AEW Coverage
Mitchell’s AEW Dynamite Results & Report! (10/23/24)
LADDER WAR!
Talk about escalation…!
Chris Jericho won’t stop disrespecting Dem Boys, so Mark Briscoe will give him one last shot at the ROH World Championship… in a LADDER WAR!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Sammy Guevara VS Shelton Benjamin w/ MVP; Shelton wins.
- Brian Cage & Lance Archer VS The Pillars of Destiny; Cage & Archer win.
- ROH World Championship Ladder War: Mark Briscoe VS Chris Jericho; Jericho wins and becomes the new ROH World Champion.
- Six Man Tag: The House of Black VS Kevin Koa, Jaden Monroe & Pirata de la Muerte; The House of Black wins.
- Kamille w/ Mercedes Mone VS Queen Aminata; Kamille wins.
- Six Man Tag: The Elite VS Daniel Garcia & Private Party; Garcia & Private Party win.
PLAY BY PLAY
Jon Moxley speaks.
“The caterpillar doesn’t just get to become a butterfly, no. Those wings ain’t free. The caterpillar eats itself. The caterpillar is preparing by instinct, by nature, to cannibalize itself. Imagine what we could become at AEW if we all had that same instinct. Tonight, AEW Dynamite, just a little piece of someone will be destroyed forever. But it’s for their own good. And for the greater good. Always for the greater good.” From the images shown, it could be Orange Cassidy, Darby Allin, Daniel Garcia, Private Party, Top Flight or The Dark Order. Moxley hops into the back of the truck and it takes off into the desert. Who will the Blackpool Combat Club tear down to build their AEW?
Daniel Garcia, Mark Briscoe, and more wait in the parking lot!
Speaking of those featured in Moxley’s message, they and a few others are all waiting for BCC to arrive. Will Moxley’s maniac crew learn what happens when they try to take what doesn’t belong to them?
Tony Schiavone is in the ring.
To begin Dynamite in Salt Lake City, let’s welcome in Hangman Adam Page. The fans are torn as the Blackhat Cowboy makes his entrance. Hangman steps into the ring and Schiavone just wants a moment of his time. Hangman loses to Jay White at WrestleDream, only to cost White his match against Christian Cage last week. Where is Hangman’s mind right now? Hangman snatches the mic from Schiavone! The fans boo but Hangman says last week, he took White’s head off! And before that, Hangman nearly took Juice Robinson’s life. And a few weeks ago, Hangman knocked out Austin Gunn so bad that he probably doesn’t remember his brother’s name!
But wait! COLTEN GUNN ATTACKS FROM BEHIND! The brother Hangman didn’t care to mention is now the one raining down hands! The fans fire up but Hangman slips free. Colten pursues out of the ring, to LARIAT Hangman down! The fans fire up with Colten and he runs up again, to LEAP! Hangman dodges and Colten crashes into the timekeeper’s area! Hangman goes around to get Colten, throw him into the side of the ring, then drags him up again. Hangman puts Colten in the ring, stomps him around, and he takes off his belt! Hangman CHOKES Colten, but here comes The Switchblade AND Juice Robinson!
The fans fire up as The Bang Bang Gang save their boy, and then they flank the ring. Hangman swings on White, swings on Juice, but White TACKLES Hangman! The fans fire up but Hangman gets free and retreats! Hangman hobbles a bit, but White asks where he’s going! White’s here where Hangman wants! Hangman can hobble away but he can’t hide! Hangman can’t hide that leg! White knows how much it hurts Hangman that he always has Hangman’s number! White’s 4-1, and if not for Hangman helping Christian, it would be a perfect 5-0!
Hangman can try to cover up his shortcomings with all the blood, barbed wire and fire he wants, it won’t change the fact that when the bell rings, he’ll never be able to measure up to the Switchblade! They haven’t seen the last of each other, and that’s perfect! Go ice up, Hangman, and they’ll see each other real soon. And if you ain’t down with that, they’ve got two words for ya! GUNS UP! Hangman hobbles away to metaphorically lick his wounds, when and where will he Breath with the Switchblade?
Sammy Guevara speaks.
“I’ve been here for the past five years. I take a lot of pride in being called an AEW Original. Because of this place, my life changed for the better. So the best way I know how to repay AEW is to make sure every single time I get in that ring, I give you a moment you’ve never seen before. For me, it’s always the same. But the way I get there needs to be different. The way I realize my destiny is by going against the best. And one of the best just had a hell of a debut last Wednesday on Dynamite.”
MVP & Shelton Benjamin speak.
Montel Vontavious Porter says, “There is always an agenda. There’s no ulterior motive, there is a motive.” The Standard of Excellence says, “We’re not here to make friends. We’re not here to shake hands. We’re here to crack heads, we’re here to make money, we’re all about that business.” MVP says they are merchants of misery. Shelton is exceptionally gifted at hurting people. And when you’re good at something, you never do it for free. So what is the agenda? They’ll take over. As they say, trust the process. They’ve done it before, and they’ll do it again. The Spanish God is about to have the match of his career, will he hold his own with one of the best ever?
Sammy Guevara VS Shelton Benjamin w/ MVP!
The bell rings and the fans rally as the two stare down. Shelton and Benjamin circle, tie up, and Shelton knees low! Shelton has the Gotch hold, and he TOSSES Sammy with the single leg suplex! Sammy flounders to ropes, Shelton storms over, and Shelton brings Sammy up. Shelton whips corner to corner hard and Sammy falls to the mat. Shelton storms up on Sammy again, puts him in a corner, but Sammy CHOPS! And fires a forearm, then CHOPS again! Sammy fires more shots but Shelton DECKS him! Shelton fires knees into Sammy, then snap suplexes! MVP says that’s what he’s talking about!
The fans rally but Shelton drags Sammy up again, for a stalling suplex! But Sammy slips to waistlock. Shelton elbows Sammy, runs, but Sammy hurdles, backflips, and DROPKICKS! Sammy kips up so smooth and the fans fire up! Sammy somersaults but Shelton stops the cutter. Shelton shoves Sammy to the apron, but Sammy comes back to GAMANGIRI! Shelton snarls, runs up, but Sammy DUMPS him out! The fans fire up as Sammy mule kicks! Sammy then ASAI MOONSAULTS! Down goes Shelton and the fans are thunderous for Sammy! MVP is upset but Sammy hurries into the ring. Sammy builds speed, but MVP stands in the way!
The fans boo but Sammy just builds speed again. Sammy DIVES, but into Shelton’s hands! OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY onto the ramp! MVP says that’s what he likes, that’s how they get down, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Shelton looms over Sammy, drags him up, to then scoop and SLAM him back on the ramp! Shelton leaves Sammy behind for the count to handle, and MVP talks a bit of smack on Sammy. Sammy crawls his way to the ring, drags himself up, but Shelton BOOTS him back down! The ref reprimands, but the count continues. Sammy crawls, Shelton storms out after Sammy, and Shelton throws knees into Sammy! Shelton pushes Sammy against railing, then THROWS him at the apron! And THROWS him back at railing! And repeat! And repeat! Sammy flops over, Shelton rolls in and lets the ref check on Sammy.
Sammy is somehow still in this so MVP talks more smack. Sammy drags himself into the ring, but Shelton is right on him! Shelton rains down forearms in the corner, but lets off as the ref counts. Shelton stomps Sammy, drags him up, and then whips him to ropes. Shelton FLAPJACKS Sammy right as Dynamite returns to single picture! The fans fire up and rally while Shelton paces around Sammy. Shelton watches Sammy rise up, to then GERMAN SUPLEX! Shelton watches Sammy flounder around, and Sammy grabs at Shelton. The fans rally up while Shelton drags Sammy to his feet. Shelton waistlocks for another GERMAN SUPLEX!
Sammy writhes and Shelton grins. Shelton storms over to Sammy, looms over him, then brings Sammy up. Shelton clinches but Sammy rolls him up! TWO!! Shelton escapes, Sammy SUPERKICKS! And SUPERKICKS! The fans fire up as Shelton ends up on the apron, and Sammy SUPERKICKS again! Sammy runs to JUMP KNEE Shelton to the floor! Sammy fires up and the fans rally again as he builds speed! Sammy FOSBURY FLOPS! Down goes Shelton and the fans fire up again! Sammy drags Shelton up, but Shelton pushes free. Shelton rolls into the ring, but Sammy goes to the apron. Sammy springboards, but into a waistlock!
Shelton GERMAN SUPLEXES, but Sammy lands out! The fans fire up and Sammy dodges Shelton to run, POP-UP CUTTER!! Both men are down and MVP shouts to stay on his man! Sammy crawls to a cover, ONE?!? Sammy is shocked, but MVP says this is what happens when you play with your food. Stop playing, end this! Sammy RAMS into Shelton first! Sammy ENZIGIRIS Shelton and Shelton staggers away. Sammy aims, springboards, but into a SUPERKICK! Shelton grins as he lines up another shot, and SUPERKICKS again! Sammy falls right over, but Shelton drags him up. Shelton puts Sammy in a corner to go corner to corner, for the STEP-UP KNEE!
Shelton drags Sammy into the clinch, for the EXPLODER POWERSLAM! Cover, Shelton wins!
Winner: Shelton Benjamin, by pinfall
MVP raises Shelton’s hand, and the Hurt Syndicate is rolling into Fright Night Dynamite! Will they teach Swerve Strickland what happens when you refuse to do business with them?
Backstage interview with Mariah May.
Renee Paquette is waiting to talk with the AEW Women’s World Champion after her loss to Anna Jay at last Saturday’s Battle of the Belts. Mariah storms out of her locker room as Renee adds Anna’s win earned her a future title opportunity. Renee now notes that it seems Mariah is already leaving. Mariah says no, she’s not leaving yet. Then what is she doing with her luggage? Oh, this isn’t Mariah’s. Mariah TOSSES Anna’s luggage! Mariah says Anna does NOT belong in the ring with her, and she does not belong in the same locker room. But here comes Anna! Anna and Mariah pull each other’s hair, but Christopher Daniels rushes in!
Daniels says to stop it, let go, and the hair pulling stops. Anna and Mariah dare the other to make a move, but Daniels reminds Anna she has her championship match, just wait until then. But then how long will Anna have to wait to tear into The Glamour?
Tony Schiavone is back in the ring.
And he says that last Saturday, we heard Kyle Fletcher has something he wants to say here tonight. With that in mind, welcome Kyle Fletcher and… Don Callis. The fans boo as the Protostar and the scumbag he chose over Will Ospreay make their way out here. Callis takes the mic from Schiavone, and he says, “Kyle Fletcher has something important to say!” The fans boo as Callis hands the mic over to Kyle. Kyle says, “You people can boo me all you want. The only person I am here to talk to is Will Ospreay. It has been 11 days, Will, since I cost you your International Championship.
“It has been 11 days that you have been laid up in a hospital bed, with numbness tingling up and down your arms because of that herniated disk you don’t tell anyone about. And that whole time, just like these people, you have been wondering, ‘Why, Kyle, why?’ And oh boy does that make me happy. What these idiots don’t realize is that they are just as much to blame for this as you are. See, when I got to AEW, they said I was the next big thing. They said that I had the brightest future in professional wrestling.” The fans chant for Ospreay, but Kyle smirks. Kyle continues by saying, “And then you got here, Will.”
Instead of Kyle being “The Next Big Thing,” he became “The Next Will Ospreay.” They all started saying how Kyle looked like Will, how he wrestled like Will, and these “inbred Americans” even thought Kyle sounded like Will. Kyle took every one of those comparisons as an insult. Because in reality, Kyle is bigger, stronger, faster and better than Will in every single way! The fans boo more but Kyle says maybe there was a time he would’ve liked those comparisons. Back in 2021, when he joined The United Empire, Ospreay was the Kingpin! The Assassin! He had a killer instinct! The fans chant, “Wrap It Up! Wrap It Up!”
Kyle says Callis bought Kyle all the TV time he wants to get this off his chest, so you WILL listen to him! But do you wanna know why Kyle left NJPW to join AEW? Let’s talk about what happened between Ospreay and Okada. Okada brought Ospreay into NJPW when Ospreay was young and full of potential. Okada became Ospreay’s mentor and brother, and what’d Ospreay do? Ospreay stabbed Okada in the back. What about Ospreay and Kenny Omega? Omega left NJPW, Ospreay stepped up as the biggest foreigner in NJPW. But instead of being praised for that, they said Ospreay would never fill Omega’s shoes.
So what’d Ospreay do? He used that same screwdriver that Kyle did, and Ospreay stabbed Omega in the head! Then Ospreay dropped Omega on his neck with the Tiger Driver. Starting to notice a pattern yet? The reason Kyle left is because he saw the writing on the walls. Kyle knew what he had to do to get out of Ospreay’s shadow, because that is the lesson Ospreay taught Kyle. That is when Callis helped Kyle realized: Ospreay never wanted Kyle to realize his full potential; Ospreay never wanted Kyle to surpass Ospreay. Because that is the kind of person Ospreay is! Ospreay is selfish!
Kyle will give Ospreay one chance to save face with the people. The fans have moved on to chanting STFU, but Kyle ignores them. Kyle says Ospreay will face Kyle in this ring next week on Fright Night, ignoring the doctor’s orders, ignoring his wife Alex and son Harry begging him to rest up, to prove to the people that Ospreay gives a damn. But one thing is for sure, Kyle is sending Ospreay back to the hospital for a LOT longer than 11 days! Kyle will bury Ospreay in the mat with Tiger Driver after Tiger Driver until Ospreay’s neck withers away to dust! Kyle will stand atop Ospreay’s carcass as the one and only Protostar!
The fans boo more, but Kyle says one thing is very apparent. If Kyle wants to stand atop AEW and take it to heights it has never seen before, Kyle can be nothing like Ospreay. Kyle takes off his shirt, and Callis has an electric razor? Kyle says from this day forward, he is nothing like Ospreay. Kyle SHAVES HIS HEAD, no more blonde hair, and he keeps shouting, “I am nothing like you! I am nothing like you! I am nothing like you! I… am NOTHING… like you!” The symbolism aside, will the Aussie Arrow shoot down the Aerial Assassin and take his place in history?
Backstage interview with Ricochet.
Renee is with the One & Only and notes that he is enjoying his newfound freedom. Let’s talk what happened last week at the Maple Leaf Pro-Wrestling event. Ricochet says he is a man of his word. He told everyone that he would be willing to show up anywhere to get his hands on Konosuke Takeshita, and that is what he did. But it is funny, it plays in his mind, Takeshita never pinned Ricochet to become champion, Takeshita has screwed Ricochet out of that title twice now. So here Ricochet is, calling Takeshita or anyone else out because he is in a bad mood. Please, show up this Friday for Rampage to find out why he’s not from here, he is Outta This World!
But remember: Payback’s a b*tch. In steps MVP and says yes it is, but that’s not why he and Shelton are here. They have a tumultuous history but hey, new company, new chapter, new beginnings. Let’s start off right. MVP hands Ricochet his card. MVP also notes the very nice suit. MVP & Shelton head out, will Ricochet join up if it means a fair fight with The Don Callis Family? Or will he still prefer to be The One & Only?
Brian Cage & Lance Archer VS The Pillars of Destiny!
From one Don Callis Family member to another, The Machine & The Murderhawk Monster dominated in their debut last Saturday, and they look to do the same on Dynamite! If #EverybodyDies will there be no answer to #WhoBetta? Or can Hunter Grey & Paul Titan survive?
The teams sort out, Archer starts against “Parviz” Paul Titan. The bell rings, Archer kicks and CLUBS away on Parviz to then bump him off buckles. Archer fires off forearms, then laughs as the ref counts. Archer CHOPS Parviz, then runs corner to corner. Parviz dodges, tags Grey, and Grey LARIATS! But Cage steps in as Grey fires himself up, and then he SPINEBUSTERS Grey down! Parviz roars, runs in, but into a waistlock! BOOT GERMAN SUPLEX COMBO! The fans fire up as Cage reels Parviz in. Archer LARIATS Grey up and out, and Cage brings Parviz up! Archer adds on, CHOKE SLAM BOMB COMBO!! Cover, Don Callis Family wins!
Winners: Brian Cage & Lance Archer, by pinfall
Callis joins his #MurderMachines in the ring, and he hugs it out with his Family. Will nothing stop them from taking over AEW?
Daniel Garcia and the anti-BCC alliance are still waiting.
It’s been about 45 minutes since the show began, but still no Moxley and crew. But wait, Chuck Taylor comes out, he’s officially part of AEW staff. He tells Kyle O’Reilly & Orange Cassidy that Mark Briscoe’s match is up next. The Conglomeration has to head out to back him up, but Chuckie T does wanna talk to his old Best Friend. Chuck has known Cassidy 20 years, used to be roommates since they couldn’t make it on their own. Then AEW came along. Chuck knows Cassidy knows what’s going on and he knows Cassidy sees what BCC is doing. And even with all these guys, God bless ’em, they might not be able to beat BCC. None of ’em ever have.
Except for Cassidy. And it is about time to step up, Cassidy. Okay? Chuck escorts Cassidy into the arena, but will Freshly Squeezed be ready to get serious? Like, really serious?
ROH World Championship Ladder War: Mark Briscoe VS Chris Jericho!
The Sussex County Chicken cooked The Learning Tree at WrestleDream, but if there’s one thing about Jericho, he is persistent. He ruffled Mark’s feathers all over again to get this rematch, but he’ll have to go above and beyond if he wants to win it. Will The Ocho rise up to become The Nueve? Or is this the end of the Jericho Vortex once and for all?
Introductions are- Never mind, Mark CHUCKS a ladder at Jericho already! The bell rings, Jericho grabs the ladder, but Mark SPEARS Jericho! Mark rains down fists, the fans fire up, and Mark drags Jericho up to UPPERCUT! Jericho goes to the apron, but Mark runs him side to side to bump off buckles! And then to the other side! And back the other way! Mark runs to BLAST Jericho off the apron, and Jericho falls down through tables! The fans are thunderous and Mark throws off the headband. Free souvenir there, and Mark thinks about the ladder. Mark says no, not yet. Mark goes out to drag Jericho from the wreckage!
Mark brings Jericho around to CHOP! Mark headlocks, throws hands, then ROCKS Jericho! Mark CLAWS at Jericho’s face and the fans fire up! Mark lets off to CHOP Jericho again! Mark then brings a ladder over, props it up against the railing, and goes for Jericho. Mark brings Jericho over, suplex, but Jericho fights it! Jericho suplexes Mark to the floor! They narrowly miss the steel steps but Jericho stands Mark up. Jericho SMACKS Mark off the steps, but Mark fires back! They brawl, Jericho has the edge, and then he uses a piece of broken table to SMACK Mark! The fans boo but Jericho goes looking under the ring.
Mark huffs ‘n’ puffs while Jericho brings a new ladder into play. Jericho puts the ladder against the apron, but Jericho grabs it to SEESAW it into Jericho’s face! Mark’s done that before, and he brings Jericho to the apron! The fans fire up as Mark lifts, but Jericho fights the driver! Jericho fires hands, kicks a leg, then brings Mark up. But Mark fires hands in return! Mark DECKS Jericho, then hops down to put him against the ladder. Mark rains down fists, then goes into the ring. The fans are thunderous as Mark builds speed, and DIVES! But only onto ladder!! Jericho avoids disaster but Mark does not, and fans lose their minds!
Jericho puts a ladder in the ring, sets it up, and he climbs! The fans boo, but Mark rises up! Mark hurries in to drag Jericho down! Mark fires hands on Jericho, then whips, but Jericho reverses! Mark is sent right into the ladder! The ladder falls over, but Jericho picks it up, to RAM Mark down!! The fans boo but Mark is certainly busted open from that. Jericho soaks up the heat while Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Jericho brings the ladder over, sets it down, and opens it up. Jericho pretends he can’t hear the fans as he stalks Mark. Jericho drags Mark from the ropes, throws hands into the bloody forehead, and then puts Mark in the ladder. Jericho SLAMS the ladder shut on Mark! And then again! Jericho paces while Mark crawls free of the ladder. Jericho puts the ladder on top of a corner, then he stalks Mark to a corner. Jericho drags Mark up to CHOP! Jericho waves hi to the picture of Jay Briscoe on Mark’s shirt, then CHOPS again! Jericho fires hands, but Mark fires back! Mark backs Jericho down and the fans rally up!
Mark fires a flurry, then powers up, only for Jericho to send him into the ladder! Another headshot and Mark falls back! The ladder falls, so Jericho storms out of the ring to fetch it. Jericho even brings in a very tall ladder. Jericho steps into the ring, soaks up some heat, and goes back to a very bloody Mark. Jericho slaps Mark around, then stands him up to ROCK with a forearm! Mark just fires up! Mark fires a forearm, Jericho fires back! Mark fires a haymaker, so Jericho fires back! Mark UPERCUTS, then fires a flurry of shots! Mark fires up again, runs up, but Jericho DUMPS Mark out! Jericho hurries to stand his tallest ladder up!
Mark sputters behind the crimson mask as he rises up. Dynamite returns to single picture as Jericho puts his shorter ladder aside. Jericho climbs, but Mark hurries in! Mark CLUBS Jericho on the back, CLUBS him again, then fireman’s carries! DEEATH VALLEY DRIVER through the corner ladder!! The fans lose their minds again as Mark and Jericho writhe! Mark flounders out of the ring, and he finds himself a ladder! Mark slides that into the ring, stomps Jericho, and moves the taller ladder aside. Mark puts the short ladder on top of Jericho, and he goes up a corner! The fans fire up, but Jericho stands to JAM Mark up!
Jericho SMACKS Mark with the ladder! Jericho climbs the ladder while it leans against the corner. Jericho drags Mark up, but Mark fires hands! Mark ROCKS Jericho, and then pushes the ladder over! Jericho falls back, ladder on top! Mark SWANTON BOMBS Jericho!! Jericho lessened the damage by getting the ladder out of the way, but the fans fire up for Mark. Mark goes out, and he brings a table to the ring! But Jericho climbs! Mark hurries to climb the other side, and he fires hands! Jericho and Mark brawl up at the very top! The fans fire up as Mark grabs for the belt! But Jericho fires hands! Jericho CLAWS Mark’s face!
Jericho SMACKS Mark off the top, and Mark falls! Jericho grabs for the belt as it swings around, but Mark hurries to tip the ladder! Jericho falls and HOTSHOTS off ropes! The fans are thunderous while both men are down! “This is Awesome!” as Mark pounds the mat. Mark grabs that table, but Jericho fires hands! Mark and Jericho brawl some more, the fans strongly behind Mark. Jericho gets the edge with forearm after forearm, then he runs, but Mark THROWS him into a ladder! And then Mark SHOVES the ladder over to jam Jericho up again! Mark sees the title and he fires up! But Mark still sets up his table?
Mark did say this was personal now, and he stands the tall ladder up near the table. Mark drags Jericho up, puts him on the table, and throws down fists! Mark hurries up top and the fans fire up already! Mark gets Salt Lake City even hotter, but here comes Bryan Keith! The Bad Apple climbs up the ladder, but Mark dares him to try. But here comes Rocky Romero! Kendo stick SMACK for Keith! Keith falls off the ladder, and Azucar chases him away with more kendo stick SMACKS! Mark goes to the very top, to SUPER DUPER FROGGY-BOW~! The fans are absolutely erupting, but Mark says that’s not all!
Mark drags Jericho up, JAY DRILLER!! Mark pushes Jericho away, adjusts the ladder, and he climbs! But of course, here comes BIG BILL! Bill CLUBS Mark, choke grips, and carries him over to SKYSCRAPER CHOKE SLAM through tables!!! The fans boo as Jericho is saved by his Redwood. Bill shouts to Jericho to get up! Jericho barely sputters, so Bill hauls him up to a fireman’s carry! Bill literally carries Jericho to victory! Jericho grabs at the belt, brings it down, and WINS!
Winner: Chris Jericho (NEW ROH World Champion)
The Nueve is real, but wait! TOMOHIRO ISHII is here! Rocky also backs Ishii up, because here comes payback! Will it be The Stone Pitbull that uproots The Learning Tree once and for all?
What does it mean to be an elite athlete?
Is it being bigger, stronger, and faster than your opponent? Is it how you outwork and out hustle the competition? Is it getting up every time you’re knocked down, and hitting back twice as hard? Is it defeating every opponent that stands in your way? It’s all these things and more. Kris Statlander VS Kamille will clash next Wednesday, in Cleveland, Ohio, for Fright Night Dynamite, looking to prove who is the scariest woman in AEW.
Adam Cole is here!
Salt Lake City fires up as the Panama City Playboy makes his way to the ring. The fans join in for “BOOM!” and “ADAM COLE BAYBAY!” Cole grabs the mic to ask whose ready for- “ADAM! ADAAAM!” Roderick Strong shouts at his friend and says hey, he knows Cole needed to get stuff off his chest. But we all know who MJF really is: He’s an egomaniac, a manipulator, and a user. He used the Adam Cole brand to get something MJF has never had his entire career, and that is for the fans to really care about him. MJF never checked on Cole once when he was injured. But guess who did: The Undisputed Kingdom did.
Roddy, Mike Bennett & Matt Taven all step into the ring and Bennett says we all know in MJF’s egotistical mind, MJF thinks this whole group was formed because of him. But no, this group, this friendship, has always been way bigger than that. They started this together, so they’ll finish this together. Taven says a year ago, when Cole told them about this plan, they said “Yes” before he even finished a sentence. Because they knew this wasn’t about MJF, this was about them! And when Taven thinks on the best moments of his career, or hell, his life, it is with this group here together. Roddy says yeah, that’s right.
But Roddy does want Cole to know that he’s so proud of Cole. Cole worked his ass off this past year to come back from a serious ankle injury. The fans cheer that. Roddy says more importantly, he is proud of Cole coming back to finish what they started, and that is to take MJF out together. Cole, as your best friend, Roddy wants Cole to know this. Roddy wants his shot at MJF first. Fans aren’t so sure about that now but Cole says Roddy is damn right. They are going to finish what they started one way or another, and they should finish it tonight! The fans like the sound of that! Cole dares MJF to come on out here so they can take turns giving MJF an undisputed ass whooping!
The fans fire up, Cole & The Kingdom all watch the ramp, but MJF is on the tron, getting a massage. MJF says that feels so good. He has been so tense since Cole came back. Oh, oops, didn’t see you boys there! MJF is so shocked Cole still wants to get his hands on MJF. Who knew. How greedy. But old friend, greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy a need without ever reaching it. Remember the revenge MJF promised to dangle over his head? Well, guess greed has blinded Cole from the fact that MJF is literally telling Cole he won’t ever get his hands on him!. Unlike Ms. Natalia here.
Oh, well. But here’s MJF’s carrot. Cole and his “trailer park pals,” whichever one wins three matches in a row first, they get MJF at Full Gear. Classic MJF move, right? Making people jump through hoops just to get at him. But to ensure that Cole cannot assault MJF- Oh, just a little bit lower, babe. Thanks. But MJF won’t be there in person until Full Gear. Gosh, hopefully they get the happy ending they want. Lord knows MJF will. MJF settles back in and the tron shuts off. Cole says hey, if that’s what they gotta do, then that’s what they gotta do. Undisputed Kingdom hugs it out, who wins their right to fight the Wolf of Wrestling?
Oh, and Kyle O’Reilly is watching? How does he feel about all his old friends being friends with each other again?
Backstage interview with Jamie Hayter.
Renee is now with the former AEW Women’s World Champion and asks how it feels to hear Penelope Ford talk about how personal this has been for her. Hayter says she heard everything Penelope said, and she came to the conclusion… that it is BS! Penelope thinks things were handed to Hayter? Hayter slept on floors, had a minus in her bank account, and she could list so many other reasons why Hayter worked for this! “When you wrestle in community centers in front of 20 drunk men for 20 quid for most of your career, then you can talk to Hayter about not ‘working hard’ for this and being ‘handed everything.'”
Penelope wants to attack from behind? Wants to pop up on the tron? Well, Hayter is here in Salt Lake City looking for a fight, but surprise, surprise! Penelope is NOT. Penelope wants to be the victim of Hayter’s return? Then how about Hayter makes Penelope the victim! Two weeks from tonight, Dynamite, will Penelope be there? Hayter heads out, will Mrs. Superbad step up to the challenge?
Six Man Tag: The House of Black VS Kevin Koa, Jaden Monroe & Pirata de la Muerte!
While there are forces fighting for power in AEW, this force of nature proved last Saturday that they have not lost a step. Will every team in AEW remember that The House Always Wins?
The teams sort out, the fans bark for Brody but Malakai starts first. Pirata de la Muerte steps up for his team, only to get THE END! The fans fire up as the pirate of death is down, and now Koa finds himself the legal man! Koa runs up, Malakai sweeps the legs, and now Koa finds he’s surrounded. Malakai wrenches Koa, tags Buddy, and Buddy climbs to DOUBLE STOMP the arm! Buddy wrenches Koa but Koa ROCKS Buddy! Tag to Jaden, but Buddy wrenches him to tag Malakai. They whip Jaden, kitchen sink knee to PENALTY KICK! KNEE DROP! Brody tags and adds a SENTON! Koa runs back in but Brody CHOPS him down!
The fans fire up as Brody runs up to SPLASH Koa in the corner! Koa sits down, the fans bar and the House of Black unleash CERBERUS!! The fans are thunderous as Buddy & Malakai DOUBLE KNEE Jaden, then TOSS him to a POWERBOMB from Brody! Brody says finish it, and Buddy hits the CURB STOMP! Cover, The House wins!
Winner: The House of Black, by pinfall
The former AEW World Trios Champions are rolling, but they’re not done as Buddy grabs a mic. Buddy says, “Now that he’s cleared, next week, Buddy Matthews, Adam Cole Baybay!” The Aussie Juggernaut wants after the Panama City Playboy, will Cole already be eliminated from the MJF Full Gear challenge?
Backstage interview with Adam Cole.
Renee finds Cole & The Undisputed Kingdom to ask about this sudden challenge from Buddy. Cole says hey, he’ll go ask Buddy what’s up. Cole heads over to gorilla, and he stares down The House of Black. Brody & Malakai head out, but Cole asks why Buddy’s calling him out. Does Buddy have some sort of problem with Cole? No? Nothing else to say? What’s the deal? Buddy chuckles, and says it is to prove a point. And what is that? “That you’re fragile.” Buddy wants to break Cole, will he do just that? Or can Cole prove AEW is still undisputed?
Kamille w/ Mercedes Mone VS Queen Aminata!
The Brickhouse is going to battle #BornAgainKristen next week in The Land, but she must first make it through the One True African Woman. Will Aminata prove she is still a worthy contender to the TBS Championship? Or will Kamille remove the Queen from the board?
The bell rings and the two circle. The fans rally up, Aminata and Kamille tie up, and Aminata waistlocks. Kamille switches to SLAM Aminata down! The fans boo but Aminata is a little flustered. Aminata storms up but Kamille hits low. Kamille whips Aminata to a corner, runs up, and SPLASHES! Then short arm LARIAT! Cover, ONE?!? Aminata surprises Kamille and upsets Mone. Kamille scoops Aminata, aims, but Aminata slips free to shove Kamille into buckles! Aminata fires hands, then winds up, but Kamille dodges. Kamille runs in, Aminata goes up and over! Aminata runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, and tilt-o-whirls to RANA!
Kamille staggers up, but she avoids the dropkick! Aminata avoids the elbow! Aminata PENALTY KICKS Kamille down! Cover, ONE!?! Aminata is surprised but Mone is still upset. Aminata brings Kamille up, but Kamille switches to ripcord. Aminata slips around to crucifix and sunset! TWO! Kamille escapes, scoops Aminata, and powers up to BACKBREAKER! Aminata writhes, Kamille dusts herself off, and Mone feels better now. Kamille cocky covers, ONE, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Kamille scoops Aminata again, and hits another BACKBREAKER! Aminata writhes to the apron, but Kamille drags her up. Kamille puts Amianta through ropes, to CLUB! And CLUB! And CLUB again! The ref counts, Kamille stops at 4, and Aminata flops to the floor. Mone says hold up, and she scampers over to DECK Aminata! The CEO gets away with that because Kamille distracted the ref, and Mone scampers back to her corner. Mone smiles while Aminata sputters. The ring count is 5 of 10, and Aminata drags himself up. Aminata rolls into the ring, but Kamille drops a BIG elbow! Cover, ROPEBREAK!
Kamille drags Aminata back, stomps her down again and again, then drops an elbow on the leg! Kamille pulls on the toehold but Aminata endures. Kamille drops another elbow on the leg! Aminata endures again, and pulls Kamille down with her free leg! ARMBAR! Kamille fights free, and she BOOTS Aminata! Kamille covers, TWO! Aminata stays in this and that frustrates Kamille, but Dynamite goes to break.
Dynamite returns and Kamille grinds Aminata down with a chinlock. The fans rally for Aminata as she fights up, and she cravats for a SMASH! Aminata runs, and ducks the wheel kick! Kamille stagger sup, Aminata LARIATS! And ROCKS her! And CHOP BLOCKS her! The fans fire up as Aminata runs to SLIDING D! The fans fire up and Aminata hits a TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! Mone is freaking out but Aminata runs, to BOOT WASH Kamille! Aminata stares Mone down as the fans fire up! Aminata drags Kamille to a cover, TWO!! Kamille survives but the fans rally for Aminata. Aminata has the body scissors and she squeezes tight!
Aminata then hooks Kamille up, LEG NELSON! The fans fire up and Mone freaks out! Kamille pushes back to a cover, TWO!! DRAGON SLEEPER! Aminata has Kamille caught, but Kamille fights up. Kamille wrenches out to ROCK Aminata! Mone wants another one of those! Aminata ROCKS Kamille first! Kamille shakes that off, runs up, but Aminata wrenches to Alabama Lift! But Kamille fights that, CLUBS Aminata’s back, and brings Aminata up! But Aminata RANAS through! Cover, TWO!! Kamille escapes, slips around, and torture racks! Kamille THRASHES Aminata, then hits a RACK BOMB! Cover, TWO?!?
Mone is losing her cool but the fans are thunderous! Kamille storms around, Mone says finish this! Kamille drags Aminata up, dragon sleepers, and hits the ROAD TO DAMASCUS!! Cover, Kamille wins!
Winner: Kamille, by pinfall
The Brickhouse finally crushes Aminata, and Mone celebrates with her like she did something. But wait! Kris Statlander makes her presence known! The fans fire up as Kris goes right down the ramp and into the ring! Kris stares down Kamille, almost like Mone isn’t there. Mone has Kamille stand down, and tells Kris not to disrespect Kamille. Look at her! And compared to Kamille… Then Mone CLUBS Kris! Kris just smirks at Mone. Kris ELBOWS Mone, and fires off hands with Kamille! The fans are thunderous again, but Mone anchors Kris’ leg! Kamille drags Kris into the ROAD TO DAMASCUS!!
The #BornAgainKristen just got blindsided by The CEO & Brickhouse. They stand over her, Mone holding up the TBS Championship, will we see this again for Fright Night?
A car pulls into the parking lot.
Top Flight, Butcher, Dark Order and the rest of the anti-BCC alliance are ready for a fight with whoever is in there, but turns out it’s just The Patriarchy. Christian Cage tells them all to respect him as the holder of the Casino Gauntlet title match contract. The others don’t care, Captain Charisma isn’t who they wanted anyway. Nick Wayne taunts John Silver’s nunchaku, and Christian reminds us he is the future AEW World Champion. But then Kip Sabian is lurking! Christian chases Mr. Superbad again, will Christian catch him this time?
Wait, that chase brings them to the ring! Kip goes to the ring, Christian & Nick storm in, but Kip wants them to hold on and let him explain! Christian & Nick corner Kip, but here comes Hook! The Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil has been looking for who attacked his dad, and maybe he’s put together whodunnit! Renee hurries to walk ‘n’ talk with him, and points out that Hook just recently saw the security footage of the attack! Can Hook tell us who it was? Hook says yeah, the scumbag’s in the ring right now! Hook’s gonna go kick his ass! The fans fire up for that! But wait, there’s four people, who does he mean?
Hook storms down the ramp, dodges Nick and TAZ PLEXES him! Kip and Christian both tell Hook to hold on, but Hook grabs Christian! Hook says Christian’s gonna pay, but then Kip LOW BLOWS Hook!? The fans boo but Superbad is siding with Christian?! Christian says he knows why Kip’s been doing what he doing, keeping Christian from cashing in a few weeks ago. Christian will deal with that later. For now, Kip can sit in the corner. Kip obeys, and Christian tells Nick to finish this. Nick goes up and up, WAYNE’S- REDRUM!! But Christian CRACKS Hook with the contract clipboard! Nick resets, for WAYNE’S WORLD!
The fans boo as Nick and Christian hug it out. Christian then turns Hook to hit a KILLSWITCH on the clipboard!! And he tells “Tyler” this isn’t what he thinks it is. Christian then holds up his clipboard, dented from Hook’s head. What is Captain Charisma even talking about? Why did he attack Taz? Why is Kip joining The Patriarchy? What will it take for Hook to avenge his father?
Six Man Tag: The Elite VS Daniel Garcia & Private Party!
Even in the face of Moxley’s motley crew claiming they run AEW now, Jack Perry & The Young Bucks did nothing! Their apparent apathy angered Red Death and his friends, so now the pursuit of gold comes with a grudge! Will Garcia, Quen & Kassidy prove they all deserve those AEW titles far more than The Elite? Or will The Scapegoat & The Bucks simply make them the newest sacrifices for the “greater good?”
The teams sort out but then they start getting at each other. There’s trash talking, and then Jack Perry shoves Garcia! Garcia chases Perry out of the ring! The fans fire up, The Bucks go after Private Party, and then Jack turns things around on Garcia. The ref reprimands, but then Garcia sends Jack into steel steps! Private Party DOUBLE DROPKICK The Bucks outta the ring! Then Private Party hurries to DOUBLE PLANCHA! The Bucks go down, the fans fire up, and Garcia puts Jack in the ring! The bell sounds, and the main event finally begins! Garcia stomps a mudhole into Jack, then digs his boot in!
The fans fire up, Garcia lets off to drag Jack up. Jack CLAWS Garcia’s eyes, CLUBS Garcia then tags Matthew Jackson. But Garcia CLOBBERS Matt! Garcia CLUBS Matt, tags Isiah Kassidy, and he fires hands. Zay wrenches Matt, whips him, but Nick tags in. Matt slides under. The Bucks whip but Quen tags off Zay. Zay handsprings through the hip tosses, and then dodges! Quen also dodges, and QUADRUPLE LARIATS take everyone down! But then QUADRUPLE KIP UPS! The fans are thunderous, Jack gets in to CLOBBER Zay, but Garcia TACKLES Perry! Nick drags Garcia up, Garcia elbows him away.
Matt runs up, Garcia kicks low and whips Matt into Jack! Garcia runs up to LARIAT them both! Then he sets up, Quen hits PARTY IN MOTION! Zay hits AFTERPARTY IN MOTION! They feed Matt to a LARIAT from Garcia! The fans fire up, but we get some picture in picture as the anti-BCC alliance is still waiting. Top Flight, Dark Order, The Butcher, now even The Infantry and Triple J, they’re all ready for a fight! As for the match, Quen tags Zay and Private Party double whip Matt. Matt reverses, Quen waistlocks, but Matt ducks, so Zay’s LARIAT hits Quen! Matt smirks, Zay is upset with himself, and Nick hops in. DOUBLE SUPERKICKS for Zay!
Garcia runs in but he gets DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! The fans boo, but then Jack drags Garcia to the apron! Nick climbs, Matt sets Zay up in the ropes, DRAPING DDT & DRAPING SWANTON IN STEREO! The fans boo, Jack mockingly pats Garcia on the back, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Zay writhes while The Bucks soak up the heat. Then Matt stomps Zay around. Matt stalks Zay to a corner, drags him up, but Zay fires body shots. Matt frowns, and he CLAWS Zay’s face! Matt throws Zay down as the ref counts, and Matt snapmares Zay. Tag to Nick and he slingshot SENTONS! Tag to Jack and he adds his own slingshot SENTON! Cover, TWO! Jack drags Zay around, CLUBS him down, then KNEES him in the side! Jack soaks up heat from Salt Lake, then he sucker punches Quen! The ref reprimands but Jack steps on Zay’s face. Jack drags Zay up to snap suplex, then floats to a cover, TWO!
Jack keeps on Zay and brings him to the corner. Tag to Nick, BACKBRAEKER and LEG DROP! Cover, TWO! Zay survives, but Nick runs up to stomp him! Nick taunts Quen & Garcia, but the ref stops them both from getting at Nick. Nick tags Matt, Matt drags Zay into a chinlock, but is secretly CHOKING Zay with a pearl necklace! Matt gets rid of the evidence before the ref can see it, and he tags Nick. The Bucks double whip, but Zay avoids the superkicks! Zay TOSSES Matt, fires hands on Nick, and he runs, only for Matt to trip him! Matt drags Zay out, but Zay ROCKS Matt! Nick runs up, catches Zay to a GUTBUSTER!
Matt runs up, NECKBREAKER BACKBREAKER COMBO! Garcia protests, The Bucks taunt him, and Matt fetches Zay. Matt drags Zay around to THROW him into railing! And Stokely Hathaway is there to applaud… Dynamite returns to single picture as Stokely tells Zay this is why they should’ve accepted his help. Matt drags Zay up, brings him around, and whips, but Zay reverses! Matt is sent into steel steps! The fans fire up, Nick hurries to the apron, but Zay ducks! The PENALTY KICK hits Matt! Zay YANKS Nick down, but Nick tags Jack! Jack anchors Zay’s legs! Jack drags Zay back, but Zay fights up! ENZIGIRI!
The fans fire up as Jack falls back! Zay crawls, Garcia is rabidly waiting, but Matt YANKS Garcia down! Matt wags his finger, no hot tags for Zay. Jack drags Zay back to The Elite corner while Matt whips Garcia into railing! Nick goes up and around to line up a shot. Matt & Jack mug Garcia, and Nick SHINING WIZARDS Zay in the corner! Jack gets Garcia up to POWERBOMB him through the timekeeper’s table! Jack mockingly waves, and Nick hits a BULLDOG on Zay! Nick drags Zay over, tags Matt, and then Nick climbs.
Matt & Nick set up, RISKY BUSINESS! Cover, TWO!! Zay roars and the fans fire up! This is the same fire that kept Private Party in the tag title match for so long at WrestleDream! But Nick tags Matt back in, they double whip Zay, but Zay KICKS Matt! And CHOPS Nick! Zay knuckle locks, hurdles over Matt then goes up and up to FLYING RANA ARM-DRAG COMBO! Hot tag to Quen! Quen blows through Nick’s lariat to BLAST Jack! And he LARIATS Nick! LARIAT for Matt! HEEL KICK for Nick! HEEL- NO, Matt blocks but Quen PELES! Jack is in, he BOOTS Quen! Jack runs up, into a SNAP POWERSLAM!
Quen DOUBLE RANAS The Bucks! But The Bucks DOUBLE SUPERKICK! Zay tags back in, springboards, but The Bucks dodge! DOUBLE SUPERKICKS! Jack hits a POISON-RANA! Nick covers, TWO!! Zay survives again and the fans rally again. Nick tags Jack and Jack drags Zay up. Jack aims for the corner, BUCKLE BOMB ENZIGIRI COMBO! Then Jack brings Zay back up, sticks him on the ropes, and Nick goes up! DRAPING DOUBLE STOMP into the POWERBOMB! Cover, QUEN BREAKS IT!! The fans are thunderous again but Jack drags Quen to the apron. Jack reels Quen in, but Garcia YANKS Jack down!
Garcia whips Jack hard into railing, then runs to BOOT him over the railing! The fans are going nuts, but The Bucks have Zay! Zay fires back with fists and elbows! The fans rally as hard as they can for Zay and he whips Nick. Nick BOOTS back, Matt scoops, and Nick goes to the apron! But Quen YANKS Nick down! Zay shoves Matt away, dodges him, and Quen is there for SILLY STRING CRADLE!! PRIVATE PARTY & GARCIA WIN!!!
Winners: Daniel Garcia & Private Party, by pinfall
The Elite doesn’t understand how, but they get caught by Private Party all over again! Zay gets a mic to tell The Bucks, tonight here in Utah proves that they have The Bucks’ number! So they want a rematch! A rematch for the AEW World Tag Team Championships! Nick & Matt say yeah right. Well, Zay did expect that. But then wait, wait, wait! Here is an offer that The Bucks will not turn down. If Private Party gets one more chance, and they lose… Private Party splits up for good. Quen isn’t sure about that but Zay says that’s IF they lose. The Bucks say challenge accepted! Then say less! Fright Night, AEW World Tag Team Championships, Titles VS Team Career!
The Bucks applaud what could be a foolish gamble, but can Quen & Zay make good on these last SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS?
Wait, there’s a truck pulling up into the parking lot! This has to be the BCC! Marina Shafir steps out, but where are the others? YUTA & CLAUDIO JUMP PRIVATE PARTY IN THE RING!! Garcia turns around, he gets mugged 2v1! CHAIR SHOT! Claudio scrapes Garcia out of the ring, and now MOXLEY drags Chuck Taylor?! Moxley is dressed in all black, with a beanie, was he hiding in plain sight as a cameraman!? Moxley tosses Chuckie T into the ring, and Yuta brings the chair around! Yuta wants to destroy what is left of Chuck’s legs! Wait, Claudio stops him? Claudio says Yuta can do better! And by better, he means worse!
Claudio stomps Chuck, and puts the chair around Chuck’s neck!! Yuta is conflicted again, like he was with Bryan Danielson. Yuta wants to hurt his former mentor but not like this! So Claudio does it for him, and STOMPS the chair!! The fans boo, but here comes Cassidy! Cassidy was one second too late, and now the worst has happened! The rest of the anti-BCC gang shows up but BCC runs away into the night! This was the warning Moxley gave at the start of the night, but instead of going after a target directly, they attacked someone Cassidy cared for. And just like last week, The Elite don’t care, they have their own business to worry about.
Jack, Matt & Nick leave while medical comes in. They carefully take the chair off Chuck’s neck, and Cassidy is beside himself with a seething anger. Chuck wanted Cassidy to step up to stop Moxley, will this be the moment everything changes for Freshly Squeezed?
My Thoughts:
A powerful episode, a great episode, with more a go-home to Fright Night than build to Full Gear. I will say, very good promo from Adam Cole, Undisputed Kingdom and MJF to set things up for their story going to Full Gear. MJF being a little meta about “classic MJF,” but yeah, we should’ve figured he’d do this move. Cole and Roddy are definitely going to have a great couple of matches week to week, but I feel like the ultimate plan is to force a Cole VS Roddy match as both men’s third match. They all want revenge on MJF but he’ll use that to tear their friendship apart as some twisted poetic justice of what they did to him.
That said, Buddy Matthews wanting to be Cole’s first opponent is some good stuff. That’ll be a great match, one we never got while both men were in WWE, but also a solid first win for Cole to return to action with. Seems like House of Black just doesn’t need to do anything real anymore, they were already trios champions and TK is fine having them build up other people. Maybe we’ll see The House battle for other belts after Full Gear and this round of stories, but we’ll have to wait and see.
I’m not sure why tonight they felt the need to replay so many promos from Saturday, but they did. Were they that desperately in need of padding time? Well, it all worked to segue into new segments, though who cares, they could just do the new segments. Good new promo here tonight with Hayter calling out Penelope again, and you can bet she won’t be Hayter’s opponent for Rampage. Good new promo from Mariah May and Anna Jay to hype up their match, which surely happens at Full Gear. And good new video package to hype Kris VS Kamille. Kamille VS Aminata was awesome, so great win for Kamille, and great confrontation with Kris. Pretty sure this means Kris beats Kamille next week, to then face Mone at Full Gear for the TBS title.
Good new promo from MVP & Shelton to segue into Shelton’s match with Sammy. Great stuff there, great win for Shelton, and then great promo with the Hurt Syndicate with Ricochet. Ricochet had a good promo, and I like that he did in fact follow Takeshita to Canada to go after him at MLP’s show. I don’t see Ricochet joining up with Hurt Syndicate, but it would be pretty wild if he did. MVP might even sweeten the deal if he, Shelton and possibly even Bobby Lashley help fight off The Don Callis Family to make sure Ricochet VS Takeshita is a fair fight. Speaking of Don Callis Family, of course Cage & Archer win, and thankfully their finish is the choke slam bomb, not the modified Blackout.
Very good promo from Kyle, especially with him shrugging off the fans trolling him. Naturally, this was a “I’m not the next you, I’m the first me!” trope, but Kyle shaving his head was certainly an interesting move. I guess he’ll look more like Callis than Ospreay now. Very good promo segment from Hangman and White that was also partly a brawl. I feel like they’ll build to the Hangman VS White rematch in time for Full Gear, but Hangman might have to fight Colten Gunn 1v1 first to give him some momentum again. And since White won at WrestleDream, I’m sure Hangman finds a way to win at Full Gear, forcing them to do a tiebreaker at some point.
Great stuff with this BCC story throughout the night, but just one glaring flaw at the very beginning. Obviously, no one audio checked the opening hype package, because otherwise we could clearly hear Moxley talking out in the desert against this dramatic music. They’ve been at this for five YEARS, they should know how to do this by now. That said, the anti-BCC Faces waiting all night was good stuff, and it helped bring a lot of stories together at once. Conglomeration had to drop back for the Ladder War, which was a great match, but I suppose Jericho had to win the title this time. Big Bill is why, and that can set things up for Bill feeling unappreciated by Jericho, but it’s mostly just a bummer. But hey, Ishii is back for revenge, he’ll give Jericho a solid first defense.
Good tie-in of the Patriarchy story with them chasing Kip, Hook going after Christian, and then Kip joining Patriarchy by turning on Hook. I had a feeling Kip’s story with Christian was going this way, especially right now with Luchasaurus recovering from illness. Christian dropping Hook’s real name was also a nice detail. Hook surely beats Nick Wayne first, then fights Kip Sabian, and lastly gets Christian Cage at Full Gear, where he probably loses because he gets cheated. And then clearly Cassidy is being built up as the hero of AEW, because Chuck Taylor threw his support behind Cassidy in stepping up to The BCC as the leader of the resistance.
Cassidy’s hesitation, such as not helping Mark against Jericho, costs him when BCC takes out Chuck in brutal fashion. As I said for WrestleDream, AEW is doing this like a Rated R action movie, and while that’s a bit scary for pro-wrestling, it is compelling. This is that moment in the movie when the main character, who just wanted to live his life, loses a close friend, or in this case, a Best Friend, and vows vengeance on the villains. Cassidy VS Moxley for the AEW World Championship would be some awesome stuff, and I’m sure the fans would explode if Cassidy actually manages to win the title.
My Score: 8.9/10
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The Top Guys explain themselves!
After failing to take the AEW World Trios Championships, FTR turned on the Rated R Superstar! Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler now tell us WHY!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- 2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Jamie Hayter VS Billie Starkz; Jamie wins and advances.
- The Gates of Agony VS Smash ‘n’ Burn; The Gates win.
- Anthony Bowens w/ Billy Gunn VS Blake Christian w/ Lee Johnson; Bowens wins.
- 2v1 Handicap: Megan Bayne w/ Penelope Ford VS LMK & Kelly Madan; Megan wins.
- Kevin Knight VS AR Fox; Knight wins.
- FTR VS 2Point0; FTR wins.
- 2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Athena VS Harley Cameron; Athena wins and advances.
- 2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Konosuke Takeshita VS Brody King; Takeshita wins and advances.
PLAY BY PLAY
BREAKING NEWS for Dynamite!
While Pac goes down with an Achilles injury, The Death Riders will still defend their AEW World Trios Championships using some Freebird Rules! Jon Moxley steps in, will he, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta keep the reign of terror going? Or can The Opps free the trios titles from their death grip?
FTR is here!
Speaking of those titles, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler are here after failing to win the AEW World Trios Championships, and then brutalizing The Rated R Superstar! Adam Copeland had to be stretchered out of the arena in Philadelphia on Sunday, and FTR gets booed by Springfield, Massachusetts here tonight. Cash has a mic to say, “What happened Sunday, that wasn’t an easy decision for me. And despite what you might think, it was not premeditated. Adam Copeland has been one of my best friends, he has been my mentor, for 15 YEARS, before I even really knew Dax Harwood!”
The fans boo but Cash says the more Dax talked, the more sense he made. The more sense it made, the more it pissed Cash off, because he wanted Dax to be wrong. But Cash could feel it, he could feel that he was wrong. The more he watched the moves Cope made backstage, the more he moved against FTR’s careers, the more Cash understood that Cope only cared about Cope. Cope held FTR down! He held them down to lift himself up! So in Philly, when Cash saw Dax sitting here, Cope laying here, in that moment… It just clicked. Cash knew what had to happen, and that he’d have to be the one to do it!
The fans boo more but Cash says Cope may have trained him as a young man, but that’s all Cope ever saw! That helpless kid! And Cash is not that anymore. Cope did not respect Cash as a man! And if you disrespect him, you have to pay. FTR are living legends! They will be treated as such! Dax says he knows that it is the “cool” thing to do, so you feel like you’re somebody, you feel like you’re involved. It’s cool to boo FTR when they talk, that’s “cool” in 2025. The fans didn’t reach their dreams, so now they make their own. But just let Dax say this one thing and then they can do this charade.
“Last week, I saw a sign in the crowd that said, ‘Why, FTR, Why?’ And as cliche as that is, I though to myself, ‘Well, why not?’ Instead of asking us why, you should be thanking us! You should be thanking us because we gave Adam Copeland everything he wanted. Adam Copeland was begging for relevancy in 2025 at the expense of the ABSOLUTE BEST TAG TEAM IN THIS WORLD, and we gave it to him!” The fans chant, “You Sold Out!” and Dax asks back, “How did I sell out, you idiots? I didn’t make any money off of this.” But over the last week, Dax has been wracking his brain on what to say over what he could say to the fans and be justified.
And then it clicked! Dax doesn’t care if anyone agrees with FTR! What FTR did was right. The fans boo, but Dax says even though FTR doesn’t own anyone an explanation, let’s have fun here. They’ll run down the list. For four MONTHS, they waited. Four months, nothing to do, they were irrelevant for four months. The only thing planned for them was to be Cope’s new Edgeheads. They put FTR’s career on hold so Cope could chase his glory days and win one more world title, holding on to a sliver of hope that he might still be the man. Dax tells Adam, “We’ve won ten world titles across seven worldwide brands, and YOU want us to take a backseat to you!?
“You’re selfish! Too damn selfish to see where the issue is! And I wanted nothing more, I wanted nothing more than Adam Copeland to end his career side-by-side with FTR and ride off into the sunset. But just like every wrestler in Adam Copeland’s position, you’re TOO DAMN SELFISH!” The fans boo, Dax tells them they paid money to see him so sit down and shut up. Just work out even once, buddy! Dax understands there are a lot of people in the back not happy with FTR. And that there are some people out here not happy with them. Tony Schiavone, come on over here. The fans boo, but Dax promises Schiavone that he just wants to talk.
Nigel isn’t so sure, but Schiavone says he has things he needs to say, too. The fans are torn, but Schiavone goes to the ring. Dax tells Schiavone to be careful now, don’t fall getting in. But this week on Dynamite, Schiavone had some choice words for FTR. Funny that they were hundreds of miles away at the time. But now, face to face, would Schiavone like to say something? Schiavone says yes, and he says that they were wrong to do that to Cope. The fans cheer, Schiavone points out that when FTR arrived, the fans all loved FTR. FTR revived tag team wrestling. But in one fell swoop, they turned their backs on the man who helped them in their career.
Dax stops Schiavone there, laughing that off. So there was one other thing Schiavone said, and he doesn’t quite remember. Dax is pretty sure it had to do with Dax’s family? Yes… Schiavone says Dax’s daughter, a wonderful young lady, Straight A student… How did she feel on Monday when her friends told her that her dad turned on one of his best friends? Dax paces, and then he drags Schiavone into position! The fans boo, but Nigel stands up! FTR sees that, and the fans cheer as Nigel storms off commentary! Nigel gets in the ring to get Schiavone to safety, and he also told Schiavone he knew this would happen.
FTR warns Nigel now, but here comes Daniel Garcia! He steps to them, but FTR SHOVES him down! Then they realize what they did, and they apologize. They don’t have anything against Garcia, they’re sorry. They help Garcia stand up, then they hug Garcia…? The fans boo, and Garcia has no idea what to make of this. FTR leaves, Schiavone & Nigel go back to commentary, and Garcia makes sure Schiavone is okay. The fans cheer Garcia, Schiavone says he had to say what he said. Will the Top Guys be the absolute worst from now on?
Toni Storm speaks.
“Megan Bayne is a monster. That woman has so much thigh meat, I thought I was being mugged on Thanksgiving. Nevertheless, I don’t need to tell you that this whore you all adore, this slut you can’t rebut, this tramp is still the champ! But enough of this gay banter. The Owen Hart Cup has begun, and the winner goes on to All In: Texas for a shot at the AEW Women’s World Championship. Ladies, good luck. But this is a timeless cafe, and I’m gonna bake up the biggest batch of slop tarts you’ve ever seen! Billie Starkz, you Johnny Come Lately, milk-breathed, knobby kneed little brat. I will make a woman out of you.
“Harley Cameron. Call me Jim Henson, because I will wear you on my wrist and make you sing Rainbow Connection.” Schiavone? Toni says that’s the wrong slide, next! “Mercedes Money, our CEO. What an unfortunate nickname. I will drain your 401K and put you so deep into recession, you’ll have to drink my bath water. Kris Statlander. My God, what a woman! Athena. You may be the ROH Forever Champion, but you’ll last about two minutes with me. And Jamie Hayter, take my advice: No money has ever been made from dressing like you’re in a different era.
“And as for me, I could sit at home and watch this entire tournament eating veal parmesana, but that’s not the kind of woman I am, yet. Nevertheless, at Double or Nothing, I will be there, I will be watching, I will be sweating, and I will always be… TIMELESS~!” The champion has put all of her contenders on notice, but who will even make it out of the first round of this star-studded tournament?
2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Jamie Hayter VS Billie Starkz!
Well, speaking of those challengers, we have two here to finally kick off the action! Hayter and Billie went a round already, but will it be a repeat performance? Or will this be a Starkz contrast from last time?
The bell rings and the fans rally. Jamie rushes Billie but Billie dodges the boot. Jamie ducks Billie’s heel kick, then shoves Billie to ropes. Billie ducks, whips, but Jamie ducks ‘n’ dodges. Billie sees the lariat coming and backs off! Jamie smirks and the fans cheer. Billie comes back, offers a handshake, but Jamie isn’t so sure. Jamie accepts, but Billie whips! Jamie ducks ‘n’ dodges, Billie drops down then HEEL KICKS! Jamie goes down in a heap, seems it isn’t just Hayter who hits hard! Jamie goes to the apron, Billie storms up, but Billie bobs ‘n’ weaves to then sweep the legs! Billie SUPERKICKS Jamie, then runs, and DIVES into a forearm!
The fans fire up and Jamie brushes off the biceps. Jamie whips Billie hard into railing, then drags her up to whip her into more- NO, Billie goes up, but Jamie catches her to TOSS her over! Billie is in the timekeeper’s area while the fans fire up! Jamie refreshes the ring count, fetches Billie, but Billie HOTSHOTS her off railing! Billie then climbs onto the railing, and the fans fire up as Billie SWANTON BOMBS Jamie on the floor! The fans fire up and Billie hurries to put Jamie in the ring. Billie then climbs the corner and the fans rally up again. Jamie anchors a foot, Billie CLUBS Jamie, but Jamie CLUBS Billie.
Jamie climbs up after Billie, but Billie SHOVES her down! Billie adjusts, DIVING- NO, Jamie dodges the stomp! Billie blocks the kick, to KNEE her! Billie suplexes, Jamie lands out to whip! Billie bounces off buckles, and into a SPIENBUSTER! Cover, TWO! Billie is tougher than that but Jamie stomps her around. Jamie bumps Billie off buckles, digs her boots in, then hits a snap suplex! Billie writhes, Jamie covers, ONE!! Jamie kneels on Billie’s head, then steps off. Billie flounders, Jamie drags her up, but Billie fires hands! Jamie throws Billie by her hair! The ref reprimands but the fans cheer while Billie goes to the apron.
Jamie kicks Billie to the floor, then mockingly counts really fast, but Collision goes picture in picture.
Jamie applauds, but the ref says his count isn’t even close to over. Jamie goes out to fetch Billie, then SMACKS Her off the apron! Jamie puts Billie in the ring, then clamps on a chinlock. Billie endures as Jamie grinds her down. Billie fights up, fires body shots, but Jamie CLUBS her down. Jamie drags Billie up, bumps her off buckles again and again and again, and again and again and again, and again and again and again! Jamie finally stops as the ref counts 4, and Billie is in a daze. Jamie whips Billie corner to corner hard, then storms up to fire forearms. Jamie ROCKS Billie and she sits down. Jamie digs her boots in, but the ref counts.
Jamie steps off, then drags Billie up. Jamie whips Billie corner to corner again, then runs up, but Billie BOOTS her away! Billie HEEL- NO, Jamie blocks that kick! Jamie steps over to power Billie down into the HALF CRAB! Collision returns to single picture as Billie endures! Billie powers up, reaches out, and the fans rally as she fights forward! Billie rolls and sends Jamie into buckles! Billie hobbles, runs back in, but Jamie dodges! Billie ELBOWS Jamie, BOOTS her, then goes up, but Jamie stops the boot! Billie rebounds to ENZIGIRI! Billie sweeps the legs and deadlift GERMAN SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO!
The fans fire up as Jamie stays in this, and Billie slaps herself to focus again. Billie snarls, drags Jamie up, and Billie suplexes. Jamie fights it, fires knees, then gets free, Jamie blocks a lariat, but Billie ducks the other! DRAGON SUPLEX! Billie then shifts to have a CHINBAR HALF NELSON COMBO! Jamie endures as Billie even bends her against a knee! Jamie fights up, snapmares free, and KNEES Billie down! Cover, TWO! Jamie drags Billie up, whips her, and fireman’s carries! USHIGOROSHI! Billie sputters, Jamie runs, SLIDING LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Billie survives and Jamie is shocked!
The fans rally up while Jamie throws off her wristbands. Jamie says time to end it! Jamie stands Billie up, fires forearm after forearm, and Billie flops over. The fans fire up, Jamie kisses the bicep, and she stands Billie up. SPRINGBOARD HAYT- NO, Billie ducks and backslides! ONE!! Billie suplexes, GHOSTBUSTER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Jamie survives and Billie is beside herself! The fans rally up and Billie goes back to the corner. Billie climbs, aims, and SWANTON BOMBS!! Cover, TWO!! Hayter survives again and Billie is shocked! The fans rally even harder, and Billie looks to the trophy. Billie stalks Jamie to the apron, then stomps her down.
Billie goes out to bring Jamie up, and she CLUBS her! Billie ROCKS Jamie, reels her in, but Jamie fights the lift! Jamie lifts Billie, Billie fights that! Jamie HEADBUTTS Billie, and Billie holds onto the ropes. Jamie reels Billie in, SUPLEX TO THE FLOOR! Springfield goes nuts while both women are down! The ref checks and both women are somehow still in this. The ring starts, “This is Awesome!” as both women stir at 4 of 10. Jamie rises up at 7, Billie at 8, and both women spring in at 9! The fans fire up as this continues! Billie and Jamie rise up again, and Jamie ROCKS Billie! Billie comes back to ROCK Jamie!
Jamie comes back to ROCK Billie, but Billie fires a flurry! Billie winds up, but Jamie SUPERKICKS! And ENZIGIRIS! Jamie whips, clinches, but Billie stuffs it! Jamie powers through to HATE BREAKER!! And then HAYTERADE!! Cover, Jamie wins!
Winner: Jamie Hayter, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
Billie put on another incredible fight, but it was still not enough to reach that next level! Hayter Hits Hard, but will she have to hit even harder going up against Kris Statlander?
The Death Riders speak.
Claudio Castagnoli says, “When we started this war, we fully expected casualties. But we do not mourn, because only in death does duty end. Now, we’re not gonna hide. We’re still gonna be front and center! So Joe, yes, we’re gonna accept that challenge!” Claudio rants in German, then says at Spring Breakthru, it’s on. They do not concede territory! Marina Shafir holds up Pac’s belt, and Moxley says, “What a learning experience this will be for generational punk ass play wrestlers who don’t wanna show up to work. There’s plenty of money, championships, glory, victory, and it’s all on the frontline.
“If you want it, that’s where you gotta be. You gotta step in, step up, put yourself in harm’s way. Samoa Joe, Shibata-san, you guys know that. What’re you teaching sweet young Hook? Hook… Don’t worry. Relax. It’s the biggest match of your life. But trust me… Chicks dig scars.” Wheeler Yuta smirks, and shows his scar. Will the Death Riders find The Opps are in fact lacking?
The Gates of Agony VS Smash ‘n’ Burn!
Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona have been dominating for a long time, but they’re still waiting on their opportunity. Will this be
The teams sort out, Kaun starts against Juni Underwood, and KNEES him, to then BACKBREAKER, and RUNNING SUPLEX! Kaun puts Juni in the corner. Tag to Liona, and Liona puts Juni in a corner for point-blank LARIATS! Liona goes all the way to TEN, then short arm LARIATS Juni inside-out! Then he TOSSES Ricky Pryce into the ring just because! Liona runs up to CLOBBER Ricky! Tag to Kaun, the Gates get Juni up to OPEN THE GATES onto Ricky! Cover, Gates win!
Winners: The Gates of Agony, by pinfall
Kaun applauds his opponents, and Liona laughs. “We hurt people, too!” Is that a not so subtle message sent to the AEW World Tag Team Champions?
Backstage interview with FTR.
Lexy Nair finds Cash & Dax on their way out and asks for a moment. After what they did to Cope- Wait, 2Point0 barges in! Matt Menard & Angelo Parker excuse Lexy, and they say FTR must think they’re pretty slick. They’ve got the wool pulled over Danny’s eyes. But 2Point0 sees through the BS, and they’ll be damned if they let FTR put Garcia in the same position as Cope. FTR try to speak but Menard says no, it’s their time to talk. A year and a half, Menard has been waiting for this. A YEAR AND A HALF, and FTR finally exposed themselves! FTR thinks they can do this to Garcia? Dax tries to speak but Menard tells him to shut his gaddamn mouth!
This is 2Point0’s time! Understand that they won’t sit by and see what happened to Cope happen to Garcia! FTR asks if they want to fight. Yeah, they do! Okay, FTR will fight 2Point0 tonight, with Garcia ringside. Garcia is a grown man, he can make his own decisions. #TopGuysOut. Cash & Dax go back to the locker room, will they take out Daddy Magic & Cool Hand Ange?
Anthony Bowens w/ Billy Gunn VS Blake Christian w/ Lee Johnson!
The 5 Tool Player made his return at Dynasty, and he added on to Platinum Max’s losing streak. But will Bowens finally prove himself worthy of gold all his own? Or will the Vanilla Babyface get all heat for ruining things?
The bell rings and the fans fire up for Bowens. Bowens and Blake circle, tie up, and Bowens waistlocks. Bowens SLAMS Blake down, facelocks, but Blake fights up. Blake wrenches out, wristlocks, but Bowens slips through to wrench and hammerlock. Bowens spins and snapmares Blake, then ghost pins, TWO! Bowens reminds Blake he’s in here with the Five Tool Player! Blake slaps that hand away, and says he only needs one. Blake runs up, Bowens dodges, Blake goes up and DROPKICKS Bowens in the back! Blake struts, then whips, but Bowens reverses. Blake ducks a lariat, FACEBUSTERS Bowens, and SLAPS him!
The fans boo but Blake “tastes” the ice cream. But Bowens CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Bowens whips, Blake reverses, but Bowens hurdles to slips around and BULLDOG! Cover, TWO! Bowens has the fans throw up the scissor fingers, and Bowens scissor fingers with Billy while Collision goes picture in picture.
Bowens watches Blake rise up, then takes aim to ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, but Blake avoids the superkick! Bowens is annoyed, but he goes out the side to run in around the way. Blake slips back inside, Bowens goes to the apron, and Bowens blocks a kick! Blake ENZIGIRS, then APRON SPEARS! Blake takes another taste, then builds speed to FOSBURY TOPE! Blake lounges on the floor, tells Billy to back off, but Billy tells him to SUCK IT. Blake drags Bowens into the ring, then brings him up to wrench and WRING out the arm! Blake drags Bowens back up, but Bowens ROCKS Blake! And CHOPS! And ROCKS him again!
Bowens ROCKS Blake in the corner, and Collision goes to break.
Collision returns and Blake RAMS shoulders with Bowens. Blake eggs Bowens on, wrenches the arm, and RAMS shoulders again! Blake kicks at Bowens mockingly while Big Shotty taunts the fans. Blake wrenches, Bowens whips, then Bowens runs past. Blake dodges Bowens, Bowens redirects and mule kicks! Front kicks! FAMOUSER! The fans fire up and Bowens aims at Blake. Blake stands, Bowens wrenches and torture racks! Swing and SLAM! Cover, TWO! Blake survives the “Grand Slam” but the fans rally up. Bowens waits on Blake, reels him in, fireman’s carry, but Blake fights with elbows! Blake is on the apron, and he CLAWS Bowens’ eyes!
Blake TOSSES Bowens out, then runs along the apron, DAREDEVIL DIVE! The fans boo but Blake puts Bowens in. Blake steps in, but Bowens KICKS him in the ropes! DRAPING SIDEWINDER! Cover, Lee gives Blake the ROPEBREAK! The fans boo and Daddy Ass is pissed! He says Lee did that! Bowens glares at Lee, but Blake waistlocks! Bowens switches, rolls Blake, TWO! Bowens kicks low, whips Blake, but Blake rolls off Bowens’ back! Blake shoves Bowens, SPANISH FLY! Cover, TWO! Bowens is still in this, but Blake runs to handspring and NEURALIZER KICK! Blake fires up but the fans boo more.
Blake goes up a corner, takes aim, 450 DOUBLE STOMP!! Cover, TWO!! Bowens survives and the fans fire up! Blake is frustrated, but he drags Bowens up. The fans rally for Bowens as Blake kicks at Bowens. Blake talks trash, but Bowens CHOPS him! Blake storms up, but into ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS- NO, Blake blocks the superkick to whip Bowens to ropes. Bowens reverses that, Blake tiger feints through, STUNNER! Bowens flounders, Blake brings Bowens in, and he tells Billy to SUCK IT! Blake runs, Bowens dodges! Blake handsprings, into the SUPERKICK! Lee gets on the apron, Bowens DECKS him!
The fans fire up, Billy DECKS Lee! Bowens aims at Blake, ROLLING ELBOW!! Cover, Bowens wins!
Winner: Anthony Bowens, by pinfall
The “Molly Whop” is just as it sounds, Bowens put the beating on the Vanilla Babyface! Bowens has a mic and he wants Springfield to make some noise! The fans cheer, and Bowens says, “This has been a long time coming, and it’s time to level up. Because what you see before you is AEW’s Five Tool Player! The perfect combination of power, athleticism, intelligence, the look, and the it factor. And I am the Pride of Professional Wrestling, baby! And I don’t need a government trademark to prove I’m the best. I’m gonna prove it to you every single week, right here! So the last question is: Who will step up to the plate next and get their ass Molly Whopped by THE Five Tool Player?!”
Mic drop from Bowens, will he use all his tools and all this momentum to hit homerun after homerun?
2v1 Handicap: Megan Bayne w/ Penelope Ford VS LMK & Kelly Madan!
The Megasus may not be AEW Women’s World Champion, but he will not stop after one failure. And now, to satisfy her anger, she’s taking on two opponents at once! Will everyone bow down, no matter who they are or how many there are?
The bell rings, Madan starts for her team, and she runs up, only for Megan to RAM her into a corner! And RAM her again and again and again! Megan CHOPS Madan, throws her down, then runs up to SHOTGUN her down! Madan scrambles away, LMK tags in, and LMK goes up! CROSSBODY, but Megan catches her! Megan FALL AWAY SLAMS LMK, and Little Mean Kathleen staggers around. Megan SPLASHES Madan, SPLASHES LMK, then sends LMK into Madan! DOUBLE SPLASH! Megan scoops LMK, CLOBBERS Madan, then SLAMS LMK! The fans fire up as Megan hauls Madan up, fireman’s carries, FATE’S DESCENT onto LMK! Cover, Megan wins!
Winner: Megan Bayne, by pinfall
The female titan didn’t even break a sweat, but she may have broken both opponents. She sits them up, shouts, “BOW DOWN!” and then SLAMS them both back down! Will no one stop Megan from rising back to title contention?
Kevin Knight VS AR Fox!
The Jet didn’t win in his Owen Hart Cup match, and he came up short on the NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships in Chicago just last night, but he did win his part of $400,000 on Dynamite. Will Knight still be feeling fly after facing a veteran high-flyer? Or will Knight take over the Whole Fox’n Show?
The bell rings and Knight runs up! Fox dodges the boot, Knight dodges a boot, then Knight CHOPS! Knight whips, BACKDROP, but Fox lands out to roll Knight up! TWO, Knight Oklahoma Rolls, TWO! Fox tilt-o-whirls and waistlocks, Knight switches, Fox bucks the O’Conner! Knight sunset flips, TWO! Knight kicks low, runs, but then fakes out Fox’s dropkick! SLIDING SHOULDER TACKLE! UFO SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Fox stays in this but Knight stays cool. Knight brings Fox up to ROCK him in the back! Knight kicks low, but Fox fires body shots. Knight fires a forearm, but Fox fires back! Knight UPPERCUTS, then wrenches.
Knight whips, Fox grabs ropes, and Fox TOSSES Knight! Fox ROCKS Knight, but Knight throws Fox down! Fox kips up to PELE! The fans fire up, Fox builds speed, and he SLINGSHOT STOMPS Knight on the apron! The fans fire up as Fox then goes up the corner, MOONSAULT onto Knight! Another direct hit and the fans fire up while Collision goes picture in picture.
Fox looms over Knight, stomps him, then drags Knight up. Fox whips Knight hard into barriers! Then Fox brings Knight around, to SMACK him off the barriers! The fans cheer, Fox refreshes the ring count, but Knight CHOPS in return! Fox is stinging, but Knight CHPOS him again! Knight whips, Fox reverses, and Knight tumbles into the ring. Fox KICKS him, then hurries to cover, TWO! Knight stays in this but Fox sits him up, for a basement DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Knight stays cool but Fox pushes him around. Knight fires body shots, then forearms. Fox kicks low, suplexes, ANARCHY! Knight flounders around while Fox snarls.
Fox rolls to have a cover, TWO! Knight has a ghost pin, TWO! Fox CLOBBERS Knight, then CLUBS him down. Knight goes to a corner, Fox CHOPS him, and then Fox snapmares Knight. Fox runs to basement DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Fox clamps onto Knight with a chinlock, but Knight endures. The fans rally up and Knight fights around. Fox holds tight, but Knight stands up. Fox wrangles Knight back to the mat! Knight endures again, fights around, and Collision returns to single picture. Knight stands to JAWBREAKER free! Fox snarls, comes back, but Knight UPPERCUTS! And UPPERCUTS! And UPPERCUTS!
Fox KNEES low, runs, but Knight DROPKICKS him down! The fans fire up and Knight kips up! Fox goes to a corner, Knight runs up, and LARIATS! Knight UPPERCUTS, stomps, repeat! The ref counts, Knight stomps a mudhole then digs his boot in. Knight lets off, whips corner to corner, but Fox reverses. Knight reverses back, SKY2HIGH! Cover, TWO! Fox survives and Knight is a bit surprised, but he waits on Fox. Fox rises, the fans rally, and Knight somersaults, but Fox denies him the DDT! Knight BOOTS from the corner, Fox returns, so Knight ELBOWS him! Knight goes up, but so does Fox! LOW MEIN PAIN!
Fox goes right up, 450 SPLASH! Cover, TWO!! Knight survives and Fox is shocked! The fans fire up and Fox drags Knight up. “This is Awesome!” as Fox crisscrosses Knight’s arms. Fox reels Knight in, but Knight rolls Fox up! TWO!! Fox escapes, but Knight DROPKICKS him again! Fox staggers, but he BOOTS back! Fox goes up, but Knight goes to the UPPER ROOM! Somersault, SATELLITE DDT! The fans fire up and Knight goes to the corner! Fox staggers, Knight springboards, FLYING LARIAT! Cover, Knight wins!
Winner: Kevin Knight, by pinfall
The Jet Liner takes Knight to the winner’s circle! But with Best of the Super Juniors around the corner, will Knight be #The1ULookUp2?
The Gates of Agony speak.
Bishop Kaun applauds, and he says, “That was impressive, wasn’t it? We’re back. And we’re not even hurt. But we don’t mind being hurt.” Toa Liona says, “We don’t.” Kaun says they actually love being hurt! Hurt Syndicate! You hurt people? This Wednesday on Dynamite, the Gates would love to see you try. Hurt Syndicate hurts people? The Gates of Agony BREAK people! See you in Boston! Will Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin still be standing when Kaun & Liona #OpenTheGates?
FTR VS 2Point0!
Dax & Cash want to still be Daniel Garcia’s friends, but Menard & Parker have been Garcia’s friends this whole time. Daddy Magic & Cool Hand Ange have always felt something was off, will they finally take the Top Guys out?
Speaking of Garcia, he makes his way out, as invited by FTR. He still seems to be upset and unsure given FTR lashing out earlier, but he’s still ringside. The teams sort out and Dax BLASTS Parker off the apron! Dax beats up on Menard and then Cash runs up to CLOBBER Parker! The fans boo as Cash sends Parker into railing! And apron! And railing again! And then more railing! Cash stands over Parker, Dax stands over Menard, and Garcia can only watch. Parker gets up to CHOP Cash, Cash hits back! Menard’s already busted open as Dax beats on him! Cash CHOPS Parker, Menard wobbles, but Dax ROCKS Menard!
Cash CHOKES Parker against railing, Dax DECKS Menard, and the fans boo. Dax sits Menard up, and again Garcia can only watch this as Dax hammers away on Menard’s head. Cash then sends Parker into the steel steps! Dax puts Menard in a corner, tells Garcia that this isn’t personal, 2Point0 signed up for this. The fans rally for “DADDY MAGIC!” but Dax throws more fists! Menard is a bloody mess as Dax punches away! The ref backs Dax off, Menard stands like a zombie, and he ROCKS Dax! And ROCKS him again! Menard ROCKS Dax again and again and again in the corner! The fans love it, but Cash storms in to go after Menard!
Cash pulls hair, but Menard DECKS him, too! Menard flounders, Dax LARIATS him down! Parker storms in but Dax has him up! SHATTER MACHINE!! Dax tags Cash, and now they get Menard up. MIND BREAKER!! But they’re not done?! Garcia says c’mon already! FTR still gets Menard up for another MIND BREAKER!! They won’t stop, they get Menard back up! Garcia gets on the apron, he wants the ref to step in already! FTR apologize and they set Menard down. Cover, FTR wins!
Winners: FTR, by pinfall
Garcia is still furious, and he storms into the ring. He checks on Menard, then he gets in Dax’s face! Dax & Cash want Garcia to calm down. They did hear him out in the end there. Garcia says it shouldn’t have taken that! FTR leaves, Garcia helps Menard stand, but then FTR returns! They CLOBBER Garcia! They beat Garcia down while the fans boo! FTR get Garcia up, MIND BREAKER!!! And then they get him back up!? MIND BREAKER!!! The ref shouts at them to stop, the fans boo as hard as they can, but FTR hauls Garcia up again! Security rushes in to stop this! Dax DECKS the ref!! That’s another fine right there!
The fans boo, security try to stop FTR, but FTR gets Garcia up again! BUT WAIT! The Undisputed Kingdom rush in! The paragons of wrestling will not let this injustice continue! They run FTR off, but FTR says they should watch their backs now. Who else will FTR violently disrespect as they demand we respect them?
2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Athena VS Harley Cameron!
The LONGEST REIGNING champion in ROH history, and yes that is champion bar none, male or female, is finally getting her shot at history here in AEW. She could very well become a new Double Champion should she win all the way to Double or Nothing and then All In: Texas. But she must first get past one wild Aussie! Will Athena #FeelTheWrath of Harley Cameron? Or will the Fallen Goddess, the Minion Overlord, the American Joshi, simply add Harley’s name to the long, long list of fallen opponents?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Athena and Harley circle, feel things out, then tie up. Athena powers Harley to the corner, but she lets off quickly. Harley storms up, Athena shoves her back, then Athena pats Harley on the head. Athena soaks up heat, but Harley headlocks. Athena powers up and out, drops down, but Harley drop toeholds! Harley pats Athena on the head! The fans cheer and Athena says okay, that’s fair. Athena then runs up to roll Harley up, TWO! Harley trips Athena, jackknife bridges, TWO! Athena sunset flips, TWO! Harley high stacks, TWO and Athena sunset flips again, TWO! The fans fire up as the two stand off!
Harley and Athena reset, Athena applauds for Harley, then headlocks! Harley endures the grind, powers out to headlock in return, and now Athena endures. Athena powers up and out to send Harley tot he corner. Athena runs in, Harley slips out to the apron, and Harley blocks a shot to ROUNDHOUSE! Athena staggers, Harley brings her into the ropes to CLUB her! And CHOKE her! The fans fire up, the ref counts, and Harley stops at 4. Harley waistlocks, but Athena fights the lift! Athena runs to the post to HOTSHOT Harley! Then APRON BACK SUPLEX! Athena then wheelbarrows Harley to GERMAN SUPLEX to the floor!
The fans fire up and Athena smiles. The ref checks Harley, she’s okay to continue, and Collision goes picture in picture.
Athena stomps Harley, drags her up, and sends her into steel steps! Harley sputters, Athena refreshes the ring count, and she CLUBS Harley. Harley staggers away, Athena stands her up and ROCKS her! Athena CLUBS away on Harley, pushes her into the ring, and then storms up, but into a cradle! TWO!! Athena escapes, BOOTS Harley down, and scowls. Athena stalks Harley, drags her up, and KNEES her in the side! Athena stalks Harley some more, KNEES her in the side, and then has Harley in the corner. Athena RAMS into Harley, RAMS into her again, then RAMS again! Athena pushes Harley along the ropes but the ref reprimands.
Athena ROCKS Harley, but Harley ROCKS Athena! Athena brings Harley up but Harley ROCKS her again! Athena clamps on a GUILLOTINE FACELOCK! Then she suplexes high and hard! Athena kips up, fires up, and Collision goes to break.
Collision returns as Athena has Harley in a Bow ‘n’ Arrow stretch! Harley endures, pries at the facelock portion, but Athena thrashes Harley. Harley pops free to a cover, TWO! Athena knees low, whips, but Harley reverses to RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! The fans fire up, Harley brings Athena up, but Athena shoves her away. SOBAT! LEG SWEEP! Athena runs, and SUPERKICKS! Cover, TWO! Harley survives and Athena grows frustrated. Athena stalks Harley to ropes, KICKS her in the side, then brings her up to scoop and carry her! Athena puts Harley in the Tree of Woe, then KICKS! KICKS! And KICKS!
The ref counts, Athena backs off, and Athena cheers herself on. Athena runs, but Harley sits up over the sweep! Harley KICKS from upside-down, then wrenches to NECKBREAKER! The fans fire up, Harley runs up, and LARIATS! ENZIGIRI! Harley brings Athena up to BULLDOG HOTSHOT, and then Harley fires off on Athena in the ropes! The fans fire up, the ref counts, Harley shots “FEEL THE WRATH!” AX KICK! Athena falls back, Harley storms in and goes up the corner. Harley aims, leaps, CROSSBODY! Athena rolls through to scoop Harley! The fans fire up as Athena pops Harley up, but Harley fights! Harley RANAS!
Athena rises to SUPERKICK! The fans are torn, Athena springboards, but into a HAYMAKER!! Harley has Athena now, pump handle and SUPLEX! Cover, TWO!! Athena survives but Harley won’t give up! “This is Awesome!” as Harley and Athena both slowly rise. Harley fires up, brings Athena around, dragon sleeper for HER FINISHING- NO, Athena cartwheels free! Athena reels Harley in, Canadian Rack, but Harley slips free! Harley tilt-o-whirls and rolls Athena up, TWO!! Harley wrenches again, SOLE FOOD! Harley runs, but Athena pops her up, POWERBOMB! High stack, TWO, deadlift POWERBOMB!
Athena reels Harley back in, ATAXIA KNEE STRIKE!! Athena then climbs, Harley rises, O FACE!!! Cover, Athena wins!
Winner: Athena, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
Athena stays undefeated in any and all kinds of matches, and she holds up her ROH Women’s World Championship, as well as her spinner belt variant. But now she runs into Mercedes Mone, their battle set for Boston and the Dynamite edition of Spring Breakthru! Will Mone win in her hometown to head for Double or Nothing? Or will Athena derail the Money Train and be that much closer to a match in her hometown of Arlington, Texas?
Mercedes Mone speaks.
“Springfieeeeeld~! Sorry the Money Train skipped your pathetic town. But then next stop for me in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament is in my hometown of Boston. That’s right, it was a little over a year ago where I made my AEW debut in the City of Champions. It was in that very moment that I had the biggest dream of holding all the championship gold! And now the Money Train is only two stops away from All In: Texas. And Athena, you are just a speedbump on my track to success. The Forever ROH Champion, Athena, you are one of the very best of all time, and you proved that tonight against Harley Cameron.
“But you’re competing against me, Four Belts Mone, the greatest TBS Champion of all time. So this Wednesday at Dynamite, I am going to show you why Money Changes Everything. And the best woman will win, and that woman is me, darling.” Mone is ready, but will she put her money where her mouth is against the Fallen Goddess?
2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Konosuke Takeshita VS Brody King w/ Julia Hart!
Just last night for NJPW Windy City Riot, The Alpha just went toe-to-toe with The Ace, Hiroshi Tanahashi, as part of the Ace Final Road series. And as big as that moment was, this could be even bigger! Konosuke wants to fulfill Don Callis’ prophecy of a “Proto-shita” finals at Double or Nothing, will he be one step closer to realizing that dream match? Or will the King of Death end The Alpha right here and now?
The bell rings and the fans fire up already. The two tie up, are in a deadlock, and Brody powers Konosuke to a corner. The ref counts, Brody lets off slowly, but Konosuke avoids the chop! Konosuke headlocks, Brody powers up and out, and they RAM shoulders! Neither man falls and the fans fire up! Brody swings, Konosuke dodges to come back and ROCK Brody! Brody comes back, runs through the CHOP, then RAMS Konosuke! Konosuke rebounds, ducks the lariat, and he returns again, but Brody’s CHOP knocks him down! The fans bark for Brody and he drags Konosuke up. Brody scoops, Konosuke slips free, but Brody fires elbows!
Brody switches to hit a BIG back suplex! The fans fire up, and Brody has Konosuke in a corner. Brody CHOPS and the fans fire up! The Princess of the Black Throne smiles as Brody fires forearms and CHOPS! The fans fire up more as Brody whips corner to corner. Konosuke hits buckles hard then falls in a heap! Brody huffs ‘n’ puffs, runs up, but Konosuke avoids a senton! Konosuke goes up to SECOND ROPE SENTON! The fans fire up while Brody bails out. Brody is on the apron, Konosuke storms up to ROCK him! Konosuke ROCKS Brody again, then runs, but Brody BOOTS him! Konosuke drops to his knees, Brody hauls him up and suplexes!
Konosuke lands safe on the apron and BOOTS Brody! Then he reels Brody in! Brody fights with elbows, then fireman’s carries! Konosuke fights with elbows, but Brody still APRON DEATH VALLEY DRIVERS!! Both men fall to the floor and the fans fire up! Julia also applauds while Brody rises. Brody shakes out the cobwebs, drags Konosuke up, and he puts Konosuke in the ring. The fans rally for Brody but Konosuke bails out the side. Brody barks, the fans join in, and Brody runs up, but Konosuke JUMP KNEES! Konosuke goes into the ring, builds speed, and he FLIES! Direct hit and down goes Brody! The fans lose their minds while Collision goes picture in picture!
Konosuke and Brody are both down, Julia coaches Brody while the fans rally. Konosuke stands Brody up but Brody CHOPS! Konosuke ROCKS Brody! Brody leans against the barriers, but Konosuke CHOPS him! And CHOPS! And then whips him hard into barriers! Brody slumps down and Konosuke refreshes the ring count. Julia again coaches Brody but Konosuke is back. Brody ROCKS Konosuke! Konosuke ROCKS Brody! Konosuke pushes Brody into the ring, stalks behind him, then snapmares. Konosuke clamps on a chinlock and squeezes tight. Brody endures, Julia rallies the fans, and Brody pries at the hold.
Konosuke thrashes Brody around, grinds him into the mat, but the fans continue to rally. Brody fights up, fires body shots, but Konosuke shifts his grip. Brody fights the lift with elbows, then runs, but into a mule kick! DDT! Konosuke snarls as he rises up, and now Konosuke goes up the corner! But Brody rises to CHOP first! Brody climbs up, CLUBS away on Konosuke’s back, then brings him to the very top! SUPER DUPER PLEX! Both men writhe and the fans fire up! Collision returns to single picture, Julia and the fans rally again, and a standing count is climbing. Both men are down at 5 of 10, but crawling for corners.
Konosuke drags himself up, “This is Awesome!” as Brody rises. Brody barks, the fans bark with him, and Brody runs corner to corner, CANNONBALL! Cover, TWO! Konosuke survives and Brody snarls. Brody drags Konosuke up, reels him in, but Konosuke fights the lift! Brody ROCKS Konosuke, Konosuke ROCKS Brody! The forearms go back and forth, and Brody CHOPS! Konosuke sits down, but Brody stands him back up. Konosuke fires a forearm, but Brody fires back. Konosuke fires a flurry, then winds up, and ALPHA ELBOWS! Brody stays up!? And he ROCKS Konosuke! And CHOPS him! And CHOPS! And then puts some stank on the CHOP!!
Konosuke falls to his knees again and the fans fire back up! But Konosuke is up, ALPHA ELBOW!! Brody falls, Konosuke falls on him for a cover, TWO!! Konosuke is stunned, but he drags Brody up again. The fans fire up as Konosuke reels Brody in, and Brody fights the lift! Konosuke powers through, BLUE THUNDER BOMB!! Cover, TWO!! Brody survives and Konosuke is beside himself! Konosuke shakes his head, stands back up, and he runs the ropes, LARIAT! Brody stays up!? Brody shakes his head, so Konosuke runs again, LARIAT! Brody still stays up, so Konosuke fires up and runs!
Brody SWATS the lariat to CHOP! ROLLING ELBOW! And then LARIAT! Cover, TWO?!? Konosuke survives, but Brody scoops! DANTE’S INFERNO!! Cover, TWO!?!? Konosuke survives, even Julia can’t believe it. Brody drags Konosuke up, reels him in, Canadian Rack, but Konosuke fights free! Konosuke runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Konosuke scoops?! And tucks!? BASTARD DRIVER!! But then, wheelbarrow GERMAN SUPLEX!! The fans are thunderous as Konosuke brings out his full power! Brody stands, into the LARIATOOO~!! Cover, TWO!!! Brody survives that Stan Hanson level clothesline and the fans are electric!
Brody snarls, dares Konosuke to bring it, POWER DRIVER KNEE!! Brody stays up!? POWER DRIVE KNEE, AGAIN!! Cover, TWO?!?!? Brody survives again, but Konosuke won’t stop here! BLINDSIDE POWER DRIVE!! And then another POWER DRIVE!! Cover, KONOSUKE WINS!
Winner: Konosuke Takeshita, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
From trumping The Ace to trumping a King, Konosuke is the hot hand in this tournament to be sure! The Alpha looks to the Owen Hart Cup and vows it will be his! But will he be able to overcome the #BillyGOAT, Will Ospreay? Or will the Aerial Assassin be the one going Double or Nothing?
My Thoughts:
A great, maybe even awesome episode of Collision here. Even with things being mostly obvious results, it was all top level stuff. Knight VS Fox was great stuff to help keep Knight sharp in AEW. Best of the Super Juniors starts in May, so he’s got about another month where he will still be hanging in AEW, Knight can surely get a couple more wins before going back to Japan for that tournament. Gates of Agony of course won their match, but I like that they called out the Hurt Syndicate. I feel like they won’t win the title match with them, but it’s good to see the Gates finally moving up to this level and not just languishing in ROH.
Great match from Bowens VS Blake, and a great win for Bowens. Very good promo from Bowens, I’m sure he’ll get more wins and maybe even go for a title. Well, depending on where the different midcard belts are going, Bowens might have to wait a minute, given the tease of Omega VS Okada as of late. Good promo from the Death Riders as they have adjust after Pac gets injured. At the same time, Hook should be alright from the dizziness and possible concussion, as nothing has been said further. Death Riders VS Opps for the trios titles will be great stuff, but even doing it for a themed episode doesn’t make me think Death Riders lose. It’d be nice if they did, though…
Good Heel promo from FTR, though it didn’t say much more than Dax did passive aggressively a couple weeks ago: Cope kept FTR from what FTR wanted, which glosses over how The Death Riders kinda got at them, too; and the loss at Dynasty was just the last straw. Them threatening Schiavone & Nigel was a nice touch, as was getting Garcia into the story given he teamed with them against Undisputed Kingdom. Menard & Parker stepping up for Garcia was good, and wow did Menard bleed for that match. FTR of course win, and then them brutalizing 2Point0 to bring out Undisputed Kingdom (well, I guess they’re trying Paragon, since Schiavone mentioned that) was good, too.
Dax & Cash are tag guys so they won’t bother with the TNT Championship, but I could see them taking on Roddy & Kyle one more time, then we’d get Dax & Cash VS Cole & Garcia. At least, maybe? Just something that’ll help FTR get back up and maybe go for tag titles. Megan beating two opponents at once was a good way to step things up in her rebound from Dynasty. I wonder if she’ll keep doing that until running into some new rival. I say that as it seems we won’t be getting her and Toni Storm in a rematch.
Toni Storm had a great promo to call out all the remaining Women’s Owen Hart Cup entries, but I find it interesting that she had no quip for Kris, just a compliment. Makes me wonder if Kris is destined to win the tournament and go to All In with Toni. And of course, great stuff in all of the Owen Hart Cup matches. Jamie VS Billie was a great rematch, but I shouldn’t be surprised Jamie wins again. Jamie VS Kris will be great stuff to lead into Double or Nothing. Then, great stuff from Athena VS Harley, certainly one of Harley’s better matches. But at the same time, of course Athena won to face Mone. Good promo from Mone to call Athena out, their match is going to be awesome, hard to say who wins that.
Konosuke VS Brody was also great, definitely a great main event. Of course Konosuke won. He’s NEVER Openweight Champion, the Don Callis Family keeps their idea of All Don Callis Family alive a little longer, and Konosuke VS Ospreay is going to be awesome stuff. I still think Ospreay wins and meets Kyle in the main event, but I suppose that still depends on how Hangman VS Wild Card goes.
My Score: 8.9/10
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Fallout from Dynasty!
Swerve Strickland is NOT AEW World Champion, both because of The Death Riders AND The Young Bucks! Will Swerve take out Pac before hunting Bucks?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Jon Moxley w/ Marina Shafir VS Katsuyori Shibata; Moxley wins.
- Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS PAC; Swerve wins.
- $400K 8 Man Tag: Will Ospreay, Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe & “Speedball” Mike Bailey VS Ricochet, The Beast Mortos & Cru; Ospreay, Knight, Briscoe & Bailey win.
- 2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Kris Statlander VS Thunder Rosa; Kris wins and advances.
- Samoa Joe & Hook VS Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta; Joe & Hook win.
PLAY BY PLAY
The Death Riders speak.
Jon Moxley says, “The single greatest roster of pure talent ever assembled under one roof every week on AEW Dynamite. So, why can’t any of these guys get their act together when it counts? They come with their talents and they come with their gifts and they come with their fanfare and their bodies hit the dirt and they roll back down the hill. They will excuse themselves of they will seek comfort without addressing the real problem: You don’t want it. You don’t. We will scorch the earth with anybody who wants to call themselves a contender before we give a single inch. Not an inch.
“This is my life’s work. It will not be bought or sold. Matt & Nick Jackson have returned. Interesting. Power players in pro-wrestling’s new gilded age. Let’s do a little who’s who. I’m surrounded by warriors, I am the world champion, a king on the frontlines. You two? I don’t recognize you two anymore. I haven’t for a long time. You stumbled onto a board and you don’t know what the game is. You better figure it out, and you better be real, real careful. Better be real careful before you make any moves.” The Maniac keeps everyone on edge as he puts them all on notice, but will someone finally beat him at his own game?
Jon Moxley w/ Marina Shafir VS Katsuyori Shibata!
While The Maniac thinks he and his Death Riders are feared and untouchable, The Opps showed they are #NeverLacking! The Opps did what they could to keep things even between Death Riders and Swerve Strickland, but will The Wrestler make sure Moxley realizes what he’s lacking?
The bell rings, the two circle, and Baltimore rallies up. The two clinch, fight for control, and Shibata slips through to waistlock. Moxley wrenches free, but Shibata hooks a leg. Moxley rolls to get a wristlock but Shibata headscissors. The fans cheer, but Moxley fights around and pops free. The two stare down and go again. Shibata stays low as he looks for a leg, but then stands as Moxley tries for knuckle locks. They clinch, Moxley facelocks, but Shibata fights around. The fans duel, Shibata slips out to waistlock, then he grabs a leg. Moxley fights up, Shibata goes back to the waistlock and wrangles Moxley again.
The two move around, Moxley goes to the ROPEBREAK, and Shibata lets off. The fans rally as the two reset. They circle, tie up collar ‘n’ elbow, and Moxley powers Shibata back to the ropes. Shibata turns things around, only for Moxley to turn them back around, and they’re in the corner. Moxley lets off slowly, then he pie faces Shibata! Shibata CHOPS Moxley! The fans fire up as Shibata gives as good as he gets! Moxley is already red, so he CHOPS! Shibata CHOPS, Moxley CHOPS, the fans “WOO~!” and the CHOPS keep going! As soon as Mox CHOPS, Shibata CHOPS! Moxley snarls, kicks low, then runs, to then BOOT Shibata!
Moxley gets in Shibata’s face, but Shibata just eggs him on! The fans fire up, so Moxley BOOTS Shibata again! Shibata just turns himself around and eggs Moxley on! Moxley BOOTS, but Shibata gets in Moxley’s face! Moxley runs, but into a clinch, S T O! The fans fire up, and Shibata clamps on a chinlock. Moxley fights up, but Shibata catches him into a COBRA TWIST! Moxley endures, reaches out, but Shibata shifts position to have an IRON OCTOPUS! Moxley still endures, fights his way forward, and has the ROPEBREAK! Shibata lets go to CLUB Moxley, then whips him to a corner and BOOTS!
The fans fire up as Shibata fires a flurry of forearms on Moxley! The ref counts, Shibata sits Moxley down, then he runs corner to corner, HYDRAULIC DROPKICK! Then he gets going again, but Moxley LARIATS first! Moxley hurries to get Shibata up, LARIAT! Cover, ONE!! Shibata is tougher than that, but Moxley reels him in, PILEDRIVER! Moxley grins while Shibata staggers up, but Shibata PENALTY KICKS! The fans fire up as Shibata quite literally kicks that smug look off Moxley’s face! Marina is worried, but Shibata clamps on with a chinlock. Moxley fights up, slips out, and he has a SLEEPER!
Shibata pries at the hold, slips around, spin and snapmare, then the SLEEPER! Moxley fights up, reaches out, and he reaches back to THUMB Shibata in the eye! Shibata lets go, Moxley has the SLEEPER, and drops for the REAR NAKED CHOKE! The fans boo but Shibata is caught! The ref calls it, Moxley wins!
Winner: Jon Moxley, by submission
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap, but it still gave Moxley the win. Will Moxley continue to act in opposition to his words? Wait! The Young Bucks are here! Matthew & Nicholas Jackson make their way out on stage, Baltimore booing all the way. The prodigal EVPs go to the ring, and step inside to join Moxley & Marina. Moxley eyes The Bucks, The Problem standing in their way. Moxley has Marina stand down and the Death Riders fall back. Nick gets a mic to say, “Please give it up for your World Heavyweight Champion, Jon Moxley!” The fans boo instead. Nick says, “And show some damn respect for the Founding Fathers of AEW, YOUR EVPs!”
The fans boo more, but Nick tells them to “Shut the F up!” And yes, he used the letter F, so he self-censored. Nick knows everyone is wondering why The Bucks did what they did. Why did they cost Swerve the world title? Well, they have a couple good reasons why. First of all, they did it for their good friend. Hangman Adam Page, you’re welcome! This is what Hangman wanted all along! He never wanted Swerve to be world champion ever again, so they did that for him. The Bucks do NOT forget who their friends are. They still love Hangman and they know Hangman loves them. The fans chant “Whose House?“ “SWERVE’S HOUSE!”
Matt says Moxley, if only you stuck around to hear this, but Matt isn’t afraid to say this in front of the world. The fans continue to chant for “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” but Matt tells The Death Riders that what they did for them is a peace offering. The Bucks have no problems with The Death Riders, and they hope The Death Riders have no problems with them. While Matt & Nick sat at home for months and months, they realized while watching The Death Riders, that they’ve all got more in common than you’d think. The Death Riders wanna see that locker room rise to the occasion, just like The Bucks.
The Death Riders want AEW to be the best company in the world, just like The Bucks! They want to change the world, just like The Bucks! And Jon, Matt is impressed. Watching Jon, Matt saw him do what The Bucks could not. Jon Moxley succeeded in taking over AEW, and even got the world title. The Bucks could never do that. So last Sunday was their elevator pitch to The Death Riders. Imagine the synergy if The Death Riders & The Elite worked together as one! Moxley, the world champion, and The Founding Fathers of AEW, The EVPs, all together…! So please, Moxley, come on back out here with your boys, and let’s discuss a little bit of business.
The fans boo, but instead of Moxley, it’s KENNY OMEGA! The other Founding Father is here, and the fans fire up! The AEW International Champion has a mic to tell The Bucks, “So you did this all for your friends, huh? Mox, Hanger. You forgot to do me. But actually, I remember the last time we met. And if memory serves me correctly, it’s when at the height of my diverticulitis, you pushed me off a stretcher that was taking me to the hospital.” The fans boo, and Omega says this might sound crazy, but he never forgot. And he even forgave them! When he returned, he said that what he was doing was for his own legacy and for the safety of this company, not for revenge.
The fans cheer, and Omega says what we’re all trying to do here is #BringBacktheFeeling. Now, Omega hates to divert from the story, but allow him to tell The Bucks a story. Omega had a friend in high school who had two Shi Tzu dogs. It doesn’t really matter the type of dog, but they were both yappy as all heck. Ugly little mutts, but hey, Omega is an animal lover, so he loved these dogs. Every time he visited his friend’s place, they’d play games, but the dogs would take a dookie on the floor. The friend didn’t care, and those two little Shi Tzus were ever so pleased with themselves.
But as time went on, and more dookie kept collecting, and the stains left behind were getting more pungent, Omega had to say, “Hey, pal. Maybe we move this over to my place?” That is what The Bucks, without Omega, were like here in AEW. The fans chant “DOOKIE! DOOKIE!” Omega says the last time we saw The Bucks on AEW TV, they were shredding documents like there was some big incriminating thing they were covering up. Guys, Omega is gonna spoil the surprise right now. We all know how The Bucks live. We all know exactly how they operate! They brag about their earnings and their money, so yes, they were tearing up receipts!
Receipts of private jets! Of that big chair one of them has facing the bed in their master bedroom. The OnlyFans accounts! But it doesn’t matter! The part that matters most, the part that pisses Omega off the most, is that not because of The Death Riders, but because of The Young Bucks that AEW almost died! The company Omega loves and gave his very life, heart and soul for. The fans cheer that, and Omega says he cannot lie. The time off did The Bucks wonderfully. Nick looks every bit of that 90 pounds he was before he left. And Matt… Well, sure, he looks fine in that low cut V neck, but lay off the hot stuff! He’s as red as Nick’s lapels!
And quite frankly, now that we’ve gotten to this point, Omega could go on and on and on. But he doesn’t know, maybe they cut out the middle man and just fight. The fans fire up as Omega storms his way forward! Nick & Matt are ready, but then here comes Kazuchika Okada! The Elite’s Rainmaker is here and Omega realizes this is now 3v1. But wait! SWERVE shows up! The fans fire up as now things look to be 3v2! Swerve slips in from the crowd side, with a chair! The Elite runs off, avoiding retribution for the Dynasty screw job. The fans cheer as Baltimore is now “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!”
Omega offers a fist bump, Swerve gives him the fist bump! Will The Cleaner and The Realest be unlikely allies in this war for AEW’s heart and soul? Swerve grabs a mic to shout, “I now pronounce it is Buck Hunting Season! And I’m here with a loaded shotgun ready to blast on some freakin’ EVPs! You couldn’t leave well enough alone, could you? I dealt with you last year. And now-” PAC ATTACKS! The Bastard has a match with Swerve, so he decides to take it now! The fans boo but Pac digs his boot into Swerve in the neck! The ref rushes in, he has Pac back off, and things cool off while Dynamite goes to break!
Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS PAC!
Dynamite returns as Swerve tells the ref this match is still happening. The bell rings, Pac runs up, and Swerve BOOTS him down! The fans fire up and Swerve brings Pac up for fast hands! Swerve has Pac in a corner, fires off more shots, then fireman’s carries to hit SNAKE EYES! Swerve runs and he BOOTS Pac down again! Pac flounders, the fans fire up, and Swerve sees Pac bail out. Swerve BOOTS Pac from the apron! Swerve snarls, then drags Pac up to whip hard into railing! And then whips him the other way, into more railing! Pac writhes, but Swerve brings him up to send into steel steps! Pac slumps down while the fans fire up!
Nana says this is the REAL world champion here! Swerve refreshes the ring count, then revels in the fans chanting “One More Time!” Pac hurries into the ring to deny Swerve that, but Swerve goes around the outside. Swerve storms into the ring, but Pac goes back to the apron. Swerve storms up but Pac RAMS into him! Pac slingshots up and over, keeps moving, but Swerve stops the rana! Swerve hauls Pac up to BUCKLE BOMB! Pac writhes, drags himself up, and Swerve snapmares him to go up and FALLING UPPERCUT! The fans fire up while Swerve hits the Griddy! Swerve stalks Pac, stands on him at the ropes, but steps off as the ref counts.
Pac sputters, Swerve eggs Pac on, but Doc Sampson is called over to check on Pac. Pac’s foot seems to be the body part in question, and Swerve is annoyed that this is denying him his payback. The fans rally and Swerve paces. Doc double checks Pac, he is okay to continue, so he slides into the ring. SUPERKICK from Swerve! Swerve goes up the corner and the fans fire up! KILL STOMPS! Cover, Swerve wins!
Winner: Swerve Strickland, by pinfall
The Bastard takes a shot intended for The Bucks, but Swerve surely has ammo to spare. Will Swerve get at Matt & Nick soon enough?
Ricochet, Beast Mortos & Cru speak.
The One & Only says, “There is a lot that Daddy can do with $400,000. And tonight, I will lead Team Ricochet to victory.” The others take offense to that. But yeah, he’s the captain now. AHA~! The others roll their eyes, but will they all be rolling in money after tonight?
Will Ospreay, Mark Briscoe, Kevin Knight & “Speedball” Mike Bailey speak.
The Sussex County Chicken says, “Ladies and gentlemen, the word of the day is entrepreneurial! Because tonight, fellas, we have a opportunity to split 400 hundred thousand dollars! Will, whatcha gonna do with a hundred grand?” The Aerial Assassin shouts, “DISNEY WORLD~!” Mike, how ’bout you? He’ll buy some new shoes! And Jet, what about you? Kevin Knight is gonna go to Atlantic City, baby! What about Mark? Well, he plans to diversify his financial portfolio. But that’s besides the point! They’re coming for ya, baby! RAH RAH RAH! Which team will #ManUp and bring up the jackpot?
AEW hears from the many entrants of the Women’s Owen Hart Cup.
The CEO brags about how she beat the Princess of the Black Throne, but Billie Starkz reminds us that this is about honoring a legend. Jamie Hart says Billie is young, but scrappy and has heart. Mone continues to brag that the Money Train is going to win The Owen, pull into Globe Life Field stadium and become AEW Women’s World- Wait, Mini Mone pops in and says, “CHAMPION~!” Harley Cameron is all smiles but Mone has a headache. Billie knows Jamie doesn’t doubt herself because she beat Billie before, but in the Owen Hart Cup, it’ll be different. Harley tells Mone that she might go to All In. Or maybe, just maybe, Harley does, because she’s also in the tournament.
And you never know! Maybe Harley and Mone could face off! Jamie knows Billie wants her moment, but Jamie just wants to fight. Let’s see which one wins out on Saturday. Mone wishes Harley luck against Athena, and may the best woman win. Mini Mone tells Harley that next time, she’ll do the talking. But as stated, the Owen Hart Cup will have a Collision in Springfield, Massachusetts! Who makes it out of there to move on to Boston and the Spring Breakthru?
Backstage interview with Hangman Page.
Renee Paquette brings up The Cowboy facing the Wild Card entrant to the Men’s Owen Hart Cup. How does he prepare for a question mark? Hangman doesn’t know who this guy is, and he doesn’t know what he’s supposed to say, but he’s kinda doing something right now so excuse him. Hangman storms on down the hall and goes right into Swerve’s room!? Hangman asks Nana, “Where’s he at?!” Nana asks what the hell, and Hangman knows Nana knows, so he needs to sit his ass down! Nana sits down, and Hangman wants to make something perfectly clear! At Dynasty, Hangman was NOT trying to help Swerve, understand?
And next week, Hangman has his match in The Owen! So tell Swerve if he so much as thinks about getting in the way, Hangman will pick up with him where they left off. Hangman then turns to go, but Nana has him hold on. There’s something he’s been wanting to tell Hangman for the last year. Nana can’t talk for Swerve, but Nana regrets what they did. Hangman tells Nana to stop! Not another word! Nana does not get that. Hangman storms off, not wanting an apology. Is Hangman that determined to hate someone?
$400K 8 Man Tag: Will Ospreay, Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe & “Speedball” Mike Bailey VS Ricochet, The Beast Mortos & Cru!
The Aerial Assassin teamed with The Jet last week, and had a stellar match at Dynasty as part of the Owen Hart Cup. They team with Mark & Mike to make some bank, can they do it? Or will “Team Ricochet” be #OuttaThisWorld?
Dynamite returns as Briscoe makes his entrance, followed by this conglomeration of high-fliers. The teams sort out, and Bailey steps up so he can call out The One & Only. The fans cheer that, so Ricochet steps in. The bell rings, Bailey and Ricochet circle, but Ricochet keeps his distance, and he tags to Mortos! The fans boo Ricochet but he claims he needs some time to stretch. Mortos stares down with Bailey, and then both men roar! Mortos runs up, Bailey dodges, drops down, hurdles over, but Mortos leaps over! Bailey runs up, but Mortos stops the rana! Bailey slips free, dodges, then goes up a corner to FLYING RANA!
The fans fire up while Mortos tumbles, and Ricochet tags back in! Bailey shows roundhouse and Ricochet backs off! The fans laugh at Ricochet as he cowers in the ropes. Ricochet tags out to Lio Rush, and the fans rally Ospreay reaches out. Bailey obliges and tags Ospreay in! The fans fire up as #BillyGOAT and #ManOfTheHour circle. They feel things out, but then Action Andretti steps in! Ospreay stares Action down, but that lets Lio CLUB Ospreay from behind! The fans boo as Lio rains down shots, then Mortos and Action join in! The ref reprimands, Action stomps away on Ospreay, then he tags Ricochet.
Ricochet stomps away on Ospreay, the fans boo, but Cru double whip Ricochet in, only for Ospreay to BOOT him! Ospreay then ELBOWS Action, dodges Lio, and his team jumps in! The fans fire up as all eight men stand off! The ref wants this to calm down, Ospreay has his team stand down, and Ricochet talks trash like he’s so tough. Bailey ROCKS Ricochet and the brawl is on! The fans fire up as Ospreay has Lio, Knight has Action, and Briscoe has Mortos! They’re all in corners, then climb up for a rain of fists! The fans fire up as as we go to TEN, forty total! The fans fire up as Ospreay ELBOWS Ricochet, Knight SPLASHES, and Mark LARIATS!
Mark feeds Ricochet to Bailey’s ROUNDHOUSE! Cru gets up, Ospreay & Mark BLAST them off the apron! Ospreay PLANCHAS onto Lio! Mark DIVES onto Action! Knight PLANCHAS onto Mortos! Bailey goes up, up, and TRIANGLE MOONSAULTS Cru! The fans fire up as Ospreay and the others put hands in, Entrepreneurial! But then Ricochet FLIES! Ospreay and team get out of the way, and Ricochet lands on his feet! Good news is Ricochet isn’t hurt. Bad news is, he’s not surrounded. QUADRUPLE “BALD!” SLAP!! The fans are thunderous while Ricochet writhes, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Ospreay stands Ricochet up to DECK him, then Bailey has Lio & Action by the hair. Bailey gives Cru a meeting of the minds while Briscoe WRECKS Mortos with a dropkick! Bailey puts Ricochet in the ring, bumps him off buckles, then bumps him off Knight’s boot! The fans fire up as Bailey joins in, Ospreay bumps Ricochet off double boots! Knight tags in, he drags Ricochet up and CLUBS him. Ricochet goes to a corner as Knight stalks him, and Ricochet wants mercy. But he just YANKS Knight into buckles! Ricochet tags Action, Action tags Lio, and Action LARAITS! Lio LARIATS! Lio feeds Knight to the mule kick, knee lift, and ROLLING ELBOW!
Lio fires fast hands and DECKS Knight! Cru talks trash, then they kick Knight around. Lio CLUBS Knight down, rains down fists, then drags Knight up to whip and ELBOW him down! Lio tags Action, Cru double whips, and they DOUBLE ELBOW Knight! Action covers, ONE!! Knight stays in this but Action stays on him with a chinlock. Knight endures, fights up, and fires body shots. Action CLUBS Knight again, CHPOS him in the corner, then tags Ricochet. Ricochet CHOPS Knight, then snapmares for a basement DROPKICK! Ricochet taunts Briscoe, the ref keeps him back, and Ricochet drags Knight to the corner.
Mortos tags in, he and Ricochet mug Knight, then Mortos brings Knight around. Mortos CHOPS Knight, sucker punches Briscoe, then roars. Mortos KICKS Knight in the leg, then brings him around for a snapmare. NECK TWIST! Mortos whips Knight to ropes, scoops him, and CIPHER- RANA from Knight! Knight hurries, hot tag to Bailey! Bailey goes up to MISSILE DROPKICK Mortos down! The fans fire up with Bailey as he SOBATS Mortos, then AX KICKS! Mortos kneels, Dynamite returns to single picture, and Bailey BUZZSAWS Mortos down! The fans fire up and Bailey runs, SHOOTING STAR PRESS! Cover, TWO!
The fans rally for “SPEEDBALL! SPEEDBALL!” and Bailey stays between Mortos and Cru. Bailey KICKS Mortos, but Mortos snarls! Bailey KICKS again! Mortos rises! Bailey KCISK, Mortos blocks, and Mortos spins Bailey to scoop and CIPHER UTAKI! Both men are down and the fans rally up. Bailey and Mortos crawl, hot tag to Ricochet, but Ricochet takes his time to swagger. The fans boo, but Ricochet springboards in, only for Bailey to dodge! Ricochet BLASTS Ospreay and Briscoe, but then Bailey dodges to BLAST Cru! Bailey runs up, but Ricochet hits a CAVE IN!! Bailey tumbles away but Briscoe runs in!
Briscoe dodges Ricochet, dodges again, then waistlocks. Ricochet switches, Briscoe breaks that and PELES! Mortos is back to shove and POP-UP SAMOAN DROP Briscoe! Knight whips Mortos to go up, but Mortos catches him! Knight fires hands, but Mortos still fights the rana! But Knight makes the bomb a DDT! Action kicks Knight, whips him, but Knight reverses. Lio is in and he fires hands! Lio whips, “This is Awesome!” as Knight reverses. Action goes up and out while Lio slides to a stop. Knight runs in, but Action ROCKS him! Lio UP KICKS, Action ENZIGIRIS, then Lio whips. Knight and Lio dosido with their reversals, RUSH HOUR!
Action is there to torture rack Knight, SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Ospreay runs up, Lio has a leg! Action runs up but Ospreay ducks to then break free, dodge and handspring, DOUBLE PELE! The fans are thunderous, but Ricochet SHOVES Ospreay right out! Bailey PENALTY KICKS Ricochet, then sets up, STANDING- NO, Ricochet avoids the knee drop! A little like Dynasty there, and Ricochet hauls Bailey up to a fireman’s carry, RUNNING DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Bailey survives and the fans fire up! Briscoe ROCKS Ricochet, Ricochet tumbles away and tags Mortos. Briscoe LARIATS Ricochet up and out!
Mortos aims at Bailey and runs up, but into a BOOT! Mortos roars, runs up, but into another BOOT! Mortos goes again, blocks the kick this time, but Briscoe is back! Mortos blocks him, FLIPS both Bailey and Briscoe, but they both land out! Bailey’s foot jams a bit, but he and Briscoe use that to stereo crane stance! Mortos isn’t sure what to do with that, but he gets DOUBLE CRANE KICKS! Ospreay slips in, to springboard and OSCUTTER! Tag to Knight and he goes up top! U F O SPLASH!! Cover, TEAM RICOCHET BARRLES IN! The fans boo, but then Ospreay’s team TOSSES Ricochet & Cru out!
Ospreay tags back in, he takes aim, and Mortos sits up for the HIDDEN BLADE!! Cover, Ospreay’s team wins!
Winners: Will Ospreay, Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe & “Speedball” Mike Bailey, by pinfall (win the $400,000 cash prize)
The fans are sure happy that money is going to a good cause! Will Ospreay awaits a top notch opponent in the Owen Hart Cup, Kevin Knight is going to be in NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors, will $100,000 help each man prepare for those high stakes?
AEW has an injury report on Adam Copeland.
After failing to dethrone the Death Riders as AEW World Trios Champions, FTR betrayed Cope and absolutely brutalized him! The Rated R Superstar is ruled out of action indefinitely, did Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler just end the career of a man they once called friend?
The Hurt Syndicate is here!
Baltimore cheers as Montel Vontavious Porter and the AEW World Tag Team Champions, Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin, head to the ring. There’s already quite the set up waiting for them: a table decked out with food and drink; a pedestal to rest the belts on; and a picture commemorating their victory. The fans cheer for MVP as he grabs the mic, and he says, “Ladies and gentlemen of the AEW viewing audience, this is an official announcement from The Hurt Syndicate. Punks jump up to get beat down. Two more challengers stepped up for the AEW Tag Team Championships, and two more challengers got beat down.”
The fans cheer, and MVP says if they would be so kind, please join him and his colleagues in a toast to celebrate yet another successful title defense. They take the bottles of champagne from the bucket of ice, and the fans chant, “We Hurt~ People!” They raise their glasses, but then MJF makes his way out here! Maxwell Jacob Friedman smiles, has a mic in hand already, and he goes right to the ring. MJF apologizes and then stands in line beside Shelton. The fans are torn, Shelton chuckles, MVP smirks, but Lashley is not amused. Baltimore duels, “He’s Our Scumbag!” “NO, HE’S NOT!” MVP talks with Lashley to relax, but then MJF speaks.
“Look at us, huh? I don’t know if you’ve heard, but we hurt people, baby! This is great, this is great. Guys, look at us, huh? Dripping in gold! You’re welcome, by the way. I couldn’t be happier. This couldn’t have come at a better time, mind you. Because that guy, Tony Khan, he wanted me to do the Owen Hart Cup Tournament? So I could what? Sweat my balls off, break my back, wrestle every week like some shmuck! I don’t think so, Maryland. See, I work smarter, not harder. And now that I’m rolling with The Syndicate? Whew! Daddy gets to cut the line and get back what is rightfully mine, and that is the Triple B, baby!”
The fans cheer, MVP chuckles, and MJF says this is a perfect fit! He scratches their backs by helping them maintain their tag team titles, because let’s face it, without his help, woof. And now, they help little ol’ MJF! Everyone wins! So, Montel, serious question, how does the initiation work? Does he sign a contract? Or is it an old school blood brothers thing? Lashley tells MJF to shut up. “Shut your freakin’ mouth!” Everyone saw what MJF did! When Lashley turned around and saw Big Bill standing, Lashley cut him in half and finished it, cuz that’s what they do. Now MJF tried to help, which was cute, but he didn’t get the job done.
So Max, this is yet another reason why they don’t need MJF! MJF says okay, cool. First, don’t point. Lashley says he’ll point at whoever he wants! They argue, but then Shelton & MVP step in. MVP tells Lashley to chill, Lashley says MJF will respect him! MVP wants Shelton to cool off, too, just give MVP a second. MVP tells MJF he knows how MVP feels about him. They go way back. Lashley & Shelton know that, too. So in order for MJF to join the Syndicate, he has to get three thumbs up. We already know how MVP feels, he is thumbs up. Shelton? MJF says yeah, they go way back, too! Shelton’s answer is thumbs… DOWN!
MJF thought they were cool! Lashley says thank you, Shelton. That’s two to one, the motion is denied. Lashley & Shelton head out, MJF turns to MVP, and MVP shrugs. The Syndicate heads out, not bothering with The Scumbag. What must MJF do to get what he wants?
Backstage interview with Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford.
Renee is with The Megasus & The Superbad Girl, and says she wanted to catch up on how they’re feeling after what was honestly, a surprising loss at Dynasty. Ford says that was just a taste of defeat. But it changes nothing. “Everything that this woman has been through is what? Just erased all because Toni Storm barely survived? No. Everything is just gonna get worse. This division cannot move on, because she won’t let it. She’s gonna be at Collision. And she doesn’t care who, she doesn’t care how many0” Megan brushes Renee aside to step forward, and she tells everyone, “I will make you bow down.” Ford says, “See what you did?”
The female titan of AEW was dominant before, and now she’s angry! Who will be destroyed all because Toni Storm still reigns?
Toni Storm is here!
Speaking of The Timeless AEW Women’s World Champion, she heads down to ringside to join commentary, as she wants to bear witness to this next match.
2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Opening Round: Kris Statlander VS Thunder Rosa!
The Galaxy’s Greatest and La Mera Mera almost had it out last week in just talking about this match-up and what it means. Kris wants to finally be THE champ, but Rosa wants back what she never truly lost. Who wins here to prove they are the best bet on winning the Cup?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. The two tie up, go around, and Kris waistlocks. Rosa fights the lift, then fights with elbows, then arm-drags Kris down for a wristlock. Kris fights up, rolls, and wrenches to headlock. Rosa powers up and out, but Kris runs her over! Kris flexes, Toni says if she was Kris’ teammate, they could be #ThunderThighs. But if Toni teamed with Schiavone, well, they’d just be #Tits. Rosa runs up on Kris, waistlocks, then slips past her, only for Kris to drop down and hurdle over. Rosa stops herself to avoid the powerslam, then Oklahoma Rolls! TWO, and Rosa wheelbarrows to arm-drag! Rosa has the armlock, but Kris fights around.
Kris rises up, powers Rosa to a corner, and the fans cheer. Kris lets off, CHOPS Rosa, then whips corner to corner. Rosa reverses, Kris goes up and over and arm-drags! Then she SHOTGUNS Rosa down! The fans fire up for Kris while Rosa goes to a corner. Kris lets Toni know she sees her, then runs in at Rosa for an UPPERCUT! Kris goes side to side, but Rosa ROUNDHOUSES first! Kris falls, the fans fire up for Rosa as she runs, but Kris avoids the dropkick! Kris goes to the apron to slingshot in, but Rosa avoids the elbow drop! Rosa reloads and runs again, DROPKICK through the ropes! The fans fire up while Rosa goes to the apron.
Rosa aims at Kris and says YEEHAW! SEATED SENTON! Rosa puts Kris in, covers, TWO! Kris stays in this but Rosa CHOPS! And CHOPS! Rosa ducks a roundhouse but Kris kicks low to DDT! Both women are down and the fans duel! Rosa goes to the outside, the ring count starts, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Kris goes out after Rosa, stands her up, and CHOPS her against the apron! Kris SMACKS Rosa off the apron, CHOPS her again, but Rosa CHOPS in return! Rosa refreshes the ring count, then brings Kris around to Toni can see this. GRIZZLY MAGNUM DOUBLE CHOP! Rosa then hugs her #ThunderStorm/#ThunderTits teammate, before she brings Kris up. Rosa reels kris in, but Kris fights the suplex! Rosa kicks low, KNEES Kris, then gets space to SHINING WIZARD! Rosa fires up, then puts Kris in the ring. Rosa storms up on Kris, but Kris cradles! TWO! Both women rise up, and Kris fires a forearm!
Kris CHOPS Rosa, shoves her, then scoops her to BACKBREAKER! Rosa writhes, Kris covers, TWO! Kris clamps onto Rosa with a chinlock and grinds her down. Rosa fights up, fires body shots, but Kris CLUBS Rosa, then THROWS Rosa down by her hair! The ref reprimands that last part, but Kris drops a JUMP ELBOW on Rosa! Cover, TWO! Rosa stays in this and goes to a corner, but Kris storms up. Kris whips corner to corner hard, then storms up on Rosa again. Kris wrenches and whips back the other way, and Rosa hits buckles hard! Kris storms up again, but Rosa RAMS her low! Kris stuffs Rosa to have a facelock.
Rosa endures, Kris gator rolls her, but Rosa fights up. Kris pushes her back down, throws in some knees to the side, then gator rolls Rosa again. Rosa endures, fights back up, but Kris CLUBS her again and again! Dynamite returns to single picture and the fans rally. Kris runs to a corner, goes up, but Rosa CLUBS her on the back! Rosa then has Kris stuck on the top rope to YANK her down! The fans fire up and Rosa fires forearm after forearm! Rosa runs, ROCKS Kris, and Rosa runs to springboard and FLYING RANA! The fans fire up as Rosa reels Kris in, NORTHERN LIGHTS! Bridging cover, TWO! Kris survives, but Rosa clamps on a STRAITJACKET CLUTCH!
Kris endures, and she picks Rosa up as a backpack to RAM her into the buckles! Kris RAMS Rosa again, then gets space. Rosa BOOTS Kris, goes up, and then leaps for a flying wheelbarrow and BULL- BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Cover, TWO! Rosa survives Kris’s sudden turnaround and the fans fire up! “This is Awesome!” as Kris gut wrenches Rosa, but Rosa slips free! Rosa THRUST KCIKS Kris, then vows to end this! Rosa tucks Kris in, but Kris fights the lift! Rosa CLUBS away on Kris, but Kris fireman’s carries! Kris spins but Rosa swings through to arm-drag her away! Rosa then runs up, slips around, and hits a DESTROYER!! Cover, TWO!!
Kris survives, Rosa is shocked, and Toni herself is stunned by that sequence. The fans rally even harder, and Rosa drags Kris up. Rosa vows to put this one away for Texas! SHINING WIZARD! Cover, TWO!! Kris survives again and Rosa is beside herself! Rosa drags Kris up, but Kris fires a forearm! Rosa eggs Kris on, then SLAPS her! Rosa fires up, runs, but Kris LARIATS! Kris hauls Rosa right up, gut wrenches, STATURDAY NIGHT FEVER!! Cover, KRIS WINS!!
Winner: Kris Statlander, by pinfall (advances to the next round)
Kris takes a bow and blows a kiss to the champ, and Baltimore gives a standing ovation. Kris shows Rosa respect by helping her stand, will Rosa’s dream of going All In have to live on vicariously through Kris?
The Don Callis Family speaks.
Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita stand behind Don Callis himself as he says, “All signs are pointing and all roads are leading to a Proto-shita final for the Don Callis Family in the Owen Hart Tournament. I mean, the Protostar here, he already beat that degenerate, Mark Briscoe. And even though Brody King got one over on the Don Callis Family when he beat Lance Archer, I can tell you, my word, it shan’t happen again! Because we’ve got valuable intel, and you’re in the ring, Brody King, with The Alpha. Look at these two! I mean, in their 20s, jacked, oiled up, hot! The talk of the town! Very healthy young men.
“Y’know who’s not healthy? A couple other members of the Don Callis Family. So I’m gonna put it out there officially tonight: The Don Callis Family, given the rash of injuries that has taken place, is now accepting potential new members. Send your résumé, send your picture, send your bank account number, because as these guys have proven, this is straight to the top.” Callis is expanding his stable, who will accept his offer? And will Takeshita make it through the King of Death this Saturday on Collision?
The Undisputed Kingdom speaks.
Kyle O’Reilly says, “There’s been a lot of ups and downs for us in AEW, boys. And since I joined the Undisputed Kingdom, we’ve been chasing that one moment to kick things off. And the TNT Championship tells the world what we already know: We are the elite of the elite, and watch us as we collect moment after moment after moment.” Roderick Strong says, “Speaking of moments, Kyle, I think it’s about time that we have our moment.” Adam Cole tells Roddy that they will. “Because excellence is not just defined by your successes. Excellence is defined by how you handle your failures.
“The past two years, I’ve been through hell and back. They were two of the most challenging years not just in my career, but in my life. And now I stand before you the Face of TNT, your NEW AEW TNT Champion. And trust me when I tell you, this is just the start for the three of us. Because it’s a new era in All Elite Wrestling, because we… We are the paragons, and that is Undisputed.” Cole, Kyle & Roddy are ready, will they redefine what it is to be All Elite?
Chris Jericho is here!
The former ROH World Champion goes to the ring, where he has his podium, prop trees and TV set up. Jericho has the mic to say, “I am the legendary Chris Jericho, but I am no longer the ROH World Champion.” The fans cheer that! Jericho says he lost his match, he lost a tooth, and he lost his title. And while that is disappointing, he will give credit where credit is due. Congratulations, Bandido, you pulled it off. After months of conflict with one of the greatest pro-wrestlers of all time, Jericho, Bandido was finally victorious. Bandido won the title and saved his mask, but of course with the assistance of his intrusive siblings and his stooge of a mother!
But Jericho gets it. Bandido has his familia, and Jericho has his. Jericho will bring them out now: “Big Bill” Morrissey & Bryan Keith! The Redwood & The Bad Apple make their way out now, and they’re just as upset given they also lost on Sunday. Bill & Keith step into the ring to join Jericho, and Jericho says he was hoping they’d all have titles here tonight. He was hoping they would win the AEW World Tag Team Championships at Dynasty. But they didn’t, did they? That’s why Jericho- Bill stops him?!
Bill grabs his own mic while the fans cheer him on, and Bill says, “Look, Chris, I already know what you’re gonna say. You’re angry, and you have every right to be angry. I’m angry. In fact, I’ve been getting real angry a lot as of late.” Keith wants Bill to stop, but Bill says no, Jericho needs to hear this. Bill knows Keith knows this, too, because they’ve talked about this. Keith is still conflicted, but Bill tells Jericho that Bill has the utmost respect for Jericho. Jericho is one of the greatest of all time. Jericho is one of the most decorated performers in the history of this industry. The fans do cheer that, and Bill says that is why he joined The Learning Tree.
Bill wanted to learn from Jericho. But… Bill did not sign up to be Jericho’s punching bag whenever things go wrong. The fans cheer that! Jericho has a bit of a smirk, and Bill says if he and Keith are out here because Jericho is going to teach them something, then by all means, go ahead and teach. But if they are just here so Jericho can berate and humiliate them, then let Bill know right now, so Bill can leave. And Bill knows Bryan feels the same way. Jericho steps closer to Keith and asks if that’s true. Because that isn’t why Jericho brought them out here. If that’s what they think, then they do have a lot more to learn than he thought.
Jericho believes in them. And when he said he wanted them to win the AEW World Tag Team Championships, he meant that, because he cares about both of them. He handpicked both of them to stand by him to teach them, help them, and believe him, he doesn’t have to help anyone in AEW if he doesn’t want to. But they have potential. They’re future world champions! That is why their victories are his victories, and their failures are his failures. And that is why Jericho is empathetic to Bill when Bill was not there when Jericho needed him most! Jericho lost the ROH World Championship, and Bill wasn’t there!
Some might go so far as to say it was Bill’s fault that Jericho lost! The fans boo, this is clearly the berating Bill spoke of. Bill tries not to react, but Jericho says he isn’t saying that. He doesn’t believe that at all. It is okay, because he is not angry. Just disappointed. Jericho SMASHES his TV with Floyd the Baseball Bat! Jericho again says, “I’m not angry, just disappointed.” And then SMASH goes the TV! SMASH! SMASH! SMASH! Then he goes after the trees! Jericho keeps saying, “I’m disappointed! I’m disappointed! I’m disappointed! I’M EFFING DISAPPOINTED!” And unlike Nick Jackson earlier, Jericho does say the full word.
The fans boo and Bill glares at Jericho. Jericho says he is disappointed in them, and until they change that, it is best that he leaves. Jericho pushes his podium over, storms out of the ring, and the fans sing, “Hey Hey Hey~! GOODBYE~!” If this is disappointed, what would angry even look like? Keith and Bill are upset, but in different ways. What happens to The Learning Tree if The Nueve is going to be MIA?
Anthony Bowens speaks.
It was after the huge return at Dynasty during the Zero Hour that the Pride of Pro-Wrestling said, “I’m finally free of the shackles that is Max Caster. The Five Tool Player has finally arrived. I’ve got five tools, and one rule: And that’s to prove them wrong.” Bowens returns to AEW TV as he takes on Blake Christian this Saturday, will the Vanilla Baby survive this Collision?
BREAKING NEWS for Collision!
Almost a week after the brutal beating they gave Adam Copeland, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler will be in Springfield, Mass to speak on #WhyFTRWhy. Will their answer be satisfactory? Or simply self-serving?
Backstage interview with The Hurt Syndicate.
Alicia Atout has caught up with MVP, Lashley & Shelton to bring up the interactions with MJF. Where do things go from here? Lashley asks why they’re even talking about MJF. Everyone knows MJF is not to be trusted, and then after what he said out there tonight? Lashley does not like MJF, and the Syndicate does not need MJF. Shelton agrees there. They don’t need anybody else. Though, “Lil’ George Costanza is pretty funny.” Lashley rolls his eyes and storms off, Shelton says he’ll go talk to him. MVP says they’re just trying to figure out- Wait, someone knocks on the door. MVP says come in, and it’s MJF!
MJF tells Alicia, “Honey, this is an AB conversation, so why don’t you C your skank ass outta here? Buh-bye, catch you around.” MJF apologizes to MVP that he had to see that, but he is just a little perturbed. Can he ask a question, plain and simple? Sure, go ahead. Does MJF look like a “female dog” to him? MVP wants MJF to get to the point. MJF’s point is, why does he always end up treated like some punk b*tch!? Do these guys not know who he is? He’s M J F! MVP has MJF stop there. That’s the problem: They know exactly who MJF is. MJF’s reputation precedes him. But this is business, and in the world of business, you get your consumer, find out what they want, and give it to them.
MVP heads out, and MJF thinks on that. Will he figure out what the supply and demand for the Hurt Syndicate is?
Jericho is in the parking lot.
He storms around, and he takes out his “disappointment” on some spare sodas before getting into his car. The driver takes it away, when and where will we see The Learning Tree again?
Samoa Joe & Hook VS Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta!
While Jon Moxley beat Shibata earlier tonight, Swerve did take out The Bastard soon after. The rest of The Opps take on the rest of The Death Riders, who will it be that’s caught lacking here tonight?
The teams sort out, Joe starts against Yuta, and the fans rally behind the Samoan Submission Specialist. The two circle, Yuta waistlocks, but Joe wrenches out and wristlocks. The fans sing, “Joe is gonna kill~ you!” but Yuta rolls, only for Joe to wrangle him. Yuta fights up, spins and works on the grip, but Joe wrangles him again. Yuta kips up, spins, rolls, and fires a forearm! Joe lets Yuta go, but he’s more mad than anything. Yuta runs off before Joe can take a swing! The fans boo but Yuta wants the ref to back Joe off. The ref has Joe step back, then Yuta slides in. Yuta tags Claudio and the fans boo more.
Joe smirks as now the Swiss Cyborg steps in. Joe and Claudio knuckle lock, then Claudio kicks low! Claudio UPPERCUTS, UPPERCUTS again, but Joe CHOPS! And JABS! JABS! JABS! Joe fires JAB after JAB, then whips Claudio to a corner. Joe runs up, ELBOW and PELE! Claudio sputters along the ropes but Joe bumps him off buckles. Tag to Hook and the Opps mugs Claudio. Hook fires body shots then clinches, but Claudio CLUBS him, then scoops and SLAMS him! Tag to Yuta, Yuta climbs up, and Yuta CROSSBODIES but Hook says nope! Yuta belly flops on the mat, then Hook waistlocks for a deadlift GERMAN SUPLEX!
Hook holds on, to GERMAN SUPLEX again! And GERMAN SUPLEX again! The fans fire up for Hook while Yuta flounders to the corner. Tag to Joe and Joe JABS, CHOPS, and repeat! The fans cheer as Joe then snapmares Yuta, CHOPS him on the back, and KICKS him in the front! Joe runs to ELBOW DROP! Tag to Hook, he runs up to fire knees. Hook puts Yuta in a corner and fires body shots! Hook whips corner to corner, Yuta reverses, but then Hook puts Yuta on the apron. Hook ROCKS Yuta, Yuta falls to the floor, but then Yuta grabs a foot! The ref reprimands as Yuta trips Hook, but Hook kicks free! Only for Claudio to APRON DOUBLE STOMP!
The ref reprimands while Hook writhes, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Yuta storms back in and brings Hook up. Yuta CHOPS Hook, but Hook CHOPS in return! Yuta CLAWS Hook’s eyes, tags Claudio, and they double whip Hook to then DOUBLE BOOT! Yuta soaks up the heat while Claudio glares at Joe. Joe warns Claudio, but Claudio drags Hook around into a top wristlock. Claudio grinds Hook down with that wristlock, but Hook fights up. Claudio knee slow, KNEES Hook again, then shoves him to the corner. Claudio stomps Hook down, argues with the ref, but that lets Yuta CHOKE Hook! Joe protests, the ref is busy with him now, so Yuta gets away with it. Claudio smothers Hook, KNEES him low, then tags Yuta.
Yuta runs up to stomp Hook, then brings him around. Yuta talks trash on Baltimore, but Hook fires body shots! Yuta KNEES low, hooks a leg, and hits a FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Bridging cover, TWO! Not quite perfect, but Yuta doesn’t care as he just clamps onto a foot. Yuta drags Hook around, YANKS the leg, then tags Claudio. Claudio stomps Hook, then smothers him with a chinlock. Hook endures, even as Claudio grinds him down. Hook fights around, fights up, and he fires body shots. Claudio shifts to a SLEEPER, but Hook still fights. Hook reaches out for Joe, Joe reaches out for Hook, but Claudio shifts around to have a COBRA CLUTCH!
The fans rally as Hook fights up, and he has Claudio as a backpack! Hook stomps forward, but Claudio slips down and THROWS Hook down! Claudio then UPPERCUTS Hook to the corner! Tag to Yuta, he drags Hook up and snapmares for a chinlock of his own. Hook endures all over again while Dynamite returns to single picture. The fans rally for Hook and they taunt Yuta, but Yuta leans on the hold. Hook fights to his feet, fires body shots, then he SAYANAGIS free! But Yuta comes back for a PAIN THRILLER! Cover, TWO! Yuta tags Claudio, Claudio scuffs Hook, then Claudio eggs Hook on. “Who’s the man?”
Claudio shoves Hook to the corner, but Hook ROCKS Claudio, ELBOWS Yuta, and repeat! Hook hurries for his corner but Claudio catches him with a clinch. Claudio KNEES low, then whips Hook to the corner. Claudio storms up, but Hook clinches! CORNER EXPLODER! The fans fire up while both men are down! Hook crawls, but Yuta is right there, Claudio tags Yuta in! Yuta runs to BLAST Joe! The fans boo but Hook catches Yuta! EXPLODER! Hook crawls, as does Yuta, but Joe’s still down! Yuta tags Claudio, Claudio runs at Hook, UPPERCUT! Cover, TWO! Hook survives but Claudio drags him back up!
Tag to Yuta, and Yuta climbs! Claudio hauls Hook up, DOOMSDAY POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO?!?! Hook survives and shocks The Death Riders! They argue with the ref, but Joe rises to the apron! Only for Claudio to slide out, YANK Joe down, and throw forearms! Joe fires in return and the fans fire up! Joe whips, Claudio reverse, Joe hits railing! Claudio runs up, but into an URENAGE to the floor! Yuta drags Hook up, but Hook standing switches and clamps on! REDRUM!! No, Yuta is fighting it, and here comes Moxley! The ref has Moxley back off, but this lets Yuta CLAWS Hook’s eyes! The fans boo but Moxley does his part.
Moxley has a chair, he tells Yuta to finish this, but SHIBATA returns! He has Moxley in a SLEEPER! The fans fire up as Moxley flails! REDRUM for Yuta!! Joe has Claudio, COQUINA CLUTCH!! The Opps have the Death Riders all caught! Yuta TAPS, Opps win!!
Winners: Samoa Joe & Hook, by submission
They truly are #NeverLacking! Joe, Hook and even Shibata had the grit to tough it out and take the win! Shibata’s even putting the Maniac AEW World Champion to sleep! But Marina Shafir slithers in, chair in hand! She CHOP BLOCKS Joe! Yuta CLOBBERS Hook, Claudio is back to help mug Hook! The fans boo, Shibata hurries to help his guys, but Claudio fires shots! Yuta joins in to TOSS Shibata out! Claudio has the chair, sits it upside-down, and he reels Hook in! GOTCH NEUTRALIZER onto the chair legs!! Hook is all but skewered on those, and now The Death Riders run away before Joe can get them!
The fans boo, but what did anyone expect from the dastardly, no good Death Riders? Joe is the only one standing, and he has a mic to shout, “DEATH RIDERRRS~! You cowardly SOBs! You see, the Opps came to Baltimore to give you a fist fight! And it seems like the Death Riders are acting more like a bunch of D*CK RIDERS right now, to come out here and do what they want!” The fans fire up behind Joe, and Joe says they make it real simple! The Opps VS The Death Riders, and they’re coming for the AEW World Trios Championships!! Joe has thrown down the challenge, will The Death Riders have no choice but to accept?
My Thoughts:
A great Dynamite for the follow-up to Dynasty, but something promo wise must’ve gone long because the main event needed most of that overrun. Part of me thinks it was Kenny Omega with The Bucks. We got a good opening promo from Moxley that properly uses that Heel hypocrisy to act like he didn’t get saved by everyone in the Death Riders and The Bucks, and then we got a great match from Moxley VS Shibata. Moxley of course wins by using dirty tactics, but I liked the segue into The Bucks having their promo, which then brought out Kenny. Part of why this part took longer was cuz the fans were having too much fun chanting “Dookie.”
But there’s something about The Elite wanting to work with The Death Riders, but they’ve got Omega and Swerve opposing them, I wonder if Double or Nothing gets to have Anarchy in the Arena 2025. The Owen Hart Cup Finals determine a #1 contender to the world title, so Double or Nothing doesn’t have to have a world title match. Honestly, seeing as how Revolution and Dynasty basically had the same upsetting end to a world title match, Anarchy in the Arena would be a much better main event. Though, that really depends on what happens with The Opps and the trios titles. Honestly, The Opps better win those titles.
We got a great tag team main event, and while Joe & Hook win, Death Riders get the better of them with that beating. I really hope Pac is okay, his ankle scare might have been what wrapped his match against Swerve. If Pac’s ankle is still a concern, that’s perhaps all the more reason to take the trios titles off The Death Riders and put them on The Opps so that The Opps can carry those into Double or Nothing or even All In. Then Anarchy in the Arena can be Bucks, Okada, and at least Moxley, Claudio & Yuta, against Omega, Swerve, and certainly Hangman Page. Hangman had a great bit with Prince Nana, and they’re really taking this to interesting places. Swerve says he deserved what Hangman did, Nana wants to apologize for what Swerve did, and Hangman isn’t sure how to handle any of it.
Now, Hangman also said his Owen Hart Cup match is next week, and that complicates what some fans were hoping to see. Fans hoped Darby Allin would go All In (see how his name and the words work together?) but Darby wants to climb Mount Everest. Apparently that climb is either happening now or within the next week, meaning he’s not going to be available for the Wild Card position. Not sure who they could put in that spot, not sure why they had a Wild Card spot to begin with, but if it isn’t Darby, I feel like Hangman wins that to at least be a bit closer to the Cup. But with The Bucks back, I could see them pulling strings to try and help Hangman, he doesn’t like it, all the more reason he joins Swerve and Omega against The Elite.
Very good promo segment from The Hurt Syndicate with MJF. MJF just assuming he’s in was great, as was Lashley’s entire reaction to it. Not sure we needed that backstage promo, that could’ve been left for Collision. Also, I believe Alicia Atout is MJF’s newest girlfriend, so she clearly knew MJF would be misogynistic for the bit. Good promo from Undisputed Kingdom, or perhaps the Paragon? I feel like “Paragon” was floated around as a faction name a year or so ago, not sure they need to try that again. And surprisingly, a very good TV Time with Chris Jericho. I really liked Bill being blunt with Jericho, and then Jericho turning that around to be somewhat psycho was actually a good move, too. Can’t wait for Bill and Jericho to have it out, and for Keith to choose a side.
That was a great 8 Man Tag, with great promos, but like… Does a kayfabe “big cash prize” really have to be the reason? I suppose it’s TK’s best way of justifying such an assortment of wrestlers in a match, but it still seems really silly. They never really did that much with Top Flight & AR Fox after they won that Three Kings $300K battle royal. The gear didn’t change or improve that drastically, there was no promo/vignette where they had fun with the $300K, so why bother? Good promo from Don Callis, though, to hype up his guys in the Owen Hart Cup, and to open the door to new members. Maybe guys lost in the shuffle can finally do stuff on TV. Also, a shame about Mark Davis and Brian Cage, I hope those guys get well soon.
And great stuff in the Women’s Owen Hart Cup. Very good promo from all the other entries, and a great match from Kris VS Rosa. Toni on commentary is still good, but she really does like innuendos, doesn’t she? Maybe too much? I’m just a touch surprised Kris won, I thought they were going to give us Thunder VS Storm again, given Rosa never actually lost the title. They can still do that for Double or Nothing on the side while someone else wins the tournament, but Megan & Ford also had a very good promo. I figured with Dynasty that Megan would want a rematch, but maybe she has to go through Rosa to get it. Or maybe Triple Threat since the PPV is Double or Nothing?
My Score: 8.9/10
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