AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (8/21/24)
Cardiff is All Elite!
For the first time ever, Dynamite is in Wales!
History is being made as AEW Dynamite is on location in Cardiff, Wales, just FOUR DAYS before All In Wembley 2024!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Chris Jericho w/ “Big Bill” Morrissey & Bryan Keith VS Tommy Billington; Jericho wins.
- AEW Women’s World Championship: Toni Storm VS Saraya w/ Harley Cameron; Toni wins and retains the title.
- AEW Continental Championship: Kazuchika Okada VS Claudio Castagnoli; Time Limit Draw, Okada retains the title.
- Six Man Tag: Jacy Perry & The Young Bucks VS Darby Allin & FTR; Darby & FTR win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Tony Schiavone is in the ring.
And he welcomes us all to the AEW TBS Championship contract signing! Introducing first, the challenger, Dr. Britt Baker, DMD! The fans cheer as The Doctor is in Cardiff! And of course, the TBS Champion, The CEO, Mercedes Mone! The fans are torn as Mone and her Brickhouse, Kamille, make their way out to the ring. They step inside together, and Schiavone reminds them of the No Physicality Agreement. This Sunday, in Wembley Stadium, Mone defends the TBS Championship against Britt. The fans chant “D M D! D M D!” Schiavone presents the contract, and says signing will make this official.
Mone says let’s just get to it. “Cardiiiiff~! Please say hello to your C E O.” The fans boo but Mone says Sunday, when she makes Britt tap, we’ll see what Mone’s been saying for weeks: Britt is the past, and Mone will forever be the future. Mone signs her part, then passes the contract over. Britt says that’s cute, Mone. Mone can say whatever she wants now, but when Britt thinks of the past, she remembers All In last year, when Mone hobbled in on crutches just to be in the audience to watch Britt. Britt will remind Mone that before there was a CEO, there was the DMD. Britt signs her part and Mone says the fans make her sick. “D~ M~ D~!”
Mone laughs to herself, and then tells Britt the fans only like her because they see themselves in her: a loser! That is why Britt won’t beat Mone. The fans tell the CEO to STFU and Mone says that’s rude. They’re all still paying to see Mone! And Mone’s biggest fan is Britt! This is Britt’s dream match! Mone inspired Britt to be the Role Model and wrestler! But Britt has that little degree to fall back on. Is she really All In? Mone’s been all in since she was ten years old! She’s been putting women’s wrestling on the map! That is All In! But Britt doesn’t have the guts to go all in like Mone, and she will never be like Mone! And Sunday at Wembley, Britt will NOT beat Mone.
Britt says, “The guts? No, I had the guts. Mercedes, I have the guts, I have the heart, and I have the balls, because I never had a Plan B, I had two Plan A’s! You call yourself The Blueprint? Well I’m the Gold Standard! You were one of four, I’ve always been one of one. You pride yourself on being a star maker? Cool. I’m Britt Baker, and I’m the Baddest B*tch on the Block!” The fans fire up for that one! Britt says Mone does have one thing right: Britt admired Mone. Britt wanted to be Mone. Mone walked so girls like Britt could run. And now, girls like Britt are the foundation of the company Mone is now sitting in!
The fans cheer “A E DUB! A E DUB!” Britt says yes, Mone made a difference, but that Mone doesn’t exist anymore. This Mone is a smug, arrogance ass who cares more about being the highest paid female in pro-wrestling today than her own legacy that inspired women like Britt in the first place! Britt doesn’t know where that Mone went, but Mone better find her, and find her fast. Because when Britt wins the TBS Championship, that’s the girl Britt wants to say she beat. The fans cheer that, too! Britt stands and says relax, Schiavone, she’ll follow the rules. She won’t hit Mone. But dis b*tch is gettin’ on her nerves! BOP for Kamille!
The fans fire up as Britt shoves the contract at Mone, then SMACKS Kamille off the desk! Kamille falls onto Mone’s lap in the armchair, and Britt hops up to CROSSBODY them both! The fans fire up as Britt is sending Mone & Kamille scrambling away! Britt holds up the belt, will the DMD be the new Face of TBS? Or will The CEO break the banks to prove she’s still money?
Backstage interview with Chris Jericho, Bryan Keith & “Big Bill” Morrissey.
Renee Paquette is with the Learning Tree and his Branches, noting we are just moments away from Jericho’s match with the new Dynamite Kid, Tommy Billington. What are his thoughts before going into this match? Jericho says, “Hi, guys~! Y’know, something’s been bothering me, Renee. All the way on my flight over here to Cardiff, England…” The fans boo because it’s Wales… But Jericho says it’s that Tommy Billington calls himself The Dynamite Kid. What right does he have to that nickname other than he’s blood related with the original Dynamite Kid being his uncle? Hmm? What gives Tommy that right?
Dynamite Kid is one of the greatest of all time, so is Tommy as fast as him? As skilled? As angry and mean? As far as Jericho’s concerned, this Dynamite Kid doesn’t even deserve to be on Dynamite! But he is, so this is his chance to prove himself. Is Tommy as good as the original? Jericho doesn’t think so. And Hook better be watching. What Jericho does to Tommy, he does sevenfold to Hook on Sunday in Wembley Stadium! Jericho heads out, Bill follows, and the Bad Apple adds, “BIG ASS Wembley Stadium!” Jericho is looking to teach Tommy a lesson, but will Tommy humble him #ForTheWorld?
Chris Jericho w/ “Big Bill” Morrissey & Bryan Keith VS Tommy Billington!
The bell rings and Jericho circles with Tommy. The fans rally for “WALES! WALES!” as Jericho and Tommy approach. They tie up, and Tommy arm-drags Jericho! Tommy eggs Jericho on, the two reset, and Tommy arm-drags again! The fans rally behind Tommy, which annoys Jericho. They tie up, Jericho wrenches, but Tommy rolls, rolls back, kips up then cartwheels to go up and over to headlock! The fans cheer, but Jericho powers up and out. Tommy RAMS Jericho, then keeps going! Tommy RAMS Jericho again and again, but then Jericho drops, only for Tommy to run him over!
The fans fire up as Tommy scoops and SLAMS Jericho, then goes to a corner! Jericho stands, and Tommy MISSILE DROPKICKS! The fans fire up for Tommy and Tommy goes out after Jericho. Tommy RAMS Jericho into railing, SMACKS him off the apron, then whips Jericho into more railing! The ref tells Bill & Bryan to stay back, and Tommy puts Jericho in the ring. Jericho distracts the ref, which lets Bryan TRIP Tommy, and Bill POSTS him! The fans boo but the Branches get away with that, and Jericho waves while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Bill gives mocking thumbs up, and the ref checks Tommy. Tommy is still in this, so Jericho goes out to the apron. Jericho kicks Tommy from above, drags him up to scoop and SLAM on the floor! Tommy writhes, but Jericho drags him back up to SMACK off railing! Jericho puts Tommy in the ring, then brings him around to CHOP! Tommy staggers to ropes, and Jericho brings him around to CHOP in a corner! Tommy slumps down in the corner, Bill cheers Jericho on, and Jericho soaks up heat. Jericho stands Tommy up but Tommy fires hands! Tommy whips, Jericho reverses and LARIATS!
Jericho paces, then he stands on Tommy at the ropes! The ref counts, Jericho steps away, but Bryan gets a cheap shot in! Jericho soaks up the heat, Bill & Bryan tell fans to shut up, and Jericho hits a BIG back suplex on Tommy! Jericho soaks up more heat, then he stands Tommy up. Jericho gets in Tommy’s face, talks trash on him, then SLAPS him! Tommy hits back with haymakers! Dynamite returns to single picture and Tommy fires more shots! Tommy whips, Jericho reverses but Tommy ducks ‘n ‘dodges! DOUBLE CROSSBODIES collide! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Tommy and Jericho slowly rise, and Jericho hits first!
Tommy fires back with a flurry of forearms! Tommy whips, then he LARIATS Jericho! Tommy whips again, for a SHOTGUN! Jericho flounders, Tommy is on him for a scoop and SLAM! The fans fire up as Tommy brings Jericho up again. Tommy whips, but Jericho holds ropes to avoid the dropkick! LIONSAULT! Cover, TWO! The fans chant “You Still Suck!” Jericho CHOPS Tommy to a corner, then he CHOPS again. Jericho whips corner to corner, but Tommy comes back, get around, then waistlocks. Jericho switches, Tommy switches back, GERMAN SUPLEX! The fans rally as Tommy covers, TWO!
Jericho toughs it out but Tommy is right on him. Tommy goes to suplex but Jericho trips him! Jericho goes to turn Tommy, and has him in the WALLS OF JERICHO! The fans rally as Tommy endures, and Bill is taunting Tommy from the ropes! The fans rally harder as Tommy powers up, fights forward, and has the ROPEBREAK! Jericho holds until the ref counts 4, then he waves to the fans. Jericho runs up on Tommy but Tommy kicks low! Tommy then snap suplexes! Tommy whips, Jericho reverses but Tommy tilt-o-whirls around, and he gut wrenches for a TOMBSTONE!! Tommy won’t stop there, he goes up a corner!
The fans fire up but Bryan is barking, so Tommy CROSSBODIES Bryan down! Bill runs in but Tommy sends him into railing! Tommy hurries up top, for a DIVING- CODE BREAKER! Jericho intercepts Tommy and covers, Jericho wins!
Winner: Chris Jericho, by pinfall
Whether Tommy was as good or better than the original Dynamite Kid, who’s to say? But he certainly gave Jericho more than he expected here. Jericho still gets himself a mic to say, “Hi, guys~! Hook, you stupid bastard! I hope you were just watching what happened, because I’m gonna do the same to you at All In! And Hook, if you were right here, right now, in Cardiff, England, I would rip you apart branch by branch by branch… by branch!” Well wouldn’t you know? Hook IS here! Jericho must’ve forgotten that Hook is set to face Bill for Collision, but now he’s in the ring with Jericho! So Bill CLOBBERS Hook from behind!
Bill hauls Hook up, for the SKYSCRAPER CHOKE SLAM!! The fans boo, will we still get that match on Saturday between Redwood and Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil? Or can Hook tear apart all these rotten Branches and burn down Jericho’s reign?
AEW Women’s World Championship: Toni Storm VS Saraya w/ Harley Cameron!
The Leading Lady has been wild ever since leaving The Outcasts, but this might be the craziest thing she’s done yet! She’s putting this title on the line just FOUR DAYS before All In! Will Toni end up handing her former friend a Wembley Moment on a silver platter? Or can she stave off a last minute change to the script?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see just how “card subject to change” things really get!
The bell rings, the fans fire up as Saraya and Storm circle, and they’re all cheering for “TONI! TONI!” The two tie up, Toni arm-drags and then poses! The fans cheer, and the two reset. They tie up again, Toni blocks an arm-drag to give an arm-drag, and she poses! The fans cheer more, but Saraya gets mad. Saraya runs up, Toni hits a headlock takeover, but Saraya headscissors. Toni kips free, Saraya headlocks for the takeover, but Toni rolls her! TWO, and Saraya kicks low. Saraya whips Toni to a corner, but Toni goes up, under, and then knuckle locks. Toni kicks an arm, steps over the other, then spins around to bait Saraya with a leg.
Saraya tries for the leg but just falls for the trick. Toni goes up and over then back under to offer the leg again. Saraya falls for that, too, and Toni goes up and around to roll her up! TWO, and Saraya Oklahoma Rolls! TWO, and the two stand. The fans cheer, but Saraya goes to the apron. The fans cheer for Toin but Saraya gets upset. Saraya shrieks at Toni, Toni shrieks back! Saraya howls so Toni howls back! The fans fire up, Toni storms up, but Saraya HOTSHOTS her! Saraya has Toni in the ropes to fire KNEE after KNEE! The fans sing for Toni but Saraya pushes her down while stepping inside. Saraya then argues with the ref so that Harley can THROW Toni into railing!
Toni staggers, Saraya CANNONBALLS! The fans boo but Saraya soaks it all up as Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Harley taunts Toni while Saraya does a full lap. Saraya then stomps Toni, upts her against railing, then CHOKES her! The ref reprimands, the ring count is still climbing, so Saraya lets off at 7 to refresh the count. Saraya then runs and RAMS Storm into more railing! Saraya soaks up more heat, then SMACKS Toni off the desk! Saraya tells commentary to shut it, then she digs her boot into Toni’s face! The ref reprimands, Saraya lets off to THROW Toni into more railing! Saraya leaves Toni behind to argue with the ref in the ring, so Harley attacks Toni again! Harley CLUBS Toni down, then hurries away.
Saraya goes out to drag Toni back in, and bump her off buckles. Saraya stomps a mudhole in, digs her boot in, but lets off as the ref counts. Toni sputters, Harley shrugs, and Saraya stomps away again! Saraya lets off with a howl, and Toni flounders along ropes. Saraya CLUBS Toni, Toni hits back, but Saraya CLUBS her down! Saraya runs, but into a HEADBUTT! Both women are down and a count begins! The fans rally while both women stir. We pass 5 of 10 before either sits up. Saraya stands at 7, and she runs up to fire hands! Toni hits back, the brawl is on, and Dynamite returns to single picture.
The forearms go back and forth, but Toni gets the edge. Then she JABS, JABS and JABS! Toni winds up, but Saraya ducks, so Toni DDTS! The fans fire up and Toni brings Saraya up, FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect but Toni still storms around. Toni drags Saraya up, reels her in, but Saraya fights around to KNIGHT CAP! Cover, TWO!! Saraya is losing her cool, but the fans rally up for Toni. Saraya climbs, she brings Toni up to join her, and then positions herself for a SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB!! Then the GOOD KNIGHT!! Cover, ROPEBREAK!! Toni does not go gently into that goodnight and the fans are thunderous!
Saraya is beside herself, but Harley coaches her. Saraya growls and shouts at the fans, “This is MY house!” The fans boo but Saraya drags Toin up. Toni pops Saraya up, SKY HIGH! Cover, TWO!! Saraya survives, Harley gets on the apron! Toni storms up on Harley, ducks a sucker punch, to KISS Harley!? Harley is in a daze, Saraya runs up, but Toni sends her into Harley! Tabletop and stacking cover, TWO!! Saraya escapes, kicks, but Toni blocks, to KISS Saraya! STORM ZERO!! Cover, Toni wins!
Winner: Toni Storm, by pinfall (still AEW Women’s World Champion)
The Whore We All Adore gave both Saraya and Harley a kiss goodnight, and maybe a kiss goodbye, as she is now moving on from her past! But will Toin be able to do the same when it comes to her traitorous protege? Speaking of, Mariah May runs in to DECK Toni with a shoe!! Mariah mockingly consoles Toni, then pushes her down. Will AEW soon belong to The Glamour?
Backstage interview with The Conglomeration.
Renee Paquette stands with Willow Nightingale, Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe, Kyle O’Reilly & Tomohiro Ishii, and says it is her professional opinion that it is not Dynamite until we’ve heard from this group. Mark says damn right, and thank you! The Conglomeration is in the house, babeh, and the word of the day today is, “Proliferation!” They have proliferated across the pond to be here in the UK! And Sunday, All In, the biggest show of the year! Willow & “Big Time” Ishii will deliver a Mixed Tag Team ass-whooping on Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway! Then Mark, Kyle AND OC are in The Casino Gauntlet!
Cassidy will be starting things off at number one, so you know they’ll represent! Hey, Kyle, tell ’em somethin’! Kyle does his best Bert from Mary Poppins as he says, “I ‘appen to think it’d be lovely if The Conglomeration ‘ad a match on… On…” Oh, how’d the accent make “Collision” sound? Mark says Kyle’s fine, just simmer down. But Collision is right! They’re not in Wembley yet, they’re in Cardiff! And the word of the day for Saturday is “Participation!” Undisputed Kingdom, Conglomeration, Collision, let’s get it on! RAAAA~! The team heads out and Renee says Mark always does so well. Cassidy says she has no idea.
Will Ospreay is here!
Cardiff fires up for The Aerial Assassin as he makes his way to the ring, and he takes a moment to soak it all in. He joins in as the fans chant “OSPREAY, OSPREAY!” and sing his song. Then when the music ends, they sing “OSPREAY~, OSPREAY OSPREAY OSPREAY~!” Ospreay has a big smile enjoying that one, then gets himself a mic. But then MJF has to make his entrance, and Ospreay is amused by the boos. The self-proclaimed American Hero, in a star-spangled suit to go with the star-spangled belt, steps into the ring, and extra security is around the ring. MJF motions for the booing fans to quiet down, but they just sing for Ospreay instead.
There is a No Physicality Agreement for this face-to-face, and Ospreay says, “Cardiiiff~! Lads, don’t leave me out. Let’s give Max a warm welcome!” The fans boo instead. Ospreay says it is unusual for an Englishman to be this beloved in Wales, this is crazy. But it all boils down to that BBC show, Gavin & Stacy. The fans do like them some Gavin & Stacy. Ospreay says Gavin is an Essex boy like Ospreay, who travels and meets a Welsh girl, Stacy. They fall in love, they go an incredible journey, and everyone here has seen Ospreay’s journey.
And see, Ospreay worked on a mastic firm from Monday to Friday, got in his car, drove three hours to Wales, wrestled in church halls and Cathy’s Bingo Hall, too! The fans cheer that! Last year, Ospreay wrestled here in a bar “that’s filthier than the wife!” But Sunday, that is about cleaning up the mess that MJF made. The fans cheer that. Ospreay says, “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, or whatever you identify as, allow me to say, you might as well call me Barry Scott. Because by Sunday, BANG! And the dirt is gone!” The fans love that one! They even chant “BARRY SCOTT! BARRY SCOTT!”
MJF gets himself a mic, taps on it, and says Ospreay’s going to clean up MJF’s mess? That’s interesting. Jam-packed arenas chanted MJF’s name twice as loud as they ever have Ospreay’s. The fans boo and ask, “WHO ARE YA? WHO ARE YA?” MJF says he is talking. Unlike Ospreay, MJF “didn’t have to be a cute little flip merchant to get the job done.” All MJF had to do was this. MJF does the kangaroo stance while fans tell him to STFU. MJF tells them, “No.” But Ospreay cleaning up MJF’s mess? Does Ospreay not know MJF came back early from injury before he was 100%? Do the folks wanna know why?
“It’s because I was begged by top brass in AEW and top brass in Warner Brothers Discovery to clean up YOUR mess! You arrogant little p*ick!” Oh, arrogant? MJF has the nerve to call someone else arrogant? Do yourself a favor, Max, and look in the mirror. “Shut up, ya bell end.” The fans cheer that! The fans even chant “BELL END! BELL END!” Ospreay says yeah, everyone was watching AEW, even Ospreay. We all heard about the renegade promotion that put wrestling first, that catered towards people that liked pro-wrestling. And then, seeing MJF as the world champion, we all started giggling! Yeah, the “Double clothesline!” thing was hilarious, even Ospreay was laughing.
The problem is, the joke went on too long. And we steered so far away from what the foundation was, and it all culminated last year at Wembley. Because on the grand stage, nobody talked about the main event being an epic clash of two great wrestlers. It was two friends just jerkin’ each other. Talking about people begging MJF to show up? Ospreay wasn’t even in AEW last year! Tony Khan gets on the phone, even with “3000 people signed here and their nan,” and he calls Ospreay, a guy who lives an hour and a half down the road. Ospreay thinks it’s mainly to remind people what professionalism looks like.
But this is where it gets sweet. Between Ospreay and MJF, TK says, “Will, please go put on a good wrestling match, because I can’t rely on my world champion to do it.” The fans cheer while MJF does his best to laugh that off. Ospreay tells MJF that MJF has given everyone here entertainment, and that’s fine. We all need a bit of entertainment. But they’re meant to be the alternative here! They’re meant to cater to the people and their voices! This is not only about restoring the International Championship, it is about restoring the feeling! And bruv, Ospreay IS the feeling! The fans cheer that, too!
MJF says, “Do you hear that, guys? Yeah. He’s the feeling. He’s the feeling.” The fans sing for Ospreay again, but MJF says that out of all the trash that just came out of Ospreay’s mouth, he got one thing right. Truly, MJF does NOT care about catering to the people, the people are meaningless. MJF only cares about one thing, and it is the only thing that matters, something Cardiff is incapable of, something that Americans do best: win! But what’s so sad, is that MJF actually believed that that “four-eyed, curly haired dork, Tony Khan,” when he told MJF while out injured that the company would be safe in Ospreay’s capable hands.
“Dude, who the hell are you?” The fans boo then sing again for “OSPREAY~, OSPREAY OSPREAY OSPREAY!” MJF says Cardiff only knows who Ospreay is because they’re “redcoat terrorists.” Everybody knows who MJF is. Everybody loves MJF. Professional wrestling analysts, pundits, present day world champions, Hall of Famers and living legends all unanimously agree that MJF is the best pro-wrestler on God’s Green Earth. So MJF is just curious, Will… Who told you you were the best? No no no no, seriously? The fans?! These people!? Really? That is so sad. These people know nothing about pro-wrestling.
And do you know how MJF knows that’s true? Because they like Ospreay’s matches. So Ospreay can be “the feeling” all he wants, because Friedman is the facts. And the fact is, MJF is the youngest and longest reigning AEW World Champion of all time. The fact is, MJF headlined and won the biggest show of all time. The fac tis, when they talk about this generation of pro-wrestling, MJF will be The Ace, and Ospreay will be second place! The fact is, MJF hails from the only country that matters, The United States of America! And most importantly, the fact is, Ospreay has one move in the chamber that can defeat MJF, The Tiger Driver 91, and Ospreay ain’t man enough to pull that trigger.
MJF tells Ospreay to look at him! Ospreay and his “widdle fans” can feel all the want, because MJF is the facts. And the facts don’t care about your feelings. Oh, congratulations, MJF, but there’s something Ospreay knows about the wrestling history books. Those books can be rewritten. What can’t be rewritten is how the fans feel. MJF has not once inspired someone to do this. You wanna know who the hell Ospreay is? Go all over Europe, and ask them, “Who is the best wrestler in the world right now?” They’ll say Ospreay. Got to Australia and New Zealand, they will say Ospreay! Go to Japan, and they’ll say Ospreay!
Go to America, to your own state of New York, and even they will say Ospreay! Go up and down the UK, and they will say Ospreay! That is why he cannot lose! Not in front of his family, not in front of his friends, not in front of this support system! Not in front of his wife and child! And Ospreay knows why MJF hates him! It’s because it took MJF four years to win the fans over! Ospreay just needed four beats of his music! MJF let everyone down! They used to love MJF, they don’t anymore! MJF says they DID love him, until Ospreay showed up and ruined it! Oh…! MJF says to shut up, but Ospreay says, “Gotcha.”
MJF says no, no, no. Ospreay is right, MJF could never be like him. Ospreay is a great human being inside and outside the ring, a role model the world over. Ospreay is a great husband, father, and professional. In every way MJF fell short, Ospreay has manned up and done it, congratulations. However… Before the show tonight, MJF got to spend a little time with Ospreay’s wife… And that so-called “kid” of Ospreay’s. No, hey, MJF is putting Ospreay over. He says it like that because this is a child from a previous relationship, and then Ospreay stepped up into the picture to raise the kid as his own. That’s admirable.
But MJF got one more fact for The Feeling Boy. “I got a feeling after the conversation I had with your wife tonight… The next kid she has… Won’t be yours either.” The fans boo the obvious implications, but MJF is just hiding behind the No Physicality Agreement. Ospreay asks Schiavone if he has TK. He does. How much are the fine for defying that agreement and punching MJF out right now? Uh… 100,000 Pounds Sterling, aka $27,000 American. Oh, 100K? The fans say do it, but MJF says he won’t. Ospreay says nah, it’s worth it! Ospreay DECKS MJF, then fires off some more! The security guards rush in but he just fights them off!
The fans fire up behind Ospreay as he just knocks guard after guard out of the ring! Then he stomps MJF! But MJF gets up to DYNAMITE DIAMOND RING PUNCH!! MJF takes out the rest of the guards, the fans boo, but seems MJF doesn’t care about the money, either. MJF throws off the jacket, and asks, “This is the best int he world?!” MJF rains down fists on Ospreay and Ospreay is busted open! MJF says HE is the best, and then he suplexes Ospreay for a BRAINBUSTER! MJF “covers” Ospreay and counts, and gets to three! But he’s not done! MJF reels Ospreay in, underhooks, but the gaurds return!
Christopher Daniels is also here, and he tells MJF to stand down! This is going to go from fines to suspensions if he doesn’t! MJF leaves, saying he IS the facts! He may say facts don’t care about feelings, but MJF sure got emotional here tonight. But will the fact be that Ospreay proves all the fans right when he and MJF go All In?
AEW returns with a report from Renee Paquette.
She was informed that earlier today, there was an altercation in the office and Hangman Page has been asked to leave the building. In fact, here he is right now. Renee asks The Cowboy just what happened, and Hangman says he did what he had to do. Sunday, All In, Hangman is now in the Casino Gauntlet! And understand Hangman when he says that if you are in this match, and you stand between him and “our world champion,” Hangman will run you over! Evil Uno passes by and Hangman tells his “old friend” to come on over. Uno says hey, what’s up, Hanger? Hangman asks if Uno knows about the Casino Gauntlet.
Oh, the one for All In? Yeah, of course. Then does Uno know who else is in that match? Uno says he just came from Christopher Daniel’s office, and Uno just got a spot in the match! Hangman sighs, grabs a chair, and SMACKS Uno with it! Hangman says it doesn’t matter who you are! He will run you over! There is nothing Hangman wants more than to make “his” joy, his happiness, his hopes and dreams, go up in smoke! The Cowboy drags his luggage over Uno’s unconscious body, and refuses to even say Swerve’s name. But will Hangman be able to defy the odds and win his shot at tearing down Swerve’s House?
BREAKING NEWS for Collision!
As announced last week, there will be a “Cardiff Wild Card” Trios match to qualify for the massive All In Trios Fatal 4 Way Ladder match! And the trios that were selected are Top Flight with Lio Rush going against… Claudio, Yuta and PAC?! Can the Swiss Superman and The Bastard put aside their differences so that they and The Decoder can go for gold? Or will The Bad Child help Darius & Dante Martin reach new heights?
AEW Continental Championship: Kazuchika Okada VS Claudio Castagnoli!
Ever since The Rainmaker joined The Elite, he hasn’t felt like the same man who went toe to toe with Bryan Danielson, who is rivals with Hiroshi Tanahashi, and who is synonymous with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. However, can The Swiss Superman bring that side out of him again? Or will Okada still make it rain, even with this rotten new attitude?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who makes it reign in Cardiff!
The bell rings and the fans rally up already. Okada and Claudio slowly approach, the fans are losing their minds getting to see this. They tie up, are in a deadlock, and Claudio powers Okada back to ropes. Okada turns things around, the ref counts, and Okada lets off slowly. Okada then fakes the cheap shot and pats Claudio on the shoulder. That much of classic Okada is still there. Or, was it a sign that this attitude was always there? The two circle, tie up, and are in another deadlock. The fans rally, Claudio puts Okada on ropes now, and the ref counts. Claudio lets off slowly now, and then he fakes the uppercut!
Claudio pats Okada on the shoulder, turnabout is fair play. The two tie up again, and Claudio headlocks. The fans rally, Okada powers up and out, but Claudio RUNS him over! Things keep moving, Okada leaps, but Claudio catches him! Claudio pops Okada around but Okada slips free! Okada waistlocks, ripcords, but Claudio ducks the lariat to UPPERCUT! Claudio reels Okada in, Okada back drops free, but Claudio lands on his feet! The fans fire up while Okada scowls, and the two reset. The fans cheer on “Both These Guys! Both These Guys!” They feel things out, and Okada kicks low! But Claudio kciks back!
Okada kicks, Claudio kicks, and they keep the knuckle lock! Okada kicks again, but so does Claudio! Claudio kicks again and again then KNEES down low! Then he UPPERCUTS! Claudio whips, Okada ducks ‘n’ dodges to ELBOW Claudio down! The fans fire up with Okada, and he stalks Claudio while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Okada brings Claudio up, scoops and SLAMS him, then goes to the ropes. Okada slingshot SENTONS, and then paces. Claudio bails out of the ring, but Okada goes out after him. Okada ROCKS Claudio, but Claudio ROCKS him back! They go forearm for forearm on the outside, faster and faster, and the fans fire up! Claudio whips, Okada reverses and Claudio is sent into railing! Okada storms over, taunts the fans, then puts Claudio in the ring. Okada then storms after Claudio to ELBOW him in a corner! Okada wags his finger at the fans, he won’t do what they want. But then Claudio kicks! Okada blocks, trips Claudio, and steps over for a FABLE!
Claudio endures the figure four heel hook, grabs at Okada’s hair, but lets off as the ref reprimands. Okada thrashes the legs, but Claudio HEADBUTTS Okada down! Claudio is free of the hold and he shakes out the legs. Claudio goes to ropes, Okada storms back up, and Okada fires a forearm! Okada brings Claudio around to CLUB him! Dynamite returns to single picture, the fans dueling, and Okada reels Claudio in. Claudio fights the suplex! Claudio then goes to suplex, but Okada fights it! The fans rally as the two fight for control, and Claudio powers Okada up and over! The fans fire up while Claudio grits is teeth!
Okada goes to a corner, drags himself up, and Claudio runs in to UPPERCUT! Claudio UPPERCUTS again and again, but the ref backs him down. Claudio jukes the ref to UPPERCUT again! Okada slumps again ropes while the fans fire up. Okada stumbles forward, and Claudio trips him up! The fans fire up, but Okada kicks free! Okada goes outside, but Claudio goes out after him! UPPERCUT against railing! The fans fire up again and Claudio drags Okada into the ring. Claudio then drops a BIG elbow on Okada! Cover, TWO! Claudio drags Okada up, the fans rally, and Claudio fires a forearm! Okada grimaces, so Claudio fires another forearm!
Okada eggs Claudio on, and Claudio fires another forearm! Okada fires back! Claudio is feeling it now, and he ROCKS Okada! Okada shakes his head, and he ROCKS Claudio! Claudio fires forearm after forearm, and Okada falls over! The fans fire up and Claudio drags Okada back up. Claudio whips, Okada reverses, but Claudio holds ropes. Okada bails out of the dropkick, then dodges Claudio. Okada kicks low, and hits a DDT! The fans fire up and both men go to corners. Okada runs in to ELBOW Claudio, then reels him back in for a NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Okada drags Claudio up, but Claudio fights the gut wrench!
The fans rally as Okada CLUBS away on Claudio. But Claudio UPPERCUTS back! Claudio runs up, but into a OBOT! Claudio tries again, blocks a boot, and he LARIATS Okada and himself out of the ring! The ring count starts, “This is Awesome!” as both men stir. Claudio rises, and he brings Okada up. Claudio swings but Okada dodges to then POST Claudio! Okada refreshes the count, and then storms over to Claudio. Okada drags Claudio up and in, then fires up while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Okada storms in after Claudio, and he fires forearms on Claudio in the corner. Okada hammers away, but lets off as the ref counts. Okada drags Claudio up, Alabama Lifts, but Claudio rolls through! TWO, but into a SHARPSHOOTER! Claudio sits deep on the hold, but Okada endures and fights his way forward. Okada reaches out, but Claudio drags him back! Claudio puts even more pressure on the hold, but Okada still fights up! Okada reaches out, so Claudio shifts to a CROSSFACE! Okada endures this hold, even as Claudio rolls him away from ropes! Claudio pulls back, but Okada refuses to give in!
Okada pushes around, rolls Claudio to a cover, TWO! Claudio UPPERCUTS!! Cover, TWO!! Okada survives and Claudio is beside himself! Claudio stalks Okada to a corner, UPPERCUTS him again and again, then keeps going as Okada sits down! The ref backs Claudio off and Okada is dazed! Dynamite returns to single picture again as Claudio reels Okada in. But Okada fights the Gotch lift! Claudio shifts to gut wrench deadlift, for the GUT WRENCH PLEX! And then a DOUBLE STOMP! Cover, TWO!! Okada survives again and Claudio grows frustrated. The fans rally up again as Claudio goes to a corner.
Claudio climbs, but Okada DROPKICKS him down! Claudio hits apron then floor, and Okada slowly rolls out after him. Okada puts Claudio in the ring, then brings him around to scoop and SLAM! Okada says he’s going up, and the fans cheer. Okada climbs, but Claudio springs up to UPPERCUT! The fans fire up again, and Claudio UPPERCUTS again! Claudio climbs up to join Okada, but Okada fights the superplex! Claudio fires body shots, tries again, and goes to the very top! But Okada fires forearms! Claudio fires forearms in return! Okada HEADBUTTS Claudio down! Okada leaps, Claudio gets under, but Okada comes back to SHOTGUN!
The fans fire up and Okada scoops to SLAM! Now Okada goes up, to MACHO ELBOW! And with that, the fans fire up for the… Rainmaker- NO, it’s still the middle finger! So much for bringing back that Okada. Okada steps on Claudio and the fans chant “B*TCH! B*TCH!” for Okada. But Claudio is pissed! Claudio trips Okada, for the GIANT SWING! The fans are thunderous as Okada goes around and around, past TEN, to TWENTY! The fans are thunderous again, and they want it again! Claudio pumps up instead, runs, but into a DROPKICK! Okada waistlocks then ripcords, but Claudio ducks!
Claudio springboards to FLYING UPPERCUT! Gotch lift, but Okada Alabama Lifts out of it! REVERSE NECKBREAKER! Both men are down and the fans are electric for “A E DUB! A E DUB!” Okada and Claudio stir while the standing count begins. They head for each other, go forehead to forehead, and then stand to go forearm for forearm! And we get a one minute warning! The forearms and uppercuts go back and forth, but Claudio eggs Okada on! Okada fires another uppercut, but Claudio UPPERCUTS again and again! Okada backslides Claudio, TWO!! Ripcord and- NO, CLaudio ducks it! POP-UP UPPERCUT!!
But Okada tumbles all the way to the apron! Okada dangles but Claudio drags him back in! Okada holds the ropes, but Claudio DOUBLE STOMPS him! Claudio drags Okada to a cover, TWO!! Claudio tries to drag Okada up, but the bell rings! Time is UP!!
Time Limit Draw; Okada retains the AEW Continental Championship
The Rainmaker was saved by the bell, but fans want “FIVE MORE MINUTES!” But out come The Young Bucks, and Nicholas Jackson says, “What an unbelievable match! Congratulations to Claudio, congratulations to Okada. That match was phenomenal.” Matthew says, “Hey, Cardiff! Why would you say if I asked you this simple question. Would you guys like to see these two gentlemen go five more minutes?” The fans cheer because yes, they would! Matt says unfortunately, that’s not going to happen. The contract for the match read that Okada had to wrestle for 20 minutes, not 25. And as you know, The Bucks are the EVPs, so they’re sticklers for rules.
So Claudio, great effort! Maybe next time. Now, Matt has to ask Claudio to remove himself from the ring because The Elite have a match. And if they have to, not that they want to, the Elite will physically remove Claudio’s ass from this ring. Claudio puts his mouthpiece back in, he’s ready to keep going! And now Darby Allin & FTR are here! Will The Elite learn to #FearTheRelentless? Or will the AEW TNT and AEW World Tag Team Champions all be rolling into Wembley?
Six Man Tag: Jacy Perry & The Young Bucks VS Darby Allin & FTR!
The moment Darby & FTR are int he ring, the brawl is on! In fact, Claudio and Okada are fighting on the outside, too! This might as well be upgraded to an 8 Man Tag as the bell rings! Darby & FTR drag Jack Perry & The Bucks out of the ring while Okada and Claudio start moving up the ramp! Darby runs at Jack but Jack moves, sending Darby into railing! Jack then HAMMERS away on Darby! Dax pulls Jack’s hair to put him in the ring, and we finally have a real match! Dax CHOPS Jack, fires hands in a corner, then CHOPS again. Jack hits back, bumps Dax off buckles, then CHOSP! Dax turns things around to CHOP again!
Dax whips, and he ELBOWS Jack down! Cover, TWO! Dax drags Jack up, tags in Darby, and fans fire up! Jack gets away, SPITS at Darby, then tags out to Nick. The fans boo but Darby dodges Nick to headlock. Nick powers up and out, but Darby uses that to DIVE onto Jack! FTR jump in and they brawl with The Bucks! Then FTR trips The Bucks, but The Bucks BOOT free! The Bucks LARIAT FTR up and out, then take aim to DOUBLE PLANCHA! Down goes FTR, but Darby is up top! SUPER COFFIN DROP onto The Bucks! The fans fire up and Darby puts Nick back in. But Matt anchors Darby! Nick HOTSHOTS Darby!
Matt Electric Chair Lifts Darby off the apron, and Nick goes out to PENALTY KICK start the TOSS! The fans boo but The Bucks soak it up. Nick puts Darby in, tags Jack, and Jack stalks Darby. Jack hammers away on Darby, CHOKES him, but the ref counts. Jack lets off at 4, taunts FTR, then drags Darby up. Jack snapmares Darby, KICKS him in the back, then covers, TWO! Jack drags Darby up to CLUB him down, then CLUB him again. Jack tags Nick, and they hit a BACKBREAKER LEG DROP combo! Cover, TWO! Nick keeps Darby from FTR, then soaks up heat. Nick stomps away on Darby, then whips him to the Elite corner.
Nick tags Matt, but Darby fires hands on Nick! Nick clinches for a GUTBUSTER, Matt runs in, NECKBRAEKER BACKBREAKER COMBO! Matt sucker punches FTR, only Dax falls over, and the ref has to keep Cash back. The Bucks stomp away on Darby in the chaos, pretending to have tagged Nick back in. Nick drags Darby onto ropes to CHOKE Darby, then he lets off to tag Jack. Jack fires body shots on Darby, then snapmares him into a chinlock. Darby endures, fights around, and reaches out. Jack keeps Darby from ropes, and Dynamite returns to single picture. Darby fights up but Jack KNEES low!
Jack reels Darby in, and the Elite BUCKLE BOMB DOUBLE GIRI COMBO! Darby falls, Jack covers, Dax breaks it! The Elite is upset but Jack drags Darby up. Jack whips Darby in, but Darby uses that to BLAST The Bucks! Darby sunset flips Jack, Jack rolls through but overdoes it on the stack, Darby rolls free! Hot tag to Dax! Dax JABS, JABS, and DECKS Jack! And DECKS him! And DECKS Nick! And DECKS Matt! Dax goes after Jack in a corner with furious fists! Matt storms up but Dax CROSSBODIES onto him now! Dax fires more hands, then he atomic drops Nick to LARIAT him out of the ring!
The fans fire up as Dax gets around Jack to GERMAN SUPLEX! Dax holds on to GERMAN SUPLEX again! Jack fights, switches, Matt runs up, but Dax BOOTS Matt away! Dax switches on Jack to spin him and suplex for a BRAINBUSTER!! Cover, TWO!! Jack survives and Dax tags Cash. FTR wait on Jack as he rises, but Jack KICKS Dax first! Cash still gets Jack in a BIG back suplex! Matt runs in to kick and whip Cash! Cash slides to a stop, comes back and UPPERCUTS! Nick runs in, Cash dodges to LEAPING LARIAT! The fans fire up as Cash then wrenches Jack to a Gory Especial! The Bucks DOUBLE SUPERKICK Cash first!
Jack backslides Cash, TWO!! The fans fire up and Jack tags Matt. Matt and Nick both get in, and they sit Cash up. E V P- NO, Cash ducks and the Bucks clash knees! Cash then runs to catch Nick and POWERSLAM! Jack SUPERKICKS Cash! Darby SHOTGUNS Jack! Matt feints the kick and DDTS Darby! Dax runs up, blocks a kick and hands it to Cash! Dax then gets Nick, and we get DOUBLE- NO, WAIT, Darby trips Jack! Darby joins in, TRIPLE SCORPION DEATHLOCKS!! The fans are thunderous as The Elite all suffer! But the Elite also crawl forward, ROPEBREAK! Darby & FTR let them go while fans fire up.
The Bucks say screw it! Cardiff sucks! The Elite grab their belts and go to leave! But Cash says nope! Cash DIVES and wipes them all out!! Cash fires up, the fans are with him, and Cash feeds Matt to Dax. Dax whips, Matt reverses, then Matt runs in, only for Dax to put Matt on the apron. Matt ROCKS Dax first, goes up, but Cash trips Matt up! Nick SUPERKICKS Cash! Then SUPERKICKS Dax! But Darby blocks the third! Darby spins Nick to fire off fast hands, then runs up to hop on, CODE RED! But Jack dragon sleepers Darby, SCORPION DEATH DROP!! Jack rubs it in on Darby, and then takes aim from the corner.
The fans boo but Jack says time to sacrifice! But Darby ducks the knee! And then Jack turns around, into the SHATTER MACHINE!! Dax goes up, tags Darby, and we get the SUPERPLEX for The Power! DIVING SPLASH for The Glory! Darby goes up, COFFIN DROP for the cover! Darby & FTR win!!
Winners: Darby Allin & FTR, by pinfall
The Elite tried to quit but they still lose anyway! Will Darby make sure Jack learns the true meaning of self-sacrifice in their TNT Championship Coffin Match? Will The Bucks be able to make it through that Triple Threat still holding the gold? Wait, speaking of the Triple Threat, here comes the third team, The Acclaimed! Daddy Ass accompanies Max Caster & Anthony Bowens as they walk out on stage. Caster has a mic, and he says, “Yo! Yo! Yo! YO! Listen~! It’s really nice to see the entire royal family showed up today. Of course, the court jesters, FTR, and The Young Bucks, my two favorite princesses!
“But listen up, sweethearts, you’re looking at the kings of tag team wrestling right here! The Scissor King, Anthony Bowens, and The Best Wrestler Alive, AKA The Acclaimed.” The fans cheer, FTR dare Acclaimed to get in the ring, but Caster says he has to give them all credit. The Bucks & FTR, two of the greatest teams in this sport, yet neither of them have been able to beat Caster & Bowens last week. So Sunday, it will be no different. The kings get crowned, the belts come up, and it’s time to nut up or shut up!
Bowens says yeah, that’s right! So as much as they wanna come down to the ring, beat their asses from here to Cardiff Castle… The Acclaimed have nothing left to prove. FTR, Bucks, you can’t beat The Acclaimed! And that won’t change at All In! Because Bowen s& Caster will fight, fight, fight until they are THE AEW World Tag Team Champions! WHY? Because EVERYONE Loves The Acclaimed! Billy Gunn says if you’re not down with that, they’ve got two words for ya! “SUCK IT!” The Bucks sarcastically applaud, FTR is unbothered, but will both these teams have to admit there’s a new top team in town?
Backstage interview with Will Ospreay.
Renee checks on a bloodied Ospreay, and says we are four days away from All In. After what we saw happen with MJF, what is Ospreay’s status? Bryan Danielson walks over first and says he saw that, too. But look at him, Will. “Do it.” Yeah, you know what he means, and Bryan knows what that move feels like. Do it. The American Dragon wants the Billy Goat to crush the Worm- er, Wolf of Wrestling, will Ospreay show MJF what happens when he goes All In?
Nigel McGuinness is in the ring!
The fans cheer as the UK and ROH legend says, “At this time, I would like to introduce a man whose star has blazed across 2024. Undefeated, this man is the franchise player here in AEW, and he is also the most dangerous man in AEW today! Ladies, gentlemen, sheep, give it up for the AEW WORLD CHAMPION~! SWERVE! STRICKLAND~!” “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” Prince Nana leads the way as The Realest makes his entrance. They join Nigel in the ring, and then Nigel introduces Swerve’s opponent for All In… Well, before we get to that, Nigel says it is an honor to have Swerve here.
Now, Bryan has made it no secret about his physical condition. People, like Nigel, have been calling him “Brittle Bryan,” “The Neck Break Kid,” while Swerve is in the best shape of his life! Question to Swerve: “How does it feel to be going into this match as an overwhelming favorite?” The fans certainly keep chanting for “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” Swerve says that as Nigel already brought up, Swerve is the most dangerous man in AEW. And that is not because… No, wait, it is because of the pain he endures, and the pain he inflicts. But it is also because those he defeated to get here, and to keep the AEW World Championship.
Let’s take a look back. You all know it because you’ve seen it! Hangman Page twice, Jay White, Konosuke Takeshita, Samoa Joe, Claudio Castagnoli, Christian Cage, and the man who put Bryan Danielson’s neck in jeopardy, Will Ospreay! So Swerve will tell Bryan right now, Swerve will dissect him head to toe in the ring. Swerve will do it purposefully, menacingly, and scientifically. Nigel says that is indeed an impressive list, but there is one person not on the list. With that in mind… Whoa, whoa, hold up. Swerve wasn’t done. As much as Swerve appreciates Bryan being the generational legend that he is, we’re talking two Washington stage born wrestlers main eventing All In!
And yet Swerve still can’t help but feel disrespected by Bryan! Swerve keeps hearing these little interviews, these things Bryan is saying about being ready for retirement, ready to be a family man. THAT is what pisses Swerve off! That is a slap in the face to the world champion! Bryan is trying to take that from Swerve! Swerve says Bryan is not taking the moment from him, Swerve is taking the moment from Bryan! Swerve will do something to Bryan that makes sure he never gets the itch to get back in, that makes sure he never even can get back in the ring! So unless some act of God, some lightning striking down, revives Bryan after Swerve decimates him…!
Swerve takes a moment to let out a maniacal laugh. Maybe Bryan does get that itch. Maybe he does ignite the fire again. Maybe he does get a bit of that American Dragon back to get back up and think he can do it again. Maybe he’ll keep it under wraps, do it somewhere that he tries to hide it from Swerve. Maybe he’ll go off to some independent show in Washington. Swerve keeps Nigel from pulling away as he says Bryan is going to try and hide it, but Swerve will fly in through the curtain and beat him down. Maybe Bryan will go all the way to Arena Mexico, wear a mask and use a different name, just to get his kicks again.
Guess what? Swerve will be on the streets of Mexico, and he’ll beat Bryan down. Or maybe, it gets to where Bryan is feeling it, and he says, “I’m gonna have a sit down in my home with my family, and I’m gonna discuss with my wife, ‘Hey, honey, I think I’m gonna get back in the ring. I think that I can do it again.'” Guess where he’ll be?! But enough is enough, Bryan makes his way out here! Bryan runs down the ramp, slides into the ring, and then dodges Swerve to BUSAIKU KNEE!! The fans are thunderous as Swerve goes running! Bryan grabs a mic to shout at Swerve that maybe he’s confused! Maybe a lot of people are confused!
Because Bryan doesn’t come out here for 20 minutes to talk and talk and talk for himself. But he knows the truth, he knows who he is! He knows people say this a lot, throw it around like it’s just some token, like it’s a catchphrase, but this isn’t. Swerve knows it, Bryan knows it, and the fans know it. Bryan is the BEST DAMN WRESTLER IN THE WORLD!! And Bryan has been for the past 20 YEARS!! The fans chant “YES! YES! YES!” So Swerve just thinks he can say he’ll beat Bryan? That he’ll retire Bryan? That he’ll CRIPPLE Bryan in front of Bryan’s daughter!?
This Sunday at Wembley Stadium, in front of paying fans for the past 25 YEARS! For his peers that he has traveled the road with for the past 25 YEARS! And in front of Bryan’s family, his wife, son, daughter, Swerve will have to do more than cripple Bryan! Swerve will have to damn near KILL him! Bryan will leave his SOUL in this ring!! The fans are electric as the American Dragon is breathing fire! Bryan tells Swerve that there’s been a lot of talking, a lot of fighting, so there’s only one question left: Can Bryan Danielson, The American EFFIN’ Dragon, beat Swerve Strickland for THE AEW World Championship? Fans shout “YES! YES! YES!”
Swerve is furious as Bryan says the fans know the answer, and Swerve knows the answer! “YES! YES! YES!” But will Bryan prove he IS the best in the world when he finally takes the AEW World title? Or will it truly be Bryan’s Final Countdown?
My Thoughts:
A great go-home Dynamite here, in that it didn’t change things up just because it was a go-home episode. Though, AEW has been good about that because they put everything on their countdown specials the night before the PPV. Anyway, great contract signing segment for the TBS Championship, and with Britt standing tall, I’m pretty sure Mone retains. It’ll probably be because Kamille gets involved somehow, it’s the whole reason Mone has her as a sidekick. Toni Storm of course retained against Saraya, but that was a great match all the same. Mariah attacking was a surprise, because now the math would indicate Toni retains at All In. Of course, that depends on if there’s something that happens on Collision.
Good promo from Jericho before his match with Tommy Billington, and a great match with Tommy, but the promo before seemed redundant the moment Jericho started talking again. Though, maybe that’s just because Jericho had little different to say. Hook showing up, Bill throwing him down, that helps set up their match for Collision, but now things get complicated. Hook probably finds a way to beat Bill but then that’d mean he loses at All In. I mean, he gets to leave this Jericho Vortex nonsense, but there’s also the matter of Shibata and Joe getting their payback. Maybe Hook gets screwed on Collision so that he wins on Sunday, maybe even with help from Shibata and Joe given the FTW Rules.
Great promo from The Conglomeration, but Mark Briscoe is always great. Kyle trying to British was funny, but another big Six Man Tag of Conglomeration VS Undisputed Kingdom will be a lot of fun and could go either way given the Casino Gauntlet is coming. Great promo from Hangman, and poor Uno getting beat up because Hangman is just that pissed. I said it before, I’ll say it here: Hangman should win the Casino Gauntlet, and even if he has to get The Bucks to abuse their EVP authority, he should find a way to go after Swerve and/or Bryan the same night. If not, we get a very clear All Out match.
And speaking of that, great promo segment to close the night. Nigel wanting to hold Bryan back was great, and just as I was thinking last week, Bryan turns things around on Swerve to stand tall. Bryan is going in with the momentum, which would point towards him losing and retiring. Maybe they swerve us on the math and Bryan still wins out, or it could still be a Hangman cash-in that screws him, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
Great Continental Championship match, and while I figured Okada would retain, great use of the time limit draw, even just a week after FTR and Acclaimed did it on Collision. But it was the way to keep both guys protected without any real decision, and it was a good segue for The Elite to show up. The EVPs of course don’t use their authority to help Claudio, and great brawl to get going on the Six Man Tag main event match. Great match at that, and great win for Darby & FTR. In terms of the title matches, I didn’t think Jack was losing, especially after he created his own version of the TNT Championship.
But Acclaimed having the last word here, I feel like they just put themselves in the spot to lose, so that if The Bucks retain, it doesn’t hurt FTR. And if FTR wins, it doesn’t really hurt The Bucks, and either way, I feel like All Out will have Bucks VS FTR one more time to finally settle who is best team. And of course, an awesome promo segment from Ospreay and MJF. I appreciate Ospreay poking fun at AEW and its huge, underutilized roster. MJF also is doing his best to be satirically overly patriotic. I think his “facts over feelings” is a jab at a certain side of American politics. But MJF knocking Ospreay down, bloodying him, and then Bryan being the one to tell Ospreay to “do it,” this all adds up to Ospreay winning and it’ll be awesome.
My Score: 8.8/10
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Who will be the Face of TNT?
Mark Briscoe still battles with the Don Callis Family as Hechicero comes for the AEW TNT Championship in Arlington, Texas!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: PAC, Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia VS Team SkyFlight; Pac, Yuta & Garcia win.
- Brody King VS Barrett Brown; Brody wins.
- EL CLØN VS Komander; Clon wins.
- Mina Shirakawa VS Lady Frost; Mina wins.
- AEW TNT Championship: Mark Briscoe VS Hechicero; Briscoe wins and retains the title.
- Six Woman Tag: Kris Statlander & The Babes of Wrath VS Hyan, Maya World & VertVixen; Statlander & The Babes win.
- Six Man Tag: Anthony Bowens & #JetSpeed VS The Demand; The Demand wins.
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Six Man Tag: PAC, Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia w/ Marina Shafir VS Team SkyFlight!
The Bastard gave Darby Allin the rematch he wanted to avoid losing a leg. But now he’s just pissed, so he, The Decoder & RedDeath are looking to take it out on Scorpio Sky & Top Flight. Will the Death Riders build momentum through a Collision? Or will SkyFlight prove themselves against three former champions?
The fans are already telling off Yuta while Jon Moxley joins commentary. The teams sort out and Scorpio starts against Yuta. The fans taunt Yuta again as he and Scorpio circle. The tow tie up, Yuta wrenches to hammerlock, then he spins Scorpio to a cravat and snapmare. The fans boo as Yuta has the headlock, but Scorpio fights up. Yuta wrenches and wristlocks, but Scorpio rolls, rolls, and rolls to spin and wrangle Yuta to the mat. The fans cheer, but Yuta fights up and ROCKS Scorpio! Yuta whips, but Scorpio ducks a lariat to wrench and backslide, ONE! Yuta Oklahoma Rolls, ONE! Scorpio has it back, TWO!
Scorpio headlocks, Yuta powers up and out, but Scorpio RUNS Yuta over! Cover, ONE, and Yuta sweeps to cover! ONE, Scorpio runs and Darius tags in! Darius goes up while Scorpio wrenches an arm, FLYING AX HANDLE! The fans cheer as Air Wolfe wrenches Yuta, but Yuta ROCKS him, ROCKS him again, then brings him over. Yuta bumps Darius off buckles, tags Garcia in, and the fans boo as these two mug Darius. They wheelbarrow, but Darius fights free! Darius arm-drags Yuta away, but Garcia headlocks. Darius powers up and out, but Garcia RAMS Darius! Darius rolls over the drop down, then hurdles to UPPERCUT!
The fans fire up and Moxley admits, that was good. Darius runs to SPLASH Garcia in a corner, then he goes back in for an UPPERCUT! The fans rally but Garcia YANKS Darius into buckles! Garcia drags Darius up to CHOP! Garcia whips, Darius goes up and over, then Darius arm-drags! The fans rally again, and Darius drags Garcia up to wrench. Tag to Dante, they whip, but Garcia reverses. Garcia jumps, but into an atomic drop and BULLDOG KNEE SMASH! Cover, TWO! Angel Dorado wrenches Garcia, tags Scorpio, and he goes up to AX HANDLE! Scorpio wrenches Garcia, wristlocks, but Garcia endures. Pac BLASTS Top Flight just because!
The fans boo, but Garcia puts Scorpio in the corner. Tag to Pac and Pac BOOTS Scorpio! Pac stomps a mudhole away, digs his boots in, but backs off as the ref counts 4. Pac drags Scorpio up, bumps him off buckles, then tags Yuta. They mug Scorpio now while the fans boo. Yuta says he has ’til 5 and the fans boo more. Tag to Garcia, he stomps away on Scorpio, then stops at 4. Garcia brings Scorpio up, ROCKS him, but Scorpio fires body shots. Garcia CLUBS Scorpio, Scorpio ROCKS Garcia, repeat! Scorpio eggs Garcia on and the forearms start flying! Scorpio CLAWS Garcia’s eyes! The ref reprimands but the fans cheer Garcia getting a taste of his own medicine!
Scorpio whips, Garcia reverses, but Scorpio BOOTS Garcia away. Scorpio rolls to hot tag Dante! The fans fire up as Dante fires forearms! Garcia shoves, blocks a kick, but not the ENZIGIRI! Dante then dodges to springboard and SHOTGUN! Dante kip sup, the fans fire up, and Dante whips corner to corner. Garcia reverses, but Dante slips out, up, around, but Pac stops him! Garcia gets Dante for a SAIDO! Tag to Yuta and the mugging continues! The fans boo, Yuta CHOKES Dante while the ref stops Scorpio & Darius, and Collision goes picture in picture.
Yuta taunts the fans, then he drags Dante up. Dante fires body shots, but Yuta THROWS Dante down by his hair! Tag to Pac, they mug Dante again, then Pac stomps Dante around. Pac drags Dante around just to KICK him! Pac wrenches and whips Dante into the corner hard, and Dante falls from hitting buckles! Pac covers, TWO! Pac keeps Dante back from Darius & Scorpio, then drags him around. Pac bumps Dante off buckles, tags Garcia, and Garcia stomps Dante. Garcia climbs up to rain down fists! Garcia goes to nine, puts up his dukes, but then hops down. No dancing for the fans! Garcia stands Dante up, but Dante fires hands!
Garcia KNEES Dante, KNEES him again, then CHOKES him on the ropes! Garcia high-fives Marina, then drags Dante over to bump him off buckles. Pac tags in and fires off forearm. Pac bumps Dante back off buckles, then he THROWS Dante out! Pac distracts the ref for Yuta & Garcia to mug Dante! The ref has to keep Darius & Scorpio back, and Pac WRECKS Dante with a dropkick! Collision returns to single picture, the fans blame the ref for these shenanigans, but Pac covers Dante, TWO! Moxley says that was precision teamwork. Pac steps on Dante’s leg, taunts SkyFlight, then stomps Dante!
Pac bumps Dante off buckles, tags Yuta, and they mug Dante again. The fans boo but Yuta suplexes Dante to hold him up. Yuta SLAMS Dante down, covers, TWO! Dante toughs it out but Marina protests the count. Yuta clamps on a chinlock but the fans rally up. Dante rises, fires body shots, and JAWBREAKERS! Yuta swings but Dante blocks to fire forearms! The fans fire up for Dante but Yuta KNEES low. Yuta headlocks, but Dante hits a BIG back suplex! Both men crawl, Garcia tags in! He BLASTS SkyFlight! The fans boo, but Garcia picks Dante up. Yuta is up top for the FLYING HART ATTACK! Cover, TWO! Garcia drags Dante to tag Pac!
Pac SOBATS Dante, FRONT KICKS, then SOBATS! Pac runs, but Dante follows! Pac dodges, but Dante DROPKICKS! The fans fire up while Dante and Pac are down! Dante crawls, reaches out, hot tags to Yuta and Darius! The fans fire up as Darius dodges Yuta to BLAST Garcia! Then he BOOTS Yuta, goes up, and leaps over! Handspring, run, and a dodge to sling Yuta for the SPANISH FLY! Then a DIVE onto Garcia! The fans fire up again as Darius BOOTS Yuta, then hits the GET OVER HERE! Darius suplexes but Marina gets on the apron! Darius still hits the FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, but Pac STOMPS it apart!
Zayda gets in Marina’s face! Admirable but maybe a mistake… Pac runs up on Darius but Darius puts him out! Scorpio KNEES Pac down! Then he and Dante build speed to DOUBLE FLY! Down go Pac and Garcia! The fans fire up as Darius has Yuta again, but Marina tries it again! So Zayda gets in Marina’s face again! Marina SPITS at Zayda! Zayda is pissed now! But Yuta waistlocks Darius! Darius switches and SHOVES Yuta into Marina! O’Conner Roll, TWO!! Darius TOSSES Yuta, to then SLINGSHOT him into Dante’s CUTTER! Cover, Garcia breaks it! The fans fire up as Scorpio whips but Garcia reverses to TOSS Scorpio!
Pac CLOBBERS Dante into railing! Darius runs, but Marina swipes at him! The fans boo, but Yuta LOW BLOWS Darius in the distraction! Tag to Garcia, and the cycle of violence starts up as Pac UPPERCUTS! Yuta ELBOWS! Garcia LARIATS! REPEAT! Then they run the ropes crisscross just to show off while Darius is in a SLEEPER! Yuta PLANCHAS Scorpio, and Pac finally LARIATS Darius!! BRUTALIZER!! Darius QUITS, Death Riders win!
Winners: The Death Riders, by submission
The Bastard shouts for Darby Allin! Remember what happened on Wednesday! Darby, you asked for this, so you’ve done this to yourself! Pac is ready to inflict Maximum Carnage on Darby, but will Darby prove he is relentless? As for Marina and Zayda, they get into trash talking, and the fans cheer Zayda on. Mox says this is a shame, Zayda’s just a kid. Marina BOOTS Zayda into Megan Bayne’s arms! The Megasus hits a RUNNING POWERBOMB! The Real Deal just got dominated for real! Will the entire AEW Women’s Division have to #BowDown to the Mega Problems?
Backstage interview with The Conglomeration.
Lexy Nair is with Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, and the AEW TNT Champion, Mark Briscoe, but before she can start, Roddy shouts, “LEXYYYY~! I am not in the Conglomeration. But what I am is not done with you yet, Death Riders.” Briscoe says yeah, matter of fact, the Death Riders AND the Don Callis Family, it don’t matter which faction it is! If you wanna conglomerate, it is 2026, just come get it! Cuz he’ll tell ya now, he won’t keep anybody waiting! The Word of the Day is MOMENTUM! The Conglomeration has all the momentum going into 2026!
Their girl, Willow, brought even more gold to the fold with that TBS Championship! The Babes of Wrath at the AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions! Briscoe is TNT Champion, which brings us to tonight! Hechicero, you a bad man, Briscoe knows what you can do, but it don’t matter! They got momentum, baby! Briscoe is coming for ya, Hechi! And Briscoe knows the Don Callis Family is lurking, but it don’t matter, because as the saying goes, when two or more conglomerate in the same place, then you have a full conglomeration! Cassidy says yes, that’s it. So The Conglomeration is about to take over the nation! LET’S GO, TEXAS! RARARARARA!
Briscoe is all fired up as he heads out, but will he still be the Face of TNT? Or will the Alchemist of Lucha Libre have just the spell to cook the Sussex County Chicken?
Brody King VS Barrett Brown!
It seems the Death Riders won a little too fast for our two hour bare minimum broadcast, so that gives the King of Death an opportunity to shine. Will Brody’s brand of violence bring home the bacon? Or will he get caught off guard by-
OH, well Barrett DIVES out at Brody! But Brody catches him! APRON CHOKE SLAM! The fans fire up and bark for Brody as he steps into the ring. The bell rings, Brody runs in and SPLASHES Barrett! Barrett flops down, the fans bark again, and Brody CANNONBALLS! Brody drags Barrett up, reels him in and GONZO BOMB! Cover, Brody wins!
Winner: Brody King, by pinfall
Well, that didn’t take all that long, either! Brody high-fives the fans, and his amigo, Bandido, is here to celebrate! Will the Outlaw win the AEW World Championship this Wednesday in Phoenix? Or will that Scumbag, MJF, find a way to survive in the desert?
Josh Alexander walks ‘n’ talks.
“I know what everybody is wondering: Where is the great Don Callis right now? Well, he has flown back to Tokyo to celebrate Okada’s monumental victory at WrestleKingdom. And both of them will be watching live tonight! Tonight, when El Clon is yet again victorious on Collision. Tonight, when Hechicero brings that TNT Championship back to the Don Callis Family where it belongs!” And yes, Lance Archer is beating up local enhancement talent just for fun while Alexander drags along another. The Walking Weapon tells JetSpeed they should’ve stayed down where Mark Davis & Jake Doyle left them.
But now, they will learn a lesson, and Alexander has faith in their friends, The Demand, in teaching them that lesson tonight. Archer LAWN DARTS a guy into another, then says, “Everybody dies!” The Don Callis Family destroys everyone in their way, but will they do that to Komander and Mark Briscoe tonight? Or can Conglomeration and Conglomeration adjacent survive the Collision?
EL CLØN VS Komander!
The bell rings and the fans already chant, “LUCHA! LUCHA!” Komander and Clon step up, and Clon eggs Komander on. The fans rally for Komander, he runs up, but Clon slips around to waistlock. Komander switches, Clon switches and he SLAMS Komander down! Clon flips Komander over, yanks him up, but Komander arm-drags, only for Clon to reel him in, ghost pin! TWO, Clon rolls Komander but Komander arm-drags, rolls, inverted backslide! TWO and Clon has it now, TWO! Komander has it, TWO! Both men stand and the fans cheer. Komander runs up, tilt-o-whirl arm-drag, and roll into a DRAGON’S LAIR, TWO!
Clon rolls Komander to a high stack, TWO! A roll and Clon has it again, TWO! Clon handsprings to kip up smooth and the fans cheer. The fans rally and duel while Komander catches his breath. Komander and Clon run, Komander drops then hurdles, but into a fireman’s carry! Clon tosses Komander for a HACKY SACK KICK, then a whip to the corner! LARIAT, FOREARM, SOBAT! And repeat! Clon adds a GAMANGIRI, then he TIGER WALL SAULTS! Cover, TWO! The fans rally up and Clon steps on Komander. Clon stalks Komander, ROCKS him with forearms, then stalks him to a corner. Komander shoves Clon but Clon BOOTS him!
Clon whips Komander to ropes, but Komander rolls under, tilt-o-whirls, then RANAS! The fans fire up as Clon tumlbes to ropes! Komander runs up, whips, but Clon reverses! Komander reverses, knuckle locks, and he CHOPS! Komander goes up, ARABIAN PRESS IMPLODER ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up as Clon ends up in a corner. Komander runs up, Clon puts him on the apron, but Komander GAMANGIRIS! And GAMANGIRIS again! The fans fire up as Komander climbs, then TORNILLO RANAS! The fans are thunderous for the innovation we’re seeing from both men! Komander then salutes and builds speed to DIVE!
But Clon catches and TOSSES Komander to the ramp!! The fans are torn, but Collision goes picture in picture.
Clon drags Komander up to suplex, and then SLAMS him on the ramp! The ref checks Komander but he’s still in this. Clon rolls into the ring just to refresh the count. Clon drags Komander, kicks him, then throws him into steel steps! Komander flounders as he clutches his knee, but Clon steps on him. Clon stands on Komander even, but stops as the ref counts. Clon puts Komander in the ring, clamps on a GROUND COBRA TWIST, and he pulls Komander’s leg. He RIPS at the mask! The ref counts, Clon stops at 4, and Clon paces while Collision goes to break.
Collision returns and Clon has Komander on the ropes. Clon winds up to CHOP! Komander is stinging and the fans fire up while Clon stalks him. Clon whips, Komander ducks ‘n’ rolls, then he DROPKICKS a leg! Clon hobbles, but he spins Komander around. Clon ducks a kick but not the SOBAT and DDT! The fans fire up while both men are down! Komander rises while Clon crawls, and Komander runs up to CHOP! The fans fire up as Clon seethes. Clon TOSSES Komander to the corner but Komander BOOTS Clon, then CHOPS, CHOPS, and SUPERKICKS! The fans fire up as Clon goes to a corner. Komander runs in, but Clon ducks under!
Komander goes up, up, flips away and handsprings, perhaps showing off that the knee is alright. The fans fire up, Clon runs in, but Komander dodges to then whip Clon back to the corner. Komander LRIATS, keeps moving, but Clon follows! Clon jumps up, knuckle locks and MONKEY FLIPS! Then he rolls back, but Komander uses that to leap up and POISON-RANA! Cover, TWO!! The fans fire up, “Esta Lucha! <This is Lucha!>” Komander runs, but is caught into a half nelson and leg hook! But Komander fights whatever Clon is trying to then run again. Tilt-o-whirl, and Komander lands out of the slam! Komander goes up the corner, MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO!!
Clon bails out and the fans rally for “LUCHA! LUCHA!” Komander goes to the far side, climbs up the corner, and the fans fire up for his tightrope walk! All 20 feet, but Clon moves! Komander hops down and changes his plans, ESCALARA MOONSAULT! Down goes Clon and the fans are thunderous again! Komander stalks Clon around the way, puts him in the ring, and fans cheer “A E DUB!” for making this match happen. Komander goes up, tightrope walks again, CIELITO- NO, Clon moves! And goes up and over, handsprings, then MATRIX PELE! Clon aims, scoops Komander LUMBAR CHECK! Komander writhes but Clon drags him back up.
Clon torture racks for the PORTAL- DESTROYER!! Komander covers, TWO!! Komander knows that move because Hologram is his amigo, but Clon survives the counter! Komander rises, the fans rally again, “This is Awesome!” Komander shouts out Hologram to then torture rack. Clone slips free, but Komander SOBATS! Komander runs, DEST- NO, Clon pops free, half nelson and leg hook, MADE WITH MALWARE!! Cover, TWO?!?! But Clon just torture racks again! PORTAL BOMB!!! Cover, Clon wins!
Winner: EL CLØN, by pinfall
An instant classic for these two, but it is the corrupted copy of Hologram that comes out on top! Will Clon to be as unstoppable as the original? Will the same go for The Don Callis Family in 2026?
Mina Shirakawa VS Lady Frost!
The Fighting Gravure Idol tried to save Toni Storm from Marina Shafir, but she got knocked out rather easily. Can Mina redeem herself here tonight? Or will all that heat be cooled off by the Coldest Wrestler You Know?
Wait, a ringside staff member says someone sent these three little bouquets to Mina. Mina is thankful to have them, though she’s not sure who they’re from. And then Frost SUPERKICKS Mina down! The fans boo, is Frost just jealous? The bell rings and Frost kicks the flowers out of the ring to then BOOT Mina to a corner. Frost CHOPS Mina, says she’s ice cold, and then winds up, just to stomp a mudhole! The ref reprimands and the fans rally for Mina, but Frost stands her up. Mina blocks the kick to DRAGON SCREW! Mina drags Frost around, has the leg, and SMASHES the knee again and again!
The fans fire up and Mina steps through, but Frost kicks her away,. Frost runs up, Mina blocks a kick, HOTSHOT and then leg sweep! Mina slingshots for the TORNILLO SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Mina stays fired up and does a gator chomp. Mina runs up, but Frost ELBOWS her away! Frost BOOTS Mina, puts her in the corner, and GAMANGIRIS! Frost then sits Mina down to go corner to corner and back again, SNOWBALL SENTON! The fans fire up while Frost puts Mina in the drop zone, then she climbs up. But Mina KICKS the legs out! Mina then drags Frost from the corner, but Frost elbows free! SUPERKICK!
Frost runs, handsprings, but into the ROLLING ELBOW! Then DREAMSMASHER ELBOW! BLINDSIDE BUZZSAW! URAKEN!! Mina then steps through, FIGURE FOUR! Frost endures, even as Mina thrashes around! Frost CLUBS at the leg, but Mina bridges to put on pressure! Frost TAPS, Mina wins!
Winner: Mina Shirakawa, by submission
Winter might be getting colder but Mina is just getting hotter! She still wonders about the flowers, but will this secret admirer take Mina away from Toni Storm?
Mercedes Mone throws a fit.
The CEO is still a mess from being thrown into and onto cake, and she says Willow Nightingale can smile and laugh and play hero, but heroes don’t build divisions, ICONS do! Over 500 DAYS as TBS Champion, and not because Mone was lucky, but because she was undeniable! She was the greatest! PWI’s number one wrestler of the year, and Sports Illustrated’s number one wrestler. It doesn’t matter what year it is, Mone will always be the greatest. Ever since Mone arrived in AEW, she has been nothing but disrespect! She is so sick and tired of it! Time to show you b*tches a lesson! She is taking a break from AEW to show just why and how SHE elevated this place!
Good luck without her! Because in return, she’ll collect more than just titles. Mone laughs while spilling pearls, will AEW flounder without the Money Train?
AEW TNT Championship: Mark Briscoe VS Hechicero!
The Sussex County Chicken put the Don Callis Family on notice, and now the moment of truth has come! Will Briscoe show Hechicero how to #ManUp? Or will the Alchemist of Lucha Libre make gold out of blood, sweat and tears?
The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who is really the Face of TNT!
The bell rings and the two circle. Hechi slides then dazzles with his magic. Hechi has his leg guard up, but Briscoe rolls past to do a chicken dance. They feel things out, tie up, and Hechi drop toeholds. Hechi traps the leg, traps an arm, but Mark makes it a high stack, TWO! Hechi floats to a headlock and his body blocks Briscoe from the ropes. Briscoe pushes through to the ROPEBREAK, and the ref counts. Hechi lets go of the headlock while the fans duel, but he traps the arm to TWIST it! The fans are torn again but Hechi and Briscoe reset. They tie up, Hechi waistlocks, but Briscoe wrenches out to arm-drag Hechi down.
Hechi headscissors, Briscoe kips free, and the two reset. The two tie up, Hechi wrenches and cranks the arm, then spins Briscoe to snapmare, but Briscoe handsprings through! The fans fire up for that! The two go again, Hechi trips Briscoe and jackknife rolls to then hammerlock and headlock. Briscoe endures, fights around, and the fans rally. Briscoe fights up, but Hechi makes it a BACKBREAKER! The fans duel as Hechi puts Briscoe on ropes. Hechi KNEES then whips Briscoe to ropes, then BACKDROPS! But Briscoe lands on his feet! The fans fire up while Hechi is frustrated. Hechi and Briscoe reset and tie up again.
Hechi trips Briscoe, then runs, but he KICKS Briscoe in the dropdown! Hechi then drags Briscoe up, hammerlocks and clinches for a swing into the EL CONJURO BACKBREAKER! Hechi stalks Briscoe to a corner, then CHOPS! And JABS! And JABS! Hechi whips corner to corner but Briscoe goes up and over. Briscoe ROCKS Hechi, UPPERCUTS him, then HOTSHOTS him out of the ring! The fans fire up and Briscoe CHOPS! And UPPERCUTS! And repeat! The fans fire up with Briscoe and he fetches as chair into the ring. But Hechi anchors Briscoe on the apron! Briscoe CHOPS Hechi away, then BLOCKBUSTERS to the floor!
The fans fire up again, Briscoe high-fives fans, and Briscoe returns to the ring. The fans cheer on “A E DUB!” while Briscoe claps with the chair. Briscoe sets the chair up, builds speed, but Hechi swats the chair away! The fans boo, but Briscoe WRECKS Hechi with a dropkick! Briscoe says BANG BANG and he FOLEY ELBOW DROPS, but into an ARMBAR!! Hechi takes advantage of Briscoe’s own move to torture that arm! The fans are torn, the ref reprimands, but Hechi stops at 4. Hechi then POSTS Briscoe shoulder first! The fans duel, but Hechi chicken wings Briscoe to POST him again! Briscoe writhes while Collision goes picture in picture.
Hechi brings the chair out of the ring, then aims at Briscoe! Hechi JAMS Briscoe up! The ref reprimands but he lets this match continue? Hechi puts Briscoe in the corner to HOTSHOT the bad arm! Hechi ROCKS and HEADBUTTS Briscoe, then climbs up to rain down fists! Hechi goes to nine, then winds up for an ELBOW as the tenth! Briscoe staggers away and flops into the corner. Hechi signals he will be champion, btu Briscoe CHOPS! And CHOPS! Hechi blocks one to CALF KICK Briscoe down! Hechi again marvels with his magic, again vows to be champion, then goes back to Briscoe to stand on Briscoe’s face!
The ref reprimands, Hechi steps off at 4, but Briscoe RAMS him! And RAMS again! Hechi CLUBS away on Briscoe, then wraps on a DOUBLE WRISTLOCK! Briscoe endures what is basically a Kimura as Hechi puts on the pressure. Briscoe has a ROPEBREAK by a foot! Hechi lets go but he taunts Briscoe. Hechi ROCKS Briscoe, but Briscoe eggs him on. Hechi CHOPS, Briscoe CHOPS, then Hechi KICKS, and KICKS, and stomps Briscoe down! Hechi wraps the arm around ropes to HOTSHOT again! Hechi keeps on that arm but the ref counts as Collision returns to single picture. Hechi stops at 4, but then he smothers Briscoe in the buckles!
The ref counts, the fans duel, but Briscoe fires elbows. Briscoe runs, Hechi follows, sunset flip! Then a roll to the ARMBAR!! Briscoe endures, fights, ROPEBREAK by a fingertip! Hechi lets go in frustration but the fans continue to duel. Hechi CLUBS the bad arm, then he eggs Briscoe on. Briscoe CHOPS but that was from the bad hand! Hechi CLUBS Briscoe, Briscoe fires backhands from the left! Hechi wobbles, Briscoe winds up, but Hechi ducks the lariat! Hechii waistlocks, Briscoe breaks free, but Hechi blocks the Pele! REVERSE MONKEY FLIP, into the ARMBAR!! Briscoe flails, fights, and we hit the ten minute mark!
Hechi has the leg! KNEEBAR!! Briscoe uses the free leg for the ROPEBREAK!! Hechi lets go in frustration again but the fans continue to duel. Hechi runs, but Briscoe DUMPS Hechi out! Briscoe goes after Hechi, but Hechi HEADSCISSORS Briscoe out into the SLEEPER! But Briscoe carries Hechi for a BACKPACK SENTON on the ramp! Briscoe staggers away while the fans rally up again. Hechi writhes and crawls, but Briscoe has his chair! Briscoe sets it up, builds speed, and the Chicken FLIES! Down goes Hechi and the fans fire up! Briscoe drags Hechi up and into the ring while the fans cheer for “DEM BOYS!”
Briscoe ducks ‘n’ dodges to FLYING FOREARM! The fans rally for Briscoe as he rises again. Hechi is in the corner, Briscoe runs up, GAMANGIRI! Briscoe then brings Hechi up, FISHERMAN BUSTER! Cover, TWO! Hechi survives but Briscoe fires up with the fans. Briscoe calls his shot, underhooks Hechi, but the bad arm won’t let him lift! Hechi ELBOWS Briscoe, runs, and HEADSCISSOR GUILLOTINE! Cover, TWO!! Briscoe survives and he goes to a corner, but Hechi is right after him! The fans duel as Hechi reels Briscoe in, and underhooks the arms!? Hechi lifts and steals the JAY DRILLER! Then the CROSSFACE!!
Briscoe endures, scoots back, ROPEBREAK! Hechi is furious but the fans fire up again! Hechi runs in, STEP-UP KNEE! The fans fire up again, and Hechi puts Briscoe up top. Hechi climbs, HEADBUTTS Briscoe, then fires hands. KIMURA! Briscoe BITES Hechi’s side! And BITES through the mask! Then a HEADBUTT! Hechi falls, Briscoe adjusts, FROGGY-BOW!! Cover, but Hechi snatches him to a ghost pin! TWO!! Both men hurry to their feet, Hechi runs in but Briscoe dodges! Hechi tumbles, Briscoe underhooks, JAY DRILLER!! Cover, Briscoe wins!!
Winner: Mark Briscoe, by pinfall (still AEW TNT Champion)
Briscoe said it himself that The Conglomeration would reign and retain, and he just did it himself! Cassidy and Roddy are here to celebrate, even though Roddy claims he’s not Conglomeration. Will things still go their way as Willow Nightingale, Harley Cameron & Kris Statlander prepare for their own fight later tonight?
Backstage interview with Eddie Kingston, Ortiz, and the Grizzled Young Veterans.
Lexy Nair is with The Mad King, #Monkey, Zack Gibson and James Drake, and thanks them for agreeing to the No Physicality clause. Now, thigs have been brewing here, but it will come to a head on next week’s Maximum Carnage edition of Collision as they go 2v2. Eddie wants to say something but Gibson interrupts. For 20 YEARS, he and Drake have had to do everything by the book just to get every single opportunity they’ve had along the way. But for someone like Eddie here, he walks the way he wants, he talks the way he wants, and he breaks every single rule that there is, yet he keeps on being rewarded.
Eddie says it’s because he wins matches. Gibson says yes, Eddie and Ortiz are great wrestlers, but the way they go about business makes Gibson sick! Drake says next week, lads, they make an example out of you. They will end the way Eddie conducts business. The worst part about this is, Eddie’s dragging Ortiz down with him, as he always does! Eddie says please, Ortiz is glad to go down in a blaze of glory with Eddie. Let it all burn! But look, if GYV wants to make it personal over how they do business, that’s fine. But you reap what you sow. And they don’t sow, they just reap! Let that marinate. Eddie & Ortiz head out, will they leave GYV out in the cold next week?
Six Woman Tag: Kris Statlander & The Babes of Wrath VS Hyan, Maya World & VertVixen!
The Galaxy’s Greatest is once again friends with Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron, and they’ve got ALL the gold in the AEW Women’s Division! But that means they also have the entire AEW Women’s Division gunning for them. Will Kris, Willow & Harley be ready for the Triangle of Madness at Maximum Carnage? Or will the Renaissance Woman, #ThatGirl and The Gamer prove they’re ready to level up?
The trios sort out, and The Cosmic Killer starts against Maya. They circle, tie up, and Maya rolls Kris. Kris rolls through, Maya ducks a kick to roll Kris again, ONE! Kris waistlocks, Maya fights free then runs, but Kris RUNS her over! The fans cheer as Kris flexes, but Hyan tags in. Kris slips around Hyan to SLAM her down, then facelock. Kris drags Hyan up but Hyan wrenches out to ROCK her! Kris trips Hyan to then CATAPULT her into buckles! Kris then brings Hyan around, hits a BIG back suplex, then tags in Harley. The fans rally as Harley runs, tilt-o-whirls with Kris and SPLASHES! Cover, TWO!
Harley brings Hyan up, but Hyan kicks low. Hyan whips, Harley reverses, but Hyan gator rolls the dropdown into a GOURD- NO, Harley lands out to ROUNDHOUSE! Hyan staggers, Vert tags in, and Vert runs up! Harley ducks ‘n’ dodges to SLINGBLADE! Cover, ONE! Harley drags Vert over, tag to Willow, and the fans rally as the Babes of Wrath double whip to DOUBLE SIDEWALK SLAM! Cover, TWO! Willow stalks Vert to a corner, LARIATS, then whips corner to corner. Willow runs in, Vert dodges, and Vert ROCKS Willow! The fans rally as Vert whips, but Willow cartwheels to ENZIGIRI! Cover, TWO!
Willow drags Vert away from her corner, tags in Kris, and Kris tags in Harley. Willow snapmares Vert to then basement BOOT! Kris runs to SLIDING LARIAT! Harley tags Willow before she SPLASHES Vert! Willow SENTONS! Tag to Kris for her to run again, and she BLINDSIDE METEORAS! The fans fire up and Kris covers, TWO! Vert toughs it out but Kris stays on her as Collision goes picture in picture.
Kris CHOPS Vert, then CHOPS again! Kris brings Vert around but Vert JAWBREAKERS free! Hot tag to Maya! But Kris catches the crossbody to BACKBREAKER! Kris drags Maya up, tags Willow back in, and Willow suplexes Maya to hold her up before the SLAM! Cover, TWO! Willow drags Maya up, tags Kris, and Kris suplexes Maya. Kris holds Maya up a little longer before the SLAM! Cover, TWO! Kris drags Maya up, tag to Harley, but Maya blocks the suplex! Maya ROCKS Harley, puts her in the corner, tag to Vert! Vert stomps a mudhole into Harley! The ref counts, Vert steps off, and she brings Harley back up. Vert tags Hyan, Hyan adds on, but Collision goes to break.
Collision returns and Maya keeps Harley from the corner. Harley still reaches out, fights her way forward, but Vert & Hyan BLAST Kris & Willow! Maya ROLLING ELBOWS Harley! The fans boo but Maya whips Harley to the corner. ELBOW in the corner, tag to Hyan. Tag to Vert and Hyan runs side to side, BOOT WASH! Vert goes up, Hyan snapmares Harley, and Vert MISSILE DROPKICKS! Cover, Willow breaks it! The fans fire up as Hyan runs in. Willow swings, Hyan dodges, and Maya slips in, DOUBLE ROLLING ELBOWS! They TOSS Willow, but Kris runs up! Kris DOUBLE RANAS! The fans fire up with Kris, but Vert BOOTS Kris down!
The fans are torn but Vert grins. Vert runs up on Harley, brings her around, but Harley wrenches out! Harley blocks a boot, but Vert KNEES first! Harley SUPERKICKS in return! Both women stagger, hot tag to Willow! Willow rallies with LARIAT after LARIAT! Willow powers up, the fans are with er, and Willow runs to BACK BODY BLOCK, then LARIAT! Snapmare and BOOT! Harley hops onto Willow for the BACKPACK DOUBLE SENTON! The fans fire up again, and Willow LARIATS Hyan! And SPINEBUSTER for Maya! Tag to Kris and they each run in, SPLASH and BOOT! Then they trade, UPPERCUT and LARIAT!
Then they send Hyan and Maya into each other for Harley’s DOUBLE CROSSBODY! The fans fire up while Willow feeds Vert to Kris. Vert slips free of the scoop, but Kris dodges the boot to handspring and SUPERKICK! Kris reels Vert in, tuck and STATURDAY NIGHT FEVER!! Cover, Kris & The Babes win!
Winners: Kris Statlander & The Babes of Wrath, by pinfall
First time back together and it was like they never missed a beat! But Harley gets a mic to say, “Ladies and gentlemen of Texas, I am more than excited to announce that my parents are back together! Now, guys, let us clink belts in solidarity! C’mon!” They wind up, but then Thekla interrupts with, “Enough, enough, enough! Please, enough! Enough with the love and enough with the happiness already!” The Toxic Spider crouches on commentary as she tells the fans of AEW, “These are your champions? These are the women that you love?” The fans cheer that! “Well, that makes me sick! Now listen, that fake friendship of yours does nothing for me.
“And I’m lucky. I don’t need friends, cuz I have my sisters. And at Maximum Carnage, you, one after another, are going to learn what it means to get TOXIC!” Kris says we can all stand on things and look cool, Thekla. Kris even climbs onto the corner to make her point. But trust her, she gets it: Thekla has the sisters. But next week, they’ll all call her #BigStatDaddy! The battlelines have been drawn, but will these golden Babes stand tall in Phoenix? Or will the Triangle of Madness catch them all in their web?
Don Callis speaks.
“The Don Callis Family doesn’t make history, we write the history. And we’ve done it again this past week in Tokyo, Japan, in front of over 50 THOUSANDS fans, the great one himself, The Rainmaker, Kazuchika Okada, slayed The Ace. Oh yeah, the AEW International Champion, Okada, put Hiroshi Tanahashi down! It is a great day to-” Kyle Fletcher steps in, and he knows WrestleKingdom 20 was a big night for The DCF, but with that out of the way, they need to talk. Someone needs to say something to Okada. Callis isn’t following. What? Did Callis not see at World’s End?
Okada not only stabbed Takeshita in the head with a screwdriver, it was KYLE’S screwdriver! The one Kyle had in case Kyle needed it against Moxley! Okada screwed them both! Callis wants Kyle to pause for a second. If he looks at this through the light of day, Kyle will see what Callis sees, which is the only one who got screwed at World’s End was Okada! Okada walked in there with the Continental Championship, and walked out without it! Kyle, on the other hand, Callis didn’t want him in the Continental Classic! He wanted Kyle focused on the TNT Championship! Kyle lost said title, so he went into the C2 to show what he could do, and he did fantastic.
But in the end, Kyle doesn’t need to worry about Okada or the Continental Championship. They should worry about the TNT Championship. Remember when they said Kyle would be the greatest TNT Champion? Well, Briscoe caught him on one, that makes their record 3-3. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that game seven is coming, and the family wants Kyle to take the title back to fulfill his destiny. That is what Callis feels is a great use of all this energy. Callis pats Kyle on the shoulder and heads out, but is The Jackal going to stay woefully and willfully ignorant? Or is someone going to force his hand soon enough?
Bandido speaks.
“MJF, you call yourself, ‘The Devil.’ But he devil only succeeds when good men are afraid. And I am NOT afraid of you! I come from falling down, from being told I wasn’t enough, and still here I am. You hide behind money, words, and shortcuts. Everything I have earned, I have earned it the hard way. Because it doesn’t matter how you live or where you come from, it matters what is your heart. At Maximum Carnage, there will be no excuses, just two men and one truth. And the truth is, when the bell rings, your reign ends. I will be AEW World Champion!” The Most Wanted is ready for his shootout with The Scumbag, but will MJF find a way to hold onto his #TripleB?
Six Man Tag: Anthony Bowens & #JetSpeed VS The Demand!
It was meant to be Jack Perry, Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey VS Ricochet, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona on Dynamite, but The Don Callis Family made sure something happened to JetSpeed beforehand. But now that the Pride of Professional Wrestling is joining them, will Knight & Bailey be able to get some revenge? Or will The One & Only AEW National Champion slam the Gates of Agony closed on them?
JetSpeed doesn’t even wait for Bowens, they slide into the ring, dodge GOA, and CLOBBER Ricochet together! Kuan & Liona drag JetSpeed back in, Ricochet gets up and they mug JetSpeed 3v2! But here comes the 5 Tool Player! He runs up to ROCK Kaun, then jumps in to DUMP Liona! Ricochet CLUBS Bowens, whips, but Bowens grabs ropes. Bowens BOOTS Ricochet, Bailey LIGHTNING KICKS, then Knight FLYING LARIATS! The fans fire up as the bell rings, and JetSpeed double whips Ricochet to Bowens! Bowens BACKDROPS Ricochet outta the ring and onto The Gates! The fans fire up as The Demand all falls!
Bailey and Knight look to Bowens, and they wanna do it! They TRIPLE SCISSOR~! Then Bailey and Bowens DOUBLE PLANCHA onto Ricochet and Kaun! Knight can’t, the bad arm holds him back. He instead goes out to fire shots on Liona and RAM him into the apron! Kaun kicks Bailey to then RUNNING BRAINBUSTER on the floor! Liona RAMS Kevin into the railing, then POSTS him! Ricochet puts Bowens in the ring, but Bowens CHOPS him in return! The fans rally while Ricochet is stinging. Bowens ROCKS Ricochet again and again, then whips. Ricochet reverses but Bowens KICKS Ricochet away!
Bowens senses Kaun and takes a swing, but Kaun slips away. Ricochet KNEES Bowens in the back and sends him into ropes! Bowens is down, Ricochet tags Liona, and Liona tags Kaun. They double whip Bowens corner to corner, then Ricochet runs to JUMP KICK! ENZIGIRI! Kaun SHOTGUNS Bowens and Liona HIP ATTACKS! Ricochet SWINGING DROPKICKS! Cover, TWO! Kaun snarls, drags Bowens up, and brings him around for a CHOP! Kaun rains down fists in the corner, then suplexes. Bowens lands out, hot tag to Bailey! Bailey blocks a shot to ROCK Kaun! Bailey SMACKS Kaun off buckles, goes up the corner, and MISSILE DROPKICKS!
The fans fire up as Bailey kips up! Tag to Knight, JetSpeed DOUBLE BOOT Liona & Ricochet down, then they run up on Kaun. Kaun ELBOWS Knight, BOOTS Bailey, but Knight jumps into the UPPER ROOM! Bailey FLIES out onto Liona! Knight hits the U F O SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Kaun is still in this but Knight keeps on him. Knight UPPERCUTS with the good arm, but Kaun KICKS the bad arm! Knight goes back up, Kaun shoves him down, but Knight climbs up! Kaun slips out to trip Knight up, then he goes up for a scoop! TOP ROPE BACKBREAKER! Knight falls to the apron while the fans boo, but Liona adds an APRON SENTON!
Knight coughs and sputters while he dangles off the apron, and Ricochet mocks his pain while Collision goes picture in picture.
Ricochet and The Demand soak up the heat, then they drag Knight back in. Kaun eggs the fans on, then tags Ricochet. Ricochet takes his time revving up on the apron while Kaun scoops and SLAMS Knight. Ricochet then KNEE-BOARD SENTONS! Ricochet shines his bald head to taunt the fans, then he stomps Knight. Ricochet drags Knight over, stands on Knight’s hair and pulls the arms! The ref counts, Ricochet steps off, and Ricochet stomps Knight. Ricochet drags Knight up to put him in a corner. Knight fights but Liona tags in. The Demand mugs Knight, then scoops to SLAM him! FALLING HEADBUTT! Cover, TWO!
Liona argues the count with the ref, but Bowens rallies the fans. Liona drags Knight up, wrenches him, but Knight fires body shots. Liona YANKS Knight down, then tags Kaun. The Gates mug Knight, focusing on the bad arm. Kaun covers, TWO! Kaun SENTONS the bad arm, covers, TWO! Kaun smothers Knight, CLUBS and KNEES him in the side again and again, then mockingly applauds. Kaun kicks Knight around, taunts him, but Knight stands to CHOP! Kaun CHOPS back! Knight staggers to The Demand’s corner and Kaun runs in, but Knight BOOTS him away! Knight fights free while Collision returns to single picture.
The fans fire up, Knight HOTSHOTS Liona, and he ROCKS Kaun! And ROCKS him again and again! The fans fire up, but Kaun KNEES low! Kaun whips, Knight reverses, and Knight DROPKICKS! The fans fire up as Knight crawls, but Ricochet and Liona YANK Bailey and Bowens down! The fans boo, but Bowens is sent into railing! Bailey is sent into steel steps! Kaun has Knight for the URENAGE BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Knight survives, Kaun snarls, but the fans rally up. Knight goes to the corner, Kaun runs in, but Knight dodges! Kaun hits buckles, staggers, but Knight ducks a lariat! Kaun avoids a lariat, and DOUBLE CROSSBODIES collide!
The fans fire up as both men crawl, but Kaun anchors Knight! Kaun drags Knight back, but Knight gets loose! Hot tags to Bowens and Ricochet! The fans fire up as Bowens fires off hands on Kaun and Ricochet, and even the Rock, Paper, Scissors, SUPERKICK for Liona! Bowens fires up, but Kaun runs up! Bowens sends him into Liona! Then FAMOUSER for Kaun! Bowens ducks Ricochet’s lariat to torture rack and INVERTED ANGLE SLAM! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up and Bowens runs, but Ricochet ducks to roll Bowens up! TWO, and Bowens runs in, but Ricochet sends him into buckles! Tag to Liona but Ricochet adds a TIGER FEINT first!
Ricochet then FLYING LARIATS Bailey! Ricochet keeps moving, and he FOSBURY FLOPS JetSpeed! Liona LARIATS Bowens in the corner, then feeds him to a DOUBLE HIP TOSS! They then send Ricochet back to Liona, WHEELBARROW BULLDOG COMBO! URENAGE to LIONSAULT! Liona covers, TWO!! Bowens survives the onslaught and Lions argues with the ref again. Liona tags Ricochet back in, Ricochet aims at Bowens, and he loads up, SPIRIT- NO, Bowens slips around to waistlock! JetSpeed is back, DOUBLE SUPERKICKS for Ricochet! Bowens hits THE ARRIVAL! Cover, but The Gates break it!
The Gates send Bailey to a corner, Kaun sends Liona in, but Bailey dodges! Liona hits buckles, Kaun LARIATS Bailey out! Knight SATELLITE DDTS Kaun! Ricochet is back up, Bowens runs in, but he blocks boots to put Ricochet in the ropes! ENZIGIRI and then the SIDEWINDER! The fans fire up for Bowens and he goes up! But Kaun is after him! Bowens kicks Kaun, but Liona is up! Bailey DROPKICKS Liona! Ricochet back suplexes Bailey, Bailey lands out, and then Bailey dodges Ricochet to go up, up, and TRIANGLE JUMP MOONSAULT! Bowens then SUPER CROSSBODIES Liona! Ricochet turns around, FLYING LARIAT from Knight!
Bowens runs in, PENALTY KICK!! Cover, TWO!! Ricochet survives and the fans fire up again! The fans cheer “This is Awesome!” “A E DUB!” Bowens winds up, MOLLY- POUNCE from Liona!! But Knight SUPERKICKS Liona! Bailey SUPERKICKS Liona! SATELLITE- NO, Liona just throws Night away! Kaun is back, he ducks the thrust kick, and Liona HEADBUTTS Bailey! Kaun si given both of JetSpeed, DOUBLE BIG ENDING! Then JetSpeed flops out of the ring. But Bwoens sends Liona into the steps! Bowens wrenches Kaun, turns him, NECKBREAKER! But Ricochet has Bowens! Bowens victory rolls thorugh, TWO!
Both men stand, Bowens SUPERKICKS Ricochet! Bowens brings Ricochet up, winds up, but the ref is used as a shield! Ricochet then ducks, O’Conner Roll with tights, TWO! Bowens has it, TWO! Ricochet runs up, FLAPJACK onto ropes! Kaun sneaks the tag, MOLLYWHOP on Ricochet!! But Ricochet isn’t legal! Kaun runs up on Bowens, LARIAT!! Then Kaun and Liona get Bowens up, whip, and CLOSE THE GATES!! Cover, The Demand wins!
Winners: The Demand, by pinfall
Ricochet is half-conscious, but Liona helps him stand so they can celebrate. Then The Demand beats up on Bowens for pushing them this far! The fans boo, but MAX CASTER is here! But he says keep going? He’s NOT here to save Bowens? The fans cheer on The Best Wrestler Alive, but JetSpeed gets back up! Caster gets in and he starts helping! Was that all just a distraction then? The former Acclaimed beat up on Kaun, but now the Don Callis family rushes out here! They beat up on JetSpeed, Caster & Bowens, but then wait! The Conglomeration is rushing out here! Komander, Roddy, Briscoe, and Cassidy all fight the DCF!
The fans are thunderous, and now The Conglomeration and friends all stand tall! Will this build into an all out war of 8v8?
My Thoughts:
A great Collision to be one last go-home to Maximum Carnage, but also to set up things for more. Very good Six Man Tag to open, but I think there was a botch on when Marina was supposed to distract and get into it with Zayda. But either way, I figured Death Riders would win. Good stuff with Marina sending Zayda into Megan, too, but with Leila Grey out, I don’t know who Zayda could get as a tag partner against them. Pac VS Darby will be really good, and I would think Darby wins out. Though maybe Zayda asks Toni & Mina for help given the feud building between Mega Problems and Love Bombs. Mina VS Frost was a good match, but not sure why we’re throwing a “secret admirer” into this.
Good filler match for Brody King, and good promo from Bandido later. But as I said on Dynamite, pretty sure MJF wins, even if he has to cheat hardcore to do it. Maybe Brody gets a (non-title) match against MJF to go for revenge but also to try and earn a match. After all, we gotta stretch things to March, so while Hangman, Swerve and Samoa Joe sort out who gets that match, other guys like Brody can get a chance. Great promo from Mercedes Mone to write herself off from AEW for awhile. Not sure what project she might be part of in “Hollywood,” but it’d make sense if she needed time off to do that instead.
Very good promo from Josh Alexander as we get another moment of The Don Callis Family just roughing up randos. But I don’t think Don Callis was really in Japan, because they really screwed up the “live from Tokyo” promo he did. Japan is 14 hours ahead of the US East Coast, so 8PM to 10PM for Collision is 10AM to noon in Japan. Kayfabe is dead because people can’t do math. But all that aside, Kyle confronting Callis about Okada’s behavior is good stuff, and I would definitely love to see a Don Callis Family Civil War. Kyle can join Konosuke on one side, Okada will lead the other with Callis supporting him.
Awesome match from Clon VS Komander, so many times I had to replay things so I could be sure about what I saw. Great win for Clon, I’m sure he’ll build a winstreak comparable to Hologram’s so that when Hologram returns, Clon VS Hologram will be Streak VS Streak. Great promo from The Conglomeration, and great match from Briscoe VS Hechi. Briscoe winning was obviously going to happen, but Callis also talking “game seven” of Kyle VS Briscoe is itself a great TNT Championship idea, maybe for Revolution. Maybe Briscoe keeps battling other members of the DCF before then, like Josh Alexander and Lance Archer.
Then we got two great trios matches as an unofficial double main event. Very good showing for Maya, Hyan and the returning VertVixen, but of course our three women’s champions win. Good promo from Thekla, and not sure if Kris needed to respond, but it was a good response. The Triangle of Madness probably cheats to win and earn their way to title matches, and maybe we get both title matches (Kris VS Thekla for the world title, Babes of Wrath VS Sisters of Sin for the tag titles) on a special edition episode. And great stuff from Bowens & JetSpeed VS The Demand, but I figured The Demand would win.
Their beatdown of Bowens of course brought out Caster, though I do appreciate Caster pretended he was here to cheer The Demand on. We’re just a little bit closer to The Acclaimed truly reuniting, and maybe they pull it off by Revolution so they can challenge FTR for the tag titles. And even then, great ending with like 15 or 16 guys all fighting out there. They could do a massive team match or a team battle royal, just something to get all this faction fighting done in a big way. I still wonder about that Stadium Stampede involving Kenny Omega & The Elite, too.
My Score: 8.9/10
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Jim Ross returns to AEW Dynamite in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it’ll be LIGHTS OUT as Hangman & Swerve battle The Opps!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- AEW Continental Championship Eliminator: Jon Moxley VS Shelton Benjamin; Moxley wins and denies Shelton a title opportunity.
- Six Man Tag: “Jungle” Jack Perry &
#JetSpeed??? VS The Demand; Jack & The Young Bucks win. - Bandido VS Sammy Guevara; Bandido wins.
- Toni Storm VS Marina Shafir; Toni wins, by disqualification.
- Lights Out Tag Match: Hangman Page & Swerve Strickland VS “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs & Hook; Hangman & Swerve win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Jim Ross returns!
Tulsa, Oklahoma cheers on their her, Good Ol’ JR! Bah gawd, he beat cancer, and there’s no better way to celebrate that victory than with AEW!
BREAKING NEWS on a backstage incident!
Renee Paquette lets us know that JetSpeed were viciously attacked, and they won’t be medically cleared to compete tonight! There’s a question mark as to what this means for that match, but there’s no question whodunnit as in step The Demand and Don Callis! They mockingly asks what happened and voice their pity, but Renee brings up the bounty that they all put out on JetSpeed just last weekend. Ricochet says he has no idea where that is coming from. He said that if someone were to hurt JetSpeed, they’d be paid a large sum of money. Uh, that’s the literal definition of a bounty. No, no, it’s more like a gentlemen’s agreement!
But Callis says no matter what you call it, someone or something just got very rich. And it’s JAKE SOMETHING DOYLE! This man’s an animal, and so is Mark Davis! They’re gonna kill people! You ready for this? This is gonna be great! Ricochet says yeah, that’s good stuff. But now that Something happened to Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey, who will “Jungle” Jack Perry have to help him against Ricochet & The Gates of Agony?
AEW Continental Championship Eliminator: Jon Moxley VS Shelton Benjamin!
The Maniac knows that it is Death Riders Against The World, and it would seem The Hurt Syndicate wants their turn next. Will the Standard of Excellence measure up to the high bar Moxley sets? Or will Moxley show Shelton how to really hurt people?
Continental Rules compel MVP to join commentary in order for him to be out here, but he doesn’t mind. The bell rings and we’re on the clock. The fans cheer as Moxley and Shelton stare down. They slowly circle, and then Shelton offers a handshake. The fans cheer that, but Moxley does not give it. The two tie up, and Shelton THROWS Moxley overhead! And then Shelton GERMAN SUPLEXES Moxley! Shelton runs corner to corner, Moxley dodges and has the SLEEPER! Shelton fights around, trips Moxley, and has the toehold. Moxley kicks free, dodges a lariat, then fires forearms. Shelton fires back!
The fans rally as the shots go back and forth. Moxley BOOTS Shelton, but Shelton kicks back. Moxley blocks the kick, and narrowly ducks the Dragon Whip! The fans cheer as Moxley backs off to a corner. Moxley nods and resets with Shelton. The fans duel as the two circle, they go forehead to forehead, then Moxley pie faces Shelton. Shelton shoots around to GERMAN SUPLEX! Moxley goes to a corner, but Shelton fires body shots and stomps. The fans rally, but Shelton KNEES Moxley down. Shelton digs his knee in, stops as the ref counts 4, and Moxley drags himself up. Moxley CHOPS, but Shelton shakes his head.
Moxley CHOPS, Shelton still shakes his head, but then Moxley CHOPS again! Shelton ROCKS Moxley with a forearm! Moxley goes back to a corner, Shelton CHOPS him in return. The fans cheer while Shelton follows Moxley to a corner. Shelton RAMS into Moxley, then ROCKS him! The ref counts. Shelton whips corner to corner, but Moxley BOOTS back! Moxley LARIATS Shelton up and out! The fans fire up and Moxley storms out after Shelton. Moxley puts Shelton against barriers to fire forearms! The fans rally up as Moxley whips, but Shelton stomps himself! Shelton kicks Moxley and whips him into railing!
The fans continue to rally as Shelton storms up on Moxley. Shelton ROCKS Moxley, then LARIATS him over railing! Moxley is in the front row as the fans fire up! The ref wants this back in the ring but Shelton pursues! Shelton fires hands on Moxley, then HEADBUTTS him! Moxley kicks and CLUBS Shelton in return, then returns that HEADBUTT! The fans rally more as Moxley brings Shelton around. Shelton fires forearms, then stalks Moxley around the way. The fans cheer on “A E DUB!” for making this the opener! Moxley fires hands, then a ROLLING ELBOW! Moxley headlocks Shelton and brings him along.
The fans cheer as Moxley headlock punches Shelton. The ref reprimands, he wants this in the ring. The ref is even forgoing the ring count to make sure there’s a definitive finish. Moxley goes back to ringside, but Shelton uses the barrier to FLYING LARIAT! Both men are down and the fans fire up again! Shelton drags Moxley up and puts him in the ring, but Moxley goes out the side. Shelton pursues, and he CLOBBERS Moxley! Shelton then GERMAN SUPELXES Moxley on the floor! The fans fire up and the two go forehead to forehead. There’s finally a ring count, but only 3 of 10 as Moxley hammerlocks Shelton’s arm.
Moxley RAMS Shelton into steel steps! We hit 6 of 10, Moxley rolls in at 7. The fans cheer as Shelton rolls in at 8, but Moxley is on that bad arm. Shelton endures, Moxley says this is a big arm. The fans rally up, Shelton fires body shots, and then Shelton runs, but Moxley ducks! DOUBLE LARIATS take both men down! The fans fire up again while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
A standing count begins, but Moxley sits up at 3 of 10. Both men go forehead to forehead again, and they rise at 5. The forearms go back and forth, then Shelton KNEES low! But Moxley KNEES low in return! Moxley eggs Shelton on, but Shelton winds up to ROCK Moxley! Shelton ROCKS Moxley again, and again, but Moxley wrenches to double wristlock takedown! Shelton fights off the Kimura, but Moxley shifts to an ARMBAR! Shelton clasps hands, fights around, and makes it to the ROPEBREAK! Moxley lets go to stand and ROCK Shelton again. And again! Shelton tumbles to the apron, Moxley builds speed, and Moxley SHOTGUNS Shelton down!
Moxley flexes while fans applaud, and MVP coaches Shelton from commentary. Shelton shakes out his arms while he sits back up, and Moxley waits on him. The ring count is 5 of 10, but Shelton rolls in at 7. Moxley walks over to Shelton, brings him up, and steps over to HIP DROP the arm! Shelton writhes but Moxley grabs the arm for another double wristlock. Dynamite returns to single picture as Shelton endures, so Moxley YANKS the arm! The fans rally as Moxley goes up the corner, and we’re past 10 minutes. Shelton jumps up to get Moxley, SUPER ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up while both men are down and MVP says THAT is the Standard of Excellence!
The fans rally as another standing count begins. Both men rise at 5, and they fire forearms again! Shelton kicks, CHOPS, KICKS, and ROCKS Moxley, but Moxley pokes Shelton in the eyes! Moxley runs, but Shelton SPLASHES at the corner! The fans fire up again as Shelton reloads, runs back in, but Moxley dodges! Moxley shoots around, SLEEPER! Shelton fights that hold, wrenches it open, and kicks. Moxley blocks, but the DRAGON WHIP clips him! Moxley goes to a corner, runs back in, LARIAT into PAYDIRT! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Moxley and Shelton stir as the standing count begins again.
Moxley and Shelton sit up at 4 of 10, and Moxley drags Shelton around. Moxley reels Shelton in, but Shelton fights the lift! Shelton slips around, and he GERMAN SUPLEXES again! Moxley staggers to his feet, but into another GERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up as Shelton gets Moxley again, GERMAN SUPLEX! Tulsa is becoming Suplex City as Shelton gets Moxley again! GERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up, and Shelton gets Moxley again! GERMAN SUPLEX! Shelton drags Moxley to a cover, TWO! Moxley survives and Shelton grows frustrated, but time is still on his side. Moxley goes to the ropes, Shelton shakes out the stars, and both stand.
Shelton gets in Moxley’s face, but Moxley SLAPS him! And flips him off! Shelton ROUNDHOUSES Moxley, then runs, but into a CUTTER! Cover, TWO!! We get the five minute warning and Moxley feels the pressure. Moxley sees Shelton goes to the corner , “This is Awesome!” as Moxley storms up on him. Moxley climbs the corner, rains down fists, and the fans count along! Moxley goes past TEN, to about FIFTEEN! The fans cheer, but then Shelton picks Moxley up! POWERBOMB! High stack, TWO! But into a REGAL STRETCH!! Moxley endures, reaches out, and he pushes around, ROPEBREAK! Shelton lets go and Moxley flounders around.
Shelton runs up, but Moxley DUMPS him out! Moxley then DIVES! Direct hit on Shelton into the barriers! The fans fire up again and Moxley hurries to get up. Moxley gets Shelton in the ring, goes to a corner, and he nods as he takes aim. Moxley runs, PAYDIRT again!! Cover, TWO!! Moxley survives but Shelton puts him on the apron. Shelton climbs a corner, brings Moxley up to join him, and the fans duel as the two fire shots! Moxley fires a flurry and knocks Shelton down! But Shelton avoids the ax handle! Mule kick to the leg! Then a SUPERKICK and Moxley’s down! Cover, TWO!! Moxley survives but time is running out!
The fans rally for “BOTH THESE GUYS!” as Moxley goes to the corner. STEP-UP KNEE for Shelton! Moxley blocks the kick, denies the Dragon Whip, PARADIGM SHIFT!! Cover, TWO?!!? Moxley hurries to facelock GUILLOTINE, then shifts to a SLEEPER! Shelton fights around and we hit the final minute! Shelton rises, ROPEBREAK! Moxley holds on until the ref counts, and Moxley hobbles, but the STEP-UP KNEE hits!! Shelton crawls to a cover, TWO!! Moxley survives but Shelton has the arm! TRIANGLE HOLD!! Shelton squeezes as tight as he can and MVP says they worked on this! Moxley endures, he flails, and he high stacks! MOXLEY WINS!!
Winner: Jon Moxley, by pinfall (denies Shelton Benjamin a title match)
Shelton is shocked and MVP is immediately downcast seeing this. Moxley snatches the golden opportunity away from Shelton in the final seconds of this match, but he shows Shelton the respect he deserves by offering a handshake. Shelton takes it, the fans cheer, and Shelton moves on. If not the Standard of Excellence, then who will earn their shot at the Continental Championship?
Darby Allin arrives backstage.
The Relentless One is fuming as he looks around, in and out of rooms, clearly on the hunt. Will he find The Bastard, Pac, before the night is over? Or will The Bastard find him first?
Six Man Tag: “Jungle” Jack Perry & ??? VS The Demand!
Luchasaurus was taken out of action last week at New Year’s Smash, and now JetSpeed has been sidelined, leaving just one man left on the Don Callis/Ricochet hitlist. But will Jack Perry really be alone in this fight? Or is tonight going to be the death of Tarzan Life? Jack sure thinks so as he goes to the ring, but then wait! THE YOUNG BUCKS are back! The fans cheer for the Superkick Party, but can the Neo Nuevo New Elite stand tall once again?
Jack & The Bucks rush the ring and they dodge The Demand! The bell rings as The Bucks throw hands on Kaun & Liona, and Jack LARIATS Ricochet and himself up and outta the ring! The fans fire up as Jack keeps after Ricochet. GOA shove The Bucks, but they basement DROPKICK the legs! Then Nick runs, Matt gives him the boost, DOUBLE DROPKICK sends GOA tumbling out of the ring! The fans fire up again, Ricochet has someone’s cowboy hat as Matt WRECKS GOA with another dropkick! Matt then holds the ropes down for Nick to FLY! Down go GOA and the fans fire up again! Jack returns the cowboy hat to the fan before he goes up the corner.
The Bucks set up The Demand and the fans fire up for Jack’s ARIHARA MOONSAULT! Jack then chases Ricohet into the ring, ducks ‘n’ dodges, and SPEARS! Jack rains down fists, then he whips Ricochet to a corner. Jack runs up, LARIATS, and Matt LARIATS! Nick SHINING WIZARDS, then GAMANGIRIS, ROCKS, and feeds Ricochet to a double hip toss FACEBUSTER! Then they coordinate, TRIPLE BASEMENT DROPKICKS! The fans fire up for Jack & The Bucks, and Jack brings Ricochet around. Jack CLUBS Ricochet, tags Nick, and Jack scoops to BACKBREAKER! Nick slingshots to add the LEG DROP!
Nick tags Matt, Matt tags Jack, and they set Ricochet up again. Feed to a HANGING HEADSCISSORS! The fans cheer, Matt winds up, mule kick to the gut! Then a wheelbarrow and VICTORY FACEBUSTER! Jack adds a RUNNING DDT! Cover, Kaun breaks it! The fans boo but The GOA runs up, only for Th eBucks to DUMP them out! Then The Bucks DIVE to take GOA out again! Jack bumps Ricochet off buckles, ROCKS him, and CHOPS him! Jack puts Ricochet in the ropes, Matt has Kaun draped from the apron, and they all coordinate. Nick DRAPING SWANTONS Kaun to the floor while Jack DRAPING DDTS Ricochet in the ring!
The fans fire up again, Jack covers Ricochet, TWO! Ricochet shows that toughness, but Jack SLAPS his bald head! Jack whips, Ricochet reverses, but Jack BOOTS Ricochet! But then Ricochet distracts the ref for Kaun to trip Jack up! Ricochet DUMPS Jack out, tags Liona, and Kaun sends Jack into railing! And apron! And repeat! Then more railing! Ricochet CANNONBALLS onto The Bucks, Liona runs up to POUNCE Jack into the timekeeper’s area! The Demand stands tall and cheers themselves on while the fans boo, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
The ring count climbs while The Demand soaks up the heat and talks trash. Ricochet taunts Jack about the count climbing, then plays it up as Jack hobbles. Jack rolls in at 8, but Lion SPLASHES right on him! Cover, TWO! Jack survives, but Liona drags him up to BODY BLOW! Tag to Kaun, and Kaun CHOPS Jack! Kaun pushes Jack down to a cover, TWO! Kaun stomps Jack down, drags him over, and scoops to SLAM! Tag to Ricochet for the KNEE-BOARD SENTON! Ricochet then pushes Jack back down, stands on his hair, and pulls his arms! The ref reprimands and counts, Ricochet stops at 4, then tags Liona.
Liona BLASTS The Bucks while Ricochet & Kaun double whip Jack to a corner. Ricochet JUMP KICKS, ROUNDHOUSES, and that sends Jack into a SHOTGUN! Jack is back in the corner, and Liona HIP ATTACKS! Ricochet adds the SWINGING DROPKICK! Liona snapmares Jack to a cover, TWO! Jack survives again and The Bucks rally the fans. Liona tags Ricochet, they mug Jack, then Ricochet clamps on a chinlock. Jack endures while Dynamite returns to single picture. The fans rally as Jack fights up and fires body shots, but Ricochet CLUBS him down! Ricochet brings Jack around to whip and- COMEBACKER from Jack!
The fans fire up while both men are down. Jack and Ricochet crawl, hot tag to Nick! The fans fire up as Nick throws hands on Ricochet, on Kaun, and on Liona! Ricochet kicks low, he and Kaun double whip, then DOUBLE HIP TOSS, but Nick lands out! Nick gives Ricochet & Kaun a meeting of the minds! Then Nick knuckle locks Ricochet, hurdles Kaun, and mule kicks Kaun before he goes up, up, “LUCHA LIBRE~” FLYING ARM-DRAG! Ricochet tumbles and the fans fire up again! Nick tags Matt, but Liona CLOBBERS them both! The fans boo as Liona SMACKS Matt off buckles, Kaun has Nick, and they whip The Bucks at each other.
The Bucks dosido and duck lariats! The Gates crash into each other, then The Bucks DOUBLE SUPERKICK! The Gates fall, The Bucks go up, and they coordinate, MACHO ELBOW for Liona and SWANTON for Kaun! The fans fire up as Matt then sends Nick to a corner to go up, out, and PENALTY KICK Liona! Matt slingshots to then CUTTER to the floor! Nick RAMS Ricochet, slingshot and DESTROYER! Matt hurries back in, Jack sets up on the apron while Matt puts Ricochet on ropes. Jack ASAI MOONSAULTS The Gates while Nick DOUBLE STOMPS Ricochet into the POWERBOMB from Matt! Cover, TWO!!
Ricochet survives and the fans can’t believe it, but The Elite reset. Tag to Jack, Jack climbs with Nick, “This is Awesome!” as Matt scoops Ricochet. But Ricochet slips free to SHOVE Matt into them! Then Ricochet tags Liona for him to SPLASH Nick in the corner! Liona fireman’s carries Nick, then adds Matt to the stack! And then Kaun CLUBS Jack to add Jack to the stack?! TRIPLE SAMOAN DROP!! The fans go nuts seeing Liona’s incredible strength! Liona drags Jack up with a waistlock, tags Kaun, and Kaun tags Ricochet. The Gates set up, and Kaun puts Jack up top. Kaun CHOPS Jack, climbs up, and SUPER DUPER PLEX for the Power!
Liona DIVING HEADBUTTS for the Glory! Kaun PLANCHAS onto The Bucks while Ricochet springboards in, 450 SPLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Jack survives the onslaught and Ricochet is shocked! The fans rally up but Ricochet dragon sleepers. VERTI- NO, Jack slips up and out! Jack waistocks, Ricochet switches, GERMAN SUPLEX, but Jack lands out! Jack runs up but Ricochet dodges! Jack TIGER WALL FLIPS to GERMAN SUPLEX!! But Kaun SPLASHES Jack in the corner, and RUNNING BRAINBUSTER! Kaun blocks a Superkick from Matt and Liona HEADBUTTS him! Nick leaps in, but into a HEADBUTT! But Jack SUPERKICKS Kaun!
Liona grabs at Jack, Jack SUPERKICKS him, but Liona doesn’t budge! Jack SLAPS and CHOPS away, but Liona just snarls! Jack runs, wheelbarrows, but into a CUTTER from Kaun! Ricochet has Jack again, VERTIGO!! Cover, THE BUCKS BREAK IT! The Gates TOSS The Bucks, the fans hope these teams “FIGHT FOREVER!” But Ricochet locks ‘n’ loads, takes aim, SPIRIT- NO, Jack ducks, but the V-TRIGGER finds him! Ricochet lifts, POWER POWER- POISON RANA!! Then The Bucks DOUBLE SUPERKICK Ricochet! They DOUBLE SUPERKICK Kaun! SUPERKICK for Liona! ANOTHER SUPERKICK for Liona! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS for Liona!!
Liona wobbles, but Jack joins in, TRIPLE SUPERKICKS!! The fans are thunderous as Matt hoists Ricochet up in an Electric Chair! Jack gets the assist to go up, up, and then Nick ESCALARAS to take out The Gates! ELITE DOOMSDAY on Ricochet! Then B T E TRIGGER!! Into The GLASS BREAKER KNEE!! Cover, The Elite wins!!
Winners: Jack Perry & The Young Bucks, by pinfall
The fans wave their hands for Tarzan Life, but wait! MARK DAVIS & JAKE DOYLE ATTACK! The fans boo as the Don Callis Family strikes! COUNT TO OUOCH for Nick! HAYMAKER for Matt! Then Liona THROWS Jack into the crowd! Jake Something rips his shirt off, just to CHOKE Matt with it! The Jackal is loving this as The Demand mugs Jack! Lance Archer & CLØN are here, too, taunting The Bucks as they continue to suffer! But wait! Injured as they are, Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey rush out here, armed with sticks! They CLOBBER Clon & Archer! The fans fire up as Bailey brings his hockey stick, and Knight has just a piece of wood with barbed wire on it!
But as soon as JetSpeed gets in the ring to go after Davis & Doyle, the lights go out!? And when the lights come back on, IT’S EL IDOLO!! Andrade is back in AEW and he CLOBBERS Knight! And he LOW BLOWS Bailey into THE MESSAGE!! We saw Andrade in NJPW to help The United Empire, and now he has returned to AEW to help The Don Callis Family! The fans boo, but Don Callis says good work, gentlemen! The Jackal has El Idolo and Jake Something in the fold, will nothing stop The DCF from taking over AEW?
Oh, and speaking of initials, FTR is here, helping wheel Stokely Hathaway out here. They also like what they see, but will they have to contend with The Family in the near future?
Renee Paquette is in the ring.
Dynamite returns with the table all set, and Renee says, “Ladies and gentlemen, it is my absolute honor to welcome out the human ray of sunshine. She is also the NEW TBS Champion, Willow Nightingale!” The fans cheer as The Babe with the Power is also the Babe with Two Belts! She is joined by her besties, Harley Cameron and Kris Statlander, and these champions all go to the ring to celebrate Willow dethroning Mercedes Mone after 584 DAYS! Renee says Willow is now a double champion, a TWO-TIME AEW TBS Champion, and that has to feel really good to start 2026. Also the lights get screwed up so they put a spotlight on Willow.
Willow says oh yes, she is feeling great, feeling complete. Because this is the first stop in the Double Champ Willow Two Belts Tour, right here in Tulsa, Oklahoma! And Willow knows, when you win the title, that is when the hard work truly begins. You put your head down, you get ready for the next challenger, but she also knows that it is very important to take in the good moments, smell the roses, celebrate when things really matter. So she is here with Renee! She is here with her beautiful, busty, blonde badass babe, Harley Cameron, the other half of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions.
And we’re also here to celebrate a reunion! Because Willow is reunited with her beautiful TBS Championship! That’s pretty sweet, but she’s also been reunited with the AEW Women’s World Champion, the incomparable, the amazing Kris Statlander! The fans cheer as Kris kisses Willow on the cheek. Willow says it’s gonna be a good time! They’ve got some sweets, cuz let’s face it, ya gurl loves cake. Fans chant, “We Want Cake!” and Willow says they gonna get cake. But the one thing Willow loves most of all is the fight, and she says if someone wants to challenge for the TBS title, if they wanna challenge for the tag titles, come get some!
Willow will even do two fights in one night if she has to! That is what pro-wrestling is about! The fans cheer that! Willow says since this is pro-wrestling, we all know somebody in the back wants to crash the party. They don’t want us to have a good time. The fans boo that, but Willow says she’ll invite whoever is waiting. And she knows “Miss Thang” is back there, really wanting to say something, so Mercedes Mone… Come on and join us! The fans are torn on that, but yes, The CEO makes her way to the ring. And she wears a white version of a funeral outfit, at that. Mone goes to the ring, wipes tears from her eyes, and Willow says she is always so fashionable.
And they have so much to celebrate together! Mone had an unstoppable 2025! PWI’s Number One Woman! Sports Illustrated’s Number One Woman! She has gone from country to country, company to company, and racking up those titles. She is now #UltiMone. Willow had to dig deep to get that TBS title back. But Willow is once again the Face of TBS! The fans cheer that! Let’s cut cake and have a great time! Mone takes off her hat, eyes still wet with tears. Willow wants Mone to calm down, but Mone throws a fit by throwing food! She even tips the table over! Kris saves the cake, at least. The fans boo Mone being a party pooper!
Harley tries to cheer Mone up with a party popper, but Mone just SHOVES Harley down! And then she runs up on Willow, but Willow dodges, tripping Mone up in the process, and Mone hits the cake face first! The fans boo but Mone freaks out more! So Willow kicks her, and gut wrenches, BABE WITH THE POWER BOMB onto what’s left of the cake! Well, Mone wanted the spotlight, and now that spotlight is on her humiliation. The fans cheer Willow as she starts a party train, leading Harley, Kris, and even Renee around the ring. But to Willow’s point, who will step up to her, Harley & Kris in hopes of taking those titles for their own?
Mark Briscoe speaks.
The Sussex County Chicken is back home as he says, “First of all, big shoutout to the NEW TBS Champion, Willow. Way to go, girl, good job, you make The Conglomeration look good, I’m proud of ya. Now let’s get to work. It’s 2026, and I’ve been your TNT Champion since November 2025, got one successful title defense. But other than that, I’ve been sitting back enjoying a lot of Continental Classic action. And it’s been absolutely amazing. But now that it’s behind us, back to your regularly scheduled programming. And I’m your TNT Champ, the workhorse champ of professional wrestling. So you know I’ve had some time to rejuvenate, regenerate, recalculate.
“And physically, I’m feeling good, I’m feeling dangerous. But mentally, I ain’t doing so good. You can ask me, ‘Chicken, why you ain’t doing so good? You the champ! You should be happy!’ Well, I tell ya, it’s been too long. I got an itch that needs scratching. I got a dog that needs feeding, it’s just been too long… since I whooped a man’s ass. That being said, I was tickled to death to hear that Hechicero is the next challenger for the TNT title, back where the title reign began, the Don Callis Family, it’s come full circle. Well, y’know, Hechicero, I know you a bad man that can get it done in the ring, but lemme do something real quick if you don’t mind.”
Mark reaches down and he picks up his “magic ball.” Saturday, TNT, Collision, Mark sees it clearly now! He picks up the title and says it ain’t going nowhere! Just like the TBS title that his girl, Willow, has ain’t going nowhere! Just like them Women’s Tag titles ain’t going nowhere! The Conglomeration are all kinds of strapped up! So let him leave you with this: The Word, or Phrase of the Day is… REIGN AND DEFEND! Briscoe is all fired up, but will he get Hechicero to #ManUp? Or will The Alchemist of Lucha Libre soon be the NEW Face of TNT?
The Triangle of Madness speaks.
Thekla mockingly applauds and cheers how Kris Statlander finally found some friends. But is Kris really this insecure? Do words affect her so much that she was compelled to reunite with a woman she actually hates? Julia Hart says, “The lies are written all over your face.” Skye Blue says, “A friend of yours is a victim in wait.” Thekla wonders when Kris will “accidentally” hit Harley in the face again, or hit Willow with a light tube. In fact, let’s find out! How about Kris and her “friends,” congrats on all being champions by the way, and see how long they all last against this. And make no mistake, the Triangle of Madness aren’t three friends. They’re three sisters!
They are bonded by blood, they are the Daughters of Violence, so come on friends, let’s get toxic. And so, for Maximum Carnage next week, we will see this Six Woman Tag! Will the champions of AEW stand tall together in the desert? Or will Thekla, Julia & Skye leave them all out in the cold?
Bandido VS Sammy Guevara!
Before The Most Wanted ROH World Champion faces The Scumbag AEW World Champion in Phoenix, “Everyone’s Favorite Pillar” vows to do something so heinous tonight, that Bandido will be out and Sammy will be in that title match instead! Will Sammy stop at nothing to have his “destiny” fulfilled? Or will The Outlaw have the hot hand going into Maximum Carnage?
The bell rings and the fans all rally behind Bandido. Sammy and Bandido step up, and Bandido offers a Code of Honor handshake. Sammy says okay, but then he just flips Bandido off. The fans boo but Bandido just aims his finger gun! The fans cheer, Sammy and Bandido tie up, and Sammy wrenches. Bandido wrenches and wristlocks back, but Sammy spins, flips, and wrenches to wristlock. Bandido rolls, handsprings, and arm-drags, but Sammy holds on! The fans boo as Sammy wrenches again. The fans rally for Bandido, and Bandido reaches back to cravat and go up and over! Bandido shoves but Sammy rebounds to wheelbarrow.
Bandido back suplexes but Sammy lands out to BOOT Bandido! The fans boo but Sammy soaks it up with a bow. Sammy says bang, runs, but into a drop toehold onto ropes! Bandido runs, but Sammy bails out! The fans boo again but Sammy says he needs a breather! Sammy goes over to commentary to tell them he was just warming up. Bandido waits on Sammy, Sammy goes to the apron, and he HOTSHOTS Bandido to then bump off buckles and GAMANGIRI! Bandido staggers, but he BOOTS Sammy off the apron! The fans fire up, Bandido builds speed, but Sammy steps out of the way! Sammy says he’s too smart but the fans boo again.
Bandido goes to the apron, Sammy turns around, BOOT! Seems Sammy’s not that smart! The fans cheer Bandido on and he fetches Sammy. Sammy SPITS MIST into Bandido’s face! The fans boo but Sammy QUEBRADA TORNADO DDTS to the floor! Sammy lounges on the desk, and even he knows Dynamite is going picture in picture.
Sammy takes his time swaggering and talking trash on Bandido, then he even takes Schiavone’s headset to tell the fans stuff. Sammy then SUPERKICKS Bandido down, finishes talking trash and he gives Schiavone his headset back before he runs to the steel steps. Sammy uses them to get up and FLYING AX HANDLE Bandido! Sammy puts Bandido in the ring, soaks up more heat as he steps inside, and he drags Bandido back up. Sammy snap suplexes, then floats to a cover, TWO! Sammy goes to the corner, climbs up, and takes aim. Sammy builds up the energy, then hops down to SUPERKICK! Cover, TWO!
Bandido toughs it out but Sammy soaks up more heat while talking more trash. Sammy then goes back to Bandido and brings him into a chinlock. Bandido endures, fights up, and fireman’s carries! Sammy flails to fight free, then waistlocks. Bandido fires elbows to get free, then he runs, but into another SUPERKICK! Sammy hurries to cover, TWO! Sammy argues the count but it was fair, so Sammy puts Bandido on the ropes. Sammy CHOKES Bandido, soaks up the heat while he flexes, but hops off at 4. Sammy brings Bandido back up and back around into the chinlock. Bandido endures again and fights back up.
Bandido fires body shots, Sammy CLUBS him down, and Dynamite returns to single picture. Sammy back suplexes, but now Bandido lands out! Sammy avoids a buzzsaw to SUPERKICK! Then he runs to CHOP Bandido down! Sammy then winds it up, and he CHOPS again! Sammy soaks up the heat, runs up again, but Bandido dodges to CHOP! The fans fire up as Bandido CHOPS, CHPOS, and CHOPS! The fans fire up as Bandido winds up, but Sammy ducks the next chop to BODY BLOW! Sammy CHOPS, whips, but Bandido reverses. Sammy reverses back, LARIATS, and runs corner to corner, only for Bandido to follow!
Bandido LARIATS Sammy, runs corner to corner, but Sammy follows to LARIAT! And repeat! And then Bandido fakes Sammy out to duck a lariat and CALF KICK him down! The fans fire up with Bandido, and he aims from the corner. Sammy runs up, but Bandido UPPERCUTS! Then Bandido goes up, TORNILLO! The fans fire up again, and Bandido gorilla presses Sammy! ONE HAND SLAM! Bandido then BOOTS Sammy and Sammy tumbles out, for Bandido to FLY! Down goes Sammy and the fans fire up again! Bandido roars as he rises and the fans cheer him on. Bandido catches his breath, then brings Sammy up.
Bandido puts Sammy in the ring, waits on him to stand, then springboards in. Sammy dodges, CODE- NO, Bandido blocks it, but Sammy still makes it a MONKEY FLIP! Bandido hits the ropes then tumbles to the floor! The fans boo as Sammy sets up at the corner. Sammy wipes the blood from his nose but has a grin on his face as he climbs. Sammy SUPER DUPER SHOOTING STAR ATTACKS! The fans fire up for that, and Sammy shouts he’s gonna be world champion! Sammy puts Bandido in the ring while fans tell him, “You Still Suck!” Sammy waits on Bandido, then torture racks, GO TO HOS- NO! Bandido stops the GTH!
Bandido wants a torture rack, but Sammy just torture racks Bandido again! GO TO- NO, Bandido snatches Sammy to a cradle, TWO! BOOT! Sammy is on the ropes, Bandido deals the hand, but Sammy springboards! FLYING CUTTER!! Cover, TWO!! Bandido survives and Sammy is beside himself! The fans still rally for Bandido as Sammy tries again. Bandido CLAWS Sammy’s eyes, shoves and POP-UP CUTTER! Then a BOOT! Sammy is back on ropes, Bandido deals the hand, BLACKJACK 21 PLEX! Sammy flips Bandido off again before the JUMP KNEE! Then the MASS DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Bandido survives and the fans are fired up!
Sammy is speechless as Bandido still reaches up. “This is Awesome!” but Sammy throws down fists. Sammy drags Bandido up, throws more hands, then says he’s gonna be world champion! Sammy aims, but Bandido blocks the superkick! The fans cheer as Bandido FLIPS Sammy, into a V-TRIGGER!! Sammy is on the ropes, Bandido deals the BLACKJACK 21 PLEX!! Bridging cover, Bandido wins!!
Winner: Bandido, by pinfall
The Dynamite Diamond Ringbearer is victorious, but wait! MJF interrupts the celebration by making his entrance. The fans are torn as The Scumbag gets sparkler rain for his pyro, and Jon Cruz hands him a mic as they go down the ring together. MJF has them cut his music so he can then talk to Bandido. “My God, buddy! That was one heck of a match, my friend! Everybody, give it up for Bandido, huh? Yeah!” The fans do cheer, and MJF says this is one talented little luchador. But to be honest, guys, if anyone knows about lucha libre, it’s MJF! MJF sold out Arena Mexico multiple times, and is the former CMLL World (Light) Heavyweight Champion!
MJF even beat the so-called top star in Mexico, dog-walked him really. What was his name again? Mistico? Who cares. But the bottom line is, ladies and gentlemen, MJF is a lucha legend! If they’re being really honest, and no offense, MJF is a bigger star in Mexico than Bandido will ever be! But MJF’s bar is super high, that’s no shade on Bandido. To be honest, MJF thinks Bandido has a lot of potential. He really does. MJF sees something in Bandido. Bandido is talented. And because MJF respects Bandido’s talent, his culture, and his country, MJF brought out his good friend and translator, Johnathan Cruz, to make sure we don’t get any wires crossed.
MJF has Jon translate into Espanol, and Jon tells “Bandido, Bandido, Bandido…” Congrats on winning big here on AEW Dynamite. But while Bandido is a world champion, he does not compare to MJF! MJF is the world champion of AEW, and was the world champion of CMLL! Bandido has nothing to compare to that. And most important of all, MJF beat the man Bandido never could, the idol of CMLL, Mistico! Jon has Bandido stay calm, and MJF thanks Jon for that. Plus, it is highly professional of Jon to come to a dump like Tulsa to do his job. No one wants to be here, what a mench.
But seriously, Bandi, like MJF said, you’re a good kid and you’ve got moxie. But let’s hope you’re smarter than you look. Because as everyone knows, MJF has six beautiful Dynamite Diamond Rings to his name, yet he’s come out here with not a single one of them on. Bandido shoves off his ring, and the fans tell MJF he’s an “A-HOLE~!” MJF says no, he’d like to think that Bandido is respectful to know that the Dynamite Diamond Ring on his finger doesn’t belong to him, it belongs to MJF. The fans boo, but MJF says with all due respect, please hand that ring over. They can skip the world title match next week, they all know MJF would beat the crap outta Bandido anyway.
The fans keep pouring on the heat, but MJF says if Bandido does the right thing, scout’s honor, MJF will talk with Tony Khan and put Bandido over. In fact, MJF will wrestle Bandido live on PPV… in like five or ten years. That’s a fair build! Translate again, Jon! But Bandido stops Jon from speaking, snatches that mic, and he tells MJF, “Hey, I can speak English, YOU STUPID SON OF A B*TCH!” MJF is amused now, and he says okay, we can all just calm down. LOW BLOW! The fans boo as MJF gets Bandido outta nowhere, then he STEALS the Dynamite Diamond Ring! The fans boo as MJF puts it on his pinkie, and puts Triple B on the mat.
Jon stands Bandido up, MJF winds up, but Bandido ducks! DYNAMITE DIAMOND RING into Jon! MJF panics, but Bandido LOW BLOWS MJF in return! And yes, he takes the ring back! Bandido puts it on his finger, then winds up, BLACKJACK 21 PLEX on Jon Cruz! MJF stumbles and leans on ropes, Bandido says he’s got another one for ya! BLACKJACK 21 PLEX on MJF! The fans fire up as Bandido is dealing out aces! He holds up Triple B, and says he’ll be back for this next week. Will there truly be Maximum Carnage in Phoenix? Or will MJF find a way to keep the title around his waist no matter what?
Brody King speaks.
“When people watch my wrestling, or they listen to my music, they think of violence as a bad thing. Violence puts food on my family’s table. Violence protects my friends and loved ones. Sometimes, violence IS the answer. When you think of big men in this business, you think of a giant monster yelling his head off. That’s not me. I don’t have to scream to get my point across. Whether it’s jumping off a stage or dropping people on their heads, this is me. When I do this, I want everyone whose watching to know, Brody King is coming for the throne.”
Toni Storm VS Marina Shafir!
After helping The Conglomeration handle The Death Riders, things have gotten even more personal between The TIMELESS One and The Problem! But will Toni continue to win in the New Year? Or will Marina force feed her some of Mother’s Milk?
The bell rings and the two circle. They tie up, Marina powers Toni to the ropes but the ref counts. The fans cheer Toni on while Marina lets off, but then Marina trips Toni! Marina scuffs Toni, but Toni gets up in a fury! Marina backs off to the other side, but Toni drags her back in! Marina trips Toni, Toni kicks but Marina cartwheels through to then headlock. Toni fights up, Marina wrenches her and SAYANAGI! The fans rally for Toni but Marina flips her over and ties up the legs. Marina ELBOW DROPS the legs, but Toni fires elbows into Marina. Marina hooks that arm, floats around, and flips Toni back over.
Toni kips up, arm-drags free, but Marina storms back up. Toni ducks the roundhouse, snapmares Marina, snapmares again, then snapmares again! And BOOT! The fans fire up as Toni then builds speed, HIP ATTACK! Marina falls from apron to floor and the fans fire up! Toni slides out, brings Marina up, and CLUBS her against the apron! Then Toni brings Marina around to SMACK off the steel steps! Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia appear ringside but they stay back. Toni puts Marina in, then glares at the Death Riders. She tells them off, but Marina headscissors Toni to drag her into the ring! But Toni makes it a high stack! TWO!!
Toni almost had Marina, but then Marina URENAGES Toni! The fans boo but Marina soaks up that heat while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Marina rains down forearms on Toni, then steps off to walk around. Marina then drags Toni up, whips her to a corner hard, and winds up to KICK! Marina fires forearms against the ropes, then puts Toni in a corner for more! Toni staggers, Marina stalks her, and Marina fires forearms and KNEES into Toni again and again! Marina sits Toni down, then digs her foot in. The ref counts, Garcia & Yuta talk trash, but Marina stops at 4. Marina argues with the ref, then stalks Toni to a corner. Marina CHOPS Toni, then follows her to another corner. Toni winds up to CHOP! But Marina CHOPS Toni down! Cover, TWO!
Marina is annoyed but she clamps onto Toni with a chinlock. Toni has the ROPEBREAK and Luther rallies the fans. Marina drags Toni up to snap suplex! Marina drags Toni by her hair, then KICKS her in the back! Toni writhes, but Marina scuffs her. Toni goes to ropes, Marina puts her in a corner, and Marina CHOPS! Toni is stinging but Marina brings her around to SAYANAGI! Marina drags Toni by a leg, ties up the legs, and pulls her into a BOW ‘N’ ARROW! Toni endures, pops free, and covers, TWO! Toni trips Marina to a cover, ONE! Toni ROCKS Marina, but Marina ROCKS Toni back! Dynamite returns to single picture as the shots keep going!
Toni fires a flurry, but Marina clinches to shout, “Do better!” Marina then kicks Toni low! Marina puts Toni in the ropes, CHOKES her again, but the ref counts. Marina runs and TIGER FEINT SPIKES Toni off the apron! Then she BOOTS Toni back into the ring! The fans rally harder but Marina high stacks, TWO! Marina is annoyed again, and she clamps onto Toni to drag her up. Marina mocks the dancing around Toni and Orange Cassidy were doing, then swings her for a SWEEP! The fans boo but Marina acts like she doesn’t know why. Marina looms over Toni, waistlocks, and then stands Toni up to ripcord and ROCK Toni in the back!
Toni drops to her knees but the fans rally as Marina stands her up again. Marina dances with Toni again, dips her, then winds her to DECK her! The fans boo but Marina brings Toni back up. Marina whips Toni to a corner, but Toni rebounds to SHOTGUN! The fans fire up as Toni hikes up those shorts! But Marina is back up and she BOOTS Toni down! Marina says this is it, but Toni UP KICKS! Toni then winds up to HEADBUTT! BIG PACKAGE!! YUTA YANKS THE REF OUT! The fans boo, but the ref says NOPE! DISQUALIFICATION!
Winner: Toni Storm, by disqualification
Yuta & Garcia suck at cheating and they just cost Marina! Toni turns around, Marina DECKS her!! But here comes Mina! But Marina BOOTS Mina down onto Toni! Deja vu from a week or so ago, but now Luther storms into the ring! Marina stares him down, but Yuta & Garcia say bad move, butler! BUT WAIT! Roderick Strong slides out here! And Orange Cassidy’s music hits! The fans cheer as The Conglomeration hold the Death Riders at bay! Marina leads the way out, but then Claudio Castagnoli jumps in! The Death Riders have him stand down, they did the damage already. Will there be a Mixed Nuts tiebreaker in the near future?
Speaking of mixed company, Orange Cassidy is a gentlemen as he helps both Toni and Mina to their feet. Luther disapproves, but perhaps Mina is starting to warm up to Cassidy. Will 2026 still be as Freshly Squeezed as 2025?
Backstage interview with PAC.
Renee is with The Bastard and says while Pac is a Death Rider, he is also very much his own man. Darby has gotten at least one win on every Death Rider except for Pac, when and where will we see the rematch? Pac says he is not here to oblige Darby. He will be very clear: Pac has wrestled Darby twice, and he has beaten Darby twice. So that relationship is very well established: Pac is the winner, Darby is the loser, period. But then Darby storms in! Darby says he went through Hell for over a year because of The Death Riders, but he’s beaten every single one of them except Pac. Darby wants this rematch.
Pac tells Darby that he does not call the shots. Well, Darby is not taking no for an answer. Pac says believe it or not, Pac doesn’t exist to pander to the likes of Darby. Jog on, bonnie lad, Pac’s not interested. Darby seethes while Pac turns away, so Darby just grabs a fire extinguisher! Darby uses the smoke to BLAST Pac! Pac sputters and coughs, then Darby CLOBBERS him into the garage door! And then CLOBBERS him with his skateboard! And then drags him into the doorway! Darby threatens to break Pac’s ankle if Pac doesn’t give him the rematch! Darby SLAPS Pac, and Pac says okay! He’ll get what he wants!
Yuta & Garcia rush in, Darby slips away into the night! The Relentless One has the match he wants, but will he get the revenge he seeks? Or will Pac make sure the record is 3-0 in his favor?
Lights Out Tag Match: Hangman Page & Swerve Strickland VS “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs & Hook!
To think The Millennial Cowboy and The Realest would still be fighting on the same side. But it if means clearing out Samoa Joe’s pawns, they’ll gladly do it! This fight is unsanctioned and anything goes, who survives the first Dynamite of 2026?
Hangman makes his entrance from the crowd, and he even accepts a drink from a fan. Swerve also enters from the crowd, Prince Nana still vibing to the song. The lights go out, flicker back on, and that means it is on! The brawl begins in the ring, but Hobbs TOSSES Hangman while Swerve TOSSES Hook! Swerve goes out after Hook but Hook KNEES low! Hobbs and Hangman trade forearms, and Hangman ROCKS Hobbs! Hook whips but Swerve reverses, and Hook is sent into railing! Hobbs sends Hangman into barriers, Swerve SHOVES Hook into the apron, then drags him up onto the apron. Swerve fireman’s carries, but Hobbs makes the save!
Hobbs LARIATS Swerve, he mocks the “Whose House” chant, then goes out after Swerve. Hobbs grabs a chair, brings it over to Swerve, and he CHOKES Swerve with it! Hobbs stands Swerve up, takes a swing, but Swerve ducks! Chair hits POST, and Swerve BOOTS Hobbs! Hobbs staggers away, but Hangman finds him with a chair of his own! Hangman JAMS Hobbs up, then puts the chair around Hobbs’ head! Hangman POSTS Hobbs! Hobbs falls, and now Swerve has Hook alone in the corner! Hook tries to crawl away but Swerve drags him back in! Hangman is also there, and he goes up a corner! Swerve drags Hook around the way while Hangman takes aim.
ARIHARA MOONSAULT onto Hobbs! APRON DEATH VALLEY for Hook! The fans fire up for the Most Dangerous Men in AEW as they stand over The Opps, and the lights finally come back on in full. Hangman rolls into the ring, Swerve drags Hook around, and Swerve CHOPS Hook down! Hook sputters, but Swerve digs his boots into Hook! Hangman has the chains at the ready and Swerve brings Hook back around. Swerve puts Hook int he ring, but Hook freaks out! Hook runs away, Hangman chases him, but Hobbs CLOBBERS Hangman! Swerve PLANCHAS Hobbs down for it! The fans fire up, and Swerve goes back up to take aim again.
Swerve aims, but Hook ROCKS Swerve first! Swerve and Hook brawl on the edge, and Swerve just smirks. Swerve BOOTS Hook, then runs up, but into a clinch! T-BONE PLEX on the apron! The fans go nuts while all four men are down, and Dynamite goes picture in picture!
Nana coaches Swerve up but Hobbs & Hook have Hangman. Hobbs HEADBUTTS Hangman again and again, then ROCKS him with a forearm. Hobbs scoops Hangman to SLAM him on the apron! And SLAM him again! And again! Hobbs flips off the fans while he soaks up heat, but Hangman BOOTS him! And BOOTS him again! And BOOTS him into railing! The fans cheer while Hobbs slumps down. Hangman goes looking under the ring, and the fans cheer as he brings out a TABLE! Hangman gets the table in the ring, then steps in to grab at Hook. Hook scurries away, Hobbs hurries in, but Hangman gets Hook back in the ring.
Hobbs CLUBS away on Hangman, then he BLASTS Swerve off the apron! Hobbs drags Hangman in, and he suplexes Hangman high and hard! Hook props the table up in a corner, then helps Hobbs with Hangman. They mug Hangman in a corner, and Hobbs HAMMERS away! Then Hook digs his boots in while Hobbs taunts the fans. Dynamite returns to single picture once more as The Opps double whip Hangman corner to corner. Hangman stops short of the table, then ROCKS Hook! And ROCKS Hobbs! And repeat! Hook flounders, Hangman BOOTS Hobbs! Hangman runs up on Hook, but Hook slips around and clinches, EXPLODER through the table!! Cover, TWO!!
The fans fire up as Hangman survives, but Hook goes out to snatch a chair. Hook brings that chair to the ring and wedges it into a corner. Hobbs RAMS Hangman into buckles, then goes corner to corner, but Hangman slips free! Hangman RAMS Hobbs into that chair! Hook fires hands but Hangman slips under to SLEEPER! Swerve hands Hangman the STAPLER! Hangman STAPLES Hook’s arm! And his shoulder! And his chest! Hook is stinging in pain, but he gets a POP-UP POWERBOMB! The fans fire up as Hangman then goes for Hobbs! Hobbs blocks the stapler to LARIAT Hangman! But Swerve gets in, only for Hobbs to kick low!
Hobbs suplexes Swerve, but Swerve has the stapler! STAPLE after STAPLE to the chest! Hobbs lets Swerve down, but then suplexes through the pain! Swerve gives more staples but Hobbs’ meaty chest is tougher than that! Swerve slips free of the suplex, and Hangman has a piece of table! SMACK to Hobbs’ head! Then STAPLES TO THE NUTS!! No one is tough enough to take that! ROLLING ELBOW and down goes Hobbs!! The fans are thunderous, and Swerve coordinates with Hangman. The fans tell them they’re both sick, but Swerve & Hangman double down by bringing out… a PALETTE OF CINDER BLOCKS!!
The fans fire up as we get another reference to the shared and very violent past between these two! Hangman & Swerve get those blocks in the ring, though they get stuck on the skirt. The fans rally as Hangman drags Hook over, but Hook scrambles away again! Hobbs JAMS Hangman with a chair, JAMS Swerve with it, then SMACKS Hangman! Swerve avoids the chair, BLASTS Hook, then dodges the chair again! GERMAN SUPLEX on Hobbs! But Hobbs is right back up to CLOBBER Swerve! The fans boo but Hobbs drags Swerve onto the blocks! The fans freak out already as Hobbs aims with the chair!
NANA gets in there, and he snatches the chair! The fans cheer Prince Nana, but now he’s in trouble. Hobbs steps towards Nana, and SPLASHSE the chair into him!! Swerve grabs Hobbs! But Hobbs switches, shoves, and SPINE- NO, Swerve fights that with a GUILLOTINE! Hobbs RAMS Swerve into the corner, runs, but Swerve BOOTS him! Swerve grabs that chair to JAM him up! And SMACK him on the back! And SMACK again! And again! Hobbs drops to his knees, Swerve goes up, and KILL- NO! Hobbs catches Swerve! WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS SLAM on the cinder blocks!!! Cover, HANGMAN BREAKS IT!!
The fans fire up as Hangman now runs to LARIAT! Hobbs stays up, so Hangman ROLLING ELBOWS! Then Alabama- NO, Hobbs HAMMERs the lift! Hobbs puts Hangman on the apron, but Hangman BOOTS him! But Hook YANKS Hangman down! Hangman is furious, but Hook avoids the haymaker, and the Opps Dojo grunts jump Hangman! The fans boo as the grunts do the dirty work! They get Hangman up for Hook to JAM up with a pipe! They put Hangman in for Hook, then mug him some more! The fans boo but now the grunts mug Swerve! The fans call BS but there’s nothing to do under No Disqualification rules.
Hobbs ties Hangman & Swerve up with their own chains! The fans boo as the chains are like collars choking the two of them! Hobbs CHOKES them, but Nana manages to sit up and shout at Hobbs! Hobbs asks what Nana just said. Hobbs steps closer, and Nana THROWS COFFEE AT HIM!! The fans fire up as Hobbs is flailing from the heat! Hook DECKS Nana for it! But Hangman & Swerve stand together quite literally, and they fire off BOOTS on the grunts! Then Swerve FLIPS Hangman up and over so they can start giving out CHAIN LARIATS! Then they BOOT the rest of the grunts! Swerve goes out to BOOT another one!
Hook EXPLODERS Nana just because! But Hook doesn’t realize what’s going on in the ring! Hangman spins Hook around and grabs him by the neck! Hobbs runs up, but Hangman dodges! Hobbs CLOBBERS Hook! The fans fire up and Hobbs panics! Hangman DISCUS LARIATS Hobbs down, then loads up on the apron! BUCKSHOT into a SPINEBUSTER!! Cover, HOUSE CALL for Hobbs!! Swerve hurries to the corner and the fans fire up again! Swerve rises up, lines it up, but then he reconsiders. Swerve aims and SUPER KILL STOMPS onto the grunts!! Hangman then has Hobbs, and Alabama Lifts! And Swerve goes back up!!
KILL SHOT DEADEYE COMBO on the cinderblocks!!! Hangman roars and the fans are losing their minds! Hook is also freaking out, but he storms in and SHOVES Hangman into Swerve! Roll up with tights, TWO! REDRUM, but Hangman RAMS Hook into buckles! Hook desperately grabs the pipe, but Hangman grabs it from him! Swerve HEADBUTTS Hook down! The fans fire up again as Hangman brings the chain back in. Hangman wraps it around his arm, and he FULL METAL ROLLING ELBOWS Hook back down! Hangman still isn’t done with Hook, he wraps the chain around Hook’s head and neck!
Hangman sits Hook up, Swerve asks, “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” FULL METAL HOUSE CALL!! Hook sputters, but this isn’t enough for their revenge! The fans are thunderous as Swerve sets Hook back up for the FULL METAL BUCKSHOT!! And then, Hangman HANGS HOOK!!! Hook coughs and sputters, but he TAPS!! Hangman & Swerve win!!
Winners: Hangman Page & Swerve Strickland, by submission
The Opps tried to stack the deck, but you never play games with men as dangerous as Hangman & Swerve! Will nothing stop them from tearing down Samoa Joe on their road back to the AEW World Championship?
My Thoughts:
A great episode for Dynamite that wasn’t just a go-home episode to Maximum Carnage next week but a great episode on its own. They really pushed the overrun but I wonder if that’s because of MJF and Jon Cruz talking as much as they did. Bandido had an awesome match with Sammy, and then he stands tall over MJF & Cruz, so yeah, MJF is going to retain the title for Maximum Carnage. I really hope MJF doesn’t steal the diamond ring, him having that as a weapon is a really tired gimmick.
Great Continental Title Eliminator, and while I was expecting them to use up the time limit, pushing it as close as they did was great stuff. Eagle eyed fans pointed out that Shelton was already teary eyed when he made his entrance, hopefully all is well in the Benjamin family, but I could understand if this was after unfortunate news. Toni VS Marina was a great match, and with such a blatant disqualification finish, I feel like we are definitely getting one more Mixed Nuts something type of match to settle things. Everyone wants more Roddy and Marina, and you GOT to give the people what they want. Also, I like the interesting triangle being made of Toni, Mina & Cassidy.
Great “celebration” of Willow’s win, though the AEW production team still really needs to get their act together. Mone being sent into a cake and then SLAMMED onto the cake needed to be fully lit by the house lights. But good promo from Triangle of Madness, there’s the very Six Woman Tag I predicted, thereby leading to Thekla VS Kris and Julia & Skye VS Willow & Harley. The Don Callis Family brings in even more members, and interesting move to kayfabe hurt JetSpeed to give The Bucks their return moment. Awesome Six Man Tag for it, and with how Jake Something Doyle and Andrade El Idolo are getting in on this story, could we see a massive 6v6? Y’know what? Kenny, Bucks, Jack & JetSpeed VS Andrade, Mark Davis, Jake Something & The Demand, Stadium Stampede!
Darby threatening Pac to get his rematch was an interesting move, and certainly for it being all in one night. Why not have Death Riders back Darby off tonight, then Darby tries again on Collision or next week at Maximum Carnage? Or are they going to put Darby VS PAC on Maximum Carnage? Well, they could still have Darby chase Pac down for Collision and fill time on that show, but whatever. And then awesome Lights Out Tag, though they kinda took “lights out” literally for that first part. But naturally, a bunch of Opps randos attacked only to be dealt with, and that makes the win for Hangman & Swerve even better. Nice use of the stapler, the stunt cinder blocks, and the chain choking spot, but there have been wilder Lights Out matches.
My Score: 8.9/10
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