Tonight, two of the four matches in the second round of the Continental Cup will take place! With the other two taking place on Collision, the semi-finals will be set for next week in the greatest city in Europe: Glasgow, Scotland! Elsewhere this week, Will Ospreay seemingly still finds himself in the United Empire, and he’ll team with fellow members Francesco Akira and Henare to take on three members of the Don Callis Family. Meanwhile, his All In opponent Kenny Omega will re-form The Elite to take on another three members of the Don Callis Family!
Match One: United Empire (Will Ospreay, Francesco Akira and Henare) vs. Don Callis Family (Rocky Romero, Lance Archer and Brian Cage)
Ospreay and Cage start off, lockup, Cage presses Ospreay to the corner, shoulder tackles, whip, Ospreay floats over, hurricanrana, blocked, Cage goes for a powerbomb, blocked, Ospreay goes for a German, blocked with an elbow, Ospreay with a kick, Rocky in, Ospreay with a kick, Akira in, Ospreay with a body slam, tosses Akira onto Rocky for two, Henare in, tosses Rocky across the ring, Archer in, staredown, trading forearms, Henare with a tackle, trading shots in the corner, Henare goes for a fireman’s carry, blocked, dodges a boot, hits a kick, Ospreay in, UE clean house, Akira in, covers for one, Archer goes for a chokeslam, blocked, Akira with kicks until Rocky hits a cheap shot, DCF clean house, Cage in, tosses Akira around, Rocky in, goes up top, double axe handle, trading chops, Rocky with stomps in the corner, foot choke, arm wrench, Archer in, double team shoulder tackle, Cage in, double team delayed vertical, Cage takes over solo to lower the boom, cover for two, Akira with chops, Cage with a chop, stands on Akira’s neck, slam, whip to the corner, Akira fights his way out, Cage hits him with an elbow, Henare in, tosses Cage around, Cage hits an elbow, Henare responds with a Black Hole Slam for two, Cage with a superkick, leaping knee, angle slam, Archer in, whip to the corner, running elbow, sets Henare up top, Black Out, blocked, Henare hits a German, Archer with a Black Hole Slam, Rocky in, Ospreay in, cleans house, brawl erupts, Ospreay hits Rocky with Hidden Blade while he’s showboating for three.
Winners: United Empire
Backstage, Renee asks Okada about the positive spin Don Callis tried to put on Okada and Fletcher both being in the International Championship match. He says Takeshita was kicked out of the family because he was too selfish, but Fletcher is too smart to make the same mistake. He says he’ll be happy if Fletcher retains, and he expects Fletcher to be happy if Okada wins.
Tony Schiavone then welcomes Kyle Fletcher to the ring. He asks Fletcher about his upcoming defense. Fletcher says this is one of the greatest reigns of all time, and he doesn’t expect it to end any time soon. He seconds Okada’s declaration that family is the most important thing, and says he expects Okada to live up to it. He says they’re united by their hatred of Takeshita, who interrupts and immediately starts brawling with Fletcher. Takeshita eventually hits Raging Fire, then poses with the championship.
They show a sit-down from earlier today between Ospreay and Omega. Renee asks about their first meeting in PWG, Ospreay says he was already a fan, and his only goal was to keep up. Omega says he knew Ospreay’s name from his efforts to keep up with the internet darlings of the day. Renee asks what had changed when they met up again in 2022. Omega says Ospreay was a completely different athlete, and he’d taken over as the face of New Japan. He says people think it was Omega seeing if he could hang, but really it was New Japan needing a draw that Ospreay couldn’t provide. Ospreay says Omega can’t compare their experiences leading New Japan, because COVID hit New Japan way harder, and because it was a lot harder living in the UK and working in Japan than it was living and working in the USA. Kenny pushes back on that. Renee asks Omega about his history with Don Callis, Omega says the results he was getting with Don Callis fooled him into thinking he had his best interests at heart. He said he wanted to be a cautionary tale, but Ospreay still fell for it. Ospreay says Omega embarrassed him, so he had to. He says he’s embarrassed that he relied on Don Callis at Forbidden Door 2023, and Omega says that, hearing that, he forgives him, because it’s a confession that Ospreay couldn’t beat Kenny on his own. Renee asks about their respective recent injuries. Kenny says he’s tired of talking about the diverticulitis, but it did force him to get smarter. He asks if Ospreay can say his injury similarly made him better. Ospreay says it told him about Kenny when everything he told him didn’t motivate him to show up every week until he said Omega had given up on himself, because it cut his ego to hear it from someone he regarded as beneath him. Omega says Ospreay wanted Omega to win because he thought it would be easier than facing MJF. Ospreay says that’s not true, he needs to beat Omega at 100% to know that he belongs on top. Omega says it mattered most in 2023, only this time he’ll fail in front of his country and his family. He says Ospreay is going to fail in front of his mom, which causes Ospreay to get in his face. Kenny says that, no matter what, he’ll still respect Ospreay, and Ospreay’s mom will still be proud, but maybe his son will want a new hero. He walks off as Ospreay starts to lunge forward.
Match Two: TBS Championship: Maya World (c) vs. CMLL Women’s World Champion Persephone vs. Shida Hikaru vs. Kris Statlander
Everyone takes turns teeing off on everyone else, it goes to the floor, Shida beats World down in the ring until Stat pulls Shida out of the ring and tosses her into the barricade, World rolls up Stat for two, Persephone hits Stat with a top rope crossbody for two, chinlock, running dropkick for two, bow and arrow hold, Stat punches her way out, Persephone with a German for two, World rolls up Persephone and stomps her, Shida suplexes World into the middle turnbuckle, goes up top, World catches her with a kick, superplex, turned into a Tower of Doom by Persephone, interjected by Stat who just starts beating on everyone, Stat and World trade forearms, Shida catches both of them with a top rope dropkick, Falcon Arrow to Stat for two, Stat kips up, Persephone catches her with a spear for two, trades suplex attempts with Shida, Persephone hits a dropkick to the corner, World rolls up Persephone, jockeying, World with a rollup for two, Shida hits World with a running knee strike, Persephone and Shida jockey, Shida with an eye poke, Persephone goes for a powerbomb, Stat pulls Shida off and hits her with a powerbomb of her own, discus lariat to Persephone for two as World breaks the count with a top rope senton, fallaway slam, reversed into a Blue Thunder Bomb, Wednesday Night Fever, reversed into a rollup for three.
Winner and STILL TBS Champion: Maya World
The camera reveals both Shida and Persephone just short of being able to break up the count.
Backstage, the Brawling Birds say Divine Dominion revealed their fear by attacking them from behind last week.
Match Three: Continental Challenge Cup: Quarter-Finals: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Jay White
Jockeying, break, test of strength, Mox gets the better of it, White back to his feet, presses Mox to the ropes, break, lockup, Mox with a hammerlock, White forces a break, lockup, Mox with a side headlock, tackle, White to the floor, climbs back in the ring, lockup, White with a side headlock, Mox whips his way out, White with a shoulder tackle, Mox to the floor, back in the ring, test of strength, Mox with a chop, trading chops, White with a knee, chop, Mox with forearms, toss to the floor, toss into the barricade, toss into the steps, reversed, White rolls Mox into the ring, Mox with a cutter, White with mixed strikes, whip to the corner, reversed, Mox with a lariat, leg lock, transitions to a surfboard, White elbows his way out, whip to the corner, reversed, White misses a lariat, Mox hits a German, mixed strikes in the corner, stomp to the leg, whip, blocked, White with mixed strikes, DDT, mixed strikes in the corner, lariat, Mox tosses White to the corner, blocks a boot, White hits several more, top rope hurricanrana, Mox to the floor, White feigns a suicide dive, rolls to the floor and hits chops instead, whip into the barricade, reversed, White with a lariat, both men back into the ring, Mox goes for a lariat, reversed into Blade Runner, reversed into Paradigm Shift, blocked, White with a suplex in the corner for two, Rings of Saturn, Mox rolls to the rope, break, Mox bails, White with a suicide dive, tosses Mox shoulder-first into the steps, keylock, rolls Mox into the ring, arm wrench in the ropes, elbows to the shoulder, Mox eventually rolls through, piledriver, trading chops, White to the floor, Mox with a suicide dive, rolls White into the ring, goes up top, misses, White with a cutthroat suplex, another, a third, Mox powers up, White with an STO, goes to drag Mox up, Mox reverses into a bulldog choke, White to his feet, cutthroat suplex, uranage for two, sets Mox up top, superplex, Blade Runner, blocked, Mox with headbutts, trading elbows, White goes for a Blade Runner, reversed into a sleeper, reversed into a rollup for two, White hits Blade Runner, Mox rolls to the floor, White rolls him into the ring, Mox with a Gator Roll, bulldog choke, White to his feet, Mox hits Death Rider for two, Mox locks in a rear naked choke, White passes out.
Winner: Jon Moxley
Mox pays respect to Jay White, but as soon as Mox leaves, The Dogs attack White, drawing The Conglomeration. Gabe Kidd makes his return and helps the Dogs beat down The Conglomeration until the trios champions The Good, The Bad and The Ugly chase them off. Hangman grabs a mic and starts to talk, but The Demand come out. Ricochet tells Hangman to finish whatever he was about to say. Hangman says there’s no way they’re missing Wembley, and makes an open challenge for All In.
Renee asks Maya World about her win tonight. Willow walks in and reminds Maya that she promised her the first title shot, which she makes for Collision.
In the ring, MJF’s translator Jonathan Cruz says he has a message for Andrade. In Spanish, he says Andrade will never be champion, and will not win the Gauntlet. Then, in English, he says he also won’t ever be the Real World’s Champion. He then goes off MJF’s message and says he’s way more Latino and way better looking than Andrade, and if he was here, he’d challenge him to a match. As he’s leaving, Andrade makes his way out.
Match Four: National Champion Andrade vs. Jonathan Cruz (non-title, I’d have to assume)
Andrade hits a spinning back elbow, DM for three.
Winner: Andrade
Andrade grabs the mic and cuts a promo in Spanish that unfortunately goes past my skill level. He calls MJF to come out, MJF’s music hits, he comes across the big screen in a hot tub, says he wouldn’t show up in Baltimore, especially when Andrade is there. He says the next time they see each other, Andrade will be looking up at the lights.
Andrade pulls Jonathan Cruz’s shirt off and hits another DM.
Renee welcomes Willow and Mercedes via picture-in-picture. She asks Mone about attacking Willow last week, Mone says she didn’t beat her bad enough. Willow says Mone is jealous of her relationship with the fans, because the fans don’t like Mone’s perfectionism. Mone says Willow is always embarrassing her and then smiling about it. She calls her a bully, and then they trash talk until they agree to meet up and fight each other.
They find each other backstage, Mone gets the jump, they brawl to the arena, refs and security pull them apart, which takes a few tries.
Backstage, Swerve asks how serious Hangman is about letting anyone challenge at Wembley.
Match Five: Continental Challenge Cup: Quarter-Finals: Nigel McGuinness vs. CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Hechicero
Jockeying, Nigel goes for the mask, Hechicero bails for the apron, front facelock, rope break, brief jockeying, Hechicero with a rollup for two, kicks, wrenches Nigel’s leg in the ropes, break, stomps, kicks, trading chops, Hechicero with a boot, running dropkick, Nigel with a crossface, Hechicero wrenches the leg, knee drop, elbow, continues to wrench the leg, Nigel escapes with an eye rake, Hechicero with a snapmare, arm crank, neck crank, knee drop, trading strikes, Hechicero with a boot, DDT, gut punches in the corner, running knee in the corner, black hole backbreaker, leg lock, Nigel makes the rope, Hechicero charges in the corner, Nigel with a boot, front chancery, Hechicero goes out.
Winner: Nigel McGuinness
After a video package for the TNT Championship match, Tony Schiavone invites Kevin Knight for an interview. Knight kicks him out of the ring, says Darby’s conception of him is outdated, and challenges him to a face-to-face. As Darby comes out, Knight says he needs to be checked for weapons first. Once he’s satisfied, he invites Darby to come to the ring. A bunch of pyro then goes off and blasts Darby, giving Knight the opportunity to jump him, grab a chair, set him up in a tree of woe with the chair, goes up top, Coast to Coast. The medical team check on Darby, as does Steven Borden, the son of Sting.
After a commercial, as they’re loading Darby into the ambulance, Kevin Knight urges Steven Borden not to get caught in the crosshairs before he’s ready.
Main Event: The Elite vs. Don Callis Family (Mark Davis, El Clon and Jake Doyle)
Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay have words backstage before Kenny’s entrance, but nothing comes of it.
Matt and Clon start off, Bucks beat down the entire opposing team, brawl erupts, Davis in, knocks Matt around, covers for two, Doyle in, slam for two, bear hug, toss to the corner, Matt fights his way out, rollup for two, Clon in, Omega in, cleans house, neckbreaker for two as the rest of the Family break it up, sparking a brawl, Omega ends up hitting Doyle (who I guess became legal at some point?) with a One-Winged Angel for three.
Winners: The Elite
RPG Vice and Lance Archer attack after the bell, set up a table on the floor, Adam Copeland makes the save, once the numbers get the better of him Christian hits the ring and re-evens the odds, the Bucks accidentally superkick Christian while he’s holding Trent, they try to explain to Copeland what happaned, this allows Don Callis Family to reassert their presence, everyone but Kenny brawls to the back, Kenny grabs a mic, but he’s interrupted by Will Ospreay. He reveals that Kenny told him to come out after the match. Omega calls for security, then taunts him as security go to escort him out. Ospreay eventually snaps, runs in the ring, starts beating on Kenny, security try to break it up, allowing Kenny to hit a V-Trigger. He says he has one last lesson to teach Ospreay, then hits a One-Winged Angel through the ringside table that was set up earlier. Dynamite goes off the air with Kenny in the ring holding his championship.