Tonight: Opps VS Hurt Syndicate!

Samoa Joe may not be AEW World Champion, but he’s still AEW World Trios Champion. For now… Will the Hurt Syndicate change all that tonight?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• AEW World Trios Championships: The Opps VS The Hurt Syndicate; The Opps win and retain the titles.
• AEW Women’s Tag Tournament #1 Seed Fatal 4 Way: Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron VS Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford VS Jamie Hayter & Queen Aminata VS Julia Hart & Skye Blue; Hayter & Aminata win and will face Julia & Skye in the opening round.
• Jon Moxley VS Kyle O’Reilly; Kyle wins, by disqualification.
• Six Man Tag: Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong VS Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia; Briscoe, Cassidy & Roddy win.
• AEW Unified Championship: Kazuchika Okada VS Bandido; Okada wins and retains the title.

PLAY BY PLAY

AEW shares footage from after WrestleDream.

Hangman Page was being checked on by medics as he asked Samoa Joe, “Have you lost your mind in the twilight years of your career? I gave you your shot, and you failed! You’re embarrassed. Have you lost your mind? Have you lost your mind?! I warned you, did I not? I warned you. Joe, when I find you, I am going to ruin your damn life!” The Cowboy is ready to rip Joe apart, but will he look to do that as soon as tonight?

AEW World Trios Championships: The Opps VS The Hurt Syndicate!

Speaking of Samoa Joe, he leads Katsuyori Shibata & “Powerhouse” Will Hobbs to the ring, all three of them having turned their backs on Hangman Page. Will their disrespect and dishonor get them defeated and dethroned by Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin & Montel Vontavious Porter? Or will The Opps show The Hurt Syndicate how to truly hurt people?

The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and time to see who is truly #NeverLacking!

The trios stare down but the ref wants them to sort out. Both sides stand down, and Shelton starts against The Wrestler. They tie up, Shibata headlocks, but Shelton powers out. They RAM shoulders and neither man stands down. Shelton knees low, headlocks, but Shibata powers up and out to headlock in return. Shelton powers out the back to have the ANKLE LOCK! Shibata rolls to have the ANKLE LOCK! Shelton turns over to go for an arm but Shibata switches that onto Shelton! Shelton stacks Shibata, TWO! Shelton LARIATS Shibata down! Shelton stands Shibata up, tags Lashley, and the fans cheer while Shibata backs up.

Lashley and Shibata square up, but Hobbs shouts to Shibata. Shibata tags Hobbs in, and the fans fire up for “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” But wait, JOE tags himself in! Joe covers Hobbs’ chest with the towel, no one gets “MEAT” tonight. The fans boo, but Lashley DECKS Joe! The fans cheer, and Lashley bumps Joe off buckles. Lashley fires forearms on Joe, then stops as the ref counts. Lashley whips corner to corner, but Joe reverses. Joe ROCKS Lashley, talks trash, then whips corner to corner. Joe runs in but Lashley dodges to clinch and FLATLINER! Lashley pushes Joe over, fires the fans up, and whips Joe to the open corner.

Tag to Shelton, he runs in, but Joe puts him on thee apron. Shelton goes up, up, and leaps, but Joe steps aside! The fans applaud, but Shelton lands on his feet! Joe is annoyed and tags out to Hobbs. Shelton dodges, Hobbs blocks a kick, but the DRAGON WHIP hits! Hobbs wobbles, but he still scoops Shelton, only for Shelton to slip free. Shelton waistlocks, he and Hobbs go around, but Hobbs breaks free to LARIAT Shelton up and out! Lashley LARIATS Hobbs up and out! Shibata BOOTS Lashley down! MVP BOOTS Shibata down! Joe ROCKS MVP, TOSSES him, but Shelton STEP-UP KNES! Hobbs scoops Shelton to POWERSLAM!

Joe adds a SENTON! Shibata PENALTY KICKS Shelton! The Opps stand tall and Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Hobbs kicks at Lashley before he drags Shelton up, just to DECK him! Hobbs TOSSES Shelton out, taunts Lashley, and distracts the ref, which lets Joe stomp away on Shelton! Joe gets away before the ref notices, and the ref keeps Lashley back. Hobbs goes out to drag Shelton up, and whips him hard into railing! Hobbs CHOKES Shelton, the ref reprimands, and Hobbs puts Shelton back in the ring. Cover, TWO! Hobbs tags Shibata, Shibata stomps Shelton, and Shibata has a toehold. Shibata digs his knee into Shelton’s leg but Shelton endures. Shibata steps through to have a FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCK! Shibata still endures, but his shoulders are down! TWO!

Shibata puts on the pressure while Shelton endures. Shelton’s shoulders are down again, TWO! Shelton drags Shibata with him as he heads for ropes, but Shibata turns Shelton away! Shelton’s shoulders are down again, TWO! Shibata eggs Shelton on, but Shelton SMACKS Shibata! The leglock is undone, but Shibata hurries to stomps Shelton. Dynamite returns to single picture as Shelton fires forearms on Shelton. Shelton goes to a corner, Shibata keeps after him, but the ref counts. Shibata stops at 4 to tag Joe. Joe smirks and JABS Shelton! And JABS! JABS! JABS! The ref counts, Joe drags Shelton up, and Joe snapmares Shelton into a chinlock.

Shelton endures, the fans rally up, but Joe leans on the hold. Shelton fights up, fires body shots, and is free! But Joe SHOVES Shelton down and stomps away at the ropes! The fans boo, the ref counts, and Joe backs off, but Hobbs gets his cheap shots in! Joe drags Shelton up, ROCKS him, then JABS! Joe fires hands, then he ROCKS Shelton again. Shelton fires back, but Joe SLAPS! Shelton SLAPS, SLAPS, SLAPS! The fans fire up as Shelton fires off, but Joe CHOPS! Joe whips, Shelton turns backdrop into SATELLITE DDT! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Joe and Shelton crawl, hot tags to Lashley and Shibata!

The fans fire up as The All Mighty rallies on Shibata! LARIAT, LARIAT, and OVERHEAD BELLY2BELLY! Then Lashley RAMS Shibata in the corner before turning him for a NECKBREAKER! Then Lashley BLASTS Hobbs! Lashley hauls Shibata up, DOMINATOR! Cover, Hobbs breaks it! Hobbs eggs Lashley on and fans chant “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Hobbs brings the straps down, the fans fire up more, and the haymakers fly! “MEAT! MEAT! MEAT!” Lashley ROCKS Hobbs, reels him in, but Hobbs wrenches out to throat chop! Hobbs scoops Lashley, Lashley slips free, and Lashley wants the nelson!

Hobbs RAMS Lashley into buckles, fires elbows, then runs corner to corner, but Lashley meets him! DOUBLE LARIATS take both men down! The fans fire up, Shibata gets moving, PENALTY KICK! Cover, TWO! Lashley survives and the fans rally, hot tags to Joe and MVP! But Joe CLAWS MVP’s face! Joe whips, MVP reverses and throat chops in return! KNEE SMASH! Joe is down, and the fans fire up as MVP runs the ropes! MVP is BALLIN~! ELBOW DROP! Cover, Shibata breaks it! But Shelton GERMAN SUPLEXES Shibata! But Hobbs SPINEBUSTERS Shelton! Then Hobbs dodges Lashley, but runs into a MILE HIGH SPINEBUSTER!

Joe BOOTS Lashley down! Then he catches MVP, COQUINA CLUTCH!! MVP JAWBREAKERS free! And he clamps on for the OVER- Wait, is that Ricochet?! The One & Only distracts MVP, and Joe slips free! COQUINA CLUTCH!! MVP flails, reaches out, but he’s caught! MVP TAPS!

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

Ricochet regroups with Kaun & Liona, The Demand satisfied that the Syndicate lost. MVP, Lashley & Shelton rush Ricochet, Kaun & Liona and they run away to the back! Is the war between them and the Hurt Syndicate still not over? Meanwhile, Tony Schiavone joins The Opps in the ring, and Schiavone says after a classic match at WrestleDream, fans want to know why Joe did what he did to Hangman Page. Joe takes the mic to say, “First of all, I wanna say what a pleasure it is to be here in San Antonio tonight.” The fans do cheer that, but Joe says, “You gotta understand, when you have a man like Powerhouse Hobbs around, it’s good to have these big ol’ FAT San Antonio women around to keep him occupied!”

Hobbs pretends he’s lifting said fat San Antonio woman, and then pretends he buckles under the weight. Joe continues to say he will address, “Why, Joe, Why?” And it’s really simple: Because Joe exists! As long as Joe is on Earth and you call yourself a champion, he comes hunting for you. As long as you stride this Earth thinking you’re the man, the very best there can be, just know that Joe is waiting to show you that you are NOT. The fans cheer for #CowboyS*it, but Joe says much like the fans say, “Hangman Adam Page, you may think that this is just some cowboy s*it, but rest assured, just like every one of you slack jawed Texans in here, I will slap your cowboy ass and make you my b*tch, just like everybody else has made every sports team in this state!”

The fans boo but Joe says if you haven’t noticed, what stands before you are The Opps, they stand in opposition to everybody, and rest assured, they are #NeverLacking. The Opps head out, but will Hangman make sure Joe eats those words?

Backstage interview with Kris Statlander.

Renee Paquette is with The Galaxy’s Greatest AEW Women’s World Champion, and notes her successful title defense against Toni Storm. Kris says if there’s anyone she could’ve stripped with, cuddled with, beat the s*it out of, and then made up, well, she’s glad it was Toni Storm. Renee brings up how moments later, Mercedes Mone appeared to challenge Kris to a title match for Full Gear. Kris says that she doesn’t need a celebration tonight, because she is not focused on what she did, but on what she’s going to do. And since we’re making history and all, Kris beat Toni Storm twice. Has Mone? Kris won the AEW Women’s World Championship. Has Mone?

If Mone thinks Kris is the same person Mone beat last year at Full Gear, well, Kris promises you she is so much more. Mone may have broken glass ceilings, but Kris will soar past them and take this title to heights we’ve never seen before, and Mone is coming along for the ride. Full Gear, AEW Women’s World Championship, Kris VS Mone, challenge accepted! Oh, and… Have a nice celebration tonight. Kris heads out, but how will The CEO respond?

Darby Allin is here!

San Antonio cheers as The Relentless One makes his way out, carrying the AEW banner. The very banner he brought to the top of Mount Everest, the very banner he used in the I Quit match, and Darby sets it down gently over the AEW logo. Darby bows and kisses the banner while the fans cheer him on. Darby has a mic to say, “Before I climbed Mount Everest, there were a lot of people saying I was irresponsible, and I could never really be the face of this company. Because I was gonna get myself killed, and it’d be really bad for PR. But I’d like to argue the exact opposite. Because I’m willing to go places for this company no one else is willing to go! I will die for this place!”

The fans cheer Darby again, and he takes off his jacket as he continues, “The marks on my body from Saturday tell a story. I may have said, Jon, ‘Oh, he said I quit.’ I was never gonna say I quit Saturday. But I’m wearing the scars today.” The fans cheer that! Darby says he ain’t stupid. He knows the Death Riders won’t go away just like that. So he’ll tell Jon something: As long as The Death Riders are breathing, Darby Allin isn’t far behind. The fans cheer that! Darby has made it clear that this is far from over. Will Darby make sure the Death Riders believe him before the night is over?

Jurassic Express speaks.

Jack Perry says, “I haven’t had a real, serious, competitive match since January of this year. My lungs are burning, my muscles are aching, we haven’t had a tag match like that in what feels like a lifetime. That brings us to right now. We just beat the most legendary tag team of our generation! Maybe the greatest of all time. People wanna know: Why this? Why now? Why were we out there? We were out there for reformation, reclaiming everything that we lost. Things that we thought were impossible to lose! A name, a reputation, a feeling of wanting to give this everything that you have because it’s what you love more than anything in the world.

“And starting now, we are here to take it all. And eventually, whoever has our AEW Tag Team titles…” They’ve called their shot, but will Jack & Luchasaurus be aimed at Brody King & Bandido? Or will another team step in the way before then?

AEW Women’s Tag Tournament #1 Seed Fatal 4 Way: Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron VS Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford VS Jamie Hayter & Queen Aminata VS Julia Hart & Skye Blue!

While the “Babes with the Wrath” overcame The Megasus & Superbad Girl, and while Hayter hit Thekla hard, there is a new mission at hand: Win that number one spot in the tournament bracket! The winning team not only has momentum going into the title chase, they get to choose their first round opponents! Who will position themselves as THE #1 team in AEW?

The teams sort out, and in this form of Fatal 4 Way, only two teams are legal. Willow steps up against Skye, then Skye dodges Willow to BOOT her! Willow ends up in the Triangle of Madness’ corner, but Willow ELBOWS Julia away and BOOTS Skye! Willow brings Skye around to TOSS towards the Conglomeration corner. Tag to Harley, and Willow sends her in for a BACK ELBOW! Harley sends Willow in for a LARIAT! Then a scoop and SIDEWALK SLAM! Willow & Harley hip bump, then Harley wheelbarrows for the SPLASH! Cover, ONE, but Harley keeps Skye from the corners. Harley fireman’s carries, Skye slips free, but Harley dodges!

Harley kicks, KICKS, and ENZI- NO, Skye dodges! SUPERKICK! Cover, TWO! Skye drags Harley up, runs, but Ford snags the tag! Skye is annoyed, and she shoves Ford! Ford shoves back! Harley KNEES Ford, KNEES again and again, then clamps on. Ford fights the leg sweep to wrench and throat chop! Ford then whips Harley to the “Top Goddesses” corner, then handspring RAMS her! Tag to Megan, the fans are torn, but Megan RAMS into Harley again and again! The ref counts, Megan drags Harley out and tags Ford back in. Willow saves Harley from the double suplex, but Ford ROCKS her and TOSSES her!

Megan fireman’s carries Harley while Skye & Julia mug Willow. Harley fights free with elbows, hot tag to Hayter! The fans fire up as Hayter dodges Megan, BOOTS Ford, then fires off on Megan! Hayter whips, Megan reverses, but Hayter ducks ‘n’ dodges to BOOT! Megan wobbles but stays up, so Hayter reels her in. Megan fights the suplex, even as Hayter still tries. Megan suplexes, Hayter slips free and RAMS her into the corner! LARIAT, then a tag to Aminata! The fans cheer as Aminata & Hayter reel Megan in, but Megan DOUBLE SUPLEXES them first! The fans fire up as Megan then coordinates with Ford.

Ford climbs, Megan builds speed, and the Megasus DIVES while Ford ARIHARA MOONSAULTS! The Top Goddesses wipe out the competition while Dynamite goes picture in picture.

The ref checks Ford, she is clutching an arm from her rough landing. Megan drags Aminata up, puts her in the ring, and she storms in after her. Megan has Aminata in a corner, KNEES her low, KENES her again and again, then brings her around, only for Aminata to fire forearms! Aminata runs, but into a LARIAT! Cover, TWO! Megan stays focused, and she YANKS Aminata from Hayter’s corner. Megan scoops Aminata to SLAP her! Then she stands Aminata up, for another scoop, and a MICHINOKU DRIVER! Cover, TWO! Aminata toughs it out, but Megan drags her up to fire forearms! Megan then runs, but Julia snags a tag!

Megan shoves the little Princess of the Black Throne aside as she steps out, and Julia goes to chinlock Aminata. Aminata endures, even as Julia grinds her down. The fans rally, Aminata fights up, and Aminata fires body shots. Julia CLUBS Aminata, and Skye YANKS Hayter off the apron. Aminata snap suplexes Julia, covers, TWO! Julia goes after Aminata with another chinlock! Aminata endures, fights up, but Julia whips her away to ELBOW her down! Cover, TWO! Julia is annoyed, drags Aminata up, but Aminata heads for the Conglomeration corner! Julia ELBOWS Willow down, and Skye hurries to BLAST Harley!

The fans boo and Hayter protests, but Julia goes up the corner. Julia walks the tightrope to go OLD SCHOOL on the ax handle! Then she runs, tags Skye, BLINDSIDE LARIAT on Aminata! Skye runs in and basement BOOTS Aminata! Skye drags Aminata up, but Aminata fights back! She shoves Skye into Julia, rolls Skye, and then ROCKS Julia, DOUBLE CHOPS Skye, hot tag to Willow! The fans fire up as Willow rallies on the Sisters of Sin! LARIAT after LARIAT, then Willow puts Skye in the corner. Willow adds Julia to that, then she runs in and DOUBLE BACK BODY BLOCKS! Then a LARIAT! Willow snapmares Julia to BOOT her!

Willow SPINEBUSTERS Skye! Cover, TWO! Willow shouts to Harley, Harley joins in, they pinball Skye with DOUBLE CHOPS! ENZIGIRI! Megan runs in and LARIATS Willow! Harley jumps on Megan with a SLEEPER! Megan RAMS Harley into buckles! Megan drags Skye all the way over, and Ford tags herself in! Ford then runs up on Willow, but Willow THROWS her to Megan! Megan THRWOS Ford back, CUTTER! Cover, Sisters of Sin break it! Megan ROCKS Skye, Skye hits back, the Sisters of Sin mug Megan! They whip, but Megan crisscrosses them into each other! Ford runs up, DOUBLE STUNNERS into a DOUBLE GERMAN SUPLEX!!

The fans fire up for Megan’s power, and she has Willow for the Electric Chair! Ford goes up the corner, but Willow slips free! Willow SHOVES Megan into Ford! Ford falls, Megan staggers, and Willow runs! Hayter snags the tag before the POUNCE on Megan! PERIOD! The fans are thunderous but Willow doesn’t even know she’s out as she drags Ford up. Hayter CLUBS Willow, she and Aminata double whip, but Willow breaks the line! Willow comes back, but into DOUBLE ELBOWS! Then Hayter has Ford for a whip, then Aminata joins in for DOUBLE BOOTS! They hoist Ford up, QUEEN’S CROWN HEADBUTT to HAYTERADE!! Cover, Aminata & Hayter win!!

Winners: Jamie Hayter & Queen Aminata, by pinfall (#1 seeds, allowed to choose their opponents)

This wild card team just hit the jackpot! And Hayter isn’t waiting, she grabs the mic! “Isn’t tag team wrestling just fantastic?” The fans cheer that! Now, since they won, Hayter doesn’t think they should wait to choose their pick. Sisters of Sin~! You’re a pain in the ass, so they choose you! LET’S HAVE IT! The fans like that choice! Will Aminata & Hayter reach for the Skye and break their Hart? Or will the “Hater Queens” regret this move?

The Young Bucks are outside Tony Khan’s office.

Much like a couple weeks ago, Nick Jackson is banging on the door, he knows TK is in there, and he wants one more money match. Renee Paquette walks over to ask what is going on now. Matt says TK must be gone, and Nick says they’re desperate. Renee says yeah, we can see that part. Matt says she must love this, huh? No, she does not. But coming out of WrestleDream, they lost out on that $500,000, what is next? Oh, what’s next? They don’t know, they’re broke! Can’t you see they want TK to give them another money match? Nick says they will wrestle anyone, team with anyone, so please, open the door!

Matt says shoo, Renee. Renee leaves, and now TK opens the door. TK says hey, guys, been awhile. Yeah, it has. But TK says yes, he heard what they were saying, and how they want a big money match. They’d team with anyone against anyone? Yes! Okay, then how about… The Bucks take on Jurassic Express and JetSpeed. What? 4v2? No, no, it’ll be $400,000 in a 4v4 All Star match. This Saturday, right here in San Antonio, it’ll be JetSpeed & Jurassic Express VS Young Bucks and… These guys. FTR walks out of TK’s office! The Bucks are a bit taken aback, and Matt says hey, they have a checkered past, but-

Nick says water under the bridge! They need this money, so this sounds great. Big Stoke says the holidays are coming up, and he feels The Bucks need this more than he does. Stoke shoves a $1 bill into Nick’s chest! Hah, funny. But Nick does hold onto it… Then can Matt, Nick, Dax & Cash work together for the reward? Or will Jack, Luchasaurus, Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey just add even more money to their bank accounts?

AEW returns with Renee Paquette in the ring.

With balloons at the corners and a table at center, Renee reads off note cards as she says, “Ladies and gentlemen, the woman that’s about to join me in the ring in mere moments has had a historic and record-breaking weekend. Please, allow me to enlighten everybody. This past Friday, she became the longest-reigning TBS Champion in history. And what did she do to celebrate? She successfully defended her CMLL Women’s World title in Arena Mexico, and then Saturday at WrestleDream, she broke Ultimo Dragon’s belt record when she defeated Mina Shirakawa for the Interim ROH Women’s World Television title, making her Eleven Belts Mone.”

The fans are torn, but Renee continues by saying Mone then went to Winnipeg, Canada and won the WPW Women’s Championship. That is number TWELVE! Mone demands that we celebrate her here tonight, so without further ado, The CEO, “Ultimo” Mone! The fans are again torn as Mone makes her entrance, a dozen men preceding her, each one holding one of Mone’s titles. But wait, MUPPET MONE appears in the ring! “San Antoniooooo~! Please say hello to your CEO~!” The fans cheer, and Muppet Mone thanks Renee for the introduction. Mone is the best to do it! Three countries, three record-setting victories in three days!

Wait, don’t they say bad things happen in threes? NEVERMIND~! Muppet Mone is a global champion, just like she said she would be! Now let’s do the dance to celebrate Mone! You, too, Renee! Move them hips! C E O! C E O! But then the real Mone makes her way out here. And she’s the only one not amused. Mone has them cut the music, and has her “belt boys” get to the back. They leave, and Mone goes to the ring. The fans duel, “C E O!” “C E NO!” Mone has Renee step forward, just to tell her to get out. Renee obliges, the fans boo more, but Mone stares down Muppet Mone. “Harley. What the hell do you think you’re doing?!”

Mone says all the stupid little marks wanna mock her? They wanna laugh at her after everything she’s done for AEW and for Women’s Wrestling!? Harley echoes that in a goofy voice. Mone seethes but the fans cheer on Muppet Mone. Mone tells Harley, “You are so pathetic. Wasn’t it just a couple weeks ago you were begging me to be your tag team partner? Now you’re out here disrespecting me? Laughing at me? Are you that desperate for attention? This, tonight, is about ME! This is MY moment! This is MY celebration! What I have done, becoming Twelve Belts Mone, is gonna go down as one of the greatest accomplishments in professional wrestling history!”

Ultimo Mone will be talked about for years to come! But the stupid little marks wanna laugh at her!? The fans cheer that! Mone sighs and says she is tired of the disrespect. So if you wanna laugh at something, laugh at this! Mone SHOVES Muppet Mone into the cake! All that yellow frosting is all over the puppet! Harley peeks her head out to see the mess, and then Mone grabs her by her hair! But someone else sneaks in! KRIS STATLANDER Electric Chair Lifts Mone! And SLAMS her on the cake!! Mone freaks out and the fans fire up! But then Kris drags Mone up to CHOKE SLAM her through the table!

The fans are thunderous as Kris and Harley get the better of Mone and ruin Mone’s moment! But will The CEO be in even worse shape after she and Kris battle it out at Full Gear?

AEW shares footage from after WrestleDream.

Jon Moxley says he did not deliver on what he promised. “Tonight, it was your strength that was the deciding factor. Your absolute unwavering commitment to self-destruction tonight was your strength that was the deciding factors. And one of these days, Darby Allin, that is gonna be your downfall. Tomorrow, the sun rises again, we get out of bed, we get back to work. We get back to the work, our unwavering commitment to being the best every single day, 365 days a year, giving everything we have. Our only competition is ourselves. There is absolutely nobody in professional wrestling who does what I do, who does what we do, who can hold a candle to the standard that I set, that we set.

“Sometimes, you make a promise, and you give everything you have, and you really believe you can pull it off. I really believed, I swear, I thought he was gonna fold. I believed in my heart that he was, so he made me a liar. But no matter what happened tonight, I know exactly who I am when I look in the mirror.” The Maniac is not giving up, but will he be able to break through Darby’s unwavering spirit?

Jon Moxley w/ Marina Shafir VS Kyle O’Reilly!

We just heard what The Maniac had to say after suffering defeat, but The Conglomeration is ready to bounce back from their own setback at WrestleDream. Willow, Orange Cassidy, Tomohiro Ishii, Mark Briscoe and even Roderick Strong accompany Kyle out here, will The Violent Artist win this one for the team? Or will Moxley use him as an example to Darby and the rest of AEW of what happens when Moxley has nothing left to lose?

The bell rings, the fans rally, and the two circle. They feel things out, Kyle tests the water with kicks, and Moxley is already frustrated. The fans taunt him with, “He’s a Quitter!” Moxley waistlocks, Kyle wrenches free to hammerlock, but Moxley switches the hammerlock onto Kyle. Moxley headlocks, Kyle wrenches wrenches free, but Moxley arm-drags. Moxley flips Kyle off and the fans boo. The two reset, Moxley and Kyle knuckle lock, and Kyle KICKS a leg! Kyle slips around, drags Moxley down, and has the HEEL HOOK! Moxley scrambles to the ROPEBREAK, but he still slaps at Kyle. Kyle lets go and the two reset.

Moxley and Kyle tie up collar ‘n’ elbow, and Kyle fires knees into Moxley. Moxley puts Kyle on the ropes to fire knees in return. They go around, fire more knees, and the ref counts. The two let go and reset again. They knuckle lock, then Kyle facelocks! Moxley fights free, slips around, waistlocks then full nelsons, but Kyle uses his own leg for leverage to break free. Kyle wrenches, armlocks, and he wrangles Moxley to the mat for headscissors. Moxley fights around, steps over, and wants the arm in return. Kyle hooks Moxley’s legs to turn him over, and he kneels on Moxley. Kyle hooks the arms, turns Moxley over, ghost pin, ONE!

Moxley scrambles back and the fans chant, “He’s a Quitter!” The two reset again, tie up, and Kyle hits the FLYING ARMBAR! Moxley scrambles, fights up to stack, and he scrapes his sole off Kyle’s face! The fans boo and the ref reprimands, but Moxley CHOPS Kyle! And CHOPS again! And CHOPS again! Kyle fires forearm after forearm in return! Then he KICKS, KICKS, but Moxley blocks! Moxley BITES Kyle’s ear! And he SHOVES Kyle out of the ring! The fans boo while Moxley paces, and Dynamite goes picture in picture.

The ring count starts while Kyle writhes, but Moxley goes out the side. Moxley stalks Kyle, brings him up, and bends Kyle’s fingers before pressing the hand against the steps. Moxley then climbs up to STOMP the hand! Kyle drops back, the ring count restarts, and Moxley talks trash before he flips off San Antonio. Moxley then drags Kyle up, hammerlocks him, and RAMS him into the steps! Moxley rolls into the ring, Marina taunts the fans now, and Moxley argues with the ref. The count begins again, Kyle drags himself in at 5 of 10, but Moxley is right on him. Moxley CHOKES Kyle on the ropes, then bends him against them!

The ref counts, Moxley stops at 4, and Kyle sputters. Marina gets a cheap shot in! Marina flips off the fans, and even Bryan Danielson on commentary. Kyle rises up, Moxley eggs him on, and Kyle kicks, KICKS, and KICKS! Moxley blocks another kick to trip Kyle, tie the legs up, and he has a BRIDGING DEATHLOCK! It’s almost like a reversed Muta Lock! Kyle endures so Moxley lets go, and Dynamite returns to single picture as Moxley drags Kyle up. Kyle fires a shot, then he DUMPS Moxley out! Kyle builds speed and he BOOTS Moxley down! Moxley sputters away to the barriers, but he grabs a chair while Kyle goes out to the apron.

Moxley takes a seat in the chair, and Kyle FLYING DROPKICKS Moxley down! The fans fire up and Kyle hurries to put Moxley in the ring. Kyle storms around, the fans fire up, and Kyle KICKS! KICKS! And fires a forearm! Moxley fires back, they go forearm for forearm, but Kyle KICKS again! Kyle runs, but Moxley ROCKS him! Moxley runs, but Kyle KICKS him! Kyle fires off a strike fest, then bobs ‘n’ weaves to fire off more strikes! Kyle hammerlocks an arm and SWEEPS the legs! The fans fire up with Kyle while Moxley goes to the corner. Kyle runs in and forearm SMASHES! Then he wrenches an arm for an ELBOW BREAKER!

Kyle hammerlocks, and he adds the GUILLOTINE FACELOCK! Moxley stays on his feet but Kyle has the body scissors! Kyle drags Moxley down to a TRIANGLE HOLD! Moxley flails, the fans rally, and Moxley fights around to the ROPEBREAK! Kyle doesn’t let go, and Moxley ROPE GUILLOTINES him for it! The fans boo as Moxley stalks Kyle to the apron. Moxley fires a forearm, but Kyle KICKS! Moxley fires another forearm, Kyle fires another kick, repeat! Moxley blocks a kick, but Kyle grabs the arm to WRING it into the apron! Moxley writhes and rolls into the ring, but Kyle goes up the corner! KING KONG KNEE DROP on the knees!

Kyle now has the ANKLE LOCK!! Moxley endures, so Kyle STOMPS the leg! Then BLINDSIDE KNEE STRIKE! Cover, TWO!! Moxley survives and the fans fire up! Kyle grabs at Moxley, but Moxley double wristlocks and he reels Kyle in for an ARMBAR! Kyle clasps hands, works to roll things back, and he has the ANKLE LOCK again!! Moxley reels Kyle back in, facelocks then headlocks, but Kyle rolls to get the ARMBAR!! Moxley flails and the fans are thunderous! Moxley rolls free, stands up, and he LARIATS Kyle down! Moxley then reels Kyle in, stalling PILEDRIVER! Cover, TWO?!?! Kyle survives, but ends up in the BULLY CHOKE!!

Kyle kicks his way back, to the ROPEBREAK! Moxley holds until the ref counts 4, and he seethes as he paces. Moxley SLAPS Kyle! Kyle tries to hit back but there’s nothing to the slap! Moxley runs, but Kyle avoids the curb stomp! CHOP BLOCK! Kyle then winds up, AX ‘N’- NO, Moxley ducks the Smash! SLEEPER! But Kyle ELBOW BREAKERS, and ROLLING ELBOW! Moxley wobbles, Kyle runs, but Moxley BOOTS! Kyle yoyos, but Moxley wrenches to the underhooks! Kyle trips Moxley, and has the ANKLE LOCK!! Moxley flails, fights around, gets to his feet by grabbing the ref! The ref says let go, but Moxley DECKS him!?!?

The fans boo as Moxley resorts to new lows! Kyle lets Moxley go, the rest of the refs rush out here, and this DISQUALIFIES Moxley!

Winner: Kyle O’Reilly, by disqualification

Moxley still hits Kyle again, then he clamps on with a GUILLOTINE FACELOCK! But the Conglomeration hurries back out here! They go after Moxley for what he did, but the Death Riders rush out here to go after them! These teams were set to have their rematch anyway, so might as well do this now rather than later! Will the Sussex County Chicken, Freshly Squeezed & The Savior of the Backbreaker avenge not only Kyle but themselves from the Tailgate Brawl? Or will the Swiss Cyborg, Decoder & Red Death just add insult to injury tonight?

Six Man Tag: Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong VS Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta & Daniel Garcia!

Dynamite returns and Cassidy starts against Yuta. The bell rings, the fans fire up, and the two tie up. Yuta slips around, SAYANAGI, but Cassidy lands out to waistlock. Yuta switches, Cassidy drops down and rolls to handspring and wrench back. Yuta rolls, slips through, and snapmares to then KNEE DROP the arm! The fans boo but Yuta flexes and soaks up the heat. But Cassidy rolls Yuta to a ghost pin! TWO, and Cassidy wrenches Yuta to spin him and arm-drag him! Cassidy runs up, arm-drags, then lateral press, but Yuta ghost pins! ONE, and Cassidy ghost pins! ONE, and Yuta ghost pins! ONE and Cassidy ghost pins back!

The ghost pins go back and forth, then Cassidy changes it up to an almost Oklahoma Roll, TWO! ORANGE- NO, Yuta drops back! The fans cheer as Yuta fears Orange Punch. Yuta tags Garcia, and Cassidy puts his hands up! Garcia stops the hands from going into pockets and waistlocks. Cassidy switches, rolls Garcia, ONE, but then Cassidy headlocks. Garcia rolls, Cassidy rolls, Garcia floats all over Cassidy and talks trash on everyone. The fans boo but Cassidy casually tags in Briscoe! The fans cheer as Briscoe and Garcia step up. They shove, then they tie up! They break, then they fire forearms back and forth!

Briscoe fires a flurry, then roars and runs, but Garcia BOOTS him! Garcia runs, but Briscoe ROCKS him! Briscoe snapmares, runs, and sliding BOOTS! The fans fire up while Garcia goes to ropes. Briscoe drags Garcia over, but Roddy tags in before Cassidy. Roddy KNEES and CHOPS Garcia, then CHOPS again! Garcia throat chops, then tags Claudio! Claudio brings Roddy around, whips him to a corner, then runs in for an UPPERCUT! Claudio keeps moving, but Roddy CALF KICKS in return! The fans fire up, Roddy CHOPS, CHOPS, and CHOPS! Roddy fires fast hands, then he CHOPS! Yuta distracts Roddy, and that lets Claudio CHOP!

Roddy KNEES low in return, then CLUBS Claudio. Roddy fireman’s carries but Claudio fights free. Claudio shoves Roddy into the Death Rider corner, but Roddy just uses that to BLAST Yuta & Garcia! Roddy then BOOTS Claudio, ENZIGIRIS, and CHOPS! CHOPS! Garcia is in, Roddy gets around, HALF NELSON BACKBREAKER! Claudio ROCKS and CHOPS in return! Roddy bails out, the ref keeps Claudio back, but that just lets Yuta run up! But Roddy catches him for a RAILING BACKBREAKER! Roddy hurries into the ring as Claudio slides out, and then Roddy returns, only for Claudio to catch the dropkick!

Roddy kicks free, tries again, and he WRECKS Claudio on the return! Then he gives Claudio a RAILING BACKBREAKER! Roddy puts Claudio in, but Claudio distracts the ref, and Yuta YANKS Roddy from the apron! The fans boo, Conglomeration protests, but Claudio gorilla presses Roddy, RAILING SNAKE EYES! Roddy writhes, the fans boo, but Garcia YANKS Cassidy down to send him into railing, and Dynamite goes picture in picture!

Claudio drags Roddy up, puts him in the ring, but Briscoe goes after Garcia. Garcia CLAWS Briscoe’s eyes, and Yuta runs up to CLUB Briscoe. The ref reprimands everyone, but the brawling on the outside continues! Garcia sends Briscoe into railing! Claudio tags Yuta, they mug Roddy, but Roddy CHOPS Yuta in return! And CHOPS! And CHOPS! Roddy CHOPS Yuta off his feet, but Yuta trips Roddy to then stomp him down! Yuta keeps Roddy down, he tags Garcia, and they both stomp away on Roddy! Garcia soaks up the heat while the ref reprimands. Garcia drags Roddy up, bumps him off buckles, and then climbs up to rain down fists!

Garcia goes to nine, puts up his dukes, but then hops down because he doesn’t dance anymore. Garcia bumps Roddy off buckles, tags Claudio, and they mug Roddy more. Claudio snapmares Roddy, covers, ONE! Claudio clamps on with a chinlock! Roddy endures, pries at the hold, but Claudio even traps one of Roddy’s arms! Roddy still fights up, fires body shots, but Claudio drags Roddy over. Yuta tags in and mugs Roddy with ax handles. Yuta tries to suplex but Roddy blocks! Roddy suplexes, Yuta fights it, and he snap suplexes after all! Yuta goes up the corner to ELBOW DROP! Cover, TWO! Yuta keeps on Roddy but Roddy JAWBREAKERS free!

Roddy reaches out, but then decides NOT to tag!? Yuta DROPKICKS him down for it! Yuta drags Roddy away, tags Garcia, and Dynamite returns to single picture! Garcia stomps Roddy, drags him around, and grinds him down with a headlock. The fans rally, Roddy fights up, and Roddy slips around to lift and BACKBREAKER! Garcia hot tags Claudio and Claudio GUT WRENCH PLEXES Roddy! Claudio BLASTS Briscoe down, stares Cassidy down, then fireman’s carries Roddy. Roddy slips free, ANGLE SLAM! Both men are down and the fans fire up! Claudio and Roddy crawl, hot tag to Yuta, hot tag to Cassidy!

The fans fire up as Cassidy dodges Yuta, ROCKS Garcia, then dodges Yuta! Yuta dodges Cassidy, Cassidy BLASTS Garcia! Cassidy then DUMPS Yuta out onto Garcia! Cassidy build speed to somersault, and put his hands in his pockets! The fans fire up, Yuta & Garcia rush in, but Cassidy ducks ‘n’ dodges them both, to DOUBLE SHOTGUN! Cassidy kips up, the fans fire up, but Claudio is back! Claudio CHOPS Cassidy, shoves him, but Cassidy ducks ‘n’ dodges. Briscoe sneaks the tag and Cassidy tilt-o-whirls, only for Claudio to block the DDT! Claudio suplexes, but into STUN DOG MILLIONAIRE! Cassidy then dodges to DIVE onto Garcia & Yuta!

Briscoe steps in and he rallies with Redneck Kung-fu on Claudio and Yuta! CHOPS, FOREARMS, and repeat! Claudio waistlocks, Briscoe BOOTS Yuta, then he PELES Claudio! The fans fire up and Briscoe CHOPS and ROCKS Yuta! Briscoe whips, Yuta reverses, but Briscoe WRECKS Claudio with a dropkick! Then PENALTY KICK for Garcia! Briscoe RAMS and YANKS Yuta out! Briscoe goes up while the Death Riders regroup, SUPER MARIPOSA!! The fans are thunderous as Briscoe bowls them all down! Briscoe puts Yuta in, kicks and hooks a leg, FISHERMAN BUSTER! Cover, TWO!! Yuta survives but Briscoe stays focused!

Briscoe has the fans all fired up as he underhooks Yuta! Garcia makes the save, and he guzels Briscoe. Briscoe breaks free, Garcia CHOPS him, then FACELOCK GUILLOTINES! But Roddy BOOTS Garcia! Claudio SPINEBUSTERS Roddy! Cassidy is up to DEEP- NO, Claudio catches Cassidy and POP-UP UPPERCUTS! But Briscoe BOOTS Claudio! Yuta runs up, but into a HELLSTAB! Yuta rewinds to GERMAN SUPLEX! Garcia LARIATS in the corner, Claudio UPPERCUTS! Feed to the BUSAIKU KNEE!! Cover, RODDY BREAKS IT! The fans fire up but Garcia kicks Roddy out! They brawl, Claudio joins in, but Roddy fights them both off!

Yuta HAMMER ‘N’ ANVIL ELBOWS Briscoe as the fans declare, “This is Awesome!” Yuta hooks the arms, but Briscoe fights up! Briscoe wrenches, kicks, and underhooks! Yuta wrenches free, but into a LARIAT! And now JAY DRILLER!! Cover, CONGLOMERATION WINS!

Winners: The Conglomeration, by pinfall

But PAC ATTACKS! The Bastard stayed out of the fight until now, but here comes Tomohiro Ishii! The Stone Pitbull fires forearm after forearm on Pac! Moxley returns, Ishii dares him to do something! Marina LOW BLOWS first! The fans boo, but KYLE is back! Kyle TACKLES Moxley, Claudio & Marina drag him away, and Claudio catches Cassidy! POP-UP, and then the Death Riders clear the desk! BUT DARBY IS HERE! BASEBALL BAT TO THE LEG!! Claudio drops Cassidy and hobbles, into a baseball bat to the GUT! Then ORANGE PUNCH!! Darby promised to never be too far behind, and he keeps his promises!

Moxley is seething, but the Death Riders are in retreat! Will Darby and The Conglomeration tear down the Death Riders once and for all?

Backstage interview with Mercedes Mone.

Alicia Atout is there as The CEO returns backstage, still covered in frosting and very much upset about what happened earlier tonight. Where is everyone? Where is the makeup department?! She shrieks in anger, but Athena walks in! The Forever Champion tells Mone to calm down, this is her best look yet. Mone says don’t even start with her! Athena says hey, she’s here for one reason. They’re both here to make history and build legacies of their own. Mone is the longest-reigning TBS Champion, #UltimoMone, whatever that means, and Athena is the longest champion on ALL of ROH history.

It is time they do this again, as AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions. Mone calms down, brushes frosting from her hair and face, and says Athena has a point. Title number 13! Yes, let’s clean Mone up and get her Minion training started! Minion training?! Aw hell no! But Athena is still bringing Mone along, but can these two historic champions with massive egos make it work as a Two Woman Power Trip? Or will it all fall apart before it even begins?

Kyle Fletcher is here!

San Antonio fires up as The Protostar makes his to the ring, Don Callis right behind him. The Jackal hands his guy the mic, but the fans tell Callis off. Kyle hugs Callis to console him, then says, “San Antonio, say… my… full… name.” At WrestleDream, Kyle defended his TNT Championship, for the sixth time in the matter of months! And he did so by putting down one of his greatest rivals to date, Mark Briscoe. Now the tally might read three for Kyle, two for Briscoe, but it will not continue back and forth. It is DONE between Kyle and Briscoe. Kyle has proven definitively that he has Briscoe’s number!

They could wrestle a million times, and Kyle would beat Briscoe a million times, only further proving that Kyle will be our TNT Champion for a very, very, very, VERY- WAIT! Briscoe makes his way out here? Briscoe has a mic to say, “Hey, Kyle, as you grow up, young man, you gonna learn that you don’t gotta talk so much all the damn time.” The fans cheer that! Briscoe says he done did his work for the night, got a victory, was gonna get up outta here, but Kyle’s running his mouth, talking about a million times this, a million times that. Briscoe won’t let Kyle talk that BS and not come down to retort.

So, short and sweet, it don’t need to be a million more times, just give Briscoe one more shot. Briscoe ain’t making excuses and he ain’t begging. He’s been icing up the balls all week long, but that’s beside the point. To hell with a million more, Briscoe just needs one more shot! What’s Kyle say? Callis whispers something to Kyle, the fans sure agree with “One More Shot! One More Shot!” Callis tells Briscoe that he has something to say to Briscoe. Briscoe is a great wrestler, no question. He is also a great athlete, Callis respects Briscoe’s ability, but Briscoe’s sounding desperate to Callis. It is very off-putting.

But why wouldn’t Briscoe be desperate? He’s got like ten kids at home, that is a lot of hungry mouths to feed! How does Briscoe even focus? But when Briscoe has a family of ten hungry mouths, that’s not a family, that’s a financial burden. Briscoe needs as family like The Don Callis Family, but he doesn’t have it! See, the Callis Family all supports each other! They’re not bloodsucking leeches that just wanna take! So as great as Callis thinks Briscoe is… Callis can’t tell Briscoe what he wants to hear, only what he needs to hear. And that is “NO!” Briscoe has been denied, but will he find a way to force the issue?

The AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament is now set!

With Jamie Hayter & Queen Aminata choosing the Sisters of Sin earlier tonight, that is match-up number one! Then we will see Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford VS TayJay, and Willow & Harley will take on the newly formed duo of Mone & Athena! Then last but not least, Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa look to be more than just friends with benefits as they take on Riho & Alex Windsor! The opening round begins next week on Dynamite, but who will make it all the way to the gold?

Backstage interview with Mina Shirakawa.

Renee Paquette is with #MinaNow, and Renee brings up the brackets. It is no surprise that Mina teams with her best friend, Toni Storm. Mina says she has not heard from Toni since Saturday, and it makes sense as Toni is very sad over losing alone. But now, they’ll do this together! They will be the Timeless Love Bombs! They love, they fight, and they will win the tag- But in steps Thekla. The Toxic Spider mocks Mina over losing both title and girlfriend. But Mina hasn’t lost everything yet. She still has her mind, her dignity, and her life. Mina pushes Thekla’s hand away and reminds Thekla of their feud in Japan. Mina will fight her here, too. ON COLLISION!

Thekla says of course! She’d love to! And if Mina thinks Toni’s sad now, she will cry when she sees what Thekla does to Mina. Thekla leaves, but Mina says shove it! Will Mina build up some momentum for her and Toni here in San Antonio?

BREAKING NEWS for Collision!

We heard Hangman’s comments from after WrestleDream, but this Saturday, we will hear from Hangman in person! What will The Cowboy have to say about Samoa Joe’s disrespect? Then after the brawl tonight between Conglomeration and Death Riders, Tomohiro Ishii will go 1v1 with Pac! Will the Stone Pitbull take a bite out of The Bastard? We will also see Hook in singles action after the great tag team victory last Saturday, as well as the $400K All-Star 8 Man of JetSpeed & Jurassic Express VS FTR & The Young Bucks! Collision is back on Saturday, 8 PM Eastern, on TNT and HBO Max, don’t miss it!

AEW Unified Championship: Kazuchika Okada VS Bandido!

The Rainmaker and Alpha did fall apart and lose out on the AEW Men’s World Tag Team Championships, and The Outlaw got the pin! Will Bandido shock the world by becoming a TRIPLE CHAMPION at Okada’s expense? Or can Okada still make it rain?

The introductions are made, Okada’s belt is raised, and we see if it stays Okada’s belt after tonight!

The bell rings and the fans are fired up already. They circle, tie up, and they’re in a deadlock. Okada uses his height to push Bandido to the ropes, but Bandido turns things around. The ref counts, Bandido lets off slowly, but Okada kicks low! Okada headlocks, Bandido powers up and out, but Okada RUNS him over, only for Bandido to kip up! Bandido KNEES low, headlocks, but Okada powers up and out. Okada then hurdles, but Bandido slides under! Bandido shoves Okada, gorilla press, but Okada slips free! Bandido shows finger gun and Okada drops back! The fans fire up while Okada cools off and stands back up.

The fans duel, Okada tries to swat the finger gun but Bandido slips it through. Okada kicks low, CLUBS Bandido down, then brings him up. Okada whips, Bandido tilt-o-whirl RANAS, and the fans fire up as Okada bails out! Bandido builds speed to slide, but Okada avoids it! Bandido pursues, Okada hides, and Okada sneak attacks with a kick! Okada wrenches Bandido’s bad arm, then CLUBS it, all in front of Bandido’s extended family! Okada refreshes the ring count, drags Bandido up, and he wrenches the arm to CLUB it again! The fans rally but Okada CLUBS Bandido again. Okada has the cording hold, the fans boo, but Bandido fires shots!

Bandido uses the apron to go up and over and ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up for Bandido as he hurries after Okada, and he puts Okada in the ring as Dynamite goes picture in picture.

Bandido has the fans fired up again and he goes to the corner. Bandido climbs up top, aims, but he fakes out Okada’s antiair! Bandido wags his finger and hops down to have the legs, JAPANESE LEG ROLL CLUTCH! TWO, and Bandido knees low! Bandido CLUBS Okada again and again, then runs, but into a FLAPJACK! Okada stays cool, stalks Bandido to a corner, then goes outside to drag Bandido out. Okada wrenches the bad arm, hammerlocks it, and RAMS Bandido’s arm into the POST! Bandido slumps down, Okada looms over him, then he drags Bandido back into the ring. Okada stalks Bandido, looms over him again, and kicks him around.

Bandido rises up as Okada scuffs him and taunts him. Bandido fires body shots and chops, but there isn’t much to them. Okada BOOTS Bandido down! Okada paces around, waits on Bandido to rise, then drags him up. Okada turns Bandido to a NECKBREAKER! Cocky cover, TWO! Bandido is still in this but Okada grins as he paces. Okada drags Bandido up again, CLUBS him again and again, then looms over him again. Dynamite returns to single picture once more, and Okada brings Bandido up. Okada scoops to SLAM Bandido, then he goes to the corner! Standard formula and Okada hits the MACHO ELBOW!

Then Okada winds up, for the Rainmaker MIDDLE FINGER! The fans boo, but Okada ripcords, only for Bandido to duck under! Bandido goes up the corner, TORNILLO! Bandido bounces off the cover but he hurries back to BOOT Okada down! Okada bails out, Bandido DIVES, direct hit at the ramp! The fans fire up and Bandido rises up! Bandido hurries back into the ring, he wants to go again! Bandido builds speed to FLY! Down goes Okada and the fans are thunderous! Bandido feeds off that energy, and he has San Antonio behind him! Bandido puts Okada in, runs up, SOBAT! KNEE! SUPERKICK!

Okada goes to a corner, comes back, but Bandido handsprings to headstand! And then he kips up, and he DROPKICKS Okada down! Bandido puts Okada in the drop zone, goes up the corner right away, and gives some Latino Heat! FROG SPLASH! Cover, TWO!! Okada survives and the fans are thunderous! They chant for “EDDIE! EDDIE!” as Bandido and Okada go to opposite ends. Okada is on the apron, Bandido hurries after him, but Okada HOTSHOTS Bandido! The ref reprimands, the fans boo, but Okada rolls in. Okada drags Bandido up, the fans rally even harder, but Okada wrenches the bad arm!

Bandido fires forearms, but Okada CLUBS the bad arm! Okada scuffs and kicks Bandido, then drags him up again. Okada gut wrenches, SHOULDER BUSTER! Okada grins while Bandido writhes. Bandido bails out and the ring count starts. The fans rally up again, and they even tell Callis off. Doc Sampson wants to check Bandido’s arm, but Okada hurries to put Bandido back in! Okada drags Bandido up, wrenches, and CLUBS away on it! Okada YANKS the arm, then gut wrenches, but Bandido fights to turn that around! But Okada fights free! Okada waistlocks, Bandido switches, and Bandido scoops! Torture rack, X- NO! Okada blocks the knee!

Okada spins Bandido for ROLLING- BACKHAND! Bandido hits first, then he reels Okada in, gut wrench to a torture rack, X KNEE!! Okada flounders to ropes, Bandido deals the hand, BLACKJACK 21 PLEX!! But he can’t make the cover! Bandido crawls, makes the pin, TWO!!! Okada survives thanks to that delay and the fans can’t believe it! Bandido storms up on Okada, “This is Awesome!” as Bandido puts Okada up top. Bandido climbs up after Okada, but Okada fights the lift! Okada CLUBS Bandido, SUNSET FLIP- RANA!! Okada is sent into buckles! He’s back on the ropes! Bandido shuffles and deals, but into the DROPKICK!

Okada ripcords, but Bandido snatches him to a cradle! TWO!! Okada escapes, hurries to a corner, but Bandido runs in. Okada BOOTS Bandido, but then Bandido blocks boots to CHOP! Bandido goes corner to corner, STINGER SPLASH into BOOTS!! Okada gets Bandido up, ripcords, but Bandido slips around! TO STEAL RAINMAKER?!?! The fans are thunderous as Bandido gets Okada up! X KNEE!! Okada flounders, third time’s the charm! BLACKJACK- NO, Okada slips out the back! RAINMAKER!!! Cover, Okada wins!!

Winner: Kazuchika Okada, by pinfall (still AEW Unified Champion)

Okada had a calculated counter to Blackjack, and now Don Callis and the entire family is in the ring to celebrate! Okada hugs it out with CLØN, Trent Beretta, Mark Davis, Lance Archer, and so on. But wait, Konosuke Takeshita waited to be fashionably late to the party! The IWGP World Heavyweight Champion stares down the AEW Unified Champion, but Callis and Kyle work to settle things down. Okada’s cocky grin doesn’t help things, but will The Alpha (not) settle for being the second son?

My Thoughts:

An awesome episode for Dynamite to follow WrestleDream. Though, there are some rather disappointing moves in the stories, because they aren’t moving on! While we got a great Trios Championship match to open, I’m disappointed that they’re still doing more with Hurt Syndicate VS Demand. Ricochet costing Hurt Syndicate was apparently the only way they could let Opps VS Syndicate finish. I still stand by my opinion that Opps going Heel was a stupid move, because just listen to how the fans loved Hobbs stepping to Lashley. Joe still gave a great Heel promo, but I still don’t see the need for the turn. Good promo from Hangman to call out Joe, though.

Very good promo from Moxley to react to his loss, and very good promo from Darby, but I guess Darby isn’t done with the Death Riders. That’s a bit strange as opposed to Death Riders not being done with Darby, but clearly Darby has The Conglomeration as his allies in that fight now. Great match from Moxley VS O’Reilly, and even Moxley punching the ref was great, I don’t think I’ve seen such a blatant way to get disqualified. Great Six Man Tag to follow right after, and great win for Conglomeration. Ishii and Pac showing up to brawl and set up their own match is good stuff, and I feel like we’ve got our Men’s Blood & Guts now: Darby & Conglomeration VS Death Riders.

Very good promo from Kris to call out Mone, and great “celebration” segment. Harley trolling Mone with the puppet was great, and naturally Kris joined in there to throw Mone onto her own cake. Athena showing up to become Mone’s tag partner is pretty wild, but at least Athena’s finally back. The Fatal 4 Way Tag was a lot of fun, and great win for Hayter & Aminata. Them choosing Sisters of Sin made sense given this ongoing build, but having Blood & Guts right before the tournament finals (which I presume is Full Gear on November 22nd), risks messing up those finals if some big scary spot goes awry. I almost thought Ford got hurt here tonight, and she was doing a pretty standard moonsault.

Very good promo from Mina and Thekla to set up their match, that’ll be good stuff. Very good promo from Fletcher and Callis with Briscoe to tease a sixth showdown, but guess we’re not getting it. Honestly, a lot of these overdrawn feuds are hurting the TNT Championship scene. Darby, Ricochet, Garcia, Roddy, maybe even Shelton, could be fighting it out to face Fletcher next, but they’re all tied up in those faction showdowns. But hey, awesome main event from Okada VS Bandido, and a great win for Okada. The Don Callis Family all gathering was great stuff, mostly because of the great stare down and tension between Okada and Konosuke.

Okada VS Konosuke could certainly be set up for Full Gear, but there might need to be a draw of some kind to keep them both strong. Or maybe Okada does win to retain the Unified title, and then Konosuke gets his win back in the Continental Classic. There’s also what NJPW has planned for the IWGP World title for WrestleKingdom 20 that might factor in, Konosuke needs to look strong going into that PPV.

My Score: 9/10