Tonight (or actually last night, but I’m just getting around to it tonight because I was enjoying some maple-soaked shenanigans in my home country last night), we see the fallout of Forbidden Door, including Mark Briscoe’s cage-match-earned title shot against MJF! We’ll also see a Survival of the Fittest match for the TBS Championship, and hear from the Owen Hart Cup winners, as well as the returned Jay White!
They show a clip from after Forbidden Door. Renee asks Will Ospreay how it feels, he starts to talk about how good it feels, Jon Moxley interjects, checks in on Ospreay, Ospreay asks Mox what he meant when he said he was starting to see “it”. Mox says it can’t be explained in words, it can only be lived. He says the roster is full of people who pull each other down because of their own insecurities, and it’s up to them to protect the company. He then offers Ospreay a proper spot in the Death Riders. As Mox walks off, Kenny Omega tells Ospreay his performance was amazing, Ospreay says he knows he’s going to try to talk him out of joining the Death Riders, MJF then walks in, Kenny says he has next, MJF says he’ll see Ospreay at Wembley.
Match One: AEW Men’s World Championship: MJF (c) vs. Mark Briscoe
MJF with a side headlock, Briscoe whips out, spinebuster, stomps in the corner, punches, whip, MJF floats over, clutches his knee, Briscoe goes to shoot it, MJF with a piledriver for two, head bite, head gouge, back body drop, taunts the crowd, whip to the corner, back body drop, Briscoe lands on his feet, palm strikes, snapmare, dropkick, clothesline in the corner, overhead belly to belly, avalanche, rolling DVD, clothesline, goes up top, MJF crotches him, follows, Briscoe with a bite, shoves MJF down, Froggy Bow for two, Jay Driller, blocked with a back body drop, Briscoe tosses MJF to the floor, suicide cannonball, tosses a chair into the ring, leaps off it for a suicide dive, toss into the steel steps, sets up a table, rolls MJF onto the table, goes up top, MJF with a body drop onto the apron, collapses the table, puts it back under the ring, goes up top, poses, foot choke back in the ring, stomp, choke in the ropes, trading punches, MJF spits on Briscoe, Briscoe with punches, tosses MJF to the floor, pulls the padding off the floor, goes for the Jay Driller, MJF reverses into a back body drop, tombstone, reversed into a body slam, Froggy Bow from the apron, rolls MJF into the ring, Cutthroat Driver for two, Jay Driller on the apron, blocked, headbutt instead, another headbutt on the floor, toss down, grabs the table from before, sets it up, charges, MJF trips him onto the ringside chair, breaks the count, goes for a running boot, gets caught with a chop, Briscoe with a Tower of London from the barricade, punches MJF onto the table, goes to go up top, trips, tries again and gets up there, Froggy Bow through the table, rolls him into the ring and covers for two as MJF gets his foot on the rope, Briscoe goes for a Jay Driller, blocked, MJF with a thumb to the eye, Briscoe with a tackle, MJF with a mixture of strikes, Briscoe with a kick, lariat, goes up top, Froggy Bow, Jay Driller for two, drags MJF up top, goes for another Jay Driller, MJF blocks, eye poke, tosses Briscoe to the apron, Briscoe with a headbutt, sunset flip, blocked, trading rollups for two, Briscoe with a boot to the gut, Jay Driller, reversed into an Alabama Slam, Heat Seeker for three.
Winner and STILL AEW Men’s World Champion: MJF
MJF puts the Dynamite Diamond ring on and punches MJF. He chases off the doctors, goes for it again, Kenny Omega makes the save. He grabs a mic and challenges him for tonight. MJF says it’s bad enough he had to come to California, and bad enough he had to wrestle Mark Briscoe, he’s not wrestling again tonight. He says he already beat Kenny twice, so he’s not giving him another shot. Then he has an idea: Kenny gets a title shot, but if he loses he can’t challenge for the AEW Men’s World Championship again.
After a commercial, MJF swears revenge on Andrade, then runs through the list of challengers he’s beaten throughout his reigns. He says Kenny won’t accept the challenge. Will Ospreay walks in and asks MJF why the stipulation. MJF answers that it’s because he’s the champ, and Ospreay isn’t.
Tony Schiavone welcomes Andrade, who says it was time to get rid of MJF and become the new AEW World Champion. He’s then attacked by Archer, Cage, and Doyle of the Don Callis Family, Kevin Knight comes out to direct traffic, Brian Cage hits Andrade with a Drill Claw. Don Callis takes the mic and tells him to get out of the ring, before dumping Andrade to the floor.
Mercedes Mone hypes up her tournament win and upcoming title win.
Match Two: TNT Championship: Kevin Knight (c) vs. ROH TV Champion Lio Rush
Rush comes to the ring with a backpack, urges Knight to open it, Knight swats it away, but then finally opens it facing away from him, finds Rush’s ROH TV championship belt dyed black, Rush with a rollup for two, bite, knocks Knight around, chops in the ropes, Doyle pulls Knight to safety, Rush menaces the entire DCF contingent, forearm to Knight, rolls him into the ring, punches, Knight with gut punches, stomps in the corner, foot choke, body slam for two, Rush with a back body drop, chops in the corner, sets Knight up top, bite, superplex, blocked, Knight with punches, boot from the corner, backbreaker for two, Rush with a forearm, rollup, enziguri, Stunner for two, locks in his cutter-based submission, Knight gets to the rope, Doyle pulls him to the floor, Rush leaps at Doyle off the top rope, caught, tosses Doyle into the ring post, Knight rolls Rush into the ring, springboard lariat, Rush with a rollup for two, Knight with a spinebuster, Crash Landing for three.
Winner and STILL TNT Champion: Kevin Knight
Darby Allin comes out after the bell and challenges him for the TNT Championship. Knight is about to accept it, Don Callis takes the mic from him and says Darby crossed a line with the exploding bag stunt, so no title shot. Darby says Kevin Knight has dug his own grave. Mike Bailey is watching from the crowd.
Backstage, Tommaso Ciampa tries to get Renee to say that he’s better than Chris Jericho. Jericho runs in and sparks a brawl that ends up outside, Ciampa attacks security as they try to intervene, goes at Jericho with a drill, Jericho blocks it, they fight around the production truck, Jericho leaps from the truck, security finally pulls them apart.
Backstage, Renee tries to get a word in with Kenny, who is talking with the Bucks. Matt is in favour of saying no to MJF, while Nick leans toward yes. Kenny says, if he does take the match, he needs to do it on his own, because he wants to make up for how he acted during his last reign.
Match Three: Will Ospreay and Continental Champion Jon Moxley vs. The Swirl
The Swirl attack before the bell, Mox eventually fights his way out, Ospreay in, cleans house, Mox in, elbow to Blake for one, body slam, blocked, Blake with an eye poke, chop, Lee in, Mox starts beating them both down, they eventually get him in a tree of woe, beat down both opponents, Lee hits a DVD for two, punch, double team beatdown in the corner, Mox fights his way out of the corner, lariat, Ospreay in, cleans house, cover for two, Mox and Ospreay take turns hitting lariats in the corner, Paradigm Shift into a Hidden Blade for three.
Winners: Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley
They show a clip of Lexy Nair interviewing Cope and Cage after Forbidden Door. Cage asks what Jay White’s deal was, Copeland says he owed him a favour, and now they’re even. Cage says he had a problem with Jay White before his injury, and he still does.
The Bang Bang Gang hit the ring, Jay White talks about how long he’s been gone, how the perception of the Death Riders has changed, he takes a shot at Will Ospreay, but then says the Bang Bang Gang is back in full force. He talks about his history with David Finlay, from joining the NJPW Dojo around the same time, says that Finlay is incredibly talented, but that he’s still just a nepo baby bitch. He says his career will forever be stained by the fact that Finlay interrupted his chance to say goodbye to the NJPW audience, but now they’re in AEW, and White is coming for revenge.
Backstage, Shane Taylor Promotions challenge the Bang Bang Gang for Collision.
Match Four: TBS Championship (Vacant): Survival of the Fittest: Kris Statlander vs. Maika vs. Shida Hikaru vs. Queen Aminata vs. Harley Cameron vs. Persephone
Match starts with all six women going at it, Shida rolls up Persephone for two, they tee off until Harley helps take out Shida, Maika enters the ring and tees off with Persephone, Harley again aids Persephone, Aminata and Shida enter the ring, Harley and Persephone take them down, Persephone catches Harley with a Razor’s Edge for three.
Harley Cameron Eliminated
Kris Statlander checks on Harley, Persephone rolls her up for two, they go at it, Shida and Aminata double team Stat, Maika comes to her aid, they also beat down Persephone, Shida hits Stat with a kendo stick, tosses Maika around, Maika rebounds with mixed strikes, body slam, reversed into an ankle lock, Maika reverses into a trip, Shida grabs the kendo stick, Stat pulls it out of her hand, but Persephone pulls Stat off the apron, Shida rolls Maika up for three.
Maika Eliminated
Shida and Aminata tee off on each other, Aminata with a rollup for two, slam for two, goes up top, Stat and Persephone grab her feet, she kicks them off, Shida with punches, Aminata headbutts her into the ring, double foot stomp, misses, Stat with a forearm, Aminata with a headbutt, Persephone rolls Aminata up for three.
Queen Aminata Eliminated
Stat and Persephone trade shoves, Stat with a tijeras, Persephone with a boot, jockeying, trading rollups for two, Persephone with a lariat, stomps, toss to the corner, knee choke, backbreaker for two, chinlock, transitions to a bow and arrow, punch, suplex, blocked, Stat with a delayed vertical, blocked, Stat with forearms, chop, Persephone with a superkick, Stat with a lariat, sky high for two, Shida runs in and covers both women for two in succession, Stat chops both opponents repeatedly, they respond by beating her down, she hits them both with a leaping elbow, Michinoku Driver to Persephone for two, Persephone goes for the Razor’s Edge, reversed into Staturday Night Fever, reversed into a rollup for two, reversed into a rollup for three.
Persephone Eliminated
Stat and Shida trade blows, Shida with a Falcon Arrow for two, grabs the title belt, misses a belt shot, Stat with strikes, trading rollups for two, Shida locks in an ankle lock, Stat pulls herself to the apron, Persephone clubs her with the title belt, Shida locks in a half crab, Stat goes out.
Winner and NEW TBS Champion: Shida Hikaru
After a commercial, Kenny starts to head toward the ring, Will Ospreay cuts him off backstage and says he wants to wrestle Kenny at Wembley, but this could be a bad idea. Kenny says this is it for him, so he’s going to go out guns a-blazing.
Kenny hits the ring, says he’s been doing this for almost 30 years, and it’s been the joy of his life. He says, if everyone can believe in him just one more time, he can do it. He accepts the offer.
MJF attacks Kenny just as he’s about to sign off, he goes for the ring punch, Kenny double-legs him and punches him until security pulls them apart to end the show.
