Tonight, Darby Allin defends his still-fairly-newly-won AEW Men’s World Championship against Brody King! But MJF will be in the wings, as will TNT Champion Kevin Knight, as will MJF toward Kevin Knight! It’s all very complicated, but I think it’s the good kind of complicated! Find out more inside!
Match One: TNT Championship: Kevin Knight (c) vs. MJF
MJF tosses Knight to the floor, stomps, toss into the barricade, rolls Knight into the ring, chinlock, Knight to his feet, crossbody, MJF with an elbow, back suplex, blocked, Knight goes for a back suplex, blocked, MJF with a back suplex into a cutter for two, Heat Seeker, blocked, Knight with forearms, gut punches, stomps in the ropes, whip, reversed, Knight floats over, dropkick, crossbody for two, MJF bails, Knight with a suicide dive, rolls MJF into the ring, MJF rolls out the other side, Knight with a suicide dive, rolls MJF into the ring, MJF rolls out the other side again, Knight with a springboard lariat, both men back in the ring, MJF feigns going out, tosses Knight to the apron, Heat Seeker, blocked, brief tussle, trading rollups for two, Knight goes for a leaping DDT, reversed into a cutter for two, MJF goes up top, Knight catches him with a super hurricanrana but clutches his knee, crawls to the apron, goes up top, misses a crossbody, MJF goes for a Figure Four, blocked, Knight charges, collapses, MJF with a Panama Sunrise for two, chop block, half crab, Knight with a boot, charges, collapses again, MJF goes up top, Panama Sunrise, blocked with a superkick, Knight up top, UFO, clutches his knee again, covers for two, MJF with a dragon screw through the ropes, knee breaker, another, a third, spits on Knight, Alabama Slam for two, another cover for two, cover for one, grabs the TNT Championship, the ref takes it from him, he pulls the ring out from his trunks, Knight with a low blow, rollup for three!
Winner and STILL TNT Champion: Kevin Knight
MJF with a chop block after the bell, puts on the ring, Darby Allin drops from the rafters a la Sting, then levels MJF with a Scorpion Death Drop.
Crawling up the ramp, MJF says Darby and Knight are two cheating peas in a pod, and he was barely trying during that match. He says the only championship he cares about is the AEW World Championship, then demands a rematch. Darby says that MJF doesn’t get a rematch until he puts something on the line. He says Knight deserves a rematch if Brody doesn’t take the title tonight. Brody King comes out and says Darby’s not making it out with the title, but Knight still gets his shot either way.
Backstage, Renee asks Christian how his arm is feeling. He says it’s fine. She asks if they accept the I Quit stipulation, Christian says yes. Copeland says it’s weird he’s so keen for this given how it went last time. Christian says he never said I Quit. Copeland says he did say it, but he won’t say it again.
Match Two: Brawling Birds vs. Emily Jane and Jordan Blade
Hayter cleans house, Windsor in, chops to Blade in the corner, they take turns tagging in and beating Blade down, Jane tries to interfere and gets an elbow, Hayter continues to beat down Blade, sandwich clothesline, Two Birds One Stone for three.
Winners: The Brawling Birds
Backstage, Thekla and Skye Blue make fun of the Birds for their recent losses.
Match Three: AEW International Championship: Okada Kazuchika (c) vs. Ace Austin
Lockup, Okada presses Austin to the corner, stomps, punch, whip, Austin with a trip, kick, rollup for two, dropkick, elbows to the arms, kick in the corner, elbow, whip, blocked, Austin with a DVD, misses a diving forearm in the corner, Okada misses a splash, Austin with a kick, misses a suicide dive but lands on the apron, dodges a trip, hits a kick, Okada pulls him down, DDT on the floor, slams Austin into the barricade, breaks the count, slams him into the barricade again, high fives a kid in the crowd, then high fives Callis, rolls Austin into the ring, toss into the top turnbuckle face first, boot to the gut for two, shoulder breaker, body slam, goes up top, elbow drop, Ace with a suicide dive, kicks, top rope leg drop for two, Okada with a boot from the corner, rollup for two, double axe handle for two, whip, misses a dropkick, rollup for two, Okada with a boot, Austin goes for a boot, blocked, Okada tosses him to the apron, Austin with a punch, slides in, Okada with a forearm, Rainmaker, reversed into a backslide for two, Okada with a dropkick, tombstone, Rainmaker for three.
Winner and STILL International Champion: Okada Kazuchika
Don Callis stomps Austin until the rest of the Bang Bang Gang pull Austin to safety. Takeshita comes out and stares down Okada.
They show a promo in the style of Bandido’s saloon video packages, only this time it’s Swerve beating everyone up and then setting fire to a Bandido Wanted poster.
Backstage, Will Ospreay walks in to a Death Riders sparring session. Mox asks if he’s cleared, Ospreay says no, but he’s still making his match in Japan on the weekend. Mox commends his loyalty, then says the first thing he needs from Ospreay is for him to drop everything about himself, because he won’t need it anymore. He says what he has to offer is that he always sees things through to the end. He asks Ospreay if he can count on the same thing in return, Ospreay says yes.
Match Four: RPG Vice vs. Cage and Cope
Stokely Hathaway is on commentary, flanked by FTR.
Rocky and Cage start off, after a brief tussle Cage starts knocking Rocky around, Copeland in, continues knocking Rocky around, Trent in, Copeland continues knocking Trent around, Trent with double knees for one, Cage in, beats Trent down, Orange Cassidy appears in the crowd and gets into it with Stokely, he and the rest of the Conglomeration drag Stoke and FTR away, Rocky tackles Cage on the floor, Trent beats him down in the ring, chinlock, Cage punches his way out, Trent with a boot, arm breaker for two, Rocky in, double team beatdown for two as Copeland breaks the count, Rocky continues beating Cage down, arm breaker, Trent in, continues the beatdown, Cage fights his way out, goes for a tag, Rocky in, tackles Cage, sets Cage up top, Cage with an eye gouge, DDT, double tag, Copeland cleans house, brawl breaks out, Trent with a rollup with feet on the ropes for two as the ref catches it, Trent with a boot, Copeland tosses Trent in the air, Cage hits a spear, Copeland covers for three.
Winners: Cage and Cope
Cage brings a chair into the ring, breaks the support off, and hands it to Copeland. Copeland locks Trent in a crossface with the crossbar, Cage tells him to say I Quit, Trent says it.
Backstage, Renee asks Jericho how he feels about losing to his own move twice. He says he doesn’t feel particularly flattered, and says that it’s clear that Ricochet followed his career pretty closely, but not close enough, or else he would know– We never get to find out the end of that sentence because The Demand beat him down.
Match Five: AEW Women’s Tag Team Championships: Divine Dominion (c) vs. Shida Hikaru and Kris Statlander
Kross and Shida start off, Kross beats Shida down, Bayne in, continues, Shida with a pair of knees, Bayne with a powerbomb, blocked, Shida with a boot, Thesz Press, blocked, Bayne tosses her aside, Stat in, starts to rally, Divine Dominion throw her down, double suplex, blocked, Kross seems to be legal now, Stat with mixed strikes, rollup for two, Bayne with a boot, Kross with an Electric Chair across the top rope, cover for two, stomp to the back, knocks Stat around, Stat with a backslide for two, Kross with a lariat for two, chinlock with an armbar, Stat powers out, Shida in, trading shots with Kross, Shida with a dropkick, Bayne grabs Shida, Kross with a boot, Shida trips them both into the top rope, crossbody to both of them, dropkick from the apron to both of them, Shida and Kross into the ring, tussle, Kross with a kick, Stat in, starts to clean house but the double team becomes too much, Bayne with a German for two, toss to the corner, misses a lariat but Kross tags in, brawl breaks out, Stat gets the champs in a pile, 450 to both of them, covers Kross for two, Shida tags in, disrupting Stat’s momentum, Shida with a Meteora, Falcon Arrow for two, another brawl breaks out, Kross hits Shida with a spinebuster for three.
Winners and STILL AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions: Divine Dominion
Backstage, Renee starts to ask Andrade about his momentum lately, MJF runs in and objects to that characterization, they almost get in a brawl before Don Callis talks them down.
Match Six: Rush vs. Steven Fuente
Fuente offers a handshake, Rush just levels him with a forearm, beatdown on the floor, rolls Fuente into the ring, chop, forearms in the corner, stomps, running dropkick for three.
Winner: Rush
Rush grabs a mic and hypes himself up.
Backstage, Renee asks what The Opps plan to do next. Joe says they’re returning to dominance, hypes up the members of the team, reveals that Hook has a TNT Championship on Collision, then says Will Ospreay should avoid Stockholm Syndrome and join the Opps, not the Death Riders.
Elsewhere backstage, Stokely proposes Orange Cassidy vs. Dax Harwood, winner and his team get a shot at the titles held by the loser and his team. He then reveals FTR’s partner should they be the ones getting the shot at the Trios Championships: Tommaso Ciampa.
Main Event: AEW Men’s World Championship: Darby Allin (c) vs. Brody King
Staredown, handshake, Darby with a shotgun dropkick in the corner, King with a shove, Darby with chops, springboard, King with a chop, sleeper, Darby forces a rope break, King with a German, cannonball, Ganso Bomb, blocked, Darby with a boot, goes up top, King with a chop, Darby with punches, Code Red for two, suicide dive, King swats him away, tussle, Darby sets King up in a chair, goes up top, missile dropkick to the floor, forearms in the ring, King with a chop, slam for two, another for two, a third for two, sets Darby up on the top rope, chops him to the floor, slam onto the apron, clears the announce table, Darby with a sleeper, King escapes with a senton through the announce table cover, Darby tosses King into the corner of the announce table, punches, King with a slap, both men atop the table, Brody goes for a powerbomb, Darby with punches, King with a punch, sleeper off the announce table, Darby escapes, Code Red, rolls into the ring, suicide dive, goes for a Coffin Drop, King blocks with chops, cannonball, lariat for two, lariat for two, toss to the corner, misses an avalanche, Darby with chops, Brody tosses him over the top rope, drags him, Darby pulls up part of the mat trying to get away, Darby with kicks on the floor, Brody with a chop, misses a cannonball on the barricade and crashes through it, Darby with a bite to the hand, tussle on the apron, Darby with a powerbomb on the exposed concrete, Coffin Drop, climbs into the ring, King beats the count at 9, Darby hits a Coffin Drop to the back, another Coffin Drop for three.
Winner and STILL AEW Men’s World Champion: Darby Allin
Allin shakes hands with King, poses on the top rope, and sees Kevin Knight watching from the crowd. Dynamite ends with Darby looking pensive in the ring.