All In: Texas just gets bigger and bigger!

AEW raises the stakes on All In with a Men’s AND Women’s Casino Gauntlet! But who will win the treasured number one spots and improve their odds?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Will Ospreay & Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS Blake Christian & Lee Johnson; Ospreay & Swerve win.
• Kota Ibushi VS Trent Beretta w/ Rocky Romero; Ibushi wins.
• Ricochet & AR Fox VS #JetSpeed; JetSpeed wins.
• Men’s Casino Gauntlet Number One Spot Fatal 4 Way: Bandido VS Konosuke Takeshita VS Mark Briscoe VS Roderick Strong; Briscoe wins and will start the All In: Texas Men’s Casino Gauntlet.
• Women’s Casino Gauntlet Number One Spot Fatal 4 Way: Athena VS Willow Nightingale VS Thunder Rosa VS Kris Statlander; Kris wins and will start the All In: Texas Women’s Casino Gauntlet.
• Hangman Page VS The Beast Mortos; Hangman wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

Toni Storm arrives backstage.

Luther accompanies the AEW Women’s World Champion, only for MERCEDES MONE to attack! The CEO wipes out the butler, SMACKS Toni off the road cases, and talks trash as she pulls Toni’s red jacket off her! Mone SMACKS Toni off more cases, laughs as she welcomes us all to Dynamite, and then drags Toni to the stage! Mone KICKS Toni, SMACKS her off the stage, then takes a mic from the ring staff before she SHOVES that guy down! Mone asks Toni, “You wanna play games, huh? Is this what you wanted? You wanted to embarrass me, you stupid little b*tch?! Well, let’s play!” Mone clamps on the STATEMENT MAKER!!

The fans boo as Mone makes Toni suffer! Toni kicks and flails but can’t get free! Mone tells Toni is just a stupid act, and she will never beat Mone! Refs rush out here, as does Christopher Daniels! Mone ignores them all, but then MINA SHIRAKAWA rushes out here! Mone runs from Mina and the fans cheer her on. Mina is pissed, but Mone tells them both, “Darling… Let the games begin!” The CEO leaves, the fans boo, but will Mone pay for escalating this feud?

The Young Bucks are on the tron.

Nicholas Jackson starts with, “Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. ‘Tis your Founding Fathers, Matthew & Nicholas, your Executive Vice Presidents of AEW. Hey, Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland, you guys are teaming up in a tag match tonight. It’s in the second hour and-” Matt stops Nick there. He lets Nick know that Matt used their “backstage influence” to move that match up on the card. Matt hopes Ospreay & Swerve are prepared, because that match isn’t later tonight. It’s right now! So go ahead, guys, cue up Ospreay’s music. The fans are excited, but this is clearly an abuse of power just to mess with their enemies.

Blake Christian & Lee Johnson wait in the ring, this match being moved up on them as much as on Ospreay & Swerve. And whoa, here comes Ospreay as fast as he can, wrapping his wrists with tape! Can the Aerial Assassin & The Realest prove they’re always ready? Or will the Bucks serve them up on a silver platter to the Vanilla Babyface & Big Shotty?

Will Ospreay & Swerve Strickland w/ Prince Nana VS Blake Christian & Lee Johnson!

The teams sort out and Swerve starts against Lee. The fans rally as the two circle, and they tie up. Swerve wrenches and wrangles Lee with a wristlock, but Lee kips up and whips. Swerve reverses, Lee goes up and over to roll. Lee eggs Swerve on, then dodges to get around and waistlock. Lee shoves Swerve, Swerve ducks ‘n’ dodges, Lee drops then hurdles, but Swerve avoids the dropkick! Swerve runs up, Lee avoids the kick, but Swerve gator rolls! Lee fights free of the suplex and tags Blake. The fans rally for “Whose House?” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” Swerve tags Ospreay in and the fans rally as Ospreay and Blake circle.

Ospreay CHOPS Blake, CHOPS again, then CHOPS again. Ospreay whips, Blake hurdles then RANAS! Ospreay is up but Blake DROPKICKS him down! The fans sing for Ospreay but Blake swaggers. Blake SLAPS Ospreay, then soaks up the heat. Blake runs in at the corner, but Ospreay BOOTS him! Blake runs up but Ospreay atomic drops, CHOPS, and then he tags Swerve. The fans fire up as Ospreay sends Blake to Swerve for a BACKBREAKER! Ospreay adds a KNEE DROP! Blake flounders away but Lee runs up, only to get a DOUBLE FLAPJACK! Ospreay & Swerve run to DOUBLE BOOT Lee down! The fans fire up as Ospreay & Swerve stand tall!

Swerve brings Blake up, tags Ospreay, and then Swerve scoops to SLAM Blake! Ospreay STANDING SKY TWISTERS! Cover, TWO! Blake shows some toughness so Ospreay stands him up, but Blake CLAWS Ospreay’s eyes! Blake whips, Ospreay ducks ‘n’ dodges to handspring and NEURALIZER KICK! Lee is back in but Ospreay TOSSES him back out! The fans fire up as Ospreay now PLANCHAS! Down goes Lee and Ospreay hurries back to the apron. Ospreay waits, but then the Young Bucks decide to come out here? Matt & Nick strut on stage, but Blake BOOTS Ospreay off the apron! Swerve runs in but Blake dodges to triangle jump DROPKICK!

The fans boo as Blake builds speed to FOSBURY TOPE! The fans boo but the Bucks approve, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Blake throws hands on Ospreay, puts him back in the ring, then puts him in the corner. Blake RAMS into Ospreay, digs his shoulder in, but stops as the ref counts. Tag to Lee and Lee stomps a mudhole into Ospreay. The Bucks get big armchairs to watch this from the stage as Lee stops. Lee drags Ospreay up, RAMS into him again and again, then snapmares to roll and SLIDING FOREARM! Cover, TWO! Lee drags Ospreay over, tags Blake, and they mug Ospreay, focusing on his arm. Blake keeps Ospreay from Swerve and puts him in an open corner. Blake wraps Ospreay’s arm around the ropes and pulls!

The ref reprimands and counts while Ospreay grabs at Blake’s hair. Blake YANKS Ospreay’s arm before he backs off. Ospreay comes back with JABS, but Blake kicks low. Blake CLUBS Ospreay and puts him in the corner. Blake fires body shots, then he digs his boots in. The ref counts, Blake stops, but Lee CHOKES Ospreay behind the ref’s back! Lee gets away with that and Blake brings Ospreay around. Blake CLUBS Ospreay’s bad arm, then steps over to HIP DROP it! Blake ROCKS Ospreay to a corner, then wrenches for a knuckle lock. Blake goes up a corner, flexes, and he tightrope walks with some swagger.

Blake reaches all the way to his corner and Dynamite returns to single picture. Blake says let’s keep it going, and he tightrope walks towards the other corner, for a FLYING ARM-DRAG! Then he fireman’s carries, ROLLING DEATH VALLEY! Sucker punch on Swerve! Lee hits a FROG SPLASH, Blake hits a 450 SPLASH! Cover, but Swerve breaks it! The fans cheer but the ref reprimands. Swerve backs off and Blake stands Ospreay up. Ospreay ROCKS Blake! Blake keeps Ospreay from Swerve but Ospreay fires forearms! The fans rally as Ospreay still reaches out, but Blake whips Ospreay away. Ospreay BOOTS Lee!

Ospreay fires forearms on Blake but Blake kicks low! Blake runs, but into the TIGER WALL KICK, then ENZIGIRI! Both men are down but the fans fire up! Ospreay reaches out, rolls, and hot tags Swerve! Swerve rallies on Blake & Lee with kick after kick! HAYMAKER and ROLLING ELBOW for Blake! Wrench and lift for Lee, CORNER BOMB into Blake! Swerve UPPERCUTS Blake, snapmares him, then goes up for the FALLING UPPERCUT! Swerve hits the Griddy and Seattle loves it! The fans fire up as Swerve goes out, BOOTS Lee down, then goes up and in, somersault FLATLINER! Cover, TWO! The fans cheer and Swerve grins as he watches Blake sputter.

The Bucks are upset as Swerve half nelsons, but Blake slips out and under! Blake BOOTS, but he runs into a HIP TOSS! Lee has Swerve but Swerve uses the British Escape! Swerve then drops down, and Ospreay’s HIDDEN BLADE takes out Lee! The fans fire up and Swerve gator rolls Blake! Suplex, CHASING THE DRAGON!! Then the fans fire up even more for “Whose House?!” “SWERVE’S HOUSE!” HOUSE CALL!! Cover, Swerve & Ospreay win!

Winners: Will Ospreay & Swerve Strickland, by pinfall

Ospreay & Swerve win the little game The Bucks tried to play, but now security rushes in to keep Swerve away from the EVPs. The fans boo while The Bucks taunt Swerve, but Ospreay tells Swerve they can do this another time. Swerve grabs a mic to say, “Year after year after year, not only me but the rest of us have to deal with this bull crap from these EVPs right here!” The fans boo but Nick says Swerve needs to shut up. Swerve says after the incredible year AEW has been having, this is the last time Swerve wants to deal with The Bucks. “So how about I… WE do something about it?” Ospreay says he’s in!

Swerve says he is The Franchise, Ospreay is The Feeling! The Most Dangerous Man & The Aerial Assassin challenge The Young Bucks to a match! And Swerve knows just the place to do it! Swerve looks up at the poster and says, “ALL IN!!” The fans fire up for that! Ospreay says, “YES, BRUV!” Ospreay isn’t sure about Swerve and Seattle, but Ospreay wants to up the stakes a bit! Ospreay says they do have to give it up to The Bucks, they are the Founding Fathers of AEW. But AEW exists because of the fans that supported them! And tell Ospreay if he’s wrong, but he’s pretty sure we’re all done with the power that the Bucks keep abusing!

The fans cheer but The Bucks are getting mad! Ospreay says The Bucks have done more harm than good, so they need to be stripped of that power! Ospreay says at All In, they need to put the titles of being EVP on the line! The fans love that idea but the Bucks are livid! They push their way forward through security and referees, only for Swerve to SUPER KILL STOMP!! Swerve wipes out the whole pile, but The Bucks narrowly avoided disaster! Swerve chucks one of the chairs at them as they go running! Swerve & Ospreay have Seattle feeling electric! Will Matt & Nick risk losing their authority? Or will The Bucks prove they’re really just weasels?

The Young Bucks regroup backstage.

Nick tells Swerve he is a dumbass! Does Swerve not realize what he’s just done? Matt says that trick he just played…! Yeah, Swerve really IS stupid. Per the AEW employee handbook, Swerve “put his hands” on an AEW official! The ref going down in that pile means Swerve is SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY! Get Swerve’s ass outta the building! But in steps Kazuchika Okada. The Rainmaker calms The Bucks down and introduces his new friends. Or rather, his new family. The Don Callis Family’s Konosuke Takeshita, Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta step in.

Rocky says, “Who would’ve thought? From the days of Okada & Roppongi Vice in Chaos feuding with you guys in Bullet Club, to all of us on the same side.” Matt admits, that is a long and storied past, and the Bucks like all of them. But their boss? Kind of a prick. Be careful with him. But yes, one common goal. That common goal is to strap Okada up and make him the first-ever AEW UNIFIED Champion. And speaking of a common goal, the other goal is to hurt Kenny Omega. And what better way to do that than to hurt his Golden Lover? Trent says he wants us all to watch what he’s gonna do to Ibushi, because they’re gonna love it.

The Bucks fist-bump with RPG Vice and Nick says this might just work out after all. Okada also fist-bumps his friends, but then has a tense stare down with Konosuke. The Alpha reminds Okada that this is only temporary. Okada says okay, daijobu (it’s all good). The Rainmaker heads out, but will he have a family feud with Konosuke after All In?

Kota Ibushi VS Trent Beretta w/ Rocky Romero!

Just when The Jackal claimed Kenny Omega was all out of friends, the Golden Star returned to AEW! Callis claims Ibushi is a violent maniac that needs to be put down, but will #JustTrent be enough? Or will Ibushi cut through the family tree to avenge The Best Bout Machine?

The bell rings and the fans rally behind Ibushi. Ibushi and Trent slowly circle, tie up, and Ibushi powers Trent back. They end up on ropes but Trent turns things around. The ref counts, Trent lets off slowly, and the two reset. They circle again, tie up, and Ibushi waistlocks. Trent switches, Ibushi switches back then SLAMS Trent down! Ibushi facelocks, Trent slips free to facelock back, but Ibushi rolls through to wrench the arm. Ibushi then trips Trent, rolls him using a leg, and he snapmares to ghost pin! TWO, and Trent hurries to ropes. Trent runs back up, Ibushi dodges to DROPKICK! The fans fire up as Ibushi stands.

Trent goes to a corner, Ibushi rallies the fans, but Rocky distracts from the apron! This lets Trent CLOBBER Ibushi! The fans boo but Trent scowls as he stands Ibushi up. Trent fires forearms on Ibushi against the ropes, the ref counts, and Trent backs off. But then Trent runs and DROPKICKS Ibushi outta the ring! The fans boo while Ibushi flops to the floor. Trent stays back, but that lets Rocky KICK Ibushi! Rocky gets more cheap shots in, then hurries away before the ref sees him. Trent goes out to BOOT Ibushi into railing! The fans boo Trent and rally for Ibushi, but Trent puts Ibushi in the ring. “YOU LOVE IT! YOU LOVE IT!”

Trent storms in while Ibushi goes to a corner. The fans rally, Trent runs up, but Ibushi goes up and over! SNAP POWERSLAM! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Ibushi rises, the fans rally, and Ibushi KICKS Trent down! And KICKS him down again! Trent rises a third time, into Ibushi’s strike fest! And KICK! The fans fire up while Trent is down, and Ibushi STANDING MOONSAULTS! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up and Ibushi brings Trent around. Trent fights the half nelson, arm-drags Ibushi away, then SUPERKICKS! Both men are down and the fans boo! Trent rises, soaks up the heat, then aims from a corner.

Trent runs in, BUSAIKU KNEE! Trent reels Ibushi in, lifts, and GOTCH PILEDRIVER!! Cover, TWO?!?! Ibushi survives and Trent is fuming! Rocky coaches Trent while Ibushi sputters and snarls. Trent kicks Ibushi around, pie faces him, and the fans boo. Ibushi gets mad, but Trent SLAPS him! And kicks him! Ibushi CHOPS! Ibushi throws palm strikes but Trent ducks the kick! Trent half nelsons for the SNAP HALF ‘N’ HALF! But Ibushi’s right up!! And he catches Trent to a SNAP DRAGON! A shoutout to Kenny and the fans fire up! Both men are down but the fans rally. Ibushi rises, feeds off the energy, and he sits Trent up.

Ibushi runs but Trent ducks the kick! Ibushi turns victory roll into a sit-down cover, TWO! Trent has the victory roll, TWO! Trent ghost pins, TWO!! Ibushi barely gets free, but Trent grabs an arm! Trent wrenches and ROCKS Ibushi, then short arm LARIATS! Trent drags Ibushi up, fires another forearm, then winds up for another LARI- NO, Ibushi blocks, double cording holds, and he pushes Trent down! Ibushi DOUBLE STOMPS Trent! The fans fire up and Ibushi sits Trent back up! Trent flails, he knows what Ibushi wants! Trent arm-drags Ibushi into ropes! Ibushi staggers up, Trent runs, but into a V-TRIGGER from Ibushi!

Ibushi has Trent’s wrists, for KAMI-GOYE!! Cover, Ibushi wins!!

Winner: Kota Ibushi, by pinfall

The Golden Star has Trent seeing stars, but wait! The Rainmaker decides to make his way out here! Okada struts out on stage, belt on his shoulder, and he soaks up the heat from Seattle. Okada goes to the ring, and he stares down with Ibushi. Seattle is losing its mind just seeing this, and Ibushi dares Okada to bring the fight. Okada decides not to, and he leaves the ring. The fans boo, but Ibushi is patient. Because BREAKING NEWS courtesy of Tony Khan! For next Wednesday, Dynamite 300, we WILL see Okada VS Ibushi 1v1! Will Ibushi make sure Okada feels just a bit of what he did to Omega? Or will Okada be rolling towards All In: Texas?

Jon Moxley speaks.

“The only thing we ever actually have is the present moment. And it slips through our fingers like sand. Hangman Page has lost hold of what’s come before a thousand times over, and here it is in his hands again. Will he grab it and take hold of it? Will he show up for it like it’s shown up for him? I don’t think so. Why would I? The Cowboy is afraid. Not afraid of me, not a fear of failure. Hangman Page is afraid to become what the world needs him to be. He shies away, ‘Aw shucks. I’m not so special.’ For a guy like me, who’s walked the path that I’ve walked, to be standing here today the world champion, Hangman Page makes me absolutely sick.

“I have less than zero sympathy for your plight. For your crybaby emo crap. The world champion doesn’t shy away from responsibility. The world champion walks into the fire and does not take a single ounce of crap from anybody! You make me absolutely sick. Reach out and grab it, man! Shy away from your gifts, what you’ve been given… What happened, man? You ain’t what these people think you are. On July 12th, when you’re fiddling around with your emotional turmoil, worrying about who’s your friend and who’s not your friend, I don’t care who’s your friend, I don’t care who’s not your friend.

“Your enemies attack from the past, your enemies attack from in here (the mind). While you’re playing around with this, you’re gonna be getting elbowed in the face. On July 12th, you’re going to be choked into oblivion. On July 12th, you’re gonna be getting dumped on the top of your skull. On July 12th, I show the world what the world champion looks like! You? You oughta start looking for another job.” The Maniac has issued another warning, but will Hangman make it all talk when it’s time to go All In?

Backstage interview with AR Fox.

Renee Paquette is with the Whole Fox’n Show and says there has been a lot of momentum on his side lately. Just last Saturday, Fox went toe-to-toe with the AEW World Champion, Jon Moxley. It wasn’t a victory for Fox, but it still feels like things are moving in his direction. What’s next for him? Fox says he got all this momentum, but- Ricochet interrupts. Ricochet assures Fox, he is not here with any animosity or ill will. It’s the opposite. Ricochet isn’t sure if Fox is aware, but Ricochet has been searching for specific individuals with a unique set of skills to help his quest for gold become a reality.

And they’ve known each other for decades! Fox has everything it takes to help Ricochet. Ricochet wants Fox to join his crew. They can team up against those “two chumps,” Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight, aka JetSpeed. What’s Fox say? Fox considers the team-up, but then Ricochet takes his hand to shake it! Ricochet knew Fox would be up for it! A man never forgets his handshakes or goes back on his word! Ricochet heads out, and Fox just got dragged into something. But will things really go as smoothly as Ricochet hopes? Or will The Only & Only stay the One & Only?

Ricochet & AR Fox VS #JetSpeed!

The teams sort out and Kevin Knight starts against Ricochet. Ricochet tells Fox to listen to him and be smart. But then he turns around into haymakers! Fox runs in but Speedball is on him with hands! Bailey TOSSES Fox, Knight CHOPS Ricochet, then bumps Ricochet off buckles. Ricochet dodges a chop, but finds himself surrounded! Ricochet takes swings, misses them all, and then he gets pinballed by forearms and CHOPS! Ricochet tags Fox, Fox jumps in, but into a DOUBLE HIP TOSS! JetSpeed double whip, Fox grabs ropes, and Fox TOSSES Bailey! Fox DUMPS Knight out, sweeps the legs, then runs to BLACK HOLE STOMP!

The fans fire up, and then Fox CANNONBALLS onto Bailey! The fans fire up and Ricochet says he knows what he’s doing teaming with Fox. Fox runs back in, Knight stops the cutter, but Fox goes Matrix to dodge! PELE! Knight falls, the fans fire up, and Fox brings Knight up. Fox suplexes, ANARCHY! Cover, TWO! Knight is tougher than that, and Ricochet is annoyed already. Fox brings Knight up and around, fires forearms, then whips. Knight bounces off buckles, but into a LARIAT! Ricochet says Fox is doing great! Fox covers, TWO! Ricochet gets fans to rally, but they love chanting “BALD! BALD! BALD!” at him.

Fox brings Knight up, but Knight fires a forearm! Fox knees low, reels Knight into a fireman’s carry, but Knight slips free! Knight waistlocks, Fox switches, but Knight elbows free. Ricochet runs up, Knight dodges and LARIATS Ricochet up and out! The fans fire up, Bailey LARIATS Fox up and out! The fans fire up even more, and now JetSpeed DOUBLE PLANCHAS! Down go Fox & Ricochet and the fans fire up! Ricochet flounders away while Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Bailey stands Ricochet up against railing, and KICKS him! Ricochet staggers away, Knight puts Fox in the ring, and then Knight takes aim. Fox KICKS Knight as he rams through the ropes! Fox then runs and DRAPING DDTS! Fox rolls through to cover, TWO!! Knight survives but Fox stays cool. Fox drags Knight up, Ricochet tags himself in, and he CLUBS Knight. Ricochet shoos Fox to the corner, then snapmares Knight. Ricochet rolls to KICK! Ricochet soaks up heat before he covers, TWO! Ricochet floats to rain down fists! The ref says those are closed fists but Ricochet claims he’s doing palm strikes.

Ricochet kicks Knight around, then puts him in a corner. Ricochet RAMS into Knight again and again, but stops as the ref counts. Ricochet snapmares Knight, runs and ELBOW DROPS! Ricochet taunts the fans, then pushes Knight to a cover, TWO! Knight is tougher than all that, but Ricochet mockingly claps at Bailey. Knight pushes Ricochet but Ricochet CLOBBERS Knight! Ricochet stomps Knight around, taunts Bailey, then storms up over to Knight. Knight CHOPS Ricochet! Ricochet CLAWS Knight’s face! Ricochet puts Knight in the corner, then he argues with the ref while not so subtly signaling to Fox to attack!

Fox doesn’t want to do that and Ricochet argues with Fox now. Ricochet CLUBS Knight, the ref counts, so Ricochet brings Knight out to CLUB him down again. Ricochet suplexes but Knight blocks! Dynamite returns to single picture as Ricochet CLUBS Knight again. Ricochet tags Fox in, they work together, but then there’s confusion. Are they going to double whip or double suplex? Fox thought it was the former but Ricochet wanted the latter. They talk it out, coordinate again, but then it’s flipped! Ricochet was going to whip and Fox was going to suplex! Fox shoves Ricochet, Ricochet has them both calm down, and Ricochet runs up on Knight.

Knight dodges Ricochet to BOOT Fox! Ricochet runs back in but Knight DUMPS Ricochet out! Knight hurries, hot tag to Bailey! The fans fire up as Speedball dodges Fox, then fires off the LIGHTNING KICKS! ENZIGIRI! SOBAT! And then AX KICK! And ROUND KICK! Fox is down, Bailey runs, STANDING SHOOTING STAR! Cover, Ricochet breaks it! Ricochet whips, Knight tags in, and Bailey CHOPS! Bailey whips Ricochet, JetSpeed then bypass and DOUBLE DROPKICK! Ricochet tumbles out, Knight somersaults and Bailey gives him a boost to FLYING LARIAT on Fox! Cover, TWO! Fox survives and the fans rally.

Knight tags Bailey, but Ricochet YANKS Bailey down and RAMS him into steel steps! Fox CLUBS Knight but into Ricochet! Ricochet is down, Fox runs up, and Fox DIVES to take out Bailey! Fox puts Bailey back in, aims again, and he runs at the corner, into a THRUST KICK! Bailey goes up, Fox runs back in! LO MEIN PAIN!! The fans are thunderous while both men are down! Both men crawl, they both reach out, but Ricochet seethes. Hot tag to Knight, NO TAG to Ricochet! The One & Only blames Fox for that spill earlier! The fans boo but Fox dodges Knight, dodges again, but Knight’s DROPKICK finds him!

Knight pops Fox up for the SKY2HIGH! Knight calls his shot, he goes up top, and he aims for the MOTHERSHIP UFO SPLASH!! Cover, JetSpeed wins!

Winners: #JetSpeed, by pinfall

Ricochet wanted Fox on his side, but only as a follower. Will Ricochet only have himself to blame in the end? As for JetSpeed, Tony Schiavone greets them at the ramp, and says they are red hot in the tag team rankings. Bailey says that’s right! And with great power comes great responsibility! The AEW World Tag Team Championships have been held hostage for way too long! It is time for someone to come to their rescue! Knight says Bailey is 100% right. Those titles are being held hostage! Worse than OKC was holding the Supersonics’ legacy hostage for all this time! Seattle cheers that!

Knight says it is time for the tag titles to come home around the waists of #JetSpeed! Knight has a quick little song for everyone. How’s it go again? Oh, right. “One, two, you hear the clock tickin’.” Tick-tock! Hurt Syndicate, JetSpeed’s about to hurt your feelings! All In: Texas, JetSpeed is coming! But then the Hurt Syndicate attacks! Bobby Lashley beats down Bailey while Shelton Benjamin is all over Knight! The fans are torn but MVP & MJF walk out to watch this. Lashley LARIATS Bailey on the ramp! Shelton THROWS Knight into and over the steel steps! MJF applauds, and Lashley sends Bailey into the steps!

Shelton hauls Knight up for a BARRIER BACK SUPLEX! Lashley gives Bayley an APRON URENAGE! MVP has MJF follow him and they go off to the side. Shelton snap suplexes Knight on the ramp! Lashley feeds Bailey to Shelton for a snap suplex on the floor! And this is a hockey stadium, so all that’s under the pads is solid ice! MJF & MVP return, and they’ve brought a table! They set the table up on the stage, and MVP says this is what JetSpeed asked for! Shelton drags Knight over using a sleeper, MJF says, “We hurt people, baby! WOO~!” Lashley CLUBS Bailey down while Shelton places Knight on the table. Lashley then gives Bailey a MILE HIGH SLAM onto Knight and the table!

Seattle is torn as JetSpeed is down in the wreckage, but the Hurt Syndicate stands tall. MVP wants a mic, a mic is presented, and MVP says, “Now that we’ve taken care of that little bit of business… Can I please have the tag team champions’ titles brought out? Thank you very much.” A ring crew member brings the titles to Lashley & Shelton, and MVP says, “Gentlemen, shall we proceed to take care of business the right way? Production truck! Music, please.” The song plays and MVP nods. The four head to the ring and the introductions are given. MVP then says, “Attention AEW viewing audience: This is an official announcement from the Hurt Syndicate.

“The AEW Tag Team Champions, ‘The Standard of Excellence,’ Shelton Benjamin, ‘The All Mighty’ Bobby Lashley. I am absolutely begging you! Please, will SOMEONE stand up to the AEW Tag Team Champions? Please, somebody do it! Please, somebody! And speaking of stand-up, I’ll say this: IF JetSpeed can even stand up after that beating they received, I will be all too willing to give them an opportunity to face these behemoths at All In in Texas for the AEW Tag Team Championships. On the condition that they can walk.” MVP grins because he doubts that’s possible right now.

“Now, I would like for everyone to give me your undivided attention as I turn the microphone over to the young genius, Maxwell Jacob Friedman.” The fans boo but MJF says, “Thank you, Montel.” The fans boo MJF, but he says, “I’m talking, Washington, I’m talking. Thank you, though, I appreciate it. As you know, last week, I unmasked and I defeated ‘the lucha libre legend,’ Mistico.” MVP interrupts MJF so he can tell the fans to show respect to the most amazing athletic talent to ever step into Seattle! MJF says that is true. He shouldn’t have even come here, they don’t deserve him.

But MJF isn’t here to talk about his accolades or accomplishments. For crying out loud, we only have two hours. MVP says they says the fans are just upset that they haven’t seen an athlete as spectacular as MJF since the Sonics left! MJF & MVP laugh, and MJF says the reason he is even here tonight is to tell all of us that next week, MJF will be in a qualifying match for the Men’s Casino Gauntlet. And when MJF wins that, because he is going to win, he will be one step closer to what is rightfully his, not “Dictator Jon’s,” and it damn sure ain’t your crooked Cowboy’s! But MJF’S AEW World Championship!

The fans boo but MJF says, “Hit our music!” “Reach for the sky, boy!” That’s not it! But here comes Mark Briscoe all the same! And he has a mic to tell Max, “We all know that you could listen to yourself talk all night long. However, my main, Mikey behind this curtain with the headset on, y’know, the producer? He said, ‘Max is taking too long once again. Chicken, we gonna hit your music cuz you got a match. Get them boys out the ring!'” Mark asks Hurt Syndicate to kindly exit the ring so that he can handle his business. The fans cheer that! MJF says no one asked the fans, shut up! The fans boo that.

MJF wants to explain something to Briscoe. MJF doesn’t give a damn about what time it is! They can take up as much as they want! Because unlike Briscoe, the Hurt Syndicate are actual stars. Now, the fans like Briscoe, right? The fans cheer that, and MJF says this is why: They like Briscoe cuz they can relate. They’re just as dirt ugly and dirt poor! MJF is willing to bet all these shmucks in the arena and at home have as many bills in their pockets as Briscoe does teeth in his mouth! So here’s some advice for Briscoe: Leave now, because if you get in this ring right now, Lord knows Briscoe will do what he always does, and that’s lose!

MJF tells Briscoe to go back to his ranch in Delaware and pick up chicken s*it, “You blue collar b*tch!” MVP has MJF calm down but Briscoe says that’s hilarious. But he also sees right through MJF. He sees MJF’s inner turmoil, the pain where all these mean comments come from. Briscoe knows! MJF said it once himself that he was bullied as a child, so all these insults come from a place of hurt. So the word of the day is empathy! The fans cheer that! Briscoe then says if Seattle will let Briscoe empathize with MJF and put himself in MJF’s shoes, MJF is just trying to compensate for something.

All these hurtful comments that come from MJF come from a place of insufficiency in certain areas. Let’s put it this way: If Briscoe is MJF and going damn near 30 years with an itty bitty kosher pickle in his pants, then he’d probably wanna hang out with the Hurt Syndicate, too. MVP stops MJF from exploding, but the fans chant, “Kosher Pickle!” MVP says this is about business. This ain’t business. How about they all just exit the ring, and they leave Briscoe to do what he does better than anybody else. They will just watch Mark Briscoe lose. The Hurt Syndicate steps out of the ring and the fans chant for “DEM BOYS! DEM BOYS!”

MVP has Shelton & Lashley stand down so Briscoe can go to the ring. Seattle cheers Briscoe on, but will he be the number one man for All In? Or will someone else defy the odds tonight to improve their odds in Texas?

Men’s Casino Gauntlet Number One Spot Fatal 4 Way: Bandido VS Konosuke Takeshita VS Mark Briscoe VS Roderick Strong!

Dynamite returns as the ROH World Champion makes his entrance. The Most Wanted already has a busy week with tomorrow night’s Global Wars: Mexico and a title defense against Mascara Dorada, will this Fatal 4 end up a trap game? Next out is the Savior of the Backbreaker, Roderick Strong, leaving The Alpha of the Don Callis Family for last. The bell rings and the four men watch each other. Konosuke CLUBS Bandido, Roddy ROCKS Konosuke, but then Konosuke dodges Briscoe! Bandido goes after Konosuke while Briscoe and Roddy brawl! The fans fire up, Briscoe puts Roddy in a corner and ROCKS him!

Briscoe stomps a mudhole into Roddy, Roddy KNEES Briscoe in return, and Konosuke continues to trade shots with Bandido. Roddy has Briscoe in the corner now and digs his knee in. Konosuke CHOPS Bandido, stomps him down, but Briscoe bumps Roddy off buckles. Bandido CHOPS away on Konosuke now! Briscoe and Roddy trade kicks, Konosuke ROCKS Bandido! Roddy CHOPS Briscoe, Bandido kicks Konosuke. Bandido headlocks Konosuke, Konosuke powers up and out, but Bandido RAMS Konosuke! Konosuke rebounds to RUN Bandido over! But Bandido kips right up! The fans fire up, Konosuke knees low, but Bandido TIGER WALL KICKS!

Konosuke BOOTS Bandido, Bandido rebounds, and Roddy stomps Briscoe down while Konosuke scoops Bandido! Bandido slips free, DROPKICKS Konosuke, and the fans fire up as Konosuke bails out! Bandido aims and PLANCHAS, but Konosuke dodges! Konosuke whips, Bandido hits railing! Roddy whips, Briscoe goes up and out, but Roddy runs up. Briscoe ROCKS Roddy first and Roddy staggers away. Konosuke runs up on Bandido but Bandido dodges, sending Konosuke into the railing! The front row almost has The Alpha in their laps! Briscoe climbs up, aims at Roddy, FLYING AX- NO, Roddy counters with a BODY SHOT!

Roddy stalks Mark to ropes, whips him, but Briscoe slides under the lariat to ROCK Roddy! Konosuke and Bandido brawl some more while Briscoe whips. Roddy reverses but Briscoe uses that to WRECK Konosuke with a dropkick! And then he BLOCKBUSTERS Bandido to the floor! The fans fire up and Briscoe high-fives the front row. But then Roddy WRECKS Briscoe with a dropkick! The fans fire up with Roddy now, and Roddy brings Briscoe up, BARRIER BACKBREAKER! Briscoe writhes and Roddy looms over him while Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Roddy drags Briscoe up, puts him in the ring, then drags Briscoe up to clinch and IRISH CURSE BACKBREAKER! Cover, Bandido breaks it! Roddy drags Bandido up but Bandido fires a forearm! Roddy fires back, they brawl, then Bandido SOBATS! Bandido reels Roddy in, and he snap suplexes! That’s just Uno Amigo as Bandido goes again! Dos Amigos! Then a stalling suplex for THREE AMIGOS! The fans fire up and Bandido covers, TWO! Bandido clamps onto Roddy’s arms and has a CROSSFACE! Konosuke storms in, drags Bandido up by his mask, and throws hands! Konosuke whips, Bandido reverses, and Bandido runs in at the corner.

Konosuke BOOTS Bandido away! Konosuke runs, but Bandido catches him for a RANA! Konosuke comes back, Bandido dodges, but then Konosuke dodges in return. Konosuke comes back to ALPHA ELBOW! Briscoe runs back in, but Konosuke dodges his haymaker. Konosuke waistlocks but Briscoe breaks free to PELE! Konosuke goes to a corner, Briscoe runs in and LARIATS! Briscoe reels Konosuke in for a suplex! Briscoe covers, TWO! Konosuke is tougher than that, but Briscoe rallies the fans behind him. But Bandido SUPERKICKS Briscoe! Roddy half nelsons Bandido for a HALF NELSON BACKBREAKER!

Konosuke is up and he ALPHA ELBOWS Roddy!! All four men are down and Seattle is thunderous! The four men stir, and Briscoe is up first. Briscoe brings Bandido up, Roddy and Konosuke go after each other, and Dynamite returns to single picture. The brawling continues, Briscoe kicks low, then and he Roddy TOSS Bandido and Konosuke. The fans rally as Briscoe and Roddy fire forearms and CHOPS! The CHOPS echo out, then Briscoe fires a flurry of forearms! Briscoe runs, but into a DROPKICK! Bandido is back, but Roddy catches the superkick into a BACKBREAKER! Konosuke is back, but Roddy dodges and LARIATS him up and out!

The fans fire up and Briscoe runs in! Roddy TOSSES Briscoe out onto Konosuke! Bandido runs up, Roddy dodges, and both men rebound for DOUBLE LARIATS! The fans fire up as all four men are down again! Konosuke crawls around the way, Briscoe goes to the steel steps, and “This is Awesome!” Roddy rises, and Bandido sits up like a Deadman! The fans fire up and the forearms fly! They go fast ‘n’ furious, then Roddy CHOPS! Roddy runs, but Bandido pops him up for a CUTTER!! Bandido hurries to drag Roddy to a drop zone! Bandido goes up, only for Konosuke to SHOVE him down! Crash landing for the Most Wanted!

Konosuke goes up, but now Briscoe SHOVES him down! Crash landing for The Alpha! Briscoe goes up, the fans fire up, FROGGY-BOW FLOPS as Roddy moves! Ghost pin, TWO!! Briscoe stands but into a forearm! Briscoe CHOPS, Roddy CHOPS, repeat! The fans fire up as Roddy ROCKS Briscoe! Briscoe REDNECK KUNG-FU UPPERCUTS! Roddy staggers, but he BOOTS! ENZIGIRIS! And then ANGLE SLAMS! Briscoe flounders to ropes, Roddy runs side to side, FOREARM after FOREARM! But a HELLUVA KICK from Konosuke hits Roddy!! Konosuke puts Roddy up top, climbs up, and the fans fire up again!

Konosuke wants to go to the very top! SUPER DUPER PLEX!! But Bandido is up top! And so is Briscoe! Bandido gives some Latino Heat before we get a FROG SPLASH and FROGGY-BOW!! Stereo covers, but Briscoe has to break Bandido’s! Briscoe covers Konosuke now, TWO!! The fans fire up as this one just keeps going! Briscoe and Bandido rise, and the CHOPS fire off! The fans cheer “A E DUB! A E DUB!” for making this match happen! Briscoe ROCKS Bandido with forearm after forearm, then powers up. Briscoe runs, but Bandido BACKDROPS! Briscoe lands out!? RKF UPPERCUT! Briscoe runs again, but Bandido LARIATS at the ropes!

Bandido runs but Briscoe follows! Bandido trips Briscoe up, it was a trap! Bandido has Briscoe on the ropes, and he plays his hand! BLACKJACK 21- NO, Konosuke waistlocks Bandido, DOUBLE GERMAN SUPLEX!! The 21 busts and Seattle is electric! Konosuke covers Bandido, but Roddy breaks it! Roddy stands Konosuke up, they trade forearms now, and Roddy ROCKS Konosuke! Roddy runs, escapes Blue Thunder, but Konosuke escapes the Angle Slam! Roddy runs up again, STRONG KNEE intercepts the Alpha Elbow! Roddy then fireman’s carries, GUT BUSTER DROP!! Roddy keeps moving, but he runs into a BLUE THUNDER BOMB!! Cover, TWO!!!

Roddy survives and Konosuke is shocked! The fans are thunderous again, and Konosuke aims from a corner. But Bandido uses Roddy as a step to DROPKICK Konosuke! Konosuke roars, runs up, but into a tilt-o-whirl and torture rack! X KNEE!! Konosuke ends up on the ropes, Bandido deals again, BLACKJACK 21!! But Konosuke flounders out of the ring!!! Bandido builds speed, but a STRONG KNEE finds him!! And then the END OF HEARTACHE!! But Briscoe is up top! FROGGY BOW!!! Cover, BRISCOE WINS!!!

Winner: Mark Briscoe, by pinfall (guaranteed #1 entrant in the Men’s All In Casino Gauntlet)

The Sussex County Chicken just proved the Hurt Syndicate wrong! Briscoe won and now he is #1 with a bullet! But MVP tells the Hurt Syndicate to relax, the gauntlet is what matters. Will Maxwell Jacob Friedman personally ensure Briscoe loses big in Texas?

Adam Cole speaks.

The AEW TNT Champion says, “The Don Callis Family has been a thorn in my side for far too long. I think it’s about time you put your money where your mouth is, so I got an idea. Tomorrow night on Collision: Open Challenge for my TNT Championship against ANY member of the Don Callis Family. Not only will I successfully defend this TNT Championship, but I am gonna whoop your ass in the process. And that is undisputed.” The Panama City Playboy is confident that no matter who The Jackal throws at him, he’ll be ready. Will that be true? Or will Cole lose the gold in that Collision?

Women’s Casino Gauntlet Number One Spot Fatal 4 Way: Athena VS Willow Nightingale VS Thunder Rosa VS Kris Statlander!

The Fallen Goddess, the American Joshi, the Minion Overlord, the ROH Gatekeeper, and our Forever ROH Women’s World Champion is no longer satisfied with just being THE longest-reigning champion in ROH history. And while she and La Mera Mera meet for Global Wars tomorrow night, they want to grab that shot at the AEW Women’s World Championship. The same goes for the Babe with the Power and the Galaxy’s Greatest, who have their own grudge to work out. Who defies the odds and proves they are ready to go All In?

The bell rings and Athena stays behind Kris…? She doesn’t want to face Rosa right now ahead of the tag match, but Kris doesn’t appreciate being a shield. Athena sneaks out to SLAP Willow! Then she uses Kris as a shield, even claiming she and Kris are allies. Kris says nope and shoves Athena at Rosa! Rosa ROUNDHOUSES Athena, and Kris reels Athena in for an ANGLE SLAM! Athena bails out but Willow goes out to the apron! CANNONBALL on Athena to the floor! The fans fire up, Billie Starkz is already worried for “Boss” Athena, but Kris and Rosa tie up. Rosa waistlocks and shoves Kris to a corner.

Rosa runs in but is put on the apron. Rosa HEADBUTTS Kris, RAMS low, then slingshots up and over to sunset flip! Kris rolls through, bypasses Rosa, but Rosa springboards to FLYING ARM-DRAG! Rosa then wheelbarrows, swings around and sunset flips again. Willow breaks the cover and TOSSES Kris out! Athena is back to tilt-o-whirl and RANA Rosa! Willow tilt-o-whirls to RANA Athena! The fans fire up, Kris runs in, but she just ROCKS Willow! Athena runs up, Kris blocks the leg lariat and lifts, only for Athena to RANA Kris! Athena runs up on Rosa to UPPERCUT, then she goes side-to-side to ROCK Kris!

Athena goes corner to corner and handsprings to ROCK Willow! The fans fire up, Athena cheers herself on, and then she snapmares Willow. Athena goes up as the fans cheer, but Kris BOOTS Athena! Kris climbs up after Athena but Rosa CLUBS Kris on the back! Rosa joins in, but then so does Willow! Billie panics and the fans fire up for the TOWER OF DOOM!! Willow flexes and the fans cheer, then Willow covers Athena, TWO! Willow covers Kris, TWO! Dynamite goes picture in picture!

Willow covers Rosa, TWO! Willow stays cool and focuses on Rosa. Willow fires LARIAT after LARIAT in the corner, but Kris stops her! Willow DECKS Kris! Willow whips Kris into Rosa, then she LARIATS them both in the corner! Willow goes all the way to TEN on them, then runs corner to corner for a SPLASH! Kris & Rosa sit down, but Athena SUPERKICKS Willow! Athena reels Willow in, Canadian Racks, and DROPS THE HAMMER! Cover, but Kris breaks it! Kris storms over to Rosa now, but Rosa ROCKS her! Kris and Rosa trade shots, but then Rosa kicks and DDTS! Rosa covers, TWO! Kris is tougher than that but Rosa stays calm.

Rosa drags Athena up, reels her in, and gut wrenches, only for Athena to fight it. Rossa CLUBS Athena, Athena RAMS Rosa into a corner! Athena rolls back, runs up on Rosa, but Rosa dodges to POST Athena! Rosa drags Athena out of the corner, covers, TWO! Rosa is annoyed but this toughness is why Athena has reigned for two-and-a-half YEARS. Rosa drags Athena into a CAMEL CLUTCH! Athena endures so Rosa throws crossface forearms! Athena fights up all the same, and she hits a BACKPACK STUNNER! Both women are down, and we see Kris and Willow brawling in the back! They DOUBLE HEADBUTT and fall down!

Dynamite returns to single picture and Seattle fires up! Athena and Rosa run up, Rosa dodges to then LARIAT! And LARIAT! And DROPKICK! The fans cheer as Rosa looms over Athena. Rosa stands Athena up, Athena shoves Rosa away, but Rosa rebounds! Athena catches the crossbody! The fans fire up as Athena pops Rosa up for a WASTELAND SLAM! Then a roll-through and fireman’s carry, but Rosa shifts! CRUCIFIX DRIVER! High stack, TWO!! Athena survives again and the fans fire up! Athena and Rosa go forehead to forehead, but then Willow and Kris return! They each Electric Chair Lift Athena and Rosa!

The fans fire up as Willow shifts Athena around, DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Kris hits the ELECTRIC CHAIR SLAM on Rosa! The fans fire up as the former friends now face off! Willow smiles but Kris gets mad, and Kris kicks! Willow ducks it, waistlocks, but Kris switches and shoves. Kris then dodges Willow, but Willow catches the headscissors! Willow lifts Kris into a gut wrench, but Kris slips free! Kris gut wrenches, but Willow fights it! Willow and Kris DOUBLE ROCK each other! Athena SHOVES Willow into Kris! Athena reels Willow in, BOOTS Kris, and adds her to the mix. But not even Athena can double suplex these two! Kris & Willow DOUBLE SUPLEX Athena!

The fans fire up, and Rosa is up top! Rosa leaps, DOUBLE MISSILE DROPKICK! The fans fire up with Rosa and she runs up on Willow! Wheelbarrow, victory roll, STOMP 182! Cover, TWO!! Willow survives but Rosa and Athena meet again. Rosa ducks a lariat to back suplex but Athena lands out! Athena runs, tilt-o-whirls, but Rosa stops the rest of that! Rosa has Athena in the gut wrench but Athena fights free! Athena blocks a kick, slips under and flips Rosa! But Rosa victory rolls through! Athena hurries to avoid the stomps, and then she ROCKS Rosa! Rosa whips, Athena reverses, but Rosa sunset flips!

Athena rolls through, high stacks, but Rosa keeps her shoulders up! Athena deadlifts Rosa, Kris runs and runs and SHOVES them both over! Rosa ends up giving a SEATED SENTON to Athena, and then Kris BASEMENT BLOCKBUSTERS Rosa! Willow hauls Athena up with a full nelson but Athena BOOTS Kris away! Willow still FULL NELSON SLAMS Athena! Cover, Rosa DOUBLE STOMPS it apart! Kris is up and she roars! Kris runs up on Rosa, Rosa drop toeholds Kris onto the ropes! The fans fire up and Rosa calls her shot! LIGHTNING STRIKE DROPKICK at the ropes! Rosa wants more, but Athena trips her up!

Athena YANKS Rosa outta the ring! Athena shouts at Billie, “Get my championship!” Billie does as told and picks up the ROH Women’s World title. But Rosa sends Athena into the steps! Rosa drags Athena up the steps now, reels her in, but Athena throat chops! Athena SUPERPLEXES Rosa to the floor! Both women are down on the outside and Billie is stunned. Willow CANNONBALLS Kris in the corner! Willow roars, drags Kris up, and gut wrenches for the BABE WITH THE- NO, Kris fights that bomb, and here comes Marina Shafir! The Problem is indeed going to make herself a problem, but wait! Wheeler Yuta is here, and he sneaks into the ring!!

The ref tells both Marina and Yuta to back off! Fatal 4 Ways may have no disqualifications but there are rules beyond that! Yuta still spins Willow around, only for Willow to dodge his sucker punch! Willow shoves Yuta, then runs the ropes to POUNCE~! PERIOD!! The fans are thunderous, but Kris is up! Kris gut wrenches Willow, tucks her in, STATURDAY NIGHT FEVER!! Cover, KRIS WINS!!

Winner: Kris Statlander, by pinfall (guaranteed #1 entrant in the Women’s All In Casino Gauntlet)

Marina smirks, and she drags Yuta away to the back. Did the Death Riders just help Kris Statlander get her way? What are they scheming with this move? And will Kris now use this massive advantage to prove she’s still the Galaxy’s Greatest?

BREAKING NEWS for Dynamite 300!

After The CEO got the drop on Toni Storm, Mina Shirakawa wants revenge! And to make it sweeter, it will be for the AEW TBS Championship! Will the Face of TBS be #MinaNow? Or will Money Train run over the Fighting Gravure Idol?

Backstage interview with FTR & Stokely Hathaway.

Renee Paquette is with Cash Wheeler, Dax Harwood & #BigStoke. She brings up that their tight circle of friends continues to shrink. The Outrunners came out last week and made the save for Bandido after that Collision 8 Man Tag. What is going on with FTR and the Outrunners? Stokely says first of all, these two here are too heartbroken and disappointed to speak. Last week’s Collision, they had an excellent victory! And then Stokely cannot believe he is saying this, but Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum chose to interrupt! How egregious! All weekend, FTR deliberated on what is the best way to solve this problem.

Stokely said they could do some good ol’ fashioned vandalism, but cooler heads prevailed. The wise men of FTR prevailed. But look at these two. These are great, God-fearing, family men! Upstanding citizens! And that is why they decided that tomorrow night on Collision, they can all just meet in the ring to clear the air. FTR wants to see where things are with The Outrunners, and then they can all just get on the same page. What about that? #TopGuysOut. Will Cash & Dax only want to talk with Truth & Turbo? Or will the Youngest Men Alive just be the newest victims of the hypocrisy?

BREAKING NEWS for Collision!

Adam Cole put out the challenge and that challenge has been answered! Josh Alexander steps up, but will the Walking Weapon bring that TNT Championship home to the Don Callis Family? Meanwhile, we get more Paragon VS Don Callis Family as it is a battle of Kyles! Kyle O’Reilly and Kyle Fletcher go 1v1, will the Violent Artist turn The Protostar into a masterpiece? Or will the Aussie Arrow hit the bull’s eye on his way to the top? And the Don Callis Family just stays busy as Rocky Romero teams with Hechicero against Brody King & Templario! Will Azucar & The Alchemist make Collision bittersweet? Or will the King of Death & Lion Warrior tear down the house?

Plus, with the Women’s Casino Gauntlet coming up, everyone wants to improve their chances! Queen Aminata and Skye Blue go 1v1, will the winner impress Tony Khan and be part of the mix? Last but not least, with MVP daring the AEW World Tag Team Division to step up, Big Bill & Bryan Keith battle Christian Cage & Nick Wayne, both teams hoping to earn their shot. Will the Redwood & Bad Apple sour things for the “father and son?” Or will Captain Charisma & his Prodigy be one step closer to making history?

Hangman Page VS The Beast Mortos!

Jon Moxley had a lot to say about The Cowboy, but The Cowboy prefers to let his actions speak for him. Will Hangman be able to hogtie this menacing minotaur? Or will Mortos continue to be a merciless mercenary for The Elite & Death Riders?

The bell rings and the fans rally as the two circle. They tie up as the fans duel, and Hangman wrenches to a wristlock. Mortos uses the ropes to flip through and wrench back. Mortos headlocks, Hangman powers up and wrenches free to a headlock of his own. Mortos powers up and out, they RAM shoulders, and the fans fire up! Mortos eggs Hangman on, Hangman runs, but then Mortos drops down, hurdles over, only for Hangman to deny the monkey flip. Hangman sits Mortos up but Mortos avoids the sliding lariat! Mortos runs up to RANA! Hangman comes back, he handsprings through the hip toss, and Hangman arm-drags!

The fans fire up and Mortos returns. Hangman sweeps the legs to cover, ONE! Mortos sweeps the legs to cover, ONE! Mortos HEADBUTTS Hangman and the fans fire up! Hangman goes to a corner, Mortos runs up, and he LARIATS! Mortos runs but Hangman follows to LARIAT! Hangman runs, Mortos follows to LARIAT again! But then Hangman follows to LARIAT Mortos again! They keep going, but then Hangman dodges, and Mortos’ jump knee hits buckles! Mortos tumbles up and out, Hangman fires up the fans, but then Mortos grabs Hangman by the hair! Hangman breaks free, ROCKS Mortos, then triangle jump LARIATS Mortos down!

The fans rally as Hangman watches Mortos. Mortos sputters on the floor, that was a hard landing for the big monster. Hangman goes out to bring Mortos up and put him in the ring. Hangman looms over Mortos, brings him up, and scoops him for a FALL AWAY SLAM into the corner! Mortos is down, Hangman covers, TWO! Mortos stays in this but Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Hangman stays cool as he stands back up. Mortos huffs ‘n’ puffs as he sits back up. Mortos leans against the ropes but Hangman stands him up. Mortos SOBATS, KNEES, and ELBOWS Hangman! Mortos snapmares to then NECK TWIST! Hangman flounders to a corner and Mortos fires up. Mortos storms over and stomps Hangman! Mortos digs his boot in, stops as the ref counts, and drags Hangman up. Mortos whips Hangman corner to corner to UPPERCUT, GAMANGIRI, then wrench and ARMBREAKER DDT! Cover, TWO! Hangman stays in this but Mortos stays on him with a chinlock. Hangman endures, fights up, and fires body shots.

Mortos THROWS Hangman down by his hair! The ref reprimands about the hair pulling but Mortos just soaks up the cheers and jeers. Mortos drags Hangman up but Hangman CHOSPS! And CHOPS! Mortos SMACKS Hangman! Hangman goes to ropes, Mortos fires up again, and Seattle seems to follow. Mortos SMACKS Hangman again! Hangman goes to a corner, but he ROCKS Mortos in return! Mortos SMACKS Hangman! Hangman ROCKS Mortos! Mortos pokes Hangman in the eyes! The ref reprimands but Mortos climbs up to rain down fists! Mortos goes to nine, winds up, then BELL CLAPS for TEN!

Mortos roars, the ref reprimands, and Mortos snarls at the ref. Mortos brings Hangman around but Hangman fights with elbows. Dynamite returns to single picture while Mortos THROWS Hangman down by his hair again! The ref reprimands but the fans rally up. Mortos pumps up and vows to end this. Mortos lifts Hangman, back suplexes, but Hangman lands out! Hangman literally has the bull by the horns now as he holds Mortos back! Mortos takes a swing, Hangman ducks the haymaker to ROCK Mortos! Mortos fires as forearm, Hangman fires back, and Mortos HEADBUTTS again! Mortos runs, but into a BOOT!

Hangman runs, but Mortos follows! DISCUS- NO, Hangman ducks the shot and comes back. Hangman blocks a kick, spins Mortos, but now Mortos ducks the discus! But the LARIAT finds Mortos on the return! Cover, TWO! Mortos survives but the fans rally up behind Hangman. Hangman brings Mortos up, Alabama Lifts, but that’s a lot to lift! Mortos lifts Hangman, but Hangman slips free! Hangman dodges a lariat, Mortos comes back, but into a POP-UP POWERBOMB! Cover, TWO!! Mortos survives but the fans rally for #CowboySh*t! Mortos bails out, Hangman goes to the corner, and Hangman climbs!

The fans fire up but Mortos anchors Hangman! Hangman CLUBS away on Mortos and Mortos drops back. Hangman adjusts and ARIHARA MOONSAULTS! Mortos moves, Hangman rolls through, but Mortos comes back, TORNILLO TOPE!! Direct hit and the fans fire up again! Hangman sputters, Mortos puts him in the ring, and Mortos hurries to whip! POP-UP SAMOAN DROP! Cover, TWO!! Hangman survives and the fans rally again! Mortos drags Hangman up, vows to end this, and he scoops for CIPHER UTAKI! Cover, TWO! Hangman survives again and Mortos grows frustrated. The fans rally and Mortos stands Hangman up.

Mortos scoops again, but Hangman turns things around! TOMB- NO, Mortos swings and SPIKES Hangman down! Cover, TWO!! Hangman survives, ducks the discus, and he hops up to POISON-RANA!! Then DISCUS LARIAT! The fans are thunderous and Hangman aims from the apron! Slingshot, BUCKSHOT!! Cover, Hangman wins!

Winner: Hangman Page, by pinfall

Mortos gave the Cowboy one hell of a fight, but it wasn’t enough to put Hangman down! Wait, the lights go out! This can only mean one thing! The lights come back up, and THE BUCKS have Hangman down?!? Not quite what anyone expected, but then they give Hangman an E V P TRIGGER!!! Matt & Nick tell Hangman that HE made them do this! They wanted to help him but he didn’t get that! And now The Death Riders make their way out here. Jon Moxley leads the way for Yuta & Marina as they go through the crowd and to the ring. Yuta has a chair already, but Marina even has a steel chain!

The Death Riders storm into the ring, they surround Hangman, and the fans boo. Marina hands Moxley that chain, and Moxley uses it to CHOKE Hangman like a garotte! The fans boo more as The Bucks mock Hangman! Hangman turns red, then starts to fade out! But here comes The Opps! The Bucks kick at them, then Yuta uses his chair! The Opps have to drop back, but they get chairs of their own! Hangman is still fading out as Yuta & The Bucks keep anyone else from getting in! But here comes Ospreay! Ospreay turns the tides and now the Death Riders are in retreat! Ospreay makes sure Hangman can breathe again, but the Death Riders leave it at this.

Refs also rush in and check on Hangman. Hangman sputters and coughs, but will he be alright come All In? Or will Moxley back up all his talk by running The Cowboy out of AEW?

My Thoughts:

An awesome Dynamite with a lot of build going on. Great stuff with Mone attacking Toni to add heat to their feud. Mina coming to Toni’s rescue and then getting a TBS Championship match is good stuff, too, but I’m pretty sure Mone wins. The Women’s Fatal 4 Way was awesome stuff, and given the story they were giving us, it makes sense for Marina & Yuta to help Kris rather than screw her over. They clearly want Kris to join them rather than be their enemy, because that’s easier than having to fight her when Death Riders finally make a move on the women’s titles. With that in mind, it’d be awesome for Kris to win the gauntlet and eventually win the Women’s World Championship.

AEW did a great job connecting stories and segments tonight, with Ricochet’s promo with Fox leading to a tag match. Great tag match and great win for #JetSpeed because of course Ricochet’s ego gets in the way. Then the Hurt Syndicate beating up on JetSpeed was some good stuff, definitely indicates there will be a tag title match there. MVP’s promo is perfectly Heel because he hypocritically claims there are no teams stepping up, despite Lashley & Shelton beating down the team they clearly don’t want to face. Great promo from Briscoe to counter the Hurt Syndicate. Briscoe is truly a great promo guy, and he is obviously popular with how he got the fans to chant “Empathy.”

The Men’s Fatal 4 Way was also awesome, and a great win for Briscoe to mostly stick it to MJF. MJF will more than likely win his Casino Gauntlet qualifier (a little surprised they’re doing one of those at all), and then we can get some great stuff from MJF and Briscoe in the gauntlet match. And I’m thinking we’ll get a Briscoe & #JetSpeed VS Hurt Syndicate Six Man Tag to help lead us into Hurt Syndicate VS JetSpeed for the titles. Very good promo from Stokely to hype up a face-to-face for FTR and Outrunners, and we all know that’s gonna turn into a fight, right? FTR has been pulling the same move again and again, they’re going to sucker Turbo & Truth into a brawl that then becomes a match.

And we got even more great storyline connections tonight with the Elite, Death Riders and even Don Callis Family. The Bucks using their authority to “move a match” was good stuff, I’m a little surprised they haven’t been doing more moves like this. But great opening tag match from Ospreay & Swerve VS Blake & Lee, and therefore a great win from Ospreay & Swerve. Swerve & Ospreay wanting the titles of Executive Vice Presidents is wild but I love the idea. Also, very clever use of the kayfabe guidelines in wrestling companies. The ref being in the pile that Swerve took out was a great little detail to “suspend” Swerve, explaining why he couldn’t help Hangman even if he wanted to at the end of tonight.

Good interaction from Bucks with Okada and the Don Callis Family. Konosuke putting Okada on notice was good stuff, and we got a great match of Ibushi VS Trent. Ibushi won, of course, and if not for the “Unified Championship” match already being on the books, I feel like Ibushi VS Okada could’ve been for the Continental Championship. But then it’d be too much like Mone VS Mina, so I suppose it’s fine. Okada VS Ibushi could probably be when Omega makes his return, saving Ibushi from The Don Callis Family beating up on Ibushi. Adam Cole had a good promo, and I guess Alexander answering over Fletcher is fine. That saves Fletcher VS Cole for All In, with Kyle VS Kyle acting as a solid momentum builder for Fletcher.

Hangman VS Mortos was a great main event, and a pretty big deal for Mortos. Naturally Hangman wins, but a pretty wild move for The Bucks to betray Hangman now. At the same time, it’d stink worse if they did it at All In, it’d be one of those moves that costs Hangman the title. Death Riders joining in was also a given, though, as was Ospreay & The Opps making the save. And all of this continues to add anticipation for the moment Swerve actually helps Hangman fight off the Death Riders and win that title, it’s going to be a huge moment.

My Score: 8.9/10