Tonight, it’s the final first-round matches in the Owen Hart Cup Tournaments! Also, MJF defends against Rush!
Dynamite begins with Renee asking Rush about his title shot tonight. He says it took him three years to work his way to this position, and he’ll die if that’s what it takes. MJF interrupts and slaps him, sparking a brawl.
After the opening credits, Renee informs Rush that the title match has been made No Count Outs. Andrade comes in and gives Rush a pep talk, telling him to do it for his family, his people, and anyone who says guys like them can’t be world champions.
Match One: AEW Men’s World Championship: No Countouts: MJF (c) vs. Rush
Match starts as a hockey fight, MJF tumbles to the floor, Rush with a suicide senton, stomp, headbutt, toss into the barricade, toss into a different part, toss into a third part, grabs a cord, stomp, choke with the cord, the ref reminds him that it’s not No DQ, Rush charges, MJF trips him into the ringside chair, running boot, Rush with a back body drop across the barricade, rolls him into the ring, MJF begs off, Rush punches him, stomps, boot wash, goes for the running boot, MJF rolls to the apron, Rush drags him back in, kick, elbow, toss into an exposed turnbuckle, blocked by the ref, MJF then tosses Rush into the exposed buckle while the ref isn’t looking, chinlock, throw down, Rush with punches, MJF with a spinebuster, mounted punches, trading avalanches, Rush with a missile dropkick for two, MJF with a kick, shoulder breaker for two, trading strikes, Rush ends up hitting a piledriver on the apron, the ref checks on both of them, asks the doctor to check on them, the doctor deems them both unfit, Rush headbutts the doctor, rolls MJF into the ring, the ref hasn’t yet called the match off officially, Rush with stomps, running dropkick for two as MJF gets an arm on the rope, both men to the floor, Rush misses a dropkick and goes through the barricade, MJF with a tombstone onto the piece of barricade, drags Rush into the ring, Heat Seeker, blocked, MJF locks in a crossface instead, Rush taunts MJF from inside the hold but eventually passes out.
Winner and STILL AEW Men’s World Champion: MJF
MJF calls for a belt shot for Rush, Mark Briscoe runs out, goes for a Jay Driller, reversed with a low blow, The Conglomeration run out and chase MJF off.
Match Two: Mark Briscoe vs. Lio Rush
Rush whispers something in Briscoe’s ear, boot, blocked, jockeying, Briscoe with a pele kick, whip, Rush runs to the apron, boot, goes up top, Briscoe punches him to the floor, trading forearms on the apron, Briscoe gets the better of it, Rush bites the hand, both men to the floor, Rush chases Briscoe into the ring, Briscoe tosses Rush to the floor, baseball slide, Tower of London, toss into the barricade, body slam, chop, boot, rolls Rush into the ring, follows, stomp, brainbuster for two, chop to the gut, running lariat, chops, Rush with forearms, lariat, cover for two, stomp in the corner, bite, snapmare, back rake, cover for one, rear waistlock, reversed, reversed again, Briscoe to the apron, Rush kicks him to the floor, suicide dive, rolls Briscoe into the ring, goes up top, misses a frog splash, hits a forearm, springboard Stunner for two, trading shots, Briscoe with a crossbody, lariat in the corner, t-bone suplex, lariat in the corner, sets Rush up top, chop, Iconoclasm for two, Jay Driller, blocked, hits a lariat instead, Jay Driller, blocked, Rush with a rollup for two, another rollup into a kick, springboard Stunner, blocked, Briscoe hits the Cutthroat Driver for three.
Winner: Mark Briscoe
Briscoe grabs a mic and addresses MJF. He talks about his brother dying just before his birthday, which was only a week before Jay’s birthday. He talks about making his debut in AEW instead of eating cake with his brother, and how many varied emotions he felt at the time. He talks about how AEW helped him heal, but he couldn’t find real joy until he found The Conglomeration. He says that it was after that that he crossed paths with MJF and the anger returned, but he used that anger to beat him. He says the Devil loses in the end in the Bible, and he’s going to make it true in AEW too.
After some previews, Thekla emerges from the crowd and says she promised to burn Stardom to the ground if they sent even one representative to AEW. She says she took out every cutesy girl she found before she got fired, so now she has to do it again in America. She says the original mission continues at Forbidden Door. She says it’s not war on Stardom, it’s death to Stardom. She climbs a ladder on the stage and spits on the Stardom logo in the Forbidden Door logo on the LED boards.