Tonight, we see the final 1st-round matches of the Owen Hart Cups! I know I said that last week, but this week it’s actually true! Well, sort of, there’s one 1st-round match left in the women’s tournament, and on the men’s side we’re actually seeing the final 2nd-round match. But also Jon Moxley defending the Continental Championship against Shane Taylor! And more!
Dynamite opens with Tony Schiavone welcoming Tommaso Ciampa to the ring. He starts to ask him about the origin of his issue, but Ciampa interrupts and demands Schiavone repeat what he said on Collision: That he’s better than Jericho. Schiavone says he’s not going to do that, and that he only did it to save Beef. Ciampa then threatens Schiavone, who begins to give in, before Jericho interrupts.
Jericho makes a bald joke, they trash talk each other, Jericho gets the crowd to call Ciampa “Tommy”. He asks why Ciampa hates him so much, Ciampa says everything is a joke to Jericho, he responds that it’s not, and gets in Ciampa’s face and says he’s jealous. They then come to blows until security pulls them apart. Eventually they get free and brawl on the stage, until they’re pulled apart again.
Backstage, Renee tries to get a word with Don Callis and Kevin Knight. Callis tries to interrupt, before Andrade interrupts the interruption. He says he wants the world title, and Kevin Knight needs to go to the back of the line. Knight calls himself the real champ, then walks off.
Match One: Continental Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Shane Taylor
Lockup, Taylor presses Mox to the corner, break, lockup, Mox with a rear waistlock, transitions to a side headlock, break, staredown, trading forearms, Mox dumps Taylor to the floor, dropkick, suicide dive, Taylor with forearms on the floor, toss across the barricade, trading forearms on the floor, Mox with an eye gouge, Taylor with an uranage through the timekeeper’s table, punch, toss into the barricade, rolls Mox into the ring, stomp, trading forearms, Taylor gets the better of it, rolls to the floor, punches Mox on the apron, blinds him with the ring skirt, leg drop, trading shots in the ring, Mox flips Taylor off, Taylor with a forearm, Mox with mixed strikes, boot, another, Taylor with a forearm, Mox with a lariat in the corner, ten-punch, eye gouge, bite, sets Taylor up top, punches, back rake, Taylor with headbutts, splash for two, body slam, reversed into a sleeper, Taylor forces a break in the corner, lariat for two, chinlock, Mox powers out, Taylor with a punch, trading forearms, Mox gets the better of it, Taylor hits a forearm, Mox with a cutter for two, cross arm breaker, Taylor with mounted punches, piledriver, reversed into an ankle lock, Taylor powers out, Mox with a stomp, bulldog choke, Taylor taps.
Winner and STILL Continental Champion: Jon Moxley
Taylor punches Mox after the bell, Carlie Bravo runs out and hands Taylor a belt, which Taylor uses to beat Mox. Garcia comes out, but Sean Dean attacks and The Infantry beat Garcia down. Shafir tries to help, but Trish Adora attacks her with a kendo stick. Taylor hits a top rope splash on Mox before STP gloat on the stage.
In a video package, Mercedes Mone says that, during her absence, she watched champions rise and fall, trying and failing to fill her shoes.
Don Callis welcomes Kevin Knight to the ring. Knight says everyone is upset at him, but they should be upset with Darby Allin. He calls out MJF, but gets Darby Allin instead. Allin jumps him from behind, then says he hopes New York was worth it. The rest of the DCF chase him off.
After a commercial, we see Mark Briscoe talking to Tony Khan, apparently in agreement about something, before his music hits.
Match Two: Mark Briscoe vs. PAC
Lockup, PAC presses Briscoe to the corner, tussle, break, lockup, trading rear waistlocks, Briscoe wrenches an arm, trading who has the hold, Briscoe with an arm drag, trading shots, PAC misses an avalanche but hits a boot, Briscoe with chops, whip to the corner, reversed, Briscoe floats to the apron, PAC boots him to the floor, both men go for the other so they end up switching positions, Briscoe with a baseball slide, body slam on the floor, elbow drop, chop, PAC with a boot, suplex onto the ringside chair, toss into the barricade, trading forearms, PAC with a boot to the gut, rolls Briscoe into the ring, knee drop for two, stomps in the corner, Briscoe with punches, PAC with forearms, stomp, boot to the gut, more boots, double axe handle to the back, knee, chinlock, Briscoe with chops, exploder suplex, lariat, iconoclasm for two, clothesline, goes up top, PAC rolls out of the way, trading boots, trading forearms, Briscoe with a boot, PAC with a German, tumble to the floor, Briscoe with a neckbreaker, rolls PAC into the ring for two, goes up top, Froggy Bow, blocked with knees, PAC goes up top, leapfrog, belly to belly into the corner, goes up top, shooting star, blocked with knees, Briscoe hits a Jay Driller for three.
Winner: Mark Briscoe
Briscoe grabs a mic and says he has a direct path to a title shot, so MJF should probably come out and let him explain. MJF’s music hits as Dynamite goes to commercial.
When Dynamite comes back on air, MJF appears in the crowd and reiterates that he’s the final word, and he says no. He says Mark Briscoe as champion would kill business. He says Briscoe may have friends, but friends are useless, and money is the most important thing. The Lethal Swirl attack Briscoe as MJF demands they earn their pay. Briscoe starts to rebound before the triple team becomes too much. The rest of The Conglomeration come out to fight them off. Briscoe grabs a mic and says MJF isn’t the boss, and he’s going to need some friends, because Tony Khan has signed a main event for Forbidden Door: 6-on-6, each man picks their team, if Team Briscoe wins, he gets a title shot. Also, the match is happening in a cage.
Match Three: Andrade vs. Orange Cassidy
Jockeying, stalemate, pose-off, Andrade rips off his tearaways, Cassidy reveals that his jeans are tearaways, but it’s just another pair of jeans underneath, Andrade charges, Cassidy with a hurricanrana, another, dropkicks Andrade to the floor, goes for a suicide dive, blocked, dropkick, blocked, Andrade goes for a Figure Four, blocked with a boot, Cassidy with an elbow, goes up top, Andrade tosses him to the floor, clothesline on the floor, toss into the barricade, Don Callis wrenches Cassidy’s face, Andrade with a tackle, rolls him into the ring, cover for two, chinlock, jockeying and trading tosses into the turnbuckles, Cassidy goes up top, lariat, DDT, blocked, Andrade with Three Amigos, Cassidy reverses the third into Stundog Millionaire, both men tumble to the floor, Andrade hits the third suplex, Cassidy with a tackle, sees Lio Rush in the crowd, ends up taking an incredibly reluctant selfie with him, Andrade with a tackle, Lio Rush asks Andrade for a selfie, they yell at each other for a bit in a way that’s hard to pin down, Cassidy with a tackle, rolls Andrade into the ring, goes up top, Andrade crotches him, running knees in the corner for two, double underhook DDT, reversed into a hurricanrana for two, Andrade with an elbow, Cassidy with a punch, both men down, Cassidy with facetious chops, Andrade with a forearm, Cassidy with a superkick, springboard, caught, tussle atop the rope (not the turnbuckle, the rope), Cassidy tosses Andrade onto the ramp, diving DDT, rolls Andrade into the ring, goes up top, diving DDT for two, Orange Punch, reversed with an elbow, DM for three.
Winner: Andrade
Andrade grabs the mic and asks the crowd “How you know?”
They show a clip from last week, Will Ospreay says his chest got caved in, but nothing can stop him. He says he owes something to the Death Riders, before Alex Windsor runs in and they share a tearful embrace.
They then show a video package highlighting Thekla’s beef with Stardom.
Backstage, Jon Moxley says Shane Taylor could have just walked away with his head held high. Marina Shafir vows revenge on Trish Adora, while Daniel Garcia challenges Shane Taylor.
Match Four: Owen Hart Cup: First Round: Skye Blue vs. Maya World
Maya World is filling in for an injured Sareee, although in a picture-in-picture, Triangle of Madness suggest that all of Japan is running from them.
Trading forearms, World with a spinning kick, toss to the corner, kick through the ropes, Blue with a tackle, mounted forearms, forearm to the back, stomps in the corner, foot choke, break, snap suplex for two, Maya with a chop, Blue with forearms, fireman’s carry, blocked with an elbow, Blue with a dropkick to the corner, suplex on the ramp, trading elbows, Blue covers for two, World with a forearm, Blue with a boot, foot choke in the corner, trading strikes and covers for two, Blue with a sit-out powerbomb for two, knee, blocked, Blue with slaps, World with a fallaway slam for two, running knee for two, trading forearms, World with an arm drag, enziguri, German, Blue with a running knee, trading rollups for one, Blue with a pair of superkicks, TKO for two, World with a rollup for three!
Winner: Maya World
They show a video package in which Zack Sabre Jr. challenges Kenny Omega for Forbidden Door. Stop, my penis can only get so erect!
