Ian’s AEW Grand Slam Mexico Recap

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Tonight, it’s the second annual Grand Slam Mexico! Speedball will challenge for the International Championship, Hangman and Brodido will challenge for the Trios Championship, Willow and the Brawling Birds will take on Mercedes and Divine Dominion, and more!

Match One: The Young Bucks and AEW Men’s World Tag Team Champions Cope and Cage vs. Death Riders

Cage and PAC start off, PAC wrenches an arm, Cage with a punch, PAC whips his way out, Yuta knees Cage, brawl erupts, Matt in, Mox in, puinches, Garcia in, stomp, foot choke, Yuta in, knee drop for one, front facelock, PAC in, stomp, toss to the corner, stomps, Mox in, PAC with a foot choke, Mox with a ten-punch, bite, chop, quadruple-team beatdown, Yuta tags in, Matt fights his way out, springboard arm drag to both men, Copeland in, Mox in, Copeland cleans house, until Mox hits a cutter, goes for a spear, Copeland ducks, splash, everyone tees off on Mox, Copeland and Nick hit him with a 619, Cage goes up top and hits a diving headbutt, Cage with a low blow, trio superkick for two as Garcia and PAC break it up, brawl on the floor featuring everyone but the legal participants, Mox goes for Death Rider in the ring, reversed into the Impaler, calls for a spear, Shafir grabs him, Cage pulls her off the apron, Shafir with a slap, Cage kicks her in the crotch, brawl erupts in the ring, Copeland with a rollup for two, spear, covers but Yuta distracts the ref, PAC whips Copeland, who hits one of the Bucks by accident, Mox with a rollup with tights for three.

Winners: Death Riders

Match Two: #1 Casino Gauntlet Spot: Tommaso Ciampa vs. Komander vs. National Champion Andrade El Idolo

After a posedown, Ciampa tees off on Komander, trades shots with Andrade, Komander hits Andrade with a hurricanrana, tees off on both opponents, tightrope suicide dive, Andrade returns the favour, poses with a fan, Ciampa boots Andrade, tosses him into and over the barricade, poses with the same fan, takes her phone and takes a picture of his junk, punches Komander, tosses him into and over the barricade, rolls Andrade into the ring, poses, recliner in the ropes, Komander runs in but Ciampa punches him, stomp, Komander with chops, Ciampa with a knee, whip to the corner, reversed, Ciampa presses Komander to the apron, Komander with a forearm, springboard, Ciampa catches him with a knee, Ciampa and Andrade trade boots, mutual clothesline, trading shots, Andrade with a pair of lariats, Three Amigos to Komander, goes up top, Ciampa knocks him down, knees Komander to the floor, beats up Andrade’s discarded pants, Komander hits him with a springboard 450, Ciampa responds with Project Ciampa for two, goes up top, Andrade with chops, superplex, blocked, Komander with a hurricanrana to Andrade, goes for one to Ciampa but reversed into an Air Raid Crash for two, Andrade with knees to Ciampa in the corner for two as Komander breaks it up, Andrade with a spinning back elbow to Ciampa, Komander with a poison rana to Andrade, moonsault to Ciampa, Andrade hits Komander with the DM for three.

Winner: Andrade

Andrade grabs a mic and says he wants more gold than just the National Championship, so he’s going to win the Gauntlet. In Spanish, he vows to win the Men’s World Championship for all of Mexico. MJF’s music hits, and he comes from the crowd and hits Andrade with the Triple B, then takes his ring back and clubs Andrade with it. He continues to beat down Andrade, grabs a mic, and declares himself the real champion. He declares himself for the qualifying spot for #2.

Match Three: Women’s World Champion Willow Nightingale and the Brawling Birds vs. Mercedes Mone and Women’s World Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion

Bayne and Windsor start off, trade strikes, Bayne tosses Windsor to the corner, shoulder tackles, whip, misses a hip check, Windsor with forearms, Hayter in, triple team beatdown, Willow in for three, Bayne with a jaw breaker, Mone in, stomps, brawl erupts, Kross in, lariat for two, toss to the corner, Mone in, foot choke, running double knees, Bayne in, stomp to the gut, forearms in the corner, Kross in, forearm, boot, Bayne with a boot, German, Kross covers for two, Mone in, Willow with a lariat, Hayter in, Birds brawl with Kross, who I think has tagged in, Windsor in, double team beatdown for two as Bayne breaks the count, Mone and Willow in, trade forearms, Willow with a spinebuster for two, whip to the corner, Mone with a Meteora, brawl erupts, Willow catches Mone with a backslide for three.

Winners: Willow Nightingale and the Brawling Birds

They announce Brawling Birds vs. Divine Dominion for All In.

Match Four: International Championship: Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey

Jockeying, to the floor, Bailey with a dive, Fletcher catches them, lawn dart, more jockeying, Bailey hits a moonsault, rolls Fletcher in the ring, goes up top, misses, hits a volley of kicks, shooting star for two, kicks, Fletcher with a Michinoku Driver for two, kick to the floor, toss into the barricade, suplex onto the barricade, rolls them back into the ring, chops in the ropes, trading rollups for two, Speedball with a hurricanrana, rollup for two, Fletcher with a half and half suplex, brainbuster, blocked, Bailey to the apron, Fletcher with a boot, Bailey lands on the ramp, Fletcher follows, brainbuster on the entrance steps, blocked, Bailey with a hurricanrana, moonsault from the entrance steps, back in the ring, misses a shooting star but hits a moonsault slam for two, Fletcher with a Michinoku Driver for two, powerbomb, blocked, Bailey with a hurricanrana to the floor, Fletcher holds on and hits an apron bomb, rolls them into the ring, running kick in the corner, brainbuster for two, sets Bailey up top, brainbuster, blocked, Bailey with a kick, super poisonrana, goes up top, Ultimate Weapon for two, Fletcher with Snake Eyes, Helluva Kick, top rope brainbuster onto the buckle for three.

Winner and STILL International Champion: Kyle Fletcher

Okada interrupts Fletcher’s celebration to make his entrance.

Match Five: Okada Kazuchika, Hechicero and TNT Champion Kevin Knight vs. Mistico, Corazon De Leon (Chris Jericho) and Darby Allin

Knight hits Darby with a springboard lariat during Darby’s entrance, brawl erupts, Knight tosses Darby off the ramp onto the barricade, Jericho and Okada end up legal, Knight in, stomps, punch to the back, European uppercut, whip, Jericho with a boot, kick, DVD, Darby in, Hechicero in, Okada catches Allin with a boot as he tries to leap on Knight, Hechicero tosses Allin into the turnbuckle, snapmare, arm breaker, neck wrench, arm breaker, Okada in, neckbreaker for two, body slam for two, Knight in, elbow, Mistico in, springboard crossbody, Hechicero and Okada attack, Mistico fights his way out, cleans house, Jericho helps by hitting Okada with a Codebreaker, Mistico hits Knight with a crossbody for two, Darby in, hockey fight with Knight, Scorpion Death Lock, Knight gets the ropes as the rest of the competitors tussle, brawl erupts, Darby hits a Coffin Drop for three.

Winners: Darby Allin, Corazon De Leon and Mistico

Match Six: Kris Statlander vs. CMLL World Women’s Champion Persephone (non-title)

Jockeying, Stat with a chop on the corner, Persephone with a boot, Stat clotheslines her over the top rope, moonsault from the apron, misses a leg drop, Persephone with a baseball slide, suicide senton, rolls Stat into the ring, chinlock, Persephone powers out, dropkick to the back, leg choke, chop, cover for two, European uppercut, lariat, trading shots, Stat with a boot in the corner, slam, goes for another, reversed into a Razor’s Edge, reversed into a Seat Belt for two, Persephone with a lariat, trading shots, Stat goes up top, misses a 450, Persephone with a spear for two, rolls outside, confronts Thunder Rosa in the crowd and tries to grab her Mexican National Championship belt, ends up hitting her with it, Stat with a suicide dive, also takes out the ref, hits a back suplex, rolls Persephone into the ring, Staturday Night Fever, blocked, rollup, Shida Hikaru rolls into the ring and hits Stat with the Mexican National Championship, Persephone with a frog splash, ref slowly makes it to the ring and counts three.

Winner: Persephone

Match Seven: AEW World Trios Championships: The Demand (c) vs. Hangman Page and Brodido

The challengers hit the ring with Kemalito, played to the ring by a mariachi band.

Match opens as a brawl, in the ring Hangman hits Toa with a tijeras, King in, springboard arm drag to GoA, dumps Ricochet to the floor, Bandido in, King pins GoA down in the ropes while his partners hit baseball slides, Bandido with a suicide dive to all three opponents, do the Macarena until The Demand attack from behind, beat them down, all three members beat down Kemalito, Brody King makes the save, brawl continues, Kaun and Bandido end up legal, Kaun tosses Bandido around, Ricochet in, springboard, Bandido catches him with a dropkick, Hangman in, cleans house, Liger Bomb for two as Toa breaks the count, GoA clear Brodido from the ring, toss them into the barricade, Ricochet hits Hangman with a knee, Demand hit trio suicide dives, brawl, Bandido in, 21-plex to Ricochet, blocked, Toa tags in but Bandido doesn’t notice, hits Ricochet with a Gorilla Press Slam, brawl, Toa ends up hitting a Samoan Drop to all three challengers at once for two, Bandido fights his way out of the corner, King helps with a lariat to Toa, suicide dive to his other opponents, Bandido goes for a 21-plex to Toa, blocked, Hangman with a boot, Bandido goes for the German, still blocked, Hangman with a Buckshot Lariat into a Bandido German for three.

Winners and NEW AEW World Trios Champions: Brodido and Hangman Page

Main Event: Mexico City Street Fight: Will Ospreay vs. Mark Davis

Davis brings a chair and throws it at Ospreay, Ospreay comes to the apron and starts hitting forearms, Davis with a knee, tosses Ospreay into the ring, sets the chair up in the corner, tosses Ospreay, blocked, hits a knee instead, Ospreay with a hurricanrana, mixed strikes on the floor, toss into the barricade, Davis presses Ospreay to the crowd, Ospreay with a forearm, springboard senton from the barricade, chair shots, grabs a bunch more chairs and a plastic trash can, tosses the chairs in the ring and the can at Ospreay, powerbomb into the crowd, sleeper on the stage, Ospreay breaks with a jaw breaker, both men up the entrance steps, Davis chokes Ospreay with a towel, back body drop, kicks, breaks a board over Ospreay’s head, Ospreay tumbles down the steps, Davis tosses him into the ring, grabs a chair, Ospreay with a kick, fireman’s carry, blocked, Davis tosses Ospreay into the chair in the corner, sets up a couple more chairs, choke, stabs Ospreay with a fork three times, Ospreay trips Davis onto a chair, Os Cutter for two, stabs Davis repeatedly with the fork, Davis with a back body drop through the chairs for two, grabs a piece of barbed wire, face wash in the corner, Ospreay tosses a chair at Davis, Davis with a headbutt on the apron, piledriver, blocked, rakes barbed wire across Ospreay’s back, Ospreay with a testicular claw, superkick, piledriver onto the apron, both men slowly back into the ring, Ospreay hits Hidden Blade for two, Tiger Driver, reversed into a back body drop, reversed into a backslide for two, Davis with a piledriver for two, barbed wire lariat, reversed into a Styles Clash for two, diving forearms, wraps the barbed wire around Davis’ face, Hidden Blade for three.

Winner: Will Ospreay

Ospreay celebrates as Dynamite goes off the air.