THE BUY IN
Deonna Purrazzo def. Thunder Rosa
THE BUY IN
The Acclaimed & “Daddy Ass” Billy Gun def. Cage of Agony (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)
AEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Will Ospreay def. Roderick Strong (c) W/Matt Tavin, Mike Bennett & Wardlow) to become the new AEW International Champion
After the match: Adam Cole came down to the ring.
Cole asks who’s ready for story time with Adam Cole. He says Las Vegas sucks, and says he shouldn’t be out at ringside. He says he should be checking on Roderick Strong and rehabbing his ankle. He voices his frustrations with not being disrespected, then pulls out The Devil Mask. He says The Devil will get his dues.
The lights go out, and when they come back on, a video begins playing on the big screen of someone walking through a house with a picture of MJF and the AEW World Championship above the fireplace. He grabs the “Dynamite” Diamond Ring, and the camera pans over to a suit. The person filming grabs a picture cut in half of Adam Cole and MJF.
MJF’s music hits, and he makes his way down to the ring. He looks at the Devil Mask, then stares down Adam Cole. MJF hugs Cole, but low blows him and smiles. He then hits a Brainbuster on Cole and grabs a mic. He mocks Cole and says someone needs to get Cole out of his ring. He says he wants Cole to listen as he’s being helped to the back.
MJF says he gave Cole trust, but that’s not happening again. He says Cole thought he took MJF out, but all he did was remind him who he was. He says his name is Maxwell Jacob Friedman, and he’s better than you and you know it. MJF says he can say that because unlike Cole and everyone else in the ring, he doesn’t need a New Japan or a Vince McMahon because no one made him. He says MJF made MJF, then says there will be no more friendships or bull****.
MJFsays he’s back to being driven by hate rather than love. He says when he’s driven by hate, no one is safe. He picks up the Devil Mask, then says masks are adorned by cowards who want to hide. He says he’s done hiding, being humble, and apologizing for being the best. He says he doesn’t need a mask to prove no one is on the level of the Devil, then looks at the Devil Mask. He says everything that mask symbolizes can go straight to tell, then stomps on it and throws it out into the crowd. He says he’s been betting on himself since day one, then says in regards to his contract status. He rolls up his pant leg to reveal a tattoo of the Double or Nothing poker chip with the words “bet on yourself”. He says he’s not leaving AEW, then hops up on the turnbuckle to celebrate the crowd.
AEW UNIFIED WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP
Bang Bang Gang (Jay White and Gunn Club) def. Death Triangle (Pac & Lucha Bros)
AEW WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
“Timeless” Toni Storm (c) def. Serena Deeb
Orange Cassidy def. Trent Beretta
After the match, Beretta storms up the ramp. Rocky Romero joins him and Renee Paquette looks to get a word with Beretta, but Beretta pushes past them and heads through the crowd.
FTW CHAMPIONSHIP – FTW RULES
Chris Jericho (c) w. Big Bill def. Hook and Katsuyori Shibata
IWGP WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP ELIMINATOR MATCH
If Takeshita wins, he will receive a future IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match.
Jon Moxley (c) def. Konosuke Takeshita w/ Don Callis
TNT CHAMPIONSHIP – BARBED WIRE STEEL CAGE MATCH
Adam Copeland (c) def. Malakai Black w/House of Black
The bell rings and the two waste no time going after one another. They try hitting one another with chairs before Copeland hits a flapjack on Black and follows it up with a boot. Copeland grabs a piece of barbed wire and jams it into Black’s head in the corner. Black looks to send Copeland into the barbed wire wrapped around one turnbuckle face first, but Copeland blocks him and powerbombs Black into the side of the steel cage. Copeland drives Black into the mat with an elevated flatliner and charges at Black, but Black intercepts him with a kick. He looks to catapult Copeland into the barbed wire wrapped around the one turnbuckle, but Copeland lands on the ropes. He then trips him and sends him crashing into the barbed wire face first.
Black lands a round kick on Copeland’s head, then grabs a bat wrapped with barbed wire. He jams the bat into Copeland’s forehead, then stomps on Copeland’s chest and lays him on top of a chair. He grabs the bat wrapped in barbed wire and looks to hit Copeland with it, but Copeland moves out of the way and grabs the bat. He hits Black with it in the midsection and jams it into his forehead as he presses the rest of his face into the side of the steel cage. Copeland then sets up a table wrapped in barbed wire and lays Black on top of it, then ascends up the side of the steel cage. Black trips him on the top rope, then joins him on the middle rope and jams his head into the side of the steel cage. Black then powerbombs Copeland through the table.
Copeland spears Black and goes for a pin, but Black kicks out. Copeland then drives Black with a stalling piledriver, then lays him on top of a second table. He wraps barbed wire around Black, then ascends to the top of the cage. He then delivers an elbow drop to Black that sends him crashing through the table. Copeland sets up for the spear, but Black counters with The End and goes for a pin. Copeland kicks out. Black grabs a spool of barbed wire and hits Copeland with it, then fires off kicks on his chest.
Black then kicks Copeland through the cage door and follows him outside. Copeland lands a spear on Black as Buddy Matthews and Brody King march down to the ring. King and Matthews stand by Copeland, but King levels him and Matthews fires off right hands on him. They dump Copeland back inside the cage and follow him, and Matthews fires off right hands on Copeland’s head. King wraps barbed wire around Copeland as Black puts Copeland’s wedding band around his neck. They then place a barbed wire crown on Copeland.
The lights all turn red, and King goes over to one side of the ring to investigate. Gangrel emerges from underneath the ring! He spits mist on both King and Matthews, then lands DDT on them both. Black levels Gangrel, but Copeland catches him with a spear. He then locks in a crossface using a piece of barbed wire, and Black fades.
TBS CHAMPIONSHIP
Mercedes Moné def, Willow Nightingale (c) (with Stokely Hathaway& Kris Statlander) to become the new TBS Champion
Referee Aubrey Edwards warns Kris Statlander and Stokely Hathaway, Doctor Bomb connects for about an eight count but Edwards is still distracted and comes in too late!
Arm-trap crossface applied, shifting to an STF, Willow crawling, reaching, and she gets the ropes! DDT the leg, up top, roll over, Gory Special… Mercedes Mone is the new TBS Champion.
Post-match, Stokely Hathaway yells at Willow but Kris Statlander shoves him down and they leave him alone in the ring as she helps Nightingale to the back— EXCEPT SHE STOPS AT THE BAsE OF THE RAMP AND DROPS WILLOW WITH A LARIAT! Kris tears the friendship bracelet off and hits a discus lariat while Stoke laughs and laughs!
AEW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Swerve Strickland (c) w/Prince Nana def. Christian Cage w/The Patriarchy
The referee ejected Nick, Mother Wayne, and Killswitch from ringside.
ANARCHY IN THE ARENA MATCH
The Elite (Kazuchika Okada, Jack Perry, Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) def. Team AEW (Bryan Danielson, Darby Allin, Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood)
Bryan Danielson and FTR blindside The Elite on the ramp. Darby Allin’s music hits and he runs down to the ring. The bell rings and Jack Perry jams his knee into Allin’s face whilst Allin wears a mask covered in thumb tacks. Allin jams his knee into Perry’s face as Matthew Jackson grabs a mic and tells the production to cut Allin’s music. He calls for The Elite’s new theme music to be played instead as everyone continues brawling, and Danielson grabs the mic. He calls for the greatest theme song in wrestling history to be played, and The Final Countdown begins playing.
Danielson dumps Kazuchika Okada into the crowd, and Dax Harwood brawls with Matthew up the stairs. He sends Matthew’s head bouncing off a Culture Steak table as Okada and Danielson brawl through the crowd. Harwood takes a drink break, then tosses a trash can on top of Matthew. Allin delivers a Coffin Drop off one of the entrance tunnels to everyone except Harwood and Matthew.
Danielson fires off right hands on Okada as they ascend up the stairs. Allin brawls with Perry as Matthew rains down right hands on Harwood in the middle of the crowd. Cash Wheeler and Nicholas Jackson brawl in the ringside area as Wheeler hits Nicholas with a trash can. Matthew then grabs a mic and calls for production to cut off The Final Countdown due to the money it’s costing them to play the song.
Allin and Perry brawl backstage as Nicholas and Wheeler brawl near the commentary desk. Okada delivers an uppercut to Danielson, and grabs a Rainmaker Drive street sign. He then flies over the barricade to level Danielson.
Perry and Allin brawl outside the arena near the production trucks. Allin dunks Perry in an ice bath, but Perry grabs a steel pipe from a pile of trash and hits Allin with it in his midsection. He chokes Allin with the pipe as The Young Bucks dump Wheeler out of the ring near four chairs set up on the outside and land Shatter Machine on Harwood. Danielson is sent crashing into the corner, and The Bucks look to triple team on him with Okada. Danielson moves out of the way, and The Elite are sent crashing into one another.
Danielson looks to fly out of the ring to level Okada, but Okada grabs a chair and Danielson is sent crashing into it. Nicholas then throws the chair at Danielson as a bus with Scapegoat written on the top of it runs into the pile of trash that Allin is supposedly trapped in. Perry is knocked out, as Matthew beats down Harwood with a chair back inside the ring. FTR delivers an assisted piledriver to Nicholas on the apron, and Harwood ascends to the top to join Matthew. He delivers a superplex, and Wheeler follows it up with a Frog Splash off the top. Wheeler pins Matthew, but Okada breaks the fall.
Okada then lands a dropkick on Harwood, then connects with a shoulder breaker and an elbow drop off the top rope. Okada flips off the crowd, but Wheeler bites his middle finger and snaps it. Okada lands a dropkick on Wheeler, then hits a Tombstone. Allin reemerges at ringside, and begins going after Okada. He delivers a headbutt and a Code Red, then goes for a pin. Okada kicks out.
Allin runs the ropes, but The Young Bucks trip him and deliver a double powerbomb to him on top of the four chairs on the outside. They then drag Allin up the ramp as they call for their entrance platform to be raised. They place Allin on top of it and call for it to be lowered. Production obeys, but Danielson joins The Bucks on the ramp and fires off right hands on them. Nicholas throws Danielson off the stage near a pile of giant poker chips, and Matthew sends Danielson crashing face first into them. The Bucks then deliver a TK Driver to Danielson on top of the poker chip pile before Nicholas sends Wheeler crashing into the pile and Harwood delivers a DDT to Matthew on top of them.
FTR and The Bucks brawl on the ramp, and Matthew levels Harwood with a superkick. Wheeler then lands a superkick on Matthew. Wheeler grabs a table from the back and sets it up on the ramp. Okada lands a DDT to Wheeler on the top of the ramp, then lays him on top of the table as Nicholas ascends up the entrance tunnel. Okada delivers an elbow drop to Wheeler off a stage piece, and Nicholas follows it up with a senton atomico.
Perry finds Tony Khan backstage and drags him away from his position. Allin reemerges with a flame thrower as Perry appears on the ramp with Khan. Allin sets Perry on fire, but The Young Bucks extinguish it and medical officials immediately appear to check on Perry. The Bucks dump Allin back in the ring and Nicholas grabs a garbage can from under the ring as Matthew takes off Allin’s mask. Nicholas ascends to the top, and Matthew sticks Allins head on top of the trash can. He holds it in place, but Allin moves out of the way at the last second and Nicholas collides with the trash can. Okada sets up for the Rainmaker on Allin, but Allin low blows him and lands the Coffin Drop off the top. He goes for a pin, but The Young Bucks break the fall.
The Bucks send Allin colliding with the trash can as a winch lowers down from the ceiling. The Bucks and Okada tie the winch around Allin’s legs, and Harwood levels Okada with a Brainbuster. He clotheslines Matthew out of the ring before he and Wheeler connect with Shatter Machine on Nicholas.
Matthew hits Harwood with an exploding chair, and Nicholas levels Wheeler with a superkick. Okada grabs an arm sleeve covered in thumb tacks and puts it on his arm, then delivers the Rainmaker to Wheeler.
Okada grabs a box of The Elite’s new shoes from under the ring covered in thumb tacks on the bottom and The Young Bucks each put one on. Allin is then lifted up by the winch on the orders of The Bucks, but Allin bites Nicholas. Okada intervenes, and The Bucks land a double superkick on Allin with the shoes covered in thumb tacks. Danielson slides into the ring, but The Elite intercepts him. Danielson then lands the Busaiku Knee on Okada, then grabs Matthew’s thumb tack covered show off his foot. He hits him and Nichlas with it, then fires off The Yes Kicks on The Bucks. Danielson stomps on Matthew’s face, then grabs a chair and delivers the Busaiku Knee to Nicholas using the chair. He goes for a pin, but Okada breaks the fall.
As Allin still hangs from the winch, Okada lands the Rainmaker on Danielson and The Bucks follow it up with the EVP Trigger. Danielson looks to lower Allin from the winch, but Perry lands a running knee on Danielson and pins him for the win.
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