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Mitchell’s WWE SmackDown Results & Report! (12/13/24)
Who gets lucky tonight?
One last showdown before Saturday night!
Before battling for the Undisputed WWE Championship, Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens will have some last words. But will they keep it to just words? Or will they look to pop off before arriving in Long Island?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- WWE Women’s United States Championship Tournament Semifinal: Tiffany Stratton VS Mia Yim; Mia wins and advances to Saturday Night’s Main Event.
- Carmelo Hayes VS Braun Strowman; Braun wins.
- Solo Sikoa w/ Jacob Fatu & Tama Tonga VS LA Knight; Knight wins, by disqualification.
- WWE Women’s United States Championship Tournament Semifinal: Bayley VS Chelsea Green; Chelsea wins and advances to Saturday Night’s Main Event.
PLAY BY PLAY
Jimmy Uso is here!
Hartford, Connecticut is fired up but #BigJim has a crutch as he walks. A busted toe is a small price to pay to win WarGames with the OG Bloodline, and he still makes it into the ring to grab a mic. The fans cheer Jimmy on, but they’re using “YEET!” Jimmy says that’s the wrong twin. But hey, first off, WarGames was lit. The fans cheer that. Jimmy says WarGames didn’t get #BigJim, but it got his big toe. And he needs to say that WarGames meant everything to him. Why? Because you’re sitting there with family, both they might not like and those they always fight. But the biggest message is, you can bounce back, be 100, and throw those ones up together.
The fans cheer that, and Jimmy says the OG Bloodline came out on top! But WarGames is behind us. What is in front of us is the question. Jimmy’s watched his family dominate and entertain the WWE Universe since he was knee high. Now that he gets to do this is a dream come true. He gets to live this every single day and he is proud. He has watched Roman Reigns be the most dominant champion and Jimmy is proud of that. The fans chant “O T C! O T C!” Jimmy watched his twin brother, Main Event Jey Uso, “YEET!” become one of the hottest superstars today. He came up from a childhood memory to a real life dream. Jimmy’s proud of that.
Jimmy is even proud of his little brother, Solo Sikoa. The fans boo, and Jimmy says yeah, he doesn’t like what Solo’s doing, but he’s still proud of the boy. So with that said, Jimmy is so proud, and yet he is also asking himself, reading what the fans are saying. What’s next for Big Jim? What’s he gonna do? Well he has an answer, and the answer is… He doesn’t know. But he wants y’all to ride with Big Jim! It’s a big year in front of Big Jim, it’s gonna BE a big y ear for Big Jim. Royal Rumble winner? US Championship? Hell, if we’re dreaming, dream big and talk the UNDISPUTED WWE Championship!
So hey, big year in front of Big Jim, and ain’t nothing gonna stop Jimmy from doing what he loves to do, and that is showing up week in and week out. Ain’t no OTC, ain’t no Jey, ain’t no Sami, ain’t no CM Punk or Wise Man! Jimmy showed up with a busted toe! The New year is coming, and so is JIMMY UUUUUUSOOO~! But then CLAYMORE from McIntyre!! Drew McIntyre shows up on SmackDown JUST to attack Jimmy Uso!! The producers and Nick Aldis rush out here as McIntyre rains down fists, but then he lets off with a smug smile on his face. McIntyre soaks up all the heat as he makes his exit, will McIntyre ruin everyone else’s holidays?
Tiffany prepares backstage
Candice LeRae & Nia Jax join in. Nia says just look at Tiff, looking like a Christmas present. IS she ready? Duh! It’s Tiffy Time, and no one takes that from her. Nia knows Tiff is right, and has all the faith in her. And when Tiff becomes the first-ever WWE Women’s US Champion, she won’t even need that briefcase. Her legacy will be winning round after round in this tournament and becoming the first-ever. No more cheap tactics, right? R-Right… Candice is sure Tiff will blow them all away. They’ll be watching! They wish Tiff luck then head out. What could Nia mean about not needing the briefcase? Or is it more obvious than Tiff realizes?
Aldis reprimands McIntyre backstage.
Aldis says the Scottish Warrior was invited here for a meeting, not for a stunt like that! This is not what Aldis wants to deal with. They’ve known each other a long time but Aldis can’t cover for this. It is a mountain of paperwork and a giant headache, and Aldis will not have it. But then Bianca Belair & Naomi walk over and just want to check. Is this a good time to talk or should they go back? Aldis tells McIntyre to go to his office and wait. McIntyre salutes rather mockingly and Aldis talks with the ladies. Bianca hopes this is about information on Jade Cargill’s attacker. It is, but all he can say is that the investigation is on going, no conclusions yet.
So for now, Aldis needs to talk about a rather awkward situation. He sees no other option but for Bianca & Jade to vacate the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships. Bianca says no, that’s not fair! She can’t do that! Naomi says Bianca has never relinquished anything in her life and Naomi won’t let her start not. If Bianca needs a partner, Naomi can step in. Yes! Bianca knows this is not an ideal situation, but it has been done before, right? And Naomi’s always had Bianca’s back. Please says this is an option.
Aldis sighs, thinks about it, and says he’ll run it up the flag pole. But if they’re gonna do it, they’ll have to be fighting champions. That means defending as earlier as next week. Okay, let’s do it! They’ll be ready. Aldis nods and goes into his office. Can The EST & Glow keep the gold safe on behalf of Jade?
WWE Women’s United States Championship Tournament Semifinal: Tiffany Stratton VS Mia Yim!
Miss Money in the Bank wants to make Nia Jax proud, but she also wants to do this for herself. Though, that goes the same for Michin, who hasn’t even held a title in WWE yet. Will Mia make sure we all know she’s the Head Baddie in Charge? Or will Saturday Night’s Main Event be on Tiffy Time?
The bell rings and the fans rally up as Mia and Tiff circle. They tie up, go around, and Tiff puts Mia in a corner. Tiff pie faces, and she hears Hartford cheering on Tiffy Time. Mia shakes that off, circles with Tiff again, and they tie up. Tiff throws Mia down by her hair! The fans cheer, but then Mia TACKLES Tiff! Mia rains down fists, Tiff kicks free but Mia DROPKICKS Tiff! Mia runs up to fire shots and CHOPS in the corner! Mia whips corner to corner, Tiff reverses, but Mia BOOTS in return! Mia goes up, and she manages to RANA Tiff away! The fans rally, Mia runs and rallies on Tiff! Tiff flounders, Mia storms up at the ropes, and stops from being thrown out!
Mia TOSSES Tiff out instead, and then builds speed to WRECK Tiff with a dropkick! Tiff staggers, Mia goes to the apron, but Tiff blocks the kick! Tiff trips Mia up, and then hops up to APRON STOMP! Tiff smiles and the fans cheer while SmackDown goes picture in picture.
Tiff stalks Mia, drags her up and SMACKS her off the apron. Tiff brings Mia around to SMACK off more apron! Tiff brings Mia around to a third side, but Mia turns things around to SMACK Tiff off apron! Mia pushes Tiff in, hurries after her, but Tiff kicks low! Tiff brings Mia up, bumps her off buckles, then off more buckles, then off more buckles! Tiff stomps away on Mia in the corner, the ref counts, but Tiff yanks Mia to a cover, TWO! Mia toughs it out buy Tiff just rolls her eyes. Tiff fires herself up and it seems Hartford joins in, but Mia rolls her up! TWO, and Tiff CLOBBERS Mia! Cover, TWO!
Tiff drags Mia up into a chinlock and grinds her down. Mia endures, fights up, and throws body shots. Tiff throws Mia down by her hair again! Cover, TWO! Tiff drags Mia up to snap suplex! Cover, TWO! Mia stays in this but Tiff stays on her by pulling a pigtail. Tiff hauls Mia up, but Mia fights the suplex to suplex! Tiff flounders, Mia covers, TWO! Mia drags Tiff up but Tiff ROCKS Mia! Mia stumbles and flounders to ropes, and Tiff CHOKES her! The ref counts, Tiff lets off, but then she CLUBS Mia down. Tiff talks some smack on Mia, stalks her to ropes, then puts her on ropes to CHOKE! Tiff runs side to side to HIP ATTACK! Cover, TWO!
Tiff grows frustrated but she drags Mia around by the pigtails. Tiff goes to a corner, says it’s time, and SmackDown returns to single picture. Tiff goes up, but Mia bails out! Tiff goes to the apron, runs up, but Mia dodges! The stomps miss and Tiff flops to the floor! Mia hurries to the apron, PENALTY KICK! Mia hit Tiff so hard, she’s clutching her own foot! Mia fires up and puts Tiff in the ring, then hurries in to TORNADO DDT! The fans fire up and Mia hauls Tiff up for another TORNADO DDT! Cover, TWO! Tiff survives and the fans rally up! Mia hobbles over to Tiff, stands her up to wrench and- NO Sole Food for Tiff!
Tiff cartwheels and Alabama Lifts, but Mia grabs ropes! Mia scrambles her way into a TARANTULA! The ref counts, Mia lets off, and Mia goes up a corner. Mia leaps to MISSILE DROPKICK but Tiff dodges! Tiff cartwheels to Alabama Lift, ALABAMA SLAM! High stack, TWO!! Tiff is beside herself as Mia survives! The fans fire up and Tiff fireman’s carries, but Mia slips around into a SLEEPER! Tiff RAMS Mia into the corner! Tiff puts Mia up top, climbs up after her, but Mia fires hands! Mia HEADBUTTS Tiff down, then adjusts, but Tiff trips her up! Tiff fireman’s carries Mia out for the ROLLING SENTON! Then PRETTIEST MOONSAULT EVER!!
But Mia dodges just enough to get up! Mia hits EAT DA FEET! Cover, MIA WINS!
Winner: Mia Yim, by pinfall (advances to the finals)
Michin is ready to go for gold! But then who meets her at Saturday Night’s Main Event? We’ll see when Bayley and Chelsea Green battle it out!
DIY speaks.
Johnny Gargano says, “August 2nd, 2024: I return home to Cleveland, Ohio a champion. Supposed to be the best night of my life. But what happened?” Tommaso Ciampa says they were screwed out of their WWE Tag Team Championships! They were screwed out of their justified rematch! In Gargano’s city, in front of Gargano’s family, in front of Gargano’s friends, in front of Gargano’s two-year-old son! He was embarrassed. But he took that, bottled it up, soldiered on, and he told the world that he was gonna do whatever it takes to right the wrong and get these titles back. He just didn’t know what that meant yet.
Ciampa says then Motor City Machine Guns stepped in. Red carpet to the front of the line, taking DIY’s spot! And amid the chaos, all anyone was talking about was, “OMG, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley, they were mentors to Johnny Gargano.” And while they were all looking left, DIY took one step right and got two steps ahead. It was so good to see Gargano’s good friends again. Everything MCMG has done for tag team wrestling, Gargano is glad they got their flowers. But unfortunately, it was at their funeral. Whatever it takes. But now DIY is on to better days because they are the TWO-TIME WWE Tag Team Champions, the greatest team alive!
Ciampa is the madman, Gargano is the mastermind, BTTITW = DIY!! But will MCMG make sure revenge is as cold as the winter?
Roman Reigns speaks.
“It’s been a rough year. Not that long ago, we ran everything. And then in the Spring and through the Summer, it all fell apart. I lost my title, I lost my Wise Man, I lost The Bloodline. The entire Bloodline. But most importantly, I lost my ula fala. See, the thing is, Solo, four years ago, you weren’t here. I didn’t take that ula fala, I earned it. My father, my uncle, your Great-Uncles, they crowned me with that responsibility because I was the man to lead this family. The only thing that matters to me is my family and my ula fala and the responsibility that only I can handle. And for some, January 6th is Netflix, that’s what it’s all about.
“For me, it’s Tribal Combat. Your bloodline won one, and mine won one. I say we leave the tribes on the side and let them spectate. Tribal Chief VS Tribal Chief. On January 6th, on Netflix, I take back my bloodline. On January 6th, I take back my ula fala. On January 6th… I take back my respect. And once I have that respect, the whole world will have no choice… but to acknowledge me.” The OTC has made the challenge, who will be the NEW Tribal Chief for the New Year?
Legado Del Fantasma talk with Nick Aldis.
Santos Escobar wants the SmackDown General Manager wants Aldis to make some decisions. Aldis likes to play favorites, right? Well, Santos is sick of it! People are getting attacked backstage, from Jade Cargill to the Street Profits, and they might be next! What kind of bingo is he running here? Or maybe, just maybe, Legado is better off with… What’s his name? Angel says it’s Adam Pearce. Right, Adam Pearce! Get him on the phone! Legado heads out and Aldis says he can’t wait to hear about that conversation. But now in walks Carmelo Hayes. All this hype around his mystery opponent, and Melo’s gonna make light work of the guy, that’s crazy, right?
Light work? Yeah, obviously. Well, we’ll see. Aldis wishes Melo luck and Melo says yeah, we will see. Melo heads out, but who does Aldis have planned to face H1M?
Carmelo Hayes VS ???
With WWE opening the Transfer Window ahead of the Raw Netflix premiere, everyone is thinking about where they belong in the WWE. The SmackDown first round draft pick obviously wants the best treatment possible, but is he in for a big surprise here tonight?
Guess what? It’s BRAAAUN~! Melo is suddenly very scared and full of regret, because here comes the Monster of All Monsters! The bell rings and Melo tries to reason with Braun. This isn’t what Melo was thinking so maybe they can skip this. Braun doesn’t move so Melo shoves him. That does nothing! Braun grabs Melo by the neck, but Melo slips free and fires hands! Those don’t do much, either! Braun shoves, Melo ducks ‘n’ dodges, then springboard, but Melo BOUNCES off Braun! The fans fire up as Braun brushes himself off. Melo avoids stomps and elbow drops, then hurries to CLUB away on Braun!
Braun gets up, shoves Melo again, but Melo comes back. Tilt-o-whirl, but Braun holds Melo up! Melo slips free again, goes to a corner, and Braun runs in! Melo dodges, Braun POSTS himself! Melo hurries to run and he dropkicks the legs! Melo springboards, FADE AWAY! Cover, ONE?!? Melo is stunned but then he’s mad! Melo climbs up, NOTHING BUT- Braun catches Melo! Is that goal tending? MONSTER SLAM!! Cover, Braun wins!
Winner: Braun Strowman, by pinfall
Melo don’t miss, but Braun’s one big SOB! Braun is officially on the blue brand, will he make 2025 the Year of the Monster?
Backstage interview with LA Knight.
Byron Saxton is with the Mega Star and brings up the assault by Solo Sikoa’s Bloodline last week. Knight has Solo 1v1 tonight, but how concerned is he about the rest of them being out there? Knight of course says, “LEMME TALK TO YA! The man they call the Mega Star is in the building in Hartford! YEAH! Now whether I’m in Hartford or anywhere else, the one thing I’ve done in my career is make sure to basically handle my business, and only my business, and do it my way. Now WarGames, I was asked, ‘Hey, man, we’d love for you to get involved in this Bloodline business.’ And I said, ‘NAH NAH!’
“Do you know why? Cuz it ain’t my business. I don’t need anything to do with that business, they don’t have anything to offer me. I don’t care about any ufa lafa. I don’t care about that, I don’t need that. What I’m worried about is gold. That little red necklace doesn’t do anything for me. So I’ll tell you like this: That whole dysfunctional family, I ain’t got any love for Roman Reigns, I ain’t got any love for Solo. As a matter of fact, that whole family can go to Hell. The only person that really is worth a damn that I can say is Jey Uso. YEET. YEAH! So Solo, what you’ve done is let your necklace, your little red necklace, get in the way of my gold belt.
“And what that means is now my fist is gonna have to get in the way of your face, and my foot is gonna have to get in the way of your big, fat ass. And what that means is whether you remember to grab your ufa lafa or you don’t, you will remember whose game this is, with everybody saying, L! A! KNIGHT! YEAH!!” The Mega Star heads out, but will he bring the “Undisputed” Tribal Chief down a notch? Or will Solo use Knight to send a message to Roman Reigns?
Solo Sikoa w/ Jacob Fatu & Tama Tonga VS LA Knight!
SmackDown returns as the Bloodline makes their entrance, the ula fala around Solo’s neck. The fans boo as this Bloodline raises their ones to the sky, but Solo grabs a mic. Solo waits out the booing, as well as the chants of “O T C! O T C!” Solo then tells Hartford, “ACKNOWLEDGE ME.” The fans just boo more. Solo tells Roman that- LA Knight makes his entrance! The fans cheer as the Mega Star goes right to the ring. The bell rings and the two stare down. Knight paces while fans rally behind him, and Solo says these fans don’t matter. Solo and Knight step to each other, and the haymakers start flying!
The fans fire up for Knight,” HYEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” But Solo puts Knight in a corner and SPLASHES! Then UPPERCUTS! Knight falls, the fans boo, but Solo soaks up that heat. Solo HEADBUTTS Knight at the ropes, then HEADBUTTS him again! Solo mocks the “YEAH!” then throws down fists! Solo brings Knight up, whips him to ropes, but Knight KICKS back! And LARIATS on top! Solo flounders to ropes, Knight runs to STRADDLE ATTACK! Knight keeps moving, and he LARIATS Solo up and out! The fans fire up more and Knight goes after Solo. Solo drags Knight out and RAMS him into the apron!
Solo stalks Knight, SMACKS him off the desk, then raises his one to the sky. The fans boo more but Solo drags Knight up, The ring count passes 5 of 10 but Solo sends Knight into barriers! Solo rolls into the ring, Knight crawls at 8! Knight rolls in at 9, but Solo is right on him. Solo HEADBUTTS Knight, Knight flops back out of the ring, and Solo goes out after him. solo whips Knight but Knight reverses! Solo hits steel steps! The fans fire up and Knight hurries after Solo! Knight SMACKS Solo off the desk, then rains down fists! The fans “YEAH!” all the way to TEN, then Knight puts Solo in the ring.
Solo staggers to his feet but Knight fires hands! Knight whips, Solo reverses, and Solo SAMOAN DROPS Knight! The fans boo Solo but he stalks Knight to a corner. Knight stands, Solo HEADBUTTS him, then Solo throws body shots. Knight is in a corner, Solo whips corner to corner, then Solo runs up. Knight BOOTS Solo, goes up, FLYING BULLDOG! The fans cheer as Knight hurries to whip Solo. Solo reverses but Knight grabs ropes! Solo runs up but Knight DUMPS him out! Knight builds speed but Tama takes the DROPKICK for him! Solo URENAGES Knight on the desk! The fans boo but Solo soaks it all up, and SmackDown goes picture in picture.
The ref has the ring count going but Solo takes his time going up the steel steps. Solo steps in at 7 of 10, Knight flounders in at 9, and Solo is back on him. Solo HEADBUTTS Knight, Knight goes to a corner. and Solo goes to the other end. Solo fires up, runs in, HIP ATTACK! Knight sputters and flops over while Solo soaks up more heat. Solo talks smack we can’t even hear while he HEADBUTTS and rains down fists! Knight goes to a corner, Solo is on him again, and Solo whips corner to corner hard! Knight falls to the mat and Solo stands over him. Solo soaks up more heat from Hartford before he drags Knight up.
Solo whips corner to corner, runs up, but Knight sends him into buckles! Knight fires hands on Solo again and again, but Solo shoves Knight away! Knight comes back to kick low and DDT! Cover, TWO! Solo stays in this but Knight stays close. Knight brings Solo up but Solo FLAPJACKS Knight off the ropes! Solo runs to LARIAT Knight down! Cover, TWO! Solo grows frustrated with Knight but he looms over him. Solo pushes Knight to ropes and CHOKES him! The ref counts, Solo steps off, but then Solo CHOKES Knight again! The ref counts, Solo steps off, and then Solo goes outside. Solo soaks up more heat, then runs to DRIVE-BY!
Solo mocks Roman with that move and holds up the one while SmackDown returns to single picture. The fans boo more but Solo just revels in it. Solo even mocks the lock ‘n’ load! Solo aims at Knight, runs up, but Knight avoids the superman punch! BIG back suplex! The fans fire up while Knight drags himself to a corner. Knight now drags himself up the ropes, and he fires handso n Solo! “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” Knight whips, Solo reverses but Knight ducks ‘n’ dodges to LEAPING LARIAT! Knight then rains down fists! Solo gets free but Knight stomps a mudhole into him at the corner! “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!”
The ref counts, Knight runs corner to corner, and KNEES Solo down! The fans fire up more and Knight waits on Solo. Cravat and- NO, Solo pushes free and bails out of the ring. Knight storms out to the apron, aims, but he DOUBLE LARIATS Tama and Jacob first! The fans fire up and Knight goes to Solo. Knight brings Solo up, but Jacob runs up! Knight BACKDROPS Jacob onto the desk, and Jacob tumbles into the barriers! The fans fire up and Knight hurries to put Solo in. Solo stands to SUPERKICK! And then SAMOAN- NO, Knight ducks it to hit a SIDE EFFECT! The fans fire up again as Knight goes up a corner!
Knight spells it out, “L! A! KNIGHT! YEAH!” DOUBLE JUMP ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO!! The fans cannot believe it and even Knight’s a bit shocked. Wait, Jacob rises up like the monster he is! And he GRABS Knight! Jacob CHOKES Knight, the ref calls the bell!
Winner: LA Knight, by disqualification
The Samoan Werewolf whips Knight, but Knight reverses! Jacob hits barriers so hard, he tumbles up and over! But he’s right back up! Tama goes after Knight now, then he sets Knight up for Jacob to HIP ATTACK against the barriers!! The fans boo but Solo says they’re not done! Jacob drags Knight up and Tama helps shove Knight into the ring. Solo hits the SAMOAN SPIKE!! Solo wants more damage done, so Tama and Jacob just stomp and punch away! Wait! Here comes El Idolo! AND Apollo Crews! They were also attacked by Solo’s Bloodline without provocation, so here’s the payback!
The fans fire up as Andrade and Apollo brawl with Tama and Jacob! Andrade dodges to CLOBBER Jacob! Solo is back to SAMOAN SPIKE Andrade! Apollo dodges, leaps, but into a SAMOAN SPIKE!! The fans boo as Solo stands over some of SmackDown’s brightest rising stars, ready for one more war with Roman Reigns. Will Tribal Combat be where Solo proves he is truly THE Tribal Chief?
Pretty Deadly walks over to Braun backstage.
Kit Wilson & Elton Prince are a bit nervous, but also excited. They just saw him out there, and, well, le gasp! They’ve been trying to cast a monster for months, and Braun has the perfect amount of hideous for Pretty Deadly: The Musical~! Braun is already annoyed as he looks at their playbill. He shoves it back at them and heads out. Byron then walks over to welcome him back to SmackDown, but this is all interrupted by A-Town Down Under. Grayson Waller says yes, a literally big acquisition for SmackDown, but why is Byron doing an interview? Austin Theory agrees, why is Byron still standing here? Just go! Get outta here!
Waller apologizes to Braun, but they just figured a big star like Braun needs real journalists interviewing him. So maybe next week, Braun on the Grayson Waller Effect? Big show for them all, right? Braun stares them down, and says, “Y’know what? I’ll see you guys next week.” Braun heads out, ATDU is pumped, and Waller even rubs it in on Byron that they got the scoop! But will Waller & Theory be careful not to stick their collective feet in their mouths next week? Or will they both #GetTheseHands?
WWE Women’s United States Championship Tournament Semifinal: Bayley VS Chelsea Green w/ Piper Niven!
With Michin waiting on the other side of the bracket, the winner here will move on to that title match finals! Will The Role Model look to add to her already historic résumé? Or will the Hot Mess be one step closer to her first title in the WWE?
SmackDown returns and, “Shh… It’s Chelsea~ Green~!” Chelsea makes her entrance, Piper by her side. The bell rings, Chelsea runs up, but into a BAYLEY2BELLY! Cover, TWO!! Chelsea scrambles away and is upset, claiming she wasn’t ready. But she attacked first! Bayley drags Chelsea back into the ring, Oklahoma Roll, TWO! Ghost pin from Chelsea, TWO! Bayley has a jackknife bridge, TWO! Chelsea has the Oklahoma Roll, TWO! Bayley swings, Chelsea ducks to SLAP Bayley! Chelsea then stomps away in the corner! The ref counts, Chelsea stops to whip corner to corner, but stays back as Bayley goes up and over!
Chelsea ROCKS Bayley and Bayley sits down. Chelsea says, “So close! So close!” Chelsea whips Bayley corner to corner again, runs up, but into an ELBOW! Bayley goes up and up to FLYING ARM-DRAG! Then Bayley runs to SLIDING LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Chelsea flounders away to a corner but Bayley stalks her. Bayley whips Chelsea corner to corner, but Chelsea reverses. Bayley goes up and over and arm-drags! And arm-drags again! Bayley steps over, LA MAGISTROL! TWO! Chelsea scrambles to her feet but Bayley LARIATS her down! Chelsea scrambles away again, to the safety of Piper on the outside.
Bayley is annoyed, the ring count climbs, and Bayley WRECKS Chelsea with a dropkick! Bayley keeps after Chelsea but Chelsea gets int he ring. Bayley hurries, Chelsea dodges, and Piper is there! Bayley stops short, but she still throws hands on Chelsea! Chelsea shoves Bayley away, claims she got poked in the eye, but this just lets Piper trip Bayley! Chelsea runs up to jump and STOMP! Cover, TWO! Bayley is still in this and Chelsea is annoyed, but SmackDown goes to break.
SmackDown returns as Bayley and Chelsea trade forearms! Chelsea then ENZIGIRIS Bayley down, runs, and SLIDING FLATLINERS! Chelsea clamps on body scissors, rolling clutch! TWO, and Chelsea argues the count. Bayley goes to a corner, Chelsea stalks her, and she pulls Bayley into the ropes! The ref counts, Chelsea lets off and she makes happy kissy faces with Piper. Chelsea clamps onto Bayley with a chinlock, and SmackDown goes picture in picture to plug Mufasa: The Lion King.
Bayley endures, fights around, and fights up to her feet. We return to single picture as Bayley throws Chelsea, but Chelsea holds on to drag Bayley down! Bayley fires body shots, puts Chelsea in a corner, but Chelsea throws Bayley down by her hair! Chelsea goes to the apron to join Bayley, and then clamps on the SLEEPER! Bayley RAMS Chelsea into the post! Chelsea staggers, Bayley fires hands, but Chelsea fires back! They brawl on the edge, the fans rally up, and both women ROCK each other! Bayley stands and puts Chelsea in ropes, HOTSHOT! Chelsea flops to the floor and Bayley storms after her, SLIDING LARIAT!
The fans fire up while Bayley rains down fists! Bayley drags Chelsea up, throws her onto the apron, and then hit a DRAPING SUPLEX to the floor! Chelsea clutches her back but Bayley puts her back int he ring. Bayley runs up, gets around, and SAIDOS! Bayley drags Chelsea to a cover, TWO!! Chelsea stays in this but Bayley stays focused. Bayley drags Chelsea by a leg and puts her in the drop zone. Bayley climbs a corner, but Chelsea hurries to GAMANGIRI! Chelsea then runs to TOP SHELF KNEE! Bayley flops down and Piper coaches Chelsea to go up! Chelsea nods and goes up! The fans fire up for the VADER FLOP!
Chelsea sputters, Bayley KNEES her down! Chelsea staggers back up, into the SUNSET BUCKLE BOMB! Cover, TWO!! Chelsea survives and Bayley is growing frustrated. The fans rally, Bayley waits on Chelsea, and Chelsea rises up. BAYLEY2- NO, Chelsea slips free to roll Bayley up! TWO!! Bayley is up but Chelsea BAC- NO, Bayley bucks the backstabber! She then runs, but into a ROUGH RYDER!! Cover, TWO!! Chelsea can’t believe it but the fans rally up! Chelsea hooks the arms, turns Bayley, but Bayley shoves Chelsea, ZIGZAG!! Bayley drags Chelsea to a drop zone and goes up top! The fans are torn but Piper drags Chelsea to safety!
The fans are still torn, but then Bayley MACHO ELBOWS Piper! Piper goes down in a heap but Chelsea TOSSES Bayley over the barriers! Chelsea hurries into the ring and wants the count to hurry up! We’re at 5 of 10 as Bayley flops back over! Bayley hurries but we’re at 7! 8! Bayley’s in at 9, but Chelsea KICKS her! And UNPRETTY-HER!! Cover, CHELSEA WINS!
Winner: Chelsea Green, by pinfall (advances to the finals)
Even Chelsea is shocked she pulled this off! But now Saturday Night’s Main Event will see some old rivals in Chelsea and Mia fight for the title! Who will finally have their first WWE singles title while becoming the first WWE Women’s US Champion?
Motor City Machine Guns speak.
Chris Sabin says the MCMG came to the WWE to make a statement. That is what they did when they won the WWE Tag Team Championships in only their third match. But of course that rubbed some people the wrong way. They saw it in the Street Profits, and it was blatantly obvious in Ciampa. But the one person they didn’t expect this from was Gargano. 18 YEARS, and one superkick destroyed that. That is not the Gargano that Shelley helped break into the industry. Gargano changed, but the MCMG get it. DIY changed because THE WWE Tag Team Championships are the most important titles on the planet.
But that’s not what this is about anymore. Now it’s a fight. Next week, we find out why Shelley was the teacher and Gargano was the student! The rematch is coming, will we see MCMG > DIY?
Shinsuke Nakamura speaks.
“Do you feel it? A shift has taken place. No longer will the feeble, weak minded be praised as victors. Their weaknesses, hidden behind false confidence, will be dragged into the light for all to see. One by one, they will fall before my feet. Broken, humiliated, and forgotten. LA Knight was just the beginning. He held something he never deserved. Something he should never have touched. And now, he claws for what he cannot have, what is no longer his. What never truly was! I am imminent. I am inevitable.” Will the King of Strong Style begin a reign of terror like we’ve never seen before?
Nia talks with Tiffany backstage.
Nia says it was a tough night, huh? Not everyone is meant to be a singles champion like Nia. But Candice walks over to say perk up! Because she has great news. While Tiffy was out there trying her best, Candice talked with Aldis. Next week, Candice & Nia have a tag title match with Naomi & Bianca! Oh, wow! That’s amazing! Yeah, and, well, while Tiff couldn’t bring gold to the group, now Nia gets to become a DOUBLE CHAMPION! Nia says that is great. They should go brainstorm. Talk to you later, Tiff. Nia heads out and Candice tells Tiff, “Maybe singles wrestling just isn’t your speed.” Is that a double jab at Miss MITB? Will Tiff look to hit back?
Michael Cole is in the ring.
He welcomes out the Undisputed WWE Champion, the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes! Hartford fires up and sings the song, “WHOA~ OH~!” as Cody prepares for one more face to face before Saturday Night’s Main Event. Cody gets his pyro, high fives fans and steps into the ring to shake hands with Cole. Cody gets himself a mic, and Cole now welcomes out the challenger for the WWE Championship, Kevin Owens! Fans boo but where’s Kevin’s music? Cole gives another introductions, but still nothing. Cody sighs and says, “Okay. Kevin Owens is not here, but this wonderful crowd is.” The fans cheer that!
Cody says he and Cole will do this as professionals would so they’ll conduct the interview on their own. No needing to get in a car? Nope, no car, they can do it right here in front of all these lovely folks! Then Cole will kick off with what’s taken over social media the last couple days. Triple H seemingly gifted Cody with something for “one night only” tomorrow night at Saturday Night’s Main Event. Could Cody give us an idea what that gift is? But then Kevin is on the tron! Kevin says who cares about what the little golden boy has up his sleeve! Cole, last week, you said you were an unbiased journalist, so take this opportunity to prove that.
Kevin wants Cole to ask Cody some real questions. The real question we want answered is, “How could Cody Rhodes be okay with using not just me (Kevin), but all of his friends, to help finish his stupid, pathetic little story at WrestleMania? But then he’s okay spitting in all our faces by teaming with Roman Reigns at Bad Blood! Huh? And Cody, y’know what, once Michael asks that question, why don’t you take a chance to do something I bet you are physically unable to do, and that is be honest, tell the truth, don’t lie, and tell Michael that it’s because you’re as bad a friend as you are a son and brother.”
The fans boo but Kevin says here’s something he’s been meaning to tell Cody. It’s that, no matter how long Cody will be champion for, or how many main events he’ll be in, the truth will always be that Cody was way more interesting as Stardust. Cody does his best to laugh that off, and Cody says obviously, Kevin knows the assignment. Kevin has a lot more zingers up his sleeve. But y’know what? Why wait for Kevin to do more from wherever he is? Cody’s gonna go find Kevin. Cody heads out of the ring and to the back, ready to go to the parking lot if he has to! Cameras follow Cody as he goes, but Kevin finds Cody first!
The brawl is on and they fight their way back to gorilla! Kevin ROCKS Cody, kicks him around, throws him into a wall, then brings him out on stage with more haymakers! The fans fire up as this brawl goes down the ramp! Security hurries bout Kevin fights them off! Cody hits back, the hands keep flying, and Cody has Kevin at ringside! MORE security runs out, but Cody fights them off now! Cody rips his shirt off to get in the ring, and then he TACKLES Kevin! Cody rains down fists, producers and refs rush out here! Kevin swings on Cody all the same! The fans want to “LET THEM FIGHT! LET THEM FIGHT!”
Cody gets loose and he CLOBBERS Kevin in a corner! The producers drag Codey back, Kevin storms up, but Cody BOOTS Kevin! But Kevin has the championship belt! BELT SHOT to Cody!! Cody falls in a heap and the refs reprimand. Kevin stands over Cody, belt in hand, then he drops it on Cody. Will Kevin take that belt when these two fight in the main event of Saturday Night’s Main Event?
My Thoughts:
A great SmackDown for the go-home into Saturday Night’s Main Event, but clearly prerecorded. A lot of that reaction to Jimmy Uso’s promo at the start was enhanced or stock audio or something, which is a shame because Jimmy was being very genuine. But McIntyre showing up to attack him was wild. Depend on where the US Championship ends up, I feel like that’s where McIntyre should go. Like how Sheamus hasn’t had the Intercontinental Championship, McIntyre hasn’t had the US title, so McIntyre completing his Grand Slam would be great for 2025.
And speaking of the US Championship, good promo from Nakamura to insult LA Knight, essentially keeping their rematch in our minds, while also calling out everyone else. Good promo from Knight ahead of his match with Solo, and that was a great match from them. It was a clever move for Knight to win by disqualification so that both Knight and Solo stay strong, and we still get The Bloodline beating Knight down. Apollo and Andrade going out there was also good, that’s still a Six Man Tag I expect to see. Good promo from Roman Reigns to set up Tribal Combat, and I suppose waiting for Raw Netflix is fair enough. It’s going to be a big night, why not have a big story beat on it?
Good promos backstage, and it’s actually clever that McIntyre didn’t say a word to Aldis. Aldis notifying Bianca that the tag titles would have to be vacated was what I was expecting, but intriguing twist of Naomi stepping up to help Bianca defend the titles. I wonder if it’s going to be Naomi whodunnit after all. Her motivations don’t really make sense, though, other than she was hoping to improve her chances of becoming Women’s US Champion, and then when she lost her Triple Threat, this became her backup plan.
And great overlap with the rest of the Women’s US Championship story, as now Nia & Candice are coming after the tag titles instead of say Tiff & Nia or Tiff & Candice. Also, Candice’s use of the word “speed” might be because she’s currently Women’s Speed Champion. Anyway, Tiff looking at her briefcase, she could easily use this as motivation to cash in on Iyo VS Liv as a way to stick it to Candice. I say that because it seems they’ve turned away from Tiff and Nia having dysfunction, Candice is the one stirring things up, so Tiff would go for a different target. Also, I would really hope Tiff goes for a top title, not the midcard title, that’s too Austin Theory MITB of them.
Chelsea VS Bayley was a great match, and Chelsea winning to give us Chelsea VS Mia is a great move. Fans have come around on Chelsea, despite her Heel persona, so she could easily come away with the title tomorrow night. Plus, she and Mia can continue to feud for the US title as we move into 2025, really build the belt with solid matches. Good stuff with Legado acting like leaving for Raw is a bad thing for Aldis, and for Melo getting an ego before the match with Braun. Great return win for Braun, good promos backstage with Pretty Deadly and A-Town Down Under. But the Grayson Waller Effect is most certainly going to set up Braun VS Theory, maybe getting us back on track for the A-Town Down Under meltdown.
Very good promos from DIY and MCMG to set up their tag title rematch. I almost thought they were going for early The Gargano Way vibes with the black ‘n’ white, but then MCMG had that, too, so they just wanted it to be Sin City gritty. The tag match itself will be great stuff, but I don’t think they hot potato the titles, DIY might just cheat to win again. Plus, there’s gotta be a way to wrangle the Profits back into this to see if they go fully Heel or stay aggressive Faces/Tweeners. Maybe the Transfer Window helps shuffle tag teams, including some from NXT who can help freshen up the divisions. Side note, I hope the Transfer Window negates the need for a full WWE Draft, I’m not as into those anymore.
And of course, more great promos and another great brawl for Cody and Kevin. The “gift” HHH gave Cody is most certainly the old school WWE Championship, the one many have nicknamed “The Winged Eagle” title. That would be really cool to see Cody bring out, and while it is still unlikely Cody loses, it would be pretty wild if he did. Kevin could then grab the Winged Eagle and refuse to give it back, perhaps preferring to hold that belt to represent the title just to rub it in Cody’s face. After all, that was the title Dusty Rhodes chased and never won, so Kevin could really get under Cody’s skin with it.
My Score: 8.8/10
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ROH brings the lucha libre!
On a night full of ROH & CMLL crossover, Komander defends the ROH World Television Championship against “Big Shotty” Lee Johnson!
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Gates of Agony VS ???
- Billie Starkz VS ???
- 12 Man Tag: The Premier Athletes & The Frat House VS Top Flight, The Outrunners & The Von Erichs; win.
- Rachael Ellering VS Abadon; wins.
- Fuego Del Sol VS Wheeler Yuta; wins.
- Six Man Tag: Sammy Guevara, Fuego & Dark Panther VS Hechicero, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr; win.
- ROH World Television Championship: Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes VS Lee Johnson w/ EJ Nduka; wins and
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[Due to scheduling conflicts, coverage will be on delay]
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AEW revs up towards Revolution!
We are just 18 days away from Revolution, and AEW is turning up the heat in Phoenix! Who will challenge Konosuke Takeshita for the International Championship?
OFFICIAL RESULTS
- Six Man Tag: The Patriarchy VS The Opps; The Opps win.
- Street Fight: “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs VS “Big Bill” Morrissey; Hobbs wins.
- Kris Statlander VS Megan Bayne; Bayne wins.
- Revolution International Championship Series: Orange Cassidy VS Roderick Strong; Cassidy wins and will challenge Konosuke Takeshita for the title next week.
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MJF is here!
Phoenix is a bit torn over the Scumbag opening the night, but he and the Cowboy are set to have their face to face, with a strict No Physicality Order in effect. As such, Hangman Page makes his entrance next. The fans are ready for some #CowboyS*it as the two stare down from opposite corners. MJF throws his gum at the fans, which they boo, and then he grabs himself a mic. “I don’t speak Poor, I’m talking, thanks. The year was 2019. The first-ever event in the history of this event was Double Or Nothing. The first match in the history of this company was the Casino Battle Royal. The winner would have the opportunity to go on and become the inaugural world champion.
“I had the match won. It was the biggest opportunity of my life, and you screwed me. You cheap shotted me like a gutless little worm. So you know what I did? I had to scratch and claw my way back to the top. And I did so by beating some of the biggest names professional wrestling has to offer. Think of your favorite wrestler; yeah, I beat ’em! Though, looking down at my beautiful~ Dynamite Diamond Ring, I’m struggling to remember who I beat the first time I won this bad boy. Oh, that’s right, it was you. I then proceeded to go on to become a six-time Dynamite Diamond Ring Champion.
“I main evented, headlined and won the biggest wrestling event of all time in Wembley Stadium. I am a former International Champion, the best and longest reigning AEW World Champion of all time, the greatest wrestler on God’s green Earth, and do you know why, Hangman?” Fans tell MJF to STFU but MJF says it’s because he’s Maxwell Jacob Friedman, and he’s better than you, and you know it. MJF smiles and soaks up the heat from Phoenix, but then Hangman takes his turn. Why is MJF talking like Hangman doesn’t know who he is? Hangman knows exactly who MJF is and what MJF has done.
MJF is 28 years old, and already has a history making wrestling career. Hangman will give MJF that, and MJF should be proud of himself. But when MJF listed all of his accomplishments, he sounded angry about them. All of that, and MJF can’t be happy. Is it because there’s something that MJF still hasn’t been able to win… from the fans? MJF tells Hangman to shut his mouth! MJF calms down, and says no, you think he cares about the fans? He doesn’t give a damn about them! The fans boo but MJF tells them to shut up! MJF thinks it’s funny that the hypocrites who is redeemable and who is not.
Hangman has had everything handed to him on a silver platter, because these shmucks woke up and just decided Hangman’s the main character? The fans cheer that! Really? A guy who drank another man’s blood? A guy who attacked innocent veterans in the locker room? A guy who stabbed a syringe through another human’s face? The guy who was low down and vile enough to burn another man’s house down to ashes? Yet HE is the good guy!? MJF mocks the cheering, and says yay~, Hangman’s the hero! Just ask the fans! To them, Hangman did nothing wrong. But these morons will chant Cowboy S*it at the top of their lungs… Oh, and there they go!
Do you feel that, Hangman? Do you feel all warm and fuzzy? Everyone loves Hangman Adam Page! But MJF has a question for him: After everything Hangman has done… Does Hangman love Hangman? Did Hangman love himself after ending the career of his mentor, Christopher Daniels? After he absolutely demolished that worthless, talentless, jobber hack? Hangman tells MJF, “Don’t you dare! Don’t you DARE! Christopher Daniels is ten times the man that you will ever be! And if I could rip out my spine and give it to him, I would do it in a heartbeat!” The fans cheer that!
Hangman says Daniels’ 32 year career, flew 100 times around the globe, and if there’s a wrestling company that mattered in their lifetime, Daniels gave a part of his life to it! He went down fighting! Fighting for his life! Daniels died a warrior’s death! Hangman knows CD, and he knows Daniels would not have had it any other way. The fans cheer that, too. Daniels took care of pro-wrestling, even when pro-wrestling didn’t take care of him. Daniels is the best of us. And men and women like Daniels is why MJF and Hangman are even in this ring, don’t you ever forget that. The fans cheer that, and they chant for “FALLEN ANGEL!”
MJF scoffs at that, but Hangman says that selflessness, self-awareness and humility of Daniels that MJF doesn’t understand. MJF doesn’t have the stomach for it. If MJF’s career ended tonight, and if he doesn’t wipe that s*it eating grin off his face, it just might… But if MJF’s career ended tonight, what would the fans say about him? Would they say MJF is a credit to their sport? To this world? Or would they say he was an opportunist and a selfish coward? A man who took every shortcut he could, chasing all the power and glory that he thought would win their admiration.
MJF asked why, after everything Hangman has done, the people care about him. Hangman will not be as arrogant to say he understands it, or to put words in their mouths, but he will speak for himself. Hangman knows what is right, he knows what is wrong, and he tells the truth about it. In five years, he’s probably lied 100 times, but never once has he lied to the fans! And if Hangman has had a problem, he has faced it head on eye-to-eye. He didn’t run from it, didn’t hide it, and everything he has had, he worked for. The AEW Tag titles, the AEW World title, and a family that through all of this stood by him unconditionally! Believe him, it was not easy!
MJF has spent five years cheating, scheming his way to the top, and anyone that stood in his way, he told them he was better than them. And Hangman hopes that for once, for MJF’s own sake, there is a small part of him that is wondering, “Is it true?” Because it’s not. Deep down, Hangman thinks MJF knows that. MJF seethes, then smirks, then laughs. MJF asks, “Are you a child?” Oh, sowwy Hangman, sowwy fans, did he not win fairsy-squarsy on his way to the top? Oh no~! Hey, newsflash, dips*its, the history books don’t give a damn how you get the job done. MJF earned everything. Can’t say the same for Hangman.
Because whether Hangman cares to admit it or not, before the doors of this company even opened, the powers at be decided they were going to prop Hangman up. He was their golden boy, their chosen one. Hangman walked in at 2019 with all the buzz and propaganda in the world. Wanna know what MJF came in with? All MJF needed was a scarf and a mic! Hangman has earned NOTHING! MJF walks better, talks better, looks better, dresses better, and IS better! Name one thing Hangman does better than MJF. NAME IT! Hangman says, “I am real.” The fans cheer that, and the mics drop. They’re face to face, but they have to remember the No Physicality Order.
MJF looks to the fans, then he says Hangman can be the main character all he wants. MJF has no problem being the bad guy. Another mic drop, and then the jackets come off! Security hurries up to the apron to tell them remember the order. Hangman dares MJF to do something, but MJF stands down. But then he SPITS at Hangman! The fans boo as we see the saliva hanging from Hangman’s hair…! Hangman bolts at MJF but MJF bolts outta the ring! MJF smirks, having turned his level headed choice into a cowardly move. Hangman DECKS security guard after security guard, then hammers away on one poor soul!
Someone pulls Hangman back, and Hangman almost swings on them, until he sees it’s Christopher Daniels! Hangman calms down, and Daniels tells Hangman this is what he was fighting for this whole time. Hangman knows who he is, so don’t listen to MJF. Understood? Hangman nods, and he heads out. When and where will The Cowboy get his hands on the Devil of AEW?
Backstage interview with The Undisputed Kingdom.
Renee Paquette is with Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong, and notes Roddy is in the Revolution International Championship Series, facing Orange Cassidy. With the PPV around the corner, how does he expect this to shake out? Roddy shouts “ORRRANGE! Cassidy. Man, I feel like we’re gonna do this forever. We are destined to dance forever. And I get it, you’re friends with my pal over here, Mr. Kyle O’Reilly. But that’s not gonna stop me from destroying you tonight, going on to next week to beat Takeshita, and going on to Revolution to defeat Kenny Omega.”
Renee brings up the conflict of interest for Kyle with The Conglomeration, but Kyle says The Conglomeration is not so much a stable as it is a lifestyle. They love to hang, they love to conglomerate, and yeah, Orange is Kyle’s boy. But Roddy’s gonna have to break that back. Cole adds that regardless of who is friends with who, Roddy whoops Orange’s ass. And that is Undisputed. The Kingdom is ready, but will they run the Revolution? Or will things be Freshly Squeezed here tonight?
Six Man Tag: The Patriarchy VS The Opps!
Christian Cage has been avoiding this fight, but now he has no choice to stand alongside his “sons,” Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian against the opposition. Will Captain Charisma, The Prodigy & Mr. Superbad survive Samoa Joe, Hook & Katsuyori Shibata? Or will this be the end of The Patriarchy?
Dynamite returns and The Opps make their entrance. They’re #NeverLacking, and they even get pyro! The fans cheer, the trios sort out, and Shibata starts with Kip. The bell rings, the fans rally up, and Shibata feels things out with Kip. They knuckle lock, Kip kicks low, then Kip wrenches to a wristlock. Shibata wrenches back and he has the wristlock. Kip rolls, kips up, but Shibata trips him to a top wristlock. Kip keeps his shoulders up, fights to his feet, then slips through to hammerlock. Shibata switches that onto Kip, but Kip switches and kicks low. Kip headlocks, Shibata powers up and out, but Kip RAMS Shibata.
Shibata brushes himself off, but Kip headlocks. Shibata powers up and out, then kitchen sink knees! The fans cheer while Shibata drags Kip up. Tag to Joe, the fans really fire up, and they stand Kip on the ropes to CHOP, CHPO, and CHOP! DOUBLE MACHINE GUN CHOPS! They double whip, then trip Kip, and then Joe SENTONS! Kip sputters, Nick runs in, but Shibata trips him! And Joe SENTONS! The fans cheer, Christian is worried, but Kip tags him in! Christian steps in, stares Joe down, but then quickly tags out to Nick! Some father figure… Joe snatches Nick and bumps him off buckles! Joe CHOPS Nick, but Shibata keeps Nick standing.
Joe CHOPS again, and the fans fire up! Joe winds up to CHOP again! Tag to Shibata and he drags Nick up, for a CHOP! Nick tries to get away but Shibata puts him back in the corner. Shibata CHOPS Nick again, and again! Tag to Hook and the fans cheer again. Nick freaks out but Hook CHOPS! And CHOPS! Nick falls, Hook tags Shibata back in, and Shibata drags Nick up to snapmare. Shibata chinlocks and he squeezes tight. Then he KICKS Nick in the back, runs, but Mother Wayne distracts the ref. Christian gets a cheap shot in! Shibata DECKS him for it! Kip DECKS Shibata, Nick BLASTS Hook, and Nick hauls Shibata up.
Nick snap suplexes, covers, TWO! Mother Shayna coaches her son, and Nick ROCKS Shibata with a haymaker. Shibata drops to a knee, Nick stays on him, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Nick brings Shibata over, tags Kip, and they mug Shibata. Kip snapmares Shibata, KNEES him in the back, then clamps onto the arms. Shibata endures, so Kip KNEES him again. Kip pulls on the arms in a motorcycle stretch, but Shibata still endures. Shibata fights up, powers around, but Kip snapmares him to rain down forearms! Kip cradles for the cover, TWO! Kip KICKS Shibata int he back, brings him up, but Shibata snap suplexes first! And then he KICKS Kip! Shibata brings Kip up, but Kip CLAWS Shibata’s eyes! Kip bumps Shibata off buckles, tags Christian, and Christian fires hands on Shibata.
Christian CHOPS, ROCKS, and repeat, then stomps Shibata down. Christian rains down more fists, then lets off as the ref counts. Christian snapmares Shibata, flexes, then ELBOWS Shibata int he head. Christian CLAWS Shibata’s eyes, pushes him down, steps on Shibata’s face, then tags Nick. They mug Shibata, then Nick puts Shibata on the ropes. Nick CHOPS, then wrenches Shibata for a BIG back suplex! Cover, TWO! Nick brings Shibata up, brings him back to the corner, tag to Kip. They mug Shibata some more, then Kip fires forearms. Shibata DECKS Kip! Shibata kicks Kip, Kip RAMS Shibata into the corner, and Chfristian tags in.
Christian & Kip mug Shibata, then Christian puts Shibata on the apron. Chrihstian pulls Shibata through the ropes, CHOKES him, then stops to DUMP Shibata back in. Cover, TWO! Christian hurries to tag Nick back in, the mugging continues, and Nick swaggers around. Nick stands Shibata up, ROCKS him with a left, then puts him in a corner. Nick fires haymakers and body shots, then Dynamite returns to single picture. Tag to Kip, they double whip Shibata, but Shibata SPEARS Kip! Nick runs up, Shibata hits an ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up while Shibata crawls, but Kip CLOBBERS him! The fans boo but Kip rains down fists!
Kip drags Shibata up, he and Nick double whip again, but Shibata grabs ropes. Shibata BOOTS Kip, then BOOTS Nick! Shibata WRECKS Kip with a dropkick, then tag to Hook! Hook LARIATS Nick, LARIATS Kip, then gets Kip for a T-BONE PLEX! Christian runs up, into a T-BONE PLX! Hook LARIATS Christian up and out! Hook LARIATS Nick in a corner, then NORTHERN LIGHTS! Bridging cover, TWO! Hook stands Nick up, but Nick fights the exploder! The fans rally for Hook but Nick hooks a leg! FISHERMAN SUPLEX! Shibata BOOTS Nick! Kip MISSILE DROPKICKS Shibata! Joe LARIATS Kip!
Christian aims, runs up, but Joe fireman’s carries Christian! Christian slips free, hooks the arms, but Joe TOSSES him up and out! Joe then DIVES! Direct hit into Christian and the fans are thunderous! Hook has Nick in a corner, but Nick goes up an dover to victory roll, and holds ropes! TWO!! Hook escapes but Nick ROUNDHOUSES, then goes up, up, and WAYNE’S- REDRUM!! Hook as Nick, Shibata has Kip, Joe scares Christian away! The father lets his sons suffer, Nick is OUT! The Opps win!
Winners: The Opps, by submission
Joe, Shibata and Hook stand tall while Christian clings to his Casino Gauntlet contract. Will the AEW World Championship be all that matters to The Patriarch?
BREAKING NEWS for Revolution!
After everything said and done between them, MJF and Hangman Page will have their grudge match! Who will win in this Battle Los Angeles?
Backstage interview with Chris Jericho.
Renee is with the ROH World Champion and brings up how Jericho vowed to show Bryan Keith how it was done. He went to confront Bandido, but uh, did he accomplish what he set out to do given he just got pinned by Bandido at ROH Global Wars? Jericho says Renee should wipe that smirk off her face. What makes her think she can talk to Jericho like that? Renee isn’t sure what he’s getting at, but Jericho asks what makes her think he can’t have her thrown out of the building? He can, y’know! If not for him, Renee wouldn’t have a job. No one in AEW would have a job if not for him!
The truth is: No Chris Jericho, no AEW! That is a fact, not pro-wrestling rhetoric! Yet instead of getting treated with respect like the living legend he is, he gets nothing but vitriol and disrespect. Why is that? Is he too nice? Maybe the Learning Tree needs to give a history lesson. Jericho is The Nueve, that means nine in Spanish. As in a nine-time world champion, in multiple companies and multiple countries. Jericho is the guy walking down the street in Brisbane just a few days ago, and fans were asking to take pictures. Then Bandido is the guy you hand the camera to so he can take their picture.
Jericho tells Bandido got his biggest win ever, congrats. Jericho will give Bandido his chance at the ROH World Championship this Saturday on Collision. The bounty no longer means anything. Bandido gets his chance to beat Jericho, but Jericho gets his chance to prove that everyone is too comfortable around Chris EFFIN’ Jericho! Jericho storms off, but will he regret gambling with The Most Wanted?
Street Fight: “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs VS “Big Bill” Morrissey!
Speaking of grudge matches, these two have gone back and forth with their brawling! They’ve fought backstage, fought in the parking lot, and even took this fight to Australia over the weekend with Global Wars! But it’s gotta end somehow! Will the Book of Hobbs’s next chapter have him chopping down a Redwood? Or will the skyscraper from New York stand tall over the Powerhouse from California?
Hobbs makes his entrance first, then he storms up on Bill during his entrance, only for Bill to BOOT him from over the top rope! The bell rings, fans chant “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” and Bill storms out after Hobbs. Bill CLUBS away on Hobbs, then brings him into the crowd! Hobbs fires a body shot, sends him into a guard rail, then takes a fan’s beer can to SMASH Bill in the face! Bill ELBOWS back, UPPERCUTS, then UPPERCUTS again! Bill HAMMERS away on Hobbs, then talks smack on the fans. Bill ROCKS Hobbs, but Hobbs ROCKS Bill! The haymakers go back and forth, and Hobbs brings Bill around to CLUB away!
The fans chant “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” again, and Hobbs pushes Bill to ringside. Hobbs LARIATS Bill over railing! The fans fire up, Hobbs high-fives a few, then he goes to get Bill on his feet. Hobbs RAMS Bill into railing, revels in the M”EAT! MEAT! MEAT!” and then runs up to CLOBBER Bill! Bill slumps over the railing, but Hobbs gets space. Hobbs runs in, but Bill CHUCKS a sound mixer!? Hobbs falls, clutching his leg, but Bill takes the keyboard to SMACK Hobbs on the back! Fans chant “OVER HERE! OVER HERE!” in hopes the action heads their way. Bill goes looking under the ring, and he brings out a monkey wrench!?
Bill winds up, but Hobbs dodges! Wrench hits steel steps, but Bill takes aim again. Hobbs dodges and the wrench hits railing! Bill still tries, but Hobbs ducks and the wrench hits POST! That’s strike three and Bill is disarmed of the wrench! Hobbs grabs a chair to JAM Bill up! And SMACK him on the back! Now that was a base hit! The fans want more, so Hobbs SMACKS Bill again! The fans fire up and Hobbs brings Bill up. But Bill CRAKS Hobbs with the monkey wrench!! Bill gets his own base hit, the ref has a standing count on Hobbs, but the fans want tables. Bill tells them STFU and shove it! The fans boo but Hobbs is up at 9.5 of 10!
Bill brings steel steps around, then he goes back for Hobbs. Hobbs is busted open, but Bill BOOTS him right back down! Bill drags Hobbs over, then CHOKE SLAMS him on the steel steps! Hobbs sputters, the fans boo, but Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Bill enjoys seeing Hobbs’s blood on him, and even uses it like lipstick! Bill swaggers like Jagger, tells the fans to shove it, then Bryan Keith appears! Keith and Bill high-five, then they work together to haul the other steel steps around. They get it onto the stage, then they bring out more plunder from under the ring. Oh, look! A table! They set that in the ring while Hobbs sputters to his feet. Dynamite returns to single picture while Bill sets up the table. The fans rally for Hobbs as he leans against the apron. Bill stands the table up in a corner, but Hobbs drags himself into the ring. Hobbs has the trash can, and he SMASHES it on Bill’s face!
The fans fire up as Hobbs winds up again, and he SMASHES Bill again! Bill flounders, Hobbs rips his shirt away, and the fans fire up for “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Hobbs storms up on Bill, scoops him, but Keith is in! Hobbs drops Bill to PUNCH the chair! Keith panics, apologizes, but Hobbs CHOKE SLAMS him through the table! The fans fire up again, but Bill BOOTS Hobbs again! Hobbs tumbles to the ramp, Bill goes out after him, and fans chant “MEAT FOREVER!” Hobbs scoops Bill!? And POWERSLAMS him on the ramp! Hobbs then looks around, and he finds Bill’s backpack. Hobbs CLOBBERS Bill with the backpack!
Hobbs grins, and he dumps out the BRICKS that were inside! Hobbs then stalks Bill to the stage, where Bill put the steel steps! Hobbs ROCKS Bill with a right, ROCKS him again, and Bill is also busted open! The fans fire up as Hobbs fires off punch after punch! Hobbs stands Bill up to ROCK him, but Bill UPPERCUTS! Hobbs ROCKS Bill, Bill UPPERCUTS Hobbs, repeat! “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Hobbs wobbles, but he kicks low! Hobbs brings Bill over, SMACKS him off the steel steps, and then DRIBBLES him off it! “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Hobbs winds up to SMACK Bill off the steps again!
The fans are thunderous as Hobbs goes up the steps, and he drags Bill up to join him! Hobbs pops Bill up, to SPINEBUSTER down through barbed-wire tables!! The fans are thunderous and losing their mind! The count begins, Bill is still down at 5, just struggling to get out of the barbed wire! We hit TEN, Hobbs wins!!
Winner: “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs, by TKO
The fans cheer as Hobbs is the Last Big Meaty Man Standing! Will this vindication be more than enough for the Book of Hobbs to turn the page?
Backstage interview Brian Cage & Lance Archer.
Renee is now with The Don Callis Family’s Murder Machines, and brings up how they upstaged the Hurt Syndicate last week. That was a rather bold statement. Brian says yeah, bold indeed. But take a look at them! It is easy for them to do! The Murderhawk and The Machine have something to say, because they have business with the Hurt Syndicate. But big surprise, they’re nowhere to be found. Archer says word is, Hurt Syndicate will be at Collision. So if they wanna put on their big boy pants, the Hurt Syndicate can talk with the Murder Machines about those AEW World Tag Team Championships.
But in the end, Cage & Archer will take them, and #EverybodyDies. Then will MVP, Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin accept the challenge this close to Revolution?
BREAKING NEWS for AEW in Phoenix!
Phoenix’s own Justin Roberts tells the fans here that if they hadn’t heard, AEW will be returning to Phoenix very soon, and with a PPV! AEW is going Double Or Nothing in Arizona on May 25th, 2025!
Toni Storm is here!
Phoenix fires up as AEW is once again Timeless! For once again, and for a historic FOURTH time, Toni Storm is the NEW AEW Women’s World Champion! Luther helps Toni into the ring, and Toni grabs herself a mic. The spotlight is on her as the fans chant her name. Toni smiles, and says, “This whore you all adore… This slut you can’t rebut… This tramp is your NEW CHAMP!” The fans cheer again, and Toni continues. “On the other side of the world, in front of friends, family and former lovers, I faced the Woman From Hell. A woman… who broke my heart, took my title, and ruined my soul. Mariah May, you SICK B*TCH!”
But Mariah, Toni says she is also so proud of her. Because Mariah gave Toni the fight of her life, and then Toni won with her Small Package. “They say the best things come in small packages, but darling, you should’ve won protection, because I railed you with the biggest package there’s ever been!” Toni says Mariah has been defeated, exiled, and compromised to a permanent end. And now, it is time for a cheap plug. Toni stars in the new film, Queen of the Ring, in theaters starting March 7th, do enjoy. The fans cheer that! As for the championship, if Toni is going to be the best, then she needs to face the best.
Toni says women of wrestling, lend her your ears. Because whether you are here just to stick your chin up, your tits out, or you’re someone like Kris Statlander, Willow Nightingale, or even Wendy bloody Richter… If you want to go face to face, tit to tit or even lip to lip, Toni is not hard to find, darling! “For God is a woman, and her name… is TIMELESS~…!” Toni drops the mic, picks up the belt, and takes a bow. The fans all cheer, Toni blows a kiss, and fade to black. Who will answer this call and come for Toni Storm’s gold?
Gabe Kidd is coming to Collision!
That’s right! This Saturday on TNT, witness The Mad Man bring Strong Style to AEW! Who will be as #WarReady as this War Dog?
Backstage interview with Willow Nightingale.
AEW returns as Renee is now with The Babe with the Power, and as Renee starts to bring up last week, Willow speaks up. She got one minute of precious TV time, and Renee’s husband of all people interrupts to have Marina attack her. Willow’s 2025 is already off to a terrible start. Willow tells Moxley, Marina, and the Death Riders that she is- OH WAIT, here comes Marina! Willow and Marina brawl, but Marina uses the briefcase on her! And then she send Willow into a road case, then KICKS her down! Moxley steps in and tells the cameraman to follow him. Things head to the stage, and the fans are torn as Moxley grabs a mic.
Moxley goes to the ring, Marina, Yuta and Claudio in tow, and Moxley tells Phoenix he’s gonna ask a question. “Do you know just who in the hell I am?” The fans certainly do, but Moxley says he’s the champion of the world, that’s who! That means this is his mic, that’s his camera, this is his ring, this is his arena, and you’re sitting in his seats! So nobody comes into his house and lays down some challenge to him like they’re somebody! He doesn’t care even if it’s the Rated R Superstar! And he’ll tell ya, Adam Copeland is NOT here! He’s still on his ass in Australia, facedown in the dirt! Cope made a challenge, but Moxley about popped Cope’s head off his shoulders with his bare hands!
So if Cope shows up at Revolution, Moxley will finish the job! WAIT! Jay White is here! The Switchblade storms out and tells Moxley to hush. White sees it is 4v1, but wait! The Bastard slither sin from the shadows! White says fine, more the merrier! But wait! COPE IS HERE!? Moxley is a bit surprised, but he figures he’ll still keep his promise. Except Cope slithers in from the crowd side! Cope CLUBS Moxley down then HAMMERS away! The Death Riders are stunned, White gets Pac for a BLADERUNNER to the stage! Cope fights off Yuta and Claudio, then SPEARS Yuta! Claudio has Cope, but Cope shoves free!
White is there to clinch Claudio, BLADERUNNER into the SPEAR!! So is that a Spear Runner? Cope then finds SPIKE! She didn’t make the trip to Brisbane, but she’s here in Phoenix! White also gets a chair, and Cope takes a swing! Moxley and Marina run away, get into the crowd, but Cope pursues! Will Cope chase Moxley all the way to LA? Cope grabs a mic, and he shouts for Moxley! “This isn’t your arena. These aren’t your seats. These aren’t your people! They’re MY people!” The fans cheer that! Cope tells Moxley that he’s probably halfway to the hotel, hostel, or whatever bridge he lives under. But he knows Mox will see this.
Mox is a COWARD! No nuts, no guts, no spine! He needs his goons, but guess what? As of now, Cope takes them out one by one by one! When we get to Revolution, it will be man to man, and Cope will kick Moxley’s ass! The fans are ready, will the Road to Revolution be nothing but Rated R?
Backstage interview with Mercedes Mone.
Renee welcomes in The CEO, and Mone says, “Phoeniiiix~! Say hello to your C E O! It feels so good, Renee. And Renee, I don’t want any interruptions, no surprises, and no damn puppets, you hear me?” Renee says of course, no puppets. Just congratulations for the great win at Grand Slam Australia. This makes Mone 14-0 as a TBS Champion, and it feels like there is no stopping the Money Train. Mone agrees, there IS no stopping the Money Train. And Harley learned first hand that there is a price to pay when you mess with Mercedes Mone. Then being just over two weeks away from Revolution, Momo Watanabe gave some comments in Australia.
Footage plays and Lexy Nair interviewed Momo Watanabe to bring up how she won the International Women’s Cup. That means Momo can challenge any Women’s Champion she wants from CMLL, Stardom, ROH and AEW. Momo was clearly scouting competition, has she made a decision? Yes, Momo has chosen Mone and the TBS Championship. She will see Mone at Revolution to put a stop to the Money Train. Mone asks what the hell!? She just said no surprises! But if Momo wants to face Mone for the title, then show up to Dynamite next week and say that to her face! Mone has answered a challenge with a challenge, will The Dark Peach oblige?
Kris Statlander VS Megan Bayne!
The #BornAgainKristen may have just crossed paths with her physical equal in The Megasus. Tall, strong, ready to get the action on, will Kris show Megan she’s still The Galaxy’s Greatest? Or will Kris be made to bow down?
The bell rings and the fans rally up. Kris and Megan step up to be face to face, then they slowly circle. They tie up, go around, and Megan puts Kris on ropes. They go along ropes, Megan again has control, but she lets off slowly. Then she ROCKS Kris with a forearm! Megan runs, Kris follows, and Kris RAMS Megan! Megan doesn’t budge, so Kris dares her to do that. Megan runs, RAMS Kris, but Kris stays up. Kris brushes herself off, Megan dares her to go, so Kris runs. Megan kicks low, runs, and she runs Kris over! But Kris is right up! The fans cheer, and Kris ROCKS Megan! Megan avoids the leg sweep to BOOT Kris!
Kris avoids a senton to somersault SENTON, then STANDING MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO! Kris keeps moving, and she basement DROPKICKS! Megan staggers, Kris CHOPS, and CHPOS, and CHOPS! Kris climbs up, rains down fists, but Megan brings her off the corner at 5! Kris fights free, but Megan ducks the roundhouse! Kris avoids the boot and ROUNDHOUSES after all! Megan staggers, the fans fire up, and kris runs at the corner. Kris blocks a boot, uses that to get under Megan for an Electric Chair, but Megan fights free. Megan sends Kris into the corner, runs up, but Kris dodges! Kris goes corner to corner, but Megan SPEARS!
The fans fire up while Megan stands back up, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Megan revels in the cheers and jeers, then drags Kris up. Megan bumps Kris off buckles, then RAMS into her again and again! The ref counts, Megan lets off, then she stalks Kris along the ropes. Megan pushes Kris into a corner, then CHOPS her! Megan whips Kris corner to corner, runs corner to corner, and SPLASHES! Megan then underhooks to BUTTTERFLY SUPLEX! Kris flounders, Megan stalks her to ropes, and Megan drags Kris back for a cocky cover. TWO, but Megan stays cool. Megan waistlocks for a REAR BEARHUG! Kris endures, fights up, and pries at the hold. Kris elbows again and again until she’s finally free.
Kris runs, but Megan clinches! OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY! Kris flounders away, and Megan storms up on Kris. Megan stands Kris up, then clinches, another OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY! Kris flounders, Megan stalks her, and Megan stands Kris up again. Megan short arm LARIATS, then drags Kris up again. Another short arm LARIAT! And another short arm LARIAT! Megan CLUBS Kris, has her in a drop zone, then goes up the corner. But Kris ROCKS her first! Kris goes up to SUPERPLEX! And roll through! But Megan hits the FALCON ARROW! Both women are down, but they’re still in this as Dynamite returns to single picture.
Megan and Kris rise up, and they throw hands! Kris and Megan DOUBLE LARIAT, then DOUBLE LARIAT again! They both roar, and DOUBLE LARIAT again! Kris kicks a leg out, then runs, but Megan BOOTS her first! Megan runs, but Kris DISCUS LARIATS! The fans fire up and Kris suplexes, GOURD BUSTER! Kris runs to SCISSOR KICK! Cover, TWO! Megan survives and Kris seethes but the fans fire up. Kris storms up on Megan, brings her around, and gut wrenches! Megan slips free, then ROCKS Kris! Megan waistlocks to deadlift GERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up again while Kris goes to the apron.
Megan storms out after Kris, brings her up, and fires a forearm! And another! And another, another, another! Megan winds up, but Kris ducks that to APRON BACK SUPLEX! The fans are thunderous as Kris pushesget Megan in. Kris fires herself up, but Megan rises?! And she goes up the ropes to DEADLIFT GERMAN SUPLEX Kris!! Megan roars, hauls Kris up to the top rope, and she CHOPS! Megan climbs, she and Kris brawl, and Kris gest the edge! Kris ROCKS Megan and Megan falls! Kris adjusts her position, but Megan distracts the ref while Penelope Ford rushes out here! Ford SHOVES Kris off the top!
The fans boo the Superbad Girl as she hides under the apron! Megan fireman’s carries, “BOW! DOWN!” F5!! Cover, Megan wins!
Winner: Megan Bayne, by pinfall
Just as Megan helped Ford with Thunder Rosa, Ford just helped Megan with Kris! Ford rains down fists on Kris while the fans boo more! But here comes Rosa! And she has a chair! La Mera Mera wants after them but Megan & Ford get in her face first! Ford and Rosa fight over the chair, but the ref steps in to settle this down. Megan & Ford leave, Rosa TOSSES the chair at them, will these four settle things soon enough?
Backstage interview with Max Caster.
Renee is now with Platinum Max and brings up his series of open challenges. He is 0-2, is he starting to reconsider his strategy? No, Renee, he is not. The strategy isn’t the problem, it’s how “Hangperson” was chasing him around the arena. That’s not what the open challenge is about. It’s about going eye to eye with the Best Wrestler Alive! And look into his eyes. He’ll tell you this right now, the open challenge will continue this Saturday on Collision, and he expects whoever answers to look him in the eyes, shake his hand, and get beat! Because Caster will prove to him and everyone else that you can’t be better than the best.
Renee wishes Caster luck, Caster thanks her and shows off his certificate. But just who will answer when Caster puts out the call?
Ricochet is here!
And he’s still wearing the stolen robe that belongs to Prince Nana. Phoenix boos the One & Only, but he grabs the mic to say, “Really? That’s what we gonna do? That’s how we gonna act, huh? Y’know what? That’s okay, because I would be angry and bitter, too, if I had to live in Phoenix, Arizona. It’s basically a poor man’s Las Vegas.” The fans boo but Ricochet says lucky for him, he has a helicopter waiting to lift him outta here when he’s finished. Because much like Kevin Durant, Ricochet is trying to get outta this boring ass town ASAP! The fans boo more, but Ricochet says fine, “You do you.” Ricochet will do Ricochet.
Because since the fans are acting like ungrateful animals, Ricochet will speak directly to the people at home. He knows they can hear him loud and clear, huh? Yes you can! But he needs them to understand that all the fans, all the booing, it doesn’t matter! None if it does! Because when you boo a winner, you boo into a void of nothing, and baybeh, Ricochet is nothing but a winner! Ricochet proved it two weeks ago when he pinned Swerve to the mat, 1-2-3! But in reality, Ricochet has been proving it from the moment he stepped foot in AEW! Let’s be real, Ricochet has been whooping the asses of all the favorites!
Ricochet whooped Swerve’s ass, Ospreay’s ass, Darby Allin’s ass, Komander’s ass! The fans chant for Swerve’s House, but Ricochet says that everyone here and plenty of you at home will never understand is that winners always have something to show for it. And oh does Ricochet have something to show for all of his success! Ricochet models the Embassy’s robe, the fans boo more, but Ricochet says check this. He is not content to just wear this. No, he came to AEW to wear championships. Ricochet will not be just another name on the roster! Ricochet will be the main name on this roster! He came to win, and more importantly, he came to win gold.
Ricochet says that is where his sights are set for 2025. He wants to be a champion here in AEW! Oh, wait, wait, let’s correct that. Ricochet will be a champion in AEW, because he’s too good looking not to be. But wait! Swerve is here! Phoenix fires up as Nana walks out first, sips his coffee, then shakes his head. Ricochet looks around, surely the Realest is lurking. Nana gets in the ring first, though, and has his own mic. Nana tells Ricochet he knows what he’s thinking. But this isn’t that. Nana wanted to take this time to talk to Ricochet one on one, so Swerve isn’t here right now. Nana knows they’ve been beefing these last couple of months, and he isn’t sure where that is going.
But one thing that Nana does know is that Ricochet is wearing something that doesn’t belong to him. Three DECADES, Nana has been in this business. In the ring, outside the ring, closing major deals, making champions, and heck, making history! And that robe has a lot to do with it. That robe right there represents pride, represents integrity, and represents those that Nana has walked through, and that we’ve lost. But one thing about that robe is that anyone who is wearing it has honor. Anyone that wears it has been bestowed the opportunity to be great. And Nana never gave Ricochet that opportunity.
Ricochet, honestly, if you’re still that happy-go-lucky guy, that winner that he always says he is, that humane individual, then just give the robe back. The fans chant “GIVE IT BACK! GIVE IT BACK!” Ricochet says Nana wants the robe back, is that all? Yeah, okay, sure. Take it from him. Ricochet stares Nana down, but then he asks what’s wrong. Is Nana gonna cry? That’s okay, we all have emotions. Nana ain’t getting the robe back. AHA~! Ricochet leaves, and Nana shakes his head. Nana tried doing this with diplomacy, will he have no choice but to let Swerve do things his way?
Revolution International Championship Series: Orange Cassidy VS Roderick Strong w/ The Undisputed Kingdom!
After Kenny Omega & Will Ospreay defeated Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher at Grand Slam: Australia, The Cleaner made it clear that he wants The Alpha 1v1, the title on the line. However, Tony Khan chose to raise the ante. Two former champions are giving this opportunity, the winner to face Konosuke for the title next week in San Diego! Who starts on this golden path into the Golden State?
The bell rings and the fans rally for “FRESHLY SQUEEZED! FRESHLY SQUEEZED!” Cassidy and Roddy circle, tie up, and Roddy waistlocks to SLAM Cassidy! Cassidy fights up, but Roddy wrangles him back to the mat. Cassidy fights back up, reaches out, and he SLAPS the hold apart! Cassidy drops, wheelbarrows, but Roddy half nelsons. Cassidy slips free, standing switches, and snapmares! Then he has Roddy for the photo op! Thumbs up, and then ghost pin! TWO! Roddy swings, Cassidy dodges, and Cassidy “CHOPS!” The fans lose their minds but Roddy asks, “Really?” Cassidy shrugs, then dodges Roddy’s back elbow!
Cassidy headlocks, Roddy powers up and out, but Cassidy ducks ‘n’ dodges. Cassidy then bails out, and he hugs Kyle! The fans cheer The Conglomeration reunion, but then Cassidy looks at Cole. Cole stares daggers at Cassidy, so Cassidy slowly turns, hand up to block Cole from view. Cassidy rolls into the ring, but Roddy is right on him! Roddy headlocks, Cassidy powers up and out, but Roddy CLOBBERS him! Things keep moving, Roddy hurdles to then slide out, and he hugs Kyle! AND Cole! But Cassidy DIVES onto Roddy! The fans fire up and Cassidy puts Roddy back in. The fans chant, “One More Hug!”
Cassidy says why not. He hugs Kyle! The fans cheer, Cassidy goes up, then leaps, into a DROPKICK from Roddy! The antiair takes Cassidy down, but Roddy puts him in a corner. Roddy CHOPS, then he stalks Cassidy. Roddy CHOPS Cassidy again, but Cassidy bails out. Cassidy paces while he catches his breath, then he rolls back in. But Roddy stomps away at the ropes! The ref counts, Roddy stops to haul Cassidy up, and Roddy uses the ropes to SLINGSHOT POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO! Roddy keeps Cassidy down with a chinlock, then shifts into a GROUND COBRA TWIST! Cassidy endures, fights up, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.
Cassidy stands, but Roddy fireman’s carries Cassidy for a HOTSHOT on the ropes! Cassidy falls back and sputters while Roddy flexes. Roddy drags Cassidy up, whips him to a corner, and Cassidy hits buckles hard! Roddy storms up on Cassidy, drags him up, and scoops for a BACKBREAKER! Cassidy writhes, Roddy drags him up, and brings him into a CAMEL CLUTCH! Cassidy endures, fights to get his arms free, but Roddy pulls the arms back into place. Cassidy still has one arm free as he endures being bent back. Cassidy gets the other arm free, but Roddy keeps on the stretch. Cassidy slips out he back, rolls Roddy up, TWO!
Roddy DROPKICKS Cassidy right down! Cover, TWO! Cassidy survives and even shakes his head. Roddy drags Cassidy up, gives him a hug and puts him in a corner. To CHOP! Cassidy drops to his knees, but Roddy brings him back up. Roddy suplexes, Cassidy blocks, but Roddy CLUBS away! Roddy suplexes, Cassidy flails! Roddy CLUBS away, suplexes again, but Cassidy cradle counters! TWO!! Roddy escapes, and he LARIATS Cassidy down! Roddy drags Cassidy into a leglock, and he goes for the chinlock! Cassidy endures the Angelito Stretch, then fights up, pries the hold open, only for Roddy to KNEE him low!
Roddy puts Cassidy in a corner, then up top. But Cassidy BOOTS back! Cassidy adjusts position, but Roddy GAMANGIRIS! Roddy climbs up, gut wrenches, but Cassidy clings to the ropes! Cassidy fires body shots, then Dynamite returns to single picture. Cassidy ROCKS Roddy, he drops back, and Cassidy goes to the apron. Roddy runs up, Cassidy RAMS him, ROCKS him, then SLINGSHOT DDTS! The fans fire up while both men are down! Cole & Kyle coach Roddy, the fans rally, and Cassidy rises first. Cassidy goes to a corner, comes back for Roddy, but Roddy CHOPS! Cassidy shakes his head, and comes back.
Roddy CHOPS again, but Cassidy is just getting angry! Roddy CHOPS him down, but Cassidy’s right back up! Cassidy is pumping up, and he puts his hands… IN HIS POCKETS! Roddy CHOPS, and CHOPS, and CHOPS! Cassidy dodges, ducks ‘n’ dodges, then SHOTGUNS Roddy down! And kips up! The fans fire up for Cassidy, and he goes corner to corner, only for Roddy to put him on the apron. But Cassidy bumps Roddy off buckles! Then goes side to side for another buckle bump! And then back again for a third! Cassidy climbs while Roddy staggers, and Cassidy FLYING LARIATS! Cassidy gets moving, ducks ‘n’ dodges, tilt-o-whirl-
NO, Roddy slips free, suplexes, STUN- NO! Roddy stops the Stun Dog Millionaire to half nelson, but Cassidy swings to ARM-DRAG! Cassidy then ducks ‘n’ dodges, tilt-o-whirls, and DDTS! The fans fire up and Cassidy covers, TWO! Roddy survives and the fans rally up. Cole & Kyle coach Roddy, but Cassidy rises again. Roddy goes to ropes, Cassidy Alabama Lifts! Roddy CLUBS away on Cassidy’s back to stop that! Roddy shoves Cassidy, BOOTS him, ENZIGIRIS, then reels him in, but Cassidy sunset flips! TWO!! Roddy escapes, takes a swing, but into the Alabama Lift! BEACH BREAK! Cover, TWO!! Roddy survives and Cole coaches him up more.
The fans rally again and Cassidy goes to a corner. Cassidy prepares the elbow pad,. but a STRON GKNEE hits first! Then the IRISH CURSE BACKBREAKER, into another IRISH CURSE! And then a torture rack, for the RACK BACKBREAKER DROP!! Cover, TWO!! Cassidy survives and Roddy is frustrated. Cole & Kyle coach Roddy to keep going, and Roddy goes for the legs. But Cassidy spins, only for Roddy to block the victory roll! Roddy spins Cassidy back around, turns him over, STRONG- NO, Cassidy fights out of Stronghold! Roddy holds onto the legs, turns Cassidy over again, only for Cassidy to turn back over!
Cassidy spins and drags Roddy into the victory roll! TWO!! Roddy escapes yet again, then ducks an Orange Punch, IRISH CURSE BACKBREAKAR!! TEXAS CLOVERLEAF! Cassidy scrambles and fights forward, ROPEBREAK!! Roddy lets go in frustration and both men are tiring out. Cassidy drags himself up with the ropes, Roddy stands and storms over, and Roddy YANKS Cassidy up! Cassidy lands on his feet to “kick,” then he fires real kicks! Cassidy stomps away, then runs, but into a POP-UP GUTBUSTER!! And a SICK KICK!! Roddy ain’t done, he hits END OF- STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE!! Cassidy powers up, ORANGE PUNCH!! Cover, Cassidy wins!!
Winner: Orange Cassidy, by pinfall (advances to the AEW International Championship match)
And with that, Dynamite is Freshly Squeezed! The Undisputed Kingdom heads out, Tony Schiavone steps in, and Schiavone says Cassidy is back and better than ever. It will be live from coast to coast when AEW is in San Diego, and Cassidy will go 1v1 with Takeshita for the title, winner going on to Revolution. If Cassidy wins, he’ll become the greatest International Champion in AEW history! But before Cassidy can speak, The Don Callis Family makes their way out here. Callis has a mic to say he has something important to say.
Mark Davis & Konosuke Takeshita flank Callis as he tells Cassidy, “I guess you’re gonna go tell everyone you’re the greatest International Champion of all time. But to me, you’re nothing but a red-headed hippy! You’re nothing but a loud mouth punk! GET HIM!” Callis sends Konosuke & Davis to go after Cassidy! They beat Cassidy down, and then Davis scoop SLAMS him! SENTON! Konosuke drags Cassidy up and Callis wants his shot! Callis kicks low, but here comes Kenny! Omega fires off on Konosuke & Davis! The fans fire up as Omega throws hands on Konosuke, but Davis grabs him for a SLEEPER! Konosuke kicks Omega in the gut!
The fans boo as Omega suffers, and Konosuke winds up. Davis sends Omega into the ALPHA ELBOW! Cassidy stands back up, Davis rushes him, but Cassidy DUMPS Davis out! Konosuke CLUBS Cassidy, and brings him in for RAGING- STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Omega is up to V-TRIGGER! Cassidy adds an ORANGE PUNCH! The Don Callis Family regroups and retreats! Phoenix fires up for Omega & Orange as Omega holds up the belt, the fans like how that looks! But Cassidy looks at the belt, wanting to have it back. Who makes it through this Revolution International Championship Series as THE champion?
My Thoughts:
A great Dynamite here to follow up the Australia specials and move things towards Revolution. Great promo segment to open with MJF and Hangman, and MJF has his “Heel making a good point” moment saying how the “forgiveness” is rather hypocritical. To be fair, Kevin Owens has made a similar argument recently, but it’s still valid in all of pro-wrestling where some Heels can never truly go Face. Anyway, good stuff to set up their match at Revolution, including that moment Hangman has with Daniels. And as I said last week, Hangman VS MJF should be seen as an unofficial #1 contender’s match, the winner aimed at the world title going towards AEW Dynasty in April.
Speaking of the world title, good stuff with Willow and Marina brawling again, leading into Moxley’s promo that then led into Cope & White getting after the Death Riders again. I really thought Cope was going to up the ante on the title match, but he instead implies he’s going to use the next two weeks, the next four AEW shows between Dynamite and Collision going into Revolution to have matches with Claudio, Yuta and Pac in whatever order, and take them off the board. I would think Jay White and even Willow are part of that, maybe even The Gunns as they rejoin White in the Bang Bang Gang, which could be some really good stuff that branches off into other matches.
Really good Trios match from Patriarchy VS Opps. The Opps have a good theme song, but maybe a little too chill. That aside, The Opps of course won and it was of course Nick Wayne taking the loss. I still think we should get Joe VS Christian, and then that’s a smokescreen where Christian loses only to come back and cash-in on the world title. It’s gotta happen, it’ll help shake things up, and again, how can we ignore a new Cope VS Christian feud? Very good promo from Toni Storm to leave it up in the air who her next feud is with, and pretty good promo segment with Mone and Momo to set up their feud. But now that Momo said TBS Championship, pretty sure Mone wins.
Toni did name drop Kris, and Kris Statlander has yet to challenge for the world title, so maybe she moves up after what we’re getting with her, Rosa, Ford & Bayne. Great match from Kris VS Megan, but I should’ve figured Ford would get involved to screw Kris over. And naturally, Ford would beat up Kris and that’d cue Rosa to make the save. But how did they botch that so badly? The irony is this was a botch where next to nothing happened when clearly something should have. It feels like someone between Ford and Megan forgot what they were to do, because the easy option would’ve been for them to slip out of the ring, but it just ended up awkward. The tag match will be good, and we can still do singles matches after, but this was a bad hiccup.
Jericho had a good promo to call out Bandido, and I didn’t think the ROH World Championship would be happening now. With that, there might be shenanigans that help Jericho win, which is a shame. Good promo from Cage & Archer to call out The Hurt Syndicate, and we’ll surely get a confrontation on Collision that then makes the tag title match for Revolution. That’s gonna be some big meaty men slapping meat there, much like tonight’s Street Fight. Though, AEW really needs to clarify how their rulebook works. Given the ten count, this was really a Last Man Standing match disguised as a Street Fight. But naming conventions aside, still great stuff, and Hobbs getting the win works so that he can move on, perhaps to a title match of his own.
Very good promo from Ricochet with Nana, and you can bet the robe will be the apparent prize in whatever rematch we get from Ricochet and Swerve. And knowing Swerve, he and Ricochet could have one killer No Disqualification style match. Good promo from Caster to play off his Open Challenge losses like they were for other reasons other than Caster isn’t the Best Wrestler Alive. And y’know what? They mentioned Gabe Kidd showing up for Collision, so why not two birds with one stone? Gabe should answer the challenge, beat the snot out of Caster, then call out just about anyone he wants, because he’s Gabe Kidd.
Very good promo from The Undisputed Kingdom, but what a copout on The Conglomeration not really being a thing anymore. Did they not want to put in the time to do a quick promo where The Conglomeration disassembles? I did like how Cassidy hugged Kyle and felt awkward around Cole, though. But still a great main event from Cassidy VS Roddy, and Cassidy winning makes a lot of sense. For one, The Kingdom can still do a feud with The Death Riders over the trios and world titles, but also, Cassidy really did establish the International Championship. Good stuff with Don Callis Family going after Cassidy, then Omega making the save. It’s also a good tease of Omega VS Cassidy for the first time since Omega was world champion, but we’re definitely getting Omega VS Takeshita at Revolution.
My Score: 8.8/10
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