The Alpha returns to AEW!

Konosuke Takeshita had an incredible run in the G1 Climax, but now he’s back to prove he’s still The Alpha of AEW! But will he be able to take down Komander, Lio Rush and The Beast Mortos?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Triple Threat Tag: Private Party VS The Kingdom VS Team Triple J; Team Triple J wins.
• Mina Shirakawa VS Missa Kate; Mina wins.
• Grizzled Young Veterans VS The Outrunners w/ Erica Leigh; GYV wins.
• Nyla Rose VS Aminah Belmont; Nyla wins.
• Fatal 4 Way: Konosuke Takeshita VS Komander VS Lio Rush VS The Beast Mortos; Konosuke wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Triple Threat Tag: Private Party VS The Kingdom VS Team Triple J!

Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy were the All In MCs on Sunday, but their side didn’t come out the winning side in that wild 16 man tag team match. Though, it’s not like the others teams in this match have had success lately. Matt Taven & Mike Bennett are without the ROH World Tag Team Championships, and then while Jeff Jarrett defeated Ariya Daivari last week, Jay Lethal fell to The Wrestler, Katsuyori Shibata. Who uses Rampage as a rebound on the way to All Out?

In this form of Triple Threat, only two teams are legal at once, so Taven starts against Brother Zay. Taven mocks “Shots! Shots!” and says that’s not cool anymore. They circle, tie up, and Taven wrenches to wristlock. Zay spins, slips through, waistlocks, but Taven drop toeholds. Taven floats over to a headlock, but Zay fights up. Zay fires body 9shots, then he wrenches to hammerlock. Taven elbows free, whips Zay to a corner, but Zay reverses. Taven goes up and over, keeps moving, but Zay hurdles over the slide. Zay gets moving, but Taven DROPKICKS him! The fans cheer, because “IIIII’M Matt Taven!”

But Taven turns around and Zay ROCKS him! Zay fires forearms, “SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS!” Zay says it’s cuz HEEE’S Isiah Kassidy! Zay whips, Taven reverses, but Zay ducks ‘n’ dodges to QUEBRADA! Taven dodges, Zay lands on his feet, and Zay ducks ‘n’ dodges again to tilt-o-whirl RANA! Taven tumbles, stands, and Zay CALF KICKS! The fans fire up for Zay and he stalks Taven to ropes. Zay wrenches Taven, tags Quen, and Quen BOOTS Taven’s arm. Quen wrenches to ELBOW BREAKER again and again and again! Quen CLUBS away on the arm, tags to Zay, and Zay BOOTS the arm. Private Party double whip then DOUBLE FLAPJACK!

The fans fire up as Private Party double kip up! Taven bails out, so Private Party BLASTS Triple J! Karen complains, but so does Sonjay Dutt. Bennett runs in but Quen BOOTS him! Zay brings Bennett around while Quen climbs, DOUBLE STOMP NECKBREAKER COMBO! The fans cheer, “SHOTS! SHOTS!” Zay then helps Quen go up and up so he can SUPER CANNONBALL onto The Kingdom! Champagne cheers for “SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS!” and Quen drags Taven back into the ring. Zay drags him up, but then Bennett brings Quen down, BOSTON BAYONET! Bennett mocks “SHOTS! SHOTS!” and then Taven CLOBBERS Zay!

Taven tags Bennett, and Bennett SPLASHES DOWN! Cover, TWO! Bennett brings Zay up, CHOPS him, and the fans rally. Bennett CHOPS Zay, tags Taven, and Taven CHOPS Zay! Taven brings Zay around, back suplexes, but Zay lands out! Lethal tags in! Lethal dodges Taven to JAB, JAB, JAB! “OOH~ YEAH~!” But Taven mule kicks! Taven whips, Lethal reverses and hip tosses! Cartwheel and basement dropkick! Lethal grabs a leg, “WOO~!” But Taven kicks Lethal away! Bennett is there, but Lethal trips him to step through! Bennett boots Lethal away, Quen is there, so Lethal trips him! “WOO~!” but another boot!

Zay is here, but Lethal trips him! Zay kicks free, Taven is there, but Lethal dodges him to CHOP! Lethal whips, Taven reverses, but Lethal handsprings! Taven gets under Lethal, Bennett slides in, POP-UP BAYONET! Taven tags Bennett, Bennett sucker punches Jarrett, then Bennett stomps away on Lethal! Jarrett storms back up but the ref stops him, and Rampage goes picture in picture.

Bennett drops elbows on Lethal’s knee, then drags him over. Bennett CHOPS Lethal in a corner, reels him in, and suplexes high and hard! Cover, TWO! Bennett drops a leg on Lethal, covers, TWO! Bennett keeps Lethal from Jarrett to whip him hard into the Kingdom’s corner. Tag to Taven and Taven ROCKS Lethal with a forearm! And then another! Lethal goes back to the corner, Taven digs his boot in, but lets off as the ref counts. Taven gets mad at Sonjay, but is wary to stay away from Private Party. Bennett CLAWS Lethal’s face in the distraction. Taven brings Lethal up to RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Cover, TWO!

Rampage returns to single picture and Taven keeps Lethal down with a facelock. Bennett storms in, The Kingdom double whip, but Lethal holds ropes. Lethal dodges Bennett, Taven catches Lethal to a SLEEPER, but Lethal JAWBREAKERS free! Lethal UP KICKS Bennett, and hot tag to Jarrett! The fans fire up as The Last Outlaw rallies on everyone! Jarrett ELBOWS Bennett, whips Taven but Taven reverses. Jarrett dodges Taven and goes up, to rain down fists! The fans count along, all the way to TEN! Private Party gets in and Quen whips Jarrett. Jarrett reverse to then BACKDROP Quen! Jarrett drop toeholds Zay to ropes!

Jarrett runs to STRADDLE ATTACK Zay! Then the fans cheer the Fargo Strut! But Taven rolls Jarrett, with tights! TWO, Taven whips, but Jarrett reverses. Jarrett kicks low, and Lethal runs in to SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Bennett storms in but Jarrett gets Lethal out of the way, the SUPERKICK hits Jarrett! Lethal hits the LETHAL COMBINATION! But Taven LEG LARIATS Lethal! Quen drags Jarrett over to tag in! Taven RAMS Quen, but Zay returns! Taven TOSSES Zay, but Quen is there for some SILLY STRING! Zay drags Taven over, Quen is up top! 450 SPLASH!! Cover, Bennett breaks it!

The fans fire up while everyone is down! Quen storms up but Bennett ROLLING ELBOWS! Jarrett tags in but Quen  HOTSHOTS him! But Bennett DEATH VALLEY DRIVERS Quen! Zay blocks a kick and slips around, NECKBREAKER for Bennett! LETHAL INJECTION for Zay! JSUT THE TIP of the knee for Lethal! Jarrett catches Taven for THE- NO, Taven pokes eyes! Taven mocks the struth, springboards, but Jarrett ducks the Kick o’ the King! Jarrett trips Taven, has the legs, “WOO~!” FIGURE FOUR!! Bennett runs in but Lethal intercepts! Lethal puts on a FIGURE FOUR!! The Kingdom flail, reach for each other, and they hold hands!

The fans fire up as The Kingdom endures, but Triple J just puts on more pressure! The Kingdom TAPS, Triple J wins!

Winners: Team Triple J, by submission

Bennett & Taven may have been holding hands, but it is Jarrett & Lethal that held it together as a team! They had their rough patches, but they’re standing tall together, will they make a run at tag titles on the way to All Out?

Mina Shirakawa VS Missa Kate!

After last weekend in London, The Fighting Gravure Idol is the NEW Rev-Pro Women’s Champion, and she even won last night on ROH TV. However, she isn’t slowing down, because she also grabbed up the Queen of Southside belt along the way. Will she gain momentum to soon challenge for a championship here in AEW?

The bell rings and the fans rally up. Mina and Kate tie up, Mina waistlocks, but Kate switches. Mina wrenches out, Kate ducks a kick but so does Mina. Mina kicks low, whisp, but Kate reverses. Mina ducks ‘n’ slides to shimmy! The fans cheer but Kate is annoyed. Kate mocks the dance, runs up, but Mina trips her up! Mina sits Kate up to KICK her in the back, and the fans cheer. Mina kicks but Kate dodges. Kate swings, Mina dodges, then comes back to tilt-o-whirl and RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! The fans cheer, Mina covers, ONE!! Kate shows some grit but Mina hooks her legs up. The fans cheer the dance, and then Mina STOMPS the knees!

Kate writhes, Mina drags her around, and Mina steps through, but Kate kicks free. Kate runs up, Mina goes out to the apron. Mina ducks a haymaker to ROCK Kate! Mina then goes up to ENZIGIRI! The fans cheer, Mina drags Kate around, and Mina says time to go up! Mina climbs, the fans rally, and Mina FROG SPLASHES! Cover, TWO! Kate stays in this but Mina stays cool. Mina calls her next shot and the fans rally again. Mina drags Kate up, dragon sleepers, but Kate fights up and around the driver! Kate whips to YAKUZA KICK! Cover, TWO! Kate is frustrated but he says, “You want Mina? You want Mina?!”

Kate drags Mina up, says look at her, and she clams on a full nelson! But Mina slips under, victory roll, TWO! Kate runs up, into a ROLLING ELBOW! URAKEN! CALF KICK! Mina fires up and calls her shot again! The fans cheer, and Mina dragon sleepers, for the GLORIOUS DRIVER MINA!! Cover, Mina wins!

Winner: Mina Shirakawa, by pinfall

The Rev-Pro Women’s Champion, the Queen of Southside Wrestling, and still a shining star in AEW! She didn’t like watching Toni Storm and Mariah May fight at All In, but will Mina move up the ranks until she’s the one fighting a friend?

PROGRAMMING NOTE for next Friday!

With AEW All Out on Saturday, September 7th, AEW is going all out the night before! Collision will be live at 8 PM Eastern, and Rampage will still be on at 10 PM! Don’t miss a HUGE three hour block of action, followed by the All Out Countdown at 11 PM!

Stokely Hathaway & Kris Statlander speak.

#BigStoke tells Willow Nightingale that she has surrounded herself “with a bunch of deviants, the lowest common denominators in AEW.” But that’s very fitting of her, because they are her support system. And her support system sucks ass! So of course, they would all agree Willow should challenge Kris Statlander to a Chicago Street Fight at All Out! That blows their mind, because Willow is the farthest thing from “street.” She can’t walk the streets alone, and the only street cred she gets is listening to Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris. But then someone gets Stokely’s attention. Stokely asks if there’s a problem.

Stokely tells this person to step forward. A member of AEW production was apparently shaking his head. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a Willow fan! Well, guess what? Time to learn something. Kris DECKS the guy with a chain-wrapped fist! Kris then gets close to the camera. “September 7th, 2024, is going to be the death of this friendship.” Kris leaves, will she do that and then some to the Babe with the Power? Or will Willow finally settle the score for what The Galaxy’s Greatest Traitor did to her?

Grizzled Young Veterans VS The Outrunners!

Zack Gibson & James Drake shocked the world by showing up in Wembley Stadium to confront The Young Bucks, as well as add insult to injury on FTR’s loss in the AEW World Tag Team Championship Triple Threat. Liverpool’s Number One & Mr. Mayhem also made sure to put everyone else on notice: When you see GYV, you #GritYourTeeth! Will Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd get the message?

The teams sort out and Truth starts against Gibson. The fans rally, the two tie up, and Gibson pulls hair. The ref reprimands, but Truth powers out to headlock. The fans cheer, but Gibson slips around to facelock, armlock, wrench and hammerlock, then he tags Drake. Ripcord and wrench to whip and wrench again! Drake wrangles Truth to the mat, and he traps an arm to SNAP LOCK it! Drake goes for the arm again, twists it then CLUBS it! Drake wrenches again, grinds the arm, but Truth rolls free. Truth scoops Drake to SLAM him down! The fans cheer and Truth tags Turbo. Turbo scoops, and Truth helps him SLAM!

The fans cheer more as Turbo flexes. Gibson talks smack on Turbo, and then Drake powers Turbo back. Gibson tags in, GYV dropdown then leapfrog so they can DOUBLE LARIAT! Drake talks trash, Gibson says Turbo is a joke, and Gibson slaps him around. Turbo gets mad, though! Gibson kicks Turbo first! Gibson scoops, Turbo slips free and BOOTS! Tag to Truth, The Outrunners work together, headlock power-out shoulder tackle! The Outrunners then power up, they shake hands, and they DOUBLE ELBOW DROP! Cover, ONE!! Gibson shows his toughness but Truth CLUBS him. Truth reaches out but Gibson DECKS him first!

Gibson DECKS Turbo, then swings on Truth. Truth dodges to CHOP, CLUB, and repeat! Gibson headlocks, Drake tags in as Truth powers out. Gibson drops, Drake runs up to dropkick the legs out! Gibson basement dropkicks Truth then sets up, but Drake stumbles over Truth to get there. Drake still DECKS Turbo! Erica Leigh checks on him, and Rampage goes picture in picture.

Drake ROCKS Truth and Truth stumbles all the way out of the ring. Drake tags Gibson, and Gibson drags Truth up. BACKBREAKER PLANCHA COMBO! Drake talks smack on the fans, and Gibson drags Truth up. Gibson ROCKS Truth, puts him on the apron, and then SMACKS him off the edge! Truth flounders and sputters away, but Gibson storms up to ROCK him again. Tag to Drake, and Gibson scoops Truth to SLAM him! Gibson then scoops Drake to SLAM him onto Truth! Drake covers, TWO! Drake keeps Truth down, then drags him up to fire forearms. Drake stomps Truth at the ropes, the ref reprimands, and Drake lets off.

Drake short arm LARIATS Truth down, covers, TWO! Truth sputters and flounders some more but Drake stays between him and Turbo. Drake stomps Truth’s hand, then DECKS him! Drake talks trash on Turbo, the ref keeps Turbo back, and Drake drags Truth up. Drake bumps Truth off buckles, tags Gibson in, and the GYV mug Truth. Gibson underhooks to BUTTERFLY STRETCH! Truth endures while Rampage goes to break.

Rampage returns and Drake has Truth in a SLEEPER! Truth endures, fans rally up, and Truth fights with forearms! Truth reaches out, as does Turbo! Drake keeps Truth back, kicks low, then reels him back in. Drake snap- NO, Truth fights the suplex! Truth suplexes, but Drake fights it! Gibson tags in, Truth suplexes Drake but Gibson bails Drake out. Truth waistlocks Gibson but Gibson backs him into the corner. Drake runs up, Gibson moves, BIG ELBOW for Truth! Gibson comes back to LARIAT! Feed to the WHEEL KICK! But there was almost too much sauce on that, Truth stumbles towards his corner!

Gibson drags Truth back and eggs him on. Truth rises, the fans rally, but Gibson brings him around. Tag to Drake, and the ripcord for a FOREARM SMASH! Drake then clamps onto Truth with a chinlock. Truth endures, fights up, and the fans rally. Truth slips around to hit a BIG back suplex! The fans are thunderous while both men are down! But Gibson gets in to stop Truth! But Truth dodges Gibson to hot tag Turbo! Turbo rallies on GYV and the fans are loving it! Turbo DECKS Drake, DECKS Gibson, repeat! Then eh scoop SLAMS Gibson! And scoop SLAMS Drake! Turbo roars and the fans are with him!

Turbo brings Gibson up, but Gibson clinches! Drake ENZIGIRIS! GYV double whip Turbo, but Turbo ducks the lariats to DOUBLE LARIAT! Turbo hits another gear, and he calls to Truth! Tag and the fans fire up again! Truth climbs, Turbo brings Gibson up, but the ref reprimands Turbo! Drake SHOVES Truth down in the distraction! The fans boo, Turbo storms over but Drake gets away. Gibson throat chops Turbo down! The ref reprimands but Gibson tags Drake. Drake climbs, Gibson Electric Chair Lifts! DOOMSDAY DEVICE!!! The ref checks Truth, that was a rough landing! But GYV isn’t done! #GritYourTeeth HIGH LOW COMBO!! Cover, GYV wins!

Winners: Grizzled Young Veterans, by pinfall

They warned the AEW Tag Division! No gimmicks, no angles, no jokes! GYV is here to take down FTR, to take down The Young Bucks, and any other team that stands in their way! Will GYV sssoooooon be recognized as the greatest tag team in all the world?

Nyla Rose VS Aminah Belmont!

The Native Beast is back again, looking to continue her rampage towards title opportunities. Will she do just that on the road to All Out?

The bell rings and Aminah is wary of Nyla. They tie up, Amina waistlocks, but Nyla is too big to lift! Aminah ducks an elbow to CLUB Nyla, then ducks another elbow to run and HEADBUTT! Double-edged for Aminah, Nyla just scowls. Aminah apologizes, runs, but Nyla CLOBBERS her! Nyla drags Aminah up, bumps her off buckles, then fires body shots over and over! Nyla stomps Aminah down, stands her up, and TOSSES her across the way! Nyla says she’s out of the corner, isn’t she? Nyla runs to back body block, then LARIATS! Nyla snarls, waits on Aminah, and choke grips! CHOKE SLAM! Nyla fires up and the fans are with her!

Nyla drags Aminah up, spins around, BEAST BOMB!! Cover, Nyla wins!

Winner: Nyla Rose, by pinfall

A new take on her theme song, but Nyla’s personal playlist is the same! Will Nyla make sure to repeat her rise to the top of AEW in the near future?

BREAKING NEWS for Collision!

This week’s Collision is still on Saturday night, and still full of action! First, Tomohiro Ishii and Kyle Fletcher meet 1v1, both men looking to get back up after defeats just last Wednesday night. Speaking of looking to get back up, FTR takes on The Kingdom, which team makes their way back towards a tag title opportunity? Then, a unique Six Man Tag has been made as Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly will team with the undefeated and unbelievable Holo.grm! They go up against Johnny TV, The Beast Mortos, and the ROH Pure Champion, Lee Moriarty! Will The Conglomeration’s collaboration with Hologram be absolutely incredible?

And then, with Mariah May the NEW AEW Women’s World Champion and Mercedes Mone still AEW TBS Champion, contenders must be found! A Fatal 4 Way will see Queen Aminata, Serena Deeb, Thunder Rosa and Hikaru Shida battle it out, who stands tall just one week before All Out?

Fatal 4 Way: Konosuke Takeshita VS Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Lio Rush VS The Beast Mortos!

The Alpha of the Don Callis Family returned home to Japan to represent both AEW and DDT Pro in the 34th G1 Climax. He had an incredible run in the round robin phase, but fell in the semifinals. Even so, he is back in AEW to carve a new path! Will Konosuke prove he can still be The Alpha of All Elite? Or will he fail to overcome the Commander of the Skies, The Bad Child, and the Menacing Minotaur?

The bell rings and the four watch each other closely. The fans rally up as the four circle, and Konosuke goes afte rLio! Komander goes after Mortos but Mortos ROCKS him first! Mortos and Konosuke egg each other on, while they each ROCK Lio and Komander! Konosuke CHOPS Lio, Mortos SMACKS Komander! The fans fire up, and then Konosuke HEADBUTTS Lio! Mortos HEADBUTTS Komander! Mortos still eggs Konosuke on, and then he gorilla presses Komander! Konosuke does the same to Lio! The smaller men slip free and shove the big men into each other! Then Komander & Lio DUMP Mortos & Konosuke out to the aprons!

Komander & Lio trade, to SHOTGUN Konosuke & Mortos! The bigger men fall, the cruiserweights take aim to DOUBLE PLANCHA! But they both get caught! The fans fire up as the bigger men bring the cruiserweights around, CRUISERWEIGHT SANDWICH! The fans fire up as the bigger men stare down again. Konosuke drags Komander up, and while he watches Mortos, he puts Komander in the ring. Mortos does the same with Lio, but then Konosuke keeps Mortos from going in the ring. Mortos pushes Konosuke, and DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Neither man falls, so DOUBLE LARIATS collide again!

Both men wind up, to DOUBL E LARIAT again! Komander & Lio DOUBLE TOPE CONJILO! Down go the big men, and the fans fire up again! Lio goes into the ring, Komander joins him, and the fans rally up. Komander and Lio shake hands, but then Lio waistlocks! Komander switches, Lio slips under and waistlocks, but then he ducks an elbow! Lio kicks low, whips, but Komander reverses. Lio stops to avoid the hurdle, then he rolls Komander up, TWO! Komander goes for a sweep, misses, but he ducks the buzzsaw to roll Lio! TWO!! Lio keeps moving, handsprings over a dropdown, then handsprings under a lariat!

Lio mule kicks and ENZIGIRIS! Mortos and Konosuke return to mug Lio! The fans are torn, but the big men are fighting over who gets to stomp Lio! They cool off, then double whip Lio. Lio stops, dodges Konosuke, dodges Mortos, then goes up and up to FLYING RANA Mortos! Lio dodges Konosuke again, and again, and then again! But Konosuke BOOTS him on the fourth try! Komander is back, pop-up DROPKICK! The fans fire up as Konosuke bails out. Komander goes up a corner and the fans fire up again! Tightrope walk and SUPER TORNILLO! Down go Konosuke and Lio! But Mortos DIVES onto Komander!!

The fans are thunderous while all four men are down on the outside, and Rampage goes picture in picture!

Mortos rises first, and the fans roar with him. Mortos puts Komander in the ring, stalks him, and then CHOPS him back down! Komander flops to a drop zone, Mortos roars, and then he drags Komander up. Mortos HEADBUTTS Komander down, then stalks him to a corner. Mortos stands Komander up to SMACK him back down! Mortos CHOKES Komander, the ref reprimands but that’s all he can do. Konosuke CLAWS Mortos’ eyes! Konosuke TOSSES Mortos out, brings Komander up, but Komander fires hands! Komander ROCKS Konosuke, KICKS and CHOSP, but Konosuke CLAWS Komander’s eyes now!

Konosuke puts Komander in a corner, whips him corner to corner, then runs in to BOOT! Konosuke brings Komander around but Lio is back. Lio stops the suplex, kicks Konosuke, and the cruiserweights DOUBLE- NO, Konosuke fights the suplex to DOUBLE SUPLEX the cruiserweights! Konosuke DECKS Mortos off the apron, then he drags Lio up. Konosuke climbs up to rain down fists! Konosuke BITES Lio’s head! Surely Don Callis approves of that. The ref reprimands, Konosuke hops down, and he whips Lio corner to corner hard! Lio goes through ropes and to the apron! Konosuke storms over, scrapes Lio to the floor, then soaks up the heat.

Rampage returns to single picture as Mortos storms back in. He stares Konosuke down, then HEADBUTTS him! Konosuke comes back to DECK Mortos! Lio storms in to fire forearms on Konosuke! Lio then runs up, uses the ropes and goes up, but Konosuke stops the rana! Konosuke swings Lio up, for a LAST- NO, Lio slips fee! Lio bobs ‘n’ weaves, fires off fast hands and ROCKS Konosuke! Lio whips, Konosuke reverses but Lio hits RUSH HOUR! Konosuke bails out, Komander returns to CLUB Lio! Komander fires hands, whips, but Lio reverses. Komander reverses, Lio tilt-o-whirls, but Komander makes it a FACEUBSTER!

Mortos is back, Komander runs up to tilt-o-whirl, but Mortos stops that to make it a CIPHER UTAKI! Konosuke is back, he and Mortos DOUBLE LARIAT and this time, both men fall! The fans are thunderously agreeing, “This is Awesome!” Lio and Konosuke bail out, Komander and Mortos stand up in opposite corners. Komander runs up, but into a BOOT! Mortos then SLING-DOGS Komander, spiking him right on his head! Mortos keeps going as he whips Komander to ropes. Komander ducks ‘n’ dodges to then tilt-o-whirl, and then tilt-o-whirl again! DEJA VU RANA! The fans fire up as Mortos tumbles!

Komander runs up, Mortos dodges, and then Mortos comes back. Komander puts Mortos on the apron, but Mortos SMACKS Komander again! Mortos goes up, but Komander GAMANGIRIS! Komander climbs, throws hands, then goes to the very top. Konosuke slides in, he joins them up top! It is a combination clinch and waistlock, SUPER GERMAN SPANISH FLY COMBO!!! Konosuke covers both luchadores, but THE FINAL HOUR breaks it! Lio uses his frog splash to save the match, and fans hope these four “FIGHT FOREVER!” But someone has to win, the show’s almost over! Lio flounders to a corner, Komander stands up.

Komander SUPERKICKS Lio! Konosuke returns, Komander SUPERKICKS him, too! Komander runs up, hops up, POISON- NO, Konosuke stops Komander and brings him back up! Mortos goes up, too! We saw Doomsday earlier, and Komander ducks! Mortos flies but FLOPS, and Komander victory rolls Konosuke! TWO!! Konosuke escapes, he puts Komander on the outside, then CLAWS the eyes! Konosuke goes up, to deadlift SUPER- NO, Komander slips free of the suplex! Komander 619s the legs out! Konosuke falls, Mortos stands, Komander springboards to FLYING POISON-RANA!!! Cover, TWO!! Mortos survives!

The fans rally, Komander hurries to position Mortos just right, and he goes up a corner! Komander tightrope walks, CIELITO LINDO FLOPS as Mortos bails out! Lio DIVES onto Mortos! Direct hit into railing but Lio keeps going! He fakes Mortos out, does another lap, then DIVES! Another direct hit, and Lio hurries up a corner! Lio aims at Komander, for the FINAL- NO, Komander moves, Lio rolls through, and Mortos is back!? SPEAR!!! Mortos then scoops Komander, torture rack and the BEAST BACKBREAKER!! Then a POWER BREAKER!! But POWER DRIVE KNEE outta nowhere!! Konosuke goes for Komander, Komander victory rolls! TWO!!

Konosuke scoops for a BLUE THUNDER BOMB!! Konosuke fires up, the fans are with him, and Konosuke suplexes! RAGING FIRE!!! Cover, Konosuke wins!!

Winner: Konosuke Takeshita, by pinfall

The Alpha finds his opening, and he shoots down Komander with that modified falcon arrow! Don Callis is very pleased with Konosuke, as well. Now that they’re at full strength, will AEW soon belong to The Don Callis Family?

My Thoughts:

A great Rampage here, even with five matches like they’ve been doing. Though, it’s not like we didn’t know where the middle three matches were going. Good showing from Missa Kate but of course Mina won. Mina has two titles from outside AEW, and there’s obvious story to her and Mariah being at odds over the AEW Women’s World Championship, and while Mariah will surely retain, it’d be a solid first defense that they can certainly make happen for All Out. Though, they’d have to get going on promos as soon as tomorrow with Collision, because it might seem “too quick” if it all just happens on Dynamite.

Surprisingly great showing for The Outrunners against Grizzled Young Veterans, but I suppose that’s the best for both teams. Fans are falling in love with Truth & Turbo, and a team putting up a fight lets Gibson & Drake show off what they’re capable of. Therefore, strong win for GYV, and I’m thinking FTR has a response for them tomorrow night on Collision after they beat The Kingdom. Nyla of course wins her match tonight, but I almost wanted her to go after Erica Leigh again like she did last week. Nyla’s match was after an Outrunners match, there were parallels there, but I suppose that’d just be mean to Erica.

Very good promo from Stokely & Statlander, and between Willow saying CMLL wasn’t going to sanction a No Disqualification type title match, Stoke & Stat not bringing up the title, and the graphic not having it, their match that was first advertised as a title match is no longer a title match. That’s disappointing. I get it, CMLL had to improvise after Stephanie Vaquer took the big money from WWE, but CMLL should know how their partners operate, and AEW likes doing the occasional wild match. I suppose the story now goes that Willow wins at All Out, Kris complains it took the No DQ nature to do it, so they have a match with normal rules for the CMLL title at Grand Slam, because Grand Slam is in New York and they’re both New Yorkers.

Great Triple Threat Tag to open, and great win for Team Triple Jay now that they’ve quietly, and even surprisingly, made the turn to Faces given the fans like Jeff Jarrett. I don’t see them taking the tag titles, but they can have some real fun being the good guys now. And then an awesome main event Fatal 4 Way. While I figured Konosuke was winning since this was his first match back, they made this thing a lot of fun, and of the other three, I figured Komander would take the loss. Mortos has that push coming from ROH, and similarly so does Lio, so AEW wants to protect them. Now here’s hoping that with Don Callis having more active, healthy guys, we can get the story of Fletcher breaking away to join Ospreay. Ospreay & Fletcher VS Konosuke & Rush, we gotta see it!

My Score: 8.7/10