Will Anna Jay truly be the Star of the Show?

Mariah May still thinks Anna Jay doesn’t belong in AEW, but will she be proven wrong in the worst way when the AEW Women’s World Championship is on the line?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Day of the Dead Match: Thunder Rosa VS Harley Cameron; Rosa wins.
• Kyle Fletcher VS Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes; Kyle wins.
• Brian Cage & Lance Archer VS Shaun Smith & Joe Keys; Cage & Archer win.
• PAC w/ Blackpool Combat Club VS Action Andretti; Pac wins.
• Lio Rush VS Ariya Daivari w/ The Premier Athletes; Lio wins.
• Roderick Strong w/ The Undisputed Kingdom VS Shane Taylor w/ Shane Taylor Promotions; Roddy wins.
• AEW Women’s World Championship: Mariah May VS Anna Jay; Mariah wins and retains the title.

PLAY BY PLAY

Tony Schiavone is in the ring.

He welcomes us live to Collision in Philadelphia, but he is not alone! Daniel Garcia, The Conglomeration, The Outrunners, FTR, and pretty much ever team in AEW are all here, because we are welcoming in the NEW AEW World Tag Team Champions, Private Party! Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy already have drink service going as they strut past La Faccion Ingobernable, The Premier Athletes, MXM Collection, Grizzled Young Veterans and Shane Taylor Promotions (which now includes The Infantry for those who missed last Thursday’s ROH). Quen & Zay go to the ring to join their VIPS in the ring.

Schiavone welcomes them to the ring, and says Private Party turned out one of the most tremendous performances he has seen. The fans chant, “You Deserve It!” and even the other AEW stars clap along. Schiavone says after a seven MONTH reign, The Young Bucks lose so that Quen & Zay become the champs. Quen & Zay say they can’t hear Schiavone, the fans are saying something. “You Deserve It!” Okay, okay, real talk, they love y’all. At the beginning of this year, Private Party came in and said, “New Year, New Champs.” Well, it took them a long, long time, but Philly, we did it! The fans cheer that!

Zay says he even swore on his mom that they were gonna win, and Philly, when a man swears on his mama, you better believe it. Now, Matthew, Nicholas, Young Bucks, Private Party wants to thank you for making them earn this. Because every time they get in the ring with The Bucks, Private Party has gotten better, and better, and better, and they have the titles to prove it! And with that said, you probably wanna know what’s next, right? Well, Philly, here’s what is next. Not shots, no, that’s later. Zay promises. But speaking of shots… They are willing to defend these titles up against anybody and everybody. And they mean everybody!

Quen & Zay stare down FTR as the #TopGuys, and they start shoving! Garcia steps in for Private Party and the Outrunners step in for FTR. Truth Magnum wants everyone to take it easy, take it easy. If they’re anything like Truth, and Truth knows he is, then you came here for one reason and one reason only: To celebrate the five year journey of Private Party! The fans all cheer that! Tell ’em, Turbo! Turbo says what’s in the past is in the past, Bucks are gone, the Party is here. That was their time then. Now it’s Private Party’s time! And the sign outside doesn’t say “FTR” or “Private Party,” or even “Outrunners.” It says A E W! Where the best teams wrestle!

The fans fire up for that! The teams all hug it out because yes, this is about good times, not grudges. And so with that said, the party is never gonna end! Because everyone knows there ain’t no party like a Private Party, and that’s a flex. The fans cheer, but the teams on the stage don’t really care. Will one of those teams come looking to ruin the party?

Mariah May arrives backstage.

“Blow it out your arse.” Well that’s not very nice of The Glamour.

Anna Jay arrives backstage.

“Mariah, you said you couldn’t be beaten? Well I can, I have, and I will. Philly, get ready for your new AEW Women’s World Champion.” The Queenslayer is ready to take the throne, but will she still not be THE Star of the Show?

Backstage interview with The Acclaimed.

Renee Paquette is with Max Caster & Anthony Bowens and says they gotta talk the AEW Tag Team Division. A lot has changed, such as the NEW AEW Tag Team Champions being Private Party. The Acclaimed are the winningest team in AEW, what is their take? Bowens says he doesn’t say this often, but from the Scissor King to Private Party, he congratulates them. They’re even proud of Private Party as fellow homegrown AEW stars. BUT! Do not let that fool you. The Acclaimed is the best tag team to ever do it in this company! And they are coming back for those titles.

Caster says THAT’S RIGHT! Two time champs and they’ve been doing this all year. Now, just because it is Private Party and not the Young Bucks, hey, there’s a lot in common here. But what’s not in common is that Quen & Zay do not have the Best Wrestler Alive on their team! And everyone knows that when Acclaimed and Private Party lock up, there is only one outcome possible. And why is that? It’s because EVERYONE loves The Acclaimed! Uh, Caster kinda took Bowens’ line from him, even after cuing him up… Caster wants to get serious. Private Party are still come-up, the fans haven’t really taken to them.

But the fans, they love The Acclaimed. If the fans loved Private Party like they love The Acclaimed, then Quen & Zay would have friendship bracelets comin’ out the wazoo like Caster. And Caster also gets money! Hard earned cash! Wait, does he still have the Hurt Syndicate card? Oh, that’s to Caster’s final point. Private Party does not have the attention of MVP, him begging them to join like he is The Acclaimed. Oh, and as for the answer to that, Caster says, “I dunno. I dunno.” But what Caster does know is that Private Party, when those belts are on the line, it’s time to- Now Bowens interrupts to say “NUT UP, OR SHUT UP!”

Why? Because EVERYONE loves The Acclaimed! There’s some passive aggressive dysfunction going on here. Do Caster & Bowens need to worry about each other before they worry about gold?

Day of the Dead Match: Thunder Rosa VS Harley Cameron!

La Mera Mera did not appreciate this Outcast mocking the face paint that represents this solemn tradition. Will Rosa celebrate those who have passed on by adding Harley to the list? Or will this insane Aussie actually get one over the former AEW Women’s World Champion?

The bell rings and Harley is not intimidated by the display around the ring. Harley shoves Rosa, Rosa SHOVES back! The fans fire up, but Harley knees low. And kicks! And ENZIGIRIS! Harley says SHE is La Mera Mera now! But then Rosa storms up behind her, and says no she’s not~! Rosa THROWS Harley, then Harley comes back. Rosa dodges, arm-drags Harley, and mule kicks! Then ENZIGIRI! The fans fire up with Rosa and she watches Harley go to the apron. Rosa runs, and she WRECKS Harley with a dropkick! The fans fire up more as Rosa brings Harley around. Rosa SMACKS Harley off the apron, then CHOPS!

Rosa brings out a trash can lid, but also a board. Tribute to R. Smooth and a SMACK to Harley! Then SMACK with the trash can lid! Harley writhes, but Rosa SMACKS her again! Rosa drags Harley up to CHOP and knuckle lock. Rosa goes onto the railing, but she does need some help. Fans help her balance, and she tightrope walks, only for Harley to YANK her down! Rosa lands on railing, then Harley throws her down from the railing! Harley CHOKES Rosa, insists she is the new La Mera Mera, and then brings her up to whip into steel steps! Harley brings the board with the lovely panting on it, then goes back for Rosa.

Harley whips, Rosa reverse, and Harley goes through the board! Rosa says SHE is La Mera Mera! The fans fire up and Collision goes picture in picture.

Rosa dumps another painted board onto Harley, then stomps it apart on her! Harley is stuck in wood wreckage while Rosa grabs a trash can. Rosa puts the can in the ring, slides in a few other things, then adds chair after chair. Rosa brings out a TABLE! The fans like that as Rosa puts that in the ring. Rosa goes back for Harley, SAMCKS her off the apron, and Harley falls and flounders. Rosa brings out a chair, and she SMACKS Harley! Harley writhes, and Rosa DIGS the chair into her! Rosa drags Harley up again, SMACKS her off the apron, then POSTS her! Rosa storms up but Harley JAWBREAKERS back! Then RUSSIAN LEG SWEEPS to the floor!

Harley covers, but this isn’t Falls Count Anywhere. Harley puts Rosa in the ring, drags her around, and clamps on with a SEATED COBRA TWIST! Rosa endures, fights up, and fires body shots. But Harley grinds Rosa into a modified abdominal stretch! Rosa endures, fights with fists, and Collision returns to single picture right as Rosa hip tosses Harley! Rosa CHOPS Harley, runs, but Harley LARIATS! Harley runs, but Rosa follows to LARIAT! Rosa runs but Harley LARIATS again! Harley runs, Rosa LARIATS again! Rosa fires forearms, then runs, but Harley dodges! Both women come back, DOUBLE FACEBUSTERS!

The fans fire up while both women are down! Rosa rises, she finds Harley, but Harley fires a forearm first! Rosa hits back! They go back and forth, shot for shot, and then Rosa has the edge! CODE BREAKER! Harley flops back, Rosa drags her to a cover, TWO! Rosa is annoyed but she goes for a chair. Rosa sits that chair up, then adds another. Those chairs face each other, then Rosa goes out to look for more. She brings in the big painted skull board, and she puts that across the chairs like a bridge. Rosa grins and she looks for Harley. Harley SMASHES a pinata on Rosa’s head! And again! And again! The candy is everywhere!

Harley drags Rosa up, suplexes, and Rosa crashes down through the board! Cover, TWO!! Rosa survives and the fans fire up! Harley SMACKS Rosa off a chair, then again, then again! Harley sits Rosa down and again shouts Harley is La Mera Mera! Harley runs, but Rosa dodge! Harley crashes into just chair! Harley hobbles, Rosa has the chair, and she SMACKS Harley on the back! And SMACKS her again! Harley writhes, but Rosa has the trash can! The trash can goes around Harley, and Rosa KICKS, KICKS and KICKS! Rosa treats Harley like a heavy bag, then RAMS her into a corner for more KICKS!

Rosa sits Harley down, then brings a table over! Rosa stands the table up and the fans fire up! The table is more a ramp, and Rosa runs to use it! Rosa FLYING DROPKICKS the trash can! Cover, Rosa wins!!

Winner: Thunder Rosas, by pinfall

La Mera Mera is STILL La Mera Mera! Rosa stands tall, but will she be waiting on the other side of tonight’s AEW Women’s World Championship match?

Backstage interview with The Undisputed Kingdom.

Lexy Nair is with Roderick Strong, Mike Bennett & Matt Taven and notes Roddy has his match with Shane Taylor tonight. This counts to MJF’s challenge, but Roddy shouts “SHANE!” Roddy knows Shane is a bad man, but he is just an obstacle on the road to Full Gear. As bad as Adam Cole wants to get his hands on MJF, Roddy wants that even more, because he wants to beat MJF within an inch of his life! Then Adam can finish the job. But enough about MJF, let’s talk about The Kingdom! Big win on Rampage last week, and Adam Cole is better than ever. But before Cole gets his second win on Wednesday against Malakai Black, Roddy needs his first!

Taven agrees. The Kingdom has made the changes that needed to be made. The Kingdom wants those AEW World Tag Team Championships, but tonight is about Roddy, the wrestling legend! But then Brian Cage & Lance Archer walk in. Why is Lexy wasting time with amateurs? They’re on the road to Max? Please. There is a road of devastation The Machine & Murderhawk Monster are on! City after city! Archer tells them all to sit their asses down while they watch a real tag team at work. Because as Archer says, #EverybodyDies! Taven asks who even are those Melvins. Will these two teams be on their own Collision course when it comes to the tag titles?

Kyle Fletcher VS Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes!

The Protostar thinks Will Ospreay is a coward just for not showing up after being hurt so bad he’s bedridden. But will Kyle be able to focus on his own business here tonight? Or will the Commander of the Skies make Kyle his third win in as many days between ROH, Rampage and Collision?

Kyle takes his time with his elaborate entrance attire, acting like he’s Tetsuya Naito fused with Taichi or something. The bell rings and Kyle throws his pants at Komander, to then BOOT him down! The fans boo but Kyle dusts himself off. Kyle paces while Komander flounders. Kyle smirks as he drags Komander up, and he scoops Komander to swing and TOSS! Komander flounders to a corner while the fans boo, and Abrahantes coaches him up. Kyle soaks up the heat, and he storms over to drag Komander up. Kyle CHOPS and Komander sputters as he goes to a corner. Kyle scoops and SLAMS Komander again!

Kyle paces, then looms over Komander. Kyle scoops Komander, puts him in the Tree of Woe, and he pushes on the legs. Kyle then KICKS away on Komander’s chest! The ref counts, Kyle sneaks kicks in while arguing. Kyle soaks up more heat while Komander flops out of the Tree. The fans rally but Kyle drags Komander up. Kyle whips corner to corner, runs in, but Komander dodges! Kyle hits buckles, but he keeps after Komander. Komander ducks ‘n’ dodges him, but springboards into Kyle’s arms! Kyle pops Komander up, but Komander crucifix takedown! TWO, and things speed up! Tilt-o-whirl RANA! DROPKICK!

The fans fire up as Komander has Kyle in a corner. Komander CHOPS, but Kyle gets mad! Komander CHOPS, but Kyle puts Komander in the corner. Komander dodges to CHOP, CHOP, and CHOP! Komander knuckle locks, KICKS, CHOPS, and goes up, up, and around, only for Kyle to SHOVE Komander down! Komander hits railing and the fans boo! Kyle grins then storms out after Komander. Kyle brings Komander up to APRON POWERBOMB! Kyle leaves Komander behind to flex, and fans boo while Collision goes picture in picture.

Komander writhes but is somehow still in this. Kyle taunts the fans, then fetches Komander off the floor. Kyle dusts himself off, drags Komander up, and runs him into railing! Kyle paces while he soaks up more heat. Kyle drags Komander up, puts him in the ring, and then takes his time stepping inside. Komander crawls but Kyle stalks him to then stomp him. Kyle stomps Komander at the ropes, the ref reprimands, but Kyle digs his boots in. Kyle flexes before stepping away, and Kyle mockingly apologizes. Kyle soaks up more heat from the fans, and Collision goes to break.

Collision returns and Kyle has Komander back in the Tree of Woe. Kyle runs corner to corner, but Komander sits up! Kyle goes up but Komander has him for SUPER SLICED BREAD! The fans fire up as Kyle bails out. Komander builds speed to slide, but Kyle slides in! Kyle DIVES and sends Komander into the desk! Kyle throws Komander into the ring, then eh BOOTS Abrahantes just because! The fans boo but Kyle smirks. Komander sees that and is pissed! He goes up and up to ARIHARA MOONSAULT! Down goes Kyle and the fans fire up! Komander checks Abrahantes, and Abrahantes says don’t worry about him, go after Kyle!

Kyle is in the drop zone, Komander climbs ups! But Kyle runs in, so Komander leaps over! Kyle scoops, Komander slips free to mule kick, SUPERKICK, and run! Kyle swings, Komander dodges, but then Kyle blows throw Komander’s lariat! Kyle runs in, into a SPANISH FLY! Cover, TWO!! Kyle survives and Komander is stunned! The fans rally up, Komander aims, and he runs in at Kyle to go up and up and MOONSAULT! INTO BOOTS!! Kyle hauls Komander up, for a LAST RIDE!! Cover, TWO?!? Komander survives, that wasn’t the last one after all! Kyle seethes, and he drags Komander back up.

Kyle underhooks, and then smirks. The fans boo because they know what he’s doing. TIGER- RANA!! Cover, TWO!! Komander almost had Kyle! But Kyle scoops, only for Kmoander to slip free! Kyle hits buckles, Komander goes up and up, POISON- NO!! Kyle blocks, and he flips Komander up, but Komander RANAS Kyle out to the floor! But Kyle lands on his feet and keeps hold! So Komander POISON-RANAS Kyle to the floor!! The fans go nuts, “This is Awesome!” Komander puts Kyle in, but Kyle clings to ropes. Komander goes to the apron, blocks a kick to KICK, KICK, and APRON DESTINO!?!

Komander shoves Kyle into the ring, then hurries up, up and MOONSAULT!! Cover, TWO?!?! Kyle survives and no one can believe it! But Komander hurries to run in again, but into a LARIAT!! Kyle seethes, foams from the mouth like a rabid animal, and he runs corner to corner! GAMANGIRI!! Then Kyle puts Komander up top, climbs, TOP ROPE- NO, Komander slips free! Komander KICKS a leg out, Kyle hobbles, and Komander springboards! FLYING DESTROYER!!! Kyle flops out of the ring and the fans are thunderous! Kyle sits up in a daze but Komander aims from the far side of the ring!

Komander tightrope walks for the DOUBLE JUMP MOONSAULT!! Down goes Kyle but Komander puts him int he ring. Fans are still losing their minds, but Komander goes back up. CIELITO- NO, Kyle hits the ropes enough to trip Komander up! Kyle drags Komander off ropes, for a BRAINBUSTER!! But Kyle won’t let it end here, he wants to do damage! Kyle stands Komander up, runs in, GAMANGIRI!! And then with a sinister grin, Kyle puts Komander up top. Kyle climbs up, for the TOP ROPE BRAINBSUTER!!! Cover, Kyle wins!

Winner: Kyle Fletcher, by pinfall

The Protostar cut his hair, cut his ties with The United Empire, and has brought out something truly dark within himself. And now he rains down fists on Komander just because he can! But wait, here comes Mark Davis! The former Aussie Open stares down in the ring, and Kyle dares Mark to do something then. Mark says Kyle’s the one who’s afraid to do something. Kyle leaves, because he’s leaving Mark behind. But will Dunkzilla have to be the one to slap some sense into The Aussie Arrow?

Jack Perry speaks.

“A lot’s changing these days. Some for the better, and some remains to be seen. The only thing that-” Daniel Garcia interrupts by stepping in. Garcia says don’t be scared, he just wants to talk. What he wanted to do was come into Perry’s little hideout, grab him by the throat and push him against the wall again. But then he realized he needed to be nice and try a different approach. Aggression isn’t the best way to communicate with someone like Perry. Because someone like Perry and someone like Garcia, they’re very different people.

Perry was handed everything in his life since he was a kid, up until right now. But Garcia has been dealing with “pretentious pieces of trash like you” his entire life. What would Perry ever know about someone like Garcia? Honestly, he wants to know. Perry says he knows Garcia because he’s been Garcia. Everything Garcia believes in, Perry already believed. Perry already fought for everything Garcia thinks he’s fighting for now, because this was Perry’s dream. Just like it was Garcia’s. And Perry gave his everything to this because he loved it. Because he needed it. But it turned its back on him all the same.

But Perry sees this now for what it really is, and Garcia has seen just as well as Perry what kind of person succeeds here. Garcia has seen firsthand who his heroes really are. And yet Garcia still thinks there’s good and bad? “They” can’t even tell the difference. But Garcia is afraid to be the person he has to be, to sacrifice everything for what he loves, and that is why he is not ready. Perry leaves, but will Garcia come to understand what he’s talking about?

Brian Cage & Lance Archer VS Shaun Smith & Joe Keys!

Kyle just won big for the Don Callis Family, and now it is time for the newest members to do the same. #EverybodyDies, but will there be no team better than these Murder Machines?

The teams sort out and Cage starts against Keys. The bell rings and Cage CLOBBERS Keys! Then he BLASTS Smith! cage whips Keys corner to corner, UPPERCUTS, then GAMANGIRIS! Then GERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up with Cage and he tags Archer. Archer bumps Keys off buckles, t hen runs corner to corner to ELBOW! Archer keeps moving, and he ELBOWS Keys again! Keys sputters, but Archer runs to ELBOW him again! Archer then short arm LARIATS Keys down! Keys dodges the next one, hot tag to Shaun! Shaun springboards, Archer dodges, but then Shaun ducks ‘n’ dodges. Archer scoops him for a BOSS MAN SLAM!

Archer drags Shaun up, puts him up top, and he tags Cage before he CLOBBERS Shaun to the floor! Cage drags Shaun up the apron, and deadlift SUPERPLEXES! The fans fire up, but Keys is back! Keys CLUBS Archer, but Archer CHOKE SLAMS him! Cage hauls Shaun up, CHOKE SLAM POWERBOMB!! Cover, Cage & Archer win!

Winners: Brian Cage & Lance Archer, by pinfall

They said they’re on a path of destruction, and that means no mercy! Archer hoists Keys up, Cage RAMS into Shaun! BLACKOUT BOMB for Keys! DRILL CLAW for Shaun!! Archer laughs as he then drags Keys up and feeds him to Cage. But here comes The Undisputed Kingdom! They run Cage & Archer off, is this just a preview of what we’ll get down the line? And we again see Kyle O’Reilly watching. He may be Conglomeration, but he seems proud of his former friends for turning over some new leaves.

Backstage interview with AR Fox.

Lexy is with the Whole Fox’n Show and says he had such a great showing against Ricochet. What is next for him? Fox says he just has to get… Nick Wayne steps in, accompanied by his mom, Shayna, and new ally in Kip Sabian. Nick says, “Sup, Fox? Funny how I’m just now seeing you after all this time has passed.” It’s been a year, year and a half, right? A lot has changed since then. Nick has since learned from his “father,” Christian Cage, that you never, ever forget who wronged you, and to always hold a grudge. Fox’s biggest mistake was jumping him in the Wayne wrestling school last year.

But Nick is a man now. He’s changed! He’s not the little boy Fox used to know. Didn’t he see what they did to Hook? And on Wednesday, Hook is supposed to face Christian, but he might not even show up. Fox tells Nick to hold on. Hook or not, Fox will face Nick next week for Collision. Fox adds, “Don’t sleep on Hook.” Fox leaves, Nick laughs off that warning. But will Nick learn a lesson when he faces Fox 1v1?

Kris Statlander speaks.

“I’ve been replaying that moment over and over in my mind, and it really pisses me off. Mercedes, I’m sorry that I crushed your Brickhouse, that I tore up your safety net. But if you’re everything that you say you are, then me coming for your TBS title at Full Gear should be no big deal. You walk around here like you’re better than everyone in AEW who put in the work day in and day out. Yet, you shield yourself with your entourage as you run away and hide in your private dressing room. You’re afraid. Because you know that I’m locked in, and that the target is you. Be prepared to prove your worth, Mercedes.

“Because last year at Full Gear, I only walked in as the TBS Champion. But this year, I’m walking out the  NEW TBS Champion!” Will #BornAgainKristen be the TWO-TIME Face of TBS?

Jon Moxley is here!

The Maniac leads his brutal “Death Riders” in from the crowd. It’s just Wheeler Yuta & Marina Shafir right now, but surely Claudio Castagnoli & Pac can’t be far behind. The fans are torn, but Moxley is amused that he has fans cheering him on at all. Moxley has a mic to say, “We are live in Philadelphia…! The home of Orange Cassidy. Who in three weeks, says he’s gonna ‘cut the head of the snake’ and win the AEW World Championship. Orange Cassidy wants to be the king? Well, he’s got the right idea but it’s not that simple. See, Orange, the game doesn’t begin on November 23rd at Full Gear. The game has already begun.

“The question isn’t whether or not you can slay the dragon in the ring. The question is whether or not you can even make it to Full Gear, with your body and your mind in tact. Orange Cassidy brings the AEW World Championship home to Philadelphia! Wouldn’t that be something? Wouldn’t that be something for you all to be proud of? Philly, I’ve given you something to be proud of. I know Philadelphia better than most. I cut my teeth here, I know what kind of person it takes to make it in Philadelphia. Philadelphia is a city that produces champions!” The fans cheer that!

Moxley says Philly has hard nosed people with grit, guts and determination. People of unshakeable character! Like Wheeler Yuta! The fans are a bit torn on The Decoder, but Moxley says they are honest, hard-working people who do their job. Moxley loves Yuta, he would do anything for Yuta. Yuta understands sacrifice! Yuta understands putting ego aside for the mission, for the goal, for the objective. Yuta understands what it is to fight for something bigger than himself. Wheeler Yuta is a Philadelphia HERO! Wait, Action Andretti makes his way out here? Moxley is intrigued by Action saying he cannot listen to this for another second!

Yuta is a hometown hero? Action is pretty sure Philly thinks Yuta is NOT what Philly is about. From that scruffy beard, he looks like he came from Amish town, straight off a horse and buggy! And if you wanna talk about anybody representing Philly, talk about HIM, Action Andretti! And if there is one thing about Action and his people, when you’re in his city, they ain’t about talking. They’re about action! The fans cheer that! Action is here, by himself, and he ain’t here to talk. he’s here to throw hands with anyone from BCC right here and now! What’s up!? The fans fire up and Yuta says okay, because THE BASTARD attacks!

The fans boo but Pac stomps away on Action! Pac CHOKES Action against ropes! The fans boo but Moxley lets Pac have his fun. A ref is here, and it’s Philly’s own Bryce Remsburg. Action tells Bryce to ring the bell, so the match is on!

PAC VS Action Andretti!

The bell rings, Pac CLOBBERS Action, whips him corner to corner, then back the other way! Action flops down, Pac storms up and he CHOKES Action! The ref counts, Moxley taunts Action, but Pac stops at 4. Action sputters but Pac talks trash. Pac BOOTS Action in the corner, CHOKES him again, then stops as the ref counts. Pac drags Action up to TOSS him out, and then Pac steps out to the apron. Pac looms over Action like a vulture, but Collision goes picture in picture.

Pac drags Action up, brings him around, and CHOPS him against railing! Pac taunts the fans, CHOPS Action again, and then talks more trash before he scoops and SLAMS Action on the floor! Pac soaks up heat, then goes back to Action. Pac refreshes the ring count to then drag Action up. Pac whips Action hard into railing! Pac storms up on Action to bring him up again. Then Pac THROWS Action into railing! Action flounders but Pac leaves him behind. Moxley mockingly coaches Action up, and Action drags himself to the steps. Action drags himself back into the ring, but Pac storms over to him.

Pac CHOPS Action, CHOPS him again, then follows him to a corner. Pac ROCKS Action, digs his boot in, but lets off as the ref counts. Pac drags Action from the corner, paces around him, but Action rises up. Pac drags Action up, reels him in, and snap suplexes! Collision returns to single picture as Action writhes. Pac watches him rise up, then runs in to UPPERCUT! Pac snapmares Action, taunts the fans, then clamps on a headlock. Action endures, fights around, and the fans rally up. Action fights up, but Pac whips. Action reverses, Pac reverses back, btu Action handsprings to BACK ELBOW! The fans fire up while both men are down!

Pac rises, Action crawls to a corner, and Philly is behind their hometown boy. Pac runs in, Action goes up and out to RAM into Pac. Action slingshots up and over, keeps on moving, ducks ‘n’ dodges again, to then DROPKICK! The fans fire up with Action now, and he builds speed to FLY! Down goes Pac and the fans fire up! Action puts Pac in, hurries after, and he climbs a corner to rain down fists! The fans count as Action gets to nine before Pac picks him up! Action slips free, dodges, Pac ducks a kick, but not the ENZIGIRI! Action runs, springboards, FLYING CHUCK! Action mule kicks, CHOPS, BUZZSAWS, and then suplexes for the FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO!

The fans rally up and Action goes to the apron. But Yuta distracts the ref! Marina JAMS Action in the leg with the briefcase! The fans boo but the ref missed it all! Action drags himself up in a corner, but Pac BOOTS him! Pac puts Action up top, then climbs up, for a SUPER DUPER PLEX! Action sputters but Pac just clamps on the BRUTALIZER!! Action TAPS, Pac wins!

Winner: Pac, by submission

Pac holds on, even after the bell! The fans boo and the ref reprimands but Pac won’t stop! Action is passing out, but here comes Orange Cassidy! Well, sort of. He’s in the crowd and the fans cheer. Cassidy says he has to say something real quick. “Go birds.” The fans cheer that. Cassidy says he loves Philly. So does Yuta. Remember all the times they had here? Remember when Yuta got started training and Cassidy helped him? Remember when Yuta fell on tough times, needed a place to stay, so he slept on Cassidy’s couch? They had a roommate. What was his name? Oh, yeah, Chuck Taylor. Does Yuta remember him?

Cassidy remembers that Yuta. The guy he’s looking at right now, that’s not him. The old Yuta would have never let anyone wrap a chair around his mentor’s neck and CRUSH it! The man in the ring now thinks that Jon Moxley, the guy who wants to BURN AEW down to the ground, cares about him!? Moxley does not care about Yuta, never has, and is just using Yuta. Cassidy needs to show Yuta and everyone else that Moxley is not the man he says he is. How does he do that? By putting a stop to all the false promises! In two weeks, just a few hours up the road via the 95, Full Gear in New Jersey.

Cassidy will bring back the old Yuta, bring back AEW, beat Moxley and become the NEW AEW World Champion! The fans fire up for Cassidy but Moxley and Yuta are both saying it won’t happen. Moxley tells Yuta to go get Cassidy, but Yuta says what does it matter. Moxley SLAPS Yuta and tells him to do it! Yuta reluctantly storms out after Cassidy, with a chair! Cassidy says hold on. He puts his hands in pockets! Yuta is annoyed, but Moxley tells him to just swing on him already! Cassidy says fine, if that’s what Yuta wants. Yuta hesitates, so Cassidy snatches the chair! Cassidy then dodges a punch to ORANGE PUNCH Yuta!

Moxley is pissed and now he hurries out there! Cassidy makes his way up the stands, and the fans cheer! Yuta is punch drunk from the Orange Punch, will Moxley end up like this in just three weeks?

Malakai Black speaks.

“Idle hands do the devil’s work. Have you ever heard that phrase, Adam? It means for those who sit still too long, they are more prone to do bad or evil things. And I have been sitting still and idly by for so long that I have become a shadow. So you and I are becoming relics of an era bygone. And why? Why am I being so cordial, Adam? Well maybe I want you to become the person to end all this for me. To silence these things that I have in my head. Maybe I want you to muffle the noises. Because if you don’t, I will drag you down so deep that the blackest black you have ever seen will not compare to what I will show you.”

Backstage interview with Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita.

Lexy is with The Don Callis Family’s Protostar & Alpha, and congratulates Kyle on the win. Kyle stops her there and says he is done talking about the past. Davis, Ospreay, they all wanna drag him into the past when he wants to look to the future. The Don Callis Family is looking into the future, and their future looks like gold! AEW gold at that. Private Party, congrats on becoming tag team champions, but it was only a few months ago when Kyle & Konosuke beat them in a match, so it is time for them to jump back into the Tag Team Division. There is no one Kyle wants to win those belts with than Konosuke, and they can even jump in this Wednesday.

And there is someone else Konosuke wants to get his hands on, right? Konosuke nods and calls out Ricochet in Japanese. Then in English, “Wednesday, I will end you.” Kyle says Ricochet can bring any one he wants, literally anyone, Kyle doesn’t care. The Don Callis Family heads out, will they completely take over AEW?

Lio Rush w/ Top Flight VS Ariya Daivari w/ Mark Sterling!

The Bad Child lost just last night on Rampage, but he is looking to turn things around and speed things up. Will he prove he is the Man of the Hour? Or will Daivari prove that the Premier Athletes Rule?

The bell rings, the fans boo as Daivari holds up the merch shirt, but then Daivari throws it to Lio. Daivari fires off on Lio in a corner, but lets off as the ref counts. Daivari scoops Lio to SLAM him, then says, “ATHLETES!” The fans say, “SUCK!” Daivari whips, Lio holds ropes then BOOTS back! Lio whips, Daivari reverses but Lio springboards to RANA! Lio runs to LARIAT Daivari in a corner, then he fires off hands! Lio stomps, the ref has him back off, but then Lio goes back for more! The ref counts, he has to pry Lio back, and Daivari runs up to LARIAT! Lio bails out, Top Flight has to back Sterling and Josh Woods off.

Daivari fetches Lio into the ring, then drags him up. Daivari fireman’s carries, but Lio slips free. Lio waistlocks, Daivari switches and goes for the full nelson. Lio slips under, ducks ‘n’ dodges ‘n’ redirects! Roll up, TWO! Daivari dragon sleepers for the REVERSE DDT! Cover, TWO! Lio stays in this but Daivari drags him up. Daivari CHOPS, but Lio CHOPS back! Daivari fires a haymaker, Lio fires a haymaker! They go back and forth, then Lio fires hands! Daivari kicks low, but Lio ROCKS him again! Lio whips, Daivari reverses but Lio fires off fast hands! Lio runs, but Daivari follows! Lio ducks then returns to LARIAT!

Lio suplexes for a FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO! Daivari stays in this and the fans rally up. Lio says it is almost time, and he goes up the corner. Daivari bails out, but Lio just hops down to build speed, and Lio DIVES! Woods takes the hit for Daivari! Lio hurries back in, and he DIVES to take out Sterling! The fans fire up but Daivari whips Lio. Lio swings, RANAS Daivari down, then hurries to put him back in the ring. Lio has Daivari in a drop zone, climbs a corner, but Daivari springs up! Lio jumps over, but Daivari wrenches him to DDT! Daivari slashes his throat and drags Lio up. Hammerlock and- NO, Lio ducks!

Lio shoves Daivari, then rebounds, RUSH HOUR! Daivari falls, Lio climbs, and it’s the FINAL HOUR! Cover, Lio wins!

Winner: Lio Rush, by pinfall

Lio redeems himself from Rampage, but he is still seething. Will Top Flight take the fight to Moxley’s Death Riders for how they did Action?

Backstage interview with MXM Collection and Johnny TV.

Mansoor & Mason Madden POSE, then so does Johnny. MXM are impressed, and Lexy brings up how Johnny was watching MXM’s previous match. Johnny wanted this time so the floor is his. Johnny says little known fact: fashion saves more lives than doctors. And last week, Johnny made a trip to the ER. But Lexy wouldn’t know anything about that, she doesn’t live in Hollywood like Johnny. Johnny has been doing this a long time, he’s seen it all, and he’ll tell them that MXM has “it.” Mason says that means so much coming from Johnny. Mansoor says MXM is the gift that keeps on giving, and receiving. But words like that are a true gift.

Johnny says if they ever wanna collab, feel free to slide into his DMs. Johnny poses, and then he magically slides away! Mansoor says that man knows how to make an exit. Then MXM slowly lower down off screen. But then will MXM join TV in taking AEW by storm?

Roderick Strong w/ The Undisputed Kingdom VS Shane Taylor w/ Shane Taylor Promotions!

We heard the Savior of the Backbreaker speak earlier, and he is looking to get started on his own three match challenge. Will Roddy be able to break big bad Shaney T. to then go after MJF? Or will Roddy learn how to rumble, bad man, rumble?

The bell rings and Roddy circles with Shane. They tie up, Shane powers Roddy back, but the ref counts. Shane lets off slowly, but then BODY SHOTS! Shane talks trash, JABS, JABS, JABS, then stomps away on Roddy! The ref counts, Shane lets off, but the fans rally for Roddy. MJF watches from home and is smirking as Roddy is in trouble. But Roddy fires off shots on Shane, forearms and CHOPS, and he backs Shane down! Carlie Bravo distracts and Shane DECKS Roddy! The Kingdom argues with STP’s Infantry, but Shane hauls Roddy up. Shane puts Roddy in a corner, talks trash, and CHOPS!

Roddy goes to another corner, the Kingdom coaches him up, and he kicks! And CHOPS! Shane TOSSES Roddy, CHOPS again, then talks trash. Shane DECKS Roddy, and Roddy flops out of the ring. STP is there to taunt Roddy but The Kingdom backs them off. Shane pursues Roddy on the outside but Roddy slides inside. Roddy DROPKICKS Shane! Then Roddy fires off haymakers and CHOPS on the outside! Shane shoves Roddy away, slides into the ring, but Roddy pursues. Roddy RAMS Shane, slingshots, but Shane DECKS him again! Shane slingshots Roddy up into a DRAPING STUNNER! Roddy writhes, the fans rally, but Collision goes picture in picture.

Shane stands on Roddy at the ropes! The ref reprimands, Shane steps off, and Roddy sputters. Roddy drags himself up with ropes, but Shane DECKS him! Shane RAMS Roddy into the corner, then RAMS him again! Roddy CLUBS Shane but Shane ROCKS Roddy! Roddy stumbles to a corner but Shane is right on him again. Shane TOSSES Roddy across the way! Roddy flounders to the corner, and Shane runs up to LARIAT! Roddy sputters, Shane gets in his face, and then Shane stands Roddy up, to TOSS him again! Roddy flounders, the Kingdom coach him, but Shane CLOBBERS him in the corner!

Shane talks trash on Bennett & Taven, then goes for Roddy. But Roddy KICKS and fires forearms! Roddy runs, ducks a lariat, but not the SOUTHPAW! Cover, TWO!! Roddy survives and Collision goes to break.

Collision returns and Shane CLUBS away on Roddy’s neck! Then he HEADBUTTS Roddy down! Roddy flops half out of the ring, but Shane stalks over. The fans rally for Roddy, but Shane is on the apron. Shane lines up the shot, but Roddy moves! The leg drop hits apron! Roddy rises to his feet, runs up, and he WRECKS Shane with a dropkick! Shane staggers around, but Roddy goes to the apron. Roddy FLYING LARIATS! Down goes Shane and Philly fires up! Roddy drags Shane up but Shane ELBOWS Roddy back. Shane slides into the ring, Roddy runs in, and he RAMS Shane! And then RAMS him again!

Roddy keeps going, forearm to the back! Forearm from the side! LEPAING LARIAT! Cover, ONE?!? Shane has power to spare but it seems so does Roddy. Roddy rises and the fans rally again. Shane blocks the Angle Slam, and he headlock punches Roddy! Shane blocks a boot, shoves Roddy down, but Roddy dodges the knee to SICK KICK! Roddy hoists Shane in for the ANGLE SLAM!! Cover, TWO!! Shane survives and The Kingdom can’t believe it! Roddy rises again, the fans rally behind him, and he takes aim. STRONG- NO, Shane dodges the knee to ROCK Roddy! RIPCORD URENAGE! And then a SPLASH DOWN! Cover, TWO!!!

The fans are thunderous as Roddy survives! STP is in disbelief, but Shane rises up. Shane drags Roddy up, ROCKS him again, and then reels him in! Shane calls for it, GAR- NO, Roddy wrenches out! Roddy ducks both lariats to then STRONG KNEE!! Cover, RODDY WINS!!

Winner: Roderick Strong, by pinfall

Shane kicks out at 3.01 but that is NOT enough! The Kingdom celebrates with Roddy, and MJF is no longer so smug. Will MJF’s plan backfire to where both Roddy and Adam get three wins in a row? Or will the Wolf of Wrestling find a way to worm out of this situation?

BREAKING NEWS for the AEW World Tag Team Championships!

Private Party said they’ll face anybody and everybody, so Tony Khan has put together a Full Gear 4 Way Contenders Series! Next week, November 9th, Collision in Providence, we see Outrunners VS Top Flight! November 13th, Dynamite in Bridgeport, we see The House of Black VS FTR! And in two weeks, November 16th, Collision in Albany, we see LFI VS The Acclaimed! The winners of each match move on to Full Gear to take on the champions! Will Quen & Zay be able to survive the best of the best in AEW?

Mina Shirakawa is coming!

Since the world wants Mina, Mina wants to give the fans what they want! But when and where will the Fighting Gravure Idol return to AEW?

AEW Women’s World Championship: Mariah May VS Anna Jay!

It was Battle of the Belts where The Glamour faced The Queenslayer in a title eliminator. But since Mariah underestimated Anna, she got caught for a loss! Now, after weeks of trying to bully and belittle her, Mariah must face Anna again, title on the line! Will Mariah’s reign end before she even gets to celebrate it? Or will she keep Anna from being the Star of the Show by any means necessary?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who has the spotlight!

The bell rings and the two circle. The fans rally up, the two tie up, and Mariah pulls hair to put Anna in a corner. The ref counts, Mariah lets off, to SLAP! Anna shoves Mariah, and the two reset. They tie up, Anna wrenches to then headlock. Mariah fights up, powers out, but Anna runs her over! Anna runs, hops over the dropdown to then headlock takeover! Mariah keeps her shoulders up, but she fights to a headscissors. Anna kips free, but Mariah kicks low. Mariah headlocks, Anna fires body shots, and then Anna powers out. Mariah blocks hip toss, but so does Anna! Anna fires knees, then runs, to ROLLING NECKBREAKER! Cover, ONE!!

Anna keeps on Mariah with a whip. Anna runs up to HEEL KICK! But Mariah DOUBLE CHOPS back! Mariah lifts Anna to BUCKLE BACK SUPLEX! Mariah then CLUBS away on Anna’s head and neck! The fans boo and the ref checks Anna, but Mariah paces. Mariah then storms  back over, CLUBS Anna again, and has her in ropes. Mariah pulls Anna back, then gives her a mocking kiss on the cheek. The ref counts, Mariah lets off, and she SHOTGUNS Anna in the back! Anna writhes and Mariah soaks up heat while Collision goes picture in picture.

Mariah paces around more, then stalks Anna to a corner. Mariah drags Anna up, CHOSP her, and Anna sputters away to another corner. Mariah CHOPS her again! Mariah stalks Anna to yet another corner, and whips her corner to corner hard! Anna falls and Mariah shrugs. Mariah mocks the fans by clapping for Anna, before she snap suplexes! Cover, TWO! Anna toughs it out but Mariah is unbothered. Mariah drags Anna up, clamps on a chinlock, and she squeezes tight. Mariah leans on Anna, Anna endures, and Anna fights up to throw body shots! Anna runs, but Mariah scoops for a BACKBREAKER! Cover, TWO!

Mariah grows annoyed with Anna, but she drags Anna back up. Mariah KICKS Anna in the back, stomps her down, then runs, to SHOTGUN Anna in the back! Cover, TWO! Mariah clamps onto Anna with a chinlock, but then adds the arms for a straitjacket stretch! Anna endures, even as Mariah digs a knee into her back. Mariah then KNEES Anna in the back! Anna fights up, fights around, and Collision returns to single picture as Mariah throws Anna down by her hair! Anna goes to a corner, the fans boo, and Mariah runs in. Anna dodges and Mariah hits buckles! Anna fires a forearm, then another, and another!

Anna fires off a flurry, then whips corner to corner. Mariah hits buckles, but Anna whips her back the other way! Mariah shoves Anna back, but Anna dodges the haymaker to FLYING FOREARM! And FLYING FOREARM again! And then SHOTGUN! The fans fire up with Anna while Mariah goes to a corner. Anna runs in, but Mariah goes up and over to sunset flip! Anna rolls through, jackknife bridge! TWO, but Anna hurries to clinch! FLATLINER! Then BACKSTABBER! Cover, TWO! Mariah stays in this but the fan rally for Anna. Anna drags Mariah up, whips her to the corner, then runs in to LEG LARIAT!

Anna hoists Mariah up, wrenches, DANGEROUS JAY KCIK! And then ICONO- NO! Mariah ahs a HANGING SLEEPER! The ref counts, Mariah lets go, and Anna stumbles. Mariah MISSILE DROPKICKS! Mariah roars, hauls Anna up, SAIDO! Cover, TWO!! Anna survives and Mariah is frustrated. The fans rally up as Mariah brings Anna in. Anna wrenches out to hook Mariah up! Mariah swings free to HEADBUTT! And RUNNING KNEE! Cover, TWO!! Mariah is shocked but the fans fire up! Mariah fireman’s carries, but Anna slips free! Mariah ELBOWS Anna away, then puts her in ropes! Mariah drags Anna out but Anna RAMS into her!

Anna has Mariah in the ropes now, DRAPING HOTSHOT! Mariah flops down, Anna goes to the corner. Anna hops up, but Mariah runs up to get her! But no Stratusfaction here! Anna adjusts, to BLOCKBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Mariah survives and Anna is growing frustrated. Anna drags Mariah up, clamps on, QUEENSLAYER!! With body scissors to boot! Mariah endures, flails around, reaches out, but Anna turns her from the ropes! Mariah kicks around, claws at Anna, but Anna holds on tight! Mariah throws elbows but the body scissors are so tight! Mariah is fading! But then she flips back, cover, TWO!!

Anna lets go in time and the fans fire up! Anna runs up, but into a FLAPJACK HOTSHOT! Mariah then rolls Anna into a LEG CLUTCH CRADLE! MARIAH WINS!

Winner: Mariah May, by pinfall (still AEW Women’s World Champion)

The Glamour laughs maniacally as she proves she’s still the better wrestler! A technical move takes down Anna, showing she still has much to learn in this ring. Mariah caresses the belt, but then she actually offer a hand? Anna takes it, only for Mariah to leave her hanging. Will anyone ever humble Mariah? Or will AEW always be All About May?

My Thoughts:

A great Collision here, though they really jammed it full. Very good opening promo with Private Party and a lot of the other teams in AEW. Classic move to have Faces in one spot and Heels in another. I like that there’s some tension between Private Party and FTR because Private Party would of course want to beat another top team like that. But I also like The Outrunners being the peacekeepers here. That contender series is pretty good, too, though why the hell can’t it all just be one night? I mean, I get it, there are a lot of stories going on, some teams need to be open to do those moments. But at the same time, they could’ve easily done this all next Saturday, and then the rest of the build is the teams interacting with each other.

Though to that counterpoint, Top Flight ended up getting got by the BCC, now slowly becoming The Death Riders (Tony Schiavone let that name slip once in his commentary). Moxley does the opposite of what a Heel would do in that he compliments the town they’re in. He compliments Philly for being tough, hardworking and honest, but then tries to put that on Yuta when we’ve all seen Yuta be only two of those things right now. Action stepping up thinking he was fighting Yuta was some good stuff, but it kinda took the match with Pac to get Philly on Action’s side. Pac of course won, but great stuff with Cassidy calling Yuta out for how he changed. Cassidy and Darby have their match with Pac & Claudio on Wednesday, I feel like Yuta’s gonna affect the decision.

Lio VS Daivari was good, though overbooked with Sterling & Woods being around, but like… That was filler. It still works out better when Action got beat up by Pac, but I don’t know, beating Daivari only gets so much these days. On the flipside, Komander and Kyle had an awesome match to mostly help make Kyle look awesome in his newest Heel persona. The jacket is cool, the pants are cool, but then they’re tearaway, hence my comment about Taichi. Kyle gets a great win, and he has a good promo with Konosuke calling out Private Party and Ricochet. I feel like Ricochet is going to bring Ospreay with him just to shock Kyle and piss him off, and then we’ll get an awesome tag match that helps set up the two grudge matches, Ricochet VS Konosuke and Ospreay VS Kyle.

Very good promo from The Acclaimed, and not even because they’re calling out Private Party to get in on the tag title series again. It was good from how they were each passive aggressive to the other. Caster clearly wants to be singles guy but he also seems to think he still needs Bowens by his side. Caster still having the Hurt Syndicate card and simply having an “I dunno” response, there’s gotta be something that happens with The Acclaimed and Hurt Syndicate on Dynamite or something. Caster will say yes, Bowens will say no, they will fight, and no matter the result, Caster will join Hurt Syndicate.

Cage & Archer have a good promo with Undisputed Kingdom, and then of course Cage & Archer annihilate a team to build themselves up. Roddy VS Shane was also a great match, especially with Infantry now Heels and barking at Roddy. Great win for Roddy to start on his three match streak. Good promo from Malakai to call out Adam Cole, but Cole is definitely still winning. I still sense that MJF is going to make Cole and Roddy face each other so that only one can win three matches in a row and get their Full Gear match with MJF. Kyle watching Kingdom continues to be intriguing, I wonder if he leaves Conglomeration to join Kingdom and make it five guys.

And bookending the night with great women’s matches was itself a great move. Rosa VS Harley was a great Day of the Dead match, because it was basically a Day of the Dead themed Street Fight. Great win for Rosa, but I figured she was winning anyway. Harley has made great strides in the ring, though, so kudos to her, too. And then Mariah VS Anna was about equal to their Battle of the Belts match, but I do like that, on the same day we saw Cody Rhodes counter a sleeper to a pin and win, Mariah tried but didn’t win. Mariah still wins with some other roll-up move, and I figured Mariah was going to retain. We even got a Mina teaser before the main event, so clearly they’re getting back to building to Marina VS Mina.

My Score: 8.8/10

Sit back and enjoy the ride!

Moxley’s BCC is running wild all over AEW, and no one is happy about it. Top Flight and Dark Order battle it out to see who gets at the BCC first!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Six Man Tag: La Faccion Ingobernable VS JD Drake, BEEF & The Butcher; LFI wins.
• Taya Valkyrie w/ Deonna Purrazzo VS Zoey Lynn; Taya wins.
• Leila Grey VS Queen Aminata; Aminata wins.
• Six Man Tag: Top Flight VS The Dark Order; Top Flight wins.
• Lio Rush VS Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes; Komander wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Six Man Tag: La Faccion Ingobernable VS JD Drake, BEEF & The Butcher!

It was just last week that The Beast Mortos beat Anthony Henry’s second cousin by marriage, and that Mortos, Rush y Dralistico all beat down Beef and JD Drake. With Henry still out of action, JD & Beef have enlisted an equally meaty man in The Butcher from Buffalo! Will these mighty massive men make mincemeat out of LFI? Or will this Rampage be anything but tranquilo?

The teams sort out, only for them all the stare down instead. Butcher double checks, it was Mortos who beat up Beef? Yep! Butcher DECKS Mortos! Rush DECKS Butcher! The fans fire up as JD DECKS Rush, but Dralistico DECKS JD! Beef spins Dralistico around and tells him, ‘That’s my cousin!” For those who didn’t watch last night’s ROH, JD did his best explain that no, that’s not true, he’s just best friends with Anthony Henry, Beef’s second cousin by marriage. Dralistico shoves Beef, Beef shoves back, and then Dralistico ROCKS, SOBATS and CHOPS! Dralistico gets in Beef’s face, whips, but Beef reverses. Things speed up, Dralistico FLYING SHOULDERS Beef down! Dralistico stomps away on Beef, then whips him to ropes.

Beef cartwheels around Dralistico to DROPKICK Dralistico down! The fans fire up, and Beef brings Dralistico up. Beef whips Dralistico to the corner, runs in and SPALSHES! Tag to JD, Beef feeds Dralistico to the LARIAT! JD slingshot SENTONS, and that was solid! JD mocks Rush’s tranquilo, and the fans cheer. JD drags Dralistico up, bumps him off buckles, and he tags Butcher. Butcher brings Dralistico up but Dralistico fights the scoop. Butcher ROCKS Dralistico, and Rush tags in. Rush runs up to RAM with Butcher again and again! The forearms start flying, and then Butcher CHOPS! Rush CHOPS! Repeat!

The fans fire up and “WOO~” as the chops keep going! Butcher then fires a flurry of forearms! Butcher winds up, Rush dodges to ROLLING ELBOW! Butcher falls into the LFI corner, and Rush snarls. Rush storms up, tags Mortos, and Rush CHOPS Butcher! Mortos runs to sucker punch Beef, then he comes back to UPPERCUT Butcher! Mortos LARITS, GAMANGIRIS, and wrenches, ARM BREAKER! Mortos wrenches, Butcher breaks out to CHOP! Tag to JD and JD steps to Mortos. The fans rally up as the two stare down. JD swings, Mortos dodges to waistlock, but JD bucks the O’Conner. Mortos runs up, dodges, and whips JD to a corner.

Mortos runs in, but JD ELBOWS him back! JD goes up to FLYING LEG LARIAT! The fans fire up and JD taunts LFI. JD CHOPS Mortos in a corner, and the fans “WOO~!” as Mortos staggers. JD CHOPS Mortos again, whips, but Mortos turns that around to whip JD! POP-UP SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO! JD stays in this but LFI runs to BLAST Beef and Butcher! Mortos wrenches JD, tags Rush, and Mortos DUMPS JD out! Rush brings JD around while Dralistico distracts the ref, and Rush THROWS JD into barriers! JD slumps down and Rush stomps away! Rush rains down fists, then fishhooks JD’s mouth!

The ref reprimands, Rush drags JD up and puts him back in the ring. Rush scuffs JD, Beef rallies the fans, but Rush CHOPS! The fans “WOO~!” and JD gets mad! JD CHOPS Rush, but Rush CHOSP back! And CHOPS! Tag to Mortos, and Mortos runs up to ROCK JD! Mortos whips, JD ends up in the LFI corner again. LARIAT, tag to Rush! Rush sucker punches Beef! Rush then SPLASHES JD! Tag to Dralistico, and Dralistico lines up a SUPERKICK! Dralistico & Mortos run to BLAST JD & Beef again! LFI has JD down in the corner, Rush feints Bull’s Horns just to BOOT JD! Rush rolls back, LFI tranquilo while fans fire up.

Rush taunts the fans, the ref makes sure Mortos & Dralistico leave JD alone, and Rampage goes picture in picture.

JD rises up to throw hands, but Rush ROCKS him again. Tag to Mortos, Rush ROCKS JD and Mortos fireman’s carries for a takedown. NECK TWIST! Cover, TWO! Mortos clamps onto JD with a motorcycle stretch, then digs his knee in. JD endures, fights up, but Mortos knees low! Mortos brings JD to the corner, tags Rush, and LFI mugs JD. Rush whips JD to a corner, sends Dralistico in, and Dralistico hits a SPLASH! Mortos hits a SPLASH, and then Rush hits a SPLASH! Rush snapmares JD down, he and Dralistico DOUBLE BASEMENT DROPKICK! The fans rally for JD but Rush smirks. Rush stalks JD while Rampage returns to single picture.

Rush CHOPS, JD CHOPS, and the fans fire up as the CHOPS keep going! Rush CHOPS, CHOPS and CHOSP! Rush pie faces, runs, but into a SPINEBUSTER! The fans fire up, Rush and JD crawl, hot tag to BEEF! The fans fire up as Beef rallies on LFI! Haymaker after haymaker, and then Beef TOSSES Mortos! Beef DUMPS Dralistico onto Mortos! But Rush is up to CHOP Beef! Beef fires up, Rush CHOPS again! Beef JABS! JABS! JABS! The fans fire up and Beef winds up, to HAMHOCK! The fans fire up, Beef runs in, LARIAT! BEEFY BULLDOG! The fans fire up for Beef, and he tags in Butcher! Butcher brings Rush up, for a BIG back supelx!

Beef is up top, but Dralistico trips him up! Beef lands hard, and Dralistico slips away from Butcher to SUPERKICK JD! Butcher turns around, Mortos CHOP BLOCKS him! Dralistico springboards to FLYING CODE BREAKER! Butcher staggers into the corner, Mortos CANNONBALLS! Rush is ready now, “You mess with The Bull, you get the horns!” BULL’S HORNS!! Rush covers, LFI wins!

Winners: La Faccion Ingobernable, by pinfall

Butcher tried to be a friend but ended up on the chopping block. Will nothing stop LFI from taking over AEW?

Backstage interview with Stokely Hathaway.

Renee Paquette is with #BigStoke and wants to talk Private Party. They are the NEW AEW World Tag Team Champions, does Stokely feel he’s a big part of that? Stokely says of course! He pushed Private Party in that direction. It is called motivation and tough love. If not for Stokely, Quen & Zay would not be the champions that you know today. When you think about it, Stokely is the architect of champions! Renee thinks he’s instigating a bit. Beg pardon? No, Renee, he would never. He loves his peers and coworkers, he loves AEW, he would die- Uh, well, he just loves AEW. So whoever started that rumor, they need to go check ’em.

Renee understands and Stokely says good. Architect of Champions! But will said architect simply build himself up to be torn down by reality?

Taya Valkyrie w/ Deonna Purrazzo VS Zoey Lynn!

La Wera Loca has The Virtuosa by her side, and La Wera Loca is on The Virtuosa’s side, as they look to stand tall atop AEW. They are talented, they are united, and they are The Vendetta. Will no one stand a chance?

The bell rings, the fans rally for Zoey, but Taya pushes Zoey to ropes to then LARIAT! Taya stomps Zoey, kicks her around, and then drags her up to fireman’s carry. Zoey fights free, spins Taya around and fires forearms! The fans fire up but Taya doesn’t budge! Tay then ducks a shot, to BLUE THUNDER BOMB! Taya flips Zoey over, has the legs tied up, and pulls hair! Taya then pulls arms, for some SHANIA PAIN!! Cover, Taya wins!

Winner: Taya Valkyrie, by pinfall

Taya made quick work of Cleveland’s own, will this be just the first of many victories for The Vendetta?

Cameras stay with The Vendetta as they return backstage, and Renee is there to congratulate Taya on that win. But Renee wants to know does this duo have- Stokely walks over and says what’s crazy is, that girl Taya just beat, she was telling everybody backstage that all Taya & Deonna do now is sit back, eat meatballs, and just chatter. If it were Stokely, he’d go back out there, whoop that girl’s ass, and prove a point. But this is none of his business. Stokely IS an instigator! Taya storms out to go after Zoey! SPEAR at the ramp! Taya rains down fists on Zoey, but the ref reprimands. Taya stops punching, only to clamp onto Zoey’s legs again!

Taya CLUBS Zoey, and then SHANIA PAIN on the floor! Taya laughs maniacally, as she sets Zoey up again! But Deonna says no, that was good enough. Taya spares Zoey, even though there’s no proof Zoey said those things. But is this a sign that no one better dare get in the way of The Vendetta?

AEW hears from Thunder Rosa and Harley Cameron.

La Mera Mera tells Harley Cameron, “You wanna paint your face like me? You wanna know what my face paint means? Dia de Los Muertos is the celebration of the dead. And the dead will laugh when you see what I do.” But the wild Aussie says, “Day of the Dead? People die every day. And do you feel that? That’s the WRATH of Harley Cameron, and you are gonna be wrathed!” Rosa says it is just her and Harley, and she’s in a lot of trouble. The first ever Day of the Dead match happens tomorrow night in Philadelphia, will things really get extreme on Collision?

Leila Grey VS Queen Aminata!

Top Flight Airlines takes off tonight, starting off with their Top Flight Attendant. Will Leila set the pace for the whole team tonight? Or will The One True African Woman rebound from her recent string of losses?

The bell rings and the two circle. The fans rally and duel, Leila wrenches and YANKS an arm, but Aminata spins. Aminata wrenches, hammerlocks, then headlocks for the takeover. Leila fights around, Aminata fights off the headscissors, and they stand. But Leila counters suplex to a cradle, TWO! Aminata YANKS some hair and oops! Leila loses her wig! Leila has to shrug that off and hit a headlock takeover! Leila grinds Aminata but Aminata powers up. They both stand, and Aminata wrenches to a headlock, for another takeover! Leila rolls to a cover, TWO! Leila headscissors, squeezes tight, but Aminata moves around.

Aminata pops out, headlocks back, but Leila fights up. Aminata snap suplexes, emphasis on snap! Leila runs up again, whips around, and backslides, TWO! Aminata stands to short arm LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Leila survives, but Aminata brings her up. Aminata whips Leila but Leila sunset flips! TWO! Both women stand, Leila swings for a crucifix takedown, TWO! Leila ROCKS Aminata, ROCKS her again, then kicks low. And KICKS! And kicks again! Leila runs to SHOTGUN Aminata down! The fans cheer, Leila covers, ONE!! Aminata is tough, and Leila grows frustrated. Aminata grins as both women rise, and the fans rally.

Leila tucks Aminata’s arms, but Aminata fights the lift! Aminata lifts for the AIR RAID CRASH!! Cover, TWO!! Leila survives and the fans rally up. Aminata keeps on Leila with body scissors! Then she shifts to have the LEG NELSON! Leila endures but Aminata pushes her down! Aminata then shifts to a DRAGON SLEEPER! Leila flails, reaches out, but the body scissors are tight! Leila manages to slip around, but Aminata brings her up, snap suplex again! Aminata has the fans fired up, and Aminata runs in, but Leila dodges! Leila SHINING WIZARDS, then BULLDOGS! Cover, TWO! The fans rally as Aminata stays in this.

Aminata goes to a corner. Leila runs in, but Aminata dodges! Aminata comes back, but Leila ELBOWS her! And BOOTS her! Aminata wobbles, Leila goes up, BLOCKBUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Aminata survives and Leila grows frustrated. Leila rises, the fans rally, and Leila ROCKS Aminata with forearm after forearm! Leila runs, but Aminata DOUBLE CHOPS! Aminata has the legs, ties them up, and sits down into a STUMP PULLER BUTTERFLY! Leila has her limbs all trapped, she TAPS! Aminata wins!

Winner: Queen Aminata, by submission

Leila put up a top tier fight, but Aminata busted out something new to take the win. Aminata shows Leila respect, will each of these ladies be primed for title opportunities in the near future?

As Leila makes her way out, her guys make their way in, and she wishes them luck. Will Action Andretti and the Martin brothers fly higher than ever? Or will Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds & John Silver prove #DarkOrderIsGood?

Six Man Tag: Top Flight VS The Dark Order!

The teams sort out, and Darius starts against Reynolds. They circle, tie up, and Reynolds wrenches an arm, Darius rolls, handsprings, and wrenches to a wristlock. Reynolds rolls, slips through, spins Darius, snapmares, then ghost pins, ONE! Darius and Reynolds back up, and the fans cheer. The two tie up again, Reynolds headlocks, but Darius powers up and out. Reynolds runs Darius over! Darius scrambles up, but Reynolds has to back off because of the bad ribs. Uno tags in and so does Dante. The fans rally up as these two circle. They shake hands to show respect, then they tie up. Dante headlocks, but Uno power sup and out.

Dante RAMS Uno, but Uno rebounds to RUN Dante over! Dante kips up, ducks ‘n’ dodges, but Uno dodges back! Uno CHOPS, whips, but Dante uses ropes to go up and over! Uno waistlocks, CLUBS Dante in the back, then lifts, but Dante turns back suplex into DDT! Tag to Action and Action mule kicks Uno! Then ARABIAN PRESS! Down goes Uno and the fans fire up! Action puts Uno in as Rampage goes picture in picture.

Action drags Uno up, cravats, and fires knees. Action CLUBS Uno, tags Darius, and they double snapmare to KICK and basement DROPKICK! Darius covers, TWO! Action drags Uno up to CHOP! Darius ROCKS Uno, whips, but Uno reverses to DECK Darius! Darius goes to ropes, Uno tags in Silver, and Dark Order coordinates. Silver runs, and Dark Order TRIPLE DROPKICKS Darius! Then Silver GERMAN SUPLEXES! Bridging cover, TWO! Darius survives but Silver smiles as he stands Darius up. Silver ROCKS Darius, then snap suplexes him! Silver flexes and says, “I’m freakin’ jacked, baby!”

Silver stalks Darius, brings him up, and bumps him off buckles. Tag to Uno, and Uno CHOPS! Uno brings Darius around to UPPERCUT Darius down! Uno taunts Darius to go for his corner, then CLAWS Darius on the back! Darius fires body shots as he rises up, but Uno clinches Darius to RAM him into the corner! Tag to Reynolds, and Reynolds runs side to side to ELBOW! Darius falls over, Reynolds pushes him to a cover, TWO! Reynolds brings Darius over, tags Uno, and Uno taunts Dante before he runs up to ELBOW Darius! Uno snapmares Darius to then drop a leg! Cover, TWO! Darius stays in this, but Uno drags him back, and Rampage goes to break.

Rampage returns and Silver avoids Action’s 450 Splash! Action still mule kicks, CHOPS, and ROUNDHOUSES Silver! Then Action hits a FALCON ARROW! Cover, Reynolds breaks it! Dante storms in to push Reynolds way, then JUMP KNEE! Uno is up to BOOT Dante! Darius is up to DUMP Uno to the apron! Uno lands safe, but Darius STUNNERS! Darius BOOTS Silver into Action’s torture rack! PUSH-START NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO!! Silver survives but Action drags him up. Tag to Darius and they double suplex, but Uno makes the save! Hot tag to Reynolds! SOMETHING EVIL for Action!

Uno then feeds Darius to the WOMBO COMBO! Silver GERMAN SUPLEXES Darius, bridging cover, but Dante is in! Uno POUNCES him first! Reynolds adds the jackknife bridge, TWO!! Darius survives and the fans fire up! Uno tags in, then he tags Silver. Silver tags Reynolds, and the fans fire up. Uno & Reynolds lift Darius, but the bad ribs won’t let Reynolds hold him up for long! Darius fights back but Silver & Uno double whip. Darius BOOTS Silver, but Uno waistlocks! Darius breaks free, Uno ducks the elbow but not the DROPKICK! Hot tag to Action and he DOBULE CROSSBODIES Silver & Uno!

The fans fire up and Action stalks Reynolds. Action is angry, and he rips at the rib tape! Dante steps in to say no, that’s not right! Top Flight is better than that! Action asks how can they win if they’re not willing to do what they have to? Dante says this is still not the way! Uno runs in, Dante pushes Action aside and takes the BOOT! Action SUPERKICKS Uno! Action TOSSES Uno, but Reynolds rolls Action up! TWO!! Action KNEES Reynolds in the ribs! Action still rips the tape away! The fans boo, but Action hauls Reynolds up to POST him ribs first! Action then drags Reynolds to the drop zone. Action steps on Reynolds, SPLIT LEG MOONSAULT! Cover, Top Flight wins!

Winner: Top Flight, by pinfall

Darius celebrates with Action, though it is hard to say he even knew what was going on. Dante is still upset, but Action’s actions did get results. Darius plays peacekeeper, but then Uno starts pushing Action. Darius steps up for Action, and they all have to remember they’re to defend AEW against BCC. Darius offers a handshake, Dark Order does take it, and Action does apologize a bit as he shakes hands. But now, Top Flight looks to finish the night as here comes The Bad Child! Will Lio Rush be The Man of the Hour when he helps the team finish strong? Or will the Commander of the Skies build on his win from ROH just last night?

BREAKING NEWS for Full Gear!

While Hangman Page VS Jay White has been made official, as has the AEW World Championship of Jon Moxley VS Orange Cassidy, the Zero Hour adds a surprising bit of star power. QT Marshall returns to in-ring action, but the highlight is that it is against Big Boom AJ! Will the Costco Guys make Full Gear a BOOM while being QT’s DOOM?

Lio Rush VS Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes!

Rampage returns as Komander makes his entrance, Hype Man Abrahantes by his side. The bell rings and the fans rally up as the two circle. Lio offers a handshake, and Komander is hesitant. After what he just saw with Action, Komander is wary. Lio says hey, that was Action, Lio is Lio. Komander still declines, so the two circle. They tie up, and Lio kicks low. Lio whips, Komander reverses, but Lio slides to a stop. Lio eggs Komander on, Komander runs up, but Lio gets around to waistlock, Komander switches, shoves, and Lio stops again. They each fight to whip, then it is reversal after reversal on the whip!

Lio goes up the ropes and jumps to whip, but Komander rolls to a stop. Komander rolls Lio up, TWO!! The two reset and the fans fire up! Komander and Lio circle while Abrahantes rallies the fans. Komander and Lio talk a little smack, then Komander shoves Lio. Lio shoves back, and tensions are rising. The two stare down, then Komander DROPKICKS Lio! The fans fire up, Komander watches Lio in a corner, and then eggs Lio on. Lio stands, and now Komander offers the handshake? Lio refuses that to TOSS Komander! Komander RAMS into Lio, springboards, but Lio slides under. Things keep moving, and Lio TOSSES Komander again!

Komander stands up but Lio HANDSPRING KICKS! Komander falls, Lio builds speed, and Lio DIVES! Direct hit at the ramp and the fans fire up, and Rampage goes picture in picture.

Referee Aubrey Edwards has Lio hold on while she checks Komander. Komander is alright to continue, so Lio drags him up. Lio ROCKS Komander, and Komander staggers away. Lio stalks Komander, brings him around, and hits an APRON BACK SUPLEX! Komander writhes then flops to the floor, and Lio has Abrahantes stay back. Lio puts Komander in, covers, TWO! Komander toughs it out but Lio grows frustrated. Lio stalks Komander to a corner, ROCKS him, then ROCKS him again. Komander goes to another corner, but Lio RAMS into him! And again! And again! Lio brings Komander out to snapmare, and then UPPERCUT!

Lio drops on Komander for a cover, TWO! Komander is still tougher than that, but Lio drags him up. Lio wrenches, but Komander uses that for a SLEEPER! Lio goes to the ROPEBREAK, Komander lets go, and Lio DECKS him! Lio whips and ELBOWS Komander down! Komander flounders around, but Lio goes back to him. Lio clamps on a chinlock and squeezes tight. Komander endures, Abrahantes coaches him,but Lio smothers Komander before going back to the chinlock. Lio has the body scissors, too, but Komander pushes back toa  cover! TWO, but Lio keeps the sleeper! Komander endures, but Lio shifts his grip to also trap an arm.

Abrahantes coaches Komander, Komander tries another cover, TWO! Lio lets go but comes back to reel Komander in. Atomic drop to SAIDO! Lio climbs a corner, takes aim, and Rampage returns to single picture for the FINAL- NO, Komander dodges the splash! Lio runs up but Komander ELBOWS him! Komander runs, Lio dodges! Komander dodges, springboards, and CROSSBODIES! The fans fire up and Komander goes to a corner. Komander steadies himself, he and Lio storm up, and Komander blocks a shot to KICK, KICK, and CHOP! Komander knuckle locks to go up, up, jump around, and FLYING ARM-DRAG!

The fans fire up again, Komander SUPERKICKS Lio! The fans fire up again, and Komander runs corner to corner to go up, up and MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO!! Lio survives and Komander cannot believe it! Abrahantes coaches Komander to stay on Lio, and Komander rises again. The fans rally, Lio goes to a corner, and Komander storms up on him. Lio ROCKS Komander, but Komander still comes back. Lio ROCKS him again, and Komander wobbles. Komander still comes back, so Lio TOSSES him out! Komander is right back in, but Lio hits a STUNNER! Both men are down and the fans rally again.

Lio watches Komander, clamps on a facelock, shifts to a cravat, and he STUNNERS again! But Lio holds on, making it a neck wrench! Komander is almost out of it as Lio suplexes, but Komander wrenches free! Komander ROCKS Lio, ROCKS him again, then runs, but into a POP-UP BOMB! Lio hurries to haul Komander up, short arm LARIAT! cover, TWO!! Komander survives but Lio is right on him again! FALCON ARROW! Cover, TWO!! Lio is furious but Abrahantes rallies the fans for Komander. Lio goes to the corner, climbs up, but Komander rolls under the bottom rope. Lio is annoyed, and he adjusts his position up top.

Lio hops down to the apron, tells fans to shut up and let him do what he’s gonna do. But then Komander UPKICKS! Komander stands, Lio comes back, but Komander blocks the kick! Komander puts that leg in ropes, KICKS the leg, then ENZIGIRIS! BACKSTABBER! Lio flounders into the ring, Komander hurries after him, and Komander whips, But into RUSH HOUR!! Both men are down again and the fans fire up! Lio drags himself to the corner, goes up, and FINAL FLOP! Komander hurries to roll into the ghost pin, TWO!! Lio escapes, but Komander keeps moving, SUPERKICK! Abrahantes says Komander has this, time to end it!

Komander goes up, tightrope walk, CIELITO LINDO!! Cover, KOMANDER WINS!

Winner: Komander, by pinfall

A premier win on ROH against Ariya Daivari, and a big time win over Lio Rush on Rampage, but the week is not over for Komander! He’s about to have a Collision with Kyle Fletcher tomorrow night. Will Komander prove he is the ironman of AEW? Or will the Aussie Arrow shoot him down?

As for Top Flight, Lio regroups with them on the ramp. Action is telling Lio something, and at this point, it seems Darius & Dante have also come around to his way of thinking. Is Top Flight about to switch gears if it means getting to where they want to go?

My Thoughts:

A great Rampage here, especially with there being story elements from start to finish, no filler. LFI VS Beef, JD & Butcher was really good stuff, good continuation of their story last week but also of the ROH story that’s building. LFI won, of course, but still a great showing from Beef and team in the loss. Good promo from Stokely, he could easily still have a story with Private Party since he’s trying to take credit for their victory. Taya of course won tonight, and I appreciate we have a team name for her and Deonna now. Stokely stirring the pot was also good stuff, it in part references how he turned Kris Statlander against Willow Nightingale.

Good promo from Rosa and Harley to hype up their match, the Day of the Dead Match is going to be great stuff, and will make for a great win in Rosa’s newest return. And then great string of matches from Top Flight to be the second half of the night. Really good match from Aminata and Leila, with a rare hair based wardrobe malfunction. In a roundabout way, it was like Leila was doing better with her real hair out. Aminata still wins, because she has to stay strong in the title chase, if she’s ever going to be champion at this rate. Really good Six Man Tag, especially with Action resorting to tactics that weren’t very Face-like. But with how BCC has been pushing everyone, and Action was already a hothead before that, this makes sense.

Lio VS Komander was an awesome main event, real fast ‘n’ furious, and I’m a little surprised Komander won. Granted, they ended up kayfabe scheduling him for three days in a row, so this has its own little story of, “Can Komander keep it going?” He won’t, Kyle Fletcher is of course winning on Collision, but clearly AEW sees Komander as a top quality utility player. That closing moment with Top Flight, I feel like they should be the ones to challenge BCC for the AEW Trios Championships, really bring out that gritty side, and in a roundabout way, earn some respect from Moxley. They won’t win the titles, but they’ll get that, and that’s something in itself.

My Score: 8.8/10