The Relentless One wants revenge!

AEW Dynamite rolls into the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, and Darby Allin is willing to go anywhere and do anything to avenge the Aerial Assassin!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Jon Moxley w/ Marina Shafir & Wheeler Yuta VS Daniel Garcia w/ Matt Menard; Moxley wins.
• Harley Cameron & Kris Statlander VS Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford; Harley & Kris win.
• 8 Man Tag: #Brodido & #JetSpeed VS The Don Callis Family; The Don Callis Family wins.
• AEW World Trios Championships: The Opps VS Ricochet & The Gates of Agony; The Opps win and retain the titles.
• Falls Count Anywhere: Darby Allin VS Claudio Castagnoli; Darby wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

FTR is here!

Cash Wheeler, Dax Harwood & Stokely Hathaway walk out, and Philly already boos and cusses out The Top Guys & Big Stoke. They go to the ring, and after a technical difficulty, Dax says, “Unfortunately, on Sunday, there was a miscarriage of justice that happened at Forbidden Door. I know there are a ton of people around the world, especially here in Philadelphia, who couldn’t wait to celebrate 11-time world tag team champions, FTR.” The fans tell FTR to STFU, but Dax continues by saying that on Sunday, the illegal man pinned Dax! The illegal partner pinned Dax, and that’s funny, because the man Dax wants to talk to is right here.

Dax tells referee Paul Turner to step up, and the fans cheer for “PAUL! PAUL! PAUL!” Dax asks how long Paul has been a referee, and Paul says 27 years. Wow, 27 years. Paul has a wife and kid, right? Yes, sir. And they’re here tonight? Yes. Paul, could you imagine going home to your wife and your kid and telling them that you failed at your job because of some incompetent moron? The fans boo as Dax says he can imagine that would be the worst thing, to have to tell your wife and kid something like that. That is what Dax had to do! So now, to right this wrong, all Paul has to do is admit that he was wrong, reverse the decision, and name FTR the NEW AEW World Tag Team Champions!

Paul says he’s sorry, but his decision on Sunday is final. The fans cheer, but then Stokely takes the mic. “Y’know what, Paul? I’m gonna do something that no one else in this company has done! I’m gonna say it to your face! You’re a moron! You’re an imbecile! You’re a nincompoop! But I get it, Paul. You want to appease the fans online. You want to appease the fans here. And Paul…” The fans taunt Stokely with, “NO HOES! NO HOES!” Stokely says Paul wants to appease the degenerates. Then maybe first hop off their d*cks and admit you are an IDIOT! Paul gets mad now and he pokes Stokely in the chest to say NO, Stokely’s the idiot! Paul’s an AEW official!

The fans cheer Paul, but Stoke SHOVES him! Then Dax gets in Paul’s face! The fans boo but HERE COMES COPE! Philly fires up as the 2300 Arena gets Rated R! But even he wonders where his backup is. Cope sighs and still steps up, but surprise! Christian Cage slips in from the crowd! He chicken wings Stokely for the KILLSWITCH! The fans fire up and FTR is stunned! Then Christian & Cope go after them with haymakers! The fans are loving this, but refs and security rush out here! The fans are losing their minds as it is a mad scramble! Christian SMACKS Dax off the desk! Cope is after Cash by the ramp!

Things go back into the ring, Cope TACKLES Cash! Dax slithers in, gets Cash out of there, and the fans cheer, “This is Awesome!” Cope and Dax brawl, Christian joins in, but security gets in there again. FTR regroups and retreats with Stokely, and Christian grabs a mic. Christian says, “At Forbidden door, we took care of my problem. Now it’s time to take care of Adam’s problem. And hey, Dax… I understand you have a father… And Cash, I understand you have a father as well.” Cope stops Christian there and says no, no, no, stop it! The fans boo, so Cope says they’re all sickos, fine. Cope lets Christian continue!

Christian points to Stoke and says, “And that b*tch is dead!” FTR is furious, security holds them back, and Cope tells them to listen. Open up your damn ears! It is set in stone: All Out, September 20th, THEIR hometown of Toronto, for the first time ever… C&C VS FTR, and it is time to take that pound of flesh! Cope vows FTR are dead men! Just how cold will Cope & Christian be once AEW is in The North?

Darby Allin speaks.

“To everyone who wished I died on Mount Everest, I apologize, I am still here. And that brings me to you, Mox. I dreamed a lot of how this would end between us. When I said I was coming down to take everything from you, I didn’t mean just your championship. I mean everything. The Death Riders, your career and livelihood… When I was on that mountain, I saw the bodies, and I cried. Yeah, that’s right, I cried. Because I realized how fragile life is. At the end of the day, it’s just a 15 minute ride. It’s not about the 15 minutes, it’s about what happens in those 15 minutes. And when I was on the summit, I looked down on the world and felt so alive.

“And I thought to myself… All the BS you put people through, you’ve been taking those precious moments away from them. And for that, I’ll never stop coming after you. They told me, ‘Don’t set foot on this mountain unless you are willing to die for this.’ And I’m telling you right now, Jon, don’t step foot in the ring with me unless you are willing to die for this. At All Out… I take everything from you.” Darby finishes painting with his own blood, then sets the canvas ablaze. Will that be what he does to The Maniac when they go All Out in Toronto?

Jon Moxley w/ Marina Shafir & Wheeler Yuta VS Daniel Garcia!

Well, speaking of said Maniac, he is right back in action after how he “Pillmanized” Will Ospreay’s neck, all because Team Death Bucks lost again. Will Moxley not sweat the challenge put out by The Relentless Darby? Or will he send a message when he makes an example out of the Dragonslayer?

The bell rings and the fans rally behind Garcia, and also cuss out Yuta. Garcia keeps his eyes half on Yuta and Marina but also on Moxley. They tie up with knuckle locks, and then Moxley goes for a leg. Moxley trips Garcia, Garcia floats to waistlock, but Moxley switches. Garcia drop toeholds, then he floats around and “spin drills” to sorta rub it in. Garcia then backs off and Moxley smirks at Garcia’s moxie. The fans rally, “F HIM UP, DANNY, F HIM UP!” Garcia and Moxley circle, tie up, and Moxley waistlocks. Garcia arm-drags Moxley down, chinlocks, then adds body scissors! Moxley fights free, wrenches, and wristlocks.

Moxley hammerlocks, Garcia reaches back, then throws elbows. Garcia is free and he runs, but Moxley RUNS Garcia over! Moxley flips Garcia off, the fans boo, but Garcia is right up to throw forearms! The fans cheer, Garcia runs, but Moxley drops down. Garcia jumps over, but then Moxley ELBOWS him down! The fans boo but Moxley stalks Garcia to the corner. Moxley stands Garcia up to CHOP! The fans “WOO~!” while Garcia staggers away to another, but Moxley is right on him. Moxley climbs up to rain down fists, the ref counts, but so do the fans. Moxley goes to nine, then DIGS his fingers into Garcia’s face!

The ref reprimands, Moxley hops down to argue with him, but then Moxley runs in. Garcia puts Moxley on the apron, grabs a leg, and DRAGON SCREWS in the ropes! The fans fire up while Moxley drops back. Garcia goes out to pursue, and he KICKS Moxley’s leg! Moxley goes to a chair and sits down, but Garcia stomps away on the leg! Garcia stands on Moxley, then gets space. Garcia runs up and DROPKICKS Moxley into the barriers! The fans fire up, Garcia goes again, and he DROPKICKS Moxley again! The fans fire up more while Garcia brings Moxley up and into the ring. Marina and Yuta creep closer but the ref says back off.

Garcia goes up to the apron, but Moxley BOOTS him down! The fans boo but Moxley tells Yuta & Marina to stand down. Moxley soaks up heat from Philly while the ring count climbs, but Daddy Magic appears! Matt Menard tells Decoder and Problem to back off! The fans cheer Menard as he warns Marina. The ring count climbs, but Garcia rises to roll in at 5 of 10. The fans fire up as Garcia stands, and he fires forearms on Moxley! Moxley fires back, they brawl, then Moxley runs. Garcia drops to roll and pick the ankle! ANKLE LOCK! The fans fire up, Moxley scrambles to the ROPEBREAK, and Garcia lets go.

Moxley bails out, hobbles around, and sits down by the railing. Marina & Yuta check with him while Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Garcia waits on Moxley while he shakes out the bad leg. Moxley talks with the Death Riders, then goes back to the apron. Moxley taunts Garcia, Garcia rushes out after him, and Moxley kicks low! Moxley sends Garcia into the steel steps! Garcia falls, now clutching his own leg. Menard coaches Garcia but Moxley whips Garcia back into the steps! Garcia falls over again while Moxley leaves him behind. Moxley goes back out, having refreshed the count, and he drags Garcia around to put in the ring. Moxley taunts the fans, then taunts Menard, before he goes into the ring. Garcia CHOPS! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Moxley pokes him in the eye!

The ref reprimands, Menard protests, and Moxley “apologizes” before he kicks Garcia around. Moxley grabs a hand and he bends Garcia’s fingers! Then he isolates them to STOMP them! Garcia goes to the ropes, still checking his eye and now clutching his hand. Moxley CLAWS Garcia’s back! The ref reprimands but Moxley stops, to crossface forearm! Garcia flounders, Moxley taunts the fans, then CHOKES Garcia on the ropes! Yuta taunts Garcia, the ref counts, and Moxley steps off at 4. Moxley drags Garcia up, hoists him to the top rope, then CLAWS Garcia’s back again! The ref reprimands, and Moxley pushes Garcia down into a Tree of Woe.

Dynamite returns to single picture as Moxley lifts Garcia up enough to BITE his forehead! The fans boo, the ref counts, and Moxley stops at 4 to sit Garcia all the way up, and CLAW his back again! Moxley goes to the apron, ROCKS Garcia, then climbs up the corner. The fans rally for Garcia but Moxley has a GUILLOTINE! The ref reprimands and counts, Moxley lets go at 4, and he SLAPS Garcia! The fans boo as Moxley slaps Garcia around, but Garcia SLAPS! And SLAPS! And SLAPS! Garcia CLUBS away on the bad leg! AND BITES IT! The fans fire up, Garcia reels Moxley in, and they go to the very top! SUPER DUPER PLEX!

The fans fire up while both men are down! Garcia and Moxley crawl while the fans cheer “A E DUB! A E DUB!” A standing count begins while both men are down. They slowly rise up, and Garcia stands at 6! Garcia roars, Moxley hobbles, and Garcia runs up to LARIAT! Moxley stays up!? Moxley shoves Garcia, Garcia runs, and Garcia LARIATS! Menard coaches Garcia, he runs again, but Moxley BOOTS! Garcia yoyos a la Nigel, LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Moxley survives but Garcia stays focused. The fans rally up, Garcia reels Moxley in, but Moxley BACKDROPS, only for Garcia to sunset flip! Moxley rolls through to high stack, TWO!

Garcia has the sunset, TWO! Moxley stands, CUTTER! The fans boo as Moxley snarls and rises up. Moxley runs corner to corner, but Garcia BOOTS! And CHOPS! Moxley kicks low, underhooks, but Garcia holds the ropes to slip out of the Paradigm Shift! Garcia grabs a leg and turns Moxley over, HALF CRAB! Moxley endures while the fans fire up! Garcia pulls on the leg, but Moxley crawls around, ROPEBREAK! The fans boo and Garcia lets go in frustration. Menard coaches Garcia to stay in the ring but he’s already in pursuit of Moxley. Moxley kicks Garcia low! Moxley drags Garcia over to the steel steps! FULL METAL DDT!!

Moxley hobbles away while Garcia flops down! The fans boo as Moxley goes to the ring. Menard coaches Garcia as best he can, but the ring count is climbing. Garcia is still down at 5 of 10, but he’s rising up! Garcia rises at 7, and a fan helps out! Garcia stands at 9, and LUNGES into the ring at 9.9! The fans are thunderous, Moxley is furious, and Moxley runs up! Garcia avoids the stomp! Roll-up, TWO! Both men hurry up, Garcia fires forearm after forearm! Garcia blocks a kick, DRAGON- NO, Moxley drops into an ARMBAR! Garcia traps Moxley’s legs, gator rolls, and steps through! DRAGON TAMER!! The fans are thunderous as Moxley endures!

Garcia bridges back to put on the pressure! But Moxley goes after Garcia’s ear! Then he gets the headlock! But Garcia slips through, PILEDRIVER!! Cover, TWO!! Moxley survives and the fans rally! Garcia grabs at Moxley, but Moxley manages a cradle! Cover, MOXLEY WINS!

Winner: Jon Moxley, by pinfall

Moxley almost mockingly says Garcia was that close, but the former AEW World Champion still finds a way to win. Moxley grabs a mic, but he tells Yuta to talk while Moxley goes after Garcia. Yuta tells Darby Allin that Jon Moxley is not gonna waste his breath answering that challenge for All Out. The answer is NO! Moxley is saying something to Garcia, they argue, but with the message sent, the Death Riders head out. Will Darby find a way to make Moxley accept the challenge? Or will it matter after he and Claudio Castagnoli fight it out in tonight’s main event?

Wheeler Yuta is back in the ring…?

Dynamite returns from break with The Decoder again on the mic. “Hey, hey, hey! Look, I got a lot left to say, and this show will not continue until I say my piece!” The fans tell him to shut up, they don’t care, but Yuta says, “I live in this city. I used to do ring crew in this building as a teenager! I broke bones in this building! And this is what it got me, right? It got me ‘Shut the F up,’ it got me ‘F U Yuta.’ And y’know what? It used to bother me, how little you all respected me, and then I realized something. I’m a Death Rider, and your cheers don’t mean jack s*it! Because what have your cheers done for Will Ospreay? Will Ospreay left Forbidden Door on a stretcher.

“What’d they do for Chuck Taylor? Chuck Taylor has a broken neck! And what’d they do for the American Dragon, Bryan Danielson? I slayed the Dragon and replaced him! And we will continue to set the-” The lights go out! Yuta asks what the what, but then the HOOK SYMBOL is in the sky! Hook returns, the fans fire up, and Hook goes right to the ring. Yuta runs up, but Hook sends him right into a corner! Then the REDRUM!! The fans cheer as Yuta sputters, but then Hook lets Yuta go so he can run and FLYING HAYMAKER! The fans fire up as the Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil is back! Will he be a new ally to call upon in this war with the Death Riders?

AEW shares footage from after Forbidden Door.

MJF says the AEW reporters want an interview, huh? That’s what they want? To hear from MJF, a famous MJF interview. They want him to sit here and be cocky after what happened? All the fans did was prove his point. MJF is bleeding buckets, and the fans chant, “You Deserve It.” Hangman bleeds buckets, they chant, “COWBOY SH*T!” MJF has a match won, he had his belt back, 1-2-3, but Mark Briscoe costs him, and the fans chant, “You Deserve It!” YOU DESERVE IT!? He gets the contract clipboard bashed into his skull, and they say he deserves it?! They’re right, he DOES deserve it! He deserves better than he is treated by the company, by the fans!

MJF is a generational talent! He is the best on the mic, best in the ring, best in the world! He did Briscoe a favor by releasing him last week, but maybe he should’ve burned him alive. If MJF sees Briscoe again, trust him that he will! And then Tony Khan tells MJF he can’t execute the Casino Gauntlet contract as he wants, as is his right. No, he has to give advance notice. Hangman wants to call MJF a coward, well he can assure us that there is only one man who will take that belt from Hangman, and his name is Maxwell Jacob Friedman. And when MJF signs on the dotted line, it won’t be for a match, it’ll be for Hangman’s soul!

Because he IS Maxwell Jacob Friedman, and he is better than you, and once he’s through with Briscoe, you’ll all know it! The Scumbag is going psychotic, but is this fire going to burn AEW down to the ground?

Harley Cameron & Kris Statlander VS Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford!

The Wild Aussie and the Galaxy’s Greatest were on the losing end in that star-studded 8 Woman Tag during Forbidden Door’s Zero Hour, but that doesn’t mean they’re done! Harley & Kris now get the Megasus & Superbad Girl 2v2, will they #FeelTheWrath? Or will Harley & Kris be made to #BowDown?

The teams sort out and Kris starts against Ford. The fans rally, “Let’s Go, Stat!” but Ford pushes her. So Kris SHOVES Ford down! The fans cheer, Kris and Ford reset, and they tie up. Ford waistlocks to then THROW Kris by her hair! Ford taunts Harley, but Kris kips up! Kris ROCKS Ford, CHOPS her, then ROCKS her again! Kris whips, trips, and basement DROPKICKS! Cover, TWO! Kris drags Ford up, whips her to a corner, then runs in. Ford BOOTS Kris, tilt-o-whirls, but Kris blocks the leg sweep to LARIAT BACKBREAKER COMBO! Tag to Harley, Kris sends Ford in to a ROUNDHOUSE! Harley then runs and LARIATS Ford against the ropes!

The fans rally up, “FEEL THE WRATH!” as Harley tags Kris. Harley RUSSIAN LEG SWEEPS, and Kris slingshots to SENTON! Then Kris whips Harley to scoop and SLAM her onto Ford! Cover, TWO! Kris clamps onto Ford, Ford fights up, but Kris suplexes. Kris holds Ford up for FIVE before the SLAM! The fans fire up, Megan tags in, and now the female titans meet. But wait, Harley says she wants in! Kris says bet, and she tags Harley in! Megan is perplexed but the fans fire up as the two circle. Philly cheers on Harley, she and Megan step up, but Megan shoves Harley. And pie faces her! Then she grabs Harley’s ponytail!

Harley breaks free, but Megan calls for a Test of Strength. At the same time, she taunts Harley with how much taller she is, so Harley HEADBUTTS! The fans fire up as Harley stomps a mudhole into Megan! Harley whips, Megan reverses, but Harley dodges! Megan hits buckles, Harley runs up, but Megan blocks the body block! Megan SLAMS Harley down, drags her right over, and tags Ford. The fans boo but Megan CHOPS and Ford stomps! The ref counts, Ford brings Harley around, but Harley fires forearms! Harley whips, Ford reverses, but Harley BOOTS back! Ford clamps her teeth are busted, but that’s a ploy so Megan can CLOBBER Harley!

The fans boo but Ford DROPKICKS Harley against ropes! Cover, TWO! Harley toughs it out and the fans cheer, but Ford drags Harley up while Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Ford tags Megan and they mug Harley in the corner. Megan scoops Harley to SLAM her! And then scoops to SLAM her again! And scoops, carries, and SLAMS her again! Megan has a cocky cover, TWO! Harley is tougher than that, but Megan drags her back over to tag Ford back in. The mugging continues, the ref counts, and Ford bumps Harley off buckles. Ford stomps a mudhole, then sits Harley down. Ford then stands on Harley! The ref counts, Ford steps off, and Ford drags Harley up to bump off more buckles. Tag to Megan, she CHOPS Harley and brings her around to bump off buckles. Megan CHOPS Harley, then clamps on a BEARHUG!

Harley endures as Megan squeezes tight, but then Megan OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY SUPLEXES! Tag to Ford, and Megan sets up to help with the STANDING MOONSAULT! Cover, TWO! Harley toughs it out and Ford grows frustrated. Ford pulls on Harley’s arms, kicks her around, then has the motorcycle stretch. Harley endures, fights up, and powers the hold around, only for Ford to BOOT her down! Dynamite returns to single picture as the fans boo. Ford brings Harley up, Harley blocks the whip to reach for Kris! Ford powers through to whip, but Harley reverses, dodges, and hot tags Kris!

The fans fire up as Kris LARITS Ford, UPPERCUTS Megan, then runs to KNEE Megan! Ford runs in, Kris dodges, Ford’s handspring attack hits Megan! Kris then LARIATS Ford! AOI SHODO! Cover, TWO! Ford survives and the fans rally up for Kris. Kris back suplexes, Ford lands out, tag to Megan. Kris dodges Ford, but Megan saves Ford from the Blue Thunder! ASSISTED CUTTER! Then a deadlift GERMAN SUPLEX! Megan runs, LEAPING LARIAT! Deep stack cover, but Harley breaks it! The fans fire up again but Ford stomps away on Harley! Megan drags Harley up, scoops and SLAMS, then sets her up in a drop zone.

Ford has Kris in the other drop zone, she and Megan climb, STEREO MOONSAULTS FLOP as Kris & Harley move! The fans fire up as they coordinate, Kris BUZZSAWS Ford while Harley SHINING WIZARDS Megan! Kris then drags Megan up, Harley coordinates again. Kris lifts, Harley runs, ASSISTED ATOMIC FACEBUSTER!! Cover, Ford breaks it! The fans boo but Kris runs upon Ford. Ford tilt-o-whirls to CRUCIFIX DRIVER! Harley wrenches Ford to swing and NECKBREAKER! Megan is up, Harley runs in, but into a SHOTGUN BOOT! But Kris DISCUS LARIATS Megan! The fans are thunderous as all four women are down!

Megan drags Kris up, fires a forearm, but Kris fires back! The fans boo Megan, cheer Kris, and repeat! Kris fires a flurry, then SUPERKICKS! But Megan BOOTS in return! Kris rebounds to ROUNDHOUSE! Megan staggers, Ford sneaks a tag! Kris runs up, she LARIATS Megan up and out! But Ford HOTSHOTS Kris! Ford goes up, but Harley tilt-o-whirl DDTS Megan to the floor! Kris is up, Ford leaps, CROSSBODY! Kris rolls through! Kris pops Ford up and around, REVERSE ALABAMA SLAM! And then the REVERSE RINGS OF SATURN! Ford endures, but TAPS! Kris & Harley win!

Winner: Kris Statlander & Harley Cameron, by submission

But Megan rises up to YANK Harley down! Megan storms in and CLOBBERS Kris! The fans boo as Megan fires more hands! Kris fires back and she gets the edge! Kris CHOPS, then SUPERKICKS! Megan wobbles, Kris roars, and the fans are with her! But then Willow gets in here?! She and Kris stare down, but that lets Megan & Ford get away! The fans want them all to hug it out, and Harley says yes, they all win! The tensions between Kris and Willow are still high, what will it take for them to be friends again?

Renee Paquette is in the ring.

Dynamite returns as the ring is decorated with yellow and black balloons, and there is a table adorned with both flowers and eight championship belts as Renee says, “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the reigning and defending TBS Champion, Nine Belts Mone!” The fans are torn as The CEO struts her way out in a shimmering one piece, flowing gold coat with long train, and of course the AEW TBS Championship around her waist. Mone, with her now Neapolitan hair, goes to the ring and grabs a mic of her own while the fans chant, “C E O!” “SUCKS!” Mone tells “Phillyyyyyy~! Say hello to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, NINE~ Belts Mone!”

The fans are torn but Renee wants to talk the historic week in the UK. On Dynamite last week, Mone and Athena were successful in their tag team match over Toni Storm & Alex Windsor. Then Mone wins a Six Woman Tag at a Rev-Pro show. While there, she secures her NINTH title, then successfully retains her TBS Championship in a Fatal 4 Way at Forbidden Door. Mone says Renee is just giving her the chills. Mone is the greatest of all time! That is right! See, she is a history-maker, a record-breaker, and before we ask what is next, let her tell you. Ultimo Dragon had TEN titles at once, and Mone looks to SMASH that record.

So to any woman with a title, she’s coming for you. And you will love the taste of Mone. Renee does want to point out that Mone didn’t mention Alex Windsor. The fans say, “WINDSAAA~!” Renee points out that Windsor was in the Fatal 4, nearly tapped her out last week, and- TAPPED HER OUT!? Is Renee stupid or is she dumb? Mone was not even legal in that match, she was swatting at bugs! And she doesn’t care about “Alex Windsaaaa~!” The fans add, “WINDSAAA~!” Mone says Alex has it out for Mone. Mone thinks Alex is jealous, because Mone is already a better Rev-Pro Women’s Champion than Alex ever was!

Or maybe it is cuz Mone was dancing all over Alex’s man? HAHAHA~! Willy, she loves it when you do the CEO dance. But it doesn’t matter, because Mone still doesn’t care about Alex. If Alex wants to run the Money Train again, Mone will beat her senseless so that she can be in a hospital bed right next to her husband. HAHAHAHA~! The fans boo, but Mone says she just wants to dance! She has nine belts, time to celebrate~! The music plays and Mone does her dance. But will anyone ever derail the Money Train? Or will she just keep collection championships until she runs the world?

Mark Briscoe speaks.

“Philly, what’s going on, baby? Now you know this building is extremely important to the history of The Briscoe Brothers. This is where it all started, man. I wish I could be with y’all tonight. But I promise, I got a good reason why I wasn’t able to make it. The camera pans out and Briscoe shows off baby Mack Briscoe, the newest member of the family.” The fans cheer, and Briscoe says he needs to put Mack aside, as what he is about to say is not for sweet, innocent ears. Briscoe hands Mack over to another of the family, “Take this, and go.” They depart, and Briscoe tells MJF it has been one week since MJF threatened to set him on fire on national television!

So here is what Briscoe is gonna do. Briscoe is gonna take all of MJF’s hopes and dreams and goals and aspirations, and set them on fire! That is why Briscoe made sure MJF did not pick up that fluke win at Forbidden Door against Briscoe’s friend, Hangman Page, just like MJF did on Briscoe weeks ago. And MJF best believe the next time Briscoe sees him, Briscoe’s gonna light his ass up. What MJF said is haunting Briscoe. MJF said Briscoe can’t win the big one. So Briscoe says that takes him to another nemesis: TNT Champion, Kyle Fletcher! Briscoe heard his name came out of Kyle’s mouth. And they’ve had a hell of a rivalry, they’re 2-2!

Briscoe thinks Kyle ain’t just sure he’s really better than him. So let’s make it real plain and simple! Briscoe is challenging Kyle for the TNT Championship! And AEW’s gonna be in Philly for a few weeks, so hell, let’s do it IN Philly! What does Kyle say? Is he gonna #ManUp!? The Sussex County Chicken is ready to get spicy, but will he be able to burn The Protostar on his way to cooking the Scumbag?

8 Man Tag: #Brodido & #JetSpeed VS The Don Callis Family!

As FTR alluded to earlier tonight, The Most Wanted & The King of Death are the NEW AEW World Tag Team Champions! But seeing as how Bandido is also the ROH World Champion, he’s got Hechicero coming after the bounty! Will Brody King, “Speedball” Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight help the Outlaw survive the week? Or will the Alchemist and his allies tear Bandido down even before Death Before Dishonor?

Sigh… Don Callis of course takes over introductions here. With Wardlow by his side, The Jackal says, “Excuse me. Callete, cabron. La ciudad de Philadelphia is muy, muy ignorante! It’s my great pleasure to introduce to you, from Monterrey, Mexico, es muy guapo! YO! SOY! HECHICEROOOOOOOOOOOOO~!” Still not getting the nouns right… But with that, the Alchemist of Lucha leads the way for the “Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander, “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita, and “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada. The Family is certainly bringing it’s best, but will they be the best here tonight?

Don Callis joins commentary and says it is a guarantee that Hechicero dismantles Bandido and takes the ROH World title this Friday. The teams sort out and Bandido starts, but against Konosuke. This is a rematch from Bandido’s previous ROH World Championship defense, but then Hechi decides he wants to start now. Konosuke tags Hechi in, and the fans fire up! Hechi runs up and CLOBBERS Bandido! Then he fakes out Bandido so that Bandido’s dropkick crashes and burns! But then Bandido avoids Hechicero’s dropkick, grabs the legs for a jackknife bridge, but Hechi rolls through to sit on the cover! ONE, Bandido has the sunset, ONE!

Both men stand, the fans tell Callis off, but Hechi drop toeholds Bandido to then float and hook him into a ghost pin! TWO, and Bandido runs up. Hechi pops him up but Bandido RANAS through! Cover, TWO! Bandido and Hechi trade shots and blocks, and Bandido runs up again! Bandido goes up to MYSTERIO RANA into a wheelbarrow and ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up as Hechi tumbles! Bandido revels in the cheers but maybe a little too long, as Hechi runs up to throw more shots! Hechi KNEES and CLUBS Bandido, then he brings Bandido over. Tag to Konosuke, he tags Alexander, and they double whip.

Konosuke & Alexander set up, but Bandido rolls off their backs! Tag to Brody! And Brody CHOPS away! Then he DECKS Konosuke! And he scoops Alexander! SLAM for Alexander, then Brody FLAPJACKS Konosuke onto Alexander! The fans fire up and Brody runs, to SENTON onto them both! The fans cheer, and Brody tags Knight. Knight tags Bailey, and #JetSpeed double whip Alexander to DOUBLE HIP TOSS! They then roll Alexander back to his feet for a DOUBLE GOURD BUSTER! And DOUBLE BASEMENT DROPKICKS! Callis says we’d be hard pressed to find a more dynamic team than JetSpeed, even though Callis can’t stand Speedball.

Bailey CHOPS Alexander, wrenches and whips, but Alexander reverses. Okada trips Bailey up, the ref reprimands, but Alexander DECKS Bailey! The fans boo but Alexander reaches out, only for both Okada and Konosuke to tag in? The ref says no, only one can be in, but which one? Alexander and Hechi already step in as peacekeepers, and Callis even gets off commentary to go talk this through. The Family decides to BLAST Knight, Bandido & Brody! Then Hechi & Alexander go out after #Brodido and Knight while Okada & Konosuke work together. They double whip, Bailey slips out of the ring, and Brody runs in! DOUBLE LARIATS!

The fans fire up and Brody keeps moving! He goes up and out to CANNONBALL Okada & Konosuke down! The fans fire up for “A E DUB!” for setting this one up! JetSpeed brawls with Hechi & Alexander, then JetSpeed joins Brodido in the ring. They all coordinate, Brody and Bandido double knuckle lock while JetSpeed builds speed! Brody helps Bandido go up, up, and ARIHARA MOONSAULT while JetSpeed DOUBLE TOPE CONJILO!! Down goes the Don Callis Family and Philly is thunderous! Brodido y JetSpeed stand tall on the apron while Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Brody puts Konosuke in, tags Knight, then Bailey fires forearms. Bailey whips, but Konosuke reverses and TOSSES Bailey out! Knight springboards in, but into an ALPHA ELBOW! Konosuke rains down forearms, then snarls as he goes to his corner. Tag to Alexander, he stomps Knight, then he bumps Knight off buckles. Tag to Hechi and they mug Knight. Hechi scoops Knight for a DRIVER! Cover, TWO! Knight survives whatever that was, but Hechi stomps him. Hechi grabs a leg, stomps it, then rolls Knight into a SLEEPER! Alexander tags in, he soaks up heat, and he stomps Knight down. Alexander then drags Knight up, but Knight fires body shots.

Knight headlocks but Alexander scoops to SLAM! Alexander paces, looms over Knight, and brings him around. Alexander hits a SNAP GUT WRENCH PLEX! Cover, TWO! Knight toughs it out but Alexander keeps him down with a chinlock. Knight reaches out, fights up, and Dynamite returns to single picture. Knight fires body shots, Alexander keeps him from his corner, but Knight still fights! The fans rally, Knight fires forearms, but then Konosuke & Okada BLAST Brodido & Bailey! The fans boo but Alexander whips Knight into the corner. Hechi knees Knight down, then digs his knee into Knight’s back. The ref counts and Hechi stops at 4.

Alexander drags Knight up, he and Konosuke double whip, but Knight leaps the lariats! And DOUBLE DROPKICKS! The fans fire up as Knight crawls and hot tags Brody! Hot tag to Hechi, but Brody LARIATS Alexander and BACKDROPS Hechi! Okada runs in, dodges a lariat, but not the BLACK HOLE SLAM! Brody barks, the fans bark with him, and Brody runs corner to corner! CANNONBALL misses as Hechi moves! Alexander deadlift GERMAN SUPLEXES Brody! The fans boo, but Bailey THRUST KICKS Alexander! Konosuke storms in, goes Matrix to avoid the thrust kick, then whips Bailey to ropes.

Bailey ducks ‘n’ dodges but Konosuke POP-UP POWERBOMBS! Knight runs in, SATELLITE DDT! Okada FLAPJACKS Knight! Okada kicks Bandido, but Bandido suplexes Okada! The fans fire up as Bandido then swings on Hechi! Hechi wrenches, hammerlocks, and swings! MAGICAL BACKBREAKER! Brody ROLLING ELBOWS Hechi! Hechi stays up, both men run, and DOUBLE CROSSBODIES collide! The fans are thunderous as all eight men are down! Brody and Hechi crawl, hot tags to Bailey and Konosuke! Konosuke dodges, but Bailey BOOTS then HEEL KICKS! PENALTY KICKS! Bailey sets up, but Konosuke rolls Bailey!

Bailey rolls through, Konosuke POWER- NO, Bailey avoids the knee! But the ALPHA ELBOW finds him! Konosuke reels Bailey in, but Bailey slips out of the bomb to Alabama Lift! But Konosuke sunset flips! Bailey stays up, and MOONSAULT KNEE DROPS! Cover, the whole Family breaks it! The fans rally up while Hechi & Alexander whip Bailey to a corner. Okada & Alexander whip Hechi in, STEP-UP KNEE! Okada sends Alexander in, FOREARM! Then Konosuke adds a FOREARM! Okada runs in, but stops short as Konosuke brings Bailey around! Konosuke runs to LARIAT Bailey! Cover, TWO!! Bailey survives and Okada stares Konosuke down!

The fans fire up but Callis is freaking out! Konosuke says Okada should follow his lead, but Okada shoves Konosuke! Brody trips Konosuke and drags him out! Bandido slips in and waistlocks Okada. Okada elbows free, but Brody ROCKS him! Bandido SUPERKICKS Okada, and Brody LARIATS Okada down! Hechi BOOTS Bandido, then DUMPS Brody out! Bandido gets up, Hechi WRECKS Brody with a dropkick! Bandido CROSSBODIES Hechi and himself out of the ring! Alexander tags in and Konosuke FLIES! Konosuke takes out Hechi and Brodido! Alexander has a straitjacket on Bailey, but Bailey drops to victory roll, but Okada drags Bailey away!

Okada ripcords, Bailey dodges, Knight FLYING LARIATS! Bailey runs up, Alexander BOOTS him! Alexander goes up, Bailey GAMANGIRIS him! Bailey goes up, “This is Awesome!” as Bailey SUPER STEINERS! Alexander is in the drop zone, Bailey goes back up, and ULTIMO WEAPON misses! Alexander victory rolls, DON CALLIS FAMILY WINS!

Winners: The Don Callis Family, by pinfall

Callis laughs it! His team snatches the win from the promising JetSpeed, and they could be one match away from taking the tag titles! Will the family’s future be bright with gold?

Hangman Page is here!

Philly may be the home of the Eagles, but they’re cheering this Cowboy as he brings the AEW World Championship to the ring. Hangman grabs a mic to say that before he says anything else, he wants to tell Will Ospreay, “Thank you for everything that you’ve done for me this year, and thank you for everything that you’ve done for AEW.” The fans cheer that, and even sing for Ospreay. Hangman continues by saying he genuinely is sorry for how everything has turned out for Ospreay since All In: Texas. Hangman tries to make a habit of not speaking for other people, but he will make an exception.

Hangman will say that while Ospreay is gone, all of us will miss him. The fans cheer in agreement there. Hangman tells Ospreay to recover, heal up, and when the time is right, Hangman hopes that Ospreay can come back here and do what he does best. And when Ospreay comes back, he can even challenge Hangman for the world title. Hangman says about this championship, Sunday at Forbidden Door, Maxwell Jacob Friedman had a shot at this. The fans boo that name, but Hangman says MJF had a shot at this, and he failed! The fans cheer that! MJF threw everything he had, ever trick he could think of, and he still failed, Hangman wants MJF to remember that.

Now after everything MJF has done in just the past week, now he has to give a seven day notice before he challenges for the title again. That doesn’t matter to Hangman because he wants MJF to know, that if MJF ever finds it within himself to sign that contract, Hangman will beat his ass before the ink is dry! The fans cheer that, but then the Don Callis Family has to come on back out here! The fans boo The Jackal again as he says he has something important to say to the champ. “Hangman, you and I have a long history. You won your first AEW World title from me! And the only reason you took it from me is because I had a weakling defending it against you!”

The fans tell Callis to STFU, but Callis says man to man, Hangman, Callis wants that title back in the Don Callis Family. The fans boo, but Callis says Hangman doesn’t get to decide who he wrestles, there is a whole locker room who wants that title. Callis knows, because he has half of them under contract! So Hangman, it’s not a question of IF the Callis Family gets that belt, but a question of which one of Callis’ members takes it! Rocky Romero, Lance Archer, and even Alexander and Hechicero walk out here. Hangman sees the ring is surrounded, and he says he’ll be honest. He’s no dumbass, he sees how this is gonna go. So Hangman figures…

PLANCHA onto Alexander! The fans fire up as Hangman fights off the Family, but that’s 4v1! The fans boo as Archer SMACKS Hangman off railing, then puts him in the ring. The DCF storms the ring to mug Hangman more! But JetSpeed returns to fight them off! Callis is upset, but he gives Rocky a baton! Rocky CRACKS Bailey with it! The fans boo as this is still a 4v3, BUT HERE COMES KENNY OMEGA! That “weakling” Callis talked about is here! And he V-TRIGGERS Hechi! And then he dodges Rocky to SNAP DRAGON! The fans fire up as Kenny gets Alexander, SNAP DRAGON! Then Kenny has the baton!

But Archer grabs Kenny by the neck! Kenny CRACKS Archer with the baton! The fans fire up as Kenny sets Archer up, but Archer ELBOWS free! Hangman BOOTS Archer, Kenny ENZIGIRIS, and now Archer is in the crosshairs! JetSpeed hurries to the corners, TRIANGLE JUMP MOONSAULT from Bailey and a SUPER CROSSBODY from Knight, the rest of the Family is down! And then the fans fire up for Kenny & Hangman, V-BUCKSHOT!! Talk about a blast from the past! The fans are thunderous as these former friends and former tag team champions shake hands! Hangman’s moved on from Death Riders and MJF, but will he cut down the Don Callis Family’s tree?

AEW hears from Toni Storm, Mina Shirakawa, and Athena.

TIMELESS Toni tells Athena, “I am a woman in search of my murder, and after Forbidden Door, I find myself tragically still alive. And you find yourself beatable, defeatable, and eatable! And now my girlfriend’s comin’ to eat the leftovers. This is the Love Bomb, Mina Shirakawa, and this Friday at Death Before Dishonor, she’s gonna love you and leave you, just like I did. You broke her poor little hand. Mina, how is the hand feeling now?” Mina SLAPS Toni with it, and Toni says, “My GAWD, you’re back!”

The Fallen Goddess is “so happy” Mina’s hand is healed, because now she can break it again. Mina says she will be ROH Women’s World Champion, and then she and Toni will dance on top of the 2300 Arena! Athena says Mina wants to dance on top of the building, and that’s fine. Athena will throw her off of it! The things Athena will do would make even the Blue Meanie quiver. Athena will hurt Mina so bad in Philadelphia that the Sandman will piss his pants! Mina promises that unlike everyone else, Athena will NOT want Mina! Mina & Toni kiss cheek to cheek, then gesture for Athena to shove it!

But will the Fighting Gravure Idol become THE ROH Women’s Champion when she dethrones Athena? Or will it truly be a Forever Reign?

AEW World Trios Championships: The Opps VS Ricochet & The Gates of Agony!

Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata & “Powerhouse” Hobbs overcame Bullet Club at Forbidden Door, but then wanted to rip The Death Riders apart. They were denied, and must instead settle for the One & Only and his goons. Ricochet, Kaun & Liona won their own Forbidden Door match but also screwed over the Hurt Syndicate, will they just add to their egos with gold? Or will they find The Opps are #NeverLacking?

The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see who keeps on winning!

The trios sort out, Ricochet talks trash as he starts against Hobbs. The fans cheer Hobbs on, but Ricochet CHOPS! Hobbs isn’t even bothered! Ricochet CHOPS, then he dodges a haymaker to fire hands! Ricochet whips but Hobbs blocks! Ricochet wants a timeout, but Hobbs whips him to ropes! Ricochet rolls off Hobbs’ back, ducks ‘n’ dodges, then rolls back, only for Hobbs to deny the headscissors! Hobbs stands Ricochet up to DECK him! Ricochet goes to a corner, Hobbs brings him out, just to THROW him back in! Hobbs runs up, but Ricochet goes up and over! Ricochet keeps moving, Kaun tags in, but Hobbs POWERSLAMS Ricochet!

Hobbs rains down fists on Ricochet but Kaun BOOTS Hobbs! The fans boo but Kaun runs, only for Hobbs to dodge and SHOULDER TACKLE! Hobbs drags Kaun up and over, tags Shibata, and the fans fire up! The Opps mugs Kaun, and then The Wrestler fires forearms on the Cameroonian Prince! They go back and forth, shot for shot, and the fans are all on Shibata’s side! Shibata gets the edge, runs, but into a CHOP! Shibata just dusts it off! Shibata CHOPS, Kaun CHOPS, repeat! The fans “WOO~” with every CHOP, and neither man is backing down! The fans are thunderous, but Shibata’s CHOPS are leaving their mark!

Shibata CHOPS Kaun again, then whips Kaun to BOOT him in the corner! Shibata fires forearms, he sits Kaun down, and then he goes corner to corner! HYDRAULIC DROPKICK! The fans fire up and Shibata hits a HALF HATCH! Cover, ONE!! Kaun shows that grit but Shibata brings him up. Shibata CLUBS Kaun, runs, but Kaun ELBOWS him! Shibata runs again, but into a BOOT! Shibata roars, but Ricochet gets a cheap shot in! The fans boo but Kaun LARIATS Shibata down! Tag to Ricochet, the Gates dump Shibata out of the ring, and Ricochet stomps away! The fans boo but Ricochet and GOA sit on the apron to gloat while Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Ricochet and GOA do a three-finger fist bump, but the ref reprimands them, they gotta get things in the ring. Ricochet says calm down and he puts Shibata in the ring. Ricochet storms in, he stomps Shibata, then he scrapes his sole off Shibata’s face. Ricochet stands Shibata up to DECK him! Then he stands Shibata up to RAM him into the corner. Tag to Liona, he tags Kaun, and they mug Shibata. Kaun sends Liona in for a SPLASH! Kaun runs in and adds a SPLASH! Kaun snapmares Shibata, tags to Ricochet, and Ricochet slingshot SENTONS! Cover, TWO! Shibata is tougher than that, but Ricochet mocks Hobbs and Joe with some Rocky Balboa rope-a-dope.

Ricochet bumps Shibata off buckles, stomps a mudhole, then stomps even more! The ref counts, Ricochet stops, then he drags Shibata up. Ricochet HEADBUTTS Shibata, snapmares, and he runs to KOKESHI HEADBUTT! Ricochet drags Shibata up to put him in the corner. Ricochet stomps Shibata some more, then tags Liona. The ref counts, but Shibata ROCKS Ricochet! Liona SMACKS Shibata down! Liona drags Shibata up, Shibata CHOPS, but Liona doesn’t flinch. Shibata fires body shots, but Liona CHOPS him down! Liona mocks the fans, Kaun mocks Shibata’s pain, and Liona clamps on a SHOULDER CLAW!

Shibata endures as Liona leans on the hold and digs those fingers in! Shibata fights up, fires forearms, but Liona scoops and SLAMS! Dynamite returns as Liona runs, and Shibata avoids the splash! The fans rally up as Shibata and Liona crawl! Liona rises to LARIAT Shibata down! Tag to Ricochet, the fans boo, but Ricochet fireman’s carries. Shibata slips free to SLEEPER! Ricochet snapmares free, but a BOOT gets him right in the face! Tag to Kaun and Kaun BOOTS Shibata! Kaun fires forearms and CHOPS, then a kick, kick, and kick! Kaun fires off more shots, but Shibata eggs him on! Then Shibata fires in return!

Kaun KNEES low, runs, but Shibata clinches, S T O! Both men are down, they crawl, hot tag to Hobbs! The fans fire up and Ricochet hurries to tag Liona! Hobbs DOUBLE LARIATS Ricochet & Kaun! Then Hobbs and Liona step up as the fans chant “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” The forearms go back and forth, “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Hobbs gets the edge, but Liona throat chops! Liona puts Hobbs in a corner, then LARIATS again and again! “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Liona says shut up about meat! Liona runs in, Hobbs dodges, and he LARIATS again and again! Hobbs embraces the “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” and the fans fire up!

Hobbs gets all TEN lariats, then he runs, but DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Both men stagger, Liona tries again, but Hobbs LARIATS Liona down! Hot tags to Joe and Ricochet! The fans fire up as Joe finally gets to JAB, JAB, JAB away on Ricochet! Ricochet avoids the chop to mule kick! Ricochet runs, but Joe SNAP POWERSLAMS! And SENTONS! Cover, TWO! Ricochet survives, but Joe puts him in a corner. The fans fire up for Joe as he puts Ricochet up top. But Liona CLUBS Joe! Kaun SHOTGUNS Joe, Liona POUNCES! PERIOD! But Hobbs is back to CLOBBER Kaun! Liona dodges, and he LARIATS Hobbs!

But Shibata PENALTY KICKS! Kuan CLOBBES Shibata! Kaun runs up on Joe, URENAGE! The fans fire up but Ricochet MISSILE DROPKICKS Joe! And STANDING SHOOTING STARS! Cover, Shibata breaks it! Shibata TOSSES Ricochet, Liona scoops him, but Shibata slips free! SLEEPER and body scissors! Liona falls to the apron, the ref reprimands, but Ricochet is up top! WAIT! MVP!? He CRACKS Ricochet from behind with his walking stick! Hobbs gives Ricochet a SPINEBUSTER! PENALTY KICK from Shibata! Joe then puts on the COQUINA CLUTCH!! Ricochet is OUT, Opps wins!

Winners: The Opps, by submission (still AEW World Trios Champions)

Montel Vontavious Porter with the assist, he the real MVP! He also got revenge on Ricochet for his guys, and now Ricochet misses out on a title for it. Will Ricochet & GOA have to handle their business with the Hurt Syndicate? WAIT! They’re here already! Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin storm the ring to brawl with Liona & Kaun! They go to the ramp, the fans sing along with “We Hurt~ People!” and this goes to the back! Will the All Mighty & Standard of Excellence leave anything of the Gates still standing? Will Ricochet come to regret making things personal with the Syndicate?

PROGRAMMING NOTE for Collision!

Collision is still on Saturday, but it will surely and for truly be LIVE from coast-to-coast! 8PM Eastern, 5PM Pacific, make sure you don’t miss Collision on TNT and HBO Max!

BREAKING NEWS for next week’s Dynamite!

Hangman’s battle with The Don Callis Family is only heating up, and he finds himself in his own All-Star 8 Man Tag! Hangman teams with Kenny Omega & JetSpeed to take on Josh Alexander, Kyle Fletcher, and The Young Bucks! Will it be just like old times for The Cowboy & The Cleaner? Or will Rod & Todd- Er, Matt & Nick Jackson, help the Walking Weapon & Protostar take down some old friends?

Falls Count Anywhere: Darby Allin VS Claudio Castagnoli!

The Relentless One may have put his challenge for All Out to Jon Moxley, but this is payback for when the Swiss Cyborg threw Darby down a flight of stairs! Will Darby do that and so much worse when they can go anywhere they want?

Well, Darby doesn’t even wait for things to be ringside, he LEAPS off a “Sea Box” to attack Claudio! The fans fire up, the bell rings, and the brawl is on backstage! Claudio TOSSES Darby against the side of a freight container, then brings a shopping cart over. Claudio puts Darby in the cart, and he tells everyone to move! Claudio runs with the cart, then it hits a bump, and Darby goes FLYING out, onto a set of chairs! Claudio bowled a 7-10 split, then he TOSSES the cart aside so he can grab some of the chairs. Claudio has them set up near a bench seat, and he puts a flatscreen TV on them like a table?!

Claudio drags Darby up, scoops him, and SLAMS him through the 55 inch screen!! The fans go nuts while Claudio drags Darby to gorilla! They go to the stage, the fans cheer, and Claudio THROWS Darby against the steel fencing! And then he SWINGS Darby! Darby goes around and around and then into railing! The fans go nuts, Claudio covers, TWO! Darby survives but Claudio drags him to ringside. Claudio throws Darby into the ring, the fans boo, but Claudio soaks up the heat. But then Darby DIVES! Claudio is sent into railing! Darby then SHOTGUNS Claudio into barriers! The fans fire up as Darby climbs!

Darby goes up one of the pillars that supports the lighting truss! Well, Darby is a Pillar of AEW… And he SUPER DUPER COFFIN SPLASHES Claudio!! The fans are thunderous, Darby covers, TWO!! Claudio survives and the fans are again losing their minds! The fans rally and duel, Darby puts Claudio in the ring, and Darby fires forearms. Darby then CLUBS away on Claudio, and he snarls as he builds speed. But Claudio POP-UP UPPERCUTS! Darby flops back, Claudio covers, TWO! Claudio tells commentary to move aside? Is he thinking what it looks like? Claudio drags Darby up, and just like on Sunday, he aims for the outside!

Claudio THROWS Darby onto the commentary desk!! The desk doesn’t break, but maybe Darby just did! The fans lose their minds all over again, commentary can’t even say anything because they moved away, and the ref hurries to check on Darby. The desk finally collapses, Claudio storms out after Darby, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Claudio drags Darby from the wreckage, covers, TWO!?!? Darby survives and Claudio is mad with the ref! The ref says the count was fair, Darby is just inhuman! Claudio goes and brings out a TABLE! Philly is certainly happy, no one loves tables more than the home of ECW. Claudio puts a table in the ring, helps set commentary back up with their chairs, and then drags Darby around. Claudio scoops Darby to SLAM him on what’s left of the desk! Cocky cover, TWO! Claudio puts chairs in the ring now, and quite a few at that. Claudio then drags Darby up, brings him around, and scoops to SNAKE EYES off railing!

Claudio leaves Darby behind to go set his table up in the corner. Claudio goes back to Darby, but Darby SLAPS him! Darby staggers and stumbles away, but comes back to SLAP again! Claudio DECKS Darby! Dynamite returns to single picture as the fans rally for Darby as hard as they can. Claudio stands Darby up, Darby fires body shots and CHOPS! Claudio eggs Darby on, then UPPERCUTS Darby down! Claudio gut wrenches to SLAM Darby on the apron! Claudio then storms in and positions another table in another corner. Darby stirs, but Claudio has a chair! Claudio aims to SMACK Darby on the back! The fans boo while Darby writhes in pain.

Claudio grins and mocks Darby’s pain. But Darby kicks the legs out! GUILLOTINE FACELOCK! Claudio powers up, aims, but Darby CRANKS on the hold! The fans rally as Claudio powers up, and he suplexes Darby to then aim for a table! Darby knees free, to have a SLEEPER! The fans fire up, Claudio stays on his feet, and he pries the hold open! Claudio THROWS Darby, runs up, but Darby dodges! Claudio CRASHES THROUGH A TABLE! The fans are thunderous for Darby as he grabs a chair! Darby aims as Claudio rises, and Darby SMACKS Claudio down! And SMACKS him again! And SMACKS him again!

The fans fire up as Darby puts the chair around Claudio’s neck! The fans are going nuts already as Darby climbs, but Claudio is free! Claudio UPPERCUTS Darby, then he grabs a chair! Darby is stuck on the corner, Claudio SMACKS him on the back! Claudio then gathers all the chairs into a pile at center, right on the AEW logo. Claudio then goes back to Darby, climbs up, and he’s on the very top! SUPER DUPER GUT WRENCH PLEX onto the chairs!! Cover, TWO!?!?!? Darby survives, but Claudio just hauls him up! And TOSSES him at the table! The table doesn’t break, so Claudio lifts Darby again! RAZOR’S EDGE through the table!

The fans fire up, Claudio covers, TWO!??!?! Darby is defying all expectations, and the fans are loving it! They cheer “A E DUB! A E DUB!” for making this match happen! Claudio snarls, and he takes a buckle pad away! Claudio drags Darby around, and he lines up a shot! CATAPULT, but Darby lands safe on the second rope to then DOUBLE STOMP! The fans fire up and Darby flounders to the far side. Claudio sputters, rises up, and he runs in, but he blocks Darby’s boots! Electric Chair Lift, but Darby CLAWS Claudio’s eyes! Darby then victory rolls, TWO! Darby hurries up, Claudio runs in, drop toehold into the bare buckle!

The fans fire up as Claudio staggers, and Darby hops on! CODE RED!! Cover, TWO!! Claudio survives but Darby goes up! COFFIN DROP!! But he’s not done! Darby goes right back up, COFFIN DROP!! Cover, Darby wins!!

Winner: Darby Allin, by pinfall

But wait! GABE KIDD is here, and he GERMAN SUPLEXES Darby! Moxley’s mercenary is raining down fists, and then the man himself returns! Marina runs the ref off while Mad Man and Maniac drag Darby up. But Darby TRIPS Moxley! Darby rains down fists, but Gabe drags Darby away. Darby BITES Gabe’s hands, switches and SHOVES Gabe into Moxley! Darby gets out of the ring and into the crowd! The fans cheer as Darby heads for the back, but Gabe pursues! Moxley is pissed that he was denied his chance to finish this now, but AEW will be sticking around in Philadelphia for a little bit. Will Moxley get his chance next time? Or will he have no choice but to go All Out with the Relentless One?

My Thoughts:

A great Dynamite to follow Forbidden Door, but with a few oddities. I appreciate they’re pivoting away from Hangman VS MJF right now to give us Hangman VS Don Callis Family, but they could’ve given the Hangman promo first, had DCF show up, brawl happens, we get the 8 Man Tag match we got tonight. At the same time, that doesn’t allow for Kenny to show up and reunite with Hangman to then set up next week’s 8 Man Tag. The thing is, did we even need tonight’s 8 Man Tag? Brodido getting a match made sense, but then why not have other teammates? JetSpeed helped them and Cowboy & Cleaner, I guess TK hasn’t built other Face midcard teams.

And for that matter, what nonsense is giving Ricochet & GOA a trios title shot? Did they really win enough matches to be #1 contenders? This was literally only so Hurt Syndicate could get at them, wasn’t it? Good promos from MJF and Briscoe to set up some kind of grudge match. MJF continues to have a great sense of Heel arrogance where he sees “hypocrisy” in fans but that’s because he won’t take responsibility for being the problem. Very good promo vignette from Toni, Mina, and Athena, but I guess that’s all we’re getting as a go-home to Death Before Dishonor. I suppose Athena does have to retain her title now to rebound from losing to Toni, but it’d be a much more shocking move if Mina won and Athena went to AEW full time.

Also, was I just mistaken or did they advertise Mina Shirakawa VS Syuri, and then quietly canceled it? I suppose that match wouldn’t have done anything, Mina was surely gonna win and that would’ve made the math say Athena wins at Death Before Dishonor. Meanwhile, good promo from Mercedes Mone as part of her celebration, but what about someone stepping up to her? Mone said “Alex Windsor” multiple times, it should’ve summoned her like Beetlejuice. That is, Alex could’ve at least had a video prepared as she surely stayed by Ospreay’s side for his neck surgery. But whatever, I guess they avoided the cliche, if only because they have no back-up ideas.

Very good stuff with Kris & Harley VS Megan & Penelope, good win for the Faces, but Willow showing up as Megan and Kris brawl after the match was weird. Because Kris was winning the brawl, too, and you only need a Face showing up like Willow did if the Heel has the edge. I still hope this leads to Women’s Blood & Guts, 5v5 of Willow, Kris, Harley, Aminata & Anna Jay VS Megan, Ford & Triangle of Madness. Very good opening promo from FTR, even with Dax pulling his usual “I’m gonna answer for you” shtick. Stokely and Paul Turner getting at each other was good, though, and great stuff from “C&C” Cope & Christian. They’ll have a great tag grudge match, and I would think C&C win since it’ll be in Toronto.

The Death Riders had good stuff again but also had a part in the oddities. Moxley VS Garcia was a great opening match, great showing for Garcia, and Moxley snatching that win keeps Garcia strong. Moxley talking to Garcia made me think he was trying to recruit Garcia to the Death Riders since A) PAC still ain’t back, and B) Gabe Kidd can’t always be showing up when he needs to focus on NJPW stuff. And with how I thought Garcia was going to turn on Nigel at Forbidden Door, it wouldn’t be the worst thing for Garcia to do. But then Yuta hanging back just to talk smack on his hometown and then get squashed by Hook, that could’ve been a Collision thing.

Hook using that chill song from his vignettes as his new theme is weird. I would’ve had it be a song that leads into the real theme song that has more energy to it. But I guess this means Hook is staying Face, no Bash at the Beach Hogan type turn on The Opps. That aside, awesome Falls Count Anywhere match, especially with Darby leaping on Claudio backstage to start it. Great use of that immediate backstage area, then wild stuff once they were ringside. Great win for Darby, and of course Moxley & Gabe go after Darby. Darby getting away was a good change of expectations, and maybe we get Darby VS Gabe before we get Darby VS Moxley.

My Score: 8.8/10