Dax’s daughter, a wonderful young lady, Straight A student… How did she feel on Monday when her friends told her that her dad turned on one of his best friends? Dax paces, and then he drags Schiavone into position! The fans boo, but Nigel stands up! FTR sees that, and the fans cheer as Nigel storms off commentary! Nigel gets in the ring to get Schiavone to safety, and he also told Schiavone he knew this would happen.
FTR warns Nigel now, but here comes Daniel Garcia! He steps to them, but FTR SHOVES him down! Then they realize what they did, and they apologize. They don’t have anything against Garcia, they’re sorry. They help Garcia stand up, then they hug Garcia…? The fans boo, and Garcia has no idea what to make of this. FTR leaves, Schiavone & Nigel go back to commentary, and Garcia makes sure Schiavone is okay. The fans cheer Garcia, Schiavone says he had to say what he said. Will the Top Guys be the absolute worst from now on?
Toni Storm speaks.
“Megan Bayne is a monster. That woman has so much thigh meat, I thought I was being mugged on Thanksgiving. Nevertheless, I don’t need to tell you that this whore you all adore, this slut you can’t rebut, this tramp is still the champ! But enough of this gay banter. The Owen Hart Cup has begun, and the winner goes on to All In: Texas for a shot at the AEW Women’s World Championship. Ladies, good luck. But this is a timeless cafe, and I’m gonna bake up the biggest batch of slop tarts you’ve ever seen! Billie Starkz, you Johnny Come Lately, milk-breathed, knobby kneed little brat. I will make a woman out of you.
“Harley Cameron. Call me Jim Henson, because I will wear you on my wrist and make you sing Rainbow Connection.” Schiavone? Toni says that’s the wrong slide, next! “Mercedes Money, our CEO. What an unfortunate nickname. I will drain your 401K and put you so deep into recession, you’ll have to drink my bath water. Kris Statlander. My God, what a woman! Athena. You may be the ROH Forever Champion, but you’ll last about two minutes with me. And Jamie Hayter, take my advice: No money has ever been made from dressing like you’re in a different era.
“And as for me, I could sit at home and watch this entire tournament eating veal parmesana, but that’s not the kind of woman I am, yet. Nevertheless, at Double or Nothing, I will be there, I will be watching, I will be sweating, and I will always be… TIMELESS~!” The champion has put all of her contenders on notice, but who will even make it out of the first round of this star-studded tournament?
2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Jamie Hayter VS Billie Starkz!
Well, speaking of those challengers, we have two here to finally kick off the action! Hayter and Billie went a round already, but will it be a repeat performance? Or will this be a Starkz contrast from last time?
The bell rings and the fans rally. Jamie rushes Billie but Billie dodges the boot. Jamie ducks Billie’s heel kick, then shoves Billie to ropes. Billie ducks, whips, but Jamie ducks ‘n’ dodges. Billie sees the lariat coming and backs off! Jamie smirks and the fans cheer. Billie comes back, offers a handshake, but Jamie isn’t so sure. Jamie accepts, but Billie whips! Jamie ducks ‘n’ dodges, Billie drops down then HEEL KICKS! Jamie goes down in a heap, seems it isn’t just Hayter who hits hard! Jamie goes to the apron, Billie storms up, but Billie bobs ‘n’ weaves to then sweep the legs! Billie SUPERKICKS Jamie, then runs, and DIVES into a forearm!
The fans fire up and Jamie brushes off the biceps. Jamie whips Billie hard into railing, then drags her up to whip her into more- NO, Billie goes up, but Jamie catches her to TOSS her over! Billie is in the timekeeper’s area while the fans fire up! Jamie refreshes the ring count, fetches Billie, but Billie HOTSHOTS her off railing! Billie then climbs onto the railing, and the fans fire up as Billie SWANTON BOMBS Jamie on the floor! The fans fire up and Billie hurries to put Jamie in the ring. Billie then climbs the corner and the fans rally up again. Jamie anchors a foot, Billie CLUBS Jamie, but Jamie CLUBS Billie.
Jamie climbs up after Billie, but Billie SHOVES her down! Billie adjusts, DIVING- NO, Jamie dodges the stomp! Billie blocks the kick, to KNEE her! Billie suplexes, Jamie lands out to whip! Billie bounces off buckles, and into a SPIENBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Billie is tougher than that but Jamie stomps her around. Jamie bumps Billie off buckles, digs her boots in, then hits a snap suplex! Billie writhes, Jamie covers, ONE!! Jamie kneels on Billie’s head, then steps off. Billie flounders, Jamie drags her up, but Billie fires hands! Jamie throws Billie by her hair! The ref reprimands but the fans cheer while Billie goes to the apron.
Jamie kicks Billie to the floor, then mockingly counts really fast, but Collision goes picture in picture.
Jamie applauds, but the ref says his count isn’t even close to over. Jamie goes out to fetch Billie, then SMACKS Her off the apron! Jamie puts Billie in the ring, then clamps on a chinlock. Billie endures as Jamie grinds her down. Billie fights up, fires body shots, but Jamie CLUBS her down. Jamie drags Billie up, bumps her off buckles again and again and again, and again and again and again, and again and again and again! Jamie finally stops as the ref counts 4, and Billie is in a daze. Jamie whips Billie corner to corner hard, then storms up to fire forearms. Jamie ROCKS Billie and she sits down. Jamie digs her boots in, but the ref counts.
Jamie steps off, then drags Billie up. Jamie whips Billie corner to corner again, then runs up, but Billie BOOTS her away! Billie HEEL- NO, Jamie blocks that kick! Jamie steps over to power Billie down into the HALF CRAB! Collision returns to single picture as Billie endures! Billie powers up, reaches out, and the fans rally as she fights forward! Billie rolls and sends Jamie into buckles! Billie hobbles, runs back in, but Jamie dodges! Billie ELBOWS Jamie, BOOTS her, then goes up, but Jamie stops the boot! Billie rebounds to ENZIGIRI! Billie sweeps the legs and deadlift GERMAN SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO!
The fans fire up as Jamie stays in this, and Billie slaps herself to focus again. Billie snarls, drags Jamie up, and Billie suplexes. Jamie fights it, fires knees, then gets free, Jamie blocks a lariat, but Billie ducks the other! DRAGON SUPLEX! Billie then shifts to have a CHINBAR HALF NELSON COMBO! Jamie endures as Billie even bends her against a knee! Jamie fights up, snapmares free, and KNEES Billie down! Cover, TWO! Jamie drags Billie up, whips her, and fireman’s carries! USHIGOROSHI! Billie sputters, Jamie runs, SLIDING LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Billie survives and Jamie is shocked!
The fans rally up while Jamie throws off her wristbands. Jamie says time to end it! Jamie stands Billie up, fires forearm after forearm, and Billie flops over. The fans fire up, Jamie kisses the bicep, and she stands Billie up. SPRINGBOARD HAYT- NO, Billie ducks and backslides! ONE!! Billie suplexes, GHOSTBUSTER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Jamie survives and Billie is beside herself! The fans rally up and Billie goes back to the corner. Billie climbs, aims, and SWANTON BOMBS!! Cover, TWO!! Hayter survives again and Billie is shocked! The fans rally even harder, and Billie looks to the trophy. Billie stalks Jamie to the apron, then stomps her down.
Billie goes out to bring Jamie up, and she CLUBS her! Billie ROCKS Jamie, reels her in, but Jamie fights the lift! Jamie lifts Billie, Billie fights that! Jamie HEADBUTTS Billie, and Billie holds onto the ropes. Jamie reels Billie in, SUPLEX TO THE FLOOR! Springfield goes nuts while both women are down! The ref checks and both women are somehow still in this. The ring starts, “This is Awesome!” as both women stir at 4 of 10. Jamie rises up at 7, Billie at 8, and both women spring in at 9! The fans fire up as this continues! Billie and Jamie rise up again, and Jamie ROCKS Billie! Billie comes back to ROCK Jamie!
Jamie comes back to ROCK Billie, but Billie fires a flurry! Billie winds up, but Jamie SUPERKICKS! And ENZIGIRIS! Jamie whips, clinches, but Billie stuffs it! Jamie powers through to HATE BREAKER!! And then HAYTERADE!! Cover, Jamie wins!
Winner: Jamie Hayter, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
Billie put on another incredible fight, but it was still not enough to reach that next level! Hayter Hits Hard, but will she have to hit even harder going up against Kris Statlander?
The Death Riders speak.
Claudio Castagnoli says, “When we started this war, we fully expected casualties. But we do not mourn, because only in death does duty end. Now, we’re not gonna hide. We’re still gonna be front and center! So Joe, yes, we’re gonna accept that challenge!” Claudio rants in German, then says at Spring Breakthru, it’s on. They do not concede territory! Marina Shafir holds up Pac’s belt, and Moxley says, “What a learning experience this will be for generational punk ass play wrestlers who don’t wanna show up to work. There’s plenty of money, championships, glory, victory, and it’s all on the frontline.
“If you want it, that’s where you gotta be. You gotta step in, step up, put yourself in harm’s way. Samoa Joe, Shibata-san, you guys know that. What’re you teaching sweet young Hook? Hook… Don’t worry. Relax. It’s the biggest match of your life. But trust me… Chicks dig scars.” Wheeler Yuta smirks, and shows his scar. Will the Death Riders find The Opps are in fact lacking?
The Gates of Agony VS Smash ‘n’ Burn!
Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona have been dominating for a long time, but they’re still waiting on their opportunity. Will this be
The teams sort out, Kaun starts against Juni Underwood, and KNEES him, to then BACKBREAKER, and RUNNING SUPLEX! Kaun puts Juni in the corner. Tag to Liona, and Liona puts Juni in a corner for point-blank LARIATS! Liona goes all the way to TEN, then short arm LARIATS Juni inside-out! Then he TOSSES Ricky Pryce into the ring just because! Liona runs up to CLOBBER Ricky! Tag to Kaun, the Gates get Juni up to OPEN THE GATES onto Ricky! Cover, Gates win!
Winners: The Gates of Agony, by pinfall
Kaun applauds his opponents, and Liona laughs. “We hurt people, too!” Is that a not so subtle message sent to the AEW World Tag Team Champions?
Backstage interview with FTR.
Lexy Nair finds Cash & Dax on their way out and asks for a moment. After what they did to Cope- Wait, 2Point0 barges in! Matt Menard & Angelo Parker excuse Lexy, and they say FTR must think they’re pretty slick. They’ve got the wool pulled over Danny’s eyes. But 2Point0 sees through the BS, and they’ll be damned if they let FTR put Garcia in the same position as Cope. FTR try to speak but Menard says no, it’s their time to talk. A year and a half, Menard has been waiting for this. A YEAR AND A HALF, and FTR finally exposed themselves! FTR thinks they can do this to Garcia? Dax tries to speak but Menard tells him to shut his gaddamn mouth!
This is 2Point0’s time! Understand that they won’t sit by and see what happened to Cope happen to Garcia! FTR asks if they want to fight. Yeah, they do! Okay, FTR will fight 2Point0 tonight, with Garcia ringside. Garcia is a grown man, he can make his own decisions. #TopGuysOut. Cash & Dax go back to the locker room, will they take out Daddy Magic & Cool Hand Ange?
Anthony Bowens w/ Billy Gunn VS Blake Christian w/ Lee Johnson!
The 5 Tool Player made his return at Dynasty, and he added on to Platinum Max’s losing streak. But will Bowens finally prove himself worthy of gold all his own? Or will the Vanilla Babyface get all heat for ruining things?
The bell rings and the fans fire up for Bowens. Bowens and Blake circle, tie up, and Bowens waistlocks. Bowens SLAMS Blake down, facelocks, but Blake fights up. Blake wrenches out, wristlocks, but Bowens slips through to wrench and hammerlock. Bowens spins and snapmares Blake, then ghost pins, TWO! Bowens reminds Blake he’s in here with the Five Tool Player! Blake slaps that hand away, and says he only needs one. Blake runs up, Bowens dodges, Blake goes up and DROPKICKS Bowens in the back! Blake struts, then whips, but Bowens reverses. Blake ducks a lariat, FACEBUSTERS Bowens, and SLAPS him!
The fans boo but Blake “tastes” the ice cream. But Bowens CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Bowens whips, Blake reverses, but Bowens hurdles to slips around and BULLDOG! Cover, TWO! Bowens has the fans throw up the scissor fingers, and Bowens scissor fingers with Billy while Collision goes picture in picture.
Bowens watches Blake rise up, then takes aim to ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, but Blake avoids the superkick! Bowens is annoyed, but he goes out the side to run in around the way. Blake slips back inside, Bowens goes to the apron, and Bowens blocks a kick! Blake ENZIGIRS, then APRON SPEARS! Blake takes another taste, then builds speed to FOSBURY TOPE! Blake lounges on the floor, tells Billy to back off, but Billy tells him to SUCK IT. Blake drags Bowens into the ring, then brings him up to wrench and WRING out the arm! Blake drags Bowens back up, but Bowens ROCKS Blake! And CHOPS! And ROCKS him again!
Bowens ROCKS Blake in the corner, and Collision goes to break.
Collision returns and Blake RAMS shoulders with Bowens. Blake eggs Bowens on, wrenches the arm, and RAMS shoulders again! Blake kicks at Bowens mockingly while Big Shotty taunts the fans. Blake wrenches, Bowens whips, then Bowens runs past. Blake dodges Bowens, Bowens redirects and mule kicks! Front kicks! FAMOUSER! The fans fire up and Bowens aims at Blake. Blake stands, Bowens wrenches and torture racks! Swing and SLAM! Cover, TWO! Blake survives the “Grand Slam” but the fans rally up. Bowens waits on Blake, reels him in, fireman’s carry, but Blake fights with elbows! Blake is on the apron, and he CLAWS Bowens’ eyes!
Blake TOSSES Bowens out, then runs along the apron, DAREDEVIL DIVE! The fans boo but Blake puts Bowens in. Blake steps in, but Bowens KICKS him in the ropes! DRAPING SIDEWINDER! Cover, Lee gives Blake the ROPEBREAK! The fans boo and Daddy Ass is pissed! He says Lee did that! Bowens glares at Lee, but Blake waistlocks! Bowens switches, rolls Blake, TWO! Bowens kicks low, whips Blake, but Blake rolls off Bowens’ back! Blake shoves Bowens, SPANISH FLY! Cover, TWO! Bowens is still in this, but Blake runs to handspring and NEURALIZER KICK! Blake fires up but the fans boo more.
Blake goes up a corner, takes aim, 450 DOUBLE STOMP!! Cover, TWO!! Bowens survives and the fans fire up! Blake is frustrated, but he drags Bowens up. The fans rally for Bowens as Blake kicks at Bowens. Blake talks trash, but Bowens CHOPS him! Blake storms up, but into ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS- NO, Blake blocks the superkick to whip Bowens to ropes. Bowens reverses that, Blake tiger feints through, STUNNER! Bowens flounders, Blake brings Bowens in, and he tells Billy to SUCK IT! Blake runs, Bowens dodges! Blake handsprings, into the SUPERKICK! Lee gets on the apron, Bowens DECKS him!
The fans fire up, Billy DECKS Lee! Bowens aims at Blake, ROLLING ELBOW!! Cover, Bowens wins!
Winner: Anthony Bowens, by pinfall
The “Molly Whop” is just as it sounds, Bowens put the beating on the Vanilla Babyface! Bowens has a mic and he wants Springfield to make some noise! The fans cheer, and Bowens says, “This has been a long time coming, and it’s time to level up. Because what you see before you is AEW’s Five Tool Player! The perfect combination of power, athleticism, intelligence, the look, and the it factor. And I am the Pride of Professional Wrestling, baby! And I don’t need a government trademark to prove I’m the best. I’m gonna prove it to you every single week, right here! So the last question is: Who will step up to the plate next and get their ass Molly Whopped by THE Five Tool Player?!”
Mic drop from Bowens, will he use all his tools and all this momentum to hit homerun after homerun?
2v1 Handicap: Megan Bayne w/ Penelope Ford VS LMK & Kelly Madan!
The Megasus may not be AEW Women’s World Champion, but he will not stop after one failure. And now, to satisfy her anger, she’s taking on two opponents at once! Will everyone bow down, no matter who they are or how many there are?
The bell rings, Madan starts for her team, and she runs up, only for Megan to RAM her into a corner! And RAM her again and again and again! Megan CHOPS Madan, throws her down, then runs up to SHOTGUN her down! Madan scrambles away, LMK tags in, and LMK goes up! CROSSBODY, but Megan catches her! Megan FALL AWAY SLAMS LMK, and Little Mean Kathleen staggers around. Megan SPLASHES Madan, SPLASHES LMK, then sends LMK into Madan! DOUBLE SPLASH! Megan scoops LMK, CLOBBERS Madan, then SLAMS LMK! The fans fire up as Megan hauls Madan up, fireman’s carries, FATE’S DESCENT onto LMK! Cover, Megan wins!
Winner: Megan Bayne, by pinfall
The female titan didn’t even break a sweat, but she may have broken both opponents. She sits them up, shouts, “BOW DOWN!” and then SLAMS them both back down! Will no one stop Megan from rising back to title contention?
Kevin Knight VS AR Fox!
The Jet didn’t win in his Owen Hart Cup match, and he came up short on the NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships in Chicago just last night, but he did win his part of $400,000 on Dynamite. Will Knight still be feeling fly after facing a veteran high-flyer? Or will Knight take over the Whole Fox’n Show?
The bell rings and Knight runs up! Fox dodges the boot, Knight dodges a boot, then Knight CHOPS! Knight whips, BACKDROP, but Fox lands out to roll Knight up! TWO, Knight Oklahoma Rolls, TWO! Fox tilt-o-whirls and waistlocks, Knight switches, Fox bucks the O’Conner! Knight sunset flips, TWO! Knight kicks low, runs, but then fakes out Fox’s dropkick! SLIDING SHOULDER TACKLE! UFO SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Fox stays in this but Knight stays cool. Knight brings Fox up to ROCK him in the back! Knight kicks low, but Fox fires body shots. Knight fires a forearm, but Fox fires back! Knight UPPERCUTS, then wrenches.
Knight whips, Fox grabs ropes, and Fox TOSSES Knight! Fox ROCKS Knight, but Knight throws Fox down! Fox kips up to PELE! The fans fire up, Fox builds speed, and he SLINGSHOT STOMPS Knight on the apron! The fans fire up as Fox then goes up the corner, MOONSAULT onto Knight! Another direct hit and the fans fire up while Collision goes picture in picture.
Fox looms over Knight, stomps him, then drags Knight up. Fox whips Knight hard into barriers! Then Fox brings Knight around, to SMACK him off the barriers! The fans cheer, Fox refreshes the ring count, but Knight CHOPS in return! Fox is stinging, but Knight CHPOS him again! Knight whips, Fox reverses, and Knight tumbles into the ring. Fox KICKS him, then hurries to cover, TWO! Knight stays in this but Fox sits him up, for a basement DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Knight stays cool but Fox pushes him around. Knight fires body shots, then forearms. Fox kicks low, suplexes, ANARCHY! Knight flounders around while Fox snarls.
Fox rolls to have a cover, TWO! Knight has a ghost pin, TWO! Fox CLOBBERS Knight, then CLUBS him down. Knight goes to a corner, Fox CHOPS him, and then Fox snapmares Knight. Fox runs to basement DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Fox clamps onto Knight with a chinlock, but Knight endures. The fans rally up and Knight fights around. Fox holds tight, but Knight stands up. Fox wrangles Knight back to the mat! Knight endures again, fights around, and Collision returns to single picture. Knight stands to JAWBREAKER free! Fox snarls, comes back, but Knight UPPERCUTS! And UPPERCUTS! And UPPERCUTS!
Fox KNEES low, runs, but Knight DROPKICKS him down! The fans fire up and Knight kips up! Fox goes to a corner, Knight runs up, and LARIATS! Knight UPPERCUTS, stomps, repeat! The ref counts, Knight stomps a mudhole then digs his boot in. Knight lets off, whips corner to corner, but Fox reverses. Knight reverses back, SKY2HIGH! Cover, TWO! Fox survives and Knight is a bit surprised, but he waits on Fox. Fox rises, the fans rally, and Knight somersaults, but Fox denies him the DDT! Knight BOOTS from the corner, Fox returns, so Knight ELBOWS him! Knight goes up, but so does Fox! LOW MEIN PAIN!
Fox goes right up, 450 SPLASH! Cover, TWO!! Knight survives and Fox is shocked! The fans fire up and Fox drags Knight up. “This is Awesome!” as Fox crisscrosses Knight’s arms. Fox reels Knight in, but Knight rolls Fox up! TWO!! Fox escapes, but Knight DROPKICKS him again! Fox staggers, but he BOOTS back! Fox goes up, but Knight goes to the UPPER ROOM! Somersault, SATELLITE DDT! The fans fire up and Knight goes to the corner! Fox staggers, Knight springboards, FLYING LARIAT! Cover, Knight wins!
Winner: Kevin Knight, by pinfall
The Jet Liner takes Knight to the winner’s circle! But with Best of the Super Juniors around the corner, will Knight be #The1ULookUp2?
The Gates of Agony speak.
Bishop Kaun applauds, and he says, “That was impressive, wasn’t it? We’re back. And we’re not even hurt. But we don’t mind being hurt.” Toa Liona says, “We don’t.” Kaun says they actually love being hurt! Hurt Syndicate! You hurt people? This Wednesday on Dynamite, the Gates would love to see you try. Hurt Syndicate hurts people? The Gates of Agony BREAK people! See you in Boston! Will Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin still be standing when Kaun & Liona #OpenTheGates?
FTR VS 2Point0!
Dax & Cash want to still be Daniel Garcia’s friends, but Menard & Parker have been Garcia’s friends this whole time. Daddy Magic & Cool Hand Ange have always felt something was off, will they finally take the Top Guys out?
Speaking of Garcia, he makes his way out, as invited by FTR. He still seems to be upset and unsure given FTR lashing out earlier, but he’s still ringside. The teams sort out and Dax BLASTS Parker off the apron! Dax beats up on Menard and then Cash runs up to CLOBBER Parker! The fans boo as Cash sends Parker into railing! And apron! And railing again! And then more railing! Cash stands over Parker, Dax stands over Menard, and Garcia can only watch. Parker gets up to CHOP Cash, Cash hits back! Menard’s already busted open as Dax beats on him! Cash CHOPS Parker, Menard wobbles, but Dax ROCKS Menard!
Cash CHOKES Parker against railing, Dax DECKS Menard, and the fans boo. Dax sits Menard up, and again Garcia can only watch this as Dax hammers away on Menard’s head. Cash then sends Parker into the steel steps! Dax puts Menard in a corner, tells Garcia that this isn’t personal, 2Point0 signed up for this. The fans rally for “DADDY MAGIC!” but Dax throws more fists! Menard is a bloody mess as Dax punches away! The ref backs Dax off, Menard stands like a zombie, and he ROCKS Dax! And ROCKS him again! Menard ROCKS Dax again and again and again in the corner! The fans love it, but Cash storms in to go after Menard!
Cash pulls hair, but Menard DECKS him, too! Menard flounders, Dax LARIATS him down! Parker storms in but Dax has him up! SHATTER MACHINE!! Dax tags Cash, and now they get Menard up. MIND BREAKER!! But they’re not done?! Garcia says c’mon already! FTR still gets Menard up for another MIND BREAKER!! They won’t stop, they get Menard back up! Garcia gets on the apron, he wants the ref to step in already! FTR apologize and they set Menard down. Cover, FTR wins!
Winners: FTR, by pinfall
Garcia is still furious, and he storms into the ring. He checks on Menard, then he gets in Dax’s face! Dax & Cash want Garcia to calm down. They did hear him out in the end there. Garcia says it shouldn’t have taken that! FTR leaves, Garcia helps Menard stand, but then FTR returns! They CLOBBER Garcia! They beat Garcia down while the fans boo! FTR get Garcia up, MIND BREAKER!!! And then they get him back up!? MIND BREAKER!!! The ref shouts at them to stop, the fans boo as hard as they can, but FTR hauls Garcia up again! Security rushes in to stop this! Dax DECKS the ref!! That’s another fine right there!
The fans boo, security try to stop FTR, but FTR gets Garcia up again! BUT WAIT! The Undisputed Kingdom rush in! The paragons of wrestling will not let this injustice continue! They run FTR off, but FTR says they should watch their backs now. Who else will FTR violently disrespect as they demand we respect them?
2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Athena VS Harley Cameron!
The LONGEST REIGNING champion in ROH history, and yes that is champion bar none, male or female, is finally getting her shot at history here in AEW. She could very well become a new Double Champion should she win all the way to Double or Nothing and then All In: Texas. But she must first get past one wild Aussie! Will Athena #FeelTheWrath of Harley Cameron? Or will the Fallen Goddess, the Minion Overlord, the American Joshi, simply add Harley’s name to the long, long list of fallen opponents?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Athena and Harley circle, feel things out, then tie up. Athena powers Harley to the corner, but she lets off quickly. Harley storms up, Athena shoves her back, then Athena pats Harley on the head. Athena soaks up heat, but Harley headlocks. Athena powers up and out, drops down, but Harley drop toeholds! Harley pats Athena on the head! The fans cheer and Athena says okay, that’s fair. Athena then runs up to roll Harley up, TWO! Harley trips Athena, jackknife bridges, TWO! Athena sunset flips, TWO! Harley high stacks, TWO and Athena sunset flips again, TWO! The fans fire up as the two stand off!
Harley and Athena reset, Athena applauds for Harley, then headlocks! Harley endures the grind, powers out to headlock in return, and now Athena endures. Athena powers up and out to send Harley tot he corner. Athena runs in, Harley slips out to the apron, and Harley blocks a shot to ROUNDHOUSE! Athena staggers, Harley brings her into the ropes to CLUB her! And CHOKE her! The fans fire up, the ref counts, and Harley stops at 4. Harley waistlocks, but Athena fights the lift! Athena runs to the post to HOTSHOT Harley! Then APRON BACK SUPLEX! Athena then wheelbarrows Harley to GERMAN SUPLEX to the floor!
The fans fire up and Athena smiles. The ref checks Harley, she’s okay to continue, and Collision goes picture in picture.
Athena stomps Harley, drags her up, and sends her into steel steps! Harley sputters, Athena refreshes the ring count, and she CLUBS Harley. Harley staggers away, Athena stands her up and ROCKS her! Athena CLUBS away on Harley, pushes her into the ring, and then storms up, but into a cradle! TWO!! Athena escapes, BOOTS Harley down, and scowls. Athena stalks Harley, drags her up, and KNEES her in the side! Athena stalks Harley some more, KNEES her in the side, and then has Harley in the corner. Athena RAMS into Harley, RAMS into her again, then RAMS again! Athena pushes Harley along the ropes but the ref reprimands.
Athena ROCKS Harley, but Harley ROCKS Athena! Athena brings Harley up but Harley ROCKS her again! Athena clamps on a GUILLOTINE FACELOCK! Then she suplexes high and hard! Athena kips up, fires up, and Collision goes to break.
Collision returns as Athena has Harley in a Bow ‘n’ Arrow stretch! Harley endures, pries at the facelock portion, but Athena thrashes Harley. Harley pops free to a cover, TWO! Athena knees low, whips, but Harley reverses to RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! The fans fire up, Harley brings Athena up, but Athena shoves her away. SOBAT! LEG SWEEP! Athena runs, and SUPERKICKS! Cover, TWO! Harley survives and Athena grows frustrated. Athena stalks Harley to ropes, KICKS her in the side, then brings her up to scoop and carry her! Athena puts Harley in the Tree of Woe, then KICKS! KICKS! And KICKS!
The ref counts, Athena backs off, and Athena cheers herself on. Athena runs, but Harley sits up over the sweep! Harley KICKS from upside-down, then wrenches to NECKBREAKER! The fans fire up, Harley runs up, and LARIATS! ENZIGIRI! Harley brings Athena up to BULLDOG HOTSHOT, and then Harley fires off on Athena in the ropes! The fans fire up, the ref counts, Harley shots “FEEL THE WRATH!” AX KICK! Athena falls back, Harley storms in and goes up the corner. Harley aims, leaps, CROSSBODY! Athena rolls through to scoop Harley! The fans fire up as Athena pops Harley up, but Harley fights! Harley RANAS!
Athena rises to SUPERKICK! The fans are torn, Athena springboards, but into a HAYMAKER!! Harley has Athena now, pump handle and SUPLEX! Cover, TWO!! Athena survives but Harley won’t give up! “This is Awesome!” as Harley and Athena both slowly rise. Harley fires up, brings Athena around, dragon sleeper for HER FINISHING- NO, Athena cartwheels free! Athena reels Harley in, Canadian Rack, but Harley slips free! Harley tilt-o-whirls and rolls Athena up, TWO!! Harley wrenches again, SOLE FOOD! Harley runs, but Athena pops her up, POWERBOMB! High stack, TWO, deadlift POWERBOMB!
Athena reels Harley back in, ATAXIA KNEE STRIKE!! Athena then climbs, Harley rises, O FACE!!! Cover, Athena wins!
Winner: Athena, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
Athena stays undefeated in any and all kinds of matches, and she holds up her ROH Women’s World Championship, as well as her spinner belt variant. But now she runs into Mercedes Mone, their battle set for Boston and the Dynamite edition of Spring Breakthru! Will Mone win in her hometown to head for Double or Nothing? Or will Athena derail the Money Train and be that much closer to a match in her hometown of Arlington, Texas?
Mercedes Mone speaks.
“Springfieeeeeld~! Sorry the Money Train skipped your pathetic town. But then next stop for me in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament is in my hometown of Boston. That’s right, it was a little over a year ago where I made my AEW debut in the City of Champions. It was in that very moment that I had the biggest dream of holding all the championship gold! And now the Money Train is only two stops away from All In: Texas. And Athena, you are just a speedbump on my track to success. The Forever ROH Champion, Athena, you are one of the very best of all time, and you proved that tonight against Harley Cameron.
“But you’re competing against me, Four Belts Mone, the greatest TBS Champion of all time. So this Wednesday at Dynamite, I am going to show you why Money Changes Everything. And the best woman will win, and that woman is me, darling.” Mone is ready, but will she put her money where her mouth is against the Fallen Goddess?
2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Konosuke Takeshita VS Brody King w/ Julia Hart!
Just last night for NJPW Windy City Riot, The Alpha just went toe-to-toe with The Ace, Hiroshi Tanahashi, as part of the Ace Final Road series. And as big as that moment was, this could be even bigger! Konosuke wants to fulfill Don Callis’ prophecy of a “Proto-shita” finals at Double or Nothing, will he be one step closer to realizing that dream match? Or will the King of Death end The Alpha right here and now?
The bell rings and the fans fire up already. The two tie up, are in a deadlock, and Brody powers Konosuke to a corner. The ref counts, Brody lets off slowly, but Konosuke avoids the chop! Konosuke headlocks, Brody powers up and out, and they RAM shoulders! Neither man falls and the fans fire up! Brody swings, Konosuke dodges to come back and ROCK Brody! Brody comes back, runs through the CHOP, then RAMS Konosuke! Konosuke rebounds, ducks the lariat, and he returns again, but Brody’s CHOP knocks him down! The fans bark for Brody and he drags Konosuke up. Brody scoops, Konosuke slips free, but Brody fires elbows!
Brody switches to hit a BIG back suplex! The fans fire up, and Brody has Konosuke in a corner. Brody CHOPS and the fans fire up! The Princess of the Black Throne smiles as Brody fires forearms and CHOPS! The fans fire up more as Brody whips corner to corner. Konosuke hits buckles hard then falls in a heap! Brody huffs ‘n’ puffs, runs up, but Konosuke avoids a senton! Konosuke goes up to SECOND ROPE SENTON! The fans fire up while Brody bails out. Brody is on the apron, Konosuke storms up to ROCK him! Konosuke ROCKS Brody again, then runs, but Brody BOOTS him! Konosuke drops to his knees, Brody hauls him up and suplexes!
Konosuke lands safe on the apron and BOOTS Brody! Then he reels Brody in! Brody fights with elbows, then fireman’s carries! Konosuke fights with elbows, but Brody still APRON DEATH VALLEY DRIVERS!! Both men fall to the floor and the fans fire up! Julia also applauds while Brody rises. Brody shakes out the cobwebs, drags Konosuke up, and he puts Konosuke in the ring. The fans rally for Brody but Konosuke bails out the side. Brody barks, the fans join in, and Brody runs up, but Konosuke JUMP KNEES! Konosuke goes into the ring, builds speed, and he FLIES! Direct hit and down goes Brody! The fans lose their minds while Collision goes picture in picture!
Konosuke and Brody are both down, Julia coaches Brody while the fans rally. Konosuke stands Brody up but Brody CHOPS! Konosuke ROCKS Brody! Brody leans against the barriers, but Konosuke CHOPS him! And CHOPS! And then whips him hard into barriers! Brody slumps down and Konosuke refreshes the ring count. Julia again coaches Brody but Konosuke is back. Brody ROCKS Konosuke! Konosuke ROCKS Brody! Konosuke pushes Brody into the ring, stalks behind him, then snapmares. Konosuke clamps on a chinlock and squeezes tight. Brody endures, Julia rallies the fans, and Brody pries at the hold.
Konosuke thrashes Brody around, grinds him into the mat, but the fans continue to rally. Brody fights up, fires body shots, but Konosuke shifts his grip. Brody fights the lift with elbows, then runs, but into a mule kick! DDT! Konosuke snarls as he rises up, and now Konosuke goes up the corner! But Brody rises to CHOP first! Brody climbs up, CLUBS away on Konosuke’s back, then brings him to the very top! SUPER DUPER PLEX! Both men writhe and the fans fire up! Collision returns to single picture, Julia and the fans rally again, and a standing count is climbing. Both men are down at 5 of 10, but crawling for corners.
Konosuke drags himself up, “This is Awesome!” as Brody rises. Brody barks, the fans bark with him, and Brody runs corner to corner, CANNONBALL! Cover, TWO! Konosuke survives and Brody snarls. Brody drags Konosuke up, reels him in, but Konosuke fights the lift! Brody ROCKS Konosuke, Konosuke ROCKS Brody! The forearms go back and forth, and Brody CHOPS! Konosuke sits down, but Brody stands him back up. Konosuke fires a forearm, but Brody fires back. Konosuke fires a flurry, then winds up, and ALPHA ELBOWS! Brody stays up!? And he ROCKS Konosuke! And CHOPS him! And CHOPS! And then puts some stank on the CHOP!!
Konosuke falls to his knees again and the fans fire back up! But Konosuke is up, ALPHA ELBOW!! Brody falls, Konosuke falls on him for a cover, TWO!! Konosuke is stunned, but he drags Brody up again. The fans fire up as Konosuke reels Brody in, and Brody fights the lift! Konosuke powers through, BLUE THUNDER BOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Brody survives and Konosuke is beside himself! Konosuke shakes his head, stands back up, and he runs the ropes, LARIAT! Brody stays up!? Brody shakes his head, so Konosuke runs again, LARIAT! Brody still stays up, so Konosuke fires up and runs!
Brody SWATS the lariat to CHOP! ROLLING ELBOW! And then LARIAT! Cover, TWO?!? Konosuke survives, but Brody scoops! DANTE’S INFERNO!! Cover, TWO!?!? Konosuke survives, even Julia can’t believe it. Brody drags Konosuke up, reels him in, Canadian Rack, but Konosuke fights free! Konosuke runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Konosuke scoops?! And tucks!? BASTARD DRIVER!! But then, wheelbarrow GERMAN SUPLEX!! The fans are thunderous as Konosuke brings out his full power! Brody stands, into the LARIATOOO~!! Cover, TWO!!! Brody survives that Stan Hanson level clothesline and the fans are electric!
Brody snarls, dares Konosuke to bring it, POWER DRIVER KNEE!! Brody stays up!? POWER DRIVE KNEE, AGAIN!! Cover, TWO?!?!? Brody survives again, but Konosuke won’t stop here! BLINDSIDE POWER DRIVE!! And then another POWER DRIVE!! Cover, KONOSUKE WINS!
Winner: Konosuke Takeshita, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
From trumping The Ace to trumping a King, Konosuke is the hot hand in this tournament to be sure! The Alpha looks to the Owen Hart Cup and vows it will be his! But will he be able to overcome the #BillyGOAT, Will Ospreay? Or will the Aerial Assassin be the one going Double or Nothing?
My Thoughts:
A great, maybe even awesome episode of Collision here. Even with things being mostly obvious results, it was all top level stuff. Knight VS Fox was great stuff to help keep Knight sharp in AEW. Best of the Super Juniors starts in May, so he’s got about another month where he will still be hanging in AEW, Knight can surely get a couple more wins before going back to Japan for that tournament. Gates of Agony of course won their match, but I like that they called out the Hurt Syndicate. I feel like they won’t win the title match with them, but it’s good to see the Gates finally moving up to this level and not just languishing in ROH.
Great match from Bowens VS Blake, and a great win for Bowens. Very good promo from Bowens, I’m sure he’ll get more wins and maybe even go for a title. Well, depending on where the different midcard belts are going, Bowens might have to wait a minute, given the tease of Omega VS Okada as of late. Good promo from the Death Riders as they have adjust after Pac gets injured. At the same time, Hook should be alright from the dizziness and possible concussion, as nothing has been said further. Death Riders VS Opps for the trios titles will be great stuff, but even doing it for a themed episode doesn’t make me think Death Riders lose. It’d be nice if they did, though…
Good Heel promo from FTR, though it didn’t say much more than Dax did passive aggressively a couple weeks ago: Cope kept FTR from what FTR wanted, which glosses over how The Death Riders kinda got at them, too; and the loss at Dynasty was just the last straw. Them threatening Schiavone & Nigel was a nice touch, as was getting Garcia into the story given he teamed with them against Undisputed Kingdom. Menard & Parker stepping up for Garcia was good, and wow did Menard bleed for that match. FTR of course win, and then them brutalizing 2Point0 to bring out Undisputed Kingdom (well, I guess they’re trying Paragon, since Schiavone mentioned that) was good, too.
Dax & Cash are tag guys so they won’t bother with the TNT Championship, but I could see them taking on Roddy & Kyle one more time, then we’d get Dax & Cash VS Cole & Garcia. At least, maybe? Just something that’ll help FTR get back up and maybe go for tag titles. Megan beating two opponents at once was a good way to step things up in her rebound from Dynasty. I wonder if she’ll keep doing that until running into some new rival. I say that as it seems we won’t be getting her and Toni Storm in a rematch.
Toni Storm had a great promo to call out all the remaining Women’s Owen Hart Cup entries, but I find it interesting that she had no quip for Kris, just a compliment. Makes me wonder if Kris is destined to win the tournament and go to All In with Toni. And of course, great stuff in all of the Owen Hart Cup matches. Jamie VS Billie was a great rematch, but I shouldn’t be surprised Jamie wins again. Jamie VS Kris will be great stuff to lead into Double or Nothing. Then, great stuff from Athena VS Harley, certainly one of Harley’s better matches. But at the same time, of course Athena won to face Mone. Good promo from Mone to call Athena out, their match is going to be awesome, hard to say who wins that.
Konosuke VS Brody was also great, definitely a great main event. Of course Konosuke won. He’s NEVER Openweight Champion, the Don Callis Family keeps their idea of All Don Callis Family alive a little longer, and Konosuke VS Ospreay is going to be awesome stuff. I still think Ospreay wins and meets Kyle in the main event, but I suppose that still depends on how Hangman VS Wild Card goes.
My Score: 8.9/10
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Fallout from Dynasty!
Swerve Strickland is NOT AEW World Champion, both because of The Death Riders AND The Young Bucks! Will Swerve take out Pac before hunting Bucks?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Jon Moxley w/ Marina Shafir VS Katsuyori Shibata; Moxley wins.
- Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS PAC; Swerve wins.
- $400K 8 Man Tag: Will Ospreay, Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe & “Speedball” Mike Bailey VS Ricochet, The Beast Mortos & Cru; Ospreay, Knight, Briscoe & Bailey win.
- 2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Kris Statlander VS Thunder Rosa; Kris wins and advances.
- Samoa Joe & Hook VS Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta; Joe & Hook win.
PLAY BY PLAY
The Death Riders speak.
Jon Moxley says, “The single greatest roster of pure talent ever assembled under one roof every week on AEW Dynamite. So, why can’t any of these guys get their act together when it counts? They come with their talents and they come with their gifts and they come with their fanfare and their bodies hit the dirt and they roll back down the hill. They will excuse themselves of they will seek comfort without addressing the real problem: You don’t want it. You don’t. We will scorch the earth with anybody who wants to call themselves a contender before we give a single inch. Not an inch.
“This is my life’s work. It will not be bought or sold. Matt & Nick Jackson have returned. Interesting. Power players in pro-wrestling’s new gilded age. Let’s do a little who’s who. I’m surrounded by warriors, I am the world champion, a king on the frontlines. You two? I don’t recognize you two anymore. I haven’t for a long time. You stumbled onto a board and you don’t know what the game is. You better figure it out, and you better be real, real careful. Better be real careful before you make any moves.” The Maniac keeps everyone on edge as he puts them all on notice, but will someone finally beat him at his own game?
Jon Moxley w/ Marina Shafir VS Katsuyori Shibata!
While The Maniac thinks he and his Death Riders are feared and untouchable, The Opps showed they are #NeverLacking! The Opps did what they could to keep things even between Death Riders and Swerve Strickland, but will The Wrestler make sure Moxley realizes what he’s lacking?
The bell rings, the two circle, and Baltimore rallies up. The two clinch, fight for control, and Shibata slips through to waistlock. Moxley wrenches free, but Shibata hooks a leg. Moxley rolls to get a wristlock but Shibata headscissors. The fans cheer, but Moxley fights around and pops free. The two stare down and go again. Shibata stays low as he looks for a leg, but then stands as Moxley tries for knuckle locks. They clinch, Moxley facelocks, but Shibata fights around. The fans duel, Shibata slips out to waistlock, then he grabs a leg. Moxley fights up, Shibata goes back to the waistlock and wrangles Moxley again.
The two move around, Moxley goes to the ROPEBREAK, and Shibata lets off. The fans rally as the two reset. They circle, tie up collar ‘n’ elbow, and Moxley powers Shibata back to the ropes. Shibata turns things around, only for Moxley to turn them back around, and they’re in the corner. Moxley lets off slowly, then he pie faces Shibata! Shibata CHOPS Moxley! The fans fire up as Shibata gives as good as he gets! Moxley is already red, so he CHOPS! Shibata CHOPS, Moxley CHOPS, the fans “WOO~!” and the CHOPS keep going! As soon as Mox CHOPS, Shibata CHOPS! Moxley snarls, kicks low, then runs, to then BOOT Shibata!
Moxley gets in Shibata’s face, but Shibata just eggs him on! The fans fire up, so Moxley BOOTS Shibata again! Shibata just turns himself around and eggs Moxley on! Moxley BOOTS, but Shibata gets in Moxley’s face! Moxley runs, but into a clinch, S T O! The fans fire up, and Shibata clamps on a chinlock. Moxley fights up, but Shibata catches him into a COBRA TWIST! Moxley endures, reaches out, but Shibata shifts position to have an IRON OCTOPUS! Moxley still endures, fights his way forward, and has the ROPEBREAK! Shibata lets go to CLUB Moxley, then whips him to a corner and BOOTS!
The fans fire up as Shibata fires a flurry of forearms on Moxley! The ref counts, Shibata sits Moxley down, then he runs corner to corner, HYDRAULIC DROPKICK! Then he gets going again, but Moxley LARIATS first! Moxley hurries to get Shibata up, LARIAT! Cover, ONE!! Shibata is tougher than that, but Moxley reels him in, PILEDRIVER! Moxley grins while Shibata staggers up, but Shibata PENALTY KICKS! The fans fire up as Shibata quite literally kicks that smug look off Moxley’s face! Marina is worried, but Shibata clamps on with a chinlock. Moxley fights up, slips out, and he has a SLEEPER!
Shibata pries at the hold, slips around, spin and snapmare, then the SLEEPER! Moxley fights up, reaches out, and he reaches back to THUMB Shibata in the eye! Shibata lets go, Moxley has the SLEEPER, and drops for the REAR NAKED CHOKE! The fans boo but Shibata is caught! The ref calls it, Moxley wins!
Winner: Jon Moxley, by submission
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap, but it still gave Moxley the win. Will Moxley continue to act in opposition to his words? Wait! The Young Bucks are here! Matthew & Nicholas Jackson make their way out on stage, Baltimore booing all the way. The prodigal EVPs go to the ring, and step inside to join Moxley & Marina. Moxley eyes The Bucks, The Problem standing in their way. Moxley has Marina stand down and the Death Riders fall back. Nick gets a mic to say, “Please give it up for your World Heavyweight Champion, Jon Moxley!” The fans boo instead. Nick says, “And show some damn respect for the Founding Fathers of AEW, YOUR EVPs!”
The fans boo more, but Nick tells them to “Shut the F up!” And yes, he used the letter F, so he self-censored. Nick knows everyone is wondering why The Bucks did what they did. Why did they cost Swerve the world title? Well, they have a couple good reasons why. First of all, they did it for their good friend. Hangman Adam Page, you’re welcome! This is what Hangman wanted all along! He never wanted Swerve to be world champion ever again, so they did that for him. The Bucks do NOT forget who their friends are. They still love Hangman and they know Hangman loves them. The fans chant “Whose House?“ “SWERVE’S HOUSE!”
Matt says Moxley, if only you stuck around to hear this, but Matt isn’t afraid to say this in front of the world. The fans continue to chant for “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” but Matt tells The Death Riders that what they did for them is a peace offering. The Bucks have no problems with The Death Riders, and they hope The Death Riders have no problems with them. While Matt & Nick sat at home for months and months, they realized while watching The Death Riders, that they’ve all got more in common than you’d think. The Death Riders wanna see that locker room rise to the occasion, just like The Bucks.
The Death Riders want AEW to be the best company in the world, just like The Bucks! They want to change the world, just like The Bucks! And Jon, Matt is impressed. Watching Jon, Matt saw him do what The Bucks could not. Jon Moxley succeeded in taking over AEW, and even got the world title. The Bucks could never do that. So last Sunday was their elevator pitch to The Death Riders. Imagine the synergy if The Death Riders & The Elite worked together as one! Moxley, the world champion, and The Founding Fathers of AEW, The EVPs, all together…! So please, Moxley, come on back out here with your boys, and let’s discuss a little bit of business.
The fans boo, but instead of Moxley, it’s KENNY OMEGA! The other Founding Father is here, and the fans fire up! The AEW International Champion has a mic to tell The Bucks, “So you did this all for your friends, huh? Mox, Hanger. You forgot to do me. But actually, I remember the last time we met. And if memory serves me correctly, it’s when at the height of my diverticulitis, you pushed me off a stretcher that was taking me to the hospital.” The fans boo, and Omega says this might sound crazy, but he never forgot. And he even forgave them! When he returned, he said that what he was doing was for his own legacy and for the safety of this company, not for revenge.
The fans cheer, and Omega says what we’re all trying to do here is #BringBacktheFeeling. Now, Omega hates to divert from the story, but allow him to tell The Bucks a story. Omega had a friend in high school who had two Shi Tzu dogs. It doesn’t really matter the type of dog, but they were both yappy as all heck. Ugly little mutts, but hey, Omega is an animal lover, so he loved these dogs. Every time he visited his friend’s place, they’d play games, but the dogs would take a dookie on the floor. The friend didn’t care, and those two little Shi Tzus were ever so pleased with themselves.
But as time went on, and more dookie kept collecting, and the stains left behind were getting more pungent, Omega had to say, “Hey, pal. Maybe we move this over to my place?” That is what The Bucks, without Omega, were like here in AEW. The fans chant “DOOKIE! DOOKIE!” Omega says the last time we saw The Bucks on AEW TV, they were shredding documents like there was some big incriminating thing they were covering up. Guys, Omega is gonna spoil the surprise right now. We all know how The Bucks live. We all know exactly how they operate! They brag about their earnings and their money, so yes, they were tearing up receipts!
Receipts of private jets! Of that big chair one of them has facing the bed in their master bedroom. The OnlyFans accounts! But it doesn’t matter! The part that matters most, the part that pisses Omega off the most, is that not because of The Death Riders, but because of The Young Bucks that AEW almost died! The company Omega loves and gave his very life, heart and soul for. The fans cheer that, and Omega says he cannot lie. The time off did The Bucks wonderfully. Nick looks every bit of that 90 pounds he was before he left. And Matt… Well, sure, he looks fine in that low cut V neck, but lay off the hot stuff! He’s as red as Nick’s lapels!
And quite frankly, now that we’ve gotten to this point, Omega could go on and on and on. But he doesn’t know, maybe they cut out the middle man and just fight. The fans fire up as Omega storms his way forward! Nick & Matt are ready, but then here comes Kazuchika Okada! The Elite’s Rainmaker is here and Omega realizes this is now 3v1. But wait! SWERVE shows up! The fans fire up as now things look to be 3v2! Swerve slips in from the crowd side, with a chair! The Elite runs off, avoiding retribution for the Dynasty screw job. The fans cheer as Baltimore is now “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!”
Omega offers a fist bump, Swerve gives him the fist bump! Will The Cleaner and The Realest be unlikely allies in this war for AEW’s heart and soul? Swerve grabs a mic to shout, “I now pronounce it is Buck Hunting Season! And I’m here with a loaded shotgun ready to blast on some freakin’ EVPs! You couldn’t leave well enough alone, could you? I dealt with you last year. And now-” PAC ATTACKS! The Bastard has a match with Swerve, so he decides to take it now! The fans boo but Pac digs his boot into Swerve in the neck! The ref rushes in, he has Pac back off, and things cool off while Dynamite goes to break!
Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS PAC!
Dynamite returns as Swerve tells the ref this match is still happening. The bell rings, Pac runs up, and Swerve BOOTS him down! The fans fire up and Swerve brings Pac up for fast hands! Swerve has Pac in a corner, fires off more shots, then fireman’s carries to hit SNAKE EYES! Swerve runs and he BOOTS Pac down again! Pac flounders, the fans fire up, and Swerve sees Pac bail out. Swerve BOOTS Pac from the apron! Swerve snarls, then drags Pac up to whip hard into railing! And then whips him the other way, into more railing! Pac writhes, but Swerve brings him up to send into steel steps! Pac slumps down while the fans fire up!
Nana says this is the REAL world champion here! Swerve refreshes the ring count, then revels in the fans chanting “One More Time!” Pac hurries into the ring to deny Swerve that, but Swerve goes around the outside. Swerve storms into the ring, but Pac goes back to the apron. Swerve storms up but Pac RAMS into him! Pac slingshots up and over, keeps moving, but Swerve stops the rana! Swerve hauls Pac up to BUCKLE BOMB! Pac writhes, drags himself up, and Swerve snapmares him to go up and FALLING UPPERCUT! The fans fire up while Swerve hits the Griddy! Swerve stalks Pac, stands on him at the ropes, but steps off as the ref counts.
Pac sputters, Swerve eggs Pac on, but Doc Sampson is called over to check on Pac. Pac’s foot seems to be the body part in question, and Swerve is annoyed that this is denying him his payback. The fans rally and Swerve paces. Doc double checks Pac, he is okay to continue, so he slides into the ring. SUPERKICK from Swerve! Swerve goes up the corner and the fans fire up! KILL STOMPS! Cover, Swerve wins!
Winner: Swerve Strickland, by pinfall
The Bastard takes a shot intended for The Bucks, but Swerve surely has ammo to spare. Will Swerve get at Matt & Nick soon enough?
Ricochet, Beast Mortos & Cru speak.
The One & Only says, “There is a lot that Daddy can do with $400,000. And tonight, I will lead Team Ricochet to victory.” The others take offense to that. But yeah, he’s the captain now. AHA~! The others roll their eyes, but will they all be rolling in money after tonight?
Will Ospreay, Mark Briscoe, Kevin Knight & “Speedball” Mike Bailey speak.
The Sussex County Chicken says, “Ladies and gentlemen, the word of the day is entrepreneurial! Because tonight, fellas, we have a opportunity to split 400 hundred thousand dollars! Will, whatcha gonna do with a hundred grand?” The Aerial Assassin shouts, “DISNEY WORLD~!” Mike, how ’bout you? He’ll buy some new shoes! And Jet, what about you? Kevin Knight is gonna go to Atlantic City, baby! What about Mark? Well, he plans to diversify his financial portfolio. But that’s besides the point! They’re coming for ya, baby! RAH RAH RAH! Which team will #ManUp and bring up the jackpot?
AEW hears from the many entrants of the Women’s Owen Hart Cup.
The CEO brags about how she beat the Princess of the Black Throne, but Billie Starkz reminds us that this is about honoring a legend. Jamie Hart says Billie is young, but scrappy and has heart. Mone continues to brag that the Money Train is going to win The Owen, pull into Globe Life Field stadium and become AEW Women’s World- Wait, Mini Mone pops in and says, “CHAMPION~!” Harley Cameron is all smiles but Mone has a headache. Billie knows Jamie doesn’t doubt herself because she beat Billie before, but in the Owen Hart Cup, it’ll be different. Harley tells Mone that she might go to All In. Or maybe, just maybe, Harley does, because she’s also in the tournament.
And you never know! Maybe Harley and Mone could face off! Jamie knows Billie wants her moment, but Jamie just wants to fight. Let’s see which one wins out on Saturday. Mone wishes Harley luck against Athena, and may the best woman win. Mini Mone tells Harley that next time, she’ll do the talking. But as stated, the Owen Hart Cup will have a Collision in Springfield, Massachusetts! Who makes it out of there to move on to Boston and the Spring Breakthru?
Backstage interview with Hangman Page.
Renee Paquette brings up The Cowboy facing the Wild Card entrant to the Men’s Owen Hart Cup. How does he prepare for a question mark? Hangman doesn’t know who this guy is, and he doesn’t know what he’s supposed to say, but he’s kinda doing something right now so excuse him. Hangman storms on down the hall and goes right into Swerve’s room!? Hangman asks Nana, “Where’s he at?!” Nana asks what the hell, and Hangman knows Nana knows, so he needs to sit his ass down! Nana sits down, and Hangman wants to make something perfectly clear! At Dynasty, Hangman was NOT trying to help Swerve, understand?
And next week, Hangman has his match in The Owen! So tell Swerve if he so much as thinks about getting in the way, Hangman will pick up with him where they left off. Hangman then turns to go, but Nana has him hold on. There’s something he’s been wanting to tell Hangman for the last year. Nana can’t talk for Swerve, but Nana regrets what they did. Hangman tells Nana to stop! Not another word! Nana does not get that. Hangman storms off, not wanting an apology. Is Hangman that determined to hate someone?
$400K 8 Man Tag: Will Ospreay, Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe & “Speedball” Mike Bailey VS Ricochet, The Beast Mortos & Cru!
The Aerial Assassin teamed with The Jet last week, and had a stellar match at Dynasty as part of the Owen Hart Cup. They team with Mark & Mike to make some bank, can they do it? Or will “Team Ricochet” be #OuttaThisWorld?
Dynamite returns as Briscoe makes his entrance, followed by this conglomeration of high-fliers. The teams sort out, and Bailey steps up so he can call out The One & Only. The fans cheer that, so Ricochet steps in. The bell rings, Bailey and Ricochet circle, but Ricochet keeps his distance, and he tags to Mortos! The fans boo Ricochet but he claims he needs some time to stretch. Mortos stares down with Bailey, and then both men roar! Mortos runs up, Bailey dodges, drops down, hurdles over, but Mortos leaps over! Bailey runs up, but Mortos stops the rana! Bailey slips free, dodges, then goes up a corner to FLYING RANA!
The fans fire up while Mortos tumbles, and Ricochet tags back in! Bailey shows roundhouse and Ricochet backs off! The fans laugh at Ricochet as he cowers in the ropes. Ricochet tags out to Lio Rush, and the fans rally Ospreay reaches out. Bailey obliges and tags Ospreay in! The fans fire up as #BillyGOAT and #ManOfTheHour circle. They feel things out, but then Action Andretti steps in! Ospreay stares Action down, but that lets Lio CLUB Ospreay from behind! The fans boo as Lio rains down shots, then Mortos and Action join in! The ref reprimands, Action stomps away on Ospreay, then he tags Ricochet.
Ricochet stomps away on Ospreay, the fans boo, but Cru double whip Ricochet in, only for Ospreay to BOOT him! Ospreay then ELBOWS Action, dodges Lio, and his team jumps in! The fans fire up as all eight men stand off! The ref wants this to calm down, Ospreay has his team stand down, and Ricochet talks trash like he’s so tough. Bailey ROCKS Ricochet and the brawl is on! The fans fire up as Ospreay has Lio, Knight has Action, and Briscoe has Mortos! They’re all in corners, then climb up for a rain of fists! The fans fire up as as we go to TEN, forty total! The fans fire up as Ospreay ELBOWS Ricochet, Knight SPLASHES, and Mark LARIATS!
Mark feeds Ricochet to Bailey’s ROUNDHOUSE! Cru gets up, Ospreay & Mark BLAST them off the apron! Ospreay PLANCHAS onto Lio! Mark DIVES onto Action! Knight PLANCHAS onto Mortos! Bailey goes up, up, and TRIANGLE MOONSAULTS Cru! The fans fire up as Ospreay and the others put hands in, Entrepreneurial! But then Ricochet FLIES! Ospreay and team get out of the way, and Ricochet lands on his feet! Good news is Ricochet isn’t hurt. Bad news is, he’s not surrounded. QUADRUPLE “BALD!” SLAP!! The fans are thunderous while Ricochet writhes, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Ospreay stands Ricochet up to DECK him, then Bailey has Lio & Action by the hair. Bailey gives Cru a meeting of the minds while Briscoe WRECKS Mortos with a dropkick! Bailey puts Ricochet in the ring, bumps him off buckles, then bumps him off Knight’s boot! The fans fire up as Bailey joins in, Ospreay bumps Ricochet off double boots! Knight tags in, he drags Ricochet up and CLUBS him. Ricochet goes to a corner as Knight stalks him, and Ricochet wants mercy. But he just YANKS Knight into buckles! Ricochet tags Action, Action tags Lio, and Action LARAITS! Lio LARIATS! Lio feeds Knight to the mule kick, knee lift, and ROLLING ELBOW!
Lio fires fast hands and DECKS Knight! Cru talks trash, then they kick Knight around. Lio CLUBS Knight down, rains down fists, then drags Knight up to whip and ELBOW him down! Lio tags Action, Cru double whips, and they DOUBLE ELBOW Knight! Action covers, ONE!! Knight stays in this but Action stays on him with a chinlock. Knight endures, fights up, and fires body shots. Action CLUBS Knight again, CHPOS him in the corner, then tags Ricochet. Ricochet CHOPS Knight, then snapmares for a basement DROPKICK! Ricochet taunts Briscoe, the ref keeps him back, and Ricochet drags Knight to the corner.
Mortos tags in, he and Ricochet mug Knight, then Mortos brings Knight around. Mortos CHOPS Knight, sucker punches Briscoe, then roars. Mortos KICKS Knight in the leg, then brings him around for a snapmare. NECK TWIST! Mortos whips Knight to ropes, scoops him, and CIPHER- RANA from Knight! Knight hurries, hot tag to Bailey! Bailey goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK Mortos down! The fans fire up with Bailey as he SOBATS Mortos, then AX KICKS! Mortos kneels, Dynamite returns to single picture, and Bailey BUZZSAWS Mortos down! The fans fire up and Bailey runs, SHOOTING STAR PRESS! Cover, TWO!
The fans rally for “SPEEDBALL! SPEEDBALL!” and Bailey stays between Mortos and Cru. Bailey KICKS Mortos, but Mortos snarls! Bailey KICKS again! Mortos rises! Bailey KCISK, Mortos blocks, and Mortos spins Bailey to scoop and CIPHER UTAKI! Both men are down and the fans rally up. Bailey and Mortos crawl, hot tag to Ricochet, but Ricochet takes his time to swagger. The fans boo, but Ricochet springboards in, only for Bailey to dodge! Ricochet BLASTS Ospreay and Briscoe, but then Bailey dodges to BLAST Cru! Bailey runs up, but Ricochet hits a CAVE IN!! Bailey tumbles away but Briscoe runs in!
Briscoe dodges Ricochet, dodges again, then waistlocks. Ricochet switches, Briscoe breaks that and PELES! Mortos is back to shove and POP-UP SAMOAN DROP Briscoe! Knight whips Mortos to go up, but Mortos catches him! Knight fires hands, but Mortos still fights the rana! But Knight makes the bomb a DDT! Action kicks Knight, whips him, but Knight reverses. Lio is in and he fires hands! Lio whips, “This is Awesome!” as Knight reverses. Action goes up and out while Lio slides to a stop. Knight runs in, but Action ROCKS him! Lio UP KICKS, Action ENZIGIRIS, then Lio whips. Knight and Lio dosido with their reversals, RUSH HOUR!
Action is there to torture rack Knight, SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Ospreay runs up, Lio has a leg! Action runs up but Ospreay ducks to then break free, dodge and handspring, DOUBLE PELE! The fans are thunderous, but Ricochet SHOVES Ospreay right out! Bailey PENALTY KICKS Ricochet, then sets up, STANDING- NO, Ricochet avoids the knee drop! A little like Dynasty there, and Ricochet hauls Bailey up to a fireman’s carry, RUNNING DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Bailey survives and the fans fire up! Briscoe ROCKS Ricochet, Ricochet tumbles away and tags Mortos. Briscoe LARIATS Ricochet up and out!
Mortos aims at Bailey and runs up, but into a BOOT! Mortos roars, runs up, but into another BOOT! Mortos goes again, blocks the kick this time, but Briscoe is back! Mortos blocks him, FLIPS both Bailey and Briscoe, but they both land out! Bailey’s foot jams a bit, but he and Briscoe use that to stereo crane stance! Mortos isn’t sure what to do with that, but he gets DOUBLE CRANE KICKS! Ospreay slips in, to springboard and OSCUTTER! Tag to Knight and he goes up top! U F O SPLASH!! Cover, TEAM RICOCHET BARRLES IN! The fans boo, but then Ospreay’s team TOSSES Ricochet & Cru out!
Ospreay tags back in, he takes aim, and Mortos sits up for the HIDDEN BLADE!! Cover, Ospreay’s team wins!
Winners: Will Ospreay, Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe & “Speedball” Mike Bailey, by pinfall (win the $400,000 cash prize)
The fans are sure happy that money is going to a good cause! Will Ospreay awaits a top notch opponent in the Owen Hart Cup, Kevin Knight is going to be in NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors, will $100,000 help each man prepare for those high stakes?
AEW has an injury report on Adam Copeland.
After failing to dethrone the Death Riders as AEW World Trios Champions, FTR betrayed Cope and absolutely brutalized him! The Rated R Superstar is ruled out of action indefinitely, did Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler just end the career of a man they once called friend?
The Hurt Syndicate is here!
Baltimore cheers as Montel Vontavious Porter and the AEW World Tag Team Champions, Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin, head to the ring. There’s already quite the set up waiting for them: a table decked out with food and drink; a pedestal to rest the belts on; and a picture commemorating their victory. The fans cheer for MVP as he grabs the mic, and he says, “Ladies and gentlemen of the AEW viewing audience, this is an official announcement from The Hurt Syndicate. Punks jump up to get beat down. Two more challengers stepped up for the AEW Tag Team Championships, and two more challengers got beat down.”
The fans cheer, and MVP says if they would be so kind, please join him and his colleagues in a toast to celebrate yet another successful title defense. They take the bottles of champagne from the bucket of ice, and the fans chant, “We Hurt~ People!” They raise their glasses, but then MJF makes his way out here! Maxwell Jacob Friedman smiles, has a mic in hand already, and he goes right to the ring. MJF apologizes and then stands in line beside Shelton. The fans are torn, Shelton chuckles, MVP smirks, but Lashley is not amused. Baltimore duels, “He’s Our Scumbag!” “NO, HE’S NOT!” MVP talks with Lashley to relax, but then MJF speaks.
“Look at us, huh? I don’t know if you’ve heard, but we hurt people, baby! This is great, this is great. Guys, look at us, huh? Dripping in gold! You’re welcome, by the way. I couldn’t be happier. This couldn’t have come at a better time, mind you. Because that guy, Tony Khan, he wanted me to do the Owen Hart Cup Tournament? So I could what? Sweat my balls off, break my back, wrestle every week like some shmuck! I don’t think so, Maryland. See, I work smarter, not harder. And now that I’m rolling with The Syndicate? Whew! Daddy gets to cut the line and get back what is rightfully mine, and that is the Triple B, baby!”
The fans cheer, MVP chuckles, and MJF says this is a perfect fit! He scratches their backs by helping them maintain their tag team titles, because let’s face it, without his help, woof. And now, they help little ol’ MJF! Everyone wins! So, Montel, serious question, how does the initiation work? Does he sign a contract? Or is it an old school blood brothers thing? Lashley tells MJF to shut up. “Shut your freakin’ mouth!” Everyone saw what MJF did! When Lashley turned around and saw Big Bill standing, Lashley cut him in half and finished it, cuz that’s what they do. Now MJF tried to help, which was cute, but he didn’t get the job done.
So Max, this is yet another reason why they don’t need MJF! MJF says okay, cool. First, don’t point. Lashley says he’ll point at whoever he wants! They argue, but then Shelton & MVP step in. MVP tells Lashley to chill, Lashley says MJF will respect him! MVP wants Shelton to cool off, too, just give MVP a second. MVP tells MJF he knows how MVP feels about him. They go way back. Lashley & Shelton know that, too. So in order for MJF to join the Syndicate, he has to get three thumbs up. We already know how MVP feels, he is thumbs up. Shelton? MJF says yeah, they go way back, too! Shelton’s answer is thumbs… DOWN!
MJF thought they were cool! Lashley says thank you, Shelton. That’s two to one, the motion is denied. Lashley & Shelton head out, MJF turns to MVP, and MVP shrugs. The Syndicate heads out, not bothering with The Scumbag. What must MJF do to get what he wants?
Backstage interview with Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford.
Renee is with The Megasus & The Superbad Girl, and says she wanted to catch up on how they’re feeling after what was honestly, a surprising loss at Dynasty. Ford says that was just a taste of defeat. But it changes nothing. “Everything that this woman has been through is what? Just erased all because Toni Storm barely survived? No. Everything is just gonna get worse. This division cannot move on, because she won’t let it. She’s gonna be at Collision. And she doesn’t care who, she doesn’t care how many0” Megan brushes Renee aside to step forward, and she tells everyone, “I will make you bow down.” Ford says, “See what you did?”
The female titan of AEW was dominant before, and now she’s angry! Who will be destroyed all because Toni Storm still reigns?
Toni Storm is here!
Speaking of The Timeless AEW Women’s World Champion, she heads down to ringside to join commentary, as she wants to bear witness to this next match.
2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Kris Statlander VS Thunder Rosa!
The Galaxy’s Greatest and La Mera Mera almost had it out last week in just talking about this match-up and what it means. Kris wants to finally be THE champ, but Rosa wants back what she never truly lost. Who wins here to prove they are the best bet on winning the Cup?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. The two tie up, go around, and Kris waistlocks. Rosa fights the lift, then fights with elbows, then arm-drags Kris down for a wristlock. Kris fights up, rolls, and wrenches to headlock. Rosa powers up and out, but Kris runs her over! Kris flexes, Toni says if she was Kris’ teammate, they could be #ThunderThighs. But if Toni teamed with Schiavone, well, they’d just be #Tits. Rosa runs up on Kris, waistlocks, then slips past her, only for Kris to drop down and hurdle over. Rosa stops herself to avoid the powerslam, then Oklahoma Rolls! TWO, and Rosa wheelbarrows to arm-drag! Rosa has the armlock, but Kris fights around.
Kris rises up, powers Rosa to a corner, and the fans cheer. Kris lets off, CHOPS Rosa, then whips corner to corner. Rosa reverses, Kris goes up and over and arm-drags! Then she SHOTGUNS Rosa down! The fans fire up for Kris while Rosa goes to a corner. Kris lets Toni know she sees her, then runs in at Rosa for an UPPERCUT! Kris goes side to side, but Rosa ROUNDHOUSES first! Kris falls, the fans fire up for Rosa as she runs, but Kris avoids the dropkick! Kris goes to the apron to slingshot in, but Rosa avoids the elbow drop! Rosa reloads and runs again, DROPKICK through the ropes! The fans fire up while Rosa goes to the apron.
Rosa aims at Kris and says YEEHAW! SEATED SENTON! Rosa puts Kris in, covers, TWO! Kris stays in this but Rosa CHOPS! And CHOPS! Rosa ducks a roundhouse but Kris kicks low to DDT! Both women are down and the fans duel! Rosa goes to the outside, the ring count starts, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Kris goes out after Rosa, stands her up, and CHOPS her against the apron! Kris SMACKS Rosa off the apron, CHOPS her again, but Rosa CHOPS in return! Rosa refreshes the ring count, then brings Kris around to Toni can see this. GRIZZLY MAGNUM DOUBLE CHOP! Rosa then hugs her #ThunderStorm/#ThunderTits teammate, before she brings Kris up. Rosa reels kris in, but Kris fights the suplex! Rosa kicks low, KNEES Kris, then gets space to SHINING WIZARD! Rosa fires up, then puts Kris in the ring. Rosa storms up on Kris, but Kris cradles! TWO! Both women rise up, and Kris fires a forearm!
Kris CHOPS Rosa, shoves her, then scoops her to BACKBREAKER! Rosa writhes, Kris covers, TWO! Kris clamps onto Rosa with a chinlock and grinds her down. Rosa fights up, fires body shots, but Kris CLUBS Rosa, then THROWS Rosa down by her hair! The ref reprimands that last part, but Kris drops a JUMP ELBOW on Rosa! Cover, TWO! Rosa stays in this and goes to a corner, but Kris storms up. Kris whips corner to corner hard, then storms up on Rosa again. Kris wrenches and whips back the other way, and Rosa hits buckles hard! Kris storms up again, but Rosa RAMS her low! Kris stuffs Rosa to have a facelock.
Rosa endures, Kris gator rolls her, but Rosa fights up. Kris pushes her back down, throws in some knees to the side, then gator rolls Rosa again. Rosa endures, fights back up, but Kris CLUBS her again and again! Dynamite returns to single picture and the fans rally. Kris runs to a corner, goes up, but Rosa CLUBS her on the back! Rosa then has Kris stuck on the top rope to YANK her down! The fans fire up and Rosa fires forearm after forearm! Rosa runs, ROCKS Kris, and Rosa runs to springboard and FLYING RANA! The fans fire up as Rosa reels Kris in, NORTHERN LIGHTS! Bridging cover, TWO! Kris survives, but Rosa clamps on a STRAITJACKET CLUTCH!
Kris endures, and she picks Rosa up as a backpack to RAM her into the buckles! Kris RAMS Rosa again, then gets space. Rosa BOOTS Kris, goes up, and then leaps for a flying wheelbarrow and BULL- BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Cover, TWO! Rosa survives Kris’s sudden turnaround and the fans fire up! “This is Awesome!” as Kris gut wrenches Rosa, but Rosa slips free! Rosa THRUST KCIKS Kris, then vows to end this! Rosa tucks Kris in, but Kris fights the lift! Rosa CLUBS away on Kris, but Kris fireman’s carries! Kris spins but Rosa swings through to arm-drag her away! Rosa then runs up, slips around, and hits a DESTROYER!! Cover, TWO!!
Kris survives, Rosa is shocked, and Toni herself is stunned by that sequence. The fans rally even harder, and Rosa drags Kris up. Rosa vows to put this one away for Texas! SHINING WIZARD! Cover, TWO!! Kris survives again and Rosa is beside herself! Rosa drags Kris up, but Kris fires a forearm! Rosa eggs Kris on, then SLAPS her! Rosa fires up, runs, but Kris LARIATS! Kris hauls Rosa right up, gut wrenches, STATURDAY NIGHT FEVER!! Cover, KRIS WINS!!
Winner: Kris Statlander, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
Kris takes a bow and blows a kiss to the champ, and Baltimore gives a standing ovation. Kris shows Rosa respect by helping her stand, will Rosa’s dream of going All In have to live on vicariously through Kris?
The Don Callis Family speaks.
Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita stand behind Don Callis himself as he says, “All signs are pointing and all roads are leading to a Proto-shita final for the Don Callis Family in the Owen Hart Tournament. I mean, the Protostar here, he already beat that degenerate, Mark Briscoe. And even though Brody King got one over on the Don Callis Family when he beat Lance Archer, I can tell you, my word, it shan’t happen again! Because we’ve got valuable intel, and you’re in the ring, Brody King, with The Alpha. Look at these two! I mean, in their 20s, jacked, oiled up, hot! The talk of the town! Very healthy young men.
“Y’know who’s not healthy? A couple other members of the Don Callis Family. So I’m gonna put it out there officially tonight: The Don Callis Family, given the rash of injuries that has taken place, is now accepting potential new members. Send your résumé, send your picture, send your bank account number, because as these guys have proven, this is straight to the top.” Callis is expanding his stable, who will accept his offer? And will Takeshita make it through the King of Death this Saturday on Collision?
The Undisputed Kingdom speaks.
Kyle O’Reilly says, “There’s been a lot of ups and downs for us in AEW, boys. And since I joined the Undisputed Kingdom, we’ve been chasing that one moment to kick things off. And the TNT Championship tells the world what we already know: We are the elite of the elite, and watch us as we collect moment after moment after moment.” Roderick Strong says, “Speaking of moments, Kyle, I think it’s about time that we have our moment.” Adam Cole tells Roddy that they will. “Because excellence is not just defined by your successes. Excellence is defined by how you handle your failures.
“The past two years, I’ve been through hell and back. They were two of the most challenging years not just in my career, but in my life. And now I stand before you the Face of TNT, your NEW AEW TNT Champion. And trust me when I tell you, this is just the start for the three of us. Because it’s a new era in All Elite Wrestling, because we… We are the paragons, and that is Undisputed.” Cole, Kyle & Roddy are ready, will they redefine what it is to be All Elite?
Chris Jericho is here!
The former ROH World Champion goes to the ring, where he has his podium, prop trees and TV set up. Jericho has the mic to say, “I am the legendary Chris Jericho, but I am no longer the ROH World Champion.” The fans cheer that! Jericho says he lost his match, he lost a tooth, and he lost his title. And while that is disappointing, he will give credit where credit is due. Congratulations, Bandido, you pulled it off. After months of conflict with one of the greatest pro-wrestlers of all time, Jericho, Bandido was finally victorious. Bandido won the title and saved his mask, but of course with the assistance of his intrusive siblings and his stooge of a mother!
But Jericho gets it. Bandido has his familia, and Jericho has his. Jericho will bring them out now: “Big Bill” Morrissey & Bryan Keith! The Redwood & The Bad Apple make their way out now, and they’re just as upset given they also lost on Sunday. Bill & Keith step into the ring to join Jericho, and Jericho says he was hoping they’d all have titles here tonight. He was hoping they would win the AEW World Tag Team Championships at Dynasty. But they didn’t, did they? That’s why Jericho- Bill stops him?!
Bill grabs his own mic while the fans cheer him on, and Bill says, “Look, Chris, I already know what you’re gonna say. You’re angry, and you have every right to be angry. I’m angry. In fact, I’ve been getting real angry a lot as of late.” Keith wants Bill to stop, but Bill says no, Jericho needs to hear this. Bill knows Keith knows this, too, because they’ve talked about this. Keith is still conflicted, but Bill tells Jericho that Bill has the utmost respect for Jericho. Jericho is one of the greatest of all time. Jericho is one of the most decorated performers in the history of this industry. The fans do cheer that, and Bill says that is why he joined The Learning Tree.
Bill wanted to learn from Jericho. But… Bill did not sign up to be Jericho’s punching bag whenever things go wrong. The fans cheer that! Jericho has a bit of a smirk, and Bill says if he and Keith are out here because Jericho is going to teach them something, then by all means, go ahead and teach. But if they are just here so Jericho can berate and humiliate them, then let Bill know right now, so Bill can leave. And Bill knows Bryan feels the same way. Jericho steps closer to Keith and asks if that’s true. Because that isn’t why Jericho brought them out here. If that’s what they think, then they do have a lot more to learn than he thought.
Jericho believes in them. And when he said he wanted them to win the AEW World Tag Team Championships, he meant that, because he cares about both of them. He handpicked both of them to stand by him to teach them, help them, and believe him, he doesn’t have to help anyone in AEW if he doesn’t want to. But they have potential. They’re future world champions! That is why their victories are his victories, and their failures are his failures. And that is why Jericho is empathetic to Bill when Bill was not there when Jericho needed him most! Jericho lost the ROH World Championship, and Bill wasn’t there!
Some might go so far as to say it was Bill’s fault that Jericho lost! The fans boo, this is clearly the berating Bill spoke of. Bill tries not to react, but Jericho says he isn’t saying that. He doesn’t believe that at all. It is okay, because he is not angry. Just disappointed. Jericho SMASHES his TV with Floyd the Baseball Bat! Jericho again says, “I’m not angry, just disappointed.” And then SMASH goes the TV! SMASH! SMASH! SMASH! Then he goes after the trees! Jericho keeps saying, “I’m disappointed! I’m disappointed! I’m disappointed! I’M EFFING DISAPPOINTED!” And unlike Nick Jackson earlier, Jericho does say the full word.
The fans boo and Bill glares at Jericho. Jericho says he is disappointed in them, and until they change that, it is best that he leaves. Jericho pushes his podium over, storms out of the ring, and the fans sing, “Hey Hey Hey~! GOODBYE~!” If this is disappointed, what would angry even look like? Keith and Bill are upset, but in different ways. What happens to The Learning Tree if The Nueve is going to be MIA?
Anthony Bowens speaks.
It was after the huge return at Dynasty during the Zero Hour that the Pride of Pro-Wrestling said, “I’m finally free of the shackles that is Max Caster. The Five Tool Player has finally arrived. I’ve got five tools, and one rule: And that’s to prove them wrong.” Bowens returns to AEW TV as he takes on Blake Christian this Saturday, will the Vanilla Baby survive this Collision?
BREAKING NEWS for Collision!
Almost a week after the brutal beating they gave Adam Copeland, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler will be in Springfield, Mass to speak on #WhyFTRWhy. Will their answer be satisfactory? Or simply self-serving?
Backstage interview with The Hurt Syndicate.
Alicia Atout has caught up with MVP, Lashley & Shelton to bring up the interactions with MJF. Where do things go from here? Lashley asks why they’re even talking about MJF. Everyone knows MJF is not to be trusted, and then after what he said out there tonight? Lashley does not like MJF, and the Syndicate does not need MJF. Shelton agrees there. They don’t need anybody else. Though, “Lil’ George Costanza is pretty funny.” Lashley rolls his eyes and storms off, Shelton says he’ll go talk to him. MVP says they’re just trying to figure out- Wait, someone knocks on the door. MVP says come in, and it’s MJF!
MJF tells Alicia, “Honey, this is an AB conversation, so why don’t you C your skank ass outta here? Buh-bye, catch you around.” MJF apologizes to MVP that he had to see that, but he is just a little perturbed. Can he ask a question, plain and simple? Sure, go ahead. Does MJF look like a “female dog” to him? MVP wants MJF to get to the point. MJF’s point is, why does he always end up treated like some punk b*tch!? Do these guys not know who he is? He’s M J F! MVP has MJF stop there. That’s the problem: They know exactly who MJF is. MJF’s reputation precedes him. But this is business, and in the world of business, you get your consumer, find out what they want, and give it to them.
MVP heads out, and MJF thinks on that. Will he figure out what the supply and demand for the Hurt Syndicate is?
Jericho is in the parking lot.
He storms around, and he takes out his “disappointment” on some spare sodas before getting into his car. The driver takes it away, when and where will we see The Learning Tree again?
Samoa Joe & Hook VS Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta!
While Jon Moxley beat Shibata earlier tonight, Swerve did take out The Bastard soon after. The rest of The Opps take on the rest of The Death Riders, who will it be that’s caught lacking here tonight?
The teams sort out, Joe starts against Yuta, and the fans rally behind the Samoan Submission Specialist. The two circle, Yuta waistlocks, but Joe wrenches out and wristlocks. The fans sing, “Joe is gonna kill~ you!” but Yuta rolls, only for Joe to wrangle him. Yuta fights up, spins and works on the grip, but Joe wrangles him again. Yuta kips up, spins, rolls, and fires a forearm! Joe lets Yuta go, but he’s more mad than anything. Yuta runs off before Joe can take a swing! The fans boo but Yuta wants the ref to back Joe off. The ref has Joe step back, then Yuta slides in. Yuta tags Claudio and the fans boo more.
Joe smirks as now the Swiss Cyborg steps in. Joe and Claudio knuckle lock, then Claudio kicks low! Claudio UPPERCUTS, UPPERCUTS again, but Joe CHOPS! And JABS! JABS! JABS! Joe fires JAB after JAB, then whips Claudio to a corner. Joe runs up, ELBOW and PELE! Claudio sputters along the ropes but Joe bumps him off buckles. Tag to Hook and the Opps mugs Claudio. Hook fires body shots then clinches, but Claudio CLUBS him, then scoops and SLAMS him! Tag to Yuta, Yuta climbs up, and Yuta CROSSBODIES but Hook says nope! Yuta belly flops on the mat, then Hook waistlocks for a deadlift GERMAN SUPLEX!
Hook holds on, to GERMAN SUPLEX again! And GERMAN SUPLEX again! The fans fire up for Hook while Yuta flounders to the corner. Tag to Joe and Joe JABS, CHOPS, and repeat! The fans cheer as Joe then snapmares Yuta, CHOPS him on the back, and KICKS him in the front! Joe runs to ELBOW DROP! Tag to Hook, he runs up to fire knees. Hook puts Yuta in a corner and fires body shots! Hook whips corner to corner, Yuta reverses, but then Hook puts Yuta on the apron. Hook ROCKS Yuta, Yuta falls to the floor, but then Yuta grabs a foot! The ref reprimands as Yuta trips Hook, but Hook kicks free! Only for Claudio to APRON DOUBLE STOMP!
The ref reprimands while Hook writhes, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Yuta storms back in and brings Hook up. Yuta CHOPS Hook, but Hook CHOPS in return! Yuta CLAWS Hook’s eyes, tags Claudio, and they double whip Hook to then DOUBLE BOOT! Yuta soaks up the heat while Claudio glares at Joe. Joe warns Claudio, but Claudio drags Hook around into a top wristlock. Claudio grinds Hook down with that wristlock, but Hook fights up. Claudio knee slow, KNEES Hook again, then shoves him to the corner. Claudio stomps Hook down, argues with the ref, but that lets Yuta CHOKE Hook! Joe protests, the ref is busy with him now, so Yuta gets away with it. Claudio smothers Hook, KNEES him low, then tags Yuta.
Yuta runs up to stomp Hook, then brings him around. Yuta talks trash on Baltimore, but Hook fires body shots! Yuta KNEES low, hooks a leg, and hits a FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect, but Yuta doesn’t care as he just clamps onto a foot. Yuta drags Hook around, YANKS the leg, then tags Claudio. Claudio stomps Hook, then smothers him with a chinlock. Hook endures, even as Claudio grinds him down. Hook fights around, fights up, and he fires body shots. Claudio shifts to a SLEEPER, but Hook still fights. Hook reaches out for Joe, Joe reaches out for Hook, but Claudio shifts around to have a COBRA CLUTCH!
The fans rally as Hook fights up, and he has Claudio as a backpack! Hook stomps forward, but Claudio slips down and THROWS Hook down! Claudio then UPPERCUTS Hook to the corner! Tag to Yuta, he drags Hook up and snapmares for a chinlock of his own. Hook endures all over again while Dynamite returns to single picture. The fans rally for Hook and they taunt Yuta, but Yuta leans on the hold. Hook fights to his feet, fires body shots, then he SAYANAGIS free! But Yuta comes back for a PAIN THRILLER! Cover, TWO! Yuta tags Claudio, Claudio scuffs Hook, then Claudio eggs Hook on. “Who’s the man?”
Claudio shoves Hook to the corner, but Hook ROCKS Claudio, ELBOWS Yuta, and repeat! Hook hurries for his corner but Claudio catches him with a clinch. Claudio KNEES low, then whips Hook to the corner. Claudio storms up, but Hook clinches! CORNER EXPLODER! The fans fire up while both men are down! Hook crawls, but Yuta is right there, Claudio tags Yuta in! Yuta runs to BLAST Joe! The fans boo but Hook catches Yuta! EXPLODER! Hook crawls, as does Yuta, but Joe’s still down! Yuta tags Claudio, Claudio runs at Hook, UPPERCUT! Cover, TWO! Hook survives but Claudio drags him back up!
Tag to Yuta, and Yuta climbs! Claudio hauls Hook up, DOOMSDAY POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO?!?! Hook survives and shocks The Death Riders! They argue with the ref, but Joe rises to the apron! Only for Claudio to slide out, YANK Joe down, and throw forearms! Joe fires in return and the fans fire up! Joe whips, Claudio reverse, Joe hits railing! Claudio runs up, but into an URENAGE to the floor! Yuta drags Hook up, but Hook standing switches and clamps on! REDRUM!! No, Yuta is fighting it, and here comes Moxley! The ref has Moxley back off, but this lets Yuta CLAWS Hook’s eyes! The fans boo but Moxley does his part.
Moxley has a chair, he tells Yuta to finish this, but SHIBATA returns! He has Moxley in a SLEEPER! The fans fire up as Moxley flails! REDRUM for Yuta!! Joe has Claudio, COQUINA CLUTCH!! The Opps have the Death Riders all caught! Yuta TAPS, Opps win!!
Winners: Samoa Joe & Hook, by submission
They truly are #NeverLacking! Joe, Hook and even Shibata had the grit to tough it out and take the win! Shibata’s even putting the Maniac AEW World Champion to sleep! But Marina Shafir slithers in, chair in hand! She CHOP BLOCKS Joe! Yuta CLOBBERS Hook, Claudio is back to help mug Hook! The fans boo, Shibata hurries to help his guys, but Claudio fires shots! Yuta joins in to TOSS Shibata out! Claudio has the chair, sits it upside-down, and he reels Hook in! GOTCH NEUTRALIZER onto the chair legs!! Hook is all but skewered on those, and now The Death Riders run away before Joe can get them!
The fans boo, but what did anyone expect from the dastardly, no good Death Riders? Joe is the only one standing, and he has a mic to shout, “DEATH RIDERRRS~! You cowardly SOBs! You see, the Opps came to Baltimore to give you a fist fight! And it seems like the Death Riders are acting more like a bunch of D*CK RIDERS right now, to come out here and do what they want!” The fans fire up behind Joe, and Joe says they make it real simple! The Opps VS The Death Riders, and they’re coming for the AEW World Trios Championships!! Joe has thrown down the challenge, will The Death Riders have no choice but to accept?
My Thoughts:
A great Dynamite for the follow-up to Dynasty, but something promo wise must’ve gone long because the main event needed most of that overrun. Part of me thinks it was Kenny Omega with The Bucks. We got a good opening promo from Moxley that properly uses that Heel hypocrisy to act like he didn’t get saved by everyone in the Death Riders and The Bucks, and then we got a great match from Moxley VS Shibata. Moxley of course wins by using dirty tactics, but I liked the segue into The Bucks having their promo, which then brought out Kenny. Part of why this part took longer was cuz the fans were having too much fun chanting “Dookie.”
But there’s something about The Elite wanting to work with The Death Riders, but they’ve got Omega and Swerve opposing them, I wonder if Double or Nothing gets to have Anarchy in the Arena 2025. The Owen Hart Cup Finals determine a #1 contender to the world title, so Double or Nothing doesn’t have to have a world title match. Honestly, seeing as how Revolution and Dynasty basically had the same upsetting end to a world title match, Anarchy in the Arena would be a much better main event. Though, that really depends on what happens with The Opps and the trios titles. Honestly, The Opps better win those titles.
We got a great tag team main event, and while Joe & Hook win, Death Riders get the better of them with that beating. I really hope Pac is okay, his ankle scare might have been what wrapped his match against Swerve. If Pac’s ankle is still a concern, that’s perhaps all the more reason to take the trios titles off The Death Riders and put them on The Opps so that The Opps can carry those into Double or Nothing or even All In. Then Anarchy in the Arena can be Bucks, Okada, and at least Moxley, Claudio & Yuta, against Omega, Swerve, and certainly Hangman Page. Hangman had a great bit with Prince Nana, and they’re really taking this to interesting places. Swerve says he deserved what Hangman did, Nana wants to apologize for what Swerve did, and Hangman isn’t sure how to handle any of it.
Now, Hangman also said his Owen Hart Cup match is next week, and that complicates what some fans were hoping to see. Fans hoped Darby Allin would go All In (see how his name and the words work together?) but Darby wants to climb Mount Everest. Apparently that climb is either happening now or within the next week, meaning he’s not going to be available for the Wild Card position. Not sure who they could put in that spot, not sure why they had a Wild Card spot to begin with, but if it isn’t Darby, I feel like Hangman wins that to at least be a bit closer to the Cup. But with The Bucks back, I could see them pulling strings to try and help Hangman, he doesn’t like it, all the more reason he joins Swerve and Omega against The Elite.
Very good promo segment from The Hurt Syndicate with MJF. MJF just assuming he’s in was great, as was Lashley’s entire reaction to it. Not sure we needed that backstage promo, that could’ve been left for Collision. Also, I believe Alicia Atout is MJF’s newest girlfriend, so she clearly knew MJF would be misogynistic for the bit. Good promo from Undisputed Kingdom, or perhaps the Paragon? I feel like “Paragon” was floated around as a faction name a year or so ago, not sure they need to try that again. And surprisingly, a very good TV Time with Chris Jericho. I really liked Bill being blunt with Jericho, and then Jericho turning that around to be somewhat psycho was actually a good move, too. Can’t wait for Bill and Jericho to have it out, and for Keith to choose a side.
That was a great 8 Man Tag, with great promos, but like… Does a kayfabe “big cash prize” really have to be the reason? I suppose it’s TK’s best way of justifying such an assortment of wrestlers in a match, but it still seems really silly. They never really did that much with Top Flight & AR Fox after they won that Three Kings $300K battle royal. The gear didn’t change or improve that drastically, there was no promo/vignette where they had fun with the $300K, so why bother? Good promo from Don Callis, though, to hype up his guys in the Owen Hart Cup, and to open the door to new members. Maybe guys lost in the shuffle can finally do stuff on TV. Also, a shame about Mark Davis and Brian Cage, I hope those guys get well soon.
And great stuff in the Women’s Owen Hart Cup. Very good promo from all the other entries, and a great match from Kris VS Rosa. Toni on commentary is still good, but she really does like innuendos, doesn’t she? Maybe too much? I’m just a touch surprised Kris won, I thought they were going to give us Thunder VS Storm again, given Rosa never actually lost the title. They can still do that for Double or Nothing on the side while someone else wins the tournament, but Megan & Ford also had a very good promo. I figured with Dynasty that Megan would want a rematch, but maybe she has to go through Rosa to get it. Or maybe Triple Threat since the PPV is Double or Nothing?
My Score: 8.9/10
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